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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE 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| 08SINGAPORE947 | BACKGROUNDER ON THE CHIANG MAI INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Vietnam's recent balance of payments episode, analysts in Singapore and around the region tried to draw comfort from potential loans from one of Asia's premier post-Asian financial crisis programs: the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI). However, analyst confusion over how the CMI [...] | 2008-09-05 02:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SN |
| 08SKOPJE701 | MACEDONIA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Macedonia has continued to make significant progress throughout its entire TIP prevention agenda. The continued strengthening of Macedonia's legislative framework has resulted in improved victim protection and assistance and made the government a bigger stakeholder in the country's sh [...] | 2008-11-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG MK |
| 08SOFIA44 | BULGARIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 09:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU |
| 08STATE103448 | CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE: BACKGROUND & GUIDANCE [...] This is a joint State-USAID action request for Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Dili, Honiara, Port Moresby, Bangkok, and Canberra. See para 7. 2. Summary: Posts are requested to provide political and public diplomacy support to highlight USG involvement in the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) [...] | 2008-09-26 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG BP ID PP RP TT XB XV |
| 08STATE106079 | TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns hosted his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, at the TSD Senior Offi [...] | 2008-10-03 17:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AS JA PREL |
| 08STATE108482 | SUDAN - CONFIRMATION OF FORCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] This is an action cable - see paragraphs 4, 5 and 6. 2. The Administration and the Department view the deployment of 4,000 peacekeeping troops, including from Egypt, Ethiopia and Rwanda, to Darfur as one of its highest priorities for the remainder of 2008. The Ethiopians and Egyptians were [...] | 2008-10-09 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BG ID PGOV PK PREL SU KPKO |
| 08STATE110013 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Action request: The non-paper in paragraph 3 below provides a brief summary of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)-related contacts between the U.S. and non-MTCR countries since the November 2007 Athens MTCR Plenary. As [...] | 2008-10-15 12:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS |
| 08STATE110175 | HOW A POST CAN REFER CASES TO THE U.S. REFUGEE [...] Summary. The U.S. operates a refugee resettlement program coordinated by the State Department through the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Office of Admissions (PRM/A). Under this program, tens of thousands of refugees of many nationalities are identified, interviewed, and ultimat [...] | 2008-10-15 17:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER CVIS PHUM PREF |
| 08STATE112166 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-5. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050103199 for the export of Container Delivery System (CDS) kits, (a.k.a. airdrop equipment) [...] | 2008-10-21 20:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC ID SN |
| 08STATE112442 | REPORT: ARF MULLS VISION STATEMENT, PUSHES DISASTER RELIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the October 8-10 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-sessional Support Group (ISG),ARF members discussed the foundational elements of an ARF Vision Statement to be drafted over the next year. The United States and a few others consistently encouraged ARF members to produce a [...] | 2008-10-22 15:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF PTER NK BM IR ASEAN EAID MARR PK KNNP |
| 08STATE112544 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) The following guidance is provided to the U.S. delegation participating in the November 3-7, 2008, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Canberra. OBJECTIVES ////////// 2. (C) The delegation should seek adoption during this Plenary of the U.S. proposal to modernize [...] | 2008-10-22 17:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA AS |
| 08STATE114403 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] - These changes are designed to clarify that all agreements, obligations, and commitments undertaken in the non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament arenas are important and to encourage support for capacity building and assistance for such upon request. - We believe tha [...] | 2008-10-27 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM UNGA CDG PREL |
| 08STATE116304 | U.S. AND EU DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. and EU officials held their biannual discussions on East Asia (termed COASI, or Consultations on Asia) in Washington on October 3. In addition to a general review of developments in the region, this session included an exchange of views on the future of India, China, and ASEA [...] | 2008-10-31 14:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EU XB NK CH |
| 08STATE116428 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...] | 2008-10-31 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ |
| 08STATE116826 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE LEAHY [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ODC Maneuver Captain Career Course that starts Novem [...] | 2008-11-03 15:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE116943 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 1-3, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 7-13 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 14-18 4. (U) Threats & Analysis ) Paragraphs 19-31 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 32-45 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 46-49 7. (U) Signif [...] | 2008-11-03 18:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 08STATE117478 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 4, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 7-22 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 23-36 4. (U) Threats & Analysis ) Paragraphs 37-50 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 51-58 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 59-68 7. [...] | 2008-11-04 20:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 08STATE117668 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the ODC Integrated Maritime Security System "1206" Project [...] | 2008-11-05 13:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE117832 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the Targeting and Risk Management (TRM) Course hosted in Jakarta and spon [...] | 2008-11-05 17:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE117889 | YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE [...] (C) This is an action request. See paras 3, 9-12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK (North Korea). Ambassador or Charge is requested to engage at the highest [...] | 2008-11-05 18:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
| 08STATE118863 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is an additional candidate for the DS/ATA VIP Protection Course scheduled from November 24 thro [...] | 2008-11-07 15:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE118992 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to attend the ODC - Surface Warfare Officer School from December 30, 2008 throug [...] | 2008-11-07 18:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE119630 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ICITAP Command Information Center Training of the Ma [...] | 2008-11-10 18:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE119632 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the INL-DOJ/ICITAP Provincial Criminal Investigation Tra [...] | 2008-11-10 18:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE119636 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the USAID sponsored, and ASEAN-WEN facilitated, Support [...] | 2008-11-10 18:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE120474 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the joint INL/DOJ, Standard Emergency Management Systems [...] | 2008-11-13 16:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE121002 | RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE FOR OTTAWA: -- To inform appropriate Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors that ISN discussed coordination on Iran non-proliferation objectives with First Secretary [...] | 2008-11-14 14:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY |
| 08STATE121430 | SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE INSTRUCTIONS FOR UK AND [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 2. 2. Posts are requested to demarche host governments at the appropriate level to relay USG concerns about French and British edits to the draft UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) on Somalia piracy. Post may draw from the background in paras 4 a [...] | 2008-11-15 00:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE122937 | ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE GUIDANCE AND ACTION [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for Embassies BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BANGKOK, BEIJING, CANBERRA, COLOMBO, DHAKA, DILI, HANOI, ISLAMABAD, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MOSCOW, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, PHNOM PENH, PORT MORESBY, SEOUL, SINGAPORE, TOKYO, ULAANBAATAR, USEU BRUSSELS, VIENTIANE, and WELLINGTON. Embas [...] | 2008-11-19 20:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP |
| 08STATE123081 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...] | 2008-11-20 01:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY |
| 08STATE124745 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the INL/DOJ-ICITAP STANDARD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM tra [...] | 2008-11-25 14:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE124780 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the INL/DOJ-ICITAP STANDARD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM [...] | 2008-11-25 15:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE126923 | INSTRUCTION: USUN TO SOLICIT P3 VIEWS ON DRAFT [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN present to French and British representatives no later than December 3 the proposed draft UNSC resolution to extend arrangements and immunities associated with the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),Iraq's oil and gas exports, and revenues [...] | 2008-12-02 20:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
| 08STATE127279 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the INL/DOJ-ICITAP Standard Emergency Management System [...] | 2008-12-03 15:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE127280 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the Cobra Gold 09 Medical Civic Assistance Program to proceed Febr [...] | 2008-12-03 15:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE127670 | 2008 ESTH CONFERENCE, CAIRO [...] From October 7-9, OES hosted a conference for Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) officers and local hires from the Near East Affairs (NEA) and South and Central Asia (SCA) regions to discuss ways to advance U.S. foreign policy on such key issues as climate change, renewabl [...] | 2008-12-04 13:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KSCA XD XF ZK |
| 08STATE127999 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO-ILEA Bangkok Clandestine Lab Investigations and [...] | 2008-12-04 20:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE128785 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO - ILEA Bangkok-Post Blast Investigations Course [...] | 2008-12-08 14:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE128787 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the COBRA GOLD 09 Engineer Civic Assistance Program from January 9 [...] | 2008-12-08 14:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE129940 | FY 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND [...] (U) Summary. Agricultural biotechnology has great potential to help address the challenges of food insecurity and rural economic development. To realize this potential, and to protect the interests of U.S. farmers and exporters, we seek to promote understanding of the technology and en [...] | 2008-12-10 22:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO |
| 08STATE130301 | CORRECTED COPY: CONSOLIDATED FY 2011 MISSION [...] Summary: The following cable provides consolidated guidance from Washington to missions for the preparation of FY 2011 Mission Strategic Plans (MSP). This cable is divided into the following sections: Regional Bureau Guidance; Bureau of Resource Management (RM),Office of Strategic and Perform [...] | 2008-12-11 19:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT EAID KICA KSEP KSPR PREL EAP |
| 08STATE130489 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] | 2008-12-12 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE130491 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] | 2008-12-12 03:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE130492 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] | 2008-12-12 03:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE130496 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] | 2008-12-12 03:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE130622 | EU COMMISSION STABILITY PROGRAM -- THIRD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Multiple ISN Bureau and interagency officers met with the European Commission (EC) on November 18-19 to discuss further nonproliferation programs and activities as originally envisioned in March (reftel) regarding the U.S.-EU Summit commitment to greater coordination through U [...] | 2008-12-12 14:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN KNNP OSCE PARM PREL SC UNVIE |
| 08STATE130963 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] (U) NIACT precedence required for Sunday action at addressee posts. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Secretary requests that Ambassadors or charges demarche Foreign Ministers at the earliest opportunity to press for support for a UN Security Council Resolution on the Annapolis pro [...] | 2008-12-13 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 08STATE131332 | HOLIDAY GREETINGS FOR INL PERSONNEL WORLDWIDE [...] From: Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. 2. As the holiday season arrives, the year comes to a close, and we prepare for a Presidential transition that has historic implications, I want to express my thanks to the entire INL [...] | 2008-12-15 19:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KCRM SNAR |
| 08STATE132020 | REPORT: ARF MOVES FORWARD ON DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE, [...] SUMMARY: ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) members made important progress on key disaster relief initiatives at ARF's annual Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief (ISM-DR) in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on December 4-6. The United States and the Philippines undertook extensive discussions with a numb [...] | 2008-12-17 14:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF ASEAN EAID MARR MOPS RP |
| 08STATE132159 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, December 17, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 7-17 3. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 18-29 4. (U) Trends and Analysis - Paragraphs 30-54 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 55-63 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 64-82 7 [...] | 2008-12-17 19:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 08STATE132759 | PREPARING THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 12-29. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department t [...] | 2008-12-19 03:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 08STATE133489 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) BOARD [...] Action request for action addressees (FY09 MCA Compact Eligible and Threshold Eligible countries) in paragraph 11. 2. SUMMARY. The Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Board of Directors met December 11, 2008, and selected three new countries -- Indonesia, Zambia, and Colombia -- as [...] | 2008-12-22 17:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC |
| 08STATE134353 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO - ILEA Bangkok-Post Blast Investigations Course [...] | 2008-12-24 15:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE134356 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO - ILEA Bangkok-Post Blast Investigations Course [...] | 2008-12-24 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE134385 | THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY [...] (U) Summary: According to the German government, the German-proposed International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),which will launch on January 26 - 27, 2009 in Bonn, Germany, is intended to promote increased use of renewable energy. While the USG strongly supports renewable energy, the USG [...] | 2008-12-24 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV EUN GM |
| 08STATE135068 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ICITAP Maritime Security Development Project Comman [...] | 2008-12-30 14:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE135293 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the COBRA GOLD 09 Command Post Exercise scheduled from February 4, [...] | 2008-12-30 23:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE135294 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to attend the ODC-APCSS Pacific Rim Defense and Security Conference scheduled f [...] | 2008-12-30 23:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE135296 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to attend the ODC - George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and [...] | 2008-12-30 23:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE135506 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in a USAID sponsored ASEAN-WEN Support Project Wildlife Enfor [...] | 2008-12-31 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE135507 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the units and commanders identified below. These units and commanders are candidates to attend the ODC - Joint Combined Exercise and Training ( [...] | 2008-12-31 20:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE135510 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ODC-APCSS Advanced Security Course 09-1 scheduled from January [...] | 2008-12-31 20:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
| 08STATE16305 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) The EUR Front Office reports the Serbian Ambassador to the United States delivered a letter addressed to President Bush, in which President Tadic exhorted UN members to respect the territorial integrity of Serbia, demanded the Secretary General?s Special Representative annul the unilate [...] | 2008-02-18 17:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
| 08STATE16350 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 06 [...] (U) Serbian President Tadic called on UNSYG Ban to instruct his special envoy in Kosovo to invalidate yesterday's declaration of independence, media report. Russia and China supported Tadic's request. South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, Libya, and Burkina Faso expressed skepticism over the leg [...] | 2008-02-19 04:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
| 08STATE18370 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...] | 2008-02-24 21:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO AR |
| 08STATE18372 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO BR |
| 08STATE18373 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO CH |
| 08STATE18374 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO EG |
| 08STATE18375 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO IN |
| 08STATE18376 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO ID |
| 08STATE18377 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO MY |
| 08STATE18378 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...] | 2008-02-24 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO RP |
| 08STATE18379 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO SF |
| 08STATE18380 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...] | 2008-02-24 23:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO TH |
| 08STATE18381 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO TU |
| 08STATE20329 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: U/S Burns met for two hours on January 29 with his new Japanese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, to discuss G8, UNSC reform, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Burma. Sasae described Japan's priorities for the G8, which include climate ch [...] | 2008-02-28 17:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV EAID XB XC XD XE XH JA |
| 08STATE2033 | VISAS FOR WIREC 2008 DELEGATES [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will be held in Washington DC March 4 - 6. (See reftels D and E for background on WIREC 2008). The participatio [...] | 2008-01-08 20:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG |
| 08STATE22377 | REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo no later than March 7. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Urge host government to follow the OIC Secretary General's lead in expressing support for Kosovo's independence at [...] | 2008-03-05 00:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV |
| 08STATE23596 | REQUESTING INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THE OIC [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paras 3-4 below; Embassies Cairo and Kampala, please see also para 5. Embassy Jeddah please see para 6. 2. (U) Background: On February 27, the President appointed Mr. Sada Cumber to be his Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC [...] | 2008-03-07 00:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SG OIC |
| 08STATE2731 | PREPARING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] This an action message for all posts. See paras 17-30. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement regarding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions to the Department's eighth annual TIP report. The Department is required by the Trafficking Vi [...] | 2008-01-09 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XX |
| 08STATE27642 | DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, BAHRAIN UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Washington requests that addressees notify host Government/EU officials that the United States designated Future Bank, Bahrain under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass [...] | 2008-03-17 16:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR BA |
| 08STATE31432 | SOMALIA-- DRAFT ELEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE UNSCR ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN, Embassy London, Paris, and Panama City. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. USUN is instructed to provide to its British, French and Panamanian counterparts draft elements of a UN Security Council Resolution (paragraph 12) to combat piracy off the Somali [...] | 2008-03-26 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE33478 | SECOND U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a frank exchange on March 7, U.S. and European principals reviewed work on climate change under the Major Economies and UNFCCC Processes. U.S. principals secured EU Environment Commissioner Dimas' admission that current EU proposals will permit some EU Member States to reco [...] | 2008-04-01 18:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN |
| 08STATE34695 | UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: On February 14-15, the U.S. and Ukraine held the semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Washington, DC. This marks at least nine years of cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine on important nonproliferation issues. Both [...] | 2008-04-03 18:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP |
| 08STATE36718 | DEMARCHE TO SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to seek a meeting at the earliest possible date with UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari to convey the concern of the United States that Gambari's public statements overestimating minimal concessions made by the regime in response to the UN Good [...] | 2008-04-09 00:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08STATE38531 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050097772 for the export of F-16 engine parts to Indonesia via Singapore. Post is requested [...] | 2008-04-11 20:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SN |
| 08STATE44438 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) [...] (C) The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) held a productive Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris on April 10, 2008. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Martin Briens chaired the meeting. RPOC discussion focused on r [...] | 2008-04-28 11:52:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM KSCA ETTC MTCRE FR |
| 08STATE44864 | RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE ON BLUE [...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of economic officer Yvonne Gonzales for her timely and thorough investigation of Blue Lantern cases. As you know, the Blue Lantern program is the Department's primary instrument for monitoring the end-use of export [...] | 2008-04-28 21:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETTC KOMC ID |
| 08STATE47531 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) This is an action request. Posts are requested to approach host governments to explain the basis for the draft Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia and seek their support. As consultations on the draft resolution are already underway in New York among Security [...] | 2008-05-05 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW |
| 08STATE49806 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SOLICIT GOI RESPONSE TO DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 8. ---------- Objectives ---------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to pursue the following objectives with the GOI: -- Share with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution that imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities [...] | 2008-05-09 23:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK |
| 08STATE49813 | DEMARCHE: FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) The Department requests action addressees to contact host governments (with the exception of France) immediately at an appropriately high level to urge them to consider a draft resolution prepared by France describing the humanitarian situation in Burma and calling on the regime to remov [...] | 2008-05-10 01:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08STATE50680 | RESULTS OF THE APEC TELMIN 7, APRIL 20-25, IN [...] (U) Summary: The seventh Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Telecommunications Ministerial (TELMIN 7) took place April 20-25 in Bangkok, Thailand. The main output of the ministerial was the Bangkok Declaration, which included key USG concepts related to WTO Doha Round commitments, IPR [...] | 2008-05-13 18:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT APECO |
| 08STATE50792 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - RELEASE OF JAPANESE RICE STOCKS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Japan currently holds stocks of approximately 2.4 million metric tons (MT) of rice, of which 1.5 million MT was imported to fulfill its Uruguay Round Minimum Market Access requirements (MMA). Under its MMA obligations, Japan is [...] | 2008-05-13 20:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAGR ECON ETRD JA |
| 08STATE52863 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment inquiry on license numbers 05-050016544, 05-988470, and 05-990843 for the export of defense hardware to Indon [...] | 2008-05-19 12:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC ID SN |
| 08STATE55861 | LIFTING OF TRAVEL WARNING: INDONESIA [...] Effective May 23, 2008, the Department has cancelled the Travel Warning issued for Indonesia. The Department has determined that the current security climate in Indonesia no longer warrants a Travel Warning. 2. Updated information on safety and security in Indonesia can be found via the B [...] | 2008-05-23 22:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC ID |
| 08STATE59358 | 21ST ASEAN - U.S. DIALOGUE MEETING IN SINGAPORE, [...] Summary and introduction. The 21st ASEAN - U.S. Dialogue meeting took place in Singapore on May 10. The U.S. delegation was led by Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel, who co-chaired the meeting with Peter Ho, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. The U. [...] | 2008-06-03 15:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN ASEAN |
| 08STATE59706 | 2008 ARF Senior Officials Meeting: Making Steps Toward Reform [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Officials Meeting (ARF SOM) was held May 9 in Singapore. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and Ambassador for ASEAN affairs Scot Marciel led the U.S. delegation to exchange views on key regional issues and further efforts to strengthen ARF (May 10 AS [...] | 2008-06-03 22:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PTER MARR EAID SG BM ARF |
| 08STATE60269 | REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...] | 2008-06-04 22:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA |
| 08STATE60525 | REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...] | 2008-06-05 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA |
| 08STATE60813 | UNSCR 1267-INSTRUCTIONS TO USUN TO SUBMIT ONE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) The United States on May 6, 2008 prenotified (Ref A) our intent to request the listing under UNSCR 1267 of the Kuwait-based international Islamic charity Revival of Islamic Heritage [...] | 2008-06-05 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC |
| 08STATE65284 | URGENT DEMARCHE REQUESTED -- JUNE 19, 2008 [...] This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. Summary: Embassies Beijing, Moscow, Hanoi, and Jakarta are urgently requested to demarche host governments at the highest possible level to support consensus adoption on Thursday, June 19, of a U.S. resolution in the Security [...] | 2008-06-18 00:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN KWMN PHUM |
| 08STATE66897 | SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing on points in paragraph 6, Security Council action addressees are requested to seek host government support at the highest appropriate level for the draft resolution in paragraph 7 below. USUN distributed the text to Security Council delegations on June [...] | 2008-06-22 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AG EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE67212 | GENERAL GUIDANCE ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S) Summary: This is an ALDAC action request. Department requests that all Posts review and implement general guidance at paragraph 2 on Iran's participation in international defense expositions. In the view of the U.S. and other allies, Iranian defense entities or foreign companies that dire [...] | 2008-06-23 16:52:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL |
| 08STATE67437 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...] | 2008-06-23 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA AU FR GM JA UK |
| 08STATE70835 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting, the Deputy Secretary discussed Australian PM Rudd's proposed Asia Pacific Community (APC) with Special Envoy Richard Woolcott. Woolcott emphasized his consultations on the proposed APC would be exploratory in nature, with no predetermined outcome, and likel [...] | 2008-07-02 00:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL AS |
| 08STATE71695 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-license check on distribution agreement (DA) 2592-05 for the export of defense services and technical data related to App [...] | 2008-07-03 15:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
| 08STATE74383 | ACTION REQUEST: UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL DISASTER [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for Embassies BANGKOK, BEIJING, CANBERRA, COLOMBO, DILI, DHAKA, HANOI, ISLAMABAD, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, MOSCOW, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, PORT MORESBY, PHNOM PENH, SEOUL, SINGAPORE, TOKYO, ULAANBATTA, USEU BRUSSELS, VIENTIANE, WELLINGTON. ------- SUMMARY --- [...] | 2008-07-11 00:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM |
| 08STATE74921 | (U) Secretary Rice's participation in the June [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Schieffer U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. William Fraser DCO [...] | 2008-07-12 14:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EAID MOPS JA AU |
| 08STATE871 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check for the export of aircrew safety helmets to Indonesia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern ch [...] | 2008-01-04 14:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ID KOMC SN SZ |
| 08STATE90335 | ASTANA COMMON WORLD FORUM [...] (U) This is an action message. Mission should approach those involved in planning/preparations for the Common World Forum scheduled in Astana on October 17, and other senior Kazakhstan officials as appropriate, to achieve the objectives at para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Background: The GOK has adv [...] | 2008-08-22 00:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL KZ |
| 08STATE93583 | PREVENTING ESTABLISHMENT OF IRANIAN JOINT BANK IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) The United States has information that Iran is engaged in efforts to establish a joint bank in Indonesia between Iran's Bank Melli and an Indonesian bank. We believe on [...] | 2008-09-02 13:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR ID |
| 08SURABAYA100 | SURABAYA WELCOMES NBA TO INDONESIA [...] Summary: Surabaya played host to the first ever NBA events in Indonesia when Danny Granger of the Indiana Pacers visited from August 22-25, 2008. He participated in a press conference, tossed up the opening jump ball and presented trophies at a high school championship tournament, visited an [...] | 2008-08-28 06:37:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP SCUL PREL ODIP KPAO ECON ID |
| 08SURABAYA103 | SURABAYA B1/B2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] Summary: The Consular Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya recently conducted a validation study of B1/B2 visa issuances for the six month period between December 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007. The study results were primarily based on queries of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [...] | 2008-09-08 00:45:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KFRD ID |
| 08SURABAYA109 | EAST NUSA TENGGARA: WHERE CHILDREN STARVE, A FAMINE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT),at the extreme southeastern edge of Indonesia's archipelago, has long lacked food security and chronic malnutrition persists. While a flurry of spring 2008 media reports gave the impression that hunger is more acute than in previous years, loc [...] | 2008-09-22 10:22:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TT PGOV PHUM ID PREF EAGR |
| 08SURABAYA11 | SOUTH SULAWESI: IRANIAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, REACHING OUT ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Iranian Embassy in Jakarta increased its public diplomacy efforts in Indonesia by establishing five "Iranian Corners" in 2007. The first Iranian Corner outside West Java was established at Hassanudin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, in November, reaching out to studen [...] | 2008-01-29 01:57:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF KISL IR ID PGOV KPAO |
| 08SURABAYA116 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: MEDIA REPORT OF PALU BOMB PLOT TURNS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: A September 30 report titled "Kids Uncover Idul Fitri Bomb Terror Plan in Palu" was carried in the English language daily, The Jakarta Post. Congen Surabaya spoke with local police, and civil society leaders knowledgeable about local media who refuted the Jakarta Post story. W [...] | 2008-10-03 09:30:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF PTER EAID PREL ASEC ID PINS |
| 08SURABAYA119 | WEST NUSA TENGGARA: LIFE FOR LOMBOK'S AHMADIYAH SECT CHANGES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 16 visit by Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF) representative and Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer to Mataram, Ahmadiyah refugees described their difficult living conditions and frustrations trying to generate government action to improve their situation. [...] | 2008-10-24 07:18:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID KIRF PHUM |
| 08SURABAYA12 | EASTERN INDONESIA: PUBLIC POLICY TRAINING PROGRAMS IN [...] (U) Much-welcomed USG-funded assistance programs aimed at capacity building and conflict resolution are being reestablished in areas which have suffered through years of ethnic and religious conflict. During separate mid-January trips to the eastern Indonesian provinces of Central Sulawesi and [...] | 2008-01-31 04:41:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ID PGOV KPAO |
| 08SURABAYA121 | EAST JAVA: WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE, ISOLATION IS NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainty about the full extent of the global financial crisis continues to cause a lack of liquidity in all sectors of East Java's economy and the Indonesian economy more broadly. This was the theme of a roundtable discussion with visiting EAP/MTS Director Kamala Lakhdhir, wh [...] | 2008-10-29 09:10:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFIS EIND ETRD EINV PGOV ID |
| 08SURABAYA127 | NORTH MALUKU: NONE INJURED BY THREE BOMBS LINKED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's official news agency reported that there were no injuries from "low-magnitude explosions" at three locations in North Maluku's provincial capital Ternate early in the morning of November 3. The blasts hit the North Maluku Governor's residence, the North Maluku regi [...] | 2008-11-03 10:09:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ID KISL PTER PHUM |
| 08SURABAYA129 | SURABAYA WELCOMES A NEW PRESIDENT IN EAST INDONESIA [...] (U) Summary: Consulate General Surabaya welcomed over 100 guests to the CG's residence November 5 to observe live results of the U.S. Presidential Election. Local government officials, NGOs, prominent academics, students, and many members of the media attended the event. The CG, other Consul [...] | 2008-11-06 10:42:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OIIP ID |
| 08SURABAYA13 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: POSO FEELING SECURE, BUT WORRIED ABOUT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On a January 18-20 visit to Central Sulawesi, Surabaya Pol/Econ officer spoke with NGOs, journalists, academics and local residents about the current state of post-conflict recovery in Poso. All agreed that the outlook is positive overall; however there is an equally clear conse [...] | 2008-01-31 11:10:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO EAID SOCI PTER |
| 08SURABAYA131 | EAST JAVA: RAZOR THIN VICTORY IN RUN-OFF ELECTION SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the November 4 run-off election to select East Java's governor, low turnout and a lack of party discipline saw former Provincial Secretary Soekarwo squeak out a narrow (less than 1%) victory over East Java's first female gubernatorial candidate Khofifah. Although early exit [...] | 2008-11-14 10:28:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KISL ID |
| 08SURABAYA132 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: AS LAPINDO'S POCKETS EMPTY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 11 meeting with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, (ESDM),the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) reported that the global financial crisis has caused a near stoppage of mudflow mitigation efforts. BPLS Operational Vice Head Hardi Prasetyo told the [...] | 2008-11-18 22:40:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ID EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC |
| 08SURABAYA133 | WEST NUSA TENGGARA: HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR CHANGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Elected on an anti-corruption platform, recently inaugurated Governor of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Muhammad Zainul Majdi remains extremely popular among the local population of Mataram, the provincial capital. Political observers, however, are skeptical that he has the skills or [...] | 2008-11-20 07:49:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM KISL EINV ID |
| 08SURABAYA137 | MALUKU: PEACE REIGNS AFTER ALLEGED BLASPHEMY SPARKS A [...] (SBU) Summary. Rebuilding is underway in the Central Maluku town of Masohi after a day-long sectarian riot broke out there after more than four years of calm. On December 9, more than 60 houses and two churches were burned and six people were injured in Masohi on Seram Island some 120 km east [...] | 2008-12-18 08:28:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA138 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: US TECHNICAL ADVISOR BEGINS WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: US Technical Advisor for the Sidoarjo Mudflow, Dr. Van Williams arrived in Surabaya on December 18 following a November survey of the mudflow site, and discussions with the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS),the Center of Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation and the Departmen [...] | 2008-12-18 09:47:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA16 | POLICE AND SOLDIERS CLASH IN CENTRAL MALUKU: THREE DEAD [...] (SBU) According to police and media contacts, early Saturday morning, February 2, a group of Indonesian armed forces (TNI) soldiers from the 731 Kabaresi infantry battalion in Central Maluku attacked local police offices in the city of Masohi on the island of Seram. After an exchange of gunfir [...] | 2008-02-05 09:38:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL ID |
| 08SURABAYA20 | NORTH MALUKU: CONTINUING GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 11, a low-explosive, hand-made bomb exploded outside the Ternate residence of the head of the North Maluku High Court. There were no reports of injuries. Although no group has claimed responsibility, the bomb was reportedly an attempt to put pressure on local officia [...] | 2008-02-12 08:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL ID |
| 08SURABAYA21 | SUPER TUESDAY IN SURABAYA [...] (U) Summary: Congen Surabaya hosted a Super Tuesday Election event at the Consul General's residence for 35 invited guests from the media, local political parties, and academia. The Consulate's Pol/Econ Officer and Public Affairs Officer led a discussion of Blue State vs. Red State dynamics, [...] | 2008-02-13 01:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGPV KISL KPAO ID |
| 08SURABAYA29 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMES AND GEYSERS FORM BACKDROP [...] (SBU) Summary: Geysers and gas flares near the mudflow epicenter continue to appear since they first started in early February. Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) Spokesman Achmad Zulkarnain said that the recent flare-up of burning hydrogen sulfide gas on the site of the abandoned Jatirejo [...] | 2008-03-03 09:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA32 | GORONTALO: VISITING A TROPICAL NEBRASKA, INDONESIA'S CORN [...] (SBU) Summary: Well-known across Indonesia both for its corn production and dynamic Governor, Sulawesi's Gorontalo Province has gained a reputation as a showcase of public administration best practices. In an effort to sort hype from ground truth, Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer a [...] | 2008-03-05 10:40:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ID ECON PGOV |
| 08SURABAYA33 | EASTERN INDONESIA: PROSPEROUS JUSTICE PARTY (PKS) TRIES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In the regions beyond Java, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) are focused on attracting new members beyond the Muslim students and professionals who makeup the party's backbone. On the Hindu island of Bali and the Muslim-majority province of Gorontolo, local PKS leaders highlig [...] | 2008-03-10 07:14:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRL ID |
| 08SURABAYA34 | GORONTALO: CORN, CORRUPTION AND THE PROMISE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with Mr. Elnino Husein, activist and journalist of Tribun Gorontalo, and Mr. Arrusdin Bone, board member of Gorontalo Golkar Party and director of the NGO, LP2G, during a recent visit to the province. In con [...] | 2008-03-11 09:31:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ID ECON PGOV |
| 08SURABAYA35 | SOUTH SULAWESI: MAKASSAR DRUG BUST UNCOVERS EXPLOSIVES, [...] (SBU) Makassar authorities are still investigating the discovery of explosives, an AR-15 rifle and many rounds of ammunition at a house belonging to a Mr. Sabri at a housing complex in a Makassar suburb according to media reports and Congen Surabaya contacts. Makassar police -- acting on a ti [...] | 2008-03-13 10:05:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL ID |
| 08SURABAYA43 | EAST JAVA: GAS CONVERSION PROGRAM TRIGGERS RAPID RISE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Government plans to encourage consumers to switch from kerosene to LPG for cooking are triggering long lines, rising prices, and inflation throughout East Java. Public discontent is receiving widespread media attention, but thus far gubernatorial candidates have remained silent. [...] | 2008-04-02 10:03:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ENRG EAGR ID |
| 08SURABAYA44 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: ON THE RUN SINCE 2005, SECT LEADER IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Arifin, (aka Madi),the fugitive leader of a so-called heretical Islamic sect, was killed while resisting arrest according to press reports and Congen Surabaya sources. After three years on the run, police received information that Madi had returned to his home village of Salen [...] | 2008-04-07 08:43:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KISL ID PGOV KIRF PREL |
| 08SURABAYA47 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMMABLE GAS BUILDUP CAUSES [...] (U) Summary. Five residents of a village near the Sidoarjo mudflow fell unconscious after exposure to high concentrations of gas in their neighborhood. Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) spokesperson Ahmad Zulkarnain confirmed to the local press that a buildup of methane and hydrogen sul [...] | 2008-04-14 09:04:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA48 | NORTH MALUKU: ELECTION DECISION FINALLY IN SIGHT; POPULATION [...] (SBU) After months of bureaucratic debate between provincial election officials and the central government and contradictory court decisions, it appears that North Maluku will soon swear in a new governor. At the formal request of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the North Maluku parliament held [...] | 2008-04-18 09:52:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENRG ID |
| 08SURABAYA51 | EAST JAVA -- SOME LISTEN TO ALLAH, SOME TO THE POLLS; [...] (SBU) Summary: What role will the world's largest Muslim organization play in the run up to Indonesia's 2009 Presidential election? The East Java governor's race could provide a preview of the declining role of large Muslim organizations like Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),with some 40 million member [...] | 2008-04-23 09:27:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KISL ID |
| 08SURABAYA52 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SIDOARJO REGENT PUTS PRIORITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: As the May deadline for final compensation payments near, tempers are rising among those displaced by the disaster. An estimated 1,000 staged a demonstration April 28, protesting Lapindo's decision to end food ration payments to those living in the Porong Market on May 1. On Ap [...] | 2008-04-28 09:17:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV ELAB PGOV ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA53 | SURABAYA CELEBRATES EARTH DAY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen Surabaya celebrated Earth Day by joining a clean-the-beach campaign organized by a local NGO and planting trees in a nearby park. Later in the week, the Principal Officer participated in a well-attended seminar organized by a group of women's issues activists to discuss t [...] | 2008-04-29 05:39:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KPAO ENRG KWMN EAID TPHY TRGY ID |
| 08SURABAYA54 | ALUMINI GRANT BRINGS ENGLISH TEACHER TRAINING TO NEW [...] (U) Summary: ConGen Surabaya's PAO recently traveled to remote regions of South Sulawesi to attend English Teacher Training Workshops organized by a participant in the Secondary School Educators 2005 program. Ratna Haris from the Secondary Educators State Alumni Association is using a $13,500 [...] | 2008-04-30 08:45:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI SCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV ID |
| 08SURABAYA57 | EAST JAVA: PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS DISCUSS DECENTRALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Four presidential hopefuls discussed the power of decentralization on economic development at an April 30 seminar hosted by the Jawa Pos Group. All four agreed that the central government had failed to transfer sufficient authority to regional governments and questioned the gove [...] | 2008-05-06 10:45:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID PREL ID |
| 08SURABAYA6 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: RAINS THREATEN DAMS, YET CLEAR [...] The same monsoon rains that weakened and broke a dam at the Sidoarjo mud flow site January 3 have paradoxically improved the flow of the Porong river, clearing it of sedimentation. Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) Deputy of Operations, Mr. Soffian Hadi told ConGen Surabaya that there is n [...] | 2008-01-16 04:48:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA61 | EAST JAVA: PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO OPENS EDUCATION DAY AMID [...] (U) Summary: President Yudhoyono visited East Java May 12-13 May for National Education Day opening ceremonies at Airlangga University in Surabaya. The President was greeted by small-scale student protests calling for reduction in fuel and food prices, expulsion of foreign oil companies and a [...] | 2008-05-14 09:09:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI SCUL KPAO OEXC OIIP PGOV ID |
| 08SURABAYA63 | BALI: CONTINUED PRESSURE CAUSES AHMADIYAH MEMBERS TO SEEK [...] (U) Six representatives of the Islamic religious sect Ahmadiyah now resident in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) sought but failed to gain political asylum at the Australian Consulate and German Honorary Consulate in Bali on May 15. The six claimed to represent 195 Ahmadiyah members still in Lo [...] | 2008-05-23 10:13:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF PINS ID PHUM KISL |
| 08SURABAYA65 | MALUKU: ETHNICITY, RELIGION MIGHT TRIGGER POST-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: While Maluku remains calm, recent fighting between a handful of villages has underscored the role of ethnicity in all aspects of life in Maluku, ConGen Surabaya Pol-Econ Officer and Pol-Econ Assistant found during meetings with NGOs, media and political parties in Ambon, Maluku [...] | 2008-05-29 09:06:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA66 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: TWO YEARS OF MUD, GEYSERS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since mud and noxious fumes began surging from the ground on May 29, 2006, there has been little progress in recovery and rebuilding. Threatening major highway and rail links, the mudflow has had a major economic and social impact, but the political consequences remain unclear. [...] | 2008-05-30 10:49:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA68 | EASTERN INDONESIA: AFGHANS BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA DETAINED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Local police arrested seven Afghan nationals near Kupang, West Timor, for immigration violations. According to the police, the Afghans claimed they felt threatened in Afghanistan and intended to enter Australia via boat from Roti Island. All seven reportedly entered on valid In [...] | 2008-06-03 10:16:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN ID |
| 08SURABAYA70 | NORTH MALUKU: GOLKAR, PRESIDENTIAL PROXY FIGHT OVER [...] Summary: (SBU) Violence has flared again between the supporters of candidates for North Maluku Governor. Local ethnic friction and Jakarta party politics have made this far flung governor's race drag on for almost six months now. The latest round of violence was reportedly triggered by the J [...] | 2008-06-10 01:02:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
| 08SURABAYA73 | EAST JAVA: LOCAL ELECTIONS PROVE ISSUES MATTER TO VOTERS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on the results of the most recent nine local elections for Regent in East Java Province, two things are clear. First, poor performance usually dooms incumbents no matter the size of the campaign war chest. Second, in a few more conservative districts, support from Islami [...] | 2008-06-18 07:27:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL ID |
| 08SURABAYA74 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: LOCAL VIEWS OF POST CONFLICT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Former sites of extreme violence between Muslim and Christian communities throughout the Central Sulawesi city of Poso are now safe, although physical signs of the conflict remain. Residents of the Poso and NGO leaders told visiting Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer that economic devel [...] | 2008-06-19 09:13:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ID KISL PTER EAID PREL SOCI SCUL |
| 08SURABAYA78 | NBA BASKETBALL: SPORTS DIPLOMACY PARTNERSHIPS IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Deteksi Basketball League (DBL) has secured a multi-year partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA). This new agreement was facilitated through introductions and suggestions made by U.S. Consulate General Surabaya following meetings in Jakarta. An NBA player an [...] | 2008-07-08 06:32:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KPAO PREL ECON ID |
| 08SURABAYA8 | EAST JAVA: DECENTRALIZATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a wide ranging lunch discussion with visiting DCM January 16, six Surabaya-based political observers -- representing the media, academia, NGOs, and religious communities -- offered their frank assessments of the successes and limitations of decentralization in East Java. [...] | 2008-01-20 05:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EAID ID |
| 08SURABAYA80 | EAST JAVA--OIL PRICES, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE BATTER BOTH [...] Summary: Top managers at two major Indonesian factories in Gresik, East Java, spoke to visiting Consulate staff about the challenges of running a large-scale factory in Indonesia. State-owned Petrokimia is a fertilizer company with a protected market and guaranteed prices. Privately-owned Kel [...] | 2008-07-09 10:52:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ID ECON PGOV |
| 08SURABAYA81 | EAST JAVA: EDUCATION COOPERATION A PRIORITY FOR LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 4 visit to Surabaya, Ambassador Hume discussed the prospects for enhanced education cooperation between the U.S. and Indonesia with local officials, academics, and business leaders. All stressed the importance of establishing necessary infrastructure and institutio [...] | 2008-07-10 08:21:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KPAO PREL ECON EAID ID |
| 08SURABAYA82 | WEST NUSA TENGGARA: VICE PRESIDENT'S FINGERPRINTS ON ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Incumbency has proved to be more of a millstone than an advantage for the once preeminent Golkar Party in a series of gubernatorial elections across Eastern Indonesia. On July 7, West Nusa Tenggara witnessed the fifth and most recent defeat for an incumbent Governor, in this cas [...] | 2008-07-10 10:44:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF ID |
| 08SURABAYA85 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SOME REFUGEES RESETTLED WHILE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the mudflow disaster now entering its third year, legal and political controversy in Jakarta surrounding the causes of the mudflow has not abated, despite an increasingly sophisticated PR campaign by the holding company thought responsible for the disaster. On the ground [...] | 2008-07-17 11:21:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV EPET ENRG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08SURABAYA86 | EASTERN INDONESIA: RISING PRICES PUSH INDONESIANS TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three months, Eastern Indonesia's flour mills have witnessed a dramatic shift in domestic consumption of wheat products as food and energy prices rise. During recent visits by ConGen Surabaya Principal Officer to two of the world's largest flour mills, Bogosari in [...] | 2008-07-18 06:24:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD ID |
| 08SURABAYA87 | SOUTHEAST SULAWESI: A REMOTE PROVINCE FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Located far from the centers of power, the province of Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) is rich in natural resources yet poor in human capital and infrastructure. Sultra's recently elected, 41-year old, businessman governor has outlined a five-fold plan to capitalize on private-publi [...] | 2008-07-22 05:05:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV ID |
| 08SURABAYA88 | EAST JAVA GOVERNOR'S ELECTION: WEAK PARTY LOYALTY LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on quick count results, it appears likely East Java governor's election will go to a second round after no candidate garnered 30% of the vote in a five ticket race. Soekarwo-Syaifullah Yusuf -- supported by the National Mandate Party (PAN),Party Democrat (PD),and the Pro [...] | 2008-07-25 10:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KISL ID |
| 08SURABAYA96 | EAST JAVA: MALNUTRITION COMPLICATED BY INADEQUATE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malnutrition in children is an enduring problem in Indonesia, not only for rural provinces with weak economies such as East Nusa Tenggara (NTT),but also for more developed provinces such as East Java. Although poverty makes malnutrition worse, ill-prepared local healthcare st [...] | 2008-08-07 09:51:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAID PGOV ID |
| 08SURABAYA97 | SURABAYA: ICITAP-FUNDED DNA LAB OPENED WITH ENTHUSIASM [...] (SBU) Summary: The opening of a Surabaya DNA forensics lab established with assistance from the U.S. Department of Justice's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) generated positive press in East Java and the continued appreciation of provincial police. Th [...] | 2008-08-08 08:59:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ASEC ID |
| 08SURABAYA98 | CONSULAR MANAGEMENT VISIT TO BALI CONSULAR AGENCY [...] Summary. Supervisory Consular Officer / Surabaya Consular Section Chief (CSC) Terry Mobley visited Bali from July 24 - 25. During the visit, CSC and Bali-based Consular Agent Joshua Finch reviewed Consular Agency operations, visited with a few long-term American citizen residents of Bali, an [...] | 2008-08-21 07:25:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC CPAS ID |
| 08SUVA331 | CHAUDHRY RESIGNS, FIJI WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL MEETING IN [...] (U) Summary: Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry resigned from the interim government (IG) on August 18 following weeks of speculation that his head was on the chopping block for mismanaging the economy and harassing overseas investors. However, Chaudhry's departure may significantly diminish p [...] | 2008-08-19 20:08:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FJ |
| 08TAIPEI1648 | TAIWAN'S NATIONAL IMMIGRATION AGENCY STRENGTHENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan is taking concrete steps to strengthen anti-trafficking efforts, including, for example, implementing measures to protect victims and allow them to obtain temporary work and residency permits, emphasize National Immigration Agency (NIA) officials. Moreover, Taiwan's Exec [...] | 2008-11-24 08:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB TW |
| 08TAIPEI191 | 2008 G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSALS: TAIWAN [...] Summary: Per G/TIP instructions, AIT submits five trafficking in persons project proposals for ESF and INCLE funding. One proposal is from a Taiwan university, three proposals are submitted by Taiwan non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and one proposal is submitted by the Department of Just [...] | 2008-02-12 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG ASEC TW |
| 08TAIPEI399 | PART TWO - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part two of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through 3 [...] | 2008-03-20 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW |
| 08TAIPEI400 | PART THREE - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part three of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through [...] | 2008-03-20 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW |
| 08TAIPEI401 | PART ONE - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part one of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through 3 [...] | 2008-03-20 22:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW |
| 08TAIPEI73 | TAIWAN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 23:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KIPR KTDB OPIC PINR TW USTR |
| 08TAIPEI76 | TAIWAN: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct investment. Taiwan,s science-based industrial parks, export processing zones, and free trade zones offer streamlined procedures. Taiwan has made significant improvement in protecting intellectual property. 2. As part of its efforts to improve the [...] | 2008-01-16 09:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TW |
| 08TAIPEI79 | TAIWAN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 23:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KIPR KTDB OPIC PINR TW USTR |
| 08TAIPEI84 | Taiwan's 2008 Investment Climate Statement [...] LUU, VAN, SSN: ***-**-2779 2. HHE 3. - 4. FROM: TAIPEI, TO: WASHINGTON, DC 5. 19X4519.4-00-2025-2025841024-8169-2234-330230 6. 6 CASES 7. STATE 8. - 9. 7178 LBS 10. 5308 LBS 11. 1078 CUFT 12. 020E TAIPEI 00000084 013 OF 013 13. ETD: 01/09/08, ETA: 02/04/08 14. APL [...] | 2008-01-17 06:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR KIPR TW |
| 08TALLINN264 | ESTONIA'S EVOLVING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary. While a relative newcomer to the field of foreign assistance, Estonia continues to expand its role as a donor nation. The GOE goal is to spend at least 0.1 percent of Gross National Income (GNI) on development assistance by 2010, still short of the EU target of 0.17 percent for n [...] | 2008-07-29 12:10:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EN |
| 08TASHKENT102 | Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ |
| 08TASHKENT1050 | UZBEKISTAN: U.S. CONDUCTS PATHOGEN SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: A team of scientific and legal experts from the Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services conducted a Legal and Pathogen Security Workshop September 8-9 in Tashkent. Representatives from the Parliament, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministries of Health, Justice [...] | 2008-09-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL TBIO UZ |
| 08TASHKENT270 | UZBEKISTAN: SUBMISSION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. Per reftel, this information covers the period from April 2007 to March 2008. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the Government of U [...] | 2008-02-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UZ |
| 08TBILISI199 | GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...] | 2008-02-07 05:52:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG |
| 08TEGUCIGALPA45 | BIODIESEL, ENERGY & CARBON CREDITS FROM HONDURAN [...] Summary: Most of the building blocks are now in place for Honduras to begin substantial production of biodiesel from African Palm trees. In 2005 a Honduran company succeeded in producing biodiesel to fuel 240 company vehicles and six Tegucigalpa public busses. Another company was the first [...] | 2008-01-14 19:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EIND EINV SENV HO |
| 08TELAVIV1170 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted associates of PM Ehud Olmert as justifying his trip to Washington in spite of the political crisis, by saying that the security dialogue began by President [...] | 2008-06-03 10:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV453 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that both PM Ehud Olmert in Tokyo and FM Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem voiced skepticism publicly for the first time on Tuesday about concluding a pe [...] | 2008-02-27 10:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 08TELAVIV548 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 08TELAVIV611 | ISRAELI MFA OFFERS MIXED REACTION TO UNSCR 1803, [...] (C) On March 13, Polcouns and Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv and aide Jonathan Miller to discuss reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 and the preceding IAEA briefing on Iran non-compliance, which we had passed to her last week. Ziv welcomed the passag [...] | 2008-03-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA |
| 08THEHAGUE247 | COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR ANTICIPATES LATE [...] (C) Summary. National Counterterrorism Coordinator Tjibbe Joustra told Charge March 11 that the government now anticipated a late March release date for MP Geert Wilders' controversial film on the Koran. He said Wilders could release the film on the Internet earlier than March 28, the date [...] | 2008-03-13 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL KIRF PREL ASEC PGOV NL |
| 08THEHAGUE420 | CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART I - FORMAL OPENING [...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (reftel) and covers the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate. Other cables will fo [...] | 2008-05-16 15:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08THEHAGUE449 | CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART IV: PROCESS AND [...] (U) This cable is the last of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7 -18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref A),the reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref B),even [...] | 2008-05-28 11:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08THEHAGUE604 | NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ABOUT NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, poloff delivered reftel points to Henk Cor van der Kwast, Director of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division at the Dutch MFA. In a July 17 discussion, Van der Kwast and Ralf van de Beck, Senior Policy Officer, said the Dutch were not ready to contribute to [...] | 2008-07-18 12:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG EU NL |
| 08THEHAGUE88 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF U.S. [...] (U) At the end of the tenth anniversary year of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),most U.S. priorities at the OPCW for 2007 were advanced if not fully achieved. An Executive Council (EC) chairman very supportive of the U.S. was elected in May. Article VII implementation moved forward, a [...] | 2008-01-29 15:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08TIRANA184 | ALBANIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON OIC AND KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha expressed frustration with the Organization of the Islamic Conference, not only its slowness to recognize Kosovo's independence, but efforts by "heavyweight" members to marginalize Albania's participation in the organization. He suggested [...] | 2008-03-10 15:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KV AL |
| 08TIRANA502 | ALBANIA PRESSES FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION AT ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA unsuccessfully lobbied the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to recognize Kosovo's independence at the group's June 16 to 18 meeting of foreign ministers in Kampala. The GOA believes that several OIC countries are likely to recognize Kosovo over the next sev [...] | 2008-07-08 05:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT KISL KV AL |
| 08TOKYO1226 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 04:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1280 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1308 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1335 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1342 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1364 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1367 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1373 | THE FIFTH ASIAN SENIOR-TALKS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Alice Hayward and ISN Counterproliferation Director Tony Foley represented the U.S. at the fifth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Nonproliferation (ASTOP V) in Tokyo April 25, 2008. Recent news on North Korea's proliferation activities conducted [...] | 2008-05-20 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ENRG ETTC PREL KNNP MNUC JA |
| 08TOKYO1409 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1412 | G-8 LABOR MINISTERIAL FOCUSED ON JOBS, PLUS REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL ETRD OVIP JA |
| 08TOKYO1438 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1471 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1494 | LIBERTAD ACT: JAPAN RESPONSE [...] (C) In response to request contained in Ref A, Embassy Poloff met May 29 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mexico and Central America Division Cuba Desk Officer Fusae Tsunoda to discuss Japan-Cuba relations. Below are answers to specific questions raised in reftel. Q. Are there any exchange [...] | 2008-05-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU JA |
| 08TOKYO1587 | U/S BURNS PARTICIPATES IN TRILAT SOM IN TOKYO [...] (C) Summary. The political directors from the United States, Japan, and Australia met for more than two and a half hours in Tokyo on June 9 for a Senior Officials Meeting of the Trilateral Security Dialogue (TSD SOM). The principals included Under Secretary Burns, Deputy Foreign Minister Sas [...] | 2008-06-10 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID MOPS JA AU |
| 08TOKYO1588 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1678 | PM RUDD VISIT: "A NEW PROPOSAL EVERY DAY" [...] (C/NF) During their June 12 meeting, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd affirmed the importance of the Japan-Australia bilateral relationship and their commitment to expand bilateral security and economic cooperation, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo. PM Fukuda responded cautiou [...] | 2008-06-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KGHG AS JA |
| 08TOKYO1723 | GOJ PROPOSAL FOR TRILATERAL COOPERATION IN [...] (C) METI Export Controls Deputy Director Takao Shishikura gave EconOff the following nonpaper in English June 20 and requested the Embassy transmit it to Washington and also respond with any USG reaction. Begin Text: Proposal for Trilateral Cooperation in Outreach Activities Background [...] | 2008-06-24 00:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC ETTC JA |
| 08TOKYO189 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1895 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1940 | GPOI UPDATE - JAPAN EXPLORING ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Working-level officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) believe Japan's contributions to peacekeeping/peacebuilding activities related to the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) can increase beyond current levels. MOFA will seek approval from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) [...] | 2008-07-14 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MASS JA |
| 08TOKYO2054 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2089 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2110 | JAPAN'S AGENDA ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The priority of trade liberalization in the future economic architecture of Asia dominated debate among the 16 country representatives preparing the Japanese-sponsored "Track II" study on a possible ASEAN Plus 6 economic agreement. Japanese participants in the study group ind [...] | 2008-07-31 09:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA |
| 08TOKYO215 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO217 | DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES JAPANESE INTERLOCUTORS ON SE [...] (C) Summary: Japanese government officials and Diet members discussed Japan's relations with Southeast Asia and told DAS Marciel that Japan and the United States need to continue to work closely together to coordinate on aid and other projects; Cambodia needs to take more of an "ownership rol [...] | 2008-01-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID JA |
| 08TOKYO2186 | REES-CAMPONOVO JAPAN MEETINGS ON APDP AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Strengthening and expanding the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative will help achieve the shared goals of the United States and Japan of promoting universal values, human rights, and democracy in Asia, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees and DRL Senior Advisor Christoph [...] | 2008-08-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MG IR KN BM JA |
| 08TOKYO2201 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2357 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2457 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO246 | JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period September 27, 2007 to January 30, 2008. --------------------------------------------- ------ MHLW: No action in response to 100th Indonesian AI death ------------------------------------------ [...] | 2008-01-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
| 08TOKYO2474 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2548 | Japan Economic Scope for September 16, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 9, 2008 Business ---------- 2. (U) JFTC Requests Merger Plan From BHP Billiton, Establishes Exclusive Review Team The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has ordered mining giant BHP Billiton to submit its plans for a $147 [...] | 2008-09-17 05:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO258 | JAPAN POSITIVE ON GREATER CHINA/INDIA ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Japan believes India and China need to be brought into the International Energy Agency (IEA),MOFA Economic Affairs Director-General Yoichi Otabe told visiting EEB DAS for Energy and Sanctions Hengel, even if it means that they do so without first becoming members of the OECD. Ja [...] | 2008-01-31 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV PREL ETRD JA CH IN |
| 08TOKYO2810 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2813 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2948 | INPEX LIKELY TO OPT FOR OFFSHORE LNG TERMINAL IN [...] (SBU) INPEX Corporate Strategy and Planning Division Manager Hiroshi Ikeda confirmed the firm expects to make a decision in mid-November to construct an LNG terminal to service the Abadi gas field in the Masela Block. Ikeda clarified an October 5 Nikkei report, one that suggests the firm has [...] | 2008-10-22 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL ID JA |
| 08TOKYO2956 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3023 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 05:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3103 | INCSR: JAPAN 2008 [...] (SBU) Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards; Japan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the biggest challenge to Japanese antinarcotics [...] | 2008-11-09 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR JP |
| 08TOKYO3104 | U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The eighth round of talks under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Investment Working Group (IWG) took place October 29 in Tokyo co-chaired by U.S. Ambassador to APEC Patricia Haslach and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Deputy Director General Makoto Shiota. The two sides [...] | 2008-11-09 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO3114 | U.S. - JAPAN - KOREA TRILATERAL POLICY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trilateral Policy Planning talks were held in Tokyo October 28-29 by S/P Director David Gordon and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho, and Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination Lim Dae-Hong. Main topics [...] | 2008-11-10 06:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID SENV KGHG KSCA KDEM XE |
| 08TOKYO3126 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3139 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08 [...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...] | 2008-11-12 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3144 | JAPAN ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN MEETING [...] (C) Japan looks forward to the November 17 Friends of Pakistan meeting in Abu Dhabi, and will be represented by MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Hiroshi Inomata, according to Southwest Asia Division Deputy Director Takehiko Wajima. DG Inomata will be accompanie [...] | 2008-11-12 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EAID PK JA |
| 08TOKYO3164 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-16 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3188 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3216 | Japan Economic Scope for November 18, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for November 18, 2008. Environment and Energy ---------------------- 2. (U) METI, Japan Power Exchange Rolls Out "Green Power" Trading Scheme The Japan Electric Power Exchange, which operates the wholesale electricity trade, introduced [...] | 2008-11-21 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO323 | DEMARCHE REGARDING SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE [...] Econ Officer delivered demarche points contained in ref on February 6 to METI Deputy Director of Chemical Industries Yoshinao Ogawa. Ogawa was aware of the U.S. concerns, but indicated METI would need to review the situation further before establishing an official position. He also noted he [...] | 2008-02-07 06:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND JA |
| 08TOKYO3279 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 00:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3302 | JAPAN SEES DRAMATIC DOWNTURN IN OCTOBER EXPORT DATA [...] (SBU) Reflecting reduced demand for Japan's key exports in the global economic slowdown, Japanese goods exports fell in October, according to Ministry of Finance trade data released November 20. Exports were down 7.7 percent year-on-year, with the largest declines in automobiles, semiconductor [...] | 2008-12-03 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA |
| 08TOKYO331 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3360 | JAPANESE VIEWS: ASEAN, BURMA, THAILAND, CAMBODIA, [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with DAS Scot Marciel, senior MOFA officials reaffirmed that ASEAN remains an important focus for Japan in terms of development assistance, business expansion, and political engagement. In regards to other issues Japan believes that: despite recent events engagement w [...] | 2008-12-10 22:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECIN EAID AORC XC BM TH CB RP VM |
| 08TOKYO3362 | Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 Business -------- 2. (U) American and Kyushu Companies to Develop Rapid Vehicle Charging Stations Ener1, a New York based energy storage company, announced a deal with Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) to develop rapid [...] | 2008-12-11 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO3383 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 00:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3492 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO35 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO3543 | Japan Economic Scope for December 29, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 17 to 29, 2008 Foreign Relations ----------------- 2. (U) Nippon Oil/Nippon Mining Merger Nippon Oil and Nippon Mining Holdings, Japan's largest and 5th largest oil companies, announced they have reached a basic agreement to [...] | 2008-12-31 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV EFIN EAGR PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO364 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO39 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO454 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO522 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO529 | UPDATE ON SITUATION IN BURMA PROVIDED TO UN [...] (C) Following up on UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's request (ref) for an update on the situation in Burma, Embassy Tokyo February 28 provided to him the following non-paper, which was prepared for him by Embassy Rangoon. Gambari was very grateful to receive the information, but [...] | 2008-02-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA |
| 08TOKYO538 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO56 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO579 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UN SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning include Toyota's intention to invest 10 billion yen in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' plan to develop a small passenger aircraft model. 2. "U.S. Compromises to Apply Pressure on Iran" The liberal Asahi's report from New York said (3/5): "The UN [...] | 2008-03-05 03:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO597 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO68 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO707 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO723 | COUNTERTERRORISM TRILATERAL BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Government officials from Australia, Japan, and the United States met in Tokyo on February 26 for the Counterterrorism Trilateral Border, Transport, and Maritime Security Sub-Group meeting. The meeting was chaired by Paul Fujimura, Director for Asia-Pacific, Department of Homeland [...] | 2008-03-18 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS PTER PGOV PREL AS ID MY RP JA |
| 08TOKYO748 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO782 | JAPAN SUBMISSION FOR TIP REPORT [...] Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 608 hours researching trafficking issues, conducting awareness-raising campaigns, drafting [...] | 2008-03-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF SMIG JA |
| 08TOKYO841 | SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary -- Japan is the world's third largest national aid donor, despite on-going budget cuts. The GOJ has been able to keep the ODA budget between $10-$13 billion using an increased reliance on yen loans to compensate for large cuts in grant aid (40 percent over the past eleven years) [...] | 2008-03-27 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID JA |
| 08TOKYO86 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 00:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO868 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 06:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO882 | JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of January 30 to March 31 2008. Japanese research team develops a new PI vaccine. --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. A Japanese research team has developed a new vaccine [...] | 2008-04-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
| 08TOKYO933 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO944 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO976 | MOFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PREPS, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry Senior Foreign Policy Coordinator Takehiro Funkoshi told visiting EAP/J Director that the four major political issues facing the upcoming G-8 summit will be Afghanistan, climate change, Tibet, and G-8 expansion. Japan plans to step up its engagement with Afghani [...] | 2008-04-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF AU KS CH TT JA |
| 08TRIPOLI632 | LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR JULY 2008 [...] Flight Safety Foundation Workshop in Libya: The Flight Safety Foundation's CAAG (Controlled Flight Into Terrain and Approach and Landing Accident Reduction Action Group) brought its internationally regarded Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Tool Kit workshop to Tripoli, Libya last [...] | 2008-08-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD LY |
| 08TRIPOLI912 | LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (U) A New Oil Discovery by Sirte Oil Company: On October 7, Sirte Oil, a state-owned company, announced a new oil discovery in the well A1-NC216A in the Ghadames Basin. The well is located approximately 310 km southwest of Tripoli. The initial production testing established an oil rate of 1,725 [...] | 2008-11-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EIND ECON EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI976 | LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Economics officer and senior commercial officer met on November 30 with a representative of Bearing Point, who was in Tripoli discussing future contracts for the company with the Libyan government. Bearing Point did a Basel Core Principles assessment for Libya a few years ago, and now is [...] | 2008-12-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY |
| 08ULAANBAATAR206 | APDP MONGOLIAN ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post visited Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 2 to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and its proposal to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Mongolia for its Parliamentary elections, tentatively scheduled for June 29. MF [...] | 2008-05-02 09:19:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL EAID MG JA AS KS CA |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA154 | IAEA/IRAN/BOG: CUBA AND IRAN VS. THE REST OF THE [...] (C) The March 5 Board of Governors deliberations on Iran's nuclear program stepped up pressure on Iran to comply with UNSC and Board requirements, and to address weaponization activities cited by the Director General. The DG delivered a typically balanced opening statement, regretting that Ira [...] | 2008-03-07 07:56:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNPP IAEA AORC PARM IR |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA223 | NPT: UKRAINIAN CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS PREPCOM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Schulte discussed the forthcoming NPT PrepCom with Ukraine PrepCom Chair Yelchenko on April 16. Yelchenko is intent on getting procedural issues out of the way, and seeks to have a productive outcome but did not insist on consensus - he preferred a strong Working Paper [...] | 2008-04-18 11:37:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AROC KNPP UP |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA366 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Wassenaar Arrangement General Working Group (GWG) met May 26-28 and held an Outreach meeting with Israel on May 29. Only one new initiative was proposed - Best Practices on Internal Compliance Programs (Japan). The United States used this first meeting to attempt to direct [...] | 2008-06-27 08:09:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA437 | IAEA/INDIA: BOARD ADOPTS INDIA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT [...] (C) U.S-led diplomatic efforts in coordination with India and other key allies paved the way for the consensus adoption of the India Safeguards Agreement by the Board of Governors on August 1. A ringing endorsement from IAEA Director General ElBaradei helped sealed the deal in the Board. In [...] | 2008-08-01 17:56:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA546 | IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3 [...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...] | 2008-10-09 14:38:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA565 | IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 14:44:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA579 | UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF [...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...] | 2008-10-31 10:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA589 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Discussions at the October meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) General Working Group (GWG) were limited. Russia's video presentation on arms sales to Georgia was the only controversial issue discussed; Ukraine and the U.S. spoke in response. The U.S. proposal to conduct [...] | 2008-11-07 16:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA668 | UNCAC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: REVIEWING IMPLEMENTATION [...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the week of December 15 to promote implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). During the meeting of the Review of Implementation Working Group on December 15 [...] | 2008-12-23 15:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR UNODC UN AU |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA98 | IAEA/IRAN: LIKE-MINDED READY TO DRAFT A BOARD [...] (S) Summary: At a Canadian-hosted meeting February 14 like-minded COMs (P3 1, Canada, Australia, Japan) agreed to work discretely on a Board resolution on Iran, with experts scheduled to meet February 20. Canadian Ambassador Gervais-Vidricaire made a strong case for the Board to reassert its [...] | 2008-02-15 16:54:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PARM KNPP AORC IAEA IR |
| 08USOSCE91 | FSC: APRIL 9 - RUSSIA JUMPS QUEUE TO BLAST ANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia opened the Forum for Security Cooperation spring-summer session even before the new chair had a chance to speak by attacking the U.S. for its announcement that Kosovo, as an independent country, was now eligible for defense assistance. Russia described this as an illegal [...] | 2008-04-11 08:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE KV RS XG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1000 | UNSC: UNSCR 1559 CONSULTATIONS - UN ENVOY CITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council October 30 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559 with the election of Lebanese President Sleiman, the adoption of a Lebanese electoral law, and the Lebanese-Syrian agreement to establish di [...] | 2008-10-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL UNSC LE SY IS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1008 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND JAPANESE PERM REP DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Perm Rep Takasu told Ambassador Khalilzad October 31 that Japan would like to take the lead on Timor Leste and Afghanistan in the new Security Council term beginning in January, as well as chair the Peacekeeping Working Group. Japan is reluctant to chair the 1737 (Iran) [...] | 2008-11-04 00:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC KUNR AF TT JA IR BM PK |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1018 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FOUR AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on other weapons of mass destruction on October 17. The Chair of the Panel of Governmental Experts on the issue of missiles in all its aspects and the Chair of the 2008 Meeting of States P [...] | 2008-11-05 13:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1019 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...] | 2008-11-05 13:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1020 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY SEVEN OF [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on other disarmament measures and international security on October 22. Representatives from the following states spoke: Indonesia on behalf of the Nonaligned Movement (NAM),Russia, Sing [...] | 2008-11-05 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1021 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY EIGHT, NINE [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on disarmament machinery on October 23, 24, and 27. This summary comprises all three days of the debate. On the first day, representatives from the following states spoke: France on behal [...] | 2008-11-05 14:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1048 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: UNGA's Sixth Committee debated agenda item 79 "The Rule of Law at the National and International Level" from October 13-14. During the debate, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro presented remarks. Many delegations commended the UN Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group [...] | 2008-11-10 14:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1051 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS:COMMITTEE DIVIDED ON EXPERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, the Sudan Sanctions Committee discussed possible Committee response to the recommendations made by the Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) in its final report. The Committee reviewed POE recommendations that the Committee should encourage Sudan to cease its violations of t [...] | 2008-11-10 19:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
| 08USUNNEWYORK106 | SYG BRIEFS UNSC ON KENYA, SUDAN, CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on February 5 on his recent trip to Africa. Ban reported on the critical nature of the situations in Kenya, Sudan, and Chad, highlighting recent progress in mediations in Kenya and in SOFA discussions with the Government of Sudan, [...] | 2008-02-06 15:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UNSC CD KE SO SU XA XW ZF |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1060 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held its general debate on agenda item 74, "The report of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) on the work of its resumed 40th and 41st session," on October 20. The Chair of the 41st session summarized the topics discussed by the com [...] | 2008-11-12 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1061 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: The 63rd UNGA Sixth committee held its debate on agenda item 73, "Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission," on October 10. Many delegations supported the UN zero tolerance policy with respect to serious crimes committed by its officials and experts [...] | 2008-11-12 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1062 | UN ON DRC: GIVE TROOPS, PRESSURE KAGAME; 85 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Le Roy on November 11 called on the Security Council to approve rapidly the UN request for more MONUC troops. He warned MONUC was "all alone" in the east and reinforcements were desperately needed to defend Goma and protect civilians. Le Roy said Co [...] | 2008-11-13 00:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1091 | UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on Nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 12. The Chairs described their respective committee's accomplishments [...] | 2008-11-19 14:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1094 | UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part one of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 27-28. Part one's topics included: Chapters 1-3, "Introductory Chapters;" Chapter 4, "Shared Natural Resources;" Chapter 5, "Effects of armed [...] | 2008-11-19 22:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1106 | SOMALIA: COUNCIL FRUSTRATED AT LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A downbeat briefing on political developments combined with continued lack of progress toward a Multinational force (MNF) or peacekeeping operation (PKO) led to frustrated reactions from Council members in a November 20 meeting on Somalia. Several members noted that the prospect [...] | 2008-11-22 00:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ET |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1109 | UNGA: AT 63RD UNGA, THE NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT CALLS [...] The UN 63rd General Assembly held its debate on agenda item 110, "Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly," on November 20. The following delegations delivered interventions: France (on behalf of the EU),Algeria (on behalf of the NAM),Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Eg [...] | 2008-11-25 13:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1118 | UNGA DISCUSSES UNSC REPORT; CALLS FOR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The General Assembly met November 18-20 to discuss Security Council expansion (Septel),as well as the annual Report on the Security Council. Unlike in the past, a large number of member states devoted significant time to discussing the Report. President of the Gen [...] | 2008-11-26 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1120 | UNGA: 63RD UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL AND [...] The 63rd UNGA held its debate on agenda item 16, "The Question of Palestine," and agenda item 15, "The Situation in the Middle East," from November 24-25. Over 50 countries spoke; paragraph 8 gives a complete list. The President of the General Assembly (PGA),Miguel D'Escoto opened the debat [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1127 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Security Council held its monthly briefing and consultations on the Middle East on November 25. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed on the "landmark" Quartet meeting November 9 with the two parties. He stressed that the biggest challenges to a lasting peace agreement [...] | 2008-12-02 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA SY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1128 | UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS - [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Assistant Secretary-General Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on the SYG's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Williams noted the improved political climate in Lebanon but emphasized [...] | 2008-12-02 22:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC IS LE SY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1134 | SUDAN: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE SPLITS ON PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Sanctions Committee on December 2 discussed two separate proposals for action: first, a Belgian suggestion to invite the Permanent Representatives of Chad and Sudan to discuss with the Committee the last Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) report (ref A),and second, an offer fr [...] | 2008-12-04 20:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1137 | ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC [...] SUMMARY: In his December 3 briefing to the Security Council (SC),International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo provided a detailed chronology of the three investigations conducted pursuant to UNSCR 1593, which referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC. Ocampo's remarks focu [...] | 2008-12-04 23:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK114 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 07 [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Updates on UNAMID TCC deployments including police units; helicopter update; contractor issues and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). END SUMMARY 3. (C) UNAMID Deployment: --Egypt: The heavy transport un [...] | 2008-02-07 23:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1146 | SOMALIA: PKO POSSIBLE; MORE WORK NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In response to reftel A instructions, USUN consulted with the UK and other interested delegations on December 4 and 5 on the possibility of quickly rehatting the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as a UN pea [...] | 2008-12-06 00:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1151 | BAN PROPOSES "PAUSE" IN GOOD OFFICES MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a meeting of the Group of Friends of Burma and revealed that he received "no productive response" to proposals, which included his own visit, from the Burmese regime. He proposed a "pause" to recalibrate the overall framewo [...] | 2008-12-08 22:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK116 | USUN STRATEGY ON BURMA [...] (C) In response to a request in the February 7 Deputies Committee meeting, USUN provides the following plan of action on Burma over the next few weeks. USUN will continue to engage the Secretary General, the P-3 and other Council members to build support for stronger steps. 2. (C) In a dis [...] | 2008-02-08 20:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1164 | NEW YORK: DFI NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Iraqi PR Bayati on December 9 to discuss a draft Security Council resolution renewing immunities for Iraqi assets including the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and extending the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The Ambassador encouraged B [...] | 2008-12-11 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN IZ UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1165 | USUN: COUNCIL RESPONSE TO SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, USUN circulated our draft resolution on Somalia piracy to the P3 on the evening of December 9 and to the broader Council on December 10. Initial expert-level consultations wer [...] | 2008-12-12 00:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1168 | UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON OCEANS AND THE [...] (U) Summary: The 63rd UN General Assembly held its debate on agenda item 70, "Oceans and the Law of the Sea," on December 4. The General Assembly considered two resolutions relating to this agenda item, both of which were co-sponsored by the United States. The resolution on Oceans and the Law [...] | 2008-12-12 14:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA SENV EWWT PHSA PREL |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1173 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...] | 2008-12-16 00:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1177 | UNGA COMMEMORATES UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in New York on December 10. Despite some initial uncertainty about which states would be permitted to speak, the commemoration, which included two panel discussions and [...] | 2008-12-17 10:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AG MO IS NU UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1190 | UNSC: OUTGOING PERM REPS ANALYZE AND DISSECT BODIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, outgoing Security Council Perm Reps from Italy, South Africa, Indonesia, Belgium and Panama provided the Council with analysis, personal reflections and "lessons learned" about their Chairmanships of UN Security Council Subsidiary Bodies. The Belgian Perm Rep la [...] | 2008-12-19 19:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1193 | UNSC: COUNCIL EXTENDS IIIC MANDATE FOR TWO-MONTHS: [...] (C) Summary: On December 17, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1852, extending the mandate of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) until the end of February 2009 to maintain the momentum of the investigation and allow its smooth transfer to the Hague [...] | 2008-12-19 22:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1196 | UNSC CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS ON LIBERIA/DRC SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council (UNSC) on 17 December heard briefings from the chairs of the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee and the UNSC Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee detailing recent reports from the UN expert bodies tasked with monitoring implementation of th [...] | 2008-12-22 11:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1199 | UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...] | 2008-12-23 19:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK12 | SERBIAN FM PLEADS FOR JANUARY 16 UNMIK MEETING TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) Summary: On January 4, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolcott that Serbia has unhappy memories of closed Security Council meetings in 1999 and asked for U.S. support for a public meeting format for the January 16 UNMIK meeting so th [...] | 2008-01-07 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1202 | SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS DFI PROTECTIONS FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 22 the Security Council unanimously passed resolution 1859, providing for a one-year extension of protections for Iraqi assets, including the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and a Security Council review of all resolutions pertaining to Iraq since the adoption of re [...] | 2008-12-23 21:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IZ |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1205 | UNSC DISCUSSES DEC SYG REPORT ON UNAMID [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 19, U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra briefed the Security Council on the SYG's December 12 report on Sudan. The Sudanese Permanent Representative also spoke. In the consultations that followed, Council members discussed the security and humanitarian situation in Darfu [...] | 2008-12-24 17:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
| 08USUNNEWYORK139 | U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA, [...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...] | 2008-02-14 13:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK140 | UNSC CALLS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Radhika Coomaraswamy on February 12 urged the Council to implement targeted measures against persistent violators against children. She also called for the Council to add rape/sexual violence as a trigger to list a country in the ann [...] | 2008-02-14 14:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC BM FR |
| 08USUNNEWYORK142 | UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: UK, FRANCE, SOUTH AFRICA, [...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN seeks Department guidance on ending the mandate of the Rwanda Sanctions Committee. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: During an informal lunch of experts of the DRC and Rwanda Sanctions Committees hosted by the Indonesian Mission on February 6, several delegations indicated an in [...] | 2008-02-14 16:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | RW PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK147 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) informed USUN that the Egyptian Contingency Owned Equipment for the heavy transport unit was released from the Port of Sudan on February. The UN will convene a bidders conference February 16-22 for companies to replace PA&E. DPKO [...] | 2008-02-14 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK150 | SYG BAN CONVENES SECOND GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING [...] (SBU) UN Secretary-General Ban convened a second meeting of the Group of Friends on Burma February 13 attended by Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe, UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari, and all 14 members of the Group of Friends. Ban said that he had received "positive [...] | 2008-02-15 18:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK151 | CLIMATE CHANGE: UNGA TO KEEP BUSY TEMPO [...] (U) The General Assembly's February 11-13 thematic debate on climate change highlighted the role of the UN system in responding to the global challenges and potential solutions to that problem. Several delegations directed comments, both good and bad, at the U.S., with island states providing [...] | 2008-02-15 19:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK155 | FM JEREMIC ARGUES BEFORE 76 UN MEMBER STATES THAT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council met in a private session on February 14 at the request of Russia and Serbia to discuss Kosovo. Sixty-one non-Council members attended as observers. Serbian FM Jeremic, after failing in a last-minute attempt to convince the U.S. to agree to televise the sess [...] | 2008-02-16 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK |
| 08USUNNEWYORK162 | PRESIDENT TADIC PROTESTS "HISTORIC INJUSTICE" OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In a public meeting of the Security Council on February 18, SYG Ban said the situation on the ground in Kosovo remained calm following of the February 17 declaration of independence. Ban said he would continue to view UNSCR 1244 as the basis for UNMIK's operations, but may be re [...] | 2008-02-20 22:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK165 | GAMBARI UPDATES AMB WOLFF ON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) UN Special Adviser Gambari suggested to Ambassador Wolff in a conversation on February 21 that if the Security Council discusses Burma before he visits Burma, the United States could underscore that Burma's referendum is not credible unless it is inclusive and transparent. Given the regim [...] | 2008-02-21 18:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK166 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) reported that the Egyptian heavy transport unit is scheduled to arrive in Darfur by March 31. The advance party of the Ethiopian infantry battalion will deploy between March 24 and April 4. In anticipation of the April 1 termination of [...] | 2008-02-21 21:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK175 | UNSC CONDEMNS ERITREA, UNCERTAIN ON NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 21 A/SYG Mulet told the Security Council that UNMEE was well along in its staging of personnel near Asmara for departure and urged Council members to consider next steps for the mission. Mulet implied that restructuring would be unwarranted because UNMEE had become [...] | 2008-02-25 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK184 | WIESENTHAL CENTER APPEALS FOR UNGA ACTION AGAINST [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Simon Wiesenthal Center appealed for Amb. Khalilzad's help in pushing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to convene a special session devoted to condemning the scourge of suicide bombing. In a meeting at USUN February 26, they also expressed concern about th [...] | 2008-02-28 15:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER |
| 08USUNNEWYORK188 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) reported that the Egyptian infantry battalion advance party will complete deployment into Darfur by March 15. The main body of the Ethiopian infantry battalion is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Sudan on March 29. DPKO will recon [...] | 2008-02-28 21:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK210 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) informed USUN Military Staff Committee (MSC) rep that at least one TCC is refusing to deploy to alternate locations directed by the UNAMID Force Commander LtGen Agwai. UNAMID plans an air movement exercise to test the GOS-approved pr [...] | 2008-03-06 22:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK222 | LEBANON: COUNCIL DIVISIONS HARDEN ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on March 10, senior UN Secretariat officials reported that the continuing Lebanese political crisis had blocked meaningful progress on UNSCR 1701 implementation. They praised continued UNIFIL-LAF cooperation; noted the significant increase in I [...] | 2008-03-11 15:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
| 08USUNNEWYORK234 | THIS JUST IN: SERBIA OPPOSES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 11 Security Council public meeting, Serbian FM Jeremic criticized Kosovo's declaration of independence (DI) as an assault on the international system, asking countries who had recognized Kosovo to reconsider and encouraging those who had not to hold off. He condemned [...] | 2008-03-14 18:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK238 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES AFGHANISTAN; UNAMA [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On March 12, the Security Council held an open debate on Afghanistan, with newly appointed Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) Kai Eide in attendance. All 32 countries that spoke during the debate (including thel 15 members of the Security Council [...] | 2008-03-14 23:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
| 08USUNNEWYORK268 | GAMBARI ADMITS NO PROGRESS IN BURMA BUT CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In both the Group of Friends meeting and during his briefing to the Security Council on March 18, UN Special Adviser Gambari admitted that his recent visit to Burma did not result in "an immediate, tangible outcome" but reported that the Burmese regime, Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK),[...] | 2008-03-25 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK271 | P-3 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN, KOSOVO, BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. P-3 PermReps met on March 20 to discuss Sudan, Kosovo, Burma, and Tibet. On Sudan, the three agreed that specific benchmarks are essential to UNAMID deployment progress and tasked mission experts with drafting them. On Kosovo, AMB Khalilzad suggested a P-3 strategy review. The [...] | 2008-03-26 18:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNMIK KV YI BM SU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK280 | RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...] | 2008-03-28 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE |
| 08USUNNEWYORK285 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: BROAD SUPPORT IN COUNCIL BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel delivered a largely technical briefing to the Security Council on March 28 about the SYG's efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) per UNSCR 1757. Recalling all the steps that have been taken since the SYG's last report in Septem [...] | 2008-03-28 23:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
| 08USUNNEWYORK289 | UNGA COUNTER-TERRORISM (CT) STRATEGY - [...] Summary. The Working Group on Radicalization, one of eight CT Task Force Working Groups set up to implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/60/288),has started work on an in depth study of radicalization and its relation to terrorist activity. The working group is led by represe [...] | 2008-04-01 11:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA PREL |
| 08USUNNEWYORK303 | 1540: RUSSIANS SHOW NO FLEXIBILITY ON RESOLUTION [...] (C) Amb. Wolff raised U.S. objectives (consistent with ref A) for the resolution to renew the mandate of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004) with Russian Deputy PermRep Constantin Dolgov on April 3. Dolgov responded that he has firm instructions from "high l [...] | 2008-04-04 21:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
| 08USUNNEWYORK31 | GUEHENNO ON DARFUR: UNAMID SO FAR IS REHATTED AMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG Guehenno presented a previously scheduled briefing on Darfur to the Security Council on January 9 and used the occasion to strongly criticize Sudanese military forces for the ambush of a UNAMID convoy on January 7 that left one driver seriously injured and damaged several [...] | 2008-01-12 00:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK323 | 1540: INDONESIA EXPRESSES RESERVATIONS ABOUT U.S. [...] (SBU) Indonesia's representative to the Security Council's 1540 Committee told USUN on April 8 that Indonesia will support Russia's technical resolution to renew the 1540 Committee's mandate, arguing that the Council should not seek to expand the Committee's mandate or introduce "controversia [...] | 2008-04-09 20:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
| 08USUNNEWYORK329 | LEBANON: MOST UNSC MEMBERS BACK UNIIIC EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary. During a public briefing and then closed consultations of the Security Council on April 8, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner and Prosecutor-designate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Daniel Bellemare asked for a six-month exten [...] | 2008-04-10 00:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
| 08USUNNEWYORK345 | 1540: NAM SECURITY COUNCIL PERMREPS CONSOLIDATE [...] (C) USUN has learned that the PermReps of Non-Aligned Movement states on the Security Council (Indonesia, Panama, South Africa, Libya, Burkina Faso, and Vietnam) have agreed to support only a two-year renewal of the mandate of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004 [...] | 2008-04-12 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
| 08USUNNEWYORK346 | UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING RWANDA [...] (C) Summary: During informal consultations of the UNSC Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda, delegations agreed to the Indonesian Chair's proposal to recommend termination of the committee, which has been largely inactive for the past decade. The UK, China [...] | 2008-04-14 17:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | RW PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK353 | GAMBARI UPDATES P-3 ON BURMA [...] (C) The P-3 sought an update April 14 from Special Advisor Gambari on his effort to return to Burma to press for a free and fair referendum (reftel). In a meeting with P-3 Deputy PermReps, Gambari said that as of April 14, the Burmese had not responded to his proposal to travel to Burma or to [...] | 2008-04-16 19:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK371 | UNSC HOLDS FIRST POST-INDEPENDENCE KOSOVO MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Joachim Rucker told Ambassador SIPDIS Khalilzad on April 21 he hopes for deployment of EULEX and the International Civilian Office (ICO) by June. Rucker later told the full Security Council that UNMIK will continue to op [...] | 2008-04-23 18:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK394 | MIDDLE EAST: USUN LEADS WALK-OUT AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNSC held its monthly discussion on the Middle East on April 23. Following last month's rancorous debate (reftel),SC members agreed to a public briefing by the UN Secretariat, followed by closed consultations. DPA A/SYG Angela Kane briefed on recent attacks in Gaza and s [...] | 2008-05-02 20:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG KPKO UNSC SY IS LE LY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK396 | UNAMI AND MNF-I BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: As mandated by resolution, the Security Council held a debate April 28 to discuss the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),as well as the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed for the UN, and painted a [...] | 2008-05-02 21:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
| 08USUNNEWYORK397 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS BURMA PRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) May 2, in advance of Burma's upcoming constitutional referendum, calling on the regime to permit the participation of all political actors and demonstrate respect for fundamental political freedoms. This action follo [...] | 2008-05-02 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK408 | CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540 [...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on May 6, 2008, in the ninth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Verbeke of Belgium (12 [...] | 2008-05-08 00:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PTER KNNP EFIN KTFN |
| 08USUNNEWYORK421 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DELISTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council representatives to the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee met May 5 with representatives of Denmark, Liechtenstein, Sweden and Switzerland, at their request, to discuss the Committee's procedures for lifting sanctions against individuals (or, delisting pr [...] | 2008-05-12 18:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK423 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COUNCIL CONSIDERS NON-COMPLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke briefed the Council on April 24 on issues related to non-compliance with the 1267 sanctions regime. The Committee's discussions of specific instances of possible non-compliance were incon [...] | 2008-05-12 18:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK424 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: BRIEFINGS BY SRSG CHOI AND [...] (C) Summary: SRSG for Cote d'Ivoire Choi briefed the Security Council on April 28 on political developments in Cote d'Ivoire since January, noting that the Ivorian parties and the international community were making a serious commitment to facilitate upcoming elections on November 30, which ha [...] | 2008-05-12 18:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK431 | HANDICAPPING UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Action requested: please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In our view, Japan, South Korea and Pakistan are likely to prevail in the May 21 General Assembly elections to the Human Rights Council. All have the benefit of incumbency. Pakistan's UN Mission tells us the OIC (56 or 57 votes) has e [...] | 2008-05-13 19:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | FR SP UK PHUM UNGA AORC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK478 | MIDDLE EAST: UNSC MEMBERS WELCOME REGIONAL PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on May 28. UNSCO Robert Serry briefed in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed the issue in closed consultations. Serry welcomed "fragile" progress on the Israeli-Syrian, Lebanese, and Israeli [...] | 2008-05-29 23:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL SY LE IS PA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK48 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 17 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The UK Permanent Mission to the UN (UKUN) hosted a donors meeting on January 16 to solicit TCCs for the UNAMID shortfalls of helicopters and transportation assets. The Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to obstruct [...] | 2008-01-17 21:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK499 | UNSC CONCERNED ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S DETENTION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: USUN convened emergency Security Council consultations on June 5 to discuss the illegal detention and harassment of U.S. and British diplomatic personnel in Zimbabwe. Security Council delegations agreed to elements of an oral press statement expressing concern about the incident [...] | 2008-06-06 00:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC ZI KDEM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK511 | LEBANON: IDF GENERALS BRIEF UNSC MEMBERS ON [...] (SBU) IDF Generals Yossi Baidatz and Yossi Heymann briefed UNSC delegations June 5 on Israel's assessment of the situation in south Lebanon and the performance of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers. They said Hizballah had fully re-armed in south Lebanon since summe [...] | 2008-06-10 22:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SY LE IS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK519 | MIDDLE EAST: ARABS PUSHING UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) USUN has learned that the Arab Group at the UN met at the expert-level on June 11 to discuss a Saudi proposal to table a draft resolution in the UN Security Council criticizing recent Israeli settlement activity. According to friendly delegations in the Arab Group, the Palestinian Obser [...] | 2008-06-11 21:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK527 | UNSC AGREES TO ZEBARI REQUEST TO CONTINUE MNF-I [...] (SBU) As mandated by UNSCR 1790, the Security Council discussed June 13 the mandate of MNF-I and arrangements regarding DFI and the IAMB, and agreed to their continuation for the remainder of the calendar year. Amb Khalilzad reported on behalf of MNF-I, highlighting the decrease in security [...] | 2008-06-16 19:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ECON UNSC IZ |
| 08USUNNEWYORK528 | GAMBARI PLANS JULY TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari asked to meet P-3 Deputy PermReps June 13 to report that he is currently in discussions with the Burmese, Indians and Chinese on the timing and substance of his next trip to Burma, although he does not yet have a concrete date. Gambari speculated the earlie [...] | 2008-06-16 19:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK550 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] Summary. Informal consultations on the General Assembly's Counter-terrorism Strategy follow-up focused on plans for the September review. Delegations struck a positive tone and comments were generally constructive. The current trend is toward a resolution reaffirming the Strategy. Some de [...] | 2008-06-23 19:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UN |
| 08USUNNEWYORK565 | UN HIGH LEVEL COORDINATOR ON IRAQ-KUWAIT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Gennady Tarasov, the recently appointed UN High Level Coordinator (replacing deceased Russian diplomat Vorontsov) for the repatriation or return of Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of all Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq, met privately with the Security [...] | 2008-06-25 22:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC KU IZ |
| 08USUNNEWYORK573 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: LIBYA TABLES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on June 27. Lisa Buttenheim, Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs, briefed the Council in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed regional events i [...] | 2008-06-28 00:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK58 | COUNCIL ADOPTS STATEMENT REGRETTING LITTLE [...] (SBU) After a heated Security Council debate January 17 on the question of whether Burma had responded to the demands of the international community, Council members adopted a press statement reiterating support for UN Special Advisor Gambari, including a call for his early return to Burma, [...] | 2008-01-18 23:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK583 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION [...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...] | 2008-07-01 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI UNSC KWMN |
| 08USUNNEWYORK586 | SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES SURVEY OF [...] (U) Summary: Mike Smith, the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) Director presented the report of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on the implementation of UNSCR 1373 (2001) during informal consulations of Security Council Members June 30. The report includes a survey that [...] | 2008-07-01 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CT PARM PREF |
| 08USUNNEWYORK59 | UNSC CONSIDERS UNMIK: DRAMA BUT NO DIRECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a January 16 Security Council session on UNMIK, Serbian President Tadic said before the media that Serbia would never recognize Kosovo sovereignty but would not resort to violence under any circumstances. In a much longer non-public session: SRSG Rucker lauded the recent [...] | 2008-01-21 19:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK593 | USUN INTRODUCES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN presented the draft resolution on Zimbabwe sanctions during Security Council consultations on July 3. The UK, France, Belgium, Italy, and Croatia voiced strong support for the draft resolution. Burkina Faso voiced support for the idea of a sanctions resolution but said they [...] | 2008-07-03 21:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK602 | UNSC: D/SYG MIGIRO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC ZI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK614 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE [...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...] | 2008-07-10 02:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK616 | UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON 1701 REPORT: MEMBER STATES [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed consultations on July 9, UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, DPKO Asia and Middle East division director, briefed the Council on the June 27 SYG report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. U/SYG Pasco [...] | 2008-07-11 00:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
| 08USUNNEWYORK619 | UNSC-ZIMBABWE: RUSSIA PROMISES VETO, CHINA CLAIMS [...] (C) In a meeting convened by the UK on July 11, Russian PermRep Churkin announced to the P5 that Russia had finally received instructions on the U.S.-backed Zimbabwe sanctions resolution. Russia was prepared to engage in negotiations on the basis of the "former South African text" reported in [...] | 2008-07-11 18:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK621 | UN: RUSSIA, CHINA VETO ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (U) On July 11 Russia and China vetoed the adoption of the U.S.-authored draft Security Council resolution that would have imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Zimbabwe and subjected fourteen senior members of the Zimbabwean government most responsible for the campaign of violence against t [...] | 2008-07-12 02:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC UNSC ZI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK623 | SRSG EIDE AND U/SYG HOLMES BRIEF SC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, the Security Council met to discuss Afghanistan, following the Secretary-General's special report on the outcome of the June 2008 Paris Conference. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitari [...] | 2008-07-14 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
| 08USUNNEWYORK630 | CHINA, RUSSIA OUTLINE THINKING ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chinese PermRep Wang told P-5 counterparts this morning that Beijing had instructed him to veto last weekend's Security Council resolution on Zimbabwe after South African President Mbeki called Chinese President Hu to complain that the U.S. and UK were actively discouraging the Zi [...] | 2008-07-16 01:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU ZM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK631 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRANCE AND UK TO PROPOSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) P-3 Ambassadors met in the evening of July 15 to discuss a response to the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. French Amb Ripert reported that earlier in the day Qatari Amb Nasser had agreed, on behalf of the Arab [...] | 2008-07-16 01:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK64 | GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council held a public debate January 22 on the situation in Gaza. Public statements were delivered by UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe, all Security Council members, Israel, the Palestinians, neighboring states, the Arab League, OIC, and NAM. Amb Khalilad's intervention exp [...] | 2008-01-23 00:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK641 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH JAPANESE PERMREP [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Japanese PermRep Takasu on July 16 as part of regularly scheduled consultations. Takasu began with a review of the G8 Summit and said Japan wanted to continue to discuss the issues raised there in New York. He touted a September 24 high-level event [...] | 2008-07-18 17:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK646 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS LIKELY TO CONCEDE DEFEAT [...] (C) Arab Group Ambassadors met on July 18 to discuss the revised comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that USUN shared with them on July 16 (ref B). (Note: This revised draft contained more language on settlements than USUN's original elements but retained strong langua [...] | 2008-07-19 00:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK662 | FRIENDS GROUP EXPRESSES BROAD SUPPORT FOR UN'S [...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a meeting of the Friends of Burma on July 23, in advance of a July 24 briefing on Burma in the Security Council, and in advance of Special Envoy Gambari's planned mid-August visit to Burma. The SYG urged broad support for Gambari's mission as [...] | 2008-07-24 18:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK664 | SOMALIA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR NEW TARGETED SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 24 meeting of the UN Sanctions Committee for Somalia, members voiced broad support for imposing new targeted sanctions against individuals and entities who undermine the peace process in Somalia. Visiting SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah told the committee such targeted measur [...] | 2008-07-25 14:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
| 08USUNNEWYORK666 | GAMBARI BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA; [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari briefed the Security Council in advance of his mid-August trip to Burma. Gambari reviewed the same message and themes as during his July 23 meeting with the Friends of Burma (reftel). Among P5 members, the U.S., UK and France said Gambar [...] | 2008-07-25 20:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK668 | SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKS TO GET ACTIVE ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on July 23, several Security Council members echoed the U.S.'s call for a more detailed briefing from DPKO on peacekeeping scenarios by August 15. Council members voiced concern over the size, mandate and composition of a potential force, and the options presen [...] | 2008-07-25 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK693 | SUDAN "VERY HAPPY" WITH UNAMID EXTENSION; U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, the Security Council renewed the mandate for the UN/AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for an additional 12 months by a vote of 14-0 with the U.S. abstaining. Intense consultations preceded the 9:45 PM vote, ending when the UK rejected the possibility of a 5-da [...] | 2008-08-01 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK721 | TOUGH DAY FOR RUSSIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 00:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RU GG UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK723 | U/SYG PASCOE BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNAMI REPORT, SC [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6 the Security Council met to discuss the Secretary-General's quarterly report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe noted UNAMI's expanded role [...] | 2008-08-12 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREM IZ UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK728 | SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON UPCOMING VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met with United Nations Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari one-on-one August 12 to discuss Gambari's upcoming visit to Burma and Singapore. Gambari hopes to jump-start the political process in Burma and assist in the development of the country's election commission. Th [...] | 2008-08-13 21:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK736 | MAXIMIZING U.S. LEVERAGE IN THE 63RD UNGA [...] (C) Summary. The 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) offers an opportunity to maximize U.S. influence within the UN by promoting targeted initiatives and reducing, without compromising U.S. policies or principles, the number of resolutions where we vote in or nearly in isolation. This [...] | 2008-08-15 18:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON UN |
| 08USUNNEWYORK745 | SUDAN: UNMIS SRSG DEFLECTS CRITICISM ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18 Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi briefed the Security Council on the situation in Sudan. He maintained that CPA implementation remained on track and that cooperation between the parties "shows signs of improvement" despite recent f [...] | 2008-08-19 23:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK755 | DESPITE SOME SUPPORT, UNSC MEMBERS MOSTLY IN [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, France showed an enthusiastic commitment for the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum and a fifth round of negotiations--as did non-UNSC member Spain, which proactively told Poloff of Spain's support. Most UNSC memb [...] | 2008-08-21 00:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL UNSC WI MO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK760 | TFGG01: RUSSIA TESTS UNSC WATERS ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin hastily called for Security Council consultations on Georgia this afternoon during which he announced that he was formally putting Russia's draft resolution before the Council "into blue," a procedural move that would allow but not require a vote on the res [...] | 2008-08-22 03:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK791 | SOMALIA: DPKO BRIEFING NARROWS OPTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Security Council consultations on Somalia on August 26, the U.S. push for accelerated planning for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) by rehatting AMISOM units was supported by Italy and African members but explici [...] | 2008-09-02 22:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK795 | GAMBARI REPORTS "SOME PROGRESS" IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 3 that despite negative press reports, his recent visit to Burma delivered some progress on process. Though he was unable to explain Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) unwillingness to meet with him, Gambari pointe [...] | 2008-09-04 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK813 | LIBERIA: UNMIL DRAWDOWN - GETTING THE PACE RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on September 9, a majority of Security Council members favored the Secretary-General's recommendation for a modestly accelerated drawdown of the military component of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the additional deployment of two formed police units (FPUs [...] | 2008-09-10 22:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC LI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK827 | DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: UNSC WANTS GOOD OFFICES MISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSC members backed the Secretary-General's proposal to renew his offer of a good offices mission in order to encourage a negotiated solution to the Djibouti-Eritrea border impasse. Many members joined the U.S. in criticizing Eritrean actions but all agreed on the need for dial [...] | 2008-09-17 23:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS UNSC DJ ER |
| 08USUNNEWYORK834 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH CHINESE PERMREP [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Chinese PermRep Guangya Wang on September 16. On Kosovo, Wang said the Serbian request to seek an ICJ advisory opinion was a clever idea, and one that the U.S. should support. On Burma, Wang agreed that nothing concrete had been achieved by the UN,s [...] | 2008-09-18 17:18:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK84 | SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON UNAMI, MNF-I [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council held its quarterly meeting January 21 on the situation in Iraq. Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura briefed for the first time in his new capacity as the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),and [...] | 2008-01-29 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08USUNNEWYORK851 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS FOCUS MORE ON UN [...] (SBU) In another low key set of consultations on the Middle East on September 18, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry's briefing was the main focus. He lauded the "gradual but systematic process of Palestinian self-empowerment" in the West Bank and later said t [...] | 2008-09-20 00:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE |
| 08USUNNEWYORK853 | SUMMARY OF SECRETARY GENERAL'S LUNCH WITH SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 18 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, during his monthly luncheon with Security Council Ambassadors, discussed the Georgia/UNOMIG mandate renewal (ref),Bolivia, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Although not part of the agenda, France raised the issue of Somalia and [...] | 2008-09-22 15:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC RS GG SO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK875 | UNSC MEETS AT SAUDI/ARAB LEAGUE REQUEST [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met September 26 in response to the request by Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Arab League to discuss Israeli settlement activity. The Saudi FM spoke first and accused Israel of intransigence and a lack of good faith in dealing with the settlements issue. Arab Le [...] | 2008-09-29 17:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE SY IR |
| 08USUNNEWYORK883 | UN GENERAL DEBATE: RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 27 continued discussing the food, energy and financial crises; United Nations democratization; terrorism; and regional conflict resolution. Russia defended its actions in Georgia with a criticism of the anti-terrorism coal [...] | 2008-09-30 16:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AORC UNGA RS SW TS HU ZA LT ID |
| 08USUNNEWYORK892 | BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Secretary-General Ban convened a high-level meeting of the Burma Group of Friends on September 27 attended by Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda, Japanese Foreign Minister Nakasone, EU High Representative Solana, Vietnamese DPM and Foreign Minister Khiem, UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, [...] | 2008-09-30 22:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK897 | SYG BAN'S SEPTEMBER 25 HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON THE FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the global food price crisis dominated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's September 25 high-level event on food security and climate change. Ban committed to providing leadership on the food crisis through the High-Level Task Force process, and stated that policy [...] | 2008-10-01 20:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV UN |
| 08USUNNEWYORK921 | DRUGS AND ELECTION CONCERNS IN GUINEA-BISSAU FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 23:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BR SG XY UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK931 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: GROUP OF EXPERTS BRIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cote d'Ivoire Group of Experts (GOE),a UN-mandated group charged with monitoring implementation of UN sanctions in Cote d'Ivoire, on 8 October delivered to members of the UN Security Council Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee a report documenting continued deficiencies and v [...] | 2008-10-14 14:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PGOV IV |
| 08USUNNEWYORK941 | SRSG KAI EIDE BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (U) Summary: SRSG and head of the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) Kai Eide briefed the Security Council on October 14, leading off a nearly four-hour meeting on Afghanistan. Eide cautioned against "doom and gloom" statements and said there were promising trends in the conflict. [...] | 2008-10-15 23:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
| 08USUNNEWYORK942 | UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S 6TH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TERRORISM [...] Summary: The Sixth Committee held its debate on agenda item 99, "Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism," from October 8-9. The majority of speakers called for the conclusion of the draft Comprehensive Convention for Combating International Terrorism. Some called for it to include a [...] | 2008-10-16 12:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK946 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: EXPERTS BRIEF COMMITTEE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts, a UN-contracted group charged with monitoring the implementation of the Darfur arms embargo and targeted sanctions imposed on Sudan, reported to the Sudan Sanctions Committee on October 10 numerous and serious violations of the sanctions regime. The p [...] | 2008-10-17 16:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
| 08USUNNEWYORK949 | UNGA: DEBATE ON THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION [...] On October 9 and 13 the General Assembly (GA) considered the Peacebuilding Commission's Report (A/63/92) and the Secretary-General's Report on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/63/218),which covered July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. 2. In his opening statement, GA President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto no [...] | 2008-10-17 22:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPKO BY PU SL CT |
| 08USUNNEWYORK95 | JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: RANCOROUS SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. During the UN Security Council's monthly public debate on the Middle East on January 30, past optimism about the Annapolis process was overshadowed by rancor resulting from the UNSC's inability to adopt a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza as well as acrimon [...] | 2008-02-01 22:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE SY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK955 | IRAN LOSES RESOUNDINGLY IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: Iran polled a mere 32 votes from the 192-member UN General Assembly in its failed bid for a Security Council seat over Japan. Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda were elected in first round balloting. End Summary. 2. (U) In one round of balloting October 17, the UN Ge [...] | 2008-10-20 16:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA UNSC PREL AORC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK962 | UN TO COMMEMORATE BICENTENNIAL OF END OF SLAVE [...] In plenary session on October 20, The UN General Assembly (UNGA) received the Secretary-General's report on the Follow-up to the Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (A/63/213),and passed a resolution on a Permanent Memorial to and Remembra [...] | 2008-10-22 19:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIP AORC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK965 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE AND TWO [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on International Security and Nuclear Disarmament conducted its general debate from October 6 to October 14. This summary comprises statements from Days 1 and 2 (October 6 and 7) of the debate. The following spoke on Day 1: Sergio Duarte, High Representativ [...] | 2008-10-22 22:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA CD |
| 08USUNNEWYORK967 | UNSC: MULTIPLE DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING UK, CALL FOR [...] (SBU) In his monthly briefing to the Security Council on the Middle East, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe reviewed October 22 the series of meetings held in late September on the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. In terms of the West Bank, he noted the start of the [...] | 2008-10-23 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK972 | DJIBOUTI ASKS UNSC TO GIVE ERITREA AN ULTIMATUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told the Security Council on October 23 that continued inaction by the international community in the face of Eritrea's occupation of Djiboutian territory would leave his country with no option but to use force to protect its "natural integ [...] | 2008-10-24 18:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ER DJ SO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK973 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. TABLES REVISIONS [...] Underscores the contribution that compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and with other agreed obligations makes to enhancing confidence and to strengthening international security and stability; 2. Urges all States to implement and to comply fully w [...] | 2008-10-27 19:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK981 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES CRIME PREVENTION, [...] SUMMARY: During the UN General Assembly Third Committee's formal discussion on crime prevention, criminal justice, and international drug control, speakers agreed that trafficking in drugs, weapons, and persons, and money laundering were cyclical and linked to terrorism, requiring coordinated [...] | 2008-10-28 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCOR KCRIM AORC UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK996 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE, TWO AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 14 to 16. This summary comprises statements from all three days (October 14, 15 and 16) of the debate. On Day 1, representatives from the following states [...] | 2008-10-31 21:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK997 | UNGA: UN PASSES 17TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] Summary: In plenary session on October 29, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 17th annual resolution condemning the United States embargo on Cuba with near unanimity, slightly more one-sided than last year. The usual diatribes were accompanied by more measured language from the EU an [...] | 2008-10-31 22:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ECON CU |
| 08VIENTIANE149 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 01:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA |
| 08VIENTIANE297 | BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE: LAO FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials view the Burmese government as having changed its attitude toward outside assistance as a result of the recent ASEAN meeting in Singapore. They expressed high hopes the May 25 Pledging Meeting in Rangoon will be effective in [...] | 2008-05-23 07:23:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM BM LA |
| 08VIENTIANE485 | U.S. AND LAOS CONTINUE PROGRESS IN THIRD BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bilateral military talks held at historic Lockwood Hall on Pearl Harbor August 14-15 confirmed progress in U.S.-Lao military relations and widened the range of activities the Lao will consider during the coming year. One key focus for both sides was the upcoming exchange of Defe [...] | 2008-09-04 03:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE525 | AMBASSADOR MARCIEL'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS WARMER [...] (C) Summary: Senior Lao foreign affairs, defense and law enforcement officials confirmed to EAP DAS Ambassador Scot Marciel their interest in expanding bilateral cooperation. Lao Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC) Chairman Soubanh Srithirath hailed a new spirit of results-ori [...] | 2008-09-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR SENV MARR LA |
| 08VIENTIANE562 | DASD CLAD VISIT TO LAOS CONTINUES MIL-MIL PROGRESS; LAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OSD's DASD James Clad may be the highest-ranking Pentagon policy official to have visited Vientiane since 1975. While senior DPMO officials involved in the MIA accounting process have visited regularly, Dr. Clad's visit sends another positive signal about the improving and broad [...] | 2008-10-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE645 | U.S. DEFENSE ATTACHE OFFICE OPENS IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new U.S. Defense Attache (DATT) to Laos, LTC Jamie McAden, was warmly welcomed by senior Lao military and Foreign Affairs officials December 5 to mark the opening of the U.S. Defense Attache Office in Vientiane. This restores the bilateral defense relationship with Laos broken [...] | 2008-12-15 03:31:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA MARR MOPS PINR PREL MASS |
| 08VIENTIANE88 | VIENTIANE ILLICIT DRUG SECTOR DONOR GROUP BEGINS [...] (SBU) In January the Vientiane Illicit Drug Sector Working Group (IDSWG) conducted its first semi-annual meeting for 2008. What was once the Vientiane Mini-Dublin Group has evolved IDSWG, a larger body that includes all of the drug sector donors in Laos. China, Korea, and the members of ASEAN [...] | 2008-02-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR XC LA |
| 08WELLINGTON15 | CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH GNZ LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 9, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Deputy and Acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Chief Executive Simon Murdoch to discu [...] | 2008-01-18 03:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGHG MOPS MARR AF NK NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON24 | UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY EMPHASIZES STRONG US-NZ [...] (C) Summary. During her January 14 meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky highlighted the recent successful discussions in Bali, underscored USG support for a multilateral approach to cl [...] | 2008-01-29 21:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCGC PHUM KDEM MOPS NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON264 | DASD CLAD/MAJOR GENERAL CONANT'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer. Senior MOD officials welcomed enhanced bilateral military [...] | 2008-08-27 01:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON268 | BLUE LANTERN POST SHIPMENT END-USE ON LICENSE [...] In response to reftel request, Econoff conducted a site visit of Custom Aeronautical Support (CAS) located in Christchurch on August 26 and met with company director Greg Gaba and sales manager Emma Niu. CAS is physically located in a relatively small but modern and secure building in an ind [...] | 2008-08-28 04:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NZ TW |
| 08WELLINGTON276 | PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM 2008: POST FORUM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the August 21 Post Forum Dialogue, dialogue partner nations outlined ongoing and projected assistance projects with the Pacific island nations and generally lauded the Forum's Communique issued a day earlier. Most countries associated themselves with the Forum's stron [...] | 2008-09-01 20:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EAGR EAID NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON290 | NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES CONCLUSION REACHED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's Trade Minister Phil Goff recently announced that a "substantive conclusion" was reached at the negotiations between ASEAN, New Zealand and Australia for a Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) held during the 13th annual meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers-Closer Eco [...] | 2008-09-09 03:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON36 | GNZ SHARES SIMILAR VIEWS ON ARF; PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) On February 7, Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche material to Tim McIvor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) head of the Asia Regional Unit that deals with ARF and ASEAN affairs. McIvor indicated that the GNZ had already supplied comments to the USG's ARF proposal to [...] | 2008-02-07 19:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEAN NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON400 | NEW ZEALAND, ASEAN AND THE ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 02:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PREL MARR NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON424 | NEW ZEALAND: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) New Zealand attaches importance to its compliance with international counterterrorism instruments. It has ratified 12 of the 16 international instruments and maintains up-to-date reporting to the United Nations (UN). New Zealand uses the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy as a key refe [...] | 2008-12-22 03:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON91 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2/2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 00:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD NZ |
| 08YEREVAN244 | ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...] | 2008-03-20 05:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 08ZAGREB49 | CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR |
| 092OF5 | CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...] | 2009-12-11 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI |
| 09ABUDHABI202 | UAE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) The Embassy's point of contact for the Trafficking in Persons Report is: Kundai Mashingaidze Tel: +971 2-414-2621 Fax: +971 2-414-2639 Email: mashingaidzek@state.gov Number of hours spent on th [...] | 2009-02-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG AE |
| 09ABUDHABI243 | UAE TIP SHELTER OPTIONS INADEQUATE BUT THERE IS HOPE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: UAE shelter options for victims of domestic abuse and trafficking (sexual or otherwise) remain limited. In Dubai, there is only one officially recognized facility of whose existence the wider Dubai co [...] | 2009-03-13 17:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE |
| 09ABUDHABI244 | UNOFFICIAL TIP SHELTER OPTIONS IN UAE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE's main urban hubs, unofficial shelters have been established over time to accommodate the immediate needs of vulnerable groups (one of the more active being run by [...] | 2009-03-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE |
| 09ABUDHABI331 | UAE REQUEST TO ATTEND MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM ON ENERGY AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) In a March 30 letter, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash asked the Ambassador for assistance with a matter "extremely important" to the UAEG: an invitation to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in [...] | 2009-04-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AE |
| 09ABUJA1010 | NIGERIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 4 the Ambassador hosted a group of senior media editors and Muslim and Christian leaders to watch a live broadcast of President Barack Obama's speech "A New Beginning." The speech was extremely well received by the assembled clergy and journalists, as evidenced by comme [...] | 2009-06-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KISL KPAO NI SO |
| 09ABUJA1076 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-14, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Political News --Delta Incidents --Oil and Gas ECONOMIC NEWS ------------- 2. (U [...] | 2009-06-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI |
| 09ABUJA1210 | NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AU SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Ambassador had a short June 28 breakfast meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his residence a few hours before his departure for Libya for the African Union (AU) Summit. Ambassador covered a range of issues ranging from Nigeria,s delegation to both the AU and upcoming G-8 [...] | 2009-06-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR EAID EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PARCA |
| 09ABUJA666 | NIGERIA: KADUNA PRIVATE SECTOR SEEKS US INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 5-6 visit to Kaduna by EconDeputy, Kaduna Chapter Members of the Nigeria-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) were unanimous in their displeasure with the Yar'Adua administration's inability to increase electricity supply. They complained that epileptic electricit [...] | 2009-04-20 10:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG CVIS EINV EAGR EAID PGOV NI |
| 09ADDISABABA745 | LUCY CLAIMS ASYLUM [...] (SBU) In a move that shocked the paleo-human rights community, Lucy -- the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil discovered in rural Ethiopia in 1974 -- claimed asylum in Seattle during the second leg of her North American tour. The move has illuminated socio-political dynamics among our ancesto [...] | 2009-04-01 04:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CASC PREL ET |
| 09AITTAIPEI144 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, CROSS-STRAIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies February 11 gave extensive coverage to former First Lady Wu Shu-chen, who appeared in court and pleaded guilty to forgery but denied the corruption charges against her Tuesday. News coverage also centered on the island's sagging economy, and on [...] | 2009-02-11 06:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI174 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 14-17 news coverage on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, on the Taiwan government's efforts to fight the island's mounting unemployment ra [...] | 2009-02-17 09:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI181 | CEPD CHAIRMAN SURVEYS BLEAK ECONOMY IN FEBRUARY 18 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 18 meeting with the Director, Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Director Chen Tain-jy said exports will be a key indicator in determining when Taiwan's economy has bottomed out, and noted that recent upticks in short term export orders may be a hop [...] | 2009-02-18 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR ELAB EFIN TW CH |
| 09AITTAIPEI191 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI208 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI211 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI328 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL CONFRONTATION, U.S. [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 21-23 news coverage on cross-Strait relations and Taiwan's bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly in May; on Taiwan's economic situation; and on the controversy caused by the alleged anti-Taiwan remarks by a Toronto [...] | 2009-03-23 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AITTAIPEI666 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 6-8 on the speculation over President Ma Ying-jeou possibly doubling as KMT chairman after July; on the reshuffle of board members in the Formosa Petrochemical Corp; and on several issues concerning the livelihood of p [...] | 2009-06-08 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 09AMEMBASSYHANOI1284 | (SBU) UNSIC advances planning for April 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior United Nations (UN),European Union (EU),and USG officials met with government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi on November 25-27 in preparation for the 7th Inter-Ministerial Conference for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) to be held in Hanoi on April 19-21. The [...] | 2009-12-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM |
| 09AMMAN128 | JORDAN HASHEMITE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HEAD [...] (SBU) The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO),which has become the semi-official conduit from Jordan to Gaza, is now sending 15 truckloads five days a week containing a variety of aid. The organization's spokesman offered a brief history of the JHCO's role in past humanitarian e [...] | 2009-01-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG IS JO |
| 09AMMAN1364 | JORDAN INCHES TOWARDS RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador again urged Jordan to recognize Kosovo during meetings with PM Nader Dahabi, FM Nasser Judeh, and Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi in recent conversations. All three reiterated the point that recognition was "only a matter of time" and hinted that it would likely occur in J [...] | 2009-06-18 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV ID TT JO |
| 09AMMAN230 | Update on Labor Issues in Jordan [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has continued to take measures to strengthen its institutional capacity to identify and correct labor violations, in part by hiring 60 new inspectors in 2008. Inspectors for the International Labour Office's (ILO) Better Work Jordan program have [...] | 2009-01-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO |
| 09AMMAN277 | IRAN'S LARIJANI PAYS A LOW-KEY VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although it was little-known in Jordan, speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Larijani paid a low-key visit to Amman on January 9, accompanied by the speakers of the Syrian and Indonesian parliaments. Despite several attempts by the Jordanian government to turn off the visit, [...] | 2009-01-29 09:26:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IR IS SY JO |
| 09AMMAN459 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan demonstrated a strong commitment to and made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Progress includes the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law, an increase in forced labor cases being investigated and sent forward for [...] | 2009-02-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 09ANKARA1299 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA136 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 09ANKARA1429 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA1819 | SRAP CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA, DECEMBER 2-3 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 2-3 an interagency U.S. delegation led by Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman met with Turkish MFA officials and representatives from Turkish ministries and agencies that have a current or potential role in Afghanistan and Pakistan [...] | 2009-12-22 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PGOV PK PREL TU |
| 09ANKARA193 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 11:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA266 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA273 | TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: TIP SITUATION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to ref A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hours [...] | 2009-02-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 09ANKARA319 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ASTANA170 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 4 - JANUARY [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Update from Samruk-Kazyna -- Humanitarian Aid for Tajikistan -- Arcelor Mittal To Modernize Coal Mines -- China To Build A Gas-Fired Power Plant [...] | 2009-01-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB TI CH IN KZ |
| 09ASTANA2027 | KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTING IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During two trips to Atyrau November 5-10, Energy Officer met with U.S. and international companies doing business in the region to discuss their opinion of Atyrau's investment climate. They said the region is led [...] | 2009-11-16 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ |
| 09ASTANA281 | KAZAKHSTAN SECURES LUCRATIVE DEALS WITH INDIA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nursultan Nazarbayev's January 23-26 trip to New Delhi as the guest of honor at India's 2009 National Day celebration underscored the close political relations between Kazakhstan and India which have existed since Kazakhstan's independence. However, despite profession [...] | 2009-02-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET ETRD MARR IN KZ |
| 09ASTANA484 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS, PUBLISHES DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 16, the Ambassador delivered a speech on democracy to approximately 100 students and professors at the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law in Astana. The text of the speech was published in full on pa [...] | 2009-03-18 00:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
| 09ASUNCION681 | PREPPING FOR A/S VALENZUELA: PARAGUAY'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Lacognata met December 10 to review the bilateral agenda before WHA Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December 17-18 visit. The Ambassador told Lacognata that we believe the investment climate is deteriorating. She also expressed concern about the sustain [...] | 2009-12-15 17:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS ECON PREL MASS PA IR |
| 09ATHENS206 | Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...] | 2009-02-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR |
| 09ATHENS593 | Consulting With Greece on the Burma Policy Review [...] (C) On April 10, pol off delivered reftel points on the subject of the ongoing Burma Policy Review to Dora Giovanni, Counselor in the A10 Division for Asia-Oceania. Giovanni appreciated the information and expressed her concern for the situation in Burma, especially in the area of human right [...] | 2009-04-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM GR |
| 09BAGHDAD1764 | IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND SPUTTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref B) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer. A consortium led by BP and including China's CNPC won the right to begin negotiations with the GOI for a twenty-year contract to work the massive Rumaila oil field in [...] | 2009-06-30 19:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD3196 | OIL STAMPEDE: IRAQ,S 2ND BID ROUND RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: In a landmark event for Iraq and the global oil industry, Iraq's 2nd oil bid (licensing) round on December 11-12 showcased the potential of Iraq's oil sector. Overall, the event proceeded with remarkable organization, precision, and transparency. The bidding started as a rush and [...] | 2009-12-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN122 | COUNTRY FRAUD SUMMARY -- BRUNEI [...] Summary: Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced the production and issuance of fully ICAO compliant biometric passports. Prior to this announcement, the Government of Brunei had been issuing regular passports (red c [...] | 2009-06-03 00:58:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN |
| 09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN15 | BRUNEI: RELUCTANT TO LEAD IMT, AND CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Poloff on 15 January met with Haji Mulok Haji Jamat, the Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific Affairs in the Political I section of the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Mulok told Poloff that Brunei plans to only supply monitors to the International Monitor [...] | 2009-01-27 07:26:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER BX |
| 09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN205 | SENATOR BILL NELSON WELL RECEIVED VISIT TO BRUNEI [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson's well received visit to Brunei focused on numerous key USG policy goals and objectives. During wide ranging meetings with the Sultan of Brunei, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II, Pehin Lim Jock Seng, the Senator received assurances that Brunei res [...] | 2009-08-28 03:29:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BX PINR |
| 09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN258 | BRUNEI'S PRISONS: CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FUTURE PLANS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 06:10:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM CASC BX |
| 09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN49 | BRUNEI DISTANCING ITSELF FROM ROHINGYA ISSUE [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission met with Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss Brunei's position regarding the Rohingya refugee issue. Reading primarily from a prepared text, MFA Deputy Director, Politics I, Haji Mulok Jamat, stated that the Brunei's position is this is an issue [...] | 2009-03-13 07:15:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL BM BX |
| 09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80 | AMBASSADOR TODD ENCOURAGES BRUNEI'S ENVIRONMENTALISM [...] (SBU) Ambassador Todd has encouraged Government of Brunei (GoB) officials, as well as the private sector to pursue more definitive actions to protect the environment. Of particular interest is the Heart of Borneo (HoB) initiative. Recently, Ambassador Todd met with the likely new head of Brune [...] | 2009-04-03 07:53:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EAID KINR BX |
| 09BANGKOK1088 | UNESCAP 65TH COMMISSION SESSION DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) held its 65th annual session at its headquarters in Bangkok on April 23-29. A recurrent topic of discussion was the current global economic downturn and the meeting's ministerial segment provi [...] | 2009-05-01 05:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR IR CH INCB KS JA PK RS XB TH |
| 09BANGKOK1090 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the Export Control Academy, Athens, GA, April 13-24. Program Assistant attended an ASEAN Export Control Workshop co-hosted by Thailand and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),Apr. 27-29. DOE's Todd Perry conducted follow-on meetings [...] | 2009-05-01 06:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
| 09BANGKOK1158 | MGSF01: ASEAN+3 Flu Ministerial May 7-8 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 8 Health Ministers from ASEAN + 3 (including China, Japan and South Korea) gathered in Bangkok for a "Special Meeting on Influenza A(H1N1);" a senior officials meeting took place on May 7. The resulting Joint Ministerial Statement asserted that a pandemic was imminent, th [...] | 2009-05-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT |
| 09BANGKOK1167 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LOCAL OFFICIALS' VIEWS OF THE [...] (C) Summary: A range of provincial government and security officials gave us differing views about the security situation in the deep south, the state of the Malay Muslim insurgency, and possible government countermeasures during a mid-March trip to southern Thailand. A Narathiwat vice govern [...] | 2009-05-14 02:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
| 09BANGKOK1190 | THAI MFA NOT SUSPICIOUS OF GROWING CHINESE POWER [...] (C) Summary. According to the Thai MFA Director of Chinese Affairs, Thailand agreed that increased transparency of Chinese military intentions would help regional stability, but Thailand had no reason to be concerned with growing Chinese military power and accepted as natural China's growing [...] | 2009-05-14 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PM PREL TH CH |
| 09BANGKOK1201 | THAILAND: RESPONSE TO ASSK'S ARREST [...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit held a press conference May 15 to express concern over Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) situation, to call on the Burmese government not to extend her detention, and to ask the Burmese authorities to clarify the situation about the Amcit swimmer who visited ASSK's compound. [...] | 2009-05-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 09BANGKOK1219 | THAILAND ISSUES AN ASEAN CHAIR STATEMENT CALLING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the absence of ASEAN consensus over the arrest/trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Thailand issued an ASEAN Chair statement May 18 calling for the immediate release of ASSK. FM Kasit circulated the statement under the cover of a letter to ASEAN FMs and SecGen Surin May 18; on [...] | 2009-05-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TH |
| 09BANGKOK1223 | THAILAND: FM KASIT AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BURMA, [...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit Piromya hosted Ambassador for lunch May 20 to follow-up Kasit's April 24-26 visit to Washington and his May 16 telcon with Secretary Clinton. Burma and bilateral relations dominated the conversation. On Burma, Kasit stressed that the top priority should be Aung Sang [...] | 2009-05-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF TH |
| 09BANGKOK1246 | ASEAN DEBATES ASSK DETENTION [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (and U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN) Scot Marciel attended the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Phuket May 19-20. He had a brief encounter with his Burmese counterpart, Director General for ASEAN Affairs U Than Tun, on the margins and [...] | 2009-05-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM |
| 09BANGKOK1267 | THAI MFA CLARIFIES ASEAN STATEMENT ON ASSK; AIPMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Burmese criticism of the May 18 ASEAN Chair Statement calling for Aung Saan Suu Kyi's (ASSK) release (reftel),the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a clarification May 26 (text below). The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) convened [...] | 2009-05-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
| 09BANGKOK1305 | AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, REFUGEES, CUSTOMS, AND [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban assured the Ambassador that there would be no security problems during Secretary Clinton's July visit, in part because the authorities and local population in Phuket were sympathetic to the government. Suthep complained that former Prime Minister Th [...] | 2009-06-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINS ECON ETRD TH BM LA |
| 09BANGKOK1359 | MGSF01: WHO and GPO Thailand developing vaccines [...] SUMMARY. Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has been working with World Health Organization to develop its vaccine production capabilities for both seasonal and pandemic influenzas. The technology utilized will be through a sub-license from the American pharmaceutical comp [...] | 2009-06-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT |
| 09BANGKOK1382 | THAI ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S. [...] (U) In response to ref A, post has compiled a list of energy partnerships between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and the USG or entities in the U.S. private sector. USAID partnerships ------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID RDMA) oversees the Envir [...] | 2009-06-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ENRG APECO TH |
| 09BANGKOK139 | THAI GOVERNMENT REACTS QUICKLY TO CRITICISM OF [...] (SBU) In a January 19th meeting with local human rights activities, Royal Thai government (RTG) Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva responded to international press criticism of treatment of Rohingyas "boat people" entering Thai territory. Recent press reports by the South China Morning Post and [...] | 2009-01-20 10:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG PHUM TH BM |
| 09BANGKOK1401 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FOREIGN VIEWS OF THAI [...] (C) The brutal June 8 attack by unknown perpetrators on a mosque in Narathiwat province (reftel) may set back efforts to ameliorate the conflict in southern Thailand. Over the past weeks, various foreign observers privately expressed divergent views about the likelihood and possible modalities [...] | 2009-06-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PINS TH MY |
| 09BANGKOK141 | BANGKOK PROPOSAL: 2009 AG-BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Bangkok requests $5439 in funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs' agricultural biotechnology outreach funds for FY2009. EEB's funding would support a speaker for a workshop, to be co-funded by USDA and USPTO, entitled Biotechnology and Risk Asses [...] | 2009-01-20 10:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP SENV TH |
| 09BANGKOK1574 | THAI FINANCE MINISTER ON AMERICAN BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij, the Ambassador raised concerns about less than fair and transparent treatment U.S. business receives from the Ministry's Customs Department. The Ambassador also raised the Megaports Initiative, encouraging the Thai go [...] | 2009-07-02 10:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL TH |
| 09BANGKOK165 | THAILAND'S HANDLING OF ROHINGYA "BOAT PEOPLE" OFF [...] (C) Summary: Thai military officials and villagers along Thailand's southern Andaman Sea coast described push-back actions of ethnic Rohingya to RefCoord January 22, but maintained that Thai civil defense volunteers and fishing boats, not Thai military officials, had been involved. UNHCR rep [...] | 2009-01-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL TH |
| 09BANGKOK1695 | MEGAPORTS REGIONAL WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first Megaports Initiative Regional Workshop was held in Bangkok, Thailand May 12-15, 2009. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Customs, and Port Authority of Thailand co-hosted the event with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Embassy. The workshop [...] | 2009-07-15 02:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EWWT ETTC PARM PREL TH |
| 09BANGKOK1720 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Summary. General Casey, your meeting with Thai Army Commander General Anupong will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests and emphasize our support for important areas of our mil-mil relationship. Our military relationship provide [...] | 2009-07-16 23:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
| 09BANGKOK1901 | THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you back to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment for Thailand's democracy in meeting its current challenges and emerging strengthened, as well as to engage Thai officials and others on [...] | 2009-08-05 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS TH |
| 09BANGKOK1939 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FM KASIT ON US-THAI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged Thai FM Kasit Piromya August 6 on U.S.-Thai relations, DRPK and the ARF Chair Statement, Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Cambodian border issues, the Lao Hmong, and Viktor Bout's extradition. Ambassador and Kasit agreed on the need to elevate the nature of t [...] | 2009-08-07 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM BM TH |
| 09BANGKOK1956 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Wisconsin Project staff conducted proliferator database training in Bangkok, July 14-16. Advisor conducted EXBS program coordination meetings in Jakarta, July 16-17. U.S. Coast Guard conducted Port Security training at Bangkok and Laem Chabang ports, July 20-31. Advisor escorted a deleg [...] | 2009-08-10 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN |
| 09BANGKOK1980 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: ENDURING VIOLENCE AND THE WAY [...] (C) The conflict in Thailand's Deep South, which entered a new, more violent phase in January 2004, has ground on for five and a half years, cost some 3500 lives, and has no end in sight. At its core, the conflict is about identity, sovereign control, justice, and the Royal Thai Government,s [...] | 2009-08-12 06:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TH |
| 09BANGKOK2003 | THAILAND ISSUES ASEAN CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. Thailand issued an ASEAN Chairman's statement on August 11 reiterating the call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) as well as all other political prisoners, with the goal of allowing them to participate in the 2010 general elections and paving the way for nati [...] | 2009-08-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH BM |
| 09BANGKOK2045 | SENATOR WEBB FOCUSES ON BURMA WITH PM AND FM; [...] (C) Summary. During the course of August 17 meetings with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Foreign Minister Kasit Pirmoya, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) shared the details of his recent visit to Burma and outlined his thoughts on breaking the impasse with the regime. Both Kasit and Vejjajiva not [...] | 2009-08-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH BM RS |
| 09BANGKOK2046 | Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...] | 2009-08-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH |
| 09BANGKOK2096 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: THE HDC DIALOGUE RESUMES [...] (S) In a late July meeting, HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) representative Michael Vatikiotis briefed us on RTG efforts to revive the HDC brokered dialogue between the Thai government and insurgents in southern Thailand. In subsequent meetings with CG in Chang Mai, Mark Tamthai, Dir [...] | 2009-08-21 04:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER TH |
| 09BANGKOK213 | U.S.-THAI RELATIONS: SUSTAINING OUR IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary. As one of five U.S. treaty allies in Asia and straddling a major force projection air/sea corridor, Thailand remains crucial to U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Underpinning our strong bilateral relations is the U.S.-Thai security relationship, which is base [...] | 2009-01-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
| 09BANGKOK2150 | Thai Economy Improves in Second Quarter (For Most) [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Second quarter economic data released August 24 by the Thai Government showed an improved economic situation in Thailand. Gross domestic (GDP) was down 4.9 percent when compared to the same period in 2008, but improved 2.3 percent over the first quarter of this year [...] | 2009-08-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB TH |
| 09BANGKOK2208 | THE ASEAN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ASEAN plans to launch its newly-developed human rights body, the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) at the 15th ASEAN Summit in October in Thailand. Although local and international NGOs have already described the Terms of Reference (ToR) adopted by Fore [...] | 2009-08-31 12:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM DRL TH |
| 09BANGKOK2226 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: CONFLICT, CONFLICTING GOALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Issues of identity, language, violence against teachers, and quality of instruction are some of the key challenges facing the educational environment and its impact on life in southern Thailand, according to academic, government, and NGO interlocutors we engaged in southern Thai [...] | 2009-09-02 10:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
| 09BANGKOK2259 | Why the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. Ref A details USAID's plans to move forward with development of an Asia-Pacific Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. With the ARC's purpose to concentrate a network of leading U.S. and Asia institutions to advance the President's climate [...] | 2009-09-04 07:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH |
| 09BANGKOK233 | ROHINGYA BOAT PEOPLE: THAI GOVERNMENT MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 29th, UNHCR Regional Representative Raymond Hall met with FM Kasit in a meeting Hall described to us as "positive overall." The encounter, heavily covered by local media, was the first direct meeting by UNHCR with Thai officials on the Rohingyas issue. After hearing [...] | 2009-01-29 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM KTIP SMIG TH BM |
| 09BANGKOK2464 | THAILAND: PREVIEWING THE RESULTS OF THE BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Charge previewed the results of our Burma policy review to MFA East Asian Director General Kittiphong na Ranong September 28, per reftel. Kittiphong probed U.S. thinking on how we planned to handle incremental next steps, expressed both doubt that the regime would take the first [...] | 2009-09-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM TH |
| 09BANGKOK2588 | THAI POLICY TOWARDS BURMA: THAI OFFICIALS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thai officials, academics, and activists debated Thailand's position, role, and policy vis-a-vis its problematic western neighbor Burma at Chulalongkorn University's Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) October 6. The speakers covered the wide array of issu [...] | 2009-10-09 00:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM |
| 09BANGKOK263 | SCENESETTER FOR SENIOR MILITARY VISITORS TO [...] (C) Summary. Coming visits by component commanders, and other senior leaders of various U.S. military commands will afford a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai government, to promoting a continued strong bilateral relations [...] | 2009-02-02 08:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
| 09BANGKOK2712 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THAI CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The visit of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Defense Forces General Songkitti Jaggabartra to the PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference and to Washington to meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen affords a chance to affirm support for our im [...] | 2009-10-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
| 09BANGKOK2723 | LET,S PLAY TWO: THAILAND HOSTS ASEAN+6 SUMMIT [...] (C) Thailand successfully hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit, as well as the follow-on ASEAN 3 and East Asian Summits, October 23-25. The meetings took place without incident and represented a face saving victory of sorts for a government still struggling to distance itself from the stain associate [...] | 2009-10-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
| 09BANGKOK2768 | ASEAN SUMMITS: NO BREAKTHROUGHS ON THE TRADE FRONT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the October 23-25 ASEAN and East Asia Summits were logistically successful (reftel),the actual results emerging from the weekend's discussions on the trade front were limited. News touting multiple proposals to deepen the trading relationships in Asia may have dominated lo [...] | 2009-10-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL TH |
| 09BANGKOK2777 | Major Outcomes of the Coral Triangle Initiative Senior [...] The "Coral Triangle" includes the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea. This 5.7 million square km area of ocean and islands has the highest marine biodiversity on earth. It provides livelihood for 120 million people and food for many more. The ar [...] | 2009-10-30 09:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH |
| 09BANGKOK283 | THAILAND'S SOUTHERN INSURGENCY: ABHISIT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: The Abhisit government reopened the secret channel of discussions with representatives of southern insurgents facilitated by the Henri Dunant Centre (HDC) in late January, HDC Southeast Asian representative Michael Vatikiotis told PolCouns February 3. Vatikiotis said that Thai FM [...] | 2009-02-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
| 09BANGKOK2962 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR AND FM KASIT DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya called Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on short notice late November 19, primarily to discuss Cambodia and Thaksin. Kasit began the meeting expressing "profound thanks" for the President and Secretary's effective re-engagement in Asia this y [...] | 2009-11-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 09BANGKOK2963 | ASEAN WILDLIFE NETWORK SCORES WITH AFRICAN IVORY BUST [...] (U) Summary: In an important step forward against wildlife trafficking, the Royal Thai Police arrested two ivory traffickers on November 16 in Bangkok. The arrests came after a year-long joint investigation involving U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Royal Thai Police and the USG-supported A [...] | 2009-11-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID TH |
| 09BANGKOK3006 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL NORTH AND [...] (C) General North and Brigadier General Crowe, Embassy Bangkok welcomes your visit to Thailand during the celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday. Your visit signals the United States' appreciation for the long-standing bilateral relationship, which has facilitated shared bene [...] | 2009-11-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
| 09BANGKOK3033 | CTI Ministerial Consensus Reached to Locate Regional [...] SUMMARY: At the 2nd Ministerial Meeting held in Gizo, Solomon Islands on November 19, 2009, Ministers from the six countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) unanimously agreed to locate the Permanent Regional Secretariat in Indonesia. Other [...] | 2009-12-01 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH |
| 09BANGKOK3034 | ASEAN WORKS TOWARD COMMON CLIMATE CHANGE POSITION IN [...] SUMMARY: As chair of ASEAN Climate Change Working Group, Thailand's Environment minister hosted a ministerial on November 29 that brought ASEAN closer to a common negotiating position for the UNFCC Conference of Parties in Copenhagen. Thailand is circulating an ASEAN position paper with reques [...] | 2009-12-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KGCC KGHG SENV TH |
| 09BANGKOK3072 | FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...] | 2009-12-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH |
| 09BANGKOK3075 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor presented a briefing on the EXBS Program to Thai, Philippines and Indonesian officials during DTRA's WMD Interdiction Workshop at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),Bangkok, Nov. 2-6. Advisor visited DEA's Airport Interdiction Program facility in Chiang Mai, Thailan [...] | 2009-12-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB JP |
| 09BANGKOK311 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT, FM KASIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged PM Abhisit Vejajjiva during a February 3 AMCHAM dinner and FM Kasit during a February 4 office call on the Thai response to Rohingya boat people from Burma and Bangladesh. Abhisit reiterated that his government, once made aware of the issue, insisted that all T [...] | 2009-02-05 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF TH |
| 09BANGKOK3171 | THAILAND: HDC-FACILITATED DIALOGUE WITH SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: At the same time the Thai government hosted the visit of Malaysian PM Najib to southern Thailand December 9 (ref A),in what is generally seen as a positive step forward in both countries, southern separatist insurgents leaders based in Malaysia and involved in unpublicized secret [...] | 2009-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
| 09BANGKOK322 | Coral Triangle States Advance Commitment to Marine [...] SUMMARY: Officials from the six nations of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI) made steady progress towards a comprehensive coastal and marine management framework at the fourth meeting of the CTI Coordination Committee in Manado, Indonesia from Janua [...] | 2009-02-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH |
| 09BANGKOK363 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FORMER PM CHUAN ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Polcouns called on former PM Chuan Leekpai, senior statesman of the ruling Democrat Party, on February 10 to discuss the current political situation in Thailand, prospects for progress in the unsettled south, the overly broad application of lese majeste laws, and th [...] | 2009-02-12 07:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN TH |
| 09BANGKOK395 | THAILAND: FM KASIT COMMENTS ON REGIONAL APPROACHES [...] (SBU) Thai FM Kasit Piromya addressed Thai thoughts on regional approaches to the Rohingya challenge February 13 in comments to the Harvard Club of Thailand. Referencing his early February meeting in Geneva with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Kasit reiterated RTG intent to work with t [...] | 2009-02-17 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF TH |
| 09BANGKOK418 | THAILAND CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS FOCUS ON ADAPTATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although not a major emitter of greenhouse gases, Thailand has a strong policy on both mitigating and adapting to climate change. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) and donor experts foresee possible severe effects from increased flooding, drought and rising sea levels which could t [...] | 2009-02-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH |
| 09BANGKOK499 | THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
| 09BANGKOK505 | ASEAN SUMMIT SHOWDOWN: SECGEN SURIN CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The runup to the February 27-March 1 ASEAN Summit in Thailand has provided a fascinating window in the evolving nature of the ASEAN community, including efforts by some to give voice to ASEAN civil society and life to the ASEAN Charter, contrasted by efforts by others [...] | 2009-02-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN TH |
| 09BANGKOK529 | SPECIAL 301 FOR THAILAND: PRIORITY WATCH LIST WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Political turmoil throughout 2008 effectively prevented any significant policy shifts in respect for intellectual property rights (IPR). On the enforcement level, government efforts continued as they have in recent years with thousands of low-level raids and arrests, lackluster [...] | 2009-03-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
| 09BANGKOK556 | ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH THAI PM ABHISIT, [...] (C) Summary. In February 17 meetings during the visit of PACOM Commander Admiral Timothy Keating, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan stressed the importance of the U.S.-Thai military relationship and the Cobra Gold military exercise. PM Abhisit highlighted [...] | 2009-03-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PREL PTER TH |
| 09BANGKOK581 | THAI MFA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Middle-East Division Nat Pinyowattanacheep March 6 regarding the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, including the drawdown and transformation of the U.S. force (reftel). Nat replied that the RTG found the U.S. approach encouragi [...] | 2009-03-06 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TH |
| 09BANGKOK611 | THAILAND HOSTS USG CUTTING EDGE DISEASE PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: With over one-fifth of Mission Bangkok's staff of roughly 2000 working on health issues, the Embassy hosts one of the USG's largest efforts to fight the world's most dangerous diseases: malaria, TB, dengue, HIV/AIDS and avian/pandemic influenza. USAID, HHS/CDC, USDA/APHIS and the Arme [...] | 2009-03-10 12:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO KPAO KFLU KHIV ECON EAID TH |
| 09BANGKOK719 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON BURMA POLICY WITH EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met EU Special Envoy to Burma Piero Fassino and other European officials March 20 to discuss policy towards Burma prior to Fassino's upcoming visit to Burma. Ambassador noted the ongoing USG Burma policy review, explaining in general terms the issues on which the US [...] | 2009-03-23 09:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 09BANGKOK818 | Updates on Cases of Labor Abuse in Thailand [...] (SBU) Summary: To follow-up on the Anoma, Prapha Navee, and Ranya Paew human trafficking-related labor abuse cases in Thailand (refs a and b),Embassy officials contacted a number of government and non-government officials over the past few weeks. Criminal prosecutions against suspects arrest [...] | 2009-03-31 23:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KTIP TH |
| 09BANGKOK940 | ASIAN PUBLIC DEBT MANAGERS LAUNCH REGIONAL NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: The second Asian Public Debt Management (APDM) Forum, held in Bangkok April 2-3, brought together government debt management officials from thirteen Asian countries to discuss the challenges of raising and managing fiscal resources in these volatile markets. The Forum participan [...] | 2009-04-10 03:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV APECO TH |
| 09BANGUI118 | THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With an abundance of arable land, rainfall, a plethora of minerals and wildlife and a low population, the Central African Republic (CAR) should be a wealthy nation. However, despite this potential, most of its population lives in increasing poverty. Male life expectancy declines [...] | 2009-06-16 19:40:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI120 | FRENCH-CAR RELATIONS SERIOUSLY STRAINED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BEIJING1064 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing April 17, German Ambassador Michael Schaefer told the group that a Bundestag delegation had been able to hold a dinner meeting with Charter '08 writers and signers after the German Embassy informed the MFA and asked the Chinese government [...] | 2009-04-21 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
| 09BEIJING1675 | REPS KIRK-LARSEN MEET VICE PREMIER WANG QISHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen met with Vice Premier Wang Qishan on May 31 during their visit to Beijing as co-chairs of the U.S.-China Working Group of the U.S. Congress. Wang observed that, given the size of the U.S. economy, a U.S. recovery would spell recovery for Chi [...] | 2009-06-19 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ECIN CH |
| 09BEIJING1757 | JUNE 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GOOGLE, FISHERMEN IN INDONESIA, [...] Key points at the June 25 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that recently Google was spreading "lewd and vulgar content," and as an internet enterprise operating in China, Google should "earnestly" abide by Chinese law. All punitive measures take [...] | 2009-06-25 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS EINT EPET ETRD BM CE |
| 09BEIJING1973 | INDONESIAN FM VISIT TO BEIJING [...] (C) Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda's July 1-3 trip to Beijing concentrated mainly on positive aspects of Sino-Indonesia ties, including signing of an extradition treaty, and further development of the strategic partnership, according to MFA and Indonesian Embassy contacts. However [...] | 2009-07-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EFIN PBTS MARR ID CH |
| 09BEIJING2041 | XINJIANG: PRC SCRAMBLES TO AVOID ANTI-ISLAM IMAGE [...] (C) According to Beijing-based diplomats, PRC officials scrambled in the wake of the July 5 violence in Xinjiang to head off potential anti-Chinese reactions in the Muslim world by urging governments from majority-Muslim countries to refrain from official statements and control their media's p [...] | 2009-07-17 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CH ID EG TU |
| 09BEIJING2079 | MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, MILITARY, RUSSIA [...] ENVIRONMENT "'Post-crisis' economy has a new engine: green industries" The official Communist Party international paper, People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban) (07/21):" Zhong Maochu, a professor at Nankai University's Graduate School of Economics said various indications [...] | 2009-07-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON |
| 09BEIJING22 | LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA [...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...] | 2009-01-06 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH |
| 09BEIJING2535 | SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR [...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...] | 2009-09-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU |
| 09BEIJING2593 | CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST [...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...] | 2009-09-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA |
| 09BEIJING2699 | PRC FOCUSED ON ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: China's primary interests in the South China Sea (SCS) are to defend its claimed territorial boundaries, protect and develop its claims to natural resources, and maintain freedom of navigation, according to an Embassy contact. Scholars and officials suggest China prefers to addr [...] | 2009-09-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PHUM PGOV VN CH |
| 09BEIJING2849 | APEC: U.S. SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR APEC TONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Beijing September 29, U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Affairs Kurt Tong reviewed a range of U.S. priorities in APEC with China's Senior Official for APEC (SOM) Lu Kang, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two highlighted the shared int [...] | 2009-10-13 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON PGOV ETRD APECO CH |
| 09BEIJING2863 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA-JAPAN [...] U.S. POLICY "Looking into the hidden truth about Obama's first Asia trip" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated with the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/13)(pg 14): "On Obama's first trip to Asia, his attendance at the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Singapo [...] | 2009-10-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING2868 | PRC/BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi said that China saw many positive aspects in the U.S. review of its Burma policy and suggested proceeding based on its conclusion, despite PRC concern over continuing sanc [...] | 2009-10-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV PARM BM KN CH |
| 09BEIJING3238 | PRC/ASEAN: OUTREACH SIGNALS CONCERN OVER RISING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: China's outreach to ASEAN over the past two months, while mainly a repackaging of previous commitments, is intended to deepen Southeast Asian regional integration and respond to perceived rising U.S. influence in the region, ASEAN diplomats in Beijing told Econoffs. Be [...] | 2009-12-04 01:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ETRD PREL XC CH |
| 09BEIJING344 | UNSYG SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime's objective is to organize elections in 2010 that will be won by a military-based political party, UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the Charge and four other Beijing-based Western mission representatives February 10. Gambari added that [...] | 2009-02-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM IN UN |
| 09BEIJING440 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, JAPAN, FIANNCIAL [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "Secretary Clinton comes to China to talk" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/20): "Secretary Clinton will arrive in Beijing today. During her visit to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea, global media seems n [...] | 2009-02-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING467 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, FINANCIAL [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT a. "One sentence of Secretary Clinton's is worth further contemplation" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(02/24): "Secretary Clinton said, during her trip to Japan that 'through strengthening relations with our [...] | 2009-02-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING470 | RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER [...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...] | 2009-02-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS |
| 09BELGRADE839 | (Jovanka Broz) Tito Speaks [...] (C) During a September 2 uninhibited one and a half hour conversation, former Yugoslav President Tito's widow, Jovanka Broz Tito dished to Charge on the Russians -- Tito never liked them, Slovenes -- they were never committed to the Yugoslav idea, and those who plotted and carried out her [...] | 2009-09-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR |
| 09BERLIN1228 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GEORGIA-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Resumption of Talks 3. (Georgia-Russia) EU Report 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy  [...] | 2009-10-01 11:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR GG RS AF |
| 09BERLIN1300 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Clinton Interview 3. (Iran) Bombings 4. (Sudan) New U.S. Strategy 5. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 6. (Pakistan) Government Offensive 7. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Talks  [...] | 2009-10-20 06:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO US IR SU AF PK |
| 09BERLIN1361 | EMBASSY PRODUCING COUNTER RADICALIZATION VIDEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin is producing a counter radicalization video that highlights messages from Germany-based Muslim community leaders who reject extremism and promote tolerance and understanding among religions. Mission Germany recently organized ten days of filming by a U.S.-Indonesi [...] | 2009-10-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC KPAO KHLS GM |
| 09BERLIN144 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CLINTON, PROTECTIONISM, MUSLIMS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran Launches Satellite 3. Transatlantic Relations 4. Danger Of Protectionism 5. Muslim World/Guantnamo 6. Financial Crisis Hits Russia 7. Turkish-Israeli Relations 9. Controversy over Pope Benedict  [...] | 2009-02-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM RS IR US ID TU VT |
| 09BERLIN1449 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN CHINA, BURMA, CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories 2. U.S.-Chinese Relations 3. U.S.-Burmese Relations 4. APEC--Climate Protection 5. Iranian Nuclear Conflict 6. Future of Guant namo Prisoners 7. Strategy on Afghanistan  [...] | 2009-11-16 13:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF BM CH IR |
| 09BERLIN1539 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE OBAMA, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction To President Obama's Address 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 4. (U.S.) Obama Administration 5. (Russia) Putin Comments 6. (Economic) WTO Talks  [...] | 2009-12-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AG KGHG US RS ETRD |
| 09BERLIN326 | GERMAN VIEWS ON APRIL 17 PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge Koenig delivered reftel points to MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg on March 18, in a joint demarche with Japanese Ambassador Takahiro Shinyo and Pakistani Ambassador Shahid Ahmad Kamal. Silberberg said the German MFA will be represented at the April 17 Donors Confe [...] | 2009-03-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PK GM |
| 09BERLIN665 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CAIRO SPEECH, GITMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS in Riyadh 3. Presidential Speech in Cairo 4. POTUS Visit to Germany 5. Guantnamo Prisoners 6. Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre 7. European Parliament Elections 8. UK Government Crisis  [...] | 2009-06-04 13:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM SA EG XF US CH XG UK |
| 09BERLIN758 | MERKEL'S CHARTER GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM G-20 SHERPAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of Chancellor Merkel's highest priority global economic initiatives got a boost from G-20 Sherpas at a meeting in Berlin on June 12, 2009. The Chancellor's top economic advisors presented her vision for a Charter for Sustainable Activity, which is Merkel's contribution to [...] | 2009-06-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO |
| 09BISHKEK79 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ [...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime on paper with a broad base of commercial l [...] | 2009-01-28 08:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG |
| 09BOGOTA3814 | POSITIVE HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vice President Santos extolled Colombia's entry as an "Engaged Government" in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) program at a plenary meeting on November 18. Santos remarked that Colombia is a great example of the VPs process and offered to support othe [...] | 2009-12-01 23:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ENRG PGOV CO |
| 09BRASILIA330 | GOLD MINING POSES HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has seen exponential growth in the South American countries of the Guyana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil) since the early 1980's, owing to dramatic gold price increases and limited government presence in the remote i [...] | 2009-03-17 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EMIN EAID TBIO SOCI BR XR |
| 09BRASILIA530 | MGSF01: H1N1 FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #3 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 29 the Brazilian Health Ministry and National Agency on [...] | 2009-04-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH CASC ECON EAGR AEMR ASEC KSAF KFLO |
| 09BRASILIA655 | H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #12 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 22, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. A new case - the ninth altogether - was conf [...] | 2009-05-22 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
| 09BRASILIA78 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 116 [...] The following is number 116 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...] | 2009-01-16 18:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
| 09BRASILIA872 | BRAZIL: CALIFORNIA'S AND OTHERS' INITIATIVES TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. California is leading a group of states in the United States, Brazil and Indonesia, which are parties to a November 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),in developing the specifications for credit grade international offsets for avoiding deforestation under California's cap- [...] | 2009-07-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON KSCA EAID ENRG BR |
| 09BRATISLAVA45 | SLOVAKIA - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Slovakia's once troubled economy has been transformed in the last ten years into a business friendly market-model, which led the region with GDP growth of 7.1 percent (est.) in 2008. Comprehensive structural reforms adopted by the Slovak government in the first several years of this decade led [...] | 2009-01-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR LO |
| 09BRUSSELS417 | EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: March 20th, 2009 [...] (SBU) On March 23, the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee of the European Parliament (EP) is set to vote on the EC's proposed Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies. The ECON Committee is expected to broaden the scope of the regulation to cover all ratings (not just those used for re [...] | 2009-03-24 12:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS537 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER CONSULTS KEY AMBASSADORS IN BRUSSELS REF: A. BRUSSELS 205 B. BRUSSELS 41 C. 2008 BRUSSELS 1468 D. BRUSSELS 101 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 2 and 3 Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser briefed EU-27 non-proliferation and Iran experts on U.S. sanctions against Iran's illicit conduct in the areas of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On the margin of the formal briefing (reporte [...] | 2009-04-08 12:24:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
| 09BRUSSELS579 | EU REACTION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Brussels-based EU officials working on Burma policy issues appreciated receiving reftel points on the status of the ongoing U.S. policy review. Although the EU still intends a straight rollover of its Common Position and restrictive measures, Foreign Ministers may issue politic [...] | 2009-04-17 19:33:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD BM EUN |
| 09BUCHAREST809 | ROMANIA ELECTIONS: BASESCU GETS THE BEST OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just three days before the December 6 Presidential runoff incumbent President Traian Basescu and Social Democratic Party (PSD) chairman Mircea Geoana met for their one and only televised debate before the second round of elections. Basescu is generally considered to have gotten [...] | 2009-12-07 04:31:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCOR RO |
| 09BUCHAREST815 | ELECTION UPDATE: AS ROMANIA COLLECTS ITS BREATH, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The surprising December 6 Basescu victory resulted from a last-minute Geoana collapse and strong support from overseas voters and ethnic Hungarians. The Social Democrats (PSD) announced on December 7 they would challenge the election results within the three days permitted by Ro [...] | 2009-12-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV RO |
| 09BUDAPEST310 | REQUEST: HUNGARIAN HCOC OUTREACH [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Department Deputy Chief, Gabor Horvath, contacted PolOff April 20 to request USG concurrence for their proposed outreach to several countries under the aegis of Hungary's current Hague Code of Conduct [...] | 2009-04-21 12:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA HU |
| 09BUENOSAIRES387 | ARGENTINA'S CURRENCY SWAP WITH CHINA; WILL IT HELP [...] (C) The Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) and the People's Bank of China appear to have reached a preliminary agreement on a currency swap arrangement (Peso-Yuan) for the equivalent of about US$10 billion. However, there may be some internal disagreement on the Argentine side: while BCRA President [...] | 2009-04-01 21:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES445 | ARGENTINA: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT DOL-FUNDED RESEARCH [...] (SBU) MFA North America Director Antonio Trombetta expressed concern to CDA April 14 about the DOL's intention to include Argentina in a multi-country study on the incidence of forced and child labor. (Note: DOL informed the GOA in January that Argentina was one of the eight countries to be [...] | 2009-04-15 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES686 | ARGENTINA: INPUT FOR LABOR SECRETARY SOLIS MEETING IN [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Labor Secretary Solis' upcoming June 15 meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) represents an opportunity to assure the Argentine government (GOA) tha [...] | 2009-06-11 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP SOCI AR |
| 09CAIRO1760 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC EG |
| 09CAIRO230 | EGYPTIANS SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR G20 AND G8 MEETINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN OVIP PREL PGOV ECON IT UK EG |
| 09CAIRO349 | EGYPTIANS SIGNALLING WILLINGNESS TO RESOLVE ESF [...] (C) Summary: Ministers of Finance and International Cooperation both indicated unofficially to the Ambassador recently that they believed the GOE would agree to the FY2009 level of $200 million for ESF if the U.S. could acknowledge that the process of setting the amount had been unilateral [...] | 2009-02-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL EG |
| 09CAIRO874 | SCENESETTER: PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) Introduction: President Mubarak last visited Washington in April 2004, breaking a twenty year tradition of annual visits to the White House. Egyptians view President Mubarak's upcoming meeting with the President as a new beginning to the U.S.-Egyptian relationship that will restore a [...] | 2009-05-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG IS IR IZ |
| 09CANBERRA1006 | AUSTRALIA SEARCHES FOR ASYLUM SEEKER SOLUTION [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australia has asked Sri Lanka to do more to stop the flood of Tamil asylum seekers, as the standoff with 78 of them on board an Australian Customs vessel approaches resolution. The government is offering faster resettlement if they agree to disembark in Indonesia, and it app [...] | 2009-11-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ELAB PREF PREL SMIG AS |
| 09CANBERRA1011 | ASYLUM-SEEKER STAND-OFF SOLVED BUT RUDD UNDER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The remaining 56 Tamil asylum seekers on board an Australian Customs vessel have agreed to disembark in Indonesia today following a stand-off which lasted over a month (Refs A and C). Like their 22 counterparts who left on Friday, they have been enticed to leave by guarantees of [...] | 2009-11-18 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ELAB PREF SMIG AS |
| 09CANBERRA1054 | AMBASSADOR BLEICH MEETS TREASURER SWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan welcomed Ambassador Bleich during an introductory meeting on November 27 and expressed optimism about Australia's economic outlook. Swan was pessimistic about the fate of the emissions bill being hotly debated in Parliament, as well as that of Opposition lea [...] | 2009-11-27 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1089 | AUSTRALIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia's still evolving ideas for an Asia Pacific regional organization that can help manage China's rise, complaints about PRC assertiveness and planning for the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) dominated a meeting between EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Don [...] | 2009-12-11 00:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CH FJ AS |
| 09CANBERRA1100 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES MINOR MODIFICATIONS ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan announced minor changes to the review framework for foreign investment proposals, in response to findings from a Senate inquiry and confusion among foreign investors, particularly from China. From 2010, major companies will be required to retain local share [...] | 2009-12-15 22:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1123 | RUDD GOVERNMENT REPORT CARD 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rudd government remained politically dominant in 2009, largely on the back of better than expected economic conditions, Rudd's enduring high popularity, government unity, and a dysfunctional opposition. Foreign Minister Smith stepped out of Rudd's shadow and the resignation [...] | 2009-12-23 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA1124 | AUSTRALIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The stakeholders at post, RSO, Legatt, and DEA have cleared the text. The embassy point of contact is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia Australia continued to play a leadership role in the fight against terrorism through multilater [...] | 2009-12-23 21:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AS |
| 09CANBERRA136 | VICTORIA WILDFIRES: CANBERRA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the worst of the fires appear to be over, Australia is reeling as rescuers discover more victims from Victoria's wildfires, with the death toll expected to pass 200 (ref B). Deputy PM Gillard termed the fires "one of the darkest days" in Australia's peacetime history. T [...] | 2009-02-10 21:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID SENV AS |
| 09CANBERRA138 | PRIME MINISTER REIGNS OVER FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since becoming Prime Minister in December 2007, Kevin Rudd has appropriated control of foreign-policy formulation and decision-making, leaving his Foreign Minister to perform mundane, ceremonial duties and relegating the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to a backw [...] | 2009-02-11 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA164 | DUTCH PRESS FOR MORE AUSTRALIAN AID IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) In meetings January 18-21 with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen requested Australia to provide a civilian political advisor in Tarin Kowt, and to increase assistance to Oruzgan Province, including send [...] | 2009-02-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA187 | MTCR CHAIR COMMENTS ON INFORMAL BRAINSTORMING [...] (C/NF) John Quinn, the Australian Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Chair, expressed appreciation for USG input to the informal brainstorming session planned following the Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris on April 29-30, 2009 (reftel). Quinn observed that while the [...] | 2009-02-25 07:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AS |
| 09CANBERRA204 | CANBERRA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (U) This response has been coordinated and cleared by the EAC. The following responses are keyed to the questions listed in the reftel and cover all constituent posts in Australia. POLITICAL VIOLENCE I.(SBU) Demonstrations A. Yes. There are significant Greek, Malaysian, Lebanese, Ser [...] | 2009-03-02 00:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 09CANBERRA220 | AUSTRALIA - INPUT FOR G-20 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The top concern for the Australians going into the G20 summit will be coordinated international action to restore global confidence, bolster the stability of the international financial system, and produce outcomes that lead to tangible results. PM Rudd wants to coordinate wi [...] | 2009-03-04 21:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN AS |
| 09CANBERRA281 | AUSTRALIA TRADE POLICY UPDATE: BEEF DECISION CLOSE? [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: We are hearing rumors of possible movement on Australia,s ban on imports of US beef. The GOA is "disappointed" at the delay in Trans-Pacific Partnership. Australia signed an FTA with the ASEAN countries and New Zealand that has been positively received, and covers 21% of A [...] | 2009-03-23 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ASEAN AS |
| 09CANBERRA394 | ASYLUM SEEKER DEATHS HIGHLIGHT BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The deaths of three Afghans in a recent boat explosion off Australia's northwest coast highlight a larger debate over the effects of Prime Minister Rudd's policies on treatment of asylum seekers. Border protection is becoming a higher profile political issue due to a rise in [...] | 2009-04-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL AF AS |
| 09CANBERRA398 | BORDER PROTECTION CONTINUES TO DOMINATE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Border protection is dominating the political debate this week as investigations into last Thursday's boat explosion continue (Ref A). The Opposition maintains there is a link between the government's immigration policies and the increased flow of asylum seekers, while the gove [...] | 2009-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PHUM PREF PREL |
| 09CANBERRA402 | SCENE SETTER-CDR GEN D. MCNABB VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...] | 2009-04-22 01:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL OTRA AS |
| 09CANBERRA41 | AUSTRALIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The embassy POC is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia continues to maintain a regional leadership position in the fight against terrorism. Australia's trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States addressed terrorist threats in [...] | 2009-01-13 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC |
| 09CANBERRA413 | U/S BURNS' AUSTRALIAN BILATERAL, APRIL 21, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns held a bilateral meeting with Michael L'Estrange, Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on the margins of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (TSD SOM),in Canberra on April 21, 2009. They discussed the str [...] | 2009-04-28 00:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MARR PARM PGOV EAID AS |
| 09CANBERRA418 | TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21 [...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...] | 2009-04-29 01:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS |
| 09CANBERRA446 | AUSTRALIAN BUDGET PREVIEW: INTO DEFICIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The upcoming Federal budget (release date May 12) will see a deficit of around A$70 billion (US$53b),due to significantly decreased revenue because of the effects of the global financial crisis and economic downturn. Indications are that the Rudd government's second budget wil [...] | 2009-05-10 22:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON MCAP PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA474 | READOUT OF AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE WHITE PAPER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australian Defence Deputy Secretary Michael Pezzullo invited emboffs to hear a readout of Beijing's reaction to his April 27 briefing on Australia's Defence White Paper in advance of its May 2 public release. He said he used the opportunity specifically to disavow recent Aust [...] | 2009-05-19 06:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS CH AS |
| 09CANBERRA511 | GFC, H1N1, AND OPEN SKIES, OH MY! A LOOK AT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Australian civil aviation industry has not escaped the economic slowdown brought on by the intensified global financial crisis. Qantas remains the heavyweight in the Australian aviation arena, but its share of the domestic market is slipping and is now down to around 60%. [...] | 2009-06-01 06:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA525 | MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM: AUSTRALIA PLANS FOR MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian Climate Change Minister Wong will not attend the next Major Economies Forum (MEF) preparatory session in Mexico due to the need to shepherd domestic climate change legislation through the Senate that week. Parliamentary Secretary Greg Combet will lead the GOA delega [...] | 2009-06-04 07:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG AS |
| 09CANBERRA57 | SCENE SETTER FOR CDR USN SEVENTH FLEET VADM J. [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...] | 2009-01-16 05:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA AS |
| 09CANBERRA61 | SCENE SETTER FOR CDR USN SEVENTH FLEET VADM J. [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...] | 2009-01-19 23:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL OTRA AS |
| 09CANBERRA668 | AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR POST FORUM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Australian PM Kevin Rudd will personally chair the Post Forum Dialogue (PFD) August 7 that will follow the August 5-6 meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Cairns (reftels). Recognizing that previous PFDs have been too heavy on scripted interventions and short on substance, Rud [...] | 2009-07-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID AS |
| 09CANBERRA679 | INFLUX IN AUSTRALIA'S BOAT PEOPLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS ECON ELAB PREF SMIG |
| 09CANBERRA710 | AUSTRALIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RESPONSE TO THE [...] (U) The Australian Attorney General's Department has prepared a multi-agency response to the president's request for a report on initiatives countering torture from various allies. 2. (U) The Australian response: Begin text.. Australian Initiatives to Counter Torture and Assist Victims - [...] | 2009-08-04 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN AS |
| 09CANBERRA78 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - AUSTRALIA [...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Australia. Note that the exchange rate between the US and Australian dollars fluctuated very widely over the year 2008; we have used the exchange rate as of January 21, 2009 (A$1 = US$.66) throughout. ----------------------------------- [...] | 2009-01-22 03:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB ETRD EINV ECON ELAB OPIC AS |
| 09CANBERRA855 | AUSTRALIA-ROK-INDONESIA TRILATERAL DISCUSSION [...] (C/NF) An inaugural trilateral held in Canberra on September 9 between Australia, the ROK and Indonesia resulted in a vehicle still in search of an idea. While the concept has strong support from the heads of government, the trilateral discussion was wide ranging and did not produce substantiv [...] | 2009-09-18 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KS ID AS |
| 09CANBERRA884 | AUSTRALIA'S PANDEMIC VACCINE CONTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) Australia is not planning on making H1N1 vaccine available to developing countries in the region until November at the earliest. Econoff spoke with Department of Health and Ageing Assistant Secretary Simon Cotterell on September 25 to get more details on Australia's pledge to contribute [...] | 2009-09-25 06:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AORC PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA934 | POLITICAL STORM OVER ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The continued surge in asylum seekers entering Australia by boat is a growing political challenge for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The immigration detention center on Christmas Island is approaching capacity, and PM Rudd has discussed the issue with his Indonesian counterpart. [...] | 2009-10-16 06:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA945 | INDONESIA PLAYING KEY ROLE IN STOPPING ARRIVALS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The series of recent high-profile cases of ship-borne asylum seekers trying to come to Australia is putting pressure on Prime Minister Rudd to depend on Indonesia's continued cooperation to help staunch the flow. Australia is also working with Malaysia, which they believe is [...] | 2009-10-22 06:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA953 | ON G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: YES TO PARTNERSHIP, NO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia supports the extension of the G8 Global Partnership beyond 2012 and is open to making a contribution to that effort. After making a significant pledge to the Global Partnership when it was launched in 2002, Australia is interested in greater involvement in Partnersh [...] | 2009-10-23 07:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 09CANBERRA971 | BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1751 [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney's Pol/Econ office spoke by telephone with Lynne Westwood, Compliance Manager with Aerospace and Defense Products PTY LTD, on October 21, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of b [...] | 2009-10-29 02:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AS |
| 09CANBERRA980 | PM RUDD REVAMPS DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Rudd has ordered a comprehensive review of Australia's humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) policies, procedures, and capabilities. The PM's announcement of the formation of a $50 million civilian response corps at the East Asian Summit is one element intend [...] | 2009-11-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA995 | AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA: MOVING BEYOND ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a recent visit to Jakarta, Prime Minister Rudd told Indonesian President Yudhoyono that Australia is committed to working with Indonesia on a number of regional and global issues. Australia believes Indonesia sees itself as a leading regional actor that wants to be more [...] | 2009-11-09 04:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF SMIG PHUM ID AS |
| 09CASABLANCA10 | MOROCCO, INDIA, PHOSPHATES AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco exports about 50 percent of its production of phosphoric acid to India, a dual-use item used extensively to produce fertilizer for the country's agricultural sector and a potential source for uranium. The value of Morocco's exports to India totaled USD 1.4 billion in the [...] | 2009-01-14 15:03:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | AG AMCHAMS ECON EIND ETRD MNUC MO PGOV PREL |
| 09CHENGDU171 | YUNNAN OFFICIALS ON EVOLVING ECONOMY, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Yunnan Province lags behind other provinces in economic development, though its rich resources offer great potential. Its economy is slowly shifting from traditional sec [...] | 2009-08-27 03:19:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD SENV PREL PHUM CH |
| 09CHENGDU181 | TIBETAN SURVIVAL IN SHANGRI-LA: TOURISM, BUDDHISM, AND [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit to Shangri-la by CG and ConGen staff found a booming tourism industry that some say threatens the local Tibetan Buddhist landscape, though the local Party Secretary asserts that it benefits religious life, bringing necessary financial support. New high-end, Tibetan- [...] | 2009-09-03 01:25:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
| 09CHENGDU262 | SW CHINA ELECTRONICS GIANT SETS SIGHTS ON U.S. MARKET, SEEKS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Sichuan electronics giant Changhong recently told us success in the U.S. market, elusive up to now, would be a litmus test of its arrival as a major globa [...] | 2009-11-18 07:48:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KNNP CH |
| 09CHENNAI306 | India Biannual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. While the majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants, the volume of frau [...] | 2009-10-13 01:10:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09CHENNAI77 | India Semi-Annual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. The majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants. Despite a relatively lo [...] | 2009-03-13 07:37:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09CHIANGMAI11 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: STALLED PEACE DIALOGUE AWAITS SIGNAL [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, has expressed cautious optimism that the peace dialogue might be resumed under the new Democrat Party-led government. He told CG January 14 that PM Abhisit has asked if he would be willing to resume his former r [...] | 2009-01-22 05:35:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY ID |
| 09CHIANGMAI114 | GOING "GREEN" TO EARN GREEN: CONSERVATION POLICIES USED TO [...] (SBU) In the past, the Thai Royal Forest Department (RFD) has encouraged and, sometimes forced, upland dwellers to resettle outside of highly valued national parks and protected forests. Recently, NGOs have begun to worry that carbon trading initiatives designed to slow climate change will [...] | 2009-07-30 02:48:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH |
| 09CHIANGMAI171 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: SKEPTICAL ARMY LEADERSHIP STEPPING [...] (S) PM Abhisit appears to be bringing a skeptical Thai military leadership more fully on board with his policy to resume a secret dialogue with insurgents as a means to resolve the long-running ethnic Malay Muslim insurgency in the country's deep south. At an Abhisit-chaired November 2 meetin [...] | 2009-11-13 07:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PTER TH MY |
| 09CHIANGMAI34 | DESPITE FTA, LITTLE GOOD NEWS IN THAI-JAPAN ECON RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Thai-Japanese free trade agreement in place since 2007, and with 2009 designated as the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, hopes have been high in northern Thailand for a strengthening of the Thai-Japanese bilateral economic relationship. However, a variety of factors includi [...] | 2009-03-10 08:53:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV JA TH |
| 09CHIANGMAI49 | BURMA-KNU: KNU SEEKS PRECONDITIONS FOR TALKS [...] (C) Despite the Burmese regime's offer reported in Ref A for unconditional talks with the Karen National Union (KNU),which has been waging a conflict against the regime for over 50 years, the KNU placed several conditions on its participation in future talks with the regime during its April 6 [...] | 2009-04-10 07:31:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH |
| 09CHIANGMAI67 | GMS: SOUTHEAST ASIA'S BACKDOORS TO TRADE WITH CHINA [...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables from Consulate General Chiang Mai and Embassy Vientiane on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). These cables have been coordinated with Consulate General Chengdu. ------------------- Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (C) S [...] | 2009-05-19 10:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECIN ELTN ETTC PREL CH LA BM VM TH |
| 09CHIANGMAI70 | GAO TEAM TOLD THAT MOST BURMESE STONES SMUGGLED [...] (SBU) Most Thai gem traders do not buy from the Burmese Government auction; the number of Burmese rubies sold in Thailand is declining; the highest value Burmese gems are smuggled out of Burma illegally; small Burmese traders and Thai cutting/polishing/finishing operations are suffering the mo [...] | 2009-06-03 06:36:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BM CH XA TH |
| 09COLOMBO1060 | COLOMBO PLAN NOVEMBER SESSION READOUT: USA TAKES [...] SUMMARY: At the 266th session of the Colombo Plan Council held November 19, the United States took over the one-year rotating Presidency held most recently by Thailand. The minutes from the 265th session were adopted and council members focused on the upcoming 42nd Consultative Committee Meet [...] | 2009-11-23 08:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE |
| 09COLOMBO1075 | SRI LANKA'S TEA SECTOR: "A GIFT FROM GOD" [...] (U) SUMMARY: Long Sri Lanka's top export, tea remains one of the country's most valuable foreign currency earners despite being supplanted by the textile sector in the top slot. The country's highly sought-after "orthodox" teas remain global favorites, particularly in the Middle East and the [...] | 2009-11-27 06:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD CE |
| 09COLOMBO67 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
| 09COLOMBO929 | ARCHBISHOP SUGGESTS PUSHING ACCOUNTABILITY COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Roman Catholic Archbishop Ranjith told ambassador that pushing the GSL too hard on the war crimes accountability issue now could destabilize Sri Lankan democracy and would set back the cause of human rights. He reasoned that weakening the Rajapaksas -- who despite their public im [...] | 2009-10-02 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 09COLOMBO992 | TWO IF BY SEA: SRI LANKAN REFUGEE HOPEFULS TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent arrival of a freighter of Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants in Canada, along with a surge in Sri Lankans attempting to reach Australia by boat, highlight the increasing desperation and sophistication of would-be asylees and refugees of Tamil ethnicity hoping to reach W [...] | 2009-10-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CVIS SMIG PTER PHUM CE CA AS |
| 09COPENHAGEN117 | DANES REVIEW BURMA POLICY [...] (U) Summary. Poloff met March 3 with Kasper Olsen, MFA's head of section for Southeast Asia, to discuss Danish policy towards Burma. Denmark is completing a policy review in anticipation of the EU Commission's annual meeting on Burma in April. Denmark's review, to be finalized this week, c [...] | 2009-03-04 14:24:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM DA |
| 09DAKAR1230 | BLUE LANTERN: SENEGAL NOT PURCHASING C-130S FROM NIGERIA [...] (SBU) In a discussion with the Chief of Staff of Senegal's Air Force, Colonel Pereira, poloff was told that Senegal was not/not planning to purchase C-130s from Nigeria. Instead the Air Force is in the process of purchasing second-hand CASA 235s from Indonesia. 2. (SB) However, according [...] | 2009-09-29 15:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PREL PINR ETRD NI SG |
| 09DAMASCUS139 | SYRIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Anthony A. Deaton. Office telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. The officer spent 35 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer [...] | 2009-02-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP PREF SMIG |
| 09DAMASCUS377 | CODEL KAUFMAN-PRESIDENT ASAD MEETING MAY 28 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS554 | EMBASSY DAMASCUS OPENS DIALOGUE WITH MFA ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: MFA International Organizations Chief Mr. Milad Attiyeh hosted Emboffs on August 5 to discuss SARG progress on combating trafficking in persons (TIP). The Embassy had requested the meeting to explain the philosophy behind, and function of, the Department's annual TIP report. Embo [...] | 2009-08-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL KTIP KWMN SCUL SCOI ID |
| 09DAMASCUS62 | PROTECTING WOMEN: SARG COOPERATING WITH LOCAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past two years, the Association for Women's Role Development (AWRD),a local NGO, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have collaborated with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) to promote protective services for women who are victims of trafficking (VOT [...] | 2009-01-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN SOCI SY |
| 09DHAKA191 | LEAHY VETTING FOR GPOI TRAIN THE TRAINER (T3) COURSE IN [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the GPOI Train the Trainer (T3) Course in Indonesia, which will begin on March 16, 2009. Post vetting was completed on February 23, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by [...] | 2009-02-24 10:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
| 09DHAKA301 | BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...] | 2009-03-29 09:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR BG |
| 09DHAKA325 | LEAHY VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTORS [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operations Instructors Course (PSOIC) in Indonesia, which will begin on April 13, 2009. Post vetting was completed on April 02, 2009. Post requests that vetting be [...] | 2009-04-02 08:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
| 09DHAKA326 | LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY LIAISON OFFICERS COURSE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Civil Military Liaison Officers Course (CMLO) in Indonesia, which will begin on April 13, 2009. Post vetting was completed on April 02, 2009. Post requests that vetting be compl [...] | 2009-04-02 08:25:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
| 09DHAKA410 | LEAHY VETTING FOR EX GUARUDA SHIELD CPX INDONESIA, JUNE 11 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in The Ex Guaruda Shield CPX in Indonesia, which will begin on June 11, 2009. Post vetting was completed on April 26, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by May 05 to prov [...] | 2009-04-26 05:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG |
| 09DHAKA447 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS HUMAN RIGHTS, REFUGEES, CLIMATE [...] (C) The Ambassador expressed concern about recent deaths during interrogation of border guard personnel implicated in the February 25-26 border guard mutiny, at a May 4 meeting with Foreign Minister Dipu Moni. The Ambassador also raised concerns about the human rights situation of Rohingya ref [...] | 2009-05-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV PREF BG |
| 09DILI104 | TIMOR-LESTE "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) Following up on an April 8 diplomatic note to Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charge, together with his Japanese counterpart, met April 9 with MFA Acting Secretary General Constancio Pinto to convey our concern over North Korea's April 5 missile launch. Drawing on reftel, we s [...] | 2009-04-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KS KN JA TT |
| 09DILI123 | F-FDTL'S MILITARY RECRUIT TRAINING PLAN: STEPPING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) will soon move forward with a recruit training plan which promises to nearly double the size of the force by early 2010. The plan has potentially serious flaws, including the use of newly minted and under-trained officers and NCOs as train [...] | 2009-05-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON MARR EAID TT |
| 09DILI125 | SNAPSHOT OF U.S. MILITARY RELATIONS WITH TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) Six months after a thorough November 2008 assessment by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Coast Guard designed to determine the desirability and feasibility of future U.S. military and security commitments in Timor-Leste, our engagement continues to strengthen steadily. The fundamen [...] | 2009-05-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PMIN PGOV MARR TT |
| 09DILI150 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 2 - 4 VISIT OF CODEL PRICE TO [...] Summary. Embassy Dili warmly welcomes the July 2 - 4, 2009, visit of the House Democratic Assistance Committee under the chairmanship of Representative David Price. The CODEL will find Timor-Leste enjoying an unaccustomed phase of political stability, although the country remains afflicted b [...] | 2009-06-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP OTRA PREL EAID TT |
| 09DILI173 | HOUSE DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE COMMISSION VISITS DILI [...] SUMMARY: Six U.S. Congressmen led a delegation from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) on a visit to Timor-Leste July 2-4. HDAC members and staffers engaged with Timorese leaders, held a day-long training session at the National Parliament, and visited a rural district. Timore [...] | 2009-07-15 08:52:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EPET EFIN PHUM TT |
| 09DILI18 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY VADM JOHN M. [...] (SBU) The visit of Vice Admiral Bird to Dili comes at a perfect time as we seek to encourage the Government of Timor-Leste's active leadership over the reform of its security sector. VADM Bird will be the highest ranking foreign official to visit Dili in 2009 from any nation and will underlin [...] | 2009-01-13 03:45:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PMIL OTRA TT |
| 09DILI180 | INIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE [...] Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on initiatives to counter torture to MFA Secretary-General Vicky Tchong on July 22. 2. SG Tchong responded that Timor-Leste does not have any specific policies or programs for stopping torture and assisting its victims. She indicated that [...] | 2009-07-23 01:29:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TT |
| 09DILI181 | HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE LOW, BUT VULNERABILITIES PERSIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Timor-Leste remains a low HIV prevalence country, but porous borders, an influx of sex workers from abroad, and low awareness about the disease could lead to an increase in HIV/AIDS infected persons. The national response has focused on prevention, education, testing, and treatmen [...] | 2009-07-24 03:19:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV SOCI PGOV MASS TT |
| 09DILI194 | NEW TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Timorese parliament unanimously created a new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on June 29, only the second time in the parliament's history a measure has been adopted without an opposing vote. The Commission is an independent criminal police body with full investigatory powe [...] | 2009-08-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KCOR TT |
| 09DILI218 | TIMOR-LESTE AT TEN YEARS: TO THE BRINK AND BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after the August 30, 1999, referendum that put it on the road to formal independence, Timor-Leste remains an underdeveloped ward of the international community. Early efforts to portray the country as a triumph of international nation-building were shattered by violen [...] | 2009-08-21 00:26:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET |
| 09DILI22 | FOOD FOR PROGRESS ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] Classifying Timor-Leste as a Priority Country under USDA's Food for Progress (FFP) program would directly and strongly support the U.S. foreign policy objective of building a stable, secure, prosperous, and democratic Timor-Leste. The country meets the qualifying criteria for priority countri [...] | 2009-01-21 08:58:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PREL TT |
| 09DILI223 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO INDEPENDENCE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Dili warmly welcomes the August 29-31, 2009, visit of a Presidential Delegation led by The Honorable Nancy Soderberg and The Honorable Harriet Babbitt on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Timor's independence referendum. The delegation will find Timor-Leste enjoying an [...] | 2009-08-25 05:56:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TT |
| 09DILI230 | PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential Delegation attended a series of official events from August 29-31 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Popular Consultation that led to Timor-Leste's independence. Meeting separately with Prime Minister Gusmao and President Ramos-Horta, the Delegation als [...] | 2009-09-01 08:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG SENV KICR KPKO PINS ID |
| 09DILI236 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with President Jose Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste. Ramos-Horta reported that neither he nor the government of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has given consideration to becoming a candidate for one of the four seats in the Asian group of the UN Human Rights Co [...] | 2009-09-08 06:53:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TT |
| 09DILI240 | PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE AFTER PRESIDENT THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) President Jose Ramos-Horta threatened to resign as Timor-Leste's president on September 9 unless the national parliament reversed its vote disapproving of his planned travel to the United States for the UN General Assembly. The parliament, with unclear constitutional authority, voted aga [...] | 2009-09-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TT |
| 09DILI25 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC TT |
| 09DILI254 | MILITIA LEADER CASE ROILS DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Parliament could vote as early as this week on a no-confidence motion against the government related to Prime Minister Gusmao's release of an indicted Indonesian militia leader on August 30. The no-confidence motion is not expected to pass but opposition leaders have [...] | 2009-09-22 01:47:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TT |
| 09DILI257 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, SEPTEMBER 23 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 23 to review post's security posture in advance of local elections scheduled for October 9, and other matters. RSO, Mgt, Pol/PAO, IMO, AID and DOD participated in the meeting. 2. (SBU) The E [...] | 2009-09-24 05:38:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV PHUM TT |
| 09DILI267 | TIMOR-LESTE: REQUEST FOR ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE TRAINING [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili would like to request an Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) training assessment to address two separate critical areas of vulnerability for the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL). First, the Secretary of State for Security has requested assistance from the Ambassador in pro [...] | 2009-09-30 08:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PREL TT |
| 09DILI276 | TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) countries, a G8 initiative intended to support the U.N. Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, met for the first time in Timor-Leste on October 2. The group concluded that while the current risk of a terrorist a [...] | 2009-10-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC ID TT |
| 09DILI284 | GOTL DEFENDS BERE RELEASE IN PARLIAMENT DEBATE, SURVIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The decision to release indicted war criminal Martenus Bere on August 30 continues to roil Timorese politics. Under pressure from the opposition parties in parliament, the governing coalition acceded to demands for a parliamentary debate and no-confidence vote on October 12. Pr [...] | 2009-10-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC ID TT |
| 09DILI285 | TIMOR-LESTE: SECURITY SITUATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The security situation in Timor-Leste has improved dramatically following the political crises and violence in 2006, 2007, and early 2008. Infrastructure has been rebuilt, the internally-displaced persons have been resettled, and the incidence of serious and even petty crime i [...] | 2009-10-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC EAID TT |
| 09DILI290 | USS BONHOMME RICHARD AND 11TH MEU VISIT TIMOR-LESTE [...] (U) Summary: The USS Bonhomme Richard and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit visited Timor-Leste October 13-23 and conducted highly successful exercises, provided medical services, completed humanitarian engineering projects, and engaged in community relations activities in coordination with [...] | 2009-10-26 05:36:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MASS ASEC TT |
| 09DILI299 | SJAFRIE SJAMSOEDDIN'S HISTORY IN TIMOR-LESTE [...] SUMMARY: Indonesian General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin served in Timor-Leste on multiple occasions during the Indonesian occupation. As commander of the Kopassus Intelligence Task Force in 1991 he was present for the November 12 Santa Cruz massacre in which many dozens of peaceful protestors were ki [...] | 2009-11-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CVIS ID TT |
| 09DILI301 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: COMMUNITY POLICING [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed candidates are as follows: -- Joao Bel [...] | 2009-11-10 05:17:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MASS TT SOCI |
| 09DILI316 | TIMOR-LESTE TO AGAIN ABSTAIN ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION [...] Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on "defamation of religion" to the MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs, Abel Guterres, on December 3. Poloff informed Guterres that the United States would again vote no when the resolution went before the UNGA plenary session for a final vote. [...] | 2009-12-03 05:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PGOV TT |
| 09DILI326 | TIMOR-LESTE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 05:04:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL TT |
| 09DILI342 | POLITICAL FUTURE FOR TOP TIMORESE GENERAL? [...] SUMMARY: Major General Taur Matan Ruak, the current commander of the Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL),could stand as a candidate in the presidential elections in 2012. While TMR is a member of the independence generation that has dominated Timorese politics since the country's formal independen [...] | 2009-12-28 23:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MASS PREL TT |
| 09DILI37 | JOSE RAMOS-HORTA VISITS WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 24-26, 2009, Jose Ramos-Horta will make his first visit to Washington as President of Timor-Leste. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate hopes to acquaint himself with leaders of the new Obama Administration and renew old friendships among members of the U.S. Congress. He [...] | 2009-02-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP JOSE RAMOS HORTA |
| 09DILI5 | EMBASSY DILI ADVOCATES IMPORT OF U.S. BEEF AND POULTRY IN [...] (U) On December 12, Poloff met with Secretary of State for Livestock Valentino Varela from the Ministry of Agriculture to request lifting of a current ban on U.S. beef and poultry products into Timor-Leste. The ban came to our attention through two Dili supermarket retailers, who reported that [...] | 2009-01-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD RP TT |
| 09DILI97 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY MARFORPAC'S LT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 11:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TT MARR ID MOPS OTRA |
| 09DJIBOUTI837 | SOMALIA: TFG CONFIRMS PLANS TO TRAIN TROOPS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) military officer meeting with Djibouti's Chief of Defense reports that the TFG now has 1,000 fighters assembled in Mogadishu ready to undergo training immediately in Djibouti, as soon as transport is arranged. These 1,000 [...] | 2009-06-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL PINS PTER SO DJ UG |
| 09DOHA116 | AL JAZEERA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES GAZA COVERAGE [...] (C) Ambassador called on Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar on February 10 to hear his views on the network's coverage of Gaza and share the USG's concerns about it. Khanfar explained that Israel's incursion into Gaza was a "ready-made TV show" that Al Jazeera could not afford not to [...] | 2009-02-11 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO WE GZ IS QA |
| 09DOHA131 | QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Post was very encouraged in the second half of the year by the willingness of the government to open a more frank and constructive dialogue on the problem of TIP and how to combat it. As a result of this dialogue, Post gained easier access to Qatari officials, and the government hosted [...] | 2009-02-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB |
| 09DOHA132 | QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] Below is Part 2 of 2 of post's input for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reported. Part 1 has been communicated by septel. 2. (SBU) PARAGRAPH 26: PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) What kind of protection is the government able under existing law to provide f [...] | 2009-02-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB QA |
| 09DOHA199 | QATAR ENACTS IMPORTANT NEW LAW CRIMINALIZING [...] (SBU) On February 28, Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani signed the long-awaited Sponsorship Law. The law makes DOHA 00000199 002 OF 002 changes to entry, exit, residence, and sponsorship procedures, though administrative regulations must still be adopted before the law can be enfor [...] | 2009-03-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP QA |
| 09DOHA205 | KEY TRENDS IN QATAR OVER THE NEXT 36 MONTHS - AN [...] (C) Embassy Doha's second interagency off-site was held March 3, 2009 at CENTCOM Forward HQ at Camp As-Saliyah (see ref A). This was the second such off-site (see ref B). These interagency off-sites will be held twice yearly, with the objective of reviewing and updating our field interagency [...] | 2009-03-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | AMGT ASEC ECON KSPR PREL QA |
| 09DOHA224 | DOHA CONFERENCE PREDICTS SHORT-TERM NATURAL GAS [...] The Seventh Doha Natural Gas Conference, held March 9-12, provided industry experts an important forum for debating current trends in the natural gas markets. The Amir of Qatar opened the conference, and the sessions featured a wide range of government officials, business representatives, and [...] | 2009-03-30 12:43:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON QA |
| 09DOHA3 | QATARI LEADERSHIP SEEKS TO SHOW ACTIVISM ON GAZA [...] (U) Many of the estimated 15,000 people who attended the January 1 rally at the Qatar Sports Club stadium to show their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza carried placards saying, "Stop Killing Our Children." Children and adults waved Palestinian and Qatari flags. The Doha Youth Center [...] | 2009-01-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA620 | SKEPTICISM GREETS IRANIAN STATEMENT ON GAS PRICING [...] (C) Media reported 21 September that Iran,s representative to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),Mohammed Ali Khatibi, announced Iranian government plans to seek consensus among GECF members over a pricing formula for gas supplies to world markets. However, the expatriate country manag [...] | 2009-10-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS |
| 09DOHA85 | QATAR MFA MINSTATE UNDERSCORES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE [...] (C) Ambassador expressed to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud February 2 Washington's concern that Qatar's hosting of the January 16 meeting on Palestine, at which the Iranian President, as well as Hamas and PIJ leaders, were present, signaled a tilt toward the radical cam [...] | 2009-02-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09FREETOWN379 | ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAD HAND IN FISHERIES CORRUPTION [...] (C) Per reftel, Minister of Marine Resources Haja Afsatu Kabba nearly released the seized fishing vessel, the Yu Feng 102, in return for a small bribe from its Taiwanese owners. In an additional revelation of corruption, the Chief Justice passed to the CDA on September 16 that the Attorney-Gene [...] | 2009-09-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIS KCOR SL |
| 09GENEVA128 | WHO: REPORT ON THE 124TH SESSION OF THE WORLD [...] Summary. The 124th Session of the Executive Board (EB) of the World Health Organization (WHO) met from January 19-26, 2009, in Geneva. This cable reports on the significant outcomes from the Board (and its Program, Budget and Administration Committee, which met prior to the EB),including re [...] | 2009-02-12 17:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO |
| 09GENEVA290 | REPORTING OF INDONESIA HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary. WHO confirms Indonesia is reporting human avian influenza (H5N1) cases to WHO, but WHO has agreed with the Indonesian Ministry of Health not to publicize that information before Indonesia does. WHO asserts this agreement is the only way WHO can conduct risk assessment on the [...] | 2009-04-07 14:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AMGT EAGR PGOV TBIO |
| 09GENEVA459 | WTO METING TO MONITOR ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL [...] Summary - On April 14 the WTO held a meeting of the WTO's Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB) for the purposes of monitoring actions taken by WTO Members and observers in response to the global economic situation. The meeting was relatively low key and non-contentious. Members refrained from fin [...] | 2009-06-11 08:25:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
| 09GENEVA597 | WIPO on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and [...] SUMMARY: Member States at the 14th session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (GRTKF),which was held in Geneva from June 29 to July 3, 2009, failed to reach an agreement on a recommendation to the 2 [...] | 2009-07-20 09:33:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA647 | ECOSOC 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION [...] SUMMARY: This cable reports the results of the coordination, operational activities, and humanitarian affairs segments of the 2009 Substantive Session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),which followed the high-level segment (reftel). The highlight of the three segments was the Ju [...] | 2009-08-03 07:03:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ECIN PHUM UN |
| 09GENEVA730 | WIPO Conference on Public Policy [...] SUMMARY (SBU): During the July 13-14 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) and Public Policy Issues in Geneva, Switzerland, participants explored and clarified the connection between IP and several major public policy issues such as climate ch [...] | 2009-09-03 15:58:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR SENV WIPO |
| 09GENEVA864 | GOLDSTONE REPORT BACKLASH - SPECIAL SESSION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallout from the Goldstone report and the possibility of a Human Rights Council (HRC) special session on the matter (as early as next week) has led to a hardening of positions by both the Palestinian and the Israeli Missions in Geneva, leaving even less room than before for a cons [...] | 2009-10-09 12:49:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNCTAD UNHRC |
| 09GENEVA997 | UNCTAD 47th Executive Session of the Trade and Development [...] SUMMARY. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Trade and Development Board (TDB) held its 47th Executive Session on June 30, 2009. The focus of the conference was food insecurity in Africa as an obstacle to development. The TDB approved several reports - the Report of [...] | 2009-11-09 07:22:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EAGR UNCTAD |
| 09GUANGZHOU304 | LNG Plans Delayed - Supply Problems Threaten Progress on [...] (U) Summary: High liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices and difficulty securing long-term LNG supplies have stalled the much-anticipated Zhuhai Jin Wan LNG terminal project. Without a secure, long-term supply contract, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) refuses to give final a [...] | 2009-05-14 07:32:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH |
| 09GUANGZHOU504 | South China-Southeast Asia Relationship - Growing Closer, [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Local governments and businesses in south China are using a range of tools to capitalize on the region's proximity with Southeast Asia to increase trade and attract investment. Annual trade expos, special economic zones and infrastructure development are among the in [...] | 2009-08-20 09:17:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH VM SN MY |
| 09GUANGZHOU602 | Guangzhou Consulate Count: In - Argentina, Ecuador, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ecuador and Ethiopia recently opened consulate offices in Guangzhou, and Argentina opened in name though its "presence" is currently limited to frequent visits by a nominated CG resident in Beijing. Budget cuts at Sweden's Foreign Ministry will lead to the closure at month's en [...] | 2009-10-23 09:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SCUL PGOV CH |
| 09HANOI101 | VIETNAM ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL: MORE CONFIDENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Vietnam enters its second year on the UN Security Council, few here anticipate significant changes in policy or approach. Contacts in the MFA, Party, and think tank community express satisfaction that Vietnam was able to acquit itself professionally in its first year and had [...] | 2009-02-10 06:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN ECON VM |
| 09HANOI178 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 1 of [...] (U) Per the instructions in refels, post provides the following responses to the reporting questions asked in paragraphs 23-27 of ref. A, taking into account the additional guidance and reporting requirements required by the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act [...] | 2009-02-27 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM |
| 09HANOI179 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 3 of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM |
| 09HANOI185 | Vietnam Supportive but Cautious on GPOI [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ministry of Defense and Foreign Affairs counterparts February 12, U.S. Pacific Command officials encouraged Vietnam to participate more actively in international peacekeeping operations through the GPOI program and reiterated the invitation for Vietnam to participat [...] | 2009-03-02 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MARR MASS VM |
| 09HANOI202 | DAS MARCIEL'S HANOI MEETINGS [...] (C) In a wide-ranging set of meetings in Hanoi February 25, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel emphasized the continued progress in U.S.-Vietnam relations. His counterparts, including VFM Pham Binh Minh, AFM Bui Thanh Son, and Office of Government DG Buy Hui Hung, voiced enthusiasm [...] | 2009-03-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD UNSC MNUC BM VM |
| 09HANOI308 | JAPAN RESUMES ODA TO VIETNAM [...] (U) Japan has officially resumed ODA loans to Vietnam following a corruption scandal that forced the Japanese to suspend 2008 lending to the GVN (reftels). Representatives of both governments signed loan agreements and exchanged notes in Hanoi and Tokyo on March 31, the last day of the Japanes [...] | 2009-04-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON VM |
| 09HANOI569 | RED TAPE GRIPES AGAIN DOMINATE VIETNAM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (U) Summary: At a semi-annual meeting between the Government and the private sector, local and international businesses criticized Vietnam's multiple administrative hurdles, inefficient tax regime, and lack of transparency as they recommended ways to speed up investment in the banking, mining [...] | 2009-06-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON KCOR VM |
| 09HANOI639 | THE CASE FOR INCREASED EPA ENGAGEMENT IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Over the past several years, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) experts have provided critical assistance to U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on Agent Orange/dioxin legacy issues and to the development of Vietnamese capacity to manage growing industrial pollution. Increased EPA [...] | 2009-07-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM |
| 09HANOI71 | VIETNAM ECON HIGHLIGHTS: FORECASTS OF LOWER TRADE, TAX [...] (U) The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) preliminary trade estimates for January 2009 show a significant drop in trade. The GVN expects imports to be 45% lower than for the same period of 2008, and exports to fall down by 24%. The silver lining is that the trade deficit for January 2009 is expec [...] | 2009-01-23 08:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON VM |
| 09HANOI803 | SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST 19-20 MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a short, but substantively very productive set of meetings in Hanoi, August 19-20, Senator Jim Webb emphasized the need to continue building on the remarkable progress that the two countries had made since the Senator first re-engaged with Vietnam as a civilian in 1991. The [...] | 2009-08-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ECON ETRD BM VM |
| 09HANOI895 | Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Conversation [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 9:30 a.m.; Ministry of Defense, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak, U.S. Embassy Hanoi Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistance Secretary, EAP Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant [...] | 2009-11-10 04:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS VM |
| 09HANOI925 | Vietnam's 2010 ASEAN Chairmanship [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam considers its turn as ASEAN chair to be the leading foreign policy priority for 2010. Substantively, Vietnam's leadership wants to be seen as a responsible member of the international community -- professional and well-briefed, acting as an "honest broker" when possible - [...] | 2009-12-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECIN ASEAN SENV KFLU BM KN VM |
| 09HELSINKI149 | FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...] | 2009-04-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV FI |
| 09HELSINKI239 | FINLAND: MUSLIM POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last two decades, Finland has experienced significant growth in its Muslim population, albeit based on smaller numbers than other European countries. In the last decade, the growth occurred mainly due to refugee acceptance programs. Analyzing that growth proves chall [...] | 2009-06-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KISL KPLS FI PHUM PGOV |
| 09HELSINKI454 | FINLAND ACTIVELY PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BM FI |
| 09HOCHIMINHCITY31 | ENVIRONMENTAL FEES FIGHT POVERTY, SAVE FORESTS IN VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam has lost a staggering 80 percent of its old-growth forest in the last 20 years, a calamity that the GVN's underfunded and unenforced Forest Protection program '661' has failed to prevent. A USAID-supported Payment for Environmental Services (PES) initiative, however, is [...] | 2009-01-13 01:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EIND SENV SOCI PGOV PREL VM |
| 09HONGKONG113 | HK'S POWER SECTOR: EMISSIONS AND FUEL CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong,s electrical power providers are on track to meet strict new Hong Kong Government (HKG) air pollution caps, which go into effect on January 1, 2010. The utilities plan to meet the industry-targeted caps by retrofitting pollution control equipment on some coal-fired ge [...] | 2009-01-16 09:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET SENV CH HK |
| 09HONGKONG1423 | HKMA WORRIED ABOUT FSB SEAT, ASIAN CENTRAL BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Hong Kong Consulate General Economic and Political Chief July 29, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Deputy Chief Executive Peter Pang raised his concerns about Hong Kong,s future participation in the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Hong [...] | 2009-08-03 08:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HK CH KS |
| 09HONGKONG1687 | DEATHS CAUSE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: A tainted locally manufactured generic drug caused five deaths in March 2009 in Hong Kong and prompted the government to initiate a sweeping review of its drug safety oversight mechanisms. A review committee with a special focus on generic pharmaceuticals will provide specific [...] | 2009-09-04 06:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH |
| 09HONGKONG1878 | HONG KONG POLICE READY TO PROSECUTE TIP IF VICTIMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Hong Kong uses a broader definition of sex trafficking in persons (TIP) than that found in international covenants, its officials across the board insisted to visiting G/TIP officers September 9 that identified sex TIP crimes continue to be rare. Police and immigratio [...] | 2009-10-06 06:35:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK CH |
| 09HONGKONG1953 | NEW FOREIGN LABOR LAW IN MACAU TO SEVERELY [...] SUMMARY: Macau's Legislative Assembly passed a controversial bill on October 9 that will establish stiff criminal penalties for employers of illegal migrants. Upon becoming law in the second quarter of 2010, the bill's provisions will also impede foreign workers from changing employers in Mac [...] | 2009-10-21 06:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB HK CH |
| 09HONGKONG2025 | HONG KONG 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate rou [...] | 2009-11-03 09:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR HK |
| 09HONGKONG2340 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca,s December 4 meetings with senior Hong Kong officials, consulates, NGOs, and the media stressed the USG was committed to tackling TIP, and that the Hong Kong Government (HKG) and other governments needed a paradigm shift in their approach to formulat [...] | 2009-12-23 08:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
| 09HONGKONG290 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA; SINO-U.S. [...] Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 2. Sino-U.S. relations 3. U.S. economy 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-02-17 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 09HONGKONG386 | SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following are post's contributions to the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragra [...] | 2009-03-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
| 09HONGKONG944 | MONEY LAUNDERING: MACAU'S YOUNG FIU GAIS [...] (SBU) Smmary: Macau's Financial Intelligence Unit (GIF for its Portuguese name) ill gain memberhip to the Egmont Group of Financal Intelligence Units at the Group's May 24-28 Penary in Doha, GIF Director Deborah Ng told us May 14. Egmont Group membership gives GIF a formal latform to exchang [...] | 2009-05-22 08:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SOCI KCRM QA MC |
| 09ISLAMABAD1319 | PAKISTAN SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR FUEL BANK, [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered reftel demarche soliciting support for international fuel bank proposals to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 15. Akhtar stated that Pakistan can support the idea of a fuel bank operated by the IAEA, but has r [...] | 2009-06-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC IAEA ENRG TRGY PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD164 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2539 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 7 OCTOBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD902 | DONORS PLEDGE OVER $5 BILLION IN NEW MONEY AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International pledges totaled more than $5 billion at the Pakistan Donors' Conference in Tokyo on April 17. The Donors' Conference was intended to support the implementation of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund (IMF) Stand-By Arrangement agreed to in November 2008. Specia [...] | 2009-04-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID |
| 09JAKARTA1001 | NAMRU-2: THE PATH FORWARD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Health Minister Supari has postponed her Washington visit, the time is still right to explore deepening our health cooperation with Indonesia. To do this we must first overcome an imme [...] | 2009-06-12 05:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV |
| 09JAKARTA1005 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SUDAN -- CONTINUING TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID SU |
| 09JAKARTA1006 | NAMRU 2 PATH FORWARD: PROPOSED JUNE 16 [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Despite the postponement of her planned Washington trip, Indonesian Health Minister Supari is still keen to explore deepening our health cooperation. Mi [...] | 2009-06-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV |
| 09JAKARTA1007 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SUDAN -- CONTINUING TO [...] (C) Poloff joined British and French Embassy counterparts for a June 12 discussion of the UN Special Rapporteur on Sudan with officials at Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Using Ref A points, poloff underscored the importance of extending the Special Rapporteur's mandat [...] | 2009-06-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID SU |
| 09JAKARTA1012 | INDONESIA NOT READY TO SIGN IRENA AGREEMENT AT THE EGYPT [...] Dadan Kusdiana, Head of Energy for Rural or Suburban Areas at the Directorate General of Electricity, in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, told Embassy on June 15 that Indonesia has not yet made a decision regarding joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and was u [...] | 2009-06-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG KGHG SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1016 | ILLEGAL TIMBER SEIZURES IN INDONESIA [...] Summary: Recent seizures of suspected illegal timber in East Java and Papua highlight the continued challenge of illegal logging in Indonesia. The USG continues to support the Government of Indonesia's efforts to tackle the problem through capacity building. This support includes an upcoming [...] | 2009-06-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1017 | COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP -- MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) wants to move forward on the key bilateral initiatives that the Secretary recently discussed with FM Wirajuda, according to Ambassador Retno Marsudi, DEPLU's senior-most official responsible for U.S. affairs. Ambassador Marsudi wants to [...] | 2009-06-16 10:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMED EAID KDEM ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1022 | DRAFT USAID COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR INDONESIA (2009- [...] This is an action message. See paragraph five. 2. Today the Mission transmitted to USAID Washington its proposed Country Strategy for Indonesia: A Partnership for Prosperity. 3. The draft USAID Country Strategy for Indonesia (2009-14) represents 18 months of systematic effort by staff t [...] | 2009-06-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA1023 | INDONESIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia condemns North Korea's recent nuclear test and calls on Pyongyang to return to the Six Party Talks, a senior GOI nonproliferation official told us on June 15 in response to our points on this issue. President Yudhoyono is following the matter closely and plans to send [...] | 2009-06-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC ID KN |
| 09JAKARTA1024 | INDONESIA: MESSAGE ON MEF LEADERS MEETING DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel request, Post conveyed to Indonesian Presidential Advisor and Spokesman Dino Djalal the importance of the final preparatory meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) next week. The Charge d'Affaires (CDA) highlighted that the June 22-23 meeting in Mexico will begin preparing a L [...] | 2009-06-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1025 | U.S. COMPANIES FACE OBSTACLES IN ADB GEOTHERMAL TENDERS [...] This is an action request. Please refer to paragraph 7. 2. Asian Development Bank (ADB) geothermal tender specifications prevent meaningful participation by U.S. companies. A U.S. company active in the geothermal products market has brought to Post's attention that a requirement that turbi [...] | 2009-06-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA1026 | INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES CONFIDENT, BUT NOT COMPLACENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian economic policymakers appear confident, relishing the wave of positive attention the country has received in recent weeks. The recent upward revision by the IMF of its 2009 growth forecast for Indonesia and an improvement in the outlook for its sovereign rating by Mo [...] | 2009-06-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1030 | Indonesian President's in-law sentenced in corruption case [...] (SBU) The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced Aulia Pohan -- President Yudhoyono's son's father-in-law -- to 4 1/2 years on corruption charges on June 17. The court also sentenced three additional central bank deputy governors, bringing the total to nine public officials convicted in this central [...] | 2009-06-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1035 | GOI ACTS TO STOP VIOLENCE AT ROHINGYA CAMP IN ACEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to recent beatings of Rohingya asylum seekers and Bangladeshi migrants by Indonesian Red Cross staff at a camp in East Aceh, the GOI has dispatched a security team to the camp to restore order. The situation [...] | 2009-06-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE |
| 09JAKARTA1040 | SCENESETTER FOR HDAC CODEL VISIT JUNE 30 TO JULY 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1041 | SCENESETTER FOR HDAC CODEL VISIT JUNE 30 TO JULY 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Jakarta welcomes CODEL Price to Indonesia. You will arrive one week before Indonesia's second direct Presidential elections, July 8. This is a critical time for building relations between the U.S. and Indonesia, the world's second and third largest democracies. [...] | 2009-06-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1048 | PRESIDENT MAINTAINS SIZABLE LEAD IN MOST POLLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono is maintaining a sizable lead in most polls ahead of the July 8 presidential election. The three candidates--Yudhoyono, Megawati, Kalla--engaged in the first of three televised debates on June 18; most observers considered the debates inconclusive with no cl [...] | 2009-06-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1049 | ROHINGYAS IN ACEH -- GOI VOWS QUICK TRANSFER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Indonesian officials have agreed with our recommendation to move the Rohingya asylum seekers and Bangladeshi migrants away from the tense Idi Rayeuk camp in East Aceh, Sumatra. They also pledged to act quickly to separate minors. Responding to a demarche on these points de [...] | 2009-06-22 08:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ID BM CE |
| 09JAKARTA105 | 2008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR INDONESIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has a strong legal framework in place in order to prevent the Worst Form of Child Labor (WFCL). Implementation of safeguards is lacking but improving, however. The number of child workers has decreased following the ratification of the 2007 Child Protection Act. Matters [...] | 2009-01-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1050 | NORTH KOREA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has underscored the importance of vigorous enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea's nuclear program to senior contacts in the President's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs. Our contacts reiterated Indonesia's commitment to enforcing [...] | 2009-06-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC ID KN |
| 09JAKARTA106 | INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES INCREASING BUDGET DEFICIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. With the global economic outlook remaining uncertain, the Indonesian government has announced plans to revise its 2009 budget to increase the budget deficit to 2.5% of GDP, up from 1%. If Parliament approves the revised budget, the government plans to carry out additional fisca [...] | 2009-01-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1060 | BURMA -- INDONESIAN ACTIVISTS KEEP UP PRESSURE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian activists marked Aung San Suu Kyi's June 19 birthday by demanding her immediate release from detention and calling on ASEAN states to take a tougher line toward the Burmese regime. At a Mission-organized event, a leading MP--while noting that Indonesia's record is re [...] | 2009-06-23 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1065 | INDONESIA ACCEPTS WAY FORWARD RE NAMRU FACILITY [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with a senior GOI official on June 23 to discuss the Naval Medical Research Facility (NAMRU-2) located in Jakarta. Ambassador Retno Marsudi said the GOI would issue six-month visa extensions to NAMRU [...] | 2009-06-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AMED ID |
| 09JAKARTA1068 | HIGH-LEVEL MEETING REINFORCES DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Defense Minister Sudarsono, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher underscored the positive developments in the military relationship and applauded Indonesia's progress on defense reform. DASD Scher offered U [...] | 2009-06-24 02:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ID MARR PGOV PREL |
| 09JAKARTA1072 | 2009 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LABOR DIPLOMACY: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission nominates Stanley J. Harsha for the 2009 Award for Excellence in Labor Diplomacy. Counselor for Political Affairs Joseph L. Novak has nominated Stan with the full endorsement of Ambassador Cameron R. Hume. 2. (U) SUMMARY (Con'd) Stan has performed his Labor Attache [...] | 2009-06-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ELAB PHUM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1074 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE [...] Please see Action Request in para 5. 2. Summary: The U.S. Munitions List (USML) item detailed in Ref C is located at PT Dirgantara Indonesia's (DI) warehouse. The item was ordered by DI, the foreign consignee, and was received by DI in 2006. The item has not been delivered to the United [...] | 2009-06-24 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC AE ID |
| 09JAKARTA1075 | Health Cooperation Q Moving Toward a New [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This message outlines a vision of greater health cooperation with Indonesia and provides building blocks for the June 25 Sub-IPC. The United States now has an opportunity to transform our health [...] | 2009-06-24 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1076 | ASEAN 101 and Contacts [...] Summary: Secretary Clinton's historic February visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat (ASEC) in Jakarta underscores a deepening U.S. relationship with ASEAN. The United States was ASEAN's first "Dialogue Partner" to name an Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs. It al [...] | 2009-06-24 23:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEAN ECIN PREL EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA1078 | RESPONSE NEEDED: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On February 20, 2009, Post passed the draft U.S.-Indonesia Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation to the Government of Indonesia (GOI),following up on Secretary Clinton's February 18 promise to Foreign Minister Wirayud [...] | 2009-06-25 06:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL TPHY ID |
| 09JAKARTA1079 | Indonesia: Improving Transparency in Timber Administration [...] Summary: Indonesia is taking another significant step to improve transparency in the forestry sector by requiring the labeling/bar-coding of logs. This online timber tracking system will be phased in gradually. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is targeting nation-wide implementation by the [...] | 2009-06-25 07:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA108 | INDONESIAN SUPREME COURT CHOOSES A NEW CHIEF TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of Indonesia's Supreme Court have chosen Harifin A. Tumpa to be the next Chief Justice. Tumpa had previously served as one of the court's vice chiefs and had been serving as the interim Chief Justice after the former Chief reached mandatory retirement age in October [...] | 2009-01-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1091 | USTDA GRANT FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP [...] Summary: The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded $341,000 in grant funds to Indonesia's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to enhance the safety and security of the country's aviation sector. The technical assistance grant is the latest effort to bolster the civil aviat [...] | 2009-06-26 06:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SN TH ID |
| 09JAKARTA1092 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULINGS CHANGE OUTCOME OF [...] (C) Summary: Recent Constitutional Court decisions on electoral disputes are affecting the results of the Indonesian legislative elections. The court annulled the results of several regional races, and ordered vote re-runs in three areas. More controversially, it overturned the National El [...] | 2009-06-26 08:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1095 | KOPASSUS--ALLEGED PAPUA INCIDENTS NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report claims that Indonesian Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) continue to violate human rights in Papua. However, the report draws this conclusion based on six incidents in a single Papuan town with a history of corruption, violence, and other gove [...] | 2009-06-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PHUM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1099 | INDONESIA'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ENTERS LAST LAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just over a week to go before Indonesia's presidential election, President Yudhoyono is maintaining his sizable lead in the polls. Candidate debates held last week were inconclusive. During a visit to Central Java, Pol/C spoke to numerous observers who predicted that the [...] | 2009-06-29 09:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA110 | INDONESIAN C-130 LIFT CAPACITY MAKING RECOVERY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's C-130 fleet is old and only a modest portion of the planes are currently operational. Indonesia has made the rebuilding of its military lift capacity a top priority. U.S. assistance--in the form of foreign military sales and financing--are beginning to reverse the y [...] | 2009-01-21 04:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1112 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- GOI ARRESTS JI-LINKED SUSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police counterterrorism units recently arrested several suspected terrorists in Central Java and one in Sumatra. The GOI has publicly confirmed three arrests, though there may have been more. Those arrested include two Singaporean nationals plus an Indonesia [...] | 2009-06-30 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1115 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ACTIVE ON THE TRAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of Indonesia's July 8 presidential election, the three VP candidates are on the hustings and working the crowds hard. They wrapped up their second and final debate on June 30 with none of the candidates gaining a decided advantage. Over all, none of the three has had much [...] | 2009-07-01 05:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1116 | PAPUA -- ELECTION CAMPAIGN PROCEEDS SMOOTHLY, SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential campaigning continues--so far without incident--in eastern Indonesia's restive Papua and West Papua provinces. President Yudhoyono--as he does nationally--maintains a significant lead in the region although Jusuf Kalla's Golkar Party remains strong. The police and [...] | 2009-07-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1125 | UNGA -- INDONESIAN HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 06:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP UNGA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1126 | DVC DIALOGUE PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP Director Ambassador Luis CdeBaca held a June 29 DVC dialogue with key GOI officials and NGO leaders regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Indonesia. Ambassador Hume ope [...] | 2009-07-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG ID |
| 09JAKARTA1128 | LEGISLATORS TRY TO BLOCK PURCHASE OF ISRAELI-MADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Some Indonesian legislators are moving to block the GOI's plan to purchase Israeli-manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The Indonesian Department of Defense claims that the UAVs are a cost effective way to provide surveillance of Indonesian waterways. Flagging concerns [...] | 2009-07-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR ID IS |
| 09JAKARTA1130 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) Indonesian officials assured that they will take steps to ensure immediate implementation of the financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 designed to limit North Korea's ability to fund WMD and ballistic missile-related activities, arms procurement and sales. Embassy delivered points contain [...] | 2009-07-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1134 | URGING GOI TO SUPPORT NGO INVOLVEMENT AT UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has encouraged Indonesia to support UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) consultative status for the Democracy Coalition Project (DCP) and deferral back to the NGO Committee for the Dynamic Christian World Mission Foundation (DCWMF). Missio*n underscored the importanc [...] | 2009-07-06 03:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1135 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN WRAPS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the presidential election on July 8 fast approaches, the three candidates wrapped up their campaigns on July 4 ahead of the official "cooling off period." The last of three presidential debates (held on July 2) was livelier than the others, but did not seem to undermine Pr [...] | 2009-07-06 04:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1136 | INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: President Yudhoyono,s economic platform is the most reform-oriented, liberal agenda in a presidential election that is clouded in protectionist, anti-foreign rhetoric. Megawati,s &people,s economy8 platform includes land reform, agricultural development, and an overall protection [...] | 2009-07-06 04:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ID PGOV PREL |
| 09JAKARTA1146 | PEACEKEEPING -- INDONESIA LEADS MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian military recently hosted a major U.N. peacekeeping capstone event--"Garuda Shield"--involving 19 countries and about 1400 personnel. The U.S. Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI) team present at the exercise said Indonesia performed impressively as hos [...] | 2009-07-07 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1147 | JUST AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, COURT RELAXES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Just ahead of the July 8 presidential election, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has decided to allow voters who are not registered on the voter list to cast ballots by showing their national i [...] | 2009-07-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1148 | KEY INDONESIAN OFFICIAL FACING SAO DIFFICULTIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission requires the Department's urgent assistance in securing Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) clearance for a senior GOI official and prominent Islamic leader who hopes to travel to Washington for meetings with House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) Co-Chairs Congressman [...] | 2009-07-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1149 | ENGAGING PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO SHOULD HE WIN A [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono is widely expected to win a second term in the presidential election scheduled for July 8 without the need for a runoff in September. The election is expected to be largely free, fair and peaceful. It will solidify Indonesia's shift towards a strong and stab [...] | 2009-07-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1152 | HOUSE DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE COMMISSION VISITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Congressman David Price led the House Democracy Assistance Commission's (HDAC) fourth visit to Jakarta from June 30-July 2. The 23 person delegation included five other members, spouses and staff. While in Jakarta, HDAC held meetings on parliamentary reform, foreign policy, [...] | 2009-07-08 04:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1156 | SAO--URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED IN VISA CLEARANCE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission in reftel requested the Department's urgent assistance in securing Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) clearance for Hidayat Nur Wahid to travel to the United States. Nur Wahid is Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly ( [...] | 2009-07-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1157 | INDONESIA VOTES PEACEFULLY; PRESIDENT SEEMS TO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; it was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's presidential election went smoothly and peacefully on July 8. Preliminary exit polls indicate that President Yudhoyono is likely to win by a landslide, wi [...] | 2009-07-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1160 | PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO BASKS IN GLOW OF BIG VICTORY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Voters gave President Yudhoyono a landslide victory, according to preliminary results from quick counts, in Indonesia's presidential election on July 8. Although official results are not exp [...] | 2009-07-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1161 | SOUTH SUMATRA DECENTRALIZATION: DIAMONDS IN THE WEEDS [...] (U) Summary. Consulate Medan surveyed decentralization programs at the district and city levels in Bangka Belitung and South Sumatra Provinces in southern Sumatra during the week of June 22-27. Bangka Belitung's experiences in providing a scheme for universal health insurance and subsidies stan [...] | 2009-07-09 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI ID |
| 09JAKARTA1162 | INDONESIAN SPEAKER SENDS LETTER TO SPEAKER PELOSI [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see Para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian Speaker of the House Laksono has requested that Mission forward a letter to House Speaker Pelosi announcing plans for a 21-person parliamentary delegation visit to Washington from July 27 to Augu [...] | 2009-07-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1163 | SCENESETTER FOR EXIM FARRELL VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Indonesia offers an opportunity to improve the competitive position of U.S. companies in this economy, at a time of improving U.S.-Indonesia bilateral relations. The effects of the global financial crisis have been milder in Indonesia than elsewhere, with Indonesi [...] | 2009-07-10 02:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EPET ID |
| 09JAKARTA1165 | U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT -- BRIEFING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed reftel points related to the recent U.S.-Russia Summit with the GOI. Pol/C discussed with Palace contact key points regarding arms reduction, nonproliferation, cooperation regarding Afghanistan, and missile defense. Contact replied that the GOI was impress [...] | 2009-07-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC ID RS |
| 09JAKARTA1167 | Indonesia Proposes Health Cooperation [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Ministry of Health wants to expand health cooperation with the United States. Towards this end, they have presented us with a draft MOU that outlines a broad framework for our he [...] | 2009-07-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1169 | INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR IMO CANDIDACY [...] This is an action request - Please see para 3. 2. Embassy received on July 1 a diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support towards the candidature of Indonesia to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Category "C". 3. Action Reques [...] | 2009-07-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT IMO PREL PHSA KTIA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1171 | PRESIDENT'S BIG VICTORY SPARKS DEBATE ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's resounding victory in the recent presidential election--now backed up by official figures--has sparked debate about the future of the opposition and its leaders. Badly trounced in recent elections, VP Kalla's Golkar Party seems set to re-invent itself in [...] | 2009-07-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1175 | PAPUA -- AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SLAIN IN ATTACKS NEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unknown assailants killed two employees--including one Australian national--working for a U.S. mining company in separate July 11-12 attacks near the company's mining operations in Indonesia's Papua Province. No Americans were injured. Police have blamed separatists and reinfor [...] | 2009-07-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1176 | COUNTERING THREATS FROM RADICAL CLERIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission recently spoke to Indonesian authorities about threatening comments denouncing President Obama made by radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir. The comments were aired in a YouTube posting on a hard-line Indonesian-language web site. Mission underscored that such inflammator [...] | 2009-07-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1177 | LETTER FROM MINISTER PANGESTU TO USTR: TOBACCO CONTROL ACT [...] (SBU) On July 10, 2009, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk. The letter details GOI concerns regarding the ban on clove cigarettes contained in th [...] | 2009-07-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1178 | RESULTS of BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary: Embassy confirmed an order of spare parts consistent with the types in Ref A from the end-user, the Indonesian Air Force, via PT Mandira Jaya Abadi, the foreign consignee, from the U.S. supplier, Merex. Though the license value in Ref A is USD 1,000,000.00, the actual amount of the cu [...] | 2009-07-14 00:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON SN ID |
| 09JAKARTA1183 | POSSIBLE INDONESIAN DELEGATION VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has confirmed to us that it continues to review whether to send a delegation to North Korea in a bid to assist the negotiation track. The ROK Pol/C told us that his government had discussed the matter with the GOI and believed that the effort could potentially be constr [...] | 2009-07-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ID KS KN |
| 09JAKARTA1184 | INDONESIA -- OUTLOOK FOR PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono,s decisive victory in Indonesia's recent presidential election gave him a second five-year term and a strong mandate to govern. He will need a stable Parliamentary coalition and a strong Cabinet to implement his reform agenda, however, and neither of these is [...] | 2009-07-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ID |
| 09JAKARTA1187 | INDONESIAN MUSLIM GROUPS PROTEST TREATMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hundreds of protesters from various Indonesian hardline Islamic groups rallied outside the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta on July 13 protesting Chinese treatment of ethnic Uighurs. The protesters--who briefly clashed with security guards--urged that the GOI put diplomatic pressure [...] | 2009-07-15 03:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PGOV ID CH |
| 09JAKARTA119 | MUNIR MURDER CASE -- MINOR PLAYER GETS JAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Court has convicted Rohainil Aini, a former Garuda Airlines' employee, in connection with the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Rohainil received a one-year sentence for faking a letter that enabled Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto (who [...] | 2009-01-22 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1191 | ACEH -- MAINTAINING THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume briefed ambassadors and country directors of major donor organizations on July 7 on a U.S. Mission initiative to form a group of eminent Achenese to advise on the way forward in consolidating peace and [...] | 2009-07-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KISL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1193 | INDONESIA: PROMOTING MUSLIM EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AND [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes the President's proposals for broadening science and technology engagement with Muslim-majority countries. The key to success in Indonesia will be promoting personal scientist-to-scientist interactions. Post requests Washington's assistance in: 1) mainta [...] | 2009-07-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1194 | REVISED DRAFT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT: [...] (U) This is an Action Request--please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta shared the revised draft Science and Technology Agreement with the Ministry of Research and Technology. The Ministry was very optimistic about concluding negotiations on the agreement. GOI interloc [...] | 2009-07-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR TPHY ID |
| 09JAKARTA1198 | ISLAMIC CARD FAILS IN RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Kalla's attempt to play the Islamic card in Indonesia's recent presidential election campaign failed spectacularly. Despite blatantly playing up Muslim symbolism and his support from Muslim organizations, he only garnered 10-15 percent of the total vote. These [...] | 2009-07-16 04:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM SOCI ID |
| 09JAKARTA1203 | INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has hit another road block. KPK-police tensions have escalated in recent weeks, with both sides threatening to bring corruption charges against the other's leaders. Although President Yudhoyono had convened a meeting to stem [...] | 2009-07-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 09JAKARTA1204 | AMBASSADOR, DIRECTOR GENERAL RETNO ASSESS PROGRESS [...] (U) Action request in Para 5. 2. (SBU) On July 16, Ambassador and DCM met with Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for America and Europe, Amb. Retno Marsudi, to provide updates on elements of the developing comprehensive partnership between the United States and Indonesia. They [...] | 2009-07-17 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ID KN PGOV |
| 09JAKARTA1209 | OPPOSITION--GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS--FILES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Losing candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri is pressing forward with charges that Indonesia's recent presidential election was unfair. She has stopped short of calling for a re-vote, but has filed various complaints with the Election Oversight Commission. In making the charges, t [...] | 2009-07-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA121 | INDONESIA EFFUSIVELY WELCOMES BARACK OBAMA AS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesians across the archipelago exuberantly greeted President Barack Obama's Inauguration on January 20. At a formal ball in Jakarta held during the Inauguration ceremonies, a Presid [...] | 2009-01-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO SCUL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1211 | NEAR SIMULTANEOUS BOMB BLASTS AT JAKARTA HOTELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There were two nearly simultaneous bomb blasts at luxury hotels in Jakarta early on July 17. Nine people were reportedly killed and at least 50 people were injured, including eight confirmed Americans. President Yudhoyono and other senior officials promised a thorough invest [...] | 2009-07-17 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1215 | RULE OF LAW: PROSECUTORS GET A CLOSE LOOK AT U.S. JUDICIAL [...] (U) This message is Sensitive-but-Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of eleven Indonesian prosecutors from a key task force, accompanied by DOJ Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) and poloff, participated in a June study visit to the U.S. The State-funded, DOJ-orga [...] | 2009-07-21 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1216 | JAKARTA RESOLUTE IN AFTERMATH OF BOMB BLASTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Police immediately launched an investigation into the two July 17 bombings in Jakarta. Based on the types of devices used, the police have linked the blasts to Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) or Noordin M. Top's JI cell. Despite th [...] | 2009-07-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1221 | ARF -- INDONESIA INTERESTED IN DISASTER RELIEF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia is keen to host the second ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Voluntary Demonstration of Response in Disaster Relief (VDR) in 2010 or 2011. However, the GOI is seeking support and assistance [...] | 2009-07-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS |
| 09JAKARTA1224 | INDONESIA REQUESTS CONSULTATION ON TOBACCO ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 22, 2009, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk. The letter details GOI concerns over recently signed tobacco legislation and requests a [...] | 2009-07-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ECON ETRD ID |
| 09JAKARTA1227 | GE ON TRACK IN LOCOMOTIVE MARKET [...] (U) This message is Sensitive-But-Unclassified (SBU) and includes business sensitive information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: General Electric Transportation (GE) has two locomotive agreements and a third in the works, which could total sales of several hundred million doll [...] | 2009-07-23 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EFIN PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1230 | INDONESIA REACTS TO BOMB BLASTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's public speculation that the July 17 bombings of two luxury hotels could be an attempt to sabotage his new, second administration and destabilize the country met with sharp criticism. Opposition parties claimed he was trying to intimidate them due to their [...] | 2009-07-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER ID |
| 09JAKARTA1232 | ELITE POLICE BRIGADE PLAYS CRITICAL ROLE IN RECENT [...] (C) The Indonesian National Police elite Mobile Brigade is playing a critical role in the aftermath of the July 17 bombings in Jakarta and in the ongoing situation impacting the Freeport mining operation in Papua. Both situations involve the safety and security of American citizens. However, [...] | 2009-07-23 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1236 | OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM THAT YUDHOYONO WON [...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, final results have confirmed that President Yudhoyono won the July 8 presidential election, taking over 60 percent of the vote. Yudhoyono's victory was also broad-based, winning 28 of 33 provinces. Former president Megawati--who finished a distant second--continu [...] | 2009-07-24 07:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1237 | AFGHANISTAN -- URGING INDONESIA TO DO MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have strongly encouraged the GOI to consider what it can do to assist Afghanistan's political development. We urged, for example, that the GOI think creatively and consider using the Indonesian-founded Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) as a venue to help build up the capacity of th [...] | 2009-07-24 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ID AF |
| 09JAKARTA1240 | PRESIDENT DECLARED OFFICIAL WINNER, BUT OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Election Commission (KPU) officially announced on July 25 that President Yudhoyono was the winner of the presidential election held on July 8. The two losing candidates--former president Megawati and VP Kalla--plan to file lawsuits contesting the results which t [...] | 2009-07-27 08:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1244 | PAPUA -- INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS INTO RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a series of incidents, including the killing of an Australian national, a calm of sorts has descended around the Papua operations of U.S mining giant Freeport-McMoRan. Police are continuing their investigation and have named some of Freeport's Indonesian national employee [...] | 2009-07-27 10:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC EMIN ID |
| 09JAKARTA1254 | GOI SHOWS RENEWED INTEREST IN OPIC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On Friday July 25, OPIC Acting General Counsel Robert O'Sullivan completed a successful round of exploratory discussions with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials on updating OPIC's Investment Support Agreement with Indonesia. GOI officials requested OPIC to propose a revised versio [...] | 2009-07-28 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ID |
| 09JAKARTA1257 | BURMESE ROHINGYA UPDATE -- GOI WORKING WITHIN THE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia and other members of the Bali Process are meeting July 27-29 in Bali to discuss Asia-Pacific migrant-related issues. One key topic involves the Burmese Rohingya migrants now in Sumatra and what to do about [...] | 2009-07-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1259 | USG-FUNDED TRAINING EMPOWERS NEW WOMEN LEGISLATORS [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S.-funded training is playing a key role in building up the legislative capacity of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR). More than sixty percent of the DPR which will sit in October will consist of new members. Between 15 to 18 percent of the new legislators will be women, an i [...] | 2009-07-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KWMN ID |
| 09JAKARTA1262 | MOVING TOWARD A U.S.-INDONESIA INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (U) Please see Action Request in para 7; this message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials are eager to develop a bilateral interfaith dialogue with the U.S. as part of our emerging Comprehensive Partnership. Mission is discussing the idea with GOI offic [...] | 2009-07-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1267 | U.S. BUSINESS COMMUNITY SURPRISED BY BOMBINGS, [...] (SBU) Senior representatives of the U.S. business community were surprised by the recent bombings. They view the bombings as an isolated event, not a signal of a long-term deterioration of the security situation in Indonesia. They stressed the vital nature of continued U.S. training and coop [...] | 2009-07-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON EINV AMGT CASC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1269 | INDONESIA--REALIZING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expanded and more robust engagement with Indonesia is critical to the President's vision of a new relationship with the Muslim world as outlined in his Cairo speech. Now is the time to advance key elements of our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia--the Muslim world's larg [...] | 2009-07-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL SOCI KISL EAID ECON ID XF |
| 09JAKARTA1275 | JULY 17 BOMBINGS -- CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY SEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reached out to security authorities and other knowledgeable contacts about the recent blog post claiming responsibility for the July 17 Jakarta bombings. Although the "Al-Qaeda Indonesia" name used in the blog is new, virtually all observers agree that it appears to be mo [...] | 2009-07-30 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1277 | INDONESIA'S PARLIAMENT -- COURT RULING SPARKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Indonesian Supreme Court ruling dealing with the arcane process of parliamentary seat allocation has stirred controversy. The ruling, if implemented, would dramatically shift the balance of power in the new Parliament toward the biggest parties, including President Y [...] | 2009-07-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA128 | ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN INDONESIA [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. Please see para 7 for action request. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government on January 23 invited the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist with the safe repatriation of 193 Burmese and Bangladeshi nationals hou [...] | 2009-01-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1280 | GOI PRESSES CASE INVOLVING DEATH OF PROMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) has stated that it will file an appeal of the Supreme Court's acquittal of former top intelligence official Muchdi Purwopranjono. Muchdi is accused of orchestrating the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib in [...] | 2009-07-31 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1281 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE -- KEY INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest anti-corruption news, Indonesia's independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is facing various inquiries. KPK-police tensions have escalated with both sides threatening to bring corruption charges against the other. President Yudhoyono's intervention in [...] | 2009-07-31 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 09JAKARTA1290 | ASEAN -- INDONESIANS PRAISE U.S. ENGAGEMENT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Phuket ministerial, Indonesian officials continue to praise U.S. commitment to ASEAN and underscore the regional organization's central place in Indonesian foreign policy. However, Indonesia continues to press for more aggressive human rights mechanisms withi [...] | 2009-08-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEAN ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1292 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON VISIT AUGUST 14-16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Jakarta welcomes CODEL Nelson to Indonesia. You will arrive the day of the National Day Address to Parliament by President Yudhoyono, who will be inaugurated on October 20 for his second term after a landslide victory. Indonesia has done well under his administ [...] | 2009-08-05 00:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1295 | YUDHOYONO'S 2010 BUDGET PROPOSAL: MAINTAINING A [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono ("SBY") presented a 2010 budget bill aimed at maintaining a steady course. SBY highlighted Indonesia's success in weathering the current global downturn, building a stronger, more self-reliant domestic economy and taking a place at the G-20 table [...] | 2009-08-05 02:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PTER ID |
| 09JAKARTA1298 | JAKARTA USAID-USPACOM CONFERENCE ADVANCES [...] USAID Mission Indonesia and the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Jakarta jointly hosted the USAID-U.S. Pacific Command Civil Military Synchronization Planning Workshop in Jakarta July 27-30. The conference's objective was to expand civil-military cooperation between USAID and USPACOM throu [...] | 2009-08-05 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MARR ID |
| 09JAKARTA1303 | PUBLIC ENEMIES -- LARGE-SCALE MANHUNT UNDER WAY IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Central Java, August 3-5. Authorities in the region are conducting a large-scale manhunt for Noordin Top and other terrorists who have been linked to the July 17 bombings in Jakarta. Senior officials and police have held public meetings urging that citizens help a [...] | 2009-08-06 07:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1305 | FORMERLY POWERFUL, GOLKAR PARTY FALLS ON HARD TIMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Golkar party, preeminent during the Suharto period and influential after, has fallen on hard times. Performing extremely poorly in recent elections, party fractures have deepened and the party faces a leadership fight, as well as growing tensions between an old guard and Yo [...] | 2009-08-06 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1306 | KEY INDONESIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICIAL FACING SAO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jakarta requires the Department's urgent assistance in securing Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) clearance for a GOI official who was invited by the FBI and U.S. Marshal Service to Washington for anti-corruption consultations. Facilitating this travel is a United States priority. [...] | 2009-08-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1308 | IN USG-SPONSORED EVENT, WOMEN POLITICIANS SHARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a USG-funded workshop held August 6-8 in Jakarta, a multi-partisan group of Indonesian women politicians shared their successful campaign stories to encourage colleagues to further political action. The politicians--who assume their legislative seats in October--explained [...] | 2009-08-07 04:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KWMN ID |
| 09JAKARTA1312 | DELIVERY OF LETTER REGARDING NEXT STEPS UNDER THE [...] (SBU) We delivered the letter from AUSTR Barbara Weisel contained reftel to Gusmardi Bustami, Director General International Cooperation, at the Indonesian Ministry of Trade on August 7. Bustami advised that he and his colleagues are continuing to study the proposals made by the U.S. He plan [...] | 2009-08-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OTRA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1313 | BILL COULD WEAKEN INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is debating a new bill that would strip Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of its prosecutorial powers, rendering the KPK an investigative and preventative organization. Although this legislati [...] | 2009-08-07 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 09JAKARTA1315 | TERRORIST NOORDIN TOP REPORTED KILLED IN POLICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian police have raided a suspected militant safe house in Central Java. Media sources have reported that Noordin Top--the suspected mastermind behind the July 17 Jakarta bombings--was killed in a gun battle with police. However, Indonesian officials have not yet confirm [...] | 2009-08-08 05:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1318 | INTENSIVE POLICE OPERATIONS STRIKE BLOW AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY: Indonesian police operations against suspected terrorist safe houses in Central Java and on the outskirts of Jakarta, August 7-8, mark an important success in efforts to eliminate the terrorist threat posed by the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) splinter group led by Noordin M. Top. Despi [...] | 2009-08-10 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1321 | INDONESIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT AT UNGA FOR RE-ELECTION TO [...] Embassy received a diplomatic note dated July 30, 2009 from the Department of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support towards the candidacy of Indonesia to the Governing Council of United Nations Environment Program (GC UNEP),an unofficial translation of which is provided below. Begin text. [...] | 2009-08-11 04:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1329 | TERRORIST NOORDIN M.TOP -- A BIO SKETCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission provides biographic information below regarding Noordin M. Top. Top, a Malaysian national, has been implicated in the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta and other terrorist acts. Top, who is 41 and arrived in Indonesia after 9/11, has been involved with extremist politi [...] | 2009-08-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA133 | BURMA -- USG-FUNDED SPEAKER PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has sponsored a speaker symposium and photo exhibition on Burma in two Indonesian cities, Bandung in West Java and Malang in East Java. The USG-funded programs seeks to increase public awareness on [...] | 2009-01-27 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1330 | USG-SPONSORED DISASTER EXERCISE SUPPORTS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Army-led 2009 Disaster Response Exchange and Exercise (DREE),conducted in Riau Province, Sumatra, focused on response and prevention policies for wild land fires. Riau Province is Sumatra's ground zero for s [...] | 2009-08-11 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1335 | AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- INDONESIA STRONGLY CONDEMNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI on August 11 immediately condemned the Burmese government's conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) spokesman stated, in part, that Indonesia is "strongly disappointed with the verdict handed down...the verdict leads to suspicions that [...] | 2009-08-13 07:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1337 | DNA TESTING CONFIRMS BODY NOT NOORDIN M. TOP'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian police announced on August 12 that the body of a suspect killed in the August 7-8 operation in Central Java was not that of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top. DNA testing conducted on samples taken from his family confirmed that the body was not Top's; instead, the body [...] | 2009-08-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1339 | SUMATRA: FOREST FIRES IN RIAU DISRUPT LIFE AND IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary. Increasingly serious levels of haze and smoke resulting from forest fires mainly concentrated in Riau Province, Sumatra, have had a severe impact on daily life in the province during the first half of August. The smoke and haze caused by the fires have created flight diversions a [...] | 2009-08-13 05:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1342 | BURMA DEMOCRACY GROUP SHUTDOWN OUT OF CHARACTER AS [...] (C) Indonesian police temporarily stopped a coalition of Burma pro-democracy organizations from holding a conference at a Jakarta hotel August 12, reportedly following a complaint from Burma to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). National police ordered the conference closed [...] | 2009-08-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1344 | INDONESIA RIDING OUT GLOBAL DOWNTURN WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is riding out the global downturn well. Second quarter GDP growth of 4.0 percent year-on-year came in above expectations and first half 2009 growth of 4.2 percent was among the highest in Asia. Improved global sentiment and higher commodity prices have benefited Indo [...] | 2009-08-13 12:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1348 | DOC CLEAN ENERGY ROUNDTABLE SEEKS RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES, HIGHLIGHTS OBSTACLES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EAID EFIN KGHG ID |
| 09JAKARTA1349 | GOI INTEREST IN HIGH-LEVEL ANTICORRUPTION DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian law enforcement and anticorruption agencies would welcome a high-level USG-GOI dialogue on anticorruption and related anticrimes. During INL Director David Luna's visit to Jakarta, August 10-11, the three primary corruption investigation and prosecution bodies in Ind [...] | 2009-08-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 09JAKARTA135 | Yudhoyono Advisor -- the Time is Now for a Strategic [...] (SBU) The time is now to build a U.S.-Indonesian strategic partnership according to President Yudhoyono's key economic advisor. Chatib Basri, who served as SBY's sherpa to the November 2008 G20 Summit in Washington, said there is new-found enthusiasm throughout the Indonesian government to wor [...] | 2009-01-27 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1350 | ACTION RESPONSE: JAKARTA NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (U) Per reftel request, post points of contact on NPT-related issues are: Daniel Rochman, Deputy Political Counselor E-mail: rochmanda@state.gov, rochmanda@state.sgov.gov Office: (62-21)3435-9706 Fax: (62-21)3435-9916; Matthew Cenzer (alternate contact),Political Officer E-mail: cenz [...] | 2009-08-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM IAEA NPT ID |
| 09JAKARTA1358 | GOI ANNOUNCES SENTENCE CUTS FOR PRISONERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day, August 17. Although seven convicted terrorists received sentences cuts ranging from two to six months, only one will now be eligible for release. A 2006 reg [...] | 2009-08-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA136 | Indonesia to Invite President Obama to World Islamic [...] (SBU) Indonesian President Yudhoyono will invite President Obama to participate in the Fifth World Islamic Economic Forum to be held in Jakarta on March 2-3. The conference will focus on the implications of the global financial crisis as well as alternative energy and food security for the Mus [...] | 2009-01-27 11:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1360 | YUDHOYONO SHARES HIS VISION FOR INDONESIA IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's August 14 National Day Address showed a confident leader on the cusp of his second and final term of office who sees his nation at the launching point for greater things. The broad vision for Indonesia Yudhoyono laid out corresponds in many ways to the [...] | 2009-08-18 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1361 | Crew (C1/D) Visa outreach in Jakarta [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta's Consular section met with and briefed shipping agents who participate in our Crew Visa Program (CVP) as a follow-on to our crew and transit (C1/D) visa validity study (reftel). We thanked the agents for their adherence to guidelines that see minimal abuse of C1/D vis [...] | 2009-08-19 04:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KFRD ID |
| 09JAKARTA137 | ROHINGYAS -- URGING THE GOI TO ENSURE PROTECTION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Although it has publicly classified them as "economic migrants," the Indonesian government has made no final decision regarding the status of 193 Burmese and Bangladeshi boat people. The boat people are mostly ethnic [...] | 2009-01-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1372 | PARLIAMENTARY REFORM LAW STEP FORWARD FOR [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) recently passed a parliamentary reform law which is a significant step forward for Indonesia's maturing democracy. This new law was intended to shift power from the executive branch to the legislative by increasing Parliament's autonomy over its budget a [...] | 2009-08-20 04:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ID CVIS |
| 09JAKARTA1374 | U.S. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) [...] (U) SUMMARY: USPACOM put forward its draft FY 2010 GPOI Program Proposal, which requests funding to support Indonesian Peacekeeping Training in three areas: training, facilities, and equipment. According to USPACOM representatives, Indonesia will be a top priority for GPOI funding within P [...] | 2009-08-20 06:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ID PGOV PREL MOPS |
| 09JAKARTA1379 | DUE DILIGENCE ON ACE NOMINEE PT CARGILL INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Mission has reviewed the performance of PT Cargill Indonesia and reaffirms that its conduct in Indonesia has been exemplary. 2. (SBU) Are there possible negatives or risks of U.S. embarrassment that could result from the potential selection of post's nominee? None foreseeable. PT C [...] | 2009-08-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1391 | ENHANCING INDONESIA'S ABILITY AND CAPACITY TO [...] Action Requests contained in paras 13-15. 2. (C) Summary: With indications of possible foreign financing of the July 17 Jakarta bombings, the USG should step up engagement with the Government of Indonesia to determine how we can work together to enhance the GOI's capacity to counter the fi [...] | 2009-08-21 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1392 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES VISIT AUGUST 26-28 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representative Reyes, the staff of Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Indonesia and the United States are key partners in promoting democracy and security in Southeast Asia. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and incre [...] | 2009-08-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1398 | LEGISLATORS ASK FOR U.S. -INDONESIA COOPERATION AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1399 | LEGISLATORS ASK FOR U.S. -INDONESIA COOPERATION AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian legislators told us at a DCM-hosted lunch that the key to strengthening U.S.-Indonesia relations was cooperating on issues confronting their constituents at the local level. A multi-partisan group of women legislators met with us on August 11 to discuss bilateral r [...] | 2009-08-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1400 | PAPUA -- SHOOTINGS CONTINUE NEAR U.S. MINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unidentified assailants fired on vehicles belonging to U.S. mining company Freeport-McMoRan in Indonesia's restive Papua province in several recent incidents. Five Freeport employees, all Indonesian nationals, were injured. A coalition of pro-independence groups claimed respons [...] | 2009-08-24 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EMIN ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1408 | Health Cooperation - GOI Proposes [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has proposed a health cooperation memorandum of understanding to be released during the President's proposed trip to Indonesi [...] | 2009-08-25 09:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV AMED KFLU MASS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1412 | GOI MAKES MORE ARRESTS IN INVESTIGATION OF JULY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI's arrest of Indonesian national Mohammad Jibril under suspicion of helping fund the July 17 Jakarta bombings follows the earlier arrest of a Saudi national alleged to have been a financier behind the operation. Jibril is the son of a well-known Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) fig [...] | 2009-08-26 10:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1414 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE -- [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Indonesia is on board with our reftel demarche and invitation package for the 9th ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Disaster Relief Sept. 16-18. In response to our presentation, Kristanyo Hardojo of th [...] | 2009-08-26 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF EAID MARR ID |
| 09JAKARTA1417 | ASEAN -- SECGEN SURIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 25 diplomatic briefing at ASEAN headquarters in Jakarta, Secretary General Surin outlined developments in the areas of establishing an ASEAN human rights mechanism and addressing regional stability issues, such as North Korea. Surin reiterated ASEAN's call for the [...] | 2009-08-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN ID |
| 09JAKARTA1419 | BURMA -- INDONESIA CONSIDERS STRONGER ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono is considering stronger Indonesian action in response to the Burmese regime's recent extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. As he has done in the past, Yudhoyono may write to Burmese leader Than Shwe or dispatch a special envoy to urge reforms. Separa [...] | 2009-08-27 10:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1420 | Views on Environment for POTUS Visit from Indonesia [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TSPL PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1421 | Views on Environment for POTUS Visit from Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia Presidential Advisor on Environment Emil Salim and Secretary to the Coordinating Minister of Social Welfare Indroyono Soesilo strongly advocate an ambitious agenda for the upcoming POTUS visit, including: -- Fisheries-based food security initiative through establishin [...] | 2009-08-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TSPL PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1425 | INTERFAITH DIALOGUE -- INDONESIANS SUPPORT A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials remain hopeful that a proposed interfaith dialogue with the U.S. will include a strong bilateral component. During his June meeting with the Secretary, FM Wirajuda expressed his strong preference for a bilateral interfaith dialogue within the context of the [...] | 2009-08-28 02:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA143 | MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM -- LEGISLATURE REVIEWS BILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Proponents of the military justice reform bill are considering whether to push for the bill's passage before Indonesia move toward elections. The bill, an initiative of the national legislature (DPR),would make the Indonesian military (TNI) subject to the civilian justice syst [...] | 2009-01-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KJUS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1431 | INDONESIAN PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER TRAVEL PLANS -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Presidential Palace has confirmed that President Yudhoyono will travel to Pittsburgh for the G-20 Summit, September 24-26. He will then travel to Cambridge to give a speech at Harvard and participate in a business gathering in Boston. He will not participate in the U.N. Ge [...] | 2009-08-28 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP ECON UNGA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1437 | UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY -- ISRAEL'S REQUEST TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed with the GOI reftel points concerning Israeli involvement in the upcoming anniversary celebration of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Pol/C underscored the USG's support for Israel's request to speak at the eve [...] | 2009-08-31 08:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL ID IS |
| 09JAKARTA144 | CONSERVATIVE MUSLIM BODY LOSING CREDIBILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's most important Islamic juridical body, the MUI, issued a series of controversial edicts (fatwas) during its recent national conference. The edicts included partial bans on yoga and smoking. The group also urged Muslims to vote for qualified Muslims in coming electi [...] | 2009-01-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1442 | NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE 2010 -- INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia, in general, is positively disposed toward the U.S. nonproliferation agenda, not least because of what the GOI views as the Administration's balanced perspective on nonproliferation and disarmament issues. The GOI supports U.S.-Russia arms control efforts and is prepa [...] | 2009-08-31 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV NPT ID |
| 09JAKARTA1451 | PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO PONDERS CABINET PICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is abuzz with speculation about President Yudhoyono's upcoming Cabinet appointments, which are slated to be announced after his October 20 inauguration. Some observers worry that inclusivist Yudhoyono will barter 2009 Cabinet positions for party support as he did in [...] | 2009-09-01 05:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1456 | DCM REVIEWS PARTNERSHIP, PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met September 1 with Ambassador Retno Marsudi of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Marsudi said her visit to Washington last week had gone well. She then reviewed Indonesian perspectives on the Comprehensive Partnership and the GOI's desire for info [...] | 2009-09-01 09:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1458 | GOI CLAIMS MIX-UP IN SMALL ARMS SEIZED IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the GOI, the recent seizure of Indonesian-made small arms by the Philippines was a mistake, as the arms were lawfully exported from Indonesia. The seizure has hit the press here and Indonesian lawmakers have pledged to investigate the country's arms-related export [...] | 2009-09-02 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ID RP |
| 09JAKARTA1465 | RAMADAN IN INDONESIA -- AMID FASTING AND [...] SUMMARY: Indonesia's over 200 million Muslims are observing the month of Ramadan in festive fashion with a constant round of Iftaar (breaking fast) events. Per local government orders, night clubs, massage parlors and saunas are shut, while karaoke and live music venues are maintaining limi [...] | 2009-09-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL KIRF ID |
| 09JAKARTA1466 | ELITE POLICE MOBILE BRIGADE -- A WAY FORWARD ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG's current training policy toward Mobile Brigade is counterproductive. Prohibiting this key law enforcement element from receiving ICITAP training prevents members from learning about INL-funded DOJ/ICITAP-develope [...] | 2009-09-02 10:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1467 | EARTHQUAKE OFF COAST OF JAVA [...] (U) On September 2 at 2:55 p.m. local time, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck western Java, Indonesia. The earthquake was centered off the southern coast of Java, approximately 125 miles south of Jakarta, but could be felt throughout the capital. Jakarta citizens rushed out of their office [...] | 2009-09-02 10:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1470 | PARLIAMENT REVIEWS COUNTERTERRORISM LAW WITH AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prodded by the July 17 bombings, Indonesia is reviewing its counterterrorism legislation. A proposed amendment to Indonesia's existing counterterrorism law would increase the potential detention period for suspected terrorists to a maximum of two years before charges are filed. [...] | 2009-09-03 06:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1471 | GOI RECEPTIVE TO U.S. "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO/RHS Director Keshap recently visited Jakarta. Keshap met with senior GOI officials to garner support for a draft resolution on "Freedom of Expression" to be tabled at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session. The GOI indicated support for U.S. proposals aimed at [...] | 2009-09-03 06:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1473 | Food Security in Indonesia - It's About Fish [...] Summary: Post proposes the establishment of an Indonesia-U.S. Center for Sustainable Ocean Fisheries. This joint research institute would explore and study waters that house the world's highest ocean biodiversity. The resulting science discoveries would help drive Indonesia and regional ocea [...] | 2009-09-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1480 | RESULTS of BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] Post contacted the Foreign End User, the Indonesian Air Force (IAF),regarding licenses 050183340 and 050183339. IAF Colonel Amrullah Asnawi confirmed the two 2009 procurements for the parts listed in reftel. Asnawi said that the F-16 parts (case 050183340) were ordered by the IAF Avionics De [...] | 2009-09-04 08:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON SN ID |
| 09JAKARTA1481 | DISASTER DECLARATION Q INDONESIA: EARTHQUAKE OFF [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 6. 2. (U) On September 2 at 2:55 p.m. local time, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of western Java, Indonesia, approximately 95 km south-southwest of the nearest heavily populated city, Bandung, and approximately 195 miles south [...] | 2009-09-04 08:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1484 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PROGRESS ON PARTNERSHIP WITH GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Ambassador Retno Marsudi of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 4. The two reviewed the status of key items related to the Comprehensive Partnership. Marsudi asked when an advance team would come to Jakarta to make preparat [...] | 2009-09-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1487 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- OFFICIAL LAYS OUT GOI STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a recent meeting with visiting S/CT Deputy Villarosa, a key GOI official underscored the importance of the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement (JCLEC),and reviewed Indonesia's deradicalization and border control strategy. The official--while praising the police--noted the mi [...] | 2009-09-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1489 | PEACE CORPS SET TO RETURN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1490 | GOVERNMENT SEEKS FLEXIBILITY IN MINING [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Indonesian Mining Director General Bambang Setiawan, representatives from Canada, Australia, the EU and the United States expressed concerns regarding draft regulations for the new mining law. Setiawan acknowledged concerns, but he stressed the need to satisfy [...] | 2009-09-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EINV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1492 | IN ANOTHER FLARE UP, INDONESIANS LASH OUT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians have lashed out over the use of a traditional dance in a Malaysian tourist advertisement, claiming that the dance is Balinese in origin. This latest controversy feeds into previous Indonesian allegations of cultural misappropriation by Malaysia. On the positive side [...] | 2009-09-08 05:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL PBTS PTER ID MY |
| 09JAKARTA1494 | ELECTION COMMISSION FINALLY ANNOUNCES SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Election Commission has finally announced the results of the April 9 legislative elections for all areas but Papua (where the results of a vote re-run are pending). The results confirm that the President's party will have a plurality in the next Parliament, that t [...] | 2009-09-08 08:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1505 | USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF JAVA EARTHQUAKE [...] The immediate humanitarian needs of an estimated 25,000 displaced individuals following the September 4 earthquake in central Java are mostly being met by government and non- governmental agencies. The earthquake-related damage to homes and infrastructure is relatively small, is manageable b [...] | 2009-09-10 03:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1509 | PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF READY TO MAKE POTUS [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Cabinet State Secretary Hatta Rajasa revealed that Indonesia had decided to purchase from Boeing a presidential aircraft, supported Indonesian training for Afghan police, underscored President Yudhoyono,s determination to sign a Scie [...] | 2009-09-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT BEXP EDU ID PREL SENV XD |
| 09JAKARTA1510 | INDONESIAN STATE SECRECY BILL MAY THREATEN PRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Respected journalists and media advocacy groups have urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to veto the so-called state secrecy bill. Articles in the state secrecy bill state that journalists who publish information the Government of Indonesia deems as a state s [...] | 2009-09-10 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM ID OPRC |
| 09JAKARTA1511 | ENSURING COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP LONG-TERM SUCCESS: JAKARTA REACTION TO NIC REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia offers an opportunity to guide Indonesia toward the "ASEAN Leader" scenario in the February 2009 NIC Report, "Indonesia: Scenarios for the Future and Implications for US Interests. Above all, Indonesia,s future depends on the quality of [...] | 2009-09-11 00:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KDEM KISL PINR PREL XB |
| 09JAKARTA1519 | UNHRC "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION" RESOLUTION -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instruction, poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts, explained USG positions, and urged the GOI to support USG priorities at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Contacts indicated support for U.S. initiatives and stressed that Indonesi [...] | 2009-09-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL SOCI ID UN |
| 09JAKARTA152 | VP ADVISOR ON U.S. VISIT, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, [...] (C) Vice President Jusuf Kalla looks forward to his upcoming visit to Washington, Senior Advisor Gembong Prijono told Pol/C on January 28. Kalla will attend the National Prayer Breakfast and hold events with the Indonesian community during the February 4-5 trip. He also hopes to meet Vice P [...] | 2009-01-29 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF OVIP ID |
| 09JAKARTA1521 | Locking in Progress for Broader Health Cooperation in [...] (SBU) Your September 15 meeting with Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari presents a critical opportunity to reset the stage for health and biomedical research cooperation with Indonesia. The Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Presidency received a resounding majority mandate in his July re-election, [...] | 2009-09-11 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1525 | IRAN -- WORKING WITH INDONESIA TO EXPAND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed points re Iran's nuclear program with the GOI. Pol/C made the key point that it is vital that Indonesia help make Iran understand that it faces the possibility of additional sanctions if it spurns the international community. We urged that Indonesia make c [...] | 2009-09-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA1526 | IRAN -- PRESSING THE GOI TO HELP ON AMCIT CASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to assist with Iran regarding the cases of six American citizens who are missing or detained there. Pol/C emphasized to Presidential Palace and Department of Foreign Affairs contacts that our objective is to ensure the safe return of all the AmCits to [...] | 2009-09-14 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA1527 | INDONESIAN REP FOR FOOD SECURITY MEETING NOT YET DECIDED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1528 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL USG [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian and Australian co-directors of the joint Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) told Pol/C on September 9 that they strongly support enhanced USG involvement in the Center's counterterrorism [...] | 2009-09-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1531 | KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to meet with Kosovo representatives on the margins of the upcoming UNGA. Noting that 62 countries have now recognized Kosovo, we again urged Indonesia to take that step. Presidential Palace and Department of Foreign Affairs contacts said they would brie [...] | 2009-09-15 05:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC PBTS ID KV |
| 09JAKARTA1532 | FORCED OR CHILD LABOR -- INDONESIA'S RESPONSE TO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed USG points re the U.S. Department of Labor's list of goods produced by forced labor or child labor with Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs and other contacts. Deputy [...] | 2009-09-15 06:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB ID |
| 09JAKARTA1533 | ACEH: IMPLICATIONS OF NEW SHARIA LAW ALLOWING STONING [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary. Provincial leaders and civil society groups in Aceh have voiced strong concern and the Indonesian central government is considering the constituti [...] | 2009-09-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ID |
| 09JAKARTA1537 | INDONESIA TO HOST "ASIA-AFRICA" CONFERENCE FOCUSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has announced that it plans to host an "Asia-Africa" conference for senior officials in Jakarta in October. The conference will largely focus on Palestinian capacity-building, and comes against the backdrop of a technical conference on that subject sponsored by the GO [...] | 2009-09-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ID XF |
| 09JAKARTA154 | FORMER PRESIDENT MEGAWATI CONSIDERS SULTAN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) just finished its national conference. The key topic on the agenda was the party's choice for vice presidential candidate for the July presidential election. Most party regulars seem to agree that the Sultan of Yogya [...] | 2009-01-29 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1541 | INDONESIAN RESPONSE ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1542 | INDONESIAN RESPONSE ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT IAEA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Deputy Pol/C delivered reftel message urging support for a consensus outcome on Middle East issues at the September 2009 IAEA General Conference to Roy Soemirat of the Department of Foreign Affairs Direc [...] | 2009-09-15 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM AORC KNNP IAEA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1552 | Indonesia Launches Climate Change Trust Fund [...] On September 14, Indonesia's Ministry of National Development Planning announced the "soft" launch of the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF). Through the ICCTF, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) aims to achieve a low-carbon economy with greater resilience to climate change and to lin [...] | 2009-09-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1555 | INTERFAITH DIALOGUE -- WORKING WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission is working closely with the GOI to finalize details of the proposed bilateral interfaith dialogue with the U.S. Poloff met recently with GOI officials to discuss key elements of the dialogue, which is slated to take place in Jakarta in November. The GOI is being very f [...] | 2009-09-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID |
| 09JAKARTA1561 | PAPUA -- MORE LOW-LEVEL VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been more violence in Indonesia's Papua region. An unidentified armed group opened fire on September 12 in southern Papua, injuring two Indonesian employees of U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan. GOI authorities are investigating the incident which comes against the [...] | 2009-09-16 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ECON ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1562 | Climate Change - Taking Advantage of SBY's Moment [...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The U.S. has an opportunity to shape newly re-elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) climate agenda. The U.S. could seek a Yudhoyono presidential declaration - perhaps timed for President Obama's potential visit [...] | 2009-09-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1567 | INDONESIAN FM WILL ATTEND FOOD SECURITY MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1568 | INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION -- PRESSING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) will inaugurate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his second term as President and Boediono (one name only) as Vice President on October 20. Although the MPR doe [...] | 2009-09-17 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM OVIP ID |
| 09JAKARTA1569 | CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW CONTROVERSIAL ACEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Stepping in to try to quell a firestorm of outrage, President Yudhoyono's spokesman has announced that the central government would work to strike down a controversial new Sharia bylaw in Aceh on constitutional ground [...] | 2009-09-17 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL SOCI ID |
| 09JAKARTA157 | NEW G-20 SHERPA URGES ACTION AND COMMITMENT TO FIGHT [...] (SBU) The credibility of the G-20 is at risk unless its members implement their commitments, according to Indonesia's new sherpa. Deputy Minister at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Mahendra Siregar lamented that G-20 countries were unable to revive the WTO Doha round in December. [...] | 2009-01-30 06:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1570 | INDONESIA RESPONSE TO CTBT ARTICLE XIV CONFERENCE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Deputy Pol/C discussed reftel points with Roy Soemirat, Director of the Nuclear Weapons Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for International Security and Disarmament. Soemira [...] | 2009-09-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KTBT ID |
| 09JAKARTA1571 | SAO -- URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED IN RESOLVING VISA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission requires the Department's urgent assistant in securing a resolution for a Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) for a senior GOI official who hopes to travel to Pittsburgh for the upcoming G20 summit. The applicant's position is the equivalent of a top presidential aide on the [...] | 2009-09-17 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1572 | MAJOR COUNTERTERRORIST OPERATION IN CENTRAL JAVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian National Police (INP) raided a suspected terrorist safe house in Solo, Central Java, September 16-17. While details continue to emerge, at least four people were reportedly killed and up to three arrested during the incident. Indonesia's most-wanted terrorist No [...] | 2009-09-17 11:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1574 | Dozens Feared Dead in Massive North Sumatra Floods [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (U) Widespread flooding caused by heavy rains in the Mandaling Natal Regency in the interior of the province of North Sumatra on September 15 resulted in at least 15 deaths with at least 38 more people missing and feared dead. Flash [...] | 2009-09-18 05:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SENV EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA1579 | EID HOLIDAYS IN INDONESIA -- THE MASS EXODUS BEGINS [...] SUMMARY: With the close of Ramadan fasting approaching, Indonesia--the world's largest Muslim country by population--is bracing for a mass exodus of millions from urban areas to home villages. Almost 25 million people are expected to head home during the two-week period surrounding the Eid- [...] | 2009-09-18 09:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL KIRF ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1580 | INDONESIAN COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS CONTINUES, BUT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The apparent slaying of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top is the latest and most prominent in a string of GOI counterterrorism successes. The police have stated that fingerprint analysis has confirmed Top was killed in a [...] | 2009-09-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1581 | INDONESIAN COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS CONTINUES, BUT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The apparent slaying of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top is the latest and most prominent in a string of GOI counterterrorism successes. The police have stated that fingerprint analysis has confirmed Top was killed in a [...] | 2009-09-18 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1583 | Indonesia's Food Security Challenges [...] Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) recognizes four major challenges to food security. One is the need for human resource development through agriculture research, education and extension. Another is the need for substantial new investment in agricultural infrastructure. They are exac [...] | 2009-09-23 00:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD SENV KGHG PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1584 | TIMOR-LESTE -- INDONESIAN VIEWS ON RELEASE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed with GOI contacts reftel points related to the recent release from detention by authorities in Timor-Leste of former militia leader Martenus Bere. GOI contacts confirmed that they are working with the GOTL to ensure the return of Bere--who is now in the cust [...] | 2009-09-23 07:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID TT |
| 09JAKARTA1587 | WITH DEATH OF KEY TERRORIST CONFIRMED, POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Through a six-tissue DNA sample testing process, the GOI has confirmed the death of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top. Top and several associates were killed in a police operation in Central Java, September 16-17. The Indonesian government plans to repatriate the remains to Mala [...] | 2009-09-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA159 | INDONESIA - DOL DRAFT LIST RE TRAFFICKING (TVPRA) [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Mission appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's draft Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) Report. We request further information on ho [...] | 2009-01-30 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELAB KTIP ID |
| 09JAKARTA1597 | ONCE KEY POLITICAL PARTY SEARCHES FOR NEW LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Golkar Party is facing a leadership fight which is slated to be decided by early October. With current party head Vice President Kalla stepping down soon, a number of challengers have emerged for the Golkar chair job, including: Coordinating Minister for the People' [...] | 2009-09-24 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1599 | INDONESIA'S LABOR MOVEMENT GAINS IN MEMBERS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts differ in their assessment of the future of Indonesia's labor movement. Forces that bode well for the survival and growth of the movement include: an increasingly educated work force that is demanding its rights (as witnessed by climbing labor union penetration in the [...] | 2009-09-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ECON PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA160 | PAPUA -- ACTIVIST ACQUITTED IN HIGH-PROFILE CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papuan human rights activist Sabar Iwanggin has been cleared of incitement to violence charges. The prosecution--which alleged that he had sent inflammatory text messages--committed many missteps during the year-long trial and ultimately failed to prove its case. Human rights g [...] | 2009-01-30 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1600 | RATINGS UPGRADES AND UPWARD REVISIONS TO GROWTH FORECASTS [...] (U) Summary: Indonesia's resilience to the global economic downturn and prospects for improved economic performance following President Yudhoyono's peaceful re-election supported a recent upgrade of Indonesia's sovereign debt ratings and upward revisions of 2009-2010 economic growth forecasts. [...] | 2009-09-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1601 | VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT BOEDIONO CONFIDENT INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary: In a September 24 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, Vice President-elect Boediono (one name only) welcomed the strengthening of bilateral relations, urged continued deepening of people-to people ties, asked whether U.S. companies wanted to invest in clean energy in Indonesia, and i [...] | 2009-09-24 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP EAID ECON ETRD ID KJUS PGOV PREL SENV |
| 09JAKARTA1604 | DOES INDONESIA NEED A TWO YEAR EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament has recently proposed amending the terrorism law to permit two year police detention without the filing of charges. Such a provision, similar to the Internal Security Acts in Malaysia and Singapore, does not appear necessary and may prove counterproduc [...] | 2009-09-25 06:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ID PGOV PREL PTER |
| 09JAKARTA1605 | CENTRAL JAVA VILLAGERS PRESS ANTI-TERRORIST MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Protesters have taken to the streets in Central Java to block the burial of several terrorists who were killed with Noordin M. Top in a police operation, September 16-17. The villagers involved see the terrorists as an embarrassment to Indonesia and do not want the remains in t [...] | 2009-09-25 07:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA1609 | UNESCO -- GOI SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR KEY HERITAGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has sent Mission a diplomatic note requesting that the USG support Indonesia's candidacy for the UNESCO World Heritage Committee during upcoming meetings in Paris. We urge that Department seriously consider Indonesia's candidacy. END SUMMARY. GOI PRESSES CANDIDACY FO [...] | 2009-09-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SCUL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1611 | AMBASSADOR HEARS KEY GOI OFFICIAL ON PLANNED [...] (C) In a September 25 meeting, Ambassador Retno Marsudi of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) asked the Ambassador about the status of the planned visit of President Obama. He responded that there was still no definitive answer regarding whether President Obama would visit [...] | 2009-09-25 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1612 | VISA CLEARANCE NEEDED FOR NOTED INDONESIAN SCHOLAR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please see Action Request in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission requests the Department's urgent assistance in resolving visa clearance for a distinguished Indonesian scholar who hopes to travel to Northern Illinois University to receive an [...] | 2009-09-25 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS KISL KPAO ID |
| 09JAKARTA1613 | KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION FACES INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian police have charged Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials with alleged abuse of power and the KPK has suspended them from their duties. The charges are the latest twist in ongoing jousting between elements of the GOI about the activities of the KPK. [...] | 2009-09-28 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1614 | THE GOLDSTONE REPORT RE GAZA -- SEEKING INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has discussed reftel message regarding the report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict with GOI officials, underscoring U.S. concern about the report's unbalanced focus on Israeli actions. We stressed the need to seek a constructive resolution on the matt [...] | 2009-09-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM IS ID |
| 09JAKARTA1615 | ENGAGING INDONESIA ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission has urged Indonesia to support the United States' candidacy for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (Category "A") during the November 23-December 4 IMO meetings in London. Our interlocutors promised to review the U.S. candidacy carefully, adding that Indonesi [...] | 2009-09-28 07:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA ECON IMO ID |
| 09JAKARTA1619 | INDONESIA: AVIATION - THE NEXT STEP [...] (U) This message contains an Action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is a major civil aviation market, and will grow faster if U.S. technical assistance can help bring its aviation sector up to international standards. A string of fatal air disasters has height [...] | 2009-09-29 00:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA162 | ROHINGYAS -- IOM ASSISTING INDONESIA TO ASSESS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) began interviewing January 28 the 193 Burmese and Bangladeshi boat people living in a military ca [...] | 2009-01-30 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1625 | WITH CIVIL SOCIETY UP IN ARMS, PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Office and legislators have postponed for further review a contentious state secrecy bill. The draft bill would control access to documents and information based on national security concerns. Indonesian civil society has criticized the draft, asserting that it [...] | 2009-09-29 07:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1626 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SEEKING GOI SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding the UN Human Rights Council draft resolution on "Elimination of Discrimination Against Women" to officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 29. We noted U.S. support for the appointment of an Independent Exper [...] | 2009-09-29 07:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN ID UN |
| 09JAKARTA1628 | BURMA -- INDONESIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has welcomed the new U.S. approach on Burma. Speaking in New York, Foreign Minister Wirajuda publicly praised the USG's decision to begin a direct dialogue with the Burmese authorities, and called on Burma to respond with positive steps regarding Aung San Suu Kyi and ot [...] | 2009-09-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA163 | VICE PRESIDENT KALLA'S U.S. VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 30, DCM met with Farid Husain, a close associate of Indonesian Vice President Kalla. DCM urged that Kalla use his upcoming meetings in Washington to convey Indonesia's readiness to enter into a strategic partnership with the United States based on President Yudhoyono [...] | 2009-01-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP ID |
| 09JAKARTA1633 | REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 JOINT INTERAGENCY [...] This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This is a request for fiscal year 2010 (FY10) Joint Interagency Taskforce West (JIATF West) support in Indonesia, as defined and authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (as amende [...] | 2009-09-30 08:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC ID SNAR MASS KCRM |
| 09JAKARTA1638 | PAPUA -- CONTINUED PROBLEMS, AND POSSIBLE NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eastern Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces remain troubled. The region is politically marginalized and many Papuans harbor separatist aspirations. Low-level violence continues, including a series of shootings near an American-owned mine, although it poses little immedia [...] | 2009-09-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1640 | ADVANCING OUR AGENDA IF PRESIDENT OBAMA POSTPONES [...] (SBU) Summary. President Obama has informed President Yudhoyono that he must postpone his visit to Indonesia to next year, according to a credible Embassy contact. The reason: the President would like to bring his family and spend a few days. If true, we should find a way to make this news p [...] | 2009-10-01 06:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP ID |
| 09JAKARTA1641 | WORKING WITH INDONESIA IN THE G-20 [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States can partner with Indonesia in the G-20 to advance our interests. Of the eleven countries in the G-20 who are not in the G-8, Indonesia is arguably the one with whom we have the least developed ties and the one least prepared institutionally to actively partici [...] | 2009-10-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1643 | DISASTER DECLARATION: EARTHQUAKE IN WEST SUMATERA, [...] This is an action request. Please see paras 2 and 8. 2. Action request: Mission requests USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) consideration, approval and transmission of fund cite to allow for the transfer of USD300, 000 to support emergency response interventions for [...] | 2009-10-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1644 | GOLDSTONE REPORT ON GAZA -- FURTHER ENGAGING [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points regarding the UN Fact Finding Mission Report on the Gaza conflict to Diana Sutikno, Director for Civil and Political Rights in the Directorate of Multilateral Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 1. Poloff noted that the resolution [...] | 2009-10-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA1645 | EARTHQUAKE IN WEST SUMATRA: SITREP 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAID ECON ID PGOV SENV |
| 09JAKARTA1648 | WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE: REQUEST DOD ASSISTANCE [...] Embassy Jakarta is formally requesting Department of Defense assistance. We ask that the Department forward this request to DOD as quickly as possible. 2. At the request of the Government of Indonesia, Embassy Jakarta is requesting: * That the US C-130 which is in Indonesia for Exercise [...] | 2009-10-02 03:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1651 | WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE: SITREP 2 [...] The following information is current as of 11:00 local time. CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND 2. There have been no reports of significant aftershocks since the major earthquake of September 30 (reftel). However, any buildings over two stories have either collapsed or sustained extensive damag [...] | 2009-10-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1652 | WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE: SITREP 3 [...] The following information is current as of 17:00 local time. CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND 2. Search and rescue operations continue. Road access continues to be severely limited, with three of the four major access roads into Padang completed closed and the fourth severely damaged. Although [...] | 2009-10-02 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1653 | NEW INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT FACES HIGH EXPECTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) Democratic Party (PD) and its coalition partners firmly in control of the newly inaugurated parliament, President Yudhoyono has the consensus government he's been seeking. Given the President's solid majority, many analysts ex [...] | 2009-10-02 12:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1654 | WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE: SITREP 4 [...] The following information is current as of Saturday, October 3, 1100 hours, local time. CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND 2. Search and rescue operations continue. There are reports that approximately 60 people may be trapped in the Ambachang hotel, which caters to foreigners. Major roads are [...] | 2009-10-03 05:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID |
| 09JAKARTA1658 | IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- BRIEFING INDONESIA ON OUTCOME OF GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has briefed the GOI on the outcome of last week's P5 1 talks in Geneva. We urged that Indonesia publicly support the dual track approach of engagement plus preparations for increased pressure on Iran. GOI contacts expressed support for the current approach while urging [...] | 2009-10-05 07:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA1666 | MGEAP1: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #1: [...] In response to the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred off the coast of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, the U.S. Government (USG) has begun providing humanitarian assistance to support Government of Indonesia (GoI) response efforts. Nine members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (U [...] | 2009-10-05 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC |
| 09JAKARTA1667 | INDONESIAN FOREIGN POLICY -- INFLUENTIAL EXPERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of Indonesia's leading foreign affairs commentators has called for the GOI to pursue a "post-ASEAN" foreign policy. Rizal Sukma, the influential director of Jakarta's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),argued in an October 5 op-ed that the G-20 is creati [...] | 2009-10-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ASEAN ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA1668 | MGEAP1: WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE - SITREP 5 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC PGOV CASC MARR ECON PREL PINR AMGT EAID |
| 09JAKARTA1669 | COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP--FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and U.S. must maintain momentum on the Comprehensive Partnership and conclude the Peace Corps agreement soon, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for North and Central America Bunyan Saptomo told visiting EAP/MTS Director Joseph Yun on September 28. In a separate mee [...] | 2009-10-06 02:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ID |