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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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06KUWAIT2563KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APPROACHING GULF ARAB
[...] (C/NF) The Charge delivered June 27 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah ref A demarche encouraging Gulf states to invite Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki for an official visit. Referring to positive GOK statements following the formation of the new Iraqi government, [...]
2006-06-27 12:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID PGOV KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT2564KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TEMPORARY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 12:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL EAID KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT265AMBASSADOR MAKES THE PITCH FOR AFGHANISTAN AID
[...] (C) Per reftel A instructions, Ambassador spoke to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khalid Jarallah about the London Conference in support of Afghanistan. Ambassador urged the GOK to provide a significant new funding pledge at the conference and advised Jarallah of participation by [...]
2006-01-25 15:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KUNC KU TC
06KUWAIT2776IRAQI PM MALIKI LEADS MINISTERIAL DELEGATION ON
[...] (S/NF) MFA Under Secretary Khalid Jarallah told CDA on July 10 that the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had been "very very positive" and that Maliki had made a good impression on GOK officials. His reconciliation initiative briefing elicited promises of "full support" from the Amir. T [...]
2006-07-10 13:54:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2813SCENESETTER FOR JULY 21-22 VISIT TO KUWAIT OF
[...] (C) Welcome to Kuwait, Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow, and delegation. Your visit comes during a period in which Kuwait has been active both domestically and regionally. Parliamentary elections, the first in which women participated as both voters and candidates, were held Jun [...]
2006-07-12 10:54:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNEAID PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2953KIMMITT/ZELIKOW VISIT TO KUWAIT: GOK LEADERSHIP
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and State Department Counselor Zelikow, during a July 22 visit, briefed Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah, Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi, Fawzi Al-Hunaif of the Kuwait Fund, and Director General of the Arab [...]
2006-07-23 15:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2954DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND COUNSELOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 22 meeting with Mr. Abdul Latif Al-Hamad, Director General (DG) of the Arab Fund, Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt and State Dept. Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow outlined the concept for the Iraq Compact, laid out a timeline for critical steps, and solicited the ac [...]
2006-07-23 15:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3075KUWAIT DEMARCHE SOLICITING SUPPORT STATEMENTS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 12:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3163KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-06 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SMIG UNGA KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3243VIEW ON UNICEF COUNTRY PROGRAM FOR KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the invitation to offer input regarding UNICEF programs in Kuwait. Embassy concurs that the areas in greatest need of attention are advocacy for marginalized children, childhood education, and child protection programs. Post commends UNICEF's focus in Kuwait on opportun [...]
2006-08-13 05:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL UNICEF KU
06KUWAIT3309KUWAIT PROVIDING 800 MILLION PLUS IN OFFICIAL AND
[...] (SBU) In a 15 August meeting with Kuwaiti Minister of Finance Badr Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Ambassador asked about GOK aid to Lebanon. The Finance Minister responded that the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) would be depositing $500 million in the Lebanese Central Bank. (Note: KIA is Kuwait's [...]
2006-08-15 09:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID KU LE
06KUWAIT3326KUWAIT TO RESUME SUPPLY OF DISCOUNTED DIESEL TO
[...] State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) signed a contract with Electricite du Liban (EdL),Lebanon's state-owned electricity company in August 2005 to provide 600,000 tons of diesel fuel annually at a concessional price of $800 million. The GOK issued a press release at the time sayin [...]
2006-08-16 14:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET PREL KU
06KUWAIT3442KUWAITI RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 11:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS EAID LE KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3451(C/NF) KUWAIT CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR DISPLACED
[...] (C/NF) In Ambassador's 23 August meeting at the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA Director for Coordination and Follow-up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, said that Kuwait's National Security Bureau (NSB) was beginning contingency planning to manage displaced persons in case of an outbrea [...]
2006-08-23 14:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PGOV PREL OVIP KU
06KUWAIT3534KUWAIT DEMARCHES DELIVERED: DONORS' AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah, Office Director for the Foreign Minister confirmed August 29 to EmbOff that Kuwait would attend the August 31 Donor's conference in Stockholm, Sweden and would be represented by Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi and Arab Fund for Economic and Social D [...]
2006-08-30 13:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PREL PHUM KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT374PROMINENT GCC INVESTMENT BANK CURTAILING
[...] (SBU) During a February 1 meeting, representatives from Global Investment House (GIH),one of the GCC's largest and most successful investment banks, informed Econoff that new GIH investments in the Palestinian territories were on-hold pending a reevaluation of the company's investments in the [...]
2006-02-04 17:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON WE GZ KU XF
06KUWAIT399KUWAIT FUND ON IRAQ, LEBANON, PA AND STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 1 meeting with Econoff, the Kuwait Fund's (KFAED) Regional Manager for Arab Countries outlined details of an informal December 2005 agreement with the Iraqi Planning Ministry on allocation of the GOK's $560M assistance package for Iraq; pointed to renewed [...]
2006-02-05 15:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID KU GZ WE IZ XF
06KUWAIT4023IRAQ COMPACT: GOK UNDECIDED ABOUT HOSTING LATE
[...] (C) As instructed reftel, Econcouns discussed reftel demarche and upcoming Iraq Compact (ICI) events with UK DCM Jamie Bowden on October 7. Bowden said UK Ambassador had raised the Iraq Compact with MFA U/S Jarallah that morning, and had been told the GOK was still undecided about hosting th [...]
2006-10-09 07:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
06KUWAIT4109UPDATE ON ARTICLE 98 AND KATRINA AID
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-15 13:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM EAID KLEG KU KATRINA AID
06KUWAIT4119ARAB FUND ON IRAQ COMPACT AND AID TO LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Arab Fund Director General Abdul Latif Al-Hamad told Charge October 16 that the Iraq Compact enjoys "very little support" among Arab countries. He said a combination of "fogginess" over who is driving the compact, anxiety about the brisk pace at which it is moving, and a gene [...]
2006-10-16 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
06KUWAIT4177IRAQ COMPACT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR OCTOBER
[...] (C) Econcouns spoke with MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khalid Maqamis on October 18 to touch base on GOK planning for the hosting of the Iraq Compact meeting on October 31. Maqamis said the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) had been charged by the forei [...]
2006-10-18 13:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
06KUWAIT4211SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 31 IRAQ COMPACT
[...] (C) Undersecretary Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, we look forward to your visit. The October 31 meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) will involve delegations from 22 nations and will be hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Kuwait De [...]
2006-10-24 07:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID ETTC IQ KU
06KUWAIT4212SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 31 IRAQ COMPACT
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, we look forward to your visit. The October 31 meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) will involve delegations from 22 nations and will be hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Kuwait [...]
2006-10-24 18:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID ETTC IQ KU
06KUWAIT4291KUWAIT FINANCE MINISTER URGES DISCRETION ON IRAQI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 31, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Kuwaiti Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi to discuss the Iraq Compact, Iraqi debt relief, Lebanon's debt situation, oversight of Kuwaiti charities, and Kuwaiti investments in the United States. Kimmitt provided an update [...]
2006-10-31 21:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4308TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt held a series of meetings on the margins of the October 31 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) meeting in Kuwait between October 30 and November 1. The meetings focused on preparation for the PG and key follow [...]
2006-11-01 14:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV
06KUWAIT4309INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ: OCT 31 PG MEETING STRESSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the Oct. 31 meeting of the Preparatory Group (PG) for the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),the PG achieved broad consensus that the current iteration was satisfactory, and that critical next steps include reaching out to a broader range of countries for participation in [...]
2006-11-01 14:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV IZ KU
06KUWAIT4310DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, TERROR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 1 November, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Shaykh Salem Abdullah Al-Sabah, to report on the results of the previous day's Iraq Compact Preparatory Group Meeting (septel) and discuss the importance of a strong monitoring [...]
2006-11-01 16:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN EINV KTFN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4311IRAQ COMPACT: ARAB FUND PROMISES CONTINUED
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 1 meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Arab Fund Director General Abdul Latif al-Hamad reiterated the Fund's "unwavering" support for the Iraq Compact, despite the absence of the Fund from the October 31 Iraq Compact (ICI) Prep Group meeting due to [...]
2006-11-01 16:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
06KUWAIT4312IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with Kuwait Fund Director General Abdulwahab Ahmed Al-Bader on the margins of the International Compact for Iraq Preparatory Group meeting in Kuwait. The meeting was also attended by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secre [...]
2006-11-01 16:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4313IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the margins of the International Compact for Iraq Preparatory Group (PG) meeting in Kuwait. Al-Sabah expressed little enthusiasm for debt f [...]
2006-11-01 17:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4315IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury D/S Kimmitt met with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Kuwait City on November 1, the day following the Preparatory Group meeting on the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). They had a wide ranging discussion regarding the ICI, Iraq-Saudi relations, the Iraqi insurgency and Iraq's [...]
2006-11-03 11:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT436FY 2007 ESF PROPOSAL: "PROJECT RESPECT" TO RAISE
[...] Embassy Kuwait requests ESF funding for an anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign targeted primarily at increasing protection for East and South Asian workers, the most vulnerable labor communities in Kuwait. Project RESPECT (Reaching Employers and Sponsors to Prevent and End Crimes of T [...]
2006-02-07 14:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB EAID KU TIP
06KUWAIT4400DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING
[...] (SBU) In the absence of MFA Director of Arab Affairs Jaseem Al-Mubaraki, who is on official travel in the Gulf, Econcouns delivered reftel demarche to the head of the Arab League office at the MFA, Ahmed Al-Baqer, on November 7. Al-Baqer said no one from the Ministry would attend the meeting, [...]
2006-11-07 11:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KBCT KU
06KUWAIT4415LEBANON: UPDATE ON ASSISTANCE FROM KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for updates on host country assistance to Lebanon, Econcouns met November 7 with Kuwait Fund Regional Director for Arab Affairs Marwan al-Ghanim. Al-Ghanim said the Kuwait Fund was forging ahead with plans to allocate the USD 300 million pledged to the GOL [...]
2006-11-08 12:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID KU
06KUWAIT4438IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS: "A BLOODY, UPHILL BATTLE"
[...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the Arab Fund expressed pessimism November 12 about the prospects for Iraq debt forgiveness on the part of the GOK. He said there was virtually no public support for the measure in Kuwait, and he did not believe the senior Kuwaiti leadership, especially t [...]
2006-11-12 13:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4464IRAQ: UPDATE ON KUWAIT FUND ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) This cable updates previous reporting on economic and reconstruction assistance to Iraq from the Kuwait Fund, which manages the majority but not all of Kuwaiti assistance to Iraq. While the cable provides more detail on the amounts pledged, the figures cited do not represent new assista [...]
2006-11-15 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID KU
06KUWAIT4489ARAB FUND TO HOST COORDINATION MEETING WITH ARAB
[...] (SBU) Post received on November 19 the invitation letter contained in para 3 addressed to Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Tobias. The invitation is for a high-level coordination meeting with Arab development institutions to be hosted by the Arab Fund for Economic and S [...]
2006-11-21 08:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID KU
06KUWAIT4501YEMEN: MFA SAYS KUWAITI AID PLEDGE "APPROPRIATE"
[...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Econcouns met with MFA Director of Arab Affairs Jassem Al-Mubaraki November 21 to thank the GOK for its support to Yemen during the November 15 Yemen Donors Conference in London (note: Kuwait pledged USD 200 million in loans to Yemen, to be administered by the Kuwa [...]
2006-11-21 16:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID KU
06KUWAIT4645IRAQ COMPACT: LETTER TO TREASURY DEPSEC FROM THE
[...] (U) Post has received the following letter from Abdelatif Y. Al-Hamad, Director General/Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, dated November 26, addressed to Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt. The original has been sent to DepSec SIPDIS [...]
2006-12-13 11:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4650LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON ECONOMIC AND SECURITY
[...] (C) In response to reftel encouraging additional economic and security assistance to Lebanon, Econcouns spoke with MFA Director of Arab Affairs Jassem Al-Mubaraki and Director of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development December 13 to encourage additional assistance beyond the substan [...]
2006-12-13 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
06KUWAIT4680KUWAIT MFA OFFICIAL ON SYRIA ENGAGEMENT, HANIYEH
[...] (C) Summary: According to MFA Arab Affairs Director Al-Mubaraki, Bashar al-Asad has signaled to Kuwait and others his readiness for a deal with the U.S. Kuwait has no plans to meet with the Syrians at a senior level. Palestinian PM Haniyeh could visit Kuwait in the near future, though deta [...]
2006-12-20 06:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL KU SY
06KUWAIT4682PARLIAMENT VOTES 39-20 AGAINST WRITING OFF PRIVATE
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti Parliament voted December 19 against a controversial proposal to write off citizens' private loans at an estimated cost to the government of $27 billion. The proposal was strongly supported by tribal parliamentarians, dividing the three opposition bloc [...]
2006-12-20 06:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EAID ECON KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4686KATRINA ASSISTANCE: NO IMMINENT HELP FROM KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) As instructed Ref A, Econcouns raised the status of Kuwait's USD 500 million pledge for Hurricane Katrina relief with Hamad Al Mashan at the MFA America's Department on December 20. Econcouns thanked the GOK for the USD 50 million disbursed thus far and noted our understanding that USD [...]
2006-12-20 13:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
06KUWAIT594SCENESETTER FOR COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S FEB. 28 -
[...] (U) We look forward to your visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Minister of Energy Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Minister of Finance Bader M. Al-Humaidhi. Your visit [...]
2006-02-21 07:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ENRG KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT615KUWAIT CURRENT ON ARAB LEAGUE COMMITMENTS FOR
[...] (U) According to a February 20 Arab Times (local English daily) article, the Arab League issued a report on Sunday, February 19 identifying Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Egypt as the only four Arab states to have fulfilled Arab League payment commitments in support of the Palestinian Aut [...]
2006-02-21 15:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN WE GZ KU
06KUWAIT678KUWAIT OFFERS $10 MILLION TO RESTORE SAMARRA
[...] (U) According to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and confirmed by MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, on Monday, February 27, the GOK Council of Ministers (cabinet) authorized a $10 million grant for Iraq, half for the restoration of the Shrine of the Two Imams mosque in Samarra and half for othe [...]
2006-02-28 11:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID IZ KU
06KUWAIT701 OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENCE AND MATH COOPERATION IN KUWAIT
[...] Summary: Kuwait is fertile ground for cooperation with the Ministry of Education on science and mathematics education as well as with cooperation with local science clubs and museums. Public Diplomacy programming in Kuwait have been effective in engaging Kuwaiti students, including science st [...]
2006-03-01 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO SCUL SENV OEXC OIIP EAID PREL XF KU
06KUWAIT87A/S WAYNE AND TREASURY DAS SAEED ENGAGE KUWAITIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, accompanied by the Ambassador, NEA/ARPI Deputy Director Steve Walker, EB Financial Economist Roland de Marcellus, and Econoff, met separately with Minister of Finance Bader Al-Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Minister of Commerce & Indust [...]
2006-01-10 10:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN ECON KPAL AF LE IZ IS KU
06KUWAIT883KUWAIT FUND WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT WITH ARAB
[...] (SBU) On March 8, Econoff met with Marwan Al-Ghanem, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to discuss the possibility of USG participation in upcoming multilateral planning meetings of Arab donor organizations in an effort to enhance coor [...]
2006-03-15 11:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL ECON IZ KU
06KUWAIT890KUWAIT FUND AWAITING AFGHAN GOVT RESPONSE ON NEW
[...] (SBU) On March 8, Econoff met with Abdul Kareem Al-Mutawa, Regional Manager for South Asia at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to discuss the recent Afghanistan Compact conference held in London. (Note: Al-Mutawa attended as part of the GOK delegation headed by KFAED Dir [...]
2006-03-15 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL AF KU
06KYIV4466EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE
[...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...]
2006-12-05 14:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO UP
06LAGOS1001CHIEF HORSFALL SAYS OBASANJO INATTENTIVE TO THE
[...] (C) Chief Albert Horsfall, recently named by President Obasanjo as Honorary Advisor to the President on Social and Economic Development of the Coastal States of the Niger Delta, told the Consul General short-term results and a long-term comprehensive plan are needed to stave additional unres [...]
2006-07-18 13:23:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET EAID NI
06LAGOS1024NIGERIA SSH OBLIGATION STATUS
[...] The SSH committee has identified eleven special self-help projects to fund for FY 2006. The signing of the project, with activity agreements signings pending will take place after final site visits. Mission has implemented shifted Ambassador Campbell''s decision to transferthe focus of the SS [...]
2006-07-24 16:06:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SOCI AFIN AMGT NI
06LAGOS1133BIRD FLU SPREADS TO SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The H5N1 avian influenza (AI) virus is spreading at an alarming rate in Southwest Nigeria, the region which accounts for about 80 percent of poultry production in Nigeria. President Obasanjo's poultry farm in Ota, Ogun State, reportedly has been severely affected. Many Poultry [...]
2006-08-25 14:30:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06LAGOS1239SSH/DHRF GRANT FUNDS SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) On September 19, the Consul General signed thirteen grant agreements to fund Special Self-help (SSH) and Democracy Human Rights Fund (DHRF) projects in the Niger Delta states of Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom. The SSH grants fund community development projects, including boreholes [...]
2006-09-29 10:49:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SOCI AFIN AMGT NI
06LAGOS1417DHRF GRANT ENCOURAGES WOMEN CANDIDATES IN NIGER DELTA
[...] (U) Summary: Twenty-eight women candidates, campaign coordinators, and aspiring political and party leaders attended the October 24-25 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) workshop, QMainstreaming Women Leaders into the Political Process in NigeriaQs Niger Delta States of Rivers, Bayelsa, D [...]
2006-12-12 14:33:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV EAID ECON SOCI NI
06LAGOS146ALLOCATION REQUEST FOR THE AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL
[...] U.S. Mission Nigeria requests USD 250,000 for its Special Self Help (SSH) program for FY06. Given the strategic importance of the Niger Delta to American interests in Nigeria and to Nigeria's very stability, Mission would like to focus our self help efforts on easing tensions and improving l [...]
2006-02-01 16:55:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM SOCI NI
06LAGOS257LAGOS LAND TITLING REFORM MISSES MARK
[...] (SBU) A cumbersome legal superstructure continues to hamper the real estate and mortgage market in Lagos. Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu's recent attempts at land reform are cosmetic in nature and do not alleviate the fundamental problems associated with land titling and conveyance in Lagos [...]
2006-02-21 09:21:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
06LAGOS430SHELL CONTEMPLATES LONG TERM HOSTAGE SCENARIOS AND
[...] (C) A senior Shell executive assessed President Obasanjo is coming to the realization the hostage situation is symptomatic of larger Delta developmental problems; he has underscored the need to accelerate Delta development projects quickly. Shell management reiterated its view there is no m [...]
2006-03-23 15:51:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC EAID PTER NI
06LAGOS478CHEVRON NIGERIA SEEKS LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO DELTA
[...] (C) Chevron Nigeria security consultant Hamish MacDonald shared concerns that a large amount of money was paid for the release of the Delta hostages and an industry of hostage-taking may be in the offing. Chevron has managed thus far to stay out of harm's way, but MacDonald feels the urgent [...]
2006-04-03 06:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC EAID NI
06LAGOS58THE TWO FACES OF RIVERS STATE
[...] (C) Consul General toured numerous development projects around greater Port Harcourt during a recent visit to Rivers State. Power generation and roads are being improved around Port Harcourt. We saw government-funded housing and some evidence of micro-credit initiatives (taxi-cab operators) [...]
2006-01-18 13:50:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID NI
06LAGOS9LAND TENURE REFORM NEEDED FOR REAL ESTATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian housing/real estate sector is cumbersome, costly, and has not been the catalyst for growth and private sector activity that it should be. Primary reasons for the inefficiency of this sector are that the laws and regulations governing conveyance and registration of [...]
2006-01-04 15:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EIND KCOR EAID PGOV NI
06LAPAZ1095BOLIVIA'S 2006 BUDGET: STRONG STATE PRESENCE
[...] Summary: The Morales administration sent a revised 2006 public budget proposal to Congress on March 24. The revised budget includes additional appropriations for health and education, while cutting salaries for government workers. Although the new administration has not yet released its econo [...]
2006-04-20 20:51:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV EAID BL
06LAPAZ1316GOB EXPLAINS HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, accompanied by the Finance and Planning Ministers, convened a meeting of international donors on May 12 to discuss the GOB's hydrocarbons nationalization decree issued on May 1 (ref A). After decrying the "neoliberal" economic model, the [...]
2006-05-16 17:30:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1384BOLIVIA: IMF, IDB, AND WORLD BANK UPDATES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Please see paragraph 6 for action request. The World Bank Andean Director met with the Ambassador to solicit support from the U.S. government for the approval of its interim Bolivian strategy during the next World Bank [...]
2006-05-23 18:11:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1644BOLIVIA'S EXPANSIVE COCA POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB's coca strategy is becoming more explicit, and its expansiveness will only complicate effective control. On June 17, President Morales celebrated the opening of a coca tea plant in the Yungas and unveiled a domestic coca leaf commercialization regime that reportedly allo [...]
2006-06-19 15:30:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EAID BL
06LAPAZ1660GOB UNVEILS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB released its five-year national development plan on June 16. The plan proposes a strong state presence in the economy and natural resource management and substantial public investment in order to create jobs, diminish poverty, improve health and education, and provide [...]
2006-06-20 19:02:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1845MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered reftel information to Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) representative, Javier Hurtado, on July 5. Hurtado was optimistic that Bolivia would not follow in the Gambia's footsteps. He plans to contract seven technical team members within the next wee [...]
2006-07-06 15:56:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2197IDB'S FUTURE DIRECTION
[...] (C) Summary: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Resident Representative told Econoff on August 11 that a donor coordination meeting to be held in Bolivia in October would likely fail to meet the GOB's anticipated funding requirements. The GOB's National Development Plan relies heavily [...]
2006-08-14 21:13:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON BL
06LAPAZ2831CONFLICT AND GOB'S LACK OF CAPACITY HINDERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the resident coordinator of the United Nations (UN) told the Ambassador that the UN supported the Constituent Assembly as a way to unify Bolivia's population, but was worried that it would end up dividing it instead. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident [...]
2006-10-19 16:57:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV BL
06LAPAZ3071BOLIVIA'S TITLE II ASSISTANCE HELPS SLASH
[...] (U) Tens of thousands of Bolivian children, many in isolated rural areas, suffer from chronic malnutrition. Many simply lack appropriate food, while others suffer from parasites and infectious diseases that hamper the body's ability to retain nutrients. With PL 480 Title II support, administ [...]
2006-11-15 18:04:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ3079FINANCE AND PLANNING MINISTERS LAY OUT GOB
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on November 10, Finance Minister Arce told the Ambassador that Bolivia has a positive fiscal balance, but that the government must resolve the inequitable distribution of resources among the central government and regional governments. Arce said that the ministry is [...]
2006-11-15 21:15:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV BL
06LAPAZ3098BOLIVIA: ADVANCING U.S. EFFORTS ON WATER AND
[...] (U) Significant numbers of Bolivians lack access to clean water and sanitation. GOB authorities at all levels recognize the problem and have committed to expanding access to basic services; many have worked closely with U.S. and other international donors to boost water and sanitation coverag [...]
2006-11-17 18:53:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV SENV BL
06LAPAZ3346IDB AND IMF DISCUSS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES WITH
[...] (SBU) The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is realigning its USD 400 million of loans in the pipeline for Bolivia with the country's national development plan. The IDB is preparing an interim strategy for Bolivia and hopes to implement a more permanent strategy after the constituent asse [...]
2006-12-11 21:16:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV BL
06LAPAZ34022007 DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 31
[...] (U) President Morales will announce the government's economic development plan for 2007 on December 31. The government will encourage production through the founding of a national development bank, perhaps with Venezuelan funding, and by government purchase of products and the creation of "pr [...]
2006-12-19 13:08:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN EINV EAGR BL
06LAPAZ417MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY ON COCA, ERADICATION, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramos de la Quintana told the Ambassador February 15 that the GOB wanted USG agencies to continue their programs in the Chapare, though implementation methods may need to be modified. He acknowledged that the GOB's counternarcotics policies were sti [...]
2006-02-16 23:10:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PHUM EAID BL
06LAPAZ428BIZARRE CUBAN AID ENCOUNTER
[...] (C) Santa Cruz Business Chamber (CAINCO) President Gabriel Dabdoub related to the Ambassador on February 15 a strange encounter he witnessed between President Evo Morales, Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas and Cuban Ambassador to Bolivia Luiz Felipe Vazquez. According to Dabdoub, the Cuban Amb [...]
2006-02-17 20:10:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ451FIRST MEETING WITH EVO AS PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly two hour conversation with the Ambassador at the Presidential Palace on February 18, Evo Morales would not be pinned down on details of eradication but showed interest in at least limited cooperation on broader counternarcotics and anti-corruption issues. The Am [...]
2006-02-21 21:35:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON PINR EAID BL
06LAPAZ597REPRESENTATIVE LOWEY VISITS BOLIVIA AND MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) accompanied by House Appropriations Clerk Nisha Desai and State Department Congressional Liaison Cherith Norman, visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 23-25. The delegation met with President Morales who complained about the 2004 visa revocatio [...]
2006-03-07 19:20:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON SNAR ETRD USTR BL
06LAPAZ680AGRICULTURE MINISTER FOCUSES ON LAND TITLING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Agriculture Hugo Salvatierra explained that the new Ministry of Rural Development and Agriculture had taken over the tasks of two and a half ministries, and was currently consulting with civil groups for their input into the [...]
2006-03-13 18:43:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD PINR PGOV PREL EAID BL
06LAPAZ84IDB PREOCCUPIED BY UNCERTAINTY OF U.S. AND GOB
[...] (SBU) Summary: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Resident Representative, Joel Branski, told the DCM and Econoffs on January 11 that IDB staff has not met with the MAS' transition team, but that an IDB delegation plans to visit Bolivia at the end of January after the Presidential inaugura [...]
2006-01-13 20:06:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN BL
06LAPAZ937IMF AGREEMENT ENDS
[...] Summary: Bolivia's Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expired on March 31, and the GOB has indicated that it does not want to sign a new agreement with the Fund. The lack of a Fund agreement could jeopardize donations from multilateral and bilateral institutions and [...]
2006-04-03 20:35:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID PGOV BL
06LAPAZ985CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: LISTS OUT; GOVERNMENT SEEKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The list of candidates for the Constituent Assembly, publicly released on April 4, suggests an opposition increasingly fragmented and in disarray. While this should boost the MAS's hope to dominate the assembly, the ruling party has problems of its own. These stem from social [...]
2006-04-10 17:36:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI PHUM EAID BL
06LIBREVILLE150RAINFOREST AND GORILLAS IN E. NIGERIA/W. CAMEROON
[...] REO and Abuja Econoff travelled to sites in Cross River State (Eastern Nigeria) in mid-February for meetings with conservation NGOs and local government officials, including the state governor, Donald Duke. This area has notably rich biodiversity, including the last rainforest in Nigeria, se [...]
2006-03-06 10:53:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID NI CM
06LIBREVILLE164GABON SETS AIR TICKET TAX AS PART OF FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 11:12:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EAIR
06LILONGWE123ESF PROPOSAL FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT
[...] Lilongwe submits the following proposal for funding under ESF. This proposal is first priority, ranked above a separate INCLE-funded proposal that is being submitted septel. Proposal format is keyed to ref A, para 21. A. Establishment and dissemination of information regarding trafficking [...]
2006-02-08 16:19:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC EAID ELAB PREL SMIG MI
06LILONGWE125INCLE PROPOSAL FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Lilongwe submits the following proposal for funding under INCLE. This proposal is second priority, ranked below a separate ESF-funded proposal that is being submitted septel. Proposal format is keyed to ref A, para 21. A. Establishment of a Regulatory Framework to prohibit trafficking in p [...]
2006-02-08 16:36:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC EAID ELAB PREL SMIG MI
06LILONGWE179MALAWI'S MIXED FEELINGS ON HONG KONG TALKS
[...] In a recent briefing for the private sector, Malawi's trade minist 2. To take better advantage of open markets, the GOM understands that 3. While noting good progress on eliminating export subsidies by 2013 4. COMMENT: The GOM's trade position appears to be driven mainly by t GILMOUR [...]
2006-02-22 16:59:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD ECIN ECON MI
06LILONGWE181MALAWI'S MIXED FEELINGS ON HONG KONG TALKS
[...] In a recent briefing for the private sector, Malawi's trade ministry indicated both satisfaction and disappointment at the outcome of December's WTO ministerial conference held in Hong Kong. As expected, the GOM had been concerned mainly about concessions to least-developed countries (LDCs). T [...]
2006-02-23 15:01:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD ECIN ECON MI
06LILONGWE19NORTHERN MALAWI'S CAPITAL OUTLAWS GRAIN TRADING
[...] (SBU) The city assembly of Mzuzu, Malawi's northern regional capital, recently voted to ban private maize sales. The city's chief executive described the ban to us as a sop to popular sentiment and assured us that it would not be enforced. In any case, the incident illustrates the prevalence [...]
2006-01-06 11:12:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID MI
06LILONGWE2032006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI
[...] SUMMARY. The Government of Malawi (GOM) continued to make commendable progress in tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2005. TIP remained a relatively new concept for Malawians. The GOM and the NGO community made significant efforts to raise awareness among civil society, legislators a [...]
2006-03-01 15:40:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
06LILONGWE273PARLIAMENT SET TO PASS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL
[...] Summary: Post's efforts to promote passage of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation appear to be bearing fruit. Legislators signaled their intention this week to pass the bill in next month's parliamentary session, and are working with government to resolve their remaining issues with the bi [...]
2006-03-24 10:43:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM EAID EFIN ETRD PREL MI
06LILONGWE291MALAWI NATIONAL HIV/AIDS REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Summary: Malawi's National AIDS Commission has convened the first review of the national response to HIV and AIDS for the year 2005-06. The conference highlighted positive developments in coordination among all partners, as well as the decentralization of the HIV/AIDS response to the district [...]
2006-03-30 09:31:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV MI
06LILONGWE49SACHS AND SACKS OF FERTILIZER FOR MALAWI
[...] (U) UN Millennium Advisor Jeffrey Sachs, returning to Malawi last week to organize the founding of three Millennium Villages, used the occasion to press his proposal for massive free farm inputs. As was the case during his last visit (reftel),his proposal was met with a distinct lack of enth [...]
2006-01-18 14:59:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALEAGR EFIN EAID ECON MI
06LILONGWE553DAS THOMPSON VISIT TO MALAWI
[...] SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Carol Thompson has concluded a four day visit to meet with senior Malawian officials on Malawi's acceptance as a Presidential Malaria Initiative focus country, the GOM's continuing fiscal reform, and its progress in combating tra [...]
2006-06-21 07:09:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID EFIN EINV PREL MI
06LILONGWE690MALAWI PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 07:01:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KCOR KMCA EAID MI
06LILONGWE714MALAWI APPROVES BUDGET IN TIME FOR HIPC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON THE HEELS OF THE BOTCHED HANDLING OF A CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT BAKILI MULUZI (REF A),THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI MANAGED TO PASS THE NATIONAL BUDGET ON AUGUST 3 AFTER WEEKS OF TENSE, PROTRACTED WRANGLING WITH THE OPPOSITION-DOMINATED PARLIAMENT. THE OPPOSITION [...]
2006-08-15 14:35:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI
06LILONGWE719PRESIDENT DECLARES "WAR" ON FOREIGN TOBACCO BUYERS
[...] (U) Summary: President Mutharika has again lashed out at foreign tobacco buyers, castigating them for paying low prices at the state-run auction. The president singled out for criticism the manager of the local subsidiary of an American tobacco company, telling him to pay more or leave the cou [...]
2006-08-16 12:47:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EAGR PGOV MI
06LILONGWE769MALAWI GAINS MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF
[...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and IMF have recommended Malawi for HIPC Completion Point, providing for the erasure of most of the country's external debt under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). Malawi's foreign debt will fall from $2.9 billion to about $400 million. Domestic debt [...]
2006-09-07 11:01:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI
06LILONGWE848REFORMS MOVE AHEAD AS MCA THRESHOLD PROGRAM GETS UNDERWAY
[...] (U) Summary: Since the official launch of Millennium Challenge Threshold Program activities in April of this year, Malawi has made important gains in addressing corruption and improving public finance management, the two focus areas for the program. The advances have included legislative actio [...]
2006-09-25 15:08:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN KMCA PGOV MI
06LILONGWE889MALAWI: THE CASE FOR MCA COMPACT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two years, Malawi has embarked on a process of positive reform, led by the government of President Mutharika, that has effectively reversed many years of corruption and misrule. The GOM has decisively taken control of its own development agenda, and has embraced th [...]
2006-10-10 11:13:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN KMCA PGOV MI
06LILONGWE914The Shire-Zambezi Waterway: God's Highway or Bingu's
[...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika is strongly pushing the idea of re-opening the Shire and Zambezi rivers to commercial navigation, to help address Malawi's serious problem of limited and expensive transportation links to global markets. A recent EU-funded pre-feasibility study offers [...]
2006-10-19 09:45:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EWWT ELTN KMCA PGOV MI
06LILONGWE971MALAWI: POSITIVE IMF REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: The IMF has given a positive assessment of Malawi's fiscal performance and expects the trend to continue in the near term. Malawi's biggest challenge over the coming year will be to manage expectations of a large dividend following recent HIPC debt relief, and to resist pressure t [...]
2006-11-08 09:18:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI
06LIMA1534 ILLEGAL LOGGING THRIVES IN PERU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Peru exports the most broad leaf mahogany in the world, a majority of it to the U.S. Much of the exports are likely from illegal logging, violating Peruvian law and the CITES international convention against trafficking in endangered species. The GOP, NGO community and Peruv [...]
2006-04-21 14:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA1587INAUGURATION OF DFI MICRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Struble, accompanied by an official from USAID Washington, the Vice Minister of Industry, and the General Managers of Voxiva, Motorola, Telefonica and Cisco, inaugurated on April 19 the first micro telecommunications company established under USAID's Last Mile Initi [...]
2006-04-25 17:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON EAID PE
06LIMA1594AMBASSADOR PROMOTES FTA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his April 18-19 trip to Junin, a Department in the Peruvian highlands, the Ambassador met with several local dignitaries and agricultural producers to discuss the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement and economic development. The Ambassador toured several facilities that rec [...]
2006-04-25 22:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE
06LIMA1742 HUNT OIL SIGNS NEW HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION DEAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Hunt Oil signed an agreement with the GOP to explore for hydrocarbons northwest of the Camisea natural gas fields. The remoteness of the area makes for challenges in transporting hydrocarbons to market as well as dealing with the expected opposition from some NGO's to drilling in [...]
2006-05-05 18:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA2439AMBASSADOR PROMOTES FTA IN TRUJILLO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his June 12 trip to Trujillo, a city along the northern coast, the Ambassador met with local dignitaries and agricultural producers to discuss the U.S.- Peru free trade agreement and economic development. The Ambassador, accompanied by press, toured a Peruvian agricult [...]
2006-06-19 18:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE
06LIMA2507UNDERSTANDING GARCIA'S EXPORT PROMOTION PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an effort to promote economic growth in southern Peru and the highlands, President-elect Alan Garcia has made his Sierra Exportadora program a key priority of his incoming administration. The five-year project will encourage farmers in the highlands to shift from the produ [...]
2006-06-22 20:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE
06LIMA2534GARCIA'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 20 meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Garcia's economic team detailed Garcia's short term priorities, including improving water quality and promoting agricultural exports from the Andes. These programs should begin shortly after the July 28 inauguration, [...]
2006-06-26 18:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID ECON EAGR PE
06LIMA3384PERU SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHILE
[...] (U) Summary. Overcoming decades of distrust, Peru and Chile signed a trade agreement on August 22. The agreement "amplifies" the 1998 Chile-Peru Economic Complementation Agreement (ECA),and provides for national treatment of Peruvian investors in Chile, most favored nation treatment by Chile [...]
2006-08-25 15:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG ELAB ECON EAID SENV CI PE
06LIMA3686CAMISEA SCORECARD: TOLEDO'S GREAT LEGACY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Camisea natural gas project has been a qualified success. Peru is increasingly using Camisea gas (cleaner, cheaper than diesel) in power generation, industry, homes and vehicles, with Peruvians benefiting from lower electricity rates -- even before construction of the project [...]
2006-09-15 19:29:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA3896PERU LNG: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
[...] SUMMARY: The Peru Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project is proceeding apace, bringing gas from the Camisea gas fields through to pipeline to LNG plant and marine terminal on Peru's coastline. A 2010 export target should deliver $200 million in GOP revenues and community projects per year, with [...]
2006-09-29 22:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA4289FOREST TRANSPARENCY WORKSHOP SHOWS OPPORTUNITIES
[...] SUMMARY: USAID, U.S. Forest Service and State sponsored an Amazon Basin forest transparency workshop in Lima, September 19-22, 2006. Over 100 participants from governments, industry and NGOs found common ground in identifying solutions to improve forest governance. Firms and NGO's exhibited [...]
2006-11-07 16:08:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PE
06LIMA4421 BIOFUELS IN PERU PROMISING
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Biofuels show promise for Peru, particularly sugar-based ethanol and a newly-discovered source for bio-oil. Ethanol blends can produce cleaner fuels for polluted cities; trade preferences make ethanol attractive for export. A U.S. and several Peruvian firms have projects underway. [...]
2006-11-20 16:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV SNAR PE
06LIMA4480CAMISEA PIPELINE UPDATE: AUDITS
[...] SUMMARY: Three audits of Camisea pipeline construction and performance are in progress. The GOP contracted its audit to German firm Germanischer Lloyd, and a report is expected early next year. Camisea Consortium TGP delivered its internal audit report to the GOP, and a condensed version for [...]
2006-11-24 19:56:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA4528FORESTRY IN PERU: FIGHTING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND CORRUPTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Peru's timber exports have been growing at 14% a year for the past five years, and overseas demand for the country's fabled mahogany and other tropical hardwoods is growing. Yet illegal logging is significant, according to the GOP's top forestry official. There is growing eviden [...]
2006-11-29 20:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE
06LIMA4744PERU'S SECOND CITY LEANS LEFT BUT OPEN TO GLOBAL
[...] (C) Despite their affiliation with radical nationalist groups, the recently-elected regional president and the mayor of Arequipa, Peru's second largest city, come across as having clear and sensible plans for economic progress in their region, including orderly decentralization. In recent me [...]
2006-12-20 23:48:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL ETRD EMIN EAID TBIO PE
06LIMA4772PUNO: TROUT AQUACULTURE BOOMING
[...] SUMMARY. Trout ranching is a new economic activity for the poor Lake Titicaca area and has great potential for expansion. With private sector leadership and USAID support, the industry made great strides since 2004 and will export 700 tons to some of the most competitive markets in the world, [...]
2006-12-22 19:33:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA58COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Department of Interior Thomas C. Brown, for the period of January 8, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to launch a survey to assess willingness to pay for environmental service. Per Reftel no Embassy [...]
2006-01-06 15:40:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV OTRA EAID PE
06LIMA59COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Department of Interior Thomas C. Brown, for the period of January 8, 2006 through January 21, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to launch a survey to assess willingness to pay for environmental service. Per Reftel no Embassy [...]
2006-01-06 15:42:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV OTRA EAID PE
06LIMA742CAMISEA II PROMISES JOB GROWTH AND EXPORT REVENUES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Peru LNG, a consortium led by Hunt Oil, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of its $1.3 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, Camisea Phase II. Construction should add 5,000 direct jobs and up to 30,000 more indirect jobs to Peru's economy. Peru LNG is [...]
2006-02-24 17:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA952 GOP INVESTIGATING CAMISEA PIPELINE RUPTURES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOP suspended Camisea's gas liquids piping amid uproar over pipeline ruptures. Two recent reports allege that substandard pipeline and construction procedures used to build the Camisea natural gas line are responsible for four pipeline breaks in the past year. A fifth ruptu [...]
2006-03-10 17:33:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA997 Peruvian Export Association Launches Forestry Plan
[...] SUMMARY: The Peruvian Association of Exporters, ADEX, announced on March 8 its initiative to revolutionize Peru's forestry program. The ADEX plan, which received supporting speeches from the Ministry of Production and other government representatives, has multiple goals: increase forestry exp [...]
2006-03-14 15:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PGOV SNAR PE
06LISBON1244PORTUGAL WITH EU CONCENSUS ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 10:37:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL EAID VE PT
06LISBON1554PORTUGAL'S 2006 FOREST FIRE SEASON: BETTER THAN
[...] (U) Portugal has experienced significantly fewer forest fires in comparison to the same period last year. However, the summer is only halfway over and the temperatures continue to rise. American technical assistance demonstrated its value when a fire break created by the United States Forest [...]
2006-07-27 12:27:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID EU PO
06LISBON1568PORTUGUESE RESPONSE ON PHARE ASSISTANCE TO TURKISH
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ officer underscored the importance of PHARE assistance to Turkish Cypriots and our concern with the July 2 outcomes with MFA European Affairs Deputy Antonio Correia Aguiar. Correia Aguiar replied that Portugal is also following the issue very closely, but that Portugal's Office [...]
2006-07-28 09:35:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PO
06LISBON1600PORTUGAL UNDECIDED ON UN MIGRATION FORUM
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Officer paid a call on MFA Migration Issues Officers Ana Trincao and Helga Bras on August 2 to discuss the U.S. position on the UN's proposed immigration forum and our concerns about replicating International Organization for Migration's (IOM) mandate unnecessarily. In response [...]
2006-08-04 07:47:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UN PO
06LISBON1805PORTUGUESE FM AMADO BROACHES PEACE AND TRADE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Portuguese FM Luis Amado's first trip to the Middle East since assuming office on July 3 aimed at encouraging regional stabilization, assessing the humanitarian crisis, and establishing greater commercial ties, according to MFA Middle East Officer Lilia Navais. Minister Amado de [...]
2006-08-24 15:18:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV EG JO LY PO
06LISBON1870PORTUGAL: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Acting MFA Middle East Director Isabel Pedrosa informed Post that Portugal was unlikely to make any additional financial contributions to Lebanon (beyond the 200,000 euros already donated) for budgetary reasons until the end of the year at which time the government would review the situ [...]
2006-09-01 15:17:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL LE SW
06LISBON2271FORMER MOZAMBICAN PRIME MINISTER SOLICITS
[...] Former Mozambican Prime Minister, Dr. Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi, and the Mozambican Ambassador to Portugal, Miguel Costa Mkaima, met with Ambassador Hoffman on October 4, to solicit support for Dr. Mocumbi,s candidacy for Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). If selected, Dr. M [...]
2006-10-13 11:17:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID OFDP PGOV PREL PO
06LISBON2383PORTUGAL: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: During WHA DAS Madison's visit, Portuguese officials stressed a desire to support deeper coordination between the U.S. and EU on Cuba policy. Portugal's new interest in Cuba is largely due to its upcoming EU Presidency, but also is affected by its desire to broaden the trans-Atl [...]
2006-10-23 16:16:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CU PO
06LJUBLJANA101SLOVENIA: DARFUR, KOSOVO, A NEW MOVEMENT: WHAT IS PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK UP TO?
[...] (C) Summary: In the past four months Slovenian President Drnovsek has dramatically increased his activities on both the international and domestic scenes. He has put forward an initiative on resolving the status of Kosovo, publicly called for the EU to drop cap subsidies in WTO trade negotiat [...]
2006-02-15 03:05:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL DARFR EAID SI PGOV
06LJUBLJANA30SLOVENIAN PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK REQUESTS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) President Drnovsek told COM January 13 that he intends to travel to New York Jannuary 18 and, if possible, to Washington January 19 to galvanize international assistance for Darfur. He will meet with UN Secretary Kofi Annan in New York and would like to meet with President Bush on the 19t [...]
2006-01-13 09:05:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID SU SI DARFR USUN
06LJUBLJANA646DAS DICARLO ENGAGES ON REGIONAL ISSUES IN LJUBLJANA
[...] (C) Summary: In October 3-4 meetings with EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo, Slovenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Bozo Cerar, and chief international affairs advisor to the Prime Minister, Andrej Rahten reiterated Slovenia's support for the work of both the UN Special Negotiator Ahtisaari and the Contact [...]
2006-10-13 12:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SI YI SR
06LJUBLJANA66SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SEES LEGACY IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 07:48:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM KCRS EAID PINR SU SI
06LOME353AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOKODE, TOGO'S MUSLIM
[...] (U) Summary. During a visit to Sokode in north-central Togo, Ambassador inaugurated veral small projects, met with local officials, opposition leaders, and the Muslim community, and gave an interview to the main VOA affiliate in Togo, which is based in Sokode. Opposition representatives in [...]
2006-03-28 10:55:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON EAID SCUL TO
06LOME813EU AND ITS MEMBER STATES EMBRACE TOGOLESE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT has begun to see positive diplomatic fallout from Sunday's successful completion of the national political dialogue (refs a and b). In early September, President Faure Gnassingbe plans to travel to Brussels, Rome, and Paris to be received by top host government and EU of [...]
2006-08-24 10:59:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID TO
06LOME889AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TOGOLESE NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Ambassador welcomed Togolese opposition party leader and chairman of the recently concluded national political dialogue Yawovi Agboyibo at the residence September 10 for an hour long, one-on-one meeting. An attorney by profession, Agboyibo is president of the Action Committee for Renewal [...]
2006-09-12 18:07:00Embassy LomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PINR TO
06LONDON4033(U) LIBERIAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIRLEAF VISITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's visit to London May 29-31 reflects the UK's increased commitment to Liberia as a key to stability in the sub-region. She met with the Queen, Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn and FCO Minister for Africa Lor [...]
2006-06-07 11:11:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EFIN LI UK
06LONDON7035(SBU) BLAIR'S AFRICA PROGRESS PANEL IS TAKING SHAPE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Blair has decided to convene an Africa Progress Panel to ensure that the promises on Africa made at G8 and UN Summits are kept. Kofi Annan has agreed to chair it; Bob Geldof, President Obasanjo, Michel Camdessus, Graca Machel and Peter Eigan (founder of Transpa [...]
2006-09-29 16:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID
06LONDON7036(C) SUDAN: FCO THOUGHTS ON INCENTIVES AND
[...] (C) In keeping with the Secretary's speech of September 27, the UK is thinking about possible incentives if the Government of Sudan does the right thing on Darfur, and possible disincentives if it does not. FCO-DFID Sudan Unit Deputy Head James Thornton shared UK thoughts with Poloff Septemb [...]
2006-09-29 16:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID ETTC SU UK
06LONDON7206(U) S/CRS HERBST MEETS WITH DFID AND FCO OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met in London October 5 with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). In both meetings, the two sides updated each other on their respective efforts to improve coordination of the civilian [...]
2006-10-06 16:55:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID UK
06LONDON7623(C) CENTRAL ASIA: SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met in London October 23 with officials of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID),to exchange views on policy and programs in Central Asia. Key policy points: - Both countries seek to bol [...]
2006-10-26 16:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON EAID ZK KZ KG TI TX UZ
06LONDON8004(U) PAKISTAN: PM BLAIR MEETS MUSHARRAF IN LAHORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: November 19 talks between PM Blair and President Musharraf focused on counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, and Islamic extremism, according to Kate English of FCO's Pakistan Section (based on a preliminary read-out from the UK High Commission in Islamabad). Musharraf complained to B [...]
2006-11-20 17:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID PK AF UK
06LONDON8039(C) AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MEETING WITH FCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS John Gastright discussed Afghanistan November 14 with FCO, MOD and Cabinet Office officials. On the upcoming NATO summit in Riga, the UK argued that pressing for use of the term "counter-insurgency" in the summit communiqu would invite unhelpful perceptions of a split i [...]
2006-11-21 17:11:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALAF EAID MARR PREL SNAR UK
06LONDON8074(SBU) AFGHANISTAN: HAJJ TRANSPORT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 16:53:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EAIR AF
06LONDON8162HMG TO PLEDGE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AT BAMAKO
[...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Jo Newstead, the lead officer on pandemic flu at HMG's Department of Health. Newstead told ESTOff on November 30 that HMG will make an additional pledge of GBP 10 million at the December 6-8 avian and pandemic influenza conference in Bamako, Mali. Br [...]
2006-11-30 17:14:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA UK
06LONDON8207SECRETARY PAULSON'S LUNCH WITH CHANCELLOR BROWN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Chancellor Gordon Brown hosted visiting Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson for lunch November 28 SIPDIS at Number 11 Downing Street. They discussed climate change, advance market commitments to provide vaccines in developing countries, the future of the Doha Round, and [...]
2006-12-04 17:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ETRD EAID SENV UK
06LUANDA1257ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very [...]
2006-12-08 11:56:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA1261ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very posi [...]
2006-12-11 11:16:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA151ANGOLA LANDMINE CLEARANCE: 2006 GOALS AND
[...] (U) Summary: Representatives of mine action organizations operating in Angola remain upbeat on the progress of demining in Angola, but look for the GRA to complete its Landmine Impact Survey and strategic plan in order to facilitate their 2006 workplans. While the GRA has earmarked USD 27.6 Mi [...]
2006-02-15 15:30:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MCAP KHDP AO
06LUANDA215ANGOLA CHARTS PAYMENT OF PARIS CLUB ARREARS
[...] (C) Angolan Finance Minister Pedro de Morais said the GRA is considering two scenarios for rescheduling its Paris Club arrears at the March 7, 2006, meeting: either a classic debt renegotiation that would involve rescheduling on the basis of an IMF program; or rescheduling the Paris Club debt [...]
2006-03-07 05:58:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA216ANGOLA CHARTS PAYMENT OF PARIS CLUB ARREARS
[...] (C) Angolan Finance Minister Pedro de Morais said the GRA is considering two scenarios for rescheduling its Paris Club arrears at the March 7, 2006, meeting: either a classic debt renegotiation that would involve rescheduling on the basis of an IMF program; or rescheduling the Paris Club debt [...]
2006-03-07 05:59:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA548PDAS Pittman Meets with Angolan Ministry of
[...] Summary: During a meeting with the Ministry of External Relations PDAS Bobby Pittman committed to additional high- level State Department visitors to Angola; discussed how best Angola might benefit from AGOA, and exchanged views on the voter registration and election timetable in Angola, not [...]
2006-05-30 09:29:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA577PDAS Pittman in Angola: Elections and the Press
[...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with international and Angola NGOs working in democracy building and election support PDAS Pittman heard of the challenges faced in preparing for the upcoming Angolan elections; namely maintaining the momentum and enthusiasm for elections when there is no announc [...]
2006-06-06 15:41:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM EAID AO
06LUSAKA1419ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: A WARTS-AND-ALL INSIDER'S
[...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa won Zambia's September 28 presidential election "fair and square," according to an experienced international elections expert who worked closely on the electoral process. The expert also noted serious shortcomings in the management of election results and in t [...]
2006-10-13 14:28:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV EAID ZA
06LUSAKA1523IMF LAUDS ZAMBIA'S ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, BUT NOTES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's macroeconomic stability is impressive, but the country's environment for private sector development "needs improvement," an International Monetary Fund team told donor representatives on November 1. IMF officials noted that fiscal management was generally good, the kwac [...]
2006-11-03 10:03:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EAID ZA
06LUXEMBOURG479LUXEMBOURG COMMITS TO 900K EUROS FOR LEBANON
[...] (U) Post delivered talking points contained reftel to the MFA's Directorates of Political Affairs, International Economic Affairs, and Cooperation and Development. The GOL has informed Post that Luxembourg has committed a total of 900,000 euros (1.14 million USD) for Lebanon to be divided amo [...]
2006-08-31 12:38:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL LE LU
06LUXEMBOURG557EMBASSY LUXEMBOURG'S MISSION DISASTER RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 15:15:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SOCI EAID LU
06MADRID1610SPAIN OPPOSES VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 07:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PREL EAID SP VZ
06MADRID1806SPAIN: PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 08:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV IZ SP
06MADRID1808SPAIN TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 13:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL HA SP
06MADRID1908SPAIN: GOS POSITION ON PHARE ASSISTANCE TO TURKISH
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Jose Luis Pardo, an official in the Subdirectorate General for General Affairs, on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias told Poloff that the Cyprus reintegration is coming to a head and r [...]
2006-07-27 15:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LH EUN CY SP
06MADRID1966PLAN AFRICA: SPAIN INTRODUCES SELF TO NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega officially rolled out Plan Africa, an ambitious project developed by the Zapatero government to address what it perceives to be a glaring hole in Spanish foreign policy. Prompted both by fears of international terrorism and by more [...]
2006-08-03 15:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SMIG SOCI SP XY
06MADRID1976SPAIN MAY SUPPORT SOME FORM OF UN MIGRATION BODY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 14:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UNGA SP
06MADRID2138SPANISH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] ECONOFF made reftel points August 25 to Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) officials Maria Eugenia Martin and Antonio Garcia Ferrer, urging Spain to provide significant amounts of humanitarian assistance to Lebanon. Eugenia Martin and Garcia Ferrer told ECONOFF that Spain's d [...]
2006-08-28 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL LE SW SP
06MADRID2184SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 12:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ SP
06MADRID2226UPDATE: SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ SP
06MADRID2359SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH ALVARO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In your September 22 meeting with Spanish MFA Director General for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo (Asst. Sec'y equivalent),he will highlight the fact that Spain is poised to expand its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ongoing migration crisis in the Canary Islands has cre [...]
2006-09-19 15:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG EAID AF SP
06MADRID2544SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Spain is an opportunity to press the GOS and, possibly, private sector entities to move in ways that are key to achieving U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq and Iran. You should ask Spain to put its money where its mouth is on the Iraq Compact in two ways. First, as [...]
2006-10-06 16:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL SP
06MADRID2685TREASURY DEPSEC'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Moratinos told Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt October 19 that Spain strongly supports the SIPDIS Iraq Compact and that Madrid would transfer the 22 million dollars it had pledged for the Basra Children's Hospital within about one month. He also pledged Spanish supp [...]
2006-10-23 15:13:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNEAID EINV EFIN PREL PARM ETTC KIPR SP
06MADRID2736SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Millenium Challenge Corporation representatives; Michael Grossman, Senior Country Director, Francophone Africa and David Picha, Agricultural Consultant to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 25 to October 29, 2006. The purpose of this vis [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AFIN OTRA ECON SP KMCA
06MADRID2758SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT IRAQ COMPACT PG MEETING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 16:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL EINV SP
06MADRID2861SPAIN TO MAKE FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 09:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAID PREL ECON SP
06MADRID2978MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] Agriculture: Wheat product import and export 2. KIPR: pursuit of possible patent law change 3. Biotech site visit 4. Basrah Childrens Hospital funds 5. Spain Grants A&T Status to CSI Agents Agriculture: Â [...]
2006-11-30 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR EAGR EAID TBIO SP EAIR EINV
06MADRID2993A/S Shannon's November 30, 2006 meeting with Haitian PM
[...] (U) November 30, 2006; 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon USAID LAC A/A Adolfo Franco WHA/CAR Director Brian A. Nichols (notetaker) Stephanie Ragals, Interpreter Haiti Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard [...]
2006-12-04 13:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KCRM UN HA
06MADRID3093MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] ECON: Spanish economic growth 2. EAGR: Ethanol production 3. EAID: Spain sends aid to Phillippines 4. ECON: Spain to stop subsidizing energy prices 5. EAIR: New direct flight to Gibraltar 6. EAID: 700 million USD to UNDP 7. KIPR: Anti-pirating campaign Spanish Economic Growth in 2006 [...]
2006-12-27 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT PREL
06MANAGUA1002NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF
[...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...]
2006-05-05 15:56:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1003NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 17:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1004NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART III: THE CRIMES OF
[...] (SBU) This is the third and final cable in a series summarizing the crimes and abuses of power committed by Nicaragua's corrupt party bosses and their associates. The first cable focused on Daniel Ortega and his family, the second highlighted the abuses of the FSLN, both while in power in th [...]
2006-05-05 17:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1098CODEL BURTON -- SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 9, Codel Burton (Representatives Burton, Meeks, Akin, Bordallo, Marchant, and Watson) made a brief stopover in Nicaragua on their way back to the United States from Costa Rica. During their time in Nicaragua, the Codel met with Embassy staff for a briefing on elections [...]
2006-05-18 21:48:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1523A/S SHANNON -- LEWITES: LAST MEETING WITH U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Herty Lewites, Sandinista dissident and presidential candidate for the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS). Lewites voiced concern about the election process, the lack of MRS poll watchers and continuing problems with national/voter [...]
2006-07-11 15:10:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1524FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA TO A/S SHANNON: IT IS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 27 lunch he hosted for A/S Shannon, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera predicted that Central America would sign a free trade agreement with the European Union within the next three years. Caldera touched on the recent free trade agreement between Nicaragua and Taiw [...]
2006-07-11 15:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1552REMOTE RIO SAN JUAN HAS MUCH UNDEVELOPED POTENTIAL
[...] (U) Summary: During a June 21 to 23 trip to the remote Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan, poloff and political specialist met with political, business, and religious leaders to discuss economic and social conditions in the area. We learned that the economy is largely based on the exploita [...]
2006-07-14 19:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1780ORTEGA IN CUBA, REAFFIRMING SOLIDARITY AND
[...] (C) FSLN Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega traveled to Cuba last week to express his "concern and solidarity" for Fidel Castro and "reaffirm cooperative efforts" with the Government of Cuba. Though it appears that Ortega did not actually meet with Castro (reftel),he used the opportunity [...]
2006-08-15 22:27:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1938NICARAGUA: USTDA SIGNS GRANTS WITH NATIONAL PORTS
[...] (U) Summary: USTDA Director for Policy and Programs Geoff Jackson signed two grants for feasibility studies with Nicaraguan entities in Managua on August 29. The first was with the National Ports Company to fund a $430,000 feasibility study on expanding cargo handling facilities and improving [...]
2006-09-01 22:20:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAIR ECON EFTA EIND ETRD EWWT NU
06MANAGUA1961MRS: "WE WANT TO BRING ORTEGA DOWN"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) spokesperson Israel Lewites (Herty Lewites' nephew) recently asserted to polcouns that the MRS is the only viable option for the 2006 election. Lewites believes that the MRS can capture some of the traditional Sandinista (FSLN) vote, enough t [...]
2006-09-06 22:33:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA20STATE AND USAID POLICY PLANNING DIRECTORS VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their joint visit to Nicaragua, State Director of Policy Planning Stephen Krasner and USAID Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination Douglas Menarchik made clear that State, USAID and the White House are considering ways to reduce the complexity of U.S. fo [...]
2006-01-05 21:09:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ETRD PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2116NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW
[...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...]
2006-09-26 18:49:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA213EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SECRET TAIWAN PAYMENTS TO
[...] (C) On January 25, poloff and RLA met Attorney General for Criminal Affairs Ivan Lara and Economic Crimes investigator Mario Diaz of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) to discuss Taiwan's use of foreign aid funds in Nicaragua in recent years. Lara and Diaz did not have any evidence of Taiwan [...]
2006-01-30 14:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPINR EAID CH PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PM GT TW
06MANAGUA2186NICARAGUA: GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM RESPONSE
[...] (U) In fiscal years 2005 and 2006, USAID Nicaragua granted more than $800,000 to 14 programs that supported the objectives of the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT). The following provides a brief description of the recipient, project, information technology (IT) component, [...]
2006-10-03 23:36:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECPS EINT PHUM NU
06MANAGUA2222ADVANCING MCA GOALS: THE VISIT OF CEO JOHN
[...] (U) Summary. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich visited Nicaragua September 20-22 to meet with MCC-Nicaragua board members and staff, inaugurate MCC-Nicaragua projects, and participate in the launch of the first Investor Summit for West Nicaragua with President Enrique [...]
2006-10-06 23:24:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ELTN ECON KMCA NU
06MANAGUA2225NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- WHAT DO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidential polls from March to the most recent in September all point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but none of the candidates has attained the level (40 per [...]
2006-10-07 00:00:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2286OAS EOM POSITIVE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The technical team leading the OAS' electoral observation mission (EOM) in Nicaragua appeared generally positive during a recent briefing regarding preparations for the November 5 national elections, although they noted some areas of concern. Technical mission chief Patricio Ga [...]
2006-10-17 16:33:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM EAID OAS NU
06MANAGUA2338UCA PRESIDENTIAL POLL -- A PACT PLAY ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Central America (UCA) released a poll October 18 showing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega with a clear lead followed at a distant second by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose Rizo as part of its "El [...]
2006-10-20 21:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2366NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- MORE NUMBERS,
[...] (C) (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent Nicaraguan presidential polls still point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega has mai [...]
2006-10-25 15:54:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2434DORA MARIA TELLEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) National Assembly deputy candidate Dora Maria Tellez is concerned about election fraud and the possibility of a Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) victory. She believes that the FSLN will resort to fraud to ensure a first-round victory for D [...]
2006-11-02 00:38:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2499NICARAGUA: NGO ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the Nicaraguan-based environmental NGO, Centro Humboldt, has stepped up its campaign against the distribution of "biotech food" by the World Food Program (WFP) and Project Concern International (PCI). While the campaign failed to elicit public support, it was l [...]
2006-11-13 18:34:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR NU
06MANAGUA2606RIZO TO A/S SHANNON: WE WILL REFORM THE PLC FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon met with Jose Rizo and Jose Antonio Alvarado, former presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Voicing their discontent with the election process, Rizo and Alvarado insisted that t [...]
2006-11-30 20:07:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2608A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN
[...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...]
2006-11-30 22:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2645A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH THE MRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, key Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) leaders expressed their views on the elections and the party's future. MRS member Luis Carrion, National Assembly deputy Monica Baltodano and spokesperson Israel Lewites [...]
2006-12-05 21:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA576NICARAGUA'S CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL & LABOR PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 22:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD SENV
06MANAGUA709TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: USING PRIMARIES TO DEFINE
[...] (SBU) For the past year, Nicaragua's Liberal factions have toyed with the idea of holding internal and/or multi-party primaries to select their presidential and National Assembly deputy candidates. Faction leaders generally agree that multi-party primaries are the most feasible and democratic [...]
2006-03-28 22:09:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA863THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]
2006-04-19 22:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANAGUA942VICAR SUGGESTS TO DAS MADISON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
[...] (C) In Managua Vicar Carlos Aviles' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, he affirmed that the Catholic Church will not pronounce in favor of a particular candidate. However, the Church does support democracy and favors candidates who make realistic promise [...]
2006-05-02 14:44:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA943FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...]
2006-05-02 14:45:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS
06MANAGUA944MONTEALEGRE TO DAS MADISON: A VOTE FOR RIZO IS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Eduardo Montealegre of the National Liberal Alliance (ALN) predicts that at least four presidential candidates will compete in November's presidential race. He told visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador that ultimately Nicaraguans must vote for or a [...]
2006-05-02 14:45:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA958DAS MADISON UNDERSCORES NEED FOR CONTINUOUS OAS
[...] (SBU) During an April 26 meeting with OAS Country Director Pedro Vuskovich, visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and the Ambassador underscored the importance of continuous OAS observation and political leadership on the ground throughout Nicaragua's entire election period. Vus [...]
2006-05-03 13:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA967VISIT TO NICARAGUAN DEPARTMENTS OF LEON AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During their April 25 visit to the departments of Leon and Chinandega, DAS Kirsten Madison and USAID DAA Mike Magan repeated the USG's commitment to strengthening democracy, the rule of law and economic growth in Nicaragua, and explored the views of local business and political [...]
2006-05-03 16:09:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA968LIBERAL FORUM MEMBERS TELL DAS MADISON THAT
[...] (C) Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who dined with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Magan and Ambassador on April 24, agree that Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre is the brightest and best-suited candidate to lead Nicaragua. However, they diverge over whether he can beat Daniel Ortega in the [...]
2006-05-03 16:37:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA969LEWITES WARNS DAS MADISON THAT AN ORTEGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Sandinista (FSLN)-dissident Herty Lewites' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, Lewites warned that if FSLN leader Daniel Ortega wins the November elections, Ortega will impose a dictatorship on the Nicaraguan people and assume total contro [...]
2006-05-03 18:51:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAMA1094BAHRAIN: YEMENI GCC ASSISTANCE REQUEST
[...] (C) A/DCM June 17 delivered reftel demarche concerning the Yemeni GCC assistance request to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz SIPDIS bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz listened carefully and said the Bahraini government agreed that it sho [...]
2006-06-19 07:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER BA REGION ECTRD
06MANAMA1174BAHRAIN: TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 14:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID BA IS REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1473TFLE01: BAHRAINIS RALLY, RAISE MONEY IN SUPPORT
[...] (C) The conflict in Lebanon continues to move Bahraini citizens and political, religious, and civil society organizations into action in support of the people of Lebanon and Hizballah. With the notable exception of some hard-line Salafis, most segments of Bahraini society are united in their [...]
2006-08-09 09:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC EAID BA LE REGION POL
06MANAMA1559BAHRAINIS RAISE FUNDS FOR LEBANON; HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) Bahrain's media have been filled with stories about efforts to deliver financial and material assistance to the Lebanese people in the aftermath of implementation of the cessation of hostilities. The government has donated $5 million to the local Lebanon Fund and $1 million to UNICEF. Th [...]
2006-08-23 14:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN PTER BA LE IS REGION POL
06MANAMA1585BAHRAIN: DONOR ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 07:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID BA LE REGION
06MANAMA1645GCC SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON: BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-10 14:04:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMASS EAID PREL BA LE REGION
06MANAMA1924BAHRAIN: UPDATE ON ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. (C) Pol/Econ Chief November 13 requested an update on the status of Bahraini assistance for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) from MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shai [...]
2006-11-14 13:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS EAID BA LE REGION
06MANAMA312BAHRAIN FORMALLY REQUESTS G-8 FUNDING FOR BMENA
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa February 27 summoned representatives of G-8 embassies to formally request their governments' financial support for the BMENA Cen [...]
2006-03-01 14:58:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KMPI EAID BA ECTRD ROW REGION
06MANAMA885BAHRAIN: FOLLOW UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-21 14:30:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SOCI BA SU REGION BILAT
06MANILA1MOVING FORWARD ON USG PRIORITIES IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: While still facing serious political obstacles, President Arroyo has recovered some of her equilibrium after surviving impeachment charges and severe domestic turbulence in 2005. The relative pause in the political wars provides an opening for the USG to move forward with key b [...]
2006-01-03 01:55:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS PHUM RP
06MANILA1220APEC Amb Michalak Meeting with Energy Secretary
[...] (SBU) Energy Secretary Lotilla told Ambassador Michalak on March 15 that the privatization of National Power Corporation (NPC) generating plants will move forward when the Manila Electric Company signs a contract soon to purchase NPC's electricity. The Philippines mandated ethanol and coco [...]
2006-03-17 09:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA1567CRITICAL LACK OF RESOURCES FOR AI PREPAREDNESS
[...] (SBU) The Philippines continues to maintain its official status as free of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). However the country is regarded as being at "high risk" considering the epidemic in the region and migratory birds, which transit the Philippines to and from affected countries. Post is con [...]
2006-04-07 03:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA1595 NEW LEGISLATION ON CHILD PRISONERS
[...] (U) Summary: Both houses of Congress have now approved the "Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006," aimed at curbing the problem of child prisoners by moving minors out of the adult criminal justice system and building more youth detention facilities. President Arroyo is slated to sign t [...]
2006-04-10 06:45:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI EAID RP
06MANILA1845 ARMM LEADERSHIP PLEDGES COOPERATION ON TERRORISM,
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan and his senior staff acknowledged the vital importance of combating terrorism but expressed a hope that the GRP would involve Local Government Units more direct [...]
2006-04-27 10:53:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PTER EAGR RP
06MANILA1922AMBASSADOR VISITS JOLO ISLAND
[...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador's April 26 trip to Jolo successfully highlighted USG efforts -- ranging from JSOTF civil-military operations to USAID computer literacy and infrastructure projects -- to change the dynamic of this long-time Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah safe- haven and recruit [...]
2006-05-05 00:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MCAP KISL EAID KPAO RP
06MANILA2207WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA
[...] World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office in Manila outlined to Econoffs recent developments in North Sumatra, Indonesia involving a large cluster of avian influenza deaths. WHO confirmed that a group of seven family members contracted the disease; six have died. WHO was unable to det [...]
2006-05-26 10:34:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA2319 THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Agriculture Secretary Panganiban on May 31 to discuss the status of the PL 480 agreement, continuing USG support for agricultural development in Mindanao, and the GRP's response plan for avian influenza. Panganiban confirmed the GRP had approved the PL 480 agree [...]
2006-06-02 11:46:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA2389PHILLIPINES SECOND CITY GREETS AMBASSADOR WITH
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassadors May 19 and June 2 visits to Cebu highlighted the broad range of U.S. interests and activities in the area. The Cebu metro area is second only to Manila in the size of its population and economy. Over 100 American businesses operate in Cebu, including Timex, Lexmark Interna [...]
2006-06-08 05:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID RP
06MANILA2418RECENT SUPREME COURT RULINGS REASSERT INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: In recent decisions, the Philippine Supreme Court has showed a strong independent streak in the face of accusations that it had been too close to President Arroyo. The Court remains committed to its judicial reform program, to which the USG makes substantial contributions. These [...]
2006-06-09 07:24:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM SOCI EAID RP
06MANILA2465UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA - PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) Post's Avian Influenza Task Force met on June 7 to review current initiatives and plans to prepare for a potential outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Philippines. The Task Force is chaired by USAID and includes representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Medical Unit, Ma [...]
2006-06-13 09:07:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP AMGT AMED
06MANILA2551 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS DEVELOPMENT IN CAGAYAN DE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 07:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID RP
06MANILA2570 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] The Ambassador's trip to Cagayan de Oro on June 8 highlighted U.S. business interests and USAID's active engagement in the commercial center of Northern Mindanao. Cagayan de Oro is a gateway and regional market for eight cities representing five provinces in the region. It is a medium-sized [...]
2006-06-20 06:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL EAID RP
06MANILA2633 AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ENERGY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) In the Ambassador's initial call, Energy Secretary Lotilla highlighted the need to increase competition and privatization in the electric power sector. Lotilla described promising developments in alternative energy sources throughout the country, including geothermal projects, the expan [...]
2006-06-23 09:09:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA2637AMBASSADOR VISITS CLARK AND SUBIC ECONOMIC ZONES
[...] SUMMARY: During June 15-16 visits to two former U.S. military bases, the Subic and Clark special economic zones, Ambassador Kenney highlighted continuing U.S. involvement in both regions. Managers of these economic zones briefed the Ambassador on recent infrastructure projects and investment [...]
2006-06-24 04:33:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID RP
06MANILA2998PHILIPPINES: MOUNT MAYON VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
[...] Mount Mayon, 300 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of Manila, is experiencing high levels of seismic activity and lava flows reaching 800 meters downwards from the summit. Experts here expect minimal impact on Manila, possibly increased particulates in the air. Residents within the 6-kilometer [...]
2006-07-18 09:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY EINV CASC EAGR PREL EAID RP
06MANILA3064SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chris, the entire US Mission welcomes you back to the Philippines! We have been busy emphasizing our partnership in this historic year; upcoming Codels will be a next stage as will President Arroyo's September trip to Hawaii. Your visit focuses on outreach in two key areas -- [...]
2006-07-21 09:44:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ECON PGOV ETRD ECIN EAID RP
06MANILA3412PHILIPPINE BROADBAND: NARROWING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
[...] Private companies are partnering with Philippine's network of 5,443 public secondary schools to install computer laboratories by 2010. Over 800 schools have been connected to date, and 200 more will enjoy the benefits of these labs by December, 2006. A USAID program has contributed hardware [...]
2006-08-15 08:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT EAID SOCI APEC RP
06MANILA3414 CHARGE' AND PRESIDENT ARROYO INAUGURATE U.S. CALL CENTER;
[...] Charge' d'Affaires Paul W. Jones traveled to Pampanga in Central Luzon to join President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in cutting the ribbon for a new U.S. call center in the Clark Special Economic Zone. While in the area, Charge' also visited the Clark Air Base Cemetery and Asian Aerospace Corpora [...]
2006-08-15 08:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EAID EAIR SOCI RP
06MANILA3472CODEL HYDE DISCUSSES ECONOMY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chairman of the House International Relations Committee Henry Hyde and members of his delegation met with President Arroyo and senior GRP officials over dinner August 12. They discussed the improving economy; a potential U.S.-Philippine FTA; plans for the Philippine chairmanshi [...]
2006-08-18 07:58:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID PREL SCUL OREP KPAO RP
06MANILA3478 LARGEST OIL SPILL IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY-REQUEST FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. The tanker "Solar I" sank in Guimaras Strait in the Philippines August 11 and discharged 200,000 liters of its 2.1 million liters of oil. The spill is moving on-shore and threatening fisheries, marine reserves, [...]
2006-08-18 08:52:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA3549 USG TEAM ARRIVES TO ASSESS PHILIPPINE OIL SPILL
[...] A USG oil spill response team arrived in the Philippines on August 23 to help the government assess the damage from the oil spilled by tanker "Solar I" in the Guimaras Strait and to plan remediation efforts. The team met with the Embassy's ad hoc oil spill working group, the Department of Fore [...]
2006-08-24 11:29:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA3561LIFTING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TO RAISE ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] English language proficiency has steadily declined in the Philippines over Qe past 30 years, mostly due to decreased use of English by teachers, the exodus of qualified English teachers to overseas jobs, and the lack of education infrastructure, including classrooms and supplies. The GRP reco [...]
2006-08-25 08:04:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD PREL SCUL KPAO RP
06MANILA3656 NEW SECRETARY OF EDUCATION EMPHASIZES STRONGER MANAGEMENT
[...] Summary. President Arroyo's impressive new Education Secretary outlined his priorities and received a briefing on USG support for education in the Philippines during a call on Charge August 28. Given President Arroyo's strong desire to improve English-language education to enhance Philippine [...]
2006-08-31 09:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL RP
06MANILA3685 USG TEAM DELIVERS OIL SPILL ASSESSMENT TO PHILIPPINE
[...] A USG oil spill response team has been assessing damage caused by the oil spilled by tanker "Solar I" in the Guimaras Strait since August 24 and delivered its findings to the Philippine government on September 1. The team has been invited by the Philippine Coast Guard to remain and continue r [...]
2006-09-05 07:04:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA3803PHILIPPINES AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] There continues to be no evidence of AI in the Philippines. Post continues to monitor the situation within the country and the region, coordinates with other donors, and provides technical assistance to the GRP in four key areas: a) pandemic preparedness planning, b) mass communication and edu [...]
2006-09-11 01:53:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA3991EDUCATION ON THE MOVE WITH INCREASED FUNDING AND NEW
[...] (U) As interest in education reform and English language training continues to make headlines, the Ambassador called on Secretary of Education Jesli Lapus September 15. The Secretary reported on his ambitious plans to revitalize the deteriorating education system by taking advantage of increas [...]
2006-09-21 06:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL RP
06MANILA4126 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS STABILITY AND ECONOMIC SUCCESSES IN
[...] During a visit on September 22, Ambassador gained a firsthand look at the economic successes in General Santos City and the surrounding area. USG investment in the region's infrastructure has transformed the economy. Investments have dramatically increased, particularly in the tuna and agric [...]
2006-09-27 09:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL EAID RP JA
06MANILA4162RESPONSE TO DEVASTATION OF TYPHOON MILENYO
[...] Summary: Manila continues to recover from its worst typhoon in eleven years, while reports of devastation from outlying provinces of Southern Luzon continue to pour in. Four days after the typhoon, electricity and water is off in large parts of Manila, including Mission employee neighborhoods [...]
2006-10-02 10:09:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI EAGR SENV RP
06MANILA4174 Ambassador Raises Commercial Issues with Secretary of
[...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with GRP Secretary of Finance Gary Teves, Ambassador raised protection of private lending for small and medium enterprises, USAID exemption from taxes, progress on the MCA Threshold Program, and investment and trade disputes. Teves made no commitments, but indicated [...]
2006-10-03 02:27:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PGOV KMCA RP
06MANILA4182 AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER
[...] Summary. Over 100 Muslim youth, religious leaders, and high ranking government officials attended the Ambassador's Iftar dinner on September 27. A poster display of USG projects in Mindanao and festive fabric loaned by a Muslim attendee were well received. Many guests traveled from Mindanao [...]
2006-10-03 04:58:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA4203AMBASSADOR VISITS MEDCAP/GETS FIRST-HAND LOOK AT
[...] (C/REL AUS) Summary. Ambassador had a first-hand update from ground force commanders on the Armed Forces of the Philippines' on-going effort to capture or kill Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah leaders during her September 25 day-long visit to Jolo Island. The Armed Forces of the Philip [...]
2006-10-03 08:52:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MARR MOPS EAID RP
06MANILA4241Typhoon Aftermath: Assessing Economic Costs
[...] The death toll from Typhoon Milenyo may surpass 200 and the estimated damage to property and infrastructure exceeds $40 million. Losses from power outages and other constraints on economic activity raise the costs even higher. However, with electricity almost fully restored and streets clear [...]
2006-10-05 08:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI RP
06MANILA4343GOVERNMENT/MILF PEACE TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. DCM and Pol/C encouraged the head of the Philippine Government negotiating panel with the MILF insurgents to try to rejuvenate the peace talks, currently stalled on the issue of land rights. The thoughtful and experienced negotiator, Silvestre Afable, said he was finalizing pl [...]
2006-10-13 08:33:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID RP
06MANILA4430 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS AMERICAN INVESTMENTS AT CHAMBER OF
[...] Summary. The Ambassador spoke to approximately 1,000 Philippine Chamber of Commerce members about American investments in the Philippines on October 18. The Ambassador underscored the long history of American investors in the Philippines and urged the business audience to focus on exploiting [...]
2006-10-20 06:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA4544Typhoon Milenyo: Damage and Assistance Update
[...] Another powerful typhoon swept across the Philippines October 30, even as the government raised the damage estimate from Typhoon Milenyo to $131 million. End Summary. 2. The Philippine government revised its assessment of the destruction from Typhoon Milenyo, which felled numerous trees, [...]
2006-11-02 04:44:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI RP
06MANILA4656U.S. STRATEGY FOR MINDANAO PEACE-BUILDING
[...] (C) Summary. USG strategic efforts are paying off significantly in building peace in Muslim Mindanao and transforming its once-lawless areas from safehavens for domestic and international terrorists to ever-larger zones of peace and prosperity. While peace talks under Malaysian sponsorship [...]
2006-11-09 08:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER EAID RP
06MANILA4666DCM HIGHLIGHTS US ENGAGEMENT IN PHILIPPINE'S SECOND CITY
[...] SUMMARY. DCM Jones highlighted U.S. business, USAID and Peace Corps involvement in the central Philippine port city of Cebu on October 27. Together with Commercial Counselor and Cebu Consular Agent, DCM met with local business, religious, and political leaders in the Philippines' "second cit [...]
2006-11-13 05:36:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID RP CMGT
06MANILA4681AMBASSADOR VISITS PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN
[...] SUMMARY: During a November 3-4 trip to the island of Palawan, the Ambassador visited Western Command (WESCOM) Headquarters; spoke to local tricycle drivers about the success of a USAID pollution reduction and traffic control project; met with local Peace Corps Volunteers and environmental NGO l [...]
2006-11-14 05:52:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID SENV MARR RP
06MANILA4703PRESIDENT ARROYO COMMITTED TO FTA; MCC COMPACT
[...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo expressed to Ambassador a firm commitment to negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States and obtaining a compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Arroyo assigned Secretary of Trade to look into requirements for an FTA and expressed dismay [...]
2006-11-15 08:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EAID EINV KMCA PINS RP
06MANILA4742SIX AMBASSADORS PITCH IN FOR MINDANAO PEACE AND
[...] (U) In a unique effort to demonstrate international support for peace and development, Ambassador Kristie Kenney led a group of five Ambassadors from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a visit to the conflict-affected Mindanao provinces of Zamboanga and Basilan. [...]
2006-11-17 09:17:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS MCAP EAID EFIN PGOV RP
06MANILA4749ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN MEETS WITH FOREIGN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Affairs Secretary Romulo reiterated to Assistant Secretary Hillen and Ambassador the Philippine offer to host a round of Six Party talks on the margins of the mid-December ASEAN/East Asian Summits in Cebu, if that would be helpful to the United States. Romulo is optimist [...]
2006-11-20 00:44:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP MOPS PHUM PGOV EAID KN RP
06MANILA4814SENATE PRESIDENT VILLAR SEEKS QUANTIFIABLE RESULTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador November 22, new Senate President Manuel Villar predicted that the Senate will pass a budget before the end of the calendar year and characterized the chances of passage of the anti-terrorism bill as excellent. Senator Villar suspects that the A [...]
2006-11-27 04:02:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PHUM SOCI MARR RP
06MANILA4846FOCUS ON USG-GRP DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP IN MINDANAO: GRP
[...] (U) Embassy Manila continues to engage actively in demonstrating substantial USG support for improved conditions for peace, security and development in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao. During a substantive two-day visit to Mindanao beginning on Thanksgiving Day, of GRP cabinet member, Secr [...]
2006-11-29 23:55:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS MCAP EAID EFIN PGOV RP
06MANILA4877 Typhoon Reming Casualties Over 1000 in Southern Luzon
[...] Heavy rains from Typhoon Reming on November 30 caused the massive flow of volcanic debris from the slopes of recently erupted Mount Mayon in the southern Luzon province of Albay. The mudslides buried villages and outlying homes and farms, leaving over 1000 people dead or missing and causing m [...]
2006-12-04 09:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR CASC SENV SOCI RP
06MANILA4915 INCENTIVES FOR PEACE AND COUNTER-TERRORISM GAINS IN
[...] The situation on the ground in Mindanao has improved significantly over the past year or two, prompting us to revise our approach to the incentives to consolidate the peace process. Given the central role of USG assistance in the growth of zones of peace, we no longer believe it is in the U.S [...]
2006-12-06 10:08:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PTER RP
06MANILA4916 ASSISTING TYPHOON REMING VICTIMS
[...] Summary: Over 1300 people are dead or missing due to the volcanic debris and mudslides caused by Typhoon Reming. In response to this tragedy, the Ambassador exercised her disaster assistance authority, enabling USAID to provide some $400,000 in assistance to relief organizations. Airlifted [...]
2006-12-06 10:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR CASC SOCI RP
06MANILA4919NEXT STEPS TO ASSISTING TYPHOON REMING VICTIMS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE -- SEE PARA 5. 2. (U) A December 6 on-the-ground assessment by a joint USAID-JUSMAG team provided a snapshot of the area in southern Luzon recovering from Typhoon Reming, which struck the Philippines November 30-December 1. The disaster affected more than a [...]
2006-12-07 10:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR CASC SOCI RP
06MANILA4941 FOLLOWING UP ON THE SOLAR I OIL SPILL
[...] (U) Although long-term damage to ecosystems from the Guimaras oil spill appears limited, there has been a substantial impact on the already tenuous livelihoods of fishermen who worked the contaminated areas. Some international assistance has been lined up to help develop alternative livelihoo [...]
2006-12-11 03:26:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA4972NORTHRAIL PROJECT SYMBOLIZES LARGER PRC ROLE IN
[...] (U) Summary: The PRC and the Philippines have launched a major "Northrail Project" that will ultimately span between Manila and key points in northern Luzon, including the former U.S. base at Clark and perhaps onward to Subic Bay. China provided a concessionary loan worth about $421 million [...]
2006-12-13 06:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL ELTN EAID CH RP
06MANILA4977BAGUIO WELCOMES US AID, INVESTMENT, AND INTEREST DURING
[...] SUMMARY: The signing of a USAID-funded healthcare grant and a speech at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) anchored the Ambassador's fourth visit to Baguio, the former summer capital of the Philippines under U.S. administration. Visits to a local American company and conversations with lo [...]
2006-12-13 08:45:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV CVIS MASS SCUL KPAO
06MANILA4984ASEAN TRADE MINISTERS TACKLE TARIFFS
[...] (U) Despite the postponement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders' Summit, ASEAN trade ministers on December 8 succeeded in signing six agreements intended to expand economic integration in the region. Four focus on enhancing intra-ASEAN trade and two agreements deep [...]
2006-12-13 09:45:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN PREL PHUM EAID CH RP
06MANILA5003DCM SPOTLIGHTS U.S. PROGRAMS IN PROSPEROUS PROVINCIAL
[...] SUMMARY. Deputy Chief of Mission Paul Jones visited Iloilo City, the relatively prosperous capital of pastoral Iloilo province on the Visayan island of Panay, December 7-8. He toured a U.S. Department of Agriculture funded dairy plant which supplies milk to more than 2,000 undernourished chi [...]
2006-12-14 09:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR RP
06MANILA5026PHILIPPINES: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2006
[...] Summary and Introduction: This message provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor (ref a). It updates information provided by Post in 2005 (ref b) regarding child labor laws a [...]
2006-12-18 09:29:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID PHUM RP
06MAPUTO1002Mozambique - July Economic Digest
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during July 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Labor Law Draft in Limbo -- 25% "Incentive" Given to Entrepreneurs After the Fact -- EU Continues to Hold Up A [...]
2006-08-09 12:03:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1026COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 12:51:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1032Mozambique: USGS and USAID/OFDA Assessment of
[...] Summary. A magnitude (M) 7.0 earthquake that occurred in Machaze, Mozambique on February 23, 2006 raised awareness that a large earthquake could occur in the country. Detailed analysis of the seismicity in Mozambique is needed to determine if a large earthquake could occur near highly populat [...]
2006-08-15 13:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO1046AGOA Third-Country Textile Provisions - Mozambique
[...] (U) Growth in AGOA Mozambican garment exports depends on continuation of the third country fabric provisions. Regional companies have expressed interest in opening garment factories in Mozambique, and the one company currently exporting to the U.S. is exploring the possibility of expansion. [...]
2006-08-16 15:36:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1081COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) VISIT TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 13:04:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1118COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) VISIT TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 08:03:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1158MOZAMBIQUE: BRAZILIAN COMPANY CVRD OPTS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent developments between the OPIC-supported US/Mozambican consortium managing the Nacala Corridor, CDN, and the Brazilian company CVRD indicate that CVRD probably will not, as previously thought, buy the Nacala railroad corridor to transport coal from the Moatize mines. Inst [...]
2006-09-12 14:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EAID ECON ELTN ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1160MOZAMBIQUE: RESPONSE TO GIFT INFORMATION REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 15:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT EAID PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO1162Mozambique - August Economic Digest
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during August 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Economic Growth Estimated at 10 percent -- Oil/Gas Exploration of Zambezi Delta to Begin April 2007 -- Cook [...]
2006-09-12 15:34:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1181Advancing U.S. Efforts on Water and Sanitation in
[...] (U) The information contained in this response was provided to Post by USAID Maputo. Overview --------- 2. (U) As of 2002, Mozambique's overall access to water supply was 39% (40% in urban areas and 36% in rural),while access to sanitation was 33% (33% for both urban and rural). With [...]
2006-09-16 11:52:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MZ
06MAPUTO1195Maputo - Status Report on FY05 Democracy and Human
[...] The following is Post's status report for FY 2005 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) projects implemented in Mozambique. Three of the projects are ongoing. Two others were cancelled when it became apparent that the funds were likely to be improperly used. ----------------------------- [...]
2006-09-19 09:13:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MZ
06MAPUTO1253COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC STAFF AND PROVISIONAL COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON STAFF TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 08:21:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO126MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 14:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO130MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO1302COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC, NICOLE HEWITT AND BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON ASSOCIATES TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 10:05:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1324MOZAMBIQUE: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] Country Background Summary: Between October 2005 and October 2006 the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) continued to make progress in establishing a market- based economy, eliminating barriers to US trade and investment, reducing poverty, promoting democracy, and protecting work [...]
2006-10-13 14:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1350COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USTDA DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEOCADIA ZAK AND COUNTRY MANAGER URSULA ISZLER TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 08:06:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID USTDA OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1352COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USTDA DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEOCADIA ZAK AND COUNTRY MANAGER URSULA ISZLER TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 08:22:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID USTDA OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1382COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC, SALLY CAMERON AND JAMES RIORDAN TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 12:52:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1423COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC MARK HUISENGA AND CASSIA CARVALHO-PACHECO TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 11:30:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO143MOZAMBIQUE: FY 06 SPECIAL SELF-HELP (SSH) FUNDING
[...] Post requests USD 90,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help (SSH) Fund in FY06. 2. Mozambique's economy continued to grow rapidly, with GDP increasing by 7.8% in 2004 and 7.0% in 2005. Still, the country remains extremely poor. An estimated 54% of Mozambicans currently live below the [...]
2006-01-30 15:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID MZ
06MAPUTO1448COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC, BRIAN APP AND
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Brian App and James Riordan to travel to Mozambique, from 11 Nov 2006 until 18 November 2006 to discuss and develop compact procurement strategies with the MCC and MCA. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerar [...]
2006-11-09 15:17:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1449COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC, BRIAN APP AND
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for John Arnold from 11 Nov 2006 until 18 November 2006 and Donald Hart from 13 November 2006 to 25 November 2006 to travel to Mozambique, to conduct pre- feasibility studies for the Nacala Free Trade Zone component. Please advise as soon as [...]
2006-11-09 15:17:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1496September/October Economic Digest: Mozambique
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during September and October 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- USTDA Signs Grant with Aeroportos de Mocambique -- Labor Law Not Submitted to Parliament -- I [...]
2006-11-17 09:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1545U.S. - Mozambique Trade Investment Framework
[...] (U) Summary. Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) Florizelle Liser led an interagency visit to Mozambique October 16 through October 18. The purpose of the visit was to conduct the first bilateral Council on Trade and Investment (TIFA Council) under the Trade Investment Fram [...]
2006-11-30 04:50:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1582MOZAMBIQUE: GOVERNMENT WARNS ITS CITIZENS ON WORLD
[...] Senior government officials continued their candid dialogue in commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1. President Armando Guebuza, although out of the country on official travel, issued a written statement focusing particularly on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the fight against poverty, its [...]
2006-12-08 04:24:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO EAID MZ
06MAPUTO1584COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC STEPHEN GAULL
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Stephen Gaull and Darius Mans to travel to Mozambique, from 17 December 2006 until 21 December 2006 to meet with Mozambique's Minister of Planning and Development, Aiuba Cuereneia, to discuss MCA-Mozambique compact signing and progra [...]
2006-12-08 10:09:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1610Mozambique: Artisan Entrepreneur Takes Advantage of
[...] Summary: One Mozambican handicrafts company, Artes Mondlane, has succeeded in exporting an increasing flow of product to the US under AGOA, but faces serious challenges due to lack of capital. Econoff spoke with the owner, Carlos Mondlane, on December 7 to learn more about his success and the [...]
2006-12-18 13:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1626November Economic Digest: Mozambique
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during November 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Macroeconomics: Inflation And Growth Figures -- CVRD's Moatize Viability Study Under Review -- Additional [...]
2006-12-21 15:48:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO188PRESIDENT GUEBUZA PROMISES TO RESOLVE MCC PROJECT
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by MCC Country Director Stephen Gaull, met with President Guebuza February 9 to express concern over the GRM's progress towards developing and implementing the Mozambican compact and to highlight the need for the GOM to quickly appoint a Project Coordinator. I [...]
2006-02-13 14:33:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEAID MZ
06MAPUTO230MOZAMBIQUE: JANUARY ECONOMIC DIGEST
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during January 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: - Inflation Higher Than Expected - Government May Cancel Leases for Unused Land - Taking Longer Than Expected to P [...]
2006-02-23 05:43:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD CH MZ
06MAPUTO237MOZAMBIQUE: "CHANGE BEGINS WITH US" - PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: President Guebuza launched an historic Presidential Initiative to Combat HIV/AIDS with a succession of town hall meetings February 16-19 involving civil society and the private commercial sector. Displaying exceptional openness and engagement, he chaired each meeting personally and e [...]
2006-02-24 07:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA EAID KPAO OIIP MZ
06MAPUTO242MOZAMBIQUE: SIX MEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED
[...] (U) Summary. On Friday, February 17, Mozambican police stopped two minivans on the EN4 highway linking Mozambique and South Africa, arresting six men allegedly involved in a plan to traffic 43 persons to South Africa. After being held for questioning in Maputo, the 43 individuals, including two [...]
2006-02-24 09:35:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KDEM KWMN ASEC KCRM SMIG MZ
06MAPUTO277MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S FIRST YEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 16:41:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KOR EAID MZ
06MAPUTO278MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S FIRST YEAR
[...] (C) Summary. On balance, Guebuza's first year in office has been positive. His main tasks for that year as we see them were to confront the Chissano-era spirit of "deixa andar", maintain economic policy continuity to allow continued growth, and set the stage for reductions in absolute povert [...]
2006-03-07 07:37:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KOR EAID MZ
06MAPUTO38MOZAMBIQUE - DECEMBER ECONOMIC DIGEST
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during December 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: 2 Mozambique Signs Preferential Trade Agreement With Malawi 3 IMF Approves USD 2.3 Million Disbursemen [...]
2006-01-11 13:22:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO422Mozambique: Brazilian CVRD Considering Buying Out
[...] (U) Summary: On March 31 the Brazilian company CVRD and the OPIC-supported US/Mozambique consortium managing the Nacala railroad corridor, CDN, reached an agreement giving CVRD the option, until the end of 2006, to purchase CDN. CVRD is currently assessing prospects in the Moatize coal basin [...]
2006-04-11 08:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO423COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) VISIT TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 08:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO424GUEBUZA LUNCHES WITH 200 HIV/AIDS ORPHANS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 11:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV KSCA EAID MZ
06MAPUTO4402006 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS BUDGET REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 07:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL EAID MZ
06MAPUTO4432006 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS BUDGET REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 09:05:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL EAID MZ
06MAPUTO460March Economic Digest: Mozambique
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during March 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Moma Titanium Reserves 40% Higher Than Expected -- IFC Purchases 5 Percent of Gas Project -- IMF Gives Positi [...]
2006-04-20 14:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO461COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC staff to travel to Mozambique on the following dates to conduct kick off meetings for 609(g) financed contractors and to follow up on governance structure. Beverly Watson, Associate Country Director, Operations Arrival: 20 April [...]
2006-04-20 14:29:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO473Mozambique 2006 ESF Project Proposal
[...] US 350,000.00 is requested to establish a community nature reserve that will support good governance, private sector initiatives, economic prosperity, and environmental sustainability. The partner, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF),signed a Leader with Associates Cooperative Agreement with U [...]
2006-04-25 05:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT EAID ECON EINV ITRD PGOV PHUM PREL
06MAPUTO537AGOA FORUM -- MOZAMBICAN INVITEES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 09:21:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETRD EINV EFIN EAID
06MAPUTO561Mozambique: Revising the Labor Law
[...] (SBU) Summary. Caught between its socialist past and the need to spur greater employment, Mozambique's pro-worker labor law is on the verge of rebirth. As the private sector urges meaningful changes that will stimulate investment and economic growth, a tripartite committee continues to work o [...]
2006-05-12 09:18:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO566Mozambique: April Economic Digest
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during April 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- IMF Completes 4th PGRF Review Mission -- GRM and Donors Conclude Joint Review -- Mozambique/South Africa Coop [...]
2006-05-16 15:05:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO567Mozambique's Private Sector Raises its Voice - GRM
[...] (U) Summary: On May 3-5 Mozambique's national business association, CTA (Confederacao das Associacoes Economicas de Mocambique) held its ninth annual conference. Entitled "For a Better Business Environment: Opportunities in the Global Market," the conference focused on the effects of globaliz [...]
2006-05-17 05:30:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO586Mozambique - Comment on UNFPA Country Program
[...] Per reftel, we offer below comments on UNFPA's Country Program in Mozambique. Comments on Program Content --------------------------- 2. The content of UNFPA program in Mozambique is appropriate, and takes in consideration the dynamics of the country. We are most familiar with activitie [...]
2006-05-22 11:31:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID SOCI MZ
06MAPUTO633COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC staff to travel to Mozambique on the following dates to further program design for the MCA- Mozambique Program. Jonathan Saiger, Director, Infrastructure Arrival: 05 June 2006 Departure: 10 June 2006 Mark Huisenga, Director, A [...]
2006-06-02 09:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO661MOZAMBIQUE: MAY ECONOMIC DIGEST
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during May 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Mozambique Misses First Quarter Revenue Targets -- Donors Pledge USD 595 Million for 2007 State Budget -- USAID Sup [...]
2006-06-06 06:47:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO662MOZAMBIQUE: PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S JUNE 1 MEETING WITH
[...] Summary: On June 1, 2006, President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique met with the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),Ambassador John Danilovich, during the World Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. The exchange was very positive, and demonstrated the support and commitment [...]
2006-06-06 07:07:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO669MOZAMBIQUE - 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and
[...] Post is aware of one (1) claim that may be outstanding against the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM). 2. Claimant A. 3. This potential claim arose on or around August 5, 2005. 4. In 2001 Claimant A received authorization for a foreign investment project from the GRM's [...]
2006-06-08 06:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE CASC MZ
06MAPUTO682COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NED CABOT AND
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Ned Cabot, Regional Director, USTDA, and Ursula Iszler, Country Manager, USTDA, to travel to Mozambique from 14 June 06 to 17 June 06, to develop new business and possibly sign grants. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any [...]
2006-06-09 07:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA USTDA SF ET KE MZ
06MAPUTO728Mozambique - Ambassador La Lime's Farewell Call on
[...] (U) On June 15 Ambassador La Lime paid a farewell call on President Guebuza. Guebuza complimented the Ambassador for being instrumental in furthering good relations between the Mozambique and the United States, emphasizing that he "greatly appreciated" her helpful role. He said he was please [...]
2006-06-20 11:37:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EINV ETRD PREL MZ
06MAPUTO737Mozambique Response to Sugar Export Inquiry
[...] (U) According to the National Institute of Sugar, Mozambique's to date exports for FY 2006 are as follows: 2137 MTs shipped under the FY 2005 reallocation (MV Vamand Wave, August 2005),12,567 MTs shipped under the FY 2006 TRQ (MV Vamand Wave, August 2005) and 5,000 MTs shipped under the FY 20 [...]
2006-06-20 14:42:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EAID ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO741IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP STRESSED IN
[...] (U) Ambassador made a farewell call on Presidency Secretary-General Antonio Sumbana at Sumbana,s request on SIPDIS June 19. The Ambassador reviewed her June 15 farewell call on President Guebuza (reported septel). Sumbana expressed great pleasure with the state of the bilateral relationshi [...]
2006-06-20 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD MZ PREL
06MAPUTO776THE NEW FAMILY OF METICAIS - MOZAMBIQUE BEGINS
[...] (U) This Saturday, July 1, Mozambique is scheduled to begin circulating its new currency, the New Family of Meticais (MTn). The new bills include anti-counterfeit security features and display the image of Mozambique's first post-independence President, Samora Machel. New coins will also be [...]
2006-06-29 08:00:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO842MOZAMBIQUE: Self-Help Interim Obligation Report
[...] This is Mozambique's Self-Help Interim Obligation Report in response to reftel. 2. Post received 154 Special Self-Help project proposals for FY 2006 funding. This number is a record and nearly doubles the number of requests received for FY 2005 funding. Post is still in the process of sel [...]
2006-07-11 14:58:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID AFIN MZ
06MAPUTO847MOZAMBIQUE: JUNE ECONOMIC DIGEST
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during June 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- IMF Completes Fourth Review Under PGRF Arrangement -- GRM Launches Second Five-Year Poverty Reduction Plan -- [...]
2006-07-13 05:57:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO893MOZAMBIQUE: Second Self-Help Interim Obligation
[...] This is Mozambique's Second Self-Help Interim Obligation Report, written in response to reftel request. 2. Post Maputo's Special Self-Help selection committee has reviewed all project applications and selected six recipients for FY 2006 SSH funding. This year's committee includes represent [...]
2006-07-24 14:33:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID AFIN MZ
06MAPUTO94COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) VISIT TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 07:25:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO945MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RE UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 14:59:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UNGA MZ
06MASERU153MEETING WITH LESOTHO'S "FIRST LADY"
[...] (C) The First Lady of Lesotho shared her views of the current political situation and the status of HIV/AIDS programs in Lesotho during a lengthy discussion with Ambassador on March 21. Mrs. Mosisili is considered one of the most influential women and, de facto, one of the most important lea [...]
2006-03-23 12:26:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KHIV EAID LT
06MASERU162MINISTER OF FINANCE MEETS WITH NEPAD BUSINESS GROUP
[...] SUMMARY: Lesotho's Minister of Finance and Development Planning Timothy Thahane met with private business players in Lesotho at a dinner organized by the Lesotho NEPAD Business Group on March 16 to share ideas on the ways in which the business community can partner with government in impleme [...]
2006-03-31 07:32:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV EAID ECON PGOV LT
06MASERU319CALL FOR SELF-HELP INTERIM OBLIGATION REPORTS
[...] Project Name: Ts'oaranang ka Matsoho Bacha - Roma: A youth group in Roma that was to start a poultry and egg project to supply local businesses, hospitals, schools, churches and the community at large with poultry and eggs. This would have been the first and only local owned and operated eg [...]
2006-07-07 11:18:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON AFIN LT
06MASERU335ECONOMIC REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: --Letseng Diamond Mine sold to Gem Diamond Mining Company; --More Mining Licenses Granted; --Law Society Appeals to Chief Justice; --Standard Bank and Lesotho Bank Announce Merger; --Lesotho Textiles Make a Comeback. --------------------------------------------- -------------- [...]
2006-07-19 08:32:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV LT
06MASERU347FINANCE MINISTER ON MCC AND SADC
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Thahane July 24 to advise him that the MCC Investment Committee had approved the GOL's proposal. However, a final compact could not be signed until there were full assurances that the Marriage Equity Act had passed guaranteeing married women full ri [...]
2006-07-25 14:41:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PINR MCC LT
06MASERU348FINANCE MINISTER ON MCC AND SADC
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Thahane July 24 to advise him that the MCC Investment Committee had approved the GOL's proposal. However, a final compact could not be signed until there were full assurances that the Marriage Equity Act had passed guaranteeing married women full ri [...]
2006-07-26 07:00:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PINR MCC LT
06MASERU352ILEA GABORONE - CORE COURSE SCHEDULE FOR CY 2007
[...] Post submits here, contact details for point of contact (POC) responsible for ILEA program as requested in para 8 of reftel: NAME: THABANG TLALAJOE; DESIGNATION: POLITICAL ASSISTANT; TELEPHONE NUMBER: (266) 22-312666; EXTENSION 4101; FAX NUMBER: (266) 22-310116; [...]
2006-07-26 10:42:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS LT
06MASERU455LESOTHO: OBLIGATION OF FY06 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND
[...] Total FY06 allocation received for Maseru Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) is USD 30,000. USAID legal and accounting offices have reviewed the draft agreements and the USAID accounting office is expected to finalize the obligations upon notification of signing of agreements by post. [...]
2006-09-13 16:19:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SOCI XA LT
06MASERU491LESOTHO: OBLIGATION OF FY06 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND
[...] Subject grant agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Law Office (632-DHRF-06-001) for the purchase of law books has been cancelled in its entirety in compliance with DHRF requirements as per refs A and B. Amendment No. 1 to effect this change was signed by COM [...]
2006-09-29 14:17:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SOCI XA LT
06MASERU496LESOTHO OCTOBER ECONOMIC REPORT: BRIBERY AND RICHES IN THE
[...] SUMMARY: -- Italian firm fined in bribery case; -- Ombudsman Raps Finance Secretary; -- Ski Resort Opened in Lesotho Mountains; -- 640 Carat Find at Letseng Diamond Mine. ---------------------------------- ITALIAN FIRM FINED IN BRIBERY CASE ---------------------------------- Â [...]
2006-10-05 12:45:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD PGOV LT
06MASERU500GOL MOVES AHEAD ON GENDER EQUALITY LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of intra-cabinet debate, rigorous NGO lobbying, and considerable hand-wringing, the Government of Lesotho appears poised to secure a gender equality bill that will end official discrimination against married women on a variety of legal matters. The current draft le [...]
2006-10-05 14:29:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV LT
06MASERU527"LESOTHO PROMISE" PROVES PROMISE OF DIAMOND MINING
[...] Summary: "Lesotho's Promise," a 603 carat white stone found at Letseng Diamond Mine in August, recently sold for USD 12.4 million at the World Diamond Center in Antwerp. The stone, the fifteenth largest diamond in the world, was sold by auction to the South African Diamond Corporation, part [...]
2006-10-19 13:53:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV LT
06MASERU53FY 2006 CALL FOR AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL HELP PROGRAM FUNDING
[...] SUMMARY: POST'S LONG-TERM GOALS IN LESOTHO PER THE FY 2006 MISSION PERFORMANCE PLAN REMAIN UNCHANGED AND ARE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND GLOBAL HEALTH. POST STRIVES TO LINK SSH REQUIREMENTS TO ABOVE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. SELF-HEL [...]
2006-01-31 06:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON LT
06MASERU534DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 10:54:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KSPR LT
06MASERU544MCC STATUS AND MINISTER OF FINANCE
[...] (C) In a nearly two (2) hour session with Minister of Finance Thahane October 27, Ambassador reiterated the key points that Lesotho had to address before the visit of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Vice President for Operations John Hewko and needed before reaching an MCC compact betwe [...]
2006-10-31 14:40:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL LT
06MASERU570LESOTHO: REVISED DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
[...] Per ref (A),post has identified Deputy Chief of Mission W. Patrick Murphy as the Operational Plan Coordinator, and central point of contact on matters pertaining to the FY 2007 Operational Plans. In the absence of post primary designate, the alternate will be Public Diplomacy/Political/Econom [...]
2006-11-16 08:34:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KSPR LT
06MASERU578CARDINAL MCCARRICK VISITS LESOTHO: GRANTS CRS GROWING
[...] SUMMARY. During a November 9 call on Ambassador June Carter Perry, Washington-based Cardinal Theodore McCarrick thanked the U.S. Embassy for its work fighting HIV/AIDS and poverty. Cardinal McCarrick, on a week-long visit to Lesotho in connection with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Lesotho's [...]
2006-11-21 07:19:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID PREL OVIP ASEC VT LT
06MASERU579LESOTHO KICKS OFF NEPAD PEER REVIEW MECHANISM
[...] SUMMARY: Lesotho's Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on November 15 with South Africa's former Reserve Bank Governor Dr. Chris Stals, a member of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Panel of Eminent Persons, beginning a comprehensive assessment [...]
2006-11-21 07:21:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID KDEM LT
06MASERU630AMBASSADOR VISITS PEPFAR USG-SUPPORTED HIV/AIDS SITES
[...] On November 27, Ambassador June Carter Perry and a team of U.S. Government HIV/AIDS program staff, including Peace Corps and RHAP Pretoria, and CDC Lesotho, visited multiple PEPFAR-supported programs in the District of Leribe. During the four sites reviewed, the Ambassador offered remarks emp [...]
2006-12-27 10:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID KDEM LT
06MASERU631AMBASSADOR'S VISITS REVEAL REMOTE AREAS BENEFIT FROM USG
[...] SUMMARY. On November 28, Ambassador June Carter Perry and post's Special Projects team visited the District of Mokhotlong to review three Special Self-Help (SSH) Fund projects and to meet with Ambassador's Girls' Scholarship Program (AGSP) recipients there. This visible outreach to an isolat [...]
2006-12-27 10:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV SCUL KDEM LT
06MEXICO1456THE FOX ADMINISTRATION'S FINAL BI-NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fox Administration officials see this fifth and final BNC of their term as a chance to highlight bilateral achievements, institutionalize successful mechanisms, and prepare for the heads of state meeting in Cancun. President Fox, who recently announced imminent extraditions o [...]
2006-03-17 18:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB CVIS EAID MX
06MEXICO3324ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON
[...] Summary: This is the fifth in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. The central development challenge for Mexico - and perhaps the main challenge for its new president -- is reducing the poverty that continues to afflict so many here and which drives so many to emigrate. Com [...]
2006-06-16 15:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SENV MX
06MEXICO4857DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to several officials at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE): Director General for North American Affairs, Bosco Marti Ascencio; Director General for the United Nations, Ulises Canchola Gutierrez; Director of International Organizations, Norm [...]
2006-08-29 17:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UNGA PREL PGOV MX
06MINSK646EUR/ACE COORDINATOR DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE NEEDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, an EUR/ACE and USAID delegation led by Ambassador Thomas Adams met with representatives of Belarusian opposition non-governmental organizations (NGOs),political parties, and independent news media. Belarus' two main independent opinion pollsters also briefed the deleg [...]
2006-06-16 14:20:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK720POST REVIEW OF GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS,
[...] On June 27, 2006 USAID Country Representative, USAID Activity Manager and an Embassy Poloff met with UNDP HIV/AIDS Program Manager, the UNDP Resident Representative and the Belarus Global Fund Project Manager to discuss the results of Phase I of the project (which ends November 30, 2006) and p [...]
2006-07-12 13:49:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV SOCI TBIO BO
06MINSK838UN HLD Demarche Delivered, MFA Requests U.S. Participation
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the UN High Level Dialogue (HLD) on International Migration and Development to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on August 4. The talking points were received without comment. 2. Separately, MFA Department for Humani [...]
2006-08-04 14:07:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID PREF SMIG UNGA BO
06MOSCOW105WIDENING PROBLEMS FOR RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The North Caucasus is a crucible in which the weakness of the Russian state and its ambivalence about how to overcome that weakness are compounded. In part thanks to its failed policy there, the challenge for Russia in the North Caucasus has changed over the last ten years. Jus [...]
2006-01-11 15:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM EAID PREL RS
06MOSCOW10842GOR ENFORCES NGO REGISTRATION DEADLINE
[...] (C) Russian Federal Registration Service officials have clarified that foreign NGOs that have not been re-registered by October 18 will have to stop their external activities, but will be able to continue "internal operations." NGOs are hurrying to submit their paperwork, but according to reg [...]
2006-09-27 05:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREF KDEM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11689DEADLINE FOR FOREIGN NGO RE-REGISTRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Federal Registration Service officials suggested October 18 that they expect all foreign NGOs that have applied for re-registration to be approved as the deadline for applications passed. According to the latest FRS statistics, 91 NGOs have been re-registered, and 79 others hav [...]
2006-10-18 14:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM EAID RS
06MOSCOW11831NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE: NDI, IRI APPROVED
[...] (U) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) informed NDI and IRI on October 20 that they had been re-registered. IRI has already been added to the list of approved organizations on the FRS website. Both were told to pick up their documents on October 23. Amid heightened international and Ru [...]
2006-10-20 15:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM PREF RS
06MOSCOW11890OCTOBER 23 NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) We continue to receive positive reports on the re-registration of foreign NGOs. Of the 29 NGOs that USAID is tracking, another three have been registered by the Federal Registration Service (FRS) since October 20, bringing the total re-registered to eleven. Of the remaining eighteen, s [...]
2006-10-23 14:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM PREF RS
06MOSCOW11938INVITATION ACCEPTED: THE NEW DELHI NOVEMBER 18-19
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 05:53:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12310MORE NGOS RE-REGISTERED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The re-registration of foreign NGOs is continuing apace, with 148 approved by the backlogged Federal Registration Service. A majority of U.S. NGOs known to the Embassy are re-registered, with Human Rights Watch expecting approval any day. In the North Caucasus, the FRS and tax [...]
2006-11-03 16:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PREF EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12471NGO REGISTRATION UPDATE: NOVEMBER 16
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has now re-registered 159 foreign NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. We understand FRS has rejected five NGOs, although none appear to be U.S. organizations. The authorities have disseminated draft guidelines [...]
2006-11-16 14:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV PREF EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12637DUTCH NGO REFUSED RE-REGISTRATION
[...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service refused the NGO Stichting Russia Justice Initiative (RJI) last week, citing technical problems with its application. The technical reasons included questions about RJI Executive Director Ole Solvang's authority to represent RJI during the process and in [...]
2006-11-27 13:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12784FOREIGN NGO RE-REGISTRATION NEARING ITS END
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 176 foreign NGOs as of December 1, with another 15 still under consideration, and it is nearing the end of this process. Of the 29 NGOs tracked by USAID, 21 have been re-registered, and eight are awaiting decisions from [...]
2006-12-04 16:30:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12986RUSSIA/LEBANON: PM SINIORA'S VISIT
[...] (C) PRIME MINISTER SINIORA CAME AWAY SATISFIED WITH HIS DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT TO MOSCOW; THE ATMOSPHERICS WERE EXCELLENT ACCORDING TO LEBANESE AMBASSADOR ASSEM JABER'S READOUT TO THE CHARGE. BESIDES PUTIN, SINIORA MET WITH SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY IGOR IVANOV, EX-FOREIGN MINISTER PRIMAKOV A [...]
2006-12-19 17:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID IR LE RS
06MOSCOW13092NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE: BACK TO WORK IN THE
[...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 192 foreign NGOs as of December 22, including all of those providing aid in the North Caucasus. According to UN sources, the re-registration of International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision, along with the French NGO Acti [...]
2006-12-26 15:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW312TWO FOREIGN AID NGOS REPORTEDLY BANNED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian press reported January 16 that an Ingush court had banned two international NGOs working in the North Caucasus and was also considering banning a USG-funded American NGO. The basis of the court's ruling is unclear, and it appears none of the three NGOs was aware that a b [...]
2006-01-17 15:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID RU
06MOSCOW3190CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Thomas Adams, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said her office would help monitor the controversial NGO legislation when i [...]
2006-03-29 13:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL EAID RS
06MOSCOW396OVERZEALOUS IN INGUSHETIYA: NGO BAN CLARIFIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We have confirmed, as reported reftel, that one foreign NGO has been banned from working in Ingushetiya, while Ingush authorities have acknowledged that a republic Procuracy announcement that another was banned was erroneous. A third, American NGO apparently is still under inve [...]
2006-01-19 04:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM EAID RS
06MOSCOW504A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH NGO REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 17, the same day as the announcement that President Putin had signed the controversial NGO legislation, NGO leaders told A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the legislation was flawed and ambiguous. Although the new legislation will come into force around mid-April, [...]
2006-01-20 11:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW510MSF RUSSIA: CHECHNYA IS STILL A HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) MSF-Russia asked us to meet with heads of mission from MSF-France (Manuel Lannaud) and -Belgium (Goran Svedin) January 20 to receive a report on the humanitarian situation in Chechnya (MSF-Holland HOM was out of Moscow). MSF declared that there was still a humanitarian crisis in Chechnya, [...]
2006-01-20 14:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF RS
06MOSCOW6173NGO REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles discussed the controversial NGO law and the broader human rights and democracy situation in Russia with a range of NGO representatives on May 30-31. She expressed support for NGOs in Russia and asked about current trends for civ [...]
2006-06-08 11:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW6263RUSSIA ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 12:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL RS
06MOSCOW6390RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS IN NORTH OSSETIA
[...] (C) Summary: On March 21 the Russian Government issued a decree that puts most of the Republic of North Ossetia off-limits to foreigners. Local authorities began enforcing the decree this month, with immediate effects on international assistance organizations. Most local observers relate th [...]
2006-06-16 07:06:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PBTS MARR MOPS EAID OSCE RS GG
06MOSCOW7723RUSSIA: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HAITI INTERIM
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Sergey Tarasov, Caribbean Section Chief in the MFA Latin America Department. Tarasov said he would pass the information to his superiors but could not predict whether Russia would provide any assistance to Haiti. He was aware of the High Lev [...]
2006-07-19 12:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN HA RS
06MOSCOW8024GOR REITERATES REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGNERS' ACCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, Russian security forces issued revised requirements for foreign NGO workers, reporters, and diplomats seeking access to Chechnya. While our contacts acknowledged that they raised the potential for tighter restrictions on NGOs working in the region, they reported that [...]
2006-07-27 12:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF EAID PGOV RS
06MOSCOW857RCFS DIRECTOR LIKELY TO BE CONVICTED
[...] (C) The trial of Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) Executive Director Stanislav Dmitriyevskiy is expected to conclude February 3. Oksana Chelysheva, an RCFS staff member, and other human rights contacts have told us they expect Dmitriyevskiy to be convicted. He is charged with incit [...]
2006-01-27 14:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAID PREF RS
06MOSCOW873KABARDINO-BALKARIA: AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Few local officials in Kabardino-Balkaria are willing to talk about the October 13-14 attacks in Nalchik by Islamic extremists against government, law enforcement and security sites. Those who did during a January 25-26 visit to the Republic by Embassy officers cited joblessness [...]
2006-01-30 11:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EAID RS
06MOSCOW9354RUSSIA WEIGHING ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) In addition to contemplating a limited contingent of military personnel to serve in UNIFIL (septel),Russia is considering providing additional shipments of humanitarian assistance to Lebanon according to the MFA and the Lebanese Ambassador in Moscow. MFA Syria and Lebanon Section Chief [...]
2006-08-25 14:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LE RS
06MUMBAI1266FARMER SUICIDES PROMPT PM SINGH TO ANNOUNCE AGRICULTURAL
[...] (U) Over 1,600 farmers in eastern Maharashtra's drought-affected cotton belt in the Vidarbha region have committed suicide in the past five years. The GOI has cited crop failure, depressed cotton prices and spiraling debt as the chief reasons for the suicides. During his June 30-July 1 visit [...]
2006-07-07 06:45:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID PREL IN
06MUMBAI2054JULY RELIEF PACKAGE NOT ENOUGH, FARMER SUICIDES CONTINUE IN
[...] (SBU) Farmer suicides have continued in the drought affected Vidarbha region of Eastern Maharashtra in spite of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's debt relief package announced in early July. Over 900 farmer suicides have been reported in Vidarbha this year, 300 of which occurred after the July [...]
2006-12-11 13:03:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID PREL IN
06MUSCAT1001DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TEMPORARY MECHANISM FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA; please see para 3. 2. (C) During a June 20 call on Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi, the Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the new temporary international mechanism (TIM) for providing assistance to the Palestinians, [...]
2006-06-21 07:57:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS MU
06MUSCAT1007DEMARCHE DELIVERED: YEMENI GCC ASSISTANCE REQUEST
[...] (C) Oman FM Bin Alawi affirmed on June 20 that the GCC will respond positively to Yemen's aid request, but amounts will be determined in November. He feared Yemen had exaggerated expectations, and that it lacked the absorptive capacity or management skills to handle such a large sum in such a [...]
2006-06-21 14:09:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER MU YM
06MUSCAT1248OMAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO LEBANESE RELIEF EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) On August 20, Econoff spoke with Humaid al-Maani, Deputy Director of the Under Secretary's office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),regarding Omani government efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance to Lebanese government agencies. Al-Maani remarked that the Omani government had a [...]
2006-08-21 14:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID LE MU
06MUSCAT1268OMAN CONSIDERS RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (C) At a meeting with Omani Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi on August 27, the Ambassador SIPDIS urged the Omani government to consider providing humanitarian aid and reconstruction assistance to Lebanon in addition to the humanitarian supplies already delivered (ref [...]
2006-08-28 07:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LE MU
06MUSCAT1337URGING SUPPORT FOR LEBANON: OMAN
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief delivered ref A and B demarches September 11 to Humaid Maani, Deputy Director of the Office of MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Echoing earlier comments to the Ambassador by Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (ref C),Maani responded that O [...]
2006-09-11 13:50:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS EAID LE MU
06MUSCAT162MFA ARAB CHIEF ON IRAN, PALESTINE, SYRIA
[...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, MFA Arab Affairs Chief Ambassador Ahmed al-Harthy expressed deep misgivings about the IAEA's decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council, fearing the move pushes a diplomatic solution further out of reach. He said recent Oman-Iran discus [...]
2006-02-08 08:44:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL PARM KNNP PINR XF MU
06MUSCAT1638UPDATE ON OMANI ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 13:32:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LE MU
06MUSCAT396BASIC SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATIONCOLLABORATION: INTEREST,
[...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 76. ------- SUMMARY ------- 21. Embassy Muscat applauds USG plans to support science and mathematics education in the region and ssees excellent potential for numerous partnerships that would enable the reftel initiative to be successful [...]
2006-03-17 12:59:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL SENV XF KMPI KPAO KGLB MU
06MUSCAT744OMAN FM ON US-ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM
[...] The is an action message. Please see para 5. 2. In a May 9 meeting, the Ambassador briefed Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi on the upcoming U.S.-Arab Economic Forum in Houston from June 27-29 (reftel). The Ambassador described the Forum as a unique opportunity to [...]
2006-05-10 14:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAID ECON ETRD XF MU
06MUSCAT94LONDON CONFERENCE FOR AFGHANISTAN: OMAN ATTENDANCE
[...] (U) The Embassy delivered demarche and background papers (reftels) to the Foreign Ministry on January 25, encouraging Oman's attendance at the London Conference and pledge for Afghanistan reconstruction. 2. (SBU) UK Deputy Head of Mission Charles Hill informed us on January 24 of his ongoin [...]
2006-01-25 14:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV AF MU
06NAIROBI1008 IMMEDIATE RESPONSE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EAST AFRICA
[...] (SBU) On March 5, I hosted a lunch for 15 Nairobi-based Chiefs of Mission in honor of visiting World Food Program Executive Director James T. Morris. The reason I was willing to press the other COMs to give up their Sunday afternoon was this Mission's growing concern about the unfolding huma [...]
2006-03-07 09:36:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE
06NAIROBI1015AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In his new job as Kenya's Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya wants to focus on repairing relations with donors, improving governance, and controlling government spending. Kimunya also told the Ambassador on March 3 that the Government of Kenya is moving ahead with major privatization [...]
2006-03-07 10:31:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PINR PTER KE
06NAIROBI1019 KENYA SOMALIA DROUGHT EMERGENCY TASK FORCE
[...] Summary: On February 27, Ambassador Bellamy established an inter-agency Drought Emergency Task Force for Kenya and Somalia at post to coordinate information and both short and long-term responses to the current crisis. Post estimates that the current drought in the Horn of Africa has placed [...]
2006-03-07 11:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDDY EAID ET PHUM PREF EGAD CENTCOM PRES ECON
06NAIROBI1048 NAIROBI INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] In response to reftel, please find at para 2 Post's input for the President's report to Congress on Kenya's political and economic climate as it relates to AGOA eligibility. This text has also been sent by e-mail to AF/EPS and AF/E. In addition, please note that this mission, through USAID- [...]
2006-03-08 08:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAID PREL KE
06NAIROBI1059 THIRD ANNUAL AFRICAN FINE COFFEE CONFERENCE
[...] USAID/REDSO through the Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support (RATES) program, supported the Eastern African Fine Coffees Association (EAFCA) to once again successfully implement and host the Third African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition, known by many as the World?s WILDEST Coff [...]
2006-03-08 09:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD KE PGOV SENV
06NAIROBI1082SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED; DONORS EXAMINE
[...] (C) The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) appears set to attempt the actual work of creating legislative committees and discussing the country's future. A risk that the TFP would tear itself apart over the fate of the Prime Minister seems to be receding, as MPs fear that finding som [...]
2006-03-09 05:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1094SOMALIA: DONORS PREPARE TO SUPPORT SECURITY FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Donors and UN agency representatives have enthusiastically endorsed a Security Plan for the Transitional Federal Parliament's (TFP) interim seat in Baidoa. A March 7 fact-finding trip may have generated commitments of funds sufficient to finance the entire plan - - including the very se [...]
2006-03-09 10:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1161 17TH HORN OF AFRICA CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM
[...] The 17th Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) climate outlook forum (COF) took place in Nairobi March 1-3, organized by the USAID-supported Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC). The forum brought together policy makers, technical expert [...]
2006-03-15 04:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV TPHY XW ZF EAGR ECON ETRD KE PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI1224SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT IN NAIROBI RISKS UPSTAGING
[...] (SBU) Somali politicians fear that the upcoming summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) may repeat the mistakes of March 2005. The specter that Somali President Yusuf may again ask IGAD to express readiness to deploy foreign troops from neighboring countries to Somalia, [...]
2006-03-16 10:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1238 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] This is the second update cable in response to Ref A request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and REDSO/Somalia contributed to this report. REGIONAL REPORTS 2. NAIROBI-BASED REGIONAL MEETINGS A [...]
2006-03-17 10:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KESO
06NAIROBI1239 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] This is the second update cable in response to Ref A request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and REDSO/Somalia contributed to this report. REGIONAL REPORTS 2. NAIROBI-BASED REGIONAL MEETINGS A [...]
2006-03-17 11:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KESO
06NAIROBI1261SOMALIA: WORST COMBAT IN FIVE YEARS PUT AT USG
[...] (S) A broad array of post's Somali and the international community contacts see the heavy recent fighting in Mogadishu between an Alliance to Combat Terror and Jihadist- linked militias as being at least USG-financed, perhaps USG- instigated. This broad consensus -- across clan and political [...]
2006-03-20 14:40:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI135KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three years after coming to power, the Kenyan government of Mwai Kibaki has little to show in terms of meeting its promises to rebuild the country's long- neglecte [...]
2006-01-12 06:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ELTN EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1438OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT
[...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...]
2006-03-31 09:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR SENV SOCI
06NAIROBI1439CORRUPTION IN KENYA: PARLIAMENTARY REPORT BLOWS
[...] (C) Summary: Like a second nuclear strike following the release of the Githongo dossier in January, a long-awaited report into the Anglo-Leasing and related scandals by Kenya's Parliament was released on March 30 and is sending shockwaves through Kenyan politics. The report from the Parliamen [...]
2006-03-31 11:24:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1445 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...] This is the third update cable in response to Ref A request for biweekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, REDSO Somalia, Djibouti, and OFDA contributed to this report. ------------ FLASH REPORT ------------ 2. Early rep [...]
2006-04-03 03:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE SO
06NAIROBI145LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL MAKES SPLASH IN KENYA
[...] Living Water International, the Texas-based Christian NGO that specializes in bringing clean water to rural communities in developing countries, scored a signal success in Kenya January 10 when President Kibaki and cabinet ministers spent more than 8 hours with the group inaugurating two new w [...]
2006-01-12 11:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SENV EAID OREP KE
06NAIROBI1514OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT
[...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...]
2006-04-05 11:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE SOCI SENV ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL
06NAIROBI1561USAID/OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S KAJIADO DISTRICT.
[...] Three weeks of consistent rainfall has replenished pasture and natural water points in the Mashuru Division of Kenya's Kajiado District. The start of the long rains season should halt the decline in livestock numbers caused by recent dry conditions. Farmers have extensively planted crops an [...]
2006-04-10 09:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI157FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU COMMITS ON ISSUES OF U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tuju told Ambassador January 11 that Kenya will now proceed, in coordination with the U.S. and UK governments, with the prompt establishment of the long-stalled Joint Terrorism Task Force. Given the government's multiple and unfulfilled previous pledges, Tuju set [...]
2006-01-12 13:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR EAID ASEC MASS KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1614CORRUPTION IN KENYA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR BOOTED
[...] (C) Summary: There is likely much more than meets the eye in the recent arrest and suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for "abuse of office." In the case, it appears CBK Governor Andrew Mullei erred in hiring his son to help conduct investigations into irregularities [...]
2006-04-12 11:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1635THOUGHTS ON THE DIALOGUE WITH KENYA AT THE
[...] (C) Summary: In light of recent events in Kenya, Mission Nairobi recommends a tough-but-balanced approach in bilateral meetings between USG policymakers and the Kenyan delegation visiting Washington in late-April for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Washington policymakers can expect an a [...]
2006-04-13 11:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PINR KE
06NAIROBI1637KENYA BULLISH ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deep-sea oil exploration is scheduled to begin in late-2006 off the coast of Kenya. In preparation for a possible discovery, key donors and the Australian company in charge of exploration are encouraging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to start planning now on how to avoid the "r [...]
2006-04-13 12:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EPET ENGR KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1651 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator for DCHA, visited Kenya from April 7 - 13, on the first leg of a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia to assess and bring attention to the drought and pastoralist crisis in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Hess traveled to the drought affected towns of Mandera and El Wa [...]
2006-04-13 14:54:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI1652 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator for DCHA, visited Kenya from April 7 - 13, on the first leg of a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia to assess and bring attention to the drought and pastoralist crisis in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Hess traveled to the drought affected towns of Mandera and El Wa [...]
2006-04-13 15:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI1680SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA REVIEW
[...] Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) is one of the most valuable programs the USG and the Embassy are engaged in with the Government of Kenya (GOK). Under SSFA, we work closely with Kenyan civil aviation officials to enhance the safety and security of air travelers in Kenya. Our goal is to assist th [...]
2006-04-19 10:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EAID ECON KE
06NAIROBI1688RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN
[...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...]
2006-04-19 13:02:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1697TENSIONS ESCALATING IN MOGADISHU
[...] (S) Somali Prime Minister Gedi telephoned Ambassador late April 19 to convey great concern over apparent preparations for renewed fighting in Mogadishu. There are reports, he said, of roadblocks going up and movements of men and weapons. Civilians are fleeing. (NOTE: We are receiving confirma [...]
2006-04-19 16:40:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1705Embassy Urges Ex-Im Support for Locomotive Export
[...] Summary: Ex-Im rejection of U.S. producer NREC's application for support for sale of eight locomotives to Kenya's Magadi Soda would contradict U.S. policy to help African countries expand their foreign trade, and produce a terrible optic for the USG. Embassy questions Ex-Im's projection that [...]
2006-04-20 07:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD EINV EAID ECON KE
06NAIROBI1720 CORRUPTION IN KENYA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A long-awaited audit into the 18 suspect Anglo-Leasing-style procurement scams has been tabled in Parliament. Its detailed findings confirm and confer even greater credibility to the Githongo dossier and to the recently-adopted parliamentary report on the Anglo-Leasing and simi [...]
2006-04-24 05:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1772 DONOR COORDINATION FOR KENYA DROUGHT
[...] Donor agencies and governments, including USAID, have stepped up to coordinate efforts to respond to the current humanitarian emergency in Kenya. In regular meetings, donors share information on funding, activities, and partners in an effort to avoid overlap and gaps in programming. Meetin [...]
2006-04-25 14:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1773 USAID Assessment of Food Security
[...] Agricultural inputs provided by USAID/OFDA partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) improved crop production and diversification among vulnerable farmers in Kenya's Kitui District despite a poor short rains in 2005. Farmers saved seeds from the last harvest and are preparing to plant this sea [...]
2006-04-25 14:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1775 USAID Assessment of Food Security
[...] Agricultural inputs provided by USAID/OFDA partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) improved crop production and diversification among vulnerable farmers in Kenya's Kitui District despite a poor short rains in 2005. Farmers saved seeds from the last harvest and are preparing to plant this sea [...]
2006-04-25 14:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1804 RAINS STABILIZE PASTORALIST DECLINE IN KENYA
[...] The arrival of the long rains in Kenya's Garissa and Wajir districts have stabilized the dramatic decline in pastoralist livelihoods experienced in recent months. However, humanitarian interventions remain necessary to ensure both short- and long-term recovery. Potential interventions shoul [...]
2006-04-26 11:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1805 BOREHOLE INTEGRITY IN KENYA'S WAJIR DISTRICT
[...] Boreholes, pumping water from depths of 200 meters, are critical in sustaining pastoralists and livestock in Kenya?s arid Wajir District. Pumps have been operating continuously during the last six-month dry period and their mechanical integrity is now questionable. Exhausted generators, bro [...]
2006-04-26 11:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1819POST'S RESPONSE TO PROPOSED WJEI PROGRAM FOR KENYA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Interagency Assessment Team,s recommendations for a Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) in Kenya and its request for Post input on the advisability, feasibility, and costs of the proposed activities, as well as a second area for geographic focus. Po [...]
2006-04-27 08:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI KE
06NAIROBI1850 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] The widespread heavy rains experienced in the region during the first ten days, or dekad, of April subsided in the second dekad. During the second dekad of April, most parts of Somalia and Djibouti, northern and eastern Kenya, and the eastern half of Ethiopia, where most of the drought-affec [...]
2006-04-28 09:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI1875 USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia Humanitarian Update
[...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded Malnutrition Rising While food insecurity is chronic throughout southern Somalia, malnutr In Gedo Region, the USAID-supported Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU In Bay Region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Switzerland co [...]
2006-05-02 12:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO
06NAIROBI1881 USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia
[...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded by the effects of fifteen years of armed conflict that has destroyed public infrastructure and basic services, and stressed the population?s coping strategies. The majority of the 2.1 million drought-affected people resides i [...]
2006-05-02 13:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO
06NAIROBI1930USAID ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL HESS
[...] From April 7 to 13, Assistant Administrator of the USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (AA/DCHA) Michael E. Hess traveled to Kenya to assess the impact of drought and to view USAID interventions. AA/DCHA Hess visited drought-affected pastoralists in Mandera Dist [...]
2006-05-03 12:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1939 MEASLES AND POLIO INCIDENCE AND RESPONSE IN
[...] Since 2005, isolated measles and polio cases surfaced in drought-affected Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Increased migration by pastoralists during the drought has raised concerns of a widespread, regional outbreak. In response, the U.N. Children?s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization [...]
2006-05-04 10:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO KE ET
06NAIROBI1951CHINA'S PRESIDENT HU VISITS KENYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese President Hu Jintao's late April visit to Nairobi further strengthens the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries through several economic, technical, and financial assistance agreements. While the balance of the economic relationship is heavily tipped i [...]
2006-05-05 05:23:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALEAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL
06NAIROBI1956 DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOMALIA DROUGHT
[...] To date, donor governments and agencies, including USAID, have contributed over 87.8 million U.S. Dollars (USD) towards the United Nations (U.N.) humanitarian appeal for the drought emergency in Somalia, in addition to more than 60.0 million USD outside the appeal. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, [...]
2006-05-05 06:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO
06NAIROBI2063SOMALIA: BRIEFING THE INTERNATIONALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy briefed a small group of ambassadors and special envoys on U.S. policy toward Somalia on May 9. The group responded largely favorably to the briefing, with several finding areas of convergence between their policy priorities and ours. In response to concerns t [...]
2006-05-11 15:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER EAID PGOV SO
06NAIROBI2089 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] In Kenya, initial projections are that the long rains maize harvest will be approximately 25 percent higher than the average. Rapid assessments in three districts indicate a worsening food security situation and food aid beneficiary numbers increased by 81,000. In Ethiopia, the outlook for t [...]
2006-05-12 09:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI210SOMALIA'S PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AGREE -- THE END GAME
[...] (C) The January 5 agreement signed in Aden between the Somali Transitional President and Speaker of the Parliament can only be welcomed, at least as a reflection of the dialogue that produced it. But such dialogue and agreement may nonetheless herald the end of the Transitional Federal Instit [...]
2006-01-17 11:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2174 USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S SAMBURU
[...] Consistent rains over the past month have improved pasture and natural water points that are critical to the largely pastoralist population in Kenya's Samburu District. However, according to district officials, ethnic conflict and cattle theft have displaced an estimated 20,000 people in the [...]
2006-05-18 06:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO KE ET
06NAIROBI2190REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM SOMALI PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Embassy Nairobi received May 16 a letter from Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi requesting, in general terms, U.S. support for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. Post has sent a generic interim response expressing USG support for the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI [...]
2006-05-18 14:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID SO KE
06NAIROBI2369 BI-LATERAL MEETING BETWEEN USAID/REDSO/FFP AND
[...] Summary: On May 3, 2006, USAID/REDSO/FFP and the regional WFP Operations Division Kampala (WFP/ODK) held their third annual bi-lateral meeting. These annual meetings are designed to provide a forum for each party to discuss topics of mutual concern in managing the nearly 1.6 million MTs of Ti [...]
2006-05-30 12:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDDJ ER EAID SO
06NAIROBI2414 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...]
2006-06-02 09:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI2425SOMALIA: A STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Post envisions a Somalia strategy that builds on existing counterterrorism contacts and tactics, connecting the ARPFAT with the TFIs, establishing relations with moderate Islamic courts, and developing a network within the Ayr and business communities in Mogadishu. This approach [...]
2006-06-02 11:09:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV EAID SO
06NAIROBI2438 USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S GARISSA
[...] Although long season rains improved pasture conditions and water availability in most drought- affected areas of Kenya, patchy showers in Garissa District have left many areas dry, impeding recovery efforts. Water tankering activities continue in several divisions where residents still face a [...]
2006-06-05 08:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI2482CORRUPTION IN KENYA: HOW FULL - OR EMPTY - IS THE
[...] (C) Summary: The bad news in the war against corruption in Kenya is that there continues to be no genuine political will at the leadership level to aggressively investigate and prosecute major graft cases. The desperation of the NARC administration as it positions itself for next year's elect [...]
2006-06-06 13:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI2501 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...]
2006-06-07 11:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI2518 UN WORKSHOP ON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN
[...] On May 29, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) convened a three-day humanitarian information network workshop in Nairobi focused on Africa-specific concerns. This year's workshop is a continuation of a process begun in 2002. The primary purpose of the Nairobi wo [...]
2006-06-08 11:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI2532 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...]
2006-06-09 06:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI2594 VIOLENCE IN MOGADISHU EXACERBATES
[...] In May 2006, an ongoing low-intensity conflict between warlords and factions aligned with the Islamic courts in the Somali capital of Mogadishu escalated into large-scale violence throughout the city. On June 5, the Islamic Court Union (ICU) claimed control of Mogadishu, with most of the war [...]
2006-06-14 03:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO
06NAIROBI260SOMALIA: ALL SIDES READY TO DELIVER A PARLIAMENT -
[...] (C) The "Aden Declaration," signed by the Somali President and Speaker of the Parliament, provides an entry point to engage with the parties to the divided Transitional Federal Institutions. They, in turn, have asked the USG for specific diplomatic efforts to improve the environment for the c [...]
2006-01-20 01:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2758ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Parliamentary Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Assistant Secretary Frazer highlighted U.S. priorities for Somalia and SIPDIS expressed concerns about territorial expansion by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). Sharif Hassan had similar concern [...]
2006-06-25 12:10:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KISL SO
06NAIROBI2760ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Prime Minister Gedi, Assistant Secretary Frazer outlined U.S. priorities for Somalia and solicited Gedi's thoughts on the most appropriate role for the U.S. at this time. Gedi identified security needs as the top priority to enable other activitie [...]
2006-06-26 03:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS EAID SO
06NAIROBI279HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN KENYA?S NORTHEASTERN
[...] Persistent drought and underdevelopment in Kenya's Northeastern Province continues to erode humanitarian indicators. Erratic rainfall during the Sept-Nov short rains season has failed to replenish natural water points or pasture causing degradation of local livestock, the main source of food [...]
2006-01-20 07:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI285Drought's Limited Impact on Kenya's Economy - So
[...] Summary: Although drought has put 2.5 - 3.5 million Kenyans in Northern, Northeastern and Coast provinces in desperate need of aid, Kenya's economy grew about 5% in 2005, and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) forecasts stronger growth in 2006. Unless the March-August long rainy season fails, to [...]
2006-01-23 01:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EAGR EIND EFIN PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2870KENYA: SCANDAL CONTROL CROWDS OUT INTEREST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With another corruption scandal emerging, this time involving private corporations whose malfeasance may have been enriching government officials, and another ministerial tirade against the media, the government has again demonstrated its aversion to transparent, democratic gover [...]
2006-06-30 11:39:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL KCOR EAID KE
06NAIROBI3016 PROCEEDINGS FROM 19TH SEMI-ANNUAL ALNAP
[...] From June 13 to 15, 2006, the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) convened its 19th semi- annual conference. The aim of the meeting was for humanitarian actors to draw out key aspects of learning, accountability, and performance related t [...]
2006-07-11 06:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI3256Chinese Make Only Concessional Loans to Kenya
[...] Summary: China has extended or agreed to extend to the GOK a total of Ksh3.54 billion ($45.5 million) in concessional loans since 2002 for road and hospital projects. Non-concessional foreign borrowing by the GOK fell 5.5% from 2004 to 2005, and the GOK appears to be relying on domestic lendi [...]
2006-07-27 13:38:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID KE
06NAIROBI327NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE: US ASSISTANCE UNDERWAY
[...] SUMMARY: A four-story building under construction in central Nairobi collapsed mid-day January 23, injuring 105, and killing 20, with an unknown number unaccounted for, according to on-site press reports as of January 24 afternoon. Responding to the Kenyan government's request for assistance [...]
2006-01-24 13:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS PREL AMGT KE
06NAIROBI3317 OFDA DRM DIRECTOR VISIT TO KENYA
[...] OFDA Director for Disaster Response and Mitigation (DRM),Ms. Antoinette Ferrara, traveled to OFDA's East and Central Regional Office (ECARO),Nairobi, from July 12-16. The purpose of the visit was to consult with USAID regional leadership on OFDA activities, meet current OFDA regional partn [...]
2006-08-01 15:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3324 OFDA DRM DIRECTOR VISIT TO KENYA
[...] OFDA Director for Disaster Response and Mitigation (DRM),Ms. Antoinette Ferrara, traveled to OFDA's East and Central Regional Office (ECARO),Nairobi, from July 12-16. The purpose of the visit was to consult with USAID regional leadership on OFDA activities, meet current OFDA regional partn [...]
2006-08-02 08:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3392KENYA COAST: FAILING TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to Mombasa and Lamu to assess the impact of our outreach efforts to this marginalized region. From conversations with a variety of contacts who have worked with us over the past few years, one theme dominated: the message of our contributions to promote develop [...]
2006-08-04 07:36:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO EAID
06NAIROBI3394 REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 08:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI342UPDATE: NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE
[...] SUMMARY: Rescue efforts at the scene of the collapsed multi-story building in central Nairobi continue, with 14 confirmed deaths, 107 injured, and an unknown number missing. While the government announced there is little hope of finding more survivors, and that the Israeli rescue team will co [...]
2006-01-25 12:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS PREL AMGT ASEC KE
06NAIROBI3437KENYA CRIMINALIZES SEXUAL (AND SOME TRAFFICKING)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 31, Kenya's National Assembly voted to criminalize the worst forms of sexual offenses, including rape, defilement, child pornography and sex tourism, and sexual harassment. While amendments to the bill may have watered down some of the proposed protections, the passage of [...]
2006-08-08 08:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL EAID SOCI KE
06NAIROBI3441 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 14:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI3630 REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP
[...] The second stage of implementation of the Crop Crisis Control Project (C3P) was launched with a regional planning workshop in Kigali, Rwanda June 13- 15, 2006. The goal of this activity, supported by the Famine Prevention Fund, is a regionally coordinated response to the catastrophic spread of [...]
2006-08-18 10:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI3900SOMALI REFUGEES IN KENYA (C-TN6-01351)
[...] (C) The following answers are keyed to original lettered questions in reftel. A. (C) HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA RESPONDED TO THE FLOW OF SOMALI REFUGEES TO DADAAB? IS THE INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES INTO KENYA A THREAT TO KENYAN STABILITY? IF SO, HOW? The GOK continues to fulfill its [...]
2006-09-08 08:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI393NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE: RESCUE MISSION
[...] SUMMARY: As U.S., Israeli and British rescue teams wrapped-up their much-appreciated operations on January 26, the Kenyan government transitioned the rescue operation to recovery, with a reported three more bodies pulled from the rubble overnight. At a January 26 remembrance ceremony held at [...]
2006-01-27 08:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS PREL AMGT ASEC KE
06NAIROBI395CORRUPTION IN KENYA: NOT THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-USAID message and contains a policy recommendation and rationale in paras 10-14. 2. (C) Summary: Public release of serious and credible evidence of graft and cover-up at the highest levels of the Kenyan Government is generating outrage in Kenya and threatens to [...]
2006-01-27 10:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI3952Information Requested For Secretary's Initiative On Global
[...] The GOK generally recognizes the role of information Communication and Technology (ICT) in national development and the need for a national policy that promotes and facilitates private sector investment for the benefit of all Kenyans. The Kenya Communications Act (KCA) 1998 and the GOK's subse [...]
2006-09-12 14:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT EAID PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3988 KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE - September 2006
[...] Kenya's long rains (March-June) food security interagency assessment has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising of representatives of GOK, NGO and UN agencies. 2. The asse [...]
2006-09-14 07:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI416U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES NOW IN KENYAN CUSTODY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten Somali pirates captured by the U.S. Navy for high-seas piracy of an Indian vessel have been turned over to Kenyan authorities. Absent interventions by U.S. or Indian authorities to assert jurisdiction, Kenyan police are proceeding full steam to prosecute domestically. END S [...]
2006-01-30 12:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI428SOMALIA: PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER COOPERATING, PRIME
[...] (C) Somali President Yusuf told Ambassador January 29 that he and the Speaker of the Parliament continue to work together to implement the "Aden Declaration" they signed January 5, calling for the parliament to begin work inside Somalia. The Prime Minister and two key political/clan allies ar [...]
2006-01-31 10:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI4321AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S BESIEGED ANTI-CORRUPTION DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call by the Ambassador on October 2, Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) Director Aaron Ringera vigorously defended the performance of the KACC while also candidly analyzing the structural challenges that make prosecution of grand-scale corruption cases virtually [...]
2006-10-05 13:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI4372 SEEING IN 3-D: USG REGIONAL COORDINATION TO
[...] (SBU) Field and Washington representatives of State, USAID, and DOD met in Nairobi in August to coordinate efforts to combat terrorism in the Horn of Africa (HOA). Participants agreed to form a regional team to serve as a point of contact among relevant USG players. They also agreed to deepen [...]
2006-10-11 13:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PTER SO KE ET
06NAIROBI4477POLIO SURFACES IN KENYA REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (C) On October 16, Refcoord Addis learned from UNHCR and other sources that a case of polio had been discovered at Dadaab refugee camp. The case, the first in Kenya in twenty years, was originally identified on September 23 by GTZ doctors at the camp. GTZ doctors turned the information over [...]
2006-10-17 04:44:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI462KENYA CONFIRMS INTENT TO PROSECUTE U.S.-CAPTURED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities confirm their intent to proceed to prosecute and bring to trial in coming days the 10 Somali pirates captured January 22 by U.S. forces. They seek immediate transfer to Kenyan authorities any/all items of evidentiary value still in U.S. hands. The nation's [...]
2006-02-01 12:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI4726NO PLANK TO WALK BUT TEN GUILTY PIRATES GET SEVEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Mombasa court found all ten of the Somali nationals captured by the U.S. Navy off the coast of Somalia in January guilty of piracy on the high seas and sentenced each to seven years imprisonment on November 1. The defense's planned appeal of the verdict on jurisdictional gr [...]
2006-11-03 07:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI494CORRUPTION IN KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS,
[...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedented move, Kenya's Finance Minister has resigned in response to the Anglo-Leasing and related revelations. In resigning, David Mwiraria asserted his innocence - a claim swiftly countered by John Githongo, the man whose dossier on high-level corruption and cover-up [...]
2006-02-02 12:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5001KENYA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND
[...] Summary: Post reiterates our firm commitment to implementing the WJEI program in Kenya and looks forward to implementing an effective initiative to bolster Kenya,s capacity to combat violence against women. Post Mission Planning Team (MPT),comprised of USAID, DOJ, RSO, Political, and the [...]
2006-11-22 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM KE SF BN ZA
06NAIROBI5076DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR KENYA FLOODS
[...] Summary: The October to December 2006 rains have been exceptionally heavy throughout Kenya resulting in serious flooding in the Coast, Western and Northeastern Provinces directly affecting approximately 300,000 persons and with 23 recorded deaths so far as reported by Kenya Red Cross (KRC) a [...]
2006-11-28 13:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI526KENYA ARRAIGNS U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES
[...] (SBU) The government of Kenya formally announced its intent to prosecute the 10 Somali pirates captured by U.S. forces January 22 (reftels) via a diplomatic note dated February 1. The note stated that the government "is willing to prosecute the 10 alleged pirates." (MFA Diplomatic Note MFA. [...]
2006-02-06 11:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI527OFFICIAL CORRUPTION: PRESIDENT KIBAKI UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Judging from his remarks to a small group of Ambassadors February 2, President Kibaki does not/not see a need for decisive action in the face of the growing public outcry over official corruption. Kibaki derided his former top adviser on corruption, John Githongo, calling him "a p [...]
2006-02-06 12:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5299 USG HUMANITARIAN PLANNING FOR SOMALIA
[...] Fears of conflict between the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the Islamic Courts are growing. USG and other humanitarian organizations are working together on contingency planning efforts. These include developing scenarios (based on the assumption that non-combatants will be [...]
2006-12-19 13:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI PREF PREL SO
06NAIROBI592US-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES' TRIAL CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) The trial of 10 Somali pirates (reftel) began February 8 in Mombasa, as scheduled, with lawyers for the suspects arguing that the Kenyan judicial system did not have the authority to try the men. In a February 9 ruling, however, the presiding magistrate ruled in favor of the prosecutio [...]
2006-02-09 11:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI607CORRUPTION IN KENYA: ANGLO-LEASING COMBINES WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an apparently transparent attempt to deflect public attention away from allegations of grand scale corruption within his own administration, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has officially accepted a long- awaited report into the Goldenberg affair, a huge scandal that took place ov [...]
2006-02-10 11:10:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI633SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT STUMBLES TOWARD BAIDOA
[...] (C) The Somali President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Parliament gathered over the February 11 weekend to iron out their differences over holding the first-ever session of the Somali Parliament inside Somalia. Politicians from the Haber Gedir clan met the same weekend to seek an end to [...]
2006-02-13 09:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI659SOMALIA: ACTIVIST MP SEES A PLOT UNDER EVERY STONE
[...] (C) Asha Haji Elmi, Somalia's most dynamic female MP, privately says she fears her life may be in danger when she attends the upcoming parliamentary session in Baidoa, but insists she will attend. Amidst swirling conspiracy theories, she claimed that all facts point to underhanded agreements [...]
2006-02-14 11:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI661CORRUPTION IN KENYA: TWO MORE MINISTERS RESIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Under intense pressure generated by the Anglo-Leasing and Goldenberg scandals, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki accepted (or, more accurately, demanded) the resignation of two more ministers on February 13. These and related developments perhaps mark the beginning of a change in Keny [...]
2006-02-14 13:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI67 KENYA EMOP RESOURCES - WHEAT SWAP WITH KENYAN
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. To address the immediate food needs of an estimated 2.5 million drought victims throughout Kenya, particularly in eastern and northeastern pastoralist areas, while also supporting Kenya?s oversupplied maize market, post recommends USAID/FFP [...]
2006-01-06 06:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE EAGR ECON ETRD
06NAIROBI738 AMBASSADORS' FIRST HAND LOOK AT FAMINE CONDITIONS
[...] Summary: U.S. Representative to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO),Ambassador Tony Hall, joined Ambassador Bellamy, the Swedish Ambassador, the Deputy U.K. High Commissioner, WFP, USAID and GOK officials including Assistant Secretary Ibrahim Maalim and District Commissioner Samuel [...]
2006-02-17 07:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE
06NAIROBI744 KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE ? FEBRUARY 2006
[...] The short rains (October-December) food security interagency assessment has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising of representatives of GOK, NGO and UN agencies. USAID/Kenya E [...]
2006-02-17 13:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE EAGR EIND PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI766SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT IN BAIDOA WILL NEED --
[...] (S) Staff at the UNDP's Rule of Law and Security (ROLS) Programme believe there is reason for very guarded optimism that the Somali Parliament can meet in Baidoa -- though perhaps not as soon as February 26. Although they see the available funding for security and logistics as completely insu [...]
2006-02-21 12:08:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI840SOMALIA: FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU AND POTENTIAL IMPACT
[...] (S) Heavy fighting in Mogadishu February 18-21 between the Alliance to Combat Terror and militias associated with Jihadist groups was, at its heart, a conflict among sub- clans of the large Hawiye clan. Several militias associated with Islamic Courts and their founding sub-clans have expanded [...]
2006-02-24 10:10:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI869SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLES IN BAIDOA IN LARGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on February 26 opened its first-ever session inside the country. MPs turned up in the south-central Somali town of Baidoa in much larger numbers than predicted. The 211 MPs reported present were easily in excess of the quorum requ [...]
2006-02-27 14:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI916NYANZA IS ISOLATED, RESIDENTS TELL AMBASSADOR
[...] The people of Nyanza are isolated from Nairobi, residents and officials from the Province told the Ambassador during his one-day trip to the area February 21. While there, he participated in a school dedication, presented awards to CDC Kenyan staff, and launched a food security assistance pr [...]
2006-03-01 10:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL EAID EAGR KE
06NAIROBI919 AMBASSADOR BELLAMY VISITS COAST PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 31 February 3 visit to Mombasa and the Coast Province, the Ambassador discussed counter-terrorism with Provincial Commissioner Maina. Ambassador Bellamy called on Mayor Taib of Mombasa who requested disaster management assistance and met with members of Parliament [...]
2006-03-01 10:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR PTER
06NAIROBI93 CODEL BROWNBACK EXAMINES CONSERVATION AND FEEDING
[...] Summary: Senators Brownback and Durbin visited Kenya December 4 through 6 to examine conservation efforts in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Senator Durbin then returned to Nairobi and visited several World Food Program (WFP) feeding programs in the sprawling Kibera slums. Senator Durbin [...]
2006-01-09 11:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KHIV ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL
06NAIROBI950 KENYA AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS UPDATE
[...] Summary: To date, Kenya has no confirmed cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza, but suspect samples from flamingos, as well as poultry samples from Uganda, are being analyzed by CDC-Kenya. Kenya does have a valuable interagency AI Task Force, and a cadre of well-trained technical officials who shou [...]
2006-03-03 01:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE
06NAIROBI96Disaster Re-Declaration, Kenya Drought
[...] Summary: Drought conditions continue in Kenya. Ambassador declares a disaster for FY 2006 and requests new assistance from USAID's Offices of Foreign Disaster Assistance and Food for Peace. End Summary 2. Drought conditions persist in Kenya due to widespread failure of the short rains s [...]
2006-01-09 12:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD ECON PREL PGOV SOCI KE
06NAIROBI968 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...] Summary: ------------ This is the first cable in response to reftel request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. It is formatted according to reftel guidelines. USAID Missions in Ethiopia and Djibouti contributed to this report. A regional humanitari [...]
2006-03-03 08:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDDY EAID ET PHUM PREF EGAD CENTCOM PRES ECON
06NASSAU1300BAHAMAS LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT OF UN MIGRATION
[...] (U) The Bahamas provided no initial response following July delivery of reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Patricia Rodgers or following re-delivery of the demarche to MFA Undersecretary Marilyn Zonicle on August 17. 2. (C) On August 23, Poloff again [...]
2006-08-24 21:05:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PREF SMIG UNGA BF
06NASSAU363BIRD FLU FEARS LIKELY UNFOUNDED
[...] Twenty-one wild birds, mostly flamingos, were found dead February 28 on the island of Great Inagua in the Southern Bahamas, and testing is underway to determine if the H5N1 virus, avian influenza, is to blame. Bahamian authorities are working closely with the Pan American Health Organization [...]
2006-03-02 16:09:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF
06NASSAU616MINISTRY OF TOURISM SUPPRESSES BIRD FLU RESPONSE
[...] Environmental officials informed the Embassy April 4 that the Bahamian Government has ceased its investigation of multiple suspicious bird deaths on Great Inagua Island. In late February, the discovery sparked fears of the first bird flu cases in the Western Hemisphere (reftels b and c). Lab [...]
2006-04-06 21:20:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF
06NASSAU782MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PREVAL: VIEWS FROM THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Haitian Ambassador to The Bahamas, Louis Joseph, met with Poloff May 11 to discuss Haitian migration and the urgent need to create jobs in Haiti. Joseph rebuffed recent media reports of impending violence by the Haitian immigrant community on Abaco Island, Bahamas, but registere [...]
2006-05-16 16:14:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SMIG EAID HA BF
06NASSAU8632006 AMBASSADOR'S SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HIV/AIDS
[...] SUMMARY: The Bahamas is making continued progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS because of the cooperative efforts of government and non-governmental organizations. However, persons living with HIV/AIDS face stigma and discrimination as a result of their infection. To address this concern, [...]
2006-06-01 20:14:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TBIO KHIV BF
06NDJAMENA339CHAD: PREPARING FOR THE AI INEVITABLE
[...] Summary. With Avian Influenza (AI) confirmed in neighboring Nigeria and Niger, we believe that it is only a matter of time before AI is found in Chad. We are fortunate that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in N'djamana is able and engaged. However Chad lacks the [...]
2006-03-01 16:45:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAID AMED EAGR CD
06NDJAMENA801CHAD: BRINGING PEACE CORPS BACK
[...] (SBU) Peace Corps is to my mind the single most effective U.S. Government-funded program in Chad. Now that the Department of State has authorized the lifting of Authorized Departure status (reftel),Peace Corps's suspension should be reconsidered as well. Peace Corps volunteers are already [...]
2006-06-06 13:55:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA820AMBASSADOR'S FY 2006 DISASTER RE-DECLARATION OF A
[...] Disaster Determination. The Republic of Chad continues to suffer from an ongoing disaster that warrants U.S. Government assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected populations in the east of the country. This disaster exceeds the host country's ability to provide an ade [...]
2006-06-09 10:40:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI CD
06NDJAMENA867CHAD: MULTI-DONOR MISSION ON PUBLIC FINANCE AND
[...] (SBU) The second Multi-Donor Mission to Chad since April opened on June 21. A week of meetings with the GOC will seek to settle on the framework of a "global agreement" on the issues of public finance and oil revenue management. This would replace the "interim agreement" the GOS and World Ban [...]
2006-06-22 15:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA882CHAD: CREDIBLE OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN
[...] (C) Senior Chadian government officials have succeeded in blocking any discussion of capturing all or some indirect oil revenues generated by taxes and customs fees into an "improved" revenue management scheme for poverty reduction. They see no need to change the current distribution of funds [...]
2006-06-27 14:34:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID EPET KDEM PREL PGOV KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA893CHAD: DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT THE WORLD BANK OUT
[...] (SBU) Tough talk in the Multi-Donor Mission's oil revenue management working group seems to indicate a Government of Chad desire to cut the World Bank out of the oil sector all together. If the GOC shows continued inflexibility over the World Bank's status as a senior creditor, it could be an [...]
2006-06-29 08:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID EPET PREL PGOV KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA908CHAD: OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND THE PRICE OF
[...] (SBU) The ten-day intensive talks between a Multi-Donor Mission and the Government of Chad (GOC) ended June 29. A good start was made on revisions to Chad's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),and on defining urgent actions needed to improve public finance management. The World Bank's m [...]
2006-07-04 11:39:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NEWDELHI1230INDIA BUILDING UP ITS SECURITY CONTIGENT IN
[...] (C) Media reports that India was deploying "commandos" or "sec ret police" to Afghanistan were "rubbish," Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloff on February 16. However, the growing security threats to India's Border Roads Organization (BR [...]
2006-02-16 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR IN AF
06NEWDELHI2323INDIA GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SAARC
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff's April 4 introductory call on Preeti Saran, the new MEA Joint Secretary for SAARC, revealed an element in the GOI that is generally upbeat about SAARC's potential to improve regional cooperation, in line with Prime Minister Singh's long-term vision of Indian [...]
2006-04-05 14:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG ECIN EAID IN AF BG BT
06NEWDELHI2603GOI REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During President Hamid Karzai's April 9-13 visit to India, the GOI reinforced its substantial support for Afghanistan with the announcement of an additional USD 50 million in assistance, the signing of three MoUs, and positive statements from both sides about their bilateral part [...]
2006-04-18 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS IN AF
06NEWDELHI2785DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN ELECTION FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff discussed Ref A points with MEA Under Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Acquino Vimal on SIPDIS April 25, suggesting that some of India's USD 10 million in non-programmed but committed funds (Ref B) could be used to cover costs for Afghan elections. Vimal replied that it w [...]
2006-04-25 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID PGOV IN AF
06NEWDELHI279NO GOI DECISION YET ON LONDON CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha on SIPDIS January 13. In a follow-up conversation, Under Secretary (Afghanistan) Aquino Vimal told Poloff that MEA had not yet decided on the level of its official representation, but w [...]
2006-01-13 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID KDEM IN AF
06NEWDELHI2967INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]
2006-05-01 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK
06NEWDELHI3334MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...]
2006-05-15 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT
06NEWDELHI4254MEA AWAITING CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: USAID South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E) regional coordinator delivered ref A demarche to the GOI Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati, who was generally supportive of all trade initiatives but cautious about the prospects [...]
2006-06-16 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN PGOV
06NEWDELHI657UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS
06NEWDELHI6770INDIA WELCOMES COORDINATION WITH US AS IT PURSUES
[...] SUMMARY: India's senior foreign ministry official charged with managing relations with Asia, Ashok Khanta, unofficially expressed interest in pursuing a four-party dialogue with the US, Japan, and Australia with a focus on regional issues including maritime security, science and technology c [...]
2006-09-28 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AORC EAID EIND MOPS OVIP PHSA
06NEWDELHI8276MUKHERJEE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR CIVILIAN
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee t/ld Under Secretary Nicholas Burns on December 8 he appreciated the Bush Administration's efforts to negotiate language for the civilian nuclear legislation that was favorable to India, and said Indian officials were preparing to address their remaining c [...]
2006-12-11 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM
06NEWDELHI8298INDIAN MP'S ARE GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: A selected group of Members of Parliament from the India/US Forum of Parliamentarians (IUFP) discussed a broad range of issues with U/S Burns and Ambassador Mulford during their December 8 meeting. The MPs were mostly from the Congress party, although the BJP and regional partie [...]
2006-12-12 10:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM
06NIAMEY1023NIGER: CONSOLIDATING PEACE IN THE AIR AND AZAWAK
[...] SUMMARY. MORE THAN 11 YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF PEACE ACCORDS, FORMER MEMBERS OF VARIOUS TUAREG RESISTANCE FRONTS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED. ON SEPTEMBER 8, IN A HALF-DAY CEREMONY IN AGADEZ, THE FIRST CHECKS WERE HANDED TO THE HEADS OF 25 COOPERATIVE GROUPS. [...]
2006-09-12 12:19:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI SENV NG
06NIAMEY1051NIGER: CHOLERA OUTBREAK
[...] NGOS ARE REPORTING OUTBREAKS OF CHOLERA IN SEVERAL AREAS OF NIGER FOLLOWING FLOODS IN THOSE AREAS. CASES OF CHOLERA HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN BIRNIN KONNI, DIFFA, MARADI, MADAOUA, AND ZINDER. THE FIRST CASES WERE REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE NUMBER OF CASES, AS WELL AS PLACES WHERE CASES ARE O [...]
2006-09-18 14:47:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR NG XI XY
06NIAMEY1074NIGER: REQUESTS FROM ALL CORNERS FOR MORE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 16:01:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI MARR EAID ASEC NG
06NIAMEY1075POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION IN NIGER: (STILL) A
[...] (C) More than two years have passed since Nigeriens elected local councils to govern the country's 265 communes. The advent of political decentralization - a subject of discussion for most of the nation's first four decades of independence - was greeted with excitement by ordinary Nigeriens wh [...]
2006-09-22 16:22:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR EAID NG
06NIAMEY1101NIGER: REQUESTS FROM ALL CORNERS FOR MORE U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Dialogue with Government of Niger (GON) officials (President, Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers),magistrates/judges, high commissioners, military commanders/police, both First Ladies (Pres. Tandja has two wives),regional leaders, parliamentarians, journalists, educators, women [...]
2006-09-28 16:11:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI MARR EAID ASEC KPAO NG
06NIAMEY1133TSCTP FUNDED REINSERTION OF EX-COMBATANTS
[...] (C) Reftel reported on the first phase of project implementation for the partly TSCTP funded Tuareg ex-combatant reinsertion program. Further information was forthcoming at the second and final ceremony, held in Tahoua on October 6. Poloff represented the mission at an event targeting ex-comba [...]
2006-10-10 12:31:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI NG
06NIAMEY1193ISLAM IN NIGER: SLOW MOTION CULTURAL CHANGE
[...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables examining the changing nature of Islam in Niger and its implications for the world's least developed Muslim democracy. Emboffs' recent travel to Maradi - a key trading center on the Niger/Nigeria border in the heart of "Hausaland" - and our examinati [...]
2006-10-26 13:54:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID SOCI KDEM NG
06NIAMEY1252November 13 Meeting with Government of Niger (GON) Prime
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 13 meeting lasting over an hour, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by USAID program manager Mark Wentling, met with Prime Minister Hama Amadou to discuss Niger's selection as a MCC threshold country. PM staff members Secretary General Malam Ari Boucar and Principal Ad [...]
2006-11-14 15:44:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID KMCA NG
06NIAMEY390NIGER: APRIL 21 AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Niger has reported no new cases of avian influenza (AI) in many weeks. Culling in the region of Magaria is complete according to the Government of Niger (GON). Samples of bird tissue taken during this culling provided no new positive indications of bird flu outbreaks in Nige [...]
2006-04-21 13:52:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT
06NIAMEY531NIGER: MAY 26 AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY. A recent bird die off in the area of Magaroufa, south of the Nigerien city of Maradi, shows the menace of bird flu remains in Niger. Although the source of these bird deaths has yet to be confirmed as the H5N1 strain, the presence of H5 was detected locally and samples have be [...]
2006-05-26 15:57:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT
06NIAMEY847OPPOSITION PUBLISHER, EDITOR JAILED FOR ALLEGING
[...] (SBU) On August 4, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita - respectively the Publisher and the Editor-in-Chief of "Le Republican," Niger's oldest, best respected, and most widely circulated opposition weekly - were arrested and jailed by the Detective Branch of the Nigerien National Police. The two men [...]
2006-08-14 15:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KMCA NG
06NIAMEY898 MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES HIGH MARKS IN NIGER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 12:09:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR KPAO PREL ASEC EAID SCUL KCOR NG
06NIAMEY920NIGER DRAFT POPULATION POLICY DECLARATION
[...] SUMMARY. THE MINISTRY OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL ACTION RELEASED SUBJECT DECLARATION IN JULY 2006. EMBASSY BELIEVES IT OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) RELEASED SUCH A DECLARATION, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE STRONG OPPOSITION SHOWN IN THE PAST BY SOME CONSERVATIVE ISLAMIC [...]
2006-08-30 10:32:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SOCI SENV NG
06NIAMEY999RSA ADVANCE TEAM VISITS NIAMEY TO REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 16:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CMGT EAID PREL
06NICOSIA1114BULK OF EU AID TO TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: EU Member States failed to approve the first "quick" phase of projects under the European Commission's 139 million Euro assistance program for the Turkish Cypriot Community. At the July 3 PHARE meeting, negative vot [...]
2006-07-14 14:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV EUN CY
06NICOSIA116CYPRUS: H5N1 CONFIRMED IN A CHICKEN AND A TURKEY
[...] (SBU) On January 29, the EU reference laboratory at Weybridge in the UK confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in two samples of chicken and turkey found in the Turkish Cypriot administered area of Cyprus (ref A). Two European Commission veterinary experts arrived late January 29 for a thre [...]
2006-01-30 15:04:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED
06NICOSIA1332DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on August 7, 2006 to Nikos Panayiotou in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. He noted talking points and agreed to pass them to his director as well as the Economic Affairs division. SCHLICHER [...]
2006-08-08 04:58:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UNGA
06NICOSIA150CYPRUS AI UPDATE: VISITING EU EXPERT REPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a private briefing February 1, a visiting EU veterinary expert called the Turkish Cypriot response to positive H5N1 tests for a cock and hen in north Cyprus on January 29 (ref b) "adequate," and said the outbreak appears isolated and under control. Since no other AI cases h [...]
2006-02-03 14:44:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED CASC
06NICOSIA1614CYPRUS: PROMOTING BICOMMUNAL TOURISM PROJECTS
[...] (C) Summary: Tourism continues to be the main lifeblood of the Greek Cypriot economy and is a key growth sector in the Turkish Cypriot north. Cooperation between the two communities on the development and joint marketing of tourism could be a win-win for both communities and increase tourist [...]
2006-09-22 12:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV CY
06NICOSIA1691TURKISH CYPRIOT CABINET UNVEILED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Cypriot "PM" Soyer has unveiled his new cabinet, a coalition with the newly-formed Freedom and Reform Party (OP),which has replaced the DP of former "FM" Serdar Denktash as the center-left CTP's junior governing partner. The new cabinet contains some new faces -- most n [...]
2006-09-29 13:10:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR TU CY
06NICOSIA1692CYPRUS EXTENDS FULL DEBT RELIEF TO IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Cyprus (GOC) and the Government of Iraq agreed on a full, mutual debt cancellation at the recent meeting of the General Assemblies of the IMF and World Bank in Singapore. As part of the agreement, Cyprus forgave Iraqi debts to the GoC and Cypriot firms of an est [...]
2006-09-29 13:14:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PREL IZ CY
06NICOSIA195CYPRUS AI UPDATE: ISOLATED OUTRBEAK UNDER
[...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 on January 29 (refs a-c). The draft trip report (faxed to EUR/SE) of the EU Veterinary experts who visited Cyprus January 29- February 1 (ref [...]
2006-02-10 14:43:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA242CYPRUS AI UPDATE: NO NEW CASES; MOST SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 in January (refs b-d). Three more EU veterinary experts and a health expert visited the island February 13-16. They reconfirmed the previous [...]
2006-02-17 14:48:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA476BUMPY START TO EU AID FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the long-awaited EU aid package for the Turkish Cypriots finally approved, the European Commission and Turkish Cypriots have begun negotiating over project priorities and sensitive details of implementation. The question of whether the EU's aid office will be located in the [...]
2006-03-29 15:26:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA522SMOOTHING TURKEY'S EU PATH -- DG ENLARGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 6, visiting EC Director General for Enlargement Michael Leigh (accompanied by Georg Ziegler and Andrea Battista from the Commission's Cyprus team) briefed Ambassador Schlicher on implementation plans for the European Union's assistance package to the Turkish Cypriot commu [...]
2006-04-06 13:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA541CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU'S BURMA POLICY; EU BURMA
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel messages to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs division and to Stelios Makriyiannis, who follows Asian issues in the division of bilateral affairs. Makriyiannis said that Cyprus supported EU policy on Burma and that it was very much in line w [...]
2006-04-12 13:40:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EU PREL PHUM PGOV PREF BM CY
06NICOSIA74CYPRUS: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
[...] (U) Summary: Because Cyprus is only 45 miles from the Turkish shore and on the flight path for thousands of migratory birds, Cypriot officials continue to believe that it is only a matter of time before Avian Influenza is found on the island. The outbreak in Turkey has redoubled efforts (and [...]
2006-01-23 14:11:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED PREL CY
06NICOSIA76CYPRUS: SUSPECTED CASE OF AI IN POULTRY IN NORTH
[...] (SBU) The Turkish Cypriot "Chief Veterinary Officer" Ersan Korudag confirmed to us that two birds (a chicken and a turkey) had tested positive for an A type influenza late January 23. Turkish Cypriot laboratories lack the ability to test for subtypes of AI, thus Turkish Cypriot authorities ha [...]
2006-01-24 11:36:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED
06NICOSIA768DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR
[...] On May 17, Poloff delivered reftel message to Stelios Makriyiannis, who handles Africa in the MFA's Political Affairs Division. Makriyiannis agreed to pass the points forward and said that Cyprus would continue to support the EU's position on Darfur. In addition, the ROC agreed during the M [...]
2006-05-23 12:52:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SOCI SU
06NICOSIA781EU OFFICIAL BRIEFS ON TURKISH CYPRIOT ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The European Commission is going forward with plans to implement the delivery of 259 million Euro of assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community over the next three years. DG Enlargement's Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) will begin work immediately and [...]
2006-05-24 15:29:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV EUN CY
06NICOSIA811DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 06:04:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL EAID PREL
06NICOSIA924CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel verbal message to Saavas Vladimirou in the MFA's Division of the Americas and Oceania. Vladimirou, who handles Latin American issues and regularly attends meetings of the EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) in Brussels, said he was aware of the Venezuelan anti-NG [...]
2006-06-19 07:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM VE EAID CY
06NICOSIA977TURKISH CYPRIOT OWN GOAL: TRADE IN POTATOES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 9. Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (SBU) Turkish Cypriot authorities and Turkey intervened June 23 (two days before important local elections) to kill a USAID contractor-facilitated deal that would have sent 2,000 t [...]
2006-06-27 08:47:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALETRD EAID PREL PGOV ECON CY
06NOUAKCHOTT1000THE GREATEST THREATS TO THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
[...] (C) The current democratic transition was set into motion following the coup of August 2005, and ironically, a new coup presents the largest threat to the ultimate success of the transition. As the transition to democracy will not end with the presidential elections in March, but will take yea [...]
2006-08-16 18:04:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1004JUNTA LEADER FAL WELCOMES ELECTION OBSERVER
[...] (U) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed the democratic transition and Mauritanian policy on the situation in Lebanon (reftel). Also present were FM Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed and DCM (notetaker). 2. (C) Ambassador stressed the importance to the USG [...]
2006-08-18 12:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO EAID EFIN PINR MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1027GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN VOTER LISTS IN SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) The transitional government has announced a series of procedural steps in preparation for the coming municipal and legislative elections. The announcements, made through military council decree and Ministry of Interior authority, formalize much of what the transitional government has alre [...]
2006-08-22 15:54:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1081PRDR: RE-BRANDED, BUT STILL AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
[...] (C) Following the August 2005 coup, former president Taya's political party (The Democratic and Social Republican Party - PRDS) lost a significant amount of members, power, and influence (ref A). Parliament, which PRDS dominated, was dissolved, and the new transitional government took several [...]
2006-09-06 12:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1144LEADING POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FALLS APART
[...] (U) On August 31, the AJD (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) announced that it had split from the BPC (Bloc For Change) political party coalition. The BPC was Mauritania's first political party coalition, and the only coalition with a clearly defined platform, namely, supporting the rights o [...]
2006-09-13 17:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1149GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK REPLACED
[...] (U) On September 13 the governor of the Mauritanian Central Bank (BCM) Zeine Ould Zeidane was replaced by Ousmane Kane. While rumors of such a change had been circulating for months, the timing was surprising, coming on the heels of the highly successful IMF visit which concluded the previous [...]
2006-09-15 07:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV EAID ECON BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV
06NOUAKCHOTT1193POLITICAL PARTIES ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF MEDDLING IN
[...] (C) Over the past 10 days, a majority of Mauritania's influential political parties and party coalitions have accused the government of interfering in the electoral process. The alleged interference comes at a key moment in the political transition. Registration of candidate lists for Novemb [...]
2006-09-27 11:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1197ISLAMISTS PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Jemil Ould Mansour, a key figure in Mauritania's Islamist movement, met with Charge September 27 to discuss Islamists' plans for the coming elections. Mansour began the meeting by explaining that Mauritanian Islamists, represented by his unrecognized political party The Centrist Reformist [...]
2006-09-28 17:06:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1208ELECTORAL COMMISSION BRIEFS EMBASSIES ON ELECTORAL
[...] (U) The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) met with chiefs of the U.S., French, Spanish, German, EU and UN missions September 28 to discuss preparations for the municipal and legislative elections set for November 19. ----------- CENI UPDATE ----------- 2. (C) CENI preside [...]
2006-10-03 16:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1235BALLOT PRINTING PITS UN AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION
[...] (U) An October 12 UN Steering Committee meeting, including representatives from the EU, UN, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) and the embassies of Spain, France, Germany, and the U.S., focused on the government's ballot printing plan for Novembe [...]
2006-10-13 11:43:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1259UNDP DECLINES TO PRINT BALLOTS
[...] (U) Basket fund steering committee members sent a letter October 20 to the Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency Habib Ould Hemet declining the government's last-minute request to have the UN fund and contract the printing of the ballots for the legislative and municipal elections to b [...]
2006-10-20 13:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1275BALLOT PRINTING PROBLEM RESOLVED, BUT PARTNERS
[...] (U) The government has selected the London company Smith and Ouzman LTD to print the ballots for the upcoming municipal and legislative elections. The company will deliver the four million ballots by November 10 at a cost of $700,000. 2. (C) According to UN ResRep Cecile Molinier, the Secr [...]
2006-10-26 16:09:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1363CHARGE INTRODUCTORY CAL ON COL. VALL
[...] (U) CHARGE MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MILITARY COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY (CMJD) PRESIDENT COL. ELY OULD MOHAMED VALL ON NOVEMBER 23, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM. NO ONE ELSE WAS PRESENT ON THE MAURITANIAN SIDE, AND THE MEETING WAS HELD IN VALL'S PRIVATE OFFICE. --------------------------- [...]
2006-11-28 12:20:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1386MEPI SENIOR ADVISOR BRIEFS COL. VALL ON ELECTION
[...] (U) Visiting NEA Office of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Senior Advisor Kent A. Patton paid a courtesy call on Military Council for Justice and Democracy President Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall on December 5, accompanied by Charge and DCM (Notetaker). Joining Col. Vall were Foreign M [...]
2006-12-05 18:58:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1388MAURITANIAN RUN-OFF: OBSERVERS SEE CONTINUED
[...] (U) Mauritania completed a second round of legislative elections December 3 to decide the remaining 52 National Assembly seats not won during the November 19 first round polls (ref B). Post sent out nine observation teams of U.S. and Mauritanian personnel to track the process and compare find [...]
2006-12-06 11:56:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT151HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7 - 9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with transitional government and election's officials to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...]
2006-02-15 18:32:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT152HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7-9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with political party and civil society representatives to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...]
2006-02-15 18:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT154THE HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION'S VISIT TO MAURITANIA
[...] (C) The high level mission to Nouakchott headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman contributed significantly to the advancement of our policy in Mauritania. The delegation met with government officials (septel) and members of political parties and civil society (septel). 2. (C) The Embassy's assessm [...]
2006-02-15 18:47:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT200SUBJECT: CENSUS BEGINS, MARKING SIGNIFICANT STEP
[...] (U) During two days of observations in Nouakchott and Rosso areas February 21-22 organized by the local UN Secretariat for Electoral Assistance, EmbOffs followed census SIPDIS takers, witnessed voter registrations and met with representatives from the Ministry of the Interior, the National [...]
2006-02-23 16:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT279AFRO-MAURITANIAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE
[...] (U) A breakaway wing of the exiled Afro-Mauritanian opposition group, African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM),has called on the Mauritanian transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanians refugees living in Senegal and Mali. The refugees fled so [...]
2006-03-08 11:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT287SEVERE CENSUS PROBLEMS BUT SUCCESSFUL VOTER LIST
[...] (U) Emboffs met with members of the UN's Electoral Assistance Team, an NDI representative and a member of the National Independent Electoral Commission March eighth and ninth to discuss the status of the census/voter registration drive currently scheduled to end March 16. ------------------- [...]
2006-03-10 09:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT291YOUTH EVENT REVEALS A PASSIONATE BUT ILL-INFORMED
[...] (U) Local National Democratic Institute (NI) Political Party Prrogram Director Eric Duhaimeb"riefed Ambassador on NDI's highly successful "Yuuth Day" which the Ambassador opened with remarks in classical Arabic. The ten-hour program held a rch 8 and attended by over 700 students, youth rroups [...]
2006-03-13 09:09:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT313AFRO-MAURITANIAN COALITION PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (U) On March 13 PollOff met with Mohamed Ould Sidi Ould Dellahi, President of the "Group of Parties for Change," the leading Afro-Mauritanian political party coalition, to discuss the outlook for Afro-Mauritanians in the coming elections. -------------------------------- "ELECTIONS WON'T CH [...]
2006-03-17 11:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT317NATIONAL CENSUS AND VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Ambassador met with four census teams during a four-day swing through northern Mauritania March 13-16, visiting provincial capitals and several major towns and large villages. Concurrently, PolOff participated in two days of observations in the Nouakchott and Brakna regions March 13-14 or [...]
2006-03-20 13:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT321MAURITANIAN - BURKINABE RELATIONS WARMING
[...] (U) Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore arrived in Nouakchott March 16 for a two day "friendship and working" visit. Compaore, who had been invited to Mauritania by Colonel Fal, became the third West African head of state to visit the country since the August 3 coup. -------------------- [...]
2006-03-21 15:50:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT322UPCOMING IMF BOARD MEETING--USG SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar called in Ambassador on March 20 to seek USG support for Mauritania's efforts to convince the IMF Board to waive or delay any reimbursement of non-complying payments because of Mauritanian misreporting in 2002. The Board is scheduled to take up th [...]
2006-03-21 17:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT326AFRO-MAURITANIAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT; CLAIMS
[...] (U) In a meeting with Ambassador March 20, political party president Ba Alassane discussed Afro-Mauritanian concerns regarding the census and coming elections. Alassane's party, the Party for Liberty, Equality and Justice (PLEJ) is one of only three recognized Afro-Mauritanian political partie [...]
2006-03-23 11:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT336SPAIN TEAMS WITH MAURITANIA TO STOP MIGRANT FLOW
[...] (C) The flow of sub-Saharan migrants from Mauritania's northern port city of Nouadhibou to the Canary Islands has developed into a crisis for the Spanish Government. According to the Spanish Consul Alvaro Diaz Duque, their response to the crisis has taken two paths, "first we are working with [...]
2006-03-24 12:23:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT409DISCRIMINATION PREVENTING AFRO-MAURITANIANS IN THE
[...] (C) As the census to register voters finishes its first phase of door-to-door canvassing and enters into April's "fixed post" phase, there are indications that Afro-Mauritanians have been undercounted in relation to the general population. But hard statistics are impossible to get. The popul [...]
2006-04-06 17:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT435UN AGREES THAT SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS EXIST IN
[...] (C) Representatives of partners for the UN Basket Fund Steering Committee met April 7 to discuss preparations for the first official Steering Committee meeting scheduled for April 20. The group, which included UN, EU, French, Spanish, German, and US representatives, discussed the addition of [...]
2006-04-13 10:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT438REPORT OF JOURNALIST ARREST ERRONEOUS
[...] (U) On April 9 the local online Arabic newspaper Al-Akhbar reported the arrest of Abdallah Mimine, a Mauritanian news correspondent who covers West Africa for the Iranian Arabic-language satellite news channel, Al-Alam. Al-Alam is a popular satellite channel here. 2. (U) According to the A [...]
2006-04-13 11:00:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT457MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (U) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African and Middle East countries. The shuffle, which had been expected since the August 3 coup d'etat, surprised many observers in that it drew largely from the fo [...]
2006-04-19 16:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT468UNPUBLISHED OFFICIAL REPORT CONFIRMS PROBLEMS WITH
[...] (C) In an unpublished report from the National Independent Electoral Commission's regional commission in Trarza (one of Mauritania's southern, predominately Afro-Mauritanian regions) the commission has found that significant problems persist in the process of applying for National ID cards (re [...]
2006-04-20 17:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT479FAL SPEAKS OUT ON CORRUPTION, FOLLOWING UP ON
[...] (U) In a speech April 20, Colonel Fal called on government officials and businessmen to bring an end to Mauritania's long-standing problem of corruption. The speech, attended by numerous governmental officials, political leaders, businessmen and the press first focused on Mauritania's legacy [...]
2006-04-24 16:07:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT480EXTRAORDINARY SLAVE CASE DEMONSTRATES PERSISTENCE
[...] (U) On March 28, the local human rights NGO SOS Esclaves (SOS Slaves) publicized the case of Sidi Ould El Mijriya, a Black Moor living in the small village of Daber II in the central Mauritanian province of Tagant. According to SOS Esclaves, Mijriya recently had to buy his freedom from his fo [...]
2006-04-24 17:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT487MAURITANIA STILL SHORT $4-$5 MILLION FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (U) An African Union (AU) sponsored Donors' Roundtable met in Nouakchott April 25 to solicit funds for Mauritania's electoral transition. Attendees included the AU, EU, UN, International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF),and various Ambassadors and representatives from European, Af [...]
2006-04-26 09:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT494EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS STEP TO ENABLE
[...] (C) According to EU Counselor Bruno Gatta, his mission recently informed the Mauritanians that the European Commission has recommended to the EU Council of Ministers to close the consultation phase of the Article 96 process under the Cotonou agreement, and the council will make its decision a [...]
2006-04-27 10:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT561CHINESE FM TO STOP BRIEFLY IN MAURITANIA
[...] (U) The Peoples Daily Online, China's official online news source, has reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will make a "technical stopover" in Mauritania as part of his visit to six Latin America and Middle East countries between May 17 and 25. 2. (U) According to local sourc [...]
2006-05-12 12:33:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT562IN POSSIBLY HISTORIC TURN, MAURITANIANS START
[...] (U) At a ceremony commemorating the 17th anniversary of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Mauritania, key political parties and NGO's called on the transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal and Mali. 2. (U) In a separa [...]
2006-05-12 12:37:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT568SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN MAURITANIA, MAY
[...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc of Parties for Change," that has committe [...]
2006-05-15 15:35:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT569MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a ha [...]
2006-05-15 19:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT578MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE
[...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]
2006-05-16 07:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT584MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE
[...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]
2006-05-16 08:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT585MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE
[...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]
2006-05-16 08:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT605IN A SIGNIFICANT MOVE, FAL ACKNOWLEDGES PAST HUMAN
[...] (U) Colonel Fal visited three of Mauritania's southeastern regions May 12-14 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speeches focused on the democratic transition and the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, but also addressed other national top [...]
2006-05-18 17:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT621THREE WEST AFRICAN PROTESTANT PASTORS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Three West African Protestant pastors were arrested in Nouakchott on May 18. According to an American elder in the local Protestant church who meets with the three regularly, authorities arrested the men, searched and seized religious materials from each of their churches, then padlocked t [...]
2006-05-23 11:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT632GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] (U) The transitional government's cabinet adopted a bill establishing a National Human Rights Commission May 17. The idea for the commission was first proposed in "National Consultations" that took place in October between political parties, NGO's and transitional government authorities (ref [...]
2006-05-24 15:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT658EMBASSY VISITS TO TWO SMALL PRISONS SUGGEST
[...] (C) On May 18 Poloff visited two small prisons in the remote southeastern towns of Ayoun and Nema as part of an ongoing effort to investigate reports we have received alleging torture and dreadful confinement conditions. This was the Embassy,s first visit to these two prisons. Poloff spoke [...]
2006-05-31 14:32:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT664FAL ADDRESSES SLAVERY ISSUE
[...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the northern city of Akjoujt May 27 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speech focused on getting-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25. At the end of his speech, Fal commen [...]
2006-06-01 18:36:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT665LIBYA LOOKING TO FINANCE MAURITANIAN POLITICAL
[...] (C) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections (septel). During the meeting, Latulippe said that while in a hotel in Tripoli three weeks earlier, he h [...]
2006-06-01 18:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT6862006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED
[...] (U) ADCM met June 1 with MOFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine to deliver ref A demarche and English version of the 2006 TIP report. Later that day, Poloff delivered the same information to the Director of Human Rights Mohamedou Ould Tijani of the Commission for Human Right [...]
2006-06-06 08:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT695NDI'S ACTIVITIES AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
[...] (U) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe and recently arrived Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections. ----------------- NDI'S PROGRAMMING ------ [...]
2006-06-07 15:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT699FAL CLARIFIES HIS POSITION ON SLAVERY; EMBASSY
[...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the southern city of Rosso June 3 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. While the speech was originally planned to get-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, Fal used more than half [...]
2006-06-08 08:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT745NDI NEEDS HELP AS ELECTION CLOCK TICKS DOWN
[...] (U) On June 9, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa Jeffrey England briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania transition to democracy. ------------------- WAITING FOR FUNDING ------------------- 2. (C) [...]
2006-06-14 16:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT764SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR COUP PLOTTING
[...] (C) The Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) last night arrested several high-ranking military officers. The motivation for the arrests is unclear at this time, but is believed to be related either to a coup attempt, coup plotting, or to an effort to disrupt the coming June 25 Nat [...]
2006-06-20 11:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT770ARREST UPDATE
[...] (C) The Embassy has continued meeting with civilian and military officials in an effort to get more information regarding last nights arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya (reftel),and to encourage Mauritanians to continue their commitme [...]
2006-06-20 17:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT774FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ARRESTS
[...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed briefed Ambassador June 21 on the government's recent arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya, going over much of the material already covered in reftels. -------------- [...]
2006-06-22 14:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT778SUBJECT: STRONG "YES" VOTE LIMITING POWER OF
[...] (U) Colonel Fal opened the official campaign period for the Constitutional Referendum with a speech, in the Capital city of Nouakchott, June 10. In the speech, Fal focused on the important role of women and youth, and urged all Mauritanians to unite in support of the June 25 Referendum and ab [...]
2006-06-23 12:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT784THE REFERENDUM -- 97% VOTE "YES" TO
[...] (C) The extraordinarily high percentage of yes votes notwithstanding, the evidence available to us suggests the referendum met international standards for a free and fair election. There could, of course, have been fraud that we have not yet uncovered, and we explore that possibility below in [...]
2006-06-27 19:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT791PUBLIC STRONGLY SUPPORTS REFERENDUM RESULTS --
[...] (C) Following the landslide victory of the June 25 national referendum (reftel),public reaction has been highly supportive for both the referendum and the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD). While nearly all political actors have expressed their support for the election results [...]
2006-06-28 16:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT812BROAD AGREEMENT -- REFERENDUM "FREE AND
[...] (C) Embassy staff, including the Ambassador, DCM and PolOff, have met repeatedly with representatives from the UN, EU, Western Embassies and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to exchange views on last Sunday's referendum vote. All partners agree that while there were several procedural l [...]
2006-06-30 12:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT872HELPING MAURITANIA TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY -- FREE
[...] (C) Eleven months after the bloodless military coup here, Mauritania is still on schedule to hold important parliamentary elections in November and a crucial presidential election next March. Those elections must be free and fair, if Mauritania is to have any chance of transitioning to democr [...]
2006-07-12 17:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT894UN CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR ELECTORAL PROCESS
[...] (C) UN Under Secretary General of Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari formally announced the UN's continued support for the democratic transition process in a letter to Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed on July 18. The letter, which UN Resident Representative provided [...]
2006-07-19 08:58:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT901NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
[...] (U) On July 18, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer Gregory Houel and Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections. ------------------------------------------ NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRAT [...]
2006-07-20 09:01:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT979SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN
[...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc for Change," that has committed to presen [...]
2006-08-08 08:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT993POLITICAL POWER IN THE RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS
[...] (C) The political environment in Mauritania is constantly changing, with political parties and coalitions regularly forming and dissolving, and new presidential hopefuls declaring their candidacy every week. Few political actors have strong platforms, and little separates one party from the n [...]
2006-08-14 14:20:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06OSLO1055NORWAY'S TAKE ON THE UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 14:26:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UNGA
06OSLO1344NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ
[...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...]
2006-10-31 16:34:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ
06OSLO1359ENGAGING NORWAY ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the DCM and Pol/Econ officers met with Tore Hattrem, Director General of the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section and other members of his team. The meeting began and intensified a dialogue on Norwegian peace efforts in several global hot spots: Sri Lanka, P [...]
2006-11-03 15:59:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID CE SU CO HA RP SO NO
06OSLO1406NORWAY CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-14 11:35:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID PREL ECON NO
06OSLO1416NORWEGIAN FM'S VISIT TO SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA STRIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JONAS GAHR STOERE RETURNED 8 NOVEMBER FROM A SCHEDULED VISIT TO DAMASCUS AND BEIRUT THAT INCLUDED A SURPRISE STOP IN THE GAZA STRIP AND ISRAEL. DURING HIS MEETING WITH STOERE, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD EMPHASIZED HIS INTEREST IN DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S. A [...]
2006-11-16 15:19:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID LE MOPS NO PGOV PREL PTER IS
06OSLO1422NORWAY'S EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 14:01:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PK PREL NO
06OSLO1446AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN NGOS WORKING IN SUDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Embassy Oslo's ongoing engagement with Norwegians on peace and reconciliation, the Ambassador hosted a breakfast meeting with officials from leading Norwegian NGOs working in Sudan on November 16. All agreed that Khartoum was impeding their aid efforts in Darfur and [...]
2006-11-28 15:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SU NO
06OSLO1501U.S. VIEW ON HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT SHARED WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 12:29:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID NO
06OSLO227AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT STATE
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Norwegian Development Ministry State Secretary Anne Stenhammer on February 27. Stenhammer elaborated on Norway's plans to direct foreign aid to areas where Norway has unique expertise: oil and energy development, peace and reconciliation, gen [...]
2006-02-28 15:35:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID NO
06OSLO279NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO RECEIVE HAMAS
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East Office Director Joern Gjelstad on March 9. Gjelstad took note of our comments and promised that he would convey our message upward. Gjelstad said that Norway did not have regular political level contact with Hamas; however, at the local go [...]
2006-03-09 13:54:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER NO KPAL
06OSLO326NORWEGIANS WILL DONATE TO WAR CRIMES CHAMBER
[...] On March 14 we delivered reftel A points to Jan Braathu, Deputy Director General and Section Head for Western Balkan Affairs, Jo Sletback, Assistant Director General for Western Balkan Affairs and Tora Faeste, U.S. Desk Officer at the MFA. Braathu, saying that the U.S. and Norway see "eye-to-ey [...]
2006-03-17 13:51:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV NO
06OSLO338FM STOERE WANTS A BIGGER ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST
[...] (U) On March 16, FM Stoere went public with a complaint that the Quartet will not agree to an early date for a meeting (without the parties) of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) to discuss donor coordination. "It's a problem that we did not get this," Stoere told the widest selling Norwegi [...]
2006-03-20 15:10:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID XF NO KPAL
06OSLO375NORWAY'S IRAQ DISBURSEMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-25 06:07:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL NO
06OSLO488DEMARCHE ON UN SHORTFALLS FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 14:52:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL AF NO
06OSLO53NORWEGIAN PLANS FOR LONDON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE
[...] (C) We discussed Norway's plans for the London January 31-February 1 Afghanistan Conference with MFA Advisor Arne Floelo on January 13. Floelo said that both Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and Development Minister Erik Solheim planned to attend the conference (back to back, not simultaneously) [...]
2006-01-13 13:10:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KDEM EFIN PGOV PREL AF NO
06OSLO540"RELAXED" ABU MAZEN IN NORWAY
[...] (C) Summary. At Norway's invitation, PA President Mahmoud Abbas visited Oslo April 24-25. His Norwegian interlocutors described Abbas as "relaxed," but focused on ensuring that the international community does not turn its back on the needs of the Palestinian people in efforts to put pressu [...]
2006-04-27 15:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM PTER NO XF KPAL
06OSLO615SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO, MAY 16-17
[...] (C) I very much look forward to welcoming you to Oslo. You will be the most senior U.S. administration official to visit Norway since the center-left government of Jens Stoltenberg came to power in October 2005, and your visit should help us in our efforts to bolster our dialogue with Norway [...]
2006-05-11 14:49:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EAID ENRG NO
06OSLO652NORWEGIAN FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-19 15:20:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL SOCI SU NO
06OSLO788DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VENEZUELA'S ANTI-NGO LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 09:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE EAID NO KDEM
06OSLO805PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 13:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS NO
06OSLO896DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HAITI INTERIM COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 14:03:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN EUN NO
06OTTAWA2208CANADIAN RESPONSE -- APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] Ginette Martin, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)'s Haiti Division, informed Embassy Ottawa on July 21 that the Government of Canada will pledge C$520 million (roughly US$460 million at today's exchange rate) over five years for development assistan [...]
2006-07-21 19:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYHA EAID ECON EFIN CA
06OTTAWA2467PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW LEBANON RELIEF FUND
[...] (U) Summary: On August 16, Prime Minister Harper announced that Canada will give C$25 million to Lebanon reconstruction and relief efforts. C$15 million will be largely directed to UN agencies and the ICRC and C$10 million will support stabilization efforts and provide civilian support for i [...]
2006-08-17 19:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PREF PGOV LE CA
06OTTAWA2550STOCKHOLM DONORS MEETING: CANADIAN AID TO LEBANON
[...] (SBU) On August 25, EMIN presented ref A demarche to Douglas Williams, Director General, Middle East and Maghreb Directorate, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),which is Canada's counterpart to USAID. According to Williams, Canada's delegation to the August 31 Stockholm Confer [...]
2006-08-25 21:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA EAID LE PREL SW
06OTTAWA2977NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONALIZE EFFORTS
[...] (U) On September 29, Economic Minister-Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Sarah Taylor, Director, Development Policy and Institutions Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and with Glynnis French, Deputy Director, Strategies and Partnerships Sector, Financial Tr [...]
2006-09-29 22:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM CA
06OTTAWA3251IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY GROUP MEETING IN KUWAIT:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 15:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN PREL EINV CA IZ
06OTTAWA3432CANADA UPDATE ON DONOR PLEDGE FOR SOUTH ASIA
[...] (sbu) Econcouns received an update (per reftel) on Canada's disbursement of funds pledged for earthquake relief and reconstruction in Pakistan from Department of Foreign Affairs Pakistan Policy Officer Jon Bonnar and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Pakistan Analyst Stuart Lane [...]
2006-11-17 22:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA EAID PK PREL
06OTTAWA3487CANADA ANNOUNCES OVER C$40 MILLION IN MICROFINANCE
[...] (U) Summary: At the November 12 Global Microfinance Summit in Halifax, Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay and International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced that Canada will provide more than C$40 million to three Canadian NGOs to help poor people in developing countries get acc [...]
2006-11-28 20:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN CA
06OTTAWA3491Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic flu: Canadian Plans
[...] (U) The Government of Canada (GoC) will send a delegation to attend the fourth international conference on avian and pandemic influenza (API) in Bamako, Mali, December 6 through 8. Canada's Ambassador to Mali, Isabelle Roy, will lead the delegation; her deputy will be Dr. Arlene King, Director [...]
2006-11-28 20:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CA
06OTTAWA3523CANADIAN TYPHOON ASSISTANCE TO THE PHILIPPINES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON RP CA
06OTTAWA3591CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS HIV/AIDS
[...] Canada's International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced on December 1, World AIDS Day, C$120 million to fight HIV/AIDS overseas. This is over and above what Canada has previously pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The new funding will support glob [...]
2006-12-13 20:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO EAID CA XA
06OTTAWA3594CANADIAN AID TO FLOOD-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN HORN OF
[...] (U) Summary: Canada is giving C$2.67 million to assist flood-affected people in the Horn of Africa. International Cooperation Minister Verner said that hundreds of thousands of children and adults will receive food, safe drinking water, and shelter as a result of the GoC contribution. The m [...]
2006-12-14 20:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON CA ET KE SO
06OTTAWA3630CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW AFGHAN AID IN PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) Summary: On December 20, Canadian Minister of International Cooperation Josee Verner announced that Canada will contribute C$4.5 million to UNICEF and C$4 million to the World Food Program (WFP) to assist families in Kandahar province. Minister Verner said that "Canada is committed to sup [...]
2006-12-21 21:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL CA AF
06OTTAWA54CANADA COMFORTABLE WITH AFGHANISTAN COMPACT TEXT;
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC is comfortable with the current version of the Compact, plans to continue its solid commitment to Afghanistan (C$100 million/US$85 million in FY2006) and is moving ahead with troop deployments. Canada is committed to success in Afghanistan and constantly monitors assi [...]
2006-01-09 19:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AF CA CIDA FAC
06OTTAWA669CANADA NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT MARCH 31 WAR CRIMES
[...] (U) Post contacted Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency regarding reftel demarche. Canadian funding to the Balkans is declining, with the intention of winding up programs there by 2010. 2. (SBU) Though the new government's foreign policy priorities will n [...]
2006-03-10 17:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL BK CA
06OTTAWA796CANADA: MORE ON FUNDING FOR STATE COURT WAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 19:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL BK CA
06PANAMA1116EMBASSY PANAMA SHARPENS ITS FOCUS ON SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Country team met off-site to assess the status of U.S./Panama bilateral relations, review our priorities and ensure the correct alignment of USG activities and resources. Participants reached consensus that USG interests were best served by focusing on three strategic areas: secu [...]
2006-06-09 16:41:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKSPR EAID AMGT PINS KTAO
06PANAMA1580GOP PITCHES REGIONAL HEALTH SCHOOL AS WAY TO BOOST
[...] (C) The GOP hopes for strong U.S. support to establish a "School of Health for the Americas" in Panama. With students and faculty drawn from throughout the hemisphere, the school is aimed at improving healthcare delivery, particularly to poor communities. In so doing, the GOP believes it could a [...]
2006-08-11 22:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALTBIO EAID PGOV PM
06PANAMA1753SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 15:51:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT EAID PHUM PM
06PARAMARIBO151INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY TO PRESSURE
[...] (U) Summary. The debate over President Ronald Venetiaan's stated intention for Suriname to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and sign an Article 98 agreement has again made headlines, when the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) launched a campaign to encourage Sur [...]
2006-03-10 18:41:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
06PARAMARIBO253IN SEARCH OF VIABILITY: RESTRUCTURING, EU MARKET
[...] The European Union's (EU) development assistance package for Suriname's banana sector targeted improving productivity in the hopes of making Suriname's state owned banana company SBBS - attractive enough to potential buyers for the next round of privatization in June 2006. As an African, Cari [...]
2006-05-02 22:49:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EAID ETRD EAGR KPRV HO NS
06PARAMARIBO266HEAVY FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR DISPLACES
[...] (U) Heavy flooding associated with significant rainfall over the last six days is affecting an estimated 175 villages located along Suriname's interior riverways. The government has yet to declare the floods a national disaster, but is calling the situation a "serious crisis." The government [...]
2006-05-08 20:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO270SITUATION UPDATE 1: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S
[...] (U) President Ronald Venetiaan officially declared the regions of Suriname affected by recent heavy flooding (See reftel) as disaster areas in a short evening address to the nation on May 9. The declared disaster zones include areas along the upper Suriname and upper Marowijne rivers. Accordin [...]
2006-05-09 20:59:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO277SITUATION UPDATE 2: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR
[...] The Government of Suriname (GOS) continues to investigate the extent of the flooding disaster in southern Suriname, and is struggling to mount its response against formidable logistic obstacles. As noted in ref (b),we received a formal request for assistance from the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]
2006-05-12 13:00:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO280SITUATION UPDATE 3: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S
[...] (U) Heavy flooding is continuing to have severe effects on Suriname's interior. (See reftels). Good news is that water levels are falling in the upper Suriname River region (which saw the greatest initial damage),however, levels are starting to rise in eastern and southern Suriname, especial [...]
2006-05-12 19:46:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO284SITUATION UPDATE 4: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR
[...] (U) USAID/OFDA's three-person disaster assessment team arrived in Suriname on May 15. Team members are currently coordinating with United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC),European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO),and the National Coordinating Commission for [...]
2006-05-15 18:48:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO290SITUATION UPDATE 5: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S
[...] (U) Flooding in most affected areas of Suriname's interior has subsided and the disaster response in now focused on stabilization of the situation. Water levels are still rising, however, along the Marowijne and Tapahoni rivers in the east, although less rapidly. Overall, the number of severe [...]
2006-05-17 19:19:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO311SURINAMESE FLOODS TWO WEEKS ON: PAST CRISIS PHASE
[...] Summary: While the ongoing rainy season may yet bring new challenges, for now the flooding disaster in Suriname's interior is under control. A quick and generous international official and private sector response has been sufficient to meet identified immediate needs. The picture remains l [...]
2006-05-26 15:38:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO698CHINA POPULAR WITH MINISTRIES: LOANS IN ONE DAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Ricardo van Ravenswaay, Chinese development assistance is increasingly popular with certain Ministries because loans to companies for development projects are available "in one day." Van Ravenswaay contrasted this wi [...]
2006-10-31 20:08:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PROG NS CH CONS EAID SMIG
06PARAMARIBO72SURINAME'S POLICE ACADEMY TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 15:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR EAID PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO722EMOTIONS OF SURINAMESE POLITICIANS TRUMP
[...] (C) SUMMARY On Tuesday, November 9, the President and Vice President of Suriname cancelled their meetings with visiting Dutch Minister of Planning and Development Agnes van Ardenne. News sources reported that the sudden change in schedules was seen as a protest against the recent security ch [...]
2006-11-09 18:05:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID NS
06PARAMARIBO770SURINAME'S RESPONSE TO USG'S SUPPORRT FOR BAMAKO
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to the Government of Suriname (GOS). Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head Terence Craig acknowledged receipt of information and said that he seriously doubted that the GOS would send a representative to the conference. 2. (U) Post will inform [...]
2006-12-04 15:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA NS
06PARAMARIBO772SURINAME'S RESPONSE TO THE MCC BOARD SELECTION OF
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Government of Suriname acknowledged receipt of information. A position paper on MCC, which the MFA official indicated he would be writing on several previous occasions was never produced. MFA official, Terence [...]
2006-12-04 15:10:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN KMCA PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO96COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW SURINAME'S
[...] (U) On February 9, Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi established the 'International Criminal Court Commission.' The commission's main tasks are to advise the Government of Suriname (GOS) on the country's accession to the Statute of Rome; to advise the government on signin [...]
2006-02-16 14:26:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
06PARIS1106 IPDC BUREAU UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver spoke with the Ambassador of the Netherlands on February 17, 2006 and confirmed that the Dutch Ambassador still plans to run for the Group I seat on the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Bureau. In the meantime, the Greek Amb [...]
2006-02-23 06:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1293SYRIA: FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO BLOCK EIB WATER LOAN
[...] (C) Summary. French officials continue to suggest that France will not block the proposed EIB loan to support water projects in Syria. In our discussions with senior Elysee, MFA and Finance Ministry officials, they have been quick to note that Syria is not under EU sanctions, that the water [...]
2006-03-01 17:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN SY LE FR
06PARIS1304PARIS CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Chirac can call his "Conference on Innovative Financing for Development" a success, at least by the standards the GOF had very likely set at the outset: during the Conference, eleven countries announced their intention to follow the French example and institute a tax [...]
2006-03-02 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS137 UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON INVITATION TO
[...] This is guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The UNESCO Secretariat has asked permission via letter to Ambassador, to invite U.S. official Eugene Stakhiv (Army Corps of Engineers) to deliver a public lecture at the 8th Kovacs Colloquium. The Kovacs colloquium, entitled "Frontiers in F [...]
2006-01-10 09:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV TSPL EAID UNESCO KSI
06PARIS1568PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...]
2006-03-13 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS1733 UNESCO AND THE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services and Chair of the Memory of the World Programme International Advisory Committee met with the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector and the Director General (DG) on March 8, 2006 to discuss th [...]
2006-03-17 17:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1776FRENCH AF DAS DISCUSSES SUDAN (AMIS/UN),DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Helen Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East and Central Africa, on March 20 said that France would take a low-key approach to lobbying Africans on the AMIS/UN issue, to avoid exacerbating anti-Western phobias. She stressed the importance of progress in the Abuja talks. An offici [...]
2006-03-20 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID SU DJ CG FR
06PARIS1920DONOR RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN
[...] On March 21, ESTH Counselor and Science Affairs Specialist delivered reftel demarche to the French MFA Burma/Thailand desk officer Franck Vermeulen and Ambassador for Avian Influenza Preparedness Jean Garbe. Vermeulen stated that France has no bilateral assistance programs with Burma and it [...]
2006-03-24 16:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAGR EAID FR MBM
06PARIS2005 UNESCO: MEETING THE FIRST LADY OF SENEGAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver met with the First Lady of Senegal, Viviane Wade, on March 23 at the request of the Senegalese Delegation. Mrs. Wade requested the meeting in order to explore USG and First Lady Laura Bush's interest in partnering with her to combat disease and promote vaccin [...]
2006-03-28 17:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2007 UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]
2006-03-29 06:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS201LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-11 17:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
06PARIS217 AVIAN FLU: WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL
[...] Summary: In Advance of the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, The Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is pleased with the level of cooperation among the various international organizations leading this effort (World bank [...]
2006-01-12 16:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TBIO SOCI SENV TSPL KSCA EAGR OIE
06PARIS2318SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT
[...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]
2006-04-07 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS2362PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the April 5 Paris Club meeting, creditors accepted in principle Algeria's offer to prepay at face value its previously rescheduled Paris Club debt. The US is the third largest creditor with $1.2 billion in claims, just over half of which are pre-payable without penalty. The US stre [...]
2006-04-11 10:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS2422 FRENCH RESPOND WARMLY TO MCC CEO DANILOVICH'S
[...] Summary. Senior French officials enthusiastically welcomed updates on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) activities presented by MCC CEO Danilovich. They applauded MCC's focus on accountability, support for democratic institutions, and reducing poverty. The French officials urged Danilo [...]
2006-04-12 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV FR
06PARIS2614FRENCH UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS UN FINANCIAL
[...] On April 12 reftel points were delivered to French MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer, Cyril Gerardon. Gerardon said that he was not optimistic that France would make a contribution to offset Afghanistan election cost shortfalls, noting that it would be more difficult now to generate enthusiasm for [...]
2006-04-20 15:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL AF FR
06PARIS2774 UNESCO: 174th EXECUTIVE BOARD HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FOR
[...] Summary: The 174th Executive Board highlighted two major challenges that UNESCO faces in the Natural Sciences Sector. Firstly, the Secretariat needs to define a strategy for UNESCO's category two centers. Secondly, the Secretariat must respond to the demand from member states for cross-secto [...]
2006-04-27 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI
06PARIS2790 UNESCO - SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTORS' SEARCH FOR NEW
[...] DCM and health attach had a frank exchange of views March 31 with Wataru Iwamoto, Division Director of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences (SHS) sector. The meeting was organized at the request of Mr. Iwamoto who was tasked by the Director General (DG) to elicit Mission concerns about two SHS [...]
2006-04-27 15:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2791UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON EFA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNESCO adopted a decision on a Report by the Director-General on the Global Action Plan to achieve the Education For All (EFA) Goals at the 174th Executive Board. In late March, the U.K. together with Program and External Relations Commission chair Norway convened a working gro [...]
2006-04-27 15:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS28434/28 ABBAS-CHIRAC MEETING: GOF PROPOSES TRUST FUND
[...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary readout provided to poloff, Presidential Advisor for the Middle East Dominique Boche described the April 28 meeting between President Chirac and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas as focused on two topics -- ways to increase international assistance [...]
2006-04-28 17:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS3040SLM DEPUTY COMING TO PARIS
[...] (C) Discussing the prospects for bringing further Darfur rebel factions aboard the Abuja peace agreement, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Le Gal recommended in a May 9 conversation focusing on Abdulwahid Nur, the Sudan Liberation Moverment (SLM) leader who continued to reject the deal, given Abdulwahid [...]
2006-05-09 16:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID SU CD FR
06PARIS3247PARIS CLUB - MAY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DEBT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) At the May 10-12 meeting of the Paris Club, Afghanistan's three creditors, Russia, Germany and the United States, took the first step toward fulfilling their pledges to cancel 100% of Afghanistan's debt by providing assurances of debt relief during the period of Afghanistan's new IMF progra [...]
2006-05-16 15:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS3255UNESCO AND RICKY MARTIN PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ricky Martin Foundation (RMF),whose President, Puerto Rican singer and humanitarian Ricky Martin, was named a hero against trafficking in persons (TIP) by the U.S. Department of State in 2005 for his work to promote awareness and protect children from trafficking, has joined [...]
2006-05-16 16:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3315FRENCH FIRMLY SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF supports completely the U.S. position set forth in ref A, MFA Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert said on May 17. France will encourage non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement to sign it, and believes that Abdulwahid Al-Nur can be persuaded to sign the agreement, If no [...]
2006-05-18 08:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI EAID SU FR
06PARIS3322WSIS - MULTI-LINGUALISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a joint U.S. Mission to UNESCO and U.S. Mission Geneva cable. A joint ITU/UNESCO symposium on "Multi-lingualism in the Internet" was held in Geneva from May 9 to 11, 2006 followed by a UNESCO Meeting on Cultural Diversity (WSIS Action Line C8) and the Internet on May 1 [...]
2006-05-18 11:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO EAID ECON UNESCO
06PARIS3362 UNESCO: DAKAR OFFICE CHIEF OUTLINES DECENTRALIZATION
[...] Summary and Comment: To explore issues relating to decentralization, Ambassador Oliver and Science Officer met with Lalla Aicha Ben Barka, Director of the UNESCO Office in Dakar and the regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA). Although the UNESCO secretariat often highlights its decen [...]
2006-05-19 08:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KDEM KSCA SOCI XA SG UNESCO EDU
06PARIS3450 UNESCO REFORM: NEW STRATEGY UNVEILED ON VOLUNTARY
[...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 4. 2. Summary and Comment: UNESCO Extrabudgetary Funding Director Moller briefed Geneva Group members on the Director general's plans for a more strategic approach to extra-budgetary resources; these now account for more than half of UNESCO's funding. T [...]
2006-05-22 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3571MIXED FRENCH MFA RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on U.S. views on Palestinian assistance and a proposed temporary international funding mechanism with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot May 30. Besancenot offered a mixed response to U.S. views. He agreed that the PA government bore prima [...]
2006-05-30 13:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL FR
06PARIS384 UNESCO: GENEVA GROUP SETS WORKPLAN FOR COMING
[...] This is a guidance request, please see Para 2. 2. AT THE JANUARY 12 GENEVA GROUP MEETING, CHAIRED BY THE UK, PARTICIPANTS GAVE PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT TO THE DRAFT WORK PLAN (SEE PARA 5) FOR THE COMING MONTHS. THIS IS TO BE A ROLLING DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT FUTURE MEETINGS AND U [...]
2006-01-20 13:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS396 UNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS ADG KHAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador David A. Gross met with the UNESCO Assistant Director General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan and Director of the Informatio [...]
2006-01-20 14:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS404 USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: TRANSFORMATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC),a UNESCO program established by the United States in the early 1980s to support the free flow of information in developing countries, will hold elections to its bureau in Ma [...]
2006-01-20 17:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS4159 UK DELEGATION SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO'S ROLE IN
[...] At a June 16 informal meeting of UNESCO delegates, the UK deputy informed Mission Officer that the UK is, in advance of Group I consultations in Athens on the medium-term strategy, seeking to achieve EU consensus on a non-paper on UNESCO's role. The aim of the UK paper is to encourage UNESCO t [...]
2006-06-16 16:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID SOCI UK UNESCO
06PARIS4175(C) HARIRI ADVISOR ON RISING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 13 discussion, longtime Hariri family advisor Basile Yared put a positive spin on the recent Brammertz report, which he viewed as compounding pressure on Syria. Yared viewed the SARG as seeking to destabilize the GoL, via arms and money transfers to Palestinian mili [...]
2006-06-16 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IR PINR PTER EAID FR
06PARIS4206UNESCO: OVERVIEW OF UNESCO'S WORK ON DESERTIFICATION AND
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. At a June 13 information session, UNESCO secretariat experts discussed the continuing progress the organization has made with regard to desertification and arid zones. After outlining UNESCO's history of action in this area, panelists presented some of UNESCO's curre [...]
2006-06-19 15:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKS AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
06PARIS4253PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY,
[...] (SBU) At the June 13-16 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will allow Russia to repay its remaining USD 22 billion in previously rescheduled Paris Club debt in August. The deal is still subject to approval by Moscow. Cameroon received a completi [...]
2006-06-21 09:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS456PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the January 18 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to raise Jordan's debt swap ceiling from 30% to 40%. The US and UK were the most vocal advocates, arguing that Jordan was an important ally facing serious economic vulnerabilities despite progress implementing key economic reforms. [...]
2006-01-24 15:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4643UNESCO: U.S. COMMITMENT TO IMPROVED WATER RESOURCES HIGHLIGHTE
[...] THE OPENING DAYS OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAM (IHP IGC, JULY 3-7) HAVE ALREADY YIELDED SEVERAL IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF U.S. RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH UNESCO'S ACTIVITIES IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. 2. ON JULY 4, THE COUNCIL - IN WHICH TH [...]
2006-07-06 16:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKS AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
06PARIS4650CAUTIOUS FRENCH INTEREST IN PARNERSHIP FOR BETTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Policy Planning (S/P) Director Dr. Stephen Krasner met with French officials and MFA consultants June 23-24 to discuss the nascent initiative for a "Partnership for Better Governance Group" (PBGG). Krasner explained the PBGG would be a multilateral effort with interested deve [...]
2006-07-07 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EAID UNGA FR
06PARIS4673 UNESCO REFORM: GENEVA GROUP TO TACKLE UN "COHERENCE"
[...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 3. 2. At its July 12 meeting, the UNESCO Geneva Group of donor member states will focus on the ongoing exercise to enhance UN system-wide coherence in the areas of humanitarian assistance, the environment and development. The meeting will start with a [...]
2006-07-07 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS4817FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] (C) The visit of Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow and the Iraq Compact delegation offers the best opportunity thus far to move the French toward significant involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. The GOF has been publicly supportive of the new Iraqi government. However, its respons [...]
2006-07-17 05:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID IZ FR
06PARIS4855FRENCH PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 15:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV IZ FR
06PARIS4951FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON JULY 20 BAGHDAD COMPACT
[...] (SBU) Embassy provided reftel points to the offices of Foreign Ministry Political Director Stansilas de Laboulaye and Ministry of Finance Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy Xavier Musca to update them after their recent meetings with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Ki [...]
2006-07-20 14:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL FR IZ ECIN OTRA
06PARIS4980IRAQ COMPACT: FRENCH FINANCE MINISTRY OPEN TO
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Philip Zelikow met July 17 with Xavier Musca, Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy in the French Ministry of Finance to discuss the Iraq Compact. Musca expressed support for the goals of the Compact, but expressed concerns abou [...]
2006-07-21 15:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL FR IZ
06PARIS5024PARIS CLUB - JULY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND AFGHAN DEBT
[...] (SBU) At the July 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed on exceptionally generous debt relief for Afghanistan, which achieved three main objectives: (1) 92% of Afghanistan's debt stock will be canceled immediately; (2) all interest falling due between now and the end of the IMF pr [...]
2006-07-25 12:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS5170 INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC/UNESCO)
[...] Summary and Key Accomplishments: At the 39th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council -- which took place June 21-28, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal tra [...]
2006-07-31 14:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI IZ
06PARIS5184FRENCH APPROACH TO FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Economy Diplomatic Counselor Gilles Mentre told Econoff July 28 that France has taken steps to respond to criticism that its aid programs unjustly inflate aid figures with debt cancellation numbers. France has devised a scheme that ties debt cancellation more directly to po [...]
2006-08-01 09:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS5341USG Delegation Report on 17th Meeting of the UNESCO
[...] A US delegation participated in the 17th meeting of the UNESCO International Hydrology Program (IHP) Intergovernmental Council (IGC) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, July 3-7, 2006. The delegation consisted of: Mathew C. Larsen, U.S. Geological Survey (head of delegation),Verne R. Sch [...]
2006-08-07 16:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO KS AORC TSPL EAID KSCI SENV SOCI
06PARIS5657FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a delegation to France August 16-17 to discuss the Iraq Compact. French officials remained positive about the Compact's goals and were visibly engaged on the issue. Officials welcomed the briefing on USG discussions with Gulf countries, espe [...]
2006-08-24 07:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN EIND EAID PREL IZ FR
06PARIS5733CHINA IN AFRICA: FRENCH ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French observers believe China's growing presence in Africa reflects a strategic decision by the PRC to exploit a resource-rich continent susceptible to an aggressive Chinese approach. French contacts express apprehension at Chinese inroads into areas of Africa onc [...]
2006-08-25 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EAID ETRD CH XA FR
06PARIS574 USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: NEW INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission has obtained new information on possible Dutch and Greek candidacies for the International Program for the Development of Communication Bureau (IPDC). Mission has learned that although the Dutch have given 2 million USD to the program over the pa [...]
2006-01-30 12:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS5761FRANCE: DONOR ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA Office Director for Humanitarian Intervention and Evaluation Christian Bernard. Points were also provided to MFA Development Office of Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction head Emmanuel Delloye. Christian confirmed that French assistan [...]
2006-08-28 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL FR LE
06PARIS601ECOLOGY MINISTER RAISES SUITE OF ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. On January 25, Ambassador and Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development Nelly Olin engaged on climate change-related issues, the Global Environmental Facility replenishment talks, the `World Environmental Organi [...]
2006-01-30 17:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL EAID PREL FR
06PARIS6177FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: AMBASSADOR SYMINGTON'S PARIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials at the MFA, President's office, and MOD were uniformly supportive of close and cooperative U.S.-France policies on Djibouti during their September 7-8 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti W. Stuart Symington. They welcomed U.S. engagement in Djibouti, despit [...]
2006-09-14 13:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR PINS ER ET SO DJ FR
06PARIS6323PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the September 13 meeting of the Paris Club, Xavier Musca, the Chairman of the Paris Club, reported that Angolan Finance Minister de Morais had told him the previous week that Angola is still considering a precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF, with the understanding that th [...]
2006-09-20 15:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS6537FRANCE/GUINEA: HOW WILL THE SUCCESSION PLAY OUT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The succession question in Guinea remains a focus of French concerns, according to MFA desk officer Damien Syed. President Conte, in ill health, has not done much to prepare for it, and the GOF is concerned that the military, led by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colone [...]
2006-10-02 07:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID GV FR
06PARIS655 USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, Louise V. Oliver met with UNESCO's Director General Koichiro Matsuura and Assistant Director Gener [...]
2006-02-01 12:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON KPAO ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS6611NIGER/FRANCE: ENCOURAGING DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Encouraging the development of Niger's budding democracy is France's principal concern for that country, according to MFA desk officer Michael Deslaimes. France shares the U.S.'s general approach to Niger. In the GOF view, Niger enjoys relative stability when compared with its [...]
2006-10-04 14:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PINR PHUM KDEM NG FR
06PARIS6614 UNESCO REFORM: F/A EXPERTS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS BRASILIA
[...] Summary and INTRODUCTION: At the September 27-29 meeting of UNESCO's Financial and Administrative (f/A) experts' group, the U.S, delegation: raised questions on the legal risks posed by the Brasilia office, underlining the Executive board's fiduciary responsibilities and urging that Brasilia [...]
2006-10-04 15:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC EAID
06PARIS6669FRANCE ON NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS
[...] (U) Embassy raised reftel points on the National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy with senior MFA officials, and is sharing points with Ministries of Finance and Justice. MFA DAS-equivalent for International Financial Affairs Cyrille Pierre told us the French stance on [...]
2006-10-06 16:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR ECON EAID EINV KCRM FR
06PARIS6701FRANCE/THAILAND: NO SUCCOR FOR COUP LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) During October 6 and October 11 discussions, MFA Southeast Asia DAS-Equivalent Fabrice Mauries and Thai Desk Officer Jeremie Petit explained that France was taking care to avoid any signals of encouragement to the coup leadership, while remaining pragmatic and vigilant with regard to the [...]
2006-10-11 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH FR
06PARIS6742FRENCH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 16:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SENV EAID EAIR ETRD FR
06PARIS6831FRENCH SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQ COMPACT, TALABANI VISIT
[...] (C) We raised ref A points on the International Compact with Iraq with Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, the MFA,s Inter-Ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, on October 12. Guinhut reiterated strong French support for the Compact, although he stated that President Talabani,s visit t [...]
2006-10-17 08:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
06PARIS6907TALABANI VISIT ON TRACK
[...] (C) On Oct. 19, PolMC briefed Iraqi Ambassador Mouaffak Abboud on the results (reported Ref B) of our latest demarche to the French on supporting the Iraq Compact. PolMC noted that the UK Embassy delivered a similar demarche to the French in mid-September and urged Abboud to also raise the po [...]
2006-10-19 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN ETRD FR IZ PGOV PREL
06PARIS6986FRENCH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND NEW DELHI
[...] (C) On October 23, we conveyed U.S. support for and encouraged French attendance at the New Delhi Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) to Pierre Fournier, Afghanistan desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fournier responded that Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy woul [...]
2006-10-24 13:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV PREL
06PARIS6993PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MALAWI DEBT
[...] (U) At the October 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors canceled 354 million of Malawi's 363 million dollars of Paris Club debt as its completion point treatment under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The US was not a creditor. The Club provided financing assuranc [...]
2006-10-24 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7056FRENCH MFA ON IRAQ COMPACT PG MEETING, TALABANI
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, and Bernard Chappedelaine, Iraq desk officer, on October 26. Chappedelaine said France would be represented at the 10/31 Preparatory Group meeting by Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, Inter-Ministerial Coordinato [...]
2006-10-26 16:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN FR IZ PGOV PREL
06PARIS7109FRANCE: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: In October 18-19 meetings with WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA affairs Parfait agreed that Cuba was likely entering a period of transition and needed international support in evolving toward democratic governance, while cautioning against interference in Cuban [...]
2006-10-30 13:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU FR NU VE EAID ETTC PHUM PREL
06PARIS7284 USUNESCO - FULBRIGHT SYMPOSIUM
[...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell, gave remarks at the Closing Plenary Session of the Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) Symposium in at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 24, 2006. The Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsu [...]
2006-11-08 09:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO KPAO SCUL EAID
06PARIS7451UNESCO: MAN AND BIOSPHERE COORDINATING COUNCIL PONDERS
[...] Summary. The 19th session of the MAB Coordinating Council focused on the need to define the program's future, particularly in the context of the formulation of the new UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy for 2008-2013. Issues debated included: the need to devise an appropriate approach to identifying t [...]
2006-11-20 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCI SENV EAID SP
06PARIS7491PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...]
2006-11-21 15:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7575FRANCE: AIR TRANSPORT FOR AFGHANS TO HAJJ DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 22 to Nicole Taillefer, Head of the Energy, Transport and Infrastructure Department in the MFA's Economics Directorate. She was unaware of any Government of Afghanistan request for support in transportation of Hajjis, but said she would follow [...]
2006-11-28 16:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EAIR FR AF
06PARIS7642PARIS III UPDATE FROM JOUYET
[...] (C) Summary: Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chirac's Special Envoy for the Lebanon Donors' Conference (i.e., Paris III),told us on November 30 that he anticipates holding a Core Group meeting in Paris between January 8 and 10, prior to the conference on January 25. Chirac issued invitations on November [...]
2006-12-04 05:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL
06PARIS7828UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR PONDERS POTENTIAL
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Executive Director Susanna Connaughton used her December meetings with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector to query them on the ongoing review of the Sciences sectors, and on how they assess the impact of their programs. Her interlocutors, [...]
2006-12-18 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
06PARIS7835PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...]
2006-12-19 13:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7864OECD: COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUDGET, MAY MINISTERIAL AS WELL AS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OECD Council met all day on December 14 for its last regularly scheduled session in 2006. PermReps considered the program of work and budget (PWB) for 2007-2008 (see reftel),enlargement and enhanced engagement as well as planning for the May 2007 Meeting of the Council at [...]
2006-12-20 15:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON OECD EFIN ETRD EAID
06PARIS853MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE,
[...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...]
2006-02-09 18:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS FR
06PESHAWAR360CORPS COMMANDER AND NWFP GOVERNOR ON FATA ISSUES
[...] (C) On July 10, 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan told the Ambassador the Pakistan Army will maintain its involvement in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) development, chiefly due to the Governor's lack of civilian capacity. The Army is the only entity with a comprehensive [...]
2006-07-13 03:57:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR EAID PK AF
06PESHAWAR67A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...]
2006-02-13 11:35:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF
06PESHAWAR68NEW ROLE FOR TRIBAL COUNCILS?: FINDING A VOICE FOR ECONOMIC
[...] (C) In response to the deteriorating security situation in North Waziristan (Ref A),11th Corps Commander Hamid Khan has prodded the Political Agent there to work closely with that agency's council on new development projects. Since their establishment in late 2004, agency councils had been [...]
2006-02-13 11:59:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAID PREL ECON MOPS KISL PK
06PESHAWAR82GOP/ARMY RELATIONS IN WAZIRISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-17 13:08:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL MARR PK PTER EAID SNAR
06PHNOMPENH1036WORLD BANK FINDS CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA PROJECTS
[...] (C) Summary: A World Bank (WB) audit has found evidence of procurement fraud in seven out of nine WB programs investigated in Cambodia, involving kickbacks to Cambodian government (RGC) officials and rigged bidding. The WB estimates that 10-15% of $5.0 million already disbursed was skimmed. [...]
2006-05-31 11:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1691AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECCC CO-PROSECUTOR; FUNDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 15, the Ambassador and A/DCM met with ECCC international co-prosecutor Robert Petit, who discussed latest developments of the Tribunal staffing as well as funding shortfalls. Specifically, the Tribunal lacks money for public outreach, a proper detention facility, [...]
2006-09-18 10:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS EAID CB PREL
06PHNOMPENH1845CAMBODIA'S ECCC MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 1-5 visit to Cambodia, S/WCI and INR officials met with a wide range of interlocutors concerning the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). ECCC officials from the office of Administration underscored budgetary gaps and unfill [...]
2006-10-10 10:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH1960CAMBODIA REVIEWS DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS SINCE 1991
[...] (U) Summary. On October 21, the International Relations Institute organized a 15-year anniversary academic forum reviewing the successes and failures of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords and their implementation during the subsequent UNTAC period. Cambodian government officials dominated the li [...]
2006-10-30 10:11:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1975STAFFDEL GILLEY VISIT EVALUATES USG OBJECTIVES IN CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kristen Gilley, Deputy Chief of Staff for the House Committee on International Relations and Jamie McCormick, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, visited Cambodia on October 20-22 to discuss bilateral relations, USG assistance programs, and USAID partner conce [...]
2006-11-02 07:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH1983RECENT ECCC DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings concerning the Extraordinary Chambers have highlighted funding gaps and the need for additional support from donors. The role of the judicial police is looming as an issue requiring clarification and possible donor intervention with the RGC to ensure that the [...]
2006-11-02 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH2046ECCC ISSUES DRAFT INTERNAL RULES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal's (ECCC) Rules Committee released the draft internal rules for public comment on November 3, providing two weeks for civil society and others to give feedback on the proposed rules. Informal soundings from sources within the ECCC, the diplomatic comm [...]
2006-11-16 11:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH2096CAMBODIAN VIEW OF ASEAN-CHINA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA official, the ASEAN-China Commemorative Summit held in Nanning, China on October 30 underscored ASEAN's desire for greater Chinese trade and development assistance. However, ASEAN reportedly remains unimpressed with the level of assistance/loans offer [...]
2006-11-28 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH598UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP BRIEFS COMS ON MARCH 18-28
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Representative for Human Rights Yash Ghai met with COMs on March 24 to provide an outbrief of his meetings during his recent assessment visit. Ghai is not able to fully assess the political changes since his last visit but is willing to proceed on the assumption th [...]
2006-03-29 11:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH696CHINESE PM VISITS CAMBODIA, CHINESE ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Cambodia April 7-8 as part of his tour of Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The PM announced an assistance package worth approximately USD 600 million, although some projects (the hydro-electric dam project in Kampot province finance [...]
2006-04-12 09:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH894CAMBODIA: DAS JOHN'S REINFORCES BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 discussion with visiting DAS Eric John, FM Hor Namhong lauded US-Cambodia bilateral relations and said Cambodia would seriously consider DAS John's request that the RGC support Guatemala's candidacy for the UNSC. The FM was open on Burma and prospects for democratic [...]
2006-05-10 02:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KJUS PHUM EAID CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1205HAITI: PETROCARIBE IMPLEMENTATION STALLED
[...] (C) Summary: The 100,000 barrels of petroleum, from the initial PetroCaribe shipment to Haiti on May 14, remain in storage facilities at the port and have not been put on the market. To date, no second PetroCaribe transport ship has been scheduled to arrive. Edouard Baussan (President Rene [...]
2006-07-07 13:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1266GOH PREPARES FOR JULY 25 DONORS, CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOH is beginning to get into high gear for the July 25 Donors' Conference. Minister of Finance Daniel Dorsainvil outlined the GOH's priorities for the Conference: closing the financing gap, [...]
2006-07-13 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1267IMF: HAITI URGENTLY NEEDS 06-07 BUDGET SUPPORT
[...] Summary: Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ugo Fasano raised a red flag concerning Haiti's fiscal year 2006-2007 financing gap. If the GOH cannot find budget support for the estimated USD 45 to 60 million deficit that will not be covered by multilateral pledges [...]
2006-07-13 17:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1279PREVAL ON SECURITY, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT: "I
[...] (C) Summary and comment. I met with President Preval early morning July 11 to discuss the current security environment, political issues, and his development priorities. I also pressed him on Haiti's position regarding Venezuela's bid for the UNSC seat (reported septel.) Preval contends Haiti [...]
2006-07-14 20:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETRD EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1311MINISTER REPORTS THREATS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS,
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, Frantz Verella, told Ambassador July 17 that his public works projects in Port-au-Prince are threatened regularly by bandits demanding [...]
2006-07-20 11:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ENRG PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1343HAITI ELECTIONS: CHALLENGES AND RISKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although no date has been set for remaining national level elections or the municipal and local contests, Prime Minister Alexis has informally suggested that all be held together by the end of November. Both Electoral Commission Director General Jacques Bernard and MINUSTAH e [...]
2006-07-25 11:18:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1347 Prime Minister briefed on USAID/Haiti program.
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Sanderson and USAID/Haiti Acting Mission Director met with Haiti's Prime Minister and the Minister of Planning and External Cooperation (Plan) on July 14, 2006. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an in- depth brief on USAID program results achieved (2004-2006) and [...]
2006-07-25 14:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE136HAITI ELECTIONS: USG-FUNDED NGO ACTIVITIES UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Representatives from four USG-funded NGOs (UNOPS, IRI, NDI, and IFES) met with USAID project manager and poloff to review status and activities of election support projects. The meeting, held weekly, serves to ensure coordination and information sharing between projects funded [...]
2006-01-20 13:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1376HAITI: DONORS REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO HAITI AT JULY
[...] Summary: The Haitian Government (GOH) hosted a Donors' Conference July 25 in Port-au-Prince that resulted in international commitments totaling USD 750 million over the next fifteen months (July 2006 to September 30, 2007). The GOH compiled a "pie in the sky" budget for this time frame of U [...]
2006-07-28 18:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1377PETROCARIBE GAS ON THE MARKET
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The PetroCaribe petroleum delivered to Haiti on May 14, the day of President Rene Preval's inauguration, has finally hit the local market. The Haitian Government (GOH) is selling the entire shipment, inc [...]
2006-07-28 18:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1386HAITI: PM ASKS WHA A/S FOR HELP ON SECURITY,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis told Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon July 25 that the Donors' Conference was a success and proves Haiti is ready to assert its leadership and take back nation-building responsibilities from the international community. Alexis said the gove [...]
2006-07-31 17:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE14HAITI'S CENTRAL PLATEAU POOR AND ISOLATED
[...] Summary: Hinche is the capital of the Centre department and only 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince, but mountains and bad roads conspire to keep it extremely isolated. Since early 2004 when the former Haitian Army (ex-FAd'H) used it as a staging ground, there has been little violence in Hinche. [...]
2006-01-04 14:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA ECON EAGR EAID
06PORTAUPRINCE1407HAITI: A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MINUSTAH SRSG
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Edmond Mulet warned A/S Shannon on July 25 that provocations by former president Aristide and his supporters could erode Haiti's post-electoral stability. Mulet said that President Preval's public silence about security pro [...]
2006-08-02 19:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1417IMPASSE AT MALPASSE: HAITIAN-DR BORDER STRIKE
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary: A transport workers' strike has disrupted commercial traffic and general transit at the Haitian-Dominican border crossing at Malpasse since July 10. Most recently, the workers perpetrated violence on [...]
2006-08-04 13:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1483GOH BUDGET UPDATE: MOVING FORWARD WITH
[...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff August 8 that the new budget is almost complete and will move forward to parliament, maybe by tomorrow (August 11). Concerning the financing gap for FY06 (USD 18.5 million) and FY07 (USD 15 - 25 million),govern [...]
2006-08-10 19:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ENRG PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1552BORDER CROSSING WITH DR STILL CLOSED
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Presidential advisor Robert Manuel on August 19 told the Ambassador that the situation at the Malpasse border crossing, the nearest to the Dominican Republic from Port-au-Prince, had become intolerable, and t [...]
2006-08-22 16:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1598HAITI: PETROCARIBE UPDATE: RATIFICATION IN THE
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The PetroCaribe agreement is in parliament awaiting ratification. For several days, the parliamentarians have asked for more time to analyze the document before finalizing their report. By all accounts, the p [...]
2006-08-25 19:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1609HAITIAN-DR BORDER CALM: BUT NO COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Jeantal Clervil, head of customs for Malpasse at the Haitian-DR border (on August 24) told emboffs visiting the border town that the situation had calmed considerably since the Haitia [...]
2006-08-29 19:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1618PARLIAMENT RATIFIED PETROCARIBE AGREEMENT 08/29
[...] Parliament ratified the PetroCaribe agreement during a session of the national assembly, which included 19 of 27 senators and 47 of 88 deputies. 53 voted in favor and 13 abstained; no parliamentarians voted against ratification. The agreement, signed by President Rene Preval and Venezuelan V [...]
2006-08-30 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1641HAITI: JULY INFLATION ROSE .6 PERCENT
[...] According to the latest figures from the Haitian Statistical Institute, overall inflation for July 2006 was .6 percent, resulting in an annual increase of 12.6 percent since July 2005. This is due to a price increases in clothing (4.3 percent),housing (5.6 percent),water (1.5 percent),ene [...]
2006-09-05 11:58:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1643HAITI'S FISCAL GOAL: RAISE INTERNAL REVENUES BY 25
[...] Finance Minister Daniel Dorsainvil and Charge signed a preliminary agreement September 1 to modernize Haiti's tax collection and administration in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Treasury, with funding from USAID. According to Dorsainvil, it is time to "bring in the tax man," but he [...]
2006-09-05 16:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1648GOH FY07 BUDGET: MOVING FORWARD BUT SLOWLY
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff Sept 6 that finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil is discussing his FY07 budget informally with parliament, but has not yet presented i [...]
2006-09-06 17:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1667CUSTOMS DG REPLACED
[...] (C) President Rene Preval on September 7 replaced Director General of Customs Edouard Vales Jean-Laurent with Jean Jacques Valentin, who was the customs' DG from 1994 until 2004 under former President Jean Bertrand Aristide and during Preval's first term. Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Ve [...]
2006-09-08 12:21:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1856HAITI: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI)
[...] In August, the continuing high price of oil in the international market translated into an increase (7.5 percent) in the cost of petroleum product imports, which affected significantly the price of transport (up plus 1.3 percent). As a result, the CPI was up 0.7 percent compared to the month [...]
2006-09-28 12:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1905GOH INTENDS TO MEET 100% FUEL DEMAND WITH
[...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval and finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil informed the four oil companies operating in Haiti of intentions to meet 100 percent of Haiti's petroleum demand through its Petrocaribe agreement. According to a Christian Porter, country manager for ExxonMobil (operat [...]
2006-10-04 19:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1922GOH APPROVES FY07 BUDGET
[...] The GOH approved and published Haiti's FY07 budget September 30; parliament ratified the budget on September 28 with slight modifications to the original document, including a reallocation of USD 25 million (ref A). The budget totals USD 1.65 billion (64.57 billion Haitian gourdes),a 68 perc [...]
2006-10-06 15:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1932AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS VISIT CITE SOLEIL: LIFE AT
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and emboffs visited the impoverished Port au Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil on October 10 at the invitation of MINUSTAH Force Commander General Elito. Based on our observations, signs of life appear to be returing to what some in the past have called the most danger [...]
2006-10-11 20:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1960U.S. OIL INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO GOH PETROCARIBE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 15:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1973PREVAL EMPHASIZES DRUG TRAFFICKING, SECURITY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 16:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2066HAITI: INFLATION
[...] Summary: Inflation for September 2006 was 1.5 percent. Inflation for the past twelve months was 12.4 percent, which overshot the IMF target of ten percent. Failure to meet the inflation target was due largely to the continuing impact of high oil prices. End Summary. Inflation still in do [...]
2006-10-27 17:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2289PREVAL II: THE HONEYMOON'S OVER
[...] (C) Summary. There is increasing talk among Haitians these days about malaise and government inertia. President Preval, now seven months into his term, i seen as isolated and distracted. Reports of dissntion within his inner circle, a poor legislativ record to date, and a failed disarmament po [...]
2006-11-30 19:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2304HAITI: REVENUE COLLECTION
[...] Summary: GoH revenue collection for fiscal year 2006 (ending 9/30/06) was approximately ten percent higher than projected, due mostly to greater than expected internal tax collection (income tax and VAT) and increased customs duties. The Director General of Taxation attributes this performan [...]
2006-12-01 21:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2310HAITI: INFLATION CONTINUES IN OCTOBER
[...] Summary: Inflation for October 2006 was 0.4 percent. Prices for local goods and services increased by 0.7 percent while the pace of growth for imported goods and services was 0.4 percent. End Summary. 2. According to data released by the Haitian Institute of Statistics, overall inflatio [...]
2006-12-04 18:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2427PREVAL: MINUSTAH MUST ACT NOW
[...] (C) Summary. I met with President Preval on the evening of December 21 to discuss the current security environment, the political machinations underway in Parliament and the Primature, and Haiti's continuing dispute with China. Preval also shared with me frank details of his health (reported [...]
2006-12-21 17:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA UN
06PORTAUPRINCE259WILL HAITI HOLD CREDIBLE ELECTIONS?
[...] (C) Summary: Haitian and international election authorities face uncertainties as they prepare to conduct the first round of Haiti's elections on February 7. The most serious of these are the competence and performance of poll workers, particularly at rural and isolated voting centers, and t [...]
2006-02-04 19:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE355MINUSTAH PROJECTS ONE WEEK DELAY FOR SECOND ROUND
[...] MINUSTAH officials project a delay of one week from the previously announced date of March 19 for the second round run-off election. They blame the slippage primarily on the delay in vote tabulation, caused by public demonstrations in reaction to the presidential vote count (ref B). They als [...]
2006-02-22 20:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE365MAJORITY OF CEP PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR BERNARD
[...] (C) Summary: Six of nine members of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) reaffirmed their support for the CEP's Director General Jacques Bernard in a public letter February 23. CEP president chief of staff Duchatelier told poloff February 22 that Jacques Bernard was indispensable for [...]
2006-02-24 17:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE410HAITI ELECTIONS: DATE FOR SECOND ROUND UNDER
[...] (U) The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is meeting this afternoon, March 3, to discuss when to hold the second round parliamentary elections. Only one seat in the Chamber of Deputies of the total 129 legislative seats contested was won in the February 7 general election. Following the de [...]
2006-03-03 20:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE418CEP DIRECTOR GENERAL RETURNS TO HAITI
[...] (C) Summary: After two weeks of uncertainty, Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General (DG) Jacques Bernard returned to Haiti on March 5 to re-assume his position. A delegation of CEP members headed by CEP President Max Mathurin met him at the airport. In Bernard's absence, six [...]
2006-03-06 15:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE467HAITI ELECTIONS: DONORS PUSH FOR EARLY SECOND
[...] Summary: Donors met March 7 with CEP and Minustah representatives to urge that the calendar for the second round legislative elections be established as soon as possible. Minustah and the CEP discussed a possible timeline for completion of the contestation process and necessary logistical p [...]
2006-03-09 18:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE476HAITI ELECTIONS: ANNOUNCEMENT OF SECOND ROUND
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires met with Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) President Max Mathurin and CEP Councilor Josefa Gauthier over breakfast March 10. Mathurin confirmed that a press conference was scheduled for noon March 10 to announce the electoral calendar. The CEP has already prepared a [...]
2006-03-10 17:10:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE482NEW WORLD BANK PROGRAM FOR HAITI UNDER DISCUSSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Bank Country Manager Mathurin Gbetibuou told Econ Counselor that he is currently in discussions with headquarters in Washington about the size and scope of the Bank's program that would cover the next three fiscal years. The plan currently on the table calls for a comb [...]
2006-03-13 19:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE542HAITI: SPENDING AND FINANCE GAP GROWING CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF Resident Representative for Haiti is concerned about the level of spending in the waning days of the IGOH administration, which could derail its EPCA II program. In the longer term, the financing gap, although just reduced from USD 31 to 16 million, could delay funding [...]
2006-03-23 19:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE543HAITI ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP
[...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is completing review of claims arising from the February 7 General Election and should finalize candidate lists for second round Senate and Chamber of Deputy candidates by March 20. According to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, at l [...]
2006-03-23 19:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE611STRIKE PROTESTING GAS PRICES FAILS
[...] A general strike declared by the Driver,s Association of Port-au-Prince for April 3 to protest the rise in gasoline prices failed. The Association,s President Jean Marie Chateau had called on Port-au-Prince residents to stay home to protest the recent rise in price of gasoline at the pump, w [...]
2006-04-04 17:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE636PREVAL'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR OUTLINES NEW DEVELOPMENT
[...] Summary: President-elect Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret said the theme of Preval's "Pact for Democracy and Governance" is political, social, and economic modernization through employment generation and a commitment to private investments, both foreign and Haitian. Verret expl [...]
2006-04-07 17:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE692PREVAL ANNOUNCES HAITI TO JOIN PETROCARIBE
[...] President-elect Preval announced to the press April 18 that Haiti will soon join Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's energy initiative, PetroCaribe. Preval made the announcement after returning from a five-day trip to Cuba, where he discussed the subject of Petrocaribe with the Venezuelan Amb [...]
2006-04-19 17:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE758PREVAL WILL SIGN PETROCARIBE DEAL ON MAY 15
[...] (U) President-elect Rene Preval on April 25 announced that that Haiti will join the PetroCaribe Program on May 15, the day after his inauguration. Preval explained that Haiti will pay for 60 percent of the oil from Venezuela up front and that 40 percent will be payable over a period of 25 ye [...]
2006-04-28 16:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN ENRG HA VE
06PORTAUPRINCE846PETROCARIBE OIL MAY FLOW THROUGH EDH
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. Michel Guerrier, Director of National, Haiti's only domestic oil company, told Econoff May 11 that a ship with 100,000 barrels of PetroCaribe oil has embarked for Haiti and is due to arrive on or before May 15. Ho [...]
2006-05-12 19:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE891PETROCARIBE WILL SELL TO EDH
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. Michel Guerrier, Director of National, confirmed May 17 the scenario described in reftel A, whereby Haiti's National Electricity Company (Electricite d'Haiti -- EDH) will be designated as Haiti's state-owned oil co [...]
2006-05-17 20:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE900HAITI ELECTIONS: WHERE ARE WE AND WHAT NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: With the successful presidential inauguration and nearly 90 percent of legislators seated, Haiti's electoral process is almost completed. Municipal (mayoral) and local elections remain requiring only a relative majority and therefore just one round. Additionally, three remaini [...]
2006-05-19 18:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE971HAITI: FIRST PETROCARIBE SHIP STALLED AT VARREUX
[...] Shooting stalled the unloading and delivery of oil May 17 from the first PetroCaribe ship, which arrived in Haiti on May 13 (reftel A). The ship was docked at Varreux, a port located near one of Port-au-Prince's most violent slums, Cite Soleil. The captain of the ship reported bullets flying [...]
2006-06-01 13:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTLOUIS763MAURITIUS - DECEMBER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] Topics in the December Economic Roundup include: - Increase in Commercial Air Traffic to Mauritius - Foreign Currency Shortage and the Depreciation of the Rupee - Bank of Mauritius: New Building and Departure of Governor - Mauritius Obtains USD 30 Million Loan from the World Bank - Plans to [...]
2006-12-21 12:25:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EAIR EAID EIND EINV SENV MP
06PORTMORESBY126MCC - LEVERAGE ON GOVERNANCE IN PNG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 06:43:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PP
06PORTMORESBY302HLD ON MIGRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 02:40:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALEAID SMIG UNGA PP
06PORTOFSPAIN1125PM MANNING SAYS T&T IS A RELIABLE ALLY, SO U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reprising public remarks from several days earlier (reftel),PM Manning characterized T&T as a reliable ally and energy supplier that was not receiving sufficient attention from the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Harbert and State/WHA DAS Duddy. He praised bilater [...]
2006-09-22 21:10:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EPET MARR SNAR EAID TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1161MANNING: LIFTING IMET RESTRICTIONS VINDICATES T&T
[...] (U) As reported septel, Prime Minister Patrick Manning,s October 4 budget speech, was, for the most part, devoted to a discussion of T&T,s largely energy-driven revenues and of proposed expenditures on infrastructure development, manufacturing diversification and agriculture promotion, as wel [...]
2006-10-06 20:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALEAID KCRM MARR PGOV PREL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1344MANNING AND CHERTOFF: CLOSER COLLABORATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Manning hosted DHS Secretary Chertoff for a bilateral meeting on October 26, SIPDIS prior to a multilateral meeting with CARICOM representatives (reported septel). In the meeting, Manning assured Secretary Chertoff on Cricket World Cup security preparations [...]
2006-11-22 17:58:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1349SECRETARY AND CARICOM: BROAD DIALOGUE NEEDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary Chertoff,s October 26 meeting with CARICOM representatives highlighted the potential for greater cooperation building on existing structures for Cricket World Cup 2007. CARICOM is happy to receive assistance for Cricket World Cup, and further collaboration on interdic [...]
2006-11-24 10:31:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN666HURRICANE SEASON PLANNING - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
[...] Embassy Port of Spain primary and alternate Mission Disaster Relief Officers are as follows: Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) --------------------------------------- A. David Miller Economic Chief Tour Ends: July 2006 Tel: (868) 622-6371, Ext. 2112-work Tel: (868) 632-8592-home [...]
2006-06-01 20:05:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI SENV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN698 CARICOM URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEED
[...] Acting Foreign Minister Danny Montano summoned the Ambassador to a meeting on June 6 to deliver a letter from Prime Minister Patrick Manning to President Bush (text of letter below). Political Officer accompanied the Ambassador. The letter echoes the sentiments of the letter sent by Barbado [...]
2006-06-07 16:39:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PTER SNAR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN787PARAGUAY TO MEET CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ON WTO
[...] A brief AP story appeared in the June 28 Trinidad Express business supplement regarding Paraguay and the waiver in the World Trade Organization (reftels) for countries enjoying benefits of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). The article, reporting on a recent meeting in Guyana, [...]
2006-06-29 14:19:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO EAID TD XL
06PRAGUE1131CZECHS OPPOSE UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) EconOff spoke with MFA Multilateral Office official Ondrej Kovarik to discuss Reftel. Kovarik said the Czechs will adhere to the EU common position, but added the Czechs do not support the establishment of a permanent forum because the funding source and management structure is unknown. In [...]
2006-09-14 09:14:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SMIG UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE142ERB RADIO PROJECT: CZECHS LOOKING FOR WAYS AROUND
[...] (C) In Poloff's meeting on February 3 with Gabriela Dlouha, Director of Czech MFA's Transformation Coordination Unit (TRANS),Dlouha expressed concern with delays affecting the European Radio Broadcast (ERB) project. (Note: ERB plans to broadcast independent radio programs into Belarus from Po [...]
2006-02-10 16:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALBO EAID EZ PL
06PRAGUE1510CZECH ATTITUDES TOWARD AFGHAN OPIUM PRODUCTION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, Czech authorities said that the increased production of opium in Afghanistan will not change the character of Czech operations in Afghanistan. Ministry of Interior officials doubt that the increased production would have a negative impact on Czech society as [...]
2006-12-14 07:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPINR EAID EUN SNAR AF EZ
06PRAGUE154CZECH REPUBLIC'S ROBUST HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: 2005 was a big year for Czech humanitarian assistance with a record total disbursement of USD 8.5 million, up from USD 2.2 million in 2004. In addition to the humanitarian assistance budget, the MFA has discretionary authority to allocate up to about USD 200,000 per proje [...]
2006-02-14 09:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EZ PREL
06PRAGUE1543CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ
[...] Summary. This is the first in a series of cables summarizing significant Czech contributions (military, security, democracy promotion, development assistance, and humanitarian aid) in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans. The Czech Republic has maintained troops in Iraq since 2003 and provided tr [...]
2006-12-22 08:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MASS IZ EZ
06PRAGUE192CZECH MEDICAL AID TO THE MIDDLE EAST: "A SIGNAL TO
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Ambassador Cabaniss, the Iraqi Ambassador, and the Pakistani Charge d'Affaires visited Iraqi and Pakistani children recuperating in Prague from surgery on February 21. The purpose of their visit was to thank the Czech government for its "medevac" program, which brings critica [...]
2006-02-22 13:47:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL IZ PK EZ
06PRAGUE215CZECH REPUBLIC: PAUL WOLFOWITZ VISITS PRAGUE FOR
[...] Paul Wolfowitz paid his first official visit to the Czech Republic as World Bank President to attend the February 28 ceremony at the Czech National Bank (CNB) marking the Czech Republic's "graduation" from the World Bank/International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),as confirmed [...]
2006-03-01 11:23:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN EZ
06PRAGUE44CZECH REPUBLIC: AFGHANISTAN COMPACT DONOR PLEDGING
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Czech MFA Afghan desk officer Michal Svoboda January 12. Svoboda said the Czech Republic most likely would not be able to make a donor pledge to form part of the Afghanistan Compact. He did say, however, that at the Jan 31 - Feb 1 Compact meeti [...]
2006-01-13 11:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF EAID PGOV PREL KDEM EFIN ECON EZ
06PRAGUE692CZECHS SUPPORT EU CRITICISM OF VENEZUELAN NGO LAW,
[...] (C) Poloff met with Petr Janousek, Czech MFA Desk Officer of the Americas Department, June 19 to discuss Venezuela's draft NGO law. Janousek said a delegation of EU Ambassadors in Caracas met in early June with Saul Ortega, President of the Permanent Commission for External Policies in the Ven [...]
2006-06-21 12:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV VE EAID EZ
06PRAGUE851CZECHS SUPPORT PHARE ASSISTANCE, BUT ONLY UNDER
[...] (C) Poloff discussed the Czech position on PHARE assistance for the Turkish Cypriot Community on July 25 with MFA Director of Southeast and Eastern Europe Department Tomas Szunyog, and MFA Director of Coordination and Institutions of EU Tomas Ulicny. Szunyog said the Czechs support the PHARE a [...]
2006-07-25 15:05:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LH EUN CY EZ
06PRAGUE898CZECHS OFFER SURGICAL CARE FOR SERIOUSLY-INJURED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Czech government has launched a medevac program to help critically injured women and children in Lebanon. This program is modeled on the successful Czech medevac programs for Iraq and Pakistan, and typifies the GOCR's modest yet extraordinarily active and adaptable disaster [...]
2006-08-03 12:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL MOPS IS LE EZ
06PRETORIA1052 SOUTH AFRICAN HIV/AIDS SPENDING IN 2006 BUDGET
[...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel presented South Africa's 2006 Budget, highlighting the South African government's planned expenditures and revenues over the following three years. Expenditures on social development constitute over half of total expenditures. Spending on health and [...]
2006-03-14 11:48:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1158SOUTH AFRICA: MOELETSI MBEKI SAYS DONORS HOLD THE
[...] (U) Summary. Donors hold the key to economic reform in Africa, says Moeletsi Mbeki, businessman, political analyst, and brother of South African President Thabo Mbeki. In a recent address, Mbeki said that donors leverage more power than Africa's military or political elite. Mbeki explained t [...]
2006-03-22 10:27:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN PGOV EAID PINR SF
06PRETORIA1195 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 24 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-03-24 11:18:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1415 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 7 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-04-07 12:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA142 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 13 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-01-13 12:06:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1657 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 21 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-04-21 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1821 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH May 4 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-05-05 10:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1923INVITATIONS FROM THE SECRETARY TO ATTEND U.S. -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 12:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDOPCD ETRD EINV EFIN EAID SF
06PRETORIA2022SOUTH AFRICA: DEPUTY PRESIDENT MEETS OPIC DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 4, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka met with OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher, Jr. and Executive VP John Simon to discuss how OPIC could assist with the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA). The meeting focused on two potential [...]
2006-05-16 15:11:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN PGOV PREL EAID SF
06PRETORIA2065 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH May 19 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-05-19 07:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA2249 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH June 2 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-06-01 14:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA2328SOUTH AFRICA: SKILLS, THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT
[...] (U) Summary. In March, President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka announced the Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA) as an integral part of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA). JIPSA is a attempt to rectify the grow [...]
2006-06-06 14:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2746SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICS STALLING LOW-INCOME HOUSING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The ANC's Tripartite Alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) has slowed down low-income housing finance initiatives, according to the Banking Association. The Housing Ministry sidelined a bilateral MOU conc [...]
2006-07-06 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV PREL EAID SF
06PRETORIA320 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 27 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-01-27 12:17:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA3422 ENTICED BY AFRICA'S MANIFOLD RICHES, AMERICANS AND CHINESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: About 30 government, academic and business leaders -- including several former senior State Department officials -- held a groundbreaking dialogue to explore how China and the U.S. could work with Africa to spur development on the continent. Discussions centered on energy, trade [...]
2006-08-21 08:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID EIND KDEM CH XA SF
06PRETORIA347SOUTH AFRICA: HOUSING AND SERVICE DELIVERY WOES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since mid-2004, South Africa has seen several protests in disadvantaged communities, ostensibly against poor public service delivery, lack of adequate housing, and corruption. These protests have intensified in the run up to the March 1 local elections, suggesting that there ar [...]
2006-01-30 07:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID SF
06PRETORIA3952(C) DFA OFFICIAL SUGGESTS SUDAN UNLIKELY TO AGREE
[...] (C) Sudan is unlikely to agree to a UN force in Darfur, suggested Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Horn of Africa Director Graham Maitland (protect). Maitland told PolOff September 21 that the working levels of DFA are discussing the possibility of a "greatly enhanced" AMIS operation if Kh [...]
2006-09-22 09:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS KPKO KDEM SU SF
06PRETORIA4993MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY INTERESTED IN MORE
[...] (U) Summary. Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula was interested in more U.S. training opportunities for the South African Police Service (SAPS) and was surprised to hear that SAPS had refused previous offers for training by the U.S. Nqakula, who commented that U.S. assistance had [...]
2006-12-11 10:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KJUS PHUM PREL ASEC SF
06PRETORIA603 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH FEBRUARY 10 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-02-10 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA790 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH FEBRUARY 24 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-02-24 11:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA816ANC CONFIDENT OF CONTINUED STRENGTH IN NORTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ANC heads into local elections in the Northern Cape?s main urban area confident of another overwhelming showing. Some progress in expanding service delivery and a weak and fractured opposition are the basis for that optimism. Nonetheless, persistent unhappiness over service [...]
2006-02-27 12:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID SF KDEM
06PRETORIA844SOUTH AFRICA: ANC WILL DOMINATE LIMPOPO DESPITE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The residents of Waterberg and Vhembe District Municipalities in Limpopo live with high levels of unemployment, poverty, and limited access to public services. Despite frustrations, the electorate stands behind the ANC and will vote overwhelming for them in the March 1 local el [...]
2006-03-01 08:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN EINV EAID SF
06PRETORIA990 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 10 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-03-10 07:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRISTINA1057KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL
[...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INSCR report. 2. (U) Summary. Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but i [...]
2006-12-11 10:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1059KOSOVO: LDK CONVENTION GIVES SEJDIU NARROW VICORY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party elected Kosovo President Sejdiu as party president over former Speaker Nexhat Daci in an orderly vote at a December 9 party convention. But when Sejdiu presented his list of candidates for the party's powerful General Council, Dac [...]
2006-12-11 11:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1071KOSOVO: COM DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COM used the inauguration of a USAID-funded school renovation project in Serb-majority north Mitrovica to underscore the U.S. commitment to the continued presence of a vibrant Serb community in Kosovo, with full legal rights and special protections for its cultural and religio [...]
2006-12-15 10:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV SOCI PREL UNMIK YI PHUM
06PRISTINA1072KOSOVO: GORANI EDUCATION DISAGREEMENT ILLUSTRATES
[...] (SBU) A long-simmering disagreement between Gorani leaders, Kosovar education officials, and Belgrade's Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK) highlights the complex situation of the Gorani, a Muslim minority who live in the southern part of Dragas municipality and speak a dialect o [...]
2006-12-15 10:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA1074KOSOVO: TERRORIST LISTS
[...] (SBU) Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK does not keep a list of terrorist organizations. Terrorist designations must be done through Administrative Directives issued by the Special Representative of t [...]
2006-12-15 15:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1075KOSOVO: ACHIEVING CONSENSUS ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo will hold central and local elections next fall under a new post-status electoral system. Results of our initial canvassing of Kosovo's political parties, elections experts and public opinion polling reveal a general consensus on the need for open lists, retention of a gen [...]
2006-12-15 17:35:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV EAID UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1087KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU CONSOLIDATES HOLD OVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of its raucous convention ten days earlier, the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) General Council met on December 19 and swiftly (and peacefully) elected its 25-member party presidency. The body is comprised of solid supporters of President Fatmir Sejdiu, in [...]
2006-12-19 17:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1088KOSOVO: 2006 ANNUAL TERRORISM UPDATE
[...] (U) The following submission provides Post's contribution to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006." BEGIN REPORT 2. (U) The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) continues to administer Kosovo pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, and K [...]
2006-12-20 09:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1091KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS: OMPF REQUESTS USG FUNDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) has asked the USG to pay the salaries up to three forensic specialists to assist with ongoing exhumations, autopsies and identifications of war victims. OMPF is very concerned about the lack of local capacity to carry out [...]
2006-12-20 16:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK SOCI
06PRISTINA1096KOSOVO: WORKING GROUP ON PUBLIC OUTREACH HOLDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USOP called and hosted the organizing meeting of a new Working Group on Public Outreach, created under the ICO/UNMIK/U.S./PISG transitional framework now in place. (Note: Progress on overall transition efforts are reported septel.) Representatives from the Unity Team, govern [...]
2006-12-22 13:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1099KOSOVO: NEW MISSING PERSONS COMMISSION NOT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Government's new missing persons commission met for the first time on December 13 to discuss its composition and competencies. While the establishment of the commission is a positive step on a political level, the government is currently unprepared to take on the h [...]
2006-12-22 17:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
06PRISTINA1100KOSOVO: PISG CLOSER TO COMPLETING REMAINING CG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are very close to finishing the five remaining priorities for Standards implementation tasked by the Contact Group (CG) in June 2006. Two more standards -- reconstruction of the Serb village of Svinjare in south Mitrovi [...]
2006-12-22 17:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1117KOSOVO ASHKALI LEADERS THREATEN TO WITHDRAW FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Pristina District Court sentenced Kosovo MP and President of the Ashkali Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDAK) Sabit Rrahmani to five months in prison for fraud. Fellow PDAK party leaders do not deny the charges, but told us that Ashkali are being targeted for prosecution, an [...]
2006-12-28 13:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
06PRISTINA1118KOSOVO: UN SAYS KPC AND KPS WILL REMOVE ILLEGAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PD/SRSG Schook told us on December 28 that the illegal construction within the Decani Monastery's Special Zoning Area (SZA) will be taken down in a joint KPS/KPC operation within the next 36 hours. Fr. Sava, a moderate Orthodox monk who resides at the monastery, had sought our h [...]
2006-12-28 14:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV
06PRISTINA256KOSOVO: RECOMMENDATION ON TREATMENT OF ROMA LEAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. International community stakeholders have decided that Roma victims of lead poisoning can be safely treated at Osterode, UNMIK's temporary relocation facility. Notwithstanding the insistence of Roma leaders that their constituents will accept relocation only to their old Mitrov [...]
2006-03-21 18:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA259KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS TO TAKE ON GREATER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their March 12-15 visit to Kosovo, Department representatives agreed to provide up to USD 110,000 in funding through the Slovene International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim's Assistance (ITF) for badly-needed replacement equipment for the Kosovo Protection Corp [...]
2006-03-22 16:22:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PREL EAID PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA280KOSOVO: SLOW GOING ON TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the fourth meeting of the stakeholders, UNMIK is in no hurry to transfer competency to the Kosovo government for law enforcement and the European Union is even less anxious to assume UNMIK's oversight role. Since the meeting, the PISG has named ministers of internal [...]
2006-03-29 13:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA339KOSOVO ROMA MOVE TO LEAD-SAFE RELOCATION FACILITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over 290 Roma from two lead-contaminated refugee camps in north Mitrovica have moved to the Osterode temporary relocation facility. All involved agree that a convalescence center to treat Roma with lead poisoning will be built there. The World Health Organization (WHO) has d [...]
2006-04-21 14:46:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA472 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARTIN MORELL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Martin Morell to visit Pristina June 12-16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to evaluate technical assistance projects in the telecom sector. Point of contact is Economics Officer Shante Moore, who can be reached at: office 381-38- [...]
2006-05-31 10:15:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA USTA YI SB MW MK BU
06PRISTINA554KOSOVO: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES OVER ICTY VISIT;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several widows from the Krushe e Vogel/Mala Krusa massacre say they first assisted a visiting UN convoy on May 25, but then grew suspicious when the convoy showed interest in the local Serb graveyard and the homes of former Serb residents. One widow expressed no remorse over [...]
2006-06-27 16:03:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA584SERBIA REPATRIATES FINAL SETS OF HUMAN REMAINS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an emotional handover on June 30, Serbia repatriated to Kosovo the final sets of human remains found in known mass grave sites in Serbia. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is now working to perform autopsies on the remains and return the few that were i [...]
2006-07-11 17:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID
06PRISTINA599KOSOVO: ACTING SRSG PUSHES BELGRADE/WHO ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although medication is on hand, medical personnel have been trained, and construction of a clinic has been completed, treatment of Mitrovica-area Roma acutely ill with lead poisoning has not begun. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been waiting for more than three month [...]
2006-07-17 18:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID SENV PHUM UNMIK KDEM YI
06PRISTINA608KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS FORENSICS HAMPERED BY LACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is faces severe staffing and funding shortages which are hampering its ability to resolve cases of missing persons. Despite fewer leads on potential new grave sites, OMPF is still very busy with a few ongoing exhumations [...]
2006-07-19 18:00:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID
06PRISTINA727KOSOVO: EU RULE OF LAW PLANNING PROGRESSING, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Casper Klynge, head of the EU Planning Team (EUPT),told us recently he is grappling with mixed messages from Brussels and EU capitals on his follow-on rule of law mission's size and scope. Brussels favors a limited footprint, while capitals increasingly argue for a more operatio [...]
2006-09-02 10:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEAID ETTC KCRM PREL YI UNMIK DPKO
06PRISTINA804KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINALLY PASSES TURKISH LANGUAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed an amendment to the Law on Languages making Turkish an official language in Prizren. After initially rejecting the measure on September 14 due to infighting within the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party, the LDK got its house in order (at l [...]
2006-09-22 16:17:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA854KOSOVO: UNMIK STILL WAIVERING ON THREE-MONTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the October 4 meeting of the Steering Group for Future International Arrangements, UNMIK presented a "work in progress non-paper" (forwarded to EUR/SCE) with timelines for transition and identifying an action office for many of the items. According to various UNMIK representa [...]
2006-10-10 16:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA862KOSOVO: SERB ORTHODOX BISHOP TEODOSIJE EXPRESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met October 12 with Bishop Teodisije, the moderate Serb religious leader of Decani monastery, who feared that Kosovo Serbs in the enclaves in south were not prepared for final status. Teodosije asked that the international community do everything possible to encourage and en [...]
2006-10-13 17:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA863KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROPERTY AGENCY BOARD MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an October 10 meeting of the five-member supervisory board of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA),which includes USOP, KPA head Knut Rosandhaug confirmed that the rental property scheme by which illegal Albanian occupants pay rent to Serb owners had begun on October 2. Rosand [...]
2006-10-13 17:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA881SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ensuring that the Serb community can remain and prosper in Kosovo is a key Mission goal and a vital test of Kosovo's commitment to multi-ethnic democracy. The Serb minority in Kosovo is not monolithic; those who live in the northern municipalities of Leposavic, Zubin Potok and [...]
2006-10-21 12:43:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA906KOSOVO: LDK REFUSAL TO DEBATE ASSEMBLY AUDIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling LDK party's refusal on October 27 to discuss an audit report highly critical of former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci caused the opposition to walk out of the Assembly and boycott further participation until the issue was resolved. The problem started when LDK Assembly c [...]
2006-10-30 14:38:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA921KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER REAFFIRMS U.S. RESOLVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo October 24-26, U.S. Special Envoy Ambassador Frank Wisner delivered a three-part message to the top political leadership: maintain unity through and beyond final status; let the Kosovar people know now what lies ahead; and make certain the machinery of government is in [...]
2006-11-03 07:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA923KOSOVO: KPC DEMINING CAPACITY IS IMPROVING,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is room for optimism as the 2006 demining season draws to a close. Despite earlier criticism by the international de-mining NGO, HALO Trust, of the demining capabilities of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC),an August 2006 study by the International Centre for Humanitari [...]
2006-11-03 14:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA933KOSOVO: OPPOSITION RETURNS TO ASSEMBLY AFTER AUDIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After repeated intercession by USOP, the opposition returned to the Kosovo Assembly after a one-week boycott, as the ruling LDK party finally got its house in order and agreed to discuss the Auditor General's fact-finding report on mismanagement under former Assembly Speaker Nexh [...]
2006-11-06 16:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA947KOSOVO: UNMIK GETTING OUT OF THE RETURNS BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Unlike the rest of UNMIK, which is planning its departure without undue haste, the Office for Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM) hopes to transfer all of its competencies except for responsibility for forced returns by the end of the year, a very positive development in o [...]
2006-11-11 13:20:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV EAID PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA948KOSOVO: PLANNING FOR POSSIBLE SERB REFUGEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the leak to Serbian media in May 2006 of UNHCR's draft contingency planning on possible population movements after a decision on Kosovo's final status, UNHCR has continued to refine its thinking. Planning assumptions vary wildly, with estimates ranging from 10,000 to 112,00 [...]
2006-11-11 13:24:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA967KOSOVO: SEJDIU AHEAD IN THE HOME STRETCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With all local branch elections now complete, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has a comfortable majority of delegates to be elected president of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Sejdiu's chief rival, disgraced former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, trails by a wide m [...]
2006-11-14 18:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA971KOSOVO: MAYORS PRESSED TO ACCEPT DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM hosted a November 14 meeting of her Contact Group colleagues, joined by EU and EC reps, with mayors of 10 major Kosovo cities to emphasize the centrality of decentralization in the final status settlement. She urged them as key players in this process to implement decentrali [...]
2006-11-15 18:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA972KOSOVO: KICKING THE CONTACT GROUP'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) gave us updated statistics on the KPA's rental property scheme and enforcement of property claims pending implementation -- two of the 13 Contact Group priority standards. Some 361 properties out of a total of approximately 5,400 admi [...]
2006-11-15 18:16:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA989KOSOVO: CONTROVERSIAL AND WEALTHY EXPAT FORMS NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bexhet Pacolli's Alliance for a New Kosovo (AKR) recently held its first convention in Pristina, evolving from a U.S.-based lobbying group for Kosovo independence into a registered political party. Pacolli, a wealthy Kosovar Albanian who lives in Switzerland, has plastered the K [...]
2006-11-20 14:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM EAID KDEM INR YI
06QUITO10372006-2007 NEW HORIZONS UNCERTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: After reviewing the history of the last planned New Horizons exercise canceled at the eleventh-hour in 2004, and taking into account the current political situation, this Embassy recommends that the Department and SOUTHCOM consider postponing the 2006-2007 New Horizons humanitar [...]
2006-04-26 21:56:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS SNAR PTER PGOV EAID EC
06QUITO2259GOE SUPPORTS PERMANENT UN MIGRATION FORUM
[...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Carrion will represent the GOE at the UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (HLD) in New York. The GOE delegation will support a permanent forum. End Summary. 2. (U) On September 7, PolOff met with MFA Ambassador Carlos Lopez, A [...]
2006-09-08 18:43:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PREF EAID SMIG UNGA
06QUITO2305USAID GIFT PROJECTS IN ECUADOR
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Post submits the following program information, supplied by USAID Ecuador: A. Project name: Rural Telecenters Recipient: World Council of Credit Unions and Credit Unions in Ecuador Project description: Through providing technical assistance and financial sup [...]
2006-09-15 19:03:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EINT ECPS EC
06QUITO2497OF PIPELINES AND LIFELINES: PETROECUADOR AND THE
[...] (U) Summary: On August 19 a story broke in the Ecuadorian media about a pipeline leak and oil spill near the environmentally sensitive Cuyabeno Animal Reserve in Ecuador's Amazon region. In extensive coverage, the media has speculated on the causes and environmental effects of the spill. The [...]
2006-10-11 21:29:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSENV EPET ECON EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EC
06QUITO259 UNREALISTIC HUAORANI CONFRONT LOGGING AND
[...] Summary: With an agenda focusing on illegal logging, their relationship with the petroleum industry, and institutional corruption, the Huaorani indigenous group held a general assembly in the jungle community of Nemonpari. While laudable in its effort to tackle these pressing issues, the new [...]
2006-02-01 13:30:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID SOCI EPET ECON PGOV PHUM EC
06RABAT1042SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MOROCCO OF U/S KAREN
[...] (C) The US Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit comes as we and the Moroccan government are further energizing the substantial reinvigoration of bilateral relations that has taken place since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca. Since the 2003 attacks, [...]
2006-05-31 18:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KPAO MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT1196MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION BRIEFS PRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 16, Prime Minister Driss Jettou met with Ambassador Riley and the visiting team from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to discuss the results of the MCC team's recent meetings with the Government of Morocco's (GOM) Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) team. The [...]
2006-06-19 18:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON SOCI KMCA MO
06RABAT1267MOROCCO ACCEPTS USG S&T PROPOSAL
[...] Post received diplomatic note number 2155 dated June 29, 2006, in which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepts the USG proposal submitted on June 6, 2006, for Art. VIII, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Agreement between the United States and Morocco on Science and Technology Cooperation. The note [...]
2006-06-29 17:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL KSCA KTIA EAID MO
06RABAT1303TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] Reftel demarche was delivered to Mohammed Azaroual, Director General of Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 7. Azaroual noted that the GOM provided medical and food supplies to the Palestinian people in May. 2. Post will inform the Depa [...]
2006-07-07 17:07:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL EAID MO
06RABAT1344MEPI SMALL GRANTS REPORT FOR AMCHAM MOROCCO
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) website has effectively addressed private sector demand both in Morocco and in the U.S. for greater information sharing on the provisions of the agreement. In 2004, the site logged over 1.3 million hits, representing 13,522 [...]
2006-07-14 18:10:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID KMPI MO
06RABAT1392MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN
[...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through June 30, 2006. Update narratives contain both [...]
2006-07-21 19:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT1471 MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO
[...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1-June 30. Activities included visits by representatives from MEPI Washington, the Ambassador's visit to Oujda, his meeting with the International Republican Institute (IRI),judicial reform, a regional confer [...]
2006-08-02 07:56:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT1598DEMARCHE: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 16:34:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL LE SW MO
06RABAT1652STAFFDEL BIXBY'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JETTOU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Driss Jettou told Staffdel Bixby in an August 30 meeting that Morocco deeply appreciates the United States' decision to enlist in aiding its economic development through the Millennium Challenge Account," and that it is essential that "America help Morocco succeed. [...]
2006-09-06 17:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID MO
06RABAT1676COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] Embassy Rabat warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Levy, Magda Ismail, Steven Clarke, David Picha, Herve Plusquellec and Samuel Hobbs, of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to travel to Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Ourzazate, and Fes, Morocco September 13 - October 8, [...]
2006-09-08 17:01:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA KPAO AFIN EAID ECON OTRA
06RABAT1677DONOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN MOROCCO
[...] (U) This is the third part of a three part series on international donor activities in Morocco. Part 1 (ref A) covered the World Bank while part 2 (ref B) discussed the European Union's Barcelona Process. 2. (U) Summary. A wide variety of international donor organizations are present in [...]
2006-09-08 17:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KMCA MO
06RABAT176WORLD BANK PROGRAMS IN MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The World Bank (WB) is one of the longest serving development assistance programs in Morocco and currently has 16 outstanding loans to the GOM worth a total of approximately $500 million. It seeks to help modernize Moroccan institutions through technical analysis and lending [...]
2006-02-03 07:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN KMCA MO
06RABAT1861MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION SCORECARD
[...] On October 5, DCM and econoff delivered Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard talking points to the MFA's Director of the Americas Desk, Ambassador Abdellah Tazi. Tazi accentuated the positive after learning how Morocco's promotion from MCC's Low Income Country (LIC) category to t [...]
2006-10-05 18:35:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KMCA MO
06RABAT1962MEPI SMALL GRANTS REPORT FOR MOROCCO
[...] Per reftel and telecoms with the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Tunis Regional Office, post has been asked to report on two MEPI small grant proposals that are now complete - the Zagora Women's Computer Technology Workshop and the Tangier American Legation Museum literacy and vocati [...]
2006-10-19 17:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KMPI MO
06RABAT1986SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit as co-chair of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) comes as the U.S. and the Moroccan government are further energizing our bilateral relations. Since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casabla [...]
2006-10-23 16:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKGIC EAID ECON KPAO PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MO
06RABAT2196USG SUPPORT FOR BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND
[...] (U) Per reftel, talking points were delivered to Dr. Abderraham Benmamoun, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health, on November 30. Benmamoun was well briefed on the Bamako Avian Flu conference and said he would lead the Moroccan delegation, which would also include Dr. Abderrahman L [...]
2006-11-30 14:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR TBIO PREL EAID
06RABAT22MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN MOROCCO: STATUS REPORT #3
[...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through December 31, 2005. Update narratives contain [...]
2006-01-05 14:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT225NEW CEO OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION VISITS
[...] (U) Summary. New Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO, Ambassador John Danilovich, visited Morocco January 24- 27 to review and discuss the country's progress in preparing its compact proposal to use MCC funds. Danilovich and his staff met with Prime Minister Driss Jettou, the GOM's M [...]
2006-02-10 10:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON SOCI KMCA MO
06RABAT2347 MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO
[...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from July 1-September 30. Activities included a project officer training session at post, a monitoring visit by staff from MEPI's Regional Office in Tunis, a training seminar for MEPI Program Officers in Tunis and two ne [...]
2006-12-28 17:18:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT36 MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO
[...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1 to December 31. Activities included visits by MEPI Washington, the Ambassador's meeting with Global Rights, English ACCESS Microscholarships, capacity building using ICT, Nomadic Craft Caravan, a Family C [...]
2006-01-09 14:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT385GROWTH CONSTRAINTS -- APPLYING RODRIK'S MODEL TO
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: When judged against traditional "Washington Consensus" criteria (e.g. fiscal discipline, liberalization, privatization, and openness to investment) Morocco receives consistently high grades from international financial institutions and credit rating agencies. [...]
2006-03-02 11:28:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID MO
06RABAT386GROWTH CONSTRAINTS -- APPLYING RODRIK'S MODEL TO
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: When judged against traditional "Washington Consensus" criteria (e.g. fiscal discipline, liberalization, privatization, and openness to investment) Morocco receives consistently high grades from international financial institutions and credit rating agencies. [...]
2006-03-02 11:28:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID MO
06RABAT574MOROCCO REJECTS U.S. S&T PROPOSAL
[...] (U) Post received diplomatic note number 1110 dated March 29, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejecting the latest U.S. proposal for Article VIII of the Science and Technology Agreement currently under negotiation. Post submitted the U.S. proposal on March 21 per instructions in R [...]
2006-03-31 13:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL KSCA EAID MO
06RABAT638MCA: MOROCCO HOLDS NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 28-29, the GOM hosted a national consultative workshop with NGOs, local associations, academics, private sector representatives and members of the international donor community as part of its consultation process for developing a compact proposal to access funds from [...]
2006-04-07 18:27:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMCA EAID ECON SOCI MO
06RABAT639 MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO
[...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1 to March 31. Activities included visits by MEPI Washington and MEPI Tunis, a regional conference on the family code, political and judicial reform, women's rights, literacy training, English ACCESS Micro s [...]
2006-04-07 18:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT661 THE BARCELONA PROCESS IN MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Currently, the European Union (EU) has over $1.5 billion in ongoing projects in Morocco under the Barcelona Process (BP). These projects cover issues related to economics, social services, environmental protection and human rights. The European Commission (EC) in Rabat repor [...]
2006-04-13 16:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV SOCI MO
06RABAT668MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN
[...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through March 31, 2006. Update narratives contain bot [...]
2006-04-14 11:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT816SCENESETTER FOR FM BENAISSA'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) FM Benaissa is coming to Washington May 2 after a bruising few weeks for Morocco on the Western Sahara. The latest UN resolution was a narrowly dodged bullet, from Morocco's point of view. The MFA in Rabat and Moroccan Embassy in Washington both lobbied vigorously to avoid a resolution [...]
2006-04-28 16:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT985MEPI RESPONSIBILITIES REVISITED
[...] In ref A, post requested clarification of project officer responsibilities related to MEPI grants and information on available/appropriate training in order to carry out these duties effectively. Recently, post's project officers have received delegation of authority notices from MEPI's Regi [...]
2006-05-23 11:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID KMPI MO
06RANGOON1014BURMA,S NGOS OPERATING IN AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 08:56:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON1075BURMA'S WOMEN'S AFFAIRS FEDERATION TOUTS ITSELF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation (MWAF),an organization closely linked to the GOB, claims to prevent human trafficking and assist victims, its primary focus seems more geared to propaganda. Its small operating budget limits its effectiveness. The organization has [...]
2006-07-31 09:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KWMN BM
06RANGOON1195THREE DISEASES FUND DONORS MOVE AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new Three Diseases (3D) Fund in Burma should become operational by December 2006. The UN is recruiting Fund staff and the UK just announced a $38 million funding commitment to the 3D Fund, while the Netherlands committed one million euros. The six donor nations -- UK, EC, [...]
2006-08-18 14:16:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON124TECHNOCRATS WILLING TO ENGAGE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (C) Summary: The first visit of USAID's Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor based in Bangkok, prompted a rare level of access and engagement by GOB counterparts. Eager for information as well as support, experts at the Ministries of Health and, especially, Livestock and Fisheries discussed [...]
2006-01-31 01:12:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1249BURMA: AI UPDATE - AUGUST 30, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has reported no new cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since a February/March 2006 poultry outbreak, which was contained in April. Donors, including USAID, support targeted WHO and FAO activities to improve local capacity to address AI. Although the GOB continues to cooperate [...]
2006-08-31 08:04:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1323UNFPA PROPOSES TO EXPAND ITS BURMA PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At its September 13 Executive Board meeting in New York, UNFPA plans to propose a new four-year program for assistance in Burma that expands its current projects into new areas, including emergency obstetric care and expanded HIV/AIDs prevention, according to UNFPA's representa [...]
2006-09-13 07:50:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1346NGOS IN BURMA TRY TO STAY FREE OF INTERFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Seven months after the GOB issued new guidelines designed to regulate international and local NGOs operating in Burma, no one is sure which rules apply to which NGOs, but most organizations continue to face increased scrutiny and restrictions on their activities. Lack of coordi [...]
2006-09-18 06:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON1360CHALLENGES IN REMOTE SOUTHERN CHIN STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One visit to Mindat District in southern Chin State is enough to confirm it is one of the least developed areas in Burma. The impoverished majority Christian population faces widespread officially sanctioned religious discrimination. Lack of employment options remains a major [...]
2006-09-19 05:10:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID ECON BM
06RANGOON1375BURMA'S FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS PERSEVERE
[...] (C) Summary: Years in Burmese prisons have not dampened the will of many political prisoners to work within the country to promote change. Despite a tough adjustment period to life on the outside, former prisoners once active in the pro-democracy movement still hold tightly to their beliefs. [...]
2006-09-20 09:32:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID KPAO BM
06RANGOON138BURMA: WORLD VISION MOVES FORWARD AGAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months ago, the future of World Vision International (WVI) aid programs in Burma looked bleak. The GOB had ordered WVI to close some projects and restricted expatriate staff from conducting field visits. In the past three months, however, the GOB's cooperation has measurably [...]
2006-02-02 05:45:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1503AI RESPONSE IN BURMA REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),together with the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) and Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) hosted donor and training workshops in Rangoon on September 28-29. U reps used the donor me [...]
2006-10-11 01:48:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
06RANGOON152GOB PLANS DRACONIAN REGULATIONS FOR UN/NGOS
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime plans invasive new guidelines increasing its control over UN agencies and NGOs and further restricting the delivery of international assistance. If implemented, the draconian regulations would assign GOB ministries sweeping authority, including oversight of all [...]
2006-02-06 10:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1520KAYAH: A VIEW OF BURMA'S SMALLEST STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite obstacles to travel, emboffs made a rare visit to Loikaw, capital of Kayah State, on September 26-29. Local businesspersons, religious leaders, and humanitarian workers described the very rigid controls by authorities on their movements and activities. Tourism is non-exi [...]
2006-10-13 10:25:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS EAID BM
06RANGOON154GOB PLANS DRACONIAN REGULATIONS FOR UN/NGOS
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime plans invasive new guidelines increasing its control over UN agencies and NGOs and further restricting the delivery of international assistance. If implemented, the draconian regulations would assign GOB ministries sweeping authority, including oversight of all [...]
2006-02-07 00:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON157AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GLOBAL FUND IN BURMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Six Western donor countries seek to establish a new fund addressing Burma's "Three Diseases" of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and TB. A "formulation team" of consultants will visit Burma for three weeks in February to establish the parameters for the program, which the UN Office for Project [...]
2006-02-07 02:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON1571GOB DEFENDS ITS GUIDELINES ON HUMANITARIAN AID
[...] (SBU) Summary: GAO Senior Analysts met with Burmese government officials during their 10-day visit to discuss the GOB's new guidelines for humanitarian assistance issued last February. The guidelines have caused confusion and apprehension in the IO/INGO/NGO community. The Director General of [...]
2006-10-25 05:49:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON1615WFP'S NEW PROGRAM FOCUSES ON BURMA'S NEEDIEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under a new Country Director, the World Food Program (WFP) will continue to supply food to three of Burma's most vulnerable regions in Shan and Rakhine States, and Magwe Division. WFP plans to consolidate these three programs and expand operations slightly to include selected v [...]
2006-10-31 10:56:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1679BURMA: AI UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: GOB authorities have not reported any new cases of Avian Influenza in Burma since the outbreak in poultry in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions was contained in April 2006. On October 30, the government imposed a ban on the import and use of AI vaccine, as well as on animal bones and [...]
2006-11-13 10:15:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON171GOB SENDS MIXED MESSAGES ON UN/NGO RESTRICTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 7, the GOB issued new guidelines to UN agencies and INGOs regarding the delivery of international assistance in Burma. In contrast to a draft version of draconian new requirements issued a few days ago, the new guidelines appear "vague, redundant, and fairly non-contr [...]
2006-02-07 10:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1722A TALE OF TWO SITTWES: BURMA'S ETHNIC TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Non-Buddhist ethnic minorities in Burma's Rakhine State face the worst of times, with a flat economy, no citizenship rights, and no freedom to seek better opportunities elsewhere. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),World Food Program (WFP),UN High Commission on [...]
2006-11-27 09:51:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON1743ICRC WON'T GIVE UP ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The recent announcement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that the GOB was forcing them to close their five field offices in Burma was not timed to coincide with Gambari's briefing to the UN Security Council, ICRC officials insist. They issued the statement [...]
2006-11-30 10:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1769BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-05 05:43:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1776BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has not reported any new cases of AI since it contained the March - April 2006 poultry outbreak through extensive culling. The GOB continues to work with donors to improve its surveillance, reporting, and response capabilities. David Castellan, a short-term advisor to FAO [...]
2006-12-07 02:10:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1807BURMA'S RICE SUPPLY SHRINKS AFTER OCTOBER FLOODS
[...] (U) Rumors are have circulated around Rangoon about an impending rice shortage as Burmese officials move rice stocks to provinces in central Burma hit by severe flooding in October. In addition, smuggling, inflated production estimates, poor storage, and inadequate buffer stocks exacerbate th [...]
2006-12-18 10:05:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EAGR EAID BM
06RANGOON235BURMA'S VAST INTERNMENT CAMP: NORTHERN RAKHINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a country where everyone is oppressed by the military, some are treated worse than others. In general, the ethnic minorities are treated worse than the ethnic Burman majority, and non-Buddhists face more restrictions on their religious practices. Charge visited Northern [...]
2006-02-17 09:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON259BURMA: CONVERGING ON AI ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor, on a second visit to Rangoon, encouraged WHO and FAO to identify needs and strengthen their capacity to investigate and respond to AI outbreaks in Burma. The GOB updated its national response plan, but some responsible ministries st [...]
2006-02-26 23:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON3BURMESE REGIME CORRUPTS YOUTH AND COERCES SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met on Dec. 22 with NLD women leaders (including four Members-elect of Parliament) representing Rangoon, Mandalay, and Mogok cities; Bago Division; Karen State; Shan State; and Mon State. The NLD matriarchs, some who had snuck out of their homes, covertly boarded trains fo [...]
2006-01-03 10:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID ECON BM
06RANGOON319EU HUMANITARIAN AID IN BURMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Union has established an EU Humanitarian Aid office in Rangoon to improve coordination of its 8 million euro aid projects in Burma. The new office supports humanitarian projects in health, water and sanitation, nutrition, and protection. The EU Humanitarian Aid offi [...]
2006-03-08 06:27:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON345SUSPECTED AI OUTBREAK AMONG BIRDS IN BURMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 12, GOB officials informed FAO and WHO officials of a suspected outbreak on March 8 of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry farm in Mandalay Division. Specimens collected by a joint-ministerial investigation team from Rangoon tested positive f [...]
2006-03-14 23:31:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO CASC KFLU BM
06RANGOON355BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 15 UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In response to a suspected AI outbreak on March 8 in Pyi-gyi-dagun Township, Mandalay authorities have banned all sales of chickens, ducks, and eggs. A Bangkok-based USAID expert on AI and an Embassy Rangoon FSN agricultural specialist will join a FAO and WHO assessment team tra [...]
2006-03-15 11:13:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON356ALL SMILES: INDIAN PRESIDENT VISITS BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: For the second week in a row, a regional head of state visited Burma and allowed the ruling generals to bask in perceived legitimacy. Indian President Kalam's March 8-11 visit was the first-ever to Burma by an Indian head of state. The two countries concluded MOUs on petroleum [...]
2006-03-16 06:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EAID BM IN
06RANGOON359BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 16 UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 15, NIAH Bangkok confirmed that chicken specimens from Burma tested positive for the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus (AI). The Bangkok laboratory faxed the information to the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries the same day, and at 9:00 p.m. on March 15, the GOB made its fir [...]
2006-03-16 23:24:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON364BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 17
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The FAO/WHO assessment team is on the ground in Mandalay to investigate confirmed cases of AI at poultry farms in the district. Supplementary supplies of PPE and disinfectant arrived in Rangoon on March 16 and some have already reached the field investigation teams in Mandalay. [...]
2006-03-17 08:41:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON368BURMESE FUTURE LOOKING DIRE
[...] (C) Summary: Leon de Riedmattan, outgoing head of the Swiss NGO Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Burma, hosted a lunch March 15 for western Ambassadors. De Riedmattan, whose visa has been halted after nine years of efforts to promote national reconciliation, offered a grim assessment of th [...]
2006-03-19 23:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ELAB BM
06RANGOON372BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 20
[...] (U) SUMMARY. No human cases of AI have been reported in Burma to date. A joint FAO/WHO assessment team, accompanied by USAID Bangkok Infectious Diseases Advisor and Embassy's FSN agricultural specialist, visited hospitals and poultry farms in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions on March 17-18 to [...]
2006-03-20 10:00:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON399BURMA AI UPDATE - MARCH 23
[...] (U) SUMMARY. FAO Bangkok reported a possible new AI outbreak among poultry in Shan State, but local contacts have not yet been able to confirm. Foreign donors have yet to respond to the GOB's request for additional assistance, although Australian animal testing equipment en route before the [...]
2006-03-23 23:30:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON437BURMA AI OUTBREAK SITE ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint FAO/WHO team, accompanied by a USAID Regional Infectious Diseases advisor and a FSN from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),assessed an AI outbreak in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, Burma, on March 17-18. Government of Burma (GOB) officials reported cases to the OI [...]
2006-03-30 09:23:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON451NLD AND ETHNICS: DIFFERING VIEWS ON FEDERALISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the recent PD-sponsored visit of a U.S. federalism expert, senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party leaders asserted that they do not consider ethnic minority states capable of properly forming and running their own subnational administrations in a post-transition [...]
2006-04-03 09:31:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM NLD
06RANGOON452KACHIN YOUTH EVOLVE INTO A POLITICAL ENTITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Burma's northernmost state, diverse political, religious, military, and ceasefire groups struggle to address the needs of the Kachin people, who face extensive discrimination from Burma's ruling military regime (ref A). One group of activists who seem to be breaking out and fo [...]
2006-04-03 09:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM
06RANGOON459BURMA AI UPDATE - APRIL 4
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 31, WHO/FAO Burma briefed UN agencies and diplomatic missions on the country's AI situation. A Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MLF) director gave a chronology of the AI outbreaks in central Burma, which began on March 3, and the GOB's efforts to control the disease [...]
2006-04-04 09:10:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON56REGIME POSES OBSTACLES TO ICRC PRISON ACCESS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB has imposed new restrictions, including the meddling of regime-controlled organizations, that hamper the ability of ICRC to access and inspect the country's vast gulag of prison detention facilities and labor camps. These restrictions "have slowed down considerably the f [...]
2006-01-17 10:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PM
06RANGOON588CYCLONE MALA HITS HARD, DIES QUICKLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burma dodged another bullet from Mother Nature when Cyclone Mala hit landfall on April 29, quickly weakened into a tropical storm, and then completely petered out. Before arriving on the western coast of Burma, however, the cyclone created substantial rainfall and heavy winds t [...]
2006-05-01 11:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SENV CASC BM
06RANGOON604OFFICIALS UPDATE VISITING FAS REPS ON AI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory visit, APHIS Area Director Ned Cardenas and FAS Agricultural Attache Russ Nicely received an open, thorough update from Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials about current GOB efforts to contain the recent Avian Influenza outbreak. [...]
2006-05-05 00:55:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON617ICRC: DIMINISHING ACCESS
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC's Burma operations remain in a state of flux as the organization faces increased GOB restrictions on access to detention facilities and border areas. It must also cope with the interference of Government-affiliated organizations. To make matters worse, the Ministry of Healt [...]
2006-05-08 10:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON622UNDP STRUGGLES INSIDE, AND OUTSIDE, BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: UNDP officials told us that implementation of new GOB regulations for aid agencies and NGOs has been uneven and unpredictable. The GOB has not yet enforced compliance with the most restrictive of the new regulations, and some government entities have proven more flexible than ot [...]
2006-05-09 08:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON623BURMA UNPREPARED TO FIGHT AI IN HUMANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: WHO Country Director Dr. Adik Wibowo reported that Australia will donate A$1,000,000 (approximately $770,000) and the Asia Development Bank plans to donate US$1,000,000 to combat AI in Burma, but stressed that more work is needed to handle an AI epidemic effectively. On a recen [...]
2006-05-09 09:37:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON679UN U/SG GAMBARI VISIT SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: UN Under Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari visited Burma May 18-20. He did manage to see Aung San Suu Kyi for 45 minutes, although no one had expected it. He also visited the senior generals in their new capital and heard promises of greater openness. Gambari downplayed the si [...]
2006-05-22 10:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM UN
06RANGOON707GOING IT ALONE IN SOUTHERN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese government, having gained an upper hand over insurgents and perceiving no local political threats, generally neglects the southern Burmese seaport of Dawei. The coastal border region, however, blessed with a robust fishing industry and productive agricultural sector, [...]
2006-05-30 09:27:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON EAID SOCI BM TH
06RANGOON79REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON U.N. ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime appears poised to curtail the residency of a UN-sponsored mediator and confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi and impose new restrictions on UN agencies and international NGOs. The UN agencies and INGOs have devised creative measures to adapt to restrictions, but the re [...]
2006-01-19 03:09:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON887UN RANGOON PROBES FOR OPENING IN BURMESE LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Onder Yucer, the temporary UN Resident Coordinator in Rangoon met with Charge on June 27 to discuss his efforts to persuade the GOB to loosen restrictive guidelines on humanitarian organizations, as well as the UN's role in negotiating some sort of political transition. He met Ju [...]
2006-06-28 09:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON905JAPAN SHIFTS FOCUS FOR ASSISTANCE TO BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: After giving assurances that it will channel official foreign aid in Burma through NGOs, the Japanese government continues to provide some targeted financial and technical assistance directly to the GOB. However, the bulk of its support goes through the UN. Japan thus remains B [...]
2006-07-03 02:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON93HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER CUTS OFF NGOS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB's Ministry of Home Affairs, without explanation or advance warning, issued orders on January 20 to six international NGOs to cease their operations in northern Shan State. The six NGOs, who collaborate with UNODC on alternative income and harm reduction projects, are qui [...]
2006-01-24 09:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID BM
06REYKJAVIK102 ICELAND: ADDITIONAL IRAQ ASSISTANCE NOT
[...] (SBU) Post briefed Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson March 23 on the President's budget requests for Iraq (ref A). Asked the current Icelandic thinking on additional assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, Gudjonsson referenced Reykjavik's recent d [...]
2006-03-23 17:09:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL IZ IC
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