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07USUNNEWYORK168	AU PEACE AND SECURITY COMMISSIONER DJINNIT CALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Said Djinnit told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in an informal meeting on February 28 that he was in New York to finalize modalities with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on all three phases of Darf [...]	2007-03-02 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CD ET PGOV PREL SO SU UNSC KPKO

07USUNNEWYORK17	NEW YORK UPDATE ON BURMA UNSCR [...] (U) USUN placed the revised text of the draft Burma UNSCR (ref A) "in blue" the afternoon of January 11. The Russian delegation, which currently holds the Council presidency, has scheduled a vote for 3:30 p.m. on January 12. Veto Threats ------------ 2. (C) Amb Wolff met with Chinese [...]	2007-01-12 01:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK173	MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...]	2007-03-02 23:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF
07USUNNEWYORK174	UNSC/IRAN: ITALIAN PR ASKS FOR EARLY OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Italian Permanent Representative Marcello Spatafora called on Ambassador Wolff on the evening of Friday March 2, to stake an Italian role in negotiations on the follow-up Iran resolution. Spatafora said that he was acting on instructions from PM Prodi, and had made the same request to UK [...]	2007-03-02 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IT
07USUNNEWYORK175	ISRAELI MILITARY BRIEFS UN ON HIZBALLAH REARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 1 ISRAELI BRIGADIER GENERAL YOSSI BAIDATZ BRIEFED THE UN AND SELECTED DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES TO UNIFIL, ABOUT REARMAMENT OF HIZBALLAH. USING AERIAL IMAGERY AND CITING "HUNDREDS" OF TRUCK MOVEMENTS SINCE A [...]	2007-03-03 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS SY IR LE
07USUNNEWYORK176	ACTION REQUEST:FUNDING OF THE 2005 AND 2007 REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 14:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP KUNR PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK179	DDA, IAEA, OPCW, AND WCO BRIEF COUNCIL ON [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the World Customs Organization briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on February 23, concer [...]	2007-03-06 18:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC PARM KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK18	DPKO SAYS NO PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN CHAD/CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After unusually testy exchanges with some Security Council Members at January 10 consultations over accusations that the United Nations was dragging its feet on deployment of forces to eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),the UN Department of Peacekeeping [...]	2007-01-12 15:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK182	PROPOSED NEXT STEPS ON BRAMMERTZ COMMISSION AND [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is scheduled to deliver his latest report on the Commission's activities March 14 and to brief the Security Council March 21. In order to foster UNSC support for the Commission and Tribunal, USUN recommends that Brammertz [...]	2007-03-06 23:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK183	UN SYG BAN TO MIDDLE EAST AND UNSCR 1701 REPORT [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) SENIOR UN OFFICIAL MICHAEL WILLIAMS BRIEFED USUN MARCH 6 ON THE UN'S LATEST PLANNING FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN'S TRIP LATER THIS MONTH TO THE MIDDLE EAST. HE ALSO REVIEWED THE ELEMENTS OF THE UPCOMING REPORT ON UNSCR [...]	2007-03-07 23:28:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK190	VISITING UNIFIL OFFICER DESCRIBES SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting UNIFIL political advisor Cornelia Frank (please protect) told USUN March 8 that while UNIFIL takes Israeli reports of arms smuggling and Hizballah refortification south of the Litani river seriously, it has thus far found little evidence to fully substantiate these alleg [...]	2007-03-09 22:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK192	AMBASSADOR SANDERS' MEETING WITH POLISARIO FRONT [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 meeting he requested with USUN Ambassador Sanders, Polisario Front Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz said he had traveled to the U.S. to reaffirm the Polisario position on the Western Sahara problem in light of the Moroccan announcement of an autonomy proposal and it [...]	2007-03-10 20:59:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC MO AG
07USUNNEWYORK193	DARFUR DEPLOYMENT: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Most every element of Darfur deployment is frustrated by political and physical realities: supporting infrastructure for light support package (LSP) military and civilian officials is inadequate, and AMIS has refused to integrate even the relative few who have arrived; constructio [...]	2007-03-12 10:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK194	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH REACTION TO US NAMES [...] (C) Summary: French support for targeted sanctions in Sudan will be predicated on an expected positive effect on the ground in Darfur. Paris feels that USG proposed sanctions targets are of too senior a rank to have a productive effect, and expressed concern that targeting individuals under [...]	2007-03-12 17:20:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK195	RUSSIANS RENEW PRESSURE FOR U.S. APPEARANCE BY DE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- action requested para 5. 3. (SBU) On March 12 Russian PR Churkin, in reaction to negative signals from Washington, renewed his request of last week for U.S. approval of a visa for de fac [...]	2007-03-12 19:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07USUNNEWYORK197	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: INITIAL MARKERS ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: During the March 8 informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee delegations gave early indications of their positions on new sanctions in Sudan. The UK, supported by USUN, argued that the strategy of constructively engaging the Government of Sudan (GOS) had not been success [...]	2007-03-12 20:01:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK198	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: P5 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN [...] (C) UK PermRep Emyr Jones Parry convened a meeting of P5 Ambassadors on March 6 to discuss imposing new sanctions on Sudan. In attendance were Chinese PermRep Wang, Russian PermRep Churkin, French Political Counselor Nicolas de Riviere, and USUN Ambassador Sanders. Jones Parry argued that i [...]	2007-03-12 23:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK2	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BALLOTING CONSIDERATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 21:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK21	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] This is a guidance request - see para 7. 2. SUMMARY: In the coming weeks, the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee will convene a series of meetings, including a day-long discussion to be hosted by the UK Mission on January 17, to consider a series of issues that will impact th [...]	2007-01-12 22:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK211	IRAN RELATED BRIEFINGS [...] (S) On 09 March Ambassador Sanders and Chief of Station's (COS) senior representative at USUN delivered reftel sensitive briefing on Iran's nuclear weapons program to Panama's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ricardo Arias and to Italy's Permanent Representative [...]	2007-03-15 21:11:00	USUN New York	SECRET	ENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY
07USUNNEWYORK212	UN DPA ON SYG BAN KI-MOON'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A/S SILVERBERG AND DAS DANIN MET WITH UN DPA MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR MICHAEL WILLIAMS MARCH 13 TO DISCUSS THE SYG'S FORTHCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1701 REPORT. SYG BAN KI-MOON PLANS TO MEET WITH SARG PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASAD ON THE MARGINS OF THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETI [...]	2007-03-15 23:31:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS
07USUNNEWYORK213	UNSC/IRAN: P5 RESOLUTION INTRODUCED [...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the P5, on March 15 the UK introduced a draft resolution on Iran to the Security Council following the IAEA's report of February 22 of Iranian non-compliance with resolutions 1696 and 1737. The draft resolution builds upon the sanctions established by 1737, includ [...]	2007-03-16 00:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IR
07USUNNEWYORK215	SLOVAKIA WILL NOT DISCUSS STATUS ISSUES DURING [...] (C) On March 14, USUN Political Minister-Counselor William Brencick met with Slovak Political Coordinator Michal Mlynar to deliver reftel points regarding the scheduled March 21 UNSC meeting on UNMIK. Brencick emphasized that we hoped for a strong statement of support for Ahtisaari and his p [...]	2007-03-17 00:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK216	RUSSIAN PERMREP LINKS KOSOVO AND ABKHAZIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 14, at the end of P5 meeting on Iran, Russian Permrep Churkin protested a UK proposed Arria-style meeting for Kosovo President Sejdiu that he said he had been informed of earlier in the day. Churkin produced [...]	2007-03-17 01:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK217	IRAQ BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Abd al-Mahdi told the Security Council that 2007 will be the year of civil peace and unity in Iraq. The UN Security Council held March 15 its quarterly open briefing (REFTEL) on the activities of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational For [...]	2007-03-19 14:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK218	ISRAELI MFA IO HEAD RONNY YA'AR OUTLINES POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. During a lunch meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, NEA DAS Danin, and Ambassador Wolff on March 13, senior Israeli MFA official Ronny Ya'ar expressed concerns about SYG Ban Ki-Moon's planned travel to Damascus in April, possible references to new UN conclusions about the sovereignty [...]	2007-03-19 17:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS
07USUNNEWYORK219	MONTHLY UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE FOCUSES ON MECCA [...] (SBU) DELIVERING HIS FIRST BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0219 UNCLAS COUNCIL DURING ITS MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE ON MARCH 14, NEWLY-ARRIVED DPA U/SYG LYNN PASCOE (AMCIT) SAID DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST MONTH -- INCLUDING THE MECCA AGREEMENT -- HOLD OUT THE PROMISE TO TURN PAS [...]	2007-03-19 21:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK224	ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Sixth Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from February 7-15, 2007. [...]	2007-03-20 22:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK225	WESTERN SAHARA: INVITATIONS DELIVERED TO MOROCCO [...] (C) USUN delivered reftel invitation to the Moroccan Mission to the UN March 19 and are awaiting a response. We were unable to deliver the same invitation to Polisario Front Representative Ahmed Boukhari until March 20 as he would not accept the invitation without permission from Secretary-Ge [...]	2007-03-20 22:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC MO AG
07USUNNEWYORK226	BRAMMERTZ AGREES TO MAKE PROCEDURAL CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Chief Serge Brammertz on March 19, Ambassador Wolff said the U.S. would support an early extension of the Commission's mandate for up to one year and urged Brammertz to make the case fo [...]	2007-03-20 23:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK227	UNSC/DARFUR: MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED WITH BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At March 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno stressed that the three-phase package of Darfur peacekeeping operations was "indivisible," with its proposals "interlinked and interdependent." [...]	2007-03-21 00:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK229	UNSC/IRAN: INFORMALS MARCH 20 [...] (C) Summary: Security Council Ambassadors discussed the draft Iran resolution in "informal informals" on Tuesday, March 20. The UK hosted the meeting in response to requests from Council members for more information on the P-5's "political framework" to address the Iranian nuclear issue and i [...]	2007-03-21 15:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK23	UNDP CONFIDENTIAL AUDITS EXPOSE SYSTEMATIC [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2.(C) Summary. Ambassador Wallace led a USUN MR team to visit UNDP on January 11, 2007. At the meeting, UNDP made available three internal audits from the years 1999, 2001 and 2004, for USUN's on site review. Per reftel, USUN was allowed access to the i [...]	2007-01-13 00:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK231	FRENCH VIEWS ON UNIIIC EXTENSION, CHAPTER VII FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with French PR de la Sabliere on March 19, Ambassador Wolff sought French views on timing/strategy for a possible Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal and underscored the need to convene a meeting of the Lebanon Contact Group before Se [...]	2007-03-22 14:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK235	POLISARIO RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO U.S. HOSTED [...] (C) On instruction from the Polisario Leadership, Polisaro New York Representative Ahmed Boukhari delivered March 22 the Polisario response (text in para 2) to the March 20 invitation to a U.S.-hosted meeting with Morocco on the Western Sahara. Boukhari's only comment was that the Polisario w [...]	2007-03-23 14:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC MO AG
07USUNNEWYORK236	UN DEMOCRACY FUND BEGINS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up reftel, USUN has worked with a consultant to the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and others to reassess management practices of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The UNDEF Executive Director has initiated a number of corrective steps, including a commitment t [...]	2007-03-23 18:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK239	KOSOVO COMING ATTRACTIONS: ROUTINE UNMIK BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the March 19 Security Council quarterly session on UNMIK, SRSG Rucker reported that steady progress continues on Standards and stressed that Kosovo needs clarity about its future. Speaking for Serbia, Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija President Raskovic-Ivic focused [...]	2007-03-24 01:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK24	CHINA AND RUSSIA VETO UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] On January 12, the Security Council voted 9 - 3 (China, Russia, South Africa) - 3 (Indonesia, Qatar, Congo) on the UNSCR introduced by the United States and co-sponsored by the United Kingdom on the situation in Burma. The negative votes by permanent members China and Russia resulted in defeat [...]	2007-01-13 00:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK240	UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...]	2007-03-24 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK241	UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...]	2007-03-24 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK25	SECURITY COUNCIL PUSHES AU TO TAKE LEAD IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary-General Gambari told Security Council members on January 10 that conditions on the ground in Somalia provide a narrow window for consolidating the authority of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and establishing an inclusive political process. He said Et [...]	2007-01-13 01:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SO UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK251	UNSC/IRAN: RESOLUTION 1747 UPS THE SANCTIONS; FM [...] Summary. On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a second Chapter VII Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its failure to comply with its obligation to suspend its enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water activities and cooperate fully with the IAEA. Ira [...]	2007-03-28 15:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK253	UNGA LEGAL COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF UN SYSTEM [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a resumed session March 12-23, 2007, the General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee discussed proposals to reform the UN's system of administration of justice, as well as a request of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) for observer status in the General Assembly. [...]	2007-03-29 19:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA UNSC PREL PTER OFDP
07USUNNEWYORK254	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew S. Natsios and Chief of Staff Andrew W. Steinfeld, for meetings with United Nations leadership as well as with USUN and foreign Mission leadership, on Monday, April 2, 2007. 2. (U) United Nations badges and [...]	2007-03-29 22:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SU UNSC ARSO
07USUNNEWYORK259	UN FORCE IN CHAD: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a private meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Minister of External Affairs of Chad Ahmad Allam-mi stressed the GOC was still in the "exploratory phase" of its deliberations on possible UN peacekeeping in eastern Chad and was open to discussion on the mili [...]	2007-03-30 23:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK260	PRESSING POLISARIO TO DROP ITS PRECONDITION FOR [...] (C) Per instructions, Ambassador Sanders March 29 delivered (Ref A) points to Polisario New York representative Ahmed Boukhari encouraging the Polisario to drop its precondition that the Baker Plan be the basis for any discussions held with Morocco. Boukhari said he would forward the message [...]	2007-04-03 14:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK261	PRESSING POLISARIO TO DROP ITS PRECONDITION FOR [...] (C) Per instructions, Ambassador Sanders March 29 delivered (Ref A) points to Polisario New York representative Ahmed Boukhari encouraging the Polisario to drop its precondition that the Baker Plan be the basis for any discussions held with Morocco. Boukhari said he would forward the message [...]	2007-04-04 14:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK264	UNSC ADOPTS RES 1749 (2007) ON RWANDA [...] (SBU) On March 28, 2007, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1749, regarding Rwanda. The resolution, terminating with immediate effect the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),followed up on the Rwanda Sanctions Committee's recommendation to terminate the not [...]	2007-04-04 16:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK268	UNSC/DARFUR: SE NATSIOS MEETINGS ON APRIL 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew Natsios met on April 2 with United Nations leadership to discuss the state of play in New York on Darfur in the wake of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh. Despite a sense of frustration at Sudanese President Bashir's continued stall [...]	2007-04-05 16:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK269	UNSC: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN, CHAD AND CAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 4 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite the wide agenda topic, "Situation in Africa," Holmes' presentation focused on the three coun [...]	2007-04-06 12:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD CT UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK27	AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH UN A/SYG LUTE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wallace met January 9 with Assistant-Secretary General for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute on recent allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by peacekeepers in Sudan and on the general strategy to address SEA going forward. Lute a [...]	2007-01-16 20:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK270	UNSC: SYG BAN KI-MOON'S AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] In the April 4 briefing of his recent trip to Africa and the Middle East, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon focused on five issues: the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur and Somalia. This cable will review only his comments on the Middle East Peace Process. His comments on other s [...]	2007-04-06 13:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK271	UNSCR 1701: SYG BAN FORWARD-LEANING ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 5 closed briefing to the UN Security Council on his recent visit to Middle East and his March report on UNSCR 1701 implementation (other topics reported septel),UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon took a very forward-leaning approach on reports of arms smuggling into Lebanon an [...]	2007-04-06 15:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK272	UN/DARFUR: POTENTIAL SYG-DPKO DIVIDE ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. There seems to be a crack of daylight between the thinking of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) leadership regarding next steps on dealing with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on Darfur. Despite [...]	2007-04-09 19:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK273	RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...]	2007-04-09 21:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK274	GUIDANCE REQUEST: UN REQUEST FOR U.S. PAYMENT FOR [...] GUIDANCE REQUEST: Per reftel, USUN is transmitting below a March 30 letter from UN Controller Warren Sach to Ambassador Mark Wallace requesting the Mission's assistance in obtaining a payment from the United States for the 2005 NPT Review Conference and the first session on the Preparatory Com [...]	2007-04-10 15:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK277	MICHEL SHARES THOUGHTS ON ESTABLISHING HARIRI [...] (U) Ambassador Wolff, accompanied by Ambassador Chris Ross (USUN/POL) and USUN LegalOff, met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and two members of his staff April 9 to explore the UN's understanding of the state of play on establishment of the tribunal envisaged in UN Security Council Resol [...]	2007-04-11 08:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK28	SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ADVANCE MISSION TO [...] (U) On January 16 the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) requesting the Secretary-General to deploy an advance mission to Chad and the Central African Republic to lay the political groundwork for an eventual multidimensional UN presence in those [...]	2007-01-16 23:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD SU
07USUNNEWYORK282	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE MEETS WITH EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts briefed the Sudan Sanctions Committee on April 10 on its interim report, which highlighted ongoing violations of the arms embargo by the rebels and the GOS, and GOS offensive overflights in Darfur and use of white aircraft bearing the UN logo, all of whic [...]	2007-04-11 21:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK283	WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...]	2007-04-11 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS
07USUNNEWYORK284	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew S. Natsios and Chief of Staff Andrew W. Steinfeld for meetings with United Nations Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson and Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guehenno, on [...]	2007-04-12 12:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SU UNSC ARSO
07USUNNEWYORK286	CTC DEBATES VISITS, COUNTERTERRORISM INSTRUMENTS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its 182nd meeting on April 5, the Security Council's Counterterrorism Committee (CTC) discussed the Counterterrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) coordination with international, regional and sub-regional organizations; a CTED analysis of the status of adoption of th [...]	2007-04-12 12:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK295	UNSC/DARFUR: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER APRIL 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 12 consultations, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Members welcomed news of the apparent "success" enjoyed by Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov at the April 9 UN/African Union (AU)/Sudanese Government of National Uni [...]	2007-04-16 16:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK296	UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) held its Fourth Advisory Board meeting on April 10. The UNDEF Secretariat presented an overview of the recent progress of the Fund, claiming that all projects in the pipeline had been processed. and project implementation was underway. Of the 125 projects [...]	2007-04-16 22:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK3	USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]	2007-01-05 00:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK30	DARFUR: P-3 AND DPKO FOCUS ON AU SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 principals and DPKO chief Guehenno agreed on January 15 that the January 29-30 African Union Summit presents an important opportunity for achieving clarity on the way forward in Darfur. USUN and UKUN principals pushed Guehenno to use scheduled high-level UN-AU meetings on Jan [...]	2007-01-17 22:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KPKO CD SU
07USUNNEWYORK305	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON [...] (C) Action Request: On March 15 the French shared with USUN Sanctions Unit a list of individuals that Paris would support for additional targeted sanctions in Sudan (Ref email). During the April 17 P3 meeting on the joint US-UK draft Sudan sanctions resolution, French PolOff Clement LeClerc r [...]	2007-04-19 18:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK311	ALGERIAN PERMREP CONFIRMS POLISARIO ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, Algerian PermRep Yousfi confirmed that the Polisario has agreed to enter into direct negotiations with Morocco provided the invitation to negotiations is couched in the language of paragraph 47 of the Secretary-General's April 13 Rep [...]	2007-04-20 19:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK312	UNSC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] Summary: In an April 20 briefing on the situation in Western Sahara that he shared with Special Representative (SRSG) Julian Harston, Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum reiterated the Secretary-General's call on Morocco and the Polisario Front to engage in "direct negotiations without preconditio [...]	2007-04-23 15:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK317	UNSC/SUDAN: NO CLEAR SUPPORT FOR 3-MONTH UNMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Taye Brook-Zerihoun briefed the SIPDIS United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at April 23 consultations on the status of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreemen [...]	2007-04-24 23:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK318	UNSC/DARFUR: STILL NO HYBRID CLARITY AFTER AU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. High-level United Nations (UN),African Union (AU) and Member State officials participated in an April 16 informal meeting on Darfur intended to allow an exchange of views on next steps on the political, peacekeeping and humanitarian tracks. UN and AU leadership concurred that [...]	2007-04-24 23:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK319	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL REPORTS TRIP AND P-3 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 18. 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Per reftel, USUN Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel on April 24 and followed up on April 25 to discuss the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. In response to Ambassador Wolff,s questions, Michel reported th [...]	2007-04-25 00:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK32	CHINESE THREATEN VETO OF MINUSTAH MANDATE ABSENT [...] (C) Following up on earlier conversations (ref A),Chinese PolMinCouns Li Junhua approached USUN PolMinCouns on January 16 to provide an update on PRC concerns about renewing the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) given Haiti's support for Taiwan at the UN. After notin [...]	2007-01-18 00:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK320	UNSC/DARFUR: DPKO DISCUSSES HYBRID COMMAND AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting with United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jean-Marie Guehenno, the USG pushed for clarity on issues of command and control of the third stage of the three-phase Darfur peacekeeping plan outlined in [...]	2007-04-25 00:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK322	UNSC BEGINS DISCUSSION ON UN CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an April 24 briefing by UN officials, EU delegations led by France, Belgium and Italy voiced objections to allowing the UN to begin contingency planning for a peacekeeping operation in Somalia. The U.S., Slovakia, Congo, Ghana, South Africa and African Union (AU) Perman [...]	2007-04-25 16:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK325	TALKING WITH UN ABOUT FIXING UNAMI [...] (C) Summary: During an April 26 meeting with UN Under Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe, Ambassador Wolff raised U.S. SIPDIS concerns about UNAMI, including the human rights report on Iraq released April 25 and the mission's credibility problem with the government of Iraq. Pascoe admitted "we [...]	2007-04-26 23:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK326	UNSC: APRIL MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe welcomed recent diplomatic developments and expressed concern over the recent escalation of violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Pascoe also announced the resignation of UNSCO Al [...]	2007-04-27 13:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK330	KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the Security Council on the eve of its trip to Kosovo, U/SYG Guehenno delivered a briefing on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244. Guehenno cited progress across the board and stated that by any objective evaluation Kosovo was now a much [...]	2007-04-27 22:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK332	USUN PRESENTS U.S. 1540 ACTION PLAN TO 1540 [...] Per ref A, Mission delivered the overview of the U.S. national action plan on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) to the 1540 Committee Chairman, Slovak PermRep Peter Burian, on April 20. The UN Secretariat distributed copies of the U.S. national action plan to 1540 [...]	2007-04-30 14:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK338	MICHEL PREVIEWS COUNCIL BRIEFING ON LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: PER REFTEL, AMBASSADOR WOLFF URGED UN LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL ON APRIL 30 TO USE HIS MAY 2 BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO CONVEY HIS CONCLUSION THAT THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS TO RATIFY THE TRIBUNAL AGREEMENT HAD REACHED AN IMPASSE AND TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR C [...]	2007-05-01 00:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC LE
07USUNNEWYORK339	WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO [...] The Security Council April 30 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to October 31, 2007. In addition, the resolution takes note of both Moroccan and Polisario proposals for ending the political [...]	2007-05-01 13:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK340	UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 31 [...] (SBU) Following last-minute negotiations with the Qatari Mission on the draft resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the text on April 30 as UNSC resolution 1755 (2007); text in Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In [...]	2007-05-01 15:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK344	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his formal presentation of credentials, AMB Khalilzad met with SYG Ban Ki-Moon and his top deputies to discuss U.S. policy objectives at the UN. SYG Ban emphasized the need for strong U.S. support to move forward on UN capacity building and listed Iraq, Kosovo, Darfur and Leb [...]	2007-05-02 18:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK347	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL BRIEFS COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary. In a forthright briefing to the Security Council on May 2, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel said his April 17-21 trip to Beirut to help facilitate Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL agreement and statute establishing the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon had yielded no concrete res [...]	2007-05-03 02:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK348	SECURITY COUNCIL ENDS LIBERIA DIAMOND SANCTIONS [...] On April 27, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1753 (text in para 4),which terminated diamond sanctions in Liberia. The Security Council concluded that Liberia had met the criteria set out in resolution 1521 (2003) to create a transparent and internationally verifiable certifica [...]	2007-05-03 13:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK349	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS MEET GOL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with P-3 PermReps on May 3, GOL senior foreign policy advisor Mohammad Chattah reported that while UNSC delegates with whom he had met were generally positive about the need to establish the tribunal, several expressed concerns about the international legal implic [...]	2007-05-04 00:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK35	GOJ SEEKS DISCONTINUATION OF UNDP DPRK PROGRAM AND [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) On January 19, 2007, Ambassador Wallace hosted a meeting requested by Japanese Ambassador Koji Tsuriola (Director General for Global Affairs) and Minister Kazuo Sunaga regarding the DPRK. Ambassador Tsuriola explained the GOJ position as a p [...]	2007-01-22 15:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK352	KOSOVO AT UNSC: RUSSIANS ARGUE FOR DELAY LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad suggested to Russian PermRep Churkin on May 4 that the just-concluded Security Council trip to Kosovo seems to have established a solid Council majority in favor of the Ahtisaari package leading to independence for Kosovo. The ambassador framed the Kosovo iss [...]	2007-05-07 13:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK359	UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...]	2007-05-09 16:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK36	DPA REQUESTS USG HELP ENGAGING CHADIAN ARMED [...] (SBU) At a January 19 meeting with USUN Ambassador Sanders, United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh requested U.S. assistance in engaging with the Chadian armed opposition when the UN's advance mission deploys to N'Djamena. He said that the Dep [...]	2007-01-22 15:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CD SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK360	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SYG BAN FORGOES TRIP TO BEIRUT [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on May 8, SYG Ban said he would not/not travel to Beirut to make a last-ditch push for Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL tribunal agreement and statute. Ban said he is not/not asking for more time for diplomatic efforts to find a Lebanese solut [...]	2007-05-09 23:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SY LY
07USUNNEWYORK368	P5 AGREE TO COOPERATE ON SUDAN AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (SBU) On May 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convened his first meeting of the Permanent Five United Nations Security Council Members (UNSC). Members welcomed Ambassador Khalilzad's commitment to begin regular P5 consultations and to make use of this forum to advance shared goals and harmonize posit [...]	2007-05-12 00:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK369	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON GA [...] (U) Summary. In his first meeting with GA President Khalifa, Ambassador Khalilzad stressed the need to make progress on key reforms at the UN so as to ensure lasting support from the publics of Member States. Khalifa noted that U.S. support was essential for progress on many issues. The Amba [...]	2007-05-14 15:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK37	1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES EXPERTS' PANEL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee met informally January 19 to discuss the appointment of three experts to fill vacancies on the Committee's panel of experts, as well as the extension of contracts of the five remaining experts. Committee Chairman Burian asked delegations to seek instru [...]	2007-01-22 16:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PTER PREL KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK370	SUDAN: BENCHMARKS FOR DARFUR - P3 AMBASSADORS MEET [...] U.S., U.K. and French ambassadors met with Under Secretary General Guehenno on Friday, May 4, to discuss benchmarks for Darfur. The three ambassadors conveyed the need to see quick progress on the political, security, and humanitarian fronts. They encouraged Guehenno to show results soon beca [...]	2007-05-14 19:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK372	ISLAMABAD OIC MEETING COULD ENDORSE BOSNIA FOR [...] (C) Mission has learned from Pakistani Ambassador Akram (currently in Islamabad) that there is a strong possibility that the OIC meeting convening May 15 in Islamabad could endorse Bosnia,s candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Akram indicated that he would be willing to move for the endors [...]	2007-05-14 20:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK374	IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]	2007-05-14 22:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK376	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 DISCUSS DRAFT RESOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting on May 11, P-3 PermReps told SYG Ban that the Council should act on the tribunal as soon as possible after it receives a clear request from the GOL and the SYG endorses the GOL position. Noting he planned to speak with PM Siniora on May 14, Ban reported that Syri [...]	2007-05-14 23:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK378	MOUSSA DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH AMB KHALILZAD [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa that focused exclusively on SIPDIS Iraq, Ambassador Khalilzad urged Arab League involvement that would reassure the Iraqi Shia and comfort the Iraqi Sunni and help create an Iraqi identity based not on sectarianis [...]	2007-05-15 00:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ

07USUNNEWYORK381	IRAN SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS FOR BANK SEPAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per instruction, USUN met separately May 14 and May 16 with the German and the Italian Missions to discuss their exemption notifications submitted to the Iran Sanctions Committee regarding the unfreezing of certain assets for Bank Sepah's use (Frankfurt/Main and Italian branches r [...]	2007-05-17 15:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK384	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AGREE ON DRAFT UNSCR AND [...] (SBU) The U.S., France, and the UK (P-3) reached agreement on a draft Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal on May 17. P-3 Permanent Representatives will share the text with all UNSC delegations either bilaterally or in joint approaches by close of business on May 1 [...]	2007-05-17 21:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK385	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 9 and 15 meetings of the Sudan Sanctions Committee China, Russia, Indonesia, Qatar, and Congo insisted that progress in the peace process made further sanctions inappropriate, while USUN, the UK, France, Belgium, and Slovakia expressed support for broader sanctions. [...]	2007-05-17 23:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK389	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-5 PERMREPS DISCUSS DRAFT UNSCR [...] (SBU) P-5 PermReps met on May 17 to discuss the P-3 draft Chapter VII UNSC resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). French PR de la Sabliere introduced the draft resolution, noting that the co-authors preferred the "light" approach of deciding that the tribunal agreement and s [...]	2007-05-18 19:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK391	UNSC MISSION TO AFRICA WILL INCLUDE SUDAN [...] (SBU) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met on May 16 and 17 to discuss the draft itinerary and terms of reference (TOR) for its Mission to Africa in June. In the May 16 discussion Members agreed in principle that the UK and South Africa would co-chair the visits to Addis Ababa and A [...]	2007-05-19 00:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK392	UNSC LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: LEBANON, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad hosted the monthly lunch for Security Council Perm Reps with the Secretary-General. In addition to updating the Council on SIPDIS his discussions on Iraq and Afghanistan, SYG Ban used the opportunity to follow-up on Lebanese PM Siniora's letter requesting [...]	2007-05-19 00:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IQ LE AF SY
07USUNNEWYORK393	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS ENGAGE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. P-3 PermReps joined forces May 18 to canvass their Council counterparts to explain the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A) and seek their support. Most delegations said they had yet to receive instructions on the draft text and conceded tha [...]	2007-05-19 01:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK394	UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE REVIVED IN THE GENERAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The debate on Security Council expansion has flashed hot again in New York, in the wake of the report of the most recent set of facilitators to tackle this long-running issue. Disappointed with the content of the report, the G-4 countries are seeking new facilitators [...]	2007-05-21 11:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK395	FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF KOSOVO DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, the first Security Council meeting on our draft Kosovo UNSCR was held at the expert-level. The Russian expert stated at the beginning of the meeting that he had no instructions and then did not speak again. Italy offered several substantive amendments to the text th [...]	2007-05-21 15:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK397	UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...]	2007-05-21 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK399	RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) PolMinsCouns and Poloff delivered ref A and B points to United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant-Secretary General Hedi Annabi, DPKO Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov, DPKO Military Planning Service Chief Ian Sinclair and DPKO Office of Mission Suppo [...]	2007-05-21 23:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK4	MEETING AND DISCUSSION WITH UNDP ON DPRK:UNDP [...] This message contains an action request. See para. 19. 2.(S) Summary. Per reftels A and B, as a follow-up to the demarche delivered to UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis by Ambassador Wallace on December 19, Ambassador Wallace and USUN/MR Officers met with Mr. Dervis and a team of UNDP official [...]	2007-01-05 16:28:00	USUN New York	SECRET	EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK40	HANDLING THE DPRK AT THE UNDP EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] This is an action request. See para 9. 2.(C) Ambassadors Wolff, Wallace and Miller met with UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis and his senior management team Monday to discuss the way forward on DPRK. We have tentative agreement, subject to Department approval, on a package that in principle s [...]	2007-01-23 00:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK400	UNSC/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY ELIASSON TELLS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In back-to-back meetings with Ambassador Khalilzad and with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Five Members on May 17, UN Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Jan Eliasson recommended the Council set high markers for all parties to the Darfur peace process to help move [...]	2007-05-21 23:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK401	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH CONSULTS P-3 AND OTHERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: P-3 Ambassadors met May 21 with GOL Foreign Policy Advisor Mohamad Chatah, who said the recent violence in Lebanon argued for accelerating action in the Security Council. Chatah said the GOL would prefer a vote on the tribunal May 25 even if it meant the resolution re [...]	2007-05-22 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK405	P5 WITH BAN, 5/18: SUDAN, DPKO RESTRUCTURING AND [...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with P-5 Ambassadors on May 18. Ban noted that he had some way still to go to complete his high level appointments. He urged the Council to be cautious in moving forward with sanctions against Sudan lest it undermine the current "credible progr [...]	2007-05-23 00:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR AORC UNGA SU
07USUNNEWYORK407	SYG ASKS USG TO HOLD OFF ON SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) This cable contains a recommendation; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a May 23 meeting, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon gave Ambassador Khalilzad the "good news" that he and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare had agreed earlier in the day on the draft [...]	2007-05-24 00:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK408	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AND CHATAH AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 PERMREPS AGREED ON MAY 23 TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN THE COUNCIL ON THE MORNING OF MAY 25, PUT THE TEXT "IN BLUE" THE EVENING OF MAY 25, AND PUSH FOR A VOTE ON MAY 29. (NOTE: MAY 28 IS A UN HOLIDAY. END NOTE.) DURING A SEPARATE MEETING WI [...]	2007-05-24 00:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK41	QUINT STRATEGIZES IN NEW YORK ON UN PROCESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of Quint countries (U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy) met in New York on January 18 to consider tactics for getting the Kosovo final status process to and through the Security Council. Participants considered: whether and how Special Envoy Ahtisaari's initial pro [...]	2007-01-23 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK411	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DRAFT UNSCR DOES NOT YET HAVE [...] (C) P-3 PermReps, joined by Slovakia, agreed mid-afternoon May 24 that we do not currently have nine confirmed votes in favor of the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (Although USUN subsequently learned that we have support from a majority of Security Council c [...]	2007-05-24 23:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK412	PALESTINIANS SEEK SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON A [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting he requested on an urgent basis, Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour said that a delegation representing the Arab League, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) would shortly request a meeting with Ambassador Khalil [...]	2007-05-25 00:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK416	KOSOVO: MOSCOW HARD LINE SOFTENING IN NEW YORK? [...] (C) Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Churkin reiterated Moscow's official hard line on Kosovo to Ambassador Khalilzad, who replied that Moscow offers no basis for discussion. Churkin essentially agreed, suggesting that Ambassador Khalilzad and he leave aside red lines for the moment a [...]	2007-05-29 14:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK417	ARAB LEAGUE, OIC, NAM DELEGATION SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) As anticipated reftel, a joint Arab League/OIC/NAM delegation met May 25 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad in his capacity as President of the Security Council to request Security Council action to bring an end to the violence in Gaza. The delegation, headed by Egyptian PR Maged Abdelaziz [...]	2007-05-29 18:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK423	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: VOTE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30 [...] (C) The UN Security Council discussed the draft resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the second time during closed consultations on May 29. After P-3 PermReps explained the revisions made to the draft resolution in response to concerns raised during UNSC consultations on May 25, [...]	2007-05-29 23:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK430	DEMARCHE RESPONSE SOMALIA PKO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sanders told DPKO's Africa Division chief that proper planning and preparation for a UN peacekeeping operation are essential to support any progress in the Somali political process. Titov reported that DPKO has begun limited military planning and will present a "range [...]	2007-06-01 14:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL SO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK431	DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...]	2007-06-01 15:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK433	UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...]	2007-06-01 19:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK435	NO SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1706 AS HYBRID BASIS FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad convened a June 1 meeting of the Security Council Permanent Three Members to deliver ref A points. Participating in the meeting were UK Permanent Representative (PR) Emyr Jones Parry, UN Counsellor Paul Johnston, French Charge Jean-Marie Lacroix, French Counsellor Nic [...]	2007-06-01 20:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CD CT PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK438	BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON BERLIN QUARTET [...] Summary: In a private meeting with the Security Council held June 1, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon briefed on the May 30 meeting of the Quartet Principals in Berlin, tracking closely issues covered in the May 30 Quartet Statement. He also mentioned the situation in Lebanon, expressing concern [...]	2007-06-01 21:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK439	UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...]	2007-06-01 21:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF
07USUNNEWYORK440	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1757 ON LEBANON [...] (U) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED 10-0-5 ON MAY 30 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1757, WHICH DECIDES UNDER THE COUNCIL'S CHAPTER VII AUTHORITY TO BRING INTO EFFECT THE SPECIAL PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0440 UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000440 TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. RUSSIA, CHINA, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDONESIA A [...]	2007-06-04 11:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK441	HAITI: COUNCIL ENDORSES MULET'S LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on Haiti on May 30, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Edmund Mulet hailed recent GOH/MINUSTAH success in combating gangs and securing Cite Soleil, but warned that the international community must "stay the course" and avoid a "premat [...]	2007-06-04 20:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO HA
07USUNNEWYORK442	KOSOVO: CHURKIN CHAFES AGAINST SHORT MOSCOW LEASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Ambassador to the UN Churkin shared Moscow's latest hard line guidance on Kosovo with Ambassador Khalilzad on June 4. Churkin said Moscow wants: no reference to SYG Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal in the Security Council resolution; at least a year of further Belgrade-P [...]	2007-06-04 21:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK447	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ALGERIA ON PRESSING [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 4 to Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754, underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through their differe [...]	2007-06-05 21:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK448	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MAURITANIA ON PRESSING [...] (C) During a June 4 courtesy by Mauritanian PermRep Mohamed Ould Tolba, Ambassador Khalilzad delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of the Security Council's Western Sahara initiative and inviting Mauritania to encourage the Polisario to participate positively in the June 18-19 talk [...]	2007-06-05 22:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK449	DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4 [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. He was particularly concerned by the lack of progress towards a stable solution to the political difficulties of the Kivus (especially the role of Rwanda and the need fo [...]	2007-06-05 22:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK455	UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS
07USUNNEWYORK458	LEBANON TRIBUNAL - UN PREPARES TO SET IT UP [...] Summary. As June 10, the date of entry into force of the Lebanon Tribunal Agreement, approaches, the UN Secretariat is gearing up to put arrangements in place for its full implementation. In a June 6 meeting, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officials described preparations for the Tribunal [...]	2007-06-07 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK459	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO POLISARIO TO COME TO TALKS [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 6 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754 and underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through the [...]	2007-06-08 15:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK467	UNMIT SRSG KHARE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, UNMIT SRSG Khare updated the Security Council on the recent presidential elections, the Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 30, and the future challenges in Timor-Leste. The Council was unanimous in its praise for the peaceful conduct of the presidential elect [...]	2007-06-08 23:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO TL
07USUNNEWYORK469	ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...]	2007-06-11 22:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET
07USUNNEWYORK470	UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...]	2007-06-12 16:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	BY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK480	KOSOVO: TIME FOR A GUT-CHECK [...] (C) SUMMARY. A P-3 meeting on Kosovo today found the UK and French United Nations missions without clear guidance from London and Paris about next steps in the face of resolute Russian opposition to the Ahtisaari settlement proposal. Both thought the recent Quint political directors meeting [...]	2007-06-14 16:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK481	JUNE 14 SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) On June 14, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council in consultations on his recent trip to Mogadishu and to London, Addis, Asmara and Cairo. While great difficulties remained, he believed that Somalia now had a "fighting chance" to regain stability. [...]	2007-06-14 21:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET SO UK UNSC PREL PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK485	UN MOVES TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Ref A described UN preparations for the Lebanese Tribunal. In a June 6 meeting, UN officials told USUN officers that they were working quietly to put arrangements in place for full implementation of resolution 1757 but were conscious of the fact that its provisions would not be effective [...]	2007-06-15 00:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK486	SECURITY COUNCIL STALEMATE ON IRANIAN STATEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Efforts to obtain a Security Council press statement condemning Iranian President Ahmadinejad's June 3 remarks threatening Israel's existence have foundered over Indonesian opposition, first announced to the Council on June 8. In a second Council discussions o [...]	2007-06-15 14:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK49	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN M/R joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members (UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Nigeria) for a day-long meeting convened January 17 at the UK Mission to assess the more than fifty recommendations to improve efficiency of the Special Court [...]	2007-01-24 15:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK490	UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...]	2007-06-15 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK492	INDONESIA'S SUPPORT FOR AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy PolCouns delivered ON June 14 REFTEL demarche calling for Indonesian leadership on multilateral efforts in counterterrorism to Indonesian Deputy PermRep, Ambassador Hassan Kleib, who stressed that Indonesia's national interest due to repeated terrorist bombings ensures that [...]	2007-06-15 22:20:00	USUN New York	SECRET	KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER ID
07USUNNEWYORK495	SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENTS ON LEBANON [...] (U) During the past week, the Security Council has issued three statements on the situation on Lebanon. The Council issued a press statement June 18 condemning the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel; a Presidential Statement (PRST) June 13 condemning the assassination of Lebanese parliam [...]	2007-06-19 00:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK497	CHURKIN CONTINUES TO SAY NO ON AUTOMATICITY [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting at the Russian Mission, Ambassador Churkin yielded no ground on Russia's objection to Kosovo independence unless agreed by Serbia. Churkin stressed that the recent Quint meeting in Paris had "left a bad taste" in Russia's mouth as it gave the impression th [...]	2007-06-20 00:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK498	SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE - UK DRAFT PRST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2 below. The UK distributed the draft UNSCR Presidential Statement (PRST) contained in paragraph 3 below to the Special Court for Sierra Leone Management Committee on June 15. The UK indicated that since the June 8 UNSC meeting on the S [...]	2007-06-20 14:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL
07USUNNEWYORK50	UNDP ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR AD MELKERT PROVIDES [...] In a letter dated January 21, 2007, UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert responded to Ambassador Mark Wallace's letter of January 16, 2007. In this letter, the latest in a string of formal communication between USUN and UNDP, Associate Administrator Melkert attempts to explain away USG con [...]	2007-01-24 16:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK502	ISRAELI GENERAL DISCUSSES UNIFIL IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Israeli Brigadier General Udi Dekel visited New York June 13-20 to share with P-5 delegations and the UN secretariat an updated Israeli assessment of Hizballah SIPDIS activities in the UNIFIL area of operations (AO). While commending UNIFIL's valuable role in disrupting Hizballah's fr [...]	2007-06-20 22:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK503	CHURKIN ON KOSOVO UNSCR: STEPS FORWARD SOMETIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During Security Council consultations on June 20, France, on behalf of the co-sponsors, tabled a revised draft resolution on Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff and the UK Deputy Permrep delivered comments supporting the [...]	2007-06-20 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK505	SECURITY COUNCIL SPLIT OVER SUPPORT FOR ABBAS [...] (SBU) In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Michael Williams, the recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the Middle East was in a time of crisis. Williams focused his briefing on recent events in Gaza and [...]	2007-06-21 00:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL LE SY IS
07USUNNEWYORK507	INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)- [...] Amb. Gerald Scott, USUN Senior Area Adviser for Africa,and USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson met on June 21 with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and the GOR's representative to the ICTR, Mutabingwa Alloys, at their request, to discuss Rwanda's role in the ICTR's completion strateg [...]	2007-06-22 19:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS PREF PREL ZF RW
07USUNNEWYORK509	UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] (U) On June 20 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1761 (2007)--full text in para 2--renewing the mandate of the Cote d,Ivoire Group of Experts until October 31, 2007. The UN sanctions related to Cote d,Ivoire--an arms embargo, a ban on the import of Ivorian diamonds, and a [...]	2007-06-22 22:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CI PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK510	UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS [...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...]	2007-06-22 22:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
07USUNNEWYORK511	RUSSIA DENIES PROTECTION OF VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council (SC) met June 18 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did representatives from all [...]	2007-06-22 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK512	WAN WALSUM'S PRIVATE READOUT ON JUNE 18-19 WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 20 meeting, Peter Van Walsum, the mediator of the June 18-19 Western Sahara peace negotiations, told USUN and NEA that the talks between Morocco and the Polisario had gone as well as he could have hoped. He said the role of pro-Moroccan Sahrawis in the talks was unhelpfu [...]	2007-06-22 23:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK513	ALGERIAN READOUT ON JUNE 18-19 WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 20 meeting with USUN and NEA, Algerian negotiators present at the June 18-19 Western Sahara peace talks praised the talks' atmospherics and results, complimented Van Walsum on his handling of the negotiations, and patted themselves on the back for the role that they had [...]	2007-06-22 23:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK515	UN PLANS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL CRYSTALLIZE [...] (U) Summary. In a June 22 discussion, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel described progress on implementing UN Security Council resolution 1757, which brought the provisions of the Tribunal Agreement between the UN and Lebanon into force on June 10. Michel and his task force have focused on the [...]	2007-06-25 17:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK519	1540: UPDATE ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, USUN has solicited views from 1540 Committee Members on how to handle matrices more broadly and with specific regard to Iran. The Chair (Slovakia) has indicated that he intends to hold a meeting in late June to consider formally how matrices are handled. UNODA [...]	2007-06-25 19:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC PARM
07USUNNEWYORK522	CHURKIN: A LAPSE OF 1244 WOULD MEAN KOSOVO REVERTS [...] (SBU) In the course of a June 25 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Russian Permrep Churkin said he would veto the draft resolution tabled by cosponsors June 20 if it was brought to a vote today. Churkin expressed interest in a formula that would have a first resolution calling for negoti [...]	2007-06-25 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK528	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA/TAIWAN NOMENCLATURE AT [...] Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel demarche June 26 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe. Pascoe said that he was unaware of recent UN actions referred to in our demarche and of the possible shift in UN treatment of the China/Taiwan nomenclature. He said he would loo [...]	2007-06-27 21:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL
07USUNNEWYORK532	UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT [...] As instructed in reftel, USUN joined consensus on the UK drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The PRST was adopted by the UN Security Council on June 28. KHALILZAD [...]	2007-06-29 14:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL
07USUNNEWYORK534	AMB KHALILZAD MEETS SOMALI PM GEDI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a June 27 meeting at USUN, AMB Khalilzad told Somali Prime Minister Muhammad Gedi that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) needs to play a more constructive role in building Somali confidence in the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) and take immediate action t [...]	2007-06-29 18:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNSC PREL SO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK539	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S LUNCH WITH SYG BAN KI-MOON [...] (C) During a June 26 lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discussed: the UN Reform Group, SIPDIS UNDP and DPRK, the Capital Master Plan, personnel issues, Ban's Washington trip, and the Terms of Reference for the Blair appointment. 2. (C) On the Reform Group: [...]	2007-07-02 14:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK544	PORTUGAL'S PERMREP ON KOSOVO: SIX MONTHS OF TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting on June 27, Portuguese Permrep Joao Salgueiro and Ambassador Wolff discussed strategies for achieving supervised independence for Kosovo. Salgueiro expressed reservations about scenarios involving unilateral recognition, was opposed to putting a Security Counci [...]	2007-07-03 12:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK545	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche points July 2 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari urging serious and substantive Polisario engagement in the upcoming August talks with Morocco, underscoring international expectations of real progress between the parties, and notin [...]	2007-07-03 13:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK546	EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...]	2007-07-03 14:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK549	SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TERMINATE UNMOVIC [...] (U) Summary: The Security Council voted June 29 in support of the U.S.-UK resolution to terminate the mandates of UNMOVIC and the IAEA's Iraq Nuclear Verification Office, with 14 members voting in favor and one abstention (Russia). Russian PermRep Churkin attributed Russia's abstention to th [...]	2007-07-03 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK55	ACTION REQUEST:USUN PROPOSED COMMENTS TO UNDP ON [...] Per reftels, UNDP has delivered correspondence to USUN and made public statements on the UNDP DPRK country program. USUN proposes to respond with the letter below from Ambassador Mark Wallace to UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert at opening of business on January 25, prior to the UNDP Ex [...]	2007-01-24 18:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNC PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK550	UN AND U.S. AGREE TO SEEK TO EXPAND UNAMI MANDATE [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, S/I Ambassador David Satterfield led a discussion with the UN on Iraq (including the UN's role in Iraq) as part of an ongoing high-level dialogue. Both the U.S. and the UN agreed that the UN's mandate in Iraq should be updated and expanded, wherever possible. The UN e [...]	2007-07-03 21:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK553	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR 1540 ASSISTANCE PROVIDER [...] In response to REFTEL, mission clearance is granted for ISN officers Pieter Ott, Yvette Wong, Thomas Wuchte and DoE officer Todd Perry to attend the July 11-12 meeting of the 1540 Assistance Provider Meeting. 2. Control officer will be USUN Mark Groombridge who will join delegates at the [...]	2007-07-06 15:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCFE OTRA PARM PREL SC UN WMD
07USUNNEWYORK554	PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF PROSECUTORS FOR THE [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Nicolas Michel, informed USUN on July 6, that the Secretary General plans to take action to extend the terms of the current Prosecutors for the ICTR and ICTY. The Statutes of the Tribunal [...]	2007-07-06 20:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK555	AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS AND THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Security Council 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee discussed on June 25 al-Qaida's misuse of the Internet to recruit, fundraise, train, spread propaganda, and plan terrorist attacks. The Committee Chairman structured the debate around a Monitoring Team paper on the issue ( [...]	2007-07-06 20:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK556	IRAQI REQUEST TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM SANCTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Secretariat provided USUN on May 3 with a preview of an Iraqi request to the Security Council's 1518 Committee to delist three individuals currently under sanctions for their affiliation with the former Saddam Hussein regi [...]	2007-07-09 22:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL IZ
07USUNNEWYORK557	DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...]	2007-07-09 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG
07USUNNEWYORK563	AU/UN HYBRID IN DARFUR: NARROWING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) This message updates on the current state of play in pre-negotiations on the draft Security Council resolution likely to be tabled July 11 by the UK and Ghana mandating the African Union (AU) - United Nations (UN) hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur. This message contains a recommendat [...]	2007-07-11 00:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK564	SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]	2007-07-11 11:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK568	UNSC: BRIEFING ON WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS; [...] Summary: In a July 11 closed briefing to the Security Council, the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum explained that he had included recommendations in his report that were eventually deleted in order to suggest a way for the parties to move beyond "atmosph [...]	2007-07-12 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK573	U.S. OFFICIALS BRIEF UNSYG ON PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE [...] (C) White House CEQ Chairman Connaughton and Under Secretary Dobriansky briefed UN Secretary-General Ban on the SIPDIS President's May 31 climate change initiative (reftel) during a June 18 meeting at the UN. Connaughton and Dobriansky clarified the USG goals and how the initiative would c [...]	2007-07-13 19:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KGHG SENV PREL KPKO SU
07USUNNEWYORK574	WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...]	2007-07-13 19:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM
07USUNNEWYORK575	UPDATE ON UN EFFORTS TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff met with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorneys Mark Quarterman and Jerome de Hemptinne on July 12 to seek an update on efforts to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN Legal Adviser met separately with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel [...]	2007-07-13 21:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK578	RUSSIA TRASHES MINIMALIST KOSOVO DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin told co-sponsors of a revised draft resolution on Kosovo that Moscow's initial reaction to their text was thoroughly dismissive. He read guidance from Moscow characterizing the draft as calling for negotiations that would be mere formalities leading to aut [...]	2007-07-13 22:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK579	KHARTOUM TIGHTENS GRIP ON AU AND UNSC OVER HYBRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The extent of the influence of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) over the hybrid draft resolution was apparent during July 13 meetings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare participated. In a private mee [...]	2007-07-16 22:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK58	SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE [...] 1. This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 13. 2. As reported reftel, the General Assembly (GA) agreed on December 22, 2006 to additional funding for 27 special political missions (SPMs),including the UN missions in Iraq and Afghanistan (A/RES/61/252 Section VII). Howeve [...]	2007-01-25 15:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA AORC KUNR PREL
07USUNNEWYORK580	UNSC/DARFUR: HYBRID JOINT SPECIAL REP SEEMS SHAKY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 16 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada offered no assurance that he would be able to reconcile competing strategic directives from the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) over administration of the hybrid o [...]	2007-07-16 22:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK583	UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1765 [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1765 (2007) on July 16, renewing the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 15, 2008. The resolution requests UNOCI to support the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement and encourages the Facilit [...]	2007-07-17 16:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CI PREL UNSC KPKO PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK590	UNSC AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL [...] (SBU) USUN Poloff met on July 9 with G7 counterparts and delivered REFTEL points regarding Ahmed Idris Nasreddin's delisting request. Nasreddin is currently under UN sanctions because of his association with al-Qaida. Nasreddin petitioned for delisting through the newly established focal poi [...]	2007-07-18 21:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK595	SECURITY COUNCIL PUTS KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON HOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following an hour of closed Security Council consultations during which Russia made clear an intent to veto the latest draft resolution on Kosovo if it were brought to a vote, sponsors of the resolution announced to the press that they would "put on hold discussions of a new reso [...]	2007-07-20 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK596	STILL NO CLEAR UN PLAN FOR CHAD/CAR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At July 13 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno revealed a revised proposal for deployment of UN civilian police and Chadian gendarmes in eastern Chad/northeastern CAR, based around a [...]	2007-07-20 23:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK597	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: RESPONSE TO USG INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] (SBU) On July 20 Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Margaret Vogt, Deputy Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Also present was DPA Africa I Division Political Officer Mamadi Toure and Poloff. (NOTE: DPA Under-Secretary-Ge [...]	2007-07-20 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PBTS PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK598	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 19, USUN delivered ref A demarche and Note Verbale to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Office of Mission Support Assistant-Secretary-General Jane Holl Lute. Holl Lute shared USG impatience over stalled deployment of the two AMIS infantry batta [...]	2007-07-20 23:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK6	SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH UN DPKO GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno said the UN is making progress in implementing phases one and two of the Addis/Abuja framework. Full implementation, however, will require greater clarity on the UN/AU hybrid command ph [...]	2007-01-09 22:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK601	SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...]	2007-07-24 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK605	DPRK ATTEMPTS TO INSCRIBE AN ANTI-JAPAN ITEM ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) DECIDED, ON JULY 24, NOT TO INSCRIBE A NEW ITEM ENTITLED, "CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF XENOPHOBIA" ON ITS CURRENT AGENDA. ADDITION OF THE ITEM HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) WHICH SUBMITTED A MEMO CLAIMING THAT A NE [...]	2007-07-24 22:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KN JA
07USUNNEWYORK607	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]	2007-07-25 16:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA

07USUNNEWYORK618	UNSC: JULY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING/CONSULTATIONS [...] Summary: In his July Middle East Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Michael Williams highlighted both the positive and negative developments in the region over the past month. Positive developments include the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, renewed contact b [...]	2007-07-27 15:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK619	UN/DRC SANCTIONS: UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian PermRep Jorge Voto-Bernales, who is the chairman of the DRC Sanctions Committee ("the Committee"),briefed the Security Council on June 23 on the occasion of the Committee's annual sanctions review. There was Council consensus that the sanctions regime--which consists [...]	2007-07-27 23:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
07USUNNEWYORK62	UNSC: JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK622	US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]	2007-07-28 00:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK623	DARFUR RESOLUTION: DPKO COOL TO PROPOSED TIMELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN presented Department's proposed edits to the Darfur hybrid draft resolution to UN Peacekeeping Undersecretary Guehenno and asked that he consider carefully our proposed phasing-in of UN ownership of the hybrid as a reasonable reflection of the realities of the AMIS-UNAMID tra [...]	2007-07-28 01:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK626	US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]	2007-07-30 20:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK629	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]	2007-07-31 21:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK63	DPKO URGES PRESSURE ON BASHIR, KONARE TO ASSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN Ambassador Sanders delivered ref A points to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Hedi Annabi on January 25, stressing our interest in helping DPKO to identify and deploy as early as possible any and all elements of t [...]	2007-01-26 00:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK630	UNSC: QATAR AND INDONESIA DROP GAZA PRST [...] (SBU) Qatar and Indonesia formally abandoned July 30 an effort to push a UNSC Presidential Statement expressing concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including a call to open the border crossings, after USUN advised the Council we would not be able to support the statement. USUN [...]	2007-08-01 00:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL ID QA
07USUNNEWYORK632	UNSC UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS HYBRID RESOLUTION [...] (U) At a July 31 public meeting, the United Nations Security Council adopted the draft resolution authorizing the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation for Darfur. The resolution was co-sponsored by Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Peru, Slovakia and the UK, and was adopted unanim [...]	2007-08-02 00:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK635	UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 19, the UNGA,s Open-Ended Working Group on UNSC Expansion discussed the two recent reports on the issue prepared by facilitators appointed by UNGA President Khalifa. Although the debate on Security Council reform and expansion gained some momentum in the wake of these [...]	2007-08-02 22:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK636	DPKO SEEKS P5 HELP AGAINST SUDAN'S OBSTACLES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 1 meeting of P5 Ambassadors, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno solicited P5 bilateral engagement with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on the issue of GNU restrictions on movement of goods and flight clearan [...]	2007-08-03 00:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK646	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COURT PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court President Judge George Galaga King told members of the Special Court Management Committee via telephone on August 2 that motions from the defense teams in both the Charles Taylor case and the AFRC appeal seeking additional time to prepare, if approved by th [...]	2007-08-07 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK650	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR LIBERIA SSR TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 21:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRS UN YI PREL
07USUNNEWYORK651	COUNCIL ADOPTS LEBANON STATEMENT AFTER QATAR [...] (C) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on August 3 in response to the Secretary-General's latest report on the implementation of SIPDIS resolution 1701 as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (full text of PRST below). The PRST w [...]	2007-08-08 23:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK656	UNSC WELCOMES ARUSHA PROGRESS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 9 United Nations Security Council consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Hedi Annabi heralded the positive atmosphere at August 3-6 Arusha consultations, which represented the first meeting of all key leaders in the Darfur conf [...]	2007-08-09 23:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK659	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS GEORGIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on August 9, the Congolese Presidency raised Georgia's request for a Security Council meeting on the August 6 rocket attack on its territory. Russian PermRep Churkin announced that Russia preferred a "careful, joint investigation" with Georgia, and regret [...]	2007-08-10 00:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK66	UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING [...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...]	2007-01-26 21:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK660	UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1771 on August 10, renewing the sanctions regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for six months. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo on non-governmental armed groups, and an international travel ban and assets freeze on [...]	2007-08-10 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	DRC PREL UNSC ETTC
07USUNNEWYORK662	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: On Friday, August 3, 2007, Ambassador Wallace delivered a strong statement at the meeting of the GA Ad Hoc Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) (by UN staff or related pers [...]	2007-08-10 22:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC UN
07USUNNEWYORK664	ACTION REQUEST: ADDRESSING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a Presidential Statement (PRST) adopted on August 3 (reftel),the UN Security Council reiterated its support for the Secretary-General,s request that Israel provide the UN detailed data on its use of cluster bombs in south Lebanon to aid in UN de-mining efforts. T [...]	2007-08-10 23:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK666	UN/1267 SANCTIONS: USUN SEEKING GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 13 meeting with Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders raised the Algerian Mission's August 3 request to the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee to designate for targeted sanctions Abd [...]	2007-08-14 00:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AL ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK667	FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...]	2007-08-14 15:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU
07USUNNEWYORK67	ARNAULT RAISES POSSIBLE REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting of the Security Council on October 6, United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed Council members SIPDIS [...]	2007-01-26 22:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK670	VAN WALSUM'S READOUT OF SECOND ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: In an August 13 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, UN/SYG Personal Envoy Peter Van Walsum said that the second round of Western Sahara negotiations had shown some engagement by the parties on peripheral substantive issues including natural resources and local administration, but t [...]	2007-08-15 14:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK671	ALGERIAN READOUT ON AUGUST 10-11 WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Sanders, members of the Algerian delegation to the second round of the Manhasset talks between Morocco and the Polisario on Western Sahara expressed lower expectations of the progress of the talks than they had after the initial round. The Algerians s [...]	2007-08-15 14:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK672	POST CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRAVEL TO USUN [...] (U) Post clearance is granted per reftel request for travel to USUN on Thursday, August 16, for consultations on UNSCR 1769 and related issues. 2. (U) The tentative schedule for reftel delegation includes 0900-1200 DPKO meetings, a 1400-1530 UN Force Generation Service meeting, a 15:45-16:4 [...]	2007-08-15 16:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK676	READ-OUT OF MEETINGS WITH SYG BAN ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) In an August 14 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon discussed his upcoming SIPDIS September 2-4 visit to Sudan, which would also include stops in Chad and Libya. The SYG hoped by the time of his trip, United Nations (UN) Special Envoy Eliasson and A [...]	2007-08-15 22:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK679	UPDATE ON UN REFERENCES TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Upon his return to New York August 13, UN SYG Ban met with Amb Khalilzad to discuss a range of issues. On the issue of UN language on the status of Taiwan, Ban said he realized he had gone too far in his recent public statements, and confirmed that the UN would no longer use the phrase " [...]	2007-08-16 15:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK680	UN SYG BAN ON NEW AFGHANISTAN ENVOY [...] (C) Returning to New York August 13, UN SYG Ban met with Amb Khalilzad to discuss a number of issues, including the proposed new UN envoy for Afghanistan. Ban said there is as yet no consensus on whether to appoint an additional envoy. He noted that the Europeans are in disagreement about the [...]	2007-08-16 15:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
07USUNNEWYORK685	DPKO REJECTS ISRAELI CLAIMS OF NEW WEAPONS FLOWS [...] (C) Summary. During UNSC consultations on UNIFIL's mandate on August 16, DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi acknowledged that the situation in south Lebanon had changed as a result of recent attacks against UNIFIL, but rejected Israeli claims of Hizballah refortification and illegal weapons transfers int [...]	2007-08-16 23:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK688	NETHERLANDS AGREES TO HOST SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (U) The UN Secretariat announced on August 17 that UN Secretary-General Ban had received a letter dated August 15 SIPDIS from Prime Minister Jan Balkenende informing him that the Government of the Netherlands is "favorably disposed" to hosting the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, created pursu [...]	2007-08-17 22:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE NE
07USUNNEWYORK689	RUSSIA STIFLES UNSC STATEMENT ON GEORGIAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia blocked Security Council consensus on two U.S.-led efforts to have the Council issue a statement of concern over the August 6 crash without detonation of an air-launched missile in Georgia. When the U.S. recrafted the initial Presidential Statement (PRST) criticizing "the [...]	2007-08-17 23:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK695	CHAD/CAR: UN URGES COUNCIL TO "TRUST BUT VERIFY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 21 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi advised the Security Council to "trust but verify" plans for peacekeeping in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),given Chadian President [...]	2007-08-21 22:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK696	SOMALIA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS AMISOM, PREVIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 20, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the African Union to maintain its AMISOM mission in Somalia for an additional six months and setting the stage for a possible follow-on UN Peacekeeping Operation. Discussion in consultations prior [...]	2007-08-22 18:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG PGOV PREL PHUM SO
07USUNNEWYORK697	OLA LEGAL COUNSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS TO [...] Begin Summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel will lead a high-level UN delegation to the Netherlands in the next two weeks to discuss practical arrangements for the Netherlands to host the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Michel's Special Assistant Mark Quarterman advised USUN August 21. The [...]	2007-08-22 23:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC KCRM SY LE NE
07USUNNEWYORK7	THREE LETTERS SENT TO AMBASSADOR WALLACE FROM UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 01:26:00	USUN New York	SECRET	EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK70	1540 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES DIFFERENT [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its informal meeting January 24, the 1540 Committee discussed, but did not reach decisions on several topics: (1) candidates to fill three current vacancies on the Committee's experts' panel; (2) disposition of the contracts of the Committee's five current experts (ref B),[...]	2007-01-29 17:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PTER PREL KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK700	1540: UN SUBCOMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (U) At an August 21 meeting, Sub-Committee B of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") agreed to defer consideration of a matrix assessing Iran's implementation of resolution 1 [...]	2007-08-23 22:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK704	UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS UNIFIL'S MANDATE AMID [...] (U) The UN Security Council unanimously approved resolution 1773 on 24 August 2007 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2008. (Note: The full text of the resolution is contained in reftel and can be found on the UN website. End Note.) [...]	2007-08-24 22:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK705	DPKO PRESENTS SYG'S REPORT ON MINUSTAH [...] (SBU) Summary. DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi briefed Friends of Haiti representatives on August 24 on the highlights of the SYG,s latest report on MINUSTAH. Although the SYG recommended no changes to MINUSTAH's mandate, he urged the UNSC to lower MINUSTAH,s troop strength by 140 and raise its polic [...]	2007-08-24 22:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO HA
07USUNNEWYORK708	BRZAK/LUBBERS SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilizad met on August 24 with the UN Secretary General to discuss the Brzak case, making points SIPDIS contained reftel. The Secretary General said he would meet with his UN Legal team to discuss the options for dealing with this case. Subsequently, the UN Office of Legal [...]	2007-08-27 22:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN
07USUNNEWYORK71	WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND THE UN PEACEBUILDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment Shirin Tahir-Kheli called upon UN Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie, who heads the recently created Peacebuilding Support Office of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). McAskie commended the Secretary's outre [...]	2007-01-29 21:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO UNGA PHUM PREL BY
07USUNNEWYORK711	GAMBARI SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON BURMA [...] (C) UN Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari conducted three trips in July and August to build international support for pressure on the Burmese regime. Gambari sought to create consensus in support of his good offices mandate that he can exploit to obtain results on his next trip to Burma, tentat [...]	2007-08-28 14:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK713	UN ANNOUNCEMENT OF IRAQ AND SUDAN SRSGS [...] (C) UN SYG Ban phoned Amb Khalilzad August 28 to report that he had received agrement from GOS President Bashir to appoint Ashraf Qazi as SRSG for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). This decision frees Ban to announce the appointment of Staffan di Mistura as SRSG for the UN Assistance Mission [...]	2007-08-28 23:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS IZ
07USUNNEWYORK717	MONTHLY UNSC MIDEAST DEBATE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR [...] (U) Summary. During a seven-hour monthly UNSC debate on the Middle East on August 29 featuring over 30 speakers, UNSCO Michael Williams professed "guarded optimism" about recent developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process but was decidedly downcast about the reality on the ground. Amb Wol [...]	2007-08-30 22:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KPAL KWBG SY LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK719	ETHIOPIAN MINISTER TEKEDA ALEMU: EEBC TERMINATION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of State Tekeda Alemu Wolde Mariam told AMB Wolff during an August 30 meeting that Eritrea must withdraw its forces from the temporary security zone (TSZ) and allow UNMEE to begin monitoring the area again before Ethiopia will allow the Ethiopia Eritrea Border [...]	2007-08-31 22:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNSC ET ER
07USUNNEWYORK725	GAMBARI TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting of the Security Council to finalize the program of work for September, Amb Wolff successfully rebuffed a Chinese request to delete the program's "footnote" reference to Burma, and confirmed Council agreement to receive a briefing during the month fr [...]	2007-09-06 00:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK728	1540: COMMITTEE STILL DEBATING MATRICES [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At the August 29 meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),South Africa, Indonesia, and China agreed to seek instructions on a U.S. compromise concerning the posting of country-specific implementation matri [...]	2007-09-06 20:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK729	1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 29 meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") discussed its work program, technical assistance, outreach efforts, and a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad and Portuguese PermRep Salgueiro (on behalf of [...]	2007-09-06 20:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK73	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS U.S. RESOLUTION [...] (U) Summary. On January 26, the day before the sixty-second anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a U.S.-sponsored resolution that condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust. The resolution garnered the support of 103 UN co- [...]	2007-01-29 22:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK731	LIBERIA: SECURITY COUNCIL FOCUSES ON UNMIL DRAWDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIL SRSG Doss briefed the UN Security Council on progress on political and security fronts in Liberia, focusing most of his presentation on explaining the recommendations of the Secretary-General's August 8 report (S/2007/479) for a drawdown in UNMIL operations and personnel. [...]	2007-09-07 01:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK733	UN A/S MULET BRIEFS ON UNMIS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet delivered two separate briefings to the UNSC on September 7 regarding recent developments with the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Follow [...]	2007-09-08 00:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC CG SU
07USUNNEWYORK74	SYG BAN PROPOSES RESTRUCTURING OF DPKO [...] (U) Secretary-General Ban has proposed restructuring the Secretariat to downgrade the Department of Disarmament SIPDIS Affairs (DDA) and split the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) into two distinct departments. Ban has asked the GA to give its blessing to the proposals, which he [...]	2007-01-30 22:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KUNR KPKO UN UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK745	GEORGIA PROPOSES NEW IDEAS FOR NEW YORK ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Wolff and Georgian Permrep Alasania discussed next steps in reaction to the August 6 attack on Georgia. Alasania proposed holding some type of panel discussion in which the two Independent Expert Group (IEG) teams and Russian experts could participate inste [...]	2007-09-12 22:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK747	SYG BAN BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON UN/AU POL PROCESS, [...] (U) SUMMARY: SYG Ban Ki-Moon briefed the UNSC September 12 on his recent travels to Sudan, Chad and Libya and provided an update on UNAMID deployment. SYG Ban asked for UNSC members to support the planned meeting between the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Darfur rebel groups to be [...]	2007-09-13 14:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC SU
07USUNNEWYORK748	HAITIAN PERMREP PLEDGES HAITI WILL NOT PROVOKE [...] (C) During a meeting on September 10, Haitian PermRep Leo Merores told Poloff he did not expect China to object to a one-year extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) when it expires on October 15, 2007. (Note: China threatened to veto MINUSTAH's mandate in [...]	2007-09-13 14:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK749	UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO MAINTAINS THAT SOUTH [...] (C) During consultations in New York September 4-7 with the UN, troop contributing countries (TCC),members of the Security Council, and other interested delegations, UNIFIL Force Commander Graziano declared that Hizballah's arms pose the greatest threat to stability in Lebanon. But he mainta [...]	2007-09-13 18:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK75	UNSC/PBC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Summary. The Security Council held closed consultations on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on Tuesday, January 23, in advance of the January 31 open debate. The Russians, as Council President for January, sought to use the Council's engagement this month to exert leadership over a bod [...]	2007-01-31 14:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK750	UNAMID IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND TIMELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPKO Military Planning Division Acting Director Major General (MG) Five briefed UNSC Military Advisors September 10 on UNAMID implementation. Topics included current status of deployments of the AMIS battalions, the Light Support Package (LSP),the Heavy Support Package (HSP) an [...]	2007-09-13 19:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK751	SERBIAN PERMREP SEEMS TO BACK OFF FROM TOUGH [...] (C) On September 11, Serbian Permrep Pavle Jevremovic met with Ambassador Wolff in the wake of Prime Minister Kostunica's statement to members of the Security Council (e-mailed to Department) that had called on them "to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia from the US p [...]	2007-09-13 20:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNSC KV YI PREL
07USUNNEWYORK752	1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WEBSITE, OUTREACH [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting September 12 of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),Slovak PermRep and Chairman Peter Burian announced that interested delegations were discussing proposals for reaching agreement on the langu [...]	2007-09-14 13:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK757	SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERMS OF RWANDA AND [...] The Security Council, September 14, adopted resolutions extending the terms of the Prosecutors for the International Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and Yugoslavia (ICTY). Resolution 1774 (ref A),which re-appointed Hassan Jallow as ICTR Prosecutor for a four year term, was adopted unanimously. [...]	2007-09-14 21:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PHUM PREL UNSC ICTR
07USUNNEWYORK759	COUNTRY CLEARANCE: PAUL DERGARABEDIAN AND BRUCE [...] (U) Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Paul Dergarabedian, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Department of the Treasury and Bruce Miller, DHS, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to lead a training workshop on trade-based issues involving money launderin [...]	2007-09-17 15:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK760	SYG BAN URGES UNSC TO EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE FOR [...] (U) During UNSC consultations on September 13, SYG Ban reported on his August 1-2 visit to Haiti and appealed to delegates to seize an "historic opportunity" to make progress in that country by staying the course and avoiding early disengagement. Recounting how he had walked through Cite Sole [...]	2007-09-17 17:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC HA
07USUNNEWYORK763	BAN ON DARFUR, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, QUARTET [...] (C) During his monthly lunch with Security Council PermReps September 17, SYG Ban promised an increased UN role in Afghanistan and Iraq and reported the Italians may provide the aviation assets necessary to support UNAMID deployment. He also said the September 23 Quartet meeting should not be [...]	2007-09-18 00:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPAL SU AF IZ
07USUNNEWYORK768	DARFUR: UN-P3 SHARE UNAMID DEPLOYMENT CONCERNS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. P3 representatives pushed UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under Secretary-General Guehenno for rapid deployment of UNAMID forces to Darfur and strategized about support for African troop contributing countries [...]	2007-09-19 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK77	UNSCR 1373: NEW CTC CHAIRMAN SEEKS U.S. INPUT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a January 29 meeting with newly appointed Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman, Panamanian PermRep Ricardo Arias, Ambassador Wolff and Ambassador Sanders offered U.S. views on the CTC's work and expressed support for Arias's leadership. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]	2007-01-31 16:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK773	UN DEBATE ON TAIWAN MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: When determining the agenda for the 62nd UN General Assembly September 19, the General Committee considered whether to include the agenda item "Urging the Security Council to process Taiwan's membership application pursuant to provision rules of procedure 59 and 60." Following a [...]	2007-09-20 21:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK779	INDIAN UNSC REFORM GAMBIT: LOTS OF SOUND AND FURY, [...] (C) Summary. The last few meetings of the 61st UNGA session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC reform, held between September 11-14, featured much more controversy than usual in the fourteen-year history of the working group. After President of the General Assembly (PGA) Khalifa [...]	2007-09-21 16:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR IN JA PK IT
07USUNNEWYORK780	LEBANON TRIBUNAL - PROGRESS REPORT [...] USUN Legal Adviser spoke with UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Larry Johnson, September 18, about progress on the appointment of a Prosecutor and Judges for the Lebanon Tribunal. He confirmed that UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has interviewed some prospects for the Prosecu [...]	2007-09-21 16:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK781	SEPTEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON [...] Summary: In delivering the UN's monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East on September 20, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe characterized the continuing Olmert/Abbas dialogue, Secretary Rice's current trip to the Middle East and Quartet SIPDIS Representative Tony Blair's work as elements of a g [...]	2007-09-21 17:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK782	62ND UNGA ADOPTS THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 17:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PHUM CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK786	UNGA KEEPS TAIWAN UN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OFF [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly met in plenary session September 21 to consider the report of the UN General Committee containing its recommendations for the agenda of the new (62nd) UNGA session which opened September 18. The General Committee had decided not to inscribe the agenda it [...]	2007-09-22 01:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK789	U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Mission Legal Adviser delivered reftel names of individuals interested in working with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson on September 24. On the margins of the meeting, Mi [...]	2007-09-24 21:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK797	SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...]	2007-09-27 01:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK799	NEW UN ENVOY TO IRAQ OUTLINES FIRST STEPS [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Staffan de Mistura, the UN's newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The Ambassador underscored strong U.S. support for de M [...]	2007-09-27 21:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK8	UNSC/BURMA: U.S. TABLES BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. formally tabled the draft resolution on Burma (reftel) in the Security Council on January 9, citing the need to empower the Secretary-General and his envoy to encourage the Burmese regime to take the concrete steps needed to address the international community's concerns. [...]	2007-01-10 02:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK80	UN REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED CONVENTIONAL [...] USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 16 January 2007 from the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) requesting Member State input on a "comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export, and transfer [...]	2007-01-31 23:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KTIA UN
07USUNNEWYORK802	SYG BAN ON BURMA AND ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Secretary General Ban briefly on September 27. Topics included Burma, Zimbabwe and the prospects for a U.S. candidate for controller of the UN (septel). BURMA ----- 2. (C) Secretary General Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 27 that Special A [...]	2007-09-28 16:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM ZI
07USUNNEWYORK805	RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA ON SEPTEMBER 20 INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a rambling screed before the Security Council on September 26, Russia's PermRep Churkin accused the Government of Georgia of everything from warmongering to attempted murder. Finally focusing on the September 20 violence in Georgia that was the item he was ostensibly addres [...]	2007-09-28 19:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK806	BURMA: A/SYG WAHLSTROM ON HER PROPOSED VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following reftel request, on September 28 USUN ECOSOC Minister Counselor met with Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Margareta Wahlstrom to discuss her proposed trip to Burma. Wahlstrom's travel plans for mid-October include field trips to drought-affected a [...]	2007-09-28 21:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK807	OSCE SIDESTEPS GEORGIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's annual briefing before the Security Council on September 28, Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos gave a generalized presentation that barely touched on Georgia. Prompted by Slovakia, Belgium, the UK and the US, Moratinos claimed that the OSCE had [...]	2007-10-01 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE
07USUNNEWYORK810	IRAQI STATEMENTS ON MNF EXTENSION [...] (U) Recent press reports quote Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari as stating: "We will ask the (Security) Council to include an article that allows Iraq to enter into negotiations with the United States to reach long-term security arrangements to meet Iraq's security needs bilaterally." Deputy Fo [...]	2007-10-01 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK814	UNSC ADOPTS PRST CONDEMNING DARFUR ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning the September 29 killing of 10 AMIS peacekeepers at a camp near Haskanita, South Darfur (please see paragraph 6 for PRST text). The PRST adoption followed two days of heated Security Council debate on October 1 and 2 [...]	2007-10-03 21:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK815	U/SYG PASCOE SAYS UN CYPRUS PLANS DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 27 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe said that if President Papadopoulos of Cyprus loses the election in February then he will push to appoint a new special envoy for the Cyprus conflict and work on brokering a new settlement plan. Pas [...]	2007-10-04 13:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC CY GG
07USUNNEWYORK816	UNSC HEARS THAT GUINEA-BISSAU PROGRESS IS FRAGILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Secretary-General's representative, Shola Omoregie, told the Security Council on October 3 that the evident calm in Guinea-Bissau is deceptive. Political, security, and social tensions are rising beneath the surface and will likely rise further in the run-up to elections. O [...]	2007-10-04 23:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
07USUNNEWYORK821	UN PROGRESSES ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officers told USUN October 3 and October 4 that the UN wants to move quickly this month to appoint the next Commissioner of the UN International Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),who would also serve as the Prosecutor for [...]	2007-10-05 21:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK830	FM LAM AKOL: U.S. SHOULD WORK WITH GNU TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol told AMB Khalilzad in an October 2 tte--tte that the U.S. should work with the Government of National Unity on a set of specific steps to improve U.S.-Sudan bilateral relations. FM Akol argued that Khartoum's ability to implement the Comprehensi [...]	2007-10-08 20:10:00	USUN New York	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK831	GAMBARI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting October 8, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad that he needed staff to follow up on his recent mission to Burma and that he planned to form a core group comprised of the U.S., China, Japan, India, the Russian Federation, Singapore (as ASEAN ch [...]	2007-10-09 13:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK832	GAMBARI RAISES ISSUES FOR A TRANSITION IN BURMA [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) On October 8, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari to discuss next steps following the latter's return from Burma. Several issues emerged in the discussion, which could benefit from an NSC-led interagency review, w [...]	2007-10-09 13:37:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK838	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO IO/PSC JOHN SANDAGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 22:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK839	AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...]	2007-10-09 23:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK840	UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]	2007-10-09 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK852	UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON LEBANON [...] Summary: The UN is moving to appoint the principal officers of the Lebanon Tribunal during October and November. UN Legal Counsel told Security Council members that a mechanism has been set up to identify the Tribunal Prosecutor and Judges before the end of the year. He explained that the [...]	2007-10-11 13:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK854	SOMALI D/PERMREP'S ASSESSMENT OF TFG POLITICS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Somali D/PermRep Idd Beddel Mohamed predicted that the expected parliamentary confidence vote would produce a new government led by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Commerce, Abdullahi Ahmed Afrah, or Minister of Interior, Mohamed Mohamud Guled Gamadhere. END S [...]	2007-10-11 21:33:00	USUN New York	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK856	HARIRI SATISFIED WITH PACE OF UN EFFORTS TO SET UP [...] (C) Summary. During an October 8-9 visit to New York, Lebanese MP Sa'ad Hariri held meetings with UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon, other Secretariat officials, and UNSC members that focused largely on the need to speed up the set up of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Ambassador Khalilzad met Hariri on [...]	2007-10-11 22:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK857	MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR UNGA SESSION GRANTED [...] Mission clearance is granted for the following individuals for the UNGA session in New York at the US Mission. Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees Linda Lum - IO/RHS Thomas Johnson - IO/RHS Paul Birdsall - IO/RHS Douglas Rohn - IO/RHS Monika Meta - IO/RHS Elizabeth Wepler - IO/RHS Nicholas Ka [...]	2007-10-11 22:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ADM AMGT EAID RSO PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK859	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) An additional two hours of negotiations between China and the U.S., followed by China and the P-3, then joined by Indonesia, South Africa and the Russian Federation, produced a consensus presidential statement on the situation in Burma on October 11. While initially again rejecting refer [...]	2007-10-12 00:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK86	UN REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED CONVENTIONAL [...] USUN has received the following diplomatic note dated 16 January 2007 from the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) requesting Member State input on a "comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export, and transfer [...]	2007-01-31 23:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KTIA UN

07USUNNEWYORK861	UNGA 62: USUAL SUSPECTS CRITICAL OF U.S. IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the United Nations General Debate, several member states praised the United States on a variety of issues, including peacebuilding, reconstruction, debt relief, and democracy. Several heads of state were outspoken in their harsh criticism of the United States, primar [...]	2007-10-12 22:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK862	SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...]	2007-10-12 23:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK865	UNGA: MOROCCO AND ALGERIA AGREE ON CONSENSUS [...] Summary. The UNGA Fourth Committee adopted its resolution on the Western Sahara by consensus October 15 following Moroccan-Algerian agreement on its text, which showcases support for the negotiating process launched in April, features constructive ambiguity on self-determination, and eschews a [...]	2007-10-15 20:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNGA WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK866	UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES OUTREACH ASSISTANCE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On October 10 the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)("1540 Committee") discussed a strategy for further outreach and a draft matrix states could use to submit assistance requests. Committee members also welcomed the Committee's October 9 [...]	2007-10-15 20:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK868	RUCKER WANTS LEGAL SCRIPT [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff on October 11, UNMIK SRSG Rucker said he had been holding meetings with the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) to discuss concerns regarding Kosovo future status. He said that in these meetings he had emphasized [...]	2007-10-15 22:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KV PGOV PREL UNSC YI SR
07USUNNEWYORK870	PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL [...] At a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on October 15, 2007, Judges Dennis Byron, President of the ICTR, and Fausto Pocar, President of the ICTY, presented annual reports on the Tribunals. In his remarks to the General Assembly, Judge Byron indicated that the Tribunal's chambers c [...]	2007-10-16 16:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ICTR ICTY
07USUNNEWYORK873	UNOMIG CONSULTATIONS: SPARKS BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 UNOMIG SRSG Jean Arnault held a private meeting with the New York Friends (Friends plus Slovakia) to discuss the situation in Abkhazia. He reported that a recent study showed that deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the Kodori Valley was feasible, but [...]	2007-10-16 22:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK880	UNGA/C6: POSITIVE REACTION TO U.S. COUNTER [...] SUMMARY: Seventy-four delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during the debate on counterterrorism on October 10 - 11. As in previous years, delegations strongly condemned acts of terrorism, called for measures to promote tolerance and eliminate the root causes of terrorism and rejected at [...]	2007-10-17 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK881	P5 DISCUSSES SUDAN AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During a P-5 meeting on October 16, Ambassador Khalilzad, supported by his British and French counterparts, pressed Russian PR Churkin and Chinese DPR Liu for coordinated pressure on Sudan to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, and to work together to get UN Special Adviser Gambari [...]	2007-10-18 15:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK882	UNGA PRESIDENT PROPOSES MECHANISM TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 17, President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim proposed that he convene a "Group of Friends" to agree on the modalities and the substantive elements for the inter-governmental negotiations on UNSC reform set to begin in the [...]	2007-10-18 19:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK883	DARFUR: LSP HANDOVER CONCLUDED, AMIS SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN carried out reftel instructions on October 17, executing a Light Support Package (LSP) handover document and delivering a note verbale detailing extended U.S. assistance to AMIS during the transition to UNAMID. UN officials were fully cooperative regarding the handover docume [...]	2007-10-18 22:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK886	SYG BAN PRESSES SUDAN TO ACCEPT HYBRID FORCE IN [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 18, SYG Ban Ki-Moon said he had urged AU Chair Konare, as well as Nigerian, Egyptian, Senegalese, and Rwandan officials, to press Sudanese President Bashir to accept the hybrid troops on offer. He also said he plans to urge South Afric [...]	2007-10-19 14:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK888	UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs (OLA) Nicolas Michel updated Ambassador Wolff on October 17 on the UN's work to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational soon. Michel reported that the selections panel for the judges and prosecutor w [...]	2007-10-19 16:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK893	62ND UNGA GENERAL COMMITTEE - SECOND MEETING [...] At a meeting on October 19, the General Committee recommended to the General Assembly the following action on inscription and allocation of agenda items: (a) Inclusion of an item "Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte" (A/BUR/62/1) - consideration deferred to the 63rd General Assembly [...]	2007-10-19 20:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK895	DARFUR: RWANDANS DRIVING HARD APC BARGAIN WITH UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With United States Air Force C-17's standing by on October 19 in Kigali to facilitate transport to Darfur, a Rwandan infantry battalion balked at boarding. The Rwandans wanted an assurance that any damage in Darfur to the 18 armored personnel carriers they were bringing with th [...]	2007-10-20 00:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK899	UNAMI, MNF-I BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: At the October 19 debate on Iraq in the Security Council, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Council members that the UN was focused on implementing its expanded role as authorized in Security Council Resolution 1770. Pascoe emphasized that the UN "must be give [...]	2007-10-22 21:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK90	SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...]	2007-02-01 23:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK909	FALKLANDS: ARGENTINA SUGGESTS UNGA ACTION TO FORCE [...] (C) On instructions from Buenos Aires, Argentine PermRep Jorge Arguello approached Amb Wolff on October 22 to indicate that Argentina is "thinking" of sponsoring action in the UNGA to encourage UK-Argentina negotiations on the issue of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) during the [...]	2007-10-24 13:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AR UK
07USUNNEWYORK91	SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...]	2007-02-01 23:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK918	U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, [...] (C) Summary. At Japanese request, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu held a wide-ranging consultation on October 22 on issues currently before the UNSC as well as on UN reform. On Burma, Takasu urged increased pressure on the regime, but argued against actions which risk losing [...]	2007-10-25 20:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR BM AF KS IR
07USUNNEWYORK923	UN BRIEFS U.S., UK ON UNAMI/IRAQ ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trilateral with the UK Mission and the UN on Iraq October 24, the UN announced that Staffan de Mistura, incoming SRSG and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),would formally assume his position on October 30. The UN also said deputy SRSG Michae [...]	2007-10-26 17:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ
07USUNNEWYORK924	IAN MARTIN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: During an October 25 update for the Security Council, Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Nepal SIPDIS (UNMIN),told Council members that the recent postponement of Constitutional Assembly elections had thrust Nepal into "the [...]	2007-10-26 22:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC NP
07USUNNEWYORK927	SYG BAN: UN NEEDS HELP WITH BASHIR, UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: SYG Ban Ki-Moon told AMB Khalilzad in a October 25 meeting that the UN needs assistance in convincing Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with UNAMID deployment and to convince troop contributing countries to provide additional aviation and transport capabili [...]	2007-10-29 14:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK928	OCHA RESPONDS TO USUN DEMARCHE ON IRIN SHAME OF [...] (SBU) As reported in reftel C, on September 24th Amb. Wallace delivered the demarche as instructed in reftel B objecting to the anti-US distortions in the IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) report "The Shame of War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict." During th [...]	2007-10-29 18:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KUNR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK93	DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: [...] (U) Representatives of the Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. Missions met February 1st to discuss the way forward on the looming consultations on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ("DRIP"). Though the co-sponsors and the African group have begun meeting to discuss [...]	2007-02-02 15:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK930	SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1782 on October 29, renewing the sanctions regime in Cote d'Ivoire and the mandate of the Group of Experts--the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee's investigative body--until October 31, 2008. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo, a ba [...]	2007-10-29 21:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK931	BAN WANTS U.S. HELP TO ENGAGE SAUDIS WITH BASHIR [...] (C) Over lunch on October 29, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Ambassador Khalilzad discussed Sudan, Burma and UN reform (septel). ----- SUDAN ----- 2. (C) SYG Ban said he was losing patience with President Bashir. Ban has asked a wide range of member states including South Africa [...]	2007-10-29 22:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM SU
07USUNNEWYORK932	SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR MEETS WITH [...] Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met, October 25, with Court Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. Rapp, in the U.S. on home leave, had just come from meetings in Ottawa after addressing the Canadian Bar Association. He had also given a speech at UCLA. Rapp reviewed progress on ongoing c [...]	2007-10-30 21:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC NL PGOV PREL SL
07USUNNEWYORK941	UNGA PRESIDENCY 2008: THWARTING GRULAC CONSENUS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2 & 7. 2. (C) Summary. Many GRULAC permreps remain uneasy about the prospects of Nicaragua emerging as the GRULAC candidate for (and likely occupant of) the 2008 UNGA Presidency (PGA),but are reluctant to take action to identify an alternative. Ba [...]	2007-10-31 22:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK946	WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO [...] The Security Council October 31 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to April 30, 2008. The resolution takes note of the two rounds of negotiations held under the auspices of the Secretary-Ge [...]	2007-11-01 17:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK947	KOREAN PENINSULA RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS [...] (U) Summary. On October 31, 2007, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution on "Peace, Security, and Reunification in the Korean Peninsula," co-sponsored by the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Ambassador Khalilzad delivered the U.S. [...]	2007-11-01 20:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KN KS UN
07USUNNEWYORK949	SYG BAN VENTS DARFUR FRUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council's Perm 5 that he has become "personally angry" with Sudanese President Bashir for lack of cooperation on UNAMID force generation and for lack of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Urging the [...]	2007-11-01 21:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK950	WAIVER OF IMMUNITY REQUESTED RE TANZANIA MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: NYC asks that USUN request the TanzaniaMUN (GOTanzania) to waive the immunity of Adolf Katanda, age 19, and Julius Ktanda, age 16, two sons of TanzaniaMUN Minister Counselor Isaack Katanda so that NYC can prosecute Adolf for a Class A misdemeanor (posssession [...]	2007-11-01 23:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP UN PREL TZ
07USUNNEWYORK951	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Darfur deployment update: --AMIS Force Commander has yet to request in writing that contracted US military advisors continue in their current positions; --The first of the High Ranking Operational & Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) visits began this week with UN personnel trav [...]	2007-11-01 23:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF SU UNC KPKO UN
07USUNNEWYORK957	LIBERIA SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE ON MEETINGS WITH PA [...] (U) See action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Liberian Permanent Representative Milton Barnes met with AMB Khalilzad on November 11 to discuss President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's mid-November state visit to Israel. AMB Barnes said that the Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had instructed [...]	2007-11-05 21:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS LI
07USUNNEWYORK96	UN COUNTER-TERRORISM TASK FORCE IN HIGH GEAR [...] Action Requests paras 7 and 8. 2. Summary: In a January 31 meeting with UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Orr, head of the Secretary General's SIPDIS Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF),Orr described current activities and future projects of the group. Orr said that he expects t [...]	2007-02-02 20:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK964	DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO TRAVELING TO ADDIS FOR MEETING [...] (C) UN SYG Ban informed Amb Khalilzad Nov 6 that U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno is traveling shortly to Addis Ababa to meet with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub to discuss technical issues related to the implementation of UNAMID. Ban and Guehenno are cautiously optimistic that this meeting c [...]	2007-11-06 22:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK965	AUSTRALIA WANTS UNSC MANDATE FOR MNF-I FOR SEVERAL [...] (C) During a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on November 2, Australian PermRep Robert Hill said his government would want a Chapter VII UNSC mandate for its troops in Iraq for several years to come (other issues reported septel). Hill was reassured by Amb Khalilzad that the UNSC would extend the C [...]	2007-11-07 14:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC AS PM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK966	AUSTRALIAN PERMREP PUSHES UNSC REFORM AND [...] (SBU) During a meeting on November 2 with Amb Khalilzad, Australian PermRep Robert Hill sought clarification about whether the U.S. had adopted a more forward-leaning approach on UNSC reform after President Bush's speech to the UNGA (other topics covered septel). Amb Khalilzad told him the U. [...]	2007-11-07 14:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNSC KDEM
07USUNNEWYORK967	UN: ICJ PRESIDENT HIGGINS LOBBIES FOR EQUAL PAY [...] SUMMARY: Justice Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),met on November 2 with Ambassador Wallace to request USG assistance in redressing the "invidious situation" created by the General Assembly's decision in Resolution 61/262 to establish a different pay sca [...]	2007-11-07 18:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UNGA KJUS PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK969	GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),presented the Court's annual report at a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on November 1, 2007. He briefly outlined recent developments at the Court and spoke about the importance of con [...]	2007-11-07 19:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK97	KOSOVO: USUN RUNS INTERFERENCE AT UN FOR AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN has delivered strong messages at several UN levels making clear our conviction that Special Envoy Ahtisaari should have the last word on the composition of his own settlement proposal and report. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe Director Harland reassur [...]	2007-02-02 23:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK971	LEBANON: UNSC AGREES THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a private meeting of the Security Council November 5, UNSC Resolution 1559 Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen reported that the political crisis that had "paralyzed" Lebanon since November 2006 had made it very difficult to achieve further progress towards the implementatio [...]	2007-11-07 22:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPKO SY LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK972	FINDING FUNDING FOR UN COMPOUND IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (C) Absent U.S. intervention, the UN will soon begin the process of requesting Member State approval of approximately 190 million dollars under the UN's 2008-2009 regular budget for const [...]	2007-11-07 23:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK974	UPDATE ON GAMBARI'S VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Wolff in a November 7 telephone conversation that Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari was departing Nay Pyi Taw November 8 for Rangoon, where he planned to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),the NLD Executive Committee and the UN Country Team. Gambari will [...]	2007-11-08 11:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK976	RUSSIA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISAF RENEWAL [...] (C) Russian DPR Dolgov, emphasizing that he was acting on instructions, informed Amb Wolff November 8 that Moscow remained troubled by the negotiating process for UNSCR 1776, the Security Council resolution adopted in September that extended ISAF's authorization for another year. Russia beli [...]	2007-11-08 22:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC AF
07USUNNEWYORK978	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN PLANS TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff on November 7, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu reported that the SYG plans to appoint the next UNIIIC chief and prosecutor-elect during the w [...]	2007-11-08 22:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK979	UN DISCOUNTS BRAMMERTZ COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF [...] (C) Summary. During a November 7 meeting to discuss efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu (septel),USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff mentioned that in the c [...]	2007-11-08 22:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK980	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER 8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott met with DPKO U/SYG Guehenno November 8 to discuss UNAMID deployment. Guehenno reported that Sudanese Major General had backpedaled on his promise to meet in Addis Ababa after the UN communicated that the meeting would be primarily technical and not an opportunity to [...]	2007-11-08 23:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK985	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met November 2 with the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter SIPDIS van Walsum, who, following the October 31 renewal of the MINURSO (Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate, was consulting the "parties" (Morocco and the Polisar [...]	2007-11-09 16:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK986	BURMA, ZIMBABWE DISCUSSED AT SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN [...] (U) The Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the role of regional and sub-regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security on November 6, 2007. The adoption was preceded by an open debate, in which the Secretary-General, all Coun [...]	2007-11-09 18:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK99	CTC DEFERS DISCUSSION ON BORDER CONTROL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Under the new chairmanship of Ambassador Arias of Panama, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held its 179th meeting February 1, discussing several topics: 1) the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate's (CTED) preliminary conclusions on its 2006 visits to [...]	2007-02-05 17:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK995	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES DISCUSSES IRAQ, [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),discussed the subject of Iraq's internally displaced persons and refugees with Ambassador Khalilzad. Later in the day, Guterres met with members of the UN,s Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG),w [...]	2007-11-09 19:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ PHUM KREF
07USUNNEWYORK997	BUILDING THE UN'S LONG-TERM COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: USUN and UK poloffs met November 8 with representatives from the UN,s Departments of Political Affairs, Safety and Security, and Management to discuss the development of the UN,s proposal to build an integrated compound in Baghdad. The compound is intended to serve as the headqu [...]	2007-11-09 20:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK999	DPKO: SUDAN QUIETLY SLOWING COMPONENTS OF UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Officials have reported to USUN that the Government of Sudan (GOS) is hindering UNAMID deployment in a variety of ways. Per DPKO, Sudanese officials have delayed agreement on force composition, failed to facilitate land and water rights in many areas [...]	2007-11-09 22:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07VALLETTA355	MALTA ON HUMAN RIGHTS THEMATIC RESOLUTIONS [...] Charge conveyed reftel objectives to MFA Director-General for Political Affairs John Inguanez on August 31st. Inguanez thanked Charge for sharing the U.S. position, which he said would be useful for the "internal EU deliberations" that would precede any decisions. 2. Inguanez noted that the [...]	2007-09-04 13:51:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL UNGA MT
07VATICAN104	IRAQ: CHALDEAN PATRIARCH SUPPORTS CHRISTIAN AREAS [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us June 25 that the Patriarch supports the idea of a revitalization plan for tradition Christian areas in northern Iraq. The Chaldeans, who rem [...]	2007-07-03 13:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ VT
07VATICAN11	POPE RAPS MAPUTO PROTOCOL, PLAN OF ACTION [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI criticized the Maputo Protocol and related Plan of Action (reftels and septel) in his high-profile January 8 address to diplomats accredited to the Holy See. Addressing "attacks on life", the pope said that such attacks "do not even spare regions with a traditional cultu [...]	2007-01-10 09:44:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VATICAN111	VATICAN EXPECTS STRONG REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Pope's China Letter has undercut the standing of the Government of China in "administering" the Catholic Church in China and as a result, the Holy See expects a strong, but perhaps, moderated reaction sometime [...]	2007-07-12 16:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN118	HOLY SEE: INQUIRIES PENDING ON RADIO MARYJA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 11:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VT
07VATICAN119	HOLY SEE STATEMENTS RAISE EYEBROWS [...] (SBU) Summary. Two Vatican documents released last month caused consternation among ecumenists and inter-religious dialogue experts. While the Church sees these as internal matters that are fully explainable within the Catholic context, the world at large is increasingly attuned to such pron [...]	2007-08-01 14:10:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VT
07VATICAN12	AFRICA ON FRONT BURNER AS POPE ADDRESSES DIP CORPS [...] (SBU) Pope Benedict placed particular emphasis on challenges facing Africa in his second annual address to the diplomatic corps. He called attention to Darfur and Somalia, and criticized an attempt "to trivialize abortion" in Africa. Benedict decried the uselessness of "armed solutions" to [...]	2007-01-10 15:43:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL KNNP VT
07VATICAN127	HOLY SEE: LEBANESE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Lebanese ambassador to the Holy See told Amb. Rooney September 11 that the Holy See values its contacts with the US but feels US should listen more closely to Vatican views. The recent visit of the Syrian deputy PM was mishandled by the Vatican, which failed to deliver a clear mess [...]	2007-09-14 09:32:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE VT
07VATICAN133	HOLY SEE: CARDINAL TAURAN ON LEBANON AND POPE'S EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary. Cardinal Tauran, the new head of Vatican interreligious dialogue and one of the Holy See's Lebanon experts, told Ambassador September 12 that Pope Benedict has changed his mind in some ways about Islam, and now sees a new basis for relations based on shared fundamental values. Ta [...]	2007-09-25 07:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT LE
07VATICAN135	HOLY SEE: BACKGROUND ON MEETING OF SUDANESE PRESIDENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's point man on Sudan provided DCM September 26 with some background to the recent meeting of Sudanese President Bashir with Pope Benedict XVI; the meeting went well, according to the Vatican. End summary. 2. (SBU) DCM spoke briefly September 26 with Monsignor France [...]	2007-09-27 07:35:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VATICAN136	HOLY SEE: CARDINAL MARTINO ON IRAN, IRAQ, OTHER SUBJECTS [...] (C) Summary. Cardinal Martino, head of two Holy See agencies (Justice and Peace, and Migrants) spoke with Ambassador September 25 on a variety of subjects, including Iraq, Iran, Papal travel to the US, Secretary Rice, TIP, and his own travel. Martino pointed out that his candor on Iraq was ac [...]	2007-09-27 09:22:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VATICAN138	A/S DESUTTER ENGAGES HOLY SEE ON NONPROLIFERATION, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula DeSutter, in a September 13 meeting with Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin, reviewed the status of various arms control negotiations currently underway and stressed the [...]	2007-09-28 16:42:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA MNUC KNNP IR VT IS
07VATICAN139	HOLY SEE: DISCUSSING FATHER RYDZYK [...] (C) Summary. Department's Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues met key officials from the Holy See and the Redemptorist order to discuss the case of Radio Maryja and the impact of Father Rydzyk's anti-Semitic remarks on Polish restutition efforts. Church officials spoke cautiously but took caref [...]	2007-10-01 08:54:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PL VT
07VATICAN140	HOLY SEE: FELICE GAER CANDIDACY FOR UN CAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 11:02:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC VT
07VATICAN150	VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT CUBA [...] (U) Summary: Secretary of State Bertone is likely to visit Cuba in January of 2008. Bertone's visit would coincide with the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's historic visit, and is intended to assess social and religious developments since then. The Vatican continues to favor dialogue as a [...]	2007-10-17 07:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF CU VE VT
07VATICAN151	"A COMMON WORD" -- NEW DEVELOPMENT IN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary. A large and diverse group of Muslim scholars has issued a document addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders, inviting them to a theological dialogue. The document, entitled "A Common Word Between Us and You", is the fruit of long labor guided by a Jordanian i [...]	2007-10-22 15:16:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN157	VATICAN EXPECTS REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Holy See still anticipates a reaction to the Pope's June 2007 letter to the Chinese faithful and will watch upcoming bishop ordinations for a sign of the GOC's mind-set. The Holy See does not expect the undergr [...]	2007-11-06 10:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN165	CORRECTED COPY: VATICAN-AFFILIATED INSTITUTE HAILS LETTER [...] (C) Summary: The president of the Vatican-affiliated Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies has hailed "A Common Word", the letter that 138 Muslim scholars have recently addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders inviting them to a theological dialogue, as an unprecedented an [...]	2007-11-09 08:49:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
07VATICAN170	HOLY SEE: PDAS SATTERFIELD'S MEETING WITH FM MAMBERTI ON [...] (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting in Rome, NEA PDAS/Iraq Coordinator Satterfield and Holy See foreign minister Mamberti discussed Lebanon and other Middle Eastern issues. Satterfield and Mamberti agreed on the priority of supporting the democratic process in Lebanon to ensure the elect [...]	2007-11-21 09:40:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF VT
07VATICAN171	BRIGITTINE SISTER DESCRIBES FIDEL'S HEALTH, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary. A prominent Rome-based nun who is on good terms with Fidel Castro told Ambassador about her recent trip to Cuba, Fidel's health, improving conditions for religion in Cuba, and relations with Cardinal Ortega. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador and DCM called on Mother Tekla Famig [...]	2007-11-21 09:59:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU VT
07VATICAN172	HOLY SEE UPSET ABOUT ISRAELI SINGLE-ENTRY VISA POLICY FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Holy See is upset about new Israeli visa policies that effectively limit the ability of the Church to serve the needs of Catholics in the Holy Land. The new Israeli visa policy comes at a time when Vatican diplomats are already expressing frustration over the lack of progress [...]	2007-11-21 10:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN180	HOLY SEE PLEASED ABOUT SAUDI KING MEETING WITH POPE, [...] (C) Summary: a Vatican official with first-hand knowledge of the recent meeting between the Pope and King Abdallah characterized the Saudi monarch's visit as an important step in the development of Saudi-Holy See relations. The Holy See continues to press for greater religious freedom in Sau [...]	2007-11-30 09:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA VT
07VATICAN181	HOLY SEE REPLIES TO LETTER FROM MUSLIM SCHOLARS [...] (U) The Holy See has replied to the "A Common Word" letter from 138 Muslim scholars (reftel A) inviting Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders to interreligious dialogue. Released by the Vatican's Press Office November 29, the response is signed by the Holy See's Secretary of State, Car [...]	2007-11-30 16:22:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN183	HOLY SEE FRUSTRATED OVER NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See is frustrated over lack of progress in reaching agreements with Israel regarding property and other rights of the Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The Holy See blames the Government of Israel for the negotiations' impasse, and is now allowing Vatican officials [...]	2007-12-03 17:33:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN193	CHINA - HOLY SEE: NO AGREEMENT ON CATHOLIC BISHOP [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for China Rota-Graziosi, the Holy See and the Government of China did not reach an agreement on episcopal ordinations, nor on the normalization of relations, during their November 2007 talks in Beijing. Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about [...]	2007-12-21 15:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN2	POPE BENEDICT XVI'S STRONG WORLD PEACE DAY MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary. Pope Benedict XVI's first World Peace Day message, released in December, contains strong arguments of both religious and political nature. The 14-page document entitled "The Human Person, The Heart of Peace" follows some familiar philosophical themes, but also reflects Benedict's [...]	2007-01-03 18:36:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN20	VATICAN: VIETNAM AND CHINA CHURCH ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See intends to hold meetings on January 19 and 20 with key Catholic officials to formulate a common policy toward China in response to the recent illicit ordinations by the GoC. In related news, unofficial Vatican sources have confirmed that Pope Benedict will receive V [...]	2007-01-18 16:56:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CM VM VT
07VATICAN24	HOLY SEE: NEW NUNCIO TO SUDAN [...] Pope Benedict XVI has appointed 53 year-old career diplomat, Monsignor Leo Boccardi, as papal nuncio in Sudan. Boccardi replaces Archbishop Dominique Mamberti who became Secretary for Relations with States (i.e., foreign minister) SIPDIS last September. To date, Boccardi has been serving [...]	2007-01-25 08:52:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR KISL SU VT
07VATICAN25	HOLY SEE: VISIT OF VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary. Vietnamese PM Dung met Pope Benedict XVI and other senior Holy See officials January 25, the first meeting of its kind. The meeting appears to have gone well and there is hope for full diplomatic relations in the near future. The Holy See has sent a steady stream of important vi [...]	2007-01-26 14:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VT VM
07VATICAN26	HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy FM Parolin discussed a number of countries with visiting EUR/WE Director Allegrone on January 24. The Holy See was unsatisfied by its recent talks with Israel on a Final Agreement. Parolin sought information about the funding situation for the Palestinian Authority. He wa [...]	2007-01-29 07:57:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VATICAN28	HOLY SEE READOUT ON VIETNAM PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Last week's meeting between the Pope and Vietnamese PM Dung went well, according to a Vatican diplomat. The initiative for the visit came from Dung, who considered the meeting very important. The GOV increasingly recognizes the value of the role the Church can play in the country [...]	2007-01-29 13:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT VM
07VATICAN29	HOLY SEE: RELATIONS WITH EAST TIMOR [...] (C) During a January 29 conversation with charge d'affaires, the Holy See's desk officer for Southeast Asia and Oceania (protect) discussed the October 2006 visit to Rome of East Timor Prime Minister Ramos-Horta, during which he met Pope Benedict XVI. The official shared his view of the gover [...]	2007-01-29 14:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT TT
07VATICAN3	EMBASSY VATICAN HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Post's December 20 HIV/AIDS conference focused on combating the spread of AIDS with a special focus on partnerships with faith-based organizations. High level and knowledgeable speakers from the Holy See, Caritas, UNAIDS, Sant'Egidio, and the private sector combined with a dedic [...]	2007-01-04 09:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	VT PREL PHUM TBIO SOCI KHIV
07VATICAN30	PRC - HOLY SEE RELATIONS IN FLUX; VATICAN CONVENES CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Vatican convened a two-day meeting on January 19 and 20 to address its China policy. The meeting, presided over by Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone, sought to formulate a unified policy toward China to address the continuing challenges presented by the GoC including a spa [...]	2007-01-29 16:39:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN33	HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, in October of last year post delivered points on the Military Commissions Act to various officials in the Holy See. On January 9 a reply was received from Cardinal Renato Martino, an influential and outspoken figure who heads the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Mar [...]	2007-02-01 12:34:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWK PHUM VT
07VATICAN37	HOLY SEE: THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) DCM spoke February 6 with Monsignor Marcel Smejkal, the Holy See official responsible for Andean countries, about Venezuela. DCM emphasized reftel points on recent GOV actions to curtail the freedom of the press. DCM reminded Smejkal (who is relatively new to his position) of Embassy's fr [...]	2007-02-07 15:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
07VATICAN44	WOMAN OF COURAGE" - SR. EUGENIA BONETTI - ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, 67, is a Consolata Missionary sister and director of the anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) office of the Italian Union of Major Superiors (USMI),the umbrella organization for thousands of nuns throughout Italy. Her remarkable courage and commitment to fighting the injusti [...]	2007-02-14 20:22:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO VT
07VATICAN46	HOLY SEE - VIETNAM: DELEGATION'S VISIT ANOTHER STEP FORWARD [...] (S) Holy See Deputy FM Parolin told us February 26 that a Vatican delegation's trip to Vietnam next week would offer a good opportunity for progress in relations between the two sides following January's historic visit by PM Dzung to Pope Benedict. Officials told us the recent detention of d [...]	2007-02-28 15:07:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM VT
07VATICAN47	HOLY SEE: NEA DAS DANIN DISCUSSES LEBANON AND MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Danin discussed Lebanon, Israel/Palestinians, and Holy See relations with Israel with Deputy FM Parolin on Febaruary 23. On Lebanon, Danin shared the USG analysis of the situation, and clarified USG perspective on Syria's role. Parolin emphasized the need for Christian u [...]	2007-03-01 10:28:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE VT
07VATICAN5	DRL A/S LOWENKRON CONSULTS WITH HOLY SEE ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Lowenkron's December 21 meeting with deputy FM Parolin focused largely on religious freedom matters in Vietnam, Lebanon, Turkey, Venezuela, and Cuba. Parolin explained the Holy See's strategy for increasing religious freedom in problem countries and provided details of th [...]	2007-01-05 12:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CH CU LE TU VM VT
07VATICAN53	VATICAN PLEASED WITH SFEIR COMMENTS ON UNITY [...] (C) Monsignor Franco Coppola, Holy See Secretariat of State Middle East Director, told us March 8 that he was pleased with recent strong statements by the Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir calling for unity among Christians in Lebanon. Coppola did caution, however, that these and other stat [...]	2007-03-09 16:28:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE VT
07VATICAN54	CARITAS IN CHINA: QUIETLY GROWING [...] (C) Summary: A March 6-7 Vatican-hosted Caritas Internationalis meeting on China revealed that Caritas is making small but significant strides in providing support to the Chinese poor with the tacit approval of some local Chinese officials. While there will be no immediate move to establish a [...]	2007-03-12 18:48:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN56	HOLY SEE: OES DAS BALTON DISCUSSES OCEANS AND FISHERIES [...] (U) Summary. OES DAS Balton, Dr. Rebecca Lent of NOAA and Deirdre Warner-Kramer of OES shared USG views on oceans, fisheries, and related topics with Paolo Conversi, the Holy See official covering those subjects, during a productive meeting in Rome March 9. Conversi appreciated that the USG sh [...]	2007-03-15 14:41:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV VT
07VATICAN61	CHINA: POPE'S EASTER LETTER ON HOLD? [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota-Graziosi, the Vatican will not release its much-anticipated Papal letter to Chinese Catholics at Easter time, as was expected. Rota-Graziosi could not say when it would be released. The letter will purportedly address the [...]	2007-03-21 18:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN63	HOLY SEE ON VENEZUELAN ASYLUM CASE OF NIXON MORENO [...] (C) Summary. Charge raised case of Nixon Moreno with the Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin, who confirmed March 23 that Moreno is in the Papal Nunciature in Caracas. Parolin said Moreno would probably eventually go to a third country such as Canada; the GOV is presently opposed but mi [...]	2007-03-23 15:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM VE VT

07VATICAN64	ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE WAITING FOR OK FROM BISHOPS [...] (C) In response to ref (b) points, Holy See deputy foreign minister equivalent Pietro Parolin told the Charge March 23 that the Holy See was considering speaking out further on Zimbabwe, but felt compelled to wait until it got the "green light" from the Zimbabwe bishops to do so. He noted t [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL ZI VT
07VATICAN65	HOLY SEE: PUTIN'S MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN [...] (C) Summary. President Putin's visit to the Holy See and his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI evoked positive statements from both sides and contributed to warming relations between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Church. Little information has emerged about Putin's one-on-one with [...]	2007-03-23 17:36:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VATICAN68	HOLY SEE: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 07:59:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VT
07VATICAN69	LEBANON: AMBASSADOR PRESSES HOLY SEE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador pressed Holy See deputy FM Parolin on bolstering Lebanon, and Patriarch Sfeir, during an April 3 meeting. Parolin indicated that the Holy See remained unconvinced that an envoy could be effective at this time. He drew ambassador's attention to recent strong statements [...]	2007-04-04 08:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VATICAN70	HOLY SEE REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAPUTO PLAN [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e. deputy foreign minister) April 3 and raised ref a points, asking for Vatican help in resisting the Plan's language on diverting HIV/AIDS funding and on abortion. Parolin rec [...]	2007-04-04 10:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN71	HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM discussed the Holy See-Israel Fundamental Agreement during a meeting with Holy See deputy FM Parolin, and also discussed the Holy See's participation in a recent UN event in Rome addressing Palestinian rights. Parolin said the recently postponed plenary sessio [...]	2007-04-04 10:38:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS VT
07VATICAN72	ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE STILL WAITING FOR BISHOPS [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM again discussed Zimbabwe with Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e., deputy foreign minister) on April 3. Pointing to the strong statements made in recent days by Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe, Ambassador urged the Holy [...]	2007-04-04 10:39:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT ZI
07VATICAN8	VATICAN: IRAQ AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ INTERNAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Albert Yelda met with Embassy Officers along with a visiting Embassy Baghdad Officer December 29 to discuss a range of internal Iraqi matters. Yelda commented on the Saddam Hussein trial and execution, USG engagement with Syria, former PM Allawi, [...]	2007-01-08 14:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ VT
07VATICAN81	HOLY SEE: AMBASSADOR PRESSES VATICAN ON IRAQ [...] (C) The Ambassador raised ref (a) points on Iraq with the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (FM equivalent),Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, April 20. The Ambassador emphasized the many positive developments that have occurred in various parts of Iraq. He acknowledged that much work [...]	2007-04-26 13:44:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VATICAN84	HOLY SEE: NEA A/S WELCH APRIL 24 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. NEA A/S Welch met Holy See FM Mamberti April 24. Welch urged Mamberti to consider sending a papal envoy to Lebanon and to press Patriarch Sfeir to be as active as possible. Welch expressed concern about the situation in Palestinian areas, the unhelpful role of Syria, and recent [...]	2007-05-04 08:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VATICAN85	PAPAL VISIT TO BRAZIL: A PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI travels to Brazil May 9-13 to open a plenary session of the council of Latin American and Caribbean bishops conferences (CELAM). The three most recent continental meetings (Colombia 1968, Mexico 1979, and Dominican Republic 1992) provided direction for the Catholic Chur [...]	2007-05-06 13:05:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ECON SCUL SOCI BR VT XM
07VATICAN86	SANT'EGIDIO PESSIMISTIC REGARDING PRC --HOLY SEE RELATIONS [...] (C) Valeria Martano of the Vatican-linked Sant'Egidio Community believes China-Holy See relations are stuck in neutral in the short to mid-term because the Chinese do not see a clear benefit to formalizing relations with the Holy See. China's economic clout on the international trade front tak [...]	2007-05-09 00:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH VT
07VATICAN89	DAS MADISON ENGAGES VATICAN ON CUBA [...] (C) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison described the worsening human rights situation in Cuba to the new XXXXXXXXXXXX, and appealed to the Vatican on the issue of the Catholic magazine Vitral. XXXXXXXXXXXX repeated general Vatican support for Vitral and promised to look into the matter further. Monsig [...]	2007-05-14 10:42:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CU VT
07VATICAN96	HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...]	2007-06-13 14:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG
07VATICAN99	IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FLEEING FORCED CONVERSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us in a May meeting that Christians were continuing to flee Iraq in large numbers due to an active campaign of forced conversions to Islam and t [...]	2007-06-21 19:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ SW VT
07VIENNA1016	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR GUSENBAUER [...] (C) In a cordial one-hour meeting with Ambassador McCaw on April 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said that the Balkans would remain Austria's top foreign policy priority. In particular, his government was committed to a robust participation in a prospective EU ESDP mission in Kosovo to implem [...]	2007-04-18 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU PTER IZ AF YI
07VIENNA1036	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: APRIL 23-24 GAERC AND EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) points on the GAERC agenda and ref (b) points on EU Cuba policy to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on April 20. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Central Asia: There will be no decisions on Central Asia [...]	2007-04-20 12:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU AU
07VIENNA1068	(ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL [...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...]	2007-04-25 12:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA1072	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM [...] EconPolOff met on 25 April with Alexander Marschik, Deputy of the Foreign Ministry's office for arms control and nuclear nonproliferation. Marschik said he has been in touch with Christopher Ford, the U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and knows the U.S. position on the [...]	2007-04-25 14:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL NPT AU
07VIENNA1088	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: POST VIEWS ON AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Vienna assesses the prospects of Austrian participation in military missions in Iraq as nil. The Austrian government remains willing to participate in Iraqi police training (although not inside Iraq). The GOA also supports commercial engagement in the more secure areas [...]	2007-04-27 11:24:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AU
07VIENNA1104	AUSTRIA'S STEYR-MANNLICHER WEAPONS COMPANY -- NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconPolCouns and EconPolOffs visited the new CEO and owner of Steyr-Mannlicher, Franz Holzschuh, on April 26. We conveyed Post's desire to continue cooperation and keep an open dialog with the firm. We also stressed our ongoing concerns about the firm's sale of assault weapon [...]	2007-04-30 13:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ECON ETTC AU
07VIENNA111	AUSTRIA ON THE NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) DCM and EconPolCouns discussed the President's Iraq policy address with Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide on January 16. The DCM stressed the importance of ensuring the independence, integrity and democratic development of Iraq. He said America would help Iraq [...]	2007-01-18 12:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ AU
07VIENNA1197	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- AUSTRIA OPPOSES BELARUS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 8 to Engelbert Theuermann, the head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Bureau. 2. (C) Theuermann said that while EU lobbying efforts on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) did not name Belarus, the criteria that the EU Political and Securi [...]	2007-05-09 08:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC AU
07VIENNA123	AUSTRIA ON THE JANUARY 22-23 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on general GAERC topics and on the external energy policy on January 19 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. 2. (SBU) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Western Balkans/Kosovo: Riecken said Austria agrees [...]	2007-01-19 13:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN AU
07VIENNA1231	SCENE SETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO VIENNA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 13:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA1239	AUSTRIA: RESPONSE ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE AT [...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on May 9 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation and urged the GoA to make a presentation at the upcoming Australia Group (AG) Plenary meeting. Benedict mentioned that [...]	2007-05-11 13:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CBW AU
07VIENNA1241	AUSTRIA ON THE MAY 14-15 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on May 10 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken made the following substantive comments. 2. (SBU) Riecken noted that the May GAERC will include meetings of Defense and Development Cooperation Ministers. Defense Mi [...]	2007-05-11 14:17:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EUN AU
07VIENNA125	TALKING POINTS ON DECEMBER 2006 PSI MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AU
07VIENNA1270	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...]	2007-05-15 09:11:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU
07VIENNA1275	PUTIN TO VISIT VIENNA MAY 23 [...] (C) The Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Hannes Porias, told us the Austrians intended to "send messages" on a range of important issues during Russian President Vladimir Putin's May 23-24 bilateral visit to Vienna. 2. (C) Porias said the s [...]	2007-05-15 09:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU AU
07VIENNA1276	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON KOSOVO UNSC ACTION [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 15 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Director for Central and Eastern Europe. 2. (C) Porias said Austria supports the Ahtisaari package completely, and would like to see as clear a resolution as possible emer [...]	2007-05-15 09:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI AU
07VIENNA1279	AUSTRIA ON MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Klaus Famira of the Austria MFA's OSCE office. Fammira said he thought Austria would designate a senior Interior Ministry official as head of delegation to the May 31-June 1 Counter-Terrorism Conference. He did not yet know exactly who it [...]	2007-05-15 11:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER RS SP AU
07VIENNA1282	AUSTRIA ON EU CUBA POLICY -- DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) During a May 14 meeting, EconPolCouns discussed the state of EU discussions of its policy toward Cuba with Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. With ref (b) in mind, we reviewed ref (a) points, stressing that this is not the time to soften t [...]	2007-05-15 12:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN CU AU
07VIENNA1312	JUNE 5 U.S.-AUSTRIA MARSHALL PLAN CEREMONY -- [...] This message contains an urgent action request in para 4. 2. Per refs, the Austrian government has proposed a memorandum of understanding to serve as the vehicle for recording consensus on the use of European Recovery Program (ERP) funds under a 1961 bilateral U.S.-Austrian agreement. It i [...]	2007-05-18 14:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL AU
07VIENNA1328	AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) To date, the only Austrian foreign investment in Cuba is a Havana brewery (Salm Brau),established in 2003. Since the signing of the Austrian-Cuban Agreement on Investment Protection in 2001, Cuba has actively lobbied to attract Austrian investment in the tourism and hospitality sectors [...]	2007-05-21 15:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ERD ETTC PREL CU AU
07VIENNA1342	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: IRANIAN LIGHT WATER [...] (C) EconPolCouns and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points on May 16 to Kurt Pribil and Heinrich Traumueller, Co-Executive Directors of Austria's Financial Market Authority. Traumueller characterized the Iranian Mission's use of its diplomatic account as a repository for bidders on [...]	2007-05-22 10:15:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR AU
07VIENNA14	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 13:34:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AU
07VIENNA1406	UNSCR 1747: AUSTRIA USES BROAD DEFINITION FOR [...] (SBU) On May 22, EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. Bruck-Friedrich confirmed with the MFA's Legal Department that the GoA had alre [...]	2007-05-29 10:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC AU IR
07VIENNA1407	SHIELD S05-07: IRAN SEEKING TO ACQUIRE CW [...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that there is only one firm in Austria, located in Krems, which produces Australia Group-controlled precursor chemicals. Krehli [...]	2007-05-29 10:29:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR AU
07VIENNA1413	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SPANISH AND [...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik noted that Steyr Motors was a very reputable firm. He promised to contact Steyr Motors to alert the firm to be on guard against any [...]	2007-05-29 12:22:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP
07VIENNA1419	SCENESETTER FOR U/S HUGHES' VISIT TO VIENNA, JUNE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA KPAO PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA144	Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA1466	AUSTRIA OPPOSES PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE [...] (C) On June 1, EconUnit Chief met with Margit Waestfelt, Austria's Head of the Permanent Mission to the OSCE, to present USG points in reftel regarding the Russian proposal for an OSCE "charter." Waestfelt said Austria agreed with the USG position that the experts group had a limited mandate [...]	2007-06-01 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV AU
07VIENNA147	Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet [...] (SBU) President Heinz Fischer swore in the new Austrian Cabinet on January 11. The Social Democrats (SPO) and People's Party (OVP) each 7 ministers and three state secretaries, reflecting the closeness of the October 2006 election results (SPO with 35.3% and OVP with 34.3%). On the SPO side, [...]	2007-01-23 10:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA1604	IRANIAN MINISTER VISITS AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) During a June 12-13 visit to Austria, the Iranian Minister for Economics and Finance, Davoud Danesh Jafari, met with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, President of the Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and Head of the Kontrollbank (Austria's export credit agency) Rudolph Scholten [...]	2007-06-15 13:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA1605	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (U) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel points on June 14 to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken offered the following observations: 2. (C) Cuba: Riecken does not expect much discussion, as Council Conclusions have already been drafted at the working level. [...]	2007-06-15 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI AU
07VIENNA1647	AUSTRIAN REACTION: POSSIBLE E.O. DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 12 with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Import and Export Division to present ref B points. According to Krehlik, the public prosecutor will soon charge Daniel Frosch under Article 37 of Austria's Foreign Trade Act (FTA) with f [...]	2007-06-20 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
07VIENNA1648	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: MISSING/DETAINED [...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 13 with Ralph Scheide, the Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-level) to convey USG concerns (reftel) about the recent pattern of harassment of AmCits in Iran. Scheide expressed support for the USG position, adding that he had recen [...]	2007-06-20 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IR AU
07VIENNA1649	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL U.S. [...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 14 with Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division (DAS-level),to discuss recent USG sanctions and press for Austrian support for targeted bilateral and/or EU sanctions on Sudan. Gudenus expressed skepticism as to the efficacy of [...]	2007-06-20 16:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU AU
07VIENNA1651	UNSCR 1747/OECD: AUSTRIAN EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 15 with Silvia Maca, Head of the Ministry of Finance's Export Financing and Promotion Department to deliver reftel points. Maca acknowledged that the Kontrollbank, Austria's export credit agency, remained open for issuing new commitments to the Gove [...]	2007-06-20 17:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD IR AU
07VIENNA1652	UNSCR 1747/OECD: AUSTRIA FAVORS DISCUSSION WITHIN [...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 15 with Silvia Maca, Head of the Ministry of Finance's Export Financing and Promotion Division to inquire about an Austrian response to the U.S. survey on Iran and export credits (reftel). Maca said that the GoA, to her knowledge, had not received th [...]	2007-06-20 17:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD IR AU
07VIENNA167	KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE -- AUSTRIA IN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed the message to the MFA's EU affairs office on January 19. 2. (C) Charge stressed that it was crucial that the EU and U.S. maintain unity in backing UN Specia [...]	2007-01-24 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AU
07VIENNA1708	CONCILIATORY CLIMATE AT WALDHEIM FUNERAL [...] (U) On June 25, former President Kurt Waldheim was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery following a State Funeral and requiem at St.Stephen's Cathedral. There were also ceremonies at the Vienna International Center (UN City) and in front of the Federal Chancellery honoring Waldheim. Waldhei [...]	2007-06-26 09:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA1753	ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on domestic USG designations of four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13382 to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel i [...]	2007-06-29 14:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA180	AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN AT THE JANUARY 26 INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarches on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed ref (a) material on January 19 to Mayr-Harting's office. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting confirmed that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would attend the minis [...]	2007-01-25 13:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK AU
07VIENNA1804	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SEEKING REGIONAL [...] (S) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel background and talking points on July 6 to Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-equivalent). EconPol Counselor urged Austria to approach regional Arab governments to put diplomatic pressure on the SARG to do more t [...]	2007-07-09 10:16:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PTER AU SY IZ
07VIENNA181	HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MFA VIEWS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting began his response by expressing appreciation for the United States' willingness to find a compromise that had ensured the adoption of UNSCR 1737. There [...]	2007-01-25 13:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU
07VIENNA1828	AUSTRIA UNCERTAIN ABOUT TRANSFERRING SURPLUS [...] (C) Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met on July 6 with Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division (A/S-equivalent) to request that Austria consider providing reftel ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor pointed out that the latest inventory availa [...]	2007-07-10 12:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL AU LE
07VIENNA1858	PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered ref B points on July 11 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs Office (GoA lead on OECD issues). Magloth said she agreed with some of the USG arguments, particularly easier monitoring capabilities, for [...]	2007-07-11 15:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OECD EAID AU
07VIENNA187	THE GUSENBAUER GOVERNMENT'S COALITION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) On January 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer presented the government program of the Grand Coalition between the Social Democratic (SPO) and the People,s Party (OVP) to parliament. Stressing his vision of a &more social Austria,8 Gusenbauer outlined a program that primarily represents a [...]	2007-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AU
07VIENNA1890	AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR AMBASSADOR SWING'S [...] On July 13, EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche in support of Ambassador William Swing's candidacy to become Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Andrea Ikic-Boehm and Michael Brunner from the MFA's Department of Asylum, Residence, and Immigration Matters [...]	2007-07-16 14:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENNA1926	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JULY 23 GAERC [...] (U) PolUnit Chief delivered reftel points on July 19 to Christine Moser, the MFA's Deputy European Correspondent, who offered the following observations: 2. (C) Kosovo: Kosovo will top the agenda. Member states should emphasize that the EU is united in its support for the Ahtisaari plan. [...]	2007-07-20 15:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI AU
07VIENNA1927	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: A COORDINATED APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) On July 19, Acting EconPol Counselor and PolUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Georg Heindl from the MFA's Human Rights Department. Heindl agreed that the USG and EU should speak with one voice to the GOAJ on reftel concerns. Heindl pointed to the strong human rights and de [...]	2007-07-20 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EUN KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL AU AJ
07VIENNA1928	AUSTRIA OFFERS LAME EXCUSES FOR RELEASE OF RIZA [...] (S) Following an initial run-around with GoA bureaucrats, the Minister of Justice's Chief of Staff, Albin Dearing, briefed the Charge and Acting EconPol Counselor July 19 on the Riza Altun case. Dearing acknowledged that there had been an internal GoA communication breakdown, as Austrian pol [...]	2007-07-20 16:24:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KTFN AU TU
07VIENNA2102	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SUPPORT FOR GAER'S CANDIDACY [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann appreciated the active role of the United States in the United Nations Committee Against Torture and praised the valuable work of Felice Gaer on that committee. [...]	2007-08-09 14:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA AU
07VIENNA2111	OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 12:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU
07VIENNA2304	TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 08:56:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AU
07VIENNA2305	AUSTRIA STILL LUKEWARM TOWARDS PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 08:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PREL AU
07VIENNA2325	AUSTRIA MISSILE DEFENSE: FURTHER EMBASSY ACTION [...] (C) Embassy discussions with MOD, MFA, and diplomatic contacts suggest some governmental disagreement on handling the missile defense (MD) issue as well as a degree of disarray within the Defense Ministry. For domestic political reasons, the MD issue could continue to rumble in Austria. An Em [...]	2007-08-31 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP AU
07VIENNA2326	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 16:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SA SY AU
07VIENNA2327	AUSTRIAN DELEGATION TO ICAO [...] Robert Boehm, Chief of Staff and Special Advisor on Aviation to Ministry of Transportation State Secretary Christa Kranzl, told the Embassy on August 31 that Kranzl would be interested in a bilateral meeting with Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters at the ICAO Assembly. 2. Below is pr [...]	2007-09-04 06:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR AORC ICAO AU
07VIENNA2366	AUSTRIA'S POSITION ON IAEA ISSUES: ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. Austria supports a consensus outcome that would eliminate the Israel-specific agenda at the IAEA BoG and expects the EU to work toward this outcome. However, Austria is unlikely to raise any concerns regarding the Iran-IAEA "work plan" at the BoG. Rather, it wishes to protect I [...]	2007-09-10 16:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC AADP AROC KNNP KDEM PARM PREL IAEA AU
07VIENNA2378	SCENE-SETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] Summary: The Ambassador and the rest of Embassy Vienna's team are looking forward to your visit. The Embassy's Legal Attache Office (Legat) has an excellent working relationship with its Austrian counterparts and routinely nominates and facilitates training for Austrian officials at the FBI [...]	2007-09-11 14:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER KHLS AU
07VIENNA2404	PLASSNIK TO ATTEND WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING GROUP IN [...] Elisabeth Koegler, Head of MFA's Unit for International Women's Issues, contacted Econ/PolOff on September 10 to confirm that FM Ursula Plassnik would be attending the breakfast meeting of the Women Leader's Working Group in New York on September 28, 2007 hosted by Secretary Rice. Please not [...]	2007-09-13 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA KWMN PHUM PREL AU
07VIENNA2407	(S) IRAN'S REFAH BANK CONSIDERING A VIENNA BRANCH [...] (S) On September 12, EconUnit Chief met with Kurt Pribil, the Financial Market Authority's (FMA) Executive Director and FMA Board Member Bernd Traexler to discuss Bank Refah's interest in establishing a branch office in Vienna. Traexler said that he and other FMA officials met with a Bank Ref [...]	2007-09-13 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN PREL AU IR
07VIENNA2408	ICAO ASSEMBLY: AUSTRIAN POSITIONS [...] (SBU) On September 11, emboffs met with Manfred Bialonczyk, Director General of Civil Aviation and Head of the Aviation Division in the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) to present USG positions in refs B, C, and D. Following receipt of ref A, post transmitted talking points to Bialonczyk, who [...]	2007-09-14 06:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL ECON ETRD SENV AORC ICAO AU
07VIENNA241	LIST OF MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 15:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN
07VIENNA2413	AUSTRIAN NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Austria will propose a multilateral system for managing the nuclear fuel cycle at next week's opening of the IAEA General Conference (GC); sees no need (and little realistic chance) for a third UNSCR on Iran's nuclear program and was uncomfortable with the EU Presidency's Septembe [...]	2007-09-14 12:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG MNUC PREL UN AU
07VIENNA243	HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MOF VIEWS [...] (C) Following up Charge's meeting with the Austrian MFA (ref A),DCM and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref B demarche on January 31 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets Directorate. Wieser noted that Austria's stock of medium- and [...]	2007-02-02 09:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU
07VIENNA2430	EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON: AUSTRIA IN THE EU [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 13:24:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE SY EUN AU
07VIENNA2436	IDENTIFIER INFORMATION FOR DANIEL FROSCH [...] (SBU) Per ref C request, post has obtained the following identifying information on Daniel Frosch: DOB: April 26, 1982 POB: Feldbach, Austria Austrian Passport: L0798512 McCaw [...]	2007-09-18 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AU
07VIENNA244	SWIFT: AUSTRIA IN HOLDING PATTERN [...] (C) On January 31, DCM and Econ Unit Chief met with Thomas Wieser, the Ministry of Finance's Director General for Economic Policy and Financial Markets, and Birgit Ertl, MoF Adviser, to inquire about Austria's latest thinking on SWIFT. Ertl, who is the MoF's POC for SWIFT, said that the GoA h [...]	2007-02-02 09:37:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN PREL
07VIENNA2446	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MUSLIM EXTREMIST SUSPECTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV AU
07VIENNA2447	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 07:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC AU
07VIENNA2448	SHIELD S05-07: IRAN SEEKING TOACQUIRE CW [...] (S) Helmut rehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economics' (MoE)Export and Import Control Division told EconPol ounselor and EconUnit Chief on September 19 that Astrian authorities had determined that Interchem Austria had recently shipped a licensable chemical precursor to an Iranian entity. Acc [...]	2007-09-20 07:42:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETT IR AU
07VIENNA2453	AUSTRIA SCRUTINIZING LETTERS OF CREDITS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 10:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2486	NOTE VERBAL FROM AUSTRIAN MFA REGARDING IRAQI [...] (U) Embassy has received a Diplomatic Note (Text in para 3) from the Austrian Foreign Ministry with a request for information regarding the terms and conditions of employment for translators employed by U.S. military forces in Austria. The request arises from the case of an unnamed applicant f [...]	2007-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL
07VIENNA2489	AUSTRIA, ESDP, AND BATTLEGROUPS: ANOTHER CHALLENGE [...] (C) Austria's expected early November final cabinet decision to assign troops to EU battlegroups has already prompted one dust-up between the Defense and Foreign Ministries, with FonMin Plassnik opposing DefMin Darabos' statement that Austrian troops could only deploy on an EU mission under a [...]	2007-09-26 08:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EU AU
07VIENNA2536	NOMINATION OF PARTICIPANT FOR WORKSHOP ON [...] Embassy Vienna nominates the following officer to participate in the Workshop on Radicalization and Muslim Engagement scheduled for October 30-31, 2007 in Washington, DC. 2. Michael Spring, Economic-Political Officer, Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Muslim Outreach. Top Secret secur [...]	2007-10-01 06:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO PREL PTER SCUL SOCI XG AU
07VIENNA2539	AUSTRIA TO PARTICIPATE IN UN CHAD MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 12:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN CD AU
07VIENNA2543	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION IN GPOI G-8+ GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 08:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL AU
07VIENNA2561	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIA OF [...] (S) On October 4, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A background paper and names to Angelika Schloegel in the Financial Markets Unit of the Ministry of Finance. Schloegel said she will distribute the information immediately, on a close-hold basis, to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of [...]	2007-10-04 13:30:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL
07VIENNA2602	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON IRAN AT 10/15 GAERC [...] (C) Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken reported to Econ/Pol Couns Oct. 11 that Austria will reluctantly support the draft conclusions on Iran drawn up by the French, British and Germans and endorsed by HighRep Solana. He also reported that he expects the entire Council to end [...]	2007-10-12 08:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR EUN AU
07VIENNA2603	AUSTRIAN POSITIONS AT AND EXPECTATIONS OF 10/15 [...] (C) Summary. According to the Austrian MFA European Correspondent (EC),the WTO/DDA negotiations have been dropped from the agenda of the 10/15 GAERC. He expects only perfunctory discussion of Libya and Russia. The MEPP discussion will focus on a German proposal to develop an EU action plan [...]	2007-10-12 08:26:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL EUN AU
07VIENNA2618	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO USG QUESTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 25 [...] (SBU) Following up on his interim response (ref A) to ref B questions, Markus Zehentner, Deputy Director of the Austrian National Bank's (ANB) Legal Division, contacted EconUnit Chief on October 12. Zehentner maintained that Austria's September 25 notification to the UNSCR regarding payments [...]	2007-10-12 14:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA262	COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on February 2 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. Benedict said Austria is very concerned about the negative humanitarian impact of cluster munitions (CMs) and e [...]	2007-02-05 15:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO AU
07VIENNA2627	U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS VISIT AUSTRIA [...] (U) To promote U.S.-Austria environmental cooperation, the Foreign Ministry sponsored an intensive week-long program from Aug. 7-14 for a group of 10 American environmental experts. The group included representatives from federal, state, and local governments; Congress; universities; business [...]	2007-10-15 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV
07VIENNA2669	MFA HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 10:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA2688	AUSTRIA: DELIVERY OF IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 13:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM PTER EFIN IR
07VIENNA2690	AUSTRIAN CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT: POST-KYOTO AGREEMENT SHOULD [...] (SBU) While Austria portrays itself as a crusader against climate change, it is falling significantly short of its own commitments under the EU's Burden Sharing Agreement (BSA) to the Kyoto Protocol. With 93 million tons of CO2 equivalent emissions in 2005, Austria is a whopping 25 million to [...]	2007-10-25 14:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PREL EIND ECON AU

07VIENNA2715	(S/NF) AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT UNLIKELY TO SUPPLY [...] (S) Senior civil servants in the Ministry of Economy (MoE) have reiterated to the Embassy that, if obliged to make a decision, the MoE would deny an export license to ship 13,000 Glock pistols to Iraqi police and military units. Although the MoE approved similar shipments over the last two ye [...]	2007-10-30 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PGOV ETRD AU IZ
07VIENNA2737	AUSTRIA: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 11:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA AU
07VIENNA2759	GTMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA SEES "RATHER BLEAK" [...] (C) DCM and Econ/Pol Counselor met 11/5 with Austrian Chancellor Gusenbauer's diplomatic advisor, Bernhard Wrabetz, to review Austrian thinking on accepting GTMO detainees. Wrabetz had accompanied Chancellor Gusenbauer to the EU Summit in Lisbon on October 18-19, on the margins of which both t [...]	2007-11-07 07:19:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PHUM PREL AU
07VIENNA2780	AUSTRIA: ODIHR MONITORING OF RUSSIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Econ/Pol Counselor met Nov. 9 with Austrian OSCE PermRep Margit Waestenfelt to discuss reftel demarche. Waestenfelt seemed at a loss as to how to respond to the Russian "game." She expected the Russians to continue to drag the process out and make it impossible for even the 70 observers i [...]	2007-11-09 18:00:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RS AU
07VIENNA2816	NOVEMBER GAERC: AUSTRIAN PRE-BRIEF [...] (U) Per reftel, Econ/Pol Couns met Nov. 16 with Austrian MFA European Corespondent Andreas Riecken to discuss plans for the upcoming GAERC. Following are Riecken's comments: Summits ------- 2. (C) Riecken reported that there will be no discussion of the content of the China and India su [...]	2007-11-16 14:24:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU
07VIENNA2829	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHANCELLOR ON AUSTRO-IRANIAN [...] (C) Ambassador McCaw used her Nov. 20 farewell call on Chancellor Gusenbauer to convey again U.S. unhappiness with OMV's South Pars gas deal with Iran. The Ambassador stressed how unhelpful the deal was to the international diplomatic effort to stop Iran's uranium enrichment program. She note [...]	2007-11-20 14:54:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2841	MINORITY RIGHTS AND DIVISIVE POLITICS IN CARINTHIA [...] (C) EconPolOff met November 17 with Dr. Marjam Sturm, head of the "Central Association for Slovenes", in Klagenfurt to discuss the situation of the Slovene minority in Carinthia province. Sturm averred that Slovenes are reasonably content in Carinthia, except for the rhetoric of certain local [...]	2007-11-21 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG AU
07VIENNA2851	OMV'S IRAN DEAL: CRACKS IN THE ARMOR? [...] (U) According to Austrian press, Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein told the November 22 European Competition Council that Iranian gas was a "no-go" for the Nabucco pipeline. Bartenstein reportedly noted that USG support for Nabucco depended on excluding Iranian gas from the Euro 5 bil [...]	2007-11-27 08:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA2856	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN [...] (U) On Thanksgiving Day, Amb. McCaw had an hour-long one-on-one farewell call with FonMin Plassnik. The following is based on the readout provided to CDA Kilner. Annapolis --------- 2. (C) At the time of the meeting, Austria had not yet been invited to the Annapolis MEPP conference. Pl [...]	2007-11-27 10:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU
07VIENNA286	FOLLOW UP TO AUSTRIA: FEBRUARY 13-14 LIBERIA [...] A/DCM met on February 6 with Carolina Gudenus, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Africa Director, to press U.S. objectives for the February 13-14 Liberia Partners Forum. We pointed out the high level of attendees, including the Secretary and President Sirleaf, and stressed Liberia's need SIPDIS [...]	2007-02-06 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL LI AU
07VIENNA2876	NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN FLU: GOA MOST LIKELY NOT [...] On November 28, EmbOff conveyed reftel talking points to and discussed them with Maria Gregorich-Schega, head of the International Relations Section within the Youth and Family Affairs Department (MoH). She stated that Austria, due to a "total lack" of funds, would be "with 99% certitude" una [...]	2007-11-30 10:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR EAID PREL XX AU
07VIENNA2879	ALBERT ROHAN ON KOSOVO, AUSTRIA, AND THE EU [...] (C) In the run-up to Dec. 10, Charge and Pol/Econ Couns met 11/29 with former Deputy to UN Kosovo Envoy Ahtisaari to discuss Austria's Kosovo stance and Rohan's perspective on EU deliberations over recognition and the dispatch of an EU civilian mission to an independent Kosovo. 2. (C) Reg [...]	2007-11-30 13:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV AU
07VIENNA2914	BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: AUSTRIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) Environment Minister Josef Proell told the Charge on December 6 that Austria was supportive of U.S. efforts to develop a Bali roadmap. Proell recognized that any post-Kyoto agreement needed to include flexibility for national plans, but he stressed that Austria supported the EU goal of [...]	2007-12-07 16:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL PGOV ENRG AU
07VIENNA2920	U.S.-AUSTRIA C/T COOPERATION: INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (C) USG and Austrian Interior Ministry officials met Nov. 10 to carry forward the discussions initiated by Austrian Interior Minister Platter during his Oct. 24-25 visit to Washington on enhanced U.S.-Austrian counter-terrorism (C/T) cooperation. The Austrian side also presented a series of p [...]	2007-12-10 15:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AU
07VIENNA2922	PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: AUSTRIA CONSIDERING [...] (SBU) During a December 7 conversation with Charge, Ralph Scheide, Head (A/S-equivalent) of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division, said that Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would lead the Austrian delegation to the December 17 donors conference in Paris to support Palestinian reform and [...]	2007-12-11 08:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL AU
07VIENNA2945	AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT FISCHER TO MEET ASSAD DECEMBER 17 IN [...] (SBU) Austrian President Heinz Fischer's Chief of Cabinet, Susanne Gaugl, informed Embassy Charge December 12 that Fischer will meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad December 17 in Damascus, following a visit to Austrian peacekeeping troops in the Golan Heights "this coming weekend." Gaug [...]	2007-12-13 15:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV AU SL
07VIENNA2947	VISIT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR AU
07VIENNA2948	AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...]	2007-12-14 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2976	BALI RESULTS: SPLIT REACTIONS IN AUSTRIA [...] Austrian reactions to the results of the UNFCCC Bali conference were not uniform, even not within the Austrian government. Overall, government representatives and NGOs were relieved that the "roadmap" is on track, but criticized the lack of progress on numerical reduction goals. Thus, univer [...]	2007-12-18 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA3005	SYRAIN PRESIDENT ASAD'S DEC 17 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 09:38:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY AU
07VIENNA304	AUSTRIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met with Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political Military Affairs, to present ref (a) points on next steps on Afghanistan. 2. (C) Hajnoczi reiterated ref (b) message that Austria does not have the capacity to enhance its military presence in [...]	2007-02-08 13:37:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF AU
07VIENNA343	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 12-13 [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Christine Moser, the Austrian MFA's deputy European Correspondent. 2. (SBU) Moser expressed appreciation for our substantive points, and undertook to brief FM Ursula Plassnik on U.S. views. She particularly stressed agreement [...]	2007-02-09 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV WTRO ECON ETRD AU
07VIENNA370	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR'S [...] (C) 1. SUMMARY: Bernhard Wrabetz, the Diplomatic Advisor to new Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, told DCM and visiting EUR/AGS Director Moon that the Chancellor's foreign policy will feature marked continuity with his predecessor's. Austria will continue to work through the EU and mu [...]	2007-02-13 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA380	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NABUCCO, EXPORT CONTROLS, [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, the Ambassador thanked the GoA for its cooperation on export controls, but asked the GoA to remain vigilant about Iranian proliferation activities. Bartenstein told the Ambassador that Turkey remained the most diff [...]	2007-02-13 17:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC ENRG ETRD WTRO AU
07VIENNA396	AUSTRIA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] Per reftel request, post nominates Eva Kaufmann, a key staffer in the Austrian NGO LEFOE/IBF. ------------------- Contact Information ------------------- 2. Name: Eva Kaufmann Organization: LEFOE/IBF, Floragasse 7a/7, 1040 Vienna Telephone: 43 1 796 92 98 Email: ibf@lefoe.at --- [...]	2007-02-14 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO
07VIENNA412	AUSTRIA ON UN MIDDLE RING SECURITY IN IRAQ [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on February 15 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's deputy Director for International Organizations Affairs, and Ralph Scheide, the MFA's Middle East and Africa Director. 2. Huber said Austria considered the UN role in Iraq to be an important one. Hub [...]	2007-02-15 14:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN IZ AU
07VIENNA415	AUSTRIA ON PKO IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on February 14 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide and Africa head Caroline Gudenus. 2. (C) Gudenus said the Somalia mission (AMISOM) was extremely important, and Austria would back the EU's extension of support to th [...]	2007-02-15 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS KPKO PHUM PREL EUN SO AU
07VIENNA437	UNSCR 1737: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS TIMELY, EU-WIDE [...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper on February 15 to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa from the Austrian Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. EconPolCouns had delivered the points on February 14 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Middle East Director. Ertl said that A [...]	2007-02-20 11:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC AU
07VIENNA440	ILLICIT CASH COURIERS: AUSTRIAN LAW IN COMPLIANCE [...] On February 15, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa in the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. Ottawa noted that in August 2006, Austria had implemented a domestic regulation, which already incorporates all provisions of the EU's Regulat [...]	2007-02-20 11:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER AU
07VIENNA45	Austria's New Government a Grand Coalition [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 announcement that the Social Democratic (SPO) Chairman Alfred Gusenbauer would lead a Grand Coalition with the People's Party (OVP),the OVP presented its ministerial team on January 9. Wilhelm Molterer, the OVP's Parliamentary Leader, will become Vice-Chancellor [...]	2007-01-09 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA477	ADDITIONAL DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) On February 20, post conveyed reftel information on the domestic USG designations of three additional Iranian entities to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Financial Markets Directorate. Post also passed the information to the MFA's Int [...]	2007-02-23 13:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA492	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR BOSNIA'S UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding UNHRC EEG candidates on February 26 to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann agreed it was important to have strong democracies occupy as many seats as possible on the Council. Theuermann added that the Go [...]	2007-02-26 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07VIENNA509	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) On February 26, DCM delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, MFA Secretary General, urging Austria to join and actively participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kyrle received the information with interest, and promised to provide a considered response after [...]	2007-02-28 10:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL AU
07VIENNA510	AUSTRIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST [...] (C) On February 26, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, and to MFA Middle East A/S SIPDIS Ralph Scheide. DCM asked for Austrian understanding of and support for the U.S. plans to deploy missile defense assets in Poland and the Czech Republic. DCM stressed [...]	2007-02-28 11:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AU
07VIENNA511	AUSTRIA REQUESTS CLARIFICATION OF BAGHDAD RAID ON [...] (SBU) On February 26, Peter Launsky, Head of the Austrian MFA's Citizen Services Division passed DCM an Aide Memoire requesting USG clarification regarding an alleged raid by U.S. Armed Forces on the Baghdad offices of the Vienna-based NGO "Irakisches Hilfswerk in Oesterreich" February 18. Ac [...]	2007-02-28 11:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC AU IZ
07VIENNA512	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON IAEA REPORT ON [...] (C) On February 26, DCM outlined USG views, per reftel, on Iran's non-compliance with UNSCR 1737 to Johannes Kyrle, the MFA's Secretary General and to Ralph Scheide, the MFA's Middle East and Africa Director. Scheide stressed that Austria continues to fully support the EU-3. As for Austrian [...]	2007-02-28 12:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP AU IR
07VIENNA52	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 16:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA522	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) On February 28, Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel paper to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken commented on the following issues: 2. (C) WESTERN BALKANS: Riecken welcomed the recent decision to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Representative [...]	2007-03-01 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AU IR
07VIENNA55	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 21:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA56	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 21:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA584	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. MTCR UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 2 to Alexander Benedict from the Austrian MFA's Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Department. Benedict said that his department would review the revised proposal, but he did not foresee any problems in endorsing the proposal. Mc [...]	2007-03-06 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA
07VIENNA626	UPDATE ON THE DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE [...] (S/NF) On March 9, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Controls Division to receive an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case and to convey ref A information. Krehlik said that an appeals court had indeed released Erich [...]	2007-03-13 08:59:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR
07VIENNA652	U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS DEMARCHE [...] On March 15, EconPol Counselor presented reftel demarche to Manfred Bialonczyk, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Austrian Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology. We gave him copies of the Draft Air Transportation Agreement, the Draft Memorandum of Consultations and th [...]	2007-03-15 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU AU
07VIENNA657	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: ASEAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 16 to Austrian MFA Asia Director Nikolaus Scherk. 2. (C) Scherk said there had been some sentiment among the Asians to avoid an explicit reference to Burma/Myanmar in the chairman's statement concluding the March 14-15 Nuremberg EU-ASE [...]	2007-03-16 12:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM EUN AU
07VIENNA667	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN REFORM OF INTERNAL [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 15 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Deputy Director for International Organizations. Huber said that the points we made were valuable and worthy of rethinking. Specifically, Huber mentioned that in regard to the issue of the Office of [...]	2007-03-16 14:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ACABQ APER PREL UNGA
07VIENNA670	AUSTRIAN MFA GETS A NAME CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC AU
07VIENNA688	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ACTION ON [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered refetl demarche on March 19 to Austrian MFA Human Rights Director Engelbert Theuermann. Theuermann said Austria is only an observer at the UN Human Rights Council, but plays an active role. He said Austria has an embassy in Zimbabwe, and therefore has followed de [...]	2007-03-20 11:00:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNSCR PREL ZI EUN AU
07VIENNA717	AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 21 to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the acting head of the Austrian MFA's Middle East Bureau. (The international organizations bureau referred us to their regional colleagues as the action office on this issue.) Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-le [...]	2007-03-21 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL UNESCO AU
07VIENNA720	FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on March 21 to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the Austrian MFA's acting Middle East Director, and Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-level Near East Director. 2. (C) Kuglitsch and Lapuh confirmed press reports that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik ha [...]	2007-03-21 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PGOV KWBG PREL IS AU
07VIENNA721	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on March 21 to Gerhard Weinberger, the Austrian MFA's Acting Africa Director. 2. (C) Consistent with ref (b),Weinberger said Austria shares our views on the political, economic and security problems in Zimbabwe. He said that in a recent tel [...]	2007-03-21 16:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI AU
07VIENNA722	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on March 21 to Franz-Josef Kuglitsch, acting Middle East director in the Austrian MFA, and Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's Near East Director. We argued that the review of the mandate of the special rapporteur should take place in the working group that is re [...]	2007-03-22 07:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNHRC PHUM AU
07VIENNA791	(S) PALFINGER CRANES SHIPPED TO IRAN [...] (S/NF) On March 26, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was unaware of the impending shipment, but promised to inquire with Palfinger Europe GmbH immediately. Krehlik exp [...]	2007-03-27 15:01:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR
07VIENNA832	AUSTRIA ON THE MARCH 30-31 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on March 29 to Anreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken responded substantively as follows. 2. (C) Western Balkans: The discussion will focus on Kosovo, Riecken said. It is very clear that the EU supports Martti Ahtisa [...]	2007-03-30 08:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI AU
07VIENNA85	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) On January 11, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor met with Helfried Carl, the MFA's Deputy Director in the Middle East and Africa Division, to outline USG democratization programs for Iran and to inquire about similar Austrian efforts. Carl welcomed the information, adding that it would be importa [...]	2007-01-17 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AU IR
07VIENNA856	TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (U) On March 14, Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien led a delegation to Vienna to meet with officials at the Austrian Ministry of Finance, Ministry of European and International Affairs (formerly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs),Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BACA),and Raiffeisen Ze [...]	2007-03-30 12:23:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PREL ECON AU
07VIENNA857	AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian MFA's Secretary General. EconPolCouns also discussed the issue with MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on March 29. 2. (C) Kyrle agreed that EU unity in support of Martti Ahtisaari's report is esse [...]	2007-03-30 14:03:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU AU
07VIENNA858	AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO PRISONERS [...] (C) Charge delivered refs (a) and (b) points on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, Secretary General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry. Charge stressed that governments -- like Austria's -- that have been urging the U.S. to close guantanamo could help us do just that by accepting a small number of pr [...]	2007-03-30 14:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG AU
07VIENNA86	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPANTS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT [...] Post delivered reftel letter of invitation for the Eighth International Export Control Conference (March 6-8, 2007 in Bucharest, Romania) to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior's Office for the Protection of the Con [...]	2007-01-17 12:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO AU
07VIENNA917	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ABU AMR VISITS VIENNA [...] (SBU) In response to an invitation by Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr visited Vienna for meetings on April 4. Abu Amr said publicly that Israel is "not ready for serious peace negotiations." At the same tim [...]	2007-04-05 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS AU
07VIENNA918	AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON STOPPING TRAVEL TO [...] (S) On April 5 EconUnit Chief met with Bettina Kirnbauer, Deputy Head of the Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs' Justice and Home Affairs Division, to convey USG concerns about PKK leaders in Europe traveling to Iraq in the April/May period. EconUnit Chief noted that, wi [...]	2007-04-05 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER KTFN PREL AU TU IZ
07VIENNA919	UKRAINIAN PM YANUKOVYCH ASKS AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR [...] (U) Austrian media has prominently reported on Ukrainian Prime Minister Yanukovych's April 5 news conference, in which he announced that he had asked Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer to mediate the political crisis in Ukraine. Austrian press reports quoted Yanukovych as pointing to Austr [...]	2007-04-06 11:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UP
07VIENNA969	AUSTRIA MOVING FORWARD ON U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) On April 12, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel point to Alois Kraut, Head of the Ministry of European and Integration Affairs' Transport and Telecommunications Unit. Kraut noted that the GoA's Council of Ministers had vested Austria's Permanent Representative to the EU with the [...]	2007-04-13 08:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU AU
07VIENNA970	RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA WILL [...] (C) During an April 11 meeting with Acting Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff said the GoA would consider accepting one or two Guantanamo detainees. Trauttmansdorff cautioned that it would be a difficult and long process, but there was a certain level of politica [...]	2007-04-13 11:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER PREL KAWC PHUM AU
07VIENNA988	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER CHANCELLOR [...] (C). Summary. Amb. McCaw, accompanied by DCM, recently called on OVP Parliamentary Leader (and former Chancellor) Wolfgang Schuessel to discuss a range of bilateral issues. Schuessel defended FM Plassnik's recent GAERC and Gymnich statements on missile defense, and described the SPO as "boxe [...]	2007-04-16 12:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENTIANE12	REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: During her first visit to Laos, Representative Betty McCollum met with a series of senior Lao National Assembly (NA) officials, including Madame Pany Yathotu, NA Vice President as well as member of the ruling party's Politburo, members of the NA,s Foreign Affairs Committee, and th [...]	2007-01-08 10:31:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI TH
07VIENTIANE125	AVIAN INFLUENZA: AI FOUND IN BIRDS IN VIENTIANE (WEEKLY [...] SUMMARY: The Lao government's avian influenza (AI) coordinator told donors on February 13 that two wild ducks in Vientiane had tested positive for avian influenza. Tests on two possible human cases are underway; initial results are negative. END SUMMARY. Reports of H5N1 Positive Ducks in [...]	2007-02-14 11:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID
07VIENTIANE137	SEAS-2007 BULLETIN NO. 2 - NOMINATIONS DUE 20 FEB 07 [...] (U) Embassy Vientiane is pleased to nominate Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Europe and Americas Department Director General (DG) Southam Sakonhninhom to attend this course. Our alternate candidate is Mr. Khamvone Phanouvong, MFA Asia-Pacific and Africa Department Deputy DG. Their personal [...]	2007-02-20 10:20:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LA
07VIENTIANE144	UNHCR AND ICRC REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Bangkok-based representatives of both UNHCR and ICRC to review the recent spurt of issues relating to the problems the Government of Laos (GOL) has with its Hmong minority. Both UNHCR and ICRC help hold keys to resolving Hmong issues, from the decades-old [...]	2007-02-22 09:29:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENTIANE154	GOVERNANCE, WOMEN'S ISSUES, AND IRI'S EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ms. Johanna Kao of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and embassy officers met with government officials, women's groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Laos from February 4 - 7. NGO representatives informed Ms. Kao of the difficult operating environmen [...]	2007-02-23 10:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID LA
07VIENTIANE163	VIENTIANE EAC MEETING - HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Vientiane EAC met February 26 to discuss a WHO report of first-ever case of probable human infection of avian influenza (AI) in Laos. Samples from the patient have been sent for H5N1 confirmation, which is still pending. The Lao press is already highlighting this first "s [...]	2007-02-26 10:18:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR
07VIENTIANE185	SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thailand, where cultural and linguistic similarities and an a [...]	2007-03-05 11:15:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL
07VIENTIANE205	LAO GOVERNMENT AGREES TO LET 21 HMONG GIRLS RETURN [...] (C) Summary: During bilateral talks in Luang Prabang on March 8, the Lao Foreign Minister told his Thai counterpart that twenty-one girls from the Petchabun settlement in Thailand had been &found8 living with relatives in Laos and would be allowed to return to their families if they wished. T [...]	2007-03-13 11:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL LA TH
07VIENTIANE213	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 09:09:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER LA PREL
07VIENTIANE219	EAP/MLS DIRECTOR,S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP/MLS director Robert Rapson met with Europe and Americas Director General Southam at the foreign ministry. Both Rapson and Southam expressed general satisfaction about improving U.S.-Lao ties, despite what Southam characterized as ups and downs over the years. Raps [...]	2007-03-19 09:20:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CASC PHUM PGOV LA
07VIENTIANE228	CHINA'S GOLDEN CITY IN NORTHERN LAOS [...] (C) Summary. The recent opening of a Chinese casino and hotel complex in Luang Namtha Province along the Lao-China border is symbolic of growing Chinese influence in northern Laos. Although only 20 percent of the planned ten-year project has been completed thus far, this first phase amounts [...]	2007-03-20 10:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV KCRM ECON ETRD SMIG SOCI ELTN ECIN PREL
07VIENTIANE25	NEW INFORMATION ON NORTH KOREANS DETAINED IN LAOS: [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Lee told Poloffs January 11 that five North Korean refugees detained almost a month in northern Laos had been released by local authorities. The five are on their way to Vientiane from where the South Korean Embassy expects them to depart quietly t [...]	2007-01-11 08:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KN KS LA PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENTIANE288	VIENTIANE DIPLOMATS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of "like-minded" countries and international organizations in Vientiane, including the United States, EU, France, Australia, UNICEF, UNDP, and others, met to review recent events on the human rights front, including the recent visit by EU Parliamentarians to Laos. [...]	2007-04-06 06:32:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS LA PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL TH
07VIENTIANE290	ILLICIT CASH COURIERS IN LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Bank of Laos (BOL) Deputy Director General Mr. Leuane March 16, and NAS Director met with Lao Customs Deputy Director of International Relations Mr. Vongchan April 5 to discuss reftel and deliver nonpaper. DDG Leuane understands Financial Action Task Force (FA [...]	2007-04-06 10:01:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER LA
07VIENTIANE295	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: There have been no new human avian influenza (AI) cases or bird outbreaks since the last report. Massive culling in Vientiane municipality was completed on March 16. The World Bank-assisted compensation program is paying poultry owners sixty percent of the market value of culled bi [...]	2007-04-09 10:16:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID
07VIENTIANE296	MISDIRECTED MAIL COMPLICATES NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Counsellor Miyon Lee told DCM April 9 that she was hopeful that three North Korean asylum seekers who have been detained in Laos since November 2006 would be released in the next day or two. The situation took a "tricky" turn, she said, when the Lao police misdirec [...]	2007-04-09 11:04:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM LA KN KS
07VIENTIANE300	INTOLERANCE FOR CHRISTIANS PERSISTS IN LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Christians in Bolikhamsay Province's Nakun Village have faced pressure from local officials and have been "reeducated" numerous times as a result of their religious activities. Christians in Xunya Village, Luang Namtha Province, have reportedly been prevented from practicin [...]	2007-04-10 09:59:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI EINV CASC PREL LA
07VIENTIANE310	IOM's Return and Reintegration of Lao TIP Victims [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 2. (SBU) Summary: The International Office for Migration (IOM) signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Laos (GoL) on February 27. Based on the MOU, IOM plans to be more active in capacity-bui [...]	2007-04-17 09:39:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM SOCI ELAB KWMN PREL LA
07VIENTIANE312	AES MOVES FORWARD WITH INVESTMENT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoff met March 29 with AES representatives Flora Zhao and Jasper Camacho to discuss their proposal for a run of the river hydropower project on the Mekong River. AES submitted the proposal March 29 to the G [...]	2007-04-17 09:54:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE316	SUGGESTED 2007 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR LAOS UXO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. In 2006 PM/WRA requested post create suggested budgets for supporting the removal of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in 2007 based upon a number of scenarios. One of those scenarios envisioned a 25% cut to the UXO budget for Laos in 2007. [...]	2007-04-18 09:51:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KHDP ECON PREL MASS LA
07VIENTIANE323	LAO GOVERNMENT MEETING ON NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee told us on April 19 that senior Lao government officials would soon meet to decide on the fate of three North Korean children who have been detained in Laos since November 2006. She said that the Lao have made it a condition of the chi [...]	2007-04-19 10:15:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV LA KN KS JA
07VIENTIANE325	Anti-Trafficking in Persons Proposals for Laos [...] Following are the anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Vientiane. In total, eleven completed proposals were submitted by four non-governmental organizations, two international organizations, and one for-profit Lao enterprise. The following organizations submitted proposa [...]	2007-04-20 09:56:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA
07VIENTIANE338	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 04:09:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LA
07VIENTIANE341	LAO SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's recent meeting with the Lao Front for National Construction (reftel),Poloffs met with recently-appointed Religous Affairs Khaophone Vannabout to seek updates on several outstanding cases. Khaophone provided an update on 12 detained Khmu who may [...]	2007-04-26 10:01:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM SOCI PREL LA
07VIENTIANE351	PRESSING THE AES HYDROPOWER BID WITH SENIOR LAO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Committee for Planning and Investment (CPI) President Soulivong Daravong April 30 to continue her personal support for the bid by AES on the first run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Mekong River in Laos. Soulivong was clear that CPI had not made [...]	2007-04-30 08:54:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EWWT LA PHUM PREL SENV EINV
07VIENTIANE36	AVIAN INFLUENZA - WEEKLY REPORT FOR JANUARY 12, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: Following are recent Avian Influenza (AI)-related developments in Laos: -- There have been no new outbreaks since our last report. -- Representative McCollum's visit to Vientiane's leading hospital both to learn about its capabilities and to express the need for focus on the AI is [...]	2007-01-16 08:06:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID
07VIENTIANE364	UNHCR'S ERIKA FELLER DISCUSSES HMONG ISSUES; LAO [...] (C) Summary: The visit of UNHCR's lead protection official, Erika Feller, haS provided insight into Hmong issues including what may happen to the 152 Hmong (plus three babies) being held in Thailand's Nong Khai Province. Unfortunately, we are concerned UNHCR may be overestimating the ability o [...]	2007-05-04 09:32:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM LA
07VIENTIANE382	UNHCR MEMBER VOTE: LAO POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador presented text of non-paper on upcoming UNHRC membership voting, including USG support for Slovenia and Bosnia as preferred members vice Belarus, to Lao Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha on May 10. The Vice Foreign Minister said the Ministry would consider the U.S. posit [...]	2007-05-10 10:04:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC LA
07VIENTIANE383	SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS LOOKING TO EXPAND IN LAOS [...] (C) Summary: The Seventh Day Adventists have had an active church in Laos since 1974. There are approximately 1,250 Adventists country-wide, with the largest concentration in Vientiane Municipality. With only one church structure, most Adventists in Laos meet in house churches. While the [...]	2007-05-11 03:08:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL LA
07VIENTIANE390	AES LOSES BID FOR MEKONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN [...] (C) Summary: CH Karnchang Public Company of Thailand (CK) was awarded the right conduct a feasibility study to develop a 1260 megawatt (MW) run of the river hydropower plant in Xayabury by the Government of Laos (GOL). According to an article in the Vientiane Times May 8, the GOL and CK signe [...]	2007-05-11 08:58:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE397	WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: DCM DISCUSSES U.S. JOURNALISM AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Press Freedom Day, the DCM spoke with a group of roughly 15 college students at the Lao-American Center on May 2 about the history of press freedom in the United States and the ethical dilemmas faced by media organizations. This was a timely subject, since the Lao N [...]	2007-05-15 06:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL KPAO LA
07VIENTIANE411	LAOS WILL CONSIDER ATTENDING JULY APHIS SEMINAR IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 03:19:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD ASEAN PREL LA
07VIENTIANE416	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL; HMONG ISSUES; ARF [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the opportunity of a farewell call on one of MFA's more sophisticated Vice Ministers, and the Lao Senior Official for ASEAN and ARF affairs, to present the most recent Department demarche on ARF issues. VFM Bounkeut expressed support for the USG ISM proposals, [...]	2007-05-21 08:27:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KNNP LA PINR PREF PREL PTER ARF
07VIENTIANE442	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH SENIOR LAO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's farewell calls with senior Lao officials were marked by appreciation for her role in moving the bilateral relationship forward on traditional areas of cooperation (MIA accounting, opium eradication, and unexploded ordnance removal) while breaking ground on new are [...]	2007-05-26 09:06:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD LA MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
07VIENTIANE453	LIKE-MINDED GROUP FAVORS INDIVIDUAL DEMARCHES ON [...] (C) Summary: At a May 30 meeting of representatives of like-minded countries, the Charge proposed a joint demarche requesting international access to recent Hmong returnees from Thailand per Ref A. The other embassy representatives agreed that these concerns should be raised with the Lao g [...]	2007-05-30 10:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH GE
07VIENTIANE454	UPDATE ON PROTESTANTS IN BOLIKHAMSAI AND VIENTIANE [...] (C) Summary: There have been reports indicating that several ethnic Khmu Christians in Bolikhamsai Province's Nakun Village were forcibly moved May 15 to another village in the same district. The Lao Evangelical Church (LEC) has indicated that five heads of households were forced by local [...]	2007-05-30 10:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL LA

07VIENTIANE487	HMONG-AMERICAN LEADER PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO COUP [...] (S) Summary: The politics of the Hmong communtiies in both Laos and the United States are extremely complex. As a result, a conversation with even a well educated Hmong (or Hmong-American) leader involves exaggeration and guess work and often raises more questions than it provides answers. Neverthe [...]	2007-06-11 10:55:00	Embassy Vientiane	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC LA PGOV PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE490	2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2006 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant asserts that he entere [...]	2007-06-13 07:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE496	ASSORTED LAO UXO NEWS FRAGMENTS [...] (U) Charge and econoff attended the annual UXO review meeting June 5, which addressed the 2007 workplans for the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) and UXO Lao. The meeting provided a useful synopsis of events in the Lao UXO sector in 2006 and presented the UXO goals of the Government of Lao [...]	2007-06-14 09:03:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KHDP PARM EAID LA
07VIENTIANE508	READOUT FROM JAPANESE DCM ON LAO PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: Japanese DCM Kazuhiro Fujimura provided the Charge with an overview of the mid-May summit in Tokyo between the Lao and Japanese prime ministers. He said that the Japanese had pressed the Lao unsuccessfully at a meeting before the summit to support the UNGA human rights resolutio [...]	2007-06-18 09:39:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LA JA KN
07VIENTIANE52	LAO VIEWS ON ASEAN'S CEBU SUMMITS [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Songkane told P/E Chief the main Lao priorities at the recent ASEAN Summits in Cebu were to reinforce support for a proposed rail extension into Laos and for Lao hydropower projects. He welcomed a proposed third bridge across the Mek [...]	2007-01-22 06:42:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ELTN ETRD LA PREL PTER SMIG
07VIENTIANE525	LAO GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES U.S. ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary: Lao government officials appear to have been pleased and surprised by the June 4 arrests of Hmong-American General Vang Pao and others on suspicion of plotting violent action aimed at overthrowing the Lao government. However, the Philippines Ambassador, who talked to Lao gover [...]	2007-06-25 09:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ASEC CASC SCUL SNAR CH LA US
07VIENTIANE53	REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM'S DISCUSSIONS ON UNEXPLODED [...] (SBU) Summary: During her visit to Laos, Representative McCollum got a first-hand look at the problems related to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Xieng Khouang province. She visited a hospital where UXO victims were being treated, a mine clearance site, and a school where children demonstrated mi [...]	2007-01-22 08:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP MOPS PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL KFLU KHDP ECON LA
07VIENTIANE567	POWER COMPANY RESPONDS TO CRITICAL REPORT AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27-28 the Government of Laos (GOL) and the Nam Theun Power Company (NTPC) held the second annual Nam Theun II (NT II) stakeholders' meeting in Thakek, Laos to discuss the situation at the World Bank funded project. The GOL and NTPC provided a large amount of information, [...]	2007-07-13 09:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ENRG EWWT ECON PREL LA
07VIENTIANE598	DEMARCHE REQUEST: PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM LA
07VIENTIANE599	TERRORISM FINANCE: TELLING LAOS ABOUT DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN LA PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE6	MANAGING POSSIBLE DPRK REFUGEES IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Summary: Following receipt of reftel, which outlines steps Embassy Vientiane should take if approached by a North Korean asylum seeker, DCM and Pol/Econ Chief met with Republic of Korea (ROK) Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee. Ms. Lee provided updates on recent cases of North Korean asylum se [...]	2007-01-05 08:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH
07VIENTIANE600	62ND UNGA: REQUESTING INFORMATION ON LAO [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	LA OVIP PREL UNGA
07VIENTIANE601	ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC-IMPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP LA PARM PREL
07VIENTIANE602	PRESSING THE LAO FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met with Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith, Acting Director General, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver referenced demarche on July 25, 2007. Saleumxay said the issue of nuclear terrorism is new for the Government of Laos (GO [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP LA MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE618	DANCING WITH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff accompanied Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, along with a group of senior diplomats, on a 36-hour set-piece "study tour" of two districts in Sayabouri province. Thanks to a focus on export crops, primarily corn, the districts appear to be doing well [...]	2007-08-03 09:14:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID SENV LA
07VIENTIANE639	LAO MFA SPOKESMAN CONTINUES HARD LINE TOWARD HMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy showed no flexibility in Lao Government positions regarding the Lao Hmong in Thailand in a lengthy conversation with Pol/Econ Chief. Yong said the "humiliation" of the Lao officials involved in the failure to repatriate 150 Hmong from Nong Khai i [...]	2007-08-10 10:51:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
07VIENTIANE640	"LIKE-MINDED" DIPLOMATIC GROUP DISCUSSES HMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent meeting of the "like-minded" diplomatic group revealed a strong consensus in support of coordinated pressure on the Lao to improve conditions for the Hmong ethnic minority and to provide greater access to returnees and Hmong areas. The situations of the 5 boys from the g [...]	2007-08-10 11:22:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH
07VIENTIANE668	VISIT TO LAOS OF STAFFDEL GUDES [...] (SBU) Visiting professional congressional staff members Scott Gudes and Dan Brandt visited Vientiane August 16-19. While in Vientiane they met with Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha, who raised restrictions against Eximbank working in Laos, discussed financial reform in Laos with the [...]	2007-08-21 10:02:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV KHDP PGOV OTRA LA
07VIENTIANE725	MIL-MIL RELATIONS WITH LAOS: EXCHANGING DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Moving forward with the exchange of defense attaches during the coming year and training opportunities for Lao military personnel under the International Military Education and Training (IMET) and other programs were key topics discussed during the visit of DOD OSD-Policy Lao Des [...]	2007-09-18 10:27:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL
07VIENTIANE767	MFA ASEAN OFFICIAL DESCRIBES ACTIVE LAO ROLE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge on Burma, Deputy Director General for ASEAN Songkane Luangmuninthone said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith had intervened with the Burmese Foreign Minister at UN Special Envoy Gambari's request to urge the Burmese to a [...]	2007-10-12 09:48:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV LA BM ASEAN
07VIENTIANE780	PRIME MINISTER RAISES CONCERNS ON HMONG WAIVER [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, both the Ambassador and the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with recent improvements in bilateral cooperation. The Prime Minister pressed for the lifting of restrictions on U.S. Export-Import Bank ope [...]	2007-10-18 11:06:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN CVIS LA US BM ASEAN
07VIENTIANE787	DEMARCHE: HMONG "MATERIAL SUPPORT" EXEMPTION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Assistant Foreign Minister Alounkeo regarding the Hmong material support exemption (Ref A) on October 22. Despite the Ambassador's reassurances that the waiver does not represent a [...]	2007-10-23 10:10:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KJUS CVIS PHUM LA TH
07VIENTIANE788	DEMARCHE TO LAO GOVERNMENT: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche on Burma during an October 22 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun primarily devoted to the Hmong waiver issue (Ref B). He provided the Assistant Minister with the White House fact sheet, the text of the executive order, an [...]	2007-10-24 08:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EFIN BM LA ASEAN
07VIENTIANE789	DEMARCHE: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 09:55:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC LA
07VIENTIANE801	LAOS PRESSES FOR LIFTING OF EXIMBANK LIMITATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The prohibition on EXIM Bank operations in Laos -- based on the characterization of Laos as a Markist-Leninist country -- is out of date and does not serve U.S. interests. GOL views the EXIM ban as inconsistent with the USG's economic policy toward Laos, highlighted by Congr [...]	2007-10-30 02:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID EFIN PREL EINV LA
07VIENTIANE802	DEMARCHE (2ND REQUEST AND FOLLOW-UP): CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 04:17:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC LA
07VIENTIANE816	LAO FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lao Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun told the Ambassador on November 2 that had pushed Burmese Foreign Minister Win on the need for rapid movement forward on the "roadmap" process. According to Thongloun, Win said completion of the constitutional referendum, the f [...]	2007-11-05 09:59:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	BM LA PGOV PREL
07VIENTIANE820	BURMA IN THE LAO NEWS, BUT NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 23:46:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL PGOV KPAO LA BM
07VIENTIANE829	SOUTH KOREAN DCM DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN PREMIER'S [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean DCM told the DCM on November 9 that Lao officials had described the November 4-7 visit of North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il as very successful. The Lao Prime Minister praised North Korea's handling of Korean peninsula issues. Lao officials described Premier Kim [...]	2007-11-09 11:10:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV LA KN KS
07VIENTIANE840	EXCHANGING DEFENSE ATTACHES WITH LAOS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 06:22:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL APER
07VIENTIANE85	CONSIDERING "MATERIAL SUPPORT" FOR THE HMONG; LIST [...] (C) The issue of determining who provided "material support" in the case of the Lao Hmong is very complicated. Below (para 5),we provide the Embassy's list of bombings and other attacks in Laos during the past several years. In virtually all cases, the identities of the perpetrators are diff [...]	2007-02-02 08:04:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC LA MOPS PGOV PREF PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE857	LAOS: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: While the GOL has made great strides in getting its legal house in order to combat human trafficking, and has also make progress in protecting returning trafficking victims, it needs to do more to address the growing problem of internal human trafficking. Post does not have updated inf [...]	2007-11-26 10:28:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE876	International Education "Week" in Laos [...] Summary: Embassy Vientiane hosted a number of events to mark International Education Week throughout the month of November, including public speaking workshops, video presentations at the Faculty of Engineering, a lunch hosted by the Ambassador for National University deans and vice-deans, pres [...]	2007-12-05 10:26:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL LA
07VIENTIANE888	DPRK CITIZENS ENTER SWEDISH EMBASSY COMPOUND IN [...] (C//NF) On Friday, December 7, 2007, at approximately 1230 hrs. (Vientiane Time) Consular Officer Michael Scharding received a telephonic message from the Administrative Counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Vientiane - Birgitta Holmstrom. Ms. Holmstrom informed Mr. Scharding that, at approxim [...]	2007-12-10 09:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL LA KN
07VIENTIANE893	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SWEDISH CHARGE TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 14. 2. (C//NF) Summary: According to Swedish diplomats, the two North Koreans continue to insist that their intent is to seek asylum in the United States. While the ROK Embassy is prepared and able to assist them to travel to South Korea, [...]	2007-12-11 11:49:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PREL LA KN SW
07VIENTIANE896	UPDATE ON DPRK CITIZENS AT SWEDISH EMBASSY [...] (U) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Swedish Charge Aberg told the Ambassador that she and her colleague had met with a senior MFA official who suggested, as long as the North Koreans left Laos, that his government was not concerned about their [...]	2007-12-12 10:04:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KN LA PREL SW
07VIENTIANE897	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) I and the Vientiane Country Team are delighted to welcome you and your team to Laos. The Lao agreed to a far broader range of meetings with senior officials than they did for Admiral Fallon who visited in July 2006. I believe that they have made a strategic decision to begin a step-by-ste [...]	2007-12-12 10:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KPOW LA MARR MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL
07VIENTIANE914	PACOM ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO VIENTIANE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 14 visit to Vientiane, Commander of the Pacific Command Admiral Timothy Keating met with senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and National Assembly. At the Foreign Affairs Institute, he addressed students and took questions [...]	2007-12-19 07:15:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHDP LA MARR MASS OVIP PREL KFLU CH
07VIENTIANE926	LAOS: ANNUAL UXO MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 10:00:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHDP PREL LA MASS
07VIENTIANE928	LAO DEFENSE MINISTER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichit spoke to a crowd of 1000 government officials and members of the public at an all-day event marking the International Day Against Child Trafficking on December 7. The Minister described Lao [...]	2007-12-28 06:03:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG LA
07VILNIUS123	ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel list of entities designated under E.O. 13382 to Donatas Ziugzda, Head of the Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of the MFA. Ziugzda once again thanked the USG for providing this information in a timely basis. He assured post that the list wou [...]	2007-02-22 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP KN PARM IR LH
07VILNIUS129	LITHUANIA SANGUINE ABOUT ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) We met with Ambassador-at-Large Gediminas Serksnys February 20 to encourage the GOL to demarche Iceland against the withdrawal of its mobile patrol team from Afghanistan at the end of April 2007. Serksnys expressed only mild disappointment at the loss of the Mobile Liaison Observation Tea [...]	2007-02-23 13:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07VILNIUS13	LITHUANIA STRUGGLING TO MEET SCHENGEN REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania is in a race to meet Schengen requirements by early 2008, the anticipated date of Schengen expansion. Despite a contracting and spending spree in December 2006, Lithuania will struggle to meet the early 2008 deadline for implementation of Schengen requirements at its [...]	2007-01-08 10:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN LH
07VILNIUS142	RUSSIA: LITHUANIA'S FAVORITE ANXIETY [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's relationship with Russia continues to affect Lithuania's foreign policy and much of its domestic politics. Fifteen years after independence, Lithuania is still a teenager, struggling -- sometimes rashly -- to demonstrate its independence. Nevertheless, most Lithuani [...]	2007-02-28 10:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH RU EUN
07VILNIUS167	SNIPISKES CEMETERY UPDATE: NEW DIGGING CAUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sudden appearance of heavy machinery and a large new hole in the area of a former Jewish cemetery burst into the media the week of March 5. The media attention to a scuffle involving a local rabbi may turn out to be a silver lining to an otherwise terrible incident: other mem [...]	2007-03-09 15:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL LH
07VILNIUS194	LITHUANIA ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM LH
07VILNIUS217	LITHUANIA ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE OECD ENTRY PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Zygmimantas Pavilionis summoned the Ambassador on March 26 to complain that the USG was not promoting Lithuania's candidacy for the OECD. Pavilionis said that Lithuanian President Adamkus would press for Lithuanian entry during an upcoming visit to Paris. He s [...]	2007-03-27 10:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN OECD EUN LH
07VILNIUS219	LITHUANIA AGREES WITH GYMNICH TALKING POINTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: We delivered reftel points to Gediminas Kasputis of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division on March 28. Kasputis said that the GOL's positions were nearly identical to our positions. Kasputis asked for clarification on several points, and gave details on Lithuania [...]	2007-03-27 14:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI LH BO
07VILNIUS233	POINTS DELIVERED TO LITHUANIA ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 08:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR LH
07VILNIUS234	HAVANA AND MADRID PRESS LITHUANIA TO ESTABLISH [...] (C) Lithuania continues to receive pressure, both from within the European Union and from the Castro regime itself, to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba. 2. (C) MFA Americas Division Director Jonas Paslauskas told CDA April 2 that Spain's AMB Fidel Lopez Alvarez demarched the GOL [...]	2007-04-04 11:53:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU LH
07VILNIUS239	LITHUANIA SEEKS TO CORONATE A NATIONAL ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The GOL has promulgated a draft law that outlines Lithuania's participation in the construction and operation of a new nuclear power plant. The legislation, which requires parliamentary approval, calls for the merger of three energy companies to create a national energy champion [...]	2007-04-05 11:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON EUN XG LH
07VILNIUS247	GUANTANAMO REFUGEES: LITHUANIA FAVORABLY DISPOSED [...] (U) This is an action request. See para five. 2. (C) Following up on his conversation with the Ambassador (ref a),MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis told CDA April 3 that the GOL has made the political decision to accept a small number of detainees from the Guantanamo facility as requested [...]	2007-04-06 15:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LH
07VILNIUS25	LITHUANIA ON IRAN: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WITHOUT [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Jurate Ramoskiene, First Secretary in the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division, on SIPDIS January 11. She said that the GOL is "absolutely" supportive of a "two-dimensional approach" to Iran, including both sanctions and pro-democracy efforts. She said t [...]	2007-01-11 17:07:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL IR LH PL
07VILNIUS275	LITHUANIA ON ICI: GOL'S AMB TO EGYPT WILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 14:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UN IZ LH
07VILNIUS277	LITHUANIA ON GAERC: CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's priority at the April 23-24 GAERC will be to suggest postponing the cooperation agreement with Russia until the GOR explains the Druzhba pipeline closure. The FM will also intervene to discuss his recent trip to Central Asia and to discuss the US-EU Summit declaratio [...]	2007-04-20 16:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ETRD EPET EUN LH
07VILNIUS284	LITHUANIA ON ICI: UPDATED ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 14:29:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UN IZ LH
07VILNIUS306	LITHUANIAN PLANS TO EXTEND IGNALINA NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C) Summary: The GOL may ask the EU to approve extending the life of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's (INPP) second unit, which is scheduled to be shut down no later than December 31, 2009 in accordance with Lithuania's EU accession treaty. (Note: Unit One was shut down in 2004.) The GOL and [...]	2007-05-02 14:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON EUN XG LH
07VILNIUS309	LITHUANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) We have been working intensely with the GOL to maintain the Lithuanian troop presence in Multinational Division South East (MND-SE) since the February announcements of British and Danish troop drawdowns from Basra. Following what appeared to be internal wrangling over what Lithuania's nex [...]	2007-05-03 08:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LH
07VILNIUS322	LITHUANIA MAY INTERVENE ON MOLDOVA AT MAY 14 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania may intervene at the May 14 GAERC on Moldova. The GOL sees little chance of making progress towards a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Russia given the current climate. They have suspicions that the secretive negotiations concluded between Russia and Moldova [...]	2007-05-09 13:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETRD KPAL LH RS MD
07VILNIUS331	LITHUANIA AGAINST BELARUS FOR HRC; MIXED ON BOSNIA [...] (C) We delivered ref A and B points to Darius Staniulis, head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGOs Division, on May 10. He said the GOL opposes Belarus's bid to become a member of the HRC. He characterized as "very unlikely" the prospect that Belarus would succeed, and noted the recent UNGA res [...]	2007-05-11 11:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL LH BO
07VILNIUS332	LITHUANIA ON THE ANNUAL WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 11:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFLU TBIO AORC LH
07VILNIUS333	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS ESTONIA BUT MAY 9 PASSES [...] Summary: Lithuanians have been speaking up about Russian policies in many ways following the violence in Tallinn surrounding Estonia's decision to move the Bronze Soldier monument and demonstrations outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow. The events have tapped a deep reserve of anti-Russian [...]	2007-05-11 14:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ZB RS LH
07VILNIUS340	DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 11 VISIT TO VILNIUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 11, EUR DAS David Kramer provided the GOL an account of his recent visit to Belarus and delivered the message that the USG and its allies must keep pressure on Belarusian President Lukashenko until he takes concrete steps toward reform. His GOL interlocutors were skeptical [...]	2007-05-16 07:02:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LT BO UP
07VILNIUS359	LITHUANIA AGREES WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 14:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR LH
07VILNIUS360	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS BROAD SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 14:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC LH
07VILNIUS362	DIP NOTE RECEIVED: U.S.-LITHUANIA CULTURAL [...] The Embassy received a Diplomatic Note dated May 10, 2007 with the following text: COMPLIMENTARY OPENING with reference to the Embassy's note No. 117/06 dated 23 October 2006 and in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the [...]	2007-05-21 14:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL LH
07VILNIUS379	SNIPISKES CEMETERY UPDATE: EXPERTS' GROUP MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. International and Lithuanian experts issued a unanimous statement on May 17 warning that current construction almost certainly falls within the confines of the old Jewish cemetery in the Snipiskes neighborhood of Vilnius. They called for more study and a halt of construction unt [...]	2007-05-25 15:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL LH
07VILNIUS393	LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS HELP IN [...] (C) On May 28, Ambassador Cloud and Defense Attache met with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas (other issues discussed to be provided septel). Olekas requested U.S. help in getting Lithuanian Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) certified by NATO. He said that some of Lithuania's [...]	2007-06-01 11:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH AF
07VILNIUS401	(C) LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS DRAW-DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cloud reiterated the U.S. preference that the GOL leave a platoon of troops in Iraq to Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas on May 28. Olekas said that, after deliberations with President Adamkus and FM Vaitiekunas, the GOL has decided to keep some staff officers [...]	2007-06-04 15:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH
07VILNIUS438	(C) LITHUANIA TO INTERVENE ON NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania plans to intervene on neighborhood policy at the June 18-19 GAERC. The GOL is happy with the German Presidency's handling of this issue, but still has some points to add to the conclusions. Lithuania expects a shortened period of discussion for all agenda items to save [...]	2007-06-13 11:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL LH
07VILNIUS47	LITHUANIA'S PLANS FOR GAERC: ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's Foreign Minister plans to intervene at the January 22-23 GAERC on European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and external energy policy. The GOL supports the UN envoy in Kosovo and agrees that strengthening sanctions and promoting democracy are both needed in Iran. End Summa [...]	2007-01-19 15:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID EUN LH
07VILNIUS511	LITHUANIA DECIDES TO KEEP PLATOON IN IRAQ, WILL [...] (C) Summary: On July 9, President Adamkus told the Ambassador that Lithuania will meet its commitments in Iraq. He explained that decisions by the Danes and the British to reduce their presence in MNF-southeast forced the Lithuanians to do some restructuring of their presence. President Adamku [...]	2007-07-12 07:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS519	LITHUANIAN FM TO SPEAK ABOUT WTO AND KOSOVO AT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Vyta Naujokaityte of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division. Naujokaityte told us that FM Petras Vaitiekunas's briefing book is still being prepared for the July 23 GAERC. He plans to make a short statement about Kosovo and the WTO. 2. (C) N [...]	2007-07-17 12:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI LH
07VILNIUS529	LITHUANIA: PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 14:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KSEP OVIP UNGA LH
07VILNIUS531	LITHUANIA AGREES HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 09:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE AJ LH
07VILNIUS532	LITHUANIA HAPPY TO LEARN ABOUT USG'S IOM CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 12:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF EUN AORC SMIG LH
07VILNIUS533	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS UNESCO ADDRESSING HOLOCAUST [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 13:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO PHUM SCUL LH
07VILNIUS540	LITHUANIA: FIRST LADY ADAMKIENE WILL ATTEND UNGA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 08:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA LH
07VILNIUS542	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE LITHUANIAN [...] (C) As part of President Adamkus's decision to maintain a combat platoon on Iraq, he tasked Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas and Defense Minister Olekas to travel to Washington to discuss Lithuania's role in Iraq. MNF-Iraq has given the Lithuanian military a variety of options and promised needed [...]	2007-08-01 08:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS543	LITHUANIA: RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 09:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM LH
07VILNIUS544	LITHUANIA YET TO CONSIDER STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 09:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM LH
07VILNIUS545	LITHUANIA: WELCOMES INFO ON U.S.-INDIA PEACEFUL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 11:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP KTIA LH IN
07VILNIUS555	LITHUANIA WELCOMES INFO ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 13:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LH
07VILNIUS573	LITHUANIA PREPARES TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHOUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Giedre Gelezeviciene of the MFA's European Union Enlargement Division. Gelezeviciene said that Lithuanian FM Petras Vaitiekunas had said that one country could not hold the process hostage as Kosovo moves towards independence. She said that the GOL would foll [...]	2007-08-10 10:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YI UN PGOV EU LH
07VILNIUS595	LITHUANIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON ADAPTED [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to Algis Dabkus, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA. Dabkus expressed surprise at the fast-paced timeline. He said that the GOL has always been willing to ratify the Adapted CFE Treaty once the Istanbul Commitments are met. 2. (C) Dabkus [...]	2007-08-20 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL LH
07VILNIUS599	LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. FOR ICAO; [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 12:02:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL AORC ICAO LH
07VILNIUS614	SNIPISKES CEMETERY UPDATE: IS THE TIDE TURNING? [...] (C) Summary. On August 27, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas announced a reorganization of the Working Group on the former Jewish cemetery in the Snipiskes neighborhood of Vilnius so that it consists of more senior staff and has a more responsible chairman. The Working Group has until Septem [...]	2007-08-29 12:05:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL LH
07VILNIUS621	LITHUANIA: APPRECIATES INFO ON TRAVEL BAN ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 13:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM LH
07VILNIUS622	LITHUANIA ON EU HUMAN RIGHTS THEMATIC RESOLUTIONS [...] We delivered reftel points to Darius Staniulis, Head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGOs Division, on September 4. He noted that there were some issues -- capital punishment and the Rights of the Child text -- where the EU and the U.S. have "agreed to disagree," but he added that overall the E [...]	2007-09-04 13:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM LH
07VILNIUS626	LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON RUSSIA ISSUES AT GYMNICH [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania plans to focus on Russia for the September 7 GYMNICH meeting. FM Vaitiekunas will argue that problems of individual EU member states with Russia should be approached as collective EU problems. He will also seek to take the agenda focus off of a Partnership and Cooperat [...]	2007-09-05 10:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN LH
07VILNIUS629	U.S.-BALTIC A/CFE MEETING IN VILNIUS, AUGUST 30 [...] (C) Summary: U.S. HLTF Representative Deputy Assistant Secretary Karin L. Look led CFE consultations with Estonia, SIPDIS Latvia, and Lithuania on August 29 and 30, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 29 August with Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis and on 30 August with all three Baltic [...]	2007-09-07 05:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL ZB RS
07VILNIUS635	LITHUANIA: EU STILL DISCUSSING IAEA ISRAEL AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 14:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL IAEA LH IS
07VILNIUS637	IRAN CANCELLED VISIT TO LITHUANIA; GOL SHARES [...] Charge delivered ref A points to Zygimantas Pavilionis, Under Secretary in the MFA, on September 10. We delivered ref B and C points at the working level to Rimgaile Karciauskaite, Second Secretary in the MFA's Arms Control, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Division, on September 6. Karciau [...]	2007-09-10 13:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA AORC LH IR
07VILNIUS639	LITHUANIA'S FIRST LADY WILL ATTEND LUNCHEON ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 14:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL LH
07VILNIUS647	LITHUANIA: BACKGROUND FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY. Lithuania actively promotes democracy in the "new neighborhood," especially in Belarus. Post has good relations with NGOs, but limited funding to support them. The Ambassador and Post work with NGOs, with the GOL, and in the media to promote tolerance and encourage the GOL to addre [...]	2007-09-12 13:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LH
07VILNIUS704	SNIPISKES CEMETERY UPDATE: ONE STEP FORWARD... [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, the Prime Minister and his cabinet agreed that construction on or near the former Jewish cemetery in the Snipiskes neighborhood of Vilnius should be stopped and further study done. On September 27, however, the responsible agency -- the Cultural Heritage Departme [...]	2007-10-02 12:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL LH
07VILNIUS709	POST SUPPORTS EUCOM/USAREUR 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 14:35:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PREL PTER LG
07VILNIUS714	LITHUANIA CONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 12:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC LH
07VILNIUS724	LITHUANIA WELCOMES INVITATION TO MNF-I COALITION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 10:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS OTRA LH
07VILNIUS729	LITHUANIA ON THE OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Begin Summary. Lithuania's priority at the October 15-16 GAERC will be to express concerns about Russia prior to the EU-Russia summit in Portugal later this month. The FM also may intervene to discuss concerns about the EU's new treaty reform, to express support for strong pressure on Bu [...]	2007-10-12 14:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL LH RS IR

07VILNIUS781	LITHUANIA REPORTS NO PKK PRESENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 09:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN LH
07VILNIUS783	SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) Lithuania will send a representative to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting in Morocco on November 5. Argentina's diplomatic representation for Lithuania is provided by its mission in Finland. We contacted Embassy Helsinki for help determining if our assistance would be beneficial. [...]	2007-10-31 12:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV LH IR
07VILNIUS784	LITHUANIA PLANS TO IMPLEMENT FATF GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (C) On October 29 we met with Donatas Ziugzda, Head of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division to discuss reftel. Ziugzda promised to consider the information and discuss it with the head of the Threat Analysis, Crisis Management and International Operations Divisi [...]	2007-10-31 13:05:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON LH
07VILNIUS786	LITHUANIA WILL REVIEW US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) We discussed reftel points with Donatas Ziugzda and Rigale Karciauskaite of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Divison on October 26. They planned to contact Lithuania's EU representative office in Brussels with reftel information. They suggested that Lithuania cou [...]	2007-10-31 15:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM EFIN LH
07VILNIUS789	AMBASSADOR CLOUD MEETS WITH NEW CHIEF OF SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary. On October 24 Ambassador met with newly commissioned Director of Special Investigations Service (STT) Zymantas Pacevicius (pat-SEV-i-chuss) to discuss the challenge of fighting corruption in Lithuania and his desire for further training opportunities. End Summary. 2. (U) Pa [...]	2007-11-02 09:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR LH
07VILNIUS791	LITHUANIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary. We have conducted an assessment of the legal and political challenges posed to Lithuania by the expiration of a UN Chapter VII mandate per ref A. We conclude that the GOL will not raise any legal concerns, but we believe the political opponents of participation in Iraq will use t [...]	2007-11-02 15:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
07VILNIUS808	LITHUANIA ON THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 13:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM LH
07VILNIUS809	LITHUANIA IMPLEMENTED FATF GUIDELINES AND WILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 13:45:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN LH
07VILNIUS825	LITHUANIA AGREES WITH USG ON UN RAPE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 10:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN AORC SOCI LH
07VILNIUS829	LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON GEORGIA FOR NOVEMBER 19 [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's focus for the November 19 GAERC will be Georgia. FM Vaitiekunas plans to try to convince other EU members that Georgia needs more support now, not less. He will push for a statement urging other countries not to intervene in Georgia's domestic political affairs. On [...]	2007-11-16 16:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG IR PK BM LH
07VILNIUS852	LITHUANIA WELCOMES INFO ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 12:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LH
07VILNIUS86	THE CURIOUS STATE OF LITHUANIA'S AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania's main international airport in Vilnius is small, expensive, and inefficient, yet operates quite profitably. The airport, like Lithuania's air transport sector in general, has tremendous potential for growth, but the airport's management is oddly indifferent to it, an [...]	2007-02-07 08:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON PREL LH LG EN EUN
07VILNIUS877	LITHUANIAN PRIORITIES FOR THE DECEMBER 10 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania will seek to include a statement on energy security in the summit conclusions at the GAERC meeting on December 10. FM Vaitiekunas will also emphasize the importance of helping Moldova and the inadequacy of the Black Sea Energy group for the countries in the European Nei [...]	2007-12-10 13:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY LH
07VILNIUS88	FEBRUARY GAERC: LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Lithuania's FM does not plan any interventions for the February GAERC, but is supportive of U.S. positions. In the lead-up to the GAERC, Lithuania focused on Kosovo, Afghanistan, and setting the stage for a March European Council that focuses on the Lisbon strategy and the energy sector. [...]	2007-02-07 11:35:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD LH EUN AF
07VILNIUS914	LITHUANIA AGREES UN BUDGET NEEDS DISCIPLINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 15:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA LH
07VLADIVOSTOK127	GOVERNMENT TO VLADIVOSTOK: HAVE WE GOT A BRIDGE FOR YOU... [...] (SBU) Summary. A major component of the federal government's program to prepare Vladivostok to host the 2012 APEC summit is construction of a bridge to Russkiy Island, the probable location of the APEC Summit. At a recent public hearing, government officials and bridge designers reviewed te [...]	2007-11-21 07:57:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON RU
07VLADIVOSTOK135	VISALESS IN SEATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Vladivostok Consul General Tom Armbruster's trip to Seattle last week provided a chance to encourage American companies to take advantage of an improved business climate and new opportunities in the Russian Far East. Seattle is already deeply involved in Russia through trade, [...]	2007-12-11 04:16:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON RU
07WARSAW1071	DEMARCHE ON KEY US OBJECTIVES AT THE WORLD HEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 12:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU ECON WHO PL
07WARSAW109	POLAND: SIX INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] This is Mission Poland's (Embassy Warsaw and ConGen Krakow) response to reftel on identifing the six influential Polish women. PolOff David Van Cleve is Post's officer responsible for tracking women's issues (Tel: 48 22 504-2720. Fax: 48 22 504 2613. Email: VanCleveDHL@state.gov). 2. Post h [...]	2007-01-18 14:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL PL
07WARSAW1097	FM FOTYGA OUTLINES POLISH FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] Summary: FM Anna Fotyga outlined the government's foreign policy priorities in a two hour report to the Polish Parliament on May 11. Fotyga repeatedly stressed the need for greater energy security, referring to it as the "flagship issue" of Poland's foreign policy. She did little to amelio [...]	2007-05-11 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW1098	YOUR JUNE 8 VISIT TO POLAND AND MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. President. The Polish people and government, as well as I and my entire staff, are looking forward to your June 8 visit as a sign of the importance you attach to our close partnership with Poland, and for the boost it will give the relationship as we embark on negotiations to place a [...]	2007-05-11 16:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW110	POLAND: SIX INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] This is Mission Poland's (Embassy Warsaw and ConGen Krakow) response to reftel on identifying six influential Polish women. PolOff David Van Cleve is Post's officer responsible for tracking women's issues (Tel: 48 22 504-2720. Fax: 48 22 504 2613. Email: VanCleveDHL@state.gov). 2. Post has [...]	2007-01-18 14:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL PL
07WARSAW1147	POLAND'S NAIMSKI TELLS DAS BRYZA KRAKOW SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski told visiting DAS Bryza that the Krakow Summit had four important results: The governments reached a political decision that a Caspian-Odessa-Brody-Plock-Gdansk (COBPG) oil pipeline should be constructed and that an Intergovernme [...]	2007-05-16 08:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL PO KZ UR LI AJ GG RS
07WARSAW1162	POLAND-KOSOVO: GOP STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF PROMPT [...] (C) Pol External Chief on May 15 delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo UNSC action to Piotr Siebeneichen, Balkans Unit Chief in the MFA European Department. Siebeneichen reiterated his government's strong support for the Ahtisaari Report and an expeditious resolution of the Kowovo status questi [...]	2007-05-17 13:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL YI
07WARSAW1163	POLAND-IRAQ: INFORMING THE GOP OF LEADERSHIP [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche during the week of May 14 in separate meetings with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, PM's foreign policy adviser Amb. Andrzej Sados and Presidential Chief of Staff Elzbieta Jakubiak. The Polish side expressed appreciation for the political message on transfer of [...]	2007-05-17 13:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG
07WARSAW1165	POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING [...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel on May 17 to Jacek Hinz, Deputy Director of the America,s Division responsible for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolCouns reviewed U.S. concerns over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela, emphasizing growing economic and poli [...]	2007-05-17 14:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER IR VE PL
07WARSAW1204	POLAND: LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE [...] (C) Post is not aware of any Polish investment in Cuba and bilateral trade is very small. In the first eleven months of 2006 Poland exported $18.0 million in goods to Cuba and imported $0.2 million from Cuba. Exports for the first 11 months of 2005 were $10.4 million while imports were $3.2 [...]	2007-05-24 10:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PO CU
07WARSAW121	POLES WILL PURSUE TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary. Polish oil pipeline operator PERN will make a last ditch effort to negotiate a deal with Yukos International to purchase its share of Transpetrol in Slovakia. The GOP fully supports PERN's efforts, as control of Transpetrol by a non-Russian entity is a major energy security go [...]	2007-01-19 15:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL SO RS PREL
07WARSAW1218	START OF MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN POLAND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation began negotiations on a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski. The Poles outlined specific concerns with the U.S. draft BMD agreement. However, they stres [...]	2007-05-25 10:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1221	POLAND-IRAQ: FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga called Ambassador in on Friday, May 25, to discuss the changes in the leadership structure of the Multi-National Division Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq, in particular the decision to create a new command (MND-C) that would assume command of MND-CS elemen [...]	2007-05-25 15:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG
07WARSAW1265	POLES ADVISED AGAINST MANPADS TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, advising that Poland not sell MANPADS to Georgia, to Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki on May 29. Chomicki appreciated hearing the U.S. position, but politely cautioned that, "This decision rests with the highest authorities in Poland." As if to pre [...]	2007-05-31 14:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1295	POLES OPPOSE RUSSIAN AGENDA FOR CFE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff, Polish MFA's expert on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, Mieczyslaw Kozinski, labeled Russia's agenda "a non-starter," and called for "NATO solidarity" to oppose Russian goals for the 12-15 June Extraordinary Conference under t [...]	2007-06-04 14:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL PL
07WARSAW1331	CFE EXTRA CONFERENCE: U.S. THINKING POINTS [...] On the morning of June 6, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on CFE Extraordinary Conference Preparations to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, Head of Regional Security Policy, MFA. As per instructions contained in Calvin Peterson's June 5 e-mail with subject line "Urgent: Instructions to NATO posts for del [...]	2007-06-06 14:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07WARSAW1338	WILL POLAND USE ITS VETO ON THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Warsaw has had a slew of EU leaders pay a visit on the eve of the June 21 EU Summit in Berlin on a constitutional convention. Last week Italian PM Prodi had brutally frank talks with the Polish President and PM. According to a senior Italian diplomat, Prodi called his meeting with PM Kac [...]	2007-06-08 11:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW1359	POLAND'S FOREIGN ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR WANTS TO [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Jerzy Pomianowski, Director of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Development Cooperation Department (Polish AID) would like to meet with his US counterparts while in Washington June 25 and 26 for meetings with the World Bank. Pomianowski is the GOP equivalent of t [...]	2007-06-12 13:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PO
07WARSAW1382	POLAND-EU: GOP THOUGHTS ON THE JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel GAERC demarche June 14 to Pawel Herczynski, Deputy Director, MFA EU Department. Please find below Herczynski's responses on individual agenda items. 2. (C) Cuba: Herczynski noted that the PSC had decided June 13 after a long and bitter discussion to [...]	2007-06-15 13:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PL
07WARSAW1383	MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN: POLAND UNDERTAKES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) After Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Juliusz Gojlo, MFA Head of the Iraqi Task Group, PolCouns was asked to meet June 15 with Gojlo and Iran Deskoff Andrzej Lysiak to discuss a related demarche made by the Iranian Embassy. Ly [...]	2007-06-15 14:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL
07WARSAW1384	POLAND ON REQUEST TO DEMARCHE SCO MEMBER STATES [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister-Counselor in the MFA Asia Pacific Department. Ciebien carefully reviewed the U.S. position and promised to consult with colleagues in the Security Policy Department and the Eastern Policy Department (which handles Central Asia) [...]	2007-06-15 14:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS AF KS PL
07WARSAW1398	GIERTYCH ATTACKS ON SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT KACZYNSKIS [...] (U) Summary. The far-right Catholic nationalist League of Polish Families (LPR) party has been using controversial wedge issues such as abortion and gay rights in an attempt to re-capture the support of voters who largely chose Law and Justice (PiS) in the 2005 election. But LPR head Roman [...]	2007-06-18 13:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PL
07WARSAW1428	IRANIANS TELL POLES THAT SITUATION OF DETAINED [...] (C) MFA Iraq Task Force Chief Juliusz Gojlo informed PolCouns June 21 that he had met the previous day with a counselor from the Iranian Embassy to inquire about the status of American citizens detained in Iran (Ref A) and to provide Iran our views on the "Irbil Five"--the Iranians detained i [...]	2007-06-21 10:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL
07WARSAW1430	MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND'S PLAN FOR JUNE 25 TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, Robert Kupiecki, Director of Security Policy, Polish MFA, briefed DCM and Poloff on Poland's plan for the June 25 Missile Defense (MD) negotiations in Washington D.C. Kupiecki cautioned that, despite earlier indications, Poland would not present counter drafts of the [...]	2007-06-21 17:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1440	POLAND JOINS SKANLED CONSORTIUM SOLVING GAS PUZZLE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution 2. (U) Being Summary: On June 20, Polish Oil and Gas Company PGNiG joined the Skanled Consortium which is developing the Skanled gas pipeline from Karsto, Norway to Sweden and Denmark. Poland acquired a 15% [...]	2007-06-22 17:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EINV PREL PO
07WARSAW1457	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAGUE CONVENTION, MIELEC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Ziobro to discuss Hague Convention on International Child Abduction enforcement and the investigation of corruption in the privatization of the Mielec aircraft factory. Minister Ziobro promised to look into the handling of the Szuta cas [...]	2007-06-25 15:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV ECON PREL PL
07WARSAW1521	POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 11:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL
07WARSAW1549	INITIAL POLISH REACTION TO AMBASSADOR SWING [...] Per reftel, Pol External Chief provided bio and press announcement of Amb. William Swing's IOM candidacy on July 9 to Dariusz Manczyk of MFA International Organizations Department, and also briefed Manczyk orally on the U.S. position regarding current DG McKinley's independent candidacy. Manc [...]	2007-07-10 16:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG PL
07WARSAW163	KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE: POLAND FULLY ON BOARD [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Kosovo status timeline on January 18 to Piotr Siebeneichen, Chief of the Balkans Division in the MFA Europe Department. Siebeneichen said the Polish and U.S. positions were nearly identical; Poland strongly supported Un Special Envy Ahtis [...]	2007-01-26 10:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PL
07WARSAW165	POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...]	2007-01-26 11:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL
07WARSAW166	POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...]	2007-01-26 11:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL
07WARSAW1664	WITH COALITION IN TATTERS AFTER ONE YEAR OF PM [...] (C) Summary: With his coalition in tatters Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski on July 27 pulled back -- at least for the moment -- from calling early elections. Many PiS leaders discount opinion polls and believe they could once again come out ahead in elections. More importantly, Kaczynski ma [...]	2007-07-27 15:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1699	MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES PROPOSE SEPTEMBER FOR NEXT [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting with Charge and poloff, Poland's lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator, Witold Waszczykowski, indicated that the next round of MD negotiations should occur on September 10, agreeing with his principle advisor, Robert Kupiecki, who said this was a "realistic meeting d [...]	2007-08-03 09:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1715	CORRECTED COPY: MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES PROPOSE [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting with Charge and poloff, Poland's lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator, Witold Waszczykowski, indicated that the next round of MD negotiations should occur on September 10, agreeing with his principle advisor, Robert Kupiecki, who said this was a "realistic meeting d [...]	2007-08-07 10:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1728	POLAND: PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Mariusz Lewicki, MFA Head of the Economic and Social Division of the UN Department, to seek support for Steve Carr,s candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent,s Standing Committee. Lewicki responded that the MFA would review the informat [...]	2007-08-09 12:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PL PREF PREL ICRC
07WARSAW1731	INTERIOR MINISTER LOBS ACCUSATIONS AFTER BEING [...] (U) Summary: The firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek August 8 caught the political world by surprise and revealed perhaps greater internal disarray in the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party than was suspected even when insider Ludwig Dorn resigned as Interior Minister six months [...]	2007-08-09 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW1745	PIS INSIDER SAYS ELECTIONS "PROBABLE" AFTER [...] (C) In the wake of the August 8 firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek, part of the fallout of the July firing of Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper, there is once again serious talk of early elections, but there has yet to be any concrete action to set the process in motion. As expe [...]	2007-08-10 14:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1748	POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: In three separate meetings August 10, Charge and Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Robert Draba, the President's acting Chief of Staff, who oversees the presidential-level Polish-Georgian commission; Adam Lipinski, Chief of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet and advisor on [...]	2007-08-13 09:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1755	KACZYNSKIS END TURBULENT COALITION AND PREDICT [...] (SBU) President Lech Kaczynski and his brother Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski put an end August 13 to a turbulent 15-month coalition government, saying early elections were inevitable and would take place toward the end of October. Prime Minister Kaczynski fired all ministers from the League [...]	2007-08-13 15:40:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1759	GETTING READY FOR SEPTEMBER 6-7 TALKS ON MISSILE [...] (C) In an August 14 meeting with DCM and Pol Intern, Robert Kupiecki -- principal advisor to Poland,s lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator Witold Waszczykowski -- promised a Polish draft text on an MD basing agreement in a few days. Kupiecki assured us that the Polish draft text on security c [...]	2007-08-14 15:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1760	POSSIBLE ELECTIONS: INITIAL OUTLOOK AND PROGNOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Early elections now seem more likely than at any other time since Law and Justice (PiS) won the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005, but are still not completely certain. No action will be taken in moving forward on a resolution to dissolve the Sejm until Septembe [...]	2007-08-14 15:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1764	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 12:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL PL
07WARSAW1786	SCENE-SETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO POLAND [...] Your visits to Warsaw come at a somewhat turbulent political time in Poland, with the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party leadership having just dissolved a fractious coalition with two extremist junior partners and declared they will seek elections in the fall. The elections could be stave [...]	2007-08-17 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1793	MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES DELIVER DRAFT SITE AGREEMENT [...] (C) On August 20, Andrzej Kremer, Director of the Legal and Treaty Department, Polish MFA, delivered Poland's counter-draft of the Missile Defense basing agreement along with amplifying comments to DCM. He was careful to describe how this document fits into the broader scope of our bilateral [...]	2007-08-20 15:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW181	POLAND-EU: POLISH FM FOTYGA'S VIEWS ON JANUARY [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered Ref B and C pre-GAERC demarches January 17 to Pawel Herczynski, Deputy Director of the MFA EU Department. Herczynski was unable to coordinate a response within the MFA before the January 22 GAERC. However, Post provides below post-GAERC comments by FM Fotyga at a Ja [...]	2007-01-26 16:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EUN PL
07WARSAW1814	DEFMIN TELLS REP TURNER THAT POLES AIM TO "BUY" [...] (C) While speaking on Missile Defense issues, Defense Minister Aleksander Szczyglo expressed Poland's desire to purchase "modern" air defense missile systems from the U.S. in a meeting with Congressman Michael Turner, member of the HASC, on August 17. Ambassador, DATT and Ministry of Defense [...]	2007-08-22 15:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MAS PREL PL
07WARSAW1817	POLISH INSIGHT ON THE NEW AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff on August 9, Krzysztof Debnicki, Afghanistan Desk Officer at Polish MFA, expressed support for the new U.S. policy and, to assist our preparation, offered the following rhetorical questions: - When compensating farmers who forsake poppy production, [...]	2007-08-23 15:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF
07WARSAW1821	MANPADS SOLD TO GEORGIA BY POLAND ACCORDING TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 10:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1826	RUMORS FLY AS CALENDAR IS SET FOR DISSOLVING [...] (C) Summary. Political turmoil continues in Poland as three separate motions for dissolving parliament are under consideration. Sejm Marshall Ludwik Dorn set the vote on dissolution for September 7. With a razor thin majority, the motion may pass, setting the stage for October elections; al [...]	2007-08-27 05:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PL
07WARSAW1886	POLAND AHEAD OF U.S. ON SUPPORTING GEORGIA AT OSCE [...] (C) On September 5, Poloff demarched Elzbieta Beziuk of Polish MFA on supporting Georgia at the September 6 OSCE meeting (ref a). After offering Poland's complete cooperation at the September 6 meeting, Beziuk turned the tables and expressed three Polish aspirations on Georgia issues. One, [...]	2007-09-05 13:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OSCE PL
07WARSAW1897	POLAND TO SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF FELICE GAER FOR UN [...] As a follow up to Reftel demarche, Embassy received a diplomatic note informing that Poland will support the candidacy of Felice Gaer for re-election to a seat in the United States Committee against Torture at the October 8 election in Geneva. Original diplomatic note will be pouched to Wash [...]	2007-09-06 13:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA PL
07WARSAW1901	POLISH BUSINESSMEN STAYING ABROAD WHILE KRAUZE [...] (C) Summary: David Ensor told us that the Polish investors in his company, Mercuria Energy, are staying out of Poland while the GOP investigates Polish businessman Richard Krauze. Ensor stated that the company is afraid that during the likely upcoming election campaign that PiS will use a [...]	2007-09-06 14:40:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PO ES RS GM
07WARSAW1916	PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED, MINISTERS FIRED, ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Polish Parliament voted to dissolve itself by a wide majority on September 7, setting the stage for early elections. President Kaczynski as expected set the election date for October 21. The political fur is already flying in what is expected to be a brutal campaign. Civic [...]	2007-09-10 15:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW1930	POLAND-NATO/GEORGIA: GOP AN ACTIVE PROPONENT OF [...] (C) On the margins of September 6-7 U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations, Pol External Chief shared reftel points on the NAC visit to Georgia (including points intended for "cool" and cold" posts) with MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki, who fully agreed with the U.S. position tha [...]	2007-09-12 13:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG PL RS
07WARSAW1932	POLAND'S MARITIME MINISTRY: ADRIFT AT SEA [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Richard Rorvig, reasons 1.4 b, d 2. (C) Ambassador Ashe, accompanied by econoff, paid a courtesy call on new Minister of Economy Grobarczyk on September 5. During the meeting, Grobarczyk seemed unfamiliar with basic facts about Polish shipping. He [...]	2007-09-12 15:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD PREL PO PINR
07WARSAW1938	POLAND:MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, ROUND THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation conducted a productive third round of negotiations on Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on September 6-7 in Warsaw. The two sides exchanged views on the strategic context of [...]	2007-09-13 08:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1944	POLES THINK IT'S TOO EARLY FOR AN EU BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 14:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN
07WARSAW1975	POLAND AND NORDSTREAM TALKING PAST EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Polish interlocutors continue to tell post that they oppose the construction of the proposed Nordstream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. They complain that the Nordstream company announces information to the press rather than discussing it with the Ministry of Economy. Oppo [...]	2007-09-19 14:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD PL RS EN XH XG PREL
07WARSAW1981	POLAND ENERGY: PIPELINES, MERGERS, STORAGE, GAS [...] (C) Summary: Poland continues to pursue the construction of the Odessa-Brody Plock oil pipeline and GOP officials will meet with counterparts from Georgia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan in Tbilisi on September 26. The Ministry of Economy opposes the merger of PKN Orlen and Lotos Refinery because [...]	2007-09-20 13:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD PL PREL
07WARSAW2003	AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AT ISSUE IN POLAND'S NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish military participation in Afghanistan and Iraq has become an issue in the snap elections set for October 21 (REF A),with leading opposition party Civic Platform (PO) expressing doubts about continuing deployments. Defense Minister Aleksander Szczyglo has recommended that [...]	2007-09-25 12:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW2006	POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Polcouns met September 25 with Beata Baranska, MFA Deputy Director for UN Affairs, to review U.S. priorities for the 62nd UNGA. Baranska said that Poland generally would have the same goals for UNGA as last year. Poland wants to see the reform process speeded up, especially on financi [...]	2007-09-25 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PL
07WARSAW2011	POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. DRAFT [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Beata Baranska, MFA Deputy Director for UN Affairs, providing her with a copy of the draft resolution and reviewing orally with her reftel talking points. Baranska said she would immediately forward to her colleagues in New York and Geneva the dra [...]	2007-09-26 12:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PL
07WARSAW2033	RACE TIGHTENS IN CLOSING WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. With elections in three weeks, the Kaczynski political machine is humming, effectively sidelining its main opposition and counting on its strength in rural areas to deliver what would be an electoral first in post-communist Poland: re-election. The Kaczynskis have managed to s [...]	2007-10-01 15:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW2052	POLAND TO SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF STEVE CARR FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 15:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PL PREF PREL ICRC
07WARSAW2059	POLAND SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On Thursday, October 4, Andrzej Sados, Under Secretary of State for International Relations called in the SIPDIS DCM to request US support in reqeusting that the UN Security Council issue a statement condemning the October 3 attack on the Polish Ambassador to Iraq. The DCM was handed [...]	2007-10-04 15:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ PL UNSC
07WARSAW2082	KRAKOW,S PO LEADER PREDICTS PO LOSS [...] (U) This cable was drafted by ConGen Krakow. 2. (C) Summary: Krakow,s PO leader (and lead candidate on the PO list),Senator Jaroslaw Gowin, told Poloff on October 5 that his party will probably lose the coming parliamentary elections, both in Krakow and the nation. In Gowin,s view, the [...]	2007-10-10 13:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW2091	POLAND: MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS GAERC AGENDA; [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns met October 11 with Pawel Herczynski, MFA Deputy Director for EU Affairs, to review reftel issues in advance of the October 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers meeting. While most of his comments were predictable, Herczynski added a new twist on Poland's approach to EU-Russia [...]	2007-10-11 14:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL WTO PL
07WARSAW2101	TUSK COMING ON STRONG, BUT IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO [...] (U) Summary: With polls flip flopping between the ruling Law and Order (PiS) and main opposition Civic Platform (PO),the October 12 debate between PM Kaczynski and PO's Donald Tusk may prove decisive in a tight race. After weeks of running an anemic and lackluster campaign, Tusk came out s [...]	2007-10-15 14:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2104	CFE: POLAND SUPPORTS PARALLEL ACTION, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) Poland supports the U.S. proposal for parallel action on the A/CFE but has noted that since the Russians labeled it "insufficient" there is no basis for Poland to pursue ratification at this time. On October 11, in the wake of the of the informal CFE seminar held by all 30 state parties O [...]	2007-10-16 09:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE PL
07WARSAW2128	MUD-SLINGING CAMPAIGN DRAWS TO A CLOSE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Poles will go to vote this Sunday with increasingly stark campaign ad messages of "disaster" in the health sector, a fresh corruption scandal carefully timed for maximum political impact, and a dash of anti-Semitism to add to the campaign. The final week has seen spirited mud-s [...]	2007-10-19 10:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW2129	GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORTS TARGET PRO-PO YOUNG [...] (U) With youth vote possibly delivering the election to the opposition Civic Platform (PO),turn out of students in this weekend's parliamentary elections will be a crucial factor. Students are more energized this year than in previous rounds, particularly in 2005 when many opted to sit out. [...]	2007-10-19 12:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2136	URBAN VOTERS DELIVER LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO CIVIC [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Civic Platform (PO) won a decisive victory over ruling Law and Justice (PiS),as urban and youth voters, motivated apparently by PO leader Donald Tusk's decisive debate with PM Jarek Kaczynski, and by PiS's over-the-top campaign tactics, turned out in high numbers. [...]	2007-10-22 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR PL
07WARSAW2142	CIVIC PLATFORM GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LEAVE IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: With their victory clear, Civic Platform (PO) leaders are making public statements on a wide range of foreign policy objectives, including their party's position on Polish deployment in Iraq. Reflecting widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Iraq war, PO consistently has ca [...]	2007-10-23 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW2148	POLAND'S VIEWS ON THE UPCOMING UNGA THIRD COMMITEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 22, PolOff met with Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Human Rights Section in the MFA,s UN Department, to discuss reftel issues to be tabled at the UN Third Committee next month. Lewicki reaffirmed that Poland will continue to support country specific resolutions, which [...]	2007-10-24 14:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHCR UN PL
07WARSAW2154	ACTION REQUEST: LETTER FROM MFA PROPOSES [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that the Department respond positively to the Polish government's invitation to participate in a Polish-U.S. seminar on export controls in Tbilisi, Georgia as outlined in the letter text quoted below. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. (C) Background: Ambassador re [...]	2007-10-26 09:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW2155	POLAND'S RESPONSE ON BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 11:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PL BM
07WARSAW2171	POLAND: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On October 29, post delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski and Marian Siemakowicz of the Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz of the Department [...]	2007-10-31 13:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ECON PL
07WARSAW2173	POLAND WILL MAKE DECISION ON NOV.2 REGARDING IAAC [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UNGAPL PL
07WARSAW2180	POLAND WELCOMES PROPOSAL ON CUBA, AWAITING EU [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Human Rights Section in the MFA,s UN Department. He welcomed and was very satisfied with the U.S decision to refrain from introducing a Cuba resolution at the current UNGA and to drop its call for a vote on the HRC package whi [...]	2007-11-02 13:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA PL
07WARSAW2181	POLAND TO SUPPORT SWISS CANDIDATE FOR IIAC [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 13:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UNGA PL
07WARSAW2185	FROM BIALE MIASTECZKO TO THE BALLOT BOX, HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While leaders of the Doctors and Nurses Unions claim to have avoided the politicization of health care in the latest elections, the presiding Law and Justice (PiS) party used the threat of privatization of hospitals in a last minute bid to influence swing voters in the campaign [...]	2007-11-02 15:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PL PREL TBIO
07WARSAW2188	POLAND'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland faces significant political and legal obstacles to continuing its Iraq deployment beyond 2008, especially without an applicable United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR). Civic Platform (PO),which won the October 21 parliamentary elections and is certain to form [...]	2007-11-02 16:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ PL
07WARSAW2224	TUSK DESIGNATED AS NEW POLISH PM [...] (U) Summary. President Lech Kaczynski designated Donald Tusk as Poland's next prime minister on November 9, as expected. Tusk promised to unveil his recommended cabinet tomorrow, November 10. Presidential advisor Michal Kaminski confirmed that the cabinet should be sworn into office on Fri [...]	2007-11-09 17:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL

07WARSAW2243	ADDRESSING POLISH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER GAGOR'S NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although reactions vary in intensity, Poland,s foreign and security affairs community is clearly disappointed over the November 14 defeat of Polish Chief of the General Staff Gen. Franciszek in his bid to become Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC). A significant minorit [...]	2007-11-15 16:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PL
07WARSAW2246	NEW POLISH FM SIKORSKI AND MOD KLICH LIKELY TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper on November 15 to Pawel Herczynski in the MFA's EU Department, in anticipation of the November 19-20 GAERC in Brussels. Herczynski said he was "99% sure" that Poland would be represented by new FM Radek Sikorski, who would be accompanied by new Minister o [...]	2007-11-16 11:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW2266	POLES FORMULATING PLAN FOR JOINT EXPORT CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 11:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MASS PGOV GG PL
07WARSAW2272	ASYLUM SEEKERS IN POLAND- PART 1: THE BASICS [...] (U) Poland,s accession to the Schengen area, permitting open travel within much of Europe, and its geographical location on the Eastern border of the European Union, have had a large influence on the number of Eastern Europeans (especially Chechens) seeking asylum in Poland. As the number of [...]	2007-11-27 15:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF PL
07WARSAW2273	POLAND'S MINORITY ROMA FACE UPHILL BATTLES DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Poland's Roma population is not as large or significant as those in nearby countries, it remains a community which faces significant challenges. The GOP has recognized the distressing situation of the Roma minority in Poland. In 2001 it created the Pilot Program for the [...]	2007-11-27 16:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL PL
07WARSAW2274	PM TUSK WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: As expected, PM Donald Tusk won a vote of confidence in the Polish Sejm on November 24, winning 238 votes (230 are necessary). Tusk presented his governmental expose to the Sejm on November 23, outlining an ambitious agenda that includes health sector reform, infrastructure imp [...]	2007-11-27 16:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2289	MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (C) Emboffs met with Daniel Gromann, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Division, and until August 2007, Poland's Charge d'Affaires in Havana. Gromann spent six years in Havana, and was Charge for his final two years. He played an instrumental role with respect to setting up the video co [...]	2007-11-29 14:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CU PL
07WARSAW2338	POLAND TO SUPPORT UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (U) On December 7, PolOff delivered reftel points regarding the votes on country specific resolutions in the upcoming UNGA Plenary to Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Human Rights Section in the MFA,s UN Department. Mr. Lewicki assured us that Poland will attend the Plenary and reiterated Poland, [...]	2007-12-07 14:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA PL
07WARSAW2339	POLAND WILL SUPPORT PROSPER'S CANDIDACY FOR UN CERD [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 14:13:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA PL
07WARSAW234	POLAND: ENERGY UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paras 5, 7, 8 2. (C) Summary. The GOP continues to pursue the purchase of Transpetrol assets from Yukos International. The GOP remains concerned that the government of Slovakia will not support a GOP purchase. The GOP started negotiating a contract fo [...]	2007-02-05 07:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PO RS UP KZ AG GM
07WARSAW2341	POLES TO FOCUS ON KOSOVO, EASTERN DIMENSION AT [...] (C) POLOFF passed reftel talking points to Pawel Herczynski, in the MFA's EU Department. Herczynski said the December 9-10 GAERC will focus primarily on Kosovo and EU Neighbors policy. Herczynski said that the GOP will be very disappointed if the EU fails to speak in one voice with respect [...]	2007-12-07 15:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2347	POLAND TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) PolCouns met December 10 with Wieslaw Kucel, Counselor in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Department to deliver reftel demarche. Kucel, who accompanied Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski to the Annapolis conference, said that Poland would be represented by at least Deputy Foreign Minist [...]	2007-12-10 14:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PL
07WARSAW2361	AMBASSADOR THOMAS SCHWEICH'S DECEMBER 3 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) On 3 December, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, United States Coordinator for Afghan Counternarcotics and Justice Reform and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, briefed a roundtable of Polish government officials on the new U.S. five pillar st [...]	2007-12-12 12:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KNAR PGOV PL PREL
07WARSAW2368	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLES WANT TO COUNTER OSLO [...] (C) In response to Poloff's deliver of reftel demarche, Andrzej Suda of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, underscored Poland's support for the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) and urged immediate action to counter the growing momentum of the Oslo process. Suda noted that Oslo [...]	2007-12-13 14:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO
07WARSAW2369	RUSSIA LIFTS BAN ON POLISH MEAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish and Russian Ministers of Agriculture have announced that next week the two-year old Russian ban on imports of fresh meat from Poland will be lifted, removing a major trade irritant. Thanks to strong demand, trade levels should quickly rebound. The Russian embargo on [...]	2007-12-13 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PREL PL RU
07WARSAW2387	POLAND - TAKING ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (U) In an effort to recognize the recent 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign and the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, Post held a Digital Video Conference (DVC) with U.S. and Polish experts to assess major challenges related to the eradication of do [...]	2007-12-18 09:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM PL
07WARSAW2395	POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...]	2007-12-19 10:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
07WARSAW2399	POLAND'S ENTRY INTO THE SCHENGEN ZONE [...] On December 21, 2007, Poland will join the European Union's Schengen area along with seven other Central European nations and Malta. After months of preparation and coordination with other EU members, Poland is ready to enter the Schengen zone and, with its 1185 km eastern frontier, defend the [...]	2007-12-19 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PREF SMIG PGOV EU PL
07WARSAW246	DEMARCHE TO GOP ON DEPUTY PM LEPPER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Charge delivered the points from reftel to MFA Americas Director Andrzej Jarosinski, saying that the United States did not intend to interfere in the GOP's internal politics, but that we were concerned and saddened that Deputy PM and Minister of Agriculture Andrzej Lepper would receive an [...]	2007-02-05 15:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PL
07WARSAW247	DEPARTURE OF DEFMIN RADEK SIKORSKI: RESIGNATION OR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski accepted February 5 the resignation of DefMin Radek Sikorski, only hours after the MOD spokesman announced that Sikorski had submitted it. Although it will not be clear how Sikorski's departure might affect U.S. interests until a successor is named, the chang [...]	2007-02-05 16:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW258	NEW DEFMIN ALEKSANDER SZCZYGLO, A LOYAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: 44-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo, Head of the Presidential Chancellery and a loyal protege and confidante of President Lech Kaczynski (Ref A),will succeed Radek Sikorski (Ref B) February 7 as Poland's Minister of Defense. By acknowledging Sikorski's concerns over the control of mi [...]	2007-02-06 15:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PL
07WARSAW308	"THIRD TWIN" RESIGNS FROM INTERIOR; REPLACED BY [...] (U) The uproar over Ludwik Dorn's unexpected departure from government continued as his replacement, Janusz Kaczmarek, was sworn in February 8 as the new Minister of Interior (MSWiA). As reported reftel, Dorn's departure from MSWiA may signal a crack in the PiS inner circle, a group long dist [...]	2007-02-08 15:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW31	Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...]	2007-01-08 13:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07WARSAW315	POLISH FM ON HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on Iran Export Credits to Polish FM Anna Fotyga on January 25. Fotyga responded that the GOP took the Iran sanctions very seriously and would make every effort to ensure compliance with UNSCR 1737. She could not promise at present that Poland would t [...]	2007-02-09 13:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN MNUC PL IR EXIM UNSC OECD
07WARSAW316	POLAND-EU: FM FOTYGA REQUESTS THAT U.S. MONTHLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA officials, FM Anna Fotyga has requested that her briefing book for every GAERC include the text of the monthly U.S. pre-GAERC demarches. Fotyga has become fully engaged in Poland's relations with the EU and clearly values U.S. views, and our cooperation with MFA [...]	2007-02-09 14:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN PL
07WARSAW317	POLAND: DELIVERY OF LETTER TO ENCOURAGE V-10 [...] (C) Political External Chief delivered Ref B letter from PDAS Volker and DAS DiCarlo February 9 to MFA European Department Director for forwarding to MFA U/S Krzysztof Szczerski, who is both the current Political Director and the U/S supervising EU and European issues. Chmielewski indicated t [...]	2007-02-09 14:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN YI PL
07WARSAW319	FATAH-HAMAS GOVERNMENT: POLAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Fatah-Hamas national unity government on February 9 to Pawel Herczynski, MFA EU Department Deputy Director. Herczynski commented that the U.S.views were fully consistent with Quartet principles, and therefore they reflected EU policy as [...]	2007-02-09 15:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS PL
07WARSAW321	POLAND: SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL [...] (C) Post apologizes for the delay in responding to Reftel demarche on Iran Civil Society and Democracy programming. Due to internal reorganization and a near 100 percent turnover in staff, The Polish MFA Department for Africa & Middle East was unable to meet with us over the past several weeks [...]	2007-02-09 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN PL
07WARSAW33	Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...]	2007-01-08 14:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07WARSAW355	KACZYNSKIS SEEK TO SOLDIER ON DESPITE CRACKS IN [...] (C) Summary. There is a crisis atmosphere within the government as President and Prime Minister Kaczynskis' most loyal political lieutenants are squabbling publicly. Even for the Kaczynskis, who have overseen a government buffeted by crisis (much of their own making),the resignations last [...]	2007-02-14 16:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW395	POLAND (QUIETLY) ENDING NORTH KOREAN LABORER [...] (C) On February 16, Poloff met with Piotr Mierecki, Director of the Department of Migration Policy at the Ministry of Interior. Mierecki indicated that the GOP has taken a decision internally to end the North Korean work program, under which 25 North Korean welders are working at the Gdansk S [...]	2007-02-21 09:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB EZ KN PL
07WARSAW431	POLAND: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST [...] (C) Charge shared reftel points February 22 with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, explaining that this was the approach the USG was taking to inform allied and friendly European governments of our Missile Defense plans and to reassure them in the wake of strongly negative Russian rhetoric in recen [...]	2007-02-23 15:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW498	PM KACZYNSKI AIMS TO PASS RESTITUTION LAW IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Conference) held its annual meeting in Warsaw from February 26-28, in part to press the GOP for passage of a law for restitution or compensation for property taken by the Nazi and Communist regimes. In meetings with t [...]	2007-03-01 14:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PL
07WARSAW500	POLAND-EU: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA EU Department Deputy Director Pawel Herczynski, the March 5-6 GAERC will be heavily focused on energy and climate issues, in advance of the March 8-9 European Council (EC) meeting. Emissions standards will be the most difficult part of the discussion. Herczynski [...]	2007-03-01 15:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN ENRG PL IR
07WARSAW582	ACTION REQUEST AND BACKGROUND: USG PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC HUMAN
07WARSAW583	YUSHCHENKO AND KACZYNSKI DISCUSS ENERGY, EU: TALK [...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Polish President Lech Kaczynski focused on the Odessa-Brody pipeline project as well as Ukrainian aspirations for greater engagement with the EU during their March 7 meetings in Plock, Poland. Yushchenko's subsequent call for dialogue wi [...]	2007-03-09 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAGR PL
07WARSAW593	POLAND: POC FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] Embassy Warsaw POC for overall Missile Defense issues is Political External Chief David Morris, (48)(22)504-2657 or IVG 8-628-2657, e-mail MorrisDT@state.gov. POC for Public Diplomacy efforts is Information Officer Andrew Schilling, (48)(22)504-2331 or IVG 8-628-2331, e-mail SchillingAJ@state [...]	2007-03-12 16:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU
07WARSAW610	POLAND QUIETLY SUPPORTS US-EU OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Malgorzata Alberti, Head of the International Agreements Division of the Civil Aviation Office. Pawel Moniak, a specialist in the International Agreements Division, and the Polish representative during the most recent negotiations in Brussels was als [...]	2007-03-13 16:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR KTIA PREL EU PL
07WARSAW648	POLAND-OSCE: GOP REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HCNM [...] (C) MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki informed DCM on March 14 that Poland had formally nominated former Polish Foreign (Adam) Daniel Rotfeld to the position of OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities (HCNM). Noting Rotfeld's close association and cooperation with the U.S. f [...]	2007-03-15 16:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE PINR PL
07WARSAW691	POLAND-GERMANY: (C-RE7-00514) MERKEL'S SPRING [...] (U) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's March 16-17 visit to Poland was deemed a great success by both sides, and could prove an important step in warming previously frosty bilateral relations (reftel). By declaring opposition to the claims of German WWII expellees on Polish land Merkel earned [...]	2007-03-20 15:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ENRG PL GM
07WARSAW729	FRONTEX: A PRIMER ON THE EU'S BORDER CONTROL AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Headquartered in Warsaw, the EU's external border control agency, FRONTEX, focuses on EU-level coordination of "intelligence driven operational cooperation" to strengthen security at the EU's external borders. In a meeting with Pol-Mil Officer, FRONTEX External Relations Officer [...]	2007-03-23 15:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KNNP KSTCPL PL
07WARSAW748	POLAND SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PLAN, BUT EXPRESSES [...] (C) DCM met March 27 with Krzysztof Szczerski, Under Secretary of State for Europe at Polish MFA, to deliver SIPDIS reftel Demarche on Kosovo. (Note: Neither Minister nor Deputy Minister were available.) Szczerski stated "Poland is for the Ahtisaari plan," but then went on to outline "a f [...]	2007-03-27 14:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU PL
07WARSAW764	POLES PONDER ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Witold Waszczykowski, Under Secretary of State Polish MFA, indicated that Poland may be prepared to consider accepting Guantanamo detainees in response to DCM delivery of reftel demarche on March 28. Waszczykowski asked how many detainees we might want Poland to take and when. Without m [...]	2007-03-30 06:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL
07WARSAW797	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 14:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL
07WARSAW810	POLAND'S PERM REP WILL SIGN US-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 11:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR KTIA PREL EU PL
07WARSAW86	POLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza and Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski discussed a deal for gas for Azerbaijan and Georgia that would relieve both countries of their dependence on Russian gas, and exchanged views on the political situation in Georgia. Naimski restated his opposition to t [...]	2007-01-12 15:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL RS GG AJ KZ LH LG EN LO PL
07WARSAW865	FM FOTYGA DECLINES TO TAKE TO-BE FREED GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 11:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR XG PL
07WARSAW935	TWO POLAND SUBMISSIONS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2007 [...] Two Polish NGOs prepared proposals for G/TIP funded projects in response to Reftel. Post has already submitted the full proposals for the projects to the G/TIP Programs Section regional officer for EUR. Summary information for each project follows: 2. PROJECT PROPOSAL ONE: COMBATING HUM [...]	2007-04-23 12:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PL
07WARSAW937	POLAND-IRAQ: GOP REAFFIRMS MND-CS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30, an interagency delegation met with GOP officials to press for a GOP commitment to maintain Polish troops and bases in Iraq through the end of 2007 (del list in para 2). The common Polish position was a commitment to keep Polish troops in Iraq throughout 2007 with a p [...]	2007-04-23 13:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW958	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND MAY 3 ICI MEETING [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Fotyga informed visiting Secretary of Defense Gates April 25 that she will attend the SIPDIS May 3 ICI meeting. She also said that she was endeavoring to do what she could on Iraq debt, but repeated several times that debt forgiveness would be very difficult given P [...]	2007-04-25 15:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN PGOV PL
07WARSAW976	POLAND: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO THE COALITION [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, we have been informed that Polish attendees at the Iraq Coalition Conference in Tampa, FL April 30-May 2 will be Juliusz Jacek Gojlo (Chief of the Iraqi Task Group, Department of Africa and the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Brigadier General Witold [...]	2007-04-27 15:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PL
07WARSAW979	POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: DELIVERY OF DRAFT BMD [...] (C) DCM delivered draft Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement text (Ref A) on April 26 to MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, along with previously provided site map attachments originally provided to the GOP on January 25 (Ref B). Waszczykowski acknowledged receipt of the draft and undertook t [...]	2007-04-27 17:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PL
07WELLINGTON122	NEW ZEALAND - FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Right Honorable Helen Clark Prime Minister PO Box 18888 Parliament Buildings Wellington Now in her third term as PM, Clark is now the seventh- longest serving Prime Minister in New Zealand's history. In 2006, she was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 20th most powerful woman in the world [...]	2007-02-07 04:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN NZ
07WELLINGTON138	GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND'S PUBLIC SUBMISSION FOR 2007 [...] On January 9, the United States Trade Representative submitted a Federal Register notice inviting public submission on the practices of U.S. trading partners to be reviewed under the Special 301 provisions of the 1974 Trade Act (as amended in 1988). On February 12, the Government of New Zealan [...]	2007-02-13 03:51:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON141	NZ PONDERS FUTURE FIJI, SOLOMONS POLICIES [...] (C) Summary. PM Clark strongly supports the timeline and processes recently discussed by Australian, New Zealand, and US officials to encourage Fiji's return to democracy. The GNZ believes that the upcoming Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Eminent Person's Group report on Fiji will be key to deter [...]	2007-02-14 01:54:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XB XV FJ NZ
07WELLINGTON146	NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The GNZ understands the pressures for more resources in Afghanistan and will review carefully our request for additional NATO/ISAF commitments. Current NZ Defence Force (NZDF) deployments to Afghanistan will likely be extended through September 2009, but GNZ will probably not i [...]	2007-02-15 21:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON158	YEAR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that New Zealand (GNZ) not/not be placed on the Special 301 List in 2007. The country's overall commitment to the protection of intellectual property (IPR) is relatively high as compared to most countries cited in the Special 301 review. The government continues [...]	2007-02-21 05:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON181	THE NISSHIN MARU: AN EXAMPLE OF U.S.-NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, a factory floor fire disabled the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru in the environmentally fragile Southern Ocean off the Antarctic coast. For eleven days, the stricken vessel remained in the vicinity of the U.S. McMurdo Station and New Zealand Scott Base in [...]	2007-02-27 20:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIS SENV IWC AY NZ
07WELLINGTON194	PM CLARK GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Clark has announced to New Zealanders that she will use her March 20-21 visit to Washington to discuss key regional and world events with the President and other Senior Officials. In reality, she has a broader agenda as well: to improve the tone of her dialogue w [...]	2007-03-02 04:55:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON219	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is on track to implement UNSCR 1737 measures against entities and individuals linked to Iran's nuclear program. Phil Goff, Minister of Defense and Disarmament, recently delivered a strong message to the government of Iran stressing that it must comply with UNSCR 1737 an [...]	2007-03-09 21:21:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP UNSC ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL AORC TRGY IR NZ
07WELLINGTON221	NEW ZEALAND EXTENDS AFGHAN DEPLOYMENTS FOR ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Cabinet today approved the extension of current NZDF deployments to Afghanistan for one year, through September 2008, vice the two years that MoD requested (reftel). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) told post that the Cabinet wanted the chance to [...]	2007-03-12 05:07:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON227	PM Clark Says Visit to Washington is about Cooperation, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Parliamentary Question time on Wednesday, March 14, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was bombarded with questions (from Parliamentary friends and foes) regarding her upcoming visit to Washington. Clark was asked about Climate Change, the US Human Rights record at Gu [...]	2007-03-14 05:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON229	GNZ PREPS FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM [...] (C) Summary: The March 15 PIF Foreign Ministers meeting will have a limited role for Fiji, in part to ensure that interim PM Bainimarama cannot complain that members acted behind Fiji's back. The GNZ believes the outlook is good for PIF ministers to agree that Fiji should abide by the EPG [...]	2007-03-15 18:42:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ XV FJ
07WELLINGTON232	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO PSI [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Government Officials listed below to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on/about March 23 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) Meeting. 2 [...]	2007-03-16 03:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON235	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR SUPPORTING [...] (U) On March 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Charles Kingston; Senior Policy Officer; United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division; New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kingston reiterated that New Zealand strongly condemns Zimbabwe's human rights abuses. Most [...]	2007-03-19 23:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON237	NEW ZEALAND PLEASED WITH PIF MEETING OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The GNZ believes the March 16 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers meeting offered Fiji's interim government clear carrots and sticks for a return to democratic elections within 18-24 months, as recommended by the PIF Eminent Persons Group (EPG). New Zealand was very ple [...]	2007-03-20 05:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ FJ
07WELLINGTON250	MEDIA REACTION TO NEW ZEALAND'S AVIATION SECURITY [...] (U) This message contains an action request at paras 2 and 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: In compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements, the GNZ recently introduced Aviation Security Legislation which will enhance the powers of airport security officials and strength [...]	2007-03-25 19:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON270	New Zealand - Prenotification Information Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-01 22:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ
07WELLINGTON272	NZ AMBASSADOR HEADS TO PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary: During her April 3-7 trip to Pyongyang, NZ's Ambassador to North Korea, Jane Coombs, will carry a letter from Foreign Minister Peters urging the DPRK to comply with the Six Party Talks. She will also note the GNZ's willingness to contribute to the second tranche of energy assis [...]	2007-04-02 05:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP KNAR NZ
07WELLINGTON290	NEW ZEALAND ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Embassy conveyed information about the May Iraq Compact signing to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Officials Darryl Dunn, Director of the Middle East and Africa Division, and Carl Worker, Director of the Americas Division. 2. (C) Dunn to [...]	2007-04-11 19:24:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV UN NZ
07WELLINGTON302	GNZ WORRIES BAINIMARAMA IS IN A HOLE AND STILL [...] (C) The GNZ worries that interim PM Bainimarama is increasingly fragile and his actions risk throwing the country into armed conflict. Heather Riddell, Director of the Pacific Division, calls Bainimarama's measures restricting the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) "loopy." Bainimarama has now cu [...]	2007-04-13 06:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FJ NZ
07WELLINGTON308	DEMARCHE TO GNZ ON TOKELAU AND SWAINS ISLAND [...] (C) Summary: As instructed Reftel, PE Couns met with Tokelau Administrator David Payton to request that the GNZ publicly reaffirm that Tokelau does not/not have claim over any American Samoan island presently administered by the United States, including Olohega, or Swains Island. Payton con [...]	2007-04-17 20:03:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON316	COOPERATING WITH GNZ TO SHORE UP WEAK COOKS VESSEL [...] (U) This contains action recommendations at paras 12-13. 2. (C) Summary: Embassy is concerned that recent Coast Guard seizures of Cook Island vessels in the Caribbean indicate that weaknesses in the Cooks' vessel registry are being exploited by organized crime. The GNZ is worried, too, hav [...]	2007-04-19 05:13:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV CW NZ
07WELLINGTON325	UNSCR 1747/OECD: DEMARCHE TO PROMOTE A COMMON LINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-22 19:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN ETRD OECD UN NZ
07WELLINGTON336	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 06:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON337	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PLANS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 06:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON342	NZ UPDATES ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING AND REFUGEE [...] (U) Ref A reported that Embassy Wellington had asked NZ officials whether New Zealand would participate in the signing of the Iraq Compact. On May 1, Darryl Dunn, Director of the Mideast Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told Pol-Econ Couns that PM Clark has approved New [...]	2007-05-01 05:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV UN IZ NZ
07WELLINGTON350	NZAID: CONTINUING TO EXPAND AID TO THE PACIFIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the establishment in 2002 of New Zealand's International Aid & Development Agency (NZAID) as a semi-autonomous agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),the GNZ has steadily increased its nominal overseas development assistance (ODA) to the Pacific region [...]	2007-05-04 06:14:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NV XV
07WELLINGTON351	NEW ZEALAND'S MONETARY POLICY AT ODDS WITH FISCAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 06:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON36	Scenesetter for A/S McMurray's visit to New Zealand: [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming commemoration of the 50th anniversary of U.S. - New Zealand cooperation in Antarctic provides a terrific opportunity to strengthen NZ public understanding of the depth and significance of US-NZ scientific cooperation, an often unrecognized strength in our bilateral [...]	2007-01-10 18:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON361	DEFENSE AND TRADE MINISTER PHIL GOFF'S TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's Minister for Defense and Trade Phil Goff sees his May 9-11 visit to Washington as a chance to build on the positive momentum created by PM Helen Clark's March visit (Ref A). On the Defense side, Goff will express hope that both countries can continue to identify j [...]	2007-05-08 03:57:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON365	NEW ZEALAND'S MONETARY POLICY AT ODDS WITH FISCAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 05:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON366	NZAID: CONTINUING TO EXPAND AID TO THE PACIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 05:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NV XV
07WELLINGTON367	NZ UPDATES ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING AND REFUGEE [...] (U) Ref A reported that Embassy Wellington had asked NZ officials whether New Zealand would participate in the signing of the Iraq Compact. On May 1, Darryl Dunn, Director of the Mideast Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told Pol-Econ Couns that PM Clark has approved New [...]	2007-05-09 05:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV UN IZ NZ
07WELLINGTON377	NEW ZEALAND'S INCREASED AID BUDGET WILL BENEFIT [...] Summary: Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced on May 14 a record increase of NZD 70 million (about USD 50 million) to New Zealand's overseas development assistance (ODA) for the 2007/2008 fiscal year. Over half of the 20 percent budget increase will go to the Pacific, particularly Melan [...]	2007-05-18 04:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NZ XV
07WELLINGTON386	NEW ZEALAND'S 2007 BUDGET NOT LIKELY TO PRODUCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 06:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON391	NEW ZEALAND ON WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL [...] (C) This message contains an action request, at para 5. 2. (C) Summary: Until today (May 24),the GNZ had intended to abstain on the OIE resolution that would require Taiwan to participate under the name Taiwan, China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) have now heard from t [...]	2007-05-24 06:01:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR AORG TW CH NZ
07WELLINGTON394	NZDF TO PROVIDE P-3 ORION TO PSI EXERCISE [...] (C) NZDF Director of International Defence Relations Wayne Higgins told Emboffs today that Chief of Defence Force Mataparae has approved an NZDF P-3 Orion's participation in a regional, Operations Expert Group (OEG)-led PSI exercise, to be held in Japan October 15-18. The decision was made fo [...]	2007-05-25 07:10:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON4	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MERCURY ISSUES AT 24TH [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 03:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EMIN ETRD PREL SENV NZ
07WELLINGTON400	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MAY 21 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his May 21 visit to Wellington, EAP/ANP Office Director C. Steven McGann and GNZ counterparts agreed to work towards firm messages on Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) reform, and other regional issues at October's PIF meetings in Tonga. They also exch [...]	2007-05-29 22:35:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR EAGR OVIP KCMR EWWT KTIA
07WELLINGTON419	PROPOSED MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On June 7, Acting PolEcon Counselor and Poloff delivered to Sonya Kamana, Deputy High Commissioner, Cook Islands High Commission the proposed maritime law enforcement agreement (Ref A). Kamana positively received the agreement, and said she will share it with appropriate officials in Ra [...]	2007-06-07 05:22:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ CW
07WELLINGTON435	DEMARCHE: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (C) ADCM and A/P-E Counselor delivered demarche points in Ref A and B on June 13 to Darryl Dunn, Director of Middle East and African Division at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Mr. Dunn expressed appreciation for the background and indicated he understood the import [...]	2007-06-13 23:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO NZ IR
07WELLINGTON436	DEMARCHE REGARDING SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 23:55:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ
07WELLINGTON442	GNZ ON NATO/ISAF REQUESTS [...] (C) Acting DCM and A/P-E couns delivered reftel request to Paul Ash, Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We conveyed Washington's appreciation for New Zealand's continued positive role in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Ash sa [...]	2007-06-15 01:53:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF NZ
07WELLINGTON452	NEW ZEALAND'S RESERVE BANK BALANCING ACT - TRYING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, in what was initially seen as a surprising move, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) begun to intervene for the first time in 20 years in the international currency markets in an attempt to stem the rapid appreciation of the Kiwi dollar. Many critics say the move [...]	2007-06-19 06:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON461	NEW ZEALAND - MINISTER ON POLITICS, ISLAM AND [...] (C) Summary. Up-and-coming Labour Party Minister David Cunliffe is confident about his party's reelection chances despite poor recent poll numbers. He is also confident about successfully dismantling New Zealand's telecommunications monopoly despite the challenges. Cunliffe is concerned abo [...]	2007-06-20 04:42:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECPS PINR KISL NZ AS
07WELLINGTON462	NEW ZEALAND - ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 04:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR NZ
07WELLINGTON464	NZ OPPOSITION LEADER JOHN KEY'S JUNE 26-9 TRIP TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: A disciplined and effective performer in Parliament, National Party Leader John Key has moved quickly since taking command late last year to signal that his party is a government-in-waiting. He has managed to unseat PM Helen Clark as preferred Prime Minister in NZ opinion pol [...]	2007-06-20 06:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON489	STATUS OF RECENT NEW ZEALAND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: New Zealand remains embroiled in a politically contentious battle over access to medicines and regulatory reform of its pharmaceutical industry. Recent legislation aimed at linking a proposed to create a joint Australia - New Zealand regulatory body (ANZTPA) along with stricter ma [...]	2007-07-05 06:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD KIPR PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON496	DEMARCHE FOR LEBANESE ARMED FORCES: TRANSFERRING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 05:49:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL

07WELLINGTON509	NEW ZEALAND'S MINISTER OF TRADE, PHIL GOFF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 05:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON51	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF ISLAMIC [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Post country team has discussed the likely domestic NZ response to a potential U.S. and UNSCR designation of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). We believe there would be little if any reaction to a designation. 2. (S/NF) Post is not a [...]	2007-01-12 04:52:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN
07WELLINGTON513	NEW ZEALAND - SUPPORT FOR AMBASSADOR SWING AS DG FOR IOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 05:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG NZ
07WELLINGTON526	LABOUR GOVERNMENT ABANDONS TRANS-TASMAN DRUG BILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 07:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ECPS ETRD KIPR PREL NZ AS
07WELLINGTON529	FINANCE MINISTER THREATENS TO OVERRULE RESERVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-22 19:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AS NZ
07WELLINGTON535	NEW ZEALAND - SEOUL CONFERENCE ON SOLIDARITY LEVIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 01:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL TBIO NZ
07WELLINGTON543	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE REQUEST: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 03:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC
07WELLINGTON550	NEW ZEALAND - TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-29 23:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER NZ
07WELLINGTON559	NEW ZEALAND - INVITATION DELIVERED TO NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 23:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP ENRG PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON560	NEW ZEALAND REACTION - CORRECTING UN REFERENCES TO [...] (C) Acting PolEcon Counselor Tom Walsh delivered demarche points (reftel) to Jo McLeod, Policy Officer in the North Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 2. 2. (C) The MFAT officials said that they have taken our recommendation under advisement but that they [...]	2007-08-05 20:03:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW AS NZ UN
07WELLINGTON572	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE REQUEST PART TWO: CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 01:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA
07WELLINGTON589	NEW ZEALAND - DUBAI BID FOR AUCKLAND AIRPORT RUNS [...] (C) A Dubai company's bid to purchase New Zealand's biggest airport has encountered strong public opposition to sale of "the family silver" to a foreign company. While anti-Arab sentiment plays some part, the real root of the opposition lies in the popular perception that the government botc [...]	2007-08-14 21:02:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAIR PREL NZ AE
07WELLINGTON599	NEW ZEALAND - TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 03:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER NZ
07WELLINGTON604	OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE RALLIES TROOPS, OFFERS [...] Summary (SBU) The opposition National Party, riding high in the polls, recently held its annual conference in Auckland from August 3 - 5. The party used the conference to portray itself as a government-in-waiting and to make its case against Labour. National spokesman made it clear National [...]	2007-08-19 19:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD NZ
07WELLINGTON612	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY TO ICAO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 23:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR AORC ICAO
07WELLINGTON613	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY TO ICAO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 23:25:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR AORC ICAO
07WELLINGTON614	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY TO ICAO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 23:25:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR AORC ICAO
07WELLINGTON63	ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 06:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ETTC PARM PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON646	YOUR VISIT AND EXPANDING US-NZ COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Since your last visit to New Zealand, we have seen an unprecedented improvement in dialogue and cooperation between the United States and New Zealand on a range of security and foreign policy objectives, culminating in the successful visit of New Zealand PM Clark [...]	2007-08-30 05:09:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL US NZ
07WELLINGTON657	TERROROISM FINANCE: Saudi Five Pre-notification [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-03 23:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER ETTC NZ
07WELLINGTON658	BGEN TOOLAN (OSD) VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary. Brigadier General John Toolan's visit marked the highest level OSD visit to New Zealand in years. The General met with the leadership of the New Zealand Defense Force and Ministry of Defense, including Chief of Defense Force (CDF) LTGEN Jerry Mateparae, Secretary of Defense Jo [...]	2007-09-04 23:03:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON68	EAP DAS DAVIES JANUARY 16-7 MEETINGS WITH GNZ [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials told visiting EAP DAS Glyn Davies that they hope that the possible visit of PM Helen Clark and other GNZ officials to Washington will further enhance the recently improved US-NZ relationship. Davies agreed but cautioned [...]	2007-01-23 03:52:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ ASEAN FJ BM
07WELLINGTON680	DISCUSSION WITH COOK ISLANDS DEPUTY PM ON MARITIME [...] (C) During a recent visit to Auckland, Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate, along with Associate Minister Junior Maoate (his son) and CEO Ratu Mato, met with the Ambassador and Auckland CG. Maoate explained that the Cooks are anxious to expand their thin economic base beyon [...]	2007-09-17 23:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT EMIN KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ SW
07WELLINGTON686	NEW ZEALAND: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETINGS [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Hill has cleared this message, which was drafted by ConGen Auckland and approved by Embassy Wellington. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Hill's New Zealand interlocutors emphasized the need to ensure that, as New Zealand approaches national e [...]	2007-09-19 04:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PARM KNNP NZ XV AF KN FJ TT
07WELLINGTON69	EAP DAS DAVIES MEETING WITH NZ FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: NZ Foreign Minister Peters met January 17 with EAP DAS Davies. Peters stressed that it is in New Zealand's interest to have a strong relationship with the United States. He also expressed appreciation for his meetings with the Secretary. Peters said he understands that New [...]	2007-01-23 04:02:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ASEAN NZ FJ BM
07WELLINGTON695	CLARK GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Helen Clark announced on September 20 her government's plan to significantly reduce New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. This comprehensive plan would establish an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) designed to impose prices to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Th [...]	2007-09-24 20:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PREL NZ KGHG
07WELLINGTON704	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S SEPTEMBER 12-13 MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Following the successful US-NZ Partnership Forum (reftel),ANP Director McGann visited Wellington on September 12-13 for discussions with MFAT and MOD officials covering a range of bilateral issues with an emphasis on the Pacific Islands. On Guam, McGann urged MFAT officials to [...]	2007-09-26 04:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NZ US
07WELLINGTON73	FOLLOW-UP: NZ PARTICIPATION IN ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 04:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KNNP PREL PARM AORC PTER OSCE ETTC ASEAN
07WELLINGTON742	NEW ZEALAND WILL PURSUE PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On October 10, P/E Counselor met with Carolyn McDonald, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Disarmament Division, Deputy Director Jillian Dempster, and Policy Officer Raylene Liufalani regarding the USG position on New Zealand's draft resolution on de-alerting of nucl [...]	2007-10-10 22:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL UNGA NZ
07WELLINGTON751	NEW ZEALAND'S PRIORITIES FOR UPCOMING PACIFIC [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Pacific Division views Fiji's return to democracy, the status of RAMSI in the Solomon Islands, and support for the Regional Integrated Framework (RIF) as the GNZ's key issues for discussion at the PIF. New Zealand worries that [...]	2007-10-11 19:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM NZ
07WELLINGTON757	NATIONAL'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY: NO [...] (SBU) Summary. The opposition National Party released its foreign policy discussion paper on October 2. National announced that the policy disputes (read: nuclear issues) of the last two decades are over, and that New Zealand needs a bipartisan approach to foreign affairs; the only differe [...]	2007-10-14 18:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON763	NATIONAL PARTY DEFENSE POLICY CONTINUES LABOUR [...] (SBU) Summary. National's recent "discussion paper" on foreign policy, trade, and defense, committed the party to continue the rebuilding of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) initiated by Labour PM Clark. National MP Wayne Mapp argued that it was Labour who began its term in 1999 by acce [...]	2007-10-16 18:46:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL NZ US
07WELLINGTON766	ACTION REQUEST - RESPONSE TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Darryl Dunn, Director of Middle East and African Affairs at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mr. Dunn said MFAT was formulating their response and was in the process of doing their internal research and seeking clearances. He said [...]	2007-10-18 04:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP NZ
07WELLINGTON769	NEXT ROUND OF NEW ZEALAND DEPLOYMENTS TO [...] (C) DCM recently discussed current mil-mil relations with New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MOD) CEO John McKinnon. McKinnon reported that MOD was preparing a submission to a select Cabinet committee on future deployments to Afghanistan after the current deployment cycle concludes in September [...]	2007-10-22 18:49:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL NZ AF US
07WELLINGTON773	CHINESE GROWING INVESTMENTS IN SAMOA [...] (SBU) Wellington based Econoff recently had a chance to serve as acting Charge' in Apia, Samoa, affording the opportunity to represent the U.S. and meet with representatives of the Samoan Government, the local business community and members of the Diplomatic Corps at a reception hosted by the [...]	2007-10-25 19:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ XV
07WELLINGTON774	BURMA DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO GNZ [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Counselor passed the information and suggestions outlined in reftel demarches to Bernadette Cavanagh, who recently began work as the Head of the Southeast Asia Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Cavanagh thanked the Embassy for the update on the latest [...]	2007-10-25 19:06:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM NZ BM
07WELLINGTON785	A/S HILL REVIEWS REGIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (S) Summary. During an October 19 stopover in Auckland, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill met MFAT Secretary Simon Murdoch to review regional and bilateral issues. They agreed that the Pacific Islands Forum had produced good results, holding the line on elections in Fiji and RAMSI in the Solomons. P [...]	2007-10-30 00:22:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	PHUM PREL KN NZ US
07WELLINGTON791	SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Counselor spoke with an Argentine Embassy official, who related that the Government of Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had discussed the issue of the red notices with the New Zealand Embassy in Buenos Aires. The Argentine Embassy in Wellin [...]	2007-11-02 04:21:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON806	NEW ZEALAND TO REMAIN TOUGH ON BURMA [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor met on November 5 with Bernadette Cavanaugh, the newly arrived head of the SouQast Asian office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to discuss Burma and next steps for the GNZ. Cavanagh related that her office has been working on a proposal for the gov [...]	2007-11-09 01:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEAN BM NZ
07WELLINGTON807	STATUS UPDATE OF NEW ZEALAND COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's 2007 Copyright Bill as amended by the Parliamentary Select Committee falls short of international standards set by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Internet Treaties and is out of step with the standards set in the domestic legislation of New [...]	2007-11-09 02:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON813	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS US PROPOSED ANTI-RAPE [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Counselor contacted MFAT on November 13 regarding New Zealand's stance on this USG-sponsored resolution, and to press for New Zealand co-sponsorship. The UN Division's Wendy Hinton said that New Zealand was supportive of the resolution, but was unsure why New Zealand was not [...]	2007-11-14 04:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON823	NEW ZEALAND AND CERD [...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/Econ Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) UN Division Director Wendy Hinton, regarding the demarche outlined in reftel. Pol/Econ Counselor provided Hinton with a copy of the diplomatic note suggested in reftel, as well as a copy of Am [...]	2007-11-20 05:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA NZ
07WELLINGTON847	FONTERRA - NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST COMPANY PLANS TO [...] Note: This is a joint Foreign Agricultural Service and State report. End note. 2. Summary. Fonterra Co-operative Ltd, New Zealand's largest company is beginning a two-year consultation with its farmer shareholders whether to approve a preferred capital restructuring option. If approve [...]	2007-12-07 05:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL NZ XV
07WELLINGTON866	NEW ZEALAND AND US MIL-TO-MIL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. During a December 4-5 visit to New Zealand, OSD New Zealand Director Jessica Powers and PACOM New Zealand Desk Officer Rick Bairett reviewed US-NZ military cooperation, discussed the implementation of a new notification policy covering eight areas of mil-to-mil engagement, and [...]	2007-12-19 00:29:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NZ
07YAOUNDE1036	CAMEROON: "BIYA WILL SOON MAKE DECISIVE CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary. Flush with an overwhelming parliamentary majority, President Biya will move quickly and decisively to prove he is serious about rooting out corruption and improving governance, predicted Gregoire Owona in an August 13 lunch with Charge and Poloff. Owona, a senior official at t [...]	2007-08-17 07:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE1044	TRADITIONAL LEADERS SEEK EMBASSY PROTECTION WHEN [...] (U) Summary. Nineteen men from the community of Sabga in Cameroon's Northwest Province gathered outside of the Embassy compound at the opening of business on August 21 claiming fear of arrest, violence, and deadly force in retaliation for their opposition to an effort to install a governmen [...]	2007-08-21 12:33:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL CM
07YAOUNDE1049	CAMEROON: POST DEMARCHES GOVERNMENT, TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary. Leaders and community members from Sabga (reftel) spent the night August 21 outside the Embassy gates, claiming fear of harassment and arrest if they left. In an August 22 demarche to the Political Director at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MIN [...]	2007-08-22 12:09:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE106	CAMEROON: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS [...] (U) Poloff met with Felix-fils Eboa Ebongue of Foreign Ministry (MINREX) on January 17 to discuss points outlined in reftel. Ebongue said he would convey the U.S. concerns to the Ministry. He pointed out that NGOs receive protection under the new penal code, which was promulgated January 1. [...]	2007-01-25 12:38:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM KDEM PHUM PREL
07YAOUNDE1061	CAMEROON: POST CONTINUES TO LOBBY GRC, SABGA MEN [...] (U) Summary. Charge and Mission staff have continued to raise the Sabga issue (reftels) with contacts in the GRC, but there has been no formal response. The group of men is still camped in front of the Embassy compound. The President of the leading national Mbororo organization called Polo [...]	2007-08-24 14:00:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1080	CAMEROON: SABGA MEN STILL CAMPED AT EMBASSY, HOPE [...] (U) The delegation of men from Sabga have maintained their presence outside the Embassy since August 20. Although their numbers fluctuate as they receive visitors and members of the community bring them food and water, a core group of around 12 is always present and their total number fluctu [...]	2007-08-30 12:50:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1088	CAMEROON: SABGA MEN LEAVE EMBASSY WITH PM'S [...] (SBU) Sabga community members camped outside the Embassy for eleven days departed without incident in the early evening on August 31. Earlier in the day, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni called Charge to advise that he had met with representatives of the group and that they would be r [...]	2007-09-01 12:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1090	CAMEROON PRIME MINISTER SEEKS USG INPUT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni asked Charge on September 4 to share the list of personnel suggestions that then-Ambassador Marquardt provided during his July 6 farewell call on President Biya (ref B). Inoni said Biya wanted to consult the list before making final decisions for u [...]	2007-09-04 13:04:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR CM
07YAOUNDE1097	UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC DISSENT IN CAMEROON'S RULING [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding image of President Paul Biya's ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) as a disciplined monolith was shaken when veteran CPDM official and National Assembly representative Adama Modi publicly opposed the CPDM's candidate during August 31 elections [...]	2007-09-05 12:36:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1109	CAMEROON: BOLD STROKE FOR COMPETENCE, [...] (C) Summary. President Biya on September 7 ordered a major cabinet reshuffle, dismissing 14 ministers -- including a number of the most notoriously corrupt and inept -- and refashioning two ministries to create a Ministry of Finance and a Ministry of Economy, Planning and Rural Development. [...]	2007-09-10 13:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1140	BIYA LAYS OUT VISION FOR CAMEROON'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare publicized meeting with his cabinet, President Paul Biya on September 12 ordered his new government to focus on achieving more robust economic growth, progress on social issues like health and education, and better governance, including increased efforts against ant [...]	2007-09-18 10:48:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KMCC PREL PINR ECON ETRD EINV CM
07YAOUNDE1143	CAMEROON: PM SALUTES "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Garvey, in her initial call on Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni on September 18, told the PM that the U.S. would continue to be "open, honest and supportive" of Cameroon and would maintain its focus on strengthening democratic processes, fostering economic growth, and [...]	2007-09-18 16:22:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMCA PHUM PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1159	CAMEROON TO ANNOUNCE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF [...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) has informed post that it will announce at the upcoming UNGA its plan to create an International School of Security Forces in Cameroon (with French support),focused on training police and gendarmes for peacekeeping operations in Africa. Cameroon is seeki [...]	2007-09-21 09:44:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CM MASS PGOV PREL
07YAOUNDE1160	CAMEROON JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Justice Amadou Ali welcomed Ambassador Garvey in a September 20 courtesy call and said that continued cooperation on anti-corruption was the most important way for the USG to help Cameroon's development efforts. Ali also invited [...]	2007-09-21 10:11:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1178	CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 25 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Secretary General to the President (and close Biya confidant) Laurent Esso described Cameroon's "sincere and deep" friendship with the United States and highlighted some of the country's historical challenges. While conceding [...]	2007-09-27 06:50:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM PGOV PREL KMCC
07YAOUNDE1196	CAMEROON INTERESTED IN JOINING THE COALITION [...] (U) In a September 11 letter, Minister of Forestry and Wildlife Elvis Ngolle Ngolle responded to A/S McMurray's invitation (ref A) asking Cameroon to join the Coalition against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT). The letter declared the Ministry's interest in participating in CAWT, stating that CAW [...]	2007-10-03 13:31:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL CM
07YAOUNDE1208	CAMEROON'S RE-RUN ELECTIONS: PREP IMPROVES, MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, Cameroon held re-run elections for 17 parliamentary seats following a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the July 22 election results for these seats because of gross irregularities. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) did predictably we [...]	2007-10-05 08:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMCA EAID CM
07YAOUNDE1211	CAMEROON: TOURS D'HORIZON WITH PM AND INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Hamidou Yaya Marafa acknowledged failings in Cameroon's electoral process (but thought ELECAM was not a good fix),described serious security concerns on the border with [...]	2007-10-05 15:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PREL ASEC ECON KMCC
07YAOUNDE1234	CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: RECENT [...] (C) Summary and action request. The Ambassador's recent meetings with Cameroon Vice PM/Minister of Justice Amadou Ali and Canadian High Commissioner Jean Pierre LaVoie provided new information relevant to USG participation in Government of Cameroon (GRC) anti-corruption investigations (ref [...]	2007-10-15 13:06:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1235	CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: WHO IS DOOH [...] (C) Summary. Francis Dooh Collins is Justice Minister Ali's chosen interlocutor with foreign governments regarding the anti-corruption investigation Ali is spearheading (reftels). Although some of Dooh Collins' outlandish claims have given us reason to doubt his credibility, he has succeed [...]	2007-10-15 13:08:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1236	CORRUPTION: CAMEROON SUBMITS MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Minister for Justice has signed a mutual legal assistance (MLA) request asking the USG to provide information from USG records and American institutions relevant to corrupt acts committed by Cameroonian officials. We anticipate that USG officials will identify a num [...]	2007-10-15 13:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1257	TRADITIONAL MUSLIM LEADER SALUTES PEACE CORPS, US POLICY [...] (U) Summary: The image of the USG among Muslims in the Mokolo Division of Cameroon's Extreme North Province is largely positive, thanks to the work of Peace Corps volunteers, US Embassy outspokenness on democracy and anti-corruption, and small-grant development efforts, according to Yacouba [...]	2007-10-22 08:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAO PREL EAID CM
07YAOUNDE1271	SARKOZY-BIYA SUMMIT: A FRENCH VIEW FROM CAMEROON [...] (C) Summary. Less than one week after returning from UNGA and a protracted stay in Geneva, President Paul Biya left October 22 for Paris, where he will attend UNESCO's general conference and meet on October 26 with French President Sarkozy for the first bilateral meeting between the two pre [...]	2007-10-24 15:13:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV KCRO KPKO CM FR
07YAOUNDE1306	ARGENTINA'S REQUEST RELATED TO AMIA BOMBING: [...] (S) Poloff met with Cameroon's head of Interpol, Marie Ndombol, on November 1 to deliver reftel demarche on Argentina's request to have the November 5 Interpol General Assembly uphold the executive committee's decision to issue red flag notices against Iranian officials charged in the 1994 A [...]	2007-11-02 08:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CM
07YAOUNDE1308	CAMEROON: BIYA STILL AN ENIGMA AFTER 25 YEARS [...] (C) Summary: Nationwide events on November 6 will fete the anniversary of Cameroonian President Paul Biya's 25 years in office. Biya survived over two decades filled with political turmoil and economic crisis. While preserving unity and a measure of stability, he has performed poorly in g [...]	2007-11-02 13:41:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PREL PINR ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM TBIO
07YAOUNDE1315	CAMEROON: COUP JITTERS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, the Dutch and British Chiefs of Mission said they would report to their capitals the allegations of a coup attempt or staged coup attempt in Cameroon. The source of this information is of questionable reliability and coup rumors ar [...]	2007-11-06 06:21:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM KCOR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL
07YAOUNDE1342	CAMEROON: PM ON INVESTMENT, PRIVATIZATION, AFRICOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Cameroon Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni said CAMAIR was being retendered, while the privatization of CAMTEL was pending due to changes in the tender documents. He hoped to streamline a multitude of investment promotion initiatives a [...]	2007-11-08 16:34:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM EAIR ECON MASS PREL PINR
07YAOUNDE1355	CAMEROON REACTS TO ATTACK ALONG NIGERIAN BORDER [...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) issued a November 13 statement in response to the November 12 attack that, at last count, killed 21 and injured 10 Cameroonian soldiers at a military post on the Bakassi Peninsula in the riverine border with Nigeria. The statement (full text below) deplor [...]	2007-11-14 15:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CM
07YAOUNDE1391	CAMEROON: GOVT PRACTICES ON INFO COLLECTION, SCREENING AND [...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on the Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Immigration Data Base ------------------------- 2. (C) The GRC does not have a computerized database system that tracks entry and [...]	2007-11-26 06:24:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR CM
07YAOUNDE1441	CAMEROON: VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a November 27 courtesy call by the Ambassador, President of the Cameroon National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril offered little vision for parliament and revealed suspicions regarding the benefits of free trade. As the President of the National Assembly, Djibril is first in li [...]	2007-12-07 09:12:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1447	CAMEROON: VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 27 courtesy call by the Ambassador, President of the Cameroon National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril offered little vision for parliament and revealed suspicions regarding the benefits of free trade. As the President of the National Assembly, Djibril is first in lin [...]	2007-12-11 10:53:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1478	CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...]	2007-12-19 08:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
07YAOUNDE1479	CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...]	2007-12-19 08:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
07YAOUNDE1496	UN OFFICIAL SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Africa Division, UN Department of Political Affairs, Sammy Kum Buo (of Cameroonian origin),recently encouraged Ambassador to help convince A/S Jendayi Frazer and former UNSG Kofi Annan to engage President Biya about the need to plan for succession when his [...]	2007-12-27 12:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PREL
07YAOUNDE1497	CAMEROON'S JUSTICE MINISTER ON CORRUPTION LEGAL [...] (C) Ambassador joined the Canadian and Dutch COMs on December 18 for a joint meeting with Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister/Minister for Justice Amadou Ali focused on the GRC's request for legal assistance (ref b) in pursuing overseas bank accounts of Cameroonians tied to corruption. Explainin [...]	2007-12-27 12:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV PREL CM
07YAOUNDE179	CAMEROON'S DIPLOMATS: IN THE COUNTRY'S DISSERVICE, [...] (C) The recent death of Cameroon's long-serving Ambassador to the E.U. resparked recurring public and media commentary on Cameroon's dramatically stagnant diplomatic corps. More than a dozen Cameroonian ambassadors have occupied their positions for more than 10 years, several have been in p [...]	2007-02-13 11:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM CVIS KCOR KFRD PINR PREL NI
07YAOUNDE32	CAMEROON: PRESIDENT BIYA'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (U) President Biya delivered his New Year's message to the diplomatic corps January 4, which largely echoed his New Year's address to the nation (septel). In his 20 minute remarks he named the June 12 Greentree Agreement on Bakassi and reaching the HIPC Completion Point in April as Cameroon' [...]	2007-01-08 15:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON CM NI TBIO SENV
07YAOUNDE382	IMF/WORLD BANK MISSION GIVES CAMEROON HALF-HEARTED [...] (C) Summary. IMF Mission Chief Dan Ghura said publicly on March 15 that Cameroon's performance is "globally" on track, but the IMF's bland public pronouncements obscure some shortcomings in Cameroon's financial governance. Most troubling was the relapse in 2006 of extra-budgetary spending [...]	2007-03-27 10:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KCOR ECPS CM EPET
07YAOUNDE442	CAMEROON GETS CORRUPTION WATCHDOG, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary. One year after establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC),President Biya on March 15 nominated a slate largely consisting of ruling CPDM party apparatchiks to CONAC's Coordination Committee. It will be headed by Paul Tessa, a longtime Presidency confidante. [...]	2007-04-09 13:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ECON PREL CM
07YAOUNDE445	CAMEROON: BIYA ON ELECTIONS AND WAR AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: President Biya claims he is still hard at work against corruption, and that he will fire and arrest some of his most corrupt ministers (and his incompetent transport minister) before election day. Finding lieutenants who are both clean and competent seems to be a huge challeng [...]	2007-04-09 16:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PREL PGOV KCOR PINR
07YAOUNDE446	CAMEROON'S RULING PARTY SHUFFLED; DIFFERENT SUITS, [...] (C) President Paul Biya's April 4 shuffle of CPDM Party leadership amounted to internal housekeeping triggered by the need to replace an ailing senior leader and to shore up CPDM support among some constituencies in the run-up to legislative and municipal elections later this year. Changes [...]	2007-04-10 06:32:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KCOR CM PINR
07YAOUNDE497	NOBLE ENERGY BRIEFS BIYA ON EXPLORATION PLANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya on April 18 told Charles Davidson, the visiting president and CEO of U.S. energy exploration company Noble Energy, that he welcomed U.S. investment in Cameroon in all sectors. Biya committed his government's full support to Noble and all other U.S. investor [...]	2007-04-18 16:21:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL CM EK
07YAOUNDE61	CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary: On January 17, the Ambassador and Finance Minister Abah Abah discussed Cameroon's revised, updated action plan to qualify for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) and the ongoing anti-corruption and good governance efforts of the government of Cameroon (GRC). The Minister sa [...]	2007-01-17 16:14:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA CM
07YAOUNDE62	CAMEROON: SIGNATURE OF BILATERAL DEBT FORGIVENESS [...] (U) On January 17, the Ambassador and Minister of Economy and Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah signed an agreement forgiving Cameroon's official bilateral debt to the United States. The debt forgiveness stems from Cameroon's attainment of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative Com [...]	2007-01-17 16:20:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CM
07YAOUNDE667	KENYA AIR CRASH PUTS CAMEROON'S GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary. The May 5 crash of Kenya Airways flight 507 (reftels) brought to stark relief some of the worst characteristics of governance in Cameroon. Although the event would have challenged even a capable government, Cameroon's response was hampered by many of the same factors that impe [...]	2007-05-29 11:19:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR EAIR PREL CM PGOV
07YAOUNDE689	CAMEROON SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO WORLD [...] (U) In a May 22 diplomatic note, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) announced the candidacy of Mr. Antoine Marie Manga Massina for the post of Director of Tariff and Trade Affairs at the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and requested USG support for his candidacy. This mess [...]	2007-06-01 11:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CM
07YAOUNDE731	CAMEROON: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT RELIEF HAVE [...] (C) Summary. Seven years after the beginning of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief process, the hundreds of millions of dollars specifically allocated for pro-poor development projects have had "no impact" according to the Cameroonian official charged with piloting the p [...]	2007-06-07 08:24:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV EAID CM
07YAOUNDE732	CAMEROON: USG SHOULD AVOID ASSOCIATION WITH [...] (C) We believe that fundamental USG interests are undermined when USG officials -- and those of other groups of which we are members -- associate publicly with Polycarpe Abah Abah, Cameroon's current Minister of Economy and Finance and undisputed paragon of corruption. Abah Abah is a master [...]	2007-06-07 08:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR EFIN PREL CM PINR
07YAOUNDE741	WHILE NOT PRETTY, CAMEROON'S ELECTION PREP IS [...] (C) With less than fifty days before voters go to the polls on July 22, the Government of Cameroon's handling of critical elements of the pre-election period has been marred with procedural irregularities. Some observers are questioning the government's commitment to democratic reform, poin [...]	2007-06-08 10:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM CM
07YAOUNDE766	2007 TIP REPORT: CAMEROON DEMARCHE [...] (U) Embassy delivered the advance copy of the Country Narrative for Cameroon to Joe Nzume, Head of the Americas Division at the foreign ministry (MINREX) on June 12 by fax. 2. (U) In addition, DCM addressed government leaders at an event jointly sponsored by the government of Cameroon and [...]	2007-06-15 07:45:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
07YAOUNDE902	CAMEROON ELECTIONS ON JULY 22; NUTS, BOLTS, AND [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonians will go to the polls on Sunday, July 22 to elect their representatives to the National Assembly (Parliament) and to municipal councils nationwide (reftels). Post will field 11 observer teams across all ten provinces, many working in coordination with other diploma [...]	2007-07-19 13:22:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR KMCC PREL CM
07YAOUNDE904	CAMEROON ELECTIONS: THE NEXUS BETWEEN CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. High-level corruption is intrinsic to democratic politics in Cameroon. With Cameroonians going to the polls on July 22, critical USG interests in improving governance and democratic processes are affected by the nexus between grand corruption and the financing of political part [...]	2007-07-20 16:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE910	CAMEROON ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTING AT FIRST BLUSH [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon on July 22 held dual legislative and municipal elections; initial, anecdotal reports indicate that President Biya's ruling party will hold onto its strong majority in the National Assembly and in municipal councils throughout much of the country. Though it is too early [...]	2007-07-23 13:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE927	CAMEROON/DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires (CDA) a.i. delivered reftel demarche to Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) Martin Mpana during a July 24 meeting. Mpana recalled that Cameroon had updated the terrorism-related provisions of domestic law after the September 11th attacks and [...]	2007-07-26 13:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CM
07YAOUNDE929	CAMEROON: ELECTION "TRENDS" SHOW A MASSIVE RULING [...] (U) Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD),Hamidou Yaya Marafa, announced unofficial "trends" for the July 22 legislative and municipal elections the day after the voting. Marafa shared the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) official assessment that the [...]	2007-07-26 16:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE951	CAMEROON ELECTIONS: SHINE COMES OFF RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Less than two weeks after the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party claimed crushing victories in July 22 parliamentary and legislative elections, a strengthening chorus of complaints from opposition and civil society groups and even discord within the CPDM [...]	2007-08-02 06:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM

07YAOUNDE993	CAMEROON ELECTIONS AREN'T OVER UNTIL THE SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary. More than two weeks after the July 22 parliamentary and municipal polls, the official ballot count is complete. The results will not be released, however, until the Supreme Court has rendered decisions on 103 complaints filed by various political parties. Many observers spe [...]	2007-08-07 11:56:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR EAID CM

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