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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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08STATE99701DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...]
2008-09-17 23:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ
08STOCKHOLM151SWEDEN WANTS MORE INFORMATION ON CLUSTER GROUPS
[...] (C) On February 25 poloff delivered reftel demarche to Swedish Ambassador and Special Envoy of the African Division, Marika Fahlen. Ambassador Fahlen received the same non-paper in Washington last week and gave poloff a prepared, detailed response (available from the Sweden Desk officer, Marti [...]
2008-02-25 15:13:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SO SW
08STOCKHOLM278SWEDEN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP ON MAY 29 IRAQ CONFERENCE
[...] (C) On April 15, MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told the DCM the Swedes look forward to working closely with the U.S. on the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),and asked for the following USG assistance: -Encouraging ICI invitees to send ministerial-level representation to the conf [...]
2008-04-16 13:30:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ EU SE
08STOCKHOLM436STOCKHOLM: REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT - OPENING SESAME STILL
[...] (U) Summary: On June 9 and 10, 2008, Sweden hosted the Twelfth Meeting of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) project. The main expected benefits are closer cooperation in the Middle East, advances in science geared toward regional issu [...]
2008-06-16 13:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO SW
08STOCKHOLM711BALTIC SEA STATE COUNCIL: A KEY PLAYER DURING
[...] On October 20, Acting Economic Counselor attended the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) 10th anniversary of the establishment of its Secretariat in Stockholm, Sweden. The CBSS was founded in 1992 to handle environmental, economic and labor issues in the Baltic Sea region. CBSS could ass [...]
2008-10-22 14:11:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECIN EPET ENRG ETRD ELAB PHUM KNEI KOCI
08STOCKHOLM84SWEDISH MFA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE AND ESDP MISSION
[...] (C) The Swedish position on Kosovo recognition appears to be starting to move in a positive direction. Sweden supported the January 30 approval of an ESDP mission. MFA contacts tell us Sweden will likely join in recognizing Kosovo, but would prefer for this to occur with substantial EU unity [...]
2008-02-01 16:20:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW YI
08SUVA224FIJI'S BAINIMARAMA -- WITHOUT PRETENSIONS. ALSO
[...] (C) During a meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in Vanuatu last week, and in a media interview on the side, interim PM Bainimarama made clear publicly that he sees himself as the Ataturk of Fiji, the military man who has the vision to right the nation's wrongs and build a bright f [...]
2008-06-01 16:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR FJ
08SUVA331CHAUDHRY RESIGNS, FIJI WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL MEETING IN
[...] (U) Summary: Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry resigned from the interim government (IG) on August 18 following weeks of speculation that his head was on the chopping block for mismanaging the economy and harassing overseas investors. However, Chaudhry's departure may significantly diminish p [...]
2008-08-19 20:08:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ
08TAIPEI176Taipei Economic Brief for January 2008
[...] (U) Summary. Here are the highlights of January 2008 economic events in Taiwan. Taiwan's economy outperformed expectations in 2007, with capital outflow partly offsetting inflationary pressure.... Taiwan's 2008 economic outlook less optimistic.... Initial public offerings in 2007 set a thre [...]
2008-02-05 03:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
08TAIPEI572Taiwan Pharma: Slower Approvals, Lower Prices
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 22:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON TW
08TALLINN135SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PRESIDENT ILVES' APRIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonia's own "Jersey Boy," visits Washington and Tampa April 17-22. President Ilves is fervently pro-American, and he supports strongly Estonia's military engagements abroad. In fact, keeping Estonia in Iraq will be high on Ilves' agenda during hi [...]
2008-04-14 13:10:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN
08TALLINN196FIRST MEETING OF ESTONIAN CYBER DEFENSE CENTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the May 14 signature of a Memorandum of Understanding in which they committed formally to support Estonia's Cooperative Cyber Center (CCD),the seven Sponsoring Nations met officially for the first time in Tallinn May 29-30. This CCD "Steering Committee" (SC) reviewe [...]
2008-06-03 12:04:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL NATO EN
08TALLINN262008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA
[...] (U) The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...]
2008-01-14 13:17:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC USTR
08TALLINN338Scenesetter for A/S Fried's Visit to Estonia
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: I am delighted to welcome you to Tallinn and your visit on October 1 could not be better timed. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia and sensitivities related to Estonia's own large Russian- speaking minority, the Government of Estonia (GOE) is eager for assurances from [...]
2008-09-25 11:38:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RU GG EN
08TALLINN383SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO TALLINN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Secretary, I will be delighted to welcome you to Tallinn on November 12-13. Estonia is a steadfast Ally and your visit is an important sign of the strength of the U.S.-Estonian bilateral relationship and Estonia's commitment to NATO. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Geor [...]
2008-11-04 12:20:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO EN
08TALLINN54USG SUPPORT FOR ESTONIAN CYBER CENTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The experience of unprecedented and wide- spread cyber attacks in April/May 2007 prompted Estonia to accelerate its leadership efforts in promoting international cooperation on cyber security. The Government of Estonia (GOE) is working with NATO to make its national Cooperative [...]
2008-02-07 11:45:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL NATO EN
08TASHKENT102Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 15:26:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT1192UNODC REPORTS GREATER COOPERATION FROM CENTRAL
[...] (U) Summary: On September 19 poloff attended a donor coordination roundtable hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia. UNODC Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, Mark Colhoun, reported increased cooperation with law enforcement agencies in the f [...]
2008-10-17 05:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM TX IR TI UZ ASEC
08TASHKENT13162008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR
[...] INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT VOLUME II REPORT ON MONEY LAUNDERING UZBEKISTAN Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Legitimate business owners, ordinary citizens, and foreign residents generally attem [...]
2008-11-17 10:57:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT132UZBEKISTAN GRANTS OVERFLIGHT RIGHTS, USE OF TERMEZ
[...] (SBU) The Government of Uzbekistan informed Post via diplomatic note on January 30 that it has approved overflights of Uzbekistan and the transit of the Uzbek-German airbase at Termez by U.S. military and diplomatic personnel assigned to NATO and/or International Security Assistance Forces whe [...]
2008-01-31 13:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS AF UZ
08TASHKENT1341FATF Member Embassies Not United on Uzbekistan
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and Foreign Minister Norov on November 19 on the margins of meetings with TRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb. Azimov was already aware of the upcoming FATF team's visit and mentioned DAS Glaser by name. He nodded [...]
2008-11-21 10:44:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT400GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN WOULD WELCOME RETURN OF
[...] (C) Summary: Senior officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Commission for Drug Control told U.S. officials on April 2 that their respective agencies as well as the National Security Service would welcome the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's return to Uzbeki [...]
2008-04-04 11:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT485CARICC READY TO MOVE FORWARD AS PILOT PHASE NEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 23 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia hosted a briefing by Barsultan Sarsekov, Director of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Ilicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Sub [...]
2008-04-24 12:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT552HUMAN RIGHTS IN UZBEKISTAN: THE CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) Ambassador's introduction: The U.S. faces a decision in June on possible sanctions against Uzbekistan given ongoing concerns about the government's poor performance on human rights. Reftel cites upcoming leadership transition issues as a key factor in this decision, arguing that now is [...]
2008-05-14 13:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT899SOUTH KOREA PLAYS ALONG WITH UZBEK DREAMS OF AIR
[...] (C) Summary: Surprised by the front page coverage of the Ambassador's July 22 meeting with President Karimov, the South Korean Embassy sent Second Secretary See-Hong Pak to call on poloff on July 29 for a readout of evolving U.S.-Uzbek relations. Pak noted that it appears Russia's influence [...]
2008-08-04 14:00:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KCOR ETRD KS UZ
08TBILISI117GEORGIA IMPROVES ITS RATING IN HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S
[...] Summary: Georgia has improved its standing in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom. In 2008 it has moved up from 35th to 32nd out of 163 countries surveyed throughout the world. According to the conservative think tank's report, which measures countries' performance on [...]
2008-01-24 12:50:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI179DAS BRYZA'S 19 JANUARY MEETING WITH GEORGIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told DAS Matthew Bryza at a 19 January meeting that Georgia still hopes to achieve a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the upcoming Bucharest NATO summit. Kezerashvili argued that failure to meet this goal before the spring 2008 Georgian [...]
2008-02-04 14:23:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI190GEORGIA'S ECONOMY HOLDS ITS BREATH AS 2008 BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia's GDP grew an estimated 12 percent in 2007, while inflation was reported at 11 percent for the year. Growth was based on increasing inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. Because political turmoil has caused foreign investors to hesitate, although [...]
2008-02-06 04:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI199GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]
2008-02-07 05:52:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2494GEORGIA: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL--THE NEW POWER
[...] (U) Summary: In October, amendments to the Constitution of Georgia officially authorized the merger of the Prosecution Service of Georgia with the Ministry of Justice. The Probation and Penitentiary Department, National Forensics Bureau and Legal Aid services, which formerly were subordinate [...]
2008-12-30 14:33:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GG
08TELAVIV1002REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ISRAELI DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv's Defense Attache Office (DAO) has nominated the following individuals for participation in events during International Special Operations Forces week, scheduled to run during the last week of May in Tampa, Florida. Embassy Tel Aviv has no derogatory information in its [...]
2008-05-06 13:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PHUM IS
08TELAVIV1123ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1363BOTH SIDES BLINKED: BARAK-OLMERT DEAL KEEPS
[...] (C) Summary: PM Olmert and MOD Barak reached political agreement on a way forward that resolves the coalition crisis sparked by the opposition's plan (now abandoned) to vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset (reftel). In essence, Olmert agreed to Barak's demand that he spell out a time-frame [...]
2008-06-25 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV1456ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media reported that Israel has signed a prisoner exchange agreement with Hizbullah, according to a statement released yesterday by the Prime Minster's Bureau. The media [...]
2008-07-08 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2020ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2040ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Ben Caspit wrote on page one of the popular, pluralist Maariv: "[The Americans] want to promote [some kind of agreement with the Palestinians] with the Israeli government, but where is the Israeli government? There is no I [...]
2008-09-08 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV221ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2255ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that the index of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange dropped by 4.5% yesterday. Both Yediot and Maariv listed the losses sustained by the richest Israelis. Maariv bannered: QT [...]
2008-10-03 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2342ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that the global financial crisis is sparking a local job market crunch, with Maariv predicting that up to 55,000 Israelis would lose their jobs. (Yesterday the Israel E [...]
2008-10-17 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2591US-ISRAEL CONSULTATIONS ON UN AFFAIRS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 28, Assistant Secretary Brian Hook and MFA Deputy DG for International Organizations Evyatar Manor led a bilateral consultation on United Nations Affairs with the Foreign Ministry. The discussions covered the Security Council role in the ongoing peace negotiations, Leb [...]
2008-11-21 16:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL UNEP MOPS KPKO UN LE PA IS
08TELAVIV2664MFA REQUEST TO COORDINATE APPROACH IN EAST ASIA ON
[...] (C) MFA Director of Political Research (INR A/S-equivalent) Nimrod Barkan November 26 requested that PolCouns convey to the Department an Israeli request for coordination of approaches in East Asian capitals regarding the importance of increasing financial pressures on Iran. Barkan, who had j [...]
2008-12-01 12:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KNNP IR IS IN XE
08TELAVIV2760U/S LEVEY REASSURES GOI THAT NO MOMENTUM WILL BE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 08:10:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV388ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Imad Mughniyah's Assassination 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a recorded video message at Imad Mughniyah's funeral in Beirut on Thursday, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed to [...]
2008-02-15 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV548EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08TELAVIV611ISRAELI MFA OFFERS MIXED REACTION TO UNSCR 1803,
[...] (C) On March 13, Polcouns and Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv and aide Jonathan Miller to discuss reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 and the preceding IAEA briefing on Iran non-compliance, which we had passed to her last week. Ziv welcomed the passag [...]
2008-03-14 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08TELAVIV738CODEL BOEHNER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Boehner met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert March 23. They discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and Olmert's concerns about Hamas-Fatah discussions in Yemen, Vice President Cheney's visit and the Iranian nuclear threat, the possibility of Israel negotiating wi [...]
2008-03-28 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER IR SY KWBG XG IS
08TELAVIV887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Italy: Parliamentary Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the killing of three IDF soldiers and the wounding of three others in a Hamas ambush yesterday. Major media characterized what was the most int [...]
2008-04-17 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV916ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the IDF's version of the deaths of a mother and her four small children in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza, yesterday: The army maintains that the deaths occurred when two [...]
2008-04-29 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGU799CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 15-19, 2008
[...] (U) Budget consultations continued apace, with a session on the International Cooperation and Assistance Branch September 15 and the first wrap-up session September 19. Questions flowed but there was no sign of agreement on the key issue -- the increase in OCPF inspections. The first facilit [...]
2008-09-25 12:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE1021CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) As always, the Conference of the States Parties offered a platform for a variety of meetings on its margins. The European Union hosted a day of meetings for National Authorities on December 1 that bridged the gap between the official National Authorities' meetings and the CSP; notable a [...]
2008-12-15 15:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE112CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR
[...] (U) During the week of January 28, the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) began to tackle the draft text of the Review Conference report but spent more time debating the provisional agenda than examining the text. The German delegation has begun informal discussion of industry inspection issues. [...]
2008-02-05 15:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE180CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR
[...] (U) The week of February 18 saw quite a number of meetings and consultations, several of which were convening for the first time this year ) Article X (February 18),the entire industry cluster followed by sampling and analysis and transfer discrepancies (February 19),the Host Country Commit [...]
2008-02-26 14:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE222CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR
[...] (U) The week of February 25)29 primarily marched in place. Delegations spent a lot of time on the provisional agenda for the Review Conference, with no agreement except growing convergence that the only broadly acceptable agenda would closely track that of the first Review Conference. Due to [...]
2008-03-05 15:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE264CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR
[...] (SBU) Two events dominated the week of March 10-14 -- Iraq's delivery of its draft initial declaration of its chemical weapons facilities as it joins the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the Cuban Ambassador's dramatic delivery of the Non Aligned Movement's preliminary comments on the draft Re [...]
2008-03-18 09:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE285WALKING THE BEAT IN THE HAGUE'S RED LIGHT DISTRICT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a March 5 briefing and tour of the red light district in The Hague, Henry Koper, the coordinator of The Hague regional police prostitution and child pornography unit, provided an overview of Dutch police efforts to combat TIP in the regulated prostitution sector. Koper s [...]
2008-03-26 12:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
08THEHAGUE329SENIOR DUTCH TRADE OFFICIAL DISCUSSES WTO DOHA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A senior Dutch trade official recently told CDA March 27 that the Dutch are committed to clinching a Doha Round deal. However, intra-EU disagreement and entrenched agriculture interests may prevent a breakthrough. The Dutch are reluctant to pressure other EU member states to b [...]
2008-04-10 11:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO NL
08THEHAGUE365DUTCH ENERGY CZAR DISCUSSES NEW ENERGY STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Dutch energy czar Mark Frequin, he spelled out the GONL's new energy policy "tracks" -- developing the Netherlands as a gas hub and securing energy partners both within Europe and beyond. He also emphasized three overarching Dutch goals on energy -- open mark [...]
2008-04-25 07:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL NL
08THEHAGUE396CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR
[...] (U) The weeks following the CWC Second Review Conference (RevCon) have been fairly quiet, due no doubt in part to post-RevCon exhaustion as well as a series of official holidays. The only consultations held were within the industry cluster, although two WEOG meetings, an Irish-hosted lunch, a [...]
2008-05-09 16:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE449CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART IV: PROCESS AND
[...] (U) This cable is the last of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7 -18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref A),the reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref B),even [...]
2008-05-28 11:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE455CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR TWO
[...] (SBU) While OPCW has had a very lean schedule since the Review Conference, the U.S. delegation continued to meet May 13 - 23 with Technical Secretariat officials and other delegations on upcoming issues. Ambassador Javits met with the new Executive Council Chairperson to discuss future activ [...]
2008-05-29 15:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE482CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CONVERSION OF
[...] (SBU) On June 3 and 4, U.S. Delreps met with representatives of the UK and Italy, and separately with Libya, to share the non-paper from Reftel and discuss Libyan steps necessary for the U.S. to approve the request to retain the sandbag wall around the former chemical weapons production facili [...]
2008-06-05 15:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYLY PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE503CWC: WRAP UP FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 6, 2008
[...] (U) During the weeks of May 27 and June 2, no official OPCW meetings took place. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met twice and was briefed by the new head of public affairs for the Technical Secretariat (TS). The Dutch government hosted a visit to a DuPont plant site on May 29. [...]
2008-06-10 12:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE609CWC: WRAP-UP FOR TWO WEEKS ENDING JULY 11, 2008
[...] (U) This report covers the two weeks following Executive Council 53 (EC-53),from June 30 through July 11. Consideration of the draft 2009 budget began with preliminary consultations held on July 7 by the new budget facilitator. The facilitator for the Office of Internal Oversight (OIO) held [...]
2008-07-18 15:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE644CWC: WRAP-UP FOR TWO WEEKS ENDING JULY 25, 2008
[...] (U) Meetings at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have ground to a standstill for the summer holidays. The delegation hosted IO/MPR's Lynette Podolsky on July 14-15 to look into recruitment and staffing issues for American citizen employees at the OPCW. The new [...]
2008-07-29 14:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE755CWC: WRAP-UP FOR AUGUST 25 TO SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
[...] (SBU) August ended along with the dry spell of formal meetings at the OPCW. Delrep met with Technical Secretariat (TS) officials to discuss the final inspection of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Storage Facility at Newport, Indiana on August 26 and 27. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) [...]
2008-09-15 10:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE776CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2008
[...] (SBU) Budget negotiations began in earnest September 8 and a consultation on the External Auditor's Report was held on September 10. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met twice, once for its regular weekly discussion and again on September 11 as the "WEOG PLUS" (including non-WEOG [...]
2008-09-22 10:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE825CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 54TH
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraphs 18, 21 and 27. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (SBU) After the success of the last Executive Council (EC) session (ref A),delegations' hopes are high that this EC will continue the refreshingl [...]
2008-10-02 09:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE840NETHERLANDS: FORTIS BANK NATIONALIZED AS DUTCH
[...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government announced October 3 that it will buy all of Fortis, Dutch operations for EUR 16.8 billion, including its Dutch insurance activities and the Dutch operations of ABN AMRO. The Dutch government decided to effectively nationalize Fortis, in-country activities af [...]
2008-10-07 07:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE849CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 6, 2008
[...] (U) Budget deliberations reached a peak on October 3 when several Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries attacked the program plan and budget for the Office of Special Projects, specifically its mandate for counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, and outreach to other organizations. The earlier m [...]
2008-10-08 15:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE860CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OCTOBER 6-10, 2008
[...] (U) Consultations continued at what is, for the OPCW, a rapid pace with three budget meetings, and facilitations on Articles VII, X, XI and universality. None made much progress, but the budget discussions reached a climax with new documents proposing a 531,540 Euro adjustment that would req [...]
2008-10-14 12:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE866CWC: REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2008 CWC
[...] (U) On September 25-26, 2008 the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sponsored a two day workshop in Florence for selected Western Europe and Other Countries Group (WEOG) State Parties and Japan in an effort to find common ground on two issues noted during the Second Review Conference(Re [...]
2008-10-15 16:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC IT
08THEHAGUE896CWC: DISCUSSION WITH LIBYA ON DESTRUCTION AND
[...] (U) On October 16, Delreps met with Dr. Hesnawy (from the Libyan National Authority) and Mr. Gheton (Libyan Representative to the OPCW) to discuss the status of and issues related to proliferation sensitive equipment, progress on the Rabta CW Destruction Facility progress on the Rabta CW Pro [...]
2008-10-24 14:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE900CWC: COORDINATION MEETING AND OPCW DESTRUCTION
[...] (U) On October 13, the U.S. delegation participated in the Donor Coordination Meeting hosted by the Dutch MFA to review progress in international contributions to Russia's chemical weapons destruction program. Del also participated in the EC Chairperson's Destruction Informals meeting, at whi [...]
2008-10-27 13:42:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE928CWC: WRAP UP FOR OCTOBER 20-31, 2008
[...] (U) Following the busy schedule leading up to and during the Executive Council's Fifty-fourth Session (EC-54),life at the OPCW geared down to a slower pace. In addition to weekly meetings of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG),only one consultation -- on Article VII -- was held dur [...]
2008-11-04 16:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE95NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DPM SALIH MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Iraq desk officer Dirk Jan Wierenga told poloff that Deputy PM Salih made a "good impression" during his visit to the Netherlands January 21-22. Dutch agreement to a trade mission to northern Iraq later this year was a highlight of the visit. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Salih [...]
2008-02-01 11:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PINR NL IZ
08THEHAGUE972CWC: WRAP UP FOR NOVEMBER 3-12, 2008
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 26. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The pace of meetings began to speed up in anticipation of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP-13). The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held regular weekly meetings on November 4 and November 12. In [...]
2008-11-20 15:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE977CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, NOVEMBER 13-14,
[...] (U) The three industry cluster meetings on November 13-14 were informative and somewhat productive. The Technical Secretariat (TS) presented their latest paper on Sampling and Analysis (S&A) and answered delegations' questions during the first meeting. Two new industry facilitations began: [...]
2008-11-21 15:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE978CWC: MEETING OF THE G8/GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS
[...] (U) On November 18, the Japanese delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) hosted a meeting for delegates from G8/Global Partnership states to discuss mutual efforts of the OPCW and the G8/Global Partnership in advance of the December meeting in Tokyo. -- [...]
2008-11-21 16:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE984CWC: SCENESETTER FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES
[...] (U) Meetings continued apace in anticipation of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP),without any significant progress on the budget or other CSP issues. The budget consultations remain in the same deadlock reached at the Executive Council (EC) in October, with the key difference remain [...]
2008-11-26 09:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THESSALONIKI60NORTHERN NOTES
[...] On August 26, the Board of Directors of OLTH (Thessaloniki Port Authority) approved the transfer of the management of port's cargo station from the state to the partnership of Hutchison Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Investments, Alapis and LYD. Ioannis Tsaras, Managing Director of OLTH, stated [...]
2008-09-04 14:41:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG GG GR
08THESSALONIKI78THESSALONIKI: GOG INVITES FORMER ADVERSARIES TO NATIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a reconciliatory gesture, Defense Minister of Greece Evangelos Meimarakis invited his counterparts from Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia and other outheastern European countries, to attend the traditional military parade on Greece's national day, October 28 (Greece's e [...]
2008-10-31 13:33:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GR MK TU IT BK BU MW AL HR YI
08THESSALONIKI80NORTHERN NOTES - OCTOBER 2008
[...] For a second month, the scandal involving controversial land swaps between the GoG and Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos was a dominant story (Ref A.) Media and post contacts speculate the scandal could claim more GoG officials beyond the two ministers it has already claimed, as a Parliame [...]
2008-11-06 06:05:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL SOCI SMIG GR MK BK BU MW AL HR
08TIRANA103ALBANIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 06:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDAL ECON ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
08TIRANA112PM BERISHA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Ambassador engaged Prime Minister Berisha on February 12 on Albanian (and Kosovar) plans for an expected declaration of independence, including timing of recognition, possible GOA visits, and plans for celebrations. Berisha promised continued coordination with the U.S., has already urge [...]
2008-02-13 15:17:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV AL
08TIRANA148 ALBANIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR PRIVATIZES, EXPANDS
[...] The GOA is preparing to privatize INSIG, the state-owned insurance company, as the Government moves to sell off one of its last remaining state enterprises since the fall of communism 17 years ago. The forthcoming privatization is almost an afterthought for an insurance sector that has been m [...]
2008-02-27 12:48:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN AL
08TIRANA152ALBANIA: 2007 TRFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 11:10:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AL KCRM KWMN SMIG KRD ASEC PREF
08TIRANA200ALBANIA: FATAL EXPLOSION IN MUNITIONS DEPOT
[...] (U) At approximately 11:45 AM (local) March 15, an ammunition storage facility near the town of Gerdec (N41 deg 24 min 40 sec, E19 deg 37 min 52 sec),between Tirana and Durres, caught fire. Shortly after 12:00, a violent explosion destroyed homes in the immediate vicinity of the depot and cau [...]
2008-03-17 19:15:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS EAID NATO SENV AL
08TIRANA221ALBANIA DISASTER DECLARATION
[...] I hereby declare a disaster in Albania to assist the large number of people that were displaced from their homes and livelihoods by a massive explosion that occurred in Albania on March 15 (reftel). I request USD 50,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. 2. At approximately 11 [...]
2008-03-21 16:37:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL AL
08TIRANA251THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 22-28, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ----------------------------------- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Choreogr [...]
2008-03-28 17:32:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PARM AL
08TIRANA292 SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS TWO MAJOR CRIMINAL CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Albanian Supreme Court, Thimio Kondi, issued two suspension decisions in December 2007 that froze the application of criminal sentences on two trafficking-related cases pending the final decision of the Supreme Court. Kondi's decision froze the enforc [...]
2008-04-14 14:39:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PGOV PREL AL IT
08TIRANA308THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 12-18, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) DIVISION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Until now [...]
2008-04-18 16:31:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA382ALBANIA, SCENESETTER FOR HENRIETTA FORE, ADMINISTRATOR OF
[...] (SBU) Henrietta Fore, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development and Director of United States Foreign Assistance will visit Albania from May 17-19, 2008. Administrator Fore's purpose in visiting Albania is to convey to the Government of Albania (GoA),judicial officials, busines [...]
2008-05-15 08:55:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID AL
08TIRANA414THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 24-30, 2008: THE MEDIA ISSUE
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. With the death of one of Albania's most powerful media moguls, this week's issue focuses on the media. ------------------ MEDIA [...]
2008-06-02 13:36:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA556ALBANIA'S HAZARDOUS WASTE STRATEGY
[...] Albania is effectively reaching out for donor support to deal with the country's hazardous waste (HW) problem. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has identified nine "hot zones" contaminated with several kinds of dangerous chemicals left over from the communist era. MOE has been working with [...]
2008-07-25 06:09:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV AL
08TIRANA66THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 18 - 25, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]
2008-01-25 16:57:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA745GREECE PRESSURING ALBANIA ON BORDER, CEMETERY
[...] (C) Summary: The Greek government is pressuring the GOA to accept its demands in bilateral negotiations to demarcate the two countries' maritime border. Athens is also threatening to refuse to ratify Albania's Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU over a contentious issue inv [...]
2008-10-09 13:28:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR AL
08TIRANA770SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS STUART JONES' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes your visit to Tirana, a city you will find unrecognizable since your last visit to Albania 14 years ago. 2. (C) Your visit comes at a time of growing uncertainty for the Albanian public and especially for Albania's political class. Although the past yea [...]
2008-10-24 09:30:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL
08TIRANA828ALBANIA: ELECTRICITY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Albania's electricity generating capacity is totally dependant on hydroelectric power. So far, rainfall in 2008 has been below normal, causing key reservoir levels to drop. The GOA, facing parliamentary elections in June 2009, fears a return to the 2006/2007 electricity crisis, during w [...]
2008-11-20 15:45:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL AL
08TIRANA862REMITTANCES TO ALBANIA HOLDING STEADY
[...] (SBU) Fears of Albania's economy hitting the skids due to a fall in remittances may be overblown according to Western Union owner Edmund Leka. Leka told Embassy personnel that WU has not seen a noticeable decline in remittances, particularly from Italy and Greece, which remain the two largest [...]
2008-12-05 15:28:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA919Embassy Tirana Weekly Report
[...] The visit of the Italian PM Berlusconi earlier this month attracted a lot of attention for good and for bad. During the short visit both Berlusconi and Prime Minister Berisha hailed the current bilateral relationship. They agreed on further intensifying economic ties, particularly energy and [...]
2008-12-31 15:31:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL
08TOKYO101The Japan Economic Scope--January 10, 2008
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from January 10, 2008 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Planes, Trains and Automobiles 3. Japan's Auto Sales Hit 25-year Low in a Shrinking Domestic Market 4. Aviation--A Change of Pressure? 5. Local Governments Accept Change in Itami Airp [...]
2008-01-11 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
08TOKYO1032JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1034TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PUTIN/MEDVEDEV
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning include an informal decision by the GOJ to reject a bid by a British investment fund to increase its stake in a Japanese electricity company on the grounds that the plan runs the risk of "undermining the maintenance of public order." 2. "Presi [...]
2008-04-16 02:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1207BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING IN
[...] SUMMARY. At the Forum for the Future planning meeting in Tokyo on April 24-25, participants discussed political reform and sustainable development as the two thematic pillars for the 2008 Forum. The Forum subministerial will be held on June 9 in Dubai, followed by a senior officials planning [...]
2008-05-02 05:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KMPI PHUM XF JA
08TOKYO1252 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/08
[...] The governments of Japan and China (hereinafter called "both sides") recognized the need to make efforts together hand-in-hand and to cooperate on climate change, a common threat facing human beings. 2. Both sides confirmed the goals and the principles promised in the "United Nations Framew [...]
2008-05-09 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1311JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1386JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1526 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1642G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS MEETINGS IN TOKYO, JUNE 10,
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Bill Burns participated in the June 9-10, 2008 Tokyo meetings of the G8 Political Directors, hosted by Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kenichiro Sasae. Discussion topics included Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Zimbabwe and a review of the plan [...]
2008-06-16 22:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER UK IT GM RS CA SI AF PK
08TOKYO1741ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES SEEK CONTINUED ATTENTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the abductees' families passed a letter to Embassy Tokyo June 25 urging the G8 to take up the cause of abductions during the upcoming Foreign Ministerial and Summit meetings. The representatives also expressed "shock" and "disappointment" about the possible U. [...]
2008-06-25 06:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO1834G8, G8+3 ENERGY MINISTERIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives from the G8 countries as well as from China, India, and Korea gathered for the G8 and the G8 3 Energy Ministerials in Aomori, Japan, June 8. During the G8-only ministerial, participants reviewed reports on progress made in implementing the St. Petersburg Global E [...]
2008-07-03 10:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON OVIP JA
08TOKYO1887 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2185 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO230JAPAN AND PKO: ONGOING AND PROPOSED ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) Japan currently has 53 Self Defense Forces and other personnel participating in three UN peacekeeping operations around the world, and contributes election monitors and in-kind assistance as part of its overall peacebuilding strategy. The subject of Japan's role as a "peacebuilding nation [...]
2008-01-29 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS UN JA
08TOKYO2301JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2392 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2415 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2462New Controls on Non-Listed Military End-Use Items
[...] In response to Post inquiries about press reports concerning possible expansion in Japan's Export Control laws, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa presented the following nonpaper in English to EconOff on September 8. Begin Text: Bac [...]
2008-09-09 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO26 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-06 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2735JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2776TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning newspapers gave top or front-page play to the summit among four European leaders in Paris on Saturday, during which they vowed to take all necessary steps to protect their banking systems. 2. "EU Should Show Firm Coordination to Prevent Financial Crisis" T [...]
2008-10-06 01:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2778MEET MINISTERIAL POSTPONED: GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo will be postponed, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials told EMIN October 3. Although MLIT has not formally announced a postponem [...]
2008-10-06 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA
08TOKYO279TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers led with follow-up stories on food poisoning cases suspected of being caused by frozen Chinese-made dumplings. 2. "Coordination among G-7 Nations Necessary" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (2/3): "The U.S. economy appears to be slowing, as Americ [...]
2008-02-04 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2983JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3180JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-18 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3279JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO333JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3402 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/08-2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO34323-4 DECEMBER NUCLEAR SAFETY AND SECURITY GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the third meeting of the G8 Nuclear Safety and Security Group (NSSG) held in Tokyo December 3-4, NSSG members reviewed the status of ongoing projects, discussed the future of initiatives proposed during Japan's 2008 G8 presidency, and reviewed a draft plan of work for t [...]
2008-12-17 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO3483 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3508JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3532CONSULTATIONS WITH JAPAN ON IMPLEMENTING THE OSLO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ensuring that activities of U.S. forces in Japan will not be hindered or restrained following Diet ratification of the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM),MOFA Deputy Director General Nakajima told Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard during [...]
2008-12-30 07:49:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MOPS PARM PINR ETTC NATO JA
08TOKYO520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TORONTO153Canadians May Be Beginning to Understand the Importance of
[...] (U) Summary: On May 9, Steven Mitchell, Vice President of Intellectual Policy at the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and Jason Kee, Director of Policy and Legal Affairs for the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC),described the importance of protecting intellectual pro [...]
2008-05-15 20:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KCRM KIPR KPAO PGOV CA
08TRIPOLI126WAHDA BANK PRIVATIZATION BID WON BY JORDAN-BASED ARAB BANK
[...] (SBU) In a move that adds momentum to Libya's promising banking reform efforts, the Libyan Central Bank announced that the Jordan-based Arab Bank won the tendering process to buy 19 percent of Libya's Wahda Bank. According to press reports, Arab Bank's winning bid of 210 million euros ($310 m [...]
2008-02-18 19:42:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV JO LY
08TRIPOLI230LIBYA MAKES PROGRESS ON BANKING REFORM REF: TRIPOLI 126
[...] (C) Summary: Libya's banking reform program continues to make progress. Buoyed by the windfall that accompanied the February 13 sale of a share in state-run Wahda Bank to Jordan's Arab Bank, the Central Bank is pressing forward with its own restructuring and training programs. There may be opportun [...]
2008-03-17 16:53:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON PGOV EFIN EINV PTER IT LY
08TRIPOLI248SECURITY PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRIPOLI 00000248 001.2 OF 003
[...] (S) Summary. Authority at Tripoli International Airport is clearly divided between security services and civilian authorities, General Youssef al-Jeribi, the airport's director, told a visiting Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) team and Emboffs on March 3. Together with top security and intelligence [...]
2008-03-21 09:11:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPINS PTER PGOV EAIR PREL LY
08TRIPOLI266GOL DELAYS RELEASING DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI REF: A) TRIPOLI 223, B) TRIPOLI 229
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 09:33:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI298ASSASSINATION OF SECURITY OFFICER IN EASTERN LIBYA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 16:08:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER KISL LY
08TRIPOLI382DEATH OF KEY LIBYAN OFFICIAL HAMPERS COUNTER-MIGRATION EFFORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 16:14:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF LY IT MT
08TRIPOLI567THE EU-LIBYA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT: VENI, VISAS, VETO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 07:39:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU ECIN ECON PBTS LY
08TRIPOLI574U.K. VISIT TO RABTA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 15:50:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW IT UK LY
08TRIPOLI632LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR JULY 2008
[...] Flight Safety Foundation Workshop in Libya: The Flight Safety Foundation's CAAG (Controlled Flight Into Terrain and Approach and Landing Accident Reduction Action Group) brought its internationally regarded Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Tool Kit workshop to Tripoli, Libya last [...]
2008-08-04 09:58:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD LY
08TRIPOLI642HANNIBAL GOES TO SEA: INSIGHTS INTO ANOTHER AL-QADHAFI FAMILY BUSINESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 15:32:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EWWT PGOV KCOR CY LY
08TRIPOLI680SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE’S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 18:11:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KDEM PTER KISL AU SU
08TRIPOLI688QADHAFI, BERLUSCONI SIGN HISTORIC AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) The Italian Ambassador in Tripoli briefed local heads of mission on a "historic treaty of friendship and cooperation" (or "colonial compensation agreement", as the Libyan government has characterized it) signed on August 30 in Benghazi by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi and Italian prime [...]
2008-09-03 18:53:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IT LY
08TRIPOLI829AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 14:46:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS LY BO RS UP VZ
08TRIPOLI870AL-QADHAFI'S RUSSIA TRIP SIGNALS DESIRE FOR FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 17:17:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR TRGY EPET RS BO UP LY
08TRIPOLI923GOL SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON LINGERING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: A group of older political prisoners, many of whom are in ill health, may be released soon in connection with talks that have taken place under the auspices of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF). Separately, the GOL and QDF may soon significantly raise the amou [...]
2008-12-01 10:44:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TUNIS183TUNIS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (SBU) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? The Government of Tunisia (GOT) is capable of controlling and dispersing any demonstration directed against U.S. facilities. That being [...]
2008-02-29 10:16:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
08TUNIS340TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Economy Posts 5.8 Percent Year-On-Year Growth B. Hike in Gasoline Prices C. Stock Market Records Largest IPO To Date D. Central Bank Keeps Benchmark Interest Rate Steady E. [...]
2008-04-04 10:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS448SCENESETTER FOR US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S) Tunisian military officials, including Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, are looking forward to the twenty-third US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington on May 12-14. The Government of Tunisia is proud of our long history of strong military cooperation [...]
2008-05-06 17:13:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL PTER EAID TS
08TUNIS696FORMER TELECOM MINISTER TO HEAD TUNISIE TELECOM
[...] (SBU) On June 24, the board of directors of majority state-owned Tunisie Telecom (TT) named former Minister of Communications Technologies Montasser Ouaili CEO. Ouaili leaves his current posting as Ambassador to Italy after only nine months. Ouaili will replace current CEO Ahmed Mahjoub, who [...]
2008-06-26 15:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECPS EINT ECON TS
08TUNIS769YOUTH IN TUNISIA: DREAMING ABOUT A FUTURE FAR FROM
[...] (SBU) For all the advantages Tunisia seems to offer, Tunisian youth are leaving the country at a significant rate -- both legally and illegally. A recent study revealed that 41 percent of Tunisian youth hope to leave Tunisia. They leave in search of more money, better jobs, excitement, and o [...]
2008-07-11 15:47:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSOCI ELAB ECON PGOV SMIG TS
08UNVIEVIENNA271IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSES A POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Over lunch with P5 1 Ambassadors May 6, Acting U/S Rood pressed for a Board resolution on Iran in June. The EU-3 agreed that Board and UNSC actions were complimentary and not mutually exclusive; the UK was particularly frustrated by the lack of Board action. EU-3 members joined the Actin [...]
2008-05-13 06:32:00UNVIESECRETPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA284IAEA: U/S ROOD TOUR D,HORIZON WITH DG ELBARADEI
[...] (C) In a series of meetings with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Secretariat officials May 6, Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed priority issues on the U.S. agenda: nuclear safeguards in the DPRK and India; reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) and [...]
2008-05-19 08:23:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM ENRG TRGY KNPP KN
08UNVIEVIENNA290IAEA/SYRIA: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE JUNE BOARD
[...] (S) During a series of technical briefings on Syria May 16 and 19, following up on discussions during his Washington consultations, Ambassador Schulte canvassed Board member views on discussion of Syria in the June Board. Ambassador Schulte outlined U.S. objectives for the Board: to spotlight [...]
2008-05-20 18:09:00UNVIESECRETPARM MNUC AORC KNPP SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA309IAEA/IRAN: GETTING TO CONSENSUS ON A CHAIRMAN,S
[...] (C) P5 1 Deputies/Counselors meeting May 29 agreed to seek instructions on a Canadian draft Chairman's Statement (para 13) by Friday May 30. Russia did not have any readout from the PolDir phone conference. China said it had instructions to "explore" the possibility of a Chairman's Statement. [...]
2008-05-29 16:46:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA343IAEA/GC: ONE MIDDLE EAST, TWO RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Both Egypt and the Arab League have circulated their respective draft IAEA General Conference resolutions (paras 27-28). The revised Egyptian text purports to be based on consensus UNGA language and incorporates some of the French-proposed amendments rejected last year, but is still not a [...]
2008-06-13 08:33:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM AORC KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA392INDIA/IAEA SAFEGUARDS - GETTING TO YES IN THE BOARD
[...] (C) Mission has been seeking expeditious consideration of the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which we now expect to come before the Board on August 1 (reftel). Like-minded allies advise that successful Board approval and next steps to make the initiative a reality will require a multi-facete [...]
2008-07-14 08:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA427WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: EXPERTS GROUP JUNE 23 -
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) intersessional meetings had a successful round of negotiations from June 23 ) July 4, 2008. The two topics that consumed the most time were the Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on low-light level (LLL) sen [...]
2008-07-29 08:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC KSTC PARM
08UNVIEVIENNA477FOLLOW-UP ON IAEA-NORWAY SAFETY TRAINING PROJECT
[...] (U) Mission rep spoke to IAEA and delivered ref D talking points regarding safety concerns at Iran's Bushehr reactor on August 13. Norway has agreed to the training plan and IAEA is moving forward with plans. The IAEA recommends that the United States demarche Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia and [...]
2008-08-27 14:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNPP UNSC IR NO
08UNVIEVIENNA478FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TAKES SHAPE IN PREPARATORY MEETING
[...] (U) Representatives from Afghanistan, France, Italy, U.K., and U.S. met at the Italian mission in Vienna on August 27 to discuss the structure and format of the proposed "Friends of Afghanistan" group. Charge delivered guidance points from reftel, which were well received across the board. [...]
2008-08-27 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR UN AF FR UK IT CA AS NL GM DA NO TU RS PK
08UNVIEVIENNA494SUBJ: IAEA/BOG: SEEKING AN IRAN RESOLUTION IN
[...] (S) Another negative IAEA Director General's report on Iran, as expected in advance of the September Board, will strengthen the argument for further censure of Iran for its failure to cooperate with the ongoing IAEA investigation, in particular the IAEA effort to pursue evidence of military/we [...]
2008-09-10 13:20:00UNVIESECRETAORC KNNP IAEA IR CA
08UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 WILL TAKE CUES FROM POLDIRS ON
[...] (C) In a German-hosted P5 1 Ambassadors meeting on September 16, no members of the group were instructed as to a possible Iran resolution at next week's IAEA Board meeting, and all awaited the scheduled September 19 5 1 Political Directors meeting for guidance. While Germany appealed for a Bo [...]
2008-09-16 17:36:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA546IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3
[...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...]
2008-10-09 14:38:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA559WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: SUCCESSFUL FALL EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Fall Experts Group (EG) successfully negotiated agreement on fifteen of the seventeen proposals tabled by the U.S. this year. The final count is likely to be sixtenn of seventeen as Russia is the only country blocking con [...]
2008-10-15 12:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
08UNVIEVIENNA565IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 14:44:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA579UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF
[...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...]
2008-10-31 10:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND
08UNVIEVIENNA588SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR NOVEMBER 18 VIENNA FRIENDS OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador will host the second meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan group (Ref b) on November 18. (Note: List of Friends follows in para 5. End Note.) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa has been invited to give a presentation on UNODC's activities in Afghanistan, as well [...]
2008-11-06 15:54:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN NATO AF
08UNVIEVIENNA589WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions at the October meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) General Working Group (GWG) were limited. Russia's video presentation on arms sales to Georgia was the only controversial issue discussed; Ukraine and the U.S. spoke in response. The U.S. proposal to conduct [...]
2008-11-07 16:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
08UNVIEVIENNA602IAEA/UNCOPUOUS: FIFTH JOINT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING ON THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UNCOPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC)/IAEA Joint Expert Group (JEG) met in Vienna during the week of 20 October 2008 to review comments from IAEA Member States to the revised draft Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source (NPS) Applications in Outer Space. J [...]
2008-11-14 15:48:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA AU
08UNVIEVIENNA622UNIDO: POTENTIAL PARTNER ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT REFORMS
[...] (U) The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has implemented a substantial reform over the last decade that has improved its efficiency and relevance, making it a potential partner for the U.S. on issues like climate change and energy as well as a useful exemplar for the reform of ot [...]
2008-11-25 13:36:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND ENRG EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG
08UNVIEVIENNA634 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PARIS PACT
[...] (SBU) The upcoming December 15-16 annual meeting of the Paris Pact Consultative Group is a venue for USDEL to advance USG counternarcotics objectives in Afghanistan by expressing support the UNODC's "Rainbow Strategy." Specifically, the U.S. can use this forum to encourage donor contribution t [...]
2008-12-02 15:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL AF IR CA PK UN
08UNVIEVIENNA64IAEA/IRAN: MAINTAINING PRESSURE ON IRAN AT THE
[...] (S) Our principal goal for the Iran agenda item at the March 3-7 Board is, as it has been for the last two years, to support dual-track strategy and, in particular, the Security Council process. Since the Board passed a resolution on February 4, 2006, referring the file to the UNSC, we have no [...]
2008-02-05 16:39:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA660INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 15:45:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA662WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: PLENARY REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The December 2-3 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary was notable for its smooth pace and lack of controversy. The U.S. was successful in thwarting Russian efforts to use the Plenary as a venue to decry Georgian "aggression." The Plenary adopted the 53 list changes proposed by the Expe [...]
2008-12-19 13:39:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM RU
08UNVIEVIENNA666 UNODC MAJOR DONORS MEETING TACKLES UNGASS REVIEW, PIRACY
[...] (SBU)INL A/S David T. Johnson led the USDEL to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Major Donors meeting, December 5. Discussion with the other 20 donor countries included (1) a proposal for UNODC action to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, (2) the funding situation of UNODC, and (3) [...]
2008-12-22 13:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC AF SW SZ GM FR CA IN IT
08USEUBRUSSELS1088EULEX KOSOVO COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 16 EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors meeting, EU Civilian Operations Commander Kees Klompenhouwer told EU member and third-state contributors that the EU and the UN were still trying to reach agreement on reconfiguration details. As a result of the unexpe [...]
2008-07-16 16:32:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUN UNMIK KV
08USEUBRUSSELS1949EULEX COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS PRAISES SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) Summary: EULEX Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon briefed the Committee of Contributors on December 19 in Brussels, describing a successful deployment throughout Kosovo, the importance of close interaction with other international actors, and the challenges of implementing customs and cou [...]
2008-12-23 10:45:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL UNMIK PGOV EUN SR KV
08USEUBRUSSELS299EU SUPPORTS RESTRUCTURING ICG ON SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) The European Union is largely in favor of the U.S. proposal to strengthen the effectiveness of the International Contact Group on Somalia, with the caveat that it would like to convene plenary sessions approximately four times a year. Poloff delivered reftel points to Jean-Christophe Bell [...]
2008-02-25 16:58:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV SO EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS325LIECHTENSTEIN SET TO JOIN SCHENGEN AREA
[...] In addition to discussions of the Visa Waiver Program and the question of the MOU with the Czech Republic (SEPTEL),EU Interior ministers in the February 28 JHA Council gave their backing to Liechtenstein's entry into the Schengen area in spite of the tax fraud scandal now affecting the princi [...]
2008-03-04 09:26:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS716EU NON-PAPER REQUESTING PARTICIPATION IN PSI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 11:14:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PREL KNNP EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS872CSTC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSIONS WITH EU PERMREPS:
[...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to EU permrep officials in Brussels on May 23, MG Robert W. Cone, Commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),provided a wide-ranging briefing on the challenges confronting the international effort to create a modern Afghan police fo [...]
2008-06-10 06:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08USEUBRUSSELS882CSTC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSIONS WITH EU PERMREPS:
[...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to EU permrep officials in Brussels on May 23, MG Robert W. Cone, Commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),provided a wide-ranging briefing on the challenges confronting the international effort to create a modern Afghan police fo [...]
2008-06-11 13:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08USNATO151NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - APRIL 30, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that Karzai urged caution in judging the Kabul security situation following the April 27 assassination attempt. IMS Assistant Director for Operations Li Gobbi stated that Pakistani "peace deal [...]
2008-04-30 18:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO167NATO: ALLIES RESOLVED TO ADDRESS INTEROPERABILITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At their May 13 coffee, NATO Permanent Representatives discussed the Oslo process to ban cluster munitions. The Chairman of NATO's Military Committee reported that preliminary military advice raised serious concerns about the impact such a ban could have on NATO operations, cap [...]
2008-05-14 15:40:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO170CORRECTED COPY - NATO MILITARY ADVICE ON OSLO
[...] (U) Corrected copy sent to clarify the subject line and update approver information. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At their May 13 coffee, NATO Permanent Representatives discussed the Oslo process to ban cluster munitions. The Chairman of NATO's Military Committee reported that preliminary military ad [...]
2008-05-15 10:47:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO174NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 14, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Independent Directorate for Local Governance Head Jelani Popal briefed the NAC in ISAF format on his goals and challenges, and took questions on the Paris Conference, the delivery of assistance by PRTs, reconciliation, and Musa Qala. He c [...]
2008-05-16 15:28:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO181NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 21, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that a draft report by UN Human Rights Rapporteur Alston was critical of international forces and ISAF in Afghanistan, but NATO was providing Alston with more information to make the final report more balanced. The SHAPE Ope [...]
2008-05-22 15:24:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO185NORWAY PROPOSES SPLITTING NATO MISSIONS IN KOSOVO;
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Norway has proposed that NATO create a stand-alone mission in Kosovo, separate from KFOR, to implement the Ahtissari tasks relating to new security structures in Kosovo. Supported by Hungary and Italy, Norway argued that keeping these tasks separate from the existin [...]
2008-05-29 05:39:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO KFOR KV
08USNATO186NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 28, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Acting Secretary General (A/SYG) Bisogniero thanked the U.S. for arranging the May 22 brief with COMCSTC-A MG Cone. Chairman of the Military Committee Henault stated that 62 ANA kandaks would be fielded by August 2008, called for more pol [...]
2008-05-29 12:06:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO199NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JUNE 4, 2008
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Former COMISAF General McNeill commended Allied unity and enhanced efforts in ISAF over the course of his command, but stressed the need for Allies to fill ISAF force requirements, open a political avenue to address the challenge of Pakistani [...]
2008-06-06 14:56:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO2PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TOUR OF AFGHAN REGIONAL LEADERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: For the first time, USNATO sponsored a NATO tour for Afghan provincial officials to Brussels and Berlin December 11-14. This joint effort with Embassy Kabul brought influential decision makers and leaders of society from vital Afghan provinces to the centers of decision making an [...]
2008-01-03 15:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL
08USNATO200ISAF COMMANDER MCNEILL PRAISES ALLIED UNITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Former COMISAF General Dan K. McNeill, who turned over ISAF command to General David McKiernan on June 3, commended Allied unity and investment in Afghanistan during his June 4 farewell address to the NAC and ISAF Partners. Nevertheless, he reminded Allies that NATO's failure t [...]
2008-06-06 15:46:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
08USNATO208USD(P) EDELMAN BRIEFS ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman used his June 5 meeting with NATO PermReps and a separate session with NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer to brief on his May 27-June 5 visit to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Lebanon and to urge Allies to contribute more to Afghan police trainin [...]
2008-06-18 13:26:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
08USNATO210NATO: JUNE 9 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS
[...] (C) Summary: At the Experts, Meeting, the U.S. obtained all of the goals specified in Reference A. These discussions will continue on July 8 with new versions of the discussion papers transformed into shorter proposed NATO agreed papers to be distributed by the International Staff. At the [...]
2008-06-18 13:27:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCFE PARM PREL NATO
08USNATO215NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 18 2008
[...] (S) SUMMARY: -- The NAC exchange of views with Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili reported septel, USNATO 00213. -- Farewell to Ambassador Nuland: Secretary General Hoop de Scheffer (SYG) gave an emotional and affectionate tribute to Ambassador Nuland, in this, her last NAC after two tours at NAT [...]
2008-06-20 16:55:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO22PM SANADER DISCUSSES CROATIA'S NATO ACCESSION
[...] (C) Prime Minister Sanader discussed with NATO PermReps on January 16 Croatia's progress in meeting NATO,s performance-based standards. He stressed that all parties in the governing coalition supported joining the Alliance, and that the new government would expand its contribution to ISAF, wo [...]
2008-01-18 06:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO PREF PINR HR
08USNATO224NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 25, 2008
[...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE briefed on recent events in Kandahar and Arghandab, emphasizing the role of the ANA and the fact that Arghandab was clearly a tactical and logistical win for the ANA. Responding to the briefing, Charge Olson emphasized the importance of the ANA and suggest [...]
2008-06-27 13:40:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO225HOW UKRAINIAN, GEORGIAN MAP IS PLAYING AT NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 18:39:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO UP GG
08USNATO229NATO: FRIENDS OF KOSOVO PROPOSAL UNVEILED
[...] (C) The Belgian Permanent Representative to NATO at a July 1 lunch meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives formally introduced the "Friends of Kosovo" concept of bringing together representatives of nations and international organizations involved in Kosovo in an informal setting in order t [...]
2008-07-01 15:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL KV MOPS
08USNATO231PAKISTAN: ALLIES SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSALS TO DEEPEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Ambassador James Pardew briefed the NAC on his June 25-26 meetings in Islamabad (Reftels A and B) during a June 30 informal NAC "coffee" meeting. Pardew characterized his meetings as positive and productive, noting his interlocutors were [...]
2008-07-02 16:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR KPAO AF PK
08USNATO233NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 2, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG welcomed the new Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Admiral Giampaolo De Paola (Italy),and stated that the NAC would benefit from military advice from SHAPE on military preparations for the upcoming Afghanistan voter registr [...]
2008-07-03 16:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO241NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 9, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) provided an update of the EUPOL mission which currently has 166 personnel deployed to Afghanistan to assist the Afghan National Police. The SYG stated that there had been a number of additional [...]
2008-07-10 16:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO244UKRAINIAN DEPUTY PM NEMYRIA STRIKES THE RIGHT NOTE
[...] (C) Summary: In a thoughtful and articulate presentation, Ukrainian Deputy PM Hryhoriy Nemyria briefed the NATO Ukraine Commission on his new role in coordinating his government,s cooperation with NATO, and the political situation in Kyiv. Allies offered encouragement, but those that would like [...]
2008-07-11 10:21:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO UP
08USNATO248NATO: JULY 8 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the July 8 Experts, Meeting each of the papers on the agenda was basically approved with a few tweaks, and in accord with U.S. guidance. The IS Staff will prepare revisions for all of these papers and circulate them for further discussion as needed at the next meeting on Se [...]
2008-07-15 11:35:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCFE PARM PREL NATO
08USNATO253FRENCH OFFICIAL JOUYET BRIEFS NATO ON PLANS FOR EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. French Secretary of State for European Affairs Jeanne-Pierre Jouyet briefed the NAC on July 16 on "Priorities Of the French EU Presidency," referring frequently to France's October 2007 non-paper on NATO/EU relations and the July 7 high-level seminar in Paris on the subject. Jou [...]
2008-07-18 11:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO EU
08USNATO254"FRIENDS OF KOSOVO" MEET IN BRUSSELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Belgium hosted on July 18 a meeting of the "Friends Of Kosovo" bringing together key stakeholders, including NATO, EU, OSCE, UN and contributing nations. The meeting had no formal agenda but was designed to initiate a process of cooperation among the players. Speakers urged gre [...]
2008-07-18 15:54:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO UN EU OSCE
08USNATO258NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 22, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Farewell to the Permanent Representative from France: In his farewell address to the NAC, departing French PermRep Richard Duque said the greatest threat facing the Alliance was the danger of being pulled into disunity, particularly on the issue of Russia whe [...]
2008-07-23 17:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO265A/S FRIED WARNS NATO SYG, PERM REPS OF DANGER OF UN, EU DELAY IN KOSOVO AND OF POLITICAL DRIFT IN GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ CONFLICT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 15:45:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NATO EZ GG KV MK PL RS UNMIK
08USNATO268NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 30, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Briefing on his recent visit to Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer expressed concerns with suggestions by Afghan President Karzai that upcoming elections may not be held due to security concerns in the south and east of t [...]
2008-08-01 08:43:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO281NATO ALLIES LACK COHESION DURING FIRST MEETING ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the August 11 NATO Political Committee meeting on the fighting in Georgia, Allies unanimously deplored the Aug 8-11 developments but differed on how these events should affect NATO's relations with Russia. The Balts and Poland would like to suspend the NATO-Russia Council, but Germa [...]
2008-08-11 18:30:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS
08USNATO283NATO: ALLIES REAFFIRM GEORGIAN SOVEREIGNTY; OFFER
[...] (C) SUMMERY: At an August 12 North Atlantic Council meeting with Georgia, Georgian Permanent Representative to NATO Beshidze (substituting for the Georgian FM who at the last minute could not attend) characterized the Russian action as open aggression and occupation of a sovereign, democratic [...]
2008-08-12 19:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL
08USNATO284TFGG01: NATO ALLIES STILL DIVIDED ON GEORGIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) met August 12 in emergency session to discuss a NAC statement on the Georgia crisis and to discuss whether to agree to Russias request for a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC). Although Allies agreed in principle to begin drafting a formal stateme [...]
2008-08-12 19:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREF PREL
08USNATO287DEBATE ON RUSSIAN ROLE IN OAE FORESHADOWS DIVIDING
[...] (C) Summary: During the August 13 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, the U.S., Poland, the Balts, UK, and Czech Republic, and Canada, giving teeth to the "no business-as-usual" approach to NATO relations with Russia, opposed participation of the Russian ship Ladniy in Operation Active Endeavor ( [...]
2008-08-13 18:39:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO299READOUT: AUGUST 20 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: At the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting on Wednesday, August 20, Allies extensively discussed the new NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) and the appropriate course to take regarding relations with Russia. Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) Bisogniero observed that the NATO minist [...]
2008-08-22 17:46:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO30NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 23, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault stated that 70 percent of ISAF significant events in 2007 occurred in 40 districts, largely in RC-South and RC-East, and urged nations to provide forces to deal with this reality. SHAPE bri [...]
2008-01-24 17:22:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO31CORRECTED COPY: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT -
[...] (C/NF) The purpose of this corrected copy is to add additional addressees. The substance of the cable remains the same. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault stated that 70 percent of ISAF significant events in 2007 occu [...]
2008-01-25 08:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO317READOUT: SEPTEMBER 3 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY FROM THE NAC: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG reviewed his September 1 phone conversation with President Karzai, who said civilian casualties were now "beyond the tolerance and comprehension of the Afghan people." The SYG said he underscored that NATO is making every effort to avo [...]
2008-09-04 16:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO32PM GRUEVSKI DISCUSSES MACEDONIA'S NATO ACCESSION
[...] (C) Prime Minister Gruevski discussed Macedonia's progress toward NATO accession with NATO PermReps on January 23, concluding Macedonia's ninth MAP cycle. He cited recent strides toward domestic political consensus, minority representation, decentralization, judicial reform, police reform, a [...]
2008-01-25 17:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR MK
08USNATO320AFGHAN MOD WARDAK PUSHES ANA EXPANSION AT NAC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Defense Minister Wardak briefed the NAC with ISAF contributors on September 4 on the current security situation in Afghanistan, the rationale for expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA) and methods to reduce civilian casualties. He portrayed the security situation as [...]
2008-09-05 16:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF UN
08USNATO328ALLIES SEND A UNIFIED MESSAGE TO RUSSIA IN EAPC
[...] (S/NF) Summary: At the September 8 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC),Georgia and Russia traded accusations about who was to blame for the conflict between them. In rare form, Russian Ambassador Rogozin accused the Georgian Mission of organizing protests and threatenin [...]
2008-09-12 09:19:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO336SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 HLTF: ALLIES GRAPPLE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 11 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) and related meetings Allies discussed potential next steps on CFE in the context of Russian actions in Georgia and Russias continued "suspension" of CFE, based largely on the options advanced by the U.S. (ref a). There was general a [...]
2008-09-18 10:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USNATO338NAC MEETING WITH AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: During his comments to the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov extolled his country's priorities of continued integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, increased practical cooperation with Euro-Atlantic partners, participation in Partnershi [...]
2008-09-18 16:11:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO PGOV PINR AF AJ GG
08USNATO343NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met at NATO HQ on September 5. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Laura Gross of the US (OSD) and Mr. Knut Jahr of the Norwegian MOD. The Chair greeted Albania and Croatia as new members of the DGP with NATO Invitee status [...]
2008-09-24 11:32:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO352NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL VISIT TO TBILISI
[...] (C) Summary: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Georgia September 15-16 to take stock following Russia's invasion of Georgia, to reaffirm support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to strengthen NATO-Georgia relations (including by inaugurating the NATO-Georgia Comm [...]
2008-09-30 17:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU
08USNATO354A/S BOUCHER NATO VISIT, 17 SEP 08
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During September 14 meetings at NATO, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told NATO Perm Reps that NATO and the Afghans need to be more effective in holding territory, particularly with strengthened Afghan police, provincial and local governme [...]
2008-10-01 12:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF
08USNATO36ALLIES HEAR U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State Department and OSD representatives briefed NATO Deputy Permanent Representatives January 24 on U.S. concerns over the proposed international ban on cluster munitions and the effect it could have on NATO interoperability. Richard Kidd of the Political-Military Affairs Bure [...]
2008-01-29 10:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO366RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TARGETS NATO, UN AND UKRAINE AT
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin took center stage at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Ambassadorial meeting on Wednesday, October 8, taking out his anger over the situation in Georgia on NATO, the UN and Ukraine. In between rants by Rogozin, which generally [...]
2008-10-10 08:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL RS UP GG
08USNATO367READOUT: OCTOBER 8 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 12:28:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO37ITALIAN PROPOSAL FOR RC-WEST MEETINGS IN
[...] (SBU) The Italian Mission to NATO passed USNATO a non-paper on January 25 proposing meetings among ISAF RC-West contributing nations, modeled after ". . . the one currently adopted by Australia, Canada, Estonia, Netherlands, Romania, United States, (and) United Kingdom for their political-mil [...]
2008-01-30 13:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF IT
08USNATO371NATO-RUSSIA WAY FOWARD: READOUT OF OCTOBER 14 SPC
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Allies delivered their initial responses to the IS-drafted policy paper "NATO-Russia Relations in the Aftermath of the Georgia Crisis." At its base, the document's language of "targeted conditionality" and "selective engagement" and emphasis on unity pleased most Allies. Fran [...]
2008-10-15 17:13:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO PGOV KCFE RS
08USNATO373MACEDONIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Macedonia presented its Annual National Program for 2008-2009 to NATO Allies for comment on October 6. Greece was less critical than it could have been, but several Allies admonished Macedonia for portraying Greece, in its ANP summary (signed by PM Gruevski),as the lone hold [...]
2008-10-15 18:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO MK
08USNATO380NATO ENGAGES IN NEW FORUM ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an effort to facilitate increased regional dialogue on Afghanistan, Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer presided over the first meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives with the NATO representatives from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan a [...]
2008-10-17 13:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL AF KZ KG TI TX UZ
08USNATO394READOUT: 22 OCTOBER NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG announced he would soon provide a new strategic communications plan for Afghanistan since there were too many NATO persons doing interviews, and doing them badly, over the last few weeks. The SYG also said he would convene a smal [...]
2008-10-23 16:38:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO395ALLIES SUPPORT MOREL, BUT MIXED ON GENEVA OUTCOMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite his claims of limited success, the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Georgia, Pierre Morel, underwhelmed many NATO PermReps with his account of the EU/UN/OSCE-sponsored talks on Georgia held in Geneva October 15. Morel admitted that the talks did n [...]
2008-10-23 17:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL PINR GG RS
08USNATO396ALBANIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO
[...] (C) Summary: On October 17, a senior-level Albanian delegation presented Tirana's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO'S Senior Political Committee. The presentation drew praise from Allies. At the same time, several delegations, led by the U.S., raised serious concerns about perceived b [...]
2008-10-24 14:18:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO AL
08USNATO397CROATIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO
[...] (C) Summary: On October 16, a senior-level Croatian delegation presented Zagreb's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO Allies. The presentation drew praise from Allies in a warm and friendly meeting. Allies looked forward to Croatia becoming a full member of the Alliance. End Summary. [...]
2008-10-24 14:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO HR
08USNATO398OCTOBER 16 HLTF: ALLIES COMMITTED TO A UNIFIED AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the October 16 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and meetings on the margins, Allies discussed potential next steps on CFE (based largely on U.S. ideas presented at the September 11 HLTF, and a Czech paper distributed just prior to this HLTF meeting) and addressed how [...]
2008-10-24 14:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL
08USNATO40NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 30, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer said he will write to non-NATO ISAF contributors prior to Vilnius Ministerial to update them on progress in drafting ISAF's Comprehensive Strategic Political Military Guidance. Chairman of the Milit [...]
2008-01-31 16:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO403USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS
[...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Wightman and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on October 27 [...]
2008-10-29 19:54:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS
08USNATO406RESULTS FROM 23 OCTOBER 2008 VCC AND EXPERTS
[...] (C) Summary. During the 23 October VCC and Experts Meetings, the IS requested that Allies resubmit their 2009 bids for Vienna Document (VD) 1999 evaluation visits and inspections by 28 October in accordance with newly agreed procedures in the revised draft Implementation Coordination working [...]
2008-10-31 12:32:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NATO
08USNATO416READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 5,
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) continued last week,s message of guarded optimism about the voter registration process and recent improvement in the Pakistan-Afghanistan political dialogue. He supports an &instructed8 NAC Away Day focused on [...]
2008-11-07 13:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
08USNATO429READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: SHAPE Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Major General Wright reported an increase in security events, continued ISAF operations to support voter registration, and noted indications opposing militant forces (OMF) intend to continue a hi [...]
2008-11-13 16:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
08USNATO43PM BERISHA DISCUSSES ALBANIA'S NATO ACCESSION
[...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha discussed Albania's prospects for being invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit with the NAC on January 30, concluding Albania's ninth MAP cycle. The participation of opposition figures in his delegation, a recent unanimous parliamentary motion of support for NAT [...]
2008-02-06 13:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR PGOV AL
08USNATO433NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Steering Committee of the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met at NATO Headquarters on October 29. The meeting was co-chaired by Ms. Laura Gross of the U.S. (OSD(GSA)) and Mr. Knut Jahr of MoD Norway. Major items discussed during the meeting included the drafting [...]
2008-11-17 13:37:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO434UKRAINIAN FM TO NATO - GIVE US MAP OR RUSSIA WINS
[...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian FM Ogryzko briefed the NATO-Ukraine Commission on November 19. He called on Allies to provide the Membership Action Plan (MAP) to his country in order to strengthen the forces of democracy in Ukraine, and dissuade Russia from further destabilizing actions. Some Allied [...]
2008-11-20 18:46:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF RU UP
08USNATO436READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Claudio Bisogniero chaired the NAC and announced that the Secretary General will soon issue a &roadmap8 to the April 2009 Summit for Afghanistan, outlining ways for the Council to have strategic discussions [...]
2008-11-21 13:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
08USNATO442NOVEMBER 21 HLTF: ALLIES AGREE TO CFE LANGUAGE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the November 21 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, Allies agreed on CFE language for the upcoming NATO Ministerial communique and how to deploy agreed language at subsequent key dates in December. The text (agreed via silence procedure on November 24) is closely based [...]
2008-11-26 18:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO456NATO POST-MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUE READOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 10:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR ECON PGOV UN XG XA AF GG UP
08USNATO468ALLIES VOICE CONCERNS OVER LEGAL STATUS OF NTM-I
[...] (C) Summary: During the December 17, 2008 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, Allies expressed serious concern about the possibility of a lapse in the authorization and legal protections for the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). They also expressed concerns that the draft law approved b [...]
2008-12-17 18:03:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
08USNATO469THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-UKRAINE
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Robert McRae Croatia: [...]
2008-12-17 18:41:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO PARM KCFE MARR GG UP RS
08USNATO470THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-GEORGIA
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried EUR PDAS Ries NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Rober [...]
2008-12-17 19:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PARM PINR PREL GG RS
08USNATO471THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Kurt Volker EUR A/S Dan Fried EUR PDAS Ries Damon Wilson, NSC NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: FM Ivailo Kalfin Canada: AMB Robert McRae Croatia: FM Gordan [...]
2008-12-17 19:46:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO PGOV MOPS KV AF
08USNATO472READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) obtained North Atlantic Council (NAC) agreement to task NATO Military Authorities to provide rapid military advice on elections support prior to the next Council discussion on January 7. He asked for cooperati [...]
2008-12-18 16:14:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
08USNATO48NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 6, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) is meeting this week in Japan at the Political Director level. Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC) General Henault reported on additional Afghan National Police in Musa Qala, in [...]
2008-02-07 18:10:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO55NATO: JANUARY 31TH HLTF MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies used the January 31 HLTF to reaffirm and refine their strategy for a unified NATO response to Russia,s decision to suspend implementation of CFE. Allies see themselves united behind a substantive approach (the parallel actions plan) and accompanying diplomatic game [...]
2008-02-12 16:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USNATO58NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) The Steering Committee for the NATO Senior Defense Committee on Proliferation (DGP) met at NATO HQ on January 16, 2008 and was jointly chaired by Ms Laura Gross (OSD/GSA) and Mr. Pawel Durys (MoD Poland). 2. (C) The Steering Committee received a briefing by the U.S. on plans for prov [...]
2008-02-14 12:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO62NATO: THE DAY AFTER KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) met in a special February 18th session to discuss the situation in Kosovo following the February 17th Declaration of Independence by the Kosovo Assembly in Pristina. General Craddock, SACEUR, and Admiral Fitzgerald, Commander JFC Naples, briefed [...]
2008-02-18 16:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL KV
08USNATO78DAS KRAMER GIVES NATO ALLIES READOUT ON US-RUSSIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer briefed NATO Allies in Brussels on Assistant Secretary Fried's February 19 meeting with Russian Deputy SIPDIS Foreign Minister and Disarmament Director Antonov regarding the CFE Parallel Actions Package. Kramer reported th [...]
2008-02-27 12:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USNATO82NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 27, 2008
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE briefed on ISAF flood relief, and Ambassador Nuland urged quick work and additional resources to make flood relief a good news story at Bucharest. SHAPE described excellent cooperation between ISAF and ANSF resulting in a counter-IED s [...]
2008-02-28 14:43:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO88NATO: FEBRUARY 28TH HLTF AND NRC (ACE) MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the February 28 HLTF, Allies agreed on key themes for the NATO-Russia Council Arms Control Experts (NRC (ACE)) meeting that followed the HLTF, and more generally for engaging Russia in the run-up to Bucharest. All who spoke stressed the need for a continued unified message; re [...]
2008-03-07 15:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USNATO91NRC: RUSSIA CHIDED KFOR AND ISAF WHILE OFFERING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador Dmitriy Rogozin accused KFOR of overstepping its bounds in Kosovo and called for impartiality and strict adherence to KFOR's UNSCR 1244 mandate in the February 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC). Ambassador Nuland, other Allies, and NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Ho [...]
2008-03-10 16:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR PTER RU
08USNATO96NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 12, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Afghanistan, and urged Allies to support him fully. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) LTG Eik [...]
2008-03-13 12:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USOSCE104OPEN SKIES TREATY: APRIL 14 PLENARY - U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 14, the U.S. began its Chairmanship of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) calling upon States to complete work on the digital video sensor decision. The U.S. also kicked off discussion on potential commemoration activities for the 500th observation flight e [...]
2008-04-18 06:20:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE
08USOSCE110CFE/JCG: APRIL 22 PLENARY - VIGOROUS DEBATE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 17:02:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE120FSC APRIL 30: FSC DEFERS TO UNOMIG TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of the Finnish Chairman-in-Office under the OSCE's "Bucharest mechanism," the Forum for Security Cooperation held initial discussions of the August 20 UAV incident in Abkhazia. The EU and several of its members deferred to UNOMIG--as it had the "main responsibili [...]
2008-05-02 16:02:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MOPS OSCE KCFE GG RS XG
08USOSCE129CFE: MAY 13 JCG PLENARY: GERMAN PRESENTATION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the continuing "focused dialogue," at the May 13 JCG (Joint Consultative Group) Germany presented an update to its October 30, 2007 presentation on the topic of "CFE Limitations in Transition: Security Concerns and Current Force Level Trends." Using available CFE, [...]
2008-05-14 16:50:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USOSCE135CFE: MAY 20 JCG PLENARY: RUSSIA WANTS GUARANTEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 20 JCG Plenary, Russia dissected the 28 March NAC Statement on CFE in a futile attempt to draw Allies into interpreting and discussing the details of the text. Russia complained that the NAC statement had few specifics on ratification of A/CFE, accession, the defi [...]
2008-05-21 16:25:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USOSCE142CFE: MAY 27 JCG PLENARY: ALLIES CONFIRM NAC
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 27 JCG Plenary, Russia asked JCG delegations from NATO to confirm the Alliance's current position on the 8 December 1998 NAC Statement on CFE, as well as the NATO-Russia Founding Act. Germany, the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic told Russia [...]
2008-05-28 17:12:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USOSCE145DAYTON ARTICLE IV - CONTACT GROUP BRAINSTORMS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15, the Contact Group (CG),absent Italy and UK, met in Vienna with the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV at his request to informally exchange views on the future of the Dayton Article IV regime. Most agreed with Periotto's assessment and there we [...]
2008-05-30 15:08:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE KCFE BK HR MW SR
08USOSCE160CFE/JCG: JUNE 10, 2008 PLENARY AND RELATED MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 10 JCG Plenary under Kazakh Chairmanship, Belgium briefly described its ratification procedures noting the process would take 6-12 months. Then Azerbaijan and Armenia exchanged a series of interventions in which Armenia did not answer direct questions posed by [...]
2008-06-12 16:15:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE163CFE/JCG: JUNE 17, 2008 PLENARY - RUSSIA AWAITS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 17 JCG Plenary under Kazakh Chairmanship, Turkey (Begec),supported by the U.S., Germany, the UK and Netherlands, raised the issue of Russia's latest inspection refusal. Russia (Solomenko) underscored there was no need to offer any explanations as they are well [...]
2008-06-18 14:20:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE166FSC JUNE 25: LITTLE CONTROVERSY IN PRIVATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Austrian Brigadier Feichtinger described the increasing importance of private military/security companies as a "worrisome development" that challenges the democratic control of the armed forces and the state's monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. The U.S., in response, [...]
2008-06-26 16:16:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE KCFE MCAP MOPS XG
08USOSCE176FSC JULY 9: U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY PRESENTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 9 Forum for Security Cooperation, Russia (Ulyanov) read a Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) statement that sharply criticized the recent U.S.-Czech Missile Defense (MD) agreement. The U.S. did not respond. In Security dialogue, U.S. Assistant Secretary [...]
2008-07-15 11:29:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL XG
08USOSCE178OPEN SKIES: LIFT OFF! 500 FLIGHT COMMEMORATION
[...] (U) Summary. On July 14, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held a special plenary session to commemorate the conduct of 500 observation flights since the Treaty entered into force in January 2002. The U.S. initiative received strong support from all delegations, and the 500 ballo [...]
2008-07-16 06:19:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE
08USOSCE179OPEN SKIES: LIFT OFF! 500 FLIGHT COMMEMORATION
[...] (U) Summary. On July 14, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held a special plenary session to commemorate the conduct of 500 observation flights since the Treaty entered into force in January 2002. The U.S. initiative received strong support from all delegations, and the 500 ballo [...]
2008-07-16 06:19:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE
08USOSCE194OSCE/FSC: 23 JULY PLENARY: NAVAL CSBMS--ALLIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The final meeting of the OSCE,s Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) of the winter/spring session included a presentation by Ireland on the Convention on Cluster Munitions (Dublin agreement). Russia Also led a discussion under Security Dialogue on its Naval CSBM proposal. Bri [...]
2008-07-24 16:22:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USOSCE195CFE/JCG - END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: RUSSIAN VIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the course of the JCG's January-July session with 20 weekly meetings, Allies led by the U.S. repeatedly criticized Russia's instances of noncompliance, underscored the importance of Russia negotiating seriously on the basis of the parallel actions package, called on Russia [...]
2008-07-24 19:35:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE196OSCE DISCUSSES ROMA/SINTI INTEGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 10-11, the OSCE and civil society representatives discussed Roma and Sinti Integration, highlighting the need for increased Roma/Sinti participation, taking an integrated approach to addressing the root causes of discrimination, and more comprehensive data c [...]
2008-07-29 14:08:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM IT CZ BU RO OSCE
08USOSCE200OPEN SKIES: JANUARY/JULY 2008--TRANSPARENCY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During its winter-spring session and under U.S. chairmanship, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) commemorated the 500th observation flight since the Open Skies Treaty entered into force. This "good news" event garnered widespread press coverage which emphasized an ar [...]
2008-08-04 15:03:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL RS
08USOSCE204DAYTON ARTICLE IV ON EX-YUGOSLAVIA ARMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Review Conference for Dayton Article IV implementation was held in Vienna on 3-4 July 2008. The conference went very smoothly -- there were no contentious issues between Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. Indeed, the main area of discussion centered on ways th [...]
2008-08-07 13:35:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALBK KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS SR
08USOSCE217CFE/JCG SEPTEMBER 16: RUSSIAN INSPECTION REFUSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and the U.S. at the September 16 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) announced that Russia had refused their requests for CFE inspections. Germany, Greece, France, Romania, Italy, the UK, and the Netherlands regretted the Russian refusals, including an earlier refusal of Rom [...]
2008-09-18 14:31:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USOSCE225CFE/JCG: 23 SEPTEMBER MEETING IS AN ALL-ALLIED
[...] (C) Summary. Interventions by Bulgaria, Spain and Italy calling out Russia for refusing inspections were the highlight the brief JCG held on September 23. Germany, Turkey, the UK, Romania, Portugal, U.S., Czech Republic and France intervened in support. Russia did not comment. The JCG too [...]
2008-09-24 16:23:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE235CFE: ANTONOV FAILS TO DIVIDE ALLIES AT VIENNA LUNCH
[...] (C) Summary. The Russian chief arms control delegate, Mikhail Ulyanov, hosted a lunch on October 2 in honor of the head of the Russian MFA arms control and disarmament division, Anatoliy Antonov. The lunch was billed as an effort to put forward Russian views on the current state of arms cont [...]
2008-10-06 11:56:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USOSCE240CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 7 PLENARY MORE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the October 7 JCG Plenary, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic, supported by Romania, France, the United States, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, and Germany, protested Russia,s latest refusals to allow inspections and called on Russia to resume implementation [...]
2008-10-09 06:27:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE245OPEN SKIES: 2009 QUOTA DISTRIBUTION/DECONFLICTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9-10 USDEL participated in the 2009 active quota distribution meeting and led the deconfliction discussion for observation flights over Belarus/Russian Federation and Ukraine. The U. S. asked for and received 14 active quotas over Belarus/Russian Federation and 1 a [...]
2008-10-14 14:15:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE
08USOSCE253CFE/JCG: 21 OCTOBER PLENARY - ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) At the JCG Plenary on 21 October, the Czech Republic called on Russia to fulfill its Istanbul Commitments and voiced support for Georgia and Moldova on the same issue. Russia continued to accuse Allies of a "double standard" in criticizing Russia but not other States Parties on the ful [...]
2008-10-21 14:49:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE259OPEN SKIES 27 OCTOBER: U.S. GETS 15TH MISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the 27 October Plenary, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted a decision to increase the U.S. number of active missions over Russia from 14 to a record number of 15 for 2008. The OSCC also adopted the Decision on the Distribution of Active Quotas for Obser [...]
2008-10-28 15:23:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE263CFE/JCG: GEORGIA/RUSSIA SPAR OVER ISTANBUL, ALLIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 28 JCG, Georgia delivered a long statement detailing para by para Russia's failure to fulfill many of its Istanbul commitments. Russia denied the accusations, accused Georgia of the same, and declared Gudauta was no longer an issue since it now belongs to Abkh [...]
2008-10-30 15:00:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USOSCE270OSCE/FSC NOVEMBER 5: PLENARY DISCUSSES UNPOA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 5 FSC Plenary the Republic of Macedonia criticized Greece for a 28 October military parade in Thessaloniki and said it had evidence that slogans against the Republic of Macedonia were chanted by Greek armed forces. Decision No. 11/08 introducing best prac [...]
2008-11-07 16:23:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USOSCE271DAYTON ART. IV: 41ST SRCC A COOPERATIVE SUCCESS
[...] (U) Summary: The 41st Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC) met October 14-15 in Montenegro and included the signing of key amendments to the agreement that formally integrated Montenegro into the treaty as an independent state party. Four decisions were taken, which i [...]
2008-11-11 14:17:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE OSCE ZL
08USOSCE274FSC NOVEMBER 12: RUSSIA WANTS TO KEEP UNSCR 1540
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation on November 12 adopted decisions for an information exchange on end-user certificates, endorsement of a guide to disposition of melange (rocket fuel oxidizer),and the forwarding of a draft Ministerial Council decision on small arms, light wea [...]
2008-11-13 15:04:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE PINR RS XG
08USOSCE278CFE/JCG: RUSSIA AGAIN ASSERTS IT HAS A LEGAL BASIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the November 18 JCG, Italy, Poland, and the United States called out Russia for refusing their recent requests for CFE inspections. There was broad support for the Italian, Polish, and U.S. statements as several delegations voiced concern that Russia's continued noncompli [...]
2008-11-18 17:18:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE293FSC DECEMBER 10: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jorge Urbina, chair of the UNSCR 1540 Committee, told the FSC its members were in the vanguard of states implementing the resolution, which calls on all states to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems to non-state actors. Urbina said the Best P [...]
2008-12-11 15:01:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS CY XG
08USOSCE305OPEN SKIES TREATY: SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, END OF
[...] WEU quota carrot requires review 13. (SBU) New "old" business: In 1995, the former ten Western European Union states made a joint statement regarding potential use of their passive quotas after all the allocated quotas have been fulfilled. Six other States also joined this political stat [...]
2008-12-16 14:42:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE
08USOSCE315CFE/JCG: FALL END-OF-ROUND: GEORGIA CRISIS;
[...] (C) Summary: The autumn session of the Joint Consultative Group was dominated by fallout from Russia,s invasion of Georgia and Russia,s continued non-compliance with its CFE Treaty obligations (i.e., refusal of inspections and failure to provide information exchange data). Russia continue [...]
2008-12-18 11:23:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USOSCE60OSCE 2008 ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) on March 4-5 was not contentious, delegations restricting themselves to broad recommendations that were intended for further concrete development in the Forum for Security Cooperation. Russia did not spend much time bera [...]
2008-03-07 13:09:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USOSCE62OSCE 2008 HEADS OF VERIFICATION MEETING: GERMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 3 meeting of Heads of Verification (HOV),discussion of implementation matters extended into the policy arena, as had been anticipated after the 2007 HOV meeting, when the German verification head called for Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) inspection coordination in Vie [...]
2008-03-07 13:27:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USOSCE63CORRECTED COPY - OSCE 2008 HEADS OF VERIFICATION
[...] (SBU) (This corrected version of reftel contains revised numerical values in para 9.) Summary: At the March 3 meeting of Heads of Verification (HOV),discussion of implementation matters extended into the policy arena, as had been anticipated after the 2007 HOV meeting, when the German verifi [...]
2008-03-10 14:30:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USUNNEWYORK1000UNSC: UNSCR 1559 CONSULTATIONS - UN ENVOY CITES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council October 30 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559 with the election of Lebanese President Sleiman, the adoption of a Lebanese electoral law, and the Lebanese-Syrian agreement to establish di [...]
2008-10-31 23:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
08USUNNEWYORK1017SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON - TRANSITION FROM
[...] (U) Action request in paragraph eight. 2. (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General/Legal Counsel Patricia O'Brien and International Independent Investigation Commissioner Daniel Bellemare have agreed that Bellemare should seek a two-month extension (beyond its December 31, 2008 mandate expi [...]
2008-11-04 23:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER EAID UNSC LE
08USUNNEWYORK1079UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE CHOSES MEMBERS OF
[...] Summary: On November 7, the UN General Assembly Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) held its elections for officers of subsidiary organs, the Committee on Contributions (CoC),the Investments Committee (ISSC),the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),the Staff Pension Co [...]
2008-11-17 23:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KUNR
08USUNNEWYORK1091UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Summary: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on Nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 12. The Chairs described their respective committee's accomplishments [...]
2008-11-19 14:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL
08USUNNEWYORK1094UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part one of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 27-28. Part one's topics included: Chapters 1-3, "Introductory Chapters;" Chapter 4, "Shared Natural Resources;" Chapter 5, "Effects of armed [...]
2008-11-19 22:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1098COUNTER TERRORISM - UN DISBANDS WORKING GROUP ON
[...] Summary. At a November 20 meeting, convened to discuss a proposal to establish a pilot information and Referral Center on Policies to Counter the Appeal of Terrorism at the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) in Turin, Italy, UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Or [...]
2008-11-20 22:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNGA AA
08USUNNEWYORK1105ZIMBABWE AT THE UN: POWER SHARING STALLED, COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN A/SYG Menkerios told the Security Council on November 20 Zimbabwe's power sharing negotiations were stalled. He warned of dire humanitarian and economic crises, and said the control of the police was the most pressing issue. South Africa, Russia, China, and Viet Nam suppor [...]
2008-11-21 23:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZU
08USUNNEWYORK1106SOMALIA: COUNCIL FRUSTRATED AT LACK OF PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A downbeat briefing on political developments combined with continued lack of progress toward a Multinational force (MNF) or peacekeeping operation (PKO) led to frustrated reactions from Council members in a November 20 meeting on Somalia. Several members noted that the prospect [...]
2008-11-22 00:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ET
08USUNNEWYORK1115UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part two of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 29-30. The discussion in part two included Chapter 6, "Reservations to Treaties;" Chapter 7 "Responsibility of International Organizations;" [...]
2008-11-26 16:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1117UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part three of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 31- November 5. Part three's discussion consisted of Chapter 9, "Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters;" Chapter 10, "Immunity of [...]
2008-11-26 17:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1118UNGA DISCUSSES UNSC REPORT; CALLS FOR MORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The General Assembly met November 18-20 to discuss Security Council expansion (Septel),as well as the annual Report on the Security Council. Unlike in the past, a large number of member states devoted significant time to discussing the Report. President of the Gen [...]
2008-11-26 19:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNSC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1137ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC
[...] SUMMARY: In his December 3 briefing to the Security Council (SC),International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo provided a detailed chronology of the three investigations conducted pursuant to UNSCR 1593, which referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC. Ocampo's remarks focu [...]
2008-12-04 23:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA
08USUNNEWYORK1142UNSC: COUNCIL MEETS AT LIBYAN REQUEST TO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) The Security Council met December 3 at Libya's request to discuss the Israeli Navy's action to deny entry of a Libyan vessel carrying humanitarian assistance to the port of Gaza. The Council invited both Israeli and Palestinian representatives to participate in the meeting. The Libyan [...]
2008-12-05 21:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG
08USUNNEWYORK1146SOMALIA: PKO POSSIBLE; MORE WORK NEEDED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In response to reftel A instructions, USUN consulted with the UK and other interested delegations on December 4 and 5 on the possibility of quickly rehatting the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as a UN pea [...]
2008-12-06 00:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK1149UNSC: UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS BRIEFS THE
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Under Secretary-General/Legal Counsel Patricia O'Brien, briefed the Security Council December 4 on the progress made toward establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and the transition between the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) and [...]
2008-12-08 20:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER LE SY UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK1163UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY FOR CENTRAL ASIA SRSG
[...] (SBU) Head of the Ashgabat-based UN Regional Center for Preventative Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Ambassador Miroslav Jenca delivered a well-received statement on December 10 to the Security Council on UNRCCA activities and outlined plans for the future. In response to questions from [...]
2008-12-11 23:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKRAD PREL ENRG SENV ZK AF
08USUNNEWYORK1165USUN: COUNCIL RESPONSE TO SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, USUN circulated our draft resolution on Somalia piracy to the P3 on the evening of December 9 and to the broader Council on December 10. Initial expert-level consultations wer [...]
2008-12-12 00:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW
08USUNNEWYORK1174IRAN/SANCTIONS: MUTED COUNCIL SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 11, the Chair of the 1737 (Iran) Sanctions Committee updated the Council on the Committee's activities during the last ninety days, highlighting a briefing by the United States on the transfer of goods and technology to Iran and a briefing by Norway on a planned nucl [...]
2008-12-16 17:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1190UNSC: OUTGOING PERM REPS ANALYZE AND DISSECT BODIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, outgoing Security Council Perm Reps from Italy, South Africa, Indonesia, Belgium and Panama provided the Council with analysis, personal reflections and "lessons learned" about their Chairmanships of UN Security Council Subsidiary Bodies. The Belgian Perm Rep la [...]
2008-12-19 19:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1193UNSC: COUNCIL EXTENDS IIIC MANDATE FOR TWO-MONTHS:
[...] (C) Summary: On December 17, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1852, extending the mandate of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) until the end of February 2009 to maintain the momentum of the investigation and allow its smooth transfer to the Hague [...]
2008-12-19 22:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK1196UNSC CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS ON LIBERIA/DRC SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council (UNSC) on 17 December heard briefings from the chairs of the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee and the UNSC Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee detailing recent reports from the UN expert bodies tasked with monitoring implementation of th [...]
2008-12-22 11:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1200UNGA: UNSC REFORM: LOW-KEY PLENARY DEBATE GIVEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly met November 18-20 to discuss Security Council expansion, as well as the annual Report on the Security Council (reported ref A). Given the November 11 and 17 meetings of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) (ref B),the plenary debate on Council expansion wa [...]
2008-12-23 19:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK1202SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS DFI PROTECTIONS FOR IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 22 the Security Council unanimously passed resolution 1859, providing for a one-year extension of protections for Iraqi assets, including the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and a Security Council review of all resolutions pertaining to Iraq since the adoption of re [...]
2008-12-23 21:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK1205UNSC DISCUSSES DEC SYG REPORT ON UNAMID
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 19, U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra briefed the Security Council on the SYG's December 12 report on Sudan. The Sudanese Permanent Representative also spoke. In the consultations that followed, Council members discussed the security and humanitarian situation in Darfu [...]
2008-12-24 17:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
08USUNNEWYORK123CDG MINUS COUNTRIES UNITED IN CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: The Coordinating and Drafting Group Minus Russia (CDG-1) on February 8 discussed the run-up to a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI) and its aftermath. There was agreement that there should be no pretext provided for Russian efforts to de-legitimize Kosovo's independence. The [...]
2008-02-11 16:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC YI
08USUNNEWYORK137EU MEMBERS OF CDG-1 CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary. Several EU states shared with USUN on February 13 concern that the EU may have difficulties producing a "common platform" enabling member states to bilaterally recognize Kosovo's sovereignty following Kosovo's declaration of independence (DI). All appreciate that delay between DI [...]
2008-02-14 12:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC KOSOVO
08USUNNEWYORK140UNSC CALLS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Radhika Coomaraswamy on February 12 urged the Council to implement targeted measures against persistent violators against children. She also called for the Council to add rape/sexual violence as a trigger to list a country in the ann [...]
2008-02-14 14:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC BM FR
08USUNNEWYORK155FM JEREMIC ARGUES BEFORE 76 UN MEMBER STATES THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council met in a private session on February 14 at the request of Russia and Serbia to discuss Kosovo. Sixty-one non-Council members attended as observers. Serbian FM Jeremic, after failing in a last-minute attempt to convince the U.S. to agree to televise the sess [...]
2008-02-16 00:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK
08USUNNEWYORK162PRESIDENT TADIC PROTESTS "HISTORIC INJUSTICE" OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a public meeting of the Security Council on February 18, SYG Ban said the situation on the ground in Kosovo remained calm following of the February 17 declaration of independence. Ban said he would continue to view UNSCR 1244 as the basis for UNMIK's operations, but may be re [...]
2008-02-20 22:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK175UNSC CONDEMNS ERITREA, UNCERTAIN ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 21 A/SYG Mulet told the Security Council that UNMEE was well along in its staging of personnel near Asmara for departure and urged Council members to consider next steps for the mission. Mulet implied that restructuring would be unwarranted because UNMEE had become [...]
2008-02-25 21:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK182U.N. U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] SUMMARY. On February 25 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Kenya and cautioned that the current situation is evolving into a protracted humanitarian crisis. Holmes stressed the need to address the root causes of [...]
2008-02-27 21:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC KE
08USUNNEWYORK199CANADIAN PERMREP URGES MORE UN INVOLVEMENT ON
[...] (C) The Canadian Mission to the UN hosted a select meeting of PermReps from key coalition countries active in Afghanistan on March 3 to consider how to improve the effectiveness of the UN role in Afghanistan and to ensure UN leadership in New York dedicates more attention and resources to its [...]
2008-03-04 22:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK217GUEHENNO REPORTS HE WAS TOUGH WITH JEREMIC ON
[...] (C) Summary: On March 6 USUN joined several EU missions in telling U/SYG Guehenno that the UN must take a firm stance in Kosovo in the face of Serb provocations. Guehenno said customs points in northern Kosovo will be re-opened soon and staffed for the time being by international civil servant [...]
2008-03-07 22:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK222LEBANON: COUNCIL DIVISIONS HARDEN ON UNSCR 1701
[...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on March 10, senior UN Secretariat officials reported that the continuing Lebanese political crisis had blocked meaningful progress on UNSCR 1701 implementation. They praised continued UNIFIL-LAF cooperation; noted the significant increase in I [...]
2008-03-11 15:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
08USUNNEWYORK234THIS JUST IN: SERBIA OPPOSES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 11 Security Council public meeting, Serbian FM Jeremic criticized Kosovo's declaration of independence (DI) as an assault on the international system, asking countries who had recognized Kosovo to reconsider and encouraging those who had not to hold off. He condemned [...]
2008-03-14 18:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNMIK YI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK238SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES AFGHANISTAN; UNAMA
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On March 12, the Security Council held an open debate on Afghanistan, with newly appointed Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) Kai Eide in attendance. All 32 countries that spoke during the debate (including thel 15 members of the Security Council [...]
2008-03-14 23:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK242UNSC QUALIFIED ANGER AT ERITREA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 13 U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council that UNMEE has completed the relocation of personnel and equipment from the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) to Asmara. Guehenno listed several incidents that he described as Eritrean attempts to "humiliate" UNMEE during the ev [...]
2008-03-17 19:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK243UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN and the Canadian Permanent Mission co-chaired the first working-level meeting of the "Friends of UNAMID" on March 13. Discussion focused on how members of the group can work in partnership with the UN to help identify and remove impediments to UNAMID deployment. On the marg [...]
2008-03-18 15:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK258UNSC REFORM: GERMAN-LED GROUP TABLES PROPOSAL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 18 meeting of the German-led Over-Arching Process on UNSC reform, Cyprus presented a proposal on behalf of a small drafting group that it hoped could serve as a basis for the inter-governmental negotiations on Council expansion set to take place in 2008. The prop [...]
2008-03-20 23:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK268GAMBARI ADMITS NO PROGRESS IN BURMA BUT CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In both the Group of Friends meeting and during his briefing to the Security Council on March 18, UN Special Adviser Gambari admitted that his recent visit to Burma did not result in "an immediate, tangible outcome" but reported that the Burmese regime, Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK),[...]
2008-03-25 14:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK279UNSC DIVIDED AND CONFUSED ON SOMALIA
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20 SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah and A/SYG Edmond Mulet briefed the Security Council on the recently published UN reports on Somalia, the Integrated UN Task Force Strategic Assessment and the Department of Peace [...]
2008-03-28 00:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK280RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...]
2008-03-28 15:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK285LEBANON TRIBUNAL: BROAD SUPPORT IN COUNCIL BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel delivered a largely technical briefing to the Security Council on March 28 about the SYG's efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) per UNSCR 1757. Recalling all the steps that have been taken since the SYG's last report in Septem [...]
2008-03-28 23:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK296UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS
[...] The Security Council adopted resolution 1807 on March 31 by a vote of 15-0. Resolution 1807 terminates all restrictions on the ability of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to import arms and expands the criteria for individual sanctions to those targeting women in conflic [...]
2008-04-02 22:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK300CONDEMNING SUICIDE BOMBING
[...] Condemns, strongly and unequivocally, terrorist attacks by suicide bombers committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes; 2. Calls upon states to act in accordance with their international obligations to deny safe haven and to bring to justice any person who supports, facilita [...]
2008-04-03 23:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK301UPDATE ON UN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ; UN REQUESTS U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: USUN and UKUN met April 3 with the UN,s Iraq team to discuss substantive and logistical issues involving the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI). The UN pressed for USG approval to assign a U.S. military advisor to the UNAMI team; the UN is actively looking to expand its pres [...]
2008-04-04 16:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IZ
08USUNNEWYORK31GUEHENNO ON DARFUR: UNAMID SO FAR IS REHATTED AMIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG Guehenno presented a previously scheduled briefing on Darfur to the Security Council on January 9 and used the occasion to strongly criticize Sudanese military forces for the ambush of a UNAMID convoy on January 7 that left one driver seriously injured and damaged several [...]
2008-01-12 00:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
08USUNNEWYORK310PGA KERIM REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS ON INTERMEDIARY
[...] (U) This is an action request for Department guidance before the April 10 OEWG session. Please see para 6. 2. (U) Summary. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on April 4 to discuss UNSC reform. Noting that he had received several p [...]
2008-04-07 14:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK32DEMARCHE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UN SENIOR
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel, USUN met with the UK, French, German, Canadian and Italian delegations to discuss the proposal that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appoint Lord Paddy Ashdown as the new Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Senior Envoy for Afghanistan. SIPDIS Up [...]
2008-01-12 00:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK342KHMER ROUGE TRIALS EXPERT BEGINS WORK
[...] USUN Legal Adviser met on April 9 with David Tolbert (US),newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General and Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT),his assistant Michael Pan (U.S.) and Giovanni Basra (Italy) an attorney assigned to the Tribunal in Cambodia. T [...]
2008-04-11 22:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CB KJUS PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK343UNSC REFORM: MOSTLY PROCESS AND LITTLE SUBSTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on April 10 to discuss the four proposals he received as a basis for inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform -- the Cypriot paper, Italian letter, African [...]
2008-04-11 22:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KUNR UNSC BR IN JA GR
08USUNNEWYORK361MBEKI WANTS PRESIDENT BUSH TO KNOW HE IS TRYING ON
[...] (C) On the margins of the April 16 High Level Meeting of the UN Security Council on Africa (reported septel),South African (SAG) President Thabo Mbeki pulled aside Ambassador Khalilzad and asked him to convey a message to President Bush. Mbeki said he was concerned the President might think [...]
2008-04-17 19:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SF ZI
08USUNNEWYORK371UNSC HOLDS FIRST POST-INDEPENDENCE KOSOVO MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Joachim Rucker told Ambassador SIPDIS Khalilzad on April 21 he hopes for deployment of EULEX and the International Civilian Office (ICO) by June. Rucker later told the full Security Council that UNMIK will continue to op [...]
2008-04-23 18:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
08USUNNEWYORK394MIDDLE EAST: USUN LEADS WALK-OUT AFTER LIBYA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UNSC held its monthly discussion on the Middle East on April 23. Following last month's rancorous debate (reftel),SC members agreed to a public briefing by the UN Secretariat, followed by closed consultations. DPA A/SYG Angela Kane briefed on recent attacks in Gaza and s [...]
2008-05-02 20:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL KWBG KPKO UNSC SY IS LE LY
08USUNNEWYORK404SECURITY COUNCIL INTEREST IN ZIMBABWE GROWING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed Security Council members on April 29 on the situation in Zimbabwe, describing a pre-election period marked by threats of violence from government officials, a relatively open and fair elections process, and a post-election surge in governm [...]
2008-05-05 21:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZM
08USUNNEWYORK407DPKO'S UNMIK PLAN: STATE RECONFIGURATION INTENT,
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, the EU Council, and NATO had an extensive exchange with UN U/SYG Guehenno and his team on May 1 about the future international community role in Kosovo. Guehenno said the UN wants to leave Kosovo as quickly [...]
2008-05-07 20:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK UNSC YI KV
08USUNNEWYORK414UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON WOMEN, PEACE AND
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 13 and 14 below. SUMMARY 2. (C) During the U.S. presidency of the Security Council in June 2008, USUN will focus attention on the role of women in conflict, with an emphasis on the escalating problem of sexual and gender-based violence [...]
2008-05-09 00:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR KWMN UNSC CG
08USUNNEWYORK419HELPING ZIMBABWE NO EASY TASK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN's soundings of the UN Secretariat and UKUN show a common frustration about how best to assist Zimbabwe. The UN's elections division is prepared to immediately deploy eminent persons to help calm fears and to deploy a full team of elections observers within weeks on Zimbabwe [...]
2008-05-12 16:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZM
08USUNNEWYORK421UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DELISTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council representatives to the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee met May 5 with representatives of Denmark, Liechtenstein, Sweden and Switzerland, at their request, to discuss the Committee's procedures for lifting sanctions against individuals (or, delisting pr [...]
2008-05-12 18:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK423UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COUNCIL CONSIDERS NON-COMPLIANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke briefed the Council on April 24 on issues related to non-compliance with the 1267 sanctions regime. The Committee's discussions of specific instances of possible non-compliance were incon [...]
2008-05-12 18:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK424UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: BRIEFINGS BY SRSG CHOI AND
[...] (C) Summary: SRSG for Cote d'Ivoire Choi briefed the Security Council on April 28 on political developments in Cote d'Ivoire since January, noting that the Ivorian parties and the international community were making a serious commitment to facilitate upcoming elections on November 30, which ha [...]
2008-05-12 18:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK45UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
[...] (U) On December 14, 2007, the Advisory Board of the United Nations Democracy Fund held its sixth meeting. The Advisory Board heard a briefing on the response to and modalities for the second round, discussed the proposed evaluation strategy, the preliminary calendar for 2007-2008, the administ [...]
2008-01-17 20:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL
08USUNNEWYORK477U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council May 27 on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In addition to members of the Security Council, 21 other member states participated in the public discussion. Most voiced sup [...]
2008-05-29 23:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL SOCI UNSC XA UN PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK478MIDDLE EAST: UNSC MEMBERS WELCOME REGIONAL PEACE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on May 28. UNSCO Robert Serry briefed in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed the issue in closed consultations. Serry welcomed "fragile" progress on the Israeli-Syrian, Lebanese, and Israeli [...]
2008-05-29 23:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK48UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 17
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The UK Permanent Mission to the UN (UKUN) hosted a donors meeting on January 16 to solicit TCCs for the UNAMID shortfalls of helicopters and transportation assets. The Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to obstruct [...]
2008-01-17 21:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK490REASSESSING U.S. POSTURE AND TACTICS TOWARD THE CPC
[...] SUMMARY: With the start of the 48th session of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) scheduled for June 9, USUN believes the time is appropriate to reassess our current posture toward CPC with a view to determining what steps, if any, we can take to make CPC a more effective enti [...]
2008-06-03 20:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UUNR UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK499UNSC CONCERNED ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S DETENTION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: USUN convened emergency Security Council consultations on June 5 to discuss the illegal detention and harassment of U.S. and British diplomatic personnel in Zimbabwe. Security Council delegations agreed to elements of an oral press statement expressing concern about the incident [...]
2008-06-06 00:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC ZI KDEM
08USUNNEWYORK527UNSC AGREES TO ZEBARI REQUEST TO CONTINUE MNF-I
[...] (SBU) As mandated by UNSCR 1790, the Security Council discussed June 13 the mandate of MNF-I and arrangements regarding DFI and the IAMB, and agreed to their continuation for the remainder of the calendar year. Amb Khalilzad reported on behalf of MNF-I, highlighting the decrease in security [...]
2008-06-16 19:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ECON UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK545UNSC REFORM: MEMBER STATES SPLIT ON BEGINNING
[...] (SBU) Summary. President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on June 17 to discuss the report prepared by his four-person Task Force with suggestions on moving forward towards inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform. Major p [...]
2008-06-20 20:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JA GM AR SP KS
08USUNNEWYORK559SYG BAN AND UNSC MEMBERS DISCUSS SOMALIA, SUDAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary. As President of the UN Security Council for June, Amb Khalilzad hosted SYG Ban Ki-Moon for the monthly lunch with UNSC Ambassadors on June 23, for a discussion that focused mostly on Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, and Burma. Based on his conversations with African leaders, Ban said [...]
2008-06-24 23:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO KHUM SU BM AF
08USUNNEWYORK565UN HIGH LEVEL COORDINATOR ON IRAQ-KUWAIT ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Gennady Tarasov, the recently appointed UN High Level Coordinator (replacing deceased Russian diplomat Vorontsov) for the repatriation or return of Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of all Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq, met privately with the Security [...]
2008-06-25 22:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC KU IZ
08USUNNEWYORK567UNSC ICTR/ICTY WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES EXTENSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: The UN Security Council Working Group (WG) on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met June 25 to discuss draft elements of a UNSC resolution on residual issues and the extensions for sever [...]
2008-06-27 14:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK573SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: LIBYA TABLES DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on June 27. Lisa Buttenheim, Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs, briefed the Council in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed regional events i [...]
2008-06-28 00:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK577USUN/UKUN/UN TRILATERAL MEETING ON IRAQ
[...] (SBU) On June 26, UN Team Leader for Iraq Darko Mocibob met with USUN and UKUN for a regularly scheduled trilateral meeting on Iraq. Mocibob provided updates on UNAMI security, logistics and mandate issues. On the UN's long-term compound, Mocibob confirmed that Iraq had formally approved the [...]
2008-06-30 20:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREM UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK583UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...]
2008-07-01 19:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI UNSC KWMN
08USUNNEWYORK589UN/SOMALIA SANCTIONS: NEW SANCTIONS MONITORING
[...] (C) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: The newly reestablished Monitoring Group on Somalia briefed the Somalia Committee on how they plan to implement their mandate. Matt Bryden, coordinator of the group, spoke about recent trends, the ongoing peace process, and t [...]
2008-07-02 22:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM ETTC DTFN UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK590SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS TO CONSIDER BROADENING
[...] (SBU) Libya convened a second UNSC experts meeting on July 2 to discuss its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. (Note: During the first experts meeting on June 30, several delegations expressed support for the draft text, but others including USUN and UKUN said they had [...]
2008-07-02 23:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK593USUN INTRODUCES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN presented the draft resolution on Zimbabwe sanctions during Security Council consultations on July 3. The UK, France, Belgium, Italy, and Croatia voiced strong support for the draft resolution. Burkina Faso voiced support for the idea of a sanctions resolution but said they [...]
2008-07-03 21:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK598SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN PLANS TO INTRODUCE
[...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met with the Arab Group on July 7 about the draft resolution on Israeli settlements. He urged the group to delay putting the text in blue for 48 hours so that the Arabs could consider U.S. elements for a comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and UNSC e [...]
2008-07-08 15:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK602UNSC: D/SYG MIGIRO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 23:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK605SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN REQUESTS DEMARCHE TO PARIS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) The Arab Group decided on July 8 to put their revised draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements in blue, "so that it can be voted on soon," according to the press release they put out after their meeting. (Note: The text of the [...]
2008-07-09 01:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK614SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE
[...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...]
2008-07-10 02:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK616UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON 1701 REPORT: MEMBER STATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. During closed consultations on July 9, UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, DPKO Asia and Middle East division director, briefed the Council on the June 27 SYG report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. U/SYG Pasco [...]
2008-07-11 00:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
08USUNNEWYORK621UN: RUSSIA, CHINA VETO ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS
[...] (U) On July 11 Russia and China vetoed the adoption of the U.S.-authored draft Security Council resolution that would have imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Zimbabwe and subjected fourteen senior members of the Zimbabwean government most responsible for the campaign of violence against t [...]
2008-07-12 02:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ETTC UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK623SRSG EIDE AND U/SYG HOLMES BRIEF SC ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, the Security Council met to discuss Afghanistan, following the Secretary-General's special report on the outcome of the June 2008 Paris Conference. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitari [...]
2008-07-14 21:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK634UN SECRETARIAT ON DARFUR: VERY BAD, GETTING WORSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council on July 16 that the security situation in Darfur is dire. He described widespread and generalized violence, disregard of the Darfur Peace Agreement, 200,000 additional civilians displaced this year, fragmentation and proliferation of rebe [...]
2008-07-17 00:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU
08USUNNEWYORK64GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council held a public debate January 22 on the situation in Gaza. Public statements were delivered by UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe, all Security Council members, Israel, the Palestinians, neighboring states, the Arab League, OIC, and NAM. Amb Khalilad's intervention exp [...]
2008-01-23 00:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK646SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS LIKELY TO CONCEDE DEFEAT
[...] (C) Arab Group Ambassadors met on July 18 to discuss the revised comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that USUN shared with them on July 16 (ref B). (Note: This revised draft contained more language on settlements than USUN's original elements but retained strong langua [...]
2008-07-19 00:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK653UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Ambassador Khalilzad July 22 he had spoken to Judge Pillay, his candidate for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after Secretary Rice's phone call. Regarding Pillay's reported problematic statement claiming "an international right to abortion," B [...]
2008-07-22 22:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK664SOMALIA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR NEW TARGETED SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 24 meeting of the UN Sanctions Committee for Somalia, members voiced broad support for imposing new targeted sanctions against individuals and entities who undermine the peace process in Somalia. Visiting SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah told the committee such targeted measur [...]
2008-07-25 14:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK666GAMBARI BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA;
[...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari briefed the Security Council in advance of his mid-August trip to Burma. Gambari reviewed the same message and themes as during his July 23 meeting with the Friends of Burma (reftel). Among P5 members, the U.S., UK and France said Gambar [...]
2008-07-25 20:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK668SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKS TO GET ACTIVE ON SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on July 23, several Security Council members echoed the U.S.'s call for a more detailed briefing from DPKO on peacekeeping scenarios by August 15. Council members voiced concern over the size, mandate and composition of a potential force, and the options presen [...]
2008-07-25 22:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK671BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIA PR ON DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Indian PermRep Sen on July 24. They discussed possible initial members in the UN democracy caucus and shared concern regarding UN budget practices. India offered to do more on Afghanistan if needed, and pointedly asked when the U.S. would be as open [...]
2008-07-28 16:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF AA
08USUNNEWYORK693SUDAN "VERY HAPPY" WITH UNAMID EXTENSION; U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, the Security Council renewed the mandate for the UN/AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for an additional 12 months by a vote of 14-0 with the U.S. abstaining. Intense consultations preceded the 9:45 PM vote, ending when the UK rejected the possibility of a 5-da [...]
2008-08-01 22:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SU
08USUNNEWYORK697UN BRIEFS ON UNAMA'S STRUCTURE, EXPANSION, AND
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST AND SUMMARY: On 30 July, the UN briefed members of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) on the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA),specifically with regard to UNAMA's budget proposal, UNAMA's expansion, and aid coordination and effective [...]
2008-08-04 15:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK71LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DIFFERENCES AMONG PRINCIPAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) Under Secretary-General Michel convened major donors to the Special SIPDIS Tribunal for Lebanon (U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Lebanon) to discuss the steps that need to be taken in order to establish a Management Committee to ov [...]
2008-01-23 15:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK711ARE THE "FRIENDS OF UNAMID" TRUE FRIENDS?
[...] (C) This is an action request see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The July 24th meeting of the "Friends of UNAMID" (FoU) was a follow up to the July 2nd meeting of the FoU at which UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) of the Department of Field Support (DFS),Malcorra asked the FoU for sp [...]
2008-08-07 23:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AF SU
08USUNNEWYORK716UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM ASKS FOR USG HELP REIGNING
[...] (C) Summary: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim described to Ambassador Khalilzad August 7 a growing divide on UN Security Council reform between the G4 and the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) blocs, with the Brazilians threatening to join the Indians in tabling a resolution if inter-governme [...]
2008-08-08 20:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK721TOUGH DAY FOR RUSSIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 00:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RU GG UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK7241540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIANS INSIST ON ADDING NINTH
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Security Council's 1540 Committee remains divided over Russia's proposal to add a ninth member to its Group of Experts. Many members support Russia's initiative, the unstated goal of which is to guarantee that a new Russian expert (Antonin Litavrin) [...]
2008-08-12 23:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK737LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BRIEFS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UK Chair of the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon briefed Member States August 13 on progress relating to the STL. The Chair discussed the Management Committee, its functions, and composition, as well as developments concerning the building t [...]
2008-08-15 21:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK741SERBIA REQUESTS AN ICJ RULING ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Quint Missions in New York have made informal soundings among Member States to gauge interest in fighting Serbia's request for an advisory opinion (AO) from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. We have found little interest among [...]
2008-08-19 00:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA SR
08USUNNEWYORK745SUDAN: UNMIS SRSG DEFLECTS CRITICISM ON ABYEI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18 Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi briefed the Security Council on the situation in Sudan. He maintained that CPA implementation remained on track and that cooperation between the parties "shows signs of improvement" despite recent f [...]
2008-08-19 23:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU
08USUNNEWYORK75GAZA: UNSC DEFERS PRST DISCUSSION UNTIL THURSDAY
[...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met on January 23 to continue discussions on the draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza prepared by the Arab group in New York and tabled by Libya. Following a meeting of UNSC political coordinators the morning of January 23, in which USUN a [...]
2008-01-23 22:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK779UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS UNIFIL'S MANDATE
[...] (SBU) The UN Security Council unanimously approved resolution 1832 on August 27 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until August 31, 2009. (Note: The full text of the resolution is contained in reftel and can be found on the UN website. End note.) [...]
2008-08-27 22:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC LE SY IS
08USUNNEWYORK791SOMALIA: DPKO BRIEFING NARROWS OPTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Security Council consultations on Somalia on August 26, the U.S. push for accelerated planning for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) by rehatting AMISOM units was supported by Italy and African members but explici [...]
2008-09-02 22:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK794RE-ENERGIZING THE FRIENDS OF UNAMID
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recent meetings of the &Friends of UNAMID8 (FoU),co-chaired by the United States and Canada have focused on: 1) following up on UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) Susanna Malcorra's July 2 list of requests, especially for air [...]
2008-09-03 21:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL KPKO SU
08USUNNEWYORK796UNSC REFORM: OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP DEEPLY
[...] (U) The Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council reform met September 2 to discuss the draft report and decision that must be sent to the General Assembly for adoption before the end of the 62nd session (Sept. 12). The debate illustrated the continuing divide between the Group of [...]
2008-09-04 22:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK801RUSSIA REGROUPING ON ABKHAZ/OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) Summary: In closed consultations on August 28, the Security Council decided to hold a public meeting as requested by Georgia and decided not to invite South Ossetian and Abkhaz representatives to participate in it as requested by Russia. Several Council members said inviting the separatis [...]
2008-09-05 16:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK810QUINT CONFERS ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 23:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA ZL
08USUNNEWYORK813LIBERIA: UNMIL DRAWDOWN - GETTING THE PACE RIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on September 9, a majority of Security Council members favored the Secretary-General's recommendation for a modestly accelerated drawdown of the military component of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the additional deployment of two formed police units (FPUs [...]
2008-09-10 22:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC LI
08USUNNEWYORK827DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: UNSC WANTS GOOD OFFICES MISSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSC members backed the Secretary-General's proposal to renew his offer of a good offices mission in order to encourage a negotiated solution to the Djibouti-Eritrea border impasse. Many members joined the U.S. in criticizing Eritrean actions but all agreed on the need for dial [...]
2008-09-17 23:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS UNSC DJ ER
08USUNNEWYORK828UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 23:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK840UNSC REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONSENSUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The final, acrimonious negotiations September 15 over the end-of-session report and draft decision by the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council expansion were only resolved with a last minute negotiation on the floor of the General Assembly, prior to closing the [...]
2008-09-18 21:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK845GEORGIA: RUSSIAN PERMREP LINKS ARRIA VISAS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 18:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK85GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL DROPS PRST AFTER LIBYA
[...] (SBU) After four days of negotiation on a draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza, in which USUN was initially isolated 14-1 but eventually persuaded all other delegations except Libya to support the U.S. position, Security Council Ambassadors met on January 29 and decided [...]
2008-01-29 22:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK858ZIMBABWE AGREEMENT: DIVIDED UNSC REACTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 19 briefing to the Security Council, A/SYG Menkerios called the Zimbabwe power-sharing agreement a "delicate compromise." He hoped that an ongoing dispute about division of portfolios between the Mugabe and Tsvangirai camps would prove a short-lived "snag." He r [...]
2008-09-22 23:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK882UN GENERAL DEBATE: INDIA, GERMANY, ITALY AND
[...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 26 continued discussion of the energy, food, and financial crises; climate change; and UN reform. India focused on nuclear issues, support for Afghanistan, and its intent to resolve issues with Pakistan. Germany and Italy [...]
2008-09-30 16:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AORC UNGA BP MT IN HR TV MO BB
08USUNNEWYORK91UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE: AIRPORT PARKING FEES;
[...] Summary: Security incidents and removal of NYPD presence from a fixed security post at the Cuban Mission, exemptions from New York State gasoline taxes and the unwelcomed and sudden decision by the Port Authority of NY and NJ (PANYNJ) to charge parking fees to diplomatic vehicles at area ai [...]
2008-01-31 21:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN CU
08USUNNEWYORK913SUBJECT: BAN PROPOSES NEW ICT STRATEGY AND
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. Summary: SYG Ban has circulated several proposals on the Secretariat,s information and communications technology (ICT) activities and capabilities that if adopted in full would result in increased expenditures through 2012, under the [...]
2008-10-07 21:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL
08USUNNEWYORK921DRUGS AND ELECTION CONCERNS IN GUINEA-BISSAU FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 23:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL BR SG XY UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK923UN/SOMALIA SANCTIONS: COUNCIL BRIEFED ON
[...] SUMMARY: On October 9, the Chair of the Somalia Sanctions Committee updated the Council on the latest activities of the UN Monitoring Group charged with assessing implementation of the Somalia arms embargo. The Chair explained the Group's challenges identifying sources of financing for embargo [...]
2008-10-10 19:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSO UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK941SRSG KAI EIDE BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] (U) Summary: SRSG and head of the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) Kai Eide briefed the Security Council on October 14, leading off a nearly four-hour meeting on Afghanistan. Eide cautioned against "doom and gloom" statements and said there were promising trends in the conflict. [...]
2008-10-15 23:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK946UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: EXPERTS BRIEF COMMITTEE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts, a UN-contracted group charged with monitoring the implementation of the Darfur arms embargo and targeted sanctions imposed on Sudan, reported to the Sudan Sanctions Committee on October 10 numerous and serious violations of the sanctions regime. The p [...]
2008-10-17 16:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK949UNGA: DEBATE ON THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION
[...] On October 9 and 13 the General Assembly (GA) considered the Peacebuilding Commission's Report (A/63/92) and the Secretary-General's Report on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/63/218),which covered July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. 2. In his opening statement, GA President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto no [...]
2008-10-17 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPKO BY PU SL CT
08USUNNEWYORK95JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: RANCOROUS SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the UN Security Council's monthly public debate on the Middle East on January 30, past optimism about the Annapolis process was overshadowed by rancor resulting from the UNSC's inability to adopt a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza as well as acrimon [...]
2008-02-01 22:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK955IRAN LOSES RESOUNDINGLY IN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) Summary: Iran polled a mere 32 votes from the 192-member UN General Assembly in its failed bid for a Security Council seat over Japan. Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda were elected in first round balloting. End Summary. 2. (U) In one round of balloting October 17, the UN Ge [...]
2008-10-20 16:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA UNSC PREL AORC
08USUNNEWYORK961UNGA DELEGATES DISCUSS NEPAD AND MALARIA
[...] In plenary session on October 20, The UN General Assembly (UNGA) received the Secretary General's reports on progress toward fulfillment of UNGA Resolution 62/180: 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (A/63/206, A/63/212 and A/63/219). UNGA su [...]
2008-10-22 19:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON XA
08USUNNEWYORK972DJIBOUTI ASKS UNSC TO GIVE ERITREA AN ULTIMATUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told the Security Council on October 23 that continued inaction by the international community in the face of Eritrea's occupation of Djiboutian territory would leave his country with no option but to use force to protect its "natural integ [...]
2008-10-24 18:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ER DJ SO
08USUNNEWYORK97363RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. TABLES REVISIONS
[...] Underscores the contribution that compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and with other agreed obligations makes to enhancing confidence and to strengthening international security and stability; 2. Urges all States to implement and to comply fully w [...]
2008-10-27 19:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK993UN REPORTS MIXED FINANCIAL SITUATION
[...] On October 28, Under Secretary-General Angela Kane outlined the UN's financial situation the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary). UN financial indicators show a mixed picture for 2008. The United States owes USD 711 million towards the regular budget, U [...]
2008-10-31 19:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC
08VALLETTA303MALTA INVESTIGATES TRAFFICKING CLAIMS AMONG
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, DCM and PolOff met with a GOM interagency group on trafficking to discuss reports from representatives of NGOs based in Malta that four Nigerian women being trafficked to Italy had ended up in a Maltese detention centers after being rescued at sea. After an animated [...]
2008-07-21 13:19:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MT
08VATICAN17HOLY SEE: CONVERSATIONS ON INTERFAITH RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Holy See officials and scholars discussed interfaith relations with the visiting Deputy Assistant to VP Cheney, Joseph Wood, January 14-15. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Father Miguel Ayuso described the increasing Church engagement with the signers of "A Common Word", co [...]
2008-01-30 17:19:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIFR VT
08VATICAN18CHINA: CARDINAL ZEN ON HOLY SEE'S CHINA DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary: According to Cardinal Zen, the Holy See's lack of China expertise within its top ranks has resulted in an ineffective relation with the Government of China (GoC) that fails to take advantage of the window of opportunity afforded by Beijing's preoccupation with its international im [...]
2008-01-31 07:08:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
08VATICAN20HOLY SEE/VIETNAM: CHURCH LAND DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) During a January 31 meeting on another subject, Holy See deputy FM Parolin raised Vietnam land dispute (reftel) with charge d'affaires. Parolin expressed great interest in the situation and asked us to keep him informed of any news we might receive about it. He confirmed that the Holy Se [...]
2008-01-31 17:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM VT
08VATICAN26UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY SEE: ECCLESIAL (LAY) MOVEMENTS, PART
[...] (U) This is the second in a series intended to facilitate cooperation with Holy See and Catholic Church entities to promote U.S. goals through a greater understanding of the Holy See's institutions, agencies and structures (reftel A). In this cable, we provide an overview of ecclesial movemen [...]
2008-02-21 17:31:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
08VATICAN28LAY MOVEMENTS, PART II: SANT'EGIDIO, COMUNION AND LIBERATION, AND OPUS DEI
[...] (U) This is the third in a series intended to facilitate cooperation with Holy See and Catholic Church entities to promote U.S. goals through a greater understanding of the Holy See's institutions, agencies and structures (reftel B). In this cable, we continue our discussion of ecclesial movements [...]
2008-02-25 13:34:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
08VATICAN3MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: ITALIAN IMAM COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary: A meeting with Imam Yahya Pallavicini offered fresh perspectives on the nascent dialogue between 138 Muslim scholars and Christian leaders, including the Pope (reftels). The Pope, according to Pallavicini, was a key "target" of "A Common Word." The Holy See's recent response (ref [...]
2008-01-04 11:45:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PREL PHUM VT
08VATICAN55HOLY SEE ON TARIQ AZIZ
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See has expressed verbally and in writing its wishes that Tariq Aziz, who as Saddam Hussein's Deputy Prime Minister was the highest ranking Christian in the Iraqi government, be tried fairly. The Holy See opposes the death penalty in Iraq, and would appreciate Aziz be giv [...]
2008-07-23 14:30:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IZ VT
08VATICAN62THE POPE'S MEGAPHONE: A SURVEY OF HOLY SEE MEDIA
[...] (U) Media coverage of the Holy See is as global as the Catholic Church itself. The international dimension of the Holy See's own communication efforts, as well as that of the media covering it, provides Embassy Vatican with a unique platform to reach linguistically and geographically diverse [...]
2008-08-13 18:32:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO KIRF VT
08VATICAN63RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: HOLY SEE FOCUSED ON CIVILIANS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See is very concerned about the conflict in Georgia, and in particular about the needs of civilians affected by the fighting. The Pope has publicly addressed these concerns in recent statements. The Holy See has not been asked to mediate in the conflict. End summary [...]
2008-08-22 16:24:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF RU GG VT
08VIENNA122AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 25, 2008
[...] Right-wing opposition party BZOe leader Peter Westenthaler has called for an end to immigration to Austria. He made an exception, though, for needed skilled workers, who should be allowed into Austria as holders of "green-card"-type permits similar to those used in the USA and Canada. Westentha [...]
2008-01-25 12:57:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA175AUSTRIA ON IRAN SANCTIONS; OMV; INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (C) Summary. At a Feb. 4 lunch with USUNVIE Amb. Schulte and Embassy Vienna Charge Kilner, MFA PolDir Thomas Mayr-Harting and Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Bernhard Wrabetz detailed GoA objections to sanctions against Iran outside the UNSC framework. Austria's concerns rest on a commitm [...]
2008-02-05 14:08:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG IR EPET AU ETTC
08VIENNA1835AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTER OUTLINES IMMIGRATION POLICY
[...] (U) Summary: Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter outlined her views on immigration and integration in a December 4 speech in which she proposed that Austria develop a balanced policy avoiding the extremes of assimilation and multiculturalism. She said Austria would participate in an EU-wid [...]
2008-12-15 07:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AU
08VIENNA1875AUSTRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Political Unit Chief Phil Kaplan, office phone: 43-1-31339-2114; email: kaplanpw@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. According to Austria's Bureau for the Prot [...]
2008-12-22 13:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
08VIENNA518U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY WITH OMV AND
[...] (C) During a March 27 meeting with U/S Jeffery, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer pointed to Turkey as the critical piece for the Nabucco pipeline's success. Ruttenstorfer hopes that Turkey will sign an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA),which EU Nabucco Coordinator is negotiating, by September [...]
2008-04-15 08:07:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL EPET SENV PGOV AU
08VIENNA522AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 14, 2008
[...] A preliminary report of the Austrian Court of Audit sees considerable shortcomings in the climate policy during the past few years. Austria emits about one third more CO2 than allowed and the tendency is growing. Only half-hearted measures were taken in the sectors of transportation, industry a [...]
2008-04-15 14:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA612008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...]
2008-01-15 15:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
08VIENNA676AUSTRIA ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLITICAL DRIVE FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Despite serious concerns about interoperability in the armed services, Austria's Defense and Foreign Ministers are pushing for a robust, though not absolute, ban on cluster munitions. To achieve this, the MFA is prepared to discuss compromise definitions of CW and clarification [...]
2008-05-16 16:07:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO UN AU
08VIENNA682TIROLEAN ELECTION COULD RESHAPE NATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary. The June 8 state elections in Tirol could lead to federal Interior Minister Platter, an excellent USG interlocutor on counter-terrorism, departing Vienna to become governor of his home state. However, the outcome of the election is unclear because of the impact of a popular forme [...]
2008-05-19 08:51:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV AU
08VIENNA752SARKOZY IN VIENNA: IRAN, SYRIA, ENERGY, AND
[...] (C) Summary. French President Sarkozy made little progress in efforts to persuade Austria to accept autonomous EU sanctions on Iran; was briefed on Austrian plans for their June 23 conference on reconstruction of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, discussed European energy strategy in gene [...]
2008-06-02 14:21:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU AU
08VIENNA940LEADERS USE AUSTRIAN ECONOMIC REPORT TO REVIEW
[...] Summary: At the June 30th presentation of the annual Austrian Economic Report, Minister of Economics and Labor Bartenstein and Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Molterer, both members of the Austrian People,s Party (OeVP),presented an optimistic view of the Austrian economy, highlighting [...]
2008-07-01 15:46:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV
08VIENNA956HUGE INVESTMENT BY AUSTRIAN ENERGY FIRM "VERBUND" IN
[...] On July 1st, Verbund, the largest Austrian electricity provider, working in a 50/50 consortium with the Turkish company Sabanci, won the bidding in tenders to privatize the state-owned Turkish electricity provider "Baskent EDAS," paying $1.2 billion for the company. One day later, Verbund los [...]
2008-07-03 15:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU
08VIENTIANE149INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 01:30:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
08VILNIUS576LITHUANIA WILL RAISE FARC CONCERNS IN EU TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 04:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EUN VE LH
08VILNIUS708RUSSIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, LITHUANIA AND THE EU:
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian Ambassador told the GOL August 27 that it would pay a price, including being subject to "not ordinary measures," for its outspoken support for Georgia, according to Lithuanian MFA U/S Zygimantas Pavilionis. He also reported that FRG Chancellor Merkel, in her visit to [...]
2008-08-27 15:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL XG GG RU LH
08VILNIUS880BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 17, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Central Election Commission Dismisses Appeals (para. 2) - Lukashenka Places Restrictions on Respite Programs for Children (para. 3) - EU Suspends Travel Ban for Six Mo [...]
2008-10-21 05:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08WARSAW1069RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. GOP will consider guarded support for amendment of the ISAF oplan to expand CN authorities, provided actions resulting from amendment do not have a negative impact on safety of Polish troops. However, the Poles believe that the priority should be training Afghans to take on thei [...]
2008-09-15 14:52:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PL
08WARSAW1141 Animal Cloning Attitudes in Poland
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable reports a round table discussion Sept. 19 in Warsaw on the subject of scientists' views on animal cloning and the food supply. January's announcement of deregulation for clones by FDA has sparked controversy, with a vote by the European Parliament against the techn [...]
2008-09-29 14:25:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WARSAW1271POLAND INTENSIFIES EMISSIONS DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) Summary: Recent robust Polish diplomacy on climate change issues has raised the country's profile in the EU's internal energy and climate debate and spotlighted its role as host of the 14th Annual Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-14) in December. In visits to Madrid, Paris, Be [...]
2008-11-03 16:56:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EMIN ENRG SENV PL
08WARSAW1346USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...]
2008-11-25 15:07:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN
08WARSAW1386USDA TRAINS VETS IN PULAWY WITH EMERGING MARKETS FUNDS
[...] SUMMARY: USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service provided training to 22 veterinarians and scientists of the Ukrainian Veterinary Service at Poland's Pulawy National Institute for Veterinary Science December 1-5, 2008. Poland's vets invited USDA to take part in an EU-sponsored event alr [...]
2008-12-08 11:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD PL
08WARSAW285 POLAND: EIGHTH ANNUAL (2008) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Andrea Gorog (telephone: 48-22-504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GorogA@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one political [...]
2008-03-04 15:01:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL
08WARSAW949TFGG01: POLES SUPPORT GEORGIA, PREDICT RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer told Charge August 12 that the GoP welcomes the Russian announcement of a cease-fire, and hopes for early Russian-Georgian talks. Kremer said President Kaczynski's visit to Georgia today is aimed at gathering information, and demonstratin [...]
2008-08-12 18:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
08WELLINGTON276PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM 2008: POST FORUM DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the August 21 Post Forum Dialogue, dialogue partner nations outlined ongoing and projected assistance projects with the Pacific island nations and generally lauded the Forum's Communique issued a day earlier. Most countries associated themselves with the Forum's stron [...]
2008-09-01 20:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG EAGR EAID NZ
08WELLINGTON91TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2/2007
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 00:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD NZ
08YAOUNDE1032CAMEROON'S COTTON SECTOR IN PAIN
[...] (U) Summary: Cameroon, the seventh largest cotton producer in Africa, has seen the sector decline steadily since 2005. Contacts at Sodecoton, the government cotton parastatal, recently told the Ambassador and Emboffs that this was a result of lower world prices for raw cotton, a spike in fer [...]
2008-10-20 15:52:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD CM
08YAOUNDE35CAMEROON: NEW TWISTS IN ANTI-CORRUPTION COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Amadou Ali's anti-corruption effort, with USG support, made headline news in Cameroon on January 9. Ambassador Garvey and the Ambassadors of Italy and the Netherlands met with Ali that evening. The Minister reaffirmed his and President Biya's commitment to [...]
2008-01-14 15:51:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALKCOR PREL PGOV CM
08YEREVAN100ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]
2008-02-08 03:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM
08YEREVAN1006FROM SURVIVAL TO REVIVAL - EMBASSY EVENTS MARK 2OTH
[...] Two photo exhibits, a Speaker's Program, a message from President Bush and a U.S. military flight bringing humanitarian aid served to recall the devastating earthquake that struck northern Armenia in 1988 and the leading role the USG played as part of the international response. The exhibits [...]
2008-12-16 12:58:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN160ARMENIAN DEMOCRACY LOOKING SHABBIER EVERY DAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While most of Armenia gets on with life, a significant core of Yerevan's population -- especially the more educated -- remain bitterly unreconciled to the election outcome. And not without reason: while it is impossible to know how the election would have turned out if it had b [...]
2008-02-25 15:44:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN244ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]
2008-03-20 05:17:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08YEREVAN97 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-JANUARY 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Demining familiarization event and assessment conducted; Postponement of Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) training; Planning meeting for Crisis Response table-top exercise (TTX) conducted. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. From 22-24 Jan 08 Kansas National Guard Eng [...]
2008-02-07 12:49:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08ZAGREB256CROATIA DUMPS FISHING ZONE OVERBOARD IN HOPES OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Croatian parliament voted to suspend application of its Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone (ZERP) to EU member states until Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia can reach a joint agreement on the issue. The one-vote margin by which the suspension passed belies broad [...]
2008-03-18 06:25:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIS PGOV PREL SENV HR
08ZAGREB3ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 3, 2008
[...] (U) HOUSE ARREST SCANDAL - INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS; ICTY INDICTEE MARKAC RETURNS TO HAGUE: MOI Ivica Kirin submitted his resignation on 29 December following reaction to a 22 December boar hunt with ICTY indictee Mladen Markac, who was supposed to be under house arrest during his provisional [...]
2008-01-03 14:25:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB476REGIONAL SEMINAR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 IN EUROPE
[...] SUMMARY. The first UNSCR 1540 seminar held in Europe since UNSCR 1810,s adoption in April 2008 took place on June 5-6, 2008, in Rakitje, Croatia. Croatia and Romania hosted the workshop, entitled "United Nations Security Resolution 1540: A Path for Further Implementation," in cooperation with [...]
2008-06-26 10:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDHR NATO PREL UNGA
08ZAGREB49CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
08ZAGREB681 RUSSIAN MINISTER VISITS CROATIA TO DISCUSS SOUTH STREAM
[...] (U) Russian Emergency Situations Minister Dmitri Shoigu visited Zagreb on September 22 for a brief one-hour meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec. The goal of the visit was reportedly to discuss preparations for an upcoming meeting of the Croatia-Russia Intergovernmental Technical [...]
2008-09-29 08:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV HR RS
08ZAGREB793CROATIA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian government has continued to actively address the issue of trafficking in persons during 2008. The government has worked aggressively to increase public awareness and to train government employees, public officials, and NGOs in identification and prevention. The governm [...]
2008-11-18 08:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KWMN PREL SMIG HR KCRM PGOV
08ZAGREB834CROATIA FEARS SLOVENIA WILL BLOCK EU ACCESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatian officials say they are increasingly concerned that Slovenia will be unwilling to compromise on a French-brokered statement clarifying that nothing in Croatia's EU accession negotiations could prejudice the outcome of Croatia and Slovenia's bilateral border disputes. C [...]
2008-12-08 12:51:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUC HR SI
08ZAGREB85GOC ASKS FOR "AT LEAST 24 HOURS NOTICE" ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Croatian Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Neven Pelicaric asked the Ambassador to see him on February 5 regarding Kosovo. Pelicaric stressed that the GoC remains committed to moving in concert with the EU and the US, and was consulting regularly with the other non-permanent UNSC EU [...]
2008-02-06 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR KO
08ZAGREB864ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 17, 2008
[...] (SBU) CROATIAN TROOPS DEPLOYED TO ISAF RECEIVE ADDITIONAL 150 IMPROVED FIRST AID KITS FROM U.S.: On December 11 Croatian troops deployed to Afghanistan received another 150 Improved First Aid Kits (IFAK) from U.S. forces. When used in trained hands, the kits give soldiers a greatly improved [...]
2008-12-18 10:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB886ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 23, 2008
[...] (U) MINISTRY OF DEFENSE STATE SECRETARY DIES IN SKI ACCIDENT: Major General Gordan Cacic, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense for Policy and International Affairs, died in a ski accident in Italy on Saturday, 20 December 2008. MG Cacic previously served for seven years as the Director [...]
2008-12-23 14:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB91AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CROATIAN NATIONAL OIL
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with Ambassador, Tomislav Dragicevic, chairman of Croatian national oil company INA, said that Croatia had decided not to seek additional gas imports from Russia, but would instead try to secure gas from North Africa via Italy. Dragicevic expressed disappoi [...]
2008-02-07 14:40:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL HR
08ZAGREB94FIRE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL ON SHIP OFF CROATIAN
[...] (U) Croatia's Ministry of Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure told emboff today that the fire on the Und Adrijatic, a Turkish cargo ship, is under control. Five tugboats (3 Croatian and 2 Italian) continue to work to cool the ship's hull. When temperatures are lowered sufficiently, a Dutch team [...]
2008-02-08 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA EWWT HR
09ABIDJAN166COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT POSTPONES HANDOVER OF
[...] (C) Summary: Just hours before it was to take place, Minister of Interior Desire Tagro forced the postponement of a March 4 ceremony marking the handover of administrative powers by the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in Bouake to civilian government authorities. He said that without mixed brigades (j [...]
2009-03-10 16:10:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR SOCI EAID IV
09ABIDJAN175IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION EXTENDED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process has been extended until March 30 in some regions and until early April for those persons affected by the reconstitution of civil registries. Identification/voter registration of Ivoirians living in 19 foreign countries began on Marc [...]
2009-03-17 10:00:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM PREL SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN411IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION ENDS, BUT MUCH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process, which began almost one year ago, ended formally on June 30. The fact that it was carried out without violence is a major step forward in the peace process. The accuracy of the results could, however, be questioned. Accusations of [...]
2009-07-06 14:48:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM IV
09ABUDHABI1067SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT AND ATTENDANCE AT THE 2009 DUBAI
[...] (C) US Embassy Abu Dhabi and US Consulate General Dubai warmly welcome your visit to UAE to attend the 2009 Dubai Air Show. ------------------------------ Air Show Highlights ------------------------------ 2. (U) The Dubai Air Show is the third largest event of its type and is [...]
2009-11-12 09:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PREL
09ABUDHABI331UAE REQUEST TO ATTEND MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM ON ENERGY AND
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) In a March 30 letter, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash asked the Ambassador for assistance with a matter "extremely important" to the UAEG: an invitation to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in [...]
2009-04-01 13:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI575UAE SEEKS CLEAR MESSAGE ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 10:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNAE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER
09ABUJA1175 NIGERIA: GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) As per reftel instructions, the Ambassador delivered demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe on June 13 by phone while the Minister was on a visit to Rome. The Minister agreed on the need for a sustained commitment on food security and also with the basic thrust of the USG a [...]
2009-06-29 06:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL NI
09ABUJA1278NIGERIA: MEND "LEADER" HENRY OKAH ACCEPTS AMNESTY
[...] (C) Summary: Henry Okah, sometimes described as "leader" of the Niger Delta "militant" umbrella organization, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),who was on trial for treason and weapons trafficking, accepted President Yar'Adua's offer of amnesty, and was released from [...]
2009-07-14 16:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA2130NIGERIAN SECURITY DIALOGUES
[...] (SBU) Security dialogues by the U.S. Government with the Government of Nigeria (GON) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are multifaceted and often informal. Embassy compiled the following information, the substance of which we forwarded earlier via electronic-mail mess [...]
2009-11-24 15:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM MARR MCAP NI
09ABUJA290NIGERIA: 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 9th Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. The main sources of available information are the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffi [...]
2009-02-17 15:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ABUJA307 STATISTICS OF ARRESTS WITH INL DONATED BODY SCANNERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 13:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA88NIGERIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- 2. With an estimated population of over 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest [...]
2009-01-16 06:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR NI
09ACCRA462009 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana
[...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. Former President Kufuor encouraged foreign investment as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. President Mills is expected to continue this policy. The Ghana Investment Advisory Council (GIAC) [...]
2009-01-20 15:22:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
09ADDISABABA108USAU: AU PARTNERS DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR AMISOM,
[...] (U) As reported in reftel, the AU invited the US, EU, UK, and others to a meeting on January 17 in Addis Ababa to discuss their respective abilities to commit financial and logistical support to AMISOM and to a joint security force composed of Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance [...]
2009-01-16 14:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SO AU
09ADDISABABA1570G-8 - PRIME MINISTER MELES' LETTER TO POTUS
[...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa received the following letter from Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to President Obama on July 6. We will send hard copy via diplomatic pouch. As Prime Minister Meles will attend the July 8-10 G-8 Summit in Italy, we request that the letter and its contents be bro [...]
2009-07-06 13:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC ECON PREL ET
09ADDISABABA239UPDATE ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON
[...] (SBU) Program Head (Ambassador) Hiruy Amanuel briefed PolOff on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT),which is wholly funded by foreign assistance (Denmark, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Norway and Italy participate). [...]
2009-01-29 13:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV PINR ET
09ADDISABABA2493ETHIOPIA - VISUALIZING IRREGULAR MIGRATION PATTERNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) officials publicized i-Map, a tool that visually maps irregular migration patterns, and recent efforts to bring the GoE on board as an information-sharing partner. Under the auspices of the Mediterranea [...]
2009-10-20 04:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG KTIP KHLS ASEC AORC INS IOM ML NG SG ET
09ADDISABABA2663ETHIOPIA: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUES
[...] (U) Per reftel request, this cable provides information on security dialogues between the USG and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE). 2. (SBU) Security dialogue between Embassy Addis Ababa and the GoE primarily occurs between the U.S. Defense Attache Office (DAO) and the Ethiopian military. [...]
2009-11-12 05:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC MARR ET
09ADDISABABA2690 Ethiopia: Quiet on Food Security Demarche But Engaged on
[...] (U) Post delivered Reftel demarche by diplomatic note to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, and followed up with Tesfaye Yilma, Director General for Europe and the Americas, but did not receive a substantive reply. 2. (SBU) Comment: The US Mission in Addis Ababa has [...]
2009-11-13 04:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA2843OCT-NOV REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary: This Regional Environment Office (REO) eastern Africa newsletter combines reporting from October and November 2009, with an emphasis on energy developments, the latest USG and Africa climate change positions in the run up to Copenhagen, updates on the Nile Basin Initiative, and an [...]
2009-12-03 12:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2902USAU: AFRICAN UNION, UNECA HOLD PARTNERS DIALOGUE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 1-2, the AU and UNECA hosted a Partners Dialogue in Addis Ababa, bringing together 15 donor nations and other entities to discuss how to create a more strategic and equitable partnership between the AU/ECA and donors. Key themes that emerged included: the need for a [...]
2009-12-10 10:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU
09AITTAIPEI413MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 7 news coverage on the fraud scandals involving several high-ranking Taiwan military officials; on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrates' elections; on a Taiwan fishing boat which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the I [...]
2009-04-07 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI831EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE 2009
[...] (U) An ICP Deployment Workshop is scheduled to take place in Taipei on July 13-14. 2. (U) A Commodity Identification Training program, implemented by the Department of Energy, is scheduled for August 12-14 in Taipei. 3. (U) An ICP Administrator Training is scheduled for August 27-28 in [...]
2009-07-09 10:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09ALGIERS1008SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH ALGERIA
[...] (U) In response to ref A, this message provides information on established security dialogues between the United States and Algeria. 2. (U) Joint Military Dialogue (JMD): The JMD was first held in October 2005 under an informal agreement between the U.S. and Algeria. The second JMD, in No [...]
2009-11-12 14:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR AG
09ALGIERS1071DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ALGERIA
[...] (U) Algeria serves as a transit point for drug trafficking, both for cannabis and cannabis resin from Morocco, and increasingly for South American-origin cocaine and heroin, which both transit Algeria to Europe. Algeria's long, remote and difficult-to-secure borders facilitate the drug trade [...]
2009-12-02 11:54:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG PGOV PINS SNAR
09ALGIERS1141ALGERIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high-profile terrorist attacks throughout the country, although ongoing low-level terrorist activities, comparable to guerilla insurgency operations, continued in non-urban areas. Previously, the Salafist Group fo [...]
2009-12-23 07:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC AG
09ALGIERS164ALGERIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's population of roughly 35 million, its energy wealth, and growing demand for modern infrastructure and consumer products have generated broad interest in this market from companies around the world. But an often difficult business regulatory environment, symbolized by [...]
2009-02-17 07:35:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPOC PGOV USTR AG
09ALGIERS235ALGERIA'S MODERATE ISLAMIST LEADER: A VIEW FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP - Muslim Brotherhood) President Aboudjerra Soltani gave the Ambassador on March 4 Algeria's official Islamist vision of how to increase political participation and create accountability in local government. Soltani said the most critical need w [...]
2009-03-10 11:28:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PREL AG
09ALGIERS982ALGERIA'S 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Algeria is primarily a transit country for drugs, but both domestic production and consumption are rising. Drug seizures increased substantially in 2008 and the first half of 2009. The Government of Algeria (GOA) is committed to addressing the problem and has begun several domestic pro [...]
2009-11-04 06:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AG
09ALGIERS993UK DEFENSE SECRETARY AINSWORTH VISIT TO ALGERIA,
[...] (C) The UK Ambassador in Algiers told us that the UK Secretary of State for Defense, during his October 26-27 visit to Algiers, signed a bilateral defense cooperation agreement that establishes a framework for UK training of Algerian military, information exchanges and joint exercises. A heli [...]
2009-11-05 15:26:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS AG UK IR
09AMMAN1116ATHENS RED-DEAD DONOR COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The second donor committee meeting of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (RDS) led by the World Bank convened in Athens on May 4. The RDS, which started in May 2008, is studying the feasibility of rehabilitating the Dead Sea, generating hydropower, and constr [...]
2009-05-13 12:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN230 Update on Labor Issues in Jordan
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has continued to take measures to strengthen its institutional capacity to identify and correct labor violations, in part by hiring 60 new inspectors in 2008. Inspectors for the International Labour Office's (ILO) Better Work Jordan program have [...]
2009-01-27 12:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN459JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan demonstrated a strong commitment to and made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Progress includes the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law, an increase in forced labor cases being investigated and sent forward for [...]
2009-02-18 13:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09AMMAN706LABOR MINISTER ASSURES FOCUS ON PROMOTING LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Labor Ghazi Shbeikat promised a strong focus on promoting labor rights and combating trafficking in persons (TIP) during a March 10 courtesy call with the Ambassador. The Minister expects that the remaining 36 amendments to the labor law, including a revised articl [...]
2009-03-18 13:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD KTEX JO
09AMMAN833GROWING INTERNET COMPETITION AND LAUNCH OF A 3G TENDER IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref A, this cable provides an update on Jordan's initiatives and strong government commitment to improve telecommunications and Internet connectivity. Such efforts led to an increase in Jordan's rank to 44 out of 134 countries in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2 [...]
2009-04-07 12:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINT EINV TINT JO
09ANKARA1031TURKEY EXPECTS RIPPLE EFFECTS FROM NABUCCO IGA
[...] (C) Summary: The heads of state of Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria signed the Nabucco pipeline Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) July 13 in Ankara, with EU Commission President Barroso, Georgian President Shaakashvili, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, ministers from Germany, Egypt, [...]
2009-07-17 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EU TU
09ANKARA1135TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1139TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1150LET'S MAKE A DEAL (OR TWENTY): PUTIN IN ANKARA
[...] (C) Summary. Russian Prime Minister Putin's August 6 visit to Ankara resulted in a flurry of deals and media frenzy, further heightened by the last-minute participation of Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi. The visit focused on energy pipelines and economic cooperation, and twenty separate ag [...]
2009-08-07 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL RS IT TU
09ANKARA1226TURKEY FRUSTRATED WITH AZERI GAS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Following the recent round of gas negotiations between Turkey and Azerbaijan, Turkish interlocutors expressed frustration at the lack of progress. Going into the meetings, the Turks had fully expected that they would be finalizing the deal and were surprised by what they see as A [...]
2009-08-20 08:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PGOV AJ TU
09ANKARA1310CODEL WEXLER URGES TURKISH ACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. Rep. Robert Wexler met August 26-27 with a wide array of top-level Turkish officials to discuss the current state of U.S.-Turkish relations and to urge them to push for greater regional support for President Obama's initiatives on Middle East peace and his willingness to deal wit [...]
2009-09-08 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG AM AZ IS IR TU
09ANKARA1370IRANIAN ELECTION PROTESTER'S TORTURE ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. CONOFF spoke with Ebrahim Sharifi (please strictly protect) on Thursday September 17 concerning his involvement in Iran,s recent election and post election activities as well as his detainment, torture, and sodomy by government authorities. Sharifi discussed his efforts to expose [...]
2009-09-17 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
09ANKARA138US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP REAFFIRMS ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 09:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IZ TU
09ANKARA1481TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS CONTINUE TO SOUR
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Israeli bilateral relations remain strained. GOT interlocutors attribute the tension to Israel's December Gaza operation and argue that the bilateral relationship will recover only when Israel allows improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The GOT's last-minu [...]
2009-10-14 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TU IS
09ANKARA1589DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN VISIT: TURKS POSITIVE ON SOUTHERN CORRIDOR AND RENEWABLES
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Minister of Energy Yildiz and BOTAS Acting Director General Konuk, DoE Deputy Secretary Poneman stressed U.S. support for the Southern Corridor and the urgent need to resolve negotiations with the Azeris to make the Corridor a reality. Both Yildiz and Konu [...]
2009-11-05 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL TU AZ
09ANKARA1594TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1628TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1726TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA17664TH U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At the fourth session of the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group on December 3, the Turkish delegation proposed increased cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey to support development of Iraq's energy sector, specifically through a joint project to relaunch the Iraq Stra [...]
2009-12-11 19:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL TU
09ANKARA1841TURKEY DROPS VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE COUNTRIES
[...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA Head of Visa Section Kemal Demirciler recently gave us a consular perspective on the increasing number of Turkish bilateral visa waiver agreements. He said his department is not consulted before a visa waiver agreement is signed, and he expects no notification as to which c [...]
2009-12-28 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS CMGT PGOV PTER SY LY TU
09ANKARA266ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA27SCENESETTER: SECOND U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey remains the vital link in our strategy to bring gas from the Caspian Basin and Central Asia to Europe through a Southern Corridor. Russia's reckless action in cutting off gas to Ukraine (and subsequently Turkey and Europe) may help compel Turkey to make tough decisio [...]
2009-01-08 11:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAJ ENRG EPET IZ TU
09ANKARA286ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA298TAX FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST DOGAN MEDIA SEEN AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT Revenue Administration charged Dogan Media with criminal tax fraud on November 18 and imposed a TL 860 million ($505 million) fine. Dogan and the opposition CHP party claim the charges are intended to silence Turkey's largest media company, which has lately been critica [...]
2009-02-25 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECON TU
09ANKARA515OBAMA WINS THE HEARTS OF TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 08:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA519OBAMA'S POSITIVE MESSAGES RESONATE WITH TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA545Media Say Turkey and Azerbaijan Will Address Tensions Over
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 10:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA553NABUCCO IGA: TURKEY SHIFTING THE BLAME TO THE EU?
[...] (C) Summary. In the lead up to April 6 POTUS visit, Ambassador urged Energy Minister Guler to make progress now with Azerbaijan on gas transit issues so the East-West energy corridor can become a reality. Guler alternatively blamed the EU Commission and Azerbaijan for lack of progress on thi [...]
2009-04-15 07:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET TU
09ANKARA56TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN INCH TOWARD A GAS DEAL
[...] (C) Summary. On January 12 we met with BOTAS Chairman Saltuk Duzyol for an update on Shah Deniz Phase I (SD I) price negotiations and gas supply and transit negotiations for Shah Deniz Phase II (SD II). Duzyol said negotiations with Azerbaijan continue and joked that each country currently h [...]
2009-01-14 07:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAJ ENRG EPET TU
09ANKARA575Media: MFA Denies Argument between Babacan and Guliev;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 10:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA63TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO ALLIANCE GROUND
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA NATO Infrastructure and Logistics Department Head Deniz Cakar told us that although Turkey has decided not to break silence on the basing decision for the NATO AGS program, it was not happy with the process leading up to the NAC decision sheet. She made [...]
2009-01-14 17:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO MARR
09ANKARA761SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR: THIRD
[...] (SBU) Summary: From the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline negotiations in the 1990s until today, Turkey and the U.S. have shared a strategic vision to bring new oil and gas resources to market through new routes. Opening an East-West Corridor for gas would strengthen the ties of Central Asia [...]
2009-05-29 08:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG IZ PGOV TU
09ANKARA779LATEST TNP VIEWS ON ERGENEKON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish National Police (TNP) briefers told us May 29 they plan to roll out a third Ergenekon indictment within several months; expect the court to issue a crucial ruling on whether the case and investigation fit under the rubric of counterterrorism; and are confident that as the [...]
2009-06-02 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEU OSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA78KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The list of potential flashpoints between Turkey and Greece is long, and both sides have tried to drag the U.S. or NATO into these disputes, particularly on the status of demilitarization of islands in the eastern Aegean. To help ensure Greece -Turkey relations do not go off track [...]
2009-01-15 17:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO GR TU
09ANKARA815TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA933TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM
[...] (U) For Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern from Ambassador James Jeffrey 2. (C) We understand that the NSC notified the Turkish Embassy in Washington on June 30 that the USG would not support Turkey's proposed participation in the July 9 Major Economies Forum meeting in Italy. Our [...]
2009-07-01 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV TU
09ANKARA969TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 10:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA972TURKEY'S EU STRATEGY: END OR MEANS?
[...] (C) Summary: Boasting a major economy and an established democracy, Turkey is unlike any other country that has previously sought EU membership. Accordingly, Ankara has faced a unique set of challenges since launching its EU accession negotiations, many of its own making. The ruling Justice [...]
2009-07-09 06:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN TU
09ANKARA976TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 10:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA986AMBASSADOR JEFFREY'S MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jeffrey met with Energy Minister Yildiz July 7 to get a readout of Yildiz's Moscow trip and an update on Turkey - Azeri negotiations. Yildiz confirmed that the Nabucco IGA signing ceremony would take place as planned in Ankara on July 13. He said negotiations with the [...]
2009-07-10 09:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG TU
09ANTANANARIVO141MADAGASCAR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Madagascar is not a confirmed source or destination for internationally trafficked men and women, during the year there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values, poverty, corruption, lack of funding and capacit [...]
2009-03-02 13:54:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID MA
09ANTANANARIVO495YEMENIA AIRLINES CRASH IN THE COMOROS
[...] Following the June 30 crash of Yemenia Airlines flight 626 off the coast of the Comoros, Africa Command and CTJF-HOA responded to the GOC request for assistance by sending a C-130 Search and Rescue Team. The team arrived July 1, less than 24 hours after the crash. CTJF-HOA SeaBees and Civil A [...]
2009-07-02 13:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC CN
09ANTANANARIVO503MADAGASCAR: JAPANESE TO RAISE MINING CONCERN AT G8
[...] (C) Summary: The HAT is threatening to alter the terms of investment for the USD 4.5 billion Ambatovy nickel mine. The Japanese, Canadian, and Korean investors involved are gearing up to defend their interests in arbitration if the HAT goes forward with its threat. The Japanese Prime Ministe [...]
2009-07-07 07:10:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN PREL MA
09ASHGABAT1269TURKMENISTAN: MODERN HEALTH FACILITIES LACK DOCTORS
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two months ago, the Turkmen government commissioned two major medical hospitals in Ashgabat, but the facilities remain closed due to a shortage of qualified medical personnel to staff the hospitals. The serious [...]
2009-10-05 11:23:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO TSPL SOCI EIND TX
09ASHGABAT1531ITALIAN COMPANY ENI SIGNS MOU WITH TURKMEN
[...] (SBU) On November 25, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Turkmen State Agency for Hydrocarbon Resources and Italy's state-owned energy company ENI during President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Rome. ENI acquired Burren Energy in 2008, after Burren had long been a party t [...]
2009-11-27 11:58:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX IT
09ASHGABAT339TURKMENISTAN: ITALY - TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS -
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Italian Embassy Moscow Counsellor, in Turkmenistan to advance the upcoming visit of a Deputy Foreign Minister, President Berdimuhamedov should visit Rome sometime in 2009. Hopefully, a Berdimuhamedov visit will give a kick start to bilateral relations, which the [...]
2009-03-13 15:21:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT408TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met on March 30 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to discuss several bilateral issues and to learn more about President Berdimuhamedov's recent visits to Iran and Russia. Charge briefed Meredov on the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan a [...]
2009-03-31 11:59:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT458SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER,S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to advance our urgent military overflight issues, as well as to show continued support for U.S. investment in energy resource development, greater cooperation in education, and progress in human r [...]
2009-04-09 13:27:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT837SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regularizing our bilateral diplomatic dialogue. Key issues are increased transit for [...]
2009-07-02 08:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT992TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...]
2009-08-05 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASMARA2804,200 SOMALI REFUGEES IN MASSAWA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Zipporah Msagah met with PolOff to discuss the Somali refugee camp in Massawa. The camp currently hosts 4,800 registered refugees. Of this group, more than 600 refugees are suspected to be simply registering and moving through the camp to opportu [...]
2009-08-24 14:05:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV SO KE ER
09ASMARA39SOME UNMEE GEAR TO AMISOM
[...] (SBU) At a Norwegian-hosted "Friends of UNMEE" luncheon in Asmara January 27, Dr. Lebohang Moleko, UNMEE's chief in Eritrea, reported that much of UNMEE's equipment has been dispatched to Sudan for use by UNAMID and UNMIS. He said some "Category Two Items" will be shipped to Italy for "destru [...]
2009-01-30 08:40:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETKPKO PREL PBTS MOPS ER
09ASTANA112 KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, below is Post's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Kazakhstan. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Kazakhstan 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Kazakhstan Openness to Foreign Investment Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy sinc [...]
2009-01-22 00:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KZ
09ASTANA1165 KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 10 meeting in Astana with Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns urged Kazakhstan to continue its bilateral WTO accession negotiations and not to close any doors, even if Astana is currently focusing on the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Custo [...]
2009-07-13 03:52:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN WTRO BO RS KZ
09ASTANA1171 KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: Drug seizures in Kazakhstan increased by 75% during the first quarter of 2009 while drug-related crimes dropped almost 2%. Prime Minister Masimov criticized law enforcement efforts to combat drug trafficking and called for the establishment of an interagency unit to arrest governmen [...]
2009-07-13 09:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1220 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES BN-350 PROGRAM, WTO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador asked Prime Minister Karim Masimov on July 22 to ensure Kazakhstan meets its funding commitment for the BN-350 spent fuel program and to sign a decree facilitating transfer of the program's fuel tra [...]
2009-07-23 01:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KNNP WTRO AF RS KZ
09ASTANA147 KAZAKHSTAN: ENTREPRENEUR NURLAN KAPPAROV DESCRIBES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: During a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Kazakhstani entrepreneur Nurlan Kapparov stressed the need for further banking-sector reforms and signaled his approval of the recent appointment of Grigoriy Marchenko to hea [...]
2009-01-26 10:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EINV EFIN EAGR EPET ENRG KZ
09ASTANA1626 KAZAKHSTAN: THE GOVERNMENT'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO BTA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani financial officials are negotiating with export credit authorities (ECAs) from at least 14 countries, who have demanded sovereign guarantees for debt repayment on several billion in exposure. For seve [...]
2009-09-28 01:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN GM UK IT KZ
09ASTANA1774 KAZAKHSTAN AND AZERBAIJAN SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 2, during President Nazarbayev's visit to Baku, the national oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed three documents on energy cooperation. The agreements do not preclude the participation of [...]
2009-10-05 10:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV AZ KZ
09ASTANA2005 KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON CEO DISCUSSES MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron's current and incoming CEOs, Dave O'Reilly and John Watson, briefed the Ambassador on November 11, following their meeting earlier that day with President Nazarbayev. Jay Johnson, Director of Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit, and amira Kanapianova, Country Director for K [...]
2009-11-12 10:17:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET RS TX KZ
09ASTANA2007 MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BN-350, SEMIPALATINSK AND ALATAU
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 12, the Ambassador discussed non-proliferation issues, specifically the transfer of BN-350 spent-fuel and the Semipalatinsk and Alatau projects, with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev. The Minister welcomed further cooperation on BN-350 security [...]
2009-11-13 06:29:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET MARR KNNP IT TU KZ
09ASTANA2008 KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE SYG HEARS SUMMIT IS NAZARBAYEV'S TOP
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para seven. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center, Kazakhstan's desire to organize a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its 2010 chairmanship was the main topic of discuss [...]
2009-11-13 07:49:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2053 KAZAKHSTAN: SUBSTANCE BEFORE SUMMIT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 16 dinner, representatives from the Embassies of Italy, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands reasserted that their governments' insistence on substance before they commit to a 2010 OSCE Summit. Se [...]
2009-11-19 01:54:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2064 KAZAKHSTAN:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...]
2009-11-19 10:03:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2065 KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV TO PERSONALLY LOBBY FOR SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...]
2009-11-19 10:21:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2100 KAZAKHSTAN TO STUDY PLANS FOR SAMSUN-CEYHAN PIPELINE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting in Yalta on November 20, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstani Prime Minister Karim Masimov witnessed the signing of a protocol to study plans for the construction of an oil pipeline betwee [...]
2009-11-30 10:43:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ RS TK AJ IT
09ASTANA2196KAZAKHSTAN: 2009-2010 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL
[...] In response to reftel, the text of Part 1 of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan follows in paragraphs 2-67. SUMMARY 2. Kazakhstan is primarily a transit country for drug trafficking and is located on the northern route from Afghanistan. According [...]
2009-12-22 10:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA222 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LAW SHOULD BOLSTER PROTECTION OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A new Special Social Services Law came into force in Kazakhstan at the beginning of 2009 and will pave the way for state funding of a full range of services -- including medical, psychological, and legal services -- t [...]
2009-02-06 08:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KCRM KZ
09ASTANA352 KAZAKHSTAN: KMG's IDENOV ENTERTAINS, REVEALS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of KazMunaiGas (KMG),and the government's lead negotiator for all new oil exploration and production deals. Idenov was candid and animated t [...]
2009-02-27 01:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA442 KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]
2009-03-13 08:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA498 KAZAKHSTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO OSCE ENGAGES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador to the OSCE Eric Lebedel briefed a select group of Western Ambassadors on March 19 that he was in Astana to promote the European Union's perspective on the OSCE and to emphasize Kazakhstan's need to take seriously its responsibilities on democracy, human rights [...]
2009-03-20 05:20:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SENV OSCE KZ
09ASTANA529 KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO'S CEO ON THE N BLOCK NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, ConocoPhillips (Conoco) CEO Jim Mulva briefed the Ambassador on the status of negotiations with national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) to explore and develop the offshore N Block. Mulva expressed f [...]
2009-03-24 09:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA538 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 1-14, 2009
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- News from the Banking Sector -- Samruk-Kazyna Updates -- Unemployment: a Growing Challenge -- 2009 Harvest Projection -- Economic Statistics -- Kazakhstan Seeks Contro [...]
2009-03-26 04:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA675 KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan is committed to developing alternative oil export routes, whether by pipeline, rail, or tanker, that reduce its dependence on Russia. From April 9-17, Energy Officer joined a definiti [...]
2009-04-22 07:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ
09ASTANA748 KAZAKHSTAN: A KCTS SCORECARD OF RISKS AND REWARDS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 7-17, Energy Officer accompanied a definitional mission from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to identify potential technical assistance projects in support of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...]
2009-04-30 05:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS KZ
09ASUNCION147PARAGUAY: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION A. What are the sources of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further docume [...]
2009-03-09 20:01:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ASUNCION162FRAUD SUMMARY Q ASUNCION
[...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request in paragraph 6 of retel. ------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------- 2. (U) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected former Roman Catholic b [...]
2009-03-19 20:48:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PA
09ASUNCION706FRAUD SUMMARY - ASUNCION
[...] This cable is in response to an action request in reftel. ------------------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected forme [...]
2009-10-28 13:56:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC PA
09ATHENS1139FM/OSCE Chairman Bakoyannis Heads to Azerbaijan and Armenia
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis is traveling to Azerbaijan and Armenia to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict in her capacity as OSCE Chairman, as well as Greek- Caucasus air communication and energy issues. FM Bakoyannis departed Greece for Azerbaijan on July 1, will continue on [...]
2009-07-02 10:11:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR TU AM AJ OSCE ENRG
09ATHENS1261DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH GREEK PM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his May 15 meeting with Greek PM Karamanlis (accompanied by FM Bakoyiannis),Deputy Secretary Steinberg outlined our strategic vision for broadening the U.S.-Greece relationship. The Deputy Secretary reviewed key global challenges where we could work more closely together, i [...]
2009-07-17 13:22:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1544FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 24 SITREP
[...] (SBU) Over the weekend of August 21-23, over 80 wildfires broke out throughout Greece. The worst of these hit northeast of the greater Athens area, fueled by strong winds and evoking images of Greece's devastating 2007 fire season. In response, Post issued a Warden message. While the worst o [...]
2009-08-24 16:59:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR
09ATHENS1560FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 26 SITREP
[...] (SBU) Wildfires in towns north of Athens subsided on 25 August after four days of destruction. No casualties were reported, but press reports indicate about 50,000 acres of land had been burnt and 50 homes destroyed. Following an "emergency" cabinet meeting on August 25, the Government of Gree [...]
2009-08-26 15:58:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR
09ATHENS1593CITIZENS' PROTECTION MINISTER CHRYSOCHOIDIS AND PM A/S
[...] (C) PM A/S Andrew Shapiro stressed U.S. counter-piracy objectives in an October 23 meeting with new Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Mihalis Chrysochoidis, urging Greece to build on its current counter-piracy actions by signing the New York Declaration on best practices for vessel self-pr [...]
2009-11-04 12:45:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SMIG KCRM MARR GR
09ATHENS1641FRONTEX PRESENCE GROWING TO CONFRONT GREECE'S MIGRATION WAVE
[...] (SBU) In keeping with one of its main social (and now security) challenges - the growing tide of illegal migrants arriving by sea after transiting Turkey - Greece has sought greater support from the EU, and has found a partner in FRONTEX, the EU's border security agency. FRONTEX has become inc [...]
2009-11-19 13:16:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG KCRM PTER EUN GR
09ATHENS1643Ambassador's Meeting with Minister of Citizens' Protection
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis provided Ambassador Speckhard with an outline on November 12 of his ambitious plan to reorganize and energize all of Greece's civilian security agencies, including the national police, the domestic intelligence servi [...]
2009-11-19 13:54:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV SOCI PTER KCRM KTIP SMIG GR
09ATHENS1649ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGH LEVEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The desire for an upgraded and substantive strategic partnership was a recurring theme of the Greek side when Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow met with Greek Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis for the 14th U.S-Gr [...]
2009-11-20 14:51:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK AF ZL
09ATHENS168IRAQI FM, IRANIAN DFM BOTH SEEK GREATER COOP WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Athens, Iraqi FM Zebari discussed a wide range of topical issues with Greek FM Bakoyannis, thanked Greece for its decision to open a commercial office in northern Iraq, and urged Bakoyannis to make good on her long-standing promise to visit Iraq. Following [...]
2009-02-06 09:07:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ IR GR EAID ENRG
09ATHENS1685Greece: New Government Tackles Migration and Asylum Issues
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's new PASOK-led government has placed migration and asylum policy reform high on its agenda, announcing new measures to combat organized human smugglers, ease naturalization requirements for immigrants born in Greece, provide status to illegal economic migrants, and transfer Gre [...]
2009-12-04 16:07:00Embassy AthensSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PREF PTER SMIG KCRM GR
09ATHENS203 Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 1 of 4
[...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the first of four cables. After the Summary, the cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 23 (THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION) and 24 (SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS). ---- [...]
2009-02-17 14:38:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS204 Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 2 of 4
[...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the second of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraph 25 (INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS). -------------------------------------------- INVESTIGATION AND PROSECU [...]
2009-02-17 14:43:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS206 Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4
[...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...]
2009-02-17 14:47:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS226TURKISH EMBASSY'S VIEWS ON MIGRANT READMISSIONS
[...] (C) According to an official at the Turkish Embassy in Athens, there are two reasons why Turkey is unwilling to permit Greece to return third-country illegal migrants to Turkey at the port of Izmir, as called for in a 2001 bilateral protocol and which the Greeks believe would greatly reduce th [...]
2009-02-20 12:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU GR
09ATHENS235FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYIANNIS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Dora Bakoyiannis will use her visit to Washington to define, publicly and privately, Greece's relations with the Obama administration. A charismatic yet practical politician, Bakoyiannis relishes her job as Foreign Minister, and will offer to work with us on a broad r [...]
2009-02-23 05:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR MK
09ATHENS315GREECE: NEW WAVE OF MIGRANT PROTESTS ON POLICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest incident in a series of violent immigrant-police confrontations, police clashed with approximately 70 illegal migrants in the port town of Patras on March 3. Media reported that an illegal migrant was injured attempting to stow away on a truck bound for Italy. W [...]
2009-03-13 13:51:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF KCRM GR SMIG
09ATHENS40GREECE ASSURING LNG-BASED GAS SUPPLIES FROM
[...] (C) Summary. Greece's natural gas company (DEPA) has contracted LNG deliveries to supply the country through January 20 and is close to finalizing LNG supplies through the end of the month. Observers remain uncertain how Gazprom's gas cut off will affect Greek energy policy. One senior of [...]
2009-01-13 17:00:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL GR IT AJ RS BU
09BAGHDAD1045WORLD BANK MEETS DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Daniela Gressani, World Bank Vice President of Middle East and North Africa Region, recently discussed her organization's Iraq strategy and exchanged views on the Bank's role in Iraq with donor country representatives. Donors requested a larger World Bank presence to [...]
2009-04-17 10:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1096Nasiriyah's Old and New Refineries
[...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Dhi Qar Deputy Team Leader and visiting Embassy Baghdad EconOff met with Nasiriyah Refinery manager Abdul Hasan al-Lawi on April 12. The 30,000 barrel per day Nasiriyah Refinery is representative of the small refineries scattered throughout Iraq. Lawi came across as a dedi [...]
2009-04-23 15:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG IZ
09BAGHDAD1262RRT ERBIL: IMPROVING BUDGET EXECUTION IN THE KRG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acknowledging deficiencies in public finance management, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has committed to an ambitious UNDP-supported Public Finance Management Plan for improving transparency, planning execution and oversight. While the project is aligned with the nation [...]
2009-05-14 05:01:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV EBUD IZ
09BAGHDAD1408AMBASSADOR, CG AND PM DISCUSS DIYALA, UK AND NATO
[...] (S) Summary: In their weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on May 28, the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Odierno discussed the timing of the PM's proposed visit to the U.S. (late June or July),the PM's eagerness to involve U.S. firms in oil contracting, possible m [...]
2009-05-30 13:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ UK NATO
09BAGHDAD1437ICI - BAGHDAD COORDINATION GROUP DEMANDS RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: The International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial set for October or November, 2009 in Baghdad must have substance to persuade ministers to attend, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador Hill May 25. Gambari met with the Ambassador prior t [...]
2009-06-01 16:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD184DHI QAR PRT: PIC IMPROVES BUT NOT QUITE THERE
[...] (U) Under charismatic leadership, the Dhi Qar Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) scores some victories but lacks the strategic planning, organization and professionalism to reach its lofty goals. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------- How Not to Build an Organization ---------- [...]
2009-01-25 14:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD210PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: A SERIOUS CONTEST WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Iraq's provincial elections represent a milestone in the country's political progression. In general, the campaigns have been competitive, sometimes Sharply so. Political parties and local officials in most regions have perceived the election commission to be competent and fair, [...]
2009-01-27 12:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2335UNAMI SRSG TO DONOR PARTNERS: TOGETHER WE STAND OR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Summary: New UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert told a well-attended Iraq Partners Forum meeting on August 26 that it is "time to close the ICI chapter and open a new chapter" of the book on GoI-donor coordination. Melkert said his current thinking is to aim for an Ambassadorial-level, vi [...]
2009-08-30 12:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2336UNAMI SRSG TO DONOR PARTNERS: TOGETHER WE STAND OR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Summary: New UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert told a well-attended Iraq Partners Forum meeting on August 26 that it is "time to close the ICI chapter and open a new chapter" of the book on GoI-donor coordination. Melkert said his current thinking is to aim for an Ambassadorial-level, vi [...]
2009-08-30 12:35:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD238THE IRAQ MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT'S EVOLVING ROLE
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Environment (MoEnv) lacks sufficient training and equipment to execute its main responsibilities of environmental monitoring and clean up, Minister Narmin Othman told EMIN on January 22. Demining is presently a MoEnv responsibility, but the Ministry of Defense continues [...]
2009-01-29 14:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPET ECIN KHDP KSCA IZ
09BAGHDAD2698UNAMI EXPLORING BIGGER ROLE ON MEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI is exploring the possibility of establishing an observation presence at Camp Ashraf and assuming a more direct role in mediating between the GOI and the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) after two weeks in which the Embassy has worked with senior GOI officials, UN and ICRC representat [...]
2009-10-07 06:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD287GOI ASKS WESTERN COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE MEK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 14. 2. (C) Summary: GOI point person for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie (in the presence of the Iranian Ambassador),briefed international organizations and countries the GOI believes may have r [...]
2009-02-04 09:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PINS PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2930WATER RESOURCES MINISTER DISCUSSES MAJOR WATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Transboundary water negotiations, repair of the Mosul Dam, salinity issues in Basra province, and improvement of irrigation drainage are the major water issues facing Iraq, Minister of Water Resources Dr. Latif Rashid told USG personnel in late October. END SUMMARY Three Prima [...]
2009-11-02 15:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON PBTS SENV TNGD TPHY EAGR
09BAGHDAD3188MEK/ASHRAF: UNAMI RECONVENES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a follow-up meeting with members of the international community, UNAMI reiterated its call for (largely) EU cooperation on resettlement of Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) refugees and those with ties to Europe. He voiced concern about the possibility of MEK-provoked violence on [...]
2009-12-12 13:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3245THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUNDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's June and December oil bid rounds ) history's largest (by reserves) ) have the potential to significantly alter Iraqi economics and politics. While much can easily go astray (on contracts, timetables, onshore construction, or export infrastructure),Iraq could conceiv [...]
2009-12-16 13:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3275Iraq Partners Forum Discusses Election Preparations and UN
[...] (SBU) The Iraq Partners Forum (IPF),which holds monthly meetings among the donors, UN, and World Bank to discuss international donor coordination, met on December 16 and focused on the UN's efforts for the upcoming elections and its strategic planning for assistance in the upcoming years. Emb [...]
2009-12-20 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3282IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: U.S. FIRMS' PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Only one U.S. firm bid for a contract in Iraq,s second oil bid round, as part of a larger consortium, and that consortium did not win. U.S. companies' decisions on whether or not to participate were driven by myriad complex factors and judgments the companies hold very close t [...]
2009-12-21 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD657IRAQ REGIONAL STRATEGY - PRELIMINARY UNAMI
[...] (C) The UN, like us, is in the process of formulating ideas on how best to promote Iraq's regional engagement. On March 11, Ambassador Gerard Sambrana, SRSG de Mistura's Special Political Advisor (and the senior UNAMI official most directly involved in the Neighbors Process),shared with us [...]
2009-03-13 10:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TU KU IR UN
09BAGHDAD856OIL MINISTER HANGS IN THERE, BUT REFORMS NEEDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Cabinet has received recommendations from the "oil policy symposium" called by DPM Barham Salih to reform management of the petroleum sector, but postponed any decision until the week of March 29. In the meantime, the Ministry of Oil (MoO) continues the bid round proce [...]
2009-03-30 08:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEPET ENRG PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD883THE GROWTH OF IRAQ'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER AND HER
[...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has grown into a stronger and more independent ministry under the leadership of Minister Wijdan Salim, particularly during the last year. In her almost three years as minister, Salim has increased the capacity of her staff, giving them the resource [...]
2009-03-31 11:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD960WHO'S WHO IN MARSHLAND RESTORATION (PART 2 OF 2)
[...] (SBU) Marsh restoration is a nexus of delicate political, economic, and cultural issues, spanning three provinces and 12 Iraqi ministries. While only a few tens of thousands of Iraqis still lived in the marshes area in early 2003, estimates are that over 150,000 people have returned, with man [...]
2009-04-08 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ
09BAKU192AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO PARTNER RWE CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A high-level executive from Nabucco Consortium partner RWE Gas Midstream said the next four to six months were "crucial" for the pipeline project's fate. If the Nabucco transit countries can initial an Intergovernmental Agreement at the May 7 Prague Summit it would "send a strong [...]
2009-03-11 12:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU40AZERBAIJAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2009 and includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requirements and Incent [...]
2009-01-21 10:11:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB AJ
09BAKU430AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REPEATS REQUEST FOR A
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told EUCOM Commander Craddock on May 21 that Azerbaijan's independent policies in support of NATO, Georgia and especially on energy leave it increasingly exposed to growing Russian and Iranian pressure. Azerbaijan needs "serious political and security guarant [...]
2009-05-26 10:22:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS AF TU AJ
09BAKU481AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV TALKS EURASIAN ENERGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev told Special Envoy Morningstar that lack of transit through Turkey for Azerbaijani gas destined for European markets was the biggest obstacle facing a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas westwards. The European Union should recognize that Nabucco, although perha [...]
2009-06-16 05:04:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU635AZERBAIJAN: PARLIAMENT WANTS A MOLE IN EVERY
[...] SUMMARY: On August 10, 2009, the American Chamber of Commerce in Baku held an emergency meeting to discuss a law passed by Parliament on June 22, 2009, which requires that deputies of foreign companies in Azerbaijan shall be citizens of Azerbaijan chosen jointly by the foreign company and the [...]
2009-08-11 12:24:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EIND AJ
09BAKU646AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA'S ENERGY TALKS AUG 12
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 12 farewell meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, President Aliyev described the latest round of Turkey gas transit talks as going "bad, almost hostile." He instead focused on the prospects of concluding purchase and sales agreements with Greece and its neighbors, an [...]
2009-08-17 06:52:00Embassy BakuSECRETECON ENRG PREL AJ TU TX GR
09BAKU754SOCAR ON SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY TRANSIT OPTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR continues negotiate transit fees and seek additional financial data to make a final decision on whether to throw its weight behind the Nabucco Pipeline or the competing Italy Turkey Greece Interconnector (ITGI). This past week's meetings in Baku gave the Azerbaijani national [...]
2009-09-23 11:59:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON AJ
09BAKU756RWE AND OMV CONTINUE TO PROMOTE NABUCCO PIPELINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the Eurasian Energy Envoy Dan Stein met with Nabucco promoters RWE and OMV in Baku. Both remain bullish on the prospects for the Nabucco Pipeline, but admit the project must move ahead within the next year or face eclipse by competing projects such as the ITGI ( [...]
2009-09-23 12:39:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON AJ
09BAKU782SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of successful visits by Department of State Deputy Secretary Steinberg and U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar. The mood here remains skeptical about the new U.S. Administration, fed by perceptions that the U.S. is pro [...]
2009-09-30 13:16:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV PREL ARM TU AJ
09BAKU80MAGNITOGORSK STEEL'S IRAN AGENT COMMENTS ON
[...] (S) The Iran Agent for Russia's largest steel company MMK discussed the Iranian steel industry and related issues with Baku Iran watcher. He described the extent and mechanics of MMK's Iranian steel operations, and the expansion of privately versus state-owned steel manufacturing activities [...]
2009-01-30 11:29:00Embassy BakuSECRETECON EIND ETRD PREL AJ RU IR
09BAKU810AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev, meeting with Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman on October 5, expressed support for the Southern Corridor, but blamed Turkey for delays. Azerbaijan is exploring alternatives, but the President acknowledged the inadequacies of each. Azerbaijan has not mad [...]
2009-10-09 09:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG
09BAKU812AZERBAIJAN: DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN, SOCAR DISCUSS GAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Poneman met with the head of the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR, Rovnag Abdullayev, on 5 October while in Baku. Both concurred on the urgency of resolving issues with Turkey related to gas transit and pricing for Southern Corridor [...]
2009-10-09 11:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET AJ TU TX GG
09BAKU820BAKU SCENESETTER FOR DAS KAIDANOW'S OCT 22-24 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku on the heels of the signing of the historic Turkey-Armenia protocols. Given tensions in the region, it will be an important opportunity to build upon the reassurances offered by Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg and Energy Deputy Secretary Poneman. Azerbaijan [...]
2009-10-15 12:06:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL AM TU RU AJ
09BAKU825CONOCPHILLIPS SEEKS EXPLORATION BLOCK IN AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ConoCPhillips (CP) representatives visited Embassy Baku October 15 to discuss interest in renewing their energy exploration in Azerbaijan. CP left its two exploration fields in Azerbaijan about 4 years ago due to differences with SOCAR, the state oil company. It now believes the [...]
2009-10-16 10:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET AJ TX RS
09BAKU916AZERBAIJAN: GAS TRANSIT TALKS REMAIN A STRUGGLE
[...] (C) In a series of meetings over the last two weeks with Dan Stein, Senior Advisor to the Eurasian Energy Envoy, SOCAR and GOAJ interlocutors reported surprising and hopeful progress on Azerbaijan,s gas negotiations with Turkey. However, much-anticipated November 24 Azerbaijani-Turkish tran [...]
2009-11-25 09:39:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU958GAS TRANSIT NEGOTIATIONS DRAG IN WAKE OF ERDOGAN
[...] (C) All eyes in the Azerbaijani energy sector have been on Washington, where President Obama and Prime Minister Erdogan met this week. Azerbaijan and Turkey appear to have engaged in a last minute flurry of negotiations in the hopes of striking a deal before the visit. Success eluded them. [...]
2009-12-11 11:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU976AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR INSIGHTS ON BOTAS FINANCIAL
[...] (C) In a lengthy December 15 meeting, SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov provided details of his recent visits to Turkey on December 7 and Tehran on December 14-15 (reftel A). Nassirov analyzed the continuing difficulties with the gas negotiations as follows: BOTAS' driving motivation in [...]
2009-12-18 14:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL TU RU AJ
09BAKU996AZERBAIJAN: THE VIEW FROM BAKU ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: The recent launching of the TransAsia gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China made much press in the Caspian region, particularly here in Baku. Azerbaijan has no role in the project now, but pundits and others are wondering aloud about potential for exporting future gas east to [...]
2009-12-30 09:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAMAKO213LIFE TO GO: RWANDAN GENOCIDAIRES DOING TIME IN MALI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mali's penitentiary system is home to 14 Rwandans, including former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda and two other Ministers, convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Eight of the Rwandans in Mali are serving life sentences. Under the term [...]
2009-04-08 11:03:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ML
09BANGKOK1382 THAI ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S.
[...] (U) In response to ref A, post has compiled a list of energy partnerships between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and the USG or entities in the U.S. private sector. USAID partnerships ------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID RDMA) oversees the Envir [...]
2009-06-09 07:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ENRG APECO TH
09BANGKOK151THAILAND: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Gregory Hicks),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for [...]
2009-01-21 10:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH
09BANGKOK2806THAILAND WILL SUPPORT GERMANY, ITALY, AND GREECE
[...] (C) PolOff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai November 3 to follow up a meeting we had October 28 with Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep to seek support for Lucretia Myer [...]
2009-11-03 11:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC
09BANGKOK2990BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF WITHAN
[...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Siam Aviation Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105515008722 Registered Date: December 6, 1972 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 4,000,000 baht Partners: Withan Makarabhirom, Wara Makarabhirom, Worathan Makara [...]
2009-11-24 10:41:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK499THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 08:16:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
09BASRAH59(C) BASRA: SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Dheyaa Jaafar told Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team and visiting Embassy Baghdad officers that a "completely different point of view" existed at SOC compared to just a few months ago, and international oil companies (IOCs) are now welcom [...]
2009-11-05 12:58:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG EPET ELAB PGOV IZ IR
09BEIJING1067APRIL 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM,
[...] Key points at the April 21 MFA press briefing: -- China "regrets to see some countries did not attend" the UN Conference on Racism. -- China is ready to play a constructive role in the Middle East and hopes relevant parties follow UN resolutions and use diplomacy to achieve "the peaceful c [...]
2009-04-21 22:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KPAL IAEA SENV CH EG IS JA RS
09BEIJING1125MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, IRAN, U.S. POLICY, DALAI
[...] NORTH KOREA "Three doubts in North Korean issue" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/27): "There are three questions concerning North Korea's development of nuclear weapons. First, is it a goal or a method? Second, concerning the nu [...]
2009-04-27 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1352 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 14
[...] (U) As of May 19, there are four confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China. China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that the suspected case in Guangzhou reported on May 18 has been confirmed as influenza A (H1N1) positive by China CDC (REF A). There are three other confirmed H [...]
2009-05-19 10:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1710JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN
[...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...]
2009-06-23 11:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW
09BEIJING1804JUNE 30 MFA PRESS BREIFING: ASEAN+3, FIVE PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the June 30 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China would continue to "play a constructive role" through the ASEAN+3 and Regional Security Forum and, given that the international security and economic situation was "changing ra [...]
2009-06-30 23:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW
09BEIJING1838JULY 2 MFA PRESS BREIFING: WU DAWEI, G-8, GREEN DAM,
[...] Key points at the July 2 MFA press briefing: -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei began his visit to Russia, the United States, Japan and South Korea on July 2, and will "exchange views with relevant parties" on the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as issues relating to Northeast Asia. [...]
2009-07-01 10:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM ECIN CH JA KN KS ZI RS IT TW
09BEIJING1868140 DEAD IN URUMQI RIOTS, DEATH TOLL MAY GO
[...] (C) During the course of July 6, China's official media steadily revised upward the death toll from July 5 rioting in Urumqi, Xinjiang, to 140. The Xinhua News Agency warned the final figure could be higher. 828 people were injured and police have made "hundreds" of arrests, the agency report [...]
2009-07-05 11:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING1929TENSIONS SUBSIDE IN URUMQI UNDER CONTINUED HEAVY
[...] (C) Poloff in Urumqi witnessed no new disturbances during the course of July 9. Public transportation was operational and many businesses had reopened. Poloff witnessed Uighurs walking unmolested in predominantly Han neighborhoods. Uighur neighborhoods appeared to have far less activity and fo [...]
2009-07-09 11:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING2062BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON XINJIANG,
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing July 17, French Ambassador Ladsous reported that during French National Day, he spoke with a Chinese Vice Minister who said Xinjiang was "just like Tibet" and implied France "best keep quiet." On Rio Tinto, Ladsous reported that he hea [...]
2009-07-20 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING2730REFCOORD MEETING WITH MFA: REFUGEE LEGISLATION,
[...] (C) Summary: China has worked to pass domestic refugee legislation for the past 10 years, but "technical issues" and differences among interested ministries have prevented the legislation from being codified into law, according to an MFA official. Reiterating the well-known PRC position on No [...]
2009-09-23 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS
09BEIJING3315XINJIANG'S URUMQI STILL TENSE, BUT LESS SO
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of PolOff to Xinjiang in early December revealed that the security posture in the capital city of Urumqi has relaxed somewhat but armed personnel from the People's Armed Police (PAP) continue to patrol the Uighur sector and other sensitive areas. While some residents e [...]
2009-12-11 11:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING332FEBRUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY VISIT, MIDDLE
[...] Key points at the February 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes Secretary Clinton's visit will "strengthen dialogue, increase mutual trust, broaden cooperation and push China-U.S. relations on a track of healthy and stable development." -- China "hopes U.S. Middle East policy can help ease [...]
2009-02-10 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA FR IR XF IT SA
09BEIJING3509TRIAL AND SENTENCING OF LIU XIAOBO
[...] (C) Summary: The Chinese denied access to diplomats from at least 15 countries who attempted to observe the December 23 trial of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." After applications through diplomatic channels were turned down, PolOff, along w [...]
2009-12-31 05:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING607FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...]
2009-03-09 12:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS
09BEIJING671China's Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application
[...] (SBU) Officials from the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)--operators of the China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellites (CBERS)--met with ESTHCOUNS and ESTHOFFS on March 10 to discuss areas of potential cooperation with USG organizations. CRESDA proposals for colla [...]
2009-03-16 05:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIRUT1023IMF MISSION IN BEIRUT EVALUATES SECOND QUARTER
[...] (SBU) On September 10, Domenico Fanizza, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Division Chief for Middle East and Central Asia, met with caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah to discuss macroeconomic performance in the second quarter of 2009. Fanizza is leading an Emergency Post-Conflict Assis [...]
2009-09-16 14:42:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1051DEFMIN MURR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION
[...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has no new strategy to form the government since his renomination on September 16, caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador September 23. Murr said he advised Hariri to make President Michel Sleiman a "real partner" in the government f [...]
2009-09-24 15:36:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM KPKO MARR PINR PINS SY IT SP LE
09BEIRUT1226BORDER CONTROL PLAN STILL LACKING SAY DONORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams reviewed with international donors on November 4 the very limited progress on border management since their last meeting in June, and attributed it primarily to the lack of a Lebanese government. Noting that border man [...]
2009-11-16 16:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS SY LE
09BEIRUT1239UNIFIL WANTS TO APPLY GHAJAR MODEL TO SHEBAA FARMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: July's explosion of a Hizballah arms depot in Khirbet Selim raised questions about the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) attitude, but the LAF has applied the lessons learned from the incident, according to UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Director of Political and Civil Affairs Mi [...]
2009-11-19 07:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC PBTS LE IS
09BEIRUT177LEBANON: UNSCOL OPTIMISTIC ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW
[...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams returned from consultations in Israel pleased with the thorough discussions he had, he told the Ambassador February 10. Williams was hopeful Israel would withdraw from Ghajar prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June [...]
2009-02-13 17:56:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
09BEIRUT184LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS IMF PLEASED WITH LEBANON'S GROWTH IN
[...] (SBU) In a February 11 meeting with the USAID Administrator's Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said a recent IMF delegation, led by IMF Deputy Managing Director Murilo Portugal, was pleased with Lebanon's growth in 2008, e [...]
2009-02-17 14:43:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT222LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS
[...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...]
2009-02-24 16:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE
09BEIRUT249LEBANON: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT WTO WORKING PARTY, BUT
[...] (SBU) On March 1, Zouha Sakr, head of the MEPI-funded WTO accession project at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET),told EconOff Lebanon's February 27 working party meeting in Geneva had gone reasonably well, considering Lebanon had little new information to report. She described the comm [...]
2009-03-03 07:12:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT271LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS WITH FELTMAN,SHAPIRO ON
[...] (C) On March 6, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams provided a briefing for visiting Acting A/S of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro. Referring to his upcoming meeting with the Security Cou [...]
2009-03-08 18:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT385LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR--WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF CASH
[...] (SBU) In a March 27 meeting with international donors, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director Salvatore Lombardo stressed the dire financial situation that UNRWA faces. Regarding Nahr al-Barid reconstruction, he said the land [...]
2009-04-02 14:10:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT685LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009
[...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...]
2009-06-22 13:35:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE
09BEIRUT974DEFMIN MURR FRUSTRATED WITH HARIRI BUT SAYS
[...] (C) Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador on August 28 that the Lebanese cannot expect "better than Saad Hariri these days." However, he continued, Prime Minister-designate Hariri needs to be viewed as "strong." Murr assessed that the planned August 31 meeting of major [...]
2009-08-31 15:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS IT
09BELGRADE1316SERBIA: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION
[...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Serbia. BEGIN TEXT. Serbia I. Summary The Republic of Serbia is a major transit country for narcotics and other drugs along the Balkan smuggling corridor from Turkey to Centra [...]
2009-11-06 16:42:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SR
09BELGRADE1482SERBIA: SLOWLY CREATING A RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 14:00:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG SR
09BELGRADE325SERBIA/ROMANIA: TADIC VISIT SHOWCASES "MODEL
[...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly with Embassy Bucharest. Summary ------- 2. (C) Serbian President Tadic's recent visit to Bucharest highlighted Serbia's bilateral relationship with Romania as the most positive of Belgrade's relationships with its neighbors. Romania's position aga [...]
2009-04-14 12:38:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RO SR
09BELGRADE420 EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH,
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS had a follow-up meeting with Border Police High Commissioner Zoran Lasica regarding the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System; this system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras [...]
2009-05-14 16:22:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE489Serbia: First Quarter 2009 Results - Crisis Continues,
[...] (SBU) Serbia's first quarter 2009 macroeconomic figures show further economic deterioration. However, with his usual economic optimism Deputy Prime Minister Dinkic claimed that Serbia had passed the low point of the crisis and would see "better and better news." Positive signs included the st [...]
2009-06-09 15:40:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE645SERBIA: REGIONAL SUMMIT TRUMPETS CQERATION BUT YIELDS
[...] (C) Serbia hosted over a dozen Central European presidents at a June 19-21 summit focusing on regional cooperation in the realms of energy, economics and European integration. Though hailed as a success for Serbia's regional policy, the summit yielded little beyond symbolism and rhetoric. T [...]
2009-07-07 09:21:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AL AU BK BU EZ HR IT KV LO MD MK MW PL
09BELGRADE839(Jovanka Broz) Tito Speaks
[...] (C) During a September 2 uninhibited one and a half hour conversation, former Yugoslav President Tito's widow, Jovanka Broz Tito dished to Charge on the Russians -- Tito never liked them, Slovenes -- they were never committed to the Yugoslav idea, and those who plotted and carried out her [...]
2009-09-03 13:23:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL SR
09BELGRADE867TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia's nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of traditio [...]
2009-08-14 08:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE872TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA- NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia?s nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of tradit [...]
2009-08-14 12:05:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BERLIN1069GERMANY SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON G8 GLOBAL
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (C) While meeting with MFA desk officers Dr. Bernd Rinnert and Dr. Joerg Polster on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) matters (Ref A),they raised a series of points with Econoff related to the G8 Global Partner [...]
2009-09-03 12:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN1116GERMAN INTELLIGENCE VIEWS ON OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The German Intelligence Service (BND) expressed confidence that Germanys proposal for a High Resolution Optical System (HiROS) reconnaissance satellite program "will be realized regardless of the outcome of the German general elections this month" and is advocating for a US partner [...]
2009-09-10 15:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL JP FR SP UK TSPA
09BERLIN1158MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Missile Defense 3. (Afghanistan) Aftermath of Elections 4. (Lebanon) Formation of New Government  [...]
2009-09-18 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1162GERMANY'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER?: THE WORLD
[...] (C//NF) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Guido Westerwelle may be on the verge of becoming Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor in a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-FDP government after the parliamentary elections on September 27. He has a strong craving for politi [...]
2009-09-18 16:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1263MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IMF, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategic Deliberations 3. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling for Berlusconi  [...]
2009-10-08 11:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF EFIN EU IT
09BERLIN1270MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA-NOBEL, AFGHANISTAN, ITALY, UK, U.S.;
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Norway) President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling on Berlusconi 5. (UK) Tory Party Conference 6. (U.S.) Economic Development  [...]
2009-10-09 12:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US AF IT UK ECON
09BERLIN1281GERMAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. During a friendly and frank discussion of Iran that the Ambassador hosted in honor of Dr. Condoleezza Rice on October 6, German parliamentarians, Chancellery and MFA officials, and senior think-tank researchers agreed that the international community was approaching an "end game" [...]
2009-10-14 13:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL PGOV IR ETTC GM
09BERLIN1300MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Clinton Interview 3. (Iran) Bombings 4. (Sudan) New U.S. Strategy 5. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 6. (Pakistan) Government Offensive 7. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Talks  [...]
2009-10-20 06:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US IR SU AF PK
09BERLIN1333GERMANY EXPRESSES TEPID SUPPORT FOR GEOGRAPHICAL
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to representatives of Germany's Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Foreign Office. 2. (SBU) The head of the AgMin's International Trade Policy Division, Klaus Kehrein, told FAS that extending Geographical Indicat [...]
2009-10-26 06:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN KIPR
09BERLIN1364MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...]
2009-10-29 13:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG
09BERLIN1393GERMANY'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER FACES STEEP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new federal interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, is known for being a competent administrator who performed effectively over the past four years as the Chancellery Chief of Staff. De Maiziere is a close confidant of Chancellor Merkel, their professional relationship d [...]
2009-11-04 12:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL KHLS KJUS GM
09BERLIN1400MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-05 13:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT
09BERLIN1412READOUT OF 1540 EXPERTS MEETING IN BERLIN
[...] (U) Summary. UNSCR 1540 implementation experts from the G8 met in Berlin from October 22-23, 2009 at the invitation of the German Foreign Office. All participants felt this was a useful and successful undertaking. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on the status of 1540 implem [...]
2009-11-06 15:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1467EUROPEANS TRACK U.S. ON EAST AFRICA BUT REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: During a German MFA experts level meeting in Berlin to discuss the challenges facing East Africa, it was clear the Europeans saw eye to eye with the United States on most Horn issues but differed on the advisability of sanctions against Eritrea. We agreed Ethiopia's role in the region [...]
2009-11-18 09:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER PHSA SENV DJ ER ET GM KE SO
09BERLIN1520ANNUAL MEETING OF ISAF RC-NORTH CHODS FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an annual conference hosted by Germany, ISAF RC-North CHODs and representatives from SHAPE and JFC Brunssum discussed the deteriorating security situation in the north and the need for additional maneuver battalions and helicopters. While no major new contributions were an [...]
2009-12-02 09:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1578GERMANY DEFENDS EXPORT MODEL BUT EXAMINES WAYS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In December 7 meetings in Berlin, German officials expressed a cautious optimism about Germany's recovery, but stressed that downside risks remain, particularly weaknesses at state-owned banks ("Landesbanken"). They were also concerned about Greece's debt position and the thre [...]
2009-12-14 09:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ETRD GM PREL
09BERLIN1587MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, ITALY, GERMANY-AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Summit 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Italy) Aftermath of Attack on Berlusconi 5. (Germany-Afghanistan) Afghanistan/ zu Guttenberg 6. (Greece) Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-12-15 12:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR IT GM GR
09BERLIN1593MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, NATO-RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Missile Test 4. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow 5. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Impact of September 4 Airstrikes 7. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo Prison Camp 8. (Greece) Economic [...]
2009-12-17 11:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR AF GR GM US
09BERLIN183HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USAREUR FORCE
[...] (S) Reftel requested Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding USAREUR's plan to move troops currently stationed in Schweinfurt to Grafenwoehr and to move or inactivate several smaller units at posts throughout the country. This message provides Embassy Berlin's assessme [...]
2009-02-13 10:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR PREL GM
09BERLIN184MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Obama, Economic Pakistan-India
[...] Lead Stories Summary Editorials focused on today's Bundestag meeting on the government's economic stimulus package, on protectionist tendencies in the EU, and on reports that people use drugs to improve their performance on the job. ZDF-TV's early evening newscast Heute opened with the Co [...]
2009-02-13 11:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
09BERLIN326GERMAN VIEWS ON APRIL 17 PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge Koenig delivered reftel points to MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg on March 18, in a joint demarche with Japanese Ambassador Takahiro Shinyo and Pakistani Ambassador Shahid Ahmad Kamal. Silberberg said the German MFA will be represented at the April 17 Donors Confe [...]
2009-03-20 11:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PK GM
09BERLIN359SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY STERN'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Stern, Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit and looks forward to supporting a mix of productive meetings. You will find your German interlocutors to be complimentary, congratulatory, and understanding of the broad challenges the Administration is facing si [...]
2009-03-27 05:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP GM
09BERLIN369PRELIMINARY GERMAN RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Steinmeier has responded positively to the new U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy, praising it for its emphasis on civilian assistance and development. While German officials had some initial misgivings about the planned creation of a NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) [...]
2009-03-27 18:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS AF PK GM
09BERLIN403German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: March 2009
[...] (SBU) As of March 24, Germany had a total of 7,304 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions, up from 7,200 in December (ref A). More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs of this cable: Mission Personnel [...]
2009-04-03 14:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN407 Scenesetter for CODEL Bingaman
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Senator Bingaman, Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit and looks forward to supporting a mix of productive meetings. You will find your German interlocutors to be understanding of the broad challenges the US is facing simultaneously; they await robust US engagement on clima [...]
2009-04-06 07:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ECON SENV ENRG TRGY PREL GM KGHG
09BERLIN418MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...]
2009-04-08 13:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE
09BERLIN422MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, MOLDOVA, GITMO, COUNTER-PIRACY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Cuba) Congressional Delegation in Cuba 3. (Moldova) Unrest 4. (U.S.) Renditions, ICRC Report 5. (Somalia) Fate of Pirates 6. (Environment) Bonn UNFCCC 7. (Italy) Berlusconi on Earthquake Victims 8. (Eastern Europe) Democracy [...]
2009-04-09 12:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN470GERMAN VIEWS ON THE APRIL 27-28 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany regrets the confusion that the Czech EU Presidency has caused over the status of Belarus President Lukashenka's invitation to the May 7 Eastern Partnership Summit, and agrees that it is important to ensure that he does not attend. The German MFA says it favors inviting R [...]
2009-04-22 16:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM
09BERLIN48MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, RUSSIA, CLINTON, EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Russian-Ukrainian Gas Dispute 4. Secretary-designate Clinton Hearing 5. EU Monetary Union  [...]
2009-01-14 12:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDXF IS GZ RS UP US EU
09BERLIN601GERMAN COMPANY MARKETING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO US DESPITE FRENCH OPPOSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 16:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR KZ AE TU GM
09BERLIN644U.S. CRITICIZED FOR BREAKDOWN OF OPEL RESCUE TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: May 27 negotiations in Berlin aimed at deciding a rescue strategy for General Motors (GM) subsidiary Opel ended without an agreement. The meeting did yield one noteworthy development: the number of remaining suitors for Opel appears to have narrowed from four to just two -- Fiat [...]
2009-05-28 18:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM
09BERLIN67BLUE LANTERN REPONSE: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, after an initial investigation, we assess that ASC is a reliable recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) items. We will conduct a site visit on March 3, 2009 to complete this investigation. 2. (SBU) Ms. Renate Bay, ASC's Marketing and Customer Service Di [...]
2009-01-16 16:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC SF GM
09BERLIN686GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: A 19-CASE SPIKE, 68 TOTAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 68 on June 8 as nineteen more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. Two US soldiers at a military facility in Landstuhl (Rhineland-Palatinate) are infected with the virus and several other US military cases are suspe [...]
2009-06-09 14:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN725MEDIA REACTION: Iran U.S.-Iran Iran-Internet
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Aftermath of Presidential Elections 3. (U.S.-Iran) Obama Reaction 4. (Iran) Effect of the Internet 5. (U.S.) Guantnamo Prisoners 6. (Georgia) Unomig Mission 7. (Economic) BRIC Countries Meeting  [...]
2009-06-17 12:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN741GERMAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany,s delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting in Mexico is concerned about raising the prospect of a 2020-2030 midterm compliance window in open session. The head of delegation also shared his dwindling hopes of an agreement in Copenhagen. German interlocutor [...]
2009-06-19 11:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN743GERMAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting in Mexico is concerned about raising the prospect of a 2020-2030 midterm compliance window in open session. The head of delegation also shared his dwindling hopes of an agreement in Copenhagen. German interlocutors [...]
2009-06-19 12:03:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN758MERKEL'S CHARTER GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM G-20 SHERPAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of Chancellor Merkel's highest priority global economic initiatives got a boost from G-20 Sherpas at a meeting in Berlin on June 12, 2009. The Chancellor's top economic advisors presented her vision for a Charter for Sustainable Activity, which is Merkel's contribution to [...]
2009-06-24 10:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO
09BERLIN765ASTRIUM GERMANY PLANS TO CORNER WORLD SPACE RADAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EADS Astrium Friedrichshafen and their daughter company, Infoterra GmbH, are actively marketing their space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery, imagery derived products, and even complete spacecraft to the US market with the strategic goal of securing funding to devel [...]
2009-06-25 13:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM
09BERLIN803MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...]
2009-07-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG
09BERLIN840GERMAN FISCAL POLICY: SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While most countries are busy trying to pull their economies out of the worst recession in decades, Germany is already focusing on next steps. Chancellor Merkel's government has set the country on a course intended to reduce its budget deficit to almost zero by 2016, despite a [...]
2009-07-10 17:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL GM
09BERLIN881German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: July 2009
[...] (SBU) As of July 7, Germany had approximately 7,100 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions. More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs: ISAF: 4,143 (paras 5-17) KFOR: 2,031 (para 18) OEF: 87 (paras 19-22) UNFIL: 22 [...]
2009-07-21 20:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN882German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: July 2009
[...] (SBU) As of July 7, Germany had approximately 7,100 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions. More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs: ISAF: 4,143 (paras 5-17) KFOR: 2,031 (para 18) OEF: 87 (paras 19-22) UNFIL: 22 [...]
2009-07-21 20:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN918Iraqi Refugee Arrivals Proceeding: 866 of 2500
[...] (U) Summary: A total of 866 Iraqi refugees have arrived of the 2500 that Germany agreed to resettle under the terms of last year's European Union agreement. This is the first time that Germany has worked with the UNHCR to permanently resettle refugees directly from overseas. Iraqi refugee se [...]
2009-07-31 14:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PREL PHUM IOM UNHCR IZ JO SY GM
09BERN222SWISS-ORIGIN DIGITAL MAGNETIC COMPASSES SOUGHT BY
[...] (S) Embassy passed reftel points to Swiss Economics Department dual use office head Juergen Boehler on May 19. Boehler thanked us for the information and said that the Swiss Government would immediately look into the matter. Boehler noted that Swiss Customs had instituted recently a policy of [...]
2009-05-19 13:37:00Embassy BernSECRETIR SZ PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA
09BERN243SWITZERLAND NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IAEA BUDGET INCREASE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel message on June 4 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and the FDFA's point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Praz said that the GoS has a general policy of advocating [...]
2009-06-05 16:51:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN SZ
09BOGOTA3495BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK 050197112
[...] (U) Summary. Per reftel, Emboffs traveled to the offices of JFW Colombia S.A. (JFW) in Bogota on November 17 and met with JFW manager Ricardo Roig. JFW is a small weapons broker that has contracted with Colombian National Police and military previously. JFW provided Emboffs the contract for a [...]
2009-12-02 16:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC CO
09BOGOTA3571Colombia: Follow Up Response on Previous ACE Finalists
[...] Summary. Per reftel, Post contacted the following finalists of the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE): Occidental, SURevolution, General Motors. All three companies are still working in Colombia and continuing their corporate social responsibility programs since being [...]
2009-12-17 19:19:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV
09BOGOTA570COLOMBIA'S NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Carolyn Cooley, phone number (57-1) 315-2129, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 50 hours preparing the report. 2. (SBU) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 23-27 of reftel. ------- SUMMA [...]
2009-02-24 13:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN
09BRASILIA102BRAZIL: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS GANG TAKEN DOWN IN
[...] (U) Summary: On the week of 11 January, the Brazilian Federal Police (DPF) arrested five persons (four Brazilians, one man and three women, and a Swiss man) who were suspected of trafficking women to Switzerland for prostitution. The four-year-old DPF operation, which was conducted jointly wit [...]
2009-01-23 19:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG PHUM BR
09BRASILIA132BRAZIL: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] This cable transmits the text of the Brazil Investment Climate Statement for 2007. BEGIN TEXT: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. According to a recent United Nations report, Brazil is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) re [...]
2009-02-03 16:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR
09BRASILIA1468Trafficking in Persons and Child Sex Exploitation in the
[...] Summary: The state of Goias, which surrounds Brasilia, has one of the highest incidences of human trafficking in Brazil; it also has a number of officials in the state with a strong commitment to dealing with the problem. In light of impending direct flights between Brasilia and Atlanta, whi [...]
2009-12-15 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI KTIP BR
09BRASILIA231 CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
[...] Please find below answers for Brazil to questions in reftel questions at para nine. Per ref b, in general only new information not in ref C is provided below. 2. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor. -What laws have been promulgated on child labor in the co [...]
2009-02-26 12:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB BR
09BRASILIA234BRAZIL: DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE TIP CASES; BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Socioeconomic conditions in the state of Para are among the worst in Brazil, and as a result, the state acts as a source for slave and domestic child labor and trafficking in persons cases. Belem international airport is a major transit point for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ne [...]
2009-02-26 22:10:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG BR
09BRASILIA250 BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT,
[...] (SBU) (U) The Full Inventory of TIP Legislation: Laws prohibiting trafficking are contained in the Brazilian Penal Code, Articles 231, 231-A, 206, and 207, and the Statute of Children and Adolescents. In addition, Article 149 of the Brazilian penal code prohibits "reducing someone to a condi [...]
2009-03-02 11:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA252 BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil continued to be a source country for internationally and domestically trafficked women, children, and men, and a destination country for forced factory labor in metropolitan cities. Brazil was not a significant Trafficking in Persons (TIP) transit country. Forced or sl [...]
2009-03-02 11:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA348 BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT,
[...] This message provides additional information on trafficking in persons in Brazil not previously reported in refs B, C, and D. With the exception of paragraph 4, the new information was provided by the National Secretariat of Justice (SNJ),which has been very cooperative and helpful to the Mi [...]
2009-03-20 19:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA449BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 11:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR
09BRASILIA613LAAD ,09 -- DEFENSE MODERNIZATION MEANS BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The April 14-17 Latin America Aerospace and Defense (LAAD) show in Rio de Janeiro provided evidence that despite the downturns in the economies of Brazil and its neighbors, defense manufacturers still see opportunities for business. As a result of Brazil's recently published a [...]
2009-05-15 12:51:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC BR
09BRASILIA795INFLUENCING BRAZIL'S LEADERS TO BUY U.S. FIGHTERS
[...] (C) With the June 10 submission of Boeing's best and final offer for Brazil's four billion dollar FX2 fighter competition, it is now up to Brazil's government to decide on an aircraft. A decision from the National Defense Council (President Lula and key Ministers) is expected at the beginni [...]
2009-06-22 16:27:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA809BRAZIL - DEPUTY NATL SECURITY ADVISOR FROMAN DISCUSSES CEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Brazil (GOB) meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman in Brasilia June 18-19 focused on CEO Forum, G8 and G20 preparations, Major Economies Forum (MEF) and Doha. Casa Civil head Minister Dilma Rousseff and Mi [...]
2009-06-25 16:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG EINV BR
09BRASILIA928BRAZIL: NO AGREEMENT WITH IRANIAN EXPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) was quick to dismiss claims made in Istoe magazine titled "Secret Agreement between Brazil and Iran," which reported on a memorandum of agreement between the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and Iran aimed at promot [...]
2009-07-24 10:46:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL BR
09BRATISLAVA428SLOVAKIA'S BORDER WITH UKRAINE
[...] (U) Summary. On Monday, September 21, Embassy officers together with DHS/ICE attachi visited the Slovak-Ukraine border as the guests of the Border and Alien Police (BAP). Our purposes were (I) to assess any security changes since visa waiver accession; (ii) observe U.S.-donated inspection eq [...]
2009-10-02 15:31:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PGOV LO UP PINR
09BRATISLAVA45 SLOVAKIA - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Slovakia's once troubled economy has been transformed in the last ten years into a business friendly market-model, which led the region with GDP growth of 7.1 percent (est.) in 2008. Comprehensive structural reforms adopted by the Slovak government in the first several years of this decade led [...]
2009-01-26 15:44:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR LO
09BRATISLAVA85SLOVAKIA 2009 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] SLOVAKIA'S TIP SITUATION A. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The MOI, local police, NGOs, and IOM are the best sources of information regarding the number and kinds of TIP victims. Though the numbers vary from source to source, they are generally reliable. IOM estimates between 150 to 200 individua [...]
2009-02-18 07:40:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
09BRAZZAVILLE143BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 11, 2009
[...] The date has been set: Presidential elections for the Republic of the Congo (ROC) will be held July 12. Eligibility regulations were published: a candidate must be of Congolese nationality, of good morality, must have 15 years of professional experience, be between the ages of 40 and 70, and [...]
2009-05-11 14:39:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EINV ETTC ETRD PGOV CF
09BRAZZAVILLE180FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE
[...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the [...]
2009-06-12 12:45:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF
09BRAZZAVILLE181FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE
[...] Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the New Embassy Compound on 20 January, consular service [...]
2009-06-12 13:34:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF
09BRAZZAVILLE198(C) CONGO-B/EU: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION "NOT A PRIORITY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 08:50:00Embassy BrazzavilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR CF
09BRAZZAVILLE337(SBU) CONGO(B) GOVERNMENT UNEASY OVER EVENTS IN NORTHERN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 15:10:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV PREL PREF CF CG
09BRAZZAVILLE72BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MARCH 12, 2009
[...] In an operation running through March 2, the Congolese government bought a total of over 2,500 firearms, 66,000 rounds of small arms ammunition, and several hundred grenades, rockets, and artillery shells from the Pool area. The operation was financed with a 500 million CFA Congo government [...]
2009-03-12 19:38:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PARM PINS ECON PREL EFIN MASS CF CH
09BRAZZAVILLE80EU/USA/UNDP MEET WITH MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17, at the initiative of the European Union, the EU (commission and presidency (Belgium) plus the resident chiefs of mission of France and Italy),the UNDP resrep/resident coordinator, and the U.S. Ambassador met with Minister of Territorial Administration Raymond Mboul [...]
2009-03-19 10:27:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CF
09BRUSSELS1016BELGIUM: COOPERATION URGED ON UNHRC
[...] (U) Summary. With the U.S. a new member, and Belgium now president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),the time for coordination and consensus building is now, according to Belgian MFA human rights officer Nathalie Rondeux. Rondeux opposes wholesale changes to the UNHRC syst [...]
2009-07-24 11:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR UN BE
09BRUSSELS1021EU AND TREASURY ON IRAN, DPRK, CFT, BURMA, SUDAN,
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: In eleven separate meetings with various EU and Member State officials on June 16-17, Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen pressed for robust EU implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on North Korea and Iran ( [...]
2009-07-27 04:56:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR
09BRUSSELS1033EU GENERALLY POSITIVE ON U.S. CLIMATE POLICY, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Several EU officials are pleased with the direction the United States is taking in its climate policy, but some (notably Germany and France) are looking for more. However, on several other issues related to the UN negotiation process, the EU is far from a consolidated position. [...]
2009-07-28 14:47:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS1047SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S JULY 28 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke met on July 28 with Yves Leterme, newly appointed Foreign Minister of Belgium. Holbrooke urged the GOB to ensure that the Belgian public understands how important operations in Afghanistan are to Belgian, Euro [...]
2009-07-30 15:43:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV AF BE
09BRUSSELS1075EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: A FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the European Parliament (EP) has less decision-making power in foreign policy as compared to other EU policy areas, the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) is traditionally a prestigious one and offers a platform for high-level visitors to reach out to the EU. But the new [...]
2009-08-06 05:17:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EUN
09BRUSSELS108INTRODUCING THE EU IV: THE JUDICIAL, FINANCIAL, SUPERVISORY
[...] In addition to its core policy and law-making institutions (the Commission, Council and European Council, and European Parliament - see REFs B and C),the EU institutional system also includes several other bodies with judicial, monetary, financial, supervisory or advisory functions. Among th [...]
2009-01-27 15:39:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EINV EUN PTER KTFN KJUS UNSC IR
09BRUSSELS110THE EU'S ENERGY SECURITY: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The recent dispute between Russia and Ukraine over gas supply and transit underscores yet again the precariousness of Europe's energy supply. Despite attempts by the parties to portray this as a commercial dispute, it was evident that gas was being used as a weap [...]
2009-01-27 18:17:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EUN RS UP TU ZB ZJ
09BRUSSELS1105 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: INTRODUCING THE NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past, the European Parliament's (EP) Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) served as the EP's platform for debate on often controversial issues regarding U.S. policy, including Guantanamo detainees and data transfer. If the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, t [...]
2009-08-10 15:48:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EINT ECPS PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS1271UNDER SECRETARY TAUSCHER DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, during her first trip to Europe as Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Ellen Tauscher held separate meetings on non-proliferation and disarmament issues with the EU's envoy for non-proliferation, Annalisa Giannella, EU Council Director [...]
2009-09-21 14:19:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL XF EUN ETTC
09BRUSSELS1279BELGIUM: NO MORE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES FOR NOW, BUT
[...] (S) Summary: At his September 17 meeting with Franciskus Van Daele, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Foreign Minister, the U.S. Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure (S/GC),Daniel Fried, thanked Van Daele for agreeing to take one Guantanamo detainee, Al Janko, for resettlement. He said that other [...]
2009-09-22 16:36:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPTER PREL PREF BE
09BRUSSELS1282 EU MOVES TOWARD JOINT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM FOR REFUGEES
[...] EU ministers in the September 21 Justice and Home Affairs Council broadly supported the idea of setting up a joint resettlement program for refugees from non-EU countries aimed at closer political and practical cooperation among Member States. The program would target particularly vulnerable [...]
2009-09-23 12:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
09BRUSSELS1284USEU RESPONSE TO FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE CABLE
[...] (SBU) USEU representative delivered reftel demarche to the European Commission's Directorate General for Development (DG DEV) and Agriculture (AGRI) September 22. USEU rep spoke with lead for FAO within DG DEV's Unit for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Luis Ritto. (Note: Prior to [...]
2009-09-23 15:17:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI
09BRUSSELS1314BELGIUM'S PERSPECTIVE ON UNHRC
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph six. 2. (U) Poloffs met July 13 with MFA Director for Human Rights France Chainaye. Chainaye discussed Belgium's role as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the GOB's perspective on its work. 3. (U) Chainay [...]
2009-09-30 06:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN PINR BE
09BRUSSELS132AFGHANISTAN: CAN THE EU BE A STRONGER PARTNER IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. We currently have a window of opportunity to lay the groundwork for more EU contributions in Afghanistan. The current window may close as soon as April 3-4, 2009 -- the dates of the NATO Summit. It is unlikely that the 21 out of 27 EU member states who are also N [...]
2009-01-29 16:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID
09BRUSSELS1332 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 9.1 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on October 1 showed a further limited deterioration of the situation on the EU labor markets. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 increased to 9.1 percent in August 2009, up from [...]
2009-10-01 16:01:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS1338JOSCHKA FISCHER DISCUSS NABUCCO WITH AMB.
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On September 17, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar, DoE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind, and Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Murray met with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, now a special advisor to [...]
2009-10-02 09:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS134AN OVERVIEW OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACTIVISM IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Five years ago the EU experienced its largest expansion to date with the accession of ten new member states*eight of which were Central European post-communist states*followed by the entry of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, which together comprise what is commonly known as the Cen [...]
2009-01-29 17:26:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN XG
09BRUSSELS1374EU/IRAN SANCTIONS: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C//NF) EU/Iran sanctions officials are currently focused on internal review procedures, but the USG can help make their discussions more forward-leaning by responding to EU requests for information and engaging in high-level diplomacy. On October 13, EU Council Director for Politico-Militar [...]
2009-10-14 07:47:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KNNP PARM PREL PINR MNUC EFIN ETRD UNSC
09BRUSSELS1392EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: October 9,
[...] (SBU) On October 20, EU27 Finance Ministers will meet in Luxembourg. They are scheduled to discuss: --preparations for the November 6-7 G-20 Finance Ministers meeting; --exit strategies from measures put in place in response to the economic and financial crisis; --climate finance; --reform o [...]
2009-10-16 14:43:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS1404 ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...]
2009-10-21 05:30:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN
09BRUSSELS1406DONORS ENGAGE ON L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY COMMITMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, 2009, the European Commission's (EC) Directorate General for Development (DEV) and USAID hosted a meeting in Brussels to further operationalize donor commitments from the July 8-10 L'Aquila meeting on Food Security. The meeting sought to build on prior discussion [...]
2009-10-21 11:06:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ETRD SOCI
09BRUSSELS141 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 7.4 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) provide another confirmation of the deterioration of the EU labor market situation. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 reached 7.4 percent in December 2008 (up from 7.3 percent [...]
2009-01-30 16:55:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS1412 CORRECTED VERSION: ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...]
2009-10-22 05:15:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN
09BRUSSELS1420SCENESETTER FOR TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fourth meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council on October 27 will cover a solidagenda with our largest economic partner. The meeting will feature discussions on G20 commitments and our cooperation in financial reform, closer U.S.-EU regulatory cooperation in t [...]
2009-10-22 13:22:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV EUN
09BRUSSELS1421EU STANCE ON NABUCCO WORRIES ITGI
[...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of the Italy-Turkey-Greece Interconnector (ITGI) pipeline project believes the Commission,s public bias towards Nabucco is prejudicing ITGI,s ability to secure a gas deal. Commission officials told him that their support for Nabucco is driven by USG pressure. [...]
2009-10-22 14:13:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IT ZJ RU EU
09BRUSSELS1497 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 9.2 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on October 30 showed further deterioration of the situation on the EU labor markets. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 increased to 9.2 percent in September 2009, up from 9.1 in [...]
2009-11-04 15:30:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS1504POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on November 5, USEU POLOFF delivered reftel points to EU Council Secretariat Policy Planning officer Pirkka Tapiola, as well as to British and Dutch contacts in Brussels. Reftel points were further widely delivered to Political and Security Committee (PSC) A [...]
2009-11-06 18:06:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BO EUN
09BRUSSELS1521BELGIAN PM VAN ROMPUY HARD TO REPLACE IF HE
[...] (U) Summary: The Belgian media and academics believe PM Herman Van Rompuy is the most likely candidate for EU President. Van Rompuy has been a consensus-builder during his year in the Prime Minister's office and throughout his political career of more than 35 years. Van Rompuy shares a deep [...]
2009-11-13 08:16:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR BE
09BRUSSELS1544U.S. AND EU RENEW DIALOGUE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS WITH
[...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary in the Office of Disability Employment Policy Kathleen Martinez led a U.S. delegation in frank discussions with their EU counterparts during the U.S.-EU Seminar on Employment of Persons with Disabilities on November 5 and 6. A set of common approaches and problem [...]
2009-11-19 10:16:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV PHUM EUN
09BRUSSELS1580SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Madame Secretary, Embassy Brussels welcomes your visit to Brussels on December 3-4 and your meetings with the in-coming Belgian Prime Minister, Yves Leterme, and the Foreign Minister, most likely Steven Vanackere. Your visit occurs at a moment when Belgians are poised to take a leading [...]
2009-11-24 14:00:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON BE AF
09BRUSSELS1616BARROSO'S NEW COMMISSION SHOULD BE GOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission President Barroso's announced line-up of the policy portfolios for the new Commission that takes office on/about February 1 has mostly good implications for U.S. economic policy interests: -- New Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht (Belgian Foreign Minister until [...]
2009-12-01 16:25:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ECIN EFIN EINV EAGR EIND
09BRUSSELS1621MINISTERS TO DECIDE FINAL WORDING ON CONTENTIOUS
[...] (C/NF) USEU Deputy Pol M-C spoke separately to Swedish, Italian and Spanish diplomats December 1 and 2 about the draft text on Middle East peace being prepared as a formal conclusion to be adopted at the December 7-8 Foreign Affairs Council (FAC--which replaces the GAERC). All three diplomats [...]
2009-12-02 14:32:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EUN KWBG IS
09BRUSSELS1630 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 9.3 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on December 1 showed further deterioration of the situation in EU labor markets. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 increased to 9.3 percent in October 2009, up from 9.2 in Septe [...]
2009-12-03 15:35:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS1666SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE
[...] (C) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest friends in the Belgian government. Under his leadership, Belgium has returned its focus to NATO as the orienting factor in its defense policy. Now, Belgium is p [...]
2009-12-11 15:40:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF
09BRUSSELS1675RIFT OVER EU'S AUTHORITY TO REGULATE GAS SUPPLY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the December 7 Energy Council in Brussels, Energy Ministers of the twenty-seven EU member states debated the European Commission's authority to regulate security of supply in member states. Discussions on security of gas supply revealed a split by a number of member states (Th [...]
2009-12-15 11:56:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL EPET KGHG EU
09BRUSSELS1704EU PUSHES DIALOGUE WITH U.S. ON MIGRATION
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 16-17, 2009, CA and PRM representatives at USEU met twice with Maria Bassols Delgado, Spanish Ambassador at Large for Migratory Affais, and her colleagues from the Spanish MFA and Ministry of Labor and Immigration, t [...]
2009-12-18 19:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALSMIG PREF CVIS KFRD EUN
09BRUSSELS174IRAN: EU DESIGNATIONS AFFECTED BY U.S. POLICY
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In light of German and Italian interventions over the past twenty-four hours, the Czech EU Presidency has decided to postpone an EU-level experts meeting on new Iran proliferation-related designations that was scheduled for February 11. The Italian delegation requested that th [...]
2009-02-06 17:41:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN
09BRUSSELS179EU COMMISSION SHARK ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: The European Union adopted an Action Plan outlining policy for sustainable management of sharks within the EU on February 5, 2009. The Action Plan is meant to address a wide variety of issues pertaining to the fishing, processing, sale, and study of sharks in the European Union, [...]
2009-02-09 10:27:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV EUN
09BRUSSELS190THE EU'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE; LOOKING BACK,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, led by the French Presidency, completed its Climate and Energy Legislative Package in December 2008. However, what transpired between January 23, 2008, when the European Commission proposed the four pieces of legislation that made up the Climate Package, an [...]
2009-02-10 15:12:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS196BELGIAN COMPANY EXMAR SEES OPPORTUNITIES IN GAS CRISIS
[...] During the regular natural gas disputes between Russia and some of its (former) client states that also affected Europe, Belgian gas supplies were never under threat. In 2008, Belgium imported only five percent of its gas supply from Russia, mainly thru the German-Russian Wingas group and the Fren [...]
2009-02-11 14:10:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EU BE
09BRUSSELS198EU'S PROPOSED COPENHAGEN STRATEGY TARGETS OECD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The EU Commission's Communication proposing the EU's approach for the UN climate change negotiations recommends strong emissions reduction ommitments and funding from developed countries, but suggests only "actions" (rather than commitments) from developing countries, including t [...]
2009-02-11 15:21:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS205IRAN: FEBRUARY 6 EU DEBATE ON SANCTIONS AND U.S.
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 6, EU Political and Security Council Ambassadors debated next steps on Iran policy. Council Secretariat DirGen Robert Cooper briefed the EU-27 on the P5 1 meeting earlier in the week. Given U.S. reaffirmation of the dual-track policy and the fact of t [...]
2009-02-12 19:04:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN
09BRUSSELS218DISCUSSIONS AT U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS
[...] (U) This is an action request telegram; please see paragraph 29. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Participants at the U.S.-European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Informal Meeting in Prague February 5 to 6, 2009, engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of cooperation against terr [...]
2009-02-13 17:08:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM CZ
09BRUSSELS223(CORRECTED CABLE FOR ERROR IN SUBJECT LINE) EU
[...] (C) Summary: As Israel undertakes the formation of a new government and plans go forward for the March 2 Cairo donors conference, several EU officials and diplomats from EU member states and non-EU interested missions (such as Egypt, Israel and Norway) have told us the importance they attach t [...]
2009-02-17 15:39:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MARR PARM EU IS
09BRUSSELS23 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 7.2 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. EU unemployment data just released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) provide a further confirmation of the worsening situation of the labor market in EU countries. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 reached 7.2 percent in November 2008 (up from 7.1 perc [...]
2009-01-08 16:16:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS254U.S.-EU TERRORIST FINANCING ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities Douglas Hengel and USEU Econoff met on February 6 with European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (EU CTC) Gilles de Kerchove, Council Secretariat Principal Administrator for the Counter-Terrorism Workin [...]
2009-02-23 12:27:00USEU BrusselsSECRETETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC IR
09BRUSSELS264EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: FEBRUARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 16:20:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS280UNITY QUEST: CENTRAL EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO FORGE EU
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Renewed efforts by the Central Europeans to approach energy security from a common EU position are being obstructed by a lack of member state unity on the issue. Holding the rotating presidency of the European Council, the Czech Republic has made energy security [...]
2009-02-27 12:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ENRG EPET XH
09BRUSSELS284ITALIANS SEEKING U.S. SUPPORT ON BOSNIA TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting with the Charge March 2, Italian PSC Ambassador Andrea Meloni sought U.S. support for changes to the international community's political and military posture in Bosnia. Fearing a loss of EU credibility in Bosnia if a new EUSR were not appointed quickly, Meloni [...]
2009-03-02 14:56:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BK IT
09BRUSSELS286 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 7.6 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on February 27 provide another confirmation that the current economic downturn is having a dramatic impact on the situation of the EU labor markets. The aggregate unemployment rate for t [...]
2009-03-03 06:06:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS307EU MINISTERS REVIEW SITUATION OF IRAQI REFUGEES, STATE OF
[...] Apart from the issue of Guantanamo detainees (see USEU mail exchanges),EU Home Affairs ministers at the February 26 Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting also covered a number of immigration and asylum issues, including the situation of Iraqi refugees in Europe, the state of play of the up [...]
2009-03-05 13:48:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
09BRUSSELS330EU Approaches the G-20 Summit
[...] (SBU) The European Union and its 27 member states have been hard hit by the global financial crisis and economic downturn, with the economy in recession and some of the world's largest financial institutions under stress. The EU has responded actively to this, with strident calls for action f [...]
2009-03-11 15:24:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KSUM EUN
09BRUSSELS331CENTRAL EUROPEANS DRIVE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP BUT
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Experts on EU policy development point to the EU's Eastern Partnership Initiative as the most successful example of how Central European member states have been able to influence EU foreign policy to date. The Eastern Partnership is designed to encourage politic [...]
2009-03-11 18:03:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EUN XG
09BRUSSELS333EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: March
[...] (SBU) On March 9, the ECON Committee of the European Parliament (EP) will vote on amendments to the CRD report. It is likely that there will be amendments passed asking the Commission to submit proposals to enhance transparency of the OTC derivatives market, including mandatory central counter [...]
2009-03-12 05:55:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS353AREAS FOR POTENTIAL U.S.-EU COOPERATION ON CHINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU share strong interests in coordinating economic engagement with China over a broad range of sectors, including health and safety, competition, ICT policy, trade, IPR and investment concerns. The EU is working with China actively in these areas, and seeks greate [...]
2009-03-12 15:22:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ECPS KIPR ETRD EFIN CI EUN
09BRUSSELS361IRAN: MARCH 3 EU DEBATE ON SANCTIONS AND U.S.
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On March 3, EU Political and Securty Council Ambassadors held an inconclusive debate on Iran policy with a view toward framing a response to the U.S. Iran policy review. Council Secretariat DirGen Robert Cooper circulated a draft paper detailing the purely military nature of th [...]
2009-03-13 14:39:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN
09BRUSSELS390EU COUNCIL LEAVES MAJOR ISSUES IN COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) During their March 19-20 European Council meeting, EU Heads of State are unlikely to make any definitive statements related to the EU position at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen; instead, they will leave virtually all issues unresolved and open for further discussion in subsequen [...]
2009-03-18 16:48:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS391INTRODUCING THE EUROPEAN UNION, PART VI: THE ACCESSION
[...] The EU has been growing from the founding "Six" to the current EU-27. Enlargement is viewed as one of the EU's most successful policies and a powerful foreign policy tool for extending a zone of peace and democracy across the European continent. The tight conditions for membership and the va [...]
2009-03-18 17:41:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EUN TU HR CY XH
09BRUSSELS396MARCH GAERC - FOCUS ON ECONOMIC CRISIS, BELARUS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on March 16, EU Foreign Ministers (FMs) focused their efforts on measures to address the economic crisis and the political challenges faced in Belarus and Bosnia. In addition to preparations for the March 19-20 European Council meeting, the General Affairs [...]
2009-03-19 16:10:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN ECON BO BK MW
09BRUSSELS401EU EMPHASIZES SUCCESS IN PSC PLUS 7 MEETING
[...] (C//NF) Summary: At the March 17 Political and Security Committee (PSC) Plus 7 meeting organized by the Czech EU Presidency, representatives of Member States and the EU institutions generally gave high marks to EU-led civilian and military operations in Chad, the Gulf of Aden, Georgia, Koso [...]
2009-03-20 11:34:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL XF XG XW ZJ ZL XD ZF EUN
09BRUSSELS471 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 7.9 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on April 1 confirmed the sharp deterioration of the EU labor market situation. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 reached 7.9 percent in February 2009 (up from 7.7 percent in [...]
2009-04-01 12:25:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS496CENTRAL EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE SHOWS COALITION
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Experts agree that effective EU policymaking is driven by coalitions among member states. They also agree that the Central European states that joined the EU since 2004 have only recently begun to employ coalition building. As a corollary, some EU experts cont [...]
2009-04-02 16:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EUN XG ECON EFIN SENV
09BRUSSELS536IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER BRIEFS EU ON PRIORITY
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 2-3 visit to Brussels, Daniel Glaser, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, assured an uncertain European Union that the United States remains committed to the dual track approach to Iran and said [...]
2009-04-08 12:23:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS
09BRUSSELS541COMMISSIONER FERRERO-WALDNER TO ATTEND TOKYO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU joined the Japanese Mission to the EU to present reftel follow-up demarche to European Commission (EC) counterparts in Brussels. The EC delegation will be headed by Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner. The final EC pledge will exceed $500 million, though the period covered wil [...]
2009-04-08 17:54:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ECON EFIN IMF PK IBRD
09BRUSSELS566THE PLIGHT OF MON810: POLITICS TRUMPS SCIENCE IN THE EU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, the German Ministry of Agriculture announced a ban on the cultivation and sale of Monsanto's GMO corn MON810, the only GMO varietal currently approved for cultivation in the European Union, in Germany. The German action follows the March 22 announcement by Luxembou [...]
2009-04-16 13:15:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV BE
09BRUSSELS577SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. The Europeans view energy security in broad terms -- to include alternative sources and supply of gas, development of additional renewable resources, research into c [...]
2009-04-17 15:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS579EU REACTION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Brussels-based EU officials working on Burma policy issues appreciated receiving reftel points on the status of the ongoing U.S. policy review. Although the EU still intends a straight rollover of its Common Position and restrictive measures, Foreign Ministers may issue politic [...]
2009-04-17 19:33:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD BM EUN
09BRUSSELS601SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S EU MEETINGS
[...] (U) 22 April 2009, EU Council Justus Lipsius Building, Brussels. 2. (U) U.S. Participants: Special Envoy George Mitchell NEA DAS David M. Hale NEA/IPA Payton L. Knopf NEA/IPA Alon Sachar NSC Mara E. Rudman USEU Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Christopher Murray USEU PolMinsCouns Christop [...]
2009-04-27 18:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN IS XF
09BRUSSELS635EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May 4th,
[...] (SBU) On May 5, the ECOFIN Council will meet to discuss the Commission's Spring economic forecast and to formally adopt the Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies and the Solvency II Directive, both recently approved by the European Parliament. Ministers will exchange views on how to cross-borde [...]
2009-05-05 10:38:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS636 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 8.3 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on April 30 showed a further dramatic deterioration of the EU labor market situation. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 soared to 8.3 percent in March 2009 (up from 8.1 percen [...]
2009-05-05 12:39:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS651SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with European Union leaders on March 23 during his first visit to Brussels as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He expressed appreciation for EU support to Afghanistan and Pakistan, applauded the EU for deploying the only inte [...]
2009-05-08 05:19:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR PINS PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS670SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES EU ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 22-23 Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar met with EU and industry officials to discuss U.S.-EU cooperation on energy security. In these meetings, Ambassador Morningstar gave his European counterparts an overview of the Administration's Eurasian ene [...]
2009-05-12 07:39:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS738EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May 19th, 2009
[...] (SBU) On May 27, the European Commission will publish a Communication setting out its vision for a new European supervisory framework, based on two new pillars: --The European Systemic Risk Council (ESRC),which will monitor and assess the risks to financial stability, provide early warning of [...]
2009-05-28 08:42:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS755 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS I: THE SETTING
[...] SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP),the only multinational parliamentary assembly in the world elected by universal suffrage, will be re-elected 4-7 June across the 27 member states of the European Union for another five-year term. The EP's 754 members will represent 500 million citizens. [...]
2009-06-02 11:11:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EUN ECON
09BRUSSELS767 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 8.6 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on June 2 confirmed the sharp deterioration of the EU labor market situation. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 soared to 8.6 percent in April 2009 (up from 8.4 in March). U [...]
2009-06-03 13:09:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS808BELGIUM:DEMARACHE ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION:ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 07:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KJUS KAWC KUNR PREL UNGA BE
09BRUSSELS895BELGIUM ON PKK AND CT COOPERATION
[...] (S) Summary: Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Ronald Schlicher met June 9 with Belgian CT officials to discuss PKK, Roj-TV, and wider CT cooperation; a luncheon hosted by the Charge covered additional CT themes. Ambassador Schlicher conveyed a message from Danish CT off [...]
2009-06-30 09:15:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR TU IZ BE
09BRUSSELS911EU OPTIONS FOR SOMALIA SECURITY SECTOR REFORM
[...] (C//NF) Summary: We expect the EU to lay the groundwork for an EU Somalia security sector reform mission before its traditional August recess. An EU Council-European Commission paper on future options in Somalia will be discussed by EU Political and Security Committee Ambassadors on July 3. [...]
2009-07-01 18:33:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR EUN
09BRUSSELS915 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 8.9 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on July 2 confirmed a broad pattern of deterioration on the EU labor markets. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 soared to 8.9 percent in May 2009 (up from 8.7 in April). Une [...]
2009-07-02 13:05:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BRUSSELS918COMMISSIONER DIMAS OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE PICTURE;
[...] (C) Summary. As the EU intensifies efforts to secure a climate agreement in Copenhagen, the Swedes have asserted their leadership role while Environment Commissioner Dimas has taken himself out of the picture. Both Swedish and Commission officials agree that European criticism of U.S. emissi [...]
2009-07-06 09:24:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS920EU AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: USEU shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council General Secretariat functional, regional, and technical experts. Commission sanctions experts request additional information about how the USG will implement the UN [...]
2009-07-06 09:53:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE
09BRUSSELS923GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: S/E FRIED THANKS E.U. FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 16:18:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS931EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: July
[...] (SBU) At the July ECOFIN Council - the first one under the Swedish presidency ministers will exchange views on the preparation of the forthcoming G-20 meetings, i.e., the G-20 finance ministers meeting preceding the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh in September. There Council will also discuss: 1) pr [...]
2009-07-07 14:42:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS965EU MILITARY CAPACITY-BUILDING IN AFRICA: EURO
[...] 1. (C) Summary: The EU's capacity-building program to train African civilian and military leaders is struggling to overcome the African Union's absorption capacity and recruitment challenges. The EU effort, named EURO RECAMP, is halfway through a training cycle for the African Union (AU) t [...]
2009-07-13 15:09:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEUN MARR MOPS PREL XA
09BRUSSELS975THE NEW EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT STRONG ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to our contacts, the European Parliament's (EP) new leaders will seek to strengthen relations with the United States during the new five-year term. Parliamentary leaders from the dominant center-right group hope for an early official U.S. visit and appear well dispose [...]
2009-07-15 10:26:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN PGOV PREL KDEM MARR
09BRUSSELS985BELGIUM'S PERSPECTIVE ON UNHRC
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph six. 2. (U) Poloffs met July 13 with MFA Director for Human Rights France Chainaye. Chainaye discussed Belgium's role as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the GOB's perspective on its work. 3. (U) Chainay [...]
2009-07-17 14:57:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN PINR BE
09BRUSSLS1332 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 9.1 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on October 1 showed a further limited deterioration of the situation on the EU labor markets. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 increased to 9.1 percent in August 2009, up from [...]
2009-10-01 16:01:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09BUCHAREST132DEEP THROAT: PSD LEGISLATOR DISHES ON PSD INTERNAL
[...] (C) Summary: PSD legislator Georgian Pop predicted that Parliament would succesfully refer the Nastase corruption case to prosecutors next week. He underscored that Geoana was consolidating his hold on the PSD with the support of local barons including Constanta Mayor Mazare and Bucharest PS [...]
2009-02-27 14:02:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RO
09BUCHAREST24ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009
[...] Following is Embassy Bucharest's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT Romania actively seeks direct foreign investment. The Agency for Foreign Investment (ARIS),created in 2004, is designed to advertise the co [...]
2009-01-14 13:09:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO
09BUCHAREST243ROMANIA'S ROMA: STILL ON THE PERIPHERY
[...] (SBU) As Romania's Roma celebrate their National Day this week, the community remains on the outskirts of mainstream Romanian society in almost every respect: politically disenfranchised; lacking access to adequate education, housing and employment; and victimized by prejudicial campaigns in t [...]
2009-04-10 12:50:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST432FOREIGN MINISTER DIACONESCU ON CORFU MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 17 discussion with the Charge, Romanian FM Cristian Diaconescu shared concerns that the Corfu Informal Ministerial runs the risks of moving too fast and of not providing equitable hearings for all states. While Romania agrees with the U.S. demarche (reftel) on Corfu, th [...]
2009-06-23 11:17:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST761ROMANIA: TIME FOR PROGRESS ON ORTHODOX-GREEK
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 23 introductory call with the Romanian Orthodox (BOR) Patriarch, Ambassador discussed the long-standing dispute between the BOR and the Greek Catholic Church in Romania over Greek Catholic buildings and properties transferred to the BOR by Romania's communist regi [...]
2009-11-13 08:48:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST785 BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY: STEFAN MINOVICI - CASE NO.
[...] (U) This message is a response to reftel request to verify the bona fides of registered broker Stefan Minovici - Case No. K-2197. 2. (SBU) POLOFF raised subject company, MIC & ASSOCIATES GRUP SRL, with Romanian authorities, including the National Export Control Agency (ANCEX) of the Minist [...]
2009-11-24 08:39:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC RO
09BUCHAREST824ROMANIA ELECTIONS: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS CRY FRAUD, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) has claimed systemic, nationwide electoral fraud and called for the annulment and re-run of the December 6 presidential runoff in which PSD candidate Mircea Geoana failed by a slim margin to unseat incumbent Traian Basescu. However, according to [...]
2009-12-10 12:12:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV RO
09BUDAPEST148HUNGARY: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] Despite the successful implementation of the National Strategy Against Trafficking in Human Beings on April 10, 2008, the GOH was unable to sustain the same level of commitment to anti-TIP activities as it had done in previous years. During the year, the GOH eliminated financial and programm [...]
2009-02-27 13:18:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SMIG ASEC
09BUDAPEST254HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche to the MFA's NATO Section Head Peter Sztaray on March 27. Sztaray who had the lead in preparing Hungary's response to the USG's request for inputs to the AFPAK strategy review, commented that the white paper is "in line with our views" on the way forward ( [...]
2009-03-31 09:08:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF HU
09BUDAPEST28SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DAS JUDY GARBER
[...] (SBU) Over the past four months, the GoH has been reacting to a series of crises that have gripped the nation's attention, beginning with the financial market crisis in October, followed by an ongoing diplomatic row with Solvakia, transportation sector strikes in December, and now the growing [...]
2009-01-09 16:04:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON HU
09BUDAPEST357HUNGARY: ETHICAL CODEX ENCOURAGES FOOD STORES TO
[...] (U) Summary: On April 9 2009, representatives of major supermarket chains, food producers and processors signed a voluntary ethical codex that "requires" 80 percent of shelf items to be Hungarian products. Although portrayed as a symbol of good faith, international retailers such as Tesco (UK) [...]
2009-05-13 14:46:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALBTIO ETRD EAID ECON EU HU
09BUDAPEST362JOBBIK AND RISING HUNGARIAN NATIONALISM
[...] (SBU) Summary. As the European Parliamentary (EP) elections approach on June 7, many Hungarian political analysts and pollsters believe that the extreme-right Jobbik party will win at least one seat in the EP, providing it a potential "bounce" for the national elections currently scheduled fo [...]
2009-05-14 16:28:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM PREL SOCI EU HU
09BUDAPEST461AMBASSADOR FRIED'S GUANTANAMO DETAINEE MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy (S/GC) for the Closure of Guantanamo Bay Detention Facilities Ambassador Dan Fried met with Hungarian government officials and major political party leaders June 18 to discuss Hungary's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees. MFA Senior State Secretary Vilmos S [...]
2009-06-29 13:15:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER HU
09BUDAPEST843AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S CONSULTATIONS IN BUDAPEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Richard Morningstar visited Budapest on November 16-17 to take part in the "Fourth Energy Forum," a conference dedicated to fostering a broad discussion on European energy security. While in Budapest, Ambassador Morningstar met with [...]
2009-11-24 14:48:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL OREP HU
09BUENOSAIRES1095SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SOLIS' VISIT TO ARGENTINA, OCTOBER 6-8
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your October 6-8 visit to Argentina. I will have been in the country a little less than three weeks when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first visitors. The Government of Argentina will also be extremely interested in [...]
2009-10-02 14:02:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1161ARGENTINA INITIATES BOND HOLDOUT DEAL
[...] (SBU) Minister of Economy Boudou announced that Argentina has signed letters of engagement with three major banks to manage a new offering to holdouts from the 2005 defaulted debt restructuring. Boudou and other GOA officials had been predicting such a move for a number of weeks, and the an [...]
2009-10-26 10:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES118ARGENTINA: SPANISH AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS CFK'S
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Ambassador Rafael Estrella February 2 to discuss the February 9-11 visit of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) to Madrid. Estrella, a well-connected former politician, offered the following thoughts on the visit. 2. (C) Efforts to Pos [...]
2009-02-04 14:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SP AR
09BUENOSAIRES1198ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER: GOA LOOKING FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of Economy Boudou, the two discussed the status of the GoA's latest offer to the bond ""holdouts,"" discussions with the IMF and Paris Club, and U.S. investment in Argentina. Boudou was confident of a successful deal with the [...]
2009-11-05 16:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EIND EINV PINR PREL ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1272ARGENTINA: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control
[...] (U) Per reftel, Buenos Aires draft INCSR report follows, with partial changes suggested by INL Washington in response to first draft (ref. B). 2. (SBU) Argentina Part I. Summary Argentina continued to be an important transshipment route for Andean-produced cocaine during 2 [...]
2009-11-20 18:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1286Argentina: Unlikely to Achieve Aim of 2009 Holdout Deal
[...] (SBU) A key Argentine Ministry of Economy official explained that the GOA hopes to launch its offer to the holdouts from the 2005 debt restructuring deal by December 15, in order to accommodate the desire of many institutional investors to clear the defaulted Argentine debt from their books be [...]
2009-11-24 22:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1414Scenesetter for Codel Engel Visit to Argentina, January 5-7
[...] (SBU) Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina. I will have been in the country for about four months when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first Congressional visitors. The Government of Argentina is interested in [...]
2009-12-29 19:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM PTER KTIP
09BUENOSAIRES294Argentina: G7-Plus Ambassadors on Economy, Protectionism
[...] (SBU) Local G7-plus representatives were upbeat on the ability of crisis-tested Argentina to weather the current economic downturn, at least through 2009, but complained about growing Argentine protectionism via non-automatic license non-tariff barriers. Ambassadors also agreed on the importanc [...]
2009-03-16 21:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES302ARGENTINA'S CONSIDERABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL
[...] Summary: Argentina is a potential world leader in renewable energy. Already a leading producer and exporter of biodiesel, Argentina's extensive forestry resources could provide ample biomass for second-generation biofuels (ref A). The country's southern Patagonia region enjoys some of the m [...]
2009-03-18 10:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON SENV AR
09BUENOSAIRES499Argentina: International Donor Community
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a roundtable coffee with the international donor community to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on international assistance to Argentina. The roundtable was co-organized with the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI) and the [...]
2009-04-30 21:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON SOCI PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES597ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT
[...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...]
2009-05-21 13:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES817ARGENTINE CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO SEEKS SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daniel Filmus, Argentina's former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, is now running for President of UNESCO 35th Conference. He seeks U.S. support for his candidacy. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The Argentine MFA hosted a meeting for chiefs of mission on July 8 to pro [...]
2009-07-13 21:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL AORC UNESCO AR
09BUENOSAIRES86Argentina - Scenesetter for Codel Costello
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 30 - February 1. We have arranged meetings for your Transportation Committee delegation with U.S. private sector civil aviation representatives and have requested meetings with senior Government of Argent [...]
2009-01-26 20:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR
09BUENOSAIRES934ARGENTINA: CRISTINA GOES TO CARACAS TO GRAB COLOMBIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met August 11 in Caracas to discuss bilateral trade issues and sign 22 commercial accords valued at an announced US$1.1 billion. These trade agreements followed Chavez's recently annou [...]
2009-08-14 14:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL AR VE
09CAIRO119SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S JANUARY 26 VISIT TO CAIRO REF: CAIRO 118 (ASSESSMENT POST-GAZA) Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey Reasons: 1.4 (B) and (D)
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: Senator Mitchell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit will be, we hope, the first in a regular process of dialogue and consultation with senior Egyptians on what they consider to be the primary regional political issue -- the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly the Palesti [...]
2009-01-23 19:54:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1416USG-FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS PROJECT FOR WOMEN IN THE
[...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On July 20, we visited the USG-funded kiosk project, which aims to provide a small business livelihood for low-income women in a poor, agricultural section of the Nile Delta Governorate of Menufiya, approximately 75 miles north of Cairo. -- (U) The USD 43,000 ESF grant [...]
2009-07-22 14:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM ECON SOCI EG
09CAIRO163DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN NORTH SINAI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-01 05:04:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL ECON PTER SNAR EAID EAGR EG IS
09CAIRO230EGYPTIANS SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR G20 AND G8 MEETINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 15:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEFIN OVIP PREL PGOV ECON IT UK EG
09CAIRO254EGYPTIAN MFA ON DONORS CONF, CEASEFIRE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 14:14:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO37REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR GOE
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following security officials from the Egyptian Central Security Force and Special Operations Force, who have been selected to participate in COESPU training courses in Vicenza, Italy January 12 [...]
2009-01-09 12:04:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV MASS EG
09CAIRO418 RACHID REVIEWS UPCOMING TRIP TO WASHINGTON
[...] (SBU) KEY ISSUES: -- Minister of Trade Rachid will spend March 22-25 in Washington with the goals of restarting a bilateral economic and trade dialogue and re-engaging with U.S. business. -- Rachid believes the Washington trip may be an occasion for a public roll-out of the recently agre [...]
2009-03-11 14:18:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PREL EG
09CAIRO77Egypt's Tourism Hurt by the Global Financial Crisis
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Signs of a slowdown in the Egyptian tourism sector are beginning to emerge as a result of the global economic crisis and may have a significant impact on revenues, employment and growth in 2009. Tourism in Egypt is the top foreign exchange earner and made up 19% of forex revenu [...]
2009-01-15 14:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CANBERRA33AUSTRALIA BROADBAND - A SNAPSHOT (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary: In Australia 4.3 million households (52%) have broadband connections, an increase of 800,000 through the Australian fiscal year ending June 30; 78% of Australian households with internet access have broadband. There has been more than a five-fold increase in the number of househo [...]
2009-01-09 06:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AS
09CANBERRA421PRIME MINISTER RUDD ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced in a press conference April 29 that Australia would boost its troop contribution in Afghanistan from 1,100 to 1,550 troops, mostly for training and capacity building and to support the Afghan elections in August 2009, and that it wo [...]
2009-04-29 07:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PREL AS
09CANBERRA464 Australian Health Care - An Overview
[...] (SBU) Australia's mixed public and private health care system achieves some of the best health outcomes in the OECD despite healthcare spending comprising less than 10% of GDP. Australia is second in the OECD for life expectancy at birth and 16th in percentage of GDP spent on healthcare. Aust [...]
2009-05-17 22:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SOCI AS
09CANBERRA646LABOR TO RETAIN POWER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ALP insiders we have spoken with recently tell us that the South Australian ALP (Australian Labor Party) government is on track for a comfortable election win in March 2010. A big factor in this is deep infighting in the South Australian Liberal party. In contrast, factional p [...]
2009-07-14 07:36:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS PGOV PINR
09CANBERRA657AUSTRALIAN READOUT ON MEF LEADERS' MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia is generally pleased with the final statement of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meetings in L,Aquila July 8-9, but fears that generating momentum towards an agreement at Copenhagen will probably require another meeting of MEF leaders before the December UNFCCC negot [...]
2009-07-16 07:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV KGHG AS
09CANBERRA953ON G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: YES TO PARTNERSHIP, NO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia supports the extension of the G8 Global Partnership beyond 2012 and is open to making a contribution to that effort. After making a significant pledge to the Global Partnership when it was launched in 2002, Australia is interested in greater involvement in Partnersh [...]
2009-10-23 07:12:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS KNNP MNUC PARM
09CARACAS1057VENEZUELA: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. It is easy to focus on the negative stories coming out of Venezuela's oil sector, but there are opportunities for companies to prosper and for Venezuela to increase production. Energy field consultations in June highlighted the multitude of opportunities that oil service compani [...]
2009-08-13 14:41:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1131VENEZUELA: NEW PETROCHEMICALS LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela passed a limited-scope Petrochemicals Law in July that covers basic and intermediate sector activities. It permits the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) to enter into mixed companies with the private sector and attempts to preclude private company recourse to inte [...]
2009-08-27 13:48:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1351VIEW FROM THE BARRIOS: CARITAS EXPLAINS CHAVEZ
[...] (C) Summary: Yaneth Marquez (protect),the Andean regional director of the Catholic charity Caritas, described to PolCouns on October 15 the political perspective of people in Venezuela's poorest areas where Caritas works. Marquez said the standard of living of Venezuela's poor had increased [...]
2009-10-20 16:53:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1361VENEZUELA: REPSOL CONFIRMS SIGNIFICANT NATURAL GAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's recent claims that Repsol and ENI's natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela will catapult Venezuela into place as the country with the fourth largest natural gas reserves in the world appear to be true. Furthermore, Repsol and ENI expect to produce suffici [...]
2009-10-22 16:41:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1547TWO CHAVISTAS ELECTED AS NEW "INDEPENDENT" CNE RECTORS
[...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (AN) selected two new rectors to the five-person committee that oversees the National Electoral Council (CNE),replacing the two outgoing Chavista rectors with two more of the party faithful. Incoming rectors Socorro Hernandez and Tania D'Amelio, respectiv [...]
2009-12-11 17:23:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS362VENEZUELA: OPIC-FINANCED COMPANY MAY FILE DEFAULT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. concern Williams is poised to file one to three default notices against PDVSA on projects financed by OPIC. PDVSA's on-going financial crisis makes it unlikely it will be able to pay arrears to Williams. Given recent actions taken against other companies that have issued de [...]
2009-03-23 16:52:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS707VENEZUELA: UPDATE ON TIDEWATER VESSELS AND
[...] (C) U.S. oil service firm Tidewater Senior Vice President Gerry Kehoe and Country Representative Mikael Jakobs (strictly protect throughout) on June 4 told Petroleum AttachQ (PetAtt) and visiting Washington energy analyst that Tidewater plans to send its two U.S.-flagged oil support vessels wi [...]
2009-06-09 10:58:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CASABLANCA11MOROCCO - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 13:17:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA210MOROCCO, THE WORLD'S NEXT HOLLYWOOD?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Situated in central Morocco, the Souss-Massa-Draa region has become one of the world's most appealing film locations - and the backdrop for several major Hollywood films starring actors such as Angelina Jolie, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio. The Moroccan government has im [...]
2009-11-19 09:12:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA27MOROCCO: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2008 to February 2009. ------------------------- OVERVIEW: Plus Ca Change... ------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of M [...]
2009-02-13 14:57:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MO
09CHIANGMAI49BURMA-KNU: KNU SEEKS PRECONDITIONS FOR TALKS
[...] (C) Despite the Burmese regime's offer reported in Ref A for unconditional talks with the Karen National Union (KNU),which has been waging a conflict against the regime for over 50 years, the KNU placed several conditions on its participation in future talks with the regime during its April 6 [...]
2009-04-10 07:31:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
09CHIANGMAI70GAO TEAM TOLD THAT MOST BURMESE STONES SMUGGLED
[...] (SBU) Most Thai gem traders do not buy from the Burmese Government auction; the number of Burmese rubies sold in Thailand is declining; the highest value Burmese gems are smuggled out of Burma illegally; small Burmese traders and Thai cutting/polishing/finishing operations are suffering the mo [...]
2009-06-03 06:36:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BM CH XA TH
09CHISINAU1003ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CRISES NECESSITATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The previous Party of Communists (PCRM)-dominated Parliament adopted Moldova's initial state budget for 2009 with positive forecasts for GDP growth and receipts. However, the new government of Moldova (GOM) inherited a GDP drop of minus nine percent for 2009, falling revenues, [...]
2009-12-30 12:20:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU264 Fraud Summary - Chisinau: September 2008 -February 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 07:59:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD
09CHISINAU330 MOLDOVAN 2008 MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic growth continued to be strong in Moldova in 2008, according to recently released official statistics, with GDP growing 7.2 percent. However, economic trends were not uniform during the year and fourth quarter data reflected the increasing impact of the world economi [...]
2009-04-24 14:43:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU43MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Embassy Chisinau submits the Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take small steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corrupti [...]
2009-01-22 10:39:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09CHISINAU44MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Russia 154.08 2. United States 102.16 3. Italy 91.30 4. Spain 82.57 5. Netherlands 80.12 6. France 79.00 7. Romania 60.14 8. Germany 50.64 9. Austria 35.20 10. Cyprus 27.54 92. Based on figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, FDI since 1992 by sectors was as a perce [...]
2009-01-22 10:42:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09CHISINAU496 WORSENING ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In October 2008, the outlook for Moldova's economy was still positive for 2009. Since that forecast the economic situation for the entire region has deteriorated dramatically. The Moldovan National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published numbers for the first quarter, underscori [...]
2009-06-26 11:00:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU705ENGAGING MOLDOVA'S DIASPORA
[...] Summary: Defining and identifying a "Moldovan Diaspora" according to the definitions of reftel is difficult. Moldovan communities abroad, which are as ethnically and linguistically mixed as at home, are still in the process of formation. These communities share largely economic links with t [...]
2009-09-14 13:56:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC OIIP PGOV
09CHISINAU769 Fraud Summary - Chisinau: March 2009 -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 09:42:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD
09COLOMBO252SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS WAYS TO
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador hosted a meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors on March 5 to take stock of actions since the February 3 Co-Chair statement and consider what further actions we should recommend to capitals. Ambassadors agreed not to recommend an additional Co-Chair statement at this time [...]
2009-03-05 13:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV CE
09COLOMBO26GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA BANS LTTE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 7, the Government of Sri Lanka banned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Under the ban's regulations, anyone found guilty of promoting, encouraging or aiding and abetting the LTTE would be sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. On January 8, Ambassador attended [...]
2009-01-08 12:03:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER PREF CE
09COLOMBO395MALDIVES: ECONOMY GREW BY 5.7% IN 2008; DOWNTURN EXPECTED
[...] (U) Summary: In 2008, the Maldivian economy grew by 5.7%, down from 7.2% growth in 2007. Tourism and fisheries, the mainstays of the economy, fared poorly. Tourism grew by only 2.9% compared to 9.4% in 2007. The fisheries sector contracted for the second straight year. While these key sect [...]
2009-04-06 08:08:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID MV
09COLOMBO67INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 06:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
09COPENHAGEN282 DENMARK HOSTS COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Baltic region officials decided to continue efforts to make the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) more focused on concrete projects to integrate the region's energy infrastructure and promote other links at a ministerial meeting on June 4 hosted by Denmark as outgoing CBSS pr [...]
2009-06-19 10:40:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL AORC ZB XZ DA
09COPENHAGEN577ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
[...] Statistics Denmark released the 2009 Q3 GDP figures on December 22. In a highly unexpected result, the figures showed GDP growth of 0.6% in the third quarter, the first growth since the first quarter of 2008. Denmark's GDP as of the end of August was at approximately the same level as 2004 Q [...]
2009-12-23 12:48:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDECON EWWT ETRD KTDB PGOV EAGR DA
09COTONOU582BENIN: BELGIAN MILITARY COOPERATION REDUCED
[...] (U) Poloff met Belgian military attache Georges Reinders on November 17 to discuss recent reports that Belgium is ending military cooperation with the Beninese Armed Forces. He explained that a new government came to power in Brussels in January 2009, and a new chief of defense was named on Ap [...]
2009-12-08 10:57:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PREL KPKO BN
09DAKAR1336Senegal: Mouride thugs ransack media group
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 25, a group of thugs led by Mame Thierno Mbacke forcibly removed Sidy Lamine Niasse, founder of the Walfadjri media group, from his home and ransacked the group's headquarters. Mame Thierno Mbacke is the brother and assistant of politico-religious leader Modou Kara [...]
2009-10-28 16:40:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1362GUINEA-BISSAU CABINET RESHUFFLE: PM CONSOLIDATES HIS POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, Prime Minister Carlos "Cadogo" Gomes, Jr. finally reshuffled his cabinet after announcing he would do so during the June-July presidential campaign. As he pledged last week in a Lisbon press conference, he promised a smaller government, ostensibly to rein in gove [...]
2009-11-02 07:51:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG
09DAKAR1440Casamance: Increased Violence and a Potential New Leader
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between November 2-4, PolCouns visited the Casamance to assess the region's volatile security situation where road hijackings by armed gunmen have become commonplace. Additionally, a border quarrel between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau near Cabrousse has created tensions that have le [...]
2009-11-25 14:32:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR220SENEGAL FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal is preparing to hold local elections amid an atmosphere of slowly building social unrest due to ongoing economic difficulties, poor management of the country's public finances, and disillusionment with Senegal's overall governance. The Senegalese are known for and proud [...]
2009-02-23 13:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL ECON
09DAKAR62IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON SENEGAL
[...] Summary: In response to REF A request, Post updates its reporting on the impact of the global financial crisis on Senegal (REF D). Senegal's financial sector and businesses are facing a severe tightening of local credit -- the result of both the government's poor budget control and the globa [...]
2009-01-16 08:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID SG
09DAMASCUS327PART 1: SYRIA'S CHANGING FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE -
[...] (C) Nearly 40 years after Syria's banking industry was nationalized, Law No. 28 of 2001 authorized the re-introduction of private banking. Eight years on, Law No. 28 has had the most visible impact of President Bashar al-Asad's many economic "reforms," and has generated significant spinoff le [...]
2009-05-11 03:44:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL LE SY
09DAMASCUS432UN PREPS 2009 SYRIA DROUGHT APPEAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Syrian officials recently acknowledged the scope of the humanitarian disaster brought on by a four-year drought exceeds their capacity to respond. A combination of low rainfall and serious sand storms have all but wiped out the crop in Syria's three eastern provinces, and large-s [...]
2009-06-22 13:11:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ECON PREL SY
09DAMASCUS434THE STRUGGLE OF DAILY LIFE FOR IRAQI-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: For the first time in over two years an Embassy officer visited the Iraqi-Palestinian refugees camp in Al-Tanf, established in the "no-man's-land" between the Syrian and Iraqi borders. Conditions remain hostile despite the UN's best efforts to provide basic food, non-food, medic [...]
2009-06-23 09:30:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ SY
09DAMASCUS536UNHCR UPDATES DONOR NATIONS ON IRAQI REFUGEES IN
[...] (C) Summary: UNHCR officials held an information sharing meeting on July 28 to discuss: (1) increasing problems for refugees in renewing their residence permits; (2) the closing of the Al-Tanf refugee camp; (3) food distribution programs; and (4) families returning to Iraq. Additionally, WFP r [...]
2009-08-03 12:25:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV KTIP IZ SY
09DAMASCUS781SYRIAN RESPONSE ON INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister (V/M) Faisal Miqdad's Chief of Staff (COS) Husam Aala informed Charge November 5 that the Syrian Embassy in Washington would be conveying an invitation to U/S Burns to lead a U.S. inter-agency delegation to Syria during the second half of November. (Note: Miqdad's [...]
2009-11-05 12:49:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY
09DARESSALAAM127ZANZIBAR: MEMORIES OF AN UNRECONSTRUCTED REVOLUTIONARY
[...] SUMMARY: Ali Sultani was one of the leading figures of the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution, but later spent eight years in prison as one of the conspirators of President Karume's assassination (father of the current President Karume). A charismatic raconteur, quoting Edith Pilaf's "Je Ne Regrete Rie [...]
2009-02-27 02:43:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PINR PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM385ZANZIBAR: DONORS SEEK COMMON POSITION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Key donor nations agree that the political impasse in Zanzibar constitutes a "risk situation." There was a consensus that donors needed to reinforce their concerns with GOT and Zanzibar interlocutors and to press for change through a common position. Norway and Netherlands are [...]
2009-06-11 14:27:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM643ICTR PREPARES FOR CLOSURE, SIGNIFICANT WORK REMAINS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed Dar es Salaam-based diplomats September 25 on the status of the tribunal's work. ICTR officials expected to meet the planned 2010 deadline for closure of the tribunal, despite some case delays. However, [...]
2009-09-30 14:57:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA ICTR RW TZ
09DARESSALAAM815ICTR UPDATE: COMPLETION STRATEGY, KABUGA/KENYA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a briefing for Dar es Salaam-based diplomats November 19, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) officials said additional time and funding would be necessary for the Tribunal to handle new arrests and other cases that would spill into 2011. ICTR President Judge Den [...]
2009-11-24 15:51:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PHUM UNGA RW TZ
09DHAKA301BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...]
2009-03-29 09:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR BG
09DILI276TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) countries, a G8 initiative intended to support the U.N. Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, met for the first time in Timor-Leste on October 2. The group concluded that while the current risk of a terrorist a [...]
2009-10-06 08:45:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ASEC ID TT
09DJIBOUTI415BELGIAN SPECIAL FORCES REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE FOR POSSIBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 16:19:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPREL PHSA MOPS DJ SO BE
09DJIBOUTI893SOMALIA: DJIBOUTI'S FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A July 10 IGAD ministerial in Addis Ababa will address revising the African Union Mission in Somalia's (AMISOM) rules of engagement to allow it to take more robust military action against al-Shabaab extremists, according to Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. IGAD m [...]
2009-07-09 15:28:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO DJ SO ER
09DOHA132QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] Below is Part 2 of 2 of post's input for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reported. Part 1 has been communicated by septel. 2. (SBU) PARAGRAPH 26: PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) What kind of protection is the government able under existing law to provide f [...]
2009-02-19 10:34:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB QA
09DOHA219QATAR'S IRAN POLICY OUTLINED AS EU-USG DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) The German Ambassador, Dr. Dirk Baumgartner, delivered the points on nuclear issues. (See his talking points below in para. 9.) 2. (C) Before Al-Mahmoud responded to Ambassador Baumgartner's points, he described Qatar's general policy towards Iran: -- Qatar's relationship with Ira [...]
2009-03-29 14:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV QA
09DOHA470U.S. EMBASSY DOHA COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 12:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IT QA
09DUBLIN415AMBASSADOR ROONEY'S MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Ambassador Rooney met with Ireland's Permanent Representative to the EU, Rory Montgomery, and separately with Irish European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy (Internal Market and Services). In wide-ranging discussions about the EU and Ireland, the Ambassador and his [...]
2009-10-02 16:31:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI EUN
09DUBLIN89IRELAND - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 17:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
09FLORENCE19FRAUD SUMMARY (SAN MARINO)
[...] Relations between the United States and the Republic of San Marino (RSM) were upgraded in 2006 from Consular to Diplomatic. For consular purposes, the republic is within the jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Florence for all functions except for immigrant visas, which are processed at t [...]
2009-05-05 14:14:00Consulate FlorenceUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SM
09FLORENCE22SAN MARINO: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] (SBU) The following are post's answers to the questionnaire in Reftel for the Republic of San Marino. . 2. (SBU) Section A: Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection - - - - - - - - - - -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries a [...]
2009-06-03 14:15:00Consulate FlorenceCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC SM
09FRANKFURT1712FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 13:41:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FRANKFURT241Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License End-Use Check on
[...] (SBU) Reftel requested that post conduct a bona fides site visit to Zeltmann GmbH and a pre-license check on application 050136522. ConGen Pol-Econ Off conducted the site visit with junior directors Peter Zeltmann and Achim Zeltmann on January 14. Established in 1964 by current senior directo [...]
2009-01-23 14:04:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC SP GM
09FRANKFURT2648FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 12:57:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FRANKFURT687 ECB Sees Fiscal Crises in Central and Eastern Europe and
[...] Summary. In a conversation with a Treasury delegation, ECB officials indicated they could deal with worsening financial turmoil in Central and Eastern Europe, seeing little chance that crises there would destabilize the euro zone. They saw a debt default from a euro zone member such as Greec [...]
2009-03-12 10:14:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EU GM
09FREETOWN115PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER APOLOGIZE TO U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 17:53:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWMN PINR SL
09FREETOWN217MAY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN
[...] (U) Summary: President Koroma continued to focus in May towards reconciling the country's two major political parties, urging them to implement the communiquQ signed following the unrest in March. On the heels of the Cabinet reshuffle, Ministers have signed new performance contracts. The disin [...]
2009-06-12 11:00:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN56 SIERRA LEONE 2009 TIP SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Sierra Leone continues to struggle in the fight against trafficking. Internal politics and competing priorities overshadowed the TIP issue in terms of attention and financial support in 2008. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender, and Children's Affairs and the Sierra Leone Police contin [...]
2009-02-19 15:09:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL
09FREETOWN81FEBRUARY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Koroma February 27 and elicited a positive response in a pending request to expel wanted criminals and needed informants to the United States. Koroma reshuffled the cabinet after months of rumors, creating some controversy but largely satisfying S [...]
2009-03-04 15:40:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM EAID SL
09GENEVA1021FIFTH IOM STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMS AND
[...] (U) Summary: The fifth session of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Standing Committee on Programs and Finance (SCPF) took place October 27-28 in Geneva with Ambassador Mudaran (Venezuela),SCPF Chair, presiding. Member states continued discussion of the 2010 administrative b [...]
2009-11-16 10:06:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM SMIG
09GENEVA126598TH IOM COUNCIL - GENERAL DEBATE AND RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: IOM Director General William Swing presided over the organization's Ninety-Eighth Council meeting November 23-26, which focused on a number of institutional issues, including budget and structural reform initiatives. Member States agreed to a 1.5 percent increase in IOM's 2010 [...]
2009-12-23 11:09:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL SMIG
09GENEVA252ENERGY PACT CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: A new foundation, the Energy Pact, hosted a conference in Geneva March 16-17, featuring Ministers of Oil from Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Oman; Swiss and Danish Ministers of Environment; and several academics. Oil Ministers gave assurances about the adequacy of the supply of oil and argu [...]
2009-03-24 13:37:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON SENV
09GENEVA259WTO COUNCIL FOR GOODS APPROVES AGOA, CBERA AND
[...] Summary: On March 24, 2009 the CTG agreed to waive WTO MFN rules to allow the U.S. to grant preferential access to the U.S. for AGOA, CBERA and ATPA beneficiary countries. With some reluctance, Bolivia joined the consensus on these waivers. They expressed their hope that the U.S. will restor [...]
2009-03-25 16:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR BL
09GENEVA280S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON'S GENEVA CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met separately with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). In both meetings he outlined the Department of Justice (DOJ) -led review of the remaining 241 detainees at Guantanamo that i [...]
2009-04-03 15:56:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA880 ASSESSMENT OF U.S. ENTRY INTO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -
[...] (SBU) The 12th Human Rights Council Session -- the first with the U.S. as a member -- concluded on October 2. Feedback on U.S. participation was positive, with many delegations noting our efforts to creatively address historically divisive issues, such as freedom of expression, country mandat [...]
2009-10-16 06:51:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA894 GAZA, GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION PASSES AT HRC SPECIAL SESSION
[...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council Special Session passed a resolution endorsing the recommendations contained in the Goldstone Fact Finding Mission's report on the conflict in Gaza. By a margin of 25 in favor, 11 abstentions, 6 no votes, and 5 not voting, the Council adopted the resolution that [...]
2009-10-20 14:05:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GUANGZHOU602Guangzhou Consulate Count: In - Argentina, Ecuador,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ecuador and Ethiopia recently opened consulate offices in Guangzhou, and Argentina opened in name though its "presence" is currently limited to frequent visits by a nominated CG resident in Beijing. Budget cuts at Sweden's Foreign Ministry will lead to the closure at month's en [...]
2009-10-23 09:45:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SCUL PGOV CH
09GUATEMALA1250GUATEMALA PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVE (PAI) PROPOSAL -
[...] SUMMARY: Post proposes to program critically-acclaimed, U.S. Spanish-speaking jazz artist Luis Bonilla and ensemble to perform in the U.S.-Guatemala Binational Center's (Instituto Guatemalteco Americano, IGA) Tenth Annual International Jazz Festival, and Post seeks PAI funding for same. Guate [...]
2009-11-10 22:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL
09GUATEMALA49GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Comercial Agricola Bolanos (CAB). The research included an on-site inspection of CAB, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with th [...]
2009-01-16 12:04:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KMOC GT
09GUAYAQUIL125EVANGELICALS CLAIM NEW LAW THREATENS FREEDOM OF
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's growing evangelical movement is concerned that a 2008 presidential decree requiring churches to register with the government and identify their parishioners is a move to squelch the outspoken movement and could have implications for freedom of religion. The decree gro [...]
2009-05-28 21:02:00Consulate GuayaquilCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EC
09HANOI1156VIETNAM RESPONSE ON PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Embassy Hanoi officers met with officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Tuesday, October 27, to gauge the Ministries' initial reaction and response to Secretary of State Clinton's letter and proposal, "Partnering [...]
2009-10-28 11:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD
09HARARE911ZIM NOTES 11-23-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Talks Expected This Weekend... ZANU-PF Fills Out Top Posts... Bennett's Trial Begins... State Continues to Block Release of MDC Official... Striking Lawyers Protest... German Priest Assaulted by Soldiers... Old Cases Against Activists Revived... [...]
2009-11-24 10:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HAVANA100EU DIPLOMATS DISCUSS CHANGES IN CUBA, THE UNITED
[...] (C) Future change agents in Cuba will not come from civil society but from the civil service, argued a group of seasoned European diplomats. During a wide-ranging discussion, eight European colleagues inquired about possible changes to U.S. regulations on travel and remittances, urged the Un [...]
2009-02-12 21:05:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU EC EU
09HAVANA110DISSIDENTS: UN MEETING SHOWS CUBAN GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Several leading dissidents commented that the GOC successfully used its good relations with nations in the developing world to minimize criticism during the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council held on February 5 in Geneva. The official Cuban press reported [...]
2009-02-18 20:25:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09HAVANA147CUBA'S JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: RENDERING UNTO CAESAR
[...] (C) Summary: A visit to the headquarters of Cuba's Jehovah's Witnesses revealed a sophisticated and growing operation. Leaders of the religion said that there were 90,000 practitioners in Cuba, a number far in excess of previous estimates. Although the religion has neither sought official [...]
2009-03-04 19:35:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA697TRADING WITH THE ENEMY - DISAPPOINTING CUBAN TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of U.S. exporters told us they received an unusually cool reception from the Cuban Government at this year's Havana trade fair. While some exporters reported business more or less as usual, we heard more complaints than in previous years regarding everything f [...]
2009-11-19 17:29:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON CU
09HELSINKI149FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...]
2009-04-24 13:47:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV FI
09HELSINKI218FINLAND: NOTIFICATION DELIVERY EXTRADITION TREATY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 13:55:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN KTIA FI
09HELSINKI337FINLAND WELCOMES MORE, BUT NOT ALL, VOICES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 11:14:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT PHSA PREL SENV FI
09HELSINKI59FINLAND: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Post's point-of-contact on TIP is Political & Labor Officer Lisa Conesa(ConesaLB@state.gov; Tel: 358-9-6162-5482; FAX: 358-9-6162-5766). Ms. Conesa is an FS-04, and spent 100 hours on preparing the TIP report. Two local LES employees in the Political Section and Consular Section spent 6 [...]
2009-02-18 12:35:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB FI
09HOCHIMINHCITY573SAIGON HIGH TECH PARK ENTICES US INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Saigon High Tech Park (SHTP) has emerged as a significant new hub for high tech investment in Vietnam. Preferential tax treatment, direct governmental access, and VAT and import duty exemptions are just a few of the benefits that have lured many U.S. investors, laying the foundat [...]
2009-08-04 09:42:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN VM
09HONGKONG1242009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, HONG KONG
[...] Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy, and the government interferes minimally in the economy. The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing dis-incentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied [...]
2009-01-20 06:51:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK
09ISLAMABAD1070 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 09:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1079IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF
[...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...]
2009-05-18 15:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD109PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MUMBAI ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi and Interior Minister Malik briefed the diplomatic corps on Pakistan's ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Malik was annoyed the MFA declined to invite the Indians to the briefing, and he followed up with a separate brief [...]
2009-01-19 14:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1218THIRD RECCA SOLDIFIES GAINS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 03:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG ERTD EAID PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD1256PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...]
2009-06-08 16:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK
09ISLAMABAD1389 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1662JAPANESE SRAP FOLLOWS UP ON FODP AND IDPS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japan's Special Representative for Assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan Yoshikawa revealed that Spain and Kuwait have allegedly withdrawn their pledges from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) conference in Tokyo. He also commen [...]
2009-07-21 15:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL PREF PK
09ISLAMABAD269PAKISTAN INVESTIGATION INTO MUMBAI ATTACKS LEADS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 5, Interior Minister Rehman Malik met with the Ambassador and FBI agents to discuss the initial results of the FIA-led investigation into the Mumbai attacks. Malik shared both the investigation team's findings and the draft First Instance Report (FIR),both of which wi [...]
2009-02-06 14:58:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2900 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD313PAKISTAN FILES CASE AGAINST MUMBAI ATTACK SUSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly declared that the Mumbai terror attacks were planned, at least partially, in Pakistan and that the GOP had several suspects in custody. Malik held a press conference to present the initial results of the inquiry and announce [...]
2009-02-12 16:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD321GOP REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR MIRZA BEG'S IFAD CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) Muhammad Haroon Shaukat, MFA Additional Secretary, convoked representatives of Japan, Kuwait, Libya, the United States, and Saudi Arabia (which was not present) on February 13 to ask their support for the candidacy of Mirza Qamar Beg for President of the International Fund for Agricultura [...]
2009-02-13 14:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID EAGR PK
09ISLAMABAD575IMF Update - "Nascent Stability"
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a briefing of G-7 countries, the IMF Resident Representative characterized Pakistan's economic situation as "nascent stability." Revealing little new information, he commended the GOP's efforts to meet its numeric goals, but cautioned that tax revenue targets would be diffic [...]
2009-03-18 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD902DONORS PLEDGE OVER $5 BILLION IN NEW MONEY AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International pledges totaled more than $5 billion at the Pakistan Donors' Conference in Tokyo on April 17. The Donors' Conference was intended to support the implementation of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund (IMF) Stand-By Arrangement agreed to in November 2008. Specia [...]
2009-04-28 13:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID
09ISTANBUL121RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND AKP VIE TO WIN THE HEARTS AND
[...] (C) Summary. A visiting USG research group met with intellectuals and think tanks in Istanbul on March 5-9 to discuss the developing relationship between the government of Turkey (GOT) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Various observers told them the religiously conservative Turkis [...]
2009-03-24 15:48:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU
09ISTANBUL175PROMOTING "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IRAN"
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO that promotes "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) principles in Turkey has briefed us on its efforts to train an Iranian CSR NGO to survey 100 Iranian companies on the extent to which they implement CSR principles in Iran. Not surprisingly the initial results [...]
2009-05-20 15:16:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL22RAISING CONCERNS WITH TURKISH BANKS ABOUT IRAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: We met with representative from the Turkish Bankers' Association and several Turkish banks to highlight our ongoing concerns about Iran's deceptive financial practices and urge them to undertake more rigorous scrutiny of their relationships with Iranian banks. We also shared inf [...]
2009-01-15 06:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP PREL PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL273IMF REP ATKINSON BRIEFS AUDIENCE IN ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) (Summary): Fresh from the G-8 Conference in Italy, IMF External Relations Director Caroline Atkinson met with local business leaders and analysts in Istanbul at a conference sponsored by DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) to discuss the Fund's view of the global financial cris [...]
2009-07-16 12:59:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TU
09ISTANBUL320SESAME SEES ITSELF AS A MODEL CENTER FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourteenth meeting of the Council of Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) was held in Istanbul in July. The SESAME project is a scientific initiative currently under construction in Jordan that currently fosters positive in [...]
2009-08-17 05:33:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPRELTBIOBA CY EG ENRG IR IS IZ JO PK
09JAKARTA1931GOI ROTATES LEBANON TROOPS, UNDERLINING COMMITMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia will send a replacement contingent of peacekeeping troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in the coming weeks. The GOI is also providing contributions to UN peacekeeping operations in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In addition, it is m [...]
2009-11-23 09:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC ID CG LE SU
09JAKARTA33INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
[...] On November 24, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Freddy Numberi inaugurated a new marine conservation area (MCA) in Kaimana, West Papua Province. Members of the local community, who contributed their indigenous land rights to the new 600,000-hectare MCA, are working collaboratively wi [...]
2009-01-09 04:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
09JAKARTA378INDONESIA -- ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: The past year did not witness significant change in overall trafficking patterns in Indonesia. There is a continuous trend of Indonesians seeking work abroad as high unemployment and [...]
2009-03-04 08:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAM EAID ID
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