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05KUWAIT4325	MEPI-FUNDED REGIONAL CAMPAIGN SCHOOL BRINGS ARAB [...] (U) Summary. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held in Kuwait from September 25 - 28, the fourth regional campaign school funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). "Partners in Participation" attracted women activists from 14 countries in the Middle East and North Afri [...]	2005-10-05 09:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL PINR KU XF WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS MEPI

05KUWAIT4425	AMBASSADOR PROVIDES GOK WITH STEPS TO IMPROVE TIP [...] (C) As a follow-up to an October 1 meeting during which Ambassador committed to providing examples of actions taken by Qatar and the UAE to permit their reclassification to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 2 Watch List (reftel),Ambassador presented a letter outlining these steps to Forei [...]	2005-10-15 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU TIP
05KUWAIT4451	SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking the mosque's spotlights, pelting worshippers with stones, and chanting anti-Shi'a slogans, including: "Death to infidel Shi'a, agents of America." No one was rep [...]	2005-10-17 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI
05KUWAIT4477	ROBOT CAMEL JOCKEYS DEBUT IN KUWAIT [...] The Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) invited PolOff to attend the debut of robot camel jockeys in Kuwait during trial races October 12. Shaykh Fahad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, PAYS Chairman, and MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaie, Chair of the National Assembly's Human Rights Defense Committee, inaugu [...]	2005-10-18 09:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KU
05KUWAIT4590	GOK GRANTS MELKITE CATHOLICS LAND FOR NEW CHURCH; [...] Summary: Long-time church ally Shaykha Fareeha announced the GOK's decision to grant 6,500 square meters to the Greek Catholics (Melkites) for the construction of a new church. They currently worship in a rented home whose owner just raised the rent 21%. According to Father Boutros Gharib, rec [...]	2005-10-25 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KIRF KU
05KUWAIT4640	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-30 13:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PK KU
05KUWAIT4681	FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED [...] Local press reports that former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi has had his acquittal overturned and has been sentenced to five years in prison. The MFA office which tracks returning detainees confirmed that Nasser Al-Mutairi was sentenced to five years in prison, adding the sentence w [...]	2005-11-02 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4684	APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) As reported in ref B, Ambassador met with Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi on November 1 to commend the GOK for its $100M pledge and to urge increased GOK assistance to earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan. Without offering specifics, Al-Humaidhi said that the initial $100M package w [...]	2005-11-02 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREL KU
05KUWAIT4718	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005: QUOTE FROM KUWAIT ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PGOV ODIP APER KU
05KUWAIT4719	DRAFT U.S. STATEMENT FOR 28th MEETING OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (U) Action request: The Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing will meet in Kuwait on November 15, 2005. Post requests Department approval of the below statement to be delivered by the Ambassador. Post would appreciate app [...]	2005-11-08 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MARR PGOV ICRC KU
05KUWAIT4729	PRIME MINISTER HOSTS FIRST OFFICIAL RAMADAN DINNER [...] (U) On October 31 Prime Minster Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hosted a 'Ghabqa' traditional Ramadan late night dinner for a group of Kuwaiti women, marking the first time an official dinner has been held for women by the Prime Minister. The Ghabqa was held at the Prime Minister's [...]	2005-11-09 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN KU
05KUWAIT4740	FREEDOM AGENDA: PLANNING MINISTER ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary. Planning Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak told the Ambassador during a November 12 meeting that reduction of the number of electoral districts was a GOK priority and would pave the way for additional political reforms, and facilitate the participation of women in the 2007 nationa [...]	2005-11-13 07:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT4742	INTERIOR AND PLANNING MINISTERS CONFIRM GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings on November 12, the Ambassador pressed Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah and Planning Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak to step up GOK efforts to combat human trafficking and improve the working conditions of Kuwait's large expatriate work force. [...]	2005-11-13 08:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KCRM KU
05KUWAIT4746	GOK TO ATTEND NOVEMBER 19 ISLAMABAD CONFERENCE BUT [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. According to MFA and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) officials, the GOK is unlikely to make any additional pledges at the November 19 Islamabad conference. However, a GOK delegation, including KFAED's Director of Operations, will attend the conference. [...]	2005-11-13 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PK KU
05KUWAIT4784	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KUWAITIS ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 09:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IR KU
05KUWAIT4791	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Econoffs delivered ref A demarche points to Abdulkareem Al-Mutawa, the Regional Manager for South Asia at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). Al-Mutawa acknowledged the importance of expediting GOK assistance to earthquake victims and confirmed KFAED p [...]	2005-11-16 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM SENV PAK KU
05KUWAIT4792	PUBLIC PROSECUTION QUESTIONS RULING FAMILY MEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The Public Prosecution Office questioned Shaykh Mishal Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, former Assistant Undersecretary for State Security Affairs, on November 8 about his public criticism of the GOK during a September interview conducted by Mohammed Al-Jassem on his program "Al-Majlis," whic [...]	2005-11-16 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KU SUCCESSION
05KUWAIT4795	MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, HUMAN [...] Kuwaiti Arabic-language press responded unfavorably to the November 9 roundtable discussion the Ambassador held on the topic of trafficking in persons, with the exception of one Kuwait University political science professor, who thanked the Ambassador in Al-Seyassah. Al-Rai Al-Aam dedicated a [...]	2005-11-17 08:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT4813	28TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: 28 [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait hosted on November 15, the 28th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing. The session closed 28 cases (26 Kuwaitis, two Saudis, and one Iraqi),continued the mandate of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) for one year, and selected November 15, 2006 [...]	2005-11-19 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR AORC ICRC KU IZ SA
05KUWAIT4831	KUWAITI WRITER AND ARTIST SAYS PM'S OCTOBER 31 [...] (C) During a November 20 discussion at her co-ed diwaniya, Kuwaiti writer, artist, and democracy advocate Thuraya Al-Baqsami, told PolChief that although she was thrilled to have been invited to the Prime Minister's Ramadan dinner for women, she believes the event was a publicity ploy to por [...]	2005-11-21 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT4884	KUWAITI AUTHORITIES CRACK DOWN ON "DOOR-TO-DOOR [...] Local Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reported November 22 that five extremist preachers -- three Egyptians and two Indonesians -- were arrested November 21 "for spreading the doctrine of the terror group al-Qaeda among the inhabitants of a Kuwaiti city." The paper reported that they went from door- [...]	2005-11-26 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL SOCI KU
05KUWAIT4901	AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-27 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU
05KUWAIT4905	IRAQI PLANNING MINISTER TELLS KUWAIT ITG IS READY [...] (C) Summary: During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that the November 26 visit of Iraqi Planning Minister Barham Saleh to Kuwait resulted in a step forward on Kuwaiti-funded reconstruction projects in Iraq. The ITG su [...]	2005-11-28 09:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM ENIV IZ KU
05KUWAIT4914	MINISTER AL-HAJJI DISCUSSES COMBATTING TIP, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji briefed Ambassador November 28 on GOK discussions to establish a shelter for domestic workers as part of efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). He highlighted other GOK measures including proposed revisions to the curren [...]	2005-11-28 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM ELAB PTER KU
05KUWAIT4963	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: NO SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES IN KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ODIP KPAO APER KU
05KUWAIT4999	AL-WATAN NEWSPAPER SLAMMED FOR PUBLISHING LIBELOUS [...] The Kuwait Criminal Court issued December 3 a verdict sentencing Islamist Kuwaiti writer Ahmad Al-Kose and Editor- in-Chief of the Arabic Daily "Al-Watan," Shaykh Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, to suspended two-month jail terms and fined each 50 KD ($170) for publishing a libelous article a [...]	2005-12-05 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU
05KUWAIT5064	NEA DAS GRAY URGES GOK ACTION ON TIP/LABOR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on December 6 with National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji, NEA DAS Gordon Gray reiterated U.S. concerns about Kuwait's trafficking in persons (TIP) and domestic labor problems, and urged GOK action [...]	2005-12-10 07:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM KU
05KUWAIT5069	FREEDOM AGENDA: USING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] PolChief participated December 10 in a program organized by the American Universal School in celebration of International Human Rights Day. Addressing an audience of approximately 100 students aged 15-16, and drawing from reftel, she emphasized the U.S. commitment to promoting and safeguardi [...]	2005-12-10 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL KIRF KDEM KPAO PINR KU
05KUWAIT5070	KUWAIT REQUESTS FILES ON RELEASED GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Coordination and Follow-Up Department called poloff December 10 to request that the U.S. military files of the five Guantanamo detainees released November 4 be passed [...]	2005-12-10 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM OPDC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5074	KUWAIT WITHDRAWS RESERVATION REGARDING UN [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-11 07:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL KDEM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT5083	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a December 7 meeting, Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed told the Ambassador that he was very pleased by the progress of the revised press law and he believes it has a very good chance of being approved by the National Assembly in the near future. Al-Rasheed said that P [...]	2005-12-12 03:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS KDEM KPAO KU KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
05KUWAIT5100	APOSTOLIC NUNCIO RAISES VATICAN CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Ambassador, DCM, and PolOff met with Mounged El-Hachem, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Yemen, on December 10. El-Hachem praised Kuwait's general atmosphere of religious tolerance but said two concrete issues would receive a great deal of his focus. 2. (SBU) First [...]	2005-12-12 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI PREL PINR VT KU
05KUWAIT5113	MEDIA REACTION: GWOT SECRET PRISONS [...] One Kuwaiti Arabic-language newspaper reported allegations of the existence of CIA detention facilities on European soil. End summary. ------------------ Selected Headlines ------------------ 2. Saturday, December 10, 2005 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 33, "Did Romania get paid for the American [...]	2005-12-14 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT5122	CRIMINAL COURT AMENDS LIBEL VERDICT AGAINST AL- [...] On December 10, the Kuwaiti Criminal Court amended its December 3 sentence of Islamist columnist Ahmad Al-Kose and Shaykh Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, editor-in-chief of the Arabic daily Al-Watan; the two men were convicted for publishing a libelous editorial against liberal political sci [...]	2005-12-14 09:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU
05KUWAIT5135	FREEDOM AGENDA: AMBASSADOR URGES WORDS TO MATCH [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador December 14 that Kuwait had a strong record of encouraging religious tolerance and did not need to respond to calls by extremists to limit the construction of places of worship other than mosques. The Ambassador agreed the GOK [...]	2005-12-14 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT5183	LEGISLATION PASSED AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING ALL [...] Following the May 16 decision to grant women full political rights, the National Assembly on December 13 approved a temporary amendment to the 1962 election law to facilitate the first-time registration of female voters in Kuwait. The amendment requires, for this registration period only, th [...]	2005-12-18 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT5190	PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE PLANNING MARCH [...] (SBU) MP and head of Parliament's Human Rights Committee Ali Al-Rashed announced December 10, International Human Rights Day, that he intended to organize a March conference, to coincide with International Women's Day, on human rights with a specific focus on women's issues. During a December [...]	2005-12-19 12:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PINR KU
05KUWAIT5210	SHUNNED KUWAITI EDITOR FEARS FOR SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Mohammed Abdul Qader Al-Jassem, Al Hurra talk show host and the liberal former editor-in-chief of the Arabic daily Al-Watan, complained to Emboffs of receiving threats after posting a scathing article on his website on December 10 criticizing Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahm [...]	2005-12-20 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KU
05KUWAIT5270	PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT IN: 30 CONVICTIONS [...] (U) In a verdict announced December 27, 30 of the 37 Peninsula Lions defendants were convicted of murder, attempted assassinations and other terror related crimes. The decision was first read to the defense lawyers in a closed court session, followed by an announcement to court observers out [...]	2005-12-27 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5283	KUWAIT HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROLE OF [...] Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad opened on December 26 "The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon." The two-day conference brought together representatives from 27 [...]	2005-12-28 09:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5286	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: The New Press Law [...] Summary: The Kuwaiti press was vigorous in its coverage of the new press law which was seen as groundbreaking. The daily Arabic-language newspapers provided readers with some of the modifications proposed by the special panel formed to study the law and also changes that have been made to the [...]	2005-12-28 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KU
05KUWAIT5299	HOC CHIEF / UNOFFICIAL KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Lt General Ali Hassan Al-Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff, current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) and the GOK's unannounced choice for Ambassador to Iraq (reftel),told the DCM during a December 28 meeting that Kuwait will not "make the first move" [...]	2005-12-31 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR MOPS PHUM IZ KU
05KUWAIT539	FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...]	2005-02-07 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU
05KUWAIT594	C/T UPDATE: PM SAYS ERA OF SOFTNESS OVER, TERROR [...] Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed told newspaper editors February 7 that the "era of softness" was over and the GOK would begin demolishing unlicensed mosques which the GOK partially blamed for the spread of radical ideology. The comments came during a meeting the PM called with e [...]	2005-02-09 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM KPAO KU
05KUWAIT766	SECURITY TIGHT AS SHI'A CELEBRATE ASHOURA [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti and expatriate Shiites celebrated Ashoura on the evenings of February 18 and 19 under heavy police protection after militants seized in the GOK's month-long offensive against extremism reportedly revealed they had planned to attack Shiite celebrations. Kuwait's estimated [...]	2005-02-21 10:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM KU
05KUWAIT768	"SYRIAL KILLERS:" MARCHERS IN KUWAIT PROTEST [...] A crowd of 100-200 peaceful protesters chanted anti-Syrian slogans, waved Lebanese flags and carried pictures of the late Rafiq Hariri near the Embassy of Lebanon in Kuwait on February 21, coinciding with a protest through the streets of downtown Beirut. This was the second such rally in Kuwait [...]	2005-02-21 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KU LE PDEM
05KUWAIT797	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MARCH 3-4, 2005 [...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Madame Secretary. You will meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. We are also making arrangements for you to sign the condolence book at the headquarters of the National Comm [...]	2005-02-22 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN EAID MARR KU
05LAGOS1128	NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR EMBASSY SMALL [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. After supplying project descriptions to the Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) per reftel, Mission's Small Project Funds Committee received a proposal from an NGO in Edo State. Because Edo State is widely considered the country's highest volume t [...]	2005-07-14 11:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NI
05LAGOS1204	NIGERIAN COURT DELIVERS SECOND CONVICTIONS UNDER [...] Summary. The GON has convicted two individuals involved in a trafficking in persons ring in Kano state, northern Nigeria. Nigeria's National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) expects at least one more conviction by year's end. Officials involved in the fight again [...]	2005-07-29 07:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
05LAGOS1293	NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A political insider asserts that President Obasanjo (OBJ) will not only play a decisive role in determining Nigeria's next president and vice president, but that he has not relinquished the notion of an extended term. Political candidates beware -- even when OBJ dons his kingmak [...]	2005-08-17 13:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI
05LAGOS1356	2005 WORKER RIGHTS TRAINING SEMINARS: [...] Per action request in ref B, para 5, Post submits the following nominee for participation in the 2005 Worker Rights Training Seminar in Cairo from September 21-22. 2. Suggested Participant's Name and Title: Eshel William Murad, Political/Economic Officer Name of Supervisor: Shannon Ro [...]	2005-08-30 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM NI
05LAGOS1361	NIGERIA: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] As per ref B, para 5, Post met with Ministry of Labor, ILO, UNICEF, law enforcement and immigration, as well as NGO representatives to update the mandatory child labor report. The following paragraphs are updates keyed to the topics listed in ref B, para 7. Post has provided a separate respons [...]	2005-08-31 11:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NI
05LAGOS1390	NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST STATES TARGET CLINICS INVOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to information passed by Post's fraud prevention unit (FPU),police authorities in four of the five South-East zone states have raided clinics involved in trafficking infants. Clinic staff were paying less than 200 dollars to young, indigent pregnant women in exc [...]	2005-09-06 15:38:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG NI
05LAGOS1401	SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE MAY TO AUG [...] (U) This is a roundup of various recent incidents representative of the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized according to the sections of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or they are updates of previousl [...]	2005-09-08 11:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KIRF NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS1573	NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. The Southern Nigerian political scene remains volatile. Three demonstrations in Nigeria in recent weeks have resulted in between four and ten deaths. Another deputy governor has been impeached; the governor of Abia State is embroiled in a bitter political battle with the Presi [...]	2005-10-12 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI
05LAGOS1891	TIP: TIER 2 ACTION PLAN FOR NIGERIA DELIVERED [...] In response to action request (reftel),Post explained to GON areas of specific concern to Nigeria from the 2005 TIP report, why GON efforts did not meet minimum standards, and how to improve results in the future. On November 18, G/TIP lead for Nigeria, Veronica Zeitlin, and POLOFF Eshel Mur [...]	2005-12-15 09:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG NI
05LAGOS1919	NIGERIAN POLICE GAS PROTESTORS, IGNORE SUPREME [...] (U) On December 16, over two hundred mostly professional women calling themselves the Concerned Mothers of Nigeria gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos to protest perceived GON negligence in handling the recent Bellview and Sosoliso Airlines airplane crashes. Attempting to force the prot [...]	2005-12-20 09:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM NI
05LAGOS1955	COORDINATION DIFFICULT FOR NIGERIAN ANTI-TIP [...] (U) Summary. Coordinating efforts to combat trafficking in persons, both among government agencies and NGOs, is one of the stiffest challenges facing the GON. State police commands are hesitant to relinquish primary investigative jurisdiction rights to the National Agency for the Prohibiti [...]	2005-12-28 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG NI
05LAGOS276	DOZENS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) along with local militia reportedly "stormed" the village of Odioma in Bayelsa State, February 19, killing dozens. The operation was in response to the February 3 deaths of 12 individuals, including four local councilmen, who were [...]	2005-02-24 06:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NI
05LAGOS419	RECENT TIP CASES SHOW NIGERIA'S PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late February, state government officials in Lagos closed an "orphanage" run by a supposed church minister that was fronting for child trafficking and other illicit practices. On March 5, police in Lagos intercepted a truck carrying more than 60 children from Niger State. T [...]	2005-03-16 12:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
05LAGOS476	SHANTY TOWN DEMOLISHED IN PORT HARCOURT; THOUSANDS [...] (C) Summary: In early March, the Rivers State government demolished the bulk of the "Agip waterside" shanty-town in Port Harcourt. Hundreds of dwellings have been leveled and thousands of people displaced. Former residents say the government neither paid compensation nor offered alternative [...]	2005-03-29 10:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS477	NIGERIAN MILITARY OPERATION RESULTS IN CIVILIAN [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa state representatives acknowledged that innocent civilians were probably killed by Nigerian soldiers on February 19 when the military raided the community of Odioma in search of the killers of twelve civilians two weeks before. Bayelsa state representatives characterized [...]	2005-03-29 10:59:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET KJUS NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS575	VIEWS ON THE NIGER DELTA, FROM THE NIGER DELTA; [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Campbell's April 5-7 visit to Port Harcourt, Nigerian interlocutors identified poverty and corruption as their chief concerns. American citizens working in the area cited the absence of law and order as their biggest worry. Contacts said working in the Delta [...]	2005-04-15 12:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC NI
05LAGOS605	MILITANT DELTA YOUTH SET ASIDE ARMS AND DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Over the past few months, the Government of Nigeria and NGOs convened two major "peace camps" bringing together members of rival militia groups and gangs from the Delta region. The camps were largely in response to the flare up in violence which occurred in the region Fall 2004. During [...]	2005-04-25 10:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS661	SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, APRIL [...] This cable is a roundup of various recent incidents that reflect the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. - [...]	2005-05-04 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ELAB NI
05LAGOS706	BABANGIDA INSIDER FEARS OBASANJO WILL BAR HIS MAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a recent conversation, Professor Ukandi Damachi, long time associate and adviser to former head of state Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB),asserted Obasanjo may be considering a revolutionary thrust -- banning anyone who has held the office of governor or higher from the [...]	2005-05-12 11:43:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS765	SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS PROVOKE PLEAS FROM [...] Summary: On a visit to Oru Refugee Camp, PRM regional refugee coordinator, PRM admissions program officer, and Lagos pol-off were greeted by a large crowd. The refugees complained of substandard housing and sanitation, both evident on a tour of the camp. They explained the barriers to local [...]	2005-05-23 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL LI NI
05LAGOS801	NIGERIA'S LEGISLATURES VICTIM TO ONE PARTY STATES [...] Summary. While a little progress has been made since 1999, independence of the legislative bodies remains a challenge. A survey of five state Houses of Assembly in Southern Nigeria revealed legislatures dominated by their respective governors and further hamstrung by strong party discipline. [...]	2005-05-27 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS945	NIGERIA: WEEKEND PRISON-BREAK AND HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (SBU) Over the weekend, villagers in Bayelsa state released six oil workers (four Nigerians and two Germans) held hostage since June 14. The villagers took the workers hostage to protest Shell's alleged breach of a 2002 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the community. Negotiations to de [...]	2005-06-21 09:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PHUM NI
05LILONGWE16	UDF PARTY FRAGMENTATION LEADS TO VIOLENCE, [...] (U) SUMMARY. The expanding rift (reftel A) between President Mutharika and former President Muluzi, now chairman of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF),has recently been punctuated by sporadic violence, allegedly by the UDF-affiliated Young Democrats. Members of the UDF known to be al [...]	2005-01-10 09:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM MI
05LILONGWE179	UDF OFFICIALS CRY FOUL, DEFEND PARTY [...] SUMMARY. In a February 17 meeting with the donor community, four United Democratic Front (UDF) officials lashed out bitterly against President Muthartika. The officials outlined the political hazards of Mutharika's new party, professed support for his anti-corruption efforts, and denied tha [...]	2005-02-25 11:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM KMCA MI
05LILONGWE187	2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. Human trafficking was a new issue for the GOM in 2004. With the advent of increased awareness and a new government with a new approach to governance, the GOM has made significant efforts to understand and address TIP. The GOM has implemented a multi-year strategy to protect vulner [...]	2005-03-02 07:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MI
05LILONGWE232	CHILD MARRIAGE IN MALAWI [...] Post provides the following information regarding child marriage in Malawi. Responses below are keyed to reftel paragraph 6. A. Section 22 Subsection 6 of the Constitution of Malawi states that the legal age for marriage in Malawi is 18. This law applies to both girls and boys. The consti [...]	2005-03-14 11:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN
05LILONGWE36	FY04 DHRF SUMMARY REPORT - MALAWI [...] Post submits the following information for Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) activities in FY03 and FY 04. All activities prior to FY03 have been completed and closed out. 2. FY 03 Projects Project Obligated Unliq. Balance DHRF-03-612-01 $15,000 $4,0 [...]	2005-01-13 14:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM MI
05LILONGWE416	REFUGEE SERVICES IN MALAWI: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] SUMMARY. The 2004 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees grant is currently being implemented in Malawi, despite several obstacles and an uncertain future for refugee services in the country. The closure of one of Malawi's two camps and even a possible cessation of services for Rwandese refugees ar [...]	2005-05-17 11:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID MI
05LILONGWE541	UNHCR, GOM MARK WORLD REFUGEE DAY, KEEP CAMPS OPEN [...] UNHCR, in coordination with the Government of Malawi (GOM),held a day-long event to mark World Refugee Day. Guests from the GOM, the Diplomatic Corps, and NGOs were provided a comprehensive overview and tour at the Dzaleka camp just north of Lilongwe. The event focused on this year's theme, [...]	2005-06-24 10:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID MI
05LILONGWE729	WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] This is an update of reftel C as per reftel E request. --------------------------- Child labor law enforcement --------------------------- 2. According to Paul Gondwe, the head of the child labor control unit in the ministry of labor, seven employers have been prosecuted and convicted over [...]	2005-08-23 12:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
05LILONGWE74	UNHCR SURVEY REVEALS LOWER NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN [...] (U) United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) resident representative Michael Owor told CDA in a January 20 courtesy call that the recent verification of refugee populations in Malawi (reftel A) has been completed. The exercise, which was a pilot program, has apparently been succe [...]	2005-01-25 07:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM MI
05LILONGWE888	MALAWI SENTENCES CHILD TRAFFICKERS TO SEVEN [...] (U) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 24, A MALAWIAN COURT SENTENCED THREE MEN TO SEVEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD LABOR FOR KIDNAPPING. ALTHOUGH MALAWI HAS YET TO ADOPT SPECIFIC TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION, THERE IS GROWING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE AMONG THE COUNTRY'S LEADERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY. THE SENTENC [...]	2005-10-11 11:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL ZA MI
05LIMA1146	Request for Human Rights Vetting: PNP STUDENTS [...] NAS requests human rights vetting for the following Peruvian Police personnel to participate in TRAINING AT SANTA LUCIA PNP SCHOOL. Relevant Embassy sections will conduct a search of their files. Please process vetting by MARCH 22, 2005. ALIAGA VILLOGAS, YIMBER OSWALDO ALUMNO PNP HUAN [...]	2005-03-07 22:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MASS MARR PE
05LIMA1228	UNHCHR-61 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-11 17:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PE UNHRC
05LIMA1233	PERUVIAN PROPOSAL TO REFORM UNHRC [...] (C) ... id: 28627 date: 3/11/2005 19:08 refid: 05LIMA1233 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. ----------------- header ends ---------------- C O N [...]	2005-03-11 19:08:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PE UNHRC
05LIMA1291	PERU: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] Post has consulted local NGOs, women's organizations and relevant GOP ministries regarding request for information on child marriage (reftel). None view child marriage as a problem in Peru. 2. The legal age for marriage in Peru is 18. Peruvians under 18 and over 16 can marry, but only wi [...]	2005-03-16 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN PE
05LIMA1388	GOP EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 60 MORE DAYS [...] Via a Supreme Decree signed by President Toledo on March 18, the Government extended for two more months the State of Emergency first declared in May of 2003. The Presidential Decree carried over the State of Emergency in the same geographic area covered by the most recent extension, dated J [...]	2005-03-22 21:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA1564	GOP RESPONDS QUICKLY TO CAMPESINO UNREST IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOP responded quickly to road blockages last week by campesinos around Andahuaylas, Apurimac Department, declaring a 30-day state of emergency on 4/3, substantially increasing police presence in the area and offering to send a high-level negotiating commission to address the [...]	2005-04-05 19:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA2074	BOWEN DECISION CAUSES OUTRAGE, THREATENS PRESS [...] (U) Judge Alfredo Catacora of the 11th Criminal Court of Lima on 5/4 convicted British journalist Sally Bowen, her co-author Jane Holligan, and their publisher of criminal defamation for quoting in their book "The Imperfect Spy" an imprisoned narcotrafficker's assertion that narco-kingpin Fer [...]	2005-05-06 15:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PE
05LIMA2080	PERU: OAS WORKING GROUP ON RACISM [...] Poloff delivered the demarche on the proposed OAS Working Group on Racism (Reftel) to the Foreign Ministry's Director of Human Rights, Carlos Roman, and to its Director of OAS and Hemispheric Affairs, Carlos Chocano, on 5/5. Neither offered an official reply. Chocano indicated, however, that [...]	2005-05-06 20:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC PE USOAS
05LIMA2115	TINTAYA MINE: FROM CONFLICT TO COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Conflicts between communities and mining companies are among the most serious problems that confront Peru. One company, however, stands out as an exception: BHP Billiton, an Australian firm with a copper mine in Tintaya, has succeeded in ameliorating once highly conflictive relations w [...]	2005-05-10 19:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EMIN SOCI ETRD ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PHUM PE
05LIMA2132	FUROR CONTINUES IN SALLY BOWEN CASE [...] (U) British journalist Sally Bowen may have been convicted for defamation in a Peruvian court, but her cause continues to gain converts and momentum in the court of public opinion. Bowen found herself bolstered from support by a variety of sources over the weekend, including: the British and [...]	2005-05-11 15:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO PE
05LIMA2320	GOP EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 60 MORE DAYS [...] Via a Supreme Decree signed by President Toledo on May 20, the Government extended for two more months the State of Emergency first declared in May of 2003. The Presidential Decree carried over the State of Emergency in the same geographic area covered by the most recent extensions, dated Ma [...]	2005-05-24 20:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA2397	ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE [...] (C) The Ambassador reiterated our request for Peru to support the candidacy of Paolo Carozza for commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Ref B) to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Oscar Maurtua on 5/27. Maurtua said that Peru is being heavily lob [...]	2005-05-27 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PE BO
05LIMA2461	PERU TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-02 20:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PE BO OAS
05LIMA2589	FUJIMORI EXTRADITION CASE HAS PROBLEMS SAYS EXPERT [...] (C) The GOP's case to compel Japan to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is poorly organized and filled with errors, according to noted human rights lawyer and former Truth and Reconciliation Executive Secretary Javier Ciurlizza (strictly protect). Foreign Minister Rodrigue [...]	2005-06-09 19:53:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PE
05LIMA2698	MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL -- [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 19:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PE ICRC
05LIMA2748	REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (CHR): [...] (SBU) On 6/17, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on CHR reform to Foreign Ministry Director of Human Rights Carlos Roman, stressing that we were aware of Peru's proposal for the creation of a body of a body of Independent Experts, and requesting a comprehensive review of the U.S. non-paper, in [...]	2005-06-20 23:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KUNR PE UNCHR
05LIMA3331	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GAINING SUPPORT FOR USG [...] Poloff delivered the demarche on gaining support for the USG proposal to create a UN Human Rights Council to replace the UN Human Rights Commission to Carlos Roman, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Human Rights, on 8/2. Roman said Peru supported the principles behind the U.S. initiative, bu [...]	2005-08-03 20:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PE UNCHR UNGA
05LIMA3337	TOLEDO'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH [...] A confident President Alejandro Toledo delivered his annual State of the Nation speech on 7/28, in which he touted his administration's economic, political and social successes; emphasized that these accomplishments were achieved in conjunction with the Congress, political parties and the pop [...]	2005-08-03 21:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM PE
05LIMA3414	Peru's Evangelicals: A Rising Force [...] (SBU) This is the first in a three-part series on Peru's Evangelical Christians. This cable traces the recent history of this key emerging sector. The second will delineate the Evangelicals' political strategy for the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. The final cable will [...]	2005-08-08 22:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3415	Peru's Evangelicals: Political Strategy [...] (U) This is the second in a three-part series on Peruvian Evangelicals. It will delineate their political strategy for the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peruvian Evangelical Christians fervently believe that Peru needs thoroughg [...]	2005-08-08 22:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PE

05LIMA3474	Peru: Human Rights Update [...] The following report provides a mid-year update on the Human Rights situation in Peru. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to identify emerging trends and highlight key issues. Peru's human rights situation, in terms of the GOP's respect for the human rights of citizens, continu [...]	2005-08-11 20:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3562	PERU: PRESIDENT BUSH'S DEMOCRACY EVENT AT UN IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 18:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA
05LIMA3588	FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER PERUVIAN [...] Embassy has received the following dip note from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry regarding the case of Edgar Vera Monte, a Peruvian who is on life support following an altercation with police in Allen, Texas on 8/4. "The Ministry of Foreign Relations, Office of the Secretary of Peruvi [...]	2005-08-18 20:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA3643	Peru: TIP Update [...] The following report traces GOP actions against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and TIP-related events in Peru for the first half of 2005. The GOP continues to move against TIP. Nonetheless, as Peru advances from an initial strong start against human trafficking, the hard work of building inst [...]	2005-08-22 19:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3870	INVITATION FOR SECSTATE TO SPEAK BEFORE [...] Alejandro Miro Quesada, the President of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and publisher of Peru's leading daily "El Comercio," has invited Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to address the opening session of the IAPA's General Assembly on 10/10 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A previous [...]	2005-09-08 01:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHUM PREL SOCI PE
05LIMA4179	EMBASSY AND EVANGELICALS: BREAKING NEW GROUND [...] (U) This is the third in a three-part series on Peru,s Evangelical Christians. Reftels described the history and contemporary political strategy of this key emerging group. This cable discusses Embassy outreach. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peru,s rapidly-growing population of [...]	2005-09-26 20:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA4567	AMBASSADOR AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS SHOW PUBLIC [...] Summary: The Ambassador hosted a luncheon and press event with members of Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) and the Diplomatic Corps. Members of the CVR, including Chairman Salomon Lerner, have received an increasing number of death threats, which they believe are linked to cri [...]	2005-10-24 17:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM PE
05LIMA4569	WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) In meetings with Foreign Ministry, congressional, economic, trade, counternarcotics, and human rights officials/activists on 10/17-18, visiting WHA/AND Director Philip French received a briefing on Peruvian views on bilateral relations (termed excellent, with a plug for a Toledo-POTUS me [...]	2005-10-24 18:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ETRD PHUM PTER PE
05LIMA4574	FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCURS WITH PERU TIP TIER 2 [...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Peru TIP Tier 2 Action Plan for 2005-2006 (Reftel) to the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julio Garro, and Director of Human Rights Affairs, Carlos Roman, on 10/24. 2. Roman said that the Foreign Ministry concurs with the Action [...]	2005-10-24 20:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL PE
05LIMA4692	DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's public call for Israel to be "wiped off the map" (Ref A) was discussed at a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador for Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua and leading Foreign Ministry officials (Ref B). Maurtua expressed disapproval of the Iranian leader's statem [...]	2005-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM PE IR
05LIMA4783	PERU: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 22:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PE UNHRC
05LIMA4797	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] Post warmly welcomes Congressman Smith's visit to Peru and greatly appreciates his interest in both trafficking in persons (TIP) and women's and children's health issues. Over the last two years, the Peruvian Government has awakened to the TIP problem and has taken serious steps to combat it. [...]	2005-11-09 19:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA4821	PERU PLANS ON SEEKING REVISION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Peru is moving forward on signing and ratifying the International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and plans to submit a report to the UN Secretary General that will recommend revising the [...]	2005-11-14 12:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM MOPS PE
05LIMA4933	BEATRIZ MERINO SWORN IN AS OMBUDSMAN [...] Former Prime Minister Beatriz Merino was sworn in as the new Public Ombudsman on 11/16. On the very day of her swearing in, Merino demonstrated her political clout by obtaining assurances from Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to countermand proposed budget cuts that would have forced the [...]	2005-11-21 17:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA4934	PERU'S UN AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ [...] Peru's new Ambassador to the United Nations, Oswaldo de Rivero, who will represent Peru on the Security Council Starting in January, recently authored an article entitled, "Is Iraq Another Vietnam?" in the Lima intellectual journal "Quehacer." De Rivero's piece criticizes U.S. policy in Iraq [...]	2005-11-21 17:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA5012	MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL--PERU [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 21:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC
05LIMA5061	FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER ROSPIGLIOSI WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Interior Minister Fernando Rospigliosi and ex-Director of National Defense Ruben Vargas, in an 11/18 lunch with Poloffs, expressed concern over prospects that ultranationalist Ollanta Humala is establishing himself as a political force to be reckoned with. They had few [...]	2005-11-29 17:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA5200	MDA: PERU TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 21:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC
05LIMA5264	DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 16:08:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PE UNGA UNHRC
05LIMA5396	FUJIMORISTAS TRYING TO SELL THEIR MAN AS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's brother Santiago, along with three other members of the Fujimorista brain-trust, in a 12/14 breakfast with Polcouns, described their movement's strategy for the upcoming elections; inquired as to the USG's position on the presidential candidacy of [...]	2005-12-21 22:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA992	Mexican Summary of Meeting on Mexican HR Initiative [...] (SBU) Post transmits verbatim text received from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry of a summary, prepared by the Mexican Foreign Ministry, of the GRULAC working meeting in Mexico regarding Mexico's proposal to develop an informal mechanism for cooperation among GRULAC countries on human r [...]	2005-03-02 17:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CU MX PE UNHCR
05LJUBLJANA118	SLOVENIA: COM AND NEW LABOR MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 16 February courtesy call, new Labor Minister Janez Drobnic told COM that combatting unemployment is his top priority, with a focus on introducing programs to help the disabled, the elderly, and first-time job-seekers. Drobnic also listed improving MoL's IT base as a key [...]	2005-02-18 11:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB PINR PHUM SI
05LJUBLJANA178	SLOVENIA LIKELY TO CO-SPONSOR CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief met with Jasna Lhotka of the MFA's Office of UN affairs on March 17, 2005 to discuss reftel. Slovenia co-sponosored last year's Cuba resolution. Lhotka said that, barring any unforseen obstacles, Slovenia was likely to co-sponsor the CHR resolution on Cuba put forth by [...]	2005-03-17 10:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU PHUM SI
05LJUBLJANA231	CHR 61: SLOVENIA'S SUPPORT FOR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] Pol/econ Chief met with Jasna Lhotka, Head of the MFA's office for UN Affairs, and her successor, Bojana Cipot. In disucssion of reftel points, Lhotka reiterated Slovenia's support for this resolution and agreed that they would work to bring others on board. This work will take place in Ge [...]	2005-04-08 00:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SI
05LJUBLJANA247	GOVT. OF SLOVENIA FINDS RESOURCES TO KEEP TIP NGO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-13 07:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA275	ROMA EDUCATION DISPUTE RESOLVED TEMPORARILY [...] Summary. Slovenia's Minister of Education and Sport has recently made two visits to Novo Mesto in south-east Slovenia to address a dispute over the education of Roma children in that community. A temporary solution has been found which will place those children needing extra assistance in s [...]	2005-04-25 06:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PHUM SI
05LJUBLJANA344	SLOVENIA ON CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] On 24 May, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jana Testen, Head of the International Department at the Ministry of Labor, Family, and Social Affairs. After hearing reftel points supporting the Barbados candidacy, Testen said she had just received a fax advocating the candidacy of Cuba [...]	2005-05-25 04:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PREL SI CU
05LJUBLJANA366	SLOVENIA: WILL SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON CUBA [...] (C) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA EU Department staffers Peter Grk and Vesna Hojnik on 06 June. Grk pointed out that Cuba is "not in Slovenia's strategic interest zone" and that Slovenia would only weigh in on the debate surrounding suspension of restrictive measures in or [...]	2005-06-07 08:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SI EUN
05LJUBLJANA402	SLOVENES SUPPORTIVE OF SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND [...] (SBU) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Department staffer Ondina Blokar on 15 June. Blokar said that an interministerial working group on international human rights law issues had been requested to issue an opinion on the Swiss Circular Note and the Third Additional Protocol. [...]	2005-06-15 23:36:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SI ICRC
05LJUBLJANA523	COM MEETS WITH INTERIOR MINSTER ON TIP, ANTI [...] (U) Summary. In a meeting with Minister of Interior Dragutin Mate, COM discussed USG concern about the continuing delay by the GOS to fund the NGO Kljuc which Mate insisted he wanted to do, but was being slowed down because of a new law which severely prescribes awarding government contracts t [...]	2005-07-27 03:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CMGT SI
05LJUBLJANA549	SLOVENIA: UNHCR COUNTRY DIRECTOR MEETS WITH COM [...] (U) Summary: On July 21, UNHCR Director for Slovenia Greg Garras met with COM to discuss the state of Slovenian asylum policy at the end of his three and a half year tenure. Garras lamented that Slovenia,s asylum policies have continued to regress under the current center-right government - a [...]	2005-08-03 08:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SI
05LJUBLJANA593	CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND TIP WITH SLOVENE DG FOR [...] (C) Summary. Stanislav Rascan, MFA Director General for Policy Planning and Multilateral Affairs requested a meeting with Charge to discuss Iraq and Trafficking in Persons. On Iraq, Rascan specifically asked for USG assistance in promoting its International MBA program in Iraq. The GOS has [...]	2005-08-16 05:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA696	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN SLOVENIA [...] (S) SUMMARY. Religious and political extremism are very rare in Slovenia. With a homogeneous population of only two million people, Slovenian society and politics function on the basis of strong social networks that foster a culture of compromise, consensus, and centrism. Nevertheless, the s [...]	2005-09-30 06:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	KDEM KPAO PREL EAID PHUM SI
05MADRID1003	SPAIN: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (U) The USG transferred Spanish-national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abd al Rahman Ahmed (DPOB: September 22, 1974, Ceuta, Spain) to Spanish custody on February 14, 2004. He was held for five months on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and released on EUROS 3,000 bail (USD 3,9 [...]	2005-03-16 11:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PTER PHUM PINR OPDC PREL
05MADRID1030	SPAIN ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Charge met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy (P equivalent) Rafael Dezcallar to discuss reftel points and urge Spain to co-sponsor the Cuba human rights resolution at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights. Dezcallar noted that Spain is not a voting member on the CHR this year, [...]	2005-03-16 18:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU SP
05MADRID1036	SPANISH POLICE COORDINATE MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL [...] The Spanish Civil Guard reported March 16 that police officers from 12 European and Latin American countries were arresting 500 people on charges of distributing child pornography on a Spanish-language Internet chat site. It is unclear whether the location of the server has been identified. [...]	2005-03-17 10:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SP
05MADRID1073	UNCHR 61: SPANISH VIEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Susana Camara Angulo, MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights, on March 15. Camara Angulo said that generally the GOS agrees with positions presented in the talking points. She stated that even though Spain is no longer a voting member of the UN C [...]	2005-03-18 12:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP UNHRC
05MADRID1118	MFA ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION, CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with poloff on March 21 to discuss Spain's position on the USG draft Cuba human rights resolution and to provide a readout on the recent visit of Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. On the draft Cuba UNCHR [...]	2005-03-22 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU SP
05MADRID1308	SPAIN REGISTERS CONCERN WITH HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a meeting to discuss GOS concerns with this year's Human Rights Report. Poloffs met March 29 with Manuel de la Camara Hermoso, MFA Deputy Director of North American Affairs, and Jose Antonio de Ory Peral, MFA Director General of Human Rights. [...]	2005-04-06 10:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SP
05MADRID1440	SPAIN: CHILD MARRIAGE SURVEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-13 15:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN
05MADRID156	INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS: SPAIN [...] Poloff conveyed reftel points on the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE) to Deputy Director General for the Near East Alberto Moreno on January 3. Moreno thanked poloff for the information and said he would respond at a later date with GOS views. On January 11, we learned from a s [...]	2005-01-14 12:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SP
05MADRID1677	SPAIN: FUNDING REQUEST FOR NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-29 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL EU SP
05MADRID1727	SPANISH POLICE REPORT 16 ARRESTS FOR TRAFFICKING [...] All major Spanish dailies are reporting that Spanish National Police (SNP) authorities in the Canary Islands announced May 5 that 16 people from Spain and Cape Verde had been arrested on suspicion of trafficking children from the Cape Verde Islands through the Canary Islands to France. The S [...]	2005-05-06 09:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SP FR GA CV SG PO
05MADRID1756	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON PREVENTING AN UNMANDATED SESSION [...] Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Juan Manuel Gonzales de Linares, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the MFA. Gonzales de Linares confirmed to poloff that Spain shares U.S. views and is against a Working Group to discuss human rights reform in Geneva. Gonzales de Linares said th [...]	2005-05-09 13:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SP UNCHR UNGA
05MADRID1881	DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TO [...] (C) Poloff advised MFA Deputy Director General for North America Manuel de la Camara on May 16 regarding the USG's readiness to transfer Moroccan national Lahcen Ikassrien to the Spanish authorities, contingent upon Spain's agreement to the conditions established in reftel. De la Camara had no [...]	2005-05-17 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
05MADRID2114	EU CUBA POLICY: SPAIN CONTINUES TO FAVOR INCREASED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 6 to MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and requested GOS views on Cuban government actions over the last six months and how the EU should respond. Sandomingo said that the GOS remained confident in its long term strategy toward [...]	2005-06-03 15:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
05MADRID2115	RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED MIGRANT ALEJANDRO [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 15:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF SMIG SP
05MADRID2132	GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO [...] (C) On June 3, post received note verbale number 67112-Ext-04 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating the Government of Spain's acceptance of USG terms for the transfer to Spain of Guantanamo detainee Lahcen Ikassrien (ref A). Attached to the note verbale was a notification from the C [...]	2005-06-06 14:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
05MADRID2273	JUSTICE MINISTRY REJECTS REGISTRATION OF CHURCH OF [...] Charge met on June 6 with Ministry of Justice Under Secretary Ana Maria Miguel and director of the MOJ's Office SIPDIS of Religious Affairs Mercedes Rico Carabias to discuss the MOJ's May 18 decision to reject the Church of Scientology's application to register as a religious organization. [...]	2005-06-13 17:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SP
05MADRID2318	SPAIN SUPPORTS SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 07:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SP ICRC
05MADRID2439	HUMAN RIGHTS NGO ON EQUATORIAL GUINEA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Clara Lopez de Letona of the "Federation of Associations for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights," a coordinating body for Spanish human rights NGO, contacted post on June 23 to request a meeting with the Political Section to discuss [...]	2005-06-24 08:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP
05MADRID2557	SPAIN/VENEZUELA: GOS PLANS PUBLIC CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Following ref telcon regarding strong USG interest in impending Venezuelan government legal action against Sumate NGO organizer Maria Cristina Corina Machado and five other activists, Ambassador Aguirre contacted acting Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon to express the USG's concern regardin [...]	2005-07-06 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP VZ
05MADRID2607	SPAIN'S REACTION TO US OPPOSITION TO ITS CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 09:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER SP
05MADRID3251	SPAINISH AUTHORITIES DISRUPT CHINESE HUMAN [...] (U) On September 9, the Spanish National Police (SNP) arrested 14 Chinese citizens, five of them women, in connection with a human smuggling ring whose goal was to transfer women from China to South Africa and the Western Hemisphere for prostitution. The smuggling ring transferred Chinese wom [...]	2005-09-14 15:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PGOV SP
05MADRID3527	SPAIN/CUBA: SPAIN WILL HOST SEPARATE NATIONAL DAY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 11:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
05MADRID3540	SPAIN: MIGRANT ASSAULT CRISIS CHALLENGES ZAPATERO [...] (C) Summary. After weeks of increasingly brazen and dangerous incursions by illegal immigrants into the Spanish North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the Zapatero administration launched a high-profile effort to stem the flood of sub-Saharan immigrants into the two cities. Zapatero fac [...]	2005-10-06 16:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MO SP
05MADRID3580	SPAIN ASKS FOR US BACKING FOR REELECTION OF MARINO [...] (U) Embassy Madrid received the following diplomatic note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking support for the Spanish candidate for the committee on torture. 2. (U) Begin text of Spanish note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation sends regards to the Embassy of [...]	2005-10-13 13:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SP UNGA
05MADRID3609	SECTION 102 (G) PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: WORLD [...] (U) Per reftel, poloff conducted an investigation into the membership of the World Tourism Organization (WTO),based in Madrid, to confirm that no members of this organization condone or seek the legalization of pedophilia. Based on this investigation, post believes that there is no reason to [...]	2005-10-14 16:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI SP UNAUS
05MADRID3649	SPAIN AND BMENA: PINNING DOWN FOUNDATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SP
05MADRID3692	SPAIN SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO THE UN [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, 2005 seeking support for the candidacy of Spain to the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations. 2. (U) Begin text of Spanish note: 14 October 2005 Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]	2005-10-21 15:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SP UNGA
05MADRID3747	BMENA: SPAIN AND FUND FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 08:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL EINV SP
05MADRID3793	SPANISH PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF made reftel points October 24 to Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) Technical Cabinet Director Dolores Martin Villalba, asking for information on earthquake-related assistance already provided to Pakistan and encouraging Spain to announce further contributions a [...]	2005-10-28 11:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PK SP
05MADRID515	INCREASED SPANISH ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Regional leader and Socialist Party (PSOE) President Manuel Chaves touched off a minor political scandal when he announced in Havana that King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero would make official visits to Cuba in 2006. Representatives of both the King and President Zapatero d [...]	2005-02-09 16:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
05MADRID980	SPAIN SUPPORTS CONSENSUS EFFORTS ON MDA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Poloff discussed Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross / Red Crescent movement ("the Movement") on March 14 with Manuel Pombo, Ambassador at Large for Humanitarian and Social Affairs. Spain strongly supports the work of the Swiss government in trying to reach a consensus on [...]	2005-03-15 07:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IS RS CASC ASCH XG SP ICRC
05MADRID987	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: SPANISH POSITION UNCHANGED [...] (C) Poloff met with Enrique Mora Benavente, the Head of EU Policy Planning at the MFA, on March 10 and March 14 to discuss the China arms embargo, reiterating U.S. concerns over human rights violations, the possible transfer of U.S. military technology to China, and the shifting balance of p [...]	2005-03-15 11:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CM SP EUN
05MANAGUA2140	NICARAGUA UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable is submitted in response to reftel A request for information on Government of Nicaragua child labor practices for compliance with Trade and Development Act provisions. Because post submitted reports in response to similar DOL tasking cables in 2003 and 2004 (reftels B and C),and b [...]	2005-07-26 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU
05MANAGUA2142	DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON GON CONCERNS WITH 2005 [...] On July 15, post received diplomatic note MRE/AN/0122/07/05 from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry. The diplomatic note relates to the GON's concerns regarding the Department's 2005 Trafficking in Persons report (discussed in reftels). Informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. The [...]	2005-07-26 19:16:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG NU
05MANAMA1036	UNEMPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION TURNS VIOLENT [...] (C) A July 15 demonstration of the Committee for the Unemployed turned violent, with up to twenty protesters and one police officer sustaining injuries. An RSO witness said protesters started the clash by pushing the police, and the police responded with baton blows. The Committee, which was [...]	2005-07-18 10:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON PREL BA
05MANAMA111	THE IRAQ FACTOR: BAHRAIN'S SHIA OPPOSITION [...] (C) Bahraini Shia supporters of participation in the domestic political process have begun to state their views publicly in an environment heavily influenced by Shia political empowerment in Iraq. In early January, the independent Al Wasat newspaper launched a campaign explicitly urging Bahr [...]	2005-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM BA IZ
05MANAMA1132	PARALLEL CONFERENCES SEEK TO COMPLEMENT--AND [...] (C) Summary. The November 7-8 Parallel Conference of the Forum for the Future (PCFF) will bring together civil society (CS) organizations from the BMENA region and the G8 to discuss common issues. The GOB has said that it will support the PCFF only if its agenda does not overlap with the fou [...]	2005-08-01 13:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KPAO BA
05MANAMA1152	AL WIFAQ LEADERS MEET WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Several board members of leading Shi'a opposition political society Al Wifaq met with the Minister of Interior August 6 and discussed the police role at political demonstrations; employment of Bahrainis in the police and defense forces; an alleged travel ban on former political activists; [...]	2005-08-08 13:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA
05MANAMA1161	BAHRAIN: GAINING SUPPORT FOR USG PROPOSAL ON UN [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief August 9 delivered reftel demarche concerning gaining support for the U.S. proposal on creating a new UN Human Rights Council to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho, who often expresses his "personal" support for U.S. initiatives in [...]	2005-08-10 11:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA UNCHR UNGA
05MANAMA1183	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: UPDATES FROM THE GOB AND [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister confirmed the September 9 planning meeting in London for the November G8-BMENA Forum for the Future in Bahrain. He stressed the need for real achievements at the Forum to fend off potential criticism from the Arab League and the peoples of the region, and to [...]	2005-08-16 15:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI KPAO BA
05MANAMA1234	BAHRAIN: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. 2. A. The Labor Law for the Private Sector of 1976, as amended, establishes 14 years as the absolute minimum age for employment in Bahrain. Both national and foreign workers are covered by this law, alt [...]	2005-08-27 10:54:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BA
05MANAMA1261	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid August 24 that the USG had provisionally allocated USD 1 million in CT funding for Bahrain, particularly in support of the planned Joint Counterterrorism Center (JCTC),and needed to discuss proposals on how to use [...]	2005-08-31 11:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1371	BAHRAIN: TIP TIER TWO WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel action plan September 24 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Sheikh Abdul Aziz said that the GOB was eager to combat the trafficking problem in Bahrain and had already started to take so [...]	2005-09-24 12:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL BA
05MANAMA1403	COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN [...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]	2005-09-29 08:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA1454	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (U) In the absence of Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al Khalifa, who was out of the country, Ambassador on October 8 passed ref a letter from Secretary Rice to MFA Assistant Undersecetary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa, who promised to pass the letter to the Minister upon his return. Shaikh Abd [...]	2005-10-09 13:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL PHUM BA UNESCO
05MANAMA1462	TRANSFER OF SECOND BAHRAINI DETAINEE [...] (C) The Ambassador contacted Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 8 to advise him that the United States was prepared to transfer from USG control to Bahrain custody and control Bahrain national Abdullah Al Noaimi. Ambassador reviewed ref a talking points [...]	2005-10-10 12:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1484	MFA CONVENES G-8 TO DISCUSS FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, [...] (SBU) The MFA convened G-8 Ambassadors and Charges October 7 to outline Forum for the Future (Forum) conference plans and discuss support for the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence in Bahrain (CEEB). MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up and meeting chair Shaikh Abdu [...]	2005-10-12 15:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI KPAO BA
05MANAMA15	MIGRANT WORKERS' RIGHTS NGO APPROVED BY GOB [...] (U) The GOB gave the Migrant Workers Protection Society permission to operate December 29. The Society, which provides support to abused expatriate housemaids and laborers, replaces the Migrant Workers Group (MWG),part of the dissolved Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR). Following the B [...]	2005-01-03 13:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
05MANAMA1524	KING'S CONFIDANT DISCUSSES LATEST DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. Close confidant of the King Hassan Fakhro, in an October 17 conversation with the Ambassador, said that the government fully welcomes the participation of the four boycotting societies in the 2006 parliamentary elections. The government expected, he added, that their participation [...]	2005-10-19 09:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA1530	BAHRAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 19 delivered Ref A urgent demarche on the UNESCO cultural diversity convention vote to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said his office was currently in the midst of contacts with the Bahraini mission in Paris and GCC an [...]	2005-10-19 11:42:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM SCUL BA UNESCO
05MANAMA1547	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PROTESTS GTMO, REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 7. 2. (C) Five members of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) called on the Ambassador October 16 to protest the detention of six Bahrainis in Guantanamo and to request the Embassy's assistance in arranging meetings for a BHRWS del [...]	2005-10-22 12:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PTER PHUM PREL BA
05MANAMA1558	Citizen-Teacher Ambassadors Reach Bahraini [...] (U) Youth empowerment and civic participation were the core messages of a three-day visit by ECA Citizen Ambassadors, nationally recognized award winning American teachers Shannon C'de Baca and Linda Plattner. The Citizen Ambassadors visited six Bahraini public schools and met with over 400 [...]	2005-10-24 09:30:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1562	BAHRAIN: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 23 delivered reftel demarche concerning contributions to Pakistan earthquake relief and rehabilitation to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz was grateful for information on the [...]	2005-10-24 12:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL BA PK
05MANAMA1578	TRANSFER OF THIRD BAHRAINI DETAINEE [...] (C) Ambassador advised Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national, Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa, from Guantanamo to the exclusive custody of the Government of Bahrain on the basis [...]	2005-10-29 13:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1594	MFA GOES PUBLIC ON IMPENDING TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI [...] (U) Unidentified "sources" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Bahraini press on October 30 that some of the six Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo would return to Bahrain shortly, possibly over the upcoming Eid holidays. This story became a lead front-page news in both the English and A [...]	2005-10-31 13:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1602	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national from Guantanamo to the government of Bahrain. The Ambassador noted continued concerns over the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmad [...]	2005-10-31 15:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1608	MFA BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON FORUM ARRANGEMENTS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 31 held a meeting with ambassadors from countries expected to attend the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference in Manama and presented them with copies of the agendas for the November 11 Senior Officials meeting and November 12 Ministers [...]	2005-11-01 14:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI PHUM ECON BA
05MANAMA1620	BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE SUICIDE REPORT GETS [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (U) All Bahraini newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage November 2 to the November 1 Washington Post story describing the reported October 15 suicide attempt by Bahraini Guantanamo detainee Juma Al-Dossary. The reporting in the Bahrain [...]	2005-11-02 13:31:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1622	BAHRAIN: APPEAL FOR INCREASED PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL BA PK
05MANAMA1627	THREE BAHRAINI DETAINEES ARRIVE, RELEASED AFTER [...] (C) Three Bahraini Guantanamo detainees, approved for transfer back to Bahrain, arrived in Bahrain at 9:15 AM November 5 via USG transportation. Upon arrival at the airport, the three -- Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Ali Al Khalifa, Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi, and Abdullah Al Noaimi -- wer [...]	2005-11-05 10:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PREL PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1635	MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON REPORTED GTMO SUICIDE [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, dated November 2, noting newspaper reports of the attempted suicide by Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Juma Al-Dossary (reftel),and requesting that the Embassy inquire into the veracity of this report and advise the Min [...]	2005-11-07 11:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA164	BAHRAIN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CASE REJECTED BY [...] (SBU) The High Civil Court rejected the case of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) against the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) January 31. The BCHR filed a case against MOLSA Minister Dr. Majeed Al Alawi (currently the Minister of Labor) after he dissolved the group in S [...]	2005-02-05 11:33:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
05MANAMA165	NEW MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador met with the second woman in Bahrain's reshuffled cabinet, Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Fatima Al Belooshi, on February 1. Al Belooshi, formerly the Dean of Education at the University of Bahrain, was sworn into office January 15 (reftel). The Ambassador congratulated Al [...]	2005-02-05 11:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OEXC KWMN BA
05MANAMA1656	BAHRAIN: UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 16:58:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
05MANAMA1668	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL OPENING AND [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 9:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Speakers: Secretary Rice SIPDIS Bahrain FM Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa Moroccan FM Benaissa UK Foreign Secretary Straw Jordan Planning Minister Al-Ali Russia Deputy Foreign Minister [...]	2005-11-14 10:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI EAID PGOV PREL PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1669	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 11:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. Kirk Wolcott (notetaker) 2. (U) SUMMARY. One of two main components of the second BMENA Forum for the Future, held November 12 in Bahrain, centered on the continuing need to promote knowledge and education throughout the region (the s [...]	2005-11-14 10:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1670	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 12:10 p.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Peter Mulrean (notetaker) 3. (U) SUMMARY. During the afternoon session of the Forum for the Future, participants discussed Civil Society and the Democracy Assistance Dialogue. W [...]	2005-11-14 10:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA

05MANAMA1671	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE [...] SUMMARY. Initial contributing governments to the Foundation for the Future and Fund for the Future gathered for a public announcement of the new initiatives on the margins of the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference in Manama. All speakers emphasized the importance of democratic an [...]	2005-11-14 10:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1676	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: NOVEMBER 11 SENIOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Officials Meeting of the BMENA Forum for the Future on November 11 finalized preparations for the Ministerial session the following day. Representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector reviewed progress on BMENA initiatives undertaken since last D [...]	2005-11-14 11:51:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1686	MFA REPORT ON THREE RETURNED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] After the Bahraini citizens Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Awadhi, Abdulla Majid Al Noaimi, and Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa were returned, they were presented to the Public Prosecutor for the necessary legal procedures. 2. After the procedures completed, the detainees were rele [...]	2005-11-15 12:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA169	BAHRAIN'S SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (U) In 2002, Bahrain became a monarchy and adopted a constitution which reinstated a legislative body. The upper house of parliament (Shura Council) is appointed by the King, and the lower house (Council of Representatives) is elected by the people. All men and women citizens age 21 and abov [...]	2005-02-05 15:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA1714	G/TIP INTERIM REPORT FOR BAHRAIN [...] Short-term action items delivered to the GOB in September 2005 (ref B) guide post's response to ref A. The following paragraphs cover the three items in ref A, among other items. Action item No. 1: Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coo [...]	2005-11-22 10:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL BA HUMRIT
05MANAMA1839	PEACEFUL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCHES REINFORCE [...] (C) More than 5,000 people marched in peaceful International Human Rights Day rallies December 9, a sharp contrast to the small but sometimes destructive demonstrations that took place in and around Manama November 29-December 2. The Committee for the Unemployed, which had organized the viol [...]	2005-12-13 15:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM BA HUMRIT POL REFORM
05MANAMA1860	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LEADING SHIA OPPOSITION [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Al-Wifaq President Shaikh Ali Salman stated that support within Al-Wifaq to end its boycott and participate in the 2006 parliamentary elections was strong, and that he expected Al-Wifaq to win a maximum of 15 out of 40 seats in the Council of R [...]	2005-12-19 12:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BA OFFICIALS POL REFORM
05MANAMA1907	SENIOR BAHRAIN OFFICIAL ARTICULATES CONCERNS RE [...] (C) During a December 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Industry and Commerce (and confidant of the King) Hassan Fakhro asked about the recent elections in Iraq. When the Ambassador responded by discussing the many positive aspects of the elections, including the overall large turnout [...]	2005-12-27 11:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BA OFFICIALS REGION POL
05MANAMA230	KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (S) Bahrain's King Hamad, despite some continuing worries about Saudi Arabia, expressed optimism about Bahrain and the region in a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador February 15. He was delighted with the state of the bilateral relationship and the leadership role of President Bush. He fel [...]	2005-02-16 15:08:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA270	BAHRAIN PROTESTS IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL [...] (S) Summary. MFA MinState Abdel Ghaffar delivered a sharp message to the Ambassador February 27 outlining his government's deep concern about Iranian interference in Bahrain's internal affairs, which he said reached a zenith during recent Ashura celebrations. The MFA summoned the Iranian Amb [...]	2005-02-28 07:56:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM BA IR
05MANAMA281	POLICE ARREST WEBMASTER OF BAHRAIN ON-LINE [...] (SBU) Police arrested "Bahrain On-Line" webmaster Ali Abdul Imam February 27 and detained him for 15 days on charges of incitement against the government and spreading false rumors, charges that carry a maximum sentence of six years in jail, according to Bahraini newspapers. Two technical su [...]	2005-03-01 13:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA288	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELIVERED TO GOB [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered the 2004 Bahrain Human Rights Report to MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Dhafer Alumran February 28. Alumran pledged to disseminate the report within the GOB and instructed an assistant to fax it to Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, curr [...]	2005-03-02 08:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS BA
05MANAMA328	CRITIQUE OF SISTANI CREATES DEBATE ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Columnist Sameera Rajab's February 16 article on the Iraqi elections that criticized Ayatollah Sistani created an intense debate on freedom of expression. The controversy continues to make headlines almost daily. Rajab, a columnist for Akhbar Al Khaleej, wrote that Sistani was an America [...]	2005-03-07 14:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO BA
05MANAMA339	BAHRAIN: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that in January 2005, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) was divided into two separate ministries, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs. As the Ministry of [...]	2005-03-08 13:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA
05MANAMA344	FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS OF IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador March 7 that Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashed briefed members of Parliament March 6 on Iranian interference in Bahrain's Ashura celebrations in February. Shaikh Rashed told Parliamentarian [...]	2005-03-08 14:56:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM PTER ASEC BA IR
05MANAMA356	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON UNCHR 61 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 10:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
05MANAMA361	BAHRAINI LEADERS DISCUSS REFORM AND IRAN WITH [...] (C) GOB officials expressed their commitment to continued political and economic reform in the kingdom and advocated a diplomatic solution to the disagreement with Iran over its nuclear program in meetings with visiting NEA/ARPI Director Alan Misenheimer February 21. Members of parliament also [...]	2005-03-14 11:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
05MANAMA363	WEBSITE ADMINISTRATORS REFUSE BAIL OFFER, REMAIN [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the public prosecutor March 13, three Internet website administrators who were detained two weeks ago rejected a bail offer and chose to remain in jail until their next hearing in 15 days. Following the meeting, the detainees' supporters gathered for a protest and vowe [...]	2005-03-14 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA374	WEBSITE ADMINISTRATORS RELEASED, STILL FACE CHARGES [...] (C) Hours after Ali Abdul Imam, Sayed Mohammed Al Mousawi, and Hussein Yousef, administrators of the Bahrain On-Line website, refused a proposal by the public prosecutor to be released on BD 1000 bail (Ref A),the public prosecutor released them without bail on the condition that they not lea [...]	2005-03-15 14:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA391	BAHRAIN: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] (U) Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) 1.A. There is no legal age of marriage in Bahrain. Recently the King announced his support for a personal status law, and the GOB and civil society organizations are discussing a law, which [...]	2005-03-16 12:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN BA
05MANAMA416	MINISTER OF INTERIOR DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT SHIA [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid described for the Ambassador the government's concern that the Sunni-Shia split would grow in Bahrain if decisive action were not taken against Shia political activism during recent Ashura celebrations. Shaikh Rashid personally met with leading Shia [...]	2005-03-20 07:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
05MANAMA428	ACTIVIST DISMISSED AS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT CHAIR [...] (C) Dr. Abduljalil Singace, a board member of the Shi'a opposition Al Wifaq political society, was removed as chair of the mechanical engineering department at the government-run University of Bahrain March 15. The university issued a statement saying that Singace was removed because he trav [...]	2005-03-21 13:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO BA
05MANAMA468	GOB PROMOTES MODERATION THROUGH ISLAMIC OUTREACH, [...] (C) The Bahraini government is in the process of launching two programs emphasizing moderation in public discourse and interactions. Ministry of Islamic Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Fareed Al Muftah told the Embassy that he was reaching out to Bahrain's citizens to ensure they were not infect [...]	2005-03-28 08:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL KMPI KISL KIRF PHUM BA
05MANAMA477	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered the 2004-2005 Supporting Human Rights and Democracy Report to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow-up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa March 28. Sheikh Abdul Aziz pledged to review the report carefully, and noted that the MFA is thinking of es [...]	2005-03-29 14:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS BA
05MANAMA531	FM DISCUSSES GCC-EU FTA, FORUM FOR FUTURE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Mohammed told the Ambassador April 6 that both sides at the recent GCC-EU Ministerial were committed to try to conclude an FTA by the end of the year; local EU and GCC diplomats, conceding that serious issues remain, are skeptical. The EU reiterated concerns about th [...]	2005-04-11 05:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA544	CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, TRADE, SECURITY [...] (S) The Ambassador met with Crown Prince Salman April 11 to review the CP's upcoming trip to Washington. While noting that the CP's primary focus was ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA),the Ambassador told him that American officials will also want to discuss the political situati [...]	2005-04-12 14:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD PTER ASEC BA
05MANAMA577	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON BELARUS IN UNCHR [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 15:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM BA EUN
05MANAMA646	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF SOCIAL [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Fatima Al Belooshi April 27 and discussed with her the planned May 6 demonstration for constitutional change, formal registration of a USG-funded project to address trafficking in persons (TIP),and NGO development. Al Belooshi said [...]	2005-05-03 11:53:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM BA
05MANAMA675	FORUM FOR FUTURE: BMENA PARTICIPATION URGED AT [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told delegations attending a May 10 preparatory meeting for the November Forum for the Future that continued G-8 engagement and support was essential in helping maintain reform momentum in the region. Jordan Minister of Finance Awad-Allah, speak [...]	2005-05-11 05:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BA
05MANAMA707	KING'S CONFIDANT DISCUSSES REFORM ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Industry and Commerce Hassan Fakhro, in a May 16 conversation with the Ambassador, was cautious about the possibility of gestures by the government to entice opposition participation in the 2006 elections. The government would be reluctant to redistrict because it wan [...]	2005-05-17 14:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BA
05MANAMA711	CROWN PRINCE AND PDAS CHENEY DISCUSS FORUM FOR THE [...] (C) NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney reviewed plans for the November Forum for the Future with Crown Prince Salman in a May 10 meeting and praised the role that Bahrain is playing as host. She emphasized U.S. support for Bahrain's reform program and stressed that the GOB must continue to move forwa [...]	2005-05-18 14:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ECON BA
05MANAMA728	MINISTER OF INFORMATION DEFENDS WEBSITE [...] (C) Minister of Information Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar, during a May 17 discussion with the Ambassador, sought to explain and defend a recently-announced policy calling for the registration of all Bahrain internet sites with the Ministry of Information. He stressed the policy should not be lo [...]	2005-05-22 13:06:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA73	BAHRAIN HOSTS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Amnesty International (AI) and the Bahrain Social Partnership to Stop Violence Against Women hosted a women's rights conference in Bahrain January 8-9. More than 60 activists from Bahrain, other Gulf countries, and Lebanon attended. They called on their respective governments to reform [...]	2005-01-16 14:48:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN BA
05MANAMA76	BAHRAIN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO RESUME [...] (C) The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) announced January 6 that it would resume its activities in defiance of the government's decision to dissolve the organization in September 2004. Members of the group voted unanimously to support the move. BCHR President Nabeel Rajab said the C [...]	2005-01-17 09:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
05MANAMA779	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTA, KORAN DESECRATION, [...] (C) Council of Representatives (COR) Chairman Khalifa Al Dhahrani told the Ambassador May 30 that he did not expect the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to be ratified by the COR before the June 15 summer recess (but following the Ambassador's emphasis of the importance of an early rat [...]	2005-05-31 14:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD BA
05MANAMA780	MFA TO INVOLVE CIVIL SOCIETY IN FORUM FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told Pol/Econ chief May 25 that the MFA plans to invite Bahraini NGOs involved in politics, human rights, women's issues, and youth to a briefing on the Forum for the Future (FfF) conference. According to a l [...]	2005-05-31 14:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI PHUM PGOV BA
05MANAMA786	BAHRAIN: CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief May 31 delivered reftel demarche concerning Cuba's candidacy for the International Labor Organization (ILO) Governing Body to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Asking P/E chief not to take notes, Shaikho said he wanted to support the U.S. [...]	2005-06-01 12:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL BA CU BB ILO
05MANAMA788	BAHRAIN: GARNERING SUPPORT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 12:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL BA
05MANAMA789	BAHRAIN: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa June 1. (Note: Per Ref A, post delivered the TIP Report June 1 because the GOB and Embassy are clo [...]	2005-06-01 12:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG BA
05MANAMA799	GATHERING SUPPORT ON UZBEKISTAN: BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-05 07:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UZ BA
05MANAMA812	KING DISCUSSES SAUDI-GCC RELATIONS, DOMESTIC [...] (C) King Hamad told the Ambassador June 6 that a key issue discussed at last month's GCC Summit in Riyadh was relations between Saudi Arabia and its GCC partners. Kuwait is taking the lead on developing a unified position to take to the Saudis. Bahrain recommends that Kuwait focus on three i [...]	2005-06-08 05:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PHUM PGOV BA
05MANAMA823	GOB WARNS BAHRAIN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) The Minister of Social Affairs publicly warned the dissolved Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) to stop its activities or face prosecution. In response, the BCHR pledged to continue its activities, which it said were in line with international law and human rights standards. Given th [...]	2005-06-09 14:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
05MANAMA826	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-11 07:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF BA IS SZ ICRC
05MANAMA839	BAHRAIN "POSTPONES" AL QUDS CONFERENCE, WORRIES [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 8. 2. (S) Summary. Bahrain has decided to "postpone" an Al Quds Institute conference planned for next week, and the MFA has assured us that postponement really means cancellation. In delivering that welcome news, MFA MinState Abdul Ghaffar at the s [...]	2005-06-13 06:46:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KTFN BA
05MANAMA858	BAHRAIN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LOSES APPEAL CASE [...] (C) The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) lost its appeal to re-open June 14. The Center, which the GOB dissolved in September 2004, has the right to make one final appeal in the Court of Cassation. BCHR members stated both publicly and privately that they probably would not register [...]	2005-06-15 13:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
05MANAMA859	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES, [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Ambassador, in a June 13 meeting with Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid, reviewed recent security developments, relating details of a reported surveillance incident of the Embassy and reasserting our concern about the "Bahrain Four." Shaikh Rashid said that he sensed the [...]	2005-06-16 10:37:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PTER PHUM
05MANAMA885	UNEMPLOYMENT PROTEST MARRED BY CLASHES; 30 [...] (C) Police clashed with some 50 Bahrainis protesting the unemployment situation outside the Royal Court June 19. The scuffles broke out as police tried to keep the demonstrators away from an area near the Court entrance designated off-limits to protesters following a rally at the same locati [...]	2005-06-20 13:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON PREL BA
05MANAMA89	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF LABOR AL ALAWI [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Dr. Majid bin Mohsin Al Alawi January 12, just two days before the cabinet shuffle that split the ministry into two separate ministries. The Minister emphasized the importance of the Crown Prince's labor reform initiative and i [...]	2005-01-18 14:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB PHUM KDEM BA
05MANAMA913	BAHRAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-28 10:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL BA ICRC
05MANAMA922	REFORM IN BAHRAIN: LEADING SHIA EDITOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) Independent newspaper editor Mansour Al-Jamry, in a June 28 discussion with the Ambassador, gave a wide-ranging review of the complexities and challenges facing King Hamad as he pursues reform in Bahrain. On the one hand, the King faces challenges from his two uncles: Prime Minister Khalif [...]	2005-06-29 11:48:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL BA
05MANAMA923	CLERICS CALL FOR CALMING DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) Several opinion-leaders including clerics and columnists are calling for the government and opposition to act more responsibly following clashes at a June 19 demonstration. Shia cleric Shaikh Issa Qassem in his June 24 sermon criticized both the government and demonstrators for their act [...]	2005-06-29 13:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM BA
05MANAMA943	GOB TEMPORARILY CLOSES ISLAMIC ACTION SOCIETY [...] (C) The Shia rejectionist Islamic Action Society (IAS) held a ceremony June 29 to "honor" 73 people convicted in the early 1980's of attempting to topple the government. Spiritual advisor Sayed Mohammed Hadi Mudarasi telephoned in from Iran and reportedly called for an end to Shia suffering i [...]	2005-07-05 16:02:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
05MANAMA952	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed unemployment, demonstrations in support of the unemployed, and Shia politics with Minister of Labor Majeed Al Alawi July 4. Al Alawi said that the Ministry had found and offered private sector jobs to the eleven unemployed people who participated in the June 19 u [...]	2005-07-06 15:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELAB ECON BA
05MANAMA982	SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER DISCUSSES SOCIETY CLOSING, [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Social Affairs Fatima Al-Belooshi told the Ambassador June 6 that her recent decision to suspend the Shia rejectionist Islamic Action Society for 45 days was in fact the least harsh option, and one that would have little practical impact. Lamenting the Society's focus [...]	2005-07-11 10:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN BA
05MANILA1061	RECRUITMENT COMPANIES AND TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recruiting Filipinos to work abroad is an important national industry in the Philippines. The GRP regulates and licenses recruitment companies through the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency [...]	2005-03-07 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PHUM KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON RP
05MANILA129	CEBU MAYOR IMPLICATED IN SERIES OF VIGILANTE-STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been 14 vigilante-style killings recently in Cebu. Critics have implicated Cebu Mayor Tommy Osmena in the slayings based on his decision to create a special police squad to hunt down criminals. Cardinal Vidal, local congressmen, Cebu's Vice Mayor, and human rights gr [...]	2005-01-11 04:48:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS RP
05MANILA1401	LEFTISTS CLAIM SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN TO KILL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen have already killed up to eighteen members of leftist front groups including Bayan Muna -- a political party closely associated with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA) -- since the beginning of 2005. Leftist leaders have claimed that there [...]	2005-03-29 08:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP
05MANILA1529	Preparations for August 8 ARMM elections [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 1.1 million people are registered for the August 8 election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Election officials hope for the first time to use automated counting machines, originally purchased for the May 2004 nationwide elections but subsequently impou [...]	2005-04-04 00:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI RP
05MANILA1549	EMBASSY SPEAKERS' PROGRAM A BIG HIT WITH MINDANAO STATE [...] Summary. As part of the Embassy Speakers' Program, Assistant Information Officer Ruth Urry delivered two speeches to students at Mindanao State University and the Zaid Bin Thabit Qur'anic Center on March 17 in Marawi City, part of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). AIO Urry spok [...]	2005-04-04 08:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL KIRC OPRC PHUM KWMN OIIP KISL PGOV RP
05MANILA1595	LATEST KILLING OF JOURNALIST SPARKS OUTRAGE [...] (U) Summary: The shooting of a well-known journalist in Mindanao on March 24 marked what media organizations say is the fourth of a journalist this year and has sparked new public outrage. The House of Representatives plans a hearing and the Catholic Church has condemned the attack. The Ph [...]	2005-04-06 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KCOR KPAO RP
05MANILA1618	TIP UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Mission has underscored to the GRP the possibility that the U.S. might place the Philippines on the TIP Tier 3 list due to lack of convictions and allegations of official corruption, among other reasons. We have repeatedly requested comprehensive statistics about prosecutions an [...]	2005-04-07 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB KCOR RP JA
05MANILA1774	LATEST VIGILANTE KILLINGS IN CEBU - NO END IN SIGHT [...] (U) Summary: Summary executions of suspected criminals by "death squads" in Cebu are continuing at an alarming rate. According to media reports, suspected vigilantes have killed at least 41 people since December 2004. Civil society groups have condemned the extrajudicial killings, but much [...]	2005-04-18 23:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI RP
05MANILA1808	The "Masa" as a Political Force [...] (SBU) Summary: The underprivileged and impoverished "masa" remains a potentially significant but largely unorganized political force. The once-influential Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) party of former President Estrada has claimed success in renewing the party's membership and effectivenes [...]	2005-04-20 08:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI RP
05MANILA1815	NEW TIP-RELATED ARRESTS AND PROSECUTION [...] (U) Summary. Four new TIP criminal cases are in the works, following a raid on a suspected brothel in what the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) described as a new series of TIP-related raids. The DoJ has issued unequivocal instructions to prosecutors to give "preferential attention" [...]	2005-04-21 02:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM RP
05MANILA1893	ARROYO ON ASEAN BURMA STRATEGY [...] (S) In a conversation on other subjects April 26, I urged President Arroyo to keep up her country's leadership on pressing Burma on democracy and human rights. Looking ahead to senior US-RP contacts in Manila and Washington, I suggested that this is one especially meaningful way that the RP [...]	2005-04-26 23:42:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV RP
05MANILA1897	COMBATING CHILD LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Two DOL-funded programs in the Philippines (as well as elsewhere in the region) are now focused on combating child labor. According to the GRP, over four million children are currently forced to work full time. Of these, 2.4 million are working in hazardous jobs such as mining, deep-sea [...]	2005-04-27 01:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB PHUM ECON RP
05MANILA1955	JOLO LOCALS WELCOME US ATTENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador's April 22 visit to Jolo Town, the capital of Sulu Province, centered on handover ceremonies for several USAID-funded assistance programs including road projects, village electrification, and Internet-linked computers for an elementary school. USAID Manila Mission [...]	2005-04-29 08:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA2142	BISHOPS LASH OUT AT PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: In a recent press conference, three left-leaning Catholic bishops accused President Arroyo of not doing enough to help the poor, and said they would participate in a "national day of mourning and protest" on June 12. Separately, in public testimony in the House on May 3, Archbi [...]	2005-05-11 21:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KCOR PHUM SOCI RP
05MANILA219	TRADING A CHILD RAPIST FOR VOTES ON FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: Over 50 congressmen have signed "a letter of appeal" calling for President Arroyo to pardon former congressman Romeo Jalosjos, who has been in jail since 1997 for raping an 11 year old girl. President Arroyo is studying the request, apparently in a ploy to win votes for her leg [...]	2005-01-13 08:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA2200	NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN COMBATING [...] (U) Summary: The Philippines has many top quality NGOs focused on trafficking in persons (TIP) and they enjoy a close working relationship with the Philippine government. Key NGOs making contributions in prosecution (a unique feature of Philippine law permits NGOs to press forward cases as p [...]	2005-05-13 05:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN ELAB RP
05MANILA2241	MORE JOURNALISTS SLAIN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two more journalists have been slain in the Philippines in the past two weeks. This brings to five the number of killings of journalists this year, according to most sources. Police appear t [...]	2005-05-16 07:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA2294	TIP: GRP WORKS TO STRENGTHEN PROSECUTIONS AS [...] (U) Summary: A committee of the Philippine Supreme Court is reportedly about to issue a new rule that would prohibit judges from dismissing cases based on a minor's unwillingness to testify. The rule aims to address the problem of victims recanting their testimony after being threatened or b [...]	2005-05-19 05:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN RP
05MANILA2332	GRP PREPARATIONS FOR THE AUGUST REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: With just over two months to go until the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM),there are indications that the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) may not be able [...]	2005-05-20 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM RP
05MANILA249	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) North Koreans have access to the same international protection offered other refugee groups in the Philippines. The Philippines is the only country in Southeast Asia to have signed the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees and to have an institutionalized regime of refugee protection. The Depar [...]	2005-01-14 08:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KN KS RP
05MANILA2555	CHILD PRISONERS HELD IN ADULT FACILITIES IN THE [...] (U) Summary: According to official and NGO sources, approximately 1,500 children are currently incarcerated among the adult inmate population in the Philippines. NGOs strongly advocate that the GRP work to segregate children from the general prison population. The GRP says it is trying to d [...]	2005-06-01 06:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KOCI SOCI ELAB RP
05MANILA2599	TIP: PHILIPPINES BRIEFED ON 2005 REPORT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Acting Polcouns on June 3 reviewed the Philippine portion of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with Ruth Morales Prado, Executive Director of the Office of American Affairs at the Department o [...]	2005-06-03 05:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC KPAO KWMN RP
05MANILA2660	TIP: GRP BEGINNING TO FOCUS ON CYBERSEX DANGERS [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Philippine government is slowly beginning to react to reports that cybersex is an increasing contributor to the trafficking in persons (TIP) problem in the Philippines. Most cybersex dens op [...]	2005-06-08 08:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCRM ELAB KOCI TINT RP
05MANILA2757	TIP: PHILIPPINE REACTION TO THE RELEASE OF THE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Local reaction to the Philippine narrative of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has been mixed, though basically positive. The media response -- aided by Mission's extensive outreach [...]	2005-06-16 06:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN ELAB PHUM RP
05MANILA3116	ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION IN [...] (C) Summary: The campaign for the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) began on June 28. Despite earlier promises, Malacanang has endorsed a candidate for governor: Zaldy Ampatuan, a mayor and scion of a well-known political clan. Ampatuan is now favored t [...]	2005-07-07 07:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL ASEC PTER RP
05MANILA312	MORE VIGILANTE-STYLE KILLINGS REPORTED IN DAVAO [...] (C) Summary: There have been 26 reported killings of suspected criminals in Davao City, Mindanao, since the new year began. Human rights organizations have implicated the "Davao Death Squad," a vigilante group linked with Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, in the killings. Mission has expressed [...]	2005-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SNAR RP
05MANILA3477	ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION IN [...] (C) Summary: The election campaign in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is heating up. The governor's race appears to have come down to a showdown between Zaldy Ampatuan and Ibrahim "Toto" Paglas, two well-known regional figures. Ampatuan, who is running as the candidate of L [...]	2005-07-29 07:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL ASEC RP
05MANILA3500	TIP Update; Latest on Prosecutions; Municipalities [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Justice Mission (IJM) reports that it continues to press forward with 15 Trafficking in Persons (TIP)-related prosecutions. We have asked the Department of Justice (DoJ) to conf [...]	2005-08-01 08:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP
05MANILA3611	SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO POSTPONE ELECTION IN [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Supreme Court has declined a request that it postpone the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). At this point, it looks like the elections will be held on schedule. Preparations for the elections proceed apace, including in the se [...]	2005-08-04 07:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PTER KISL ASEC RP
05MANILA3655	ELECTIONS IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION PROCEED IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have proceeded in largely an orderly fashion as of the close of polls at 1500 hrs local. Mission observers on the groun [...]	2005-08-08 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC EAID RP
05MANILA3677	COUNTING OF VOTES CONTINUES IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Officials continue to count votes cast in the August 8 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections. Results are due to be released within the next 24 hours. Only minor problems have [...]	2005-08-09 07:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC KPAO RP
05MANILA3710	OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM ARMM ELECTIONS DELAYED; MORE [...] (C) Summary: Final results from the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have been delayed due to poor weather and other reasons. Unofficial results indicate that Zaldy Ampatuan, the favored candidate for governor, and running-mate Ansarrudin Adiong, the favo [...]	2005-08-11 07:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL EAID ASEC RP
05MANILA3726	AMPATUAN WINS GOVERNOR'S RACE IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS [...] (C) Summary: Official results have been released for the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Zaldy Ampatuan, the favored candidate, won the governor's race in a landslide, as did Ansaruddin Adiong in the vice-governor's race. They will be sworn in on Sept [...]	2005-08-12 07:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON PINR RP
05MANILA3754	UPTICK IN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN DAVAO AND CEBU [...] (SBU) Summary: Extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals in Davao and Cebu are on the increase. So far, 137 have been slain this year in Davao and 77 in Cebu. No arrests have been made. The killings appear to have spread to other localities: there have been several recent slayings [...]	2005-08-15 07:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RP
05MANILA3830	PHILIPPINES: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2005 [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: This message provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor (ref A). It updates information provided by Post in 2004 (per ref C) regarding child labo [...]	2005-08-19 07:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB EAID RP ILO
05MANILA410	THE EVOLVING ROLE OF LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR [...] (C) Summary: While the Philippines has a good record of promoting and protecting worker rights, the labor movement is no longer a potent political force. Union membership is in sharp decline, with labor market penetration falling from roughly 25 percent of salaried workers in 1986 to 9.7 per [...]	2005-01-26 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI PINS ECON RP
05MANILA4199	NUMBER OF FILIPINO "ENTERTAINERS" GOING TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of Filipino "entertainers" traveling to Japan has fallen sharply as a result of tighter Japanese visa regulations. This trend is expected to accelerate as applications filed under the older, more lenient rules phase out and all applications become subject to the ne [...]	2005-09-06 09:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB RP JA
05MANILA4224	INCOMING ARMM GOVERNOR EAGER FOR CONTINUED US [...] (C) Summary. Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor-elect Zaldy Ampatuan has promised to embrace a transparent and consultative leadership platform that would focus on the Mindanao peace process, local education needs, health care, and agriculture. Mission will work to establis [...]	2005-09-07 10:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON RP
05MANILA4271	ARCHBISHOP ROSALES ENCOURAGES CHURCH TO STAY OUT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Charge, Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Rosales identified economic and moral poverty as the greatest problems in the Philippines today and criticized the current political leadership as corrupt and ineffective in improving the lives of the people. [...]	2005-09-11 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4322	CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE URGES FILIPINOS TO [...] (C) On September 13 the Permanent Council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a sequel to its pastoral statement of July 2005, calling on Filipinos to move beyond the current political turmoil and to "address the more important and urgent problem of grinding po [...]	2005-09-13 08:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4488	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PHILIPPINES: A SNAPSHOT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The approximately six million plus indigenous persons in the Philippines are marginalized and lag far behind the general population in most social and economic indicators. They also suffer dis [...]	2005-09-22 07:49:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV ECON EAID PINR PINS PREF RP
05MANILA4545	MALACANANG REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING PARDON OF [...] (C) Summary: The Palace is reportedly considering pardoning former Congressman Romeo Jalosjos, who has been in jail since 1997 for raping an 11 year old girl. According to opponents of the possible move, the Palace is considering the matter as a reward to the Jalosjos clan, which is politica [...]	2005-09-26 07:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4669	PHILIPPINES: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LEAVE LIMBO AT [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The final group of refugees who fled Vietnam for the Philippines 15-30 years ago began resettling in the U.S. this week. A projected 1600 refugees will ultimately be resettled; the fate of 400 [...]	2005-09-29 07:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF VM RP IOM
05MANILA4776	NEW GOVERNOR IN MUSLIM REGION IN MINDANAO SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary. Newly elected Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan was sworn into office on September 30 by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita. Conspicuously absent from the inaugural ceremony were outgoing ARMM Governor Dr. Parouk Hussin, and Cotabato City Mayor M [...]	2005-10-05 09:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINS KISL PINR ECON RP
05MANILA4831	MISSION PRESSES GRP FOR EXPEDITIOUS PROGRESS ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission recently held several meetings with high-level GRP officials working to combat human trafficking to discuss problem areas identified in the 2004 TIP Report. We stressed the seriousness [...]	2005-10-11 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON SMIG RP
05MANILA4901	EMBASSY MANILA HOSTS SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Manila hosted the 2005 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference, October 13-14. Thirty-eight participants from Missions in Southeast Asia and other posts in EAP, as well as from the Department and Pentagon, participated in the two-day event. A full list of participants is inc [...]	2005-10-16 09:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ECON PHUM SOCI XB XC RP

05MANILA4929	GRP TAKES STEP TO REDISTRIBUTE LARGE ESTATE OWNED [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Taking steps to resolve a long-standing labor dispute, the Philippine government has ordered that the large "Hacienda Luisita" estate owned in part by former president Corazon Aquino be redistri [...]	2005-10-17 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP
05MANILA4934	DISPERSAL OF OPPOSITION RALLY SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The October 14 dispersal of a small Opposition rally has sparked a sharp debate over the GRP's tactics. The Opposition and many in the media have criticized the police, asserting that the use of water cannons was not appropriate, for example. Malacanang -- while not endorsing [...]	2005-10-18 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4971	ANTI-ARROYO RALLY SPONSORED BY LEFT DRAWS 10,000 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: About 10,000 leftist anti-President Arroyo protesters convened at a site near Malacanang Palace on October 21. In scuffles with police, several people were injured. This latest rally is part o [...]	2005-10-20 07:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4984	TIP: USG-FUNDED TRAINING AIMS TO ASSIST HUMAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: GRP prosecutors and NGO lawyers continue to make limited headway in prosecuting traffickers under anti-trafficking laws. The slow pace of progress is due in part to inadequate training of loca [...]	2005-10-23 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP
05MANILA499	INTERNATIONAL TEAM INVESTIGATES SLAYINGS OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A fact-finding team organized by the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) January 24-31 investigated recen [...]	2005-02-01 08:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP
05MANILA5138	MANAGING THE IMPACT OF THE ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...] (SBU) Embassy's proactive consultations with Department of Foreign Affairs officials, briefing of political leaders, and interactions with media appear to have focused political and media attention constructively on cooperation between U.S. and Filipino authorities, according to the Visiting [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PHUM RP
05MANILA5231	LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE INVOLVING [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Secretary Seguis delivered to Embassy on November 8 formal subpoenas for six US Marines allegedly involved in the rape of a Filipina in Olongapo City on November 1 (see text of Dip Note and DFA press release in [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS RP
05MANILA5261	CALL ON PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with President Arroyo on November 7, USAID Assistant Administrator for the Asia Near East Bureau (AA/ANE) James R. Kunder and US Embassy Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Paul W. Jones highlighted how the USG's development assistance program carried out by USAID supports Phi [...]	2005-11-08 05:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA EFIN EINV PREL PHUM RP
05MANILA5300	UPDATE ON ALLEGED RAPE CASE INVOLVING US MARINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amid continued heightened press coverage of the alleged rape case involving six US Marines, Visiting Forces Agreement Commission (VFACOM) Executive Director Paredes visited the Embassy November 10 to verify that the individuals remained in US custody. In a private meeting with [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS KCRM RP
05MANILA5317	PRESIDENT ARROYO AND FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo expressed appreciation to visiting EAP DAS Eric John and Charge Jones for USG cooperation in the investigation of six US Marines allegedly involved in the November 1 alleged rape of a Filipina in the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA),but warned of a polit [...]	2005-11-13 12:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS KCRM RP
05MANILA5326	PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this message provides information on the Philippines for the Interim Assessment on the Special Watch List countries due in Congress no later than February 1. The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) has trebled the number of prosecutors at the national [...]	2005-11-14 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN KCRM RP JA
05MANILA5331	EAP DAS JOHN'S NOVEMBER 11 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge met November 11 with President Arroyo. Arroyo underscored her government's support for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) and continued counterterrorism cooperation. She expressed interest in the U.S. and the GRP agreeing to a Free Trade Agreement (FTA),sa [...]	2005-11-15 02:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR PTER PHUM ETRD RP BM UNSC
05MANILA5346	AMID CONTINUED NPA ATTACKS, KILLINGS OF LEFTIST [...] (C) Summary: About 40 leftist activists have been killed in the Philippines so far in 2005. These killings, a jump from the number recorded in 2004, come amid a flurry of attacks by the New People's Army (NPA),which have killed and injured many. "Legal" left politicians and activists have [...]	2005-11-15 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5348	ALLEGED RAPE CASE: GRP REQUEST FOR CUSTODY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: In apparent response to a November 17 hearing called by the Congressional Oversight Committee for the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA),Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials called in Charge on November 16 to present diplomatic notes asserting GRP positions and i [...]	2005-11-15 23:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM RP
05MANILA5357	EAP DAS JOHN LEADS NOVEMBER 11 BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge held extensive discussions on bilateral issues with DFA A/S for American Affairs Abadilla and Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Del Rosario on November 11. DAS John underscored that the primary purpose of his visit to the Philippines was to focus on subst [...]	2005-11-16 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ECON EAID RP UNSC APEC
05MANILA5373	TRAINING PHILIPPINE POLICE ON TIP [...] (U) Summary. In a Mission-sponsored workshop on Trafficking in Persons (TIP),participants from the Philippine National Police's (PNP) Women and Children's Concern Division (WCCD) learned about the seriousness of the global issue as well as application of key Philippine TIP legislation. Loc [...]	2005-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC KCRM RP
05MANILA5396	NOVEMBER 18 UPDATE ON ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...] (C) Summary. The six U.S. Marines under investigation in the alleged rape case have been moved to the U.S. Embassy compound as of November 18. NCIS investigators have offered their cooperation to GRP authorities but have only received access to one witness (the driver of the van) so far. CD [...]	2005-11-17 10:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM RP
05MANILA5459	UNEVENTFUL PRELIMINARY HEARING IN SUBIC RAPE CASE [...] (SBU) This is an action request by OOB November 25 -- see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. The preliminary hearing in the case of six Marines allegedly involved in the rape of a 22-year old Filipina at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) began November 23 at the Olongapo City Prosecuto [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5507	FIVE OF SIX MARINES SUBMIT COUNTER-AFFIDAVITS [...] (SBU) Summary. Five of the six Marines accused of involvement in the alleged rape of a Filipina submitted counter-affidavits in the second preliminary hearing on November 29. The attorney for the sixth, LCPL Smith, said his client wanted to know the nature and consequences of the complaint [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5521	EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN DAVAO AND CEBU HIT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Justice Secretary Gonzalez has issued the first public statement by a high-ranking Philippine administration official on the extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals in Davao and Cebu, which continue to increase. This year, at least 147 have been killed in Davao and 104 [...]	2005-11-30 07:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RP
05MANILA5604	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) This message is in response to reftel requesting descriptions of any planned Human Rights Day (December 10) activities by local individuals and groups or embassy personnel. 2. (U) Post is commemorating Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week (December 4-10) with a number of human righ [...]	2005-12-01 10:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO
05MANILA5606	SCENESETTER FOR G/TIP DIRECTOR AMBASSADOR JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we generally work together constructively on global issues, including Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The GRP publicly condemns trafficking and has enacted strong laws to combat it. However, the a [...]	2005-12-01 10:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ELAB KCRM PHUM KPAO RP HK
05MANILA5633	GRP CONVICTS FIRST TRAFFICKERS UNDER ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A court in Batangas City, Luzon recently convicted the first three individuals under a 2003 anti- trafficking law. The defendants, facing a serious charge with the potential for a long jail te [...]	2005-12-02 08:46:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
05MANILA5710	TIP: TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On December 5, a regional court in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, sentenced two members of a trafficking syndicate to life imprisonment for recruiting a victim and selling her to a brothel in Malaysia [...]	2005-12-07 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY
05MANILA5749	CONVICTION IN MEDIA KILLING, BUT SLAYINGS CONTINUE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Philippine court has sentenced a former policeman to life imprisonment for murdering a journalist, the first such conviction since 2000. The Philippines, however, remains a very dangerous pl [...]	2005-12-09 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS KCOR KPAO RP
05MANILA5755	PROSECUTOR CONCLUDES PRELIMINARY HEARINGS IN SUBIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecutor presiding over alleged rape case hearings involving six US Marines announced that the December 9 preliminary investigation hearing would be the last. He gave all parties a deadline of December 19 to submit all memoranda, after which he will determine whether th [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5781	G/TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S DECEMBER 3-6 VISIT: [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: G/TIP Director Ambassador John Miller visited the Philippines December 3-6 to evaluate GRP progress in addressing serious problems that resulted in its Tier Two Watch List rating in 2004 and 2005 [...]	2005-12-12 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY JP
05MANILA5794	EMBASSY MANILA MARKS HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK WITH ONLINE [...] (U) Summary: On December 12, Mission hosted an online discussion to mark Human Rights Week, with participation from the GRP's Commission on Human Rights and a local human rights NGO. Participants in the chat reviewed U.S. advocacy of human rights and democracy, and the human rights situation [...]	2005-12-13 06:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO RP
05MANILA5861	HUMAN RIGHTS/LABOR: USG-FUNDED ANTI-CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: Focusing on key human rights and labor items, poloff and pol LES visited Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental Province in the Central Philippines, December 13-14. A USDOL-funded anti-child labor project in the area is proceeding well. Conditions at a local shelter run by the GRP [...]	2005-12-16 06:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO RP
05MANILA587	POLICE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING STRING OF [...] (C) Summary: Cebu city remains abuzz about a recent string of extrajudicial killings that has taken upwards of 25 lives. Philippine National Police (PNP) officials confirmed that PNP is actively investigating the slayings, which have divided the city, with the Cardinal and some key local po [...]	2005-02-07 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SNAR RP
05MANILA5964	MAKING THE MOST OUT OF THE "MERCY" [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit by the USNS Mercy to the Philippines could contribute significantly to our program of civil-military operations (CMO) in the Sulu Archipelago and have a positive impact our counterterrorism efforts there. Some additional support, e.g., medium-lift helicopters, may be n [...]	2005-12-27 09:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PHUM RP
05MANILA5965	PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES DRAW CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: A Malacanang-created "Consultative Commission" has submitted to President Arroyo its final report on proposed changes to the 1987 Constitution, which include a transformation from a presidential to a parliamentary system of government. The report, which is advisory in nature, r [...]	2005-12-27 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI ECON RP
05MANILA5966	PROSECUTOR FILES CHARGES AGAINST FOUR MARINES IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Olongapo City Prosecutor filed charges on December 27 against four of the six Marines under investigation for the alleged rape of a Filipina. In comments to the media, the prosecutor said he intended to seek custody of the four Marines once the court had issued arrest war [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5987	TWO MARINES EXIT THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) Corporal Corey Burris and Lance Corporal Albert Lara departed the Philippines via US military aircraft at 4:40 p.m. local time on December 28, following the dismissal by the Olongapo City prosecutor the previous day of the complaint against them in the case of the alleged November 1 rap [...]	2005-12-28 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5988	GRP ORDERS LARGE SUGAR PLANTATION TO DISTRIBUTE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP has upheld a recommendation by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to expropriate the "Hacienda Luisita" sugar plantation located in Tarlac, north of Manila, and distribute it to farm [...]	2005-12-28 09:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP
05MANILA6039	TIP: TWO MORE TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) Summary: On December 27, a court in Metro Manila sentenced a husband and wife to life imprisonment for peddling victims -- including some minors -- into sexual servitude. A top GRP prosecutor (and former IVP grantee) spearheaded the government's legal team that netted the convictions. [...]	2005-12-29 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
05MANILA655	MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 9, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo reiterated the GRP's commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons while working with Japan on implementation of new regulations on entertainers, confirmed that the de-listing as a terrorist organizat [...]	2005-02-10 08:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWMN PHUM PTER BM IZ SU JA RP
05MANILA887	CATHOLIC CHURCH MEDIATING VOLATILE LABOR DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is actively attempting to mediate a complex labor dispute at Hacienda Luisita, a large sugar plantation located north of Manila owned by the Cory Aquino/Cojuangco family. The GRP's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) [...]	2005-02-28 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PINS RP
05MANILA9	PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...] (SBU) Dep Pol/C and poloff reviewed the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Interim Assessment Report (ref a) for the Philippines in a meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Americas Division Director Marc De Borja on January 3. Dep Pol/C noted that the report had flagged areas of progres [...]	2005-01-03 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG RP JA
05MANILA971	PHILIPPINES: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission,s fifth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from March 2004 through March 2005. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer David C. Maness, ManessDC@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x5165, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2005-03-01 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RP
05MAPUTO1030	MOZAMBIQUE: AUGUST 9-12 VISIT BY G/TIP AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 13:21:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM PHUM SMIG MZ KWNM
05MAPUTO1060	MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT AT SEPTEMBER 12 - 13 MDA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 14:44:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL IS MZ ICRC
05MAPUTO1086	MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Mozambique is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor (Convention 182). The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but it does not have a regulatory body specifically [...]	2005-08-25 14:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MZ USAID
05MAPUTO114	ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] Overview of Request: Post is requesting ESF funding through G/TIP in the amount of $177,728 for a research and capacity building program. This project will have two key components: a) strengthening civil society efforts to combat trafficking in persons and b) identifying trafficking patterns i [...]	2005-01-24 15:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM KWMN ASEC KCRM SMIG MZ ESF
05MAPUTO1158	MOZAMBIQUE - ONE DOZEN KILLED IN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 violence broke out in the small town of Mocimboa da Praia in northern Mozambique between the police and supporters of the main opposition party, RENAMO, resulting in 12 deaths and nearly 50 wounded. Order has since been restored, but several RENAMO figures from th [...]	2005-09-08 16:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI MZ RENAMO
05MAPUTO1236	MOZAMBIQUE: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mozambique presents unique opportunities in the Global War on Terrorism, as its significant Muslim-minority community remains moderate and open to cooperation, discussion and exchange with the U.S. and Mission elements. In the past year, Post has successfully expanded its outreach [...]	2005-09-23 09:15:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL KMPI
05MAPUTO133	MOZAMBIQUE: ACCUSED CARDOSO ASSASSIN ANIBALZINHO [...] Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"),the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, arrived in Maputo on January 22 and was taken into custody, after having been deported from Canada. In January 2003, [...]	2005-01-27 14:42:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS MZ KCOR KCRM
05MAPUTO1408	MOZAMBIQUE: MURDER OF DIRECTOR OF MAPUTO CENTRAL [...] On October 21 the Director of Maputo Central Prison, Jorge Microsse, was fatally shot in the Pequenos Libombos area of Boane district, about 40 kilometers outside Maputo city. According to press reports, Microsse was approached in his car by four armed men at approximately 1730 hrs as he stoppe [...]	2005-10-28 07:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRM MZ PGOV PHUM
05MAPUTO1424	MOZAMBIQUE: WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN'S SON KIDNAPPED; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) According to reports in the press, Gafur Hassan, son of prominent Indo-Mozambican businessman Gulamo Hassan, was kidnapped in the evening of October 27 in the city of Nacala, Nampula province, [...]	2005-11-01 14:27:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KCOR SNAR PHUM MZ
05MAPUTO1520	MOZAMBIQUE: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 13:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR MZ PHUM UNHCR
05MAPUTO1521	MOZAMBIQUE: MDA ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] On November 17 poloff delivered ref A talking points to Faruque Faquira, Head of Department, Directorate for International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Faquira said the GRM had recently received the Swiss Government's note on this issue and indicated that Mozamb [...]	2005-11-17 14:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICRC PHUM PREL IS MZ
05MAPUTO1532	MOZAMBIQUE: THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 12:43:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MZ
05MAPUTO1548	MOZAMBIQUE: REPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND PRCS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 08:43:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC MZ
05MAPUTO155	ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mozambique large Muslim minority has long been a bastion of moderate faith, both in the native African and South Asian immigrant communities. The country has no tradition of militant, anti-western Islamic thought, and post sees no substantial evidence of any Islamic organizations [...]	2005-02-02 12:07:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL MZ PHUM PTER SCUL KNAR
05MAPUTO1569	MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RETRIAL BEGINS; DEFENDANT [...] The retrial of Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"),the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, began on December 1 in the Maputo City court. Anibalzinho was previously tried in absentia and, in Jan [...]	2005-12-06 12:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR PREL PHUM MZ
05MAPUTO1600	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 13:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNGA UNHRC MZ
05MAPUTO165	2005 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND BUDGET REQUEST [...] Post appreciates receiving FY2004 DHRF funding in the amount of $76,000, an increase from $70,000 in FY2003. These funds have enabled the Embassy to engage a broader range of Mozambican civil society in our efforts to help consolidate democratization and improve human rights performance. For F [...]	2005-02-07 15:10:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EAID DHRF
05MAPUTO170	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] Summary: Mozambique has made progress in strengthening its democratic institutions, but the country remains vulnerable to corruption and human rights safeguards are weak. In December 2004 Mozambique held its third general (presidential and legislative) election, as President Joaquim Chissano, [...]	2005-02-07 15:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL MZ DHRF
05MAPUTO202	RE: GAINING UNSC SUPPORT FOR SUDAN ACTION IN NEW [...] (C) On February 11, Emboff delivered Sudan action demarche and talking points to Faruque Faquira, head of department for United Nations issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Faquira said that Mozambique "had no philosophical disagreement" with the concept of an African Union-United Nation [...]	2005-02-14 14:15:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM ETTC PREL KPKO MZ ETRAD
05MAPUTO305	2005 MOZAMBIQUE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Mozambique is a source country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. South Africa is the principal receiving country for trafficked Mozambicans. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that 1,000 Mozambican women are trafficked every year. [...]	2005-03-04 09:36:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF MZ KFLD
05MAPUTO322	MOZAMBIQUE: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PROVOKES MOSTLY [...] (U) The recently released 2004 Human Rights Report chapter on Mozambique has received mostly favorable attention in the local press and provoked considerable discussion in the media over human rights concerns in the country. On March 4 the state-run daily Noticias ran a story over an interview [...]	2005-03-09 15:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MZ
05MAPUTO354	CHILD MARRIAGE IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] Mozambique's new Family Law, which entered into force in October 2004, sets the minimum age for civil marriage at 21 for those who marry without their parents' consent. Parental consent is compulsory for civil marriage for persons aged 18 through 20. With parental consent and under exceptional [...]	2005-03-17 09:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN MZ
05MAPUTO360	MZ - ACOTA - HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION COMPLETED [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-18 09:27:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PHUM PGOV MZ ACOTA
05MAPUTO378	MOZAMBIQUE: GATHERING SUPPORT FOR AN [...] (U) Summary: Mozambique's new government is increasingly serious about addressing the issue of trafficking in women and children. At a trafficking in persons luncheon held at the Ambassador's residence on March 16, representatives of key government agencies and local non-governmental organizat [...]	2005-03-22 12:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN SMIG MZ
05MAPUTO395	MOZAMBIQUE: ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 24 Ambassador LaLime and USAID Director Jay Knott, accompanied by visiting SFRC committee staffer Heather Flynn, paid a courtesy call to Mozambique's new Minister of Justice, Esperanca Machavela. The visit addressed a series of subjects, including the need for anti-traf [...]	2005-03-24 16:19:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG MZ
05MAPUTO434	MOZAMBIQUE: POLICE ARREST MEN SELLING A YOUNG BOY, [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - not for placement on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Mozambique continued to take steps in March 2005 to detain potential traffickers and toward upgrading its laws to expressly prohibit trafficking. On March 21 Mozambican police arrested two Mozambican men for t [...]	2005-04-04 16:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG MZ
05MAPUTO438	MOZAMBIQUE - ACOTA - HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-05 08:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PHUM PGOV MZ ACOTA
05MAPUTO455	ACOTA - HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - MZ [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 10:03:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PHUM PGOV MZ ACOTA
05MAPUTO566	EMBASSY MAPUTO SMALL PROJECTS FUND FOR [...] The following is response to Action Request (Ref A). 2.-- Project Title: Transit and Reintegration Assistance for Mozambican Women and Children Repatriated from South Africa -- Amount of Funding: 12,000 U.S. dollars -- Implementing Organization: FECIV - Institute for Civic Education -- Exp [...]	2005-05-06 09:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM KDEM KWMN PHUM SMIG ASEC MZ
05MAPUTO617	ALLEGED CHILD TRAFFICKING FROM MOZAMBIQUE TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A South African NGO, Amazing Grace Children's Center, based in the town of Malelane near the border with Mozambique, is sheltering half a dozen children that appear to have been trafficked from Mozambique into South Africa. This Center says it has been working with trafficking v [...]	2005-05-17 15:30:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KFRD KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG MZ SF WZ
05MAPUTO655	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE ON CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] On March 24, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ilidio Caifaz, Director of National Studies, Ministry of Labor. Caifaz stated he would share the talking points with the Minister of Labor in their meeting later this week, but gave no indication of which candidate the GRM would support should t [...]	2005-05-26 11:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	BB CU ELAB PHUM PREL MZ ILO
05MAPUTO681	MOZAMBIQUE: FRELIMO WINS MAYORAL BY-ELECTION; [...] (U) The ruling Frelimo party came out ahead of Renamo, the lead opposition party, in the May 21 by-election for mayor in the northern town of Mocimboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province. According to official results released on May 26 the Frelimo candidate, Amadeu Pedro, won with 53 percent (5,2 [...]	2005-05-31 08:04:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL MZ RENAMO FRELIMO
05MAPUTO783	MOZAMBIQUE - REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On June 21 emboff delivered demarche and talking points to Faruque Faquira, Chief of Department for United Nations issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Faquira was familiar with the issue at hand and had recently been briefed by his Ministry on the U.S. consultations with the Afric [...]	2005-06-21 17:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KUNR MZ UNGA UNCHR
05MASERU160	DEMARCHE ON COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 15:03:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM LT UNHCR
05MASERU311	LESOTHO DISCUSSES UN REFORM MATTERS [...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed UN reform and USG priorities with the GOL Minister of Foreign Affairs during June 20 meeting. Minister Moleleki concurred with the overall message that the U.S. strongly supports a developing focus for the high level events and he reiterated his government's agreem [...]	2005-06-24 12:28:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC PHUM LT UNSC
05MASERU394	SUPPORT FOR USG PROPOSAL RE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) Charge met August 2 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Monyane Moleleki to deliver talking points in ref regarding the USG position on creation of a Human Rights Council. Charge noted, in particular, the flexibility of the USG on issues of the Council's size, mandate, and membership criteri [...]	2005-08-02 09:51:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LT UNGA UNHCR
05MASERU400	LESOTHO LACKS RESOURCES TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] SUMMARY. Human Trafficking in Lesotho is not as high profile as it is in other countries and the problem appears to be relatively small in comparison to the situation in some other countries in the region. There is a concern among some Basotho, however, particularly those who work with women [...]	2005-08-03 16:25:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM LT
05MASERU545	UN CEREMONIES UNDERSCORE U.S. GOALS [...] Lesotho headquarters of the United Nations kicked off its celebration of the UN ceremony with a program at the Maseru Convention Center. During the commemorative event, specific U.S. objectives such as poverty alleviation, Millennium Challenge goals and the war against HIV/AIDS were recognize [...]	2005-10-27 15:18:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI KHIV OPRC SCUL LT UNGA
05MASERU553	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING [...] (C) On October 28, Ambassador reviewed key points concerning Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's increasing extremism and unacceptable statements including that "Israel must be wiped off the map" during discussion with Lesotho's Foreign Affairs Minister Moleleki. Moleleki stated that in his opin [...]	2005-10-28 12:11:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IR LT
05MASERU578	DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] On November 8 CAI met with MFA Acting Principal Secretary Thabang Lekhela to deliver and discuss talking points in ref. Pitso Makosholo, Chief, Division of Europe and the Americas, also attended. 2. Charge prefaced his presentation of the points by noting Lesotho's participation in the AU P [...]	2005-11-09 07:42:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LT UNHCR
05MINSK1013	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 24, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ Authorities Annul Two Weekly Papers' Registration 2. On August 22, Minsk authorities deregistered Denpress (i.e. the company that produces the independent we [...]	2005-08-26 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1040	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 31, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliamentarians Extremely Critical of USG Response to Hurricane Katrina On September 1, Chairman of the Commission for [...]	2005-09-02 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1052	Lukashenko Continues His Slander Campaign [...] Summary: President Lukashenko continues to slander the U.S. and the Belarusian opposition via the state- controlled media on a daily basis. In recent speeches he has accused the U.S. and the West of trying to destabilize Belarus using the country's ethnic Poles as pawns and training revoluti [...]	2005-09-06 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1054	IISEPS in Trouble Again [...] (SBU) On September 2 Oleg Manaev, head of the deregistered polling agency IISEPS, discussed IISEPS' latest troubles with the authorities with Poloff. Belarus' Supreme Court revoked IISEPS' registration in April (reftel). Maneav subsequently registered IISEPS in Lithuania. In July, the Minist [...]	2005-09-06 14:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1074	BELARUS WILL NOT FULFILL ILO RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The deadline for Belarus to fulfill ILO recommendations on labor rights is approaching, but Belarus has yet to make any improvements. The ILO representative in Minsk admitted that technically, the GOB has made some "progress", but in reality, these recommendations are not realiz [...]	2005-09-08 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1086	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SET TO BE IN EARLY SUMMER [...] Summary: The chair of the Central Election Committee (CEC) announced on August 30 that the 2006 presidential election would be held no later than July 20. The chair of the CEC explained the basic rules for an election campaign while not trying to hide her pro-Lukashenko attitude. She predic [...]	2005-09-12 05:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1090	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 7, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Belarusian Trafficker Extradited from Spain On September 2, Spanish police arrested and extradited a Belarusian woman suspected of involvement in an inte [...]	2005-09-12 10:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1129	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 14, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Opposition Congress Secures Location, But Wants More Following Lukashenko's instruction to Minsk city officials to assist the opposition 10+ coalition [...]	2005-09-16 12:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1148	Beaten Zubr Hospitalized [...] (SBU) Summary: Nikita Sasim, one of the Zubr youth group's coordinators, was punched several times by OMON riot police as they dispersed a protest September 16. He went to the hospital that evening and was diagnosed with a concussion. He will remain in hospital until September 22. Zubr claim [...]	2005-09-20 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO PGOV
05MINSK1164	MOJ: Any Political Organization Must Register [...] (U) On September 19 Minister of Justice Viktor Golovanov signed a "postanovlenie" (ruling, or ordinance) regulating the political activities of Belarusians. Specifically, the ruling demands that, "Before conducting any events of a political character or forming any blocs of political parties, [...]	2005-09-23 13:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1165	Flaws in Single Candidate Process [...] (C) Summary: The independent election observation NGO Partnership recently released a report on the conduct of the opposition 10+ coalition's single candidate process. Partnership documented numerous instances of harassment by the regime, but also pointed out failings by the oppositiQ, such as [...]	2005-09-23 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1167	Protestant Churches Pressured [...] (SBU) Summary: The New Life Church has employed numerous techniques to protest the GOB's denial of its re- registration, but thus far without success. The latest meeting between the church and the GOB has proven unfruitful and neither side will yield its position; thus a cooperative resolutio [...]	2005-09-26 08:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
05MINSK1169	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 23, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. GOB Customs Service "Stays Outside Politics" On September 16, the State Customs Committee announced that the GOB has not ordered the Belarusian customs [...]	2005-09-27 05:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1193	Narodnaya Volya Hits Rock Bottom [...] (SBU) Summary: A district court froze independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya's bank account and assets on September 27. The court also demanded it pay BYR 100 million damages awarded to a government official in a June lawsuit. With its account frozen and little time to collect the needed sum, [...]	2005-09-30 05:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1194	Single Opposition Candidate Convention Almost A [...] (C) Summary: The 10+ coalition leaders are frantically making the final preparations for the single candidate convention, which will take place in Minsk October 1-2. The approximately 900 delegates will select one of the four candidates to be the single candidate on the second day of the con [...]	2005-09-30 10:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1199	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 30, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Hail to Luka Youth! President Lukashenko signed a presidential edict on September 24 restoring the Soviet era name, Lenin Komsomol of Belarus, to the [...]	2005-09-30 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1205	Opposition Chooses Single Candidate [...] (C) Summary: The 10+ coalition, by far Belarus' largest opposition group, held its Congress of Democratic Forces in Minsk October 1 and 2 and narrowly chose Aleksandr Milinkevich to be its single candidate to challenge President Lukashenko in the July 2006 elections. This congress was the cul [...]	2005-10-03 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1227	"BELARUS' ELECTION MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN THOSE IN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 5 meeting, Head of the Central Election Committee (CEC) Ludmilla Yermoshina and her deputy explained to Pol Chief the processes of choosing an election date and registering presidential candidates. The election will be no later than July 20 and campaigning will begin [...]	2005-10-07 10:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1232	BELARUS: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (C) The Lukashenko regime is engaged in a clear and comprehensive effort to continue and deepen Lukashenko's dictatorial rule over Belarus. The regime has created a climate of fear in the country and is attempting to eliminate any possibility for democratic change through an aggressive anti- [...]	2005-10-07 10:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID PREL BO
05MINSK1235	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Fines, Fines and More Fines On September 30, a Belarusian court ordered the nation wide independent weekly newspaper BDG Delovaya Gazeta to pay BYR 50 m [...]	2005-10-11 08:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO

05MINSK1262	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church Fined Again On October 7, a Minsk court fined New Life Church administrator Vasily Yurevich BYR 4,350,000 [USD 2,000] for organizing ill [...]	2005-10-14 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1284	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary: Since the October 2 nomination of Aleksandr Milinkevich by the democratic congress, Emboffs have conducted a series of meetings with civil society leaders and political analysts to assess the significance of the democratic congress and of Milinkevich's presidential bid. Most obs [...]	2005-10-21 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1291	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Approximately 100,000 Belarusians Unite in Solidarity Campaign On October 16, the "Free Belarus" Coalition, including Nikita Sasim, journalist Irina Kha [...]	2005-10-24 08:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1292	Mystery Surrounds Death of Independent Journalist [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, Vasily Grodnikov, contributor to the independent daily Narodnaya Volya (NV),was found dead in his apartment with an injury caused by a blow to the head with a blunt object. It remains unclear whether or not he was murdered, even though the forensic results have be [...]	2005-10-24 08:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1316	MILINKEVICH APPEALS TO US AMBASSADOR FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Aleksandr Milinkevich discussed with Ambassador his campaign activities following the October 1-2 democratic congress (ref A). He was relatively pleased with his efforts to pull together a unified campaign team, and was cautiously optimistic he and his team could [...]	2005-10-28 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1317	NO PROTECTION FROM TRIPLE JEOPARDY IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) announced it would retry for the third time the tax authority's case against the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) for failure to pay back taxes on a European Union (EU) grant. Despite two court decisions in the past eighteen mont [...]	2005-10-28 11:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1330	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Authorities Cancel Youth Forum, Youth Leaders Detained On October 22, authorities prevented a meeting of 85 leaders of youth organization from all the r [...]	2005-10-31 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1342	MILINKEVICH TEAM OUTLINES CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief recently met with 10+ presidential nominee Aleksandr Milinkevich and several leaders of his team to discuss their plans to bring about democratic change around the time of the 2006 presidential elections. The strategy, though still in its elementary [...]	2005-11-01 13:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1343	Election Observers Arrested, Convicted [...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk police on October 29 raided a conference held by Belarus' largest election observation group Partnership and detained 60 participants. Most were released after documentation checks but four senior members were charged and convicted of organizing an illegal gathering. Th [...]	2005-11-01 13:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1348	FREEDMON TO TRAVEL FREELY IN THEORY ONLY [...] Summary: In the past month, the GOB has taken a series of steps - including detentions at airports and borders, seizures at customs, travel bans, and refusals to issue exit travel permits - to prevent opposition leaders and activists from traveling abroad freely. The GOB's actions indicate a [...]	2005-11-03 07:54:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1363	Extreme Extremist Law Passes First Reading [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 Belarus' parliament passed the first reading of a bill to combat extremism. The bill specifically mentions political parties, NGOs, mass media, and religious organizations as potential sources of extremism. A senior BKGB officer introduced the law to parliament, a [...]	2005-11-09 12:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1365	Ambassador's Trip to Mozyr [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Emboffs visited the southeastern Belarusian city of Mozyr November 3 and 4. Ambassador met with the head of Mozyr refinery and toured the facility (septel),opened the Embassy's tenth American corner in a local library, gave interviews to local print and broadcast media, [...]	2005-11-09 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1381	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 10, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Den Newspaper Sees Its Final Day On November 4, the Minsk City Economic Court upheld the decision to annul Denpress' registration for failure to operate [...]	2005-11-15 07:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1387	Free Press Cut from State Distribution Network [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 4 and 11, Belarusian state postal service provider RUP Belpochta announced it would remove four independent newspapers from the list of periodicals available for subscription in 2006. On November 9, the Ministry of Information issued a warning to the editor of "Zhod [...]	2005-11-16 08:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1406	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 18, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. State Distribution Lists Cuts Eleven Independent Newspapers On November 15, Belarusian state postal service provider RUP Belpochta removed six more inde [...]	2005-11-22 07:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1409	INDEPENDENT POLLS FALL UNDER GOB CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12, the GOB announced that all independent polling institutions must receive accreditation by a special panel of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences. The resolution enumerates several requirements the pollsters must meet in order to receive accreditation, wh [...]	2005-11-22 11:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1410	Empty Victory for Narodnaya Volya [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17, the Minsk City Economic Court ordered the state-run publishing house, Krasnaya Zvezda (KZ),to begin publishing the independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya (NV) again after KZ broke its contract with the paper. However, it is unlikely KZ will actually print any is [...]	2005-11-22 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1419	Day of Solidarity Numbers Don't Add Up [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, opposition activists hosted the second "Day of Solidarity" with those who have been persecuted by the GOB. While the organizers reported extremely high levels of participation, embassy observations suggest their numbers were inflated. End summary. 2. (U) On [...]	2005-11-23 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1433	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 25, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church's Building is NOT a Cow Barn On November 17, the New Life Church filed its third application for registration at the address of the forme [...]	2005-11-25 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1444	Human Rights Day 2005 Plans [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1452	MOTOVELO WORKERS GO ON STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: Workers at a Minsk motorcycle plant went on strike on November 25 demanding the factory pay their October wages. After blocking a large highway for one and a half hours, the factory administration finally agreed to pay the wages by November 30. While on a regional trip, an angry [...]	2005-12-02 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1462	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 02, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Stricter Laws on Discrediting Belarus On December 25, the lower house of PQliament overwhelmingly approved the first reading of amendments to Belarus' cr [...]	2005-12-05 11:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1464	LUKASHENKO STANDS ON HIS SOAPBOX FOR RUSSIAN [...] Summary: President Lukashenko spoke at a November 23 press conference with approximately 100 visiting Russian reporters from provincial media outlets. With his characteristically bizarre statements, Lukashenko criticized the Russians for stalling the creation of the union state, not helping B [...]	2005-12-05 15:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1487	INCSR Part I from Belarus [...] I. Summary. Belarus continues to grow in importance as a transit country for drugs. Local drug use and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. Belarus does not produce drugs for export, though it may be a source of precursor chemicals. With the help of other nations and organizations, B [...]	2005-12-09 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1495	EUR DAS Kramer Discusses Campaign Strategy with [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, EUR DAS David Kramer met with single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team. Milinkevich was out in the regions on his campaign trips. Campaign manager Sergey Kalyakin and his deputies described the negative effects the government- supported i [...]	2005-12-13 13:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1507	Presidential Elections To Take Place In March 2006 [...] (C) Summary: On December 16, the Belarusian Parliament in a suddenly announced extraordinary session unanimously approved March 19, 2006, as the date for holding presidential elections. Rumors about holding the elections in March started to circulate in November, although Belarusian election o [...]	2005-12-16 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1524	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. --------- Elections --------- 2. "Ambassador's Residence is Opposition's Meetinghouse" - State TV On December 17, Post held its annual children's holiday party for U.S. Embassy staff at Ambassad [...]	2005-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1527	Partnership Prepared to Observe Elections [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, 2005, Poloffs met with civil initiative Partnership deputy director Enira Bronitskaya to inquire about the possibility of Partnership monitoring the March 2006 presidential elections. Partnership plans to observe the electoral process, including the signature verif [...]	2005-12-22 12:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1547	Women's Issues Working Group Launches Networking [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. On November 30, DCM hosted a reception for twenty Belarusian women leaders from all spheres in society Q political, civil, and business - to provide prominent and active women from all regions in Belarus with an opportunity to network and share i [...]	2005-12-29 07:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
05MINSK1555	Presidential Hopefuls Begin Signature Collection [...] (C) Summary: The Central Electoral Committee (CEC) on December 27 registered all eight candidates for the March presidential elections and their "groups of support." The potential candidates include President Lukashenko, pro- Lukashenko MP Sergey Gaidukevich, 10+ coalition candidate Aleksand [...]	2005-12-29 13:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1558	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ No Protection from Triple Jeopardy in Belarus 2. On December 20, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) overturned its own previous ruling and decided that the Belarusian Helsinki [...]	2005-12-30 09:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1561	Minsk Election Weekly II (December 24-30) [...] This is the second in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. -------------- The Candidates -------------- All Eight Potential Candidates Registered, Now it Gets Hard 2. The Central Election [...]	2005-12-30 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK757	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Restricted Political Parties On June 29, the Belarusian Parliament amended a law further restricting political parties by [...]	2005-07-13 05:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK759	RIOT POLICE PUNCHES WIDOW OF MISSING REPORTER [...] (U) Summary: On July 7, Svetlana Zavadskaya, widow of missing Russian cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky, and other supporters demonstrated on October Square to mark the fifth anniversary of Zavadsky's disappearance. Soon after the demonstration began, OMON riot police attempted to push the crowd off [...]	2005-07-13 07:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK790	Lukashenko Tightens Control over Donations [...] Summary: On July 1 President Lukashenko issued edict 300, "On the Provision and Use of Donations." The document puts legal bounds on who can provide and receive donations in Belarus and for what purposes. It further restricts the provision of material support to any opposition political and pu [...]	2005-07-19 13:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
05MINSK792	Roma Update: Belarus [...] Summary: On July 5, the DCM met with Belarusian Roma leader Oleg Kozlovskiy. Kozlovskiy requested a meeting with the Embassy in order to share recent developments within the Roma community, while also reiterating continued concerns and problems. Belarusian authorities generally ignore the Ro [...]	2005-07-19 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK793	Lukashenko Has No Friends Or Money [...] Summary: Famous Russian journalist Oleg Poptsov recently interviewed President Lukashenko on the Russian TV channel "Tsentr". Poptsov, previously known for his pro-democratic stance, surprisingly agreed with Lukashenko on most topics and portrayed Lukashenko as an honorable president. Lukas [...]	2005-07-20 08:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK794	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- Â [...]	2005-07-20 08:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK825	NGO SAFETY NET SEVERED [...] Summary: On July 1, President Lukashenko signed edict 302, which significantly tightens the creation and limits the activities of funds, i.e. non-profit organizations without membership established for the advancement of social, cultural, educational and other purposes. Before the edict was sig [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
05MINSK826	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Students to Serve State On July 19, the Gomel Regional Soviet adopted a 2005- 2007 program to engage youths in ideology, [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK838	QELECTION FRAUD, OPPRESSION, AND JOB LOSS IN MOLODECHNO [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK859	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 27, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. No Election Observation On July 21, Secretary of the Central Elections Commission Nikolai Lozovik stated the Belarus does [...]	2005-07-29 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK870	Farming In Belarus Still A Risky Business [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited a "privatized" collective farm on July 7 to assess the progress made since the previous visit in July 2004. Financial loss, alcoholism, theft, laziness, and government interference remain big problems. The infrastructure has improved little while more money needs [...]	2005-08-01 10:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK939	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 03, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Statkevich Begins Sentence On July 29, opposition politician Nikolai Statkevich arrived in Baranovichi to serve his two-year restricted freedom sentence [...]	2005-08-12 05:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK941	BANDAZHEVSKY RELEASED [...] Summary: Chernobyl researcher and doctor of radiology Yuri Bandazhevsky was released on August 5 after serving six years of chimia (supervised labor in a rural area),but he will remain on probation for another five months. Many viewed Bandazhevsky's trial and eight- year sentence for briber [...]	2005-08-12 06:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK951	President Signs TIP Edict [...] Summary: On August 8 President Lukashenko signed the edict `On Preventing the Effects of TIP', which defines the status of trafficking victims and mandates measures to provide protection and medical care and to guarantee social security to these victims. The edict is another important step by [...]	2005-08-16 07:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK984	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 17, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Kyoto Protocol On August 15, Belarus joined the Kyoto Protocol. At the upcoming November meeting of participating countrie [...]	2005-08-22 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MONTREAL744	MONTREAL MUSLIMS APPRECIATE DIALOGUE WITH [...] Summary. On June 2, Consulate staff (Consul General (CG),Public Affairs Officer (PAO),Consular Section Chief and FSN Public Affairs Assistant) met with ten representatives of various Muslim organizations and constituencies in Montreal, including the Algerian Cultural Center, the Islamic Co [...]	2005-06-09 20:21:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL PREL PHUM ASEC SOCI CA
05MOSCOW15735	KREMLIN AGGRESSIVELY SEEKS TO DISRUPT KASYANOV'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, the only declared candidate for the 2008 presidential election, has faced a tough and thus far frustrating slog in his bid to unite the democratic opposition behind him. During several recent visits to the country's regions, Kasyanov has b [...]	2005-12-30 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
05MUMBAI1708	GUJARAT: WILY MODI WEAKENS HIS OPPONENTS AND POSITIONS [...] (C) On August 1, controversial Gujarat BJP Chief Minister Narendra Modi (whose visa we revoked for his role in the 2002 Gujarat Hindu-Muslim riots) expanded his cabinet by inducting 11 new ministers. In doing so, Modi met a long-standing demand of the rebels within his own party who had openly cr [...]	2005-08-10 11:16:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR CVIS IN
05MUMBAI188	BANERJEE STATES GODHRA FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN ACCIDENT - BJP [...] (U) Justice U.C. Banerjee released an interim report in New Delhi on January 17, 2005, which claimed that the February 27, 2002 fire in car S-6 of the Sabarmati Express just outside Godhra might have erupted "in the coach itself without any external input." Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Y [...]	2005-01-18 10:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IN
05MUMBAI1931	GUJARAT: PEACEFUL ON THE SURFACE, YET STATE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The riots of 2002 belong to history, and communal harmony now reigns in Gujarat, business leaders and the state's Chief Secretary told the Consul General during his September 8-9 visit to Ahmedabad. The Chief Secretary criticized the USG for continuing to probe into the judicial aftermat [...]	2005-09-22 08:09:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PINR CVIS PREL PGOV KISL IN
05MUMBAI200	RESPONSE TO ULEMA COUNCIL - ACTION REQUEST [...] (SBU) On January 15, 2005, ConGen Mumbai received a letter from Maulana Mehmood Daryabadi, General Secretary for the All India Ulema Council. The letter requested that the USG allow members of the All India Ulema Council to lead and organize a delegation in coordination with other Islamic Orga [...]	2005-01-19 07:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IN
05MUMBAI2093	NGO: OVER 16,000 CHILD LABORERS RESCUED IN MAHARASHTRA [...] (U) A dramatic upsurge in Government of Maharashtra (GOM) attention to child labor issues and a series of coordinated raids in Mumbai resulted in the rescue of over 16,000 children working in hazardous industries in recent months. Police, in coordination with the newly created child labor task [...]	2005-10-22 09:46:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KWMN EAID IN
05MUMBAI2192	DO NO HARM? THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOR IN MAHARASHTRA [...] (U) Following the rescue of thousands of underage children from Mumbai workshops (reftel),some child welfare activists debate whether the children are now better or worse off. The Government of Maharashtra's (GOM) program "Education For All" attempts to address gaps in educational facilities, [...]	2005-11-16 06:41:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KWMN EAID IN
05MUMBAI2319	SEX TRAFFICKING IN MADHYA PRADESH [...] (U) Development professionals in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (MP) told Consul General and EconOff that the northwest corner of the state served as a steady source for sex workers, due to the existence of so-called "prostitute castes" in several villages. While these interlocutors [...]	2005-12-13 04:42:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD SOCI ASEC PREF ELAB PREL IN
05MUMBAI756	GUJARAT BJP PARLIAMENTARIANS OPENLY CHALLENGE CM MODI [...] (SBU) Some of our contacts in Gujarat tell us that BJP Chief Minister (CM) Narendra Modi is facing the most serious challenge to his power yet, as a growing number of BJP Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) are openly speaking out against him. The MLAs are criticizing what they consider [...]	2005-03-15 11:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON PHUM IN GOI
05MUMBAI816	GUJARAT: REACTIONS TO VISA REVOCATION MIXED AS PROTESTS [...] (C) The BJP continued its criticism of the USG decision to revoke the visa of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a series of actions in Gujarat over the weekend. The Chief Minister himself said the USG had ulterior motives at a public rally and in a discussion with a U.S. journalist. Pro [...]	2005-03-21 13:39:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ASEC IN
05MUMBAI876	GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER MODI SURVIVES, FOR NOW [...] (U) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has successfully fended off another attempt by dissidents within his own party to dislodge him. The leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),headed by party president LK Advani, met with a delegation of Modi's opponents in the Gujarat BJP on Marc [...]	2005-03-31 14:19:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON PHUM IN
05MUSCAT1109	NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINEE JAILED [...] (SBU) An outspoken elected former Shura Council deputy and current Nobel Prize nominee was sentenced July 13 by a Muscat court for insulting government officials in connection with the controversial arrests of Ibadhi activists charged by the government of belonging to an illegal organization. [...]	2005-07-16 02:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI PINR MU
05MUSCAT1132	ORDER, DISSENT, AND THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Omani authorities have incarcerated an outspoken former parliamentarian and questioned a banned writer/activist for making critical remarks about senior government officials. On the heels of pardoning 31 Ibadhis who were convicted of belonging to an illegal organization, the authori [...]	2005-07-19 01:05:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI PINR PGOV MU
05MUSCAT1154	NEW JOURNAL TACKLES FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION [...] "Our Daughters: Circumcision and Concealment" was the cover story in the inaugural issue of "Futoon" family magazine. The hardhitting article described the four types of surgical procedures in detail and recounted personal stories of how the procedure harmed the lives of four Omani women. T [...]	2005-07-20 12:46:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN SOCI PHUM MU
05MUSCAT1159	QABOOS PARDONS HUNDREDS [...] (SBU) Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree that pardoned hundreds of prisoners, allegedly including military officers, who were recently sentenced for their involvement in a secret and illegal Ibadhi organization. The announcement of the royal pardons neither specifically referred to the milita [...]	2005-07-21 06:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS KISL PINS MU
05MUSCAT1203	TAYBAH AL-MA'WALI AWAITS SENTENCING [...] (SBU) On July 30, a Muscat court released Taybah al-Ma'wali on bail until a verdict on her appeal is announced around August 3. According to family members, al-Ma'wali had been in hiding since she was sentenced in absentia on July 13 to one and a half years in prison. On July 30, however, al [...]	2005-07-30 11:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI PINR MU
05MUSCAT1237	CAMEL JOCKEY AGE LIMITS INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-07 11:07:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ETRD ELAB PREL KOCI SCUL MU UNICEF
05MUSCAT1238	TAYBAH AL-MA'WALI SENTENCE REDUCED TO 6 MONTHS [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-07 11:07:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PINR MU
05MUSCAT1277	ILO, UNICEF KUDOS FOR OMANI CAMEL RACING REFORM [...] (SBU) The regional directors for UNICEF and the ILO met on August 14 with Sports Minister Ali al-Sunaidi to discuss Omani camel racing reforms. The government is not only gradually raising jockey age limits from 14 to 18 years, but is also setting minimum age standards for camels because matu [...]	2005-08-17 08:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KOCI SCUL ETRD PREL MU
05MUSCAT1289	CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-21 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1327	OMAN OFFERS OVERSTAYERS AN EASY EXIT [...] (SBU) In an effort to spur the exit of expatriates who have overstayed their visas, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) eased departure regulations and urged all persons on expired visas to pay a one-time fee of $655 USD and depart the country without hindrance by August 19. The offer did not apply t [...]	2005-08-30 08:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI PREL MU
05MUSCAT1355	OMANI VIEWS ON UN REFORM ISSUES, MDA [...] (C) On September 5, the Omani MFA IO Chief reiterated the Sultanate's opposition to the G-4 plan for UN Security Council expansion. While sympathizing with USG views on a proposed Human Rights Council and Peacebuilding Commission, he forecast that Oman would remain on the sidelines of those d [...]	2005-09-07 10:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MU
05MUSCAT1475	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN OMAN [...] (S) The Embassy's outreach and public diplomacy efforts, filtering down into every social strata and region of the Sultanate, have promoted a consistently positive image of U.S. society and culture that have complemented the Omani government's own effective actions to counter or prevent extrem [...]	2005-10-04 04:46:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	KDEM KPAO KMPI PREL EAID PHUM PGOV ASEC MU
05MUSCAT148	ARRESTS SPARK CONTROVERSY, SEND SIGNAL [...] (SBU) Omani chat-rooms and dinner conversations have been dominated in recent weeks by widely held rumors that the security services have arrested a dozen Omani citizens in late-night raids spread across three separate regions. While the government has not publicly acknowledged the arrests d [...]	2005-01-26 13:13:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS SCUL ASEC MU
05MUSCAT1493	DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN - QUARTERLY [...] (SBU) The following quarterly update on mission implementation of the Oman Democratic Reform Strategy is keyed to the three goals established in ref A, namely: legislative strengthening, media reform and NGO empowerment. ------------------------- Legislative Strengthening ------------------ [...]	2005-10-05 09:12:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON PHUM MU
05MUSCAT1564	MAKING WAVES IN OMAN [...] (U) Summary: In a move that surprised many observers, the Ministry of Information has granted television and radio broadcasting licenses to two private Omani companies. While this will effectively end the government's broadcasting monopoly, the licensees anticipate having to work closely wit [...]	2005-10-18 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT PHUM PGOV MU
05MUSCAT1606	INDIAN OVERSTAYERS OFFERED EASY OUT [...] The Indian Embassy has announced that it has struck a deal with the Omani Ministry of Manpower to facilitate the exit of all Indian nationals currently in Oman on expired employment visas. The move comes as a welcome reprieve to thousands of unemployed Indians incapable of paying overstay fi [...]	2005-10-26 10:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI PREL MU
05MUSCAT164	A DAY AT THE (CAMEL) RACES [...] (SBU/NF) In contrast to the high-stakes commercial camel racing popular elsewhere in the Gulf, camel racing in Oman is a decidedly more humble, traditional event primarily practiced by rural Bedouin tribes. PolOff recently attended a typical race in Oman's dusty Sharqiyah region, observing h [...]	2005-01-31 02:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SCUL PGOV ELAB MU
05MUSCAT209	CAMEL RACING, FROM TOP DOWN TO BOTTOM UP [...] (SBU/NF) During a February 3 camel race organized by prominent Omanis and Emiratis, the Ambassador heard directly from the senior royal family member heading Oman's Camel Federation on why abuses of camel jockeys that reportedly take place in the UAE are absent in Oman. The official cited tha [...]	2005-02-08 04:32:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SCUL PGOV ELAB MU
05MUSCAT231	FOREIGN MINISTRY CHIMES IN ON RECENT ARRESTS [...] (SBU/NF) As a string of security detentions continues to roil the political waters in Oman, the Foreign Ministry sent a note on February 5 to select foreign embassies offering clarification of the government's action. The MFA letter was adamant in denying any violent or terroristic intentions [...]	2005-02-09 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PINS SCUL ASEC KVPR MU
05MUSCAT313	2005 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to relevant sections of reftel paras 18-21. ----------------- PARA 18: OVERVIEW ----------------- A. Oman is not a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women or children. ------------------- PARA 19: [...]	2005-02-23 11:13:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MU
05MUSCAT365	INVITING WOMEN LEADERS TO FORUM ON POLITICAL [...] (SBU) The Sultan's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Omar al-Zawawi and Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi both assured the Ambassador of the delivery and acceptance of the invitations to Higher Education Minister Dr. Rawya al-Busaidi and oil company executive Ms. Asillah al-Har [...]	2005-03-02 09:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM PGOV KMPI PINR MU
05MUSCAT402	FEMALE CIRCUMCISION IN OMAN [...] According to a survey conducted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization in conjunction with the Ministry of Health (MOH),almost 80 percent of young Omani males and females believe that female circumcision (aka female genital mutilation, or FGM) is "nec [...]	2005-03-08 06:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN SOCI PHUM MU
05MUSCAT413	CHILD MARRIAGE: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 10:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI MU
05MUSCAT552	SULTAN'S SECURITY CHIEF ON ARRESTS OF IBADHI [...] (C) The Minister of the Royal Office and one of the most powerful men in the country, General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari told the Ambassador that forty people have been arrested for conspiring to overthrow the government in order to resurrect an Ibadhi religious state in the interior. The Mini [...]	2005-04-04 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM KJUS PINR MU
05MUSCAT591	OMAN SURVEY BY TIP ACTIVIST COMES UP EMPTY [...] (SBU) Regional human rights and anti-trafficking activist Ansar Burney made a short-notice visit to Oman April 8-9 in a quest to locate suspected trafficked Pakistani child camel jockeys he believes are missing from camps in the UAE. In his first visit with Embassy personnel, Burney accompanie [...]	2005-04-11 03:46:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ETRD KOCI SOCI PREL MU
05MUSCAT607	OMAN SETS MINIMUM CAMEL RACING AGE AT 14 [...] (U) In an unexpected turn of events April 11, the Chairman of the Oman Equestrian and Camel Association issued a decision mandating a minimum age of 14 years for camel racing jockeys. His Highness Sayyid Asaad bin Tariq al-Said, head of Oman's camel racing association and first cousin of Sulta [...]	2005-04-12 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ETRD ELAB PREL KOCI SCUL MU
05MUSCAT616	UNICEF ASSISTS UAE ON CAMEL RACING ISSUE [...] (SBU) The United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) regional office in Muscat has recently been working with the United Arab Emirates in developing comprehensive new legislation that will cover the monitoring and implementation of the announced ban on the use of child camel jockeys [...]	2005-04-13 10:07:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL ELAB MU
05MUSCAT684	UNPRECEDENTED TRANSPARENCY IN NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Recent arrests of 30-40 Omanis charged with seeking to overthrow the Sultan and impose Ibadhi religious rule under an Imam have been the focus of public and press attention in Oman since January. But the trial itself, underway since April 18, has surprised the public by its unprecedented [...]	2005-04-26 02:45:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS KJUS PHUM PGOV MU
05MUSCAT716	PLOTTERS SENTENCED, SMALL PROTEST HELD [...] (C) The State Security Court handed down sentences ranging from 10-20 years for most of the 31 defendants tried on charges of participating in an illegal organization and plotting to overthrow the government. Although no judicial appeal process is available to the defendants, they can appeal [...]	2005-05-02 11:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM KISL PINS ASEC MU
05MUSCAT741	SECOND DEMONSTRATION LEADS TO ARRESTS [...] (SBU) A May 3 protest march that turned into a sit-in at a mosque was allegedly forcibly dispersed by police, reportedly leading to numerous arrests. First-hand accounts cite the number of protesters between 200-500, while other unconfirmed sources claim the numbers were closer to a thousand o [...]	2005-05-04 13:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM PINS ASEC MU
05MUSCAT761	OMAN RATIFIES WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) A royal decree May 7 ratified Oman's joining the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, although reportedly with some reservations. The step came on the eve of Oman's participation in the May 7-10 NAM Ministerial on the Advancement of Women taking place in Mal [...]	2005-05-11 11:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN MU
05MUSCAT766	OMAN APPOINTS -- NOT ELECTS -- ILO DELEGATION [...] In an unexpected turn of events on May 4, the Minister of Manpower retreated from promised committee-wide elections and instead personally appointed a National Committee to represent Omani labor interests at the International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference in June. Disappointed, workers [...]	2005-05-11 13:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PREL ECON PHUM PGOV MU
05MUSCAT836	OMAN RATIFIES WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) A royal decree May 7 ratified Oman's joining the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),but with four reservations on Convention articles deemed potentially contrary to Omani legislation, and a catch-all reservation against anything that mi [...]	2005-05-22 13:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SOCI MU
05MUSCAT863	CAMEL RACING TRANSFERRED TO MINISTRY OF SPORTS [...] (U) In an unexpected move May 24, authority over Oman's Camel and Equestrian Association (OCEA) was transferred by royal directive to the Ministry of Sports Affairs (MSA). Addressing camel owners at the association's new premises outside of Barka, royal family member Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq al [...]	2005-05-30 05:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ETRD ELAB PREL KOCI PINR MU
05MUSCAT887	2005 TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Given the Thursday-Friday local weekend (ref B),A/DCM conveyed the 2005 Trafficking in Persons report on Oman (ref A) to Humaid al-Maani, Political Advisor to the MFA Under Secretary, during a pre-arranged June 1 meeting to discuss Oman's critique of our Human Rights Report. Based on a [...]	2005-06-01 13:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MU
05NAIROBI1591	CJTF-HOA BRINGS EDUCATION TO DISADVANTAGED MUSLIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 6, DCM, accompanied by COL Wendy Fontela, Political Advisor, CJTF-HOA, dedicated the new girls' secondary school in Bute, Wajir North constituency, in Kenya's under-developed and almost exclusively Muslim Northeastern Province. This school was the local MP and the co [...]	2005-04-14 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PTER PHUM SOCI KGHA KISL KPAO MOPS KE
05NAIROBI2167	TERRORISM TRIALS: MAGISTRATE ORDERS DEFENSE TO [...] (U) In a minor victory for the Global War on Terrorism, the presiding magistrate for the conspiracy trial against suspected al Qaida terrorists responsible for the November 2002 twin terrorist attacks in Mombasa and Kikambala ruled May 25th that the prosecution had presented enough evidence [...]	2005-05-25 15:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PHUM PGOV KISL KE
05NAIROBI2409	TERRORISM TRIALS: MURDER SUSPECTS RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kenyan judge ordered June 9 the immediate release of four al Qaida suspects who had been on trial for murder. He ruled the prosecution failed to provide any evidence connecting the accused to the November 2002 suicide-bombing against the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Kikam [...]	2005-06-09 15:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KISL KE IS
05NAIROBI2519	TERRORISM TRIALS: SUGGESTED LETTER FROM SECRETARY [...] (C) In the wake of the June 9 ruling in the Kikambala murder trials reftels Post believes a display of high-level interest from Washington would be useful for advancing our counter-terrorism objectives in Kenya. Post proposes that the Secretary send a letter to her counterpart, Foreign Minist [...]	2005-06-20 06:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL ASEC CASC KE
05NAIROBI3620	SOMALIA -- SPECIAL SELF-HELP AND DEMOCRACY, HUMAN [...] The Regional Financial Management Center (USAID/Nairobi) has received budget allowance cables for $58,000 to fund the Somalia Self-Help (SSH) Program, and $30,000 to fund the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) Program, for FY 2005. 2. Mission has over the past several years been unable t [...]	2005-09-06 10:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM SO KE
05NAIROBI3863	KENYA CONSTITUTION: VIOLENCE MARS THE YES CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Supporters of the proposed constitution launched their "Yes" campaign with three planned rallies September 16-18. As violence marred several pro-draft events, the message from both sides of the debate shifted to denounce violence and stress the importance of preventing the de [...]	2005-09-19 15:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS PHUM KE

05NAIROBI3944	SUDANESE REFUGEES IN KAKUMA: MORE ARRIVING, FEW [...] SUMMARY. Sudanese refugees are not excited by the prospect of returning to Sudan; in fact, as many as 6,000 new Sudanese refugees have arrived in Kakuma refugee camp since January. Theft of roofing material on vacant former Somali Bantu dwellings led to their destruction by the weather. END SU [...]	2005-09-22 10:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF SU KE
05NAIROBI3982	HOW DO WE RUN THIS THING? COMMISSIONS WEIGH IN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 21 lunch with members of the Electoral Commission of Kenya and the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission revealed that both organizations are unclear on the referendum process and their respective roles. Exactly two months before the November 21 constitutional r [...]	2005-09-23 10:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4003	SOMALILANDERS SEIZE JIHADISTS [...] (C) Media reports from BBC and Al Jazeera describe a September 22-23 shoot-out in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The shoot-out ended in seizure of four to eight individuals, some of whom the Somaliland government claims are "foreign Al Qaeda operatives." (NOTE: In the Somaliland context, "foreign" ca [...]	2005-09-26 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM SO KE
05NAIROBI4080	DIPLOMATS SPEAK OUT ON REFERENDUM PROCESS -- AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador joined several other chiefs of mission in a September 28 meeting with Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman to discuss the ECK,s efforts (and difficulties) to supervise November's referendum on the new draft constitution. Following the meeting, the envoys rele [...]	2005-09-29 15:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4328	Nairobi Embassy Bombing Victims Maintain Protest [...] (U) On July 12, 14 victims of the August 7, 1998 Embassy bombing began a live-in protest at the "August 7 Memorial Park," located at the site of the former US Embassy in downtown Nairobi. Though the protestors are basically peaceful, their presence inhibits the park from being used for its or [...]	2005-10-18 13:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE PHUM PGOV PINS KPAO PREL
05NAIROBI4555	AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS OVER ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) During an October 31 meeting with Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Boaz Mbaya, Ambassador Bellamy raised his concerns about continuing public remarks made by several high-ranking government officials, including a cabinet minister, alleging that the U.S. was in somewa [...]	2005-11-02 06:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4783	REFERENDUM: LAST DAYS AND LAST DITCH EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: In the waning days of the referendum campaign ahead of the vote on November 21, the pro-draft ("Yes" or Banana) team has resorted to measures of questionable democratic integrity to ensure a win, including shutting down an opposition radio station and "suggesting" that civil ser [...]	2005-11-17 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4901	PRESIDENT KIBAKI BANS ORANGE RALLIES AND MULLS [...] 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya's government banned November 27 planned nationwide rallies organized by the Orange Democratic Movement on the grounds the opposition gatherings pose "a threat to national security." The rallies had been called to build support for the Orange Democratic Movement and b [...]	2005-11-28 14:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5070	KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]	2005-12-08 10:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5073	KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]	2005-12-08 11:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5184	GSP/AGOA LABOR COMPLAINT ON UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials, unions, and some employers are anxious to address the worker rights issues raised in the GSP complaint against Uganda to protect AGOA trade benefits. President Museveni and the Cabinet sent four labor reform bills to Parliament and the GOU referred plant mana [...]	2005-12-20 03:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
05NAIROBI5238	KENYAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW: WAITING FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the proposed document in the November 21 referendum, it is unclear if and how the government plans to proceed with the process of delivering to Kenyans a new constitution. What is abundantly apparent is that the country expects the review to continue, with [...]	2005-12-22 13:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
05NASSAU1088	PROFILE OF HAITIAN COMMUNITIES IN ABACO [...] An estimated 40-60,000 legal and illegal Haitians live in The Bahamas among a total population of roughly 305,000. Most Bahamians view cheap Haitian labor as a necessary evil but balk at what they see as the erosion of Bahamian culture as well as the health care and education costs associated [...]	2005-06-08 19:12:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV HA BF
05NASSAU158	BAHAMAS: MIGRANT INTERDICTION STATISTICS FOR 2004 [...] The U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Bahamas Defense Force cooperatively worked to interdict over 5,000 illegal migrants in the waters in and around The Bahamas in 2004. The two largest nationality groups interdicted were Haitians (the overwhelming majority with just under 4800) and Cubans (les [...]	2005-01-24 20:47:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM HA CU BF
05NASSAU159	IMMIGRATION MINISTER DEFENSIVE OVER U.S. PRESS [...] (C) The Miami Herald ran a front-page article on January 23 reporting allegations of abuse and mistreatment made by Cuban and Haitian detainees at the Carmichael Road Detention Center in Nassau. The allegations, which included reports of beatings, mock executions, lack of drinking water and [...]	2005-01-24 20:48:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PHUM CU BF
05NASSAU1601	CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese presence in The Bahamas has been steadily expanding since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1997. The PRC and the GCOB have exchanged high-level delegations to discuss the full range of international political issues, explore economic opportunitie [...]	2005-09-08 18:46:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH BF ESENV
05NASSAU1834	LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS DECISION PROVIDES REMEDY FOR [...] Summary. American Citizen Tamara Merson sued the Bahamian Government in 1987 for civil rights abuses arising from wrongful imprisonment. In an October 13, 2005 decision, the Privy Council, The Bahamas' highest court, held that a person may seek damages for breach of constitutional rights. P [...]	2005-10-25 11:22:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CASC KJUS BF
05NASSAU408	FIFTH ANNUAL TIPS REPORT - BAHAMAS [...] (SBU) There have been no substantiated reports indicating that the Bahamas is a country of origin or destination for trafficking in persons. There have, however, been unconfirmed reports of women being trafficked through Bahamian waters on the way to the United States, possibly for prostitut [...]	2005-03-01 16:08:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
05NASSAU504	BAHAMAS DENIES ASYLUM AND REPATRIATES 29 CUBANS [...] (C) The Bahamian Department of Immigration repatriated 29 Cubans on March 15, 2005, including nine Cuban men who had claimed to be members of the "November 30 Frank Pais Party." Bahamian Immigration, upon the recommendation of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),denied the [...]	2005-03-15 19:36:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG PHSA PREF PREL CU BF
05NDJAMENA1011	A VISIT WITH CHADIAN GRAND IMAM AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit with the High Council for Islamic Affairs June 20, Chad's Grand Imam welcomed the Embassy's support for English classes at Muslim schools, responded positively to statements about charges of abuse of the Koran at Guantanamo, urged Washington to consider eventua [...]	2005-06-27 06:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM KWMN CD
05NDJAMENA1020	CHADIAN REBELS, RUMORS, REALITIES, AND REACTIONS [...] (S NF) Summary: Speculation about the existence of Chadian rebel groups continues to make Chadians uneasy about the regime's stability. The often conflicting reports and wide-ranging opinions about the size, composition, capabilities, and agendas of Chadian rebel groups make it difficult to [...]	2005-06-27 12:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1077	ERODING PRESS FREEDOMS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Press freedoms continue to erode in Chad. Of particular concern is the recent arrest of three journalists from the independent press. Two are now free, but remain under threat of further prosecution, while a third is still in custody. Independent media, including newspapers [...]	2005-07-09 09:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1133	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7, Chad's Constitutional Council nullified the public referendum results of over 3,007 voting precincts, but confirmed the overall vote in favor of removing presidential term limits. The rejection of the votes in one-third of the districts and the overseas votes puts [...]	2005-07-15 09:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1134	SCENARIOS FOR POLITICAL CHANGE IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Chad is currently experiencing another period of heightened uncertainty. Deby has been able to navigate through them in the past. (Reftels) Nonetheless, the removal of presidential term limits through a less-than-transparent public referendum has many observers wondering what [...]	2005-07-15 09:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA115	CHAD: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Summary: Chad continues to be a strong partner in the global war against terrorism. Chad was not covered in the 2003 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Post responses are keyed to reftel paragraph 15. A. The Government of Chad continues to take significant actions to support the globa [...]	2005-01-25 09:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU PTER
05NDJAMENA1165	PRESS FREEDOM AND THE BATTLE OF THE SPEECHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Chad has continued to harrass and imprison journalists, despite pressure from the United States, and outcry from the local and international press and groups like Reporters Without Borders. Two journalists have been sentenced to three months and three years [...]	2005-07-22 12:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1209	DISCUSSING DARFUR WITH DEBY [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby outlined Chad's perspective on the upcoming round of negotiations on Darfur in a meeting on July 29 with Ambassador John Yates, the U.S. Special Representative to the talks. Deby expressed his concerns with the African Union's lack of consultation and acce [...]	2005-08-02 12:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1214	OUTREACH TO DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: SuQ Liberation Movement (SLM) members say that they will not be ready to return to the negotiating table on August 24. Special Representative to the Darfur Talks Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Wall, and P/E officer delivered points per reftel to the SLM leaders on July 29 [...]	2005-08-04 06:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1237	CHAD: LONG AWAIT CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby reshuffled his cabinet on August 7, placing the Ministry of Defense under the Presidency. Key changes include the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Public Security, and Finance. The new cabinet may reflect the President's security concerns and his i [...]	2005-08-10 16:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1259	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ATA TRAINING FOR CHADIAN [...] A search of Embassy biographic, human rights, consular, and law enforcement files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for Anti-Terrorism Training (ATA) training as of this date. 2. The following group of Chadian police and [...]	2005-08-16 08:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
05NDJAMENA1260	CHAD: LONG AWAITED CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby reshuffled his cabinet on August 7, placing the Ministry of Defense under the Presidency. Key changes include the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Public Security, and Finance. The new cabinet may reflect the President's security concerns and his [...]	2005-08-16 08:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1356	CHAD-CAMEROON PIPELINE PROJECT: OVERVIEW OF HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: With oil flowing, the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and the conventions that govern it are now being tested. Human rights groups in Chad and their international partners continue to monitor and raise compensation, environmental, social, and security issues. While recognizin [...]	2005-09-03 07:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1367	CHAD: 2005 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Chadian Government continues to move ahead on its commitments against child labor. Its efforts are hampered by a lack of capacity and resources. The most significant development during this period is the completion of a survey of child domestic workers in N'Djamena. Per A, [...]	2005-09-07 15:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CD USAID
05NDJAMENA1377	SALIM ON THE NEXT ROUND OF DARFUR PEACE TALKS, SLM [...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Chad for consultations over September 8-9, the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, shared his views on the upcoming round of peace talks. Salim is committed to starting the talks on September 15, but acknowledges that members of [...]	2005-09-10 17:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1378	EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...]	2005-09-10 17:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA140	SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] The Government's human rights record remains poor. Security forces committed extrajudicial killings and continued to intimidate the public. The judiciary remained subject to executive interference. Violence and societal discrimination against women were common. The independent press occasi [...]	2005-01-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1412	WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS: SLM CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wall met with members of Mini Minawi's camp of the Sudan Liberation Movement on September 12 to discuss their views on the recently held Joint Commission, their conference plans, and the Abuja talks. The high-level group explained the importance the field commanders [...]	2005-09-16 08:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1414	FOUR JOURNALISTS STILL IN PRISON; A FIFTH MENACED [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Chadian journalists remain in prison in N'D after being denied bail in a hearing on Thursday, September 15th. A f had been in prison since early July, was granted temporary release on week. A fifth journalist, arrested and then quickly released, is stil charges and trial. [...]	2005-09-16 08:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1418	CHAD: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FOR REGIONAL MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Post seeks Department support for a military contribution for the Chadian-hosted regional military exercise Bahr El-Gazel from November 10-23, possibly through ACOTA or another State-funded program. The exercise was developed to respond to the African Union's call on each of t [...]	2005-09-19 16:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA1421	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individual nominated for English Language and Undergraduate Pilot training as of this date. 2. Hassan Emmanuel Abdoul DJANGBEI. DOB: October 17, 1976 WALL [...]	2005-09-20 13:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
05NDJAMENA1481	CHAD: THREE JOURNALISTS RELEASED; RADIO DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The final three jailed journalists have been released. The director of Radio Brakoss, a private radio station in southern Chad, has been arrested, and may be expelled. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Three journalists who had been arrested on charges including defamation, incitin [...]	2005-09-29 17:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP PREF CD
05NDJAMENA1487	CHAD PROTESTS CROSS-BORDER ATTACK FROM SUDAN [...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, AF/PD. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Chad has told the Government of Sudan to close its consulate in Abeche and announced the withdrawal of its consulate from El Geneina, Sudan after a cross-border jandjaweed attack killed over 36 civilians o [...]	2005-10-04 07:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1500	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW FOR CHAD [...] Post recommends that Chad continue to be deemed compliant with AGOA eligibility requirements. The government continues to support the Revenue Management Process, and is taking measures to improve the human rights situation, reform the military, and curb corruption. The country also continues [...]	2005-10-05 11:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM CD AGOA USTR
05NDJAMENA1546	NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR: CHADIAN VIEWS ON REPARING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 15 to share USG ideas on organizing an all-inclusive conference for the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),Foreign Minister Allam-mi Ahmad welcomed U.S. assistance for the conference and said Chad already is working on the preparation [...]	2005-10-17 10:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1547	NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...]	2005-10-17 11:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1552	HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND (HRDF): STATUS [...] Summary: Two HRDF grants totaling $50,000 were obligated in March 2005 and are in the process of implementation. Both are meeting their objectives to strengthen freedom of speech in Chad by providing material and programmatic support to private radio stations. End summary. 2. Grant S-CD30 [...]	2005-10-19 10:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1615	CHAD: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The United States has important interests at stake and a potentially decisive role to play in promoting democracy in Chad. Earlier this year, President Deby succeeded in removing presidential term limits in a constitutional (but questionable) process, and is now on the path to [...]	2005-11-01 12:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1616	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR and P/E Officer visited Bahai, Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp, and border areas of Bamina and Tine from October 17-19. The security situation was calm at the time of the visit, although fighting in Sudan around October 21 resulted in nine suspected combatants crossing the border [...]	2005-11-01 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1624	CENTRAL AFRICAN REFUGEES: PRM VISITS CAMPS IN [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange (Deputy Director of the Africa Office) and Neil Ahlsten (Chad/Darfur Program Officer) traveled to southern Chad from October 10-15 to visit the refugee camps in Amboko and Yaroungou. The visit was prompted by the arrival of an estimated 10,700 new refugees from th [...]	2005-11-02 16:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU CZ
05NDJAMENA1635	RAMADAN ACTIVITIES 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: To celebrate Ramadan this year, Embassy N'Djamena organized a talk by Dr. Abderrahmane Almahy, rector of King Faisal University. The talk was followed by End Summary --------------- MUSLIM OUTREACH --------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the PAO, [...]	2005-11-07 13:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM KWMN CD
05NDJAMENA1636	RAMADAN ACTIVITIES 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: To celebrate Ramadan this year, Embassy N'Djamena organized a talk by Dr. Abderrahmane Almahy, rector of King Faisal University, on October 25th. The talk was followed by an Iftar dinner hosted by the Ambassador at his residence. For the final day of Ramadan, PAO traveled [...]	2005-11-07 13:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM KWMN CD
05NDJAMENA1649	CHAD: REQUEST FOR UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The final version of a UN report on Chad's electoral needs released to donors November 4 concluded that the national institutions responsible for managing elections lacked independence, that the most recent electoral census was not credible and that the recent amendments to t [...]	2005-11-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1672	CHAD: DEBY SHAKES UP MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. President Idriss Deby carried out a military shake-up on November 15. The changes include the chiefs of the Armed Forces, Gendarmerie, Nomadic Guard, and National Police. The most surprising change was the removal of Deby relative, General Mahamat Saleh Ibrahim, who had serve [...]	2005-11-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA1684	CHADIAN PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, Chadian Prime Minister Pascal Yoadminadji outlined plans for the 2006 elections in a meeting originally billed as the installation of the national independent electoral commission. Yoadminadji may have scuttled the installation after political opposition parti [...]	2005-11-23 15:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM
05NDJAMENA1690	CHAD: UPDATE ON OIL REVENUE LAW REVISIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's proposed revisions to the oil revenue management law are moving through the legislative process. The National Assembly originally planned to debate them on December 14, but a dispute within the majority group in the legislature may slow down the process. In [...]	2005-11-28 10:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM
05NDJAMENA1755	USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] As reported septel, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist visited eastern Chad from November 16 to 29 to monitor emergency food assistance activities of U.N. World Food Program (WFP). Representatives from WFP, food distribution partners, and humanitarian organizations acc [...]	2005-12-12 08:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA1758	USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] From November 16 to 29, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist traveled to eastern Chad for the second time in 2005 to monitor USAID- sponsored food aid operations carried out by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners. This is the first of two assessment cables re [...]	2005-12-12 10:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA1761	THE MANY FACES (AND LIVES) OF PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Idriss Deby at year's end is perhaps more besieged than he has ever been in his fifteen years in power. He is confronting a rash of desertions, raids on military targets, and violent student demonstrations. Even his most respected family members are joining the oppo [...]	2005-12-13 11:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA22	SIXTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. The Sixth Session of the Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire (JC) was unable to break through the impasse over the Government of Sudan's (GOS) offensive operations in December. The mediation team and international community failed to persuade the movements to [...]	2005-01-07 10:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA260	PRESIDENT DEBY DOUBTS AFRICAN UNION'S CAPACITY ON [...] (C) Summary. The African Union (AU) is not up to the task of establishing a tribunal on Darfur, but the decision on how to proceed should reflect whatever AU consensus is reached, President Deby told the Ambassador February 18. In the meeting held to convey the Secretary's letter to him on [...]	2005-02-18 17:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPKO PHUM PREL KAWC SU CD
05NDJAMENA261	DEBY HOSTS HEADS OF STATE MEETING ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir agreed to stop aerial activity over Darfur and implement a unilateral ceasefire during the N'Djamena Summit on Darfur held on February 16. Bashir also told the heads of state of Chad, Gabon, Congo, representatives of Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, the [...]	2005-02-19 11:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA262	SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...]	2005-02-20 12:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA263	RUMORS OF REFUGEES RETURNING TO SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Per Ref A, P/E officer met with UNHCR officials, representatives of the National Movement for Reform and Democracy (NMRD),members of the Chad mediation team on Darfur, African Union (AU) officials responsible for Darfur, and members of the African Union Ceasefire Commission to [...]	2005-02-20 12:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA277	CHAD SEEKS RAPID ACTION ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) Upon receiving ref B (notal),the Ambassador followed up to clarify Chad's views on a Sudan tribunal based on prior statements of support for our position in Libreville on February 11 (ref C). The Ambassador contacted President Deby's Special Advisor Alam-mi Ahmad by telephone February 1 [...]	2005-02-22 14:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPKO PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA28	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REFUGEES: DON'T FORGET US! [...] Summary. Central African refugees told Ambassador Wall not to forget their plight during his visit to Amboko Camp in Gore on December 14. Amboko, in southern Chad near the border with Central African Republic, has been open since June 2003 and hosts 13,800 refugees who fled political unrest [...]	2005-01-10 06:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM CD SU CT
05NDJAMENA281	ICRC OPERATIONS IN CHAD [...] Summary. In addition to ICRC's traditional activities in Chad (e.g. detention visits and international humanitarian law dissemination),ICRC is playing a key role in eastern Chad in assisting refugee populations and local communities. ICRC's work with refugees specifically focuses on family [...]	2005-02-23 10:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA282	REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM/USAID VISIT TO TREGUINE, [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange and USAID/FFP (DART) Suzanne Poland traveled to the Adre region of Eastern Chad from February 16-18 to visit the refugee camps of Treguine, Bredjing, and Farchana and to meet with staff from UNHCR, WFP, IFRC, Chadian Red Cross, MSF, Secadev, CORD, and CARE. Camp po [...]	2005-02-23 10:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA283	REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR officer reviewed protection issues, provision of basic services, vacant staff positions, and the relocation of Oure Cassoni refugee camp during a visit from February 11-13. As the result of Oure Cassoni's close proximity to the Sudanese border, large numbers of young men mo [...]	2005-02-23 10:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA306	2005 AGOA REPORT FOR CHAD [...] Summary: Post submits the following for the 2005 AGOA Report to the President. End Summary. 2. Status: AGOA Eligible. 3. AGOA Trade and Investment: In 2004, Chad,s GDP was $4.6 billion and per capita income was $536. Petroleum now dominates Chadian exports to the United States. The [...]	2005-02-28 22:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA308	CATTLE, CAMELS, ELEPHANTS, AND REFUGEES: SKETCHES [...] (U) Pressures on the land are multiplying in southern Chad. Cattle and camel herds are expanding as nomads migrate further south and stay longer. Clashes with local farmers are breaking out as livestock trample crops and drain water reserves. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR [...]	2005-03-01 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD SU
05NDJAMENA326	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 11:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA329	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA330	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA370	CHAD SEEKS HELP TO PAY FOR DARFUR MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary. Chad needs help to defray the expenses of its mediation effort on Darfur and is asking for U.S. assistance, according to President Deby's top foreign affairs and military advisors. In the meeting they requested with the Ambassador March 7, the two leaders of Chad's mediation t [...]	2005-03-08 17:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA384	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: PUBLIC REFERENDUM SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Chad's public referendum on constitutional amendments to remove presidential term limits is scheduled for June 6. Voter registration for the referendum has been completed, but was plagued by numerous technical and logistics problems. The call by some opposition groups for a boy [...]	2005-03-14 06:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA390	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for IMET training as of this date. 2. Mahamat Ousame Abdoulaye, Youssouf Louang Azi, Takoulngar M'Bainaye, Dadje Margata, Idriss Djid [...]	2005-03-14 15:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
05NDJAMENA391	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ANTI-TERRORISM TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for anti-terrorism training as of this date. 2. The names of the individuals vetted by the embassy are: Abakar Ousmane Adoum, Guere [...]	2005-03-14 15:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
05NDJAMENA392	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MINE ASSISTANCE TRAINING [...] A seach of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals selected for Mine Assistance training as of this date. 2. The Embassy vetted the following individuals: Abakar Mahamat, Zenaba Jean, Hassan Brak [...]	2005-03-14 15:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
05NDJAMENA405	CHAD'S CHANGING TACTICS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Chadian President Idriss Deby's latest move to break the current impasse in Darfur involves working with the Sudan Liberation Movement. Currently, the Chadian Government is hosting a number of leaders and field commanders from the SLM in N'Djamena for discussions about the move [...]	2005-03-17 13:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA44	POSTCARD FROM MOUNDOU: RULING PARTY INSIDER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to Moundou on December 13, a ruling party member treated Ambassador Wall to a tour d,horizon of key issues facing Chad. Masagar Mbairidoum Lucas, the Secretary General of Moundou, described growing security problems, societal violence, and the culture of impunity [...]	2005-01-11 16:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA441	CHADIAN TACTICS ALARM AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) Summary: African Union officials are concerned that Chad's attempts to change the leadership of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) will contribute to major delays in restarting the Abuja talks. Ambassador Sam Ibok and Boubou Niang stopped in N'Djamena for consultations from March 18 to [...]	2005-03-22 13:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA499	HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS IN [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for anti-terrorism training as of this date. 2. The names of the individuals vetted by the Embassy are: Ali Hamid Youssouf, Chaibo Ha [...]	2005-04-02 12:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
05NDJAMENA542	SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD REPORT ONGOING VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees crossing the border into eastern Chad say violence continues to rage in Darfur, a claim backed by workers from international and non-governmental organizations and African Union monitors based in Chad and Sudan. Refugees described combined attacks involving S [...]	2005-04-05 10:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA543	RIFTS IN REBEL RANKS PLAY OUT IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Over the past month, several important developments that could affect cohesion and direction of the Darfur rebel movements have played out in Chad. As previously reported, Chadian officials invited members of the Sudan Liberation Movement SLM to N'Djamena to hold organizationa [...]	2005-04-05 10:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA555	DARFUR REBEL DEMARCHE: HARIR AND SHOGAR ON SLM'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered points in ref A to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) members Dr. Sharif Harir and Adam Shogar on April 4. Both SLM leaders praised USG efforts on behalf of the three recently passed U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also reaffirmed their commitment [...]	2005-04-06 15:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA58	CHAD'S PRESIDENT'S SON COMES CALLING [...] (C) Summary. Chad's President Deby will accept the will of the people expressed in upcoming elections whatever the outcome, according to his son and personal secretary. The Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting with Brahim Deby to probe into his father's views on staying in power for [...]	2005-01-17 19:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA59	PRIME MINISTER FAKI GIVES SENATOR FEINGOLD A TOUR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Moussa Faki shared the views of the Chadian Government on a wide range of issues with Senator Russell Feingold on January 13. Faki expressed his frustration that the situation in Darfur remains unresolved and his concerns about the plight of the local Chadian pop [...]	2005-01-18 06:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA60	SENATOR FEINGOLD GETS AN EARFUL ON DARFUR IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold heard a number of perspectives on Darfur-related issues during his visit to Chad January 12-13. Feingold met with Sudanese refugees at Iridimi Refugee camp, held discussions with Foreign Minister Yamassoum and the Chad mediation team over the status of th [...]	2005-01-18 06:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA73	SENATOR FEINGOLD TALKS ABOUT ANTI-CORRUPTION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with Mariam Ali, the newly-appointed Minister of Public Control and Ethics who also serves as an inspector general for government operations, and members of the Oil Revenue Management College to discuss transparency measures and mechanisms to contro [...]	2005-01-20 13:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET ECON CD VIP
05NDJAMENA791	SLM PLANS FOR DARFUR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) appears to be moving ahead with its plans to hold a meeting of its members in Darfur to make leadership changes. The long-awaited meeting may take place in three weeks time. SLM members from Asmara and Nairobi began arriving in N'Djamena to [...]	2005-05-16 10:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA81	SENATOR FEINGOLD MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold expressed appreciation for Chad's cooperation in the war on terror and discussed human rights with Defense Minister Emmanuel Nadingar during his visit on January 13. Nadingar welcomed U.S. support for the Chadian military, which he says is needed to help [...]	2005-01-24 14:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA814	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: MALNUTRITION RATES AND [...] Summary: PRM Office Director for Assistance to Africa Margaret McKelvey and Program Officer Hazel Reitz visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to monitor the operations on behalf of the Sudanese refugees in the east of Chad. This cable, one of three reporting on the visit, focuses on efforts to unders [...]	2005-05-20 10:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA834	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I) [...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...]	2005-05-23 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA835	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART II) [...] (C) Summary: Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Officers Margaret McKelvey and Hazel Reitz traveled to Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of protection and assistance efforts in eastern Chad. This is the third of three cables from the visit. (Refs A and B). Some [...]	2005-05-24 06:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA863	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: REFERENDUM APPROACHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The public referendum on proposed constitutional amendments will be held June 6, and allegations of manipulation and irregularities abound. Opposition parties and private radio stations have filed court cases regarding flaws in the registration process, the electoral list, and [...]	2005-05-30 16:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA884	SENATOR BIDEN MEETS REFUGEES AND REBELS, URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Joseph Biden delivered a strong message of U.S. support for the resolution of the crisis in Darfur, tempered by a frank discourse on the USG limitations, during his visit to Chad from May 31 to June 1. Biden traveled to Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp near Bahai, where he m [...]	2005-06-02 16:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA887	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: CENI READY FOR REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) Summary: As the ruling party goes all out to drum up votes and opposition parties call for a boycott, Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) President Djimtibaye Lapia Neldjita is confident that the public referendum to amend the constitution, including lifting presidential te [...]	2005-06-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA902	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: LOW TURN-OUT FOR PUBLIC [...] Summary: Low voter turn-out characterized the public referendum on constitutional amendments, including one that removes presidential term limits, on June 6. The low turn-out is the result of several factors, including apathy, the declaration of a public holiday, and opposition calls for a b [...]	2005-06-07 18:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA932	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: WHAT IF YOU HELD A REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The low voter turn-out for the public referendum on June 6 is still reverberating throughout Chad's political arena. For now, Chad's political players are preoccupied with digesting and explaining what happened and determining which way forward. President Deby, the ruling part [...]	2005-06-14 16:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA933	CHADIAN MEDIATION TEAM VIEWS ON ABUJA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Chad's non-attendance for the opening days of the peace talks in Abuja stems from the mediation team's misgivings over the preparedness of the rebel movement delegations to negotiate and suspicions of Libyan maneuvering to close a deal outside the Abuja process. Ambassador Wall [...]	2005-06-14 16:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU

05NDJAMENA946	GOVERNMENT AND PRESS WRANGLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Several incidents of press harassment over the past two months are raising concerns about the government's commitment to freedom of the press. Each case is different but a combination of jitters over the public referendum and overzealous government officials have created the a [...]	2005-06-17 11:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CD
05NEWDELHI1234	KASHMIR BUS AGREEMENT A ""HISTORICAL MILESTONE"" [...] (C) Summary: The February 16 agreement by India and Pakistan to begin bus service across the LOC between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad beginning on April 7 is the most important Kashmir-specific CBM since the November 2003 LOC ceasefire agreement, and will have important political ramifications in [...]	2005-02-16 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1274	NAXALITES AND SYMPATHIZERS ENCOURAGED BY NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: In a reflection of India's mounting concern about internal disorder, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently described India's Naxalite insurgency as "the gravest threat to our internal security." This worry is also reflected in the stern GOI reaction to the coup in Nepal, wi [...]	2005-02-18 05:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ELAB PHUM PINR IN NP
05NEWDELHI1424	THE BJP PROMISES FIREWORKS FOR BUDGET SESSION [...] (C) Summary: The BJP leadership is determined to disrupt Parliament when the Budget Session convenes on February 25, insisting that the agitation will not end until the UPA ""restores"" the deposed Goa government (Reftel B). Congress plans to undercut the agitation by convening the Goa Assemb [...]	2005-02-24 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI1427	NOTHING MAJOR FROM JACK STRAW'S NEW DELHI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's February 16-18 visit to India yielded "nothing major," according to the UK High Commission, and was distinctly low key compared to earlier stops in Kabul and Islamabad. Straw signed two immigration/law enforcement agreements, and discussed Indo-Pak [...]	2005-02-24 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN NP BG AF UK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1551	TERRORIST THREATS MARR SUCCESSFUL KASHMIR POLLS [...] (C) Summary: The February J&K municipal elections produced largely positive results. Participation, among the most important criteria for defining a ""successful"" election in the state, greatly exceeded expectations (even in areas with a history of alienation from New Delhi),proving again [...]	2005-03-01 12:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN PK
05NEWDELHI1554	US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]	2005-03-01 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI1615	GOI OPPOSES NON-LETHAL MILITARY AID AND MEDICAL [...] (C) The GOI feels strongly that the USG should delay the first phase of the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) for the Royal Nepalese Army, because this is not the time to send mixed messages to the King. In a March 2 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff scheduled to discuss Bhutan, MEA Join [...]	2005-03-02 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS EAID IN NP
05NEWDELHI1715	ADVANCING USG EFFORTS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: The Bhutanese Ambassador reaffirmed to us on March 3 that Thimphu remains committed to repatriate Category 1 refugees under the Dewey-Wangchuck framework, but is unlikely to allow any refugees to return until the constitution is finalized, and sees little prospect of progress on [...]	2005-03-04 13:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI2047	BHUTANESE CENSUS UNLIKELY TO FACILITATE FURTHER [...] (C) In response to Reftel and following our contacts with travelers to Thimphu, the Mission assesses little likelihood that the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) will use the upcoming census to justify further expulsions of ethnic Nepali citizens from Bhutan. United Nations Development Progr [...]	2005-03-17 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI2049	UNCHR 61 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the UNCHR 61 demarche (Reftel) to the Bhutanese Embassy on March 17. First Secretary Karma Rinchhen stated that he will forward our points to Thimphu for the official Royal Government of Bhutan response. 2. (C) During the meeting, Rinchhen inquired whether the USG [...]	2005-03-17 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM BT NP UNHCR
05NEWDELHI2094	FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN REQUESTS REVIEW OF MODI VISA DECISION [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Amid extensive media coverage of the USG decision to not issue an A2 visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and to revoke his B1/B2 visa, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called the DCM to his office late afternoon on March 18 [...]	2005-03-18 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CVIS KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI2095	ANGRY BJP REACTION TO MODI VISA DENIAL; OTHERS [...] (C) Summary: The March 18 USG revocation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's visa has set off strong criticism in the BJP, and prompted the Foreign Secretary to call in the DCM to lodge a protest (Ref A),followed by an MEA statement expressing its "deep concern and regret." The BJP rea [...]	2005-03-18 13:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI2116	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF LABOR LAW'S INDIA VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Labor Steven J. Law's February 21-27 visit to India to review progress on the DOL- sponsored INDUS Child Labor effort and other DOL-sponsored projects was well received by GOI officials, project managers, and participants. The highest-ranking Labor Departme [...]	2005-03-21 08:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KWMN EAID IN US
05NEWDELHI2138	UNCHR 61: INDIAN OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered the UNCHR 61 demarche (Reftel) to MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Gopal Baglay on March 17, and PolCouns double-tracked with Joint Secretary (UN) Hamid Ali Rao. Baglay reiterated that the GOI neither supports country-specific resolutions nor oppose [...]	2005-03-21 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IN
05NEWDELHI2140	MODI CASE REFLECTS DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIVIDE [...] (C) Summary: Aside from limited and localized protests in Gujarat and scattered nationalist editorial comment, BJP efforts to build a domestic political issue out of the Modi visa revocation seem to be dissipating. Few outside the Sangh Parivar have risen to the bait and responded to BJP calls to [...]	2005-03-21 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI2185	MEA DEFENDS RECORD ON BURMA AHEAD OF FM SINGH TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (SE Asia I) Mitra Vashishta defended India's policies in Burma in a March 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, suggesting that progress on democratic reforms was dependent on engagement with the Burmese body politic, and warning that the USG focus on Aung San Suu K [...]	2005-03-22 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG PTER IN BM BD
05NEWDELHI2186	UNCHR61 CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA AND BHUTAN [...] (C) On 21 March, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Indian MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Gopal Baglay and Bhutanese Embassy First Secretary Karma Rinchhen, reiterating our interest in this year's Cuba resolution. 2. (C) Baglay responded that the GOI has no official respon [...]	2005-03-22 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU IN BT
05NEWDELHI2262	FURTHER INDIAN THOUGHTS ON UNCHR61 [...] (C) Following up on our recent demarche on Cuba (Refs A and B),PolCouns and Poloff met with MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Hamid Ali Rao and incoming Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri on March 24 to review our UNCHR priorities. Recalling the recent statements by the P [...]	2005-03-24 11:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PINR IN CU NP
05NEWDELHI2379	INDIA UNDECIDED ON CHR NEPAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) We shared reftel demarche with MEA J/S (North) Ranjit Rae on March 28 regarding the need to improve GON human rights record or face an Item 9 resolution at the CHR. After repeated attempts to elicit a response from the J/S proved unsuccessful, A/Polcouns managed to reach him in the early [...]	2005-03-30 14:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IN NP EU UK SZ
05NEWDELHI2475	DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...]	2005-04-01 14:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK
05NEWDELHI2606	ICRC FRUSTRATED WITH INDIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: In a April 1 confidential briefing on GOI detention centers in Kashmir, ICRC XXXXXXXXXXXX described to D/Polcouns torture methods and relatively stable trend lines of prisoner abuses by Indian security forces, based on data derived from 1491 interviews with detainees during 2002-2004. [...]	2005-04-06 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PHUM PREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI2635	MEA ON NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTANT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: India's highest priority with respect to Nepal remains the full restoration of democracy, not one or two human rights improvements, MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal, Bhutan) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 7. Although "very uncomfortable" with a UNCHR Item Nine resolution, [...]	2005-04-07 14:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM NP IN
05NEWDELHI2680	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE ON CHR CUBA [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the MEA Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, the Ambassador framed the issue of India's vote on the Cuba human rights resolution before the UN Human Rights Commission (ref C) as fuel for those in Washington who resist USG support for an Indian seat on the UNSC. Saran [...]	2005-04-08 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU IN
05NEWDELHI2717	RGOB NON-COMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with Bhutanese Foreign Secretary Neden Zangmo, DCM urged the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) to support a UNCHR resolution against Cuba noting that Bhutan's vote could be decisive. The FS was non-committal citing the support Cuba had provided Bhutan in th [...]	2005-04-11 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU UNHCR
05NEWDELHI2844	BHUTAN WILL ABSTAIN ON CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA WITH [...] (C) Bhutan has agreed in principle to abstain on the CHR resolution on Cuba, but has specifically asked for stronger US support and understanding on the issue of the refugee camps in Nepal, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated during an April 14 phone call with the Ambassador. He commented t [...]	2005-04-14 14:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU
05NEWDELHI2929	INDIA TO OPPOSE GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (U) In a meeting with SA A/S Rocca and MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar on April 18, Charge SIPDIS delivered our demarche regarding Cuba's resolution before the CHR about the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo (Reftel). Charge requested that India oppose this resolution. Jais [...]	2005-04-19 11:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM
05NEWDELHI2932	A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...]	2005-04-19 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI3080	INDIA BREAKS RANKS TO OPPOSE GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (U) Following up earlier approaches by the Charge, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar called PolCouns on April 25 to make sure we had noticed the GOI's April 21 ""no"" vote on the Cuba-sponsored UNHRC resolution condemning US practices at Guantanamo. Jaishankar noted that most South Asia [...]	2005-04-25 10:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU IN
05NEWDELHI3164	INDIA WAITING FOR ACTION FROM NEPAL'S KING [...] (C) Summary: India wants to see progress toward democracy on the ground, not just hear the right words, before resuming arms shipments to Nepal, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 27. Dismissing media reports of a "U-turn in Indian policy" as "speculation [...]	2005-04-27 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KDEM PHUM IN NP CH IS SF
05NEWDELHI3250	FOREIGN MINISTER SHOOTS DOWN ARMS FOR NEPAL [...] (U) Reaffirming India's position that the GOI wants to see meaningful steps toward restoration of democracy before resuming military assistance to Nepal (Ref B),Foreign Minister Natwar Singh told the upper house of Parliament on April 28 that following the arrest the day before of former PM [...]	2005-04-29 11:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP
05NEWDELHI3366	DEMARCHE ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO ELIMINATE SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Following up on discussion at the most recent US-India Peacekeeping Joint Working Group (Ref B),PolCouns and Poloff discussed India's efforts to encourage high standards of conduct for troops participating in UN peacekeeping operations (PKO) with MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Hamid [...]	2005-05-04 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KPKO MARR IN
05NEWDELHI3430	GOI "STEAMROLLERED" INTO VOTING FOR UNCHR WORKING [...] (C) Responding to Reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri told PolCouns on May 5 that India was "steamrollered" into voting for the resolution to create a UNCHR Working Group to consider reform proposals. The resolution sponsors forced a vote on the last day [...]	2005-05-06 11:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI3494	MEA HOPEFUL NEPAL'S KING MAY ENGAGE PARTIES ON [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary for South Asia Christina Rocca, MEA Joint Secretary SIPDIS (North) Ranjit Rae welcomed the May 8 publication of a common platform by the Nepalese political parties as a potential "basis for talks" with King Gyanendra. The GO [...]	2005-05-10 06:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS PTER IN NP
05NEWDELHI3505	BJP LEADER REAFFIRMS US-INDIA COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary: BJP spokesman and former Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley warned us recently that the Modi controversy continues to fester among the party rank and file, who see the Chief Minister's visa revocation as a personal attack on a leader of the party that began the transformation of US-India r [...]	2005-05-10 10:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON IN US
05NEWDELHI3646	INDIA SEEKS DIALOGUE ON NEPAL END-GAME [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff met with MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae on May 13 to review A/S Rocca's SIPDIS and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee's recent audiences with Nepal's King Gyanendra. Rae emphasized that the King had not relented on his opposition to a dialogue with th [...]	2005-05-13 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI3918	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF INDIAN ARMY'S INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has been approached by US Special Operations Command Pacific (SOPAC),which wishes to engage in a training program with an Indian military counterpart, the Indian Army's 10th Para (SF) Battalion, 50 Independent Parachute Brigade. [...]	2005-05-26 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MASS IN
05NEWDELHI3933	THE UPA SCORES BETTER THAN AVERAGE AFTER ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The UPA government completed one year in office on May 22. Although the Left parties and the BJP predictably criticized its performance, commentary has been generally positive, reflecting widespread respect for Manmohan Singh's performance. Despite some initial weaknesses (such [...]	2005-05-27 05:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PARM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI3973	AMB TAHIR-KHELI HEARS INDIAN UNSC PITCH [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with senior MEA officials on May 26, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, the Secretary's UN Reform Adviser, heard a strong Indian claim for a permanent UNSC seat, and identified peacekeeping, management and accountability reform, counterterrorism, nonproliferation and demo [...]	2005-05-27 14:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN CH UNSC
05NEWDELHI4091	USG ASSESSMENT OF TIBETAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Dalai Lama's request that the US consider a resettlement program for some 10,000 Tibetan refugees, a USG delegation traveled to India and Nepal from May 2-10, meeting with Tibetan, Indian, Nepalese, and Embassy officials to assess the political and logistical [...]	2005-06-01 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CH BT NP IN
05NEWDELHI4131	INDIAN PUNDITS PRESS FOR NEW DIRECTION IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: Delhi-based Nepal-watchers are split in their diagnosis of the strength of the competing factions in Nepal, and on their prescriptions for an end to the country's political crisis. The GOI decision to release non-lethal military assistance to the RNA and press reports of Indian [...]	2005-06-02 12:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MASS IN NP UK
05NEWDELHI4619	AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES INDIAN OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the GOI, strategic analysts, and journalists in New Delhi on June 10, Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones encouraged high-level GOI participation at the upcoming US-EU conference on Iraq and suggested several priority areas in which the GOI may support pol [...]	2005-06-17 10:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID IZ IN
05NEWDELHI4761	SOCIOECONOMIC FUTURE OF INDIAN DALITS REMAINS BLEAK [...] (C) Summary: Embassy interlocutors report that after one year of UPA rule, limited government efforts to improve dalit (formerly called ""untouchables"") socioeconomic status have shown little success, ensuring that they continue to face severe economic and social discrimination. Government reser [...]	2005-06-22 13:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI4934	INDIA NOT AVERSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PROPOSAL [...] (C) On June 29, Charge reviewed Ref A points with MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Hamid Ali Rao, emphasizing that at this early stage in the discussions, the US would like other countries to avoid making preemptive negative statements about the proposed Human Rights Council (HRC). Noting t [...]	2005-06-29 09:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI496	BHUTANESE AMBASSADOR: SECURITY SITUATION IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: The poor security situation in Nepal, instability of the government in Kathmandu, and uncertainty over future GON willingness to deliver on any inherited agreements will hinder the refugee repatriation process, Bhutanese Ambassador Lyonpo Dago Tshering told the Ambassador on Jan [...]	2005-01-19 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PTER IN NP BT UNHCR
05NEWDELHI5165	LET PRIME SUSPECT IN SYMBOLIC AYODHYA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 attempt by suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorists to wreck the controversial Ayodhya temple site was foiled by Indian security forces who had been previously alerted that the group might target religious sites. The incident, however, is causing significant rippl [...]	2005-07-06 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM IN PK
05NEWDELHI5166	INDIA SEEKING SMALL-SCALE PROJECTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the US-EU Conference in Brussels, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf Division) Sanjay Singh reiterated GOI willingness to support Iraq's reconstruction and sought specific small-scale projects, especially in the electricity sector, which the GOI might consider funding a [...]	2005-07-07 01:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG KDEM IZ IN
05NEWDELHI5319	INDIA HOPING TO LURE NEPAL MAOISTS INTO POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae, PolCouns emphasized the need to SIPDIS coordinate USG and GOI policy to prevent sending mixed messages to the Nepalese political parties, Maoists, and King, and expressed concern about the risks inherent in New [...]	2005-07-11 13:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM PTER IN NP AF CE
05NEWDELHI5402	FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT: INDIA, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-14 06:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON ETRD PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5521	INDIAN WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE OBSTACLES IN POLITICS [...] Summary: Despite an impressive list of accomplishments, including several current Chief Ministerships and presidency of the Congress party, Indian women continue to face cultural and practical barriers to their participation in politics. Female political leaders insist that greater women's par [...]	2005-07-18 10:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KWMN PINR SOCI IN AF BG PK
05NEWDELHI5684	INDIAN OBSERVERS: TIME TO TURN UP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: Non-governmental Nepal-watchers in New Delhi remain pessimistic about the chances for a compromise between King Gyanendra and the Nepalese political parties. Many say that the next 2-3 months will be crucial for a rapprochement, with a strong likelihood that the parties and Maois [...]	2005-07-22 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM IN NP
05NEWDELHI5865	LABOR PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT OUTSIDE DELHI [...] (C) Summary: A July 25 protest rally in support of workers of a Honda subsidiary turned into an all-out riot in Gurgaon, following apparent provocations by unions linked to India's Communist parties. Located 25 kilometers southwest of Delhi, Gurgaon is a major hub of multinational corporations [...]	2005-07-28 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON EINV ASEC PHUM IN JA
05NEWDELHI5867	INDIAN INITIATIVES IN IRAQ STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) Summary: Following the Dead Sea conference on Iraq, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and PolMilOff on July 28 that he was impressed with how Iraqis were taking control of their political process, and expressed confidence that this would result in greater support for r [...]	2005-07-28 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG EPET IZ IN
05NEWDELHI5912	BHUTANESE DRAFT CONSTITUTION: A STEP IN THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The RGOB released a draft constitution on March 26, continuing the process of democratic reform started when the King abdicated power to a council of ministers in 1998. The draft, if approved, would create a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament consisting of an upper and lo [...]	2005-07-29 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ECON KDEM KIRF SENV IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI6080	DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-05 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IN BT UNGA
05NEWDELHI6148	MEA HINTS AT COY INDIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolCouns delivered Ref A points on July 29 to MEA Joint Secretaries Hamid Ali Rao (UN Political) and Manjeev Puri (UN Economic and Social). In a follow-up meeting with Puri on August 8, the Joint Secretary assured us that the US shouldn't worry about the Human Rights Council (HRC),as he [...]	2005-08-08 14:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI6213	INDIAN SUPREME COURT VERDICT IN 2001 PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad Afzal, reduced a death sentence to 10 years imprisonment for Shaukat Hussain, and acquitted Navjot Sandhu (aka: Afsan Guru),and SAR Geelani (of whom three are Kashmiris) in connection with the spectacular December 13 [...]	2005-08-10 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS IN PK
05NEWDELHI6310	MANMOHAN SINGH A TRUE STATESMAN IN REACTING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Doing what no Indian leader in 20 years has been willing to do, Manmohan Singh apologized to the nation for government inaction during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apology preempted BJP efforts to capitalize on the report, which named two high-profile Congress leaders as cons [...]	2005-08-12 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI6311	PUNJAB WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS AND JOBS, NOT TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to media reports warning of a resurgence in Khalistani terrorism in Punjab and northern India, Poloff traveled to Chandigarh August 4-5 to interview government, business, police, civil society and political leaders. They were uniformly unperturbed by reports of mil [...]	2005-08-12 13:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAGR SNAR ELAB EINV IN PK
05NEWDELHI6413	DEMARCHE DELIVERY: MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IS IN
05NEWDELHI6737	INDIAN MUSLIMS REJECT EXTREMISM VIA FATWAS [...] (U) Summary: The recent controversy surrounding a fatwa from the Darul-Uloom Deoband seminary demonstrates the unique ability of India's Muslim community to reign in signs of extremism to maintain a moderate Islam identity. During Panchayat (local) elections in Uttar Pradesh, three muftis f [...]	2005-09-01 13:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL KIRF PINR PHUM PTER IN IR
05NEWDELHI6903	BHUTAN FEARS MAOISTS IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (C) Summary: Bhutanese MFA officials expressed concern over Maoist intrusions into refugee camps in Nepal and indicated the government's main priority is keeping radical elements out of Bhutan during August 24-25 meetings with Poloff and Econoff in Thimphu. The MFA reiterated the Royal Govern [...]	2005-09-07 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI6929	MDA: INDIA SUPPORTS PROTOCOL, BUT NO PLANS TO PUSH [...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6. Arora promised to confer with his UN Economic and Social (UNES) counterparts, but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) Poloff followed up with Deputy Secretary (UNES) Gopal Baglay on Septembe [...]	2005-09-08 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ GOI UN
05NEWDELHI6931	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff called on new MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6 and SIPDIS delivered Refs A and B demarches, underlining the importance in the new US-India relationship for India to be seen [...]	2005-09-08 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN PHUM KDEM KUNR IN AF UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI6994	INDIA-EU,UK SUMMITS: THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY [...] (U) Summary: Tony Blair wrapped up two days of EU and UK summits on September 8, leaving behind an EU-India joint action plan, British and European support for Indian ITER participation, a framework agreement on Galileo, and UK assent to increased civil nuclear cooperation. Trade representatives [...]	2005-09-09 14:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV KPKO KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM
05NEWDELHI7197	BLAIR SUPPORTS INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In a briefing on the September 7-8 India-EU Summit, British High Commissioner Sir Michael Arthur emphasized the UK's support for civil nuclear cooperation with India, the success of the UK's effort to play up its European personality during this visit, and the excellent personal [...]	2005-09-15 09:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV EAID KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM NSSP
05NEWDELHI7241	EDUCATION IN A HIMALAYAN KINGDOM: ANOTHER FACET OF [...] (U) Summary: During Poloff's August 22-25 visit to Bhutan, our interlocutors insisted that Bhutan is committed to educating its children by providing free schooling for all. Primary school enrollment stands at 87.8 percent. The government's decision in the 1950s to use English as the medium [...]	2005-09-16 09:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SCUL PHUM IN BT
05NEWDELHI7259	INDO-PAK UNGA MEETING POSITIVE, NO FIREWORKS [...] (C) Summary: The September 14, four-hour Manmohan Singh-Musharraf dinner meeting and joint statement on the sidelines of UNGA continued the positive bilateral vibe even if it did not produce new deliverables, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha told us during a Septemb [...]	2005-09-16 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV IN PK AF INDO PAK UNGA
05NEWDELHI73	LODI GYARI INFORMS INDIA OF PLANS FOR TIBETAN [...] (C) On January 3, the Dalai Lama's Special Representative Lodi Gyari told Ambassador Mulford that he had briefed MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) Ashok Kantha that same day on Dharamsala's intention to relocate 10,000 Tibetan refugees from India and Nepal to the US. He emphasized that he had [...]	2005-01-04 13:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM IN CH NP
05NEWDELHI7417	BHUTAN: GOOD GOVERNANCE LEADS TO HEALTHY MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite its isolation, low income and rugged terrain, Bhutan has created an effective system of state-provided medical care that is delivering a healthier population and outpacing others in South Asia. The Government continues to invest heavily in the medical sector, with dono [...]	2005-09-23 10:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL EAID IN BT NP UN
05NEWDELHI749	HIGH TURNOUT IN FIRST ROUND OF J&K LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Consolidating the pattern set in other recent state elections, Kashmiris turned out in large numbers in municipal elections in North Kashmir on January 30, defying terrorist intimidation and a separatist-led boycott campaign, and demonstrating that they want to have a greater say i [...]	2005-01-31 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM IN PK
05NEWDELHI7725	COMBATING EXTREMISM - MISSION INDIA RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: India enjoys a democratic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, heterogeneous, multi-ethnic society where all major world religions are practiced freely. Isolated elements of religious extremism of many varieties have, however, occurred in India -- notably among Hindus, Muslims, and [...]	2005-10-05 05:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7909	CONGRESS ON DEFENSIVE OVER SUPREME COURT DECISION [...] (C) Summary. On October 7, the Indian Supreme Courts ruled that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) May 22 dissolution of the Bihar State Assembly and its declaration of President's rule was unconstitutional. However, the Court refused to cancel the October 18-November 19 state elections, [...]	2005-10-11 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL IN
05NEWDELHI7967	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (UN Political) Sangeeta Mann on October 13, who said she would provide a response after consulting with her regional office. Post will continue to follow up with GOI officials. 2. (U) Visit New Delhi's Classified We [...]	2005-10-13 13:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC UNGA
05NEWDELHI8188	UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT: GOI UNLIKELY TO RESPOND [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar told the Charge on October 15 that the GOI would consider the US request for assistance in resettling Uighur detainees, but suggested that the answer would be no. "You know why," he added. Comment ------- [...]	2005-10-21 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR IN
05NEWDELHI8247	NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN [...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...]	2005-10-24 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH
05NEWDELHI8253	INDIA OPENS LOC TO HELP PAKISTAN DESPITE TERROR [...] (U) Summary: Consistent with the PM's admonition to find ways to make the Line of Control (LoC) less relevant and facilitate quake relief, the GOI is putting aside fears that terrorists will seize the advantage even as it creates camps along the LoC to provide food, shelter, and medical attent [...]	2005-10-24 13:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR PHUM EAID IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8266	INDIA'S SHAME: LINGERING BIGOTRY AFFLICTS 200 [...] (SBU) Summary: India,s 200 million Hindu and Christian Dalits (formerly &untouchables8) constitute approximately 21-25% of the population. Dalit leaders argue, and our Human Rights Report agrees, that Dalits are subject to sporadic cases of human rights abuses, including rape, trafficking, an [...]	2005-10-25 09:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI8510	DESPITE TERROR BLAST, NEW KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a suicide car bombing that killed five, Cabinet Affairs Minister and Sonia Gandhi close aide Ghulam Nabi Azad became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir November 2, as per a 2003 power-sharing agreement between Congress and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's PD [...]	2005-11-04 09:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM PBTS PTER ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI859	GOI REWARDS BHUTANESE KING AS GUEST OF HONOR AT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of India (GOI) rewarded Bhutanese King Jigme Singye Wangchuck for conducting military operations in December of 2003 against Indian militants hiding out in Southern Bhutan by making him the guest of honor at Republic Day. During the King's January 24-28 visit, th [...]	2005-02-03 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT UNHCR
05NEWDELHI8682	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI URGES GOI LEADERSHIP ON [...] (C) Summary. In her second round of consultations with senior MEA officials on November 14, Special Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli discussed areas of common consensus on UN reform and urged the GOI to take leadership and build coalitions of support before the review of the [...]	2005-11-15 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8712	MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVEA PROTOCOL [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to Director (UN Political) Sangeeta Mann, who confessed she was not aware of the issue, thanked the USG for the information conveyed, and promised a more substantive response once she ascertained the GOI position. 2. (C) Comment: Man [...]	2005-11-16 12:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ
05NEWDELHI8746	FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN URGES USG TO CORRECT [...] (C) Summary: In his November 15 meeting with Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran expressed general GOI support for most SIPDIS of the USG's UN reform agenda, with some minor disagreement on the oversight mechanisms. He reinforced the GO [...]	2005-11-17 12:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8748	DUE TO INTERNAL POLITICS, INDIA RELUCTANT ON IRAN [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran during a November 15 meeting with Special Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli. Saran promised to examine the issues raised, but pointed out that India is already in a difficult position with Iran (as a result [...]	2005-11-17 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MNUC KNNP IN IR
05NEWDELHI8799	INDIA'S NAM BAGGAGE STILL HOLDING IT BACK ON UN [...] (C) Summary: At a November 17 meeting with Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, Deputy National Security Advisor Nambiar insisted that India's "stereotype as a representative of developing countries" at the United Nations will hinder its ability to play a leading role with the [...]	2005-11-18 14:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8893	INDIAN REPORTS BREAKTHROUGH IN BHUTAN/NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: The agreement reached in Dhaka between the RGOB and GON to restart the Joint Verification Process and allow for the return of Category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari refugee camp was a significant and positive step, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCou [...]	2005-11-23 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PTER IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI9029	RGOB: NEED CATEGORY 1 AND 4 REPATRIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Bhutan is ready to accept category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari camp, but needs Nepal to agree to the proposal in writing, which Nepal seems unwilling to do, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated in a December 1 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff. The Ambassador reported t [...]	2005-11-30 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PTER PHUM IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI9031	KASHMIRI LEADERS SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH CODEL [...] (SBU) Kashmiri political leaders and human rights advocates described in differing viewpoints the problems facing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and emphasized the need for redoubled peace efforts between India and Pakistan during a November 28 meeting with CODEL Burton and embassy officers. Mirwa [...]	2005-11-30 11:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL PBTS PHUM OREP IN PK
05NEWDELHI9078	RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION REQUEST ON DALITS [...] (U) This cable is a response to Reftel A requesting information regarding the treatment of Dalits in India. Please read Reftels B and C in conjunction with this cable for a thorough picture of the issue. The following is posts response to Paragraph 6 questions: 2. (U) Question 1: How is th [...]	2005-12-01 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL SCUL KDEM ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI9080	GOI "CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED" IN BURMA, UPBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: MEA J/S (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar) Mohan Kumar was candid about India's need to continue engaging in Burma and optimistic that PM Singh had begun to "clear the air" during his bilateral meeting with President Zia in Bangladesh. Acknowledging Indian competition with the [...]	2005-12-01 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER BG BM IN SA
05NEWDELHI9088	TIP TIDBITS - CHILD LABOR, FEMALE FETICIDE, CHILD [...] (U) The following describes a variety of news reports and GOI actions on child labor, female feticide and child marriage that we have been following over the past few weeks. LARGEST RAID IN DELHI HISTORY ---------------------------- 2. (U) On November 21, "The Hindu" reported in their mo [...]	2005-12-02 05:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SOCI OTRA PREL SMIG BG
05NEWDELHI9128	NEW ALLEGATIONS BREATHE LIFE INTO NATWAR OIL [...] (C) Summary: The NDA's anti-UPA, anti-Natwar Singh campaign got a new lease on life December 2 when longtime Natwar Singh confidant (and serving Indian Ambassador to Croatia) Aneil Mathrani claimed in a television interview that the former Foreign Minister was deeply and personally involved [...]	2005-12-02 12:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM PTER EPET ETTC IN
05NEWDELHI9204	BHUTAN: LARGELY LACKING WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) In response to Reftel, post spoke to Bhutanese Ministry of Labor, Education, Employment and Works and Human Settlement officials and NGOs to answer questions posed in paragraph seven. We assess that while 45,000 children may at times work, the worst forms of child labor are largely absent [...]	2005-12-06 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BT
05NEWDELHI9231	GOI INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS COMMUNAL [...] (C) Summary: Over stringent opposition from BJP-ruled states, the Congress government devised a bill to prevent the outbreak and spread of communal rioting by allowing New Delhi to intervene in any state experiencing communal violence. On December 5, the UPA unexpectedly diluted the bill t [...]	2005-12-07 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KISL IN
05NEWDELHI9245	INDIA FACES GROWING NAXALITE MENACE [...] (C) Summary: Despite India's rapidly expanding economy, Naxalite groups in poor rural areas and their educated urban sympathizers continue to spread and have extended their areas of influence into 12 states, proving they can launch spectacular attacks on government facilities. The GOI has respon [...]	2005-12-08 08:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM PTER KCRM ASEC SCUL IN NP
05NEWDELHI9261	INDIA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR RED CROSS PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IN
05NEWDELHI9296	INDIAN NGOS THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) India suffers from three major strains of terrorism -- jihadi separatism in Jammu and Kashmir (that also of late spills into Delhi); Maoist/Naxalite terrorism that has spread through 12 states in the West, Central, and South regions of the country; and ethno-linguistic separatism in the [...]	2005-12-09 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI9376	IS THE BJP READY FOR A REVIVAL? PERHAPS [...] (C) Summary: The BJP is undergoing churnings that suggest that it could regain its political legs. Supporters of this position point to the recent NDA electoral victory in Bihar, and the decision to expel perennial troublemaker Uma Bharati as signs that the party is putting its internal pro [...]	2005-12-13 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM EPET ETTC ECON IN
05NEWDELHI9393	URGENT REQUEST FOR RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DELHI [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for NEA/SA/EX and HR/RMA. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Summary: Embassy New Delhi respectfully requests that the DRI position (10504002 vice Nair) in our Political Section be immediately re-established and filled for 2006- 2008. Our workload has skyrocketed as US- [...]	2005-12-14 09:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM BT IN US
05NEWDELHI9434	INDIA JOINS ASEAN'S TOUGHER LINE ON BURMA [...] (U) Summary: After many months of wishy-washy Indian posturing on Burma, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called publicly for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and encouraged the GOB to move towards democracy on his return from the East Asia Summit. Speaking after a meeting with Burmese PM Soe Win in [...]	2005-12-15 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM IN BM ASEAN

05NEWDELHI9485	INDIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is Post's submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism: Begin text: India remains an important and vigorous ally in the global war on terror. India's law enforcement, paramilitary and armed forces neutralized over 1,500 terrorists in 2005, according to a leading indepen [...]	2005-12-16 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO MASS PGOV PHUM
05NEWDELHI9504	BHUTAN KING TO ABDICATE IN 2008, DEEPENING [...] (U) Wire services and the on-line Bhutanese newspaper Kuensel.com reported on December 18 that King Jigme Singye Wangchuck announced he would abdicate the throne to the well-regarded and modest Crown Prince (known in Bhutan as the Chhoetse Penlop) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in 2008. Kuens [...]	2005-12-19 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI9513	EXTRADITION: INDIA: KULBIR SINGH BARAPIND: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: This message will address as many of the Ref A questions as Post is able to answer. Confirming or refuting specific allegations of torture is extremely difficult by the very nature of the usual secrecy surrounding torture. Barapind's claims of torture include a litany of many [...]	2005-12-19 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI9516	NSA NARAYANAN FOCUSED ON POTUS VISIT, NSG, AND [...] (C) Summary: Ahead of FS Saran's meeting with Burns on December 21, NSA Narayanan shared his priorities for the POTUS visit to India and his take on progress at the East Asia Summit and GOI policy on Burma in a December 16 meeting. He listed progress on the civil nuclear agreement and initi [...]	2005-12-19 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ENRG PHUM PTER BM IN
05NEWDELHI9527	THE TRIBAL BILL - A UPA ATTEMPT AT SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: India's forest dwelling tribals (aboriginals largely residing in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra) are caught in a vise between greedy forest mafias and the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist),which hopes to enlist them into its vio [...]	2005-12-20 10:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KCRM ASEC SCUL SENV KSCA TSPL
05NEWDELHI9754	TIBETANS IN INDIA BRIEF VISITING STAFFDEL SZYMANSKI [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, including the chief executive of the Central Tibetan Authority and the Dalai Lama, told visiting professional staff of the House Small Business Committee during a December 11-12 visit that although human rights conditions [...]	2005-12-28 05:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM PREF IN CH
05NICOSIA1565	COMBATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN CYPRUS [...] (S) Summary: On Cyprus, the Cyprus issue itself dominates the agenda and colors nearly every aspect of life. This includes the problem of violent extremism, which is typically charted on an ethnic Turkish-Greek axis rather than through the lens of an Islamic-Christian, East-West, or religious [...]	2005-09-27 15:29:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL
05NICOSIA1886	TURKISH CYPRIOTS UNVEIL NEW SCHEME FOR GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriot administration has drafted a new law that would significantly alter the way in which the "TRNC" handles claims for restitution or compensation for Greek Cypriot property, which makes up between 80 and 90 percent of the land in the north. In response to an Apr [...]	2005-11-30 09:31:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU PHUM PREF COE ECON
05NICOSIA1955	SUBJECT: "SETTLERS" AND CITIZENSHIP: THE [...] (C) Summary: Questions of "settler status" and ROC citizenship have become increasingly entwined, further complicating an already contentious issue that lies close to the core of the Cyprus dispute. Issues of citizenship, status, and the definition of a "settler" are of more than academic [...]	2005-12-14 11:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC CY
05NICOSIA2006	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) On December 21, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian NGO law to Elena Rafti in the MFA's European Affairs Division. Rafti had no substantive response, but promised to pass the message forward for consideration. SCHLICHER [...]	2005-12-23 09:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
05NICOSIA2007	KIDS THESE DAYS: WHAT DO GREEK CYPRIOT YOUNG [...] (C) Summary: In the April 2004 referendum on the Annan Plan for a Cyprus settlement, Greek Cypriots in the 18-24 age group voted "No" by a margin of nine-to-one. Both anecdotal impressions and polling data lead to the conclusion that, on balance, young Greek Cypriots take a harder line on t [...]	2005-12-23 11:32:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CY
05NICOSIA291	CIVILIAN-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NORTH CYPRUS: [...] (C) SUMMARY. With roughly 25,000 troops in Cyprus and a history of interference in Turkish Cypriot politics, the Turkish military exercised considerable sway in many spheres of civilian life in the north. The army has kept a low profile, however, since the 2003 elections that brought the pro [...]	2005-02-18 15:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY TU PHUM PINR ECON
05NOUAKCHOTT762	WHY DID MAHMOUD ABBAS VISIT MAURITANIA? [...] (U) On July 2, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made his first official visit to Mauritania. Spending roughly 24 hours, he met with President Taya and toured Nouakchott,s port. The two men reportedly discussed Abbas' recent trip to the US, including discussions he had had with President B [...]	2005-07-07 10:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MR IS
05OTTAWA1246	CANADA: CANDIDATE FOR MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTOR [...] Post received the following note (original/fax) from Foreign Affairs Canada: QUOTE NO LIA-0057 Foreign Affairs Canada presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to inform the Embassy that the Government of Canada has the honour to presen [...]	2005-04-26 13:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CA OAS
05OTTAWA1373	CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AN UNMANDATED [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the reftel demarche concerning a 2005 Commission on Human Rights (CHR) resolution establishing a five-day working group in Geneva to discuss CHR reform, with Henri-Paul Normandin, Director of the Human Rights Division at Foreign Affairs Canada, on May 5. Normandin stat [...]	2005-05-06 18:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CA UNCHR UNGA
05OTTAWA1412	CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OAS WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pamela Moore, Senior Policy Officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on May 5. Moore thanked us for the points, and advised that she would review the demarche with her colleagues at FAC, including Marie Gervais-Vidricaire, Director General of the Glob [...]	2005-05-10 20:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC CA USOAS
05OTTAWA1604	CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON ILO ELECTIONS AND [...] (U) Poloff discussed refs (a) (Cuban candidacy for the ILO Governing Body) and (b) (ILO's proposed budget for 2006-2007) with Wendy Drukier, Senior Policy Advisor at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on May 24. Drukier thanked us for the points, and requested some time so that she could pass the [...]	2005-05-27 19:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AORC ELAB CA ILO
05OTTAWA1607	CANADIAN REACTIONS TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) POLMINCOUNS and POLOFF met May 27 with FAC Deputy Director for Southern and Eastern Africa Stephen Moran and Ethiopia Desk Officer Curtis Ajmani, to discuss post-election Ethiopia and Sudan. On Sudan, Moran mentioned that Canada has set up an interagency task force comprised of individuals [...]	2005-05-27 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA ET PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM
05OTTAWA1615	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON OSCE CORDOBA DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Post delivered demarche points to Foreign Affairs Acting Director for North American and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Relations, Isabelle Poupart, the morning of May 31. In a follow-up discussion, Poupart said that the matter had been resolved earlier in the day in Vienna with agr [...]	2005-05-31 19:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CA OSCE
05OTTAWA1634	CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel with Jessica Blitt, Senior Policy Advisor at Foreign Affairs Canada, on June 1. Blitt indicated that she was in contact with the GoC's UN mission in New York, but that no decision had been made on whether Canada would co-sign the proposed letter to the UNSYG on the [...]	2005-06-01 20:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CA UN
05OTTAWA1676	CANADA: REVIEW FOR TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Poloff met with Louise Branch, Deputy Director of the Caribbean and Central America Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),and Ghislain Chaput, FAC Desk Officer for Cuba, on May 25, to discuss recent Government of Canada policies and actions to advance democracy, human rights, and fund [...]	2005-06-03 17:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETTC PREL CU CA
05OTTAWA1799	CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND A RESPONSE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning full membership for the Israeli National Society (MDA) in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, to Allisa Golberg, deputy director of the human rights division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on June 13. Golberg referred to the me [...]	2005-06-14 17:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CA ICRC
05OTTAWA1800	CANADA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ALLEGED TERRORIST [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel, concerning the possible extradition of alleged terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, with Rana Burley, Desk Officer for Venezuela at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on May 31. Burley thanked us for the opportunity to review the legal situation involving Posada, noted tha [...]	2005-06-14 17:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM EAIR KJUS VE CU CA
05OTTAWA228	CANADA: PM MARTIN'S SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Paul Martin traveled to Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Japan and China January 15-23 on a whirlwind tour that mixed tsunami relief with commercial relations. Some of the stops were photo ops or courtesy calls and critics questioned whether anything could be accomplished in such [...]	2005-01-24 22:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CA
05OTTAWA2459	OTTAWA'S PARTICIPATION AT DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] Although Ottawa's new Human Rights officer, Lisa Wishman, is not yet at post, she has been contacted and is interested in attending the conference. 2. She will arrive from Ottawa on September 25 and depart the morning of September 28. She will make her own hotel reservations. 2. Pos [...]	2005-08-15 19:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM CA
05OTTAWA2748	IRAN/IAEA: CANADA CALLS IN IRANIAN CHARGE [...] (C) In a September 12 meeting with Charge on another matter, Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for International Security Policy Jim Wright took the opportunity to underline Canada's frustration with Iran and its snubbing of the IAEA. Wright reported that he had just called in the Iranian Charge [...]	2005-09-13 17:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL PHUM CA IR IAEA
05OTTAWA2891	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN CANADA [...] (C) HOST GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO MINIMIZE EXTREMISM -- Canada seeks to minimize extremism among its immigrant population through a stated policy commitment to building an inclusive society that is tolerant of religious, ethnic, racial and cultural diversity. In 1971, Canada became the first c [...]	2005-09-26 22:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM CA
05OTTAWA2928	CANADA INTERESTED IN COOPERATING ON DARFUR WOMEN'S [...] (U) As requested in reftel, poloff met with officials from Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) and the Canadian International Development Agency(CIDA) on 23 September to discuss U.S. initiatives to counter violence against women in Darfur, and to solicit Canada's support for such initiatives. Canadia [...]	2005-09-29 14:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU CA
05OTTAWA3022	DEMARCHE: BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 21:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	BM PREL PHUM PGOV CA UNSC UNGA
05OTTAWA3065	REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] (S) On October 12, 2005 POL M/C raised the Uighur resettlement issue with Michael Small, Acting ADM (Assistant Deputy Minister) for Global Affairs at Foreign Affairs Canada. Small, who is also Director General for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, had been briefed by FAC,s Senior Adviso [...]	2005-10-13 14:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	KAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR
05OTTAWA3102	ISLAMIC SCHOLAR EXHORTS CANADIAN MUSLIMS TO FIGHT [...] (U) On September 28, 2005, poloff attended a conference entitled "Building the Dialogue Gaps Towards a Culture of Peace" hosted by WEBB Canada (Women Engaging in Bridge Building) at which keynote speaker Dr. Mohamed Fathi Osman challenged the Muslim community to embrace a faith that is forward [...]	2005-10-17 18:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF CA
05OTTAWA3120	CANADA ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS -- ENGAGE [...] (C) Poloff shared U.S. views on democratization toward Belarus with Habib Massoud, Deputy Director at Foreign Affairs Canada for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldavia. Massoud was grateful for the readout of U.S. intentions in Belarus and explained how Canada views its role in the region. As part o [...]	2005-10-18 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV CA SCRS
05OTTAWA3122	BMENA: SUPPORT FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) POLMINCOUNS delivered reftel demarche to Middle East Director General Mark Bailey October 19. Bailey said that Minister Pettigrew would not be able to attend the meeting in Bahrain because of the unstable political situation in Canada but Deputy Minister Harder would attend in his place. [...]	2005-10-19 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU XF PREL EAID PGOV PHUM
05OTTAWA3125	CANADA'S EVOLVING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) Secretariat, a new bureau with responsibilities equivalent to those of S/CRS and some of the State Pol/Mil Bureau, began operating on September 6. Housed in the International Security Branch under A/DM Jim Wright, it [...]	2005-10-19 17:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MOPS PTER CA
05OTTAWA3198	CANADA: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] The GOC is contemplating an additional pledge at Geneva but the amount is not yet confirmed. They asked if post has information on the amount the US plans to announce. The Canadian delegation to the October 26 conference in Geneva will be led by their Ambassador, Paul Meyers, or his alterna [...]	2005-10-25 19:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PK CA
05OTTAWA3233	DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel with Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Iran and Iraq Jeffrey McLaren on October 28. McLaren concurred with the points in our non-paper. He said that upon learning of Ahmadi-Nejad's remarks on October 26, Assistant Deputy Minister David Mulroney immediately broug [...]	2005-10-31 13:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER CA IR
05OTTAWA3278	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) DCM conveyed ref A points November 1 to Jonathan Fried, the Prime Minister's senior foreign policy advisor. We provided follow-up copies to Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency. Canada responded quickly and generously to the South Asian earthquake (s [...]	2005-11-03 15:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PK CA
05OTTAWA3293	CANADIANS INVITED TO NAIROBI; GOC FUNDING POSSIBLE [...] (C) Post extended reftel invitation to the Prime Minister's Special Advisory Team (SAT) on Sudan through Lt. Col. Brad Bergstrand, Military Advisor to the Sudan Task Force at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). Currently, the Team is planning a trip to Darfur but will not be on the ground in the [...]	2005-11-04 17:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PREF PHUM CA SU
05OTTAWA3300	OTTAWA PLANS TO HOST LANDMINE EVENT IN MARCH 2006 [...] Embassy Ottawa plans to organize an event in March 2006, in lieu of this Fall. As in 2003 and 2004, the likely venue would be the Ambassador's residence and we would invite a range of government and non-government interlocutors. ConGen-Toronto is also considering organizing an event during t [...]	2005-11-04 21:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KHDP KSEP PHUM PREF PARM AORC ODIP OFDP CA
05OTTAWA3335	CANADA'S VOTING PRIORITIES FOR UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) On 8 November, poloff delivered points in reftel with Wendy Drukier, Deputy Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (U) The Canadian positions on each of these resolutions remains unchanged from those discussed at the semi- [...]	2005-11-08 21:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CA UNGA UNHRC
05OTTAWA3380	OTTAWA PROGRAMS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 EVENT [...] (U) Post plans to observe Human Rights Day with an educational outreach program to fourth grade students at which Ambassador Wilkins will read a picture book entitled "If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks" by Faith Ringgold. The Ambassador will also educate the students about Elean [...]	2005-11-14 16:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER CA
05OTTAWA3397	CANADA SUPPORTS MDA'S INCLUSION AND IS READY TO [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel on 15 November to Alexandra MacKenzie in the Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (C) MacKenzie emphasized the importance of ensuring the success of the Geneva conference, as well as the adoption by consensus of [...]	2005-11-15 17:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF AORC IS SZ CA ICRC
05OTTAWA3421	CANADA WILL GIVE MORE -- FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR [...] (SBU) Steve Blais, who officially becomes Director of the Pakistan and South Asia office at the Canadian International Development Agency next Monday, said the GOC plans to announce that it will make a major commitment to earthquake relief after it has had time to digest the World Bank/Asia D [...]	2005-11-18 14:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM SENV CA PK
05OTTAWA3425	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF: NO IMMEDIATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 16:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM SENV CA PK
05OTTAWA3540	CANADA ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIAN DRAFT NGO LAW [...] (U) Polcons and Poloff delivered reftEl on 28 November to Tom MacDonald, Director General of the Central, East and South Europe Bureau and Gilles Breton, Deputy Director, Eastern European Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). . 2. (C) According to MacDonald, the GoC shares many of t [...]	2005-11-30 17:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CA RS
05OTTAWA355	IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT ON THE JANUARY 30 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Asif Rashid Sertturkmen, senior representative of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) in Canada and the UK, recently met with us (at his request) to brief on the status of the Turkomen population in Iraq, and outline what the ITF believes is the systematic political disenfranchisement of the T [...]	2005-02-04 18:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ CA ITF
05OTTAWA3588	CANADA FORMALIZES ITS OPPOSITION TO THE DEATH [...] (U) On November 25, Canada ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in support of its long-standing opposition to the death penalty. The treaty requires that parties abolish the death penalty within their respective jurisdictions. Th [...]	2005-12-05 19:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI CA UNGA
05OTTAWA3608	CANADA ON MDA: EXPECT A YES VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ CA ICRC
05OTTAWA3638	FOLLOW-UP TO REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (S) Polmiloff met with Senior Advisor for Migration and Refugees Kathy Porter on December 9 to discuss Uighur resettlement. Other meeting participants were China and Mongolia Senior Political Officer Walter Bernyck, and U.S. Relations Politica [...]	2005-12-09 22:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA
05OTTAWA3649	CANADIAN STUDENTS PRAISE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROGRAM [...] On December 8, Ambassador David H. Wilkins hosted 55 fourth grade students from the Glen Ogilvie Elementary School in Gloucester, their teachers and a dozen chaperones at the Embassy in Ottawa to observe the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. The hi [...]	2005-12-13 17:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO CA ID
05OTTAWA3650	RUSSIAN NGO LAW - THE ART IS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Gilles Breton, Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe and Balkans Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (C) Breton emphasized that, since our last discussion (reftel B),Vladimir Lukin, the Russian Parliament's ombudsman for human rights issues, has [...]	2005-12-13 17:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CA RS
05OTTAWA3656	CANADA: RESETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN REFUGEES [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (S) On December 13, Political Minister Counselor and polmiloff raised the matter of Uighur resettlement with Tony Burger, Assistant Secretary of the Global Affairs Secretariat at the Privy Council Office (Burger reports to Jonathan Fried, Senio [...]	2005-12-13 22:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA
05OTTAWA3695	CANADIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS NEGATIVE ON [...] (S) Pol Minister Counselor and polmiloff met with two Assistant Deputy Ministers (Operations and Policy) at Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on December 15, to follow up on USG's request that Canada consider resettlement of Uighurs from Guantanamo. In a cordial but candid exchange, A/D [...]	2005-12-16 20:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR CA
05OTTAWA3696	DEMOCRACY IN ACTION -- PURPLE FINGERS ACROSS CANADA [...] (U) Summary. In contrast to sealed borders and security curfews in Iraq to protect Iraqi voters, Iraqis resident in Canada overcame only bitter temperatures in their efforts to make their political will known on December 13, 14 and 15. Approximately 8,700 of the 15,000 to 20,000 eligible vote [...]	2005-12-16 20:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM PREL KPAO CA IZ JO
05OTTAWA3698	CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...]	2005-12-16 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05OTTAWA3741	CANADA'S CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER RUSSIAN NGO LAW [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Gilles Breton, Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe and Balkans Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on 22 December 2005 and shared the USG talking points prepared for delivery in Moscow. --------------------------------------- Transparency Limits Corrup [...]	2005-12-22 21:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS CA
05OTTAWA531	CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING MEXICO [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche (per reftel) regarding Mexico's regional human rights initiative and our concerns that this might serve to undermine Cuba-specific (or other country-specific) resolutions at the UN's Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to Katherine Verrier-Frechette, Senior Human Ri [...]	2005-02-18 19:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MX CA CHR
05OTTAWA641	U.S.-CANADA CONSULTATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. and Canada held consultations on February 14 in Ottawa in preparation for the upcoming session of the CHR. Both sides agreed that engaging Mexico before the CHR in a tri-lateral meeting would be important, particularly if Mexico goes forward with an initiative that coul [...]	2005-03-01 19:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CA CHR
05OTTAWA642	CANADA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR 2004-2005 [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Canada's submission for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to numbered paragraphs in reftel. Embassy POC is Poloff Mark Baron, telephone (613) 688-5339, fax (613) 688-3098. Estimated number of hours spent researching and drafting this r [...]	2005-03-01 19:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
05OTTAWA747	MDA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CONFERENCE ON MDA [...] (C) Poloff followed up on reftel demarche with Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of Foreign Affairs Canada, on March 10. McRae said that in principle Canada supports the convening of a conference for Magan Adom David membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescen [...]	2005-03-10 17:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	IS RS CA AS PHUM PREL PREF ICRC
05OTTAWA802	CANADA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO UNCHR-61 [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the U.S. priorities at the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-61) with Henri-Paul Normandin, director of the human rights division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),per ref a, on March 15. Normandin, who will be attending the final 3 weeks of CHR-61, ref [...]	2005-03-17 18:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CA UNHRC CHR FAC
05OTTAWA851	CANADA: CHR-61 RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche concerning the draft of a resolution on Cuba that the U.S. intends to introduce at the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-61),to Pamela Moore, human rights officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on March 14. Moore thanked us for th [...]	2005-03-22 14:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU CA CHR FAC
05OTTAWA904	CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND PRESSING [...] (C) Poloff discussed ref a demarche concerning Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, with Claudie Senay, Human Rights Officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on March 24. As indicated ref b, Senay reiterated that Canada strongly supports the convening of a [...]	2005-03-29 16:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF AORC IS GM CA ICRC MDA FAC
05OTTAWA944	LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Secretary Rice's letter to Foreign Minister Pettigrew regarding Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was delivered by polmiloff on March 30 through the Foreign Intelligence Division (ISI) at Foreign Affairs Canada. ISI staff subsequently confirmed hand-delivery of the letter to the Foreign Mini [...]	2005-03-31 18:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PTER KAWC PHUM PINR CA
05PANAMA1024	PANAMA OAS DEMARCHE: GOP LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC PGOV PREL PM USOAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1025	PANAMA UNCHR DEMARCHE: GOP LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PM UNGA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1173	PANAMA RESPONSE TO ILO DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-31 22:29:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CU ELAB PGOV PHUM PM PREL ILO POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1320	MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 14:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1339	PANAMA: NO POSITION TO SHARE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-20 21:31:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KUNR PREL PM UNHCR POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1426	MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 21:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1435	PANAMA'S POSITION SIMILAR TO U.S. ON UN COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-06 22:24:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KUNR PREL PM UNCHR POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1492	PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] Country Clearance is granted to Inter-American Foundation Representative Wilbur Thurston Wright for travel to Panama July 20-22, 2005. 2. Purpose of travel is to visit site for possible 2006 conference. 3. As per IAF e-mail request, Embassy assistance is not required. 4. Embassy poi [...]	2005-07-13 22:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AMGT APER ECON OTRA PM
05PANAMA1577	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]	2005-07-27 18:17:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1578	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]	2005-07-27 18:17:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1591	PANAMA'S COLON: FLINT MICHIGAN ON THE CARIBBEAN [...] (SBU) When the USG began to draw down military forces from its bases in the Panama Canal Zone in the 1970s, the port city of Colon, on the Canal's northern terminus, was hit hard, experiencing the same rapid decline that made one-time car manufacturing center Flint, Michigan infamous. By the [...]	2005-07-28 20:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1595	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]	2005-07-28 21:35:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1596	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]	2005-07-28 21:35:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1597	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]	2005-07-28 22:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1604	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]	2005-07-29 21:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1633	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]	2005-08-04 16:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1646	PANAMA: SUPPORT FOR US VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Reftel demarche talking points to MFA Deputy International Organizations and Commissions Director Nubia Lezcano on August 2, stressing the U.S. desire for Panama's continued support in creating a new UN Human Rights Council. PolOff emphasized the need for an action-ori [...]	2005-08-05 19:28:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHCR UNGA LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1652	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]	2005-08-08 19:12:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1688	PANAMA USAID BOOSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (U) Now in its second year, the USAID-funded Darien Development program can boast significant achievements. The local community sees the USAID programs as the most successful aid effort in the area. It has boosted micro enterprises, improved market access, and advanced sustainable forestry in [...]	2005-08-12 20:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1711	UNHCR UNHAPPY WITH PANAMANIAN REFUGEE POLICY [...] (C) UNHCR Representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa believes the Torrijos government is starting down the same path as the previous Moscoso administration in failing to meet its international obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. One never-ending issue is that the Government of Panama (GOP) [...]	2005-08-17 19:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PM
05PANAMA2246	PANAMA HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: QUOTES ON FREEDOM AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 22:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA338	PANAMA RESPONSE TO TIP PROTECTION (ESF) PROPOSAL [...] (U) Embassy is pleased to submit three anti-TIP bilateral project proposals (including two from the same government ministry),chosen from five submissions. Since the passage of the GOP's groundbreaking anti-TIP law in March 2004, the GOP has worked hard with its limited resources to promot [...]	2005-02-15 20:49:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB EAID KWMN KCRM KDEM PHUM SMIG PM
05PANAMA390	PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONVOKES ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) In a big move forward for Panama's anti-TIP efforts, on February 15 Panama's new attorney general Ana Matilde Gomez convoked the anti-TIP commission (CONAPREDES) as contemplated by Panama's March 2004 anti-TIP law (see reftel A). The new commission institutionalizes anti-TIP policy co [...]	2005-02-18 22:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG ELAB PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA436	PANAMA LAUNCHES DOL-FUNDED LABOR TRADE CAPACITY [...] (U) With a Panama-US FTA Agreement still in limbo after the 8th negotiating round, on February 17 Panama's Labor Ministry launched Panama's participation in the DOL-funded labor trade capacity building project called "Cumple y Gana" (Comply and Win). The four-year project includes the CAFTA [...]	2005-02-25 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID ELAB ETRD PGOV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA555	PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a relatively small and manageable problem, involving around 200-500 victims. In 2004, Embassy worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover the true extent of TIP in Panama and to strengthen the anti-TIP leg [...]	2005-03-14 14:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA608	PANAMA TACKLES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (C) Armed with Panama's tough March 2004 anti-TIP law, Darien province Prosecutor Arnesia Janeth Torrero recently arrested indigenous National Police (PNP) officers for their alleged commercial sexual exploitation of indigenous minor girls in the remote Darien province. In January, Torrero finis [...]	2005-03-16 22:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA614	PANAMA RESPONSE TO CHILD MARRIAGE TASKING [...] (SBU) Despite laws that permit 14-year-old girls and 16-year-old-boys to marry with parental consent, legal child marriage is uncommon in Panama. Nonetheless, Panama has significant levels of early cohabitation, especially among indigenous populations in rural areas. Panamanian experts agre [...]	2005-03-17 20:40:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA629	PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT FRACAS BLURS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A public row pitting one Supreme Court Justice against three others has incited vehement public demands for the dismissal of all nine justices. On March 10 the Panamanian government (GOP) institutionalized those demands by forming a State Justice Commission (SJC) comprising state officials and [...]	2005-03-18 21:46:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA691	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to [...]	2005-03-28 21:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA955	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to [...]	2005-04-28 14:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA959	PANAMA ARRESTS EIGHT DARIEN POLICE IN TIP [...] (C) In a vital advance of Panama's anti-TIP agenda, in late March Anti-corruption Prosecutor Maribel Cornejo detained eight National Police (PNP) officers and one private citizen on charges of rape, commercial sexual exploitation, and corruption of minors in Darien Province. The alleged victims [...]	2005-04-28 21:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PARAMARIBO734	SURINAME - UN THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Frederick Boekstaaf, who was accompanied by a representative of the Americas desk. The ambassador promised to verify Suriname's position with his international organizations department, but the desk off [...]	2005-11-10 18:28:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SN UNHRC
05PARAMARIBO745	Iran Resolution Third Committee Vote [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Frederick Boekstaaf, on Tuesday, November 15 regarding Iran Resolution Third Committee. She urged Suriname to oppose no action motion and to support Iran resolution. Noting Suriname's membership in OIC, she asked [...]	2005-11-17 15:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NS UNHRC
05PARAMARIBO755	MDA: RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] DCM has discussed the forthcoming Swiss-organized conference in Geneva on December 5-6 on the Third Additional Protocol to create a new "red crystal" emblem with the Surinamese Foreign Ministry. The Government of Suriname remains disposed to support the approval of the Third Protocol, and ha [...]	2005-11-22 16:50:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL ICRC
05PARAMARIBO791	MDA: SURINAME NOT REPRESENTED AT GENEVA MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 18:04:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL ICRC
05PARIS107	SYRIAN FORMER HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FILES LAWSUIT [...] (C) Summary and comment: French officials, in preliminary comments to us, stressed the strictly private nature of a lawsuit filed in a French court by a Syrian former hostage in Iraq, who accused named U.S. military officials of torture and war crimes during the weeklong period he was in MNF-1 [...]	2005-01-06 18:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ FR

05PARIS1398	FRANCE SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) France is a destination country for trafficked persons, mainly women trafficked for prostitution from Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, and to a lesser extent Albania) and Africa (Nigera, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon). France's national Central Office for the Repression of Trafficking in Pe [...]	2005-03-03 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO
05PARIS1515	MDA:FRENCH RESPONSE ON CONFERENCE FOR MDA [...] (C) Poloff presented reftel talking points to MFA IO Middle East expert Alice Guitton February 25. On March 4, during a discussion of Israeli participation in other international organizations (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix told us that France favored Magen David Adom (MDA) [...]	2005-03-08 14:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IS FR ICRC
05PARIS1527	FRANCE WILL ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT REACTING TO ICTY [...] (C) On March 8, POL M/C delivered reftel demarche encouraging press statements on the ICTY indictment of Ramush Haradinaj to Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for Russia, the former Soviet space, and the Balkans. Terral agreed with the necessity of issuing a press statement, and shared a co [...]	2005-03-08 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI FR ICTY
05PARIS1612	FRENCH RESPONSE TO ALGERIAN UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-10 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR AG MO WS UN
05PARIS1614	FRENCH RESPONSE ON PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher shared reftel points February 26 on a proposed joint demarche to troop contributing countries (TCCs) with MFA IO Africa expert Clement Leclerc. 2. (C) While Leclerc's initial reaction was guardedly positive, in a subsequent meeting March 4, he told us that the am [...]	2005-03-11 08:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG FR MONUC
05PARIS1698	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH POSITIONS UNCHANGED [...] (C) As per reftel instructions, we raised with MFA DAS-level Director for East Asia Marc Abensour the upcoming visit to Europe of the Chinese Foreign Minister Li and reiterated the U.S. position against the lifting of the EU arms embargo, as well as our concerns on human rights, and the need f [...]	2005-03-14 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CM FR EUN
05PARIS1711	FRANCE: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 12:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTIA KAWC PHUM PINR OPDC PREL FR
05PARIS1720	FRENCH RESPONSE TO CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 15:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM FR CU CHR
05PARIS1721	FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNCHR 61 DEMARCHE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Francois Vandeville, responsible for human rights in the United Nations and International Organizations bureau at the MFA. Vandeville welcomed the U.S. intention to participate "vigorously" in the sixty-first session of the Commission on Hum [...]	2005-03-15 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR UNCHR
05PARIS1787	CHILD MARRIAGE IN FRANCE [...] (U) Following is post's response to request for information on child marriage. Following paras respond directly to reftel's three questions. 2. (U) Reftel Question A: Males can legally marry in France at age 18; females at 15 (Article 144, Civil Code). Girls between 15 and 18 can be mar [...]	2005-03-17 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN FR
05PARIS1802	DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...]	2005-03-17 16:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR
05PARIS1882	VISIT TO FRANCE'S FIRST (AND ONLY) MUSLIM HIGH [...] (SBU) In an effort to widen Embassy outreach to Muslim communities throughout France, Poloff and Consul Lille recently visited the "Lycee Averroes," the first and only Muslim high school in France, co-located in the grounds of the Grand Mosque of Lille. We had a friendly, hour-long meeting wi [...]	2005-03-21 17:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KISL PHUM FR
05PARIS2039	FRANCE ON VARIOUS UN/HR/CHR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met March 23 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the MFA's United Nations and International Organizations bureau, to discuss several UN, human rights, and CHR-related issues. End Summary. Cuba ---- 2. (C) In discussing the proposed [...]	2005-03-25 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR UNCHR
05PARIS2040	FRANCE: RACIST AND ANTI-SEMITIC ACTS UP SHARPLY IN [...] (U) Summary: The National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (NCCHR) stated that racist and anti-Semitic incidents increased from 833 in 2003 to 1,565 in 2004. The 2004 figures eclipse the 1,313 acts registered in 2002 and represent the largest number of incidents recorded in a single y [...]	2005-03-25 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF FR
05PARIS2405	CHR 61: FRENCH ASSISTANCE ON THE CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM FR UNHRC EUN
05PARIS2659	CHR 61: FRENCH ON GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Donatienne Hissard in the Human Rights office of the MFA's United Nations and International Organizations bureau on April 19. Hissard noted that France agreed completely with our view that t [...]	2005-04-19 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM FR UNHRC EUN
05PARIS3086	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: PREVENTING AN [...] In the absence of the MFA IO Human Rights action officer, currently in Geneva, poloff raised reftel points with IO DAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix May 6. Poloff stressed that the USG believed that the proposal was both unnecessary and costly and that issues of UN reform should be discussed [...]	2005-05-06 16:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM FR UNCHR UNGA
05PARIS3236	UNCHR: PREVENTING AN UNMANDATED SESSION ON CHR [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM FR UNCHR UNGA
05PARIS327	VISITING AF/W DEPUTY DIRECTOR DISCUSSES COTE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 meeting with visiting AF/W Deputy Director Larry Andre, French MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher stressed deep GoF pessimism on Cote d'Ivoire (CdI). GoF demarches to regional leaders prior to the Libreville Summit called for African Union (AU) [...]	2005-01-18 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV XY FR
05PARIS3896	2005 TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG FR
05PARIS3921	FRENCH OPPOSE RETURN TO EU SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 3 and followed up with a conversation on June 6 with Pascal LeDeunff, head of the French MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy office, the unit that prepares French input for the GAERC meetings. LeDeunff took note of the U.S. position, but emphasi [...]	2005-06-06 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL CU FR EUN
05PARIS3924	FRENCH REACTIONS TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher discussed developments in Ethiopia with MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Christophe Belliard June 6. Belliard recounted that he had recently discussed Ethiopia with NSC Africa Advisor Courville and UK FCO AF A/S-equivalent in London. During that meeting, he said, there w [...]	2005-06-06 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET FR
05PARIS4041	UN DEMOCRACY FUND: FRENCH RESPONSE ON PROPOSED [...] Poloff raised with MFA IO contacts May 31 the proposed letter from permanent representatives to UNSYG Annan requesting him to set up the UN Democracy Fund. DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen responded June 7 that while France was very supporti [...]	2005-06-09 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM FR
05PARIS4042	MDA: FRENCH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] (C) Poloff raised the issue of support for convening a diplomatic conference in October to adopt a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions June 7 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian issues. After consulting with MFA IO Director [...]	2005-06-09 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ FR ICRC
05PARIS4152	FRENCH DISCUSS UN REFORM ISSUES WITH NEWT GINGRICH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former House Speaker Gingrich's May 31-June 1 visit to France, in his capacity as Co-Chair of the U.S. Institute for Peace's Task Force on the UN, offered an opportunity for GOF officials to provide views on UN reform issues. On the issue of Security Council enlargement, the F [...]	2005-06-14 08:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM FR UNSC
05PARIS4311	UN REFORM: AMB. TAHIR-KHELI'S FRANCE CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 15 consultations in Paris with senior GoF officials, the Secretary's Senior Advisor on UN Reform, Amb. Tahir-Kheli, reviewed U.S. and GoF positions on the UN reform process. French priorities for reform include development, environmental governance, peace and security inc [...]	2005-06-17 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR AORC PGOV PHUM SENV FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS4348	DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT APPROACH IN PRESSING GOA [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-20 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AF BE KDEM PREL PHUM PREF EAID FR
05PARIS4558	FRANCE ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary: US Interest Section Havana Principal Officer Designate Michael Parmly met June 27 with MFA WHA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait to discuss the French position on Cuba. Parfait underlined that the French share our overall assessment of the Castro regime; however, they favor a slight [...]	2005-06-29 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR CU
05PARIS4644	FRENCH MUSLIM COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) held elections June 19, with Interior Minister Sarkozy lauding an estimated 85% turnout rate. The Morocco-linked National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) consolidated its position as the leading group within the CFCM, winning an a [...]	2005-07-01 13:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO FR
05PARIS4714	UN DEMOCRACY FUND: AVOIDING DUPLICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-06 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM FR
05PARIS487	VISITING CHALDEAN ARCHBISHOP OF TEHRAN ON [...] (C) Visiting Chaldean Archbishop of Tehran Ramzi Garmou (protect) offered impressions of the difficult situation of Christians in Iran and Iraq during a meeting with poloff January 14. (Note: Garmou had contacted poloff to seek Embassy assistance in applying for a NIV to attend the National P [...]	2005-01-27 10:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR IZ FR
05PARIS5004	MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]	2005-07-19 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS5143	NEA/PI DIRECTOR ROMANOWSKI PROMOTES GREATER [...] (C) Summary: NEA/PI Director Alina Romanowski stressed the need for greater complementarity and information sharing between U.S. and French efforts to promote reform in the Broader Middle East, during a July 18-20 visit to Paris. French officials were receptive to Romanowski's emphasis on comp [...]	2005-07-26 10:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EAID XF FR KMEPI
05PARIS5459	THE FUTURE OF FRANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: France faces several challenges to its traditional leadership role among its former colonies and Africa's other francophone countries. We foresee a gradual decline of French influence in Africa, based on generational change, an increased willingness on the part of Africans to l [...]	2005-08-11 12:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM XA FR
05PARIS547	FRENCH ON JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff on Jan. 18 and followed in conversation with LeDeunff Jan 28. LeDeunff noted that the French are awaiting "with enthusiasm" the visits to Europe of both President Bush and Secretary Rice. With regard to the Presid [...]	2005-01-28 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH FR EUN
05PARIS5473	INVITATION TO COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL COHESION (CDCS) [...] This is an action request, see para 5. 2. The U.S. is invited to send a representative to the 15th meeting of the European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS) on November 15-16 2005 and a forum entitled "Reconciling Labor Flexibility With Social Cohesion" on November 17-18 2005. 3. [...]	2005-08-12 08:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI XG FR COE
05PARIS5539	PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]	2005-08-17 08:56:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO PTER FR
05PARIS6047	UNESCO: DG DEPLORES KILLING OF IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: On August 31, the UNESCO Director General, Koichiro Matsuura, issued a statement that deplored the killing of a Reuters sound engineer by U.S. forces in Iraq on August 28, 2005. The statement, which UNESCO issued after the UN press office asked them to respond, did not directly im [...]	2005-09-07 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS6090	P-3 COMPROMISE ON DEVELOPMENT CAN RESCUE OUTCOME [...] (C) Salvaging the Outcome Document (OD) for the High Level Summit hinges on P-3 compromise, in the view of Quai d'Orsay action officer Nicolas Kassianides. At a September 7 meeting with poloff to discuss reftel demarche, Kassianides emphasized that finding mutually acceptable language on dev [...]	2005-09-08 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR EAIR EAID EFIN FR UNGA
05PARIS6231	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR'S 9/2 MEETING WITH DG [...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Ambassador Oliver met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura to discuss the Convention on Cultural Diversity, a call for no new instruments at the upcoming General Conference in October, management issues at a UNESCO field office in Brazil, oil for food, a [...]	2005-09-14 10:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS6333	RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...]	2005-09-16 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR
05PARIS6336	SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...]	2005-09-16 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR
05PARIS6434	FRENCH EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ABUJA TALKS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Like the USG, France took steps to dissuade Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Menes Menawi from staging a rival conference in Darfur during the Abuja round of talks that began September 15, Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert told Africa Watcher in a September 20 meeting (ref A). The Quai [...]	2005-09-21 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR EAID PREF SU FR UNSC
05PARIS6810	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and France enjoy a strong and healthy relationship in matters related to combating violent extremism, especially as regards the investigative side. Intelligence, law enforcement and judicial exchanges and cooperation are ongoing and effective, and the French government's [...]	2005-10-04 11:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER FR
05PARIS6825	AUSTRALIA MULLS OVER AMBASSADORIAL ACCREDITATION [...] (SBU) Australia is looking for signs of progress toward democracy since the August coup in Nouakchott in order to justify the accreditation of its ambassador in France to Mauritania, Second Secretary Tracey Haines informed Africa Watcher on October 4. Australian ambassador Penny Wensley, who [...]	2005-10-04 13:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN EPET PINR AS MR FR
05PARIS6837	USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 05:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI
05PARIS6887	FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE [...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...]	2005-10-06 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR
05PARIS6903	U/S DOBRIANSKY SEEKS COORDINATION WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Dobriansky met with French MFA Director Jean-Maurice Ripert (IO A/S-equivalent) September 30 to discuss democracy promotion, the challenge in Venezuela, coordinated action against avian flu, and prospects for a solution on use of the Israeli [...]	2005-10-06 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED KDEM PGOV KUNR VE IS FR UNGA IRC
05PARIS6908	FRENCH ON BURMA/UNSC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to MFA Burma desk officer Franck Vermeulen and UN/IO desk officer Benoit Guidee. Guidee offered as a "first response" (noting that the French mission to the UN was presenting the same response in New York) that the French are completely open t [...]	2005-10-07 09:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS6938	PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...]	2005-10-11 06:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR
05PARIS7124	FRENCH ON CHAVEZ VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Lionel Paradisi on October 17 following an October 7 meeting on Venezuela that included MFA WHA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard, and Paradisi (septel). The GoF confirmed that Chavez will visit Pari [...]	2005-10-18 13:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV FR VE
05PARIS7145	FRENCH CUBA POLICY: HAVE THEY SEEN THE LIGHT? [...] (C) MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux provided a readout to Poloff October 17 on the October 11 meeting between French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. Chaux echoed the official press release in stating that the visit was "devoted exclusivel [...]	2005-10-19 10:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR CU
05PARIS7197	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETS AMBASSADOR STAPLETON, URGES [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy welcomed Ambassador Stapleton to France during a October 13 courtesy call that had been repeatedly deferred by scheduling problems at the Quai d'Orsay. Joining FM Douste-Blazy were WHA A/S-Equivalent Parfait and Americas Advisor Dore; DCM Karl Hofmann and [...]	2005-10-20 14:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED FR
05PARIS7198	DARFUR TURMOIL DARKENING THE OUTLOOK FOR CHAD [...] (C) France is not currently advocating a Chadian conference on Darfur, Africa A/S Equivalent Bruno Joubert declared during an October 17 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan. SIPDIS Joubert informed Africa Watcher that the Quai d'Orsay was s [...]	2005-10-20 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU CD FR
05PARIS7225	FRENCH RESPOND TO U.S. BELARUS POLICY DEMARCHE, [...] (C) On October 20, Poloff spoke with Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, to discuss reftel demarche on U.S. policy toward Belarus. Bouchez said France was pleased with U.S./EU cooperation regarding Belarus, and called for further in-depth consultations durin [...]	2005-10-21 14:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO FR EUN
05PARIS7275	CONTINUED FRENCH OBJECTIONS TO FOUNDATION/FUND FOR [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: In response to ref a-b demarches, senior MFA and Elysee officials continue to voice objections to the Foundation and Fund for the Future, relying chiefly on G-8 institutional arguments put forth in the October 7 letter f [...]	2005-10-25 08:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU FR
05PARIS7392	FRENCH ON BURMA UNSC - BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS7398	GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...]	2005-10-28 17:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IR FR
05PARIS7461	UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S [...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...]	2005-11-02 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS7506	FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7525	PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE FOR 7TH NIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The rioting that began October 27 in Paris' "inner city" suburbs has persisted, every night, for a week so far. Running battles between riot police and rampaging youth have pitted tear gas and rubber bullets against taunts, stones, trash fires and car burnings. The accidenta [...]	2005-11-03 18:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7599	RAMPAGE IN FRANCE CONTINUES FOR 11TH DAY [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding massive deployments of police and President Jacques Chirac's assurances that "the absolute priority is to reestablish security and public order," violent unrest in France intensified through the weekend, with November 6 marking the eleventh night of arson and clas [...]	2005-11-07 18:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7667	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SU BM FR UNHRC
05PARIS7682	THE FRENCH INTEGRATION MODEL: GOING UP IN SMOKE? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Continuing violent unrest in France -- only now diminishing after thirteen intense days -- has very publicly brought to light the ugly reality of France's persistent failure to integrate its immigrant population. Importantly, the violence has not taken on religious ove [...]	2005-11-09 18:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI ELAB FR
05PARIS77	GOF WON'T BE JOINING INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points urging French support for the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE) with MFA Iraq desk officer Bernard Chappedelaine January 5, after delivering reftel points to the GoF December 29. Chappedelaine reported that the GoF did not plan to participate in [...]	2005-01-05 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP PHUM IZ FR
05PARIS7777	ASSAULT OF FRENCH JOURNALIST IN TUNISIA PROMPTS MEDIA OUTCRY, DOMESTIC CRITICISM OF GOF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 09:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TS FR
05PARIS7779	FRENCH CUBA POLICY: WAITING FOR A GESTURE [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier clarified the French position on Cuba in the aftermath of FM Perez Roque's visit October 11 (reftel). Coffinier characterized the [...]	2005-11-16 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR CU
05PARIS7792	FRANCE ON CHAD: DEBY'S THE MAIN MAN [...] (C) Summary: For Michael Deslaimes, the French MFA Chad and Togo Desk Officer, Idriss Deby's Presidency is "indispensable" to the tenuous stability of a hodgepodge country in continual tribal ferment. Deslaimes told Africa Watcher November 15 that Deby is the right choice -- the only option [...]	2005-11-16 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN CD FR
05PARIS7863	USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102 [...] There are 335 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) maintaining official relations with UNESCO. 5 NGOs have entered into official relations with UNESCO. 2 NGOs have ended official relations with UNESCO since last year's review. Mission notified IO/SHA Sylvia Hammond by fax and e-mail. 2. [...]	2005-11-18 12:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC SOCI PHUM
05PARIS7922	GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...]	2005-11-21 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS7953	FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7954	FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL, [...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...]	2005-11-22 14:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC
05PARIS8075	FRANCE TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON NGO DRAFT LAW DEMARCHE [...] (C) On November 22, Poloff delivered ref A demarche regarding a new Russian draft law on NGOs to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space. On November 29, Charles Denier, senior desk officer for Russia, told Poloff that France was, like the U.S., very c [...]	2005-11-29 11:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS PHUM PINR
05PARIS8081	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: EXHIBITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission continues to receive requests from American artists, consortia and NGOs for support in securing UNESCO exhibit space. This is because navigating the exhibits bureaucracy at UNESCO is deeply confusing to the uninitiated, rates to rent out the spac [...]	2005-11-29 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8313	TEXT OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE [...] (U) Action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Post received on December 6, 2005 faxed copy of a letter to the Secretary from the President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Renee van der Linden. The transmittal sheet attached to the letter from van der Linden's Chief of Staf [...]	2005-12-07 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PTER PINR PHUM FR
05PARIS8314	MDA: FRANCE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR DRAFT GENEVA [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC
05PARIS8373	A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...]	2005-12-09 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC
05PARIS8426	FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR
05PARIS8457	FRANCE TO DELIVER DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS FR
05PARIS8462	COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET [...] (C) Summary: Council of Europe Secretary General Davis warned the Ambassador December 12, citing NATO "unresponsiveness" to repeated written queries, that he intended soon "to go public" with respect to the alleged use of KFOR-run detention centers in Kosovo for secret CIA secret prisons (this [...]	2005-12-15 06:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR EUN
05PARIS8511	ELYSEE TAKING GRIM VIEW ON CHAD [...] (C) Summary: The Elysee "Africa Cell" that advises President Chirac believes President Deby's Chad is undergoing a major crisis, with a near-term coup and territorial disintegration conceivable scenarios. Deby has lost Zarghawa confidence, according to Elysee adviser Labriolle, because he h [...]	2005-12-16 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN EPET CD FR
05PARIS8605	FRENCH HOPEFUL ON ALTERNATIVE TO SUDANESE AU [...] (C) MFA Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert confirmed to Africa Watcher that France remains hopeful that a Congo-Brazzaville candidacy may avert the fiasco of a possible Sudanese African Union (AU) Presidency after the January 2006 summit in Khartoum. Chirac's Africa Adviser Michel de Bonnecorse [...]	2005-12-22 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM CF SU AU FR
05PARIS8683	GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF
05PORTAUPRINCE1226	HAITI: IACHR ASSESSMENT ECHOES OUR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary. The InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently concluded a mission to assess the human rights situation in Haiti in the run-up to elections this year. The Commission issued a release at a press conference on April 18 calling for greater action from the international c [...]	2005-05-03 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1275	HAITI: FARRAR-CHARLES DISCUSSIONS ON APRIL 27 SHOOTINGS AND STATE OF THE HNP [...] (C) Summary: HNP Director General Charles told visiting INL PDAS Farrar that the April 27 shootings came in response to violence in the wake of an unauthorized pro-Lavalas demonstration, and he said he has ordered an investigation into the incident. Charles acknowledged that the HNP lacks sufficien [...]	2005-05-06 19:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1280	HAITI: NEPTUNE PROCLAIMS "FREEDOM OR DEATH" AS [...] (C) Summary. The health of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune continues to deteriorate as a result of his continued hunger strike waged in protest of his prolonged detention. Neptune resumed the hunger strike after being transferred from the UN Argentine hospital to an annex of the National P [...]	2005-05-09 15:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1300	HAITI'S BISHOPS WEIGH IN ON ELECTIONS, ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Catholic Bishops Conference has weighed in publicly to encourage participation in upcoming elections and to warn priests against taking active political roles. One statement calls upon voters to choose their leaders wisely, recommends parties to form alli [...]	2005-05-10 15:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1353	HAITI: SUPREME COURT ANNULS KEY PART OF RABOTEAU [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, the Haitian Supreme Court issued an unexpected ruling that effectively annulled one part of the 2000 Raboteau trial. The decision, on procedural grounds, annuls the convictions of the 15 people who were actually present during the proceedings, but leaves unclear whethe [...]	2005-05-13 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1410	PRO-ARISTIDE MARCHERS STAGE LARGE BUT PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary: Roughly 5,000 supporters of former President Aristide marched without incident through the streets of Port-au-Prince on May 18. The rally was organized by the Cite Soleil and Bel Air cells of Fanmi Lavalas to celebrate the Haitian 'Flag Day' holiday and to demand Aristide's retu [...]	2005-05-20 18:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1459	HAITI: CORE GROUP ALARMED BY SLOW PACE OF [...] (C) Summary: UN and OAS elections advisors treated Core Group members to an alarming appraisal of the pace of elections preparations during a marathon meeting on May 20. The appraisal suggested that the government, CEP, and international community face an almost impossible task in meeting the [...]	2005-05-25 20:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1489	HAITI: NEPTUNE ANSWERS QUESTIONS BEFORE JUDGE IN [...] Former Haiti Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared before investigating judge Clunie Jules in St. Marc on May 25, four days after Neptune said he would cooperate with the investigation during a meeting with Ambassador Andrew Young (reftel). The former PM was escorted to St. Marc by MINUSTAH he [...]	2005-05-27 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1542	AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG PUSHES RECONCILIATION IN HAITI [...] (U) Summary: Former Ambassador Andrew Young visited Haiti May 18-20, delivering a welcome message of optimism about Haiti's future and encouraging Haitians to put mercy and reconciliation above the search for justice. In meetings with a cross-section of Haitian leaders, he shared his experi [...]	2005-06-03 14:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1628	HAITI: BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ON IGOH'S FAILURE TO ADDRESS JUDICIAL REFORM AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the deplorable state of the judiciary, prolonged pretrial detention, and the deteriorating security situation in Haiti with Port-au-Prince Bar Association president Gervais Charles. Charles acknowledged that the Haitian judicial system faces inherent structural and pro [...]	2005-06-13 13:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1666	Grupo M Update: Source of the Problem [...] Summary: As described in reftels, a long-standing labor dispute between Dominican manufacturer Grupo M and workers in Ouanaminthe was recently settled. According to Yannick Etienne, a labor representative, the fight has its origins in the closed-door negotiations that established the Free Tr [...]	2005-06-15 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1669	Taiwan: Aid Gains Favor in Haiti [...] Summary. Taiwan is on schedule to spend USD 20.32 million in Haiti over FY2004 and 2005 on infrastructure development and disaster assistance. Taiwanese Counselor Sophie Lin said that it quickly disburses its money because it uses a quasi-governmental Taiwanese contractor and only subcontract [...]	2005-06-16 15:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1789	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Foley called on newly appointed Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans on June 30 (reftel). The meeting centered on the top priorities facing the Minister in the next few months, mainly: the case of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, judicial reform, prolonged pretrial detentio [...]	2005-07-05 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2391	OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEPTUNE [...] (C) During the September 20 Core Group meeting (septel),UN Human Rights Office head Thierry Fagart presented his analysis of the case against Neptune (NOTE: His facts were based on radio reports and his justice ministry contacts; he had yet to see the investigating judge's report analyzed by [...]	2005-09-21 20:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2568	HAITI: SOCCER MATCH UPDATE [...] (U) The Haitian National Police (HNP) has completed its investigation into the August 20 events at a USAID-funded soccer match in Martissant (reftel). In a press conference on October 11, HNP Director General Mario Andresol announced in a press conference that a total of 15 officers would face [...]	2005-10-14 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2593	CORE GROUP FOCUSED ON ELECTORAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Core Group meeting on October 14, Special Representative of the Secretary General Juan Gabriel Valdes told participants that the IGOH had named Jacques Bernard as the Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Bernard, a former banker and agrobusinessman [...]	2005-10-18 19:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2605	HAITIAN JUDICIAL REFORM CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Philippe Lamarche, head of the USAID-funded program with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC),briefed emboffs on October 3 on recent achievements within the Ministry of Justice. A technical advisor from NCSC in September had conducted an observation mission of the minis [...]	2005-10-19 18:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA

05PORTAUPRINCE2623	LAVALAS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, BUT WARY OF CEP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lavalas leaders Yvon Feuille, Louis Gerald Gilles, Rudy Heriveaux, Sorel Francois and Jonas Coffy told Poloffs on October 13 that they are confident of a Marc Bazin victory in the upcoming elections. They believed that success in the Departments of the North (Cap-Haitien),Nor [...]	2005-10-21 19:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2653	HAITI: NEPTUNE/LA SYRIE CASE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Appeals filed by co-defendants in the La Syrie case involving former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune have suspended further action by the court. Citing legal technicalities, Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans rejected a new proposal to release the former PM either on bail or on his o [...]	2005-10-27 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2805	HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTS CRIMINAL DEPORTEES [...] SUMMARY. Although the security situation in Port-au-Prince has improved dramatically and is manageable, Interim Minister of Interior Paul Magloire opposes the resumption of criminal deportations from the US to Haiti, fearing that deportees might be enlisted to disrupt the elections, harm a [...]	2005-11-12 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KHLS SMIG HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2841	Haiti: Response to Request for Update of Worst [...] Summary. Child labor practices in Haiti mainly involve the use of children in domestic servitude, or restaveks (derived from the French words "rester avec" meaning to stay with). The centuries-old practice is also considered internal trafficking of children and involves placing poorer childr [...]	2005-11-16 11:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HA USAID
05PORTAUPRINCE2916	HAITI: NOVEMBER 22 NEPTUNE/JEAN-JUSTE VISIT [...] (C) Poloff visited former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune at the Pacot Prison Annex on November 22. Despite his continued hunger strike, now approaching day 200, Neptune appeared stronger than he did on the last visit of October 27. Neptune reported that his personal physician had not seen him in [...]	2005-11-28 12:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2942	HAITI: UPDATE ON ARRESTS OF TWO TOP POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) completed the criminal investigation into the August 20 soccer match operation in Martissant and submitted the report to the Port-au-Prince State Prosecutor's office on November 7. The complete report contains over 900 pages of inte [...]	2005-11-30 16:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3042	HAITI: NEPTUNE REAFFIRMS RESOLVE TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 12 visit from poloff, former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared more agitated and bitter than in recent months. While he remains intellectually sharp, he seemed physically weaker since the last visit on November 22 (reftel). During the 60-minute visit, Neptu [...]	2005-12-13 19:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3060	HAITI: JEAN-JUSTE CALLS FOR HUMANITARIAN RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a frantic action alert campaign launched by supporters of Gerard Jean-Juste suggesting he has leukemia, he appeared strong and in good health during a visit by poloff on December 12. The recently suspended priest is requesting that the IGOH release him on medical grounds [...]	2005-12-14 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE689	DG CHARLES UPDATE ON EX-FADH IN THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 9 meeting with the DCM, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles said that the group of ex-FADH competing for slots in the 17th promotion would be the last group of former military integrated into the HNP this year. Charles also agreed to make sur [...]	2005-03-15 13:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE795	SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRANSFER OF NEPTUNE/PRIVERT [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Supreme Court rejected March 18 a motion to transfer from St. Marc to Port-au-Prince the linked cases of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and co-defendant former Interior Minister Jocelerme Privert. Both are charged with involvement in the February 2004 massacre in [...]	2005-03-23 20:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PRAGUE1068	CZECHS OPEN TO URGENT TRANSFER OF SMALL GROUP OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 14:08:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF EZ UZ KG
05PRAGUE1090	CZECHS OFFER PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT TO 40 UZBEK [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) Following up on ref requests for a humanitarian transfer of Uzbek refugees to a safe location, we met with Mr. Tomas Haisman, Director o [...]	2005-07-20 15:37:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG
05PRAGUE1132	RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY ANNOUNCES CONTRACT [...] (U) On July 28, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) announced that it had signed a contract with a local developer to build a new, more secure headquarters building for its approximately 600 employees. The signing of the build-to-lease contract marked the end of a long process, begun af [...]	2005-08-01 14:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ASEC EZ
05PRAGUE1229	CZECHS PLAN $50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO UN DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-23 09:01:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EZ UN
05PRAGUE128	CZECH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (U) On January 27, conveyed reftel points concerning issues to be raised at the January 31 meeting of the GAERC to Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the MFA. Strouhal's responses follow: A. (C) TSUNAMI RELIEF: Strouhal said the EU member st [...]	2005-01-27 17:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL CU IR IZ UP CH EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1306	CZECHS APPROVE $50,000 DONATION TO UN DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 14:31:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EZ UN
05PRAGUE1382	CZECH REPUBLIC: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (S) Summary: Islamic extremism is rare in the Czech Republic, and Islamic authorities here are keen to ensure outside influences do not become a catalyst for indigenous radicalism. The Czech authorities do monitor for potential Islamic extremist activities. The U.S. Embassy provides training, [...]	2005-09-26 15:53:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI EZ
05PRAGUE1446	CZECHS STATE THAT UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT IS POSSIBLE, [...] (U) Action request paragraph 5. 2. (S) Poloff met on October 6 with Tomas Haisman, Director of Asylum and Migration Policies at the Czech Ministry of Interior, to discuss resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees (reftel). Haisman called the situation "shocking," but nevertheless held out ho [...]	2005-10-07 16:20:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PHUM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1505	CZECHS SAY &NO8 TO THE UIGHURS, BUT AGREE TO [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (S) Summary. Frantisek Bublan, the Czech Minister of the Interior, informed the DCM that the GOCR has denied our request to resettle 15 Uighur men in the Czech Republic, citing foreign policy and security concerns. Post believes the Czech decision [...]	2005-10-20 15:18:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PHUM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1558	CZECH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) Polec officer delivered ref A demarche on October 31 to Miloslav Stasek, director of the Middle East and Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Stasek agreed that the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmadi-nejad were unacceptable. He added that he also met with [...]	2005-11-02 17:32:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR PHUM PREL PTER EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1559	CZECHS SUPPORT CREATION OF FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 18:53:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM XF EZ
05PRAGUE1571	CZECH-CUBA CONFLICT IS HEATING UP [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (S) Summary. The Czechs are concerned they will lose their mission in Cuba as part of the fall-out from the Czech National Day incident in Havana (ref A). They are therefore trying to use the incident to rally EU support at the Nov 7 GAERC, and are [...]	2005-11-04 09:00:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PHUM PREL SOCI CU EZ
05PRAGUE1581	CZECHS ON PAKISTAN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION [...] (U) DCM met November 11 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to discuss Czech assistance to Pakistan. Pojar, who was until recently Director of the Czech NGO People in Need, provided the following information: -- Czech government assistance to date totals approximately $4.5 milli [...]	2005-11-04 15:44:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL PK EZ
05PRAGUE1587	CZECHS VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTIONS ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 16:24:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EZ UNHRC
05PRAGUE1588	CZECH PARLIAMENT AGAIN REJECTS LEGALIZATION OF [...] The lower house of the Czech Parliament has rejected a bill that would have paved the way for the legal regulation of prostitution in the Czech Republic. The proposal would have permitted the GOCR to withdraw from the International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and t [...]	2005-11-09 15:01:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EZ KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI
05PRAGUE1601	CZECHS PROVIDE RECIPE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs have been working for years to promote democracy in Belarus. Thus, talking to the Czechs about Belarus is like preaching to the choir. The Czech MFA, in the words of their Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator, supports U.S. policy toward Belarus without hesitation. She [...]	2005-11-10 14:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM KDEM PGOV BO EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1630	GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: CZECHS STILL AGREE TO [...] Action request at paragraphs 5 and 7. 2. (S) Summary. The good news is that the Czechs are still committed to resettling 40 Uzbek refugees in the Czech Republic (reftel),and are even willing to accept close family members of the refugees. The bad news is in the fine print: the Czechs will [...]	2005-11-23 09:19:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG
05PRAGUE1648	CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDING A THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 16:34:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC
05PRAGUE1658	CZECH COUNTRY REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic is a staunch supporter of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. For years it sponsored the annual Cuba human rights resolution in the UNCHR, and even though it is no longer a member of the Commission, it supports the Cuba country-specific re [...]	2005-11-29 06:10:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PHUM ETTC PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1664	CZECHS: DPRK'S VISIT WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, ON [...] (S) Summary: The Czech MFA understands U.S. dismay over the October 20 visit of a DPRK Parliamentary delegation to the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant, and will again oppose any similar requests for visits or for nuclear cooperation in the future. The Czechs will not directly focus on China's human [...]	2005-11-29 15:43:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	EZ KN KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV PHUM CH
05PRAGUE1687	CZECHS ALSO CONCEREND ABOUT RUSSIAN NGO LAW [...] (C) The Czech Republic shares USG concerns about the draft Russian NGO law, and is interested in coordinating with the U.S. on practical measures that will result in changes to the legislation. Embassy discussed reftel points in recent weeks with MFA Director General for European Bilateral Rel [...]	2005-12-06 16:30:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ RS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
05PRAGUE1688	DAS MARK PEKALA FINDS COMMITTED ALLIES IN PRAGUE [...] (U) Action requests in paragraphs 25 and 26. 2. (C) Summary. DAS Mark Pekala traveled to Prague November 30-December 1 to meet with Czechs actively working to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba, Belarus, and elsewhere; and to discuss Czech policy priorities on neighboring countries, [...]	2005-12-07 06:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1701	CZECHS APPROVE 2006 MILITARY DEPLOYMENT PLANS [...] Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies voted December 7 in favor of proposed foreign military deployments for 2006, including the retention of 100 troops in Iraq. End Summary 2. The Czech Chamber of Deputies voted December 7 in favor of proposed foreign military deployments for 2006. This ti [...]	2005-12-08 16:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EZ PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MARR MOPS
05PRAGUE1704	CZECHS SEEK INFORMATION ON U.S. PLANS FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Polec Chief and Poloff met December 7 with Veronika Stromsikova, Czech MFA's Director of Human Rights Department, and her deputy, Jan Kaminek. Stromsikova said the Czechs are planning their strategy for UN human rights resolutions in 2006, and would [...]	2005-12-09 15:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE1716	CZECH FM WILL RAISE RUSSIAN NGO LAW WITH PUTIN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points December 9 to Czech MFA Russia Desk Officer, Josef Broz, and also delivered courtesy copies to Jaromir Plisek, MFA Director General of Territorial Section 1 (including Russia and Eastern Europe),and MFA Human Rights Director, Veronika Stromsikova. [...]	2005-12-14 16:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS EZ
05PRAGUE1721	CZECHS WANT TO ADD CUBA TO U.S.- EU DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a meeting with poloffs December 7, Edita Hrda, Czech MFA Director of the Department of Americas, said the Czechs strongly support the U.S.- EU Democracy Initiative. To maximize the results of the initiative, the Czechs think the U.S. and EU shoul [...]	2005-12-15 13:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1732	NOTWITHSTANDING INTERPOL NOTICES, UZBEK REFUGEES [...] (C) Post has learned that the 15 Uzbek refugees selected for resettlement in the Czech Republic arrived in the Czech Republic December 15 (although this information has not yet been made public). 2. (C) This number includes six refugees who are the subject of Interpol "diffusion notices" is [...]	2005-12-16 13:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ
05PRAGUE177	CZECHS SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] Summary and comment: The Czech government intends to run for a seat on the UN Commission on Human Rights in 2006 and seeks USG support. In a recent meeting, Czech MFA officials acknowledge that they face tough competition, with Poland and Lithuania also likely to vie for the two seats open i [...]	2005-02-08 13:46:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC EZ UN
05PRAGUE338	Child Marriage Response for Czech Republic [...] The legal age of marriage in the Czech Republic is 18 for both girls and boys. Under special circumstances, a minor over the age of 16 may be given permission to marry by a court; without court consent, such a marriage is invalid. 2. While there are some reports that the country's Roma pop [...]	2005-03-09 09:56:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN EZ
05PRAGUE354	CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED CHR TEXT ON [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Mr. Jan Kaminek of the Department of Human Rights at the Czech MFA on March 10 regarding the referenced demarche asking for feedback about a planned resolution on the state of democracy and democratic elections in the world. Mr. Kaminek told Poloff candidly that whil [...]	2005-03-10 15:34:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EZ PDEM UNCHR
05PRAGUE40	CZECH VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES INVITATIONS [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA's Department of United Nations Affairs, on January 6 to deliver reftel demarche regarding gaining European support for Community of Democracies invita [...]	2005-01-07 12:30:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE44	CZECH POSITION ON EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA appreciates reftel effort to remind European capitals of the real issues at stake in the EU debate over its common Cuba policy. Czech efforts are currently focused on establishing a meaningful format for the structured EU dialogue with the opposition. The Czech re [...]	2005-01-10 15:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE473	CZECH PLANS TO LOBBY FOR CHR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Poloff contacted Jan Kaminek of the Human Rights Department at the MFA regarding the referenced request for EU Member State assistance on the Commission on Human Rights Cuba resolution. Kaminek was happy [...]	2005-04-04 10:20:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EZ UNHRC EUN
05PRAGUE474	Czechs vote to keep UN treaty; prostitution [...] This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: The Czech Parliament has refused to permit the government from withdrawing from a UN Convention on trafficking in persons, effectively stalling the country's prior efforts to pass a prostitution regulati [...]	2005-04-04 12:08:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM EZ
05PRAGUE514	CZECH ENTER DEBATE ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic is beginning to speak out against the immediate removal of the EU China arms embargo. Growing European debate over the timing and modalities of any removal of the embargo is allowing the Czechs to play a more active role in the debate and, the Czechs believe, s [...]	2005-04-11 16:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS CH EZ
05PRAGUE515	HIV/AIDS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: PREVENTION AND [...] Summary: The Czech Republic currently has one of Europe's lowest rates of HIV infection, despite a significant problem with prostitution and trafficking. Officials and NGOs in the country link the low incidence of HIV with active prevention campaigns, abundant and accessible anonymous testin [...]	2005-04-12 05:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PGOV PHUM PREF EZ
05PRAGUE650	GERMAN REPORTER RAISES OLD VIEWS OF CHILD [...] The Czech press in late April renewed its coverage of child prostitution in Cheb, a Czech town on the German border. Czech dailies described the account of a German television reporter who asked in a club for sex with children and was taken by one of the girls working the [...]	2005-05-02 14:55:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE731	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PANS PIG FARM AT FORMER ROMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government's long-standing failure to remove a pig farm from the site of a WWII Roma concentration camp has resurfaced as a political issue following a critical European Parliament resolution and the allegation of President Klaus that the site was not a real "concent [...]	2005-05-17 13:25:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE814	EXPELLED CZECH POLITICIAN SAYS CUBA UNDERESTIMATED [...] (C) Summary. On May 25, we met with Czech Senator Karel Schwarzenberg, who was one of the European politicians deported from Cuba during last week's opposition gathering in Havana (see reftel). Schwarzenberg who did have an opportunity to meet with some dissidents prior to his expulsion, st [...]	2005-05-27 11:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EZ CU EUN
05PRAGUE833	CZECH VIEWS ON DEBATE OVER CHANGES TO EU'S CUBA [...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. The Czechs expect the June review of EU Cuba policy to result in a number of tougher measures, although the package will remain less robust than it was before the current policy was adopted earlier this year. The ex [...]	2005-06-02 13:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE836	UN DEMOCRACY FUND: CZECHS WILL SIGN [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 06:55:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE854	2005 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS [...] Poloff delivered the demarche regarding the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report on Monday, June 6, 2005, to First Deputy Interior Minister Miroslav Koudelny and to Dr. Pavel Rotyka, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice. Minister Koudelny, who is the Czech Republic's Nation [...]	2005-06-06 12:29:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG EZ
05PRAGUE869	CZECHS DISAPPOINTED WITH EU CUBA NEGOTIATIONS; [...] (C) The Czechs are very disappointed with their inability to win support for tougher EU measures towards Cuba. MFA Cuba Desk officer Petr Mikyska confirmed assessments provided to USEU by Solana's office (ref A) from this week's COLAT and PSC meetings. Mikyska said that, despite their optimis [...]	2005-06-08 09:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE913	CZECH RESPONSE TO MDA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 15:56:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC
05PRETORIA2854	SOUTH AFRICA INTENSIFIES ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE; [...] (C) Summary. Over the last ten days, South Africa has become increasingly concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe and has intensified its diplomatic activity to find a solution to the crisis. Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka traveled to Zimbabwe July 13 and met with Zi [...]	2005-07-19 14:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA2948	MBEKI CONFIRMS SOUTH AFRICA CONSIDERING BAILOUT [...] (U) Summary. Following a three-day cabinet retreat, President Mbeki confirmed publicly that South Africa was considering lending Zimbabwe funds to pay its IMF arrears. Mbeki said that intense discussions with the Government of Zimbabwe on a bailout had not been concluded, and that some condit [...]	2005-07-26 04:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ECON ZI SF KFIN
05PRETORIA3141	CABINET GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ZIMBABWE LOAN; [...] (U) The South African Cabinet announced August 3 that it is "open" to providing assistance to Zimbabwe, including "provision of a loan facility in relation to Zimbabwe's obligations to the International Monetary Fund" (full Cabinet statement on Zimbabwe loan at para 5). Government spokesman J [...]	2005-08-05 04:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3543	SOUTH AFRICA DENIES PAYING ZIMBABWE'S IMF BILL; [...] (C) Per reftel A, the IMF reported to the USG August 29 that Zimbabwe paid $120 million toward its IMF debt. South African Department of the Treasury officials that Post contacted August 30-31 were unaware of any South Africa payments on behalf of Zimbabwe to the IMF. Zimbabwean Central Bank [...]	2005-08-31 16:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3628	GONO SAYS NO ADDITIONAL IMF PAYMENT; SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe will not/not make an additional $50 million payment to the IMF before the September 9 Executive Board meeting, according to Zimbabwe Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono. Gono would like to meet with U.S. officials on the margins of his IMF consultations in Washington, but [...]	2005-09-08 15:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3930	SOUTH AFRICA EXPROPRIATES FIRST FARM IN LAND [...] (SBU) Summary. The South African Government initiated expropriation procedures against the first farm as part of its land reform program, but will compensate the farmer for his property. The land restitution program seeks to restore land, which was seized by the apartheid regime, to its ori [...]	2005-09-26 05:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR SF
05PRETORIA4334	SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Captain Allan Daniel Delahay Price (South African ID number 7410135091084) - Captain Philip Renier Pretorius [...]	2005-10-26 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4390	TIP: SAG COOPERATION INCREASES UNDERSTANDING OF [...] (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) released new information on trafficking patterns involving South Africa, based on information obtained following the increased awareness and cooperation of local law enforcement and non-governmental organizations. Overall, IOM has seen [...]	2005-10-31 14:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KCRM KJUS KWMN CVIS SF
05PRETORIA4435	SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Sgt. Ayanda Moyo (South African ID number 7602065908085) - Sgt. Willem Abraham de Klerk (South African ID num [...]	2005-11-03 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4452	DEMARCHE -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-04 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PHUM PK SF
05PRETORIA4497	SOUTH AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy verifies that, as of this date, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations on the part of individuals or subordinate units, identified reftel, to participate in training scheduled for November 11-23, 2005. HARTLEY [...]	2005-11-09 08:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4548	INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa has identified the trafficking problem, is taking real steps, and is having results. The National Assembly has passed the Children's Bill, and the government continues to push the "Anti-Trafficking" and "Sexual Offenses" bills through the legislative process. Pro [...]	2005-11-15 10:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID PREL KCRM KJUS KWMN SF
05PRETORIA4624	SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Col. Gabriel Stephanus Steenkamp (South African ID number 5308225085085) - Lt.Col. Hans Jurgens Prinsloo (So [...]	2005-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4698	SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND [...] Embassy Pretoria verifies that, as of this date, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations on the part of individuals identified reftel, to participate in training scheduled for December 1-10, 2005. TEITELBAUM [...]	2005-11-29 07:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05QUITO1051	ECUADOR TENTATIVELY SUPPORTS USG ON OAS WORKING [...] On May 5, PolOff relayed talking points to MFA Human Rights Officer Carmen Larrea emphasizing the reasons a new convention would weaken existing international accords. On May 6, Larrea told PolOff the USG's reasoning made sense and that she tentatively agreed with our position. However, she [...]	2005-05-06 21:28:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC EC USOAS
05QUITO1160	REQUEST FOR DOS REVIEW OF POST-VETTED MEMBERS OF [...] The Embassy has developed plans to train Ecuadorian sergeant majors at an EC facility in Machachi, Ecuador. Half of the participants were vetted in March, in order to take part in other USG-sponsored training. Bio information for the remainder follow: NAME AND DPOB: MENDOZA PONCE, JERM [...]	2005-05-17 22:19:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EC KICC
05QUITO120	DEMINING: POLITICAL PROBLEMS THREATEN OPERATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Humanitarian demining (HD) continues apace in Ecuador, although political difficulties - both bilateral and multilateral - threaten future effectiveness. 2004 successes include the conclusion of mine clearance operations in El Oro, near-completion in Loja, and termination of mine im [...]	2005-01-19 20:04:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KHDP PHUM MASS MOPS MARR EC PE
05QUITO1222	ECUADOR: DEMARCHE ON CUBAN ILO CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] LabOff conveyed reftel talking points on Cuban candidacy for the ILO Governing Body to Dr. Solimar Herrera, International Affairs Coordinator at the Ministry of Labor, on May 26. Dr. Herrera promised to review our points on supporting the candidacy of Barbados, and will travel to Geneva on M [...]	2005-05-26 21:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CU ELAB PREL EC ILO
05QUITO1243	ILO'S INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) LabOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations Benjamin Villacis, and to Veronica Mora and Fernando Altamirano of the same office. Altamirano said that demarche points on the ILO proposed budget had already been delivered to Ecuador' [...]	2005-05-31 21:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU EC ILO
05QUITO1267	CONGRESS PASSES TIP LEGISLATION [...] Summary: On June 1, Congress passed a law criminalizing trafficking in persons (TIP) with 6 to 35-year prison terms. The legislation also penalizes companies and individuals who promote sexual tourism and child sex tourism with 6 to 12 years. The bill is expected to go to President Alfredo [...]	2005-06-02 22:42:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO1268	ECUADOR TO SUPPORT U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs, Julio Prado, told PolChief on June 2 that he had instructed Ecuador's OAS mission to support the candidacy of Prof. Paolo Carozza for commissioner on the IACHR. Prado said the GOE had the highest estimation of Carozza's qualifications and expressed app [...]	2005-06-02 22:42:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EC OAS
05QUITO1273	ECUADOR COMMITTED TO FIGHTING TIP [...] Summary: We delivered reftel talking points and the suggested trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan to the MOG and MFA on June 2, explaining the urgency of significant action to combat TIP in the next 60 days. MOG officials are reviewing the anti-TIP law Congress passed on June 1 and will [...]	2005-06-03 18:25:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG EC
05QUITO1352	PUSHING FOR PROGRESS ON THE 60-DAY PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 7, the Ambassador explained the importance to the United States of the new anti-trafficking law to General Jose Vinueza (the national chief of police),who promised to conduct raids and arrest traffickers. First Lady Maria Beatriz Paret responded enthusiastically on Ju [...]	2005-06-10 18:36:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO1381	ECUADOR LIKELY TO SUPPORT SWISS CIRCULAR ON MDA [...] On June 8, PolOff delivered talking points and a copy of the Swiss circular to MFA Human Rights Director Carmen Larrea. The document recommends a conference to discuss a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions granting the Magen David Adom (MDA) full membership in the Internation [...]	2005-06-13 21:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EC ICRC
05QUITO1447	GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR PARTICIPATES IN TIP FORUM [...] Summary: Four GOE officials spoke at the June 16 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) forum, sponsored by the Embassy and Catholic University. Topics included anti-trafficking legislation, underage prostitution, and the government's actions. "Dying to Leave", a video about trafficking, was shown, [...]	2005-06-20 22:27:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO1507	ROADBLOCKS MANY TO GUTIERREZ RETURN [...] SUMMARY. Former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez has announced his intention to return to Ecuador to confront those who deposed him. An imminent Gutierrez return appears unlikely, however, owing to the myriad of charges, criminal and otherwise, filed against him. The ex-president's politic [...]	2005-06-24 20:06:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR PREL PHUM EC
05QUITO1518	REQUEST DOS REVIEW ON POST-VETTED MEMBERS OF EC [...] The Embassy has developed plans to train these members of the Ecuadorian Air Force. Bio information follows: NAME AND DPOB: -- TAPIA Guerrero, LTC Fausto Enrique. Born 20 Nov 1970, Chunchi, Chimborazo province. -- RECALDE Vivero, 2nd LT Juan Francisco 23 Jun 1979, Ibarra, Imbabura [...]	2005-06-27 22:52:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EC KICC
05QUITO1628	REQUEST FOR DOS REVIEW ON POST-VETTED MEMBERS OF [...] The Embassy has developed plans to train these members of the Ecuadorian armed forces. Bio information follows: NAME AND DPOB: -- Quishpe Ipiales, LT (Navy) German Napoleon. B. 22 Oct 1976 Quito, Pichincha province; -- Proano Daza, LTC (Army) Jacinto Agustin. B. 31 Dec 1962, Pimapiro, [...]	2005-07-11 22:02:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EC KICC
05QUITO1665	ECUADOR: PROGRESS ON TIP [...] Summary: There have been advances on several fronts to combat TIP here. On June 23, Ecuador's new penal code took effect, criminalizing and applying prison terms of 6 to 16 years for traffickers. First Lady Maria Paret again expressed her personal commitment to preventing more children fro [...]	2005-07-15 15:23:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO1736	GOE REFUTES USG VIEWS ON BELGIAN FUNDING OF CUBAN [...] (C) ACDM made reftel points to MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs Susan Alvear on July 22. 2. (C) Alvear countered our views with the "beggars can't be choosers" argument, saying that with USG and IFI assistance ever-shrinking, the GOE must turn to other donors to meet its social needs. It wa [...]	2005-07-22 21:10:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL EC
05QUITO1803	NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: TIP A TOP PRIORITY [...] On August 2, President Alfredo Palacio devoted a section of his televised national address (septel) to trafficking in persons (TIP),declaring his government's "priority to combat TIP, exploitation, and underage prostitution." He publicized the penal code reforms that criminalize trafficking [...]	2005-08-03 22:00:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO2110	ALIEN SMUGGLERS COULD FACE HARSHER PENALTIES IN [...] Summary: The Ecuadorian Congress could pass by year,s end new legislation that stiffens prison sentences for alien smugglers, permits seizure and liquidation of convicted smugglers' properties and nullifies debt instruments for victims' payments to smugglers. The GOE renewed its interest i [...]	2005-09-13 12:02:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG EC
05QUITO2235	DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES FOR ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: With serious democratic deficiencies fueling political and economic instability in Ecuador, we welcome the Department's enhanced emphasis on democracy promotion and its decision to include Ecuador among countries to receive priority attention. After engaging all elements of t [...]	2005-09-29 21:02:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM EC
05QUITO224	JANUARY TIP UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: There have been encouraging signs from the Congress that pending trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation may pass by the end of February. The American Bar Association (ABA) reviewed its suggested changes to the bill with the Embassy and has presented them to key congressional c [...]	2005-01-27 20:45:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO236	ANOTHER DEFECTION FROM GUTIERREZ'S INNER CIRCLE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tired and forlorn, Presidential Legal Advisor and close Embassy contact Carlos Larrea informed Poloffs January 27 that President Lucio Gutierrez was feeling growing pressure from legislative allies for cabinet and policy changes. The PRE party sought ministerial positions from [...]	2005-01-28 22:12:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL PHUM EC
05QUITO2546	GOE SUPPORTS IRAN RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered RefTel points on November 8 to Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio MontalvoPer RefTel request, PolChief stressed the USG's hope that the GOE vote for the resolution on Iran's human rights record. After clarifying that the Third Committee resolution deals [...]	2005-11-09 22:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EC UNHRC
05QUITO2607	IRAN: GOE AGAINST NO ACTION, FAVORS UNSC REFERRAL [...] (C) The DCM delivered RefTel points on November 15 to MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio Montalvo, requesting GOE support in opposing the no action motion against the pending human rights resolution on Iran. The DCM stressed the importance of maintaining the Third Committee's credibil [...]	2005-11-15 22:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EC UNHRC
05QUITO2678	ECUADOR TO COOPERATE ON ANTI-SMUGGLING CASES [...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's top officials committed to working with U.S. law enforcement authorities to slow illegal immigration and put alien smugglers behind bars during a November 16-18 visit by DOJ prosecutors and DHS agents. The visit came just days after Ecuadorian police arrested a couple a [...]	2005-11-25 12:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PBTS PGOV
05QUITO2725	UN CRITICIZES ECUADOR'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Committee Against Torture, which oversees countries' compliance with the Convention Against Torture, recently publicly announced that Ecuador needs to adopt a clear definition of the crime of torture and ensure investigation and punishment for acts of torture. The repor [...]	2005-11-30 22:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM EC
05QUITO2762	Ecuador Focused on TIP [...] Summary: Ecuadorian leaders have recently shown renewed vigor in their effort to battle trafficking in persons and help trafficking victims. Under the direction of Ecuador's First Lady, Maria Paret de Palacio, the government-funded child and family welfare agency INNFA is leading the charge. [...]	2005-12-07 21:18:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV EC
05QUITO346	NOTES ON NEW ECUADORIAN AMBASSADOR TO UN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met with newly-named Ecuadorian Ambassador to the UN, Jaime Moncayo Garcia, to express USG interest in a collaborative relationship at the UN. Separately, PolChief raised deep USG concerns over a Mexican human rights initiative (RefTel). Moncayo express [...]	2005-02-11 22:21:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CU MX EC CHR
05QUITO369	AMBASSADOR VISITS COASTAL CITY HOSTING FIRST U.S. [...] Summary: During a two-day trip to the northern coastal city of Esmeraldas, the Ambassador visited with local officials and highlighted the positive impact of U.S. assistance on the province. Our emphasis on both security and development resonated, even in a city dominated by the far-left Pe [...]	2005-02-15 22:44:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KWMN EC
05QUITO377	ECUADOR NOT RUNNING FOR ECOSOC [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Director for Human Rights Julio Prado on February 15 and conveyed talking points encouraging Ecuador to continue its candidacy for ECOSOC and the Commission on the Status of Women. Prado said Ecuador's term on ECOSOC ended on December 31, 2004. After analyzing the iss [...]	2005-02-16 17:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU EC UNGA
05QUITO418	ATTACK ON JESUITS ANOTHER SELF-INFLICTED FIASCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoE's Social Welfare Ministry (MBS) February 10 ordered "dissolved and liquidated" the Mariana de Jesus Foundation (FMJ),a Quito-based, Jesuit-operated charitable organization. Days later, Ministry staff and police attempted to physically take possession of the FMJ facilit [...]	2005-02-18 20:45:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EC
05QUITO484	BIO INFO FOR NEW GOE GOVERNMENT MINISTER [...] (U) On February 22, President Lucio Gutierrez swore in former Secretary General for the Administration Xavier Ledesma as his new minister of government, replacing Jaime Damerval, who resigned a day before (Reftel). He is the fifth person to hold this cabinet position since Gutierrez assumed [...]	2005-02-28 22:12:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EC
05QUITO490	SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: Ecuador continues to take steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Since issuing a presidential decree in August 2004, the government has drafted a national plan, increased public awareness of the problem, and reached out to source and destination countries. The GOE has coope [...]	2005-03-02 12:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF

05QUITO536	AMBASSADOR PROTESTS ATTACKS ON CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on March 7 expressed concern to President Lucio Gutierrez about the latest in a series of attacks on civil society groups, involving the Ecuadorian NGO "Citizen Participation" (PC),an AID democracy program grantee. Gutierrez claimed not to be aware of the incident, a h [...]	2005-03-08 22:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EC

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