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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09USUNNEWYORK140GEORGIA: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNOMIG MANDATE
[...] The Security Council unanimously adopted an extension of the UNOMIG mandate until June 15, 2009 in a short meeting on February 13, 2009 (Res. 1866, see reftel for resolution text). Prior to the adoption, the Council held brief consultations and agreed that the resolution would be a presidenti [...]
2009-02-14 00:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK142AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 introductory meeting with Afghanistan PermRep Zahir Tanin, Ambassador Rice emphasized U.S. commitment to Afghanistan and its desire to work in the mutual interests of both countries. She noted that the Administration,s top-to-bottom review of its Afghanistan poli [...]
2009-02-17 14:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK144AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NIGERIAN PERMANENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 initial call on Nigerian Permanent Representative to the UN Uche Joy Ogwu, Ambassador Rice pressed Ogwu on the need for Nigeria to expeditiously complete its preparations for deployment of a battalion to AMISOM in Somalia. Ogwu referred to difficulties in lo [...]
2009-02-17 15:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNGA NI
09USUNNEWYORK147MISSION CLEARANCE FOR AMISOM 607 NEGOTIATIONS
[...] Mission clearance is granted for Tanaz Khambatta, Christina Sanford, Chris Tringale, Jimmy Salvino and Mike Skardon to visit New York on February 18 in order to begin technical negotiations with the UN on a 607 agreement for the African Union Mission to Somalia. 2. USUN POC is John Senior ( [...]
2009-02-17 23:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK148(C) RWANDAN MISSION UNCOOPERATIVE ON FDLR NAME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 23:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC POLS
09USUNNEWYORK151UNAMID CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO ICC DECISION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMID, U/SYG Le Roy emphasized that adequately equipping troops already on the ground in Darfur should become a priority. Le Roy also briefed the Council on the agr [...]
2009-02-18 21:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PHUM UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK153JAPANESE-HOSTED BREAKFAST CONSIDERS MANDATE OF
[...] (SBU) Action request in paragraph 3. 2. (C) On February 18 the Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu in his capacity as President of the UN Security Council for February hosted a breakfast to discuss Afghanistan, including the status of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). [...]
2009-02-18 23:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AF UNSC MARR
09USUNNEWYORK154LIBERIA SANCTIONS: UN EXPERT PANEL LAUNCHES NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-reappointed Liberia Panel of Experts (POE) presented to the 1521 Liberia Sanctions Committee on February 13 a plan of attack for monitoring implementation of the Liberia sanctions measures, with a focus on assembling information on designated individuals and entitie [...]
2009-02-18 23:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
09USUNNEWYORK156UN: IRAQ ELECTIONS "WENT VERY WELL"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, DPA officials briefed USUN and UKUN on the UN's assessment of elections in Iraq, as well as on UNAMI-related issues. In general, the UN believes the elections went very well, despite initial concerns regarding the lower turnout. DPA is finalizing the UNAMI report [...]
2009-02-19 00:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
09USUNNEWYORK158AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory meeting on February 17, Ambassador Rice and Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata discussed Security Council Reform, Italy's 2009 G-8 chairmanship, climate change and human rights. On Security Council Reform, Ambassador Terzi hoped that the upcoming inf [...]
2009-02-19 22:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IT
09USUNNEWYORK159UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING: SUPPORTIVE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary General's Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, briefed the Council on the situation in Gaza and t [...]
2009-02-19 22:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK162UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MOVING ON MONCHEGORSK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus has submitted a report to the Iran Sanctions Committee detailing the results of a more complete inspection of the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged vessel found transferring Iranian arms-related materiel in violation of Security Council sanctions on Iran. The letter says [...]
2009-02-19 23:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK163GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON BURMA AND THE
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Special Advisor Gambari outlined the main challenges to progress in Burma, including a fundamental division of the international community on the issue. He reviewed his goals for his recent visit and added that for different reas [...]
2009-02-20 01:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK164DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: USG HOLMES BRIEFS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, briefed the Security Council on the current humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 17 following his visit to the country. He described a new dynamic created by recent coopera [...]
2009-02-20 13:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK166RUSSIA RAISES 1267 SANCTIONS-RELATED HUMANITARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-22 18:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL UNSC POL RU
09USUNNEWYORK167BIH ACTION REQUEST: PERMREP SEEKS U.S. HELP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In a brief introductory call with Ambassador Rice, incoming Bosnia and Herzegovina PermRep Ivan Barbalic said his immediate focus is on preparing his mission to take on the extra workload that will come with Bosnia's likely Security Council membership in 2010-20 [...]
2009-02-22 18:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC BK
09USUNNEWYORK168MADAGASCAR PERMREP'S CALL ON AMBASSADOR RICE
[...] (C) Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy of Madagascar paid an introductory call on Ambassador Rice on February 19. He offered no details on the ongoing political crisis in Madagascar but expressed a general hope that parties to the dispute could reach a compromise solution that "respected le [...]
2009-02-23 15:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MA
09USUNNEWYORK169MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SUDAN CENSUS MEETING
[...] Mission clearance is granted for the following officers to visit New York on February 25 in order to attend a meeting of the UN Statistical Commission on the Sudan census and hold related consultations: a. Marti Alane Flacks, desk officer, Africa Bureau, Sudan Programs Group b. Andrea Karen [...]
2009-02-24 18:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK18GEORGIA/RUSSIA: GERMANS PROMOTE REVISED UNOMIG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German Mission to the UN is advocating a beefed-up mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when the current mandate expires on February 15, 2009. Germany hopes Security Council members will corner Russia into agreeing to extend authorization for a military ob [...]
2009-01-12 23:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK180SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: At its February 20 meeting, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Management Committee discussed the future STL Prosecutor's request for a change in the terms of his employment, to the equivalent compensation of a judge, to compensate for a decrease in his net earnings when he mo [...]
2009-02-27 01:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PTER LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK182AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...]
2009-02-27 02:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO
09USUNNEWYORK1851267 COMMITTEE LAUNCHES WORK ON MAJOR NEW TASKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council's 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions) has recently begun two workload-intensive tasks mandated in resolution 1822 (2008) to address deficiencies in the fairness and clarity of the Committee's procedures. The first task directed the Committee to compl [...]
2009-02-27 10:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK186IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE WRITES TO CYPRUS, LOOKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee (Japanese UN Perm Rep Takasu) has delivered to the Cypriot Perm Rep a letter from the Iran Sanctions Committee about the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged vessel that was transferring Iranian arms-related materiel i [...]
2009-02-27 10:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK19UNSC: COUNCIL SUPPORTS SYG TRAVEL TO REGION; URGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In closed-door consultations with the Security Council on January 13, the Secretary-General briefed the Council on the goals of his upcoming trip to the region. He stressed it was time for the violence to stop and called for a durable cease-fire and the implementation of UNSCR [...]
2009-01-13 21:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS EG TU
09USUNNEWYORK191JAPAN WANTS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION IF DPRK
[...] (S) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice shared U.S. concerns regarding a potential DPRK missile launch with Japanese PermRep Takasu on February 26, and asked for Japan's support in publicly calling any launch a violation of SCR 1718. Takasu st [...]
2009-02-27 18:00:00USUN New YorkSECRETPGOV PREL UNSC PINR KN XB SU XA
09USUNNEWYORK193THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY DEBATE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26, the Security Council held its quarterly debate on UNAMI and Iraq, with the participation of SRSG Staffan de Mistura and Iraqi PR Bayati. De Mistura reprised the major themes taken from the recent UN report on UNAMI/Iraq: successful Iraqi-led elections, increas [...]
2009-02-27 18:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IZ UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK196AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...]
2009-02-27 23:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO
09USUNNEWYORK197DPRK: RUSSIA AND JAPAN CONSIDER MISSILE LAUNCH
[...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Wolff, Russian Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov and Japanese Perm Rep Takasu offered different approaches to responding to a possible Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch. Dolgov said that Moscow had sought to discourage the DPRK from this [...]
2009-02-27 23:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK199U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON HIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council February 27 on the situation in northern Sri Lanka and his recent visit there. He said civilians in the LTTE-controlled area are in "very great danger" and there are strong anecdotal reports that they are b [...]
2009-02-28 00:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PREF CE
09USUNNEWYORK2MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-02 19:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC OTRA PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK200UN PEACEKEEPING: AMBASSADOR RICE ADDRESSES C-34
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) opened its annual session with a general debate on February 23-24. Ambassador Rice addressed the C-34 on February 24, delivering a message that the U.S. is ready to consider fresh peacekeeping approaches in cooperation [...]
2009-02-28 00:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK202AMBASSADOR RICE AND UN DPKO USG LE ROY DISCUSS
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping USG Le Roy told Ambassador Rice on February 26 that India planned to withdraw its troops from MONUC. He asked for U.S. assistance in encouraging DRC President Kabila to support Indian troops, to help ave [...]
2009-03-03 01:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN SU XA AF
09USUNNEWYORK203DEPARTING SOUTH AFRICAN PR KUMALO AND RICE DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) During Ambassador Rice's introductory meeting with South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo on February 25, Kumalo said the Human Rights Council would "die" without U.S. participation. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Rice said bilateral relations had not gone as well as hoped and the U.S. wanted to [...]
2009-03-03 01:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM UNSC SF
09USUNNEWYORK206GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON
[...] SUMMARY. (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis told Ambassador Rice and Ambassador Wolff on February 26, that her current priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE were to find a consensus approach for engaging on Russia's proposals for a new European security architecture and to get [...]
2009-03-04 22:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE UNSC RS GG TU CY GR
09USUNNEWYORK207AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH IRAQI
[...] (C) During a March 4 introductory meeting, Iraqi PR Hamid al-Bayati told Ambassador Rice that Iraq was eager for a "long-term strategic relationship with the U.S." He expressed his willingness to serve as an intermediary with the UN,s group of Arab Ambassadors, and also offered to help assist [...]
2009-03-04 22:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK208KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU MEETS AMBASSADOR RICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, asked Ambassador Rice on March 2 to help Kosovo obtain recognition from additional states, particularly from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and OIC members; and to help ensure that like-minded states, including non-European states, s [...]
2009-03-04 22:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICJ UNSC SR KV
09USUNNEWYORK209UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON GUINEA-BISSAU
[...] (SBU) At the request of Burkina Faso, the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) briefed the Security Council on March 3 on the events surrounding the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Vieira and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai. DPA Deputy Director for Africa J [...]
2009-03-04 22:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM UNSC PU SG XY
09USUNNEWYORK212SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS EXPERT PANEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee reviewed recent setbacks confronting the Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) that have resulted in the Panel being unable to travel to Sudan. According to the POE, Sudan remains unwilling to grant appropriate visas to all POE members and the UN Departmen [...]
2009-03-04 23:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
09USUNNEWYORK218OSCE: CHAIRWOMAN-IN-OFFICE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] SUMMARY. Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Dora Bakoyannis, briefed the UN Security Council on February 27 on Greece's priorities for the OSCE. She called for a continued OSCE presence in Georgia as well as border security and policing projects in Central Asia and Afghanis [...]
2009-03-05 22:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC OSCE
09USUNNEWYORK219AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SAUDI ARABIAN PERM REP
[...] (C) Summary: During their introductory meeting on March 3, Ambassador Rice and Saudi PermRep Khalid Al-Nafisee discussed Saudi Arabia's progress on the Interfaith Dialogue, the Lebanon Tribunal and Gaza, recognition of Kosovo, and relations with Iraq and Iran. Al-Nafisee was keen to emphasiz [...]
2009-03-05 22:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC XF ZP
09USUNNEWYORK2212009 MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE
[...] Summary: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters February 16-20, 23-25. The Committee focused [...]
2009-03-09 14:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK223AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) During a March 5 introductory meeting, Zimbabwe PermRep Chidyausiku told Ambassador Rice Zimbabwe wants to engage with the U.S. He noted the dramatic decline in health, education, infrastructure and quality of life in Zimbabwe and asked for the U.S. to lift its sanctions. Chidyausiku ex [...]
2009-03-09 16:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC ZI ZU
09USUNNEWYORK229HIGHLIGHTS OF 1267 MONITORING TEAM'S ANNUAL REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The 1267 Monitoring Team, a UN-mandated group charged with documenting and reporting on the implementation of the UN sanctions on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, has issued its ninth annual report containing recommendations to improve the efficacy and fairness of this sanctions regime. T [...]
2009-03-10 00:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK230UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 4 and 5 to begin the substantive phase of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. 80 delegations spoke during the day and a half discussion on "categories of membership." A core group of states suppo [...]
2009-03-10 00:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK2361267: INDIA EAGER TO MOVE ON PAKISTAN-RELATED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Mission of India shared with USUN a list of individuals whom India intends to propose for designation to the 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban sanctions). These individuals are reportedly linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group and the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. [...]
2009-03-10 23:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK238COUNCIL DISCUSSES SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 10, Austrian Perm Rep Thomas Mayr-Harting, Chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee (1591 Committee),briefed the Council on the activities of the Sudan Sanctions committee over the past ninety days, and highlighted the inability of the Panel of Experts (POE) to travel t [...]
2009-03-11 00:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
09USUNNEWYORK243IRAN COMMITTEE LETTERS DELIVERED (WITH DIFFICULTY)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee has approved letters to Iran and Syria regarding the transfer of arms-related materiel on the Cypriot-flagged ship Monchegorsk. The letters state clearly that this transfer was in violation of Security Council resolution 1747 an [...]
2009-03-11 09:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK244COUNCIL REVIEWS IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE PROGRESS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 10, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the last ninety days, including its actions to respond to the discovery of arms-related materiel being shipped from Iran to Syria in violation of UNSCR 1747 [...]
2009-03-11 09:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK248UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Director for Asia and the Middle East Division Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber briefed the Security Council in consultations on the Secretary-General's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Both emphasized that the most [...]
2009-03-11 21:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK251SRSG FALL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON CAR
[...] Summary: On March 10, the Council was briefed on recent developments in the Central African Republic (CAR) by SRSG Fall, along with Belgium Perm Rep Grauls, who chairs the Central African Republic (CAR) configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. CAR Perm Rep Poukre-Kono also addressed t [...]
2009-03-12 17:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREF PREL UNSC CD CT SU
09USUNNEWYORK254DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE HEARS CONCERNS OF NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11, the newly-appointed Group of Experts (GOE) briefed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee on its plan for monitoring implementation of the DRC sanctions measures. The GOE highlighted its concern over regional non-cooperation with the sancti [...]
2009-03-13 13:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC AF ETTC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK257GEORGIA: PERMREP SEEKS US VIEWS ON FUTURE OF UNOMIG
[...] (C) Summary. Georgian Permrep Alexander Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on March 12 that Georgia would like to see the UN presence in Georgia/Abkhazia continue. It should include a peacekeeping force to patrol a demilitarized zone, an executive policing component, and a concrete mechanism for [...]
2009-03-13 18:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK26UN/1267 SANCTIONS:AUSTRIANS PLAN CAUTIOUS START TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts responsible for managing Austria's chairmanship of the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee plan to focus the committee on outstanding tasks leftover from 2008 and not immediately introduce any new initiatives. Noting Austria's role as a "defender of human rights," the [...]
2009-01-15 23:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK266GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: SRSG VERBEKE NON-PAPER ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has circulated a Non-Paper to the U.S. and other key stakeholders, which outlines basic principles for a security regime for Abkhazia, Georgia. The Non-Paper also outlines elements of a future UN role in Geo [...]
2009-03-16 22:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK267DRC: MOVING ON SECOND BATCH OF FDLR DESIGNATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) USUN met, at the request of its counterparts, with the UK, French, Belgian Missions to the UN on March 7 to discuss designating a second batch of FDLR names from the list of 19 names that the Rwandans had submitted in May 2008 to t [...]
2009-03-16 22:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC AF ETTC KPKO MARR
09USUNNEWYORK278AMBASSADOR RICE AND UNMIL SRSG LOJ DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe Loj told Ambassador Rice she believed at least 8,000 troops should remain in Liberia through the 2011 election. Loj cautioned that the French and UK might attempt to [...]
2009-03-18 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK28UN SANCTIONS IN CRISIS? ACADEMICS SAY YES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of academics has proposed a new international process to address what they consider to be unprecedented challenges to the legitimacy and effectiveness of UN sanctions. The threats that these academics highlighted to USUN included questions about the legitimacy of sancti [...]
2009-01-16 20:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK282AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL MEETING WITH LIBYAN PR
[...] (C) Ambassador Rice met March 18 with Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of March. Shalgham informed Ambassador Rice that Colonel Qadafi plans to visit New York the week [...]
2009-03-19 11:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AU LY PREF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK283AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Francis Deng, the UN's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on March 16 to discuss current activities of his office and priorities for the future. Deng explained his efforts to engage three important constituencies on the work of his office in order [...]
2009-03-19 13:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK284UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS
[...] On March 16, 2009, Security Council President Dabbashi (Libya) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of March 4-10, 2009. Africa --Burundi (BINUB): Despite continued efforts within the framework of the Joint Verification [...]
2009-03-19 15:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK286SOMALIA/1267: UN OFFICIAL OFFERS INSIGHT INTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nick Pyle, Special Adviser to Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, discussed a sanctions delisting request and political developments in Somalia with USUN on March 17. He described President Sharif as tolerating, but not embra [...]
2009-03-19 19:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC KPKO SO MARR ETTC
09USUNNEWYORK289UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 16 and 17 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the question of the veto. 74 delegations spoke during the day-and a-half discussion with most stating their general aversion to the vet [...]
2009-03-19 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK291AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SRSG KAI EIDE
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with Ambassador Rice, SRSG and head of UNAMA Kai Eide emphasized the importance of building the capacity of the government and people of Afghanistan. Eide said few countries with active programs in Afghanistan have a national perspective. Instead, they are [...]
2009-03-20 19:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK292SRSG OULD ABDALLAH BRIEFS AMB. RICE ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, told Amb. Rice on March 18 that the Council should adopt a "new paradigm" for Somalia, discussed "disappearances" of ethnic Somali youths from the U.S. and UK, and urged tangible support to [...]
2009-03-20 20:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK296CHARGE DINGER CONSULTS WITH UN ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Charge to Rangoon Larry Dinger met with UN Special Advisor Gambari and representatives from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) during h [...]
2009-03-23 18:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK297UNMIL HEAD SAYS LIBERIAN PEACE IS FRAGILE; FRANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Loj told the Security Council on March 19 that UNMIL would complete its second drawdown by March 31, reducing troop levels to 10,200. Loj described the numerous external and internal threats facing Liberia. Ambassador Rice strongly supported UNMIL, its plan for troop leve [...]
2009-03-23 18:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK298SRSG EIDE BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] (U) Summary: On March 20, SRSG Kai Eide updated the Security Council on latest developments in Afghanistan and implementation of UNAMA,s mandate. In contrast to the uniformly somber report on Afghanistan issued by the Secretary-General a week earlier, Eide began by detailing recent improvemen [...]
2009-03-23 18:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK299SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Management Committee met March 20 and agreed to a one-time increase in the base salary of judges. The Management Committee also discussed and solicited more information on a request by the President of the Tribunal for appointment of the Vice P [...]
2009-03-23 22:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE
09USUNNEWYORK301NEW PROCESS ON UN SANCTIONS SET TO LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, the Canadian Mission to the UN convened diplomats, academics and UN Secretariat personnel to discuss a new process to address challenges facing UN sanctions. Although not an official UN endeavor, this process will lead to the establishment in the coming weeks of in [...]
2009-03-23 22:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK303SOMALIA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL: "BACK FROM THE BRINK"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council Members largely sidestepped the much-discussed issue of a UNPKO and instead pledged support for Somalia's new unity government in a March 20 Council debate on Somalia. Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ould-Abdallah and Somali Transitional Fe [...]
2009-03-24 19:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK304OFAC BRIEFS AU COMMISSIONER ON SANCTIONS, CRITERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: A team of representatives from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) provided a technical briefing to African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra about OFAC's role in administering and enforcing economic sanctions. Lamamr [...]
2009-03-24 21:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
09USUNNEWYORK305MONCHEGORSK: IRAN/SYRIA REBUFF SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran and Syria effectively rebuffed a request from the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee for information regarding a vessel found carrying Iranian arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions. Syria answered with an anti-Israel screed that implicitly acknowledged its [...]
2009-03-24 21:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK306(C) ICC’S OCAMPO ON SUDAN: GO AFTER BASHIR’S MONEY
[...] (C) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told Ambassadors Rice and Wolff on March 20 that Sudanese President Bashir needed to be isolated. Ocampo suggested if Bashir's stash of money were disclosed (he put the figure at possibly $9 billion),it would change Sudanese public opi [...]
2009-03-24 22:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SU XW
09USUNNEWYORK321SOMALIA: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the UN Security Council's Somalia Sanctions Committee discussed with the new Monitoring Group (MG) recent changes to the MG's mandate to monitor sanctions in Somalia, including tasks assigned to implement a new targeted sanctions regime authorized by UNSCR 1844. The [...]
2009-03-27 14:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC MARR KPKO ETTC SO
09USUNNEWYORK324U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed members of the Security Council on the situation in northern Sri Lanka. He said the situation there was worsening and civilian casualties remained "tragically and unacceptably high." The "informal interactive disc [...]
2009-03-27 19:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CE MOPS PREF PHUM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK325UNSC REFORM: CHINA NOT READY FOR P-5 MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) UK Deputy Perm Rep Pierce hosted a P-5 meeting to discuss whether a statement could be released following the planned P-5 Foreign Ministers' discussion in London on Security Council expansion. She asked if other P-5 members could agree with the idea of issuing a statement on the subject [...]
2009-03-27 21:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC CH FR UK RS IT
09USUNNEWYORK326UN REVISES GEORGIA PROPOSAL, WANTS USG REACTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. David Harland, chief of the UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) Europe Office, passed to dpolcouns on March 26 a paper entitled "NON-PAPER: Elements for a Security Regime and UN Role." The paper is a revised version of the nonpaper reported reftel. This dra [...]
2009-03-27 21:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK328UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 25, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in 2009. In addition to a briefing by the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs covering recent events, which he termed a "situation of impasse and uncertainty," all 15 Council members spoke [...]
2009-03-27 22:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK341AMBASSADOR RICE OFFERS LIBERIAN PRESIDENT SIRLEAF
[...] (SBU) On March 31 Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf called to thank Ambassador Rice for her expression of support for the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) during Security Council consultations held on March 19 (see refs. A and B). President Sirleaf volunteered that an exit for UNMIL must e [...]
2009-03-31 23:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK342UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG Holmes briefed the Security Council on the results of the recently-completed joint UN and Government of Sudan (GoS) assessment of humanitarian gaps in Darfur. Holmes told the Council that the assessment revealed the extent of the gaps in humanitarian services [...]
2009-04-01 13:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK343COTE D,IVOIRE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADDRESSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cote d,Ivoire Sanctions Committee reviewed recent reports from UNOCI about the political situation, access of the political opposition to local media and UN efforts to enforce the arms embargo. The Committee also considered an alleged sanctions violation involving Charles Bl [...]
2009-04-01 17:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PGOV IV
09USUNNEWYORK344AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice on March 31 met with Akio Shirota, Japan's Ambassador to Iran, to hear Japan's assessment of U.S. outreach to Iran and Shirota's analysis of Iran's internal political situation. Shirota said President Obama's Nowruz message to the Iranians on March 19 gave Irania [...]
2009-04-02 00:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR JA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK345UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 24 and March 31 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on regional representation. 68 delegations spoke during the day-and-a-half discussion with most focusing on Article 23(1) of the UN [...]
2009-04-02 00:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK348UNMIL TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT MISSION ON TRACK FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO officials on March 31 said a technical assessment mission would evaluate progress in Liberia in light of set benchmarks. Getting an effective police force was key, and ensuring legitimate elections in 2011 would be a reasonable use of UNMIL, according to DPKO. DPKO warn [...]
2009-04-03 12:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK355DPRK: SECURITY COUNCIL, KEY PLAYERS RESPOND TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 5 bilateral meeting, Amb. Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that in response to the recent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch the United States will seek a Security Council resolution that includes real consequences for the DPRK's actions. She [...]
2009-04-06 17:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK359UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING CONCLUDES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) concluded its annual session on March 20 by adopting a consensus report on schedule for the first time since 2006. The report contains specific language regarding the protection of civilians and broadly as [...]
2009-04-07 18:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK36GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR DICARLO ON BURMA
[...] (C) In a 20 January meeting, Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador DiCarlo that Secretary-General Ban is considering travel to Burma after the ASEAN Summit. Gambari said he is being sent to Burma 31 January - 3 February to "get everybody's bottom line and to see what, if anything, is [...]
2009-01-22 00:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK362RUSSIANS PROPOSE MINISTERIAL-LEVEL COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (U) This contains an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Russian PermRep Churkin told Ambassador Rice on April 6 that Russia would like to hold a ministerial-level Security Council meeting on the Middle East during its Council presidency in May. Churkin said Russian FM Lavrov will be in [...]
2009-04-07 23:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC RU
09USUNNEWYORK364UN PREVIEWS SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING REPORT
[...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Raisedon Zenenga, head of the Africa Division of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),told USUN on March 31 that DPKO, the Department of Political Affairs (DPA),and the Department of Field Support (DFS) had agre [...]
2009-04-07 23:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR MOPS UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK366UGANDA MAY TAKE LEAD ON COUP PRST
[...] (C) Summary. USUN delivered reftel demarche to the missions of Libya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and the African Union (AU). Uganda expressed interest in taking the lead in drafting a Council statement on recent coups in Africa, and is currently reaching out to the Libyans and the Burkinabe to ga [...]
2009-04-08 10:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC XA UV LY UG
09USUNNEWYORK368SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON REGISTRAR RESIGNS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 17:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER AORC AMGT UNSC LE
09USUNNEWYORK369ERITREA IN THE UNSC: NO CONSENSUS FOR ACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a brief Security Council session on April 7, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe described developments in the ongoing border dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti. Council members voiced unanimous support for the Secretary-General's good offices efforts bu [...]
2009-04-08 21:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC ER DJ
09USUNNEWYORK377UN POLITICAL HEAD BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Political Affairs U/SYG Pascoe told the Security Council on April 7 that the international community must help push for a consensual outcome to the crisis in Madagascar. Ambassador DiCarlo said the power transfer was a coup, called for free, fair, and transparent elections w [...]
2009-04-09 18:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC MA ZU
09USUNNEWYORK379AMB. RICE MEETS NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Store discussed U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and his hope to work closely with the U.S. on the Human Rights Council. He also pushed for greater strategic coordination of development assistance and offered [...]
2009-04-10 01:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC NATO AF NO
09USUNNEWYORK380AMB. RICE MEETS AU PERM REP
[...] (C) In an April 9 courtesy call, Amb. Rice discussed a range of security and political issues with Amb. Lila Ratsifandrihamanana, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN. Amb. Rice advised against the planned May visit of a high-level AU delegation to Washington and New York to disc [...]
2009-04-10 01:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC SO SU
09USUNNEWYORK381UN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP TO AVERT INDIA'S TROOP
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Le Roy and MONUC SRSG Doss have separately approached Ambassador DiCarlo to request U.S. assistance in pressuring both the DRC and India to reach an accommodation that would keep India from withdrawing i [...]
2009-04-10 01:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC IN CG
09USUNNEWYORK382DPRK: RICE MEETS WITH JAPANESE STATE SECRETARY ON
[...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Ito Shintaro, the Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Yukio Takasu, Japan's Permanent Representative to the UN, April 9 to discuss the status of the Security Council's reaction to the DPRK's missile launch. Ito shared the Japanese government's view [...]
2009-04-10 01:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM PREF PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK383UNOGBIS AT THE UN: SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MOVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNOGBIS SRSG Joseph Mutaboba told the Security Council on April 8 that swift implementation of Security Sector Reform (SSR),economic recovery, a comprehensive approach to drug trafficking, and timely national elections were all essential elements in Guinea-Bissau's democratic [...]
2009-04-10 01:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC PU XY
09USUNNEWYORK384GEORGIA: USUN DELIVERS USG PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Per Ref A instructions, Deputy PolCouns and Poloff shared the USG preliminary response to the UN Non-Paper on the future UN presence in Georgia (Ref B) with DPKO Director for Europe and Latin America, David Harland. Harland acknowledged U.S. views on the dimensions of the propose [...]
2009-04-10 12:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK385GEORGIA: EUSR PIERRE MOREL BRIEFS USUN ON GENEVA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. EUSR for Georgia Pierre Morel told Ambassador DiCarlo on April 3 he thought the UN needed a "substantial" mandate in Abkhazia, with symmetrical security zones on both sides of the administrative boundary of Abkhazia. Morel thought Georgia SRSG Verbeke would complete his report by [...]
2009-04-10 13:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK388UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met April 7 and 8 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the size of an enlarged Council and the Council's working methods. 81 delegations spoke with growing agreement across the three major blo [...]
2009-04-11 15:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC JA BR
09USUNNEWYORK393AMBASSADOR RICE SPEAKS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON
[...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via telephone on April 10 to urge the appointment of a special envoy for Sri Lanka given the growing risks to civilians caught between the government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LT [...]
2009-04-13 23:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCE EAID PHUM PREF PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK401DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REVIEWS DESIGNATION PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the DPRK Sanctions Committee considered the Security Council's request that the Committee "adjust" sanctions measures through the designation of goods and entities in response to the DPRK's recent missile launch. Turkish Perm Rep Ilkin noted that the Council requested [...]
2009-04-16 14:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK403SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFINGS ON IRAQ/KUWAIT, DFI/IAMB
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 16, the Security Council received two Iraq-related briefings. The first briefing, by high-level coordinator for Kuwaiti missing persons/archives Gennady Tarasov, focused on the lack of real progress on this issue over the past year. Tarasov asked for an additional 15 [...]
2009-04-17 00:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK407DPRK: U.S. EXPERTS MAKE CASE FOR SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, visiting U.S. experts briefed the DPRK Sanctions Committee on the U.S. proposal to designate new entities and goods for sanctions. The experts made a detailed and compelling case for why the U.S.-proposed items met the designation criteria in UNSCR 1718 and were an a [...]
2009-04-21 15:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK408UN/DPA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON FIJI SITUATION
[...] (C) UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council on April 20 on the deteriorating democratic situation in Fiji. He began by reminding members that the Security Council had issued a press statement in December 2006 after the coup in Fiji, urging a restoration [...]
2009-04-21 23:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKDEM UNSC FJ
09USUNNEWYORK409UNSC REFORM: P-3 DISCUSS FRENCH-UK INTERMEDIATE
[...] (C) Summary: The UK and France formally raised with the United States their "intermediate option" initiative for Security Council expansion in an April 16 meeting of P-3 Perm Reps and IO Assistant Secretary-equivalents. Ambassador Rice emphasized the Administration's preference to articulate [...]
2009-04-21 23:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK41UNSC: SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS COUNCIL; COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary-General briefed the Security Council January 21 on his recent trip to the Middle East during the Council's monthly meeting on the Middle East. Both he and Council members welcomed the unilateral cease-fires and the Israeli withdrawal but stressed the need to imple [...]
2009-01-22 23:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG AU
09USUNNEWYORK411AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EU HIGH REP JAVIER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana told Ambassador Rice on April 16 he thought Tehran would respond publicly to the April 8 P5 1 offer on engagement before entering into a discussion with the P5 1 about the possibility and modalities of a m [...]
2009-04-22 19:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC EUN
09USUNNEWYORK417UN/CYPRUS: TURKISH PERMREP OFFERS TO ADVANCE DATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Baki Ilkin has proposed advancing the date of the adoption of a rollover of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to the end of May in order to avoid having the adoption fall during Turkey's June Security Council presidency. Ilkin told Ambassa [...]
2009-04-23 14:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY TU
09USUNNEWYORK421UNSC: RUSSIANS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR
[...] (C) Ambassadors Rice and Wolff met bilaterally with Russian Perm Rep Churkin and Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov on April 23. Ambassador Churkin confirmed that his government plans to send out invitations April 24 to its proposed May 11 Council ministerial meeting on the Middle East. He said only U [...]
2009-04-23 22:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS RS
09USUNNEWYORK422DPRK: CHINA YIELDS ON U.S. SANCTIONS PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Perm Rep Zhang told Amb. Rice on April 23 that China could support U.S. proposals in the DPRK Sanctions Committee to update a technical annex of banned goods and to designate three high-value entities. He said this decision, which he portrayed a major concession from Chin [...]
2009-04-23 22:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK423GEORGIA: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze outlined for Ambassadors Rice and DiCarlo the elements Georgia would like to see in a new UN mandate. He acknowledged that the eventual mandate would be something less robust that the Georgian proposed elements, but suggested that it was import [...]
2009-04-23 22:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK425AMB. RICE TALKS AFRICA WITH FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice discussed a range of African issues with Bruno Joubert, French President Sarkozy's chief diplomatic advisor on Africa, in a meeting on April 16. Joubert said that the international community should continue to support Qatar-brokered peace talks on Darfur for a few [...]
2009-04-23 22:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER UNSC KPKO SO SU ER DJ
09USUNNEWYORK426DPRK: RUSSIA/CHINA PRESSED ON DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate phone calls on April 21, Amb. Rice told her Chinese and Russian counterparts that the United States expected the DPRK Sanctions Committee to approve a "serious, credible" package of new designations by the April 24 deadline requested by the Security Council. Russian Pe [...]
2009-04-24 00:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK429VIEWS FROM SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Swiss Ambassador to Iran, Livia Leu, shared with Ambassador Wolff her views on the fate of two U.S. citizens in Iran, Iran's position in the UN, its upcoming elections in June, and her assessment on how best to approach the issue of rapprochement. Leu judged that Iran's position [...]
2009-04-24 15:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR UNSC SZ
09USUNNEWYORK43U/SYG LE ROY DISCUSSES ICC INDICTMENT WITH P-3
[...] (C) Summary: U/SYG Le Roy met with UK-France-U.S. (P-3) ambassadors on January 21 to discuss the International Criminal Court's (ICC) pending decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir. The P-3 ambassadors confirmed that their countries' positions on Article 16 ha [...]
2009-01-23 21:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK
09USUNNEWYORK432UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on April 20 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the relationship between the Security Council (SC) and the General Assembly (GA). This meeting, during which 52 delegations spoke, marked t [...]
2009-04-24 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK433UNSC MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: FRUSTRATED BY LACK
[...] (C) Summary: Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on April 20 briefed Council members on the situation in the Middle East in a public session before the Council moved to closed consultations. Pascoe focused most of his presentation on the situation in Gaza, and noted pa [...]
2009-04-24 22:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK434UNSC DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA AND RENEWAL OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 22 held closed consultations on the question of Western Sahara and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Edmond Mulet, the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeepin [...]
2009-04-24 23:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL WI MO UNSC XI
09USUNNEWYORK435GEORGIA: QUAD AMBASSADORS DELIVER NON-PAPER TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps of the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom (Quad) delivered Ref A non-paper to U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and SRSG for Georgia Johan Verbeke on April 24. The Ambassadors argued for robust and ambitious recommendation [...]
2009-04-27 14:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC GG
09USUNNEWYORK436CYPRUS: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PERMREP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Cyprus Permrep Minas Hadjimichael urged Ambassador Rice to use U.S. leverage with Turkey to get Ankara to give Turkish Cypriot leader Talat negotiating room to reach a Cyprus settlement. Hadjimichael said he also hoped Turkey as UNSC President would agree to move the adoption of [...]
2009-04-27 22:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK437AMB. RICE'S LUNCH WITH THE UN SENIOR AFRICANS GROUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ibrahim Gambari, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, welcomed Amb. Rice as guest of honor at the annual lunch of the UN Senior Africans Group on April 16. Gambari invited Amb. Rice to take advantage of the resources of the group, which brings ambassadors from African missi [...]
2009-04-27 22:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC XA
09USUNNEWYORK440AMB. RICE MEETS WITH ITALIAN MFA'S SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary - In an April 28 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the Italian MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Ambassador Rice expressed her condolences for the recent earthquake devastation in Abruzzo, and agreed with Ambassador Massolo's request for continued and close [...]
2009-04-29 19:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KUNR US IT UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK441DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DESIGNATES GOODS, ENTITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") agreed on April 24 to designate explicitly three high-value entities to be subject to targeted sanctions and to update a technical list of items to be banned from transfer to/from the DPRK. By completing this task, the Committee suc [...]
2009-04-29 21:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK443SOMALIA: NEW YORK STATE OF PLAY ON 1863 RENEWAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In P3 consultations on April 29, the UK said that it intends to circulate its draft resolution on Somalia (ref) to the full Council by May 6 and that it plans to schedule a vote for May 22 in order to allow the Fifth Committee four days to consider AMISOM support before the end [...]
2009-04-30 14:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK447SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MEETS UNAMID HEAD
[...] SUMMARY: Roldophe Adada, Joint AU/UN Special Representative for Darfur, told the Sudan Sanctions Committee that UNAMID considers the Committee's work to be important in light of the widespread availability of arms in Darfur. He said UNAMID would offer full support to visits by the Sudan Pane [...]
2009-05-01 15:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
09USUNNEWYORK452SOMALIA/UN: P3 FAVOR CONTINUED ASSESSED SUPPORT TO
[...] (SBU) 1. The UK convened a second round of P3 negotiations on their draft Somalia resolution on May 1. As at the previous meeting, poloff did not offer substantive suggestions, but asked the UK and France to be patient with USG decisionmaking and to preserve flexibility in the text in prepara [...]
2009-05-04 20:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK453CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER BRIEFS THE SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The SYG's Special Advisor for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, told the Security Council on April 30 he is "cautiously optimistic" about the current negotiations over reunification of the island. The two leaders had made "steady progress" since talks began in September 2008, but the [...]
2009-05-04 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK454AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice met with newly appointed South African PermRep Baso Sangqu on April 23. Sangqu hoped to forge greater cooperation on peace and security issues in Africa. He suggested a holistic approach to the crisis in Somalia, which needed to address the root causes of confli [...]
2009-05-04 23:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC SF SO ZI XA ZU
09USUNNEWYORK455AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL WORKING MEETING WITH THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice on April 23 met with the entire African Union (AU) as part of her pledge to conduct regular meetings with the African Group. The discussion encompassed U.S. priorities, peace and security in Africa, socio-economic issues, UN reform, non-proliferation, and the AU [...]
2009-05-05 09:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XA
09USUNNEWYORK463UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS MINURSO FOR ANOTHER YEAR
[...] The Security Council on April 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1871 to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until April 30, 2010. Ambassador Rice gave the first explanation of vote (EOV),reiterating U.S. support for Personal Envoy Chris Ross a [...]
2009-05-07 00:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS UNSC MO AG WI
09USUNNEWYORK4741267: ITALY REQUESTS U.S. INFO ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) This is an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Italian UN mission has requested updated information from the United States about five individuals whom Italy proposed for designation in the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee. The 1267 Committee recently sol [...]
2009-05-08 17:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK475SOMALIA: FRANCE PROPOSES SANCTIONS FOR PIRATES
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: The French mission has shared with USUN a list of fourteen individuals linked to piracy whom France wants to designate under the newly-imposed Somalia targeted sanctions regime (UNSCR 1844). France believes these indiv [...]
2009-05-08 20:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC MARR AU SO
09USUNNEWYORK479MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERIC HOF AND
[...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Federic Hof, Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs in the Office of the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Matthew Irwin, U.S. Department of State, Lebanon Desk Officer, for Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Mr. Hof and Mr. Irwin will meet [...]
2009-05-11 20:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC LE IS
09USUNNEWYORK482UNSC: UN ENVOY SAYS GREAT PROGRESS ON 1559, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council on May 7 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559, particularly on the full opening of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria. Despite great strides in solidifying internal stability and [...]
2009-05-12 01:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
09USUNNEWYORK483SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING EU
[...] (SBU) Swedish Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told Ambassador Rice on May 6 that Sweden's priority during its upcoming EU presidency would be to prepare to address EU institutional issues under the assumption that the Lisbon Treaty would be fully ratified by the end of the year. Lyrvall thou [...]
2009-05-12 01:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EUN
09USUNNEWYORK489SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: LIBYA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: The Libyan delegation circulated to Council members, after the May 11 Ministerial meeting on the Middle East, a draft resolution pursuing the findings of the Gaza Board of Inquiry and scheduled an experts meeting to discu [...]
2009-05-12 16:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK492UK: MILIBAND DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Ambassador Rice discussed the Middle East, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on the margins of a May 11 Security Council Ministerial on the Middle East. Miliband was pleased with U.S. support for the Middle East peace process a [...]
2009-05-13 00:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UK
09USUNNEWYORK493UNSC: MIDDLE EAST MINISTERIAL STRONGLY BACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council on May 11 convened a ministerial-level meeting to encourage Israel, the Palestinians, and the international community to move forward on their commitments toward a comprehensive peace agreement. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, opened the meetin [...]
2009-05-13 00:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
09USUNNEWYORK494SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSS SRI LANKA WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the UK and French Foreign Ministers hosted a meeting with like-minded Security Council members to discuss the situation in Sri Lanka. OCHA and four NGOs (Caritas, Save the Children, Oxfam and Human Rights Watch) also participated. The Austrian and Costa Rican Foreig [...]
2009-05-13 00:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK499DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS TO COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, the chair of the Security Council's Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the last ninety days. He noted its recent designation of entities and goods in response to [...]
2009-05-13 22:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK502SOMALI FM MAKES URGENT PLEA FOR AID TO AMB. RICE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a May 13 meeting, Somali Foreign Minister Mohammed Omaar briefed Amb. Rice on the situation in Mogadishu following fighting between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Islamist opposition forces of a [...]
2009-05-14 17:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK506SOMALIA: UNSC BACKS UK DRAFT, DEFERS UNPKO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Security Council members welcomed the UK's draft resolution on UN support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) with only a few members advocating a rapid transfer to a UN peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Security Council consultations on May 13. In a briefing prece [...]
2009-05-14 21:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK507TURKISH PR ILKIN RAISES IRAQ, CYPRUS WITH
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Turkish PR Ilkin met with Ambassador Rice on May 13 to discuss Turkey,s Presidency of the Security Council in June. Ilkin said his Foreign Minister would like to chair the quarterly debate on Iraq/UNAMI, tentatively scheduled for June 18. Ambassador Rice said [...]
2009-05-14 21:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK508SECURITY COUNCIL REACTS OFFICIALLY TO SITUATION IN
[...] (U) The UK, France and Austria circulated a draft Security Council press statement on Sri Lanka in the evening of May 12, and formally introduced the text in Council consultations under other matters May 13. They stressed that the Security Council must react in a formal way to the situation in [...]
2009-05-14 21:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC CE PHUM PREF
09USUNNEWYORK51GEORGIA: UN DPKO SHARES DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As reported Reftel, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) favors a revised interim monitoring mission in Georgia to replace the existing UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). DPKO shared with USUN a draft of the Secretary-General's (SYG) "observations" to be incl [...]
2009-01-27 01:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK517UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS
[...] On May 11, 2009, Security Council President Churkin (Russia) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of April 29-MAY 5, 2009. 2. Begin text of Briefing Note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 29 April, the African Union Spec [...]
2009-05-18 19:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK526MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE
[...] In response to refel, USUN grants mission clearance to Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Mr. Wuchte will be in New York, May 27-28, 2009, for meetings with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs as well as for a [...]
2009-05-22 21:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETTC PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK527MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE
[...] In response to refel, USUN grants mission clearance to Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Mr. Wuchte will be in New York, May 27-28, 2009, for meetings with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs as well as for a [...]
2009-05-22 21:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETTC PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK529UNSC ACHIEVES BURMA PRESS STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) During consultations on May 22, the Security Council debated the U.S.-drafted press statement on Burma to reach Council consensus. Ambassador DiCarlo underlined international concern with developments around ASSK and highlighted clear member support for a timely, substantive statement f [...]
2009-05-22 21:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK53AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ZHANG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 19:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC CH
09USUNNEWYORK530UNSC CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST; BEGINS WORK ON
[...] (C) Begin Summary. The Security Council roundly condemned North Korea's nuclear test in brief consultations following a P5 plus South Korea and Japan discussion, in which all delegations but China were prepared to agree to a formal Council press statement. The P5 2 ultimately agreed to eleme [...]
2009-05-26 00:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP UNSC KN
09USUNNEWYORK532CYPRUS: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNFICYP
[...] (SBU) Cyprus SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Security Council on May 22 that the military situation in Cyprus is stable, and he reported an increase in restrictions imposed on UNFICYP's movements by Turkish forces in the north. Zerihoun noted a lack of public support for a settlement, as wel [...]
2009-05-26 22:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK533MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE
[...] In response to refel, USUN grants mission clearance to Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Mr. Wuchte will be in New York, May 27-28, 2009, for meetings with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs as well as for a [...]
2009-05-27 12:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETTC PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK538GEORGIA: MAY 27 UNSC CONSULTATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Georgia SRSG Johan Verbeke told the Security Council on May 27 that a credible security regime, adhered to by all sides, needs to be the core of any future UN presence in Abkhazia, Georgia. Verbeke said that the Council's call in Res. 1866 for paragraph 2(a) of the former Mosco [...]
2009-05-28 22:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK539SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE: THE
[...] (Begin summary.) On May 19, the Slovenian Permanent Representative, Ambassador Sanja Stiglic, convened a seminar entitled "International Criminal Justice: The Role of the International Criminal Court." International Criminal Court (ICC) President Song, ICC Assembly of State Parties Presiden [...]
2009-05-29 13:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KAWC UNSC XA
09USUNNEWYORK545AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on May 28 met with UN Secretary-General Ban ki Moon to discuss a range of subjects, including the humanitarian situation in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, particularly regarding how the UN can and should deal with the destabilizing effects of large numbers of internally d [...]
2009-06-01 16:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE KN PK CF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK546U.S. INAUGURATES WORKING GROUP OF THE UNSC 1540
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation on May 27 chaired the first meeting of the 1540 Committee working group on transparency and media outreach. The meeting represented the implementation of the working-group structure promoted by the USG as part of the Committee's eighth Program of Work to stre [...]
2009-06-01 19:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK55A/SYG MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON DARFUR VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On request of the United States, A/SYG Mulet provided the Security Council a detailed factual chronology of events in Darfur beginning with the January 10 movement of JEM forces into South Darfur and the ensuing aerial bombardment by the Government of Sudan. He said that, al [...]
2009-01-29 02:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK552MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI
[...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty, and Foreign Service Officer Todd Anderson from June 4 - 5 with Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Peter Taksoe-Jensen and Croatian Prime Minister I [...]
2009-06-02 19:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS OTRA UNSC XA AF EU
09USUNNEWYORK553UNGA: UNSC REFORM: START OF SECOND ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on May 22 and 26 for the start of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. The two sessions, during which 51 delegations spoke, focused on the Chair's agenda for the second ro [...]
2009-06-02 21:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK554GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MISSION REFUSES TO ENGAGE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. At a meeting of French, German, U.K., U.S., Russian and Croatian PRs/DPRs on June 2, Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin refused to engage on a German draft resolution to extend the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Churkin said he had received emphatic i [...]
2009-06-02 22:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK56SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON
[...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke by phone on January 28 with the Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, who departs today for a trip to Burma. During the brief, friendly call, Gambari told Ambassador Rice that he is hopeful but not certain he will have meetings with senior mi [...]
2009-01-29 02:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK560CROATIA: PRIME MINISTER SANADER DISCUSSES EU, ICTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader told Ambassador Rice on June 1 he is hoping for a positive assessment of Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, when Brammertz reports to the Secu [...]
2009-06-04 01:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC HR
09USUNNEWYORK569AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH UNIFEM EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Executive Director, Ines Alberdi, on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Ms. Alberdi congratulated the U.S. on their new administration and the new possibilities it presents for gender issues. Alberdi and her staff [...]
2009-06-05 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNSC SO SU
09USUNNEWYORK57AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH FRENCH PREMREP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice paid an initial call on French PermRep Ripert on January 26. Ambassador Rice reviewed her priorities and sought Ripert's views. Ripert offered his views on the state of the UN, the importance of progress on Security Council reform, engaging the Secretary General [...]
2009-01-29 02:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV FR
09USUNNEWYORK570GEORGIA: RUSSIA INSISTS ON NEW 'POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Permrep Churkin continued to resist substantive negotiations, on June 5, on a draft resolution to extend UNOMIG beyond June 15. Churkin insisted that Western partners needed to present a draft resolution within Moscow's preferred "political framework" before he would engag [...]
2009-06-06 01:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK577FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS
[...] SUMMARY: The Security Council met June 5 for its biannual briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made statements, as did all Council members and [...]
2009-06-10 00:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK578AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S CHIEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with Ambassador DiCarlo on June 2 prior to the ICTY's biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. Brammertz focused the discussion on Croatia's less than optimu [...]
2009-06-10 00:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK58AMBASSADOR RICE'S CALL ON RUSSIAN PERMREP VITALY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging and warm introductory meeting, Ambassador Rice and Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin discussed U.S. and Russian priorities for the UN, including Georgia, Zimbabwe, Burma, climate change, and the crisis in the Middle East. On Georgia, Rice conveyed the U.S. prefer [...]
2009-01-29 02:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNGA RS
09USUNNEWYORK580GEORGIA: MARGINAL PROGRESS ON UNOMIG NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin acknowledged to France, Germany, U.K., U.S., and Croatia Permreps on June 9 that Russian forces would be subject to any security regime that would serve as the basis for a revised UNOMIG mandate. Churkin also said Russia would n [...]
2009-06-10 14:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK581AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Patrick Robinson, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on June 3 prior to the ICTY's biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. The ICTY's new Registrar, John Hocking and its Chef de Cabinet, Gabriell [...]
2009-06-10 16:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK582UN SECURITY COUNCIL COMMENDS SIERRA LEONE'S JOINT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 8, UNIPSIL ERSG von der Schulenburg told the Security Council that the April 2 Joint Communiqu, which calls for unity and rejects violence, was a courageous decision by Sierra Leone's leaders. He warned of youth unemployment and explained the UN's "Joint Vision" for coord [...]
2009-06-10 22:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC XY SL
09USUNNEWYORK583GEORGIA: RUSSIA AND WESTERN FRIENDS AT AN IMPASSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Per Ref A and B instructions, USUN has maintained close unity with the Quad in negotiations over extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). At a June 10 negotiating session among Croatia, France, Germany, Russia, U.K., and U.S. Per [...]
2009-06-11 02:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK589AMBASSADORS DENNIS ROSS AND SUSAN RICE DISCUSS
[...] (C) Ambassador Rice and Special Advisor for the Gulf and Southwest Asia Ambassador Dennis Ross on June 9 met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to explain key elements of U.S. diplomatic outreach to Iran and to hear Ban's assessment. Ambassador Ross explained that President Obama in various fora [...]
2009-06-13 00:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL ZP IR IS UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK591FM YODA: BURKINA FASO WILL ABSTAIN FROM BLOCKING A
[...] (SBU) Burkinabe Foreign Minister Yoda called Ambassador Rice on June 10 to request U.S. views on the mandate renewal of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Sudan. Ambassador Rice stressed the U.S. wants a robust new mandate for the Rapporteur, noting Sudan need not fear a rapporteur if [...]
2009-06-13 00:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM UNSC XY UV SU
09USUNNEWYORK592DPRK: COUNCIL VOTES TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 12, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to condemn the May 25 nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and impose new sanctions. All Council members delivered statements that were generally supportive of the text and condemned t [...]
2009-06-13 02:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK594P3 MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON BURMA
[...] (C) UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the P3 on June 12 that the Secretary-General is "very conflicted" regarding a potential visit to Burma. The Secretary-General continues to believe that an eventual visit would be useful, although the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi has obviously [...]
2009-06-13 02:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL BM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK595GEORGIA: RUSSIAN VETO FORCES EXPIRATION OF UNOMIG
[...] (C) The Russian Federation vetoed a two-week technical rollover of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on June 15, 2009, after several attempts by the Quad to reach compromise with Russia on the terms of a substantive resolution. Per Reftel instructions, USUN had consulted [...]
2009-06-16 02:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK596IRAN: COUNCIL RESPONDS TO SANCTIONS BRIEFING
[...] SUMMARY: On June 15, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, highlighting in particular its response to the sanctions violation involving the vessel Monchegorsk. Ambassador DiCarlo noted concern ov [...]
2009-06-16 11:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK600AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTR,S PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Dennis Byron, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on June 3 prior to the ICTR,s biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. The ICTR,s Special Assistant to the President, Helge Zietler also attended. Br [...]
2009-06-17 22:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK602DPRK: U.S./JAPAN SHARE THOUGHTS ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that the United States is now focused on implementing the new sanctions imposed on the DPRK in resolution 1874. She explained that in the highly-likely event of a future DPRK provocation, Washington would prefer not to engage in a tit [...]
2009-06-18 11:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK605KOSOVO: SRSG ZANNIER UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council on June 17 that UNMIK's nearly completed reconfiguration is "timely and necessary" due to UNMIK's "limited capacity" to perform administrative functions in Kosovo. Zannier, along with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, n [...]
2009-06-18 23:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK UNSC SR KS
09USUNNEWYORK608SRSG DE MISTURA BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN A
[...] (U) Summary: On June 18, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on UNAMI/Iraq. Turkish FM Davutoglu chaired the meeting, which included interventions by all Council members, Iraqi PR Bayati and SRSG Staffan de Mistura in his last address before the Council. De Mistura praised the work [...]
2009-06-20 01:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
09USUNNEWYORK609UNGA: UNSC REFORM: SECOND ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on June 11 and 12 for the second meeting of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform, focusing on the three clustered issues of composition: size, categories of membership and regional r [...]
2009-06-20 02:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK610SRSG JENCA BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Miroslav Jenca - SRSG for Central Asia and head of the UN,s Regional Centre for Preventative Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA) - briefed the Council on the activities of the newly constituted center. His priorities are to gain the trust of Central Asian leaders, sup [...]
2009-06-20 02:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC UNRCCA
09USUNNEWYORK612DPRK: U.S. PROPOSES NEW SANCTIONS DESIGNATIONS
[...] (SBU) The United States proposed on June 19 a package of new sanctions designations (individuals, entities and goods) to the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee. Resolution 1874, adopted June 12 in response to the May DPRK nuclear test, tasked the Committee with making such designat [...]
2009-06-22 23:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK613SUDAN: COUNCIL CONSIDERS SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: On June 19, Austrian Perm Rep Mayr-Harting, chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee ("1591 Committee") updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days highlighting the Committee's informal consultations to review the Panel of Experts'(POE) m [...]
2009-06-22 23:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETTC SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK62NEW SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND FIRST
[...] This is an action cable, see paragraph 5 below. 2. Summary. New members of the Security Council attended their first CTC meeting January 22. The agenda included a discussion of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) reports on its visits to Niger and Kenya and on the prepar [...]
2009-01-29 19:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK620AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE FM YANG
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 24 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Yang commented on the excellent U.S.-China working relationship including at the UN and praised the smooth transition of the Obama administration. Yang agreed on the need to build positive, cooperative, comprehensive relations for t [...]
2009-06-25 11:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNSC IZ KN SU
09USUNNEWYORK625DPRK: POSSIBLE BURMA-SINGAPORE CONVERSATION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese mission may have recently asked the Singaporean mission whether Singapore intends to inspect the Kang Nam, a DPRK vessel suspected of carrying contraband cargo. The Burmese reportedly said they would prefer that a state other than Burma inspect the cargo. END SUMMARY. [...]
2009-06-26 00:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK63UN UPDATE: CNDP JOINING DRC ARMY; DRC AND RWANDA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 00:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC XA CG RW UG
09USUNNEWYORK630UGANDA SHOPPING FOR HELP ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ugandan Defense Minister Kiyonga told Ambassador DiCarlo on June 24 that Uganda still strongly favors a UNPKO for Somalia and that, in the meantime, AMISOM needs to push the envelope on services provided by a U.S. contractor in Mogadishu to allow more troops, better communication [...]
2009-06-26 22:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK632UNSC CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST; BEGINS WORK ON
[...] (C) Begin Summary. The Security Council roundly condemned North Korea's nuclear test in brief consultations following a P5 plus South Korea and Japan discussion, in which all delegations but China were prepared to agree to a formal Council press statement. The P5 2 ultimately agreed to eleme [...]
2009-06-27 00:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK635UN SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES INTEGRATED OFFICE FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Special Representative Joseph Mutaboba on June 23 told the Security Council that Guinea-Bissau needed coordinated security sector reform. He also lobbied for the creation of a robust integrated UN office to replace UNOGB [...]
2009-06-27 01:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY PU
09USUNNEWYORK64UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES AND UNRWA CHIEF BRIEF COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General Holmes and UNRWA Commissioner-General Abu Zayd briefed the Security Council January 27 on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Holmes said he was shocked by the destruction and suffering he saw in Gaza on his recent trip and highlighted both Hamas' use of [...]
2009-01-30 00:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER EAID SOCI UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK642SRSG EIDE MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR RICE
[...] (C) SRSG Kai Eide met briefly with Ambassador Rice on June 29, in advance of his June 30 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMA/Afghanistan. Eide previewed his intervention. First, he will focus on planning for elections while also rejecting the accusation of "foreign interference." (In [...]
2009-07-01 00:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK644SECURITY COUNCIL WEIGHS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members, senior Secretariat officials, and major troop contributing countries debated the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO) in a full-day session on June 29. UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy said in his open [...]
2009-07-01 23:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK647SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES UNAMA/AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary: On June 30, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on UNAMA/Afghanistan. SRSG Kai Eide briefed on behalf of UNAMA, Ambassador Zahir Tanin briefed for Afghanistan. In addition to interventions by Council members, eleven other countries (ISAF members and Afghanistan,s neighb [...]
2009-07-02 00:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK649UN SECRETARIAT TELLS THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO "STAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO U/SYG Le Roy told the Security Council on June 25 that UN troops in Liberia should not be withdrawn too quickly, and that 8,000 should remain through the 2011 national elections. He said training for the Liberian National Police needed to be brought back on track, and [...]
2009-07-02 21:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY LI IV
09USUNNEWYORK65SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members and invited speakers considered in lengthy January 22-23 sessions the state of United Nations peacekeeping operations. Participants agreed that a decade of dramatic expansion in UN peacekeeping efforts leaves the Council overdue for a systematic stockta [...]
2009-01-30 01:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK650DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE FOCUSES ON DESIGNATIONS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") discussed key tasks to implement resolution 1874, including sanctions designations, a draft Program of Work for the Committee and the composition of a Panel of Experts to assist the Committee in monitoring and improving the impleme [...]
2009-07-02 21:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK652SPECIAL ENVOY OBASANJO SHARES VIEWS ON DRC, SOUTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Obasanjo met with Ambassador Rice on June 29 and the P5 Belgium on June 30. He told Rice that neither Rwanda nor the DRC wanted to shelter former CNDP leader Nkunda. He suggested implementing greater incentives to encourage FDLR combatants [...]
2009-07-07 02:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC RW SU GC XA
09USUNNEWYORK654DPRK: COUNCIL RESPONDS TO JULY 4 MISSILE LAUNCHES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 6, the Security Council discussed how best to respond to the July 4 launch of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Most Council members supported a Japanese proposal that the Council President (currently Ugandan [...]
2009-07-07 11:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK658UNGA: UNSC REFORM: P5 MEET TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: P5 Ambassadors met on July 2 to discuss intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. The U.S. and Russia encouraged the P5 to coordinate on positions, but the U.S. advocated against a uniform P5 position at this time since the broader membership and not the P5 shou [...]
2009-07-08 01:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK6591267 BRIEFING:STATISTICAL UPDATE ON KEY TASKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The chair of the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee ("1267 Committee"),Austrian Perm Rep Mayr-Harting, held an open briefing for UN Member States to discuss the Committee's activities and "enhance the transparency" of the Committee's work. He focused on two main tasks manda [...]
2009-07-08 10:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK661DPRK:1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATIONS STALEMATED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") continued its work to implement key tasks in Resolution 1874, including making new sanctions designations by July 12, drafting a Program of Work to guide the Committee's work, and helping to establish a Panel of Expert [...]
2009-07-09 14:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK666BAN PROVIDES READOUT ON JULY BURMA TRIP
[...] (C) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke by telephone with Ambassador Rice on July 6 to report on his July 3-4 trip to Burma. Ban said he delivered a very strong message to Senior General Than Shwe on human rights and release of political prisoners. He said he met with representatives from [...]
2009-07-09 23:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK670GAMBARI CONVENES THE NINTH BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 8, Special Advisor Gambari convened the ninth Group of Friends of Burma meeting on behalf of Secretary-General Ban. Gambari reviewed Ban's schedule of meetings during the trip as well as his brief visit to the Delta and speech to the diplomatic corps and others. Gamba [...]
2009-07-09 23:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK671DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") considered on July 9 moving forward with new sanctions designations in light of the fact that key delegations -- particularly, Russia and China -- were still without instructions to respond to the U.S./Japan/France/UK designation pro [...]
2009-07-10 00:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK675GEORGIA: PERMREP LOMAIA SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON GUAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian Permrep Lomaia sought U.S. views on the prospects for Georgia to achieve passage of a General Assembly (GA) Resolution that would keep the Georgia conflict in the minds of Member States. Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on July 9 that all four GUAM states (Georgia, Ukraine [...]
2009-07-11 00:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA UNSC GG
09USUNNEWYORK679SOMALIA: UNSC ADOPTS STATEMENT SUPPORTING TFG,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, Security Council members adopted a UK-drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) that largely tracks a recent African Union communiqu condemning recent attacks on the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and expressing concern about Eritrea's support for extremis [...]
2009-07-13 10:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK682UN OFFICE FOR WEST AFRICA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL,
[...] (SBU) UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) SRSG Djinnit briefed the Security Council on July 7 on the biggest challenges facing the region, namely unconstitutional changes of government, security sector reform, and drug trafficking. He warned of the slow pace of reform in Guinea. Djinnit said UN [...]
2009-07-13 16:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY
09USUNNEWYORK684GEORGIA: WESTERN FRIENDS DISCUSS FUTURE OF UN WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps from the expanded Western Friends group (U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Croatia, Austria, Turkey and EU Council Secretariat) informally discussed the future of UN involvement in Georgia post-UNOMIG in a July 9 meeting with A/SYG Mulet (DPKO),A/SYG Fernan [...]
2009-07-13 22:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK685ACTION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5 below. 2. (SBU) Following the Security Council's debate on Somalia July 9, Council members are now considering whether to move forward on the question of sanctioning Eritrea for undermining the Djibouti Peace Process. The Council [...]
2009-07-14 11:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER
09USUNNEWYORK687MONUC AT THE UN: "ZERO TOLERANCE" FOR SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPHS 11 AND 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss on July 10 told the Security Council that significant progress was being made on integrating the DRC army (FARDC) and combating the FDLR and LRA rebel groups. He warned of an ongoing humanitarian cris [...]
2009-07-14 18:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC CG XA ZF RW
09USUNNEWYORK689BAN BRIEFS THE UNSC ON JULY 3-4 TRAVEL TO BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an open session of the Security Council on July 13, Secretary-General Ban said he was "deeply disappointed" in the regime's refusal to allow a visit with Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK). However, he added that he was able to convey key recommendations, including the release of all [...]
2009-07-14 22:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK69UNGA: UNSC REFORM: PGA BRIEFS INFORMAL PLENARY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the General Assembly (PGA) presented the results of the Open-ended Working Group's consultations on framework and modalities of Security Council expansion negotiations in an informal session of the General Assembly on January 29, in line with General Assembly D [...]
2009-01-30 18:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK690MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A.WUCHTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 22:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC OTRA
09USUNNEWYORK691FM ZEBARI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR WOLFF; DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo met with Iraqi FM Zebari to discuss the upcoming UNSCR 1859 report and Zebari,s visit to New York. The Foreign Minister noted the "clear commitment" of the U.S., as enshrined in the SOFA, to work towards removing Iraq as a pending issue be [...]
2009-07-15 01:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK694DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE APPROVES AMBITIOUS PROGRAM OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee has approved and submitted to the Security Council a Program of Work, as was requested from the Committee in resolution 1874. Modeled on similar documents in other sanctions regimes, the Program of Work provides for increased Committee activities wit [...]
2009-07-16 10:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK695SUDAN/SANCTIONS: EXPERTS BRIEF ON VIOLATIONS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts (POE),a monitoring group charged with monitoring implementation of UN sanctions on Sudan, shared with USUN their thoughts on the changing dynamics of violence in Darfur. The POE also briefed USUN on their ongoing problems due to the lack of cooperatio [...]
2009-07-16 10:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PREL SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK7CALLS IN NEW YORK FOR SECURITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 15:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
09USUNNEWYORK70GEORGIA: GROUP OF FRIENDS INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. At an informal meeting of Ambassadors of the Georgia Group of Friends on January 29, Russian PermRep Churkin linked Russian cooperation on an extension of the UN Mission in Georgia to an invitation from the Security Council for Abkhaz de facto authorities to par [...]
2009-01-30 18:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC GG RS
09USUNNEWYORK701DPRK:1718 COMMITTEE MAKES NEW SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") unanimously approved a package of new sanctions designations, which included five entities, five individuals, and two technical items linked to DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The Committee acted in res [...]
2009-07-18 00:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK708LRA ENVOY CHISSANO'S FAREWELL AT UN: OPEN
[...] (SBU) During his final briefing to the UN Security Council on July 15, Special Envoy for the LRA-affected region of the Great Lakes Joaquim Chissano suggested the international community create a line of communication for Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony. Chissano said Kony mig [...]
2009-07-21 11:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC CG UG ZF SU CT
09USUNNEWYORK709SOMALIA: MONITORING GROUP PROPOSES 11 TARGETS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Somalia Sanctions Committee ("751 Committee") has received a list (see para 4) of eleven possible targets for the first round of targeted sanctions under resolution 1844. This list, which includes three Eritreans, was prepared by the UN Somalia sanctions Monitoring Group (M [...]
2009-07-21 16:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPKO SO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK71AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a productive and cordial initial meeting with Japanese Permanent Representative Takasu, Ambassador Rice outlined U.S. priorities and conveyed the Administration's desire to deepen the bilateral relationship. Takasu said Japan shares U.S. objectives and lends its "fullest [...]
2009-01-30 19:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC JA
09USUNNEWYORK710P3 MEETS WITH DJIBOUTIAN PERMREP ON DJIBOUTI
[...] SUMMARY: (C) In a July 20 meeting, the P3 met with Djiboutian Permanent Representative Olhaye to discuss Djibouti's draft resolution calling for sanctioning those who led the drive to invade and occupy Djiboutian territory. Olhaye dismissed the P3's proposal to use the existing Somalia Sanct [...]
2009-07-21 21:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC ER DJ
09USUNNEWYORK711AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH LIECHTENSTEIN PERMANENT
[...] (U) Summary: Amb. Rice met with Liechtenstein Amb. Wenaweser on July 7 on ICC issues. They discussed the USG review of the ICC, possible future USG engagement with the ICC, the 2010 review conference, the recent AU decision not to comply with the arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan [...]
2009-07-21 23:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS KAWC UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK712SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNMIN/NEPAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Karin Lundgren, Representative of the Secretary-General to Nepal and head of UNMIN, briefed the Council July 20 on latest developments. As noted in the Secretary-General,s recent report on Nepal/UNMIN, Lundgren reiterated disappointment with the slow pace of the peace process [...]
2009-07-22 00:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC NE
09USUNNEWYORK713U/SYG PASCOE UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] Summary: (SBU) In July 21 consultations on the Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute, U/SYG Pascoe told the Security Council that Eritrea has failed to comply with UNSC Resolution 1862, which calls on Eritrea to recognize the dispute, accept mediation and withdraw its forces. Council members unan [...]
2009-07-22 11:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC DJ
09USUNNEWYORK716DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 1540 COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE
[...] (C) Ambassador Wolff on July 21 delivered demarche points (reftel) to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Deputy Permanent Representative. Dolgov said the position of the Russian mission in New York remained unchanged, i.e. Russia could not accept the addition of the G8 Global Partnership, Austral [...]
2009-07-23 14:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RU
09USUNNEWYORK718DPRK: EXPERT PANEL DELAYED BY SQUABBLE OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A squabble over geographical representation has delayed the establishment of a seven-member UN Panel of Experts (POE) to help monitor and improve the implementation of sanctions imposed on the DPRK. Costa Rica and Mexico appear likely to block the POE's approval in the DPRK Sanct [...]
2009-07-24 00:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK72AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev on January 28 welcomed Ambassador Rice to her new post during their initial meeting. During the hour-long meeting, Shalev stressed Israel's commitment to the peace process while isolating Hamas and ending smug [...]
2009-01-30 19:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEG IR IS KPAL KWBG LE PAL SY UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK720UNOCI SRSG SAYS "NON-POLITICAL" REASONS COULD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNOCI SRSG Choi told the Security Council on July 23 that elections could be delayed for "non-political" reasons, and that Cote d'Ivoire faced "formidable obstacles" to hold them on November 29, 2009. French and Cote d'Ivoire's UN representatives exchanged words in the public po [...]
2009-07-24 15:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY IV
09USUNNEWYORK722SOMALIA: INCHING CLOSER TO SANCTIONS DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, the Somalia Sanctions Monitoring Group (MG),a UN team mandated to monitor and report on compliance with the Somalia arms embargo and resolution 1844, briefed the Somalia Sanctions Committee ("751 Committee") on a proposed list of nine individuals, including three rank [...]
2009-07-24 16:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK723SOMALI FOREIGN MINISTER OMAAR POSITIVE ON THE TFG, FRUSTRATED BY ERITREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 16:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER
09USUNNEWYORK728SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON PEACEBUILDING
[...] SUMMARY. At a July 22 debate on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict, 42 speakers from the Security Council, Secretariat, major troop and police contributors and major donors stressed the importance of national responsibility for peacebuilding efforts and the need for early en [...]
2009-07-28 19:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK73AMB. RICE'S CALL ON AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice discussed international humanitarian law, peacekeeping and sanctions with Austrian PermRep Thomas Mayr-Harting during an introductory call on January 28. Mayr-Harting said he was eager to work with the United States, and pledged that when our positions differed, [...]
2009-01-30 20:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UNSC AU
09USUNNEWYORK730SRSG ANGELO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON MINURCAT
[...] Summary. On July 28, MINURCAT SRSG Angelo reported that the security and humanitarian situation in Eastern Chad and Northeastern CAR had further deteriorated, largely as a result of increased tensions between Chad and Sudan. Despite this deterioration, Angelo also pointed to positive develop [...]
2009-07-29 17:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PREF UNSC CD CT SU
09USUNNEWYORK736UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on July 27. He focused his briefing on continuing Israeli settlement activity, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and th [...]
2009-07-31 00:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL KPO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK739SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNOCI MANDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council on July 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1880, extending the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d,Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 31, 2010. Negotiations on the French-drafted resolution were non-contentious. The resolution expresses support for the ongoing e [...]
2009-07-31 23:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY IV
09USUNNEWYORK741SOMALIA: SRSG OULD-ABDALLAH URGES INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 28, SRSG for Somalia Ould-Abdallah called for the international community to continue its support for the TFG and AMISOM, reporting that while insurgent attempts to overthrow the Somali government have failed, the security situation remains fragile. African Union Commi [...]
2009-08-03 11:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK742DPRK: U.S. COORDINATOR PRESSES 1874 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 30, Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. Coordinator for the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 briefed the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") about U.S. efforts to implement sanctions on North Korea. He urged the Commi [...]
2009-08-04 11:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KNNP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK743AU COMMISSIONER LAMAMRA STRATEGIZES ON SOMALIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 11:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER
09USUNNEWYORK744RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT DEBATE CONCLUDES: AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Responsibility to Protect populations from the four crimes of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity was endorsed unanimously by world leaders in the 2005 World Summit Outcome (A/Res/60/1). The Responsibility to Protect, more commonly called "R2P" [...]
2009-08-04 14:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC UNGA KAWC KTIA
09USUNNEWYORK748AMBASSADOR RICE PREPS P5 ON U.S. PLANS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on August 4 briefed the P5 delegations on U.S. plans to convene a Security Council summit on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament during the U.S. Presidency of the Council in September. Ambassador Rice listed a number of possible topics that could be [...]
2009-08-06 02:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL NPT UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK749SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS FARDC-5
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG Le Roy told the Security Council on August 4 that all five senior FARDC officers implicated by the Council itself as involved in sexual violence had been removed from their command positions and two had also been taken into custody by DRC authorities. He said the other t [...]
2009-08-06 02:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK750AMBASSADOR RICE'S AUGUST 5 MEETING WITH UNIFIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano on August 5 to discuss UNIFIL's needs, its mandate renewal before the Security Council, and the July 14-18 incidents in Khirbat Silim. General Graziano underscored that the real problem facing UNIFIL is the lack of [...]
2009-08-06 02:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO KBIO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK753BAN CONVENES THE TENTH BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 5, Secretary-General Ban convened the tenth meeting of the Group of Friends of Burma to report on his meeting with Burmese Permanent Representative Swe and to seek support for a unified public message from the group on the need for Burmese authorities to respond to th [...]
2009-08-07 18:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK759DPRK: COMMITTEE BLESSES PANEL OF EXPERTS SLATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") blessed a seven-person slate for the Panel of Experts (POE),a newly-established body under UNSCR 1874 charged with helping the Committee monitor and improve the implementation of sanctions on the DPRK. The Secretary-Ge [...]
2009-08-10 23:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KNNP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK76GEORGIA PERMREP DISCUSSES UNOMIG WITH AMBASSADORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice told newly arrived Georgian PermRep Lomaia that Russia was tying extension of UNOMIG's mandate to Abkhaz formal participation in a UNSC meeting under Rule 39. Participation in an Arria-format meeting might be a compromise option to preclude their formal attendance [...]
2009-02-02 19:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK762STATE OF PLAY ON UN BURMA STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In Security Council consultations on August 11, most Council members broadly condemned the conviction and sentencing of Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK). A clear majority supported the P-3 drafted statement introduced by the U.S., with the [...]
2009-08-12 23:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK764SECURITY COUNCIL AGAIN DEBATES THE FUTURE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG Alain Le Roy, U/SYG Susana Malcorra and UNAMID Force Commander Agwai briefed the Security Council on August 5, during an open debate on peacekeeping convened by the UK. The two U/SYGs highlighted key themes in the Secretariat's recently issued "New Horizon" non-paper, i [...]
2009-08-12 21:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK765SC DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: SEXUAL VIOLENCE
[...] Summary: The members of the Security Council, plus over two dozen other delegations, discussed the Secretary-General's report on sexual violence in armed conflict (SCR 1820) August 7, condemning such crimes and urging continued international attention to this issue. Ambassador Rice began the [...]
2009-08-12 21:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN UNSC CG KPKO SOCI
09USUNNEWYORK769AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT AND
[...] (C) Summary. During a substantive introductory meeting on August 12, Ambassador Rice and Sergio Duarte, UN Undersecretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, discussed active U.S. engagement on disarmament, especially the planned summit-level UNSC meeting during September, the UN 1540 Committee, [...]
2009-08-14 22:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP KACT UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK77AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Croatian PermRep Neven Jurica told Ambassador Rice during a January 29 introductory meeting, that Croatia considered the United States to be a strong ally and friend, and that he would continue his practice of closely coordinating Croatia's Security Council positions with the Un [...]
2009-02-03 02:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC HR
09USUNNEWYORK772ETHIOPIAN CHARGE EAGER TO SANCTION ERITREA; AGREES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 09:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK773ISRAELI MISSION VOICES CONCERN OVER
[...] (U) This contains an action request (see paragraph 6). 2. (C) Daniel Carmon, the Deputy PermRep of the Israeli Mission in New York, on August 11 informed Ambassador Wolff that the representative office of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had rej [...]
2009-08-17 18:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF UNSC KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK775DPRK: UAE REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION TO 1718
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a possible violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The UAE reports having stopped a vessel loaded with containers of arms being shipped from North Korea to [...]
2009-08-17 21:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK778DPRK: AUSTRALIA "EXCITED" ABOUT OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Australian mission approached USUN to discuss Australia's role in an apparent violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea involving an Australian-based shipping firm. The Australians noted that Canberra authorities were aware that the UAE had discovered arms apparently [...]
2009-08-19 22:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK779AMBASSADOR CHURKIN SAYS RUSSIA BACKS U.S. NUCLEAR
[...] (C) During a series of calls to Ambassador Rice on August 13, Russian Perm Rep Vitaly Churkin said that Moscow, "after some hesitation" wants to work closely and cooperatively with the United States to prepare for the U.S. planned summit on nuclear disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation in S [...]
2009-08-20 12:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK78AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH MEXICAN PERMANENT
[...] (C) Summary: In an initial January 29 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Mexican PermRep Heller said that modest Security Council reform is the most feasible option. He commented that Mexico supported Security Council resolution 1860 on the ceasefire in Gaza and highlighted the importance of the [...]
2009-02-03 02:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MX
09USUNNEWYORK780DPRK: USUN BRIEFS SOUTH KOREA ON UAE-REPORTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN briefed the South Korea UN mission on an apparent violation of UN sanctions on North Korea uncovered by the United Arab Emirates. USUN explained the details of the case -- namely, the UAE's discovery of arms being shipped from North Korea to Iran aboard a Bahamas-flagged v [...]
2009-08-20 19:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK781DPRK: USUN BRIEFS SOUTH KOREA ON UAE-REPORTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN briefed the South Korea UN mission on an apparent violation of UN sanctions on North Korea uncovered by the United Arab Emirates. USUN explained the details of the case -- namely, the UAE's discovery of arms being shipped from North Korea to Iran aboard a Bahamas-flagged vess [...]
2009-08-20 19:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK783MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT COORDINATOR
[...] (SBU) Mission clearance is granted for U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin and S/CT Multilateral Affairs officer Zachary Bernstein for meetings scheduled August 25 with USUN Permanent Representative Susan Rice, Acting Chair of the 1373 Committee, Croatian Deputy P [...]
2009-08-24 21:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREF PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK786DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REPORTS ON ACTIVE WORK PERIOD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The acting chair of the Security Council's Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, emphasizing its work to implement tasks contained in resolution 1874: new sanctions des [...]
2009-08-24 23:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK788UNSC: COUNCIL CALLS FOR UNIFIL RENEWAL; MAJORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on UNIFIL. He highlighted the Hizballah arms cache explosion at Khirbet Selim, as he and other DPKO officials have to the Council on previous occasions (r [...]
2009-08-24 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK789MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS AU-UN PANEL FOLLOW-UP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Field Support Susanna Malcorra told U.S., France, Germany, Japan, and U.K. Deputy Permreps/Political Counselors (major donors) on August 21 that a forthcoming Secretary-General's report on support for African Union-United Nations (AU-UN) peacekeeping operations would [...]
2009-08-25 19:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC AU KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK79IRAN: P3 URGES CYPRUS TO PREVENT ARMS TRANSFER IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., UK, and French representatives explained to the UN Perm Rep of Cyprus that the presence of Iranian arms-related materiel on the Cypriot-flagged vessel Monchegorsk was an apparent violation of UN sanctions on Iran (Security Council resolution 1747) and that this cargo should [...]
2009-02-03 11:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK791RWANDA'S UN PERMREP ASKS FOR HELP IN ARRESTING
[...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice on August 13, new Rwandan PermRep Gasana asked for assistance in holding accountable FDLR rebel leaders who continue to support the FDLR from Europe and North America. Ambassador Rice stressed the need for Rwanda to supply solid evidence so [...]
2009-08-25 22:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC ZF RW CG
09USUNNEWYORK809GEORGIA: DPKO OUTLINES PLANS TO SUPPORT GENEVA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on a July 13 meeting (reported Reftel),A/SYG for Peacekeeping Edmund Mulet told Deputy Permreps from the U.S., U.K., Germany, France and Croatia on August 31 that the UN would continue to support the Geneva talks and the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism ( [...]
2009-09-01 22:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC KPKO RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK812DPRK: PANEL OF EXPERTS ALMOST UP AND RUNNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-created UN Panel of Experts (POE) for North Korea is on track to be operational by mid- to late-September, somewhat later than planned. As a result of various delays -- namely political wrangling and logistics snags -- none of the seven experts has yet arrived in New Yo [...]
2009-09-02 16:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK814MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR DOJ
[...] Mission clearance is granted for the individuals listed below to meet on September 3 with Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate Executive Director Mike Smith to discuss potential areas of cooperation between CTED and DOJ on counter-terrorism technical assistance and training. 2. Todd Hi [...]
2009-09-03 15:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREF PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK816SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UN ROLE ON
[...] (U) USUN Poloffs and USUN Deputy Legal Advisor delivered reftel points on June 3 to Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Somalia Chief Walid Musa Abdelkarim and UN Political Affairs Officers G. Justin Jepson and Kiyoshi Matsukawa. 2. (SBU) DPA Somalia Chief Abdelkarim was extremely [...]
2009-09-03 22:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SO XA KCRM UNSC PHUM PHSA EWWT
09USUNNEWYORK8181267: SAVING THE AL-QAEDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS REGIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bold action is needed to salvage the UN's 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban targeted sanctions regime. This effective multilateral tool has been seriously undermined by criticisms -- and adverse European court rulings -- asserting that procedures for listing and delisting names are not adequ [...]
2009-09-04 13:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK827UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 1 and 2 for the first two of three meetings in the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 38 delegations spoke on September 1 during the discussion on all of the five key iss [...]
2009-09-09 22:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK828UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 3 for the third meeting of the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 43 delegations, including all of the P-5, spoke on the intermediate model. The UK and France did not of [...]
2009-09-09 22:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK83SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Summary. On January 30, the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) met to discuss the run-up to the STL's March 1 commencement date, including how the opening ceremony should be conducted. Afterwards, France pulled aside the UK, US and Lebanon to discuss future re [...]
2009-02-03 15:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE SY UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK833DPRK: COUNCIL REFERS LETTER TO 1718 COMMITTEEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the Security Council agreed to refer a letter recently received from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee"). Ambassador Rice pointed to the letter's contents -- including its rejection of res [...]
2009-09-14 11:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK834IRAN: UNSC MULLS SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION, IAEA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee briefed the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, highlighting in particular a final round of letters and the publishing of an "Implementation Assistance Notice" to respond to r [...]
2009-09-14 12:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK838UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON SYG'S REPORT ON HAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 9 the Security Council held an open debate on the Secretary-General's report on the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Former President Bill Clinton, addressing the Council in his capacity as UN Special Envoy to Haiti, called for projecting a "more posi [...]
2009-09-15 23:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC HA
09USUNNEWYORK841DPRK: COUNCIL EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR PANEL REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the UN Secretariat briefed the Council on the establishment of the DPRK Panel of Experts (POE),a body mandated in UNSCR 1874 to help monitor and improve the implementation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The Secretariat explained that only two POE membe [...]
2009-09-16 15:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK842AMBASSADOR RICE’S SEPTEMBER 16 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon on September 16, the day after the release of the Goldstone report on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during the Gaza conflict. Ayalon termed the report "outrageous" and said it gave Hamas [...]
2009-09-17 00:45:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS IR RS
09USUNNEWYORK847TEXT OF UNSC NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND
[...] (U) On September 18, USUN asked the UN Secretariat put into blue the text of the draft resolution on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament, to be adopted at the Security Council Summit on September 24 convened by the U.S. The full text is in paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text of d [...]
2009-09-19 02:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09USUNNEWYORK848ONE YEAR RENEWAL FOR UNIPSIL; DRUGS, YOUTH
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Security Council discussed the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) on September 14 and on September 15 unanimously renewed UNIPSIL's mandate for an additional year. Ambassador Rice highlighted drug trafficking and youth unemployment as risks to sub-r [...]
2009-09-21 20:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY SL
09USUNNEWYORK849SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNMIL; LIBERIA REQUESTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Security Council met on September 9 to discuss the renewal of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),and unanimously adopted UNMIL's resolution on September 15. UNMIL's Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Loj told the Council on September 9 that the Libe [...]
2009-09-21 20:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY LI IV
09USUNNEWYORK850THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SEPTEMBER 16 LUNCH WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide ranging discussion during the monthly Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, hosted by Ambassador Rice in her capacity as Security Council President, Ban updated Permreps on UN activities in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and [...]
2009-09-21 20:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PHUM
09USUNNEWYORK851SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHAIR BRIEFS A QUIET COUNCIL
[...] SUMMARY: On September 15, Austrian Perm Rep Mayr-Harting, chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee ("1591 Committee") updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, including the Committee's informal consultations with the Panel of Experts. Ambassador [...]
2009-09-21 20:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PGOV PREL SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK853GEORGIA: RUSSIA SEEKS U.S. VISAS FOR ABKHAZ, S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Russian Mission to the UN has informed USUN that it plans to seek U.S. visas for Abkhaz and South Ossetian de facto authorities to visit the United Nations in October 2009 to discuss the "humanitarian situation" in the separatist entities. The Russian Missio [...]
2009-09-23 19:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNGA CVIS RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK856AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH PGA TREKI WHO RAISES
[...] (C) On September 21, in a hastily scheduled meeting at the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) request, PGA Ali Abdussalam Treki asked Ambassador Rice, in her capacity as Security Council President for the month of September, for her views on what kind of cooperation and consultation the [...]
2009-09-24 15:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK859CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS TELLS P-5 HE IS NOT OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At an annual lunch with P-5 missions to the UN, Cyprus President Demitris Christofias said he was not optimistic about the possible outcome of Cyprus reunification talks. He cited Turkish PM Erdogan as being responsible for Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's hard position o [...]
2009-09-28 16:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNFICYP CU CY
09USUNNEWYORK860POTUS CHAIRS UNSC SUMMIT, PASSES UNANIMOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Obama on September 24 convened a heads-of-state summit of the UN Security Council at which resolution 1887 on nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation was adopted unanimously and with full Council co-sponsorship. In addition to the 15 Security Council members [...]
2009-09-29 12:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09USUNNEWYORK863SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON SITUATION IN BRAZILIAN
[...] (SBU) The Security Council met in consultations on September 25 in response to a September 22 letter from the Brazilian PermRep expressing concern about threats to the inviolability of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, in which Honduran President Zelaya has taken refuge. During consultati [...]
2009-09-30 14:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BR HO
09USUNNEWYORK866PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH TOP UN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Immediately following his address to the Open Debate of the UN General Assembly on September 23, President Obama convened an unprecedented meeting with the Heads of State and Foreign Ministers of the top contributors of troops and police to UN peacekeeping operations. President [...]
2009-10-01 09:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK871COTE D,IVOIRE: EXPERTS DOCUMENT SANCTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Group of Experts on Cote d'Ivoire, a UN team established to monitor sanctions imposed on that country, submitted a final report documenting impediments to full implementation of these measures, particularly the UN ban on the export of diamonds. While the Group found that the [...]
2009-10-02 09:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETTC UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK875LIBYA REQUESTS URGENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) On October 6, Libyan PermRep Shalgham sent a letter to the UN Security Council President (Vietnam) requesting, under Rule 2 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, an urgent meeting of the Security Council "to discuss the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the G [...]
2009-10-06 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK880UNSC DECIDES TO HANDLE LIBYAN REQUEST FOR MEETING
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Security Council met on October 7 in closed consultations to discuss the Libyan mission's request for an urgent Council meeting on the Goldstone report. Prior to consultations, USUN had surveyed the Council and knew that there was little support for a stand alon [...]
2009-10-08 01:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK8811267: U.S./UK BRAINSTORM OPTIONS FOR NEW RESOLUTION
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wolff and UK Deputy Perm Rep Parham informally discussed the challenges facing the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban sanctions regime and weighed the merits of the UK's proposal to establish an "independent review" panel to advise the 1267 Committee how to decide on requests from indiv [...]
2009-10-08 09:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK882GOLDSTONE REPORT POST-PARTUM: IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN
[...] (C) Repercussions from successful efforts in Geneva to postpone the HRC's discussion of the Goldstone report have resulted in the movement of the report to New York. While the Security Council did not accede to Libya's October 6 request for a stand-alone Council meeting on the Goldstone repo [...]
2009-10-08 23:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK892SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AND DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Khiem chaired the Security Council open debate on the Secretary-General's report on Women, Peace, and Security. At the top of the meeting, the Council adopted follow-on resolution 1889, which focuses on women's empowerment in post-confl [...]
2009-10-12 15:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK893SECRETARY CLINTON CHAIRS UNANIMOUS ADOPTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of State Clinton chaired the unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1888 on conflict-related sexual violence which was co-sponsored by 68 UN member states including 10 members of the Security Council. Russia, China, Libya, Uganda and Vietnam did not co- [...]
2009-10-13 20:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK896GUINEA FM ASKS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO LET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Security Council consultations on the situation in Guinea held at France's request, the U.S., as President of the Council, briefed on its September 29 meeting with Guinean Foreign Minister Loua, during which he claimed that the violence on September 28 was due to protest [...]
2009-10-13 21:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY GV AU
09USUNNEWYORK90GEORGIA/RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S RICE MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Vitaly Churkin met with Ambassador Rice and Ambassador DiCarlo on February 3 to sound out the U.S. position on an extension of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia. Churkin said Russia wanted to see a new resolution emphasize the terms of the "Medvedev-Sarkozy" agr [...]
2009-02-04 01:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC GG RS
09USUNNEWYORK910BURMA, BURUNDI, COLOMBIA AND UGANDA ADDRESS SC
[...] (SBU) The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (WGCAAC) held a formal meeting chaired by Mexican Permanent Representative Claude Heller on October 12 to adopt the group's conclusions on Burma and to discuss the Secretary General's reports on children and armed conflict [...]
2009-10-14 19:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI UNSC BM CO BY UG
09USUNNEWYORK911COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS TO BE DELAYED; COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) SRSG Choi told the Security Council on October 13 that elections would be delayed for political and technical reasons, and said the priority must be approving the provisional voters list as soon as possible. Choi said the 2.7 million names [...]
2009-10-14 19:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY IV LI
09USUNNEWYORK916THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S 14 OCTOBER LUNCH WITH THE
[...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) In the monthly UN Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the SYG discussed Guinea, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan with PermReps. The lunch was hosted by Vietnamese PermRep Le Luong Minh, in his capacity as [...]
2009-10-15 21:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PK GV AF SU
09USUNNEWYORK92AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON BURKINA
[...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice shared U.S. priorities with Burkinabe PermRep Kafando in an initial call and asked for his views on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Cote d'Ivoire. Rice pressed for support against deferring Sudanese President Ba [...]
2009-02-04 21:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC UV XV XA
09USUNNEWYORK93AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH COSTA RICAN PERMREP
[...] (C) Summary: During an initial meeting with Costa Rican PermRep Urbina, Ambassador Rice outlined U.S. priorities and agreed to work with Costa Rica on important issues such as human rights. Urbina emphasized the need to increase the Council's legitimacy by updating its working methods and pr [...]
2009-02-04 22:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC CS
09USUNNEWYORK933U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MAGGI,
[...] U.S. Mission grants clearance for the following individuals to attend informal consultations on Maritime Security Sector Reform in New York on Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28, 2009, in New York: Robert Maggi (Coordinator for Counter Piracy, PM/PPA); Christina Rosati (Foreign Af [...]
2009-10-21 18:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK934U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE TO CHARLENE WANG TO
[...] U.S. Mission grants clearance to Charlene Wang, Multilateral Affairs Officer, IO/UNP, to attend informal consultations on East Asia and Pacific issues in New York on Thursday, October 22 and Friday, October 23, 2009. 2. U.S. Mission POC is Political Section Officer Jeffrey Reneau, 212-415 [...]
2009-10-21 18:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK936MOMENTUM BUILDING TO BOLSTER MONUC'S MANDATE AND STREAMLINE ITS TASKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss told the Security Council on October 16 that progress continued on integrating the DRC army (FARDC),but noted that the FDLR had not been neutralized and LRA remnants were still active. In closed consultations with Council members, Doss said that LRA elements h [...]
2009-10-22 16:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC CG ZXA ZF RW
09USUNNEWYORK938GUINEA: UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY DETAILS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Department of Political Affairs A/SYG Haile Menkerios briefed the Security Council on October 21 on the planned UN commission of inquiry (COI) into the atrocities committed in Guinea since September 28. He explained the expectations for the COI for which there was widespread [...]
2009-10-22 17:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY GV
09USUNNEWYORK94AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH INDIAN PR NIRUPAM
[...] (C) Summary: The United States is eager to ""sustain and accelerate"" recent progress in the U.S.-India bilateral relationship and wishes to enhance our cooperation in multilateral fora, especially the UN, Ambassador Rice told Indian PermRep Nirupam Sen in an initial call on February 3. Sen said In [...]
2009-02-04 22:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PHUM KDEM PARM IN PTER PK
09USUNNEWYORK944ARABS REQUEST U.S. SUPPORT FOR SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wolff met Friday October 23 with the representatives of Arab states and organizations that have joined together as a follow-up group to lobby for action on the Goldstone Report in New York. The Palestinian Permanent Observer suggested the establishment of a "monitoring [...]
2009-10-24 00:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK946RICE MEETS WITH INDIAN MINISTER OF STATE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Rice on October 16, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor raised India's hope that the U.S. would continue working with India on the convention on counterterrorism. The two also discussed the Goldstone Report, Security Council refo [...]
2009-10-26 20:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM PHUM UNSC IN
09USUNNEWYORK947TURKISH PERMREP APAKAN PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 15 courtesy meeting, Turkish Permrep Ertugul Apakan invited Ambassador Rice to visit Turkey. He said a workshop/retreat on peacekeeping and peacebuilding, which Turkey was considering hosting during the summer of 2010, might be a good opportunity. Apakan thoug [...]
2009-10-26 20:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC TU
09USUNNEWYORK959COTE D,IVOIRE: COUNCIL REVIEWS SANCTIONS REGIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The chair of the Security Council's Cote d'Ivoire (1572) Sanctions Committee briefed the Council on findings contained in a September 15 report of the Group of Experts on Cote d'Ivoire, as well as the Committee's activities since his last briefing on April 28, 2009. The United [...]
2009-10-29 09:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CDI ETTC PGOV UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK964THE 1540 COMMITTEE DEBATES IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The 1540 Committee met on October 20 and 23 to begin consultations on how to prepare a final document based on the 1540 Comprehensive Review, which took place on September 30 and October 1-2, and how to present the conclusions of substantive papers prepared by the 1540 Committe [...]
2009-10-29 23:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK965UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Atul Khare briefed the Security Council on the Secretary-General's interim report on the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste on UNMIT on October 23. Khare discussed the successful community elections, strengthening the rule o [...]
2009-10-29 23:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC XB XV XU
09USUNNEWYORK968SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON USSCR 1559,
[...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy for the Secretary-General for Implementation of UNSCR 1559 Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council in consultation on October 27, 2009. The positive part of his presentation centered on the restoration of full diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria and th [...]
2009-10-30 17:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK97IRAN/CYPRUS: NEXT STEPS ON MONCHEGORSK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 18:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP CY
09USUNNEWYORK971COTE D'IVOIRE: COUNCIL RENEWS SANCTIONS REGIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 29, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1893, which renewed the arms embargo, asset freeze, travel ban, and diamond embargo in Cote d'Ivoire, as well as the mandate of the Group of Experts, for an additional twelve months. Cote d'Ivoire's Perm Rep, Al [...]
2009-10-30 23:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETTC UNSC CDI
09USUNNEWYORK977ALBANIA CONFIRMS STRONG RELATIONS WITH U.S.; URGES
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 27 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, Albanian Permanent Representative Hoxha underscored Albania's strong relationship with the U.S. and praised the Obama administration's philosophy of greater UN engagement. Hoxha stressed that increasing the number of [...]
2009-11-02 21:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC AL KO SR
09USUNNEWYORK980AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UK FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice on October 27 met with 14 members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament. The Parliamentarians, who represented the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, raised Iran, the Middle East, U.S. relations with Russia, Afghanistan, and concern ove [...]
2009-11-02 22:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UK IR
09USUNNEWYORK986SOMALIA 1844 DESIGNATIONS: USUN REQUESTS TO ENGAGE
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see paras 6-8. 2. (C) Summary: Per Department instructions (REF A),USUN has shared with the P-3 a list of names we would consider designating under UNSCR 1844 (2008),the Somalia UN targeted sanctions regime established in November 2008. This list in [...]
2009-11-03 22:26:00USUN New YorkSECRETKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK99PALESTINIANS PRESSING SYG TO BROADEN SCOPE OF
[...] (C) Palestinian Permanent Observer Ambassador Mansour told Ambassador Wolff February 6 that he was exploring ways for the UN to investigate the conduct of the Gaza conflict. He cited as precedent UNSCR 1405 (2002) which "welcomed the initiative of the Secretary-General to develop accurate inf [...]
2009-02-10 01:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPAL KWBG IS
09USUNNEWYORK990DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE PLEDGES SUPPORT TO PANEL OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") met on October 30 with the newly-established Panel of Experts (POE),a team of UN contractors mandated with helping monitor and improve UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. POE members introduced themselves and [...]
2009-11-03 23:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK999GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Representative Joseph Mutaboba on November 5 told the Security Council in an open session that there has been progress on national reconcliation, especially sinc [...]
2009-11-06 20:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA
09VALLETTA316MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. REVIEW OF FIRST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 15:40:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC MT
09VALLETTA497MALTA: DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED DPRK ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 15:05:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM KN ETTC EUN UNSC MT
09VIENNA1084AUSTRIA: UNSC SUMMIT INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel invitation August 27 to Juergen Meindl, foreign policy advisor to Chancellor Faymann, who was out of town. Ambassador emphasized that President Obama's decision to hold the September 24 UNSC summit on nuclear nonproliferation reflects the high priority he places [...]
2009-08-27 13:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP AU
09VIENNA1127AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT UNSC NONPROLIFERATION SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 06:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP UN AU
09VIENNA115GEORGIA/UNOMIG: AUSTRIA OPPOSES RULE 39 ABKHAZ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 13:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG AU
09VIENNA1552BRIMMER IN VIENNA: AUSTRIANS CLAIM TO BE WITHIN
[...] (C) Summary: Austrian MFA Political Director Lehne maintained Austria's position on sanctions against Iran was "well in the mainstream of Europe." We have since gone back to Lehne and others to review reports that indicate Austria is among the EU's Iran sanctions skeptics, and to urge prepara [...]
2009-12-07 15:17:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO IR AF AU
09VIENNA193AUSTRIA OPPOSES AN ARTICLE 16 DEFERRAL WITHOUT
[...] Poloff conveyed the information in ref A to Georg Diwald, MFA Deputy Director of the Department for International Organisations. Diwald told Poloff that, in consideration of Austria's commitment to the rule of law and against impunity, Austria would respect the independence of the Internationa [...]
2009-02-20 15:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC SU XA XW AU
09VIENNA251GOA CONTINUES TO OPPOSE ARTICLE 16 DEFERRAL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 13:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW AU
09VIENNA442AUSTRIA SUPPORTS UNSC STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 10:44:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALUNSC NK AU
09VIENNA705AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 14:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM UNSC KN AU
09VIENNA75AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (C) In separate farewell calls on January 16 with both new Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and long-standing MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, Ambassador Girard-diCarlo reviewed the top items on the US agenda with Austria: cooperation in the UN Security Council, Iran, energy securi [...]
2009-01-21 14:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALAU ENRG ETTC PREF PREL UNSC AF
09VIENNA845AUSTRIA WORRIED ABOUT IRAN SANCTIONS DEBATE
[...] (C) In an introductory call July 9, incoming Diplomatic Advisor to the Chancellor Juergen Meindl (protect) told Charge that the GoA is concerned about what it expects to be a contentious discussion in both the UNSC and the EU about further sanctions on Iran, should Tehran fail to respond to re [...]
2009-07-10 11:05:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR AU
09VIENNA863AUSTRIA / UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) RESULTS OF USG REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Post sent reftel points to -- Elisabeth Ottawa, Austria's terrorism financing coordinator and FATF representative in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Federal Ministry of Finance (MoF) -- Alfred Lejsek, Head of the MoF's Financial Markets Unit; and -- MFA International Security Co [...]
2009-07-14 15:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC AU
09VILNIUS600LITHUANIA RECEPTIVE TO EU DESIGNATION OF NORTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 14:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM ETTC UNSC LH
09ZAGREB191DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO NORTH KOREA
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarches on April 7 to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. She expressed her appreciation for receiving the material and said that she would forward the information to her colleagues in New York. Croatia agrees with the US determination that the launch consti [...]
2009-04-08 10:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC KNNP HR
09ZAGREB202DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING PRST ON NORTH KOREAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 14:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC NK HR
09ZAGREB350CROATIA WILL SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 13:18:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC KN HR
09ZAGREB37ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 22, 2009
[...] (U) EMBASSY HOSTS INAUGURATION RECEPTION AT AMERICAN CORNER ZAGREB: Embassy Zagreb hosted an inauguration event January 20 at the American Corner located at a downtown Zagreb library. The reception targeted young Croatian academic, business and politicla leaders to give them the opportunity [...]
2009-01-22 13:37:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CVIS UNSC HR LY
09ZAGREB62DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REQUEST REGARDING UNOMIG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 15:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PGOV GG HR
09ZAGREB79DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CROATIA ON UNSCR 1540
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 09:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC HR
09ZAGREB80CROATIA PROBABLY WILL SUPPORT US REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 09:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW HR
10ABUDHABI73UAE SUPPORTS "SHIFT" TO PRESSURE TRACK ON IRAN
[...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, Ambassador presented reftel points and pressed for UAE support as the USG works with partners to develop new measures to pressure the IRIG towards cooperation with the international community. He noted t [...]
2010-02-10 14:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC ETTC IR AE
10ABUDHABI85UAE ON IRAN SANCTIONS, ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA
[...] (C) In a joint meeting with British ChargC) d'Affaires Ian Wood on February 14 at the MFA, Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche points with Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan. Haidan considered Iran's February 11 announcement on uranium enrichment a turning point in the sa [...]
2010-02-18 12:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC ETTC IR CH AE
10ABUDHABI91CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES TIP, IRAN, MEPP WITH MINSTATE
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 16 meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash discussed human trafficking, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL). Gargash outlined the UAE's efforts to meet USG expectations on traffi [...]
2010-02-22 04:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC KTIP UNSC IR AE
10ABUDHABI97CODEL LOWEY WITH UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. In a February 17 meeting, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) discussed Iran with a four-member Congressional delegation led by Chairwoman Nita Lowey of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. AbZ told the Codel the nuclear issue [...]
2010-02-22 12:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETTC UNSC IR AE
10ACCRA121DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM DELIVERED
[...] (C) On February 1, 2010, Poloff delivered the demarche on mobilizing pressure to persuade Iran's engagement on its nuclear program to Mrs. Gloria Poku, Deputy Director of the Americas Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Poloff emphasized the need to increase pressure on Iran and t [...]
2010-02-08 10:48:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC GH
10ADDISABABA287AU SUMMIT -- U.S. DELEGATION MEETS WITH AU
[...] (U) January 31, 2010; 7:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director for African Affairs Michelle Gavin Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration Special Advisor on the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe [...]
2010-02-11 11:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNP UNGA UNSC NI AU
10ADDISABABA289USAU: AU SUMMIT IN ADDIS ABABA -- OUTCOMES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 13:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNP UNGA UNSC NI AU
10AMMAN310JORDAN: GOJ WILL SUPPORT IRAN SANCTIONS, BUT
[...] (C) On February 1, the Ambassador reviewed reftel points with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Lozi and PolChief briefed Personal Advisor to the FM and Director of MFA Policy Planning Bisher Khasawneh. Both Lozi and Khasawneh stated that the Government of Jordan would support USG and internati [...]
2010-02-03 13:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR JO
10AMMAN385TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UN 1267
[...] (C) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche the week of February 7 to officials at the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Finance, and Central Bank of Jordan. All appreciated the information, but indicated Jordan is unlikely to co-sponsor the nomination. Samer Naber, Head of the MFA's America's Depart [...]
2010-02-11 14:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN UNSC JO
10ASTANA185 KAZAKHSTAN OPEN TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered reftel points on Iran's nuclear capability on February 10. In response, Deputy Foreign Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev said that Kazakhstan "regrets" Iran's rejection of the P5+1 offer and its refusal to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). K [...]
2010-02-12 09:48:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC KZ
10ATHENS75(C) GREECE/IRAN: CHINA KEY TO EFFECTIVE PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Alternate FM Dimitri Droutsas January 30, stressing the U.S. commitment to diplomacy, outlining the need to begin ramping up pressure on Iran given its failure to engage constructively, and urging Greece to consider what it could do bilat [...]
2010-02-03 16:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC IR CH VE GR
10BAGHDAD118MFA ACCEPTS TO SEEK UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud told DCM January 13 that the GOI would accept the USG-suggested option of seeking a UNSC Presidential Statement as the best way to have WMD-related Chapter VII resolutions eventually lifted. Haj Hamoud agreed that the GOI would send a l [...]
2010-01-18 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU
10BAGHDAD149FM ZEBARI PREVIEWS JCC, REVIEWS CHAPTER VII
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari told A/DCM January 18 that he welcomed arrival of NEA A/S Feltman for the holding of the first Diplomatic Joint Coordinating Committee, set for January 24. Zebari also informed A/DCM that he had written to the President of the Security Council and the DG [...]
2010-01-21 13:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU IR
10BAGHDAD71PM ADVISOR CITES IMPACT OF BLACKWATER DECISION ON
[...] (C) Summary: PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi told Pol M/C January 10 that the Blackwater decision would greatly complicate efforts to settle the Saddam-era civil claims of American citizens, and telegraphed that the GOI intended to use the decision as a lever in its bargaining on the level of compen [...]
2010-01-11 18:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC KJUS PREF IZ
10BAKU79AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENT COMMENTS ON MOBILIZING
[...] (C) Baku Iran Affairs Officer vigorously delivered reftel talking points on February 2 to Elchin Huseynli, MFA point man on the Iranian nuclear program. Huseynli, reports directly to GOAJ Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, and was accompanied by his deputy, Aykan Hajizada. 2. (C) Husey [...]
2010-02-04 13:05:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC OSCE RU IR AJ
10BAMAKO59MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) On February 1 Charge met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Al-Maamoun Keita to highlight U.S. efforts to mobilize diplomatic engagement with Iran in 2009, underscore the lack of a meaningful Iranian response, outline U.S. view of the necessity of increasing pressure on Iran [...]
2010-02-01 17:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALIR PARM PREL UNSC
10BEIJING148PRC/TERRORISM FINANCE: PRC REQUESTED TO DROP UN
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref A points concerning UN 1267 Committee listing of Abdur Rahman Makki, Azam Cheema and Mohammad Masood Azhar Alvi to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin January 20. PolOff noted U.S. intention to submit additional [...]
2010-01-20 08:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN KTFN PREL UNSC CH IN PK
10BEIJING243S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH MFA COUNTERPART
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China are both aware of the "strategic importance" of their relationship, notwithstanding recent "troubles" and "differences," said MFA Policy and Planning Department DDG Zhao Jianhua in a January 26 meeting with S/P Deputy Director Chollet. The Strategic a [...]
2010-01-29 10:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV CH AF PK UNSC
10BEIJING425DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN 1267 SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF
[...] (SBU) On February 23, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng reftel points sharing USG findings based on its completion of review of the third tranche of names circulated by the UN 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban [...]
2010-02-23 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN PREL UNSC EFIN CH UN
10BEIRUT11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS' JANUARY 8 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 8 visit as the first high-level delegation to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Foreign Min [...]
2010-01-05 15:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR PREF
10BEIRUT123SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your February 16-17 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri will rein [...]
2010-02-05 16:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS PBTS KPAL EAIR
10BEIRUT4SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 8-9 visit as one of the first high-level delegations to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and [...]
2010-01-05 07:27:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE
10BEIRUT42CODEL HASTINGS' JANUARY 8 VISIT TO LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 8 visit to Lebanon, a delegation headed by Representative Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) met with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Foreign Minister Ali el Chami. Representative Hastings reiterated Congressional support for Lebanon's democratic i [...]
2010-01-14 10:35:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR PREF
10BEIRUT44SCENESETTER FOR SEMEP GEORGE MITCHELL'S JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your January 19-20 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Foreign Minis [...]
2010-01-14 14:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPP PTER PINR UNSC MARR SY IS LE
10BEIRUT47PRIME MINISTER HARIRI MEETS WITH CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Increased U.S. military assistance to Lebanon is a priority, Prime Minister Saad Hariri told CODEL McCain on January 9. Though wary of Syrian intentions after his recent trip to Damascus, Hariri said he would work to build on positive practical steps to improve the bilateral rela [...]
2010-01-15 13:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC MASS MCAP KJUS PBTS LE SY IR
10BEIRUT50PRESIDENT SLEIMAN, SPEAKER BERRI AND WALID
[...] (C) Summary: An urgent need for progress on regional peace was the common priority for President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt during their meetings with visiting CODEL McCain on January 8 and 9. Sleiman sought reassurances that U.S. military assistance [...]
2010-01-19 07:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC MASS KPAL KJUS ECPS SY IR LE
10BEIRUT66NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR GEN. JONES´ VISIT TO LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor General Jim Jones explained to President Michel Sleiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi January 15 the U.S. administration,s intention to pursue additional sanctions ag [...]
2010-01-21 15:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS UNSC LE IS SY IR
10BEIRUT89S/E MITCHELL RULES OUT FORCED NATURALIZATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell affirmed to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and Foreign Minister Ali Chami that the U.S. opposes the forced naturalization of Palestinians in Lebanon under any circumstance. During his Janua [...]
2010-01-29 08:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MEPP KPAL SY IS LE
10BEIRUT96UNSCOL WILLIAMS ON UNIFIL INCIDENT, GHAJAR
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams shared with the Ambassador on January 27 a disturbing report of a January 23 act of aggression against a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) foot patrol in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil involving an angry crowd an [...]
2010-01-29 16:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS PTER PINR IS SY LE
10BRASILIA33MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT ON ITS
[...] (C) ChargC) delivered the reftel demarche Jabnuary 29 to Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Machado. Machado asked if the USG and P5+1 partners were seeking additional sanctions against Iran at the present time and if the issue had been placed o [...]
2010-01-29 20:52:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC BR
10BRATISLAVA41SLOVAKS AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING REAL PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Charge d'affaires made reftel demarche to Slovak MFA Political Director Slobodnik on January 29. Slobodnik appreciated the U.S. points, noting that they reinforced Under Secretary Burns' recent session with EU political directors in Spain. Slobodnik said the Slovaks fully understood that [...]
2010-01-29 14:53:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR LO
10BRUSSELS137BELGIUM: SUPPORTING "EFFECTIVE" SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 16:38:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC BE
10BRUSSELS35EU REVISES CT, DPRK, GUINEA SANCTIONS
[...] (C) On December 22 the EU Council formally revised EU counterterrorism (both UN/Al-Qaeda & Taliban and autonomous regimes),North Korea, and Guinea sanctions programs. The December revisions reflect an EU willingness to move beyond UN common denominators in the sanctions domain. Procedural [...]
2010-01-14 05:45:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER UNSC EFIN
10BUDAPEST50HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 14:31:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPARM PREL UNSC IAEA IR HU
10CANBERRA79STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSITION ON IRAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia will support efforts to increase pressure on Iran, whether through the United Nations or other channels. A policy paper has already been written outlining specific measures Australia could take. The United States can count on strong Australian support, regardless of [...]
2010-02-02 20:59:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL IR UNSC AS
10CHISINAU64DEMARCHE REPLY: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO
[...] (C) Ambassador Chaudhry delivered reftel demarche to Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca on February 2. Foreign Minister Leanca promised to tell the Prime Minister to send clear instructions to the Moldovan Customs Service that controls/sanctions on Iran be properly implemented and strict [...]
2010-02-04 14:22:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC MD
10COPENHAGEN64(C) IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: DENMARK "FULLY
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Mideast Department Head Michael Lund Jeppesen told Acting DCM February 2 that Denmark "fully supports" sanctions against Iran, and they should be UNSC sanctions. He recalled that Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller has been clear for a long time that th [...]
2010-02-04 11:05:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR DA
10DJIBOUTI7DJIBOUTI: FONMIN AND CHOD ON IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON ERITREA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 16:23:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS DJ ER UNSC
10KABUL97COORDINATING UN AND UK VIEWS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has begun discussions with the GIRoA and coordination with UN and UK on policies regarding the 2010 Parliamentary elections. The UN and UK are essentially in line with U.S. views, and the UN plans to lead the dialogue with the GIRoA on a reform agenda. Some differen [...]
2010-01-12 04:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC AF
10KAMPALA51Ugandan Response on Mobilizing Pressure on Iran
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche on January 29 to Ugandan State Minister of Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem. Oryem responded by saying Uganda has been firm in insisting that Iran should only use nuclear power for peaceful purposes, and indicated an openness to additional [...]
2010-02-03 08:29:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC UG
10KINSHASA17Operation Amani Leo: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
[...] (C) Summary: Various MONUC officials have underscored that the overriding objective of Operation Amani Leo is civilian protection, although several, including SRSG Alan Doss, cautioned that demands for no collateral damages from a military operation were illusory. The operation, acco [...]
2010-01-22 14:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC MONUC MOPS PHUM PINR KPKO MARR MASS PREL CG
10KUWAIT88AMBASSADOR RAISES IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador, during a January 31 luncheon in honor of Tony Blair at the residence of Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, pulled aside Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah and raised ref A points concerning Iran's nuclear program, continuing USG concerns, and our efforts to addres [...]
2010-02-01 11:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV UNSC IR KU
10KYIV179MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN REGARDING NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Ambassador February 1 drew on reftel points to explain to Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy the US rationale for sharpening the choices that Iran faces by increasing pressure on Iran. Khandogiy expressed general agreement and observed that Ukraine is "very much concerned about [...]
2010-02-01 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR UP
10LIBREVILLE72GABON: HIGH-LEVEL NORTH KOREAN VISIT; REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Gabonese Foreign Minister Paul Toungui officially informed the Ambassador on February 8 that a high-level North Korean delegation led by Kim Yong Nam will visit Libreville during a tour of African countries at the end of February. Kim Yong Nam is the President of the Presidium of the Su [...]
2010-02-11 13:45:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC GB
10LIBREVILLE90GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO ONDIMBA TRAVELING TO NEW YORK (MARCH
[...] (SBU) President Ali Bongo Ondimba will visit New York from March 6 to March 9 when Gabon assumes the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Several aides traveled to New York to advance the President's visit and Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, Africa Program Director at the Inte [...]
2010-02-22 15:54:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UNSC GB
10LILONGWE57MALAWI: DEMARCHE RE IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) DCM conveyed points in reftel demarche Feb. 10 to Anthony Livuza, MFA Principal Secretary and Paul Chiunguzeni, MFA Director of Political Affairs. Both appeared well briefed on the issues. 2. (C) Livuza replied that he understood that the USG had made considerable eff [...]
2010-02-18 16:29:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC IAEA MI
10LJUBLJANA34IRAN: SLOVENIA WILL SUPPORT EU CONSENSUS ON
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on February 3 to Tadej Rupel, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East section. Rupel noted that the EU would likely back tougher measures if the UN Security Council did not adopt stronger sanctions against Iran. The EU does not plan to make an ear [...]
2010-02-10 11:25:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL UNSC IR SI
10LONDON253IRAN: UK PLANS LOBBYING EFFORT SIMILAR TO THAT OF U.S. TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 17:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL IR UNSC
10LUSAKA69ZAMBIA BACKS US ON IRAN
[...] (C) MFA Assistant Director for Africa and Middle East Kimbala Meleka said he would recommend to the Foreign Minister that Zambia support the U.S./EU3 next steps on Iran per reftel. In the absence of the Foreign Minister and the Permanent Secretary, P/E Chief delivered reftel information and [...]
2010-02-05 06:11:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC ZA
10LUXEMBOURG29LUXEMBOURG: PRESSURE IRAN VIA UNSC, AND TARGETED SANCTIONS
[...] (C) On February 2 Ambassador Stroum and DCM discussed reftel points with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Georges Friden. Asselborn agreed that Iran had not responded to "Obama's outstretched hand." He said it was time to increase th [...]
2010-02-05 10:08:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC LU
10MADRID119EXTENSIVE USG ENGAGEMENT WITH SPAIN ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post has left no stone unturned in its extensive engagement with the GOS on the USG's dual-track engagement with Iran and the importance of increasing pressure on Iran if Tehran fails to reciprocate with confidence-building measures and transparency regarding its nucl [...]
2010-02-02 07:48:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TRGY SP EUN UNSC
10MANILA241MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM:
[...] (SBU) Political-External chief delivered Reftel demarche on Iran's nuclear program to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The DFA was represented by Donna Rodriguez, Director of the Office of Political, Security, and Legal Matters in the international organizations bureau, and Rona Goce, [...]
2010-02-05 08:45:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM IR UNSC RP
10MEXICO117Russian FM Lavrov Visit to Mexico: Constructive and
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Mexican Foreign Ministry sources characterized the brief working visit of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov as constructive and focused on multi-lateral and regional issues, i.e., Iran, UN Security Council and Human Rights, Honduras, and Haiti. Lavrov was non-ideological, and [...]
2010-02-19 18:58:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PARM KGHG UNSC IAEA KNNP IR RS HA MX
10MEXICO99Mexico Urges Continued Negotiation with Iran
[...] Poloff met with Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) Director General for Nuclear, Security, and Legal Issues February 8 to express the USG's concerns about Iran's perpetuation of its nuclear program and unresponsiveness to outreach on behalf of the USG, IAEA, and [...]
2010-02-12 15:52:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPARM MX PREL IR UNSC
10MONROVIA134JUANITA NEAL QUERY: INFO RESPONSE
[...] SUMMARY: Juanita Neal has long been involved in the Liberian timber industry. She held a lucrative position in the Taylor government, and currently works as an attorney and timber consultant. While there is reason to believe she has maintained ties with the timber companies that conducted lo [...]
2010-02-01 13:21:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI
10NDJAMENA23MINURCAT PROGRESS REPORT: EAST CHAD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SRSG Victor Angelo told the resident diplomatic and IO corps in N'Djamena January 11 that he was in the process of framing his end-of-first-year report to the SYG and UN Security Council on the performance of the MINURCAT PKO since its inception last March. The report, due in February, [...]
2010-01-12 16:36:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC SU CD
10OSLO61NORWAY OPEN TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vegard Ellefsen, responded receptively to all of reftel talking points, delivered by U.S. Ambassador to Norway Barry White. Ellefsen said that Norway would gladly support and easily adopt stricter measures at the [...]
2010-02-03 12:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC NO
10OTTAWA156CANADA CALLS ON IRAN TO END ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
[...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on February 8 issued a statement expressing concern over Iran's decision further to enrich nuclear material, and calling on Iran to "end its contempt for the international community" and to "take steps toward transparency and compliance" with the [...]
2010-02-09 13:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC IR CA
10OUAGADOUGOU68BURKINA FASO ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 15:03:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC UV
10PRAGUE58CZECH COMMENTS ON MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE
[...] (SBU) We engaged Czech MFA Political Director Ivo Sramek on February 3 to outline the USG perspective on where things stand with Iran and to make the case for increasing pressure. Sramek was clear that the Czechs "absolutely agree" with the USG perspective on next steps, especially the need now [...]
2010-02-03 16:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ IR PARM UNSC
10RABAT35MOROCCO SEEKS 2012-13 UNSC SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 19:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC MO
10RIYADH154DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE
[...] (C) DCM met with Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations, Dr. Khalid Al-Jindan, on February 3 to solicit Saudi support for the U.S. strategy to mobilize pressure to persuade Iran's engagement on its nuclear program per reftel A. 2. (C) Al-Jindan noted that he had attended th [...]
2010-02-03 14:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC SA
10SANTODOMINGO55ENGAGING THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor raised the issues of Iran's reluctance to cooperate with international efforts to build confidence and transparency in its nuclear program (Ref B) and its continuing human rights violations, as well as the prospect of increased repression on/about the upcoming anniversa [...]
2010-02-08 21:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PARM PREL UNSC DR IR
10SEOUL176ROKG CONSIDERS NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IRANIAN
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on February 5 to Koo Hyun-mo, Director of MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, highlighting U.S. diplomatic efforts to engage Iran, outlining the U.S. view of next steps, and seeking ROK cooperation to increase pressure. Director Koo said the [...]
2010-02-05 09:22:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KS IR
10STATE11941GUIDANCE: UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request(paras 2 and 3). 2. (U) USUN is instructed to seek Council consensus towards a UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Iraq containing the elements outlined in the non-paper in para 3. USUN should keep Washington informed on the progress of negotiat [...]
2010-02-05 15:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
10STATE13577GUIDANCE: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FEBRUARY 16 UNAMI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 19:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
10STATE14003Guidance: Middle East Consultations, February 18
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during Middle East consultations in the Security Council on February 18. 2. (U) Begin elements: Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you Under Secretary-General Pascoe for your briefing. Th [...]
2010-02-17 17:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS LE KPAL
10STATE14132BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FEBRUARY 18 UNSC
[...] (SBU) USUN may draw from the points and questions in paragraph three for the February 18 Security Council consultations on the Western Sahara. ---------- Objective ---------- 2. The U.S. objective is to indicate support for the UN-led process. --------------- Talking Points ---- [...]
2010-02-17 19:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC AG MO WI PBTS
10STATE14324UN - DPRK - COMMENTS FOR UNSC READOUT BY UNDER
[...] USUNNY is instructed to draw on para (2) points in addressing the planned February 18 UNSC briefing by UN Under Secretary General Pascoe regarding his recent visit to DPRK. 2. Begin Talking Points. -- It is important for the international community to maintain a unified approach on the d [...]
2010-02-17 23:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KN KS
10STATE14945UN - COTE D'IVOIRE - COMMENTS FOR INFORMAL
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to draw from Para (3) points during the informal meeting on Friday, February 19, 2010 to be held under the auspices of the Chair of the committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Cote D'Ivoire. The Cote d,Ivoire Group of Ex [...]
2010-02-19 01:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IV
10STATE15537UN 1267 SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF USG REVIEW OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is requested to inform the UN 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) Committee of the results of the USG review of names distributed in Tranche 3 pursuant to the Committee,s review per para 25 of UNSCR 1822. USUN should inform the Committee that the USG has no [...]
2010-02-19 22:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
10STATE15558UN SECURITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 24 THEMATIC DEBATE
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the statement in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council thematic debate on Drug Trafficking in West Africa on February 24. End action request. 2. Begin Statement: Thank you, Mr. President. The United States would like to thank France for [...]
2010-02-20 00:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR
10STATE16619DEPUTY STEINBERG MEETS WITH UNAMI SRSG MELKERT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Steinberg and UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert both highlighted concern over foreign involvement in the elections and subsequent government formation. Melkert noted that he expects to work closely with the Government of Iraq (GOI) to support and advise positive government formation s [...]
2010-02-23 20:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
10STATE16745MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: US-UN IRAQ SECURITY
[...] Department requests mission clearance and assistance in obtaining UN credentials for IO/UNP William Haldeman, NEA/I/PM Director Edward Stafford, NEA/I/POL Shaun Mandelkorn, DS/IP/NEA Kevin Bauer, OSD Kathleen Heesch, OSD Lauren Geetter, JCS John Hall, and JCS Thomas Moninger who will be attend [...]
2010-02-23 22:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
10STATE16781DRUGS AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME:
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on drugs and transnational organized crime. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. End action request. 2. Begin [...]
2010-02-24 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR
10STATE18392VOTING INSTRUCTION ON WWII COMMEMORATION AND CSTO
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department authorizes USUN to join consensus and co-sponsor the UN General Assembly resolution in paragraph 2. USUN is authorized to join consensus on the UN General Assembly resolution in paragraph 3, but may not co-sponsor. The Department understands that [...]
2010-02-26 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL RS
10STATE2053USUN TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 12 UNSC
[...] Objective: Use the briefing to support the UN,s efforts in Guinea. Express support for UNOWA,s engagement in strengthening regional approaches to combating drug trafficking. Urge UNOWA to play a stronger role in coordinating regional approaches to Security Sector Reform (SSR). 2. [...]
2010-01-08 22:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XA UNSC PHUM SNAR PU XY
10STATE2600GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 14 BRIEFING BY UNRCCA SRSG
[...] (U) USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points in paragraph two for the January 14 Security Council Briefing by the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA) Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General(SRSG) Miroslav [...]
2010-01-12 00:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UN TX
10STATE2607INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO REQUEST UN 1267 LISTING
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. SUMMARY: The U.S. prenotified (ref A) its intention to request on December 18, 2009, that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of Yemen-based al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its leaders, Nasir al-Wah [...]
2010-01-12 00:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KN KS KTFN PREL PTER SA YM UNSC
10STATE2997TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 15 CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) USUN is instructed to pursue the objectives in paragraph 2 and draw from the points in paragraph 3 during the January 15 Security Council consultations on the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). 2. (U) Objectives: -- Convey support for UNMIN -- Recognize recent discharge of some disqualifie [...]
2010-01-12 20:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC NP
10STATE3380TALKING POINTS FOR SOMALIA CONSULTATIONS JANUARY
[...] Action Request: USUN should draw from the building blocks in paragraph 2 below in drafting the statement for the UN Security Council briefing and consultations on Somalia on January 14, 2010. End action. 2. Begin building blocks: -- Special Representative Ould-Abdallah, thank you [...]
2010-01-13 18:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA
10STATE3574GUIDANCE: OIL-FOR-FOOD (OFF) LETTER
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) USUN is instructed to advocate with Council members for the enclosed non-paper (para 3) affirming UN Security Council action to authorize payment of OFF contracts in 90 days unless the Government of Iraq provides relevant documentation that substantiate [...]
2010-01-13 22:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
10STATE4127USUN TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 15 UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to pursue the objectives in paragraph 2 and draw from the points in paragraph 3 during the January 15 Security Council consultations on Burundi listed under &other matters8 and in conversation with the Burundian Permrep. USUN should also support a Security Council Press St [...]
2010-01-15 00:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XA BY UNSC
10STATE413TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 6 OPEN DEBATE ON UNAMA
[...] (U) USUN is instructed to pursue the objectives in paragraph 2 and draw from the points in paragraph 3 during the January 6 Security Council open debate on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). 2. (U) Objectives: -- Highlight the results of the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan strat [...]
2010-01-04 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC AF
10STATE5266UNMIK - GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 22, 2010 SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council debate on the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) scheduled for January 22, 2010. 2. (U) Begin points: Mr. President, I would like to welcome Kosovo Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni [...]
2010-01-19 23:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL KV
10STATE5792VOTING INSTRUCTION: UNMIN RENEWAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal, scheduled for adoption January 21. USUN should seek additional guidance from the Department if there are any sub [...]
2010-01-21 00:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL NP
10STATE7462UN MISSION IN SUDAN: TALKING POINTS FOR
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in paragraph 2 during consultations before the Security Council on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) scheduled for January 26, 2010. 2. I would like to thank Under Secretary-General Le Roy for his briefing today. Sudan is now enteri [...]
2010-01-25 21:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU
10STATE7686Guidance: Middle East Consultations, January 27
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements in making its intervention during Middle East consultations in the Security Council on January 27, 2010 and in answering subsequent press inquiries. 2. (SBU) Begin elements: I thank Assistant Secretary General Fernand [...]
2010-01-26 16:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
10STATE7986USUN VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph two. 2. ACTION REQUEST: On January 28, 2010, the UN Security Council will vote to renew the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). USUN is authorized to vote in support of the resolution; full text included in paragraph three. USUN shou [...]
2010-01-27 13:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC ET KE
10STATE9124MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2-5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The United States, along with its partners, has made an unprecedented effort to engage Iran in an effort to diplomatically resolve the international community's concerns with Iran's nuclear program. Ira [...]
2010-01-29 03:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC
10TEGUCIGALPA113MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the demarche in reftel on February 1 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mario Canahuati. Canahuati was very supportive of the U.S. position and told the Ambassador that he would inform President Porfirio Lobo of the demarche. LLORENS [...]
2010-02-03 00:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC HO
10TOKYO212MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Drawing on reftel background and talking points, the Ambassador, joined by visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, met February 2 with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka to outline next steps in dealing with Iran and to seek GOJ support for increasing international pressure on I [...]
2010-02-03 04:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR JA
10TRIPOLI135DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref demarche to MFA Director of the International Organizations Department, Mehdi al-Mjribi, on February 10. Mjribi reiterated Libya's support of nuclear non-proliferation initiatives and said that all nations should commit to the principles expressed within the [...]
2010-02-16 16:38:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL IR UNSC LY
10USEUBRUSSELS212COMMISSION TERRORISM SANCTIONS LEGAL CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) This message contains an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 14. This message also contains a list of 26 pending court challenges to EU sanctions designations, as received from the European Commission. Please see Paragraph 13. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY. U.S. interagency sanctions off [...]
2010-02-24 10:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ETTC EUN KTFN PINR PTER UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK1AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH ICTY'S CHIEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),met with Ambassador DiCarlo December 1 prior to the ICTY's biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. Brammertz focused his discussion on recent developments with respect [...]
2010-01-05 18:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK104AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice on February 22 met with Filipino Ambassador Libran Cabactulan, President-elect of the Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to be held in May, 2010. Cabactulan said he is gauging expectations of the States Part [...]
2010-02-24 23:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC UNSC IR RP
10USUNNEWYORK105U.S.MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR REQUEST TO ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 00:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
10USUNNEWYORK106DPRK: IMPROVING THE UN'S RESPONSE TO DPRK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., UK, French and Japanese missions have urged the UN Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") to streamline and improve its response to reported sanctions violations. Missions have urged the chair (Turkey) to encourage vigorous Committee investiga [...]
2010-02-25 00:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK107DPRK: SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa has confidentially reported to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a sanctions violation involving the transfer of North Korea-origin conventional arms to the Republic of Congo via China and Malaysia. According to this report, i [...]
2010-02-25 00:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK111READOUT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary-General met with Israeli Defense Minister Barak in New York on February 24. According to a UN staff readout, UN colleagues were disappointed that Barak did not come with anything new on Gaza for the Secretary-General, who had hoped to get GOI concurrence to move ma [...]
2010-02-26 00:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE IR
10USUNNEWYORK115URUGUAYAN FINANCE MINISTER SAYS UN OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance Alvaro Garcia requested a meeting with Ambassador Wolff to express Uruguay's concern about the UN's late disbursements to Uruguayan peacekeepers. Garcia said Uruguay has been contributing to UN peacekeeping operations for years, regardless of th [...]
2010-02-26 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR UNSC UY
10USUNNEWYORK22MEETING WITH NEW TURKISH COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: Turkey, the new chairman of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) hosted an informal meeting at its mission on January 14, 2010, to outline its main objectives for its 2010 chairmanship and to exchange views with other committee members on the way forward. These p [...]
2010-01-19 14:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ETTC KTFN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK24SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY. The Security Council held a debate on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organizations on January 13, following a two day retreat hosted by the Secretary-General for the heads of some regional organizations. Participants offered their support for greater cooperat [...]
2010-01-19 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK25AMBASSADOR RICE'S JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH OUTGOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met on January 12 with outgoing UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano to thank him for his leadership and seek his candid assessment of the current situation. General Graziano emphasized that an opportunity exists to press for a permanent cease-fire given that [...]
2010-01-19 23:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
10USUNNEWYORK26SOMALIA: TERRORISM THREAT OF UNSTABLE SOMALIA;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 14, UN Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the situation in Somalia. He focused on the terrorism threat posed by Somalia and urged the international community to boost financial support to both AMISOM and the TFG's securit [...]
2010-01-20 00:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO
10USUNNEWYORK27UN SRSG FOR SOMALIA PLEADS FOR FUNDING TO THWART
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 12 meeting with Ambassador Rice, UN Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah underscored Somalia's potential as a terrorist incubator, citing the presence of foreign fighters and the TFG's inability to provide security. He said that two things are needed to def [...]
2010-01-20 10:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO
10USUNNEWYORK28DPRK: EXPERTS INVESTIGATE SANCTIONS VIOLATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Panel of Experts (POE),a team mandated in UNSCR 1874 to help monitor and improve implementation of UN sanctions on North Korea, has launched investigations into the four sanctions violations reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 [...]
2010-01-20 19:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK36DPRK: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE PRESSES ON 1874
[...] (C) The UNSC's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") met on January 20 to push forward on a number of items related to implementation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. China opened the meeting with a lengthy statement reaffirming its support for sanctions implementation, but insis [...]
2010-01-22 12:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK38U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR U/S THOMAS A.
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission grants clearance for Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, to meet with USUN/POL and to assist visitors from the George Washington University Law School in facilitating GWU's offer of pro bono legal assistance for 1540 implementation. An additional meeting with the UN Offi [...]
2010-01-22 17:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL ETTC PARM PGOV PTER UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK39COUNCIL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS AND THE
[...] (SBU) UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) SRSG Choi told the Security Council in an open briefing on January 21 that challenges in implementing the "Ouagadougou IV" reunification plan could hamper the electoral process. Choi also said that the creation of a second electoral list by the Independ [...]
2010-01-22 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY IV LI UV
10USUNNEWYORK44SWITCHING USG CONTRIBUTION FROM CTITF TO UNICRI
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph three below. 2. (U) In September, 2007, the United States pledged $403k to the United Nations Implementation Task Force (CTITF): $226k towards the working group titled "Addressing Radicalization and Extremism That Lead to Terrorism", and $1 [...]
2010-01-25 18:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK51TURKEY CHAIRS ITS FIRST UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkish Permrep Ertugrul Apakan chaired his first UN Security Council CTC meeting January 21. The agenda included the CTC's work program for the next six months and a thematic discussion on implementation and assessment of Security Council resolution 1624 (2005). As there ar [...]
2010-01-29 00:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK53MINURCAT MANDATE RENEWAL -- CAUSE FOR CONCERN
[...] This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the French mission held an informal meeting with Security Council experts and a Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) team prior to its January 26 trip to Chad to discuss the Government of Chad's (GoC) ob [...]
2010-01-29 14:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF UNSC CD CT SU
10USUNNEWYORK55UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...]
2010-01-29 23:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE
10USUNNEWYORK561267 COMMITTEE FALLS BEHIND ON 1822 REVIEW OF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 15:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK61UNGA: SC REFORM: FOURTH ROUND ENDS; CHAIR TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on January 19 and 20 for its second and final meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations to discuss "areas of convergence." While the 52 delegations and one observer who spoke covered the subject of the meetin [...]
2010-02-03 15:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
10USUNNEWYORK631267: UK SOUNDS ALARM ON TARDY REVIEW OF AL QAEDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Deputy Perm Rep Parham expressed concern to Amb. Wolff about the 1267 Committee's disappointingly slow progress on its one-time review of all names on the Al Qaeda / Taliban sanctions list. Parham expressed frustration that the 1267 Committee still had 400 out of 488 names lef [...]
2010-02-05 16:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK72NIGERIAN PERM REP OFFERS TO HELP ON SUDAN, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice hosted a lunch for Nigerian PermRep Ogwu and the Nigerian Security Council team on February 1 to enlist support for U.S. priorities. PR Ogwu expressed reservations over a possible Council trip to Khartoum but committed to considering whether it could make the visi [...]
2010-02-09 20:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC KPKO XY XA NI IR SU PARM
10USUNNEWYORK76UNSC: DPKO BRIEFS ON RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and UNIFIL's Strategic Military Cell (SMC) briefed Security Council members at an informal meeting on February 5 on the key conclusions and recommendations of the Joint UNIFIL-DPKO Technical Review. The review envisions no radic [...]
2010-02-11 19:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
10USUNNEWYORK77AMBASSADOR RAPP (S/SWCI) HOLDS MEETINGS IN NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Stephen Rapp (S/WCI),held meetings in New York February 1, 2 and 5 to take the pulse of the P5, Austria, and Rwanda on the possibility of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) transferring cases to Rwanda's national judicial system where an internat [...]
2010-02-11 22:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYICTY PARM PREF PREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK86NEWLY APPOINTED SRSG ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE WALLSTROM
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 15:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
10USUNNEWYORK88AMB RICE'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN PERMREP
[...] Summary: During a February 8 lunch hosted by Ambassador Rice for Brazilian PermRep Viotti, the U.S. and Brazil were in agreement on priorities for and approaches to dealing with Haiti. On Sudan, Viotti said she believes there is "a measure of convergence" in the SC on what needs to be done t [...]
2010-02-16 21:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IAEA BR IR HA SU
10USUNNEWYORK9THE 2010 SECURITY COUNCIL: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The votes and actions of incoming Security Council members Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria will be more challenging than their predecessors and will require close management on some issues. On the key priority of non-proliferation, Brazil's efforts to d [...]
2010-01-08 17:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK92THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHARTER COMMITTEE WILL
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph five below. 2. (U) Summary. Last December the Sixth (legal) Committee of the General Assembly (GA) adopted resolution A/RES/64/115 titled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the R [...]
2010-02-18 17:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK94PEACEKEEPING: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra told the Security Council in an informal briefing on February 17, that the need for strong Council unanimity of political support, the lack of adequate resources from TCCs/PCCs to match Council mandates, and the increasing complexity of modern peacekee [...]
2010-02-20 00:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK95USUN AND TURKISH MISSIONS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 27. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Apakan and DPR Corman and Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo engaged in a wide ranging discussion of issues before the Security Council at lunch on February 5. They covered Cyprus, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, the [...]
2010-02-20 02:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL TU UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK96DPRK: THAILAND PERM REP PLEDGES COOPERATION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai Perm Rep Sinhaseni briefed Amb. Wolff on Thailand's actions following its December seizure of arms being shipped from North Korea in violation of UNSCR 1874. Sinhaseni explained that Thailand had reported the incident to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee [...]
2010-02-22 18:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK97UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSION - MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Pascoe briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on February 18. He emphasized that the two parties were seriously considering Special Envoy Mitchell's proposal to move to proximity talks and sai [...]
2010-02-22 19:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
10VATICAN19(C) VATICAN AGREES IRAN IS NOT COOPERATING WITH IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 15:51:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIR PARM PREL UNSC VT
10VIENNA119AMBASSADOR PRESSES AUSTRIA ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On Feb. 1, Amb. Eacho delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle. Kyrle, maintaining that Austria was in the European mainstream, was supportive of efforts to win enhanced sanctions in the UN Security Council (UNSC),where he said China would ultimately be [...]
2010-02-02 06:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR AU
10VILNIUS79LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on January 29 to MFA's Acting Foreign Minister (AFM) Rasa Jukneviciene, Vice Minister Asta Skaisgiryte, Political Director Eitvydas Bajarunas and Second Secretary Donatas Vainalavicius. The AFM expres [...]
2010-02-03 14:05:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC LH
10VILNIUS94LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. REGARDING PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) We spoke with MFA's Head of Human Rights Division, Julius Rakitskis, and Laima Jureviciene, Head of Middle East and Africa Division on February 9th to deliver talking points (REF A). We expressed concern about the potential for demons [...]
2010-02-10 14:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNSC IR LH
10WARSAW67POLAND SUPPORTS INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Poland is prepared to increase pressure on Tehran in a bid to thwart Iran's efforts to build an indigenous nuclear weapons capability. Stanislaw Gulinski, filling in for regular MFA Iran desk officer Piotr Kozlowski, agreed with points in reftel demarche that it was time to step up the pr [...]
2010-02-03 10:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC PL IR
10YEREVAN53DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE
[...] (C) On February 1, Ambassador Yovanovitch delivered ref demarche to Armenian Minster of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian. This was Ambassador Yovanovich's second meeting in a week with Nalbandian on Iran,s nuclear program.. At the earlier January 26 meeting in anticipation of Iranian Foreig [...]
2010-02-02 15:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR AM
85LONDON6332EVENING STANDARD ARTICLE ON US CAPTIVES IN
[...] PARAGRAPH 2 CONTAINS ARTICLE FROM THE STANDARD OF MARCH 19, 1985 ENTITLED "TORTURE ORDEAL OF KIDNAPPED US DIPLOMAT". THE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY THEODORE LEVITE IN TEL AVIV. 2. BEGIN TEXT: AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT KIDNAPPED BY LEBANESE EXTREMISTS IS BEING PARADED AROUND THE COUNTRY IN AN OPE [...]
1985-03-19 17:52:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC LE IS XF
88BAGHDAD4587IRAN-IRAQ: EVE OF GENEVA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEST. 2. SUMMARY: TH... [...]
1988-08-23 12:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
88STATE274007UNDERSTANDINGS RELATING TO CEASE-FIRE AND UN OBSERVERS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING AUGUST 17 MEETING (SEPTEL),UNDER SECRETARY ZAHAWI AND INTERNATIONAL-LAW EXPERT QAYSI HANDED TO AMBASSADOR AS HDAS N DRCSMENTS. INCLUDED WERE TWO UNDATED "ANNEXES," ONE ENTITLED, "UNDERSTANDINGS RELATING TO THE CEASE-FIRE," AND THE OTHER, "ARRANGE- MENT [...]
1988-08-22 23:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UNSC IZ IR
89USUNNEWYORK3978TFPM02: MEETING WITH SC PRESIDENT ON PANAMA
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. AMB PICKERING MET WITH SC PRESIDENT (COLOMBIA) DEC 20 TO ASK THAT A LETTER SETTING FORTH THE REASONS FOR U.S. ACTIONS IN PANAMA AND A COPY OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENT BE CIRCULATED AS OFFICIAL UN DOCUMENTS. PICKERING ALSO ARGUED AGAINST PREMATU [...]
1989-12-20 18:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL XK UNSC OAS PM
90KUWAIT4818TFKUO1: TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
1990-08-25 11:29:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETCASC IZ KU MOPS PINS PREL SHUM SREF UNSC
90USUNNEWYORK2143UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 14-0-0 WITH ONE MEMBER, YEMEN, NOT PARTICIPATING, A RESOLUTION (SC RES 660) CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT. THE ALL-NIGHT SC SESSION, CALLED BY THE U.S. AND KUWAIT, HEARD THE KUWAITI PERMREP EXPRESS SHOCK AND "BITTERNESS" OVER [...]
1990-08-02 17:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ UNSC PINS
92USUNNEWYORK2987IRAQ DECIDES NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN UN BOUNDARY
[...] FOR THE RECORD WE PROVIDE THE FULL TEXT OF THE IRAQI FM'S JULY 12 LETTER (S/24275, FAXED TO IO/UNP),SUMMARIZED REFTEL, IN WHICH IRAQ ANNOUNCES THAT IT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE UN BOUNDARY DEMARCATION COMMISSION IN NEW YORK. 2. BEGIN TEXT: LETTER DATED 12 JULY 199 [...]
1992-07-16 01:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS UNSC KU IZ
92USUNNEWYORK5825 TFSOOL - UN WOULD LIKE TO CONSULT WITH US ON
[...] CONFIDENTIAL: ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN DECEMBER 7 MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR PERKINS, THE SYG AND USG GOULDING ASKED THE US TO CONSULT WITH THE UN ON TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS BEFORE MAKING FINAL DECISIONS. END SUMMARY. 3. IN SUCCESSIVE MEETINGS DECEMBER 7 BOUTROS GHALI AND USG GOULDING U [...]
1992-12-08 21:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM SO
93ALEXANDRIA24EGYPT-LIBYA: LIBYA REOPENS THE BORDER
[...] OFFICIALS OF THE MERSA MATROUH GOVERNORATE HAVE CONFIRMED LOCAL PRESS REPORTS THAT THE SALLOUM BORDER CROSSING WAS REOPENED BY LIBYAN AUTHORITIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12. LIBYA HAD CLOSED ITS LAND BORDERS FOR A THREE-DAY PERIOD TO PROTEST THE U.N.-IMPOSED SANCTIONS (COMMENT: THERE [...]
1993-01-13 13:50:00Consulate AlexandriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD UNSC LY EG
93STATE374527 UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON LIBYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: AS POSTS ARE AWARE, NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA CAME INTO FORCE AT 00:01 EST ON 1 DECEMBER 1993. THESE MEASURES ARE DESIGNED TO BRING TO JUSTICE THE PERPETRATORS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST PAN AM 103 AND UTA 772. UNSC RESOLUTION 883 FREEZES CERTAIN LIBYAN [...]
1993-12-14 03:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC UNSC PREL ETRD LY
95TOKYO3257 BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED BOLKIAH'S
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED BOLKIAH VISITED JAPAN MARCH 7 - 9 IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND VACATIONED IN TOKYO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. HE MET WITH THE EMPEROR, CROWN PRINCE, AND GOJ FOREIGN MINISTER KONO. WITH THE LATTER HE DISCUSSED T [...]
1995-03-20 02:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN APEC NPT UNSC BX JA
96CAIRO13851EL-SADIQ EL-MAHDI ON THE FUTURE OF SUDAN
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM VINCENT BATTLE, REASON 1.5 (D). CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. DRAWING ON REFTEL TALKING POINTS, DCM MET WITH EL-SADIQ EL-MAHDI IN CAIRO ON DECEMBER 30 TO DISCUSS HIS FUTURE PLANS, SUDANESE OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES, THE POLITICAL SITUATION INSID [...]
1996-12-31 06:39:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KISL SU EG
97ROME5198ITALY: A MORE ACTIVIST POLICY TOWARD ROGUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT GOI ACTIVITY SUGGESTS ITALY IS PURSUING MORE ACTIVIST POLICIES TOWARD THE SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES: IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA. ACCORDING TO THE MFA, ITALY HAS, IN FACT, A SINGLE, BROAD POLICY FOR THESE COUNTRIES, CENTERED UPON THE BELIEF THAT ENGAGEMENT, NOT ISOLATION, IS TH [...]
1997-06-11 16:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT
98STATE143823LETTER ON IRAQ FROM THE SECRETARY TO FM PRIMAKOV
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY NEA PDAS DAVID WELCH, REASON 1.5(B) 2. (C) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR EMBASSY MOSCOW. SEE PARA 4. 3. (C) BACKGROUND: ON AUGUST 4, THE SECRETARY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PRIMAKOV IN WHICH PRIMAKOV ASSERTED CATEGORICALLY THAT IRAQ HAD ELIMINATED ALL WMD AND NO LONGER RE [...]
1998-08-07 00:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC IZ RU
98USUNNEWYORK1622 PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 28 THE SECURITY COUNCIL COULD NOT ISSUE A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT "STRONGLY DEPLORING" THE MAY 28 PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST. DESPITE MAY 28 LATE NIGHT SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS OF THE WHOLE, THE CHINESE SAID THEY WERE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. DURING EARLIER INFORMAL CONSULT [...]
1998-05-29 04:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN
98USUNNEWYORK1638 SECOND PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: UN SECURITY
[...] (C) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL MET IN EMERGENCY SESSION MAY 30 AT THE REQUEST OF JAPAN TO RESPOND TO THE SECOND SET OF PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR OWADA, UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS GOVERNMENT, TABLED A DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION (TEXT IN PARA 7),CO-SPONSORED BY SWEDEN [...]
1998-05-30 21:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN
98USUNNEWYORK2600UN: COUNCIL REVIEWS SUDAN LETTER OF PROTEST
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 24, COUNCIL PRESIDENT TURK (SLOVENIA) NOTED RECEIPT OF A LETTER FROM SUDANESE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS RORIC CONDEMNING THE AUGUST 20 DESTRUCTION OF THE EL-SHIFA PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY BY U.S. MISSILES (REF A). AMBASSADOR BURLEIGH EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THE JUSTIFICA [...]
1998-08-24 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SU
99STATE51304LIBYA/PA103: QADHAFI LETTER
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) THE LETTER WHICH QADHAFI PROVIDED TO PRESIDENT MANDELA 3/19 APPEARS TO REPRESENT PROGRESS TOWARD LIBYAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1192. ACCORDINGLY, USUN SHOULD APPROACH THE SYG AT EARLIEST CONVENIENCE TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE IN PARA 3. APPROACH TO THE [...]
1999-03-20 04:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PTER ETTC SA LY
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