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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00HARARE4318RWANDA AND UGANDA TO BE INVITED TO THE WINDHOEK SADC SUMMIT
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD S/E HOWARD SIPDIS WOLPE THAT, IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND PRESIDENT MUGABE THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IDEA OF INVITING RWANDA AND UGANDA FOR MEETINGS [...]
2000-08-03 15:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CG SF RW UG ZI
00KINSHASA8578CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO EASTERN CONGO AND KINSHASA
[...] EMBASSY KINSHASA POLITICAL CHIEF KENT BROKENSHIRE WILL PROCEED TO GOMA ON JANUARY 5 TO PREPARE FOR CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO THE KIVUS. WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE RECEIVING A PROPOSED ITINERARY FOR THE CODEL, AS WELL AS A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH WHOM CONGRESSMAN WOLF WOULD LIKE TO MEE [...]
2000-12-27 13:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AFIN CG RW
00KINSHASA8651CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO KINSHASA AND THE KIVUS
[...] MONUC HAS AGREED TO PUT A UN AIRCRAFT AT THE DISPOSAL OF CODEL WOLF BEGINNING JANUARY 8 IN KINSHASA. ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF MONUC, A TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CODEL FOR THE TIME THEY ARE IN THE CONGO (DRC). SPECIFICALLY, THE AIRCRAFT WILL TAKE [...]
2000-12-29 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AFIN CG RW
01ABUJA2974NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...]
2001-11-24 06:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI
01HARARE1051CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO
[...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...]
2001-03-19 11:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA
01HARARE1572RWANDAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HARARE
[...] (C) THE ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, GODFREY MWEDZI, SPOKE TO POLOFF ON MAY 10 ABOUT RWANDAN PRESIDENT KAGAME'S ONE-DAY VISIT TO HARARE ON MAY 7. MWEDZI STATED THAT KAGAME'S LUNCH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS "EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THEM" AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MINISTE [...]
2001-05-10 16:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ZI RW CG
01HARARE1730ZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDS ON DRC MATTERS
[...] (C) IN A MAY 22 MEETING WITH VISITING INR POLITICAL- MILITARY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST STEVE WEIGERT, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDED ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE DRC, AND TOUCHED ON LAND REFORM ISSUES, WAR VETERANS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MDC. [...]
2001-05-30 09:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI CG RW UG AO
01VATICAN3976VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...]
2001-07-27 09:54:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL
01VATICAN4075VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE JULY 27 - AUGUST 03 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04075 051244Z CONTENTS: - POPE RECEIVES YASSER ARAFAT - VATICAN RECEIVED NO EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR RWANDAN PRIEST - VATICAN SAYS CHINA RELEASES BISHOP - [...]
2001-08-03 12:35:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EAID IS RW CH VT
01VATICAN4231VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE AUGUST 04 - 10 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04231 101111Z - ARCHDIOCESE SAYS RWANDAN PRIEST "NOT HIDING FROM JUSTICE" ---------------------------------------- RWANDAN PRIEST "NOT HIDING FROM J [...]
2001-08-10 10:53:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM RW VT
02KINSHASA673THE KABILA GOVERNMENT: THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES
[...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF JOSEPH KABILA FEELS MUCH PUT UPON THESE DAYS AND FRUSTRATED THAT IT HAS FEW OPTIONS TO EXERCISE IN TERMS OF SHAPING THE WORLD AROUND IT. IT IS FEELING THE PRESSURE OF OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOG (ICD) FOR WHICH IT WAS ILL PREPARED, IT HAS BEEN HUMILIATE [...]
2002-03-19 16:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RW
02ROME2982DRC PRESIDENT KABILA SUPPORTS NEW REWARDS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA SAID THE NEW REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA PROGRAM (REFTEL) HAS 100 PERCENT OF HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THAT OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT HE ADDED THAT THE PROGRAM MUST LEAD TO RWANDA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE DRC OR IT WON'T SUCCEED. END SUMMARY. 2 [...]
2002-06-19 08:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS CG CF RW IT ICTR
02ROME2990PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR DR. JENDAYI FRAZER DISCUSSED WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME ON JUNE 13 THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO APPREHEND PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNA [...]
2002-06-19 10:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW
02ROME3119APPREHENDING GENOCIDAIRES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE
[...] (U) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS DR. JENDAYI FRAZER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (ROC),DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, ON JUNE 13 IN ROME, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING A [...]
2002-06-25 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS KAWC CG CF RW IT ICTR
03HANOI1422VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...]
2003-06-10 09:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ
03VATICAN1329HOLY SEE RELAYS CONCERNS ABOUT SITUATION IN
[...] (SBU) THE HOLY SEE OUTLINED ITS CONCERNS ABOUT MOUNTING UNREST IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF ITURI IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) IN A NOTE PASSED TO EMBASSY MARCH 24. THE VATICAN IS CALLING ON THE PARTIES TO "RESPECT AGREEMENTS ALREADY SIGNED AND RESUME NEGOTIATIONS." THE HOLY S [...]
2003-03-28 10:55:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCF CG PHUM PREL RW UG VT
03VATICAN1747POPE CALLS ON WORLD NOT TO FORGET GREAT LAKES
[...] (U) DURING HIS WEEKLY WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE APRIL 9, POPE JOHN PAUL II URGED THE WORLD TO NOT FORGET THE VIOLENT AND CONTINUING CONFLICT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA, AND CALLED ON LEADERS TO RETURN TO THE PEACE PROCESS. VATICAN OFFICIALS HAD PASSED EMBASSY A PR [...]
2003-04-24 14:14:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDCF CG PHUM PREL RW UG VT
04BRUSSELS5216EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT RESPONSE ON
[...] (SBU) We reviewed REF A points with Judith Gebetsroithner of Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's cabinet and Margarita Comamala of the Council Secretariat on December 7 and 8, respectively. Neither had any specific comment or reaction on the Great Lakes, Middle East or Colombia (the latter of whic [...]
2004-12-09 17:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG TU RW EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04KIGALI1162SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT INFILTRATES RWANDA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Chief Editor of Rwanda's most independent newspaper, "Umuseso", Charles Kabonero, was detained for six weeks in December 2003, not recently as reported by international media. He reports that a special intelligence unit within the National Police's Criminal Investigation [...]
2004-08-13 05:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS RW
04KIGALI1163DARFUR: PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAN TRANSPORT
[...] (SBU) Charge spoke with Dutch Charge the morning of 13 August regarding the movement of a company of Rwandan soldiers to Darfur to provide protection to AU observers. According to Dutch Charge, one commercial aircraft will transport RDF troops and equipment in two or three sorties from Kigal [...]
2004-08-13 09:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS RW SU NL
04KIGALI1165RWANDA'S UNHCR CAMPS FACE RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGE
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) runs three refugee camps and three transit centers in Rwanda. The camps house Congolese and Burundian refugees, while the transit centers provide for Rwandans returning from neighboring countries. During recent visits to the UN [...]
2004-08-13 10:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SMIG RW CG BY UNHCR
04KIGALI1166HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RWANDAN DEFENSE FORCES
[...] This is an action request for the Department (please see paragraph 4). 2. The RDF will deploy the following unit to Darfur, on or around August 14: -- A Co, 99th BN, 305th BDE, from Kibuye The company is not (NOT) a composite unit. -- The following officers are OPCON in support of th [...]
2004-08-13 10:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS PHUM RW SU
04KIGALI1169CONGO'S VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA VISITS RWANDA TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following meetings in Kigali with President Kagame and other GOR principals, DRC Vice President Ruberwa met with Banyamulenge refugees in Cyangugu and urged them to return to eastern Congo. Banyamulenge are concerned about their personal safety and economic security, including los [...]
2004-08-16 07:46:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PREF SMIG RW CG
04KIGALI1175RWANDAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BURUNDI
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Rwandan foreign ministry issued a communique dated August 14 condemning the recent attack on Burundi's Gatumba refugee camp that killed up to 170 Banyamulenge refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The GOR communique attributes the attack to "a combined force" of ex- [...]
2004-08-16 14:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF MOPS RW BY CG
04KIGALI1193NAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO RWANDAN OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-19 11:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP MNUC RW
04KIGALI1208EMBASSY KIGALI PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH
[...] Summary. Post sponsored a booth at the seventh annual Rwandan Trade Fair that showcased Rwandan exports to the United States and provided information on the theme "Global Business Partners." The presentation, the first of its kind to be offered by any diplomatic mission in Rwanda, was well r [...]
2004-08-20 08:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL EAGR KTEX EINV RW AGOA
04KIGALI877KAGAME REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED WITH LACK OF USG
[...] (S/NF) ON JUNE 24, A SENIOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE REACTION OF PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME TO A MEETING WITH VISITING AF DAS DON YAMAMOTO AND AF/C DIRECTOR AL EASTHAM ON JUNE 23 IN KIGALI. 2. (S/NF) KAGAME WAS REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED TH [...]
2004-06-24 13:23:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PINS MOPS RW CG
04KINSHASA1468UNHCR REPATRIATES 283 AS PART OF ONGOING
[...] (U) Summary: UNHCR repatriated July 26-27 a total of what UNHCR believed to be 283 Rwandan refugees from S. Kivu to Rwanda as part of an ongoing repatriation effort. Once they crossed the border, however, many "refugees" said they were really Congolese who wished to stay in the Congo. While the [...]
2004-08-03 15:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALRW CG PGOV PREL
04KINSHASA1782CRY OF ALARM--MISSING ICTR INVESTIGATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa previously has expressed its concern that ICTR's management is sometimes counterproductive and reduces its efficiency. Recently, personnel changes have reinforced our concerns. The Security Council anticipates ending investigations by the end of 2004, but we f [...]
2004-09-23 09:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG RW ICTR
04KINSHASA1850UPDATE ON DRC SUIT AGAINST UGANDA AND RWANDA IN
[...] (SBU) The GDROC filed suit in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1998 against both Rwanda and Uganda, demanding compensation for those two countries' military and economic interference in the eastern part of the Congo (North and South Kivu Provinces and Oriental Province, respectivel [...]
2004-10-04 15:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL CG RW UG
04KINSHASA1852FIRST JOINT VERIFICATION MECHANISM MEETING IMMINENT
[...] (C) U.N. SRSG Bill Swing reported to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) October 4 that he is leaving Kinshasa later the same day for travel to Kigali in preparation for convening the first meeting of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) tomorrow, Octobe [...]
2004-10-04 16:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL RW CG MOPP
04KINSHASA1979KABILA FUMING AT BELGIAN FONMIN COMMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila has temporarily recalled his ambassador from Brussels, as a sign of displeasure with recent comments by the Belgian foreign minister. The ongoing spat does us no good, because the USG and Belgium share many of the same goals in the DRC. Still, the Belgian/DRC r [...]
2004-10-25 08:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL CG BE RW
04KINSHASA1993RCD-GOMA STICKS UP FOR RENEGADE OFFICERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior RCD-Goma leader complained to the Ambassador that his faction had been excluded from the DRC/Uganda/Rwanda tripartite process. He also said the two renegade officers who led the May-June mutiny in Bukavu should not be considered in the same league as other official enem [...]
2004-10-27 09:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CG RW
04KINSHASA2107WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: NO FOOD FOR MUTEBUSI
[...] (C) We read with interest reftel detailing possible food assistance to Colonel Jules Mutebusi and his men, who continue to try to portray themselves as refugees in Rwanda. However, given that neither Monuc nor the GOR has been able to verify that Mutebusi has committed himself and his men to [...]
2004-11-18 06:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PREL CG RW
04KINSHASA2178KABILA DISCUSSES EASTERN SITUATION WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: President Kabila held a November 29 discussion with Ambassadors from the UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, and UN SRSG Swing. While speaking in measured tones, Kabila made clear his frustration with Rwandan President Kagame, and in essence Kabila [...]
2004-11-29 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO RW CG
04LILONGWE451MUTHARIKA CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION AND REFORM AT
[...] (U) Summary: Bingu wa Mutharika was inaugurated as Malawi's third president on May 24 at a sparsely-attended ceremony in Blantyre. Calling for reconciliation, reform, and peace in his inaugural address, he outlined a program to move Malawi "from poverty to prosperity"; announced his intention [...]
2004-05-25 14:40:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON KCOR PINR LY TW RW KE MI
04MAPUTO547RWANDAN REPATRIATION SET TO BEING THIS SUMMER
[...] Econ/pol officer delivered points (ref A) on the 10th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide to officials from the National Institute to Support Refugees (INAR) and discussed the status of the repatriation of Rwandan refugees with local UNHCR reps. Both INAR and UNHCR noted that the repatriation p [...]
2004-04-21 15:37:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF RW MZ
04PARIS9146FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (SOUTH)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. France continues to seek solutions for the crisis in the Great Lakes through policies designed to support DRC President Kabila and the transition process and to block Rwandan interference in Congolese affairs. France's history in the Rwandan genocide complicates their ability to [...]
2004-12-28 10:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BY CF CG CT EK GB RW TP ZF XA
04ROME4682ITALY ON EU GAERC/COUNCIL AGENDA: TURKEY WILL
[...] (C) The MFA's Director for EU Integration, Michele Quaroni, told poloff that consensus was building around a Council conclusion with an unconditional date to begin Turkish accession negotiations. He was not sure whether the date would be during the first or second semester of 2005. France may [...]
2004-12-10 08:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG RW IT EUN
04THEHAGUE2776NETHERLANDS/EU/AFRICA: DUTCH SEEKING SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are fully invested in the November 19-20 Great Lakes Conference (GLC),having contributed 500,000 euros (and reportedly considering doubling that amount). The Dutch will table by the end of December a draft EU strategy for the Great Lakes region, based on the long-term [...]
2004-10-29 08:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW CG BY NL EUN
05BRUSSELS2344EU ON FORCED RETURN OF RWANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
[...] (U) PRMOff raised reftel points with DG Development Burundi/Rwanda desk officer Dietmar Krissler and EU Council Secretariat General officer for Central Africa Peter Clausen. SIPDIS 2. (C) Krissler said that during Commissioner Louis Michel's meeting with Rwandan President Kagame on June [...]
2005-06-17 08:18:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05DARESSALAAM540 ICTR REGISTRAR BRIEFS DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Summary: ICTR Registrar Adama Dieng on February 25 briefed a small group of Dar es Salaam diplomats on current progress of the ICTR. Dieng was upbeat on the probability of the court meeting its completion deadline of 2008, though he said full funding was crucial. By the end of 2005 al [...]
2005-03-16 04:18:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TZ RW ICTR
05DJIBOUTI9DJIBOUTI TO HOST COMESA SUMMIT IN 2006; RWANDA IN
[...] (U) In the Ambassador's January 2 meeting with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine (reported Ref A),the Minister told the Ambassador that Djibouti and Rwanda have switched dates for hosting the annual Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit. [...]
2005-01-02 14:37:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV EAGR DJ RW
05GABORONE1203SADC SUMMIT KEEPS STUDIED SILENCE ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The "Silver Jubilee" Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit held in Gaborone August 17-18 tackled no thorny issues. Incoming SADC Chair, Botswana President Festus Mogae, urged concrete steps to make SADC effective. The regional leaders did not speak out on Zimbabw [...]
2005-08-23 13:16:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ETRD RW WZ ZI ZU BC SADC
05GENEVA1454RWANDA/BURUNDI: LETTERS REFLECT RENEWED CONCERN AT
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on his immediate interest in Rwanda/Burundi (ref A),the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has written to the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi expressing concern about their actions and intentions regarding Rwandan asylum seekers. UNHCR staff ar [...]
2005-06-10 13:58:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY UNHCR
05KIGALI27KAGAME CRITICIZES NATION'S OFFICIALS FOR ALLOWING
[...] SUMMARY: In his closing address to over 800 GOR officials attending a constitutionally mandated "National Council of Dialogue", President Kagame hailed "good governance, security and patriotism" -- rather than "foreigners' wishes and beliefs" -- as the foundation for Rwanda's development. He [...]
2005-01-10 13:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
05KINSHASA1078THE CURRENT FDLR SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: There has been substantial recent discussion in Kinshasa regarding the remaining FDLR presence in eastern DRC. All parties concede that, while worthwhile, the GDRC/Sant, Egidio initiative to promote FDLR repatriation to Rwanda is stalled. Problems focus on the lack of FDLR "lea [...]
2005-07-01 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO RW CG UN
05KINSHASA123APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES
[...] (U) Information requested reftel follows. Status of Rewards for Justice Program ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Rewards for three informants involved in the May 2004 arrest of indictee Yusuf John Munyakazi are still pending Department action. (Comment: In 2004 local press [...]
2005-01-24 15:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS CG RW ICTR
05KINSHASA1432RWANDA EXPELS NKUNDA LOYALISTS
[...] (U) Congolese press and Radio Okapi reported September 7 that the GOR had expelled 10 former Congolese soldiers who had fled to Rwanda with General Nkunda following last year's attack on Bukavu. The press reported that the 10 were sent to Goma, where they are currently under arrest. 2. (C) [...]
2005-09-07 13:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG RW
05KINSHASA1494NKUNDA: LOTS OF SMOKE, LITTLE FIRE
[...] (C) General Nkunda's return to North Kivu apparently is a non-event. Changed circumstances in the province have left Nkunda between a rock and a hard place. Reportedly fleeing Rwanda in advance of an anticipated arrest warrant, and evidently lacking financial or military support from Kigali, [...]
2005-09-15 10:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL CG RW
05KINSHASA1648MASS GRAVES REMINDER OF RWANDAN INVASION
[...] (U) The grisly discovery over the weekend of three mass graves in North Kivu, probably the first of a series likely to be soon exhumed, is a reminder of the violence which has plagued the Great Lakes region. MONUC Head of Office Njuzi told PolCouns that MONUC's very preliminary estimation is [...]
2005-10-04 09:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MARR CG RW
05KINSHASA2054FDLR GROUP RETURNS TO RWANDA FROM DRC
[...] (C) A group of 82 FDLR militia members, along with 76 dependents, crossed into Rwanda from South Kivu on December 15. The group was led by Seraphin Bizimungu, also known as General Amani. According to MONUC officials, the group entered Rwanda via the transit center in Shangugu with MONUC ass [...]
2005-12-16 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL CG RW
05KINSHASA2059NKUNDA'S PRESENCE IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE
[...] (C) Following CODEL Brownback,s visit to eastern DRC, the Ambassador traveled Dec. 3 with the MONUC North Kivu Indian Brigade commander to a small forward operating base at Katchanga in the Masisi area of North Kivu. Indian military commanders told the Ambassador the base had been established [...]
2005-12-20 09:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
05KINSHASA356SAN'EGIDIO COULD SEE SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter from President Kabila's Ambassador-at-Large Antoine Ghonda informing him that on March 6, the FDLR has agreed in principle to publicly agree to renounce violence, denounce the Rwandan genocide, and agree to disarm and voluntarily repatriate to Rwanda. Infor [...]
2005-03-02 13:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG RW
05KINSHASA854BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES RETURN TO S. KIVU
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, about 480 Banyamulenge refugees returned to South Kivu from Rwanda. Although the return started smoothly, problems have developed in the past few days. Post will continue to encourage all parties to help the refugees return. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Over the past [...]
2005-05-24 13:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF CG RW
05KINSHASA878MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON TSHISEKEDI AND RWANDA
[...] (C) During a May 23 meeting with polcouns, Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba said his attempts to reason with UDPS leader Tshisekedi about joining the transitional government had failed, that Rwanda would like to replace Congolese Vice President Ruberwa, and that the international community [...]
2005-05-27 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CG RW
05KINSHASA968CONGO/B: ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: As current chairman of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (CEEAC/ECCA) sub regional organization, President Sassou convened a summit June 7-8 to encourage CEEAC Presidents to reinvigorate the near moribund entity. Known more in the region by its French acronym CEEA [...]
2005-06-15 12:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CF RW
05PARIS6336SANT'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 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR
05VATICAN559SANT'EGIDIO EXPRESSES CONCERN ON GREAT LAKES
[...] (C) Don Matteo Zuppi, Great Lakes expert of the Vatican-linked Community of Sant'Egidio, expressed concern December 14 that the presence of Rwandan refugees in the Congo was a lingering problem that could infect the whole region. "The numbers of refugees are not great," he said, "but the sit [...]
2005-12-16 13:57:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV VT RW CF
06ACCRA784REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR RWANDAN REFUGEE GERVAIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. Resettlement Program on behalf of Rwandan refugee Gervais Rutebuka, his wife, and their niece and nephew. Rutebuka fled Rwanda in 1994 and resided in Benin for eight years, where he obtained refugee status [...]
2006-04-07 07:34:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM RW GH
06BRUSSELS4210SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' MEETING WITH THE BELGIAN
[...] (C) Sudan Special Envoy Natsios conducted a Darfur roundtable on December 15, 2006 with experts from the Belgian MFA led by Director for African Affairs Trouveroy (the former Belgian Ambassador to Sudan) and Director of International Organization Affairs (both A/S-equivalent) Frankinet. The S [...]
2006-12-22 11:42:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SU CG RW BE UNSC
06CAIRO7159EGYPT PRESSING FORWARD ON NILE BASIN INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Egypt is a strong supporter of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) as a tool for cooperative management of water resources and is leading efforts to finalize a framework agreement. In January, the GOE will host an NBI council meeting aiming to ratify the framew [...]
2006-12-17 14:37:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL KPAO EG ET ER SU BY RW UG TZ KE
06DARESSALAAM1573RWANDA PREPARED TO SEVER TIES WITH ICTR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Rwanda (GOR) is pursuing the issue of suspected genocidaires working at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by pressing the ICTR to respond on the issue and by encouraging the Tanzanian authorities to work with the GOR. The GOR is prepared t [...]
2006-09-21 07:58:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM RW TZ
06DARESSALAAM1706TANZANIA DEFENDS REFUGEE RETURNS AS VOLUNTARY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of Tanzania's expulsion of illegal immigrants "abruptly and under harsh conditions" are misreported and exaggerated, according to John Chiligati, Minister of Home Affairs. Chiligati described a two-phase process now ongoing in the Kagera region of northwestern Tanzania t [...]
2006-10-18 03:53:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL RW UG BU TZ
06KIGALI1013DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS
[...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]
2006-10-18 06:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1014DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS
[...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]
2006-10-18 06:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1026LEBANON DEMARCHE AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FACTS
[...] On 25 October poloff delivered women's empowerment fact sheet (ref A) and demarche and talking points (ref B) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amercia Division Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara had no comment on the fact sheet or talking points but agreed that the GOR and Israel have a posit [...]
2006-10-27 06:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER UNGA KWMN IS LE RW
06KIGALI1027AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONUC AND UN GROUP OF EXPERTS
[...] (U) On 20 October Ambassador had separate meetings with the Chairman of the UN DRC Group of Experts (GOE) Ambassador Ibra Ka and MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Haile Menkerios. Ka and Menkerios SIPDIS updated Ambassador on the status of their respective [...]
2006-10-27 10:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL MCC RW CG UG UNSC
06KIGALI1035TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] TFCO -- Richard M. Kaminski, Chief, Political and Economic Section, Tel Nr.: (250) 505-601/2/3; E-Mail Address: KaminskiRM@state.gov 2. Deputy TFCO -- Daniel M. Stoian, Economic Officer Tel. Nr.: (250) 505-601/2/3 [...]
2006-11-01 12:31:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER RW
06KIGALI1047FIRST TIFA COUNCIL MEETING IN KIGALI
[...] (U) Summary. Deputy United States Trade Representative Ambassador Karan Bhatia led the USG delegation to the first-ever Trade and Investment Council Meeting held in Kigali on October 31. Discussions covered such topics as the WTO DOHA round of negotiations, AGOA and bilateral trade, trade c [...]
2006-11-03 11:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PREL RW
06KIGALI1060IMF STAFF MISSION TO RWANDA OKAYS 2007 BUDGET
[...] (C) An IMF team conducted a staff mission to Rwanda October 18-November 2, and reached agreement in principle with the GOR on budget priorities and policies for 2007. According to IMF team members, the GOR's overly ambitious initial budget numbers have been trimmed, global budget numbers have [...]
2006-11-06 12:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL RW
06KIGALI1063MAYOR PRESENTS HER VISION FOR KIGALI
[...] (U) Summary. On 3 November Kigali City Mayor, Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, briefed diplomatic corps and a small group of stakeholders on her strategic vision for the city. Kacyira presented her municipal government's mission, to make Kigali "a safer, cleaner, more competitive modern city with exp [...]
2006-11-07 08:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ECON RW
06KIGALI1073CUBA EMBARGO AND UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 06:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC KTIA UN CU RW
06KIGALI1074ICTR PROSECUTOR ADDRESSES COMPLETION STRATEGY AND
[...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps November 9, following a two-day conference organized jointly by the ICTR and the University of Rwanda entitled "Challenging Impunity." Jallow outlined next steps fo [...]
2006-11-09 14:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI1090GACACA: SOME JUSTICE, LITTLE RECONCILIATION, IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 7, former energy minister Bonaventure Niyibizi traveled to his birthplace in western Rwanda to attend the gacaca trial of four men accused of the murder of his mother in the 1994 genocide. Some measure of justice occurred -- four men offered partial confessions and [...]
2006-11-13 14:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI1110PAUL RUSESABAGINA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 12:54:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI1111NO IMMEDIATE ANSWER FROM GOR MFA ON BELARUS AND
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affaris Americas Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara did not have an immediate response to talking points (reftels). When pressed on how the USG can ensure its positions are thoroughly communicated to the Rwandan UN delegation, Rutikara said direct lobbying by USUN official [...]
2006-11-17 12:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNGA IS BO RW
06KIGALI1119UK ASSISTS GOR IN GENOCIDAIRE EXTRADITION REQUEST
[...] (C) Summary. There are two British investigators in Rwanda working with the Rwandan Justice Ministry and Prosecutor's Office to build extradition requests of four suspected genocidaires living in the UK that will withstand the scrutiny of the British legal system. Because the UK does not hav [...]
2006-11-21 12:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC UK RW
06KIGALI1125RWANDAN RESPONSE TO FRENCH JUDGE'S ARREST WARRANTS
[...] (U) In response to press reports that a French judge had requested arrest warrants for nine senior GOR officials allegedly involved in the downing of the Juvenal Habyarimana presidential jet on April 6, 1994, the GOR on November 21 formally denied its officials' involvement. "There is no ba [...]
2006-11-22 16:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1130RWANDA CONTEMPLATES BREAKING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE
[...] (C) Ambassador Richard Sezibera (protect),Great Lakes Special Envoy for the Rwandan Government, called Ambassador early on the morning of November 24 to report that the GOR was "moving toward breaking relations with France," as a result of the French issuance of international arrest warrant [...]
2006-11-24 11:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1133FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON RUPTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 25, Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the diplomatic corps on the GOR decision to break relations with France and expel French diplomats from Rwanda. The decision by a French judge to issue international arrest warrants for nine senior Rwanda officials (re [...]
2006-11-27 12:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1142THE FRENCH LEAVE RWANDA
[...] (U) Twenty-five French Embassy and other official personnel left Kigali on 27 November at 19:00 local time via a Rwandair Express flight to Entebbe. The atmosphere was somber in the airport VIP lounge, the French said final good-byes, took photos and shared chocolate. There was no press and [...]
2006-11-28 16:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KAWC PREL FR RW
06KIGALI1143MEETING WITH GOR ON MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador and AID Director met on November 21 with Ambassador Sezibera and other GOR staff on the just-announced Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold program. Sezibera pronounced the GOR committed to a successful program, and anxious to get to work with mission and MCC [...]
2006-11-28 16:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL RW
06KIGALI1148RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MCC AND DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande November 23 to discuss the Millenium Challenge Corporation selection of Rwanda for its Threshold Program, and the current situation in Darfur. Murigande welcomed the MCC decision, particularly given the recent drop in some of the World Ban [...]
2006-11-29 10:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL RW
06KIGALI1163SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR convened its sixth annual Development Partners Meeting in Kigali on November 22 to 24. Sessions included presentations and discussions on such topics as economic growth, private sector development, agriculture, decentralization, aid policy, and governance. Donor gover [...]
2006-12-03 09:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID RW
06KIGALI1169SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: FY 2005 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT
[...] FY 2006 ANNUAL REPORT: Following is a description of the 17 FY 2006 projects funded by an allocation of USD 76,000. All of the projects are active. A. Project Number: SHF-6-696-01 Project Name: Goat raising Grantee: Abadahemuka Beneficiaries: 25 U.S. Contribution: $5129 Local Cont [...]
2006-12-06 15:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON AFIN RW
06KIGALI1171GOR:NKUNDA FIGHTING FARDC NOT FDLR
[...] (C) According to Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) spokesman Major Jill Rutaremara the recent fighting in North Kivu (reftel) is between the forces of renegade General Laurent Nkunda and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). At 1530 local time 6 December Rutaremara told polo [...]
2006-12-07 05:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI1175RWANDA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is Embassy Kigali's submission of the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) The Rwandan Government made efforts to combat terrorism financing and continued to increase its border control measures to identify potential terrorists. Rwanda has an intergovernmental counterterr [...]
2006-12-07 15:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM RW
06KIGALI1176GOR DEMARCHED ON HRC SUDAN SPECIAL SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 11:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN SU RW
06KIGALI1187RWANDA WILL ROTATE ITS DARFUR TROOPS
[...] (SBU) Action request. The GOR communicated its intent to rotate the three Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) battalions in Darfur, Sudan with three new battalions. The diplomatic note (text below) indicates a desire for the USG to provide the airlift for the troop rotation "by the end of December 2 [...]
2006-12-12 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS NATO PREL SU RW
06KIGALI1188BWINDI CASE: RWANDA ENDORSES TRANSFER TO UGANDA
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga December 6 to discuss the Bwindi murder case. Ambassador communicated the decision by U.S. federal prosecutors to dismiss the case, and seek transfer of the suspects to Uganda for prosecution (Note: the 1999 murders occurred in [...]
2006-12-13 07:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI1189UPDATE ON BACOR CASE INVOLVING VALENS KAJEGUHAKWA
[...] (C) Ambassador discussed the Banque Continentale Africaine-Rwanda (BAKOR) case with Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga on December 6. Mission understands the Department has been requested by DHS to secure additional information on the disposition of the case as it concerns the four fel [...]
2006-12-13 07:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI1192Land of a thousand hills is not always a land of a thousand
[...] SUMMARY. Moses Turyazooka is one of the approximately 500,000 Rwandan refugees who grew up in Uganda and returned to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. He is a well-educated and driven entrepreneur who was raised on diaspora ideology - a deep love for the country of Rwanda and a strong desire to [...]
2006-12-14 12:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID BTIO EINV EINT XA RW
06KIGALI1198RWANDA UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] Summary. There are few updates to post's August submission of Worst Forms of Child Labor information for mandatory reporting requirements as requested (ref A). GOR continues to take the issue seriously; however, progress is gradual due to the lack of capacity in the Ministries charged with [...]
2006-12-14 16:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI USAID RW
06KIGALI1199MCC VISIT TO RWANDA A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. From December 10-12 a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation held an intensive round of meetings with GOR officials, local and international NGOs (including USAID partners),the private sector, the media, and heads of diplomatic missions in Kigali. The MCC team int [...]
2006-12-15 10:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KMCA RW
06KIGALI1219LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements (reftel),please screen the following Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer and report any derogatory information to post. Major Gatete Karuranga, Rwandan citizen, DOB 19650616, is scheduled to attend trainin [...]
2006-12-22 09:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI1223PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP
[...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...]
2006-12-22 11:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI180MEDIA COVERAGE OF BIZIMUMGU TRIAL REFLECTS
[...] (U) Summary: Local and international media provided mixed commentary on the Bizimungu verdict announced February 17 (reftel). While some lauded the long-awaited decision of the Rwandan Supreme Court as a positive development in Rwanda's judicial reform process and an example of the judiciary [...]
2006-02-23 15:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI181RWANDA SENATE ASSERTS AUTONOMY, SUMMONS MINISTERS
[...] (U) Summary: On February 2 and 9, Internal Affairs Minister Christophe Bazivamo and Justice Minister Edda Mukabagwiza were summoned by the Senate to two public hearings to address questions on national security and judicial issues. Senators expressed concerns over serious human rights violat [...]
2006-02-23 15:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI1832006 SECTOR-LEVEL ELECTIONS: ORDERLY, HIGH VOTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second phase of 2006 Rwanda local elections, conducted February 20 at the sector level, proceeded smoothly. Polling sites were easy to find and easy to access, and local National Electoral Commission staff appeared to follow established guidelines and procedures. Voters w [...]
2006-02-24 07:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI184GOR GROUNDS SN BRUSSELS PASSANGER PLANE
[...] (U) On 21 February the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) grounded an SN Brussels Airlines passenger plane for violating saftey standards. Flight 463, from Kigali to Brussels with one stop in Nairobi, had over 200 passengers, including at least two Amcits. The CAA claimed: -- The safety be [...]
2006-02-24 14:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PREL BE KY RW
06KIGALI192 RWANDA COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING CHILD LABOR BUT
[...] Summary: In a meeting February 24, UNICEF indicated that while child labor is a problem in Rwanda, child trafficking and prostitution do not appear to be prevalent. UNICEF-Rwanda Head of Child Protection attributed the incidence of child labor to the large number of vulnerable orphans, parti [...]
2006-02-27 17:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB RW
06KIGALI193 DEMAND FOR RWANDAN SPECIALTY COFFEE ON THE RISE
[...] Summary: Ambassador hosted an event February 24 for a visiting delegation from the Specialty Coffee Association of America, which represents the USD 20 billion U.S. coffee industry. This first annual coffee event showcased the exceptional quality of Rwandan specialty coffee and marked the b [...]
2006-02-27 18:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAGR ETRD RW
06KIGALI199 JUSTICE MINISTRY WELCOMES RULE OF LAW DIALOGUE,
[...] Summary: In a meeting February 27 with the Ministry of Justice, Ambassador expressed his desire to engage the Rwandan government on a range of important issues, including rule of law, democracy and governance. Secretary General Johnston Busingye welcomed the opportunity for further dialogue [...]
2006-02-28 17:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB RW
06KIGALI220KIGALI CITY ELECTS WOMAN MAYOR
[...] Summary: In the final phase of 2006 local elections March 4, a woman parliamentarian was elected mayor of Kigali by an overwhelming majority. As in the earlier phases of the electoral process (reftels),voter turnout was high. An estimated 94 percent of the electoral college, comprised of [...]
2006-03-06 15:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI221SN BRUSSELS SUSPENDS OPERATIONS TO RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. SN Brussels, the only carrier flying directly from Rwanda to Europe, has suspended all flights to Rwanda until further notice. High-level diplomatic discussions regarding the three-day grounding (February 21-24) of an SN Brussels flight by the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority ( [...]
2006-03-06 15:49:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL PGOV BE KY RW
06KIGALI228HOTEL RWANDA MANAGER NO HERO TO GOR
[...] (C) Summary. There has been an ongoing public campaign to discredit Paul Rusesabagina, the former manager of Hotel des Mille Collines during the 1994 genocide and current hero in the US and Europe due to the film 'Hotel Rwanda', in Rwanda. The efforts to damage the reputation of Mr. Rusesabagin [...]
2006-03-08 06:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RW BG
06KIGALI236CONTINUED GOR INTEREST IN PEACE CORPS
[...] On 9 March Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande in response to a request by the Minister to discuss the return of the US Peace Corps to Rwanda. Minister Murigande explained that he had met with a Peace Corps delegation led by Mr. Henry McCoy in 2004 and he asked if there was any prog [...]
2006-03-10 13:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI238FOREIGN MINISTER ON HOTEL RWANDA, HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND NEPAD
[...] (C) Summary. In a 9 March meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande, Ambassador delivered the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR),discussed Paul Rusesabagina and inquired about the NEPAD Peer Review Report. Upon receipt of the HRR, Minister Murigande was defensive but also appreciative of the Ambass [...]
2006-03-13 10:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALNOTAG RW
06KIGALI242RWANDA REPORT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON
[...] Per reftel, information below provides a summary of each of the requested areas. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- 2. Economic Situation: Rwanda's economy remains largely dependent upon foreign aid, while its population remains [...]
2006-03-13 19:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PHUM XA RW
06KIGALI267STATUS OF RWANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 13 March, Ambassador met with Sylvie Zainabo Kayitesi, the Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR),to present the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR) and discuss the work of the NCHR. Ambassador Arietti discussed the importance the USG places on the respect [...]
2006-03-20 08:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI269RWANDA IMPLEMENTS MEASURES TO COMBAT THREAT OF
[...] With the recent outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in Africa, Rwanda is moving forward in its preparedness to address the threat to both human and animal populations. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) has revitalized an inter- ministerial steering committee, originally formed in November 2005. Th [...]
2006-03-20 11:49:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI TBIO WHO RW
06KIGALI270US AMBASSADOR TO DRC VISITS RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Meece visited Rwanda March 2-4. Highlights of the visit included a stop at Mutobo Demobilization Camp; a meeting with National Security Service (NSS) Secretary General Ndahiro; and a meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande and Ambassador Sezibera, Special Envoy for t [...]
2006-03-21 12:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RW CG KE XA
06KIGALI277AMIS RE-HAT AND 3RD PROTOCOL DEMARCHES TO GOR
[...] (SBU) On 21 March, poloff delivered demarche and talking points (ref A) to Augustin Rutikara, America's desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rutikara was noncommittal when asked if the GOR would remain in Darfur if and when it becomes a UN mission. He acknowledged the questionable [...]
2006-03-23 13:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW
06KIGALI281PRESIDENT KAGAME RESHUFFLES CABINET
[...] Summary: On March 11 President Kagame announced a cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Finance Minister, dropping three ministers, and creating a new ministerial post in the Office of the President for scientific research and technology. Despite rumors for several weeks of an impending shake-up [...]
2006-03-23 16:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PINR RW
06KIGALI283AJELLO VISIT TO RWANDAN DEMOBILIZATION CENTER
[...] (U) Summary. On 17 March Ambassador Aldo Ajello, EU Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, visited Mutobo Demobilization and Reintegration Center. Poloff accompanied the EU delegation to a special site visit set up by the Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) to introduce Ajell [...]
2006-03-24 12:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PREL CG RW
06KIGALI285SOF TRAINING FOR RDF
[...] (SBU) United States Embassy, Kigali country team supports and welcomes a United States European Command-funded, Special Operations Command, Europe (SOCEUR) military-to-military programmed, Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) training course to be conducted in Rwanda in July 2006. The purpose of t [...]
2006-03-27 14:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI286RWANDA SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF AF A/S JENDAYI
[...] Post warmly welcomes your visit to Rwanda. Rwanda is a country struggling to overcome its past and bring its people and economy into the 21st century. The legacy of the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were killed still haunts the country and underlies the tension faced by a [...]
2006-03-28 05:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI ECON KDEM RW
06KIGALI291 GOR Discusses Human Rights Report, Promises
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting March 22 with Ambassador and Embassy poloffs and PD officer on the 2005 Human Rights Report, senior GOR officials raised several issues, including what they characterized as the report's accusatory tone and lack of context. Officials also voiced concern [...]
2006-03-29 10:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI328THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE IN RWANDA
[...] Ambassador Michael Arietti and USAID Mission Director Kevin Mullally met on April 4 with Government of Rwanda Health Minister Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo to inquire as to the government's interest in taking part in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and Rwanda's governmental and no [...]
2006-04-10 09:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID RW
06KIGALI334PRESIDENT KAGAME MEETS WITH A/S FRAZER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 April, A/S Frazer met with President Kagame at his office on the presidential compound. Also in attendance were Ambassador Arietti, Foreign Minister Murigande, Chef du Cabinet Kabija, National Security Service Director Ndahiro, AF Special Assistant Gaither and poloff. Kaga [...]
2006-04-12 10:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL RW CG SU
06KIGALI340GOR RESPONSE TO ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT IN GERMANY
[...] (SBU) On 11 April poloff met with German DCM to discuss the recent arrest of the president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR),Ignace Murwanashyaka, by German authorities in Mannheim, Germany. According to Hans Von Schroeder, Murwanashyaka will be detained for approxi [...]
2006-04-12 16:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREF PREL MONUC RW CG BY UG GE BE
06KIGALI354GOR RECEIVES USG POSITION ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] In a 10 April meeting with Ambassador Amri-Sued Ismael, Advisor to the President on Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ambassador Arietti discussed the USG position on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) per ref B. On 17 April, poloff delivered talking points and the Secretary's message from ref B [...]
2006-04-17 15:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR RW
06KIGALI365VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA
[...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]
2006-04-18 18:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KIGALI381 RWANDA: FY 2006 ESF PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Per reftel post submits the following summaries of two proposed projects for FY 2006 Africa regional ESF funding, including the total amount requested for each project and an explanation of how the projects would advance our MPP objectives and U.S. national interests. The projects focus on s [...]
2006-04-24 14:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI382 National Reconciliation a Top Priority for Rwanda
[...] Summary: During an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) Executive Secretary Fatuma Ndangiza described NURC's primary role as promoting national reconciliation through civic education. Since 1999, NURC has conducted surveys, including a nation [...]
2006-04-24 17:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI393 Catholic Church of Rwanda Supports Gacaca,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 11 meeting with the Papal Nuncio, Ambassador brought up a recent note verbale from the Vatican that criticized gacaca (ref A). Ambassador noted that he is aware of concerns that gacaca is not serving the purpose for which it was created and that the GOR, itself, [...]
2006-04-26 18:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI405 Embassy Comments on Vatican Note on Gacaca
[...] Summary: Ref (A) Vatican note criticizes the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda for not serving the purposes for which they were created. It characterizes the gacaca process as politically manipulated and procedurally flawed, citing specific concerns. While Embassy recognizes, as does the GOR, tha [...]
2006-04-28 11:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS VT RW
06KIGALI407FORMER PRESIDENT ASKS KAGAME FOR A PARDON
[...] (U) Summary. Ex-President Pasteur Bizimungu recently submitted a handwritten letter to President Kagame requesting a pardon for his 2004 conviction for incitement of civil disobedience, formation of a criminal association and embezzlement of public funds. In the letter, Bizimungu maintains th [...]
2006-04-28 12:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALAFSN KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI408 Embassy Commemorates 28 Local Staff Killed During
[...] Summary: On April 20 Embassy held a memorial service in honor of 28 locally engaged staff killed during the 1994 genocide. The fifth annual commemoration brought together American and local staff with the widows and orphans of the victims. In his remarks, Ambassador acknowledged that the i [...]
2006-04-28 12:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AFSN KDEM RW
06KIGALI411 Ambassador Urges GOR to Publicly Respond to
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met April 21 with the recently appointed Minister of Internal Security to discuss bilateral cooperation on security, human rights, and democracy. He urged the Ministry to investigate and publish its findings in response to each reported incident of alleged police hara [...]
2006-05-02 14:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS RW
06KIGALI428 UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts
[...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]
2006-05-08 11:42:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KIGALI445RWANDANS IN BURUNDI: ASYLUM SEEKERS BEGIN RETURNING
[...] (U) In an 8 May meeting with poloff, UNHCR External Relations Officer Beatriz Garcia reported that the flow of Rwandans departing for Burundi has stopped and that there are unconfirmed reports that several hundred Rwandans have left northern Burundi and returned to southern Rwanda. UNHCR has [...]
2006-05-10 17:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL UNHCR RW BY
06KIGALI449 World Health Assembly: Smallpox Demarche
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 13:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC TBIO WHO RW
06KIGALI456MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) In its recent indicator analysis of Rwanda, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) noted that Rwanda failed four of the six Ruling Justly indicators. Based on consolidated evaluations of third-party institutions, MCC provided Embassy Kigali a summary of Rwanda,s strengths and weakness [...]
2006-05-12 06:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI463STATUS OF LAND REFORM
[...] Land ownership has been a major issue of conflict throughout much of Rwanda's history, and 80 percent of current legal disputes involve land. The GOR adopted a land law in 2005, which made it the final owner of all land in Rwanda and provided for leases of up to ninety-nine years; however, ma [...]
2006-05-15 14:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV EAGR RW
06KIGALI464 Rwandan Government Action on Child Protection and
[...] Summary: During a May 8 courtesy call on the Minister in Charge of Family and Gender Promotion in the Prime Minister's Office, Ambassador underscored USG interest in gender issues, in particular trafficking in persons, and Embassy's desire to provide assistance to the GOR to combat child pros [...]
2006-05-15 14:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI RW
06KIGALI477RWANDAN PRIVATE SECTOR OVERVIEW
[...] Reports on Rwanda's development identify the private sector as a necessary engine for economic growth. This cable, the first in a series, provides an analysis of the Rwandan private sector and the overall business environment. It provides a brief overview of the private sector, describes the [...]
2006-05-17 15:54:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD USTR BTIO ECON RW
06KIGALI480THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA
[...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...]
2006-05-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI482 Catholic Archbishop Notes Improved Church-State
[...] Summary: During a May 17 discussion with polchief on religious freedom in Rwanda, the Catholic Archbishop of Kigali noted that relations between the GOR and the Catholic Church have improved, with greater collaboration on social services and other services, such as security. He noted, howev [...]
2006-05-18 16:33:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI RW
06KIGALI483EMBASSY DELIVERS AGOA DEMARCHE AND INVITATION
[...] Per ref A, post delivered on May 9 a letter of invitation from Secretary Rice to Minister of Commerce Protais Mitali and Minister of Finance James Musoni for Rwanda to participate in the fifth U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum) in Washington, D.C. June 6 [...]
2006-05-18 16:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETRD EINV EFIN EAID RW
06KIGALI489REACHING OUT TO THE RWANDAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] On May 13, Ambassador attended the opening ceremony of Al- Halaal Micro-Finance Institution, a new private financial credit company established consistent with Islamic banking principles. The Ambassador's participation was part of post's continuing effort to reach out to the Muslim community, [...]
2006-05-22 15:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ODIP SCUL RW
06KIGALI496ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a roundtable discussion April 5 with Rwandan parliamentarians and a separate call on the president of the Rwandan Senate, Assistant Secretary Frazer addressed recent developments in the Great Lakes region, human rights issues, the role of parliament in Rwandan society, [...]
2006-05-25 06:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KMCA RW CG
06KIGALI514EMBASSY DELIVERS DEMARCHES ON IRAN AND UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 13:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC AMGT UNGA IR RW
06KIGALI517U.S. TRIPARTITE DELEGATION MEMBERS DISCUSS HUMAN
[...] Summary: During a May 24 meeting with Ambassador Arietti and visiting U.S. Tripartite Plus delegation members, Rwandan parliamentarians discussed the gap between perception and reality on Rwanda's performance on human rights. They asserted that outsiders criticize Rwanda without fully under [...]
2006-05-31 15:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KMCA RW
06KIGALI540 RWANDAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS MEET WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 24 meeting with prominent local civil society leaders, Ambassador expressed U.S. support of the role of civil society in Rwanda, stressing the critical balance it brings to government decision- making. Civil society leaders discussed their goals, successes, and in [...]
2006-06-06 09:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
06KIGALI555GOR DEMARCHED ON NAM IRAN STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 11:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP PREL IAEA USNC IR RW
06KIGALI578KIGALI DELIVERS MDA DEMARCHE
[...] Per reftel, post delivered on June 19 a demarche on the June 20-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which will take place in Geneva. 2. The Government of Rwanda has confirmed that a member of its delegation in Geneva will attend the conference and will vote in f [...]
2006-06-19 16:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS RW
06KIGALI579 TRIPARTITE PLUS SUB-COMMISSION STRENGTHENS FUSION
[...] Summary: The U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus Sub- Commission on Security and Defense met in Kigali May 26-27 to discuss ways to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) and to develop a consolidated "most wanted" list to submit to the Tripartite Plus Council [...]
2006-06-19 16:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR ETTC PTER PINR RW
06KIGALI595FRENCH REPORTER ORDERED TO LEAVE RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary. Radio France International (RFI) correspondent, French citizen Sonia Rolley, left Kigali on June 10 after the GOR refused to renew her visa. Rolley had worked on and off in Rwanda since October 2004 but the visa renewal request was rejected by Rwandan Immigration and she was di [...]
2006-06-22 14:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI607ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN RWANDA
[...] SUMMARY. During 21-23 July 2006, representatives of the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) collaborated on plans for near-term pre-deployment peace support operations (PSO) training for RDF battalions preparing to deploy t [...]
2006-06-26 12:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS PGOV PREL RW SU ACOTA ET
06KIGALI613SAO NOT NECESSARY FOR RWANDANS WISHING TO TRAVEL TO US
[...] SUMMARY. AmEmbassy Kigali and the government of Rwanda concur in a recommendation to end the current requirement in ref A that Embassies and Consulates submit SAO clearances on all Rwandans born before 1981 who are applying outside of Kigali for NIV's, IV's, refugee status or other travel doc [...]
2006-06-28 06:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREF RW
06KIGALI614PRESSING GOR ON AMIS TRANSITION TO UN
[...] On 27 June poloff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer Daniel Mutezintare in order to reiterate Ambassador's earlier discussions with Foreign Minister Murigande on the USG position on the re-hatting of AMIS to a UN peacekeeping operation. Poloff emphasized t [...]
2006-06-28 09:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR PINS PREL SOCI SU RW
06KIGALI653GOR SOLICITED ON SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA
[...] On 30 June, poloff discussed talking points (reftel) with Daniel Mutezintare, the focal point for UN issues in the Minstry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Mutezintare said that the GOR was currently not committed to supporting either Guatemala or Venezuela, but he would brief Foreign Minister Muriga [...]
2006-07-06 11:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC UNGA GT VE RW
06KIGALI667GOR RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES
[...] On 10 July, poloff delivered talking points and White House Statement (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara agreed with the USG position that the missile launches were a negative development for the world and that the international community should [...]
2006-07-10 14:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN PARM KNNP RW
06KIGALI687FORMER INTEL CHIEF KAREGEYA SENTENCED FOR
[...] (U) Summary. On 13 July a Rwandan Military Tribunal ruled that Col. Patrick Karegeya was guilty of insubordination and desertion and sentenced him to a prison term of one year and eight months. Both the prosecution and defense intend to appeal the verdict at the Military High Court. End summ [...]
2006-07-13 16:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM RW UG
06KIGALI712DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ENGAGES RWANDA
[...] Summary. At the request of USTR, Department of Transportation Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Susan McDermott led a delegation to Rwanda to explore areas of assistance. The GOR was keen on soliciting support for a COMESA air traffic management project, but the main focus of the visit was [...]
2006-07-20 14:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID EAIR ECIN PREL ECON RW KE TZ UG
06KIGALI716MILITARY PROSECUTOR DISCUSSES HIGH PROFILE CASES
[...] (U) Summary. On 19 July poloff met with Major Christophe Bizimungu, Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) Chief Prosecutor, to discuss the status of three high profile cases currently being handled by his office. Bizimungu presented a detailed case against Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former head of the [...]
2006-07-21 10:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS PGOV RW
06KIGALI724IRAN INCENTIVE AND HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON
[...] On 27 July poloff delivered the "P5 1 Incentive Package for Iran" and "High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development" demarches (reftels) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara had no immediate comment on the subjects but assured poloff the t [...]
2006-07-28 10:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KNNP PARM PREF UNGA RW IR EU
06KIGALI726GOR ON RELATIONS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (U) Summary. On July 5 Emboffs met with GOR officials to discuss the relationship between civil society and the GOR. The meeting provided an opportunity for the GOR to clarify its relationship with NGOs, religious organizations, and political parties operating in the country, and to address a [...]
2006-07-29 10:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI727NEW HIGH COUNCIL OF THE PRESS APPOINTMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. In June the GOR confirmed new appointments for the country,s nine-person High Council of the Press (HCP),which is charged with both regulation of the media and promotion of press freedom in the country. It is hoped that this iteration of the Council (this is the second Council t [...]
2006-07-29 10:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM UNESCO RW
06KIGALI731GOR'S POSITION ON AU SUMMIT, AMIS AND TANZANIAN
[...] (U) Summary. On 25 July Rwandan foreign affairs and defense officials briefed diplomatic corps on a variety of issues including the African Union (AU) Summit, the GOR's position on The Great Lakes Conference, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APR [...]
2006-08-01 14:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECIN KPKO KSUM MOPS PREF PREL AU RW TZ SU
06KIGALI740RWANDA SELF HELP PROGRAM RECEIVES EXCITED RECEPTION
[...] Post has obligated all of the Ambassador's Special-Help Program funds in fiscal year 2006. 2. U.S. Embassy Kigali hosted on July 20 a signing ceremony for the recipients of the FY2006 Self Help Fund. Charg d'Affaires signed 17 grants worth a total of $76 000. Democracy and Human Rights Fun [...]
2006-08-02 15:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON AFIN RW
06KIGALI784JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES
[...] (U) Summary. On July 28, Jean Leonard Rugambage, a journalist for the Kinyarwanda fortnightly newspaper Umuco,, who was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one [...]
2006-08-11 09:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI790'UMUCO' EDITOR BONAVENTURE BIZUMUREMYI REFUSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. More than one week after being served with a summons to be questioned by the criminal investigation division of the Rwandan National Police, Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor of the Kinyarwanda language fortnightly 'Umuco,' remains unwilling to appear for questioning and is on the r [...]
2006-08-14 11:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI804GOR POSITION ON AMIS RE-HAT
[...] (C) On 16 August Ambassador reiterated USG position on the UN re-hatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) (Ref A) to Rwandan Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminari. Musemenari had accompanied President Kagame to the Afric [...]
2006-08-17 15:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL UNSC SU RW
06KIGALI817DEATH OF AMCIT MACH VISUDH AROM
[...] On Tuesday, August 22, 2006 AMCIT Mach Visudh Arom died of apparent sudden cardiac arrest in the region of Ruhengeri, Rwanda. 2. Mr. Arom was born on March 29, 1968 in Minnesota. Passport number 074699483. 3. Acting Consular Officer was notified on August 22, 2006 by Chris Donovan, Rwan [...]
2006-08-23 15:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC RW
06KIGALI836KIGALI'S NEW MAYOR BANS MOTORCYCLE TAXIS
[...] (U) Kigali city residents awoke on Monday, August 21 to an odd sight in central areas of the city: the complete absence of motorcycle taxis plying their trade on busy thoroughfares. The Kigali City Council, led by its new Mayor, Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, banned commercial motorcycles (termed "bod [...]
2006-08-29 16:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI842PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA: CHARGES OF HARASSMENT AND
[...] (U) During August, there have been several incidents of alleged threats, and one physical attack, against Rwandan journalists by unknown perpetrators. Two journalists have left the country, although one may return soon. GOR officials vehemently deny any official GOR involvement in negative [...]
2006-08-30 15:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI847NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REFORM
[...] New Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama outlined his plans for a reformed Justice Ministry in a meeting with the Ambassador on August 28. A revamped administrative structure, strenuous efforts to reduce lagging caseloads, and a pledge to ensure "even-handed investigations" formed the co [...]
2006-08-31 14:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI848GOR RENEWS VOA BROADCAST AGREEMENTS, AIRS ITS
[...] On Thursday, August 31, Voice of America Director David Jackson renewed VOA's transmission agreement with Rwanda's public broadcaster, ORINFOR, and signed a licensing agreement with the Ministry of Information. The GOR took the opportunity of the signings to voice strong concerns about what i [...]
2006-08-31 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL RW
06KIGALI854CHINESE DELEGATIONS VISIT KIGALI
[...] (U) Two Chinese delegations visited Kigali the week of August 28. A Communist Party delegation, led by Wu Guanzheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, conducted closed-door discussions with the Secretary General Francois Ngarambe and other RPF [...]
2006-09-01 16:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID RW
06KIGALI867GOR RESPONSE ON BWINDI CASE
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga on September 6 to discuss the Bwindi Case, in particular, next steps in the wake of the U.S. court's suppression of the defendants' confessions (as requested reftel). Ambassador discussed the three possible prosecutorial options (appeal [...]
2006-09-07 08:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI868CITY GOVERNMENT RESCINDS MOTORCYCLE BAN
[...] (U) The Kigali City Council on Monday September 4 rescinded its two-week ban on motorcycle taxis. Operating under new licensing requirements, the motorcycles began to return to city streets in small numbers. Each operator is now required to register with his local cell (the next-to-lowest po [...]
2006-09-07 08:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL RW
06KIGALI880RWANDA AND MCA ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) Summary: Rwanda is deeply committed to in becoming MCA eligible and this has already resulted in positive changes in GOR attitudes and practices. The GOR understands that its relatively low ranking in the Ruling Justly categories has been the main obstacle to MCA eligibility. President [...]
2006-09-12 06:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL MCC RW
06KIGALI883RWANDA AT LOGGERHEADS WITH ICTR OVER ACCUSED LEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR has demanded the termination of the employment contract of an ICTR lead counsel, Callixte Gakwaya, whom the GOR has indicted on genocide charges, to remove his immunity from prosecution by Rwanda. The ICTR has not responded formally, beyond an announced need to study t [...]
2006-09-12 15:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI887EMBASSY - GOR ROUNDTABLE: RULE OF LAW IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a continuing dialogue on human rights, the Mission met with senior Rwandan officials to discuss the Rule of Law in Rwanda. Discussions focused chiefly on the role of the judiciary, procedures for redressing police abuses, and the role of the Ministry of Justice in [...]
2006-09-14 09:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI945RWANDA DECIDES NOT TO ROTATE TROOPS TO DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali called Ambassador the afternoon of September 28 to convey the Rwandan cabinet's decision that its troops currently in Darfur will remain for three months (until December 31); they will not/not rotate before then. There may be a [...]
2006-10-02 05:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS RW
06KIGALI946BAR PRESIDENT ON JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met September 27 with President of the Rwanda Bar Association Gatera Gashabana to discuss the state of the judicial system. Gashabana began by emphasizing the importance of the "text" of the 2003 Constitution. "Now we have a document which firmly establishes the independence o [...]
2006-10-02 05:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI956 DEATH OF AMCIT ROSAMOND CARR
[...] On Friday, Ms. Rosamond Carr passed away at her residence in Gisenyi, Rwanda. She had been feeling ill for the past several weeks and had been visited regularly by a local doctor. The local physician, Dr. Erasme Sarambuye, was with her at the time of death. 2. Ms. Carr was born on August [...]
2006-10-03 05:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC RW
06KIGALI976MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED TO RWANDAN GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 05:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL RW
06KIGALI984ANALYST BRIEFS WORLD BANK PROGRAM ON FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 October World Bank consultant Hans Romkema briefed diplomats and Bank employees on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He described the FDLR, estimated at 8,000 ) 10,000, as deeply entrenched in North and South Kivu. Romkema described FDLR leadershi [...]
2006-10-12 11:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL KPKO MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI988RWANDA WILL VOTE FOR GUATEMALA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-14 08:33:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL RW
06KIGALI990RWANDA-UGANDA JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION MEETING A
[...] (U) Summary. Ugandan and Rwandan officials held the seventh Joint Permanent Commission sessions in Kigali October 12-13. A communique pledged cooperation on a hosts of issues, including consular relations, defense, education and justice issues, crop and animal diseases, cross-border transpor [...]
2006-10-16 14:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD RW
06KINSHASA1700FDLR DENOUNCES U.S. SANCTIONS DECISION
[...] (U) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) issued a statement November 1 calling the U.S. decision to impose UN sanctions against the group as "unjust, useless, unjustified and counterproductive." It claimed the group has never been involved in arms trafficking or in undermi [...]
2006-11-03 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER EFIN KPKO CG BE RW
06KINSHASA1835FORMER NKUNDA OFFICERS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO
[...] (C) Summary: MONUC military officials in North Kivu December 4 debriefed former top lieutenants to Laurent Nkunda after the two abandoned the renegade general's ranks earlier that day (ref A). Colonel Bernard Mbyamungu and Major Dieudonne Kabika told MONUC interrogators the November 25 fightin [...]
2006-12-07 15:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG RW UG
06KINSHASA195GROWING ANGOLAN MISTRUST OF RWANDA?
[...] (C) During a February 1 dinner for visiting Belgian Foreign Minister De Gucht, the Angolan Ambassador, Mawete Joao-Batista, made several interventions conveying mistrust of Rwandan government intentions and motives in the region. Joao-Batista is dean of the diplomatic corps in Kinshasa, and a [...]
2006-02-06 10:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL AO RW CG EU
06KINSHASA793ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...]
2006-05-19 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS
06NAIROBI2654SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...]
2006-06-16 14:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF
06NAIROBI4239WHERE'S KABUGA? DIPLOMATS URGE GOVERNMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hussein Bubacar Jallow, joined by like-minded Nairobi-based chiefs of mission, delivered a strong message to the Government of Kenya urging more cooperation in apprehending Rwandan genocidaire Felicien Kabuga. Kenya's [...]
2006-09-29 14:40:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM RW KE
06PARIS553LONG ARM OF FRENCH LAW: INVESTIGATIONS IN AFRICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TO DJ CI RW FR
06PARIS7549RWANDA/FRANCE: "WE'RE BACK TO ZERO"
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 15:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW FR
06USUNNEWYORK1666RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) EXTENSION OF TENURE OF AD
[...] The Security Council on August 29 adopted (15-0-0) Resolution 1705 (2006) extending Judge Bossa's term on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until June 24, 2007. 2. Following the Council's action the General Assembly decided to endorse the extension of Bossa's term. BOLT [...]
2006-08-30 21:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAF AORC PREL RW UNSC ICTR
06USUNNEWYORK1979ICTR RESOLUTION AND USUN VOTING IN NEW YORK
[...] Per instructions (reftel) U.S. joined other SC members in supporting the draft resolution (reftel para 1),adopted (15-0-0) as Security Council resolution 1717 (2006). The resolution was requested by the Tribunal in order to extend the term of office of the Ad Litem judges until the end of [...]
2006-10-16 14:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL RW TZ UNSC
06VATICAN59HOLY SEE RAISES OBJECTIONS TO RWANDA'S GACACA TRIBUNALS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin asked ambassador to transmit to Washington a note verbale and accompanying text on the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda. The Holy See believes that the tribunals are politically manipulated and procedurally flawed and are not serving their int [...]
2006-04-03 13:49:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI VT RW
07ABIDJAN959(U) ACTION COMPLETED: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan completed action requested in reftel. Here is the biographic information on three influential Ivoirian Muslim leaders who have favorable views of the United States and offer an alternative view to Islamic extremism. 2. (SBU) El Hadj Aboubacar FOFANA Gender: Male DOB [...]
2007-09-12 18:50:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPK PO QA RP RS RW SA SF SG SL SN SO SP
07ACCRA1455PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield, head of the U.S. delegation to the 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, held bilateral meetings on the margins of the Summit with the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Botswana, as well as with the Presidents of Lib [...]
2007-07-03 16:02:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALBF BO ER ET GH JA LI PREL RW SO SU TZ UG
07ADDISABABA60SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 14 meeting with Charge a.i. Wilgus and deputy pol-econ counselor, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale expressed interest in establishing a closer strategic relationship with the United States, and appealed for both humanitarian and military assistance to [...]
2007-01-09 10:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER EAID KISL SO ET RW AU XA
07BEIJING3063MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES TO SUDAN;
[...] Key points at the May 8 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Jiang Yu were: -- The MFA said arms sales to Sudan are limited to conventional weapons and such sales to African nations are generally "small-scale." -- In light of PM Abe's reported gift to the Yasukuni Shrine, China hope [...]
2007-05-08 10:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA KN CA PM MX IV RW VM
07BUJUMBURA337CONSULTANT TO US TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY VISITS BURUNDI TO
[...] Summary. An energy consultant for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) met May 2-3 with senior Government of Burundi (GOB) officials and private energy officials to discuss a feasibility study for a petroleum pipeline to Burundi. Burundian government officials and private concerns res [...]
2007-05-08 05:29:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RW KE TZ UG BY
07DARESSALAAM1062ACTION REQUEST REGARDING ICTR CHIEF OF APPEALS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. Barbara Mulvaney, Senior Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and US citizen, requests USG support for her candidacy for the position of Chief of Appeals at the ICTR. 2. (U) Mulvaney believes she is qua [...]
2007-07-31 14:50:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW TZ
07DARESSALAAM933USTR DISCUSSES TIFA, TRADE ISSUES WITH EAC
[...] (U) On June 21, Bill Jackson, USTR Director of African Affairs, discussed the proposed U.S. - East African Community (EAC) Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and other trade issues with EAC officials in Arusha. Peter Kiguta, EAC Director General of Customs and Trade, and Flora Mu [...]
2007-07-02 03:50:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDETRD RW KE UG BU TZ
07HANOI1009 "ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...]
2007-05-30 00:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY
07HANOI1012 "ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...]
2007-05-30 09:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY
07KAMPALA1159UGANDA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS TEMPLATE
[...] (C) Summary: Ugandan military and civilian officials view the U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus process as important for confidence-building between the parties and for keeping pressure up on neighbors to rein in negative forces. Ugandans argue that the process has resulted in behind-the-scen [...]
2007-07-13 08:09:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BY CG RW UG
07KIGALI1000RWANDA DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DRC SUPPORT TO FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera October 31 to discuss the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sezibera expressed great concern at the ascendency of Rwandaphone extremists within the Kabila governmen [...]
2007-11-01 12:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1005Rwandan 2008 Budget Highlights
[...] Summary. Minister of Finance James Musoni officially presented the 2008 budget to the Parliament on October 16. The overall budget is approximately USD 1.1 billion, a 15 increase from the previous year. Musoni predicted 6.6 growth in the economy with inflation dropping to 5 by 2008. He [...]
2007-11-02 06:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1016RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] IT Summit: Rwanda hosted the African Heads of State Connect Africa Summit October 29 and 30. Six African presidents and corporate executives attended. The summit's goal was to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Tour, Secretary General of the International [...]
2007-11-06 07:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1020RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING
[...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1022RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING
[...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1024SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY CALLS ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador called on National Security Advisor Emmanuel Ndahiro on October 6 to discuss enhanced US engagement on addressing negative forces in eastern DRC and ending the stand-off with Nkunda. Ndahiro pledged Rwandan [...]
2007-11-07 13:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1026SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY MEETS FORMER FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor Timothy Shortley met with Major General Paul Rwarakabije November 7 to discuss the FDLR's current operations and its relations with the DRC government. Rwarakabije claimed the FDLR cooperated closely with the DRC government, received materiel assistence from it, a [...]
2007-11-08 05:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS RW
07KIGALI1033UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]
2007-11-09 10:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1040UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]
2007-11-14 14:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1041SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the November 18-19 visit of Senator Kerry to Rwanda. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide when upwards of one million Rwandans lost their lives, and the nation's infrastructure, economy and society were terribly [...]
2007-11-15 07:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1060MEDIA REACTION ON JOINT DRC-RWANDAN COMMUNIQUE
[...] Rwandan media, taking their cue from senior GOR officials, have given positive coverage of the Nairobi Joint Communique on a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and security in the Great Lakes Region. On Monday, November 12, pro-government daily "New Times" ran under the headline [...]
2007-11-15 13:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO PINR PINS RW CG
07KIGALI1061RWANDA ON UN RAPE RESOLUTION AND FAO REFORM
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief and poloff met November 15 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Affairs Director Ben Rutsinga to discuss the U.S.-sponsored rape resolution pending before the General Assembly, and the FAO "external evaluation" demarche. Rutsinga began by categorically restati [...]
2007-11-15 15:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA AORC FAO RW
07KIGALI1062IT FOR AFRICA: RWANDA LEADS THE WAY
[...] Summary. Rwanda hosted the Connect Africa Summit October 29-30. Six African presidents, 53 communications ministers, and 19 corporate executives attended the summit which was intended to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the Int [...]
2007-11-16 05:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1069RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR
[...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]
2007-11-19 11:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1075RWANDAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with National Security Service External Affairs Chief Joseph Nzabamwita, at his request, on November 19 in Kigali to discuss events in the eastern Congo and potential avenues of action against the FDLR. Nzabamwita saw an unstable balance of forces in North Kivu am [...]
2007-11-20 15:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR RW
07KIGALI1077GOMA DEMOBILIZATION OFFICER: NO EVIDENCE OF
[...] (C) Embassy officers met November 10 in Kigali with Harald Hinkel, who works for the World Bank's Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) office in Goma. Hinkel, who had working in Goma since January 2005, spends his work weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( [...]
2007-11-21 11:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR PINS RW
07KIGALI1078HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICA ENDEAVOR INITIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individuals scheduled to attend the Africa Endeavor Initial Planning Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, December 3-7, 2007. - Maj. Fred MUZIRAGUHARARA, [...]
2007-11-21 11:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI1083RWANDA SUPPORTS PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-23 11:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI1085PRESIDENT KAGAME ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) In his address to the Africa Caribbean Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU),meeting in Kigali on November 19, President Kagame raised the situation in Somalia and called upon the international community to "do far more than we have done so far." Noting that innocent Somalis [...]
2007-11-26 15:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS RW
07KIGALI1092MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Former senior military officer Patrick Karegeya left Rwanda suddenly. -- Dissension continued within the Liberal Party. -- The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented its growth and poverty reduction strategies to the donor communit [...]
2007-11-29 16:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR ECON RW
07KIGALI1095RWANDA - REPORT ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] (U) Post submits the following information for the 2007 Report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) continues to make progress in its efforts to implement its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Programs and policies described i [...]
2007-11-30 09:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM SOCI EIND ETRD RW
07KIGALI110GACACA PROBLEMS, GACACA REFORMS
[...] (SBU) The GOR seeks to streamline its gacaca system, lowering penalties for those convicted of genocide crimes, narrowing the jurisdiction of regular courts over genocide suspects, and reducing the numbers of judges per gacaca court. A new prisoner release is also soon to occur. By these r [...]
2007-02-05 06:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI1104RWANDA ON IRAN AND ISRAEL DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 14:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNGA RW IR IS
07KIGALI1110AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI: NEEDED BUT ELUSIVE
[...] Summary. The housing industry in Rwanda is fragmented and in need of assistance. Individuals are currently allocated plots and build according to their convenience, taste and capacity, irrespective of the area. The results are environmentally, aesthetically, and logistically problematic for [...]
2007-12-10 10:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1112INFORMATION ON TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following information on our Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO: TFCO: Richard Kaminski Title: Chief, Political/Economic Section Phone: 250 505 601 x3304 Unclassified email: KaminskiRM@state.gov SIPDIS Classified email: Kaminski [...]
2007-12-10 14:02:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PTER KTFN RW
07KIGALI1113"BETTER THAN PRISON" - RWANDA'S POST-GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Evariste Bizimana, Executive Secretary for the Rwandan Travaux d'Interet General (TIG) National Committee, discussed the state of the community service program with emboffs on December 4. Approximately 45,000 people - referred to as "TIGists" - have been registered by the TIG [...]
2007-12-10 14:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1114RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] EU Increases Aid: The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel announced that the EU will increase its aid to Rwanda by 30 percent to USD 313 over the next five years. Michel announced that the EU considers Rwanda one of the three best performers amo [...]
2007-12-10 15:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1115SUMMARY OF G/TIP SMALL GRANTS PROJECT OUTCOMES
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali welcomed the opportunity to use FY 2005 Economic Support Funds (ESF) for anti-trafficking in persons projects, and submits the following summary of project outcomes. (Note: Final narrative project reports have been submitted to G/TIP via e-mail. End note.) --------------- [...]
2007-12-11 10:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI1119SPORTS ENVOY REQUEST
[...] Post welcomes the possibility of participating in the ECA sports program in FY08 and is pleased to submit this request for a Sports Envoy in field of basketball. With an enthusiastic audience for the program, a low crime rate, excellent climate, and meticulously clean environment, post believ [...]
2007-12-14 10:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC IS JO KPAO LE RW
07KIGALI1120DRC REFUGEES TO RWANDA - UNHCR PREPARING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Kigali Representative Annette Nyekan and External Relations Officer Christina Alfirev met with Poloff recently to discuss current movements of refugees to Rwanda from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Refugee flows to Rwanda have slowed recently, despite the [...]
2007-12-14 11:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
07KIGALI1130HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- [...]
2007-12-18 15:53:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI1131HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individuals scheduled to receive IMET Training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Dates --------- ---------- ---- --- -------------- [...]
2007-12-18 15:53:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI1132HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individuals scheduled to receive IMET Training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- TUYISABE Emmanuel Lt. [...]
2007-12-18 15:53:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI1145RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Loans: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Germany's KfW Banking Group have signed a deal with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to invest USD12 million to rehabilitate, expand and finance a 30-year lease of the Kigali Serena and the Lake Kivu Serena hotels. "IFC [...]
2007-12-27 09:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1146LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOW-INCOME RWANDANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Inflation in Rwanda is officially reported at under 10 percent but the reality behind the numbers is much more serious for low-income Rwandans, the majority of the population. Certain food prices have increased as much as 350 percent and virtually none less than 10 percent ov [...]
2007-12-27 12:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI138RWANDA: AFRICA COMMAND, UNSC RESOLUTION 1737 ON
[...] (SBU) On February 8, Mission presented talking points on the new Africa Command, and on UN Security Council Resolution 1737, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for IO and the Americas Ben Rutsinga. Rutsinga welcomed the announcement of the Africa Command. He commented that, given Rwanda [...]
2007-02-11 13:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP RW
07KIGALI142GOR INVESTIGATING ATTACK ON JOURNALIST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rwandan police are investigating a 9 Feb attack on Jean Bosco Gasasira, chief editor of independent Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umuvugizi." Gasisira was attacked by three men with tire irons outside a bar in Kigali, he sustained serious injuries to his leg, arm and head. B [...]
2007-02-12 16:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI146AMBASSADOR DELIVERS LEAHY MESSAGE TO FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 12 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to deliver demarche per reftel. This meeting was a follow up to a 2 Feb meeting with Minister of State for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali where Ambassador first formally informed MINAFET that the USG had derogatory [...]
2007-02-14 12:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV ASEC SU RW
07KIGALI152FDLR POLITICAL OPERATIVES IN RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. GOR sources confirm recent reports of activity in Rwanda by political operatives of the exiled Forces Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR). FDLR operatives have been arrested both inside the country, and at its borders. These incidents reflect episodic attempts by the [...]
2007-02-15 11:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI167GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS
[...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]
2007-02-21 06:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI168GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS
[...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]
2007-02-21 06:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI176RWANDA OVERVIEW FOR GENERAL WARD VISIT
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Commander, Headquarters, US European Command, General William E. Ward. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. Upwards of [...]
2007-02-22 11:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI178AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]
2007-02-22 17:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW
07KIGALI183HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ---- [...]
2007-02-23 14:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI185RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR A/S POWELL
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina SIPDIS Powell. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. [...]
2007-02-26 13:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI193Methane Development: Commercial Dispute Roils Lake Kivu
[...] SUMMARY. Hopes of resolving Rwanda's acute energy crisis through the development of methane gas in Lake Kivu continues to be frustrated; this time by disputes between the GOR and Dane Associates. Accusations fly from both sides, but the result is that a solution to the unreliable, inadequate, [...]
2007-02-27 15:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW CG
07KIGALI194RWANDA: NEXT STEPS ON BURUNDI
[...] (C) Mission delivered reftel demarche on February 27 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Amandin Rugira. Rugira agreed that events in Burundi were at a sensitive juncture, and said that the GOR supported the recent changes in the composition of the CNDD-FDD and the GOR. Former [...]
2007-02-28 06:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI195RWANDA: CONGOLESE JOURNALIST ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prosecutor General Alphonse Hitiyaremye confirmed to polchief on February 27 the recent arrest of Congolese citizen Idesbald Byabuze. Byabuze, reportedly a professor at the Bakuvu Catholic University, as well as the publisher of a Bakuvu newspaper, the Mashariki News, is in cus [...]
2007-02-28 06:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI209OFFICE OF AUDITOR GENERAL ON USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS
[...] (U) The Auditor General sees recurring failings in use of public funds by some government offices, to be rectified by training, appointment of appropriate oversight officials, the production of consolidated financial statements by the Ministry of Finance, and a new Accountancy law. Assistance [...]
2007-03-01 15:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI210JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES
[...] (U) Summary. On July 23 Jean Leonard Rugambag , ajournalist for the Kinyarwand fortnight newspaper 'Umura,' was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one month [...]
2007-03-01 15:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI212RWANDA TIP DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ELAB ASEC KFRD SMIG KWMN PHUM KCRM RW
07KIGALI217RWANDA: REPEAL OF ARMS NOTIFICATION, CHILD
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Charles Murigande requested Ambassador Arietti meet with him on March 2. In his office, Murigande sought U.S. support for repeal of the notification provision of UNSC resolution 1011 of 1995, which lifted the arms embargo on Rwanda, but left in place a notification pro [...]
2007-03-05 05:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF RW
07KIGALI218RWANDA: RECENT CHINA ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments conduct their long-standing and productive relations on a number of levels. Last year the Chinese Minister of Cooperation and a senior Communist party official visited Kigali in August, under the aegis of the Fifth Rwanda-China Joint Committee on Econ [...]
2007-03-05 05:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI219PLEASE DISREGARD KIGALI 210
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 05:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO RW
07KIGALI238NO CASULTIES AFTER SALVO FIRED FROM DRC INTO RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary. At approximately 21h00 local time on 3 March a barrage of direct and indirect fire was directed from North Kivu into a unoccupied area in Northwest Rwanda by an unknown unit suspected to be from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). No casualties were reported [...]
2007-03-07 13:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MONUC KPKO CG RW
07KIGALI250RWANDA UPDATE FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following provides an update for the 2007 President's Report on AGOA for Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. Market Economy: The government has established important oversight for managing the economic health of the country, including tax collection, banking, [...]
2007-03-09 11:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD RW
07KIGALI281KAGAME ON TRIPARTITE-PLUS, DARFUR, AND REFUGEE
[...] (C) On March 16 AF DAS James Swan advised President Kagame on the principal successes of the just-completed Tripartite Plus conference, detailing progress on "active approaches" toward eliminating Negative Forces, and a common "Wanted List" to be circulated among the four nations by means of [...]
2007-03-19 14:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
07KIGALI285MONUC COOPERATION WITH ICTR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On the margins of the Tripartite Plus meetings in Kigali March 15-16, ICTR Chief Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with SRSG for the DRC William Lacy Swing to discuss MONUC assistance to the ICTR, specifically the location of suspe [...]
2007-03-21 07:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC RW
07KIGALI289CONGOLESE JOURNALIST RELEASED, EXPELLED
[...] (SBU) On March 21, Rwandan authorities released from custody Congolese journalist Idesbald Byabuze, in detention for approximately a month, and under investigation for a 2005 article criticizing the alleged Tutsi domination of the Hutu majority in Rwanda (reftel). At the central "1930" prison [...]
2007-03-21 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI291UGANDA HANDS RWANDA 10 MEMBERS OF DISSIDENT GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. On March 12 Ugandan security forces transferred to Rwandan authorities ten members of the dissident organization RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais). These individuals are now in the custody of military investigators, who are determining their personal identity and status wit [...]
2007-03-21 16:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI295POWELL/MCCORMICK DELEGATION MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] On Tuesday, March 6, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, David McCormick and Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met President Kagame. The duo was accompanied by members of their traveling party and Ambassador Arietti. [...]
2007-03-22 14:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO PREL SCUL RW
07KIGALI296WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador at large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Rwanda March 10-14, meeting with senior GOR officials, diplomatic missions, ICTR officers, and members of the human rights community. He also visited the Mpanga prison being readied for the potential reception [...]
2007-03-22 15:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI303HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) officer LtCol Ruvovico Mugisha. LtCol Mugisha is the Commanding Officer of the RDF's 51st Battalion, 301st Brigade, 4th Division [...]
2007-03-26 13:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MASS MARR RW
07KIGALI306GENOCIDE MEMORIAL IN SW RWANDA VANDALIZED
[...] (U) Summary. In early morning on 23 March a hand grenade was used to vandalize a Genocide Memorial Site near the border town of Cyangugu. The unidentified perpetrators were driven off by GOR security forces without causing extensive damage to the site. Few additional facts are available b [...]
2007-03-28 14:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV RW
07KIGALI313PRESIDENT OF MILITARY COURT ON RECORDS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 22 DCM and polchief met with Major General Patrick Nyamvumba, President of the Military High Court, to discuss the military justice system and prospects for access to records. Nyamvumba described a system grounded in the civilian criminal code and procedure, with car [...]
2007-03-29 16:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS RW
07KIGALI324SUCCESSFUL TRIPARTITE PLUS HELD IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR hosted the U.S. facilitated Tripartite Plus Joint Commission (TPJC) and sub-commission meetings in Kigali 14-16 March. Delegations from the DRC, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda took part in the diplomatic and defense and security sub-commission meetings on 14 March in order [...]
2007-04-03 10:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MONUC KPKO RW
07KIGALI330USG POSITION ON MUPUTO PLAN OF ACTION DELIVERED TO
[...] (C) On 2 May Charge Michael Thurston, Health and Human Services Global Health Officer Dr. Samuel Adeniyi-Jones and PRM Program Officer Perlita Muiruri communicated the USG position (per reftel) on the Maputo Plan of Action (MPA) to Rwandan Minister of Health Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo. [...]
2007-04-03 13:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SOCI AU RW
07KIGALI339Kigali delivers non-paper on Iran's Defense Industries
[...] In response to reftel, post delivered the nonpaper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 2, 2007. THURSTON [...]
2007-04-05 15:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR RW
07KIGALI342FORMER PRESIDENT BIZIMUNGU RELEASED FROM PRISON
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Rwanda released former President Pasteur Bizimungu from prison on April 6. This release apparently occurred without prior notice to the public and without condition. Coming thirteen years to the day from the start of the 1994 genocide, and on Good Friday, thi [...]
2007-04-06 14:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI358WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 09:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL TPHY WMO RW
07KIGALI36HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, plese see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) officers scheduled to receive in-country African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA) training and repo [...]
2007-01-17 12:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI373DEMARCHE ON REMOVAL OF 14TH BATTALION COMMANDER
[...] (C) Per reftel dated March 22, the Embassy sent Note 040 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 23, quoted in part as follows: "The United States requests that the Government of Rwanda advise it of the name of the replacement commander of the 14th battalion." In this note the Embassy re [...]
2007-04-18 13:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM RW
07KIGALI379RWANDAN DEFENSE FORCES TO CHANGE COMMANDER OF THE
[...] (SBU) On 20 April, the Rwandan Ministry of Defense notified post that the new Battalion Commander for the 14th Battalion will be Major James Safari. The change was made in order to comply with USG's notification (ref B) that no U.S. support could be provided to the 14th if LtCol Goodman Ruzib [...]
2007-04-20 12:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR MASS RW
07KIGALI388JOURNALIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DIVISIONISM, RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) On Friday, April 20, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umurabyo," received a one year jail term in a Kigali court, having on April 3 pleaded guilty to various charges including divisionism, defamation, and passing a bad check. Nkusi had been arrested [...]
2007-04-24 15:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI391RWANDA PETITIONS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
[...] (U) Rwanda on April 18 petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the November 2006 issuance of arrest warrants by French judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere against nine senior Rwandan officials. These officials, according to an investigation conducted by Bruguiere, were allegedly [...]
2007-04-25 13:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS RW
07KIGALI399RWANDA TIP PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP MANAGED ESF AND
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary. Rwanda is a country attempting to focus on child prositution and other forms of trafficking in persons. Due in part to post's regular pressure on the GOR to address the problem, on 23 April the Rwandan National Police (RNP) su [...]
2007-04-27 11:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG RW
07KIGALI400ONE UN PROGRAM IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) The One UN program in Rwanda has taken its first organizational steps. On February 27 and 28, the UN organized a retreat, the first day consisting of UN agencies in Rwanda discussing the prospective program, and the second day including donor governments and Rwandan officials. A resul [...]
2007-04-27 11:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PREL EAID RW
07KIGALI401PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 16:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS RW
07KIGALI405RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The High Court recently issued a temporary injunction against Dane Associates, dissolving the Board of Directors of Kibuye Power (KP1) Limited and preventing the company from being party to methane extraction activities at Lake Kivu. Dane has been embroiled in a breach of contract dispute wit [...]
2007-05-02 06:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI406AMIS NON-PAYMENT JEOPARDIZES RWANDAN INVOLVEMENT
[...] (U) The African Union continues to owe the GOR approximately USD 20 million, which amounts to 0.7% of GDP, for funds expended in the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). 2. (SBU) The IMF, during the latest Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) mission to Rwanda, advised the GOR to con [...]
2007-05-02 09:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI412RWANDA: TRIPARTITE PLUS DEFENSE CHIEFS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense and armed forces officials on May 2 to discuss the recent chiefs of defense staff meeting in Bujumbura (Reftel). Ministry Secretary General Zac Nsenga, Generals Rutatina and SIPDIS Musemakweli, RDF Spokesman Rutaremara and Military Prosecutor [...]
2007-05-03 15:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
07KIGALI42Rwanda 2007 Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Rwanda: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The GOR is making progress economically as it recognizes that the private sector is an essential engine of development. The government [...]
2007-01-18 15:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI443KIGALI SCIENCE FELLOW REQUEST
[...] In response to reftel and previous communication between Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray and Minister Romain Murenzi, the following details four possible workplans for a Science Fellow. 2. In Rwanda, the Science Fellow would work in Minister Murenzi's Office, in the Office of the Presid [...]
2007-05-09 12:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN ECON IR RW
07KIGALI446RWANDA ON BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 09:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI454REPORTS OF EXTRA-JUDICAL KILLINGS BY THE RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Dutch colleagues, the local representative of Human Rights Watch, and the Executive Secretary of LIPRODHOR (Rwanda's most well-known human rights organization) report 8 to 10 incidents of extrajudicial killings by Rwandan police since the new year, mostly in April. The major [...]
2007-05-14 14:42:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI456RWANDA TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 10:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI461OPIC TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI
[...] SUMMARY. The City of Kigali, in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy, hosted an affordable housing workshop with subsequent side meetings to explore affordable housing issues in Kigali. With the goals of assisting the City of Kigali to address their housing challenges and to find opportunities f [...]
2007-05-16 05:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD EAID ECON PREL MCAP RW
07KIGALI476HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human right vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Post has discovered no derogatory information on the nominees. [...]
2007-05-17 11:51:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI483HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Page Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date - [...]
2007-05-18 14:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI486RWANDA: REINFORCING UN COMMAND OF HYBRID FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO RW
07KIGALI49NEWSPAPER DIRECTOR ARRESTED, ARRAIGNED ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday, January 19, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper, "Umurabyo" was arraigned on charges of divisionism and sectarianism stemming from recent articles in the paper that appeared to minimize the genocide or advance the notion of a double gen [...]
2007-01-22 15:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI493RWANDA HOSTS EAST AFRICA BROADBAND CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY. The GOR, in conjunction with the U.S. government, hosted an East African Broadband workshop in Kigali from May 8-10 to produce a roadmap for expanding broadband connectivity in East Africa. 2. President Kagame opened a two-day East African Broadband workshop jointly hosted by the [...]
2007-05-23 14:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ECPS PGOV EINV ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI495RWANDA ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 15:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI496GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS RISING RAPIDLY; MORE
[...] (SBU) Gacaca courts trying genocide suspects have greatly increased their rate of adjudication, following adoption of the new genocide statute on March 1. As of mid-May, gacaca courts have processed nearly 400,000 cases, approximately half the existing caseload. Judicial authorities are rep [...]
2007-05-23 15:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI519HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ------ [...]
2007-05-29 12:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI522KAGAME ON NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 13:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN RW
07KIGALI523EMBASSY ACTION ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS; GOR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador on May 17 presented the Rwandan National Police Commissioner with a list of ten police shootings of "escaping" prisoners (garnered from local human rights group LIPROHDOR -- see reftel),asking for an explanation of the shootings. A majority of the cases involved the arrest o [...]
2007-05-30 14:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI524HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ------ [...]
2007-05-30 16:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI529KAGAME VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (U) Summary. President Paul Kagame paid a five day visit to China May 14-19, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The two governments signed several accords, including debt cancellation, infrastructure development, expanded trade links, and cultural exchanges. Kagame also addressed th [...]
2007-06-04 07:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL RW
07KIGALI530PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONVICTED BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Francois Byuma, a local human rights activist, received a nineteen year sentence from a Kigali gacaca court on May 27 for his participation in attacks on a Tutsi citizen during the 1994 genocide. Byuma, head of the human rights organization Turengere Abana (Protect Our Child [...]
2007-06-04 08:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI546RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Global Fund has pledged USD 59 million over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS. The project will emphasize prevention, expanded access to anti-retroviral treatment, improved care, support of orphans and people living with AIDS, and improved linkage between tuberculosis and HIV services. [...]
2007-06-07 15:33:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI547LOCAL UNHCR OFFICE ON RECRUITMENT FROM RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Protection Officer at the UNHCR office in Kigali reports 10 recent incidents of recruitment of child and adult combatants from refugee camps in Rwanda by agents by General Laurent Nkunda. The GOR denies any involvement, and says it is making efforts to prevent transit t [...]
2007-06-08 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI555RWANDA SUPPORTS TWO BATTALION TRANSFER TO UN HEAVY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 10:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
07KIGALI562GOVERNMENT CLOSES INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
[...] (SBU) On June 6, Information Minister Laurent Nkusi canceled the registration to publish he had issued 20 days earlier to the Weekly Post, a new English-language publication. This cancellation occurred just days after the first issue of the Weekly post had appeared. The minister gave no re [...]
2007-06-15 11:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI563RWANDA COMMITS TO FURTHER JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (U) Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama chaired a June 8 presentation of results from a two day Justice Sector retreat that included 12 justice sector institutions, among them the Ministry of Justice, the Prison Service, the Prosecution Service, the National Gacaca Service, the Military Cou [...]
2007-06-15 11:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI573HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DIILS-SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following person scheduled to receive DIILS-sponsored training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ---------- ---- [...]
2007-06-18 15:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI574HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following personnel nominated for the IMET Combat Engineer Course: Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ---------- ---- [...]
2007-06-18 15:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI589THE FDLR -- READY TO FOLD IF PUSHED HARD ENOUGH?
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-hour briefing before senior GOR military and civilian officials and representatives of the local diplomatic corps, MDRP researchers (hired by the Multi-lateral Demobilization and Reintegration Program) presented detailed information and analysis based upon months of fi [...]
2007-06-25 07:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI592CHALLENGES IN THE RWANDAN COFFEE SECTOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. RwandEx, a coffee export company recently privatized to a group of Belgian investors who have been involved in the company since its inception in 1964, is having an increasingly confrontational relationship with the GOR. Coupled with the relatively low coffee harvest season, thes [...]
2007-06-25 11:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV ETRD BTIO RW
07KIGALI599RWANDA PRISON CONDITIONS: WORSENING STEADILY AS
[...] (C) Polchief and visiting PRM officer called upon International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Chief Pierre Wettach on June 26 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wettach described a worsening situation in the nation's 16 prisons, due exclusively to the ever-increasing number of geno [...]
2007-06-27 15:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI6RWANDA: OVERSEAS OPPOSITION PARTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition political parties based outside Rwanda appear fractured and ineffectual, composed of disparate groupings of disaffected former officials or relatively unknown politicians nursing various grievances against the present government. What unites them is a visceral disl [...]
2007-01-04 08:00:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI610RWANDAN CONTRIBUTION TO HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 11:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PKPO UNSC RW
07KIGALI611GOR ON GACACA, LEGAL CASES INVOLVING FRANCE, EAST
[...] (U) Summary. The GOR briefed the diplomatic community on June 28, announcing several initiatives to alleviate crowded prison conditions, hailing Rwanda's entry into the East African Community (EAC),noting efforts to secure return of a genocide suspect from France, and denying reports of rec [...]
2007-07-02 11:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI633RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 15:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI634ANALYSIS OF RISK OF TORTURE OF BWINDI DEFENDANTS
[...] (C) Summary. Post submits this analysis of the risk of torture of the three Bwindi defendants if returned to Rwanda for trial, for use in Department deliberations. Post finds that it is not/not "more likely than not" that these three individuals would be subject to torture if so returned. [...]
2007-07-09 19:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI639RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The British Department for International Development (DFID) approved approximately USD 70 million for direct budget support to Rwanda for 2007. This is part of the British government's increased commitment to support the GOR in poverty reduction, maintaining peace, stability and improving fina [...]
2007-07-10 11:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI644IOM DEMARCHE ON SWING CANDIDACY
[...] (U) On Friday, July 6 poloffs met with Ben Rutsinga, IO Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on Ambassador Swing's candidacy for IOM Director General. While Rutsinga acknowledged Ambassador Swing's many contributions to peace in the DRC, and expressed gene [...]
2007-07-10 14:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREF PREL SMIG RW
07KIGALI645 ICTR SEES "NO VALUE" IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM PAUL
[...] (U) Embassy transmits for Department the following statement issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda regarding communications with Paul Rusesabagina. 2. (U) Begin text: Statement Office of the Prosecutor 29 June 2007 Mr. Paul Rusesabagina did write to the ICTR Pro [...]
2007-07-11 06:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI651HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Military HIV/AIDS training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ----- [...]
2007-07-12 11:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI656DEMARCHE ON OCTOBER 1 AU/UN HYBRID FORCE UNSCR
[...] (U) On Monday, July 16 Ambassador met with Rosemary Museminali, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, to deliver reftel demarche on a UN Security Council resolution that sets an October 1 date for the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to transition to the UN/AU [...]
2007-07-16 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SU RW
07KIGALI66Serena Hotels helps validate the Rwandan potential
[...] SUMMARY. The Serena Group signed a 30-year concession to manage the two largest Rwandan hotels -- the Kigali InterContinental Hotel and the Kivu Sun Hotel, beginning February 1 2007. The hotels will be relaunched following an extensive refurbishment under Serena branding, marking another attem [...]
2007-01-24 05:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI668RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]
2007-07-20 13:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI669RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]
2007-07-20 13:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI675HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ------- [...]
2007-07-27 07:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI676HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR SEMINAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- --- [...]
2007-07-27 07:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI6802007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - RWANDA
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following updates the single existing investment dispute involving an American investor in Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that is outstanding against the Government of Rwanda (G [...]
2007-07-30 15:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CACS RW
07KIGALI681HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive staff training (CPX) as part of ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Ra [...]
2007-07-31 06:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI700RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Japan promised Rwanda USD 1,509,150 to boost economic development and poverty eradication, most specifically directed towards the agricultural sector. The World Bank will administer both grants from the Japanese government under its Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD). The gran [...]
2007-08-03 10:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI73RWANDA WILL NOT SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA
[...] (C) On 24 January State Minister for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador that while the GOR might be willing to support the African Union (AU) mission to Somalia with training or civilian police (civpol) support, it is "disinclined" to send Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) soldiers. A [...]
2007-01-24 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL UNSC RW ET KE
07KIGALI737Methane Development Continues Despite Disputes
[...] SUMMARY. Lake Kivu still contains hope for Rwanda to solve one of the biggest obstacles to its development - the unreliability and high cost of energy in the country. The GOR partnership and concession granted to Dane Associates has been dissolved, but several other companies have appeared to [...]
2007-08-17 08:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW CG
07KIGALI743BUSINESSMEN, GENERALS, AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The recent case of prominent local businessman Assinapol Rwigara, sought by police after a construction-site accident, is an object lesson in Rwandan law enforcement in action, and the rumor-mill that attends the arrest of any public personality. Officials extended the opera [...]
2007-08-20 05:47:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI746RWANDA: LEVELING THE POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD?
[...] (SBU) Summary. With the advent of a new law on political parties on June 1, the two largest independent parties have begun organizational efforts at the grassroots level, and report renewed interest among average Rwandans in party politics. With just over a year to the 2008 parliamentary e [...]
2007-08-20 15:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI747TWO ARRESTED GENERALS RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (SBU) Following two same-day sessions of a military court in Kigali, the presiding judge released Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka on bail on August 17. The court scheduled their next court session set for September 6. Both men stand accused of interfering with police officer [...]
2007-08-20 16:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI754FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]
2007-08-22 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KIGALI755KIVUS STRATEGY DEMARCHE: RWANDA IN AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On August 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the USG Kivus strategy to Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande. Ambassador asked that the GOR: 1) reiterate its previously declared opposition to any form of recruitment within Rwanda by General Nkunda and work to prevent s [...]
2007-08-22 16:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI758RWANDA SNAPSHOT - CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of political parties, NGOs, and religious organizations in Rwanda described a challenging environment in a series of recent meetings in which resources are scarce and political will to reform on the part of the government of Rwanda (GOR) is insufficient to overcome conti [...]
2007-08-23 14:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI759RWANDA - PRISONS, JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (C) Embassy and visiting DRL officers met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Office Pierre Wattach (protect) on July 10 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wattach gave a generally positive report, despite identifying some lingering problem areas. The serious ov [...]
2007-08-23 14:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI762ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RWANDAN DEPUTY DARFUR
[...] (C) A Brussels-based opposition group, FDU-Inkingi, recently accused Rwandan Major General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake - the newly appointed Deputy Commander of the UN-AU Hybrid Force in Darfur - of participation in various massacres and murders of political opponents in the years just before and [...]
2007-08-24 12:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI765HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CCMR SEMINAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend a Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) training seminar. Last Name First Name Ran [...]
2007-08-27 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI77RWANDA DOES NOT SUPPORT SUDAN FOR AU CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador January 24 that Rwanda agrees that it would be "bad for the AU and Africa" if Sudan were selected for the AU chairmanship. Instead, Rwanda would work for a postponement of Sudan's candidacy for another year. Mus [...]
2007-01-26 10:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI777HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ---------- [...]
2007-08-30 19:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI792AMBASSADOR SEZIBERA ON FOREIGN MINISTER TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera on September 6 to discuss the recent meeting in Kinshasa between the Rwandan and Congolese Foreign Ministers (which Sezibera attended). Sezibera described the interactions as "about what we expected," and said th [...]
2007-09-06 15:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI793RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MEETING IN KINSHASA
[...] (SBU) On September 7 Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the local diplomatic corps on his recent visit to Kinshasa to discuss events in the Kivus with his Congolese counterpart. Murigande expressed satisfaction with the several joint mechanisms announced in the communique is [...]
2007-09-07 11:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI796RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the U.S. Mission, launched a USD 10 million extensive anti-malaria Indoor Residential Spraying (IRS) campaign for Kigali on August 10. The goal of the campaign is to reduce malaria-related mortality by 50 percent among those in most vulnerable categ [...]
2007-09-10 05:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI822GOR TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST "IRRESPONSIBLE"
[...] (C) Summary. A panel of Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including four Ministers, on September 9 used a weekly call-in program broadcast by state-owned TV Rwanda and Radio Rwanda to launch verbal attacks against certain members of Rwanda's independent media, who they accused of cooperat [...]
2007-09-17 08:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI83HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR LEADER
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following GOR officials nominated to attend the Senior Leadership Seminar (SLS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 Feb - 9 MAR 2007: -- Mr. Ben Balthazar Rutsi [...]
2007-01-29 09:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07KIGALI849TWO GENERALS ACQUITTED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On September 21, a military court acquitted Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka of obstruction of justice charges. Rusegara, the head of a military training school, and Kaka, a retired officer now serving as a member of parliament for the ruling RPF, had been granted bail o [...]
2007-09-25 08:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI858HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Air Traffic Controller training on November 7: Last Name First Name Rank DOB - [...]
2007-09-28 10:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI859HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ------- [...]
2007-09-28 11:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI865RWANDA'S LIBERAL PARTY IN TURMOIL
[...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party (PL) leadership has been embroiled in a continuing leadership dispute, the losing faction in hotly contested national congress elections alleging corruption and general misuse of party funds by the winning side. First suspended by party leadership, five senior p [...]
2007-10-01 12:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI882RWANDA: CREDIBLE VOICES IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 13:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI883SPEAKER PROGRAM ON POLITICAL MARKETING RESONATES
[...] Summary. University of Vermont Professor Edward McMahon completed on Saturday, September 29 a highly successful IIP speaker program on the role of political parties in a democratic society. McMahon's program included individual calls on each of the nine political parties represented in Rwanda [...]
2007-10-02 13:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PHUM RW
07KIGALI899FDLR FIRES INTO AND/OR FROM RWANDA
[...] (C) According to Rwandan military sources, late on the evening of September 30, a small force of suspected Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) soldiers fired several hundred machine gun rounds into Rwanda from positions on the Congolese side of the border, in a remote area [...]
2007-10-04 15:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR PREF MOPS RW
07KIGALI902RWANDA 2007 SUBMISSION FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] Post provides the following responses to reftel request for information on textile and apparel production in Rwanda. 2. Requested Information -- Total industrial production in USD: 2006: USD 363 million. 2007 estimate: not available. -- Total textiles and apparel production in USD: [...]
2007-10-05 06:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX RW
07KIGALI915GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES ON BWINDI DEFENDANTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed the September 17 letter from Department of Homeland Security ICE A/S Julie Myers to A/S Frazer, detailing the immigration judge's decision in regard to one of the three Bwindi defendants. In her letter, A/S Myers requested the Department of State to offer a "prefer [...]
2007-10-10 14:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KJUS RW
07KIGALI916HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen General Marcel GATSINZI, Minister of Defense (DOB: 01/09/1948),scheduled to attend the Golden Spear conference, November 7 and 8, 2007. 3. (SBU) Post has disc [...]
2007-10-10 15:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI9172200 RWANDANS RETURN FROM UGANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has confirmed recent press reports of the repatriation of approximately 2200 Rwandans who had settled in the Kibati region of Uganda, near the Tanzanian border. Most press accounts depicted forced movement on little notice although the pro-government New Times offered ac [...]
2007-10-11 07:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI933RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]
2007-10-15 08:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI934RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]
2007-10-15 08:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI935IMF ON PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 12 a visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) team described for local diplomatic missions its efforts to assist the Ministry of Finance and other Rwandan ministries and agencies in improving Public Finance Management (PFM --the effective and efficient use of pub [...]
2007-10-15 12:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN RW
07KIGALI94RWANDA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 14:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM RW
07KIGALI954ICTR PROSECUTOR ASKS FOR HELP IN POTENTIAL CASES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with Charge and pol/econ chief on October 17 to discuss potential cases against Rwandan officials and the importance of witness protection. [...]
2007-10-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI96Serena Hotels helps validate the Rwandan potential
[...] SUMMARY. The Serena Group signed a 30-year concession to manage the two largest Rwandan hotels -- the Kigali InterContinental Hotel and the Kivu Sun Hotel, beginning February 1 2007. The hotels will be relaunched following an extensive refurbishment under Serena branding, marking another attem [...]
2007-01-31 15:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI961Rwanda Oil Pipeline: Feasible, Profitable, and Necessary
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9, Energy and Communications Minister of State Albert Butare opened a workshop to review the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA)-funded findings on the extension of an oil products pipeline from Kampala to Rwanda. The report clearly supports extension of [...]
2007-10-22 08:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI962PRESIDENT KAGAME HAS PRIVATE MEETING WITH PRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 14:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI965HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen Lt. J. Damascene KAYITANA, DOB 08/23/1969, scheduled to attend Golden Spear Conference November 5 - 8, 2007. 3. (SBU) Post has discovered no derogatory inform [...]
2007-10-23 13:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI966RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS CONGOLESE FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. On October 23 Foreign Minister Charles Murigande expressed considerable reservations about the Congolese "Ex-Far/Interahamwe Action Plan," regarding it as less detailed and less concrete than earlier plans, and in conflict with current planning by the Tripartite-Plus Chiefs of [...]
2007-10-23 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MOPS RW
07KIGALI968RWANDA LIKELY TO SUPPORT WALKER IAAC CANDIDACY
[...] (U) On October 23 PolOff met with Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on candidacy of David M. Walker for the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC). Rutsinga said the Government of Rwanda would have to [...]
2007-10-23 16:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UN UNGA RW
07KIGALI969RWANDA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PRIORITY UNGA
[...] (U) On October 23 PolOff met with Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on UN General Assembly Third Committee resolutions. Rutsinga was receptive to U.S. request to take a stand against no-action motions and gene [...]
2007-10-23 16:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA RW
07KIGALI970GACACA GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS ON TRACK FOR
[...] (C) Summary. According to officials in Rwanda's National Service of Gacaca Courts, 90 percent of all gacaca cases have been processed and adjudications will be completed by the end of 2007. Processing remaining category one cases (those involving genocide leaders/organizers or those who comm [...]
2007-10-24 07:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI979RWANDA SUPPORTS RAPE RESOLUTION, MAY ABSTAIN ON
[...] (C) In absence of the Foreign Minister and Minister of State, A/DCM called upon International Organizations Director Ben Rutsinga on October 26 to discuss the U.S.-sponsored rape resolution and the Cuba embargo resolution. On the rape resolution, Rutsinga reiterated Rwanda's strong support f [...]
2007-10-26 10:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA RW
07KIGALI985REFUGEES IN RWANDA - A CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The refugee operation in Rwanda is having difficulty keeping pace with the growth of the Congolese refugee population. In the past six-months, over 3000 Congolese have entered Rwanda, fleeing fighting in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 60 percent of the [...]
2007-10-30 10:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PREF PGOV RW
07KIGALI989MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) Two Liberal Party parliamentarians lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies after being expelled from their party. The government set up a Commission to investigate the shooting-down of the Habyarimana presidential jet in 1994. Two independent publishers temporarily suspended their [...]
2007-10-30 14:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL RW
07KINSHASA1040KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi is generally receptive to U.S. views on the current situation in the Kivu provinces. He has been active in promoting diplomatic engagement with Uganda and Rwanda, and confirmed high-level meetings with each for September. He appreciates [...]
2007-08-31 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1050KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) This is a corrected version of Kinshasa 1040. 2. (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi received newly arrived Charge Sam Brock August 29. Charge used the meeting to present demarche as requested ref (A). Mbusa used it to publicize relations with the U.S., inviting l [...]
2007-09-04 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1053NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S OUTLOOK ON NKUNDA AND FDLR
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku outlined his and the GDRC's emerging approach to dealing with the twin problems of dissident General Laurent Nkunda and FDLR fighters in the province. He said the central government wants to exhaust diplomatic and political options before pursuing [...]
2007-09-05 06:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS RW CG
07KINSHASA1063RWANDAN, DRC FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Rwandan foreign minister Charles Murigande's official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from September 2-4, the first by a Rwandan official to the DRC since the end of the second Congo war in 2004, is a potentially significant step in a slow process of reconciliation [...]
2007-09-05 17:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW KPKO
07KINSHASA1101MONUC: FARDC OVER ITS HEAD IN NKUNDA FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary. Senior MONUC officials reviewed the current security situation in the eastern DRC September 11-12 in discussions with AF Senior Adviser Shortley following cessation of hostilities between government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda. The operation appears to hav [...]
2007-09-14 16:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1175TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF DEFENSE MEETING --
[...] (SBU) The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 in special session to discuss joint operations, cross-border confidence building measures, and the reinstatement of the bilateral Rwanda-DRC Joint Verification Mechanism. The Joint Communique has been transmitted se [...]
2007-10-03 12:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG
07KINSHASA1177JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF STAFF
[...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 to discuss issues brought up at the Tripartite Ministerial meeting in Kampala in September (reftel). A copy of the Joint Communique follows. End summary. 2. (U) Begin text: JOINT COMMUNIQUE 3RD MEETI [...]
2007-10-03 16:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG
07KINSHASA1247TRIPARTITE FUSION CELL -- WHAT NEXT?
[...] (S) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) has significant assets at its disposal, but they are currently underutilized. Member states should be encouraged to participate fully, or else be suspended from the project. Additionally, the TFC should be brought into alignment [...]
2007-11-02 10:35:00Embassy KinshasaSECRET//NOFORNPINR MOPS KPKO UG RW BY CG
07KINSHASA1249ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...]
2007-11-02 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW
07KINSHASA1264AF Senior Advisor Shortley's visit to Nyabiondo,
[...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC peacekeepers in the southwestern North Kivu town of Nyabiondo told AF senior advisor Tim Shortly November 2 that negative forces encircling the town, including FDLR, Mayi Mayi, and National Council for the Defense of the People (CNDP) fighters, will not be easily dislodged [...]
2007-11-08 10:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINS PREF MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1272INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA1274Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between
[...] (U) Media reaction to the Nairobi agreement has been generally favorable, albeit not very substantive. Following are reactions from major outlets: -- Le Palmares writes that the DRC has hung itself by signing the plan because the deadline to submit an elaborate disarmament plan is too shor [...]
2007-11-14 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PINR PINS CG RW PGOV PREL
07KINSHASA1283INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley met with the DRC Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and separately with other NGO and UN officials on October 29 prior to traveling to North Kivu. Common [...]
2007-11-15 09:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA1377 HIGHLIGHTS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) established by the Congo-Rwanda Nairobi communique got off to a rocky start at its first meeting December 15, but succeeded in reaffirming support for the process and establishing follow-up mechanisms. A UN emphasis on North Kivu and repeated o [...]
2007-12-18 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1406Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission (JVC) authorized Joint Verification Teams (JVT) to investigate allegations of violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity at the December 20-21 meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda. It also clarified several procedural issues involvi [...]
2007-12-26 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG RW
07KINSHASA319CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT A DIMINISHING PROBLEM IN
[...] (C) Summary: A senior UN official proclaimed the DRC's child soldier problem is "essentially over," but charged that dissident general Laurent Nkunda is recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps in Rwanda. Humanitarian officials report more than 100 child soldiers have been separated from N [...]
2007-03-16 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA396NEW CONGOLESE FOREIGN MINISTER UPBEAT, BUT STILL
[...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's first official call March 20 (Note: two days prior to the outbreak of violence in Kinshasa. End note.),new Foreign Minister Mbusa appeared in an upbeat mood. He spoke positively of the March 16 Tripartite Plus talks in Kigali, calling them "the best e [...]
2007-04-04 12:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA472COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COLONEL RICHARD ORTH
[...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the arrival of Col. Richard Kevin Orth to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from May 03 - 06, 2007 to attend the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) focal point meetings. 2. POINT OF CONTACT Chris Brown will be the Control Officer for the visit and c [...]
2007-04-26 12:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER OTRA BY RW UG KE ET CG
07KINSHASA501KISEMPIA "EXPLAINS" DRC POSITION ON CHOD MEETING
[...] (C) Defense Attache and PolOff met with Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe May 3 to discuss the April 16-18 meeting of Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense Forces (CHOD) meeting in Bujumbura, per reftel. Kisempia said he had indeed signed the agreement outlining [...]
2007-05-03 16:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG RW UG
07KINSHASA523KISEMPIA'S OUTLOOK ON SECURITY THREATS IN EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe characterized the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) as his biggest security concern in eastern DRC. During a May 3 meeting with DATT and PolOff in his the Ministry of Defense offices, he claime [...]
2007-05-11 11:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS SU RW UG CG
07KINSHASA846CONCERNS ABOUT INSECURITY IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary. Some MONUC civilian officials have expressed growing concerns about the possibility of a government offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda in North Kivu. Two of its key officials believe that the Kabila government has made a decision to mobilize for an attack on Nkun [...]
2007-07-19 17:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA882KABILA, OTHER LEADERS AGREE ON POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. President Kabila, Prime Minister Gizenga and the presidents of the National Assembly, Senate and Supreme Court met July 23 in an initial inter-institutional meeting. They agreed to Kamerhe's proposal for political and diplomatic strategies to reduce tensions in the east and re- [...]
2007-07-25 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA900NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT KAMERHE JUGGLES
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe will confront a crowded legislative agenda this fall while also attempting to help defuse an increasingly tense situation in his home region in eastern Congo. He sees decentralization as the key issue ahead for the Assembly. His proposa [...]
2007-07-30 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA962TRIPARTITE PLUS LEGAL EXPERTS MEET IN GOMA, DRC
[...] (SBU) Legal experts from DRC, Uganda, and Burundi met in Goma, North Kivu July 23-26 to examine possible judicial mechanisms and procedures to use against negative forces in the territories of the Tripartite Plus countries, as decided at the June session of the Tripartite Plus Joint Commission [...]
2007-08-10 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO CG BY RW UG
07KINSHASA991KABILA RELAXED AND UPBEAT IN FAREWELL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During Ambassador Meeece,s August 14 farewell call, President Kabila asked for greater USG involvement in building democratic institutions and reforming the security sector. Kabila believes the border dispute with Uganda can be resolved. He cited a date certain (September 3) f [...]
2007-08-21 13:00:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR CG UG RW
07LIBREVILLE174FRANCE CONDUCS ECCAS TRAINING IN GABON; ECCAS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 14:38:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MCAP GB CF CG BY CT RW
07NAIROBI1416AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES URGES KENYA TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met privately with GOK Ministers to push for Felicien Kabuga's apprehension and also met with various Chiefs of Mission to discuss further cooperative strategies on the issue. It is widely believed that Kabuga, ICTR fugi [...]
2007-03-29 09:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM RW KE
07NAIROBI1709CAADP MEETING, KIGALI, RWANDA MARCH 29-31, 2007
[...] Summary March 29-31 in Kigali, the Government of Rwanda and COMESA hosted a regional partners? meeting and a country round-table meeting on the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). On March 31, a CAADP Country Compact was signed by the Rwandan Government, the Af [...]
2007-04-18 11:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDRW
07PARIS1785DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON
[...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...]
2007-05-04 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS186RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...]
2007-01-18 10:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR
07PARIS3147DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...]
2007-07-23 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS322C/T JUDGE ON FRANCE, RWANDA, PAKISTAN, AND HIS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: France,s chief counterterrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, told us on January 19 that a recent surge in overall GSPC activities worried French counterterrorism officials, who are convinced there is now a significantly higher threat against France and its interests abroad. Tunisi [...]
2007-01-26 16:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL INTERPOL KJUS TS AG MO RW
07PARIS3708RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE
[...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...]
2007-09-07 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ICJ RW FR
07PARIS4215RWANDA: FRANCE READY TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 08:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW FR
07PARIS4732FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]
2007-12-17 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07STATE105247HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 17, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Military HIV/AIDS training: Name: Maj. Marc Rugeni [...]
2007-07-30 15:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MAS PHUM PREL RW
07STATE108872ACOTA - HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - RWANDA
[...] (U) Reftel provided the unit identification and unit commander's name for a Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) scheduled to participate in ACOTA training prior to deployment to AMIS. Reftel further reported that Embassy Kigali has conducted a file check and found no derogatory information regarding [...]
2007-08-03 21:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PGOV RW
07STATE112255HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of August 1, 2007 a Colonel Ngoga was mentioned in a cable identified as 99060031454INS7454col; Origine ATS-INA; 06/03/1999. The cable reported a copy of an e-mail sent to a selected in-government group from a disgruntled journ [...]
2007-08-10 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL RW MASS
07STATE112496HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 26, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan candidates for IMET training: Name: JM Vianey Kayigamba Rank: Captain DOB: [...]
2007-08-10 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL RW MASS
07STATE112497HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR SEMINAR
[...] The Department of State has review its files and finds that as of July 26, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan candidate for the Golden Spear Seminar. Name: Patrick Gashumba Rank: Lieutenant Colonel DOB [...]
2007-08-10 19:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL RW MASS
07STATE154929INSTRUCTION CABLE FOR USUN: CONSULTATIONS ON THE
[...] This is an action cable, see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during November 13 Security Council consultations on the Great Lakes Region: Begin talking points: -- The United States welcomes the Government of the Democratic Republic of the [...]
2007-11-09 20:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL XA XF XW CG UG BY RW
07STATE164416INSTRUCTION FOR ICTY/ICTR DEBATE
[...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the following points for use during the Security Council,s December 10 debate on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. Begin Points: The United States welcomes t [...]
2007-12-06 23:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY ICTR PREL ZL ZF RW
07STATE22976HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 22, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers below: NAME: Ben Balthazar Rutsinga CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs DATE OF BIRTH: 09 [...]
2007-02-23 23:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PHUM RW
07STATE24704HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 27, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Frank Tusingwire RANK: Lieutenant CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defens [...]
2007-02-28 16:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07STATE36459HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR ACOTA
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) This cable refers to the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Goodman Ruzibiza RANK: Lieutenant Colonel CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) GENDER: Male 3. (C/NF) Background: Bas [...]
2007-03-22 15:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07STATE60492HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR 14TH
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 4, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: James Safari RANK: Major CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 1969 GNEDE [...]
2007-05-04 14:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MASS PHUM RW
07STATE76684HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 31, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officers below: NAME: Camarade Murara RANK: Captain CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 25 [...]
2007-06-04 18:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE80790HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officers below: NAME: Chance Ndagano RANK: Major CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 01 Jul [...]
2007-06-11 16:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE80795HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Frank Bakunzi RANK: Captain CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 15 Feb [...]
2007-06-11 16:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE88264HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 22, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Andrew Kayumba RANK: Lieutenant CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 0 [...]
2007-06-25 15:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE91136HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 28, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer below: NAME: Cyprian Gatete RANK: Assistant Commissioner of Police CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Police Force DATE O [...]
2007-06-29 15:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK1095NOV 28 ICTY/ICTR UNSC WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] SUMMARY: Members of the UNSC Working Group on Residual Issues concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on Nevember 28 to discuss a non-paper prepared by the Chair (Indonesia) on the preparati [...]
2007-11-30 18:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK159UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: RWANDA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) This is a guidance request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) USUN Sanctions Unit Chief was approached by Rwandan First Counselor Nicholas Shalita on February 23 to request that the United States support a new resolution to modify the arms embargo on Rwanda. The Rwandans are consulting wit [...]
2007-02-28 19:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC RW
07USUNNEWYORK264UNSC ADOPTS RES 1749 (2007) ON RWANDA
[...] (SBU) On March 28, 2007, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1749, regarding Rwanda. The resolution, terminating with immediate effect the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),followed up on the Rwanda Sanctions Committee's recommendation to terminate the not [...]
2007-04-04 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK449DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4
[...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. He was particularly concerned by the lack of progress towards a stable solution to the political difficulties of the Kivus (especially the role of Rwanda and the need fo [...]
2007-06-05 22:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK470UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION
[...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...]
2007-06-12 16:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDBY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK507INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)-
[...] Amb. Gerald Scott, USUN Senior Area Adviser for Africa,and USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson met on June 21 with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and the GOR's representative to the ICTR, Mutabingwa Alloys, at their request, to discuss Rwanda's role in the ICTR's completion strateg [...]
2007-06-22 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS PREF PREL ZF RW
07VATICAN96HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...]
2007-06-13 14:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG
08BEIJING576SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR
[...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on a UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo [...]
2008-02-19 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ASEC ETTC CG RW CH
08BRUSSELS1680BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS
[...] Summary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern for the Belgian Government and one of the top stories in the Belgian press (French and Flemish). The GoB issued statements October 30 calling for an immediate [...]
2008-10-30 17:58:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
08BRUSSELS1885BELGIAN MFA MORE REALISTIC THAN OPTIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) According to MFA Congo Desk Officer Koen Adam, the Belgian government took note of the Rwanda - DRC statements from the December 4-5 Goma meeting. The GOB recognized several positive statements, and appreciated the goals to which the two countries committed. Belgium is realistic, however [...]
2008-12-12 18:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW BE
08BUJUMBURA336AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF GETS AN EARFUL OF BURUNDI'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During June 3-6 meetings with Director for Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian government, NGO and civil society interlocutors said that: - the repatriation of significant numbers of refugees could help Tanzania,s government consider residency, citizenship and long [...]
2008-06-27 09:23:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID PGOV PINR PREL BY CG RW
08BUJUMBURA603BURUNDI MAINTAINS PLEDGE FOR AMISOM THIRD BATTALION
[...] (U) Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Germain Niyoyankana assured the Ambassador November 28 that Burundi will indeed honor its pledge to provide a third battalion of Burundian troops for the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),and that Burundi stands ready to promise further batt [...]
2008-12-02 09:44:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO SO AU BY KE NI RW SU UG ET
08DURBAN27XENOPHOBIA IN DURBAN: KZN OFFICALS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) Beginning the week of May 19, local police, officials and NGO's confirmed the spread of violence targeting foreign nationals in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. By May 27, while fearful foreign nationals continued to seek safety away from their homes, no new incidents of violence agai [...]
2008-05-30 18:10:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALSF ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM PREF CG BY RW
08DURBAN33UPDATE ON CIVILIAN DISPLACEMENT FROM XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE IN
[...] (U) On 20 June, Pol/Econoff visited sites throughout the greater Durban area hosting displaced persons from last month's wave of xenophobic violence to assess the current levels of displacement and identify any immediate humanitarian needs. Hundreds of the original 1750 displaced persons in re [...]
2008-06-26 15:26:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIEDSF PGOV PHUM PREF CG BY RW ABLD
08GUANGZHOU307GUANGZHOU GOVERNMENT GRAPPLES WITH "AFRICA TOWN"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The local authorities have responded to the growing numbers and high concentrations of Africans in various Guangzhou neighborhoods by quietly funding research into crime rates, religious practices, and tax payments associated with their activities. It is unclear whether this is [...]
2008-06-03 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PREL SOCI XA CH NI ML RW
08JAKARTA338RWANDA/DRC -- SEEKING GOI SUPPORT FOR UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Pol/C underscored the need for a UN Security Council resolution condemning such groups as the FDLR, the FAR and the Interahamwe. DEPLU [...]
2008-02-21 07:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC UNSC ID RW CG
08KIGALI106PRESIDENT KAGAME'S MEDIA COMMENTS ON KENYA
[...] (U) Recent comments made by Rwandan President Paul Kagame about the use of military force to resolve the situation in Kenya have resulted in a series of articles in local and international media, both critical and supportive of his views. In one interview, Kagame expressed a desire to see mor [...]
2008-02-08 11:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI107SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 40 RWANDAN OFFICERS
[...] (U) Summary. A Spanish judge's indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers for mass killings has been viewed with measured skepticism by the Rwandan government, which awaits receipt and evaluation of the judicial documents. Media versions of the judge's statements suggest that outlandish an [...]
2008-02-08 11:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MOPS RW
08KIGALI111RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Bush's February 19 visit to Rwanda is eagerly anticipated by the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and the Rwandan people. President and Mrs. Bush will be warmly welcomed. This visit is already widely viewed as serving to underscore the U.S. Government's d [...]
2008-02-11 09:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MASS EAID RW
08KIGALI112RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 14:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI113JUSTICE MINISTER ON ILAC REPORT, BWINDI
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met February 4 with Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama. The Minister expressed strong reservations about the justice sector survey conducted by the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC),saying it was not a proper basis for a fund-raising efforts, as n [...]
2008-02-11 15:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI114TWO JOURNALISTS CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL LIBEL
[...] (U) On February 8, a Rwandan district court convicted two journalists, Charles Kabonero and Didas Gasana, of criminal libel. The judge imposed a one year suspended sentence, placed the two men on two year's probation, and required payment of a one million Rwandan franc fine (about USD 1800) [...]
2008-02-12 10:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI116RWANDA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande to present points on seeking support for Kosovo's upcoming declaration of independence. Pol/econ chief subsequently spoke twice with Ministry of Foreign Affairs directors on this issue and gave them a non-paper on the subj [...]
2008-02-13 13:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI121PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE
[...] Post requests FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funding for the baseline assessment project summarized below. A. Applicant name: Post is in the process of determining which NGO will be most capable of conducting such a baseline assessment. KURET, a local NGO, has done a recent and quite excellent stu [...]
2008-02-20 06:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI125GOR RECEIVED INVITATION FOR THE WASHINGTON
[...] EconOff received confirmation from an official within the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure that the Minister of State for Energy and Communications, Albert Butare, had received an invitation from the German Government to attend the Washington International Conference on Renewable Energy (WIR [...]
2008-02-25 13:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG RW EPET
08KIGALI134HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AVIATION LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive training in the AFSAT Aviation Leadership Program on March 8, 2008. Last Name First Name Rank DOB -------- [...]
2008-02-26 15:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI135HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive ACOTA training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- AGABA Charle [...]
2008-02-26 15:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI137RWANDA 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Post submits the following information for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report. Responses are keyed to reftel. ------------- 27. CHECKLIST ------------- A. Rwanda is a source country for small numbers of women and children trafficked for sexual exploitation, domestic labor, and, i [...]
2008-02-27 15:02:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RW
08KIGALI138RWANDA ON PROPOSED TERMINATION OF RWANDA SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 15:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC RW
08KIGALI148HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CUSTOMS AND BORDER
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive USG-sponsored training on customs and border protection practices. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- [...]
2008-03-04 10:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI151EUROPEAN COMMISSION TEAMS RECOMMEND MONITORS,
[...] (C) Summary. Two groups of EC election experts recently visited Rwanda. One team, concerned with election monitoring, will recommend to Brussels that a 60-plus election monitoring team be sent to Rwanda for the Chamber of Deputies election this fall. An earlier EC group, which evaluated p [...]
2008-03-05 15:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI16FUEL SHORTAGES POSSIBLE AS RESULT OF KENYA UNREST
[...] (SBU) Political unrest in Kenya has meant no fuel trucks arriving in Rwanda from Kenyan railway depots for the last week or more (as in Uganda - see reftel). Rwanda has a fuel storage capacity of 29 million liters (gasoline and diesel); stocks now sit at 5 million liters of gasoline and 1.5 [...]
2008-01-09 07:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI161RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly economic roundup includes: -- Commercial News: - Mobile Phone Industry Heats Up - New Stock Exchange Continues to Grow - Property Registration Fees Change -- Investment Issues: Bilateral Investment Treaty Signed -- Regional Issues: - Kenyan Viol [...]
2008-03-06 13:55:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI165TIM SHORTLEY MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER AND GREAT
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Envoy for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Charles Murigande and Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera March 6 to discuss rebel Congolese militia leader Laurent Nkunda, the Kivus Peace Process and the Nairobi Agreement, and [...]
2008-03-10 07:27:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI166MODEST CABINET RESHUFFLE IN RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. President Kagame reshuffled his cabinet on March 7, issuing a late-night communique listing a 28- person body of Ministers and Ministers of State, twenty-three of whom served in the previous cabinet. Most major ministries went unchanged, with the Prime Minister and Ministers [...]
2008-03-10 14:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM RW
08KIGALI167FORMER RDF SPOKESMAN AND SPY CHIEF PATRICK
[...] (C) Leah Karegeya, wife of Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former RDF spokesman and Director of External Intelligence at the Rwandan National Security Service, met with PolOff on March 6 to provide information on the whereabouts and activities of her husband and of her own current situation in Rwand [...]
2008-03-10 15:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI178Rwanda Update for 2008 President?s Report on
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following provides an update for the 2007 President?s Report on AGOA for Rwanda. Economic Situation: The government exercises, chiefly through the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, manages the economic health of the country, including tax co [...]
2008-03-13 11:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD RW
08KIGALI179RWANDA CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED REPORT ON FISCAL
[...] SUMMARY: President Paul Kagame continues to be a strong proponent of fiscal transparency within the Rwandan government (GOR). His government's strong anti- corruption stance, policies of financial openness and several significant financial reforms have been commended by the IMF as well as ot [...]
2008-03-13 11:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI2ALLEGATIONS OF "GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY" IN SECONDARY
[...] (C) Summary. In December allegations of "genocide ideology" surfaced regarding a number of secondary schools around Rwanda. A parliamentary Commission report criticized the Ministry of Education for its alleged lack of concern, and the Education Minister received heavy criticism herself at [...]
2008-01-03 08:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC RW
08KIGALI201HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRIPARTITE PLUS
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to attend a Tripartite-Plus Intelligence Refresher Course (ranks are N/A): Last Name First Name DOB --------- --- [...]
2008-03-19 13:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI202RECENT PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAIR EXPRESS CAUSE CONCERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recently Rwandair Express (Rwandair),Rwanda's regional airline carrier, has been experiencing major breakdowns in both airline safety and customer service. Concerned about the safety of American citizens and Mission staff who frequently use Rwandair to travel around the regio [...]
2008-03-19 16:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN EINV AMGT CASC RW
08KIGALI203UPDATE ON GACACA GENOCIDE CASES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Gacaca courts by the end of 2007 had heard over one million genocide cases, with just under seventy thousand cases remaining. New gacaca legislation will move most category one cases (the most serious suspects, just under nine thousand) from regular courts to the gacaca sys [...]
2008-03-20 10:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
08KIGALI204JOINT GOVERANCE ASSESSMENT UNDERWAY
[...] (C) Summary. A team of independent researchers has completed a first draft of a Joint Governance Assessment (JGA),an effort directly jointly by the Government of Rwanda and development partners (and funded by the World Bank). The Assessment analyzed three areas of concern, Ruling Justly, [...]
2008-03-20 12:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RW
08KIGALI224IMF POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY
[...] A recent IMF mission concluded a two-week Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) review with an overall assessment that Rwanda's economy continues to perform well, reaching 6 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2007. This was the IMF's fourth review under the three-year arran [...]
2008-03-26 06:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI225JOURNALIST UNDER FIRE AFTER KAGAME-HITLER
[...] (U) Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor-in-chief of Umuco (an independent Kinyarwanda-language paper),is being sought by Rwandan authorities after the publication of a highly controversial and inflammatory March 12 - 27 issue that among other things compared President Kagame to Hitler. The major [...]
2008-03-26 12:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
08KIGALI227INTERPOL ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR RWANDAN
[...] (SBU) Presidential Chief of Protocol Rose Kabuye informed CDA March 27 that Rwanda had received an INTERPOL arrest warrant for Rwanda Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Brigadier General James Kabarebe following his indictment by a Spanish judge (reftel). Forty Rwandans were indicted by the [...]
2008-03-31 11:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI231RWANDA THREATENS PULL-OUT FROM UNAMID IF DEPUTY
[...] (C) Charge spoke with Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali March 31 on the margins of the White House Faith-Based Initiatives Conference regarding the apparent move by UN and or EU officials to remove Deputy UNAMID commander Karenzi Karake. General Karake and 39 other present and former Rwa [...]
2008-04-01 07:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
08KIGALI237FOREIGN MINISTER ON SPANISH INDICTMENTS AND TRAVEL
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali called in Charge on April 2 to discuss the Spanish indictments and their affect on the ability of senior Rwandan government officials to travel to the U.S. Museminali expressed considerable Government of Rwanda (GOR) unease and asked for a formal wri [...]
2008-04-02 16:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR MASS RW
08KIGALI246PRESIDENT KAGAME COMDEMNS SPANISH INDICTMENTS,
[...] (U) At a press conference on April 1, President Paul Kagame dismissed the indictment of 40 senior Rwandan military officers by a Spanish judge in angry tones, calling the judge arrogant, an example of Western critics who presume to tell third world countries how to run their affairs, and pol [...]
2008-04-03 16:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MASS RW
08KIGALI258RWANDA: UNHCR MANAGING SCARCITY AND INCREASED
[...] (U) Summary: Managing the Congolese refugee population in Rwanda presented a significant challenge to UNHCR and its implementing partners. Congolese continue to arrive in the camps, and the camp birth rate adds significantly to the refugee population. The camps are overcrowded, with space a [...]
2008-04-10 12:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI259RWANDANS DEMAND CHANGES TO JOINT GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Joint Governance Assessment (JGA) Steering Committee Co-Chairperson and Minister of Local Government Protais Musoni called an urgent meeting of the Committee March 26 to discuss the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) concerns with the first draft of the assessment. Ministers and other [...]
2008-04-10 12:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI260HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LESSONS LEARNED
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to attend a Lessons Learned - Peacekeeping Operations workshop in Accra, Ghana. Last Name First Name Rank DOB ------- [...]
2008-04-10 12:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI261HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICAN CENTER FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to attend an African Center for Strategic Studies workshop. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- -- [...]
2008-04-10 12:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI262MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - High Council of the Press Releases Strategic Plan - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - ICTR and GOR Sign Prisoner Accord - Auditor General's Report Published - 10th General Congress of Muslim Councils Meets --- [...]
2008-04-10 13:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI264 RWANDAIR REPLACES CEO - CANCELS FLIGHTS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former CEO of Rwandair, Manzi Kayihura, was arrested March 28 on charges of abuse of office. Rwanda's national airline has been battered recently by safety concerns, poor customer service and financial woes (reftel). Incoming CEO and former Board Chairman Gerald Zirimwabagabo c [...]
2008-04-10 15:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN EINV AMGT CASC RW
08KIGALI265RWANDA: REFUGEES BEING RECRUITED BY DRC ARMED
[...] (C) Summary: On March 11 2008, RefCoord met with staff of both UNHCR and UNICEF-Rwanda who expressed the conviction that representatives of armed groups from the DRC traveled to Rwanda on more than one occasion to recruit adolescent refugees as fighters. Although refugees refused to make off [...]
2008-04-10 15:44:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW
08KIGALI266PRESIDENT KAGAME CONTINUES TO CASTIGATE THE WEST
[...] (U) At April 7 genocide commemoration ceremonies at Nymata in eastern Rwanda (scene of extensive massacres in the 1994 genocide),President Paul Kagame (speaking consecutively in English and Kinyarwanda so "there could be no misinterpretation" of his comments) continued his harsh criticism of [...]
2008-04-11 06:04:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI269GRENADE ATTACK ON GENOCIDE MEMORIAL IN KIGALI
[...] (C) At approximately 7:00 p.m. local time on April 10, an unidentified individual tossed a grenade at the entrance gate to the Gisozi Genocide Memorial Center in Kigali. One policeman at the gate was killed, and another policeman wounded. By some accounts, a group of mourners were leaving t [...]
2008-04-11 11:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI270HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive ACOTA training to command the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) 19th Battalion in a peace keeping mission in Darfur. Ple [...]
2008-04-14 09:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI273 EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2008
[...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post supports a request from the Government of Rwanda (GOR) to host Embassy Science Fellow Maxine Levine, USDA in 2008. The GOR has agreed to provide housing and office space for the proposed Science Fellow. Embassy point of contact is Alexander Sokoloff; ema [...]
2008-04-15 15:54:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER RW
08KIGALI276WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR VISITS RWANDA ON ICTR CASE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Ambassador Clint Williamson met with a variety of Rwandan officials April 13-16 to discuss the prospects for case transfers from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR. Cautioning officials that the ICTR may initially rule agains [...]
2008-04-17 12:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR RW
08KIGALI279APPEALS JUDGE ON GACACA PROCESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
[...] (C) Summary. A gacaca court sector president reported that most cases had been adjudicated without problem, and that the Hutu and Tutsi communities had largely accepted the proceedings and the sentences. Her court had expended much time and energy sorting through false accusations, and the [...]
2008-04-18 11:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI292THE SPANISH INDICTMENTS: OUTRAGEOUS AND INACCURATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers offers an unrecognizable version of some of the most painful and violent episodes in Rwanda's history, distorting the established record, inventing mass killings, placing the blame for any misfortune Rwandans have suffered [...]
2008-04-24 08:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI293HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- KAGENERA Kamari S [...]
2008-04-24 11:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI295DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DARFUR EQUIPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) DATT and Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 25 to General Patrick Nyamvumba, J4 at the Ministry of Defense. PAE contractor Riaan Slabbert and AF/SPG contractor Bob Goosey accompanied. USG team presented a training and support services list to General Nyamvumba, which t [...]
2008-04-28 12:51:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO RW
08KIGALI300RWANDA: PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS NGO UNDER FIRE?
[...] (C) Summary: The executive secretaries of Rwanda's two most outspoken human rights organizations recently described their relations with the Government of Rwanda (GOR). The Great Lakes Human Rights League (LDGL) alleged harassment and attempts to damage the organization, while LIPRODHOR spoke [...]
2008-04-29 09:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI301RWANDA: NO PLANS FOR ALTERNATE NOMINEE FOR 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 15:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI302BWINDI ASSURANCES DOCUMENT RECEIVED FROM JUSTICE
[...] (C) Mission received on April 29 from Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama a Justice Ministry Document entitled "Goverment of Rwanda Assurances on Bwindi Defendants Leonidas Bimenyimana, Gregoire Nyaminani and Francois Karake." Full text of the document, dated April 29, 2008, appears below: [...]
2008-04-29 16:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI304CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments continue their cooperative relations on a number of fronts, with Chinese parastatals and private companies active in Rwanda, a number of development projects underway, and discussions continuing on various soft loans. As noted in refs B and C, China [...]
2008-04-30 14:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR SENV RW
08KIGALI305IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
[...] (U) Summary: For the majority of Rwandans who live in rural areas, good rains and harvests in 2007/2008 have kept prices for many staple crops at, or below, last year's prices. Urban Rwandans have not fared as well and are suffering from significant price increases -- in some cases up to 100 [...]
2008-04-30 14:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ETRD EGOV RW EAID
08KIGALI319RWANDA SUPPORTS US POSITION AT NPT PREPCOM
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee meeting to Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations in the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 2. Rutsinga expressed his government's continuing support for the NPT [...]
2008-05-05 09:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI32RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 06:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB RW
08KIGALI323RWANDA UNDERCUTS WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Rwandan Ministry of Information hosted a widely attended program of lectures in honor of World Press Freedom Day on May 2. The government expelled three independent journalists midway through the proceedings, claiming they had not been invited. Following the expulsions, t [...]
2008-05-06 08:18:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KPAO RW
08KIGALI324RWANDA - OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali has taken several strides to reach out to activists for democracy and dissidents since the Secretary's request for such action by Chiefs of Mission. Ambassador and Embassy personnel have met frequently with members of independent political parties, human rights and civil soc [...]
2008-05-06 08:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL RW
08KIGALI325MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Four Political Parties In Breach of Financial Regulations - Minister of Justice Campaigns Against "Judicial Sadism" - Killings of Genocide Survivors Climb? - Fighting "Genocide Ideology" Ombudsman Criticizes Four Par [...]
2008-05-06 09:01:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI330MASS FIRING OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TEACHERS
[...] (C) Summary. Jehovah's Witnesses officials reported 142 of their members had been fired from their jobs as teachers after refusing to participate in nation-wide goverment solidarity camps. They reported increased difficulties with the government since public criticism by the new Minister of [...]
2008-05-09 11:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF RW
08KIGALI338HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- NKUBIRI Jean [...]
2008-05-12 15:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI343PROGRESS ON BWINDI ASSURANCES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a May 14 meeting with pol/econ chief, Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga offered to sign an additional assurances document, as head of the independent agency within the Rwandan Government responsible for all public prosecut [...]
2008-05-14 13:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM RW
08KIGALI348ICAO'S NINETEENTH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING
[...] (U) Econoff presented reftel talking points to Dr. Richard Masozera, Director General of Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority. Dr. Masozera was just appointed to his current position six weeks ago and was not aware of ICOA's Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting scheduled to meet in [...]
2008-05-18 08:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EGOV PTER PREL RW
08KIGALI351HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to attend the Golden Spear conference: Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- SEBAGANJI [...]
2008-05-19 12:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI363 RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's lea [...]
2008-05-23 10:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI364RWANDA SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: FY 2007 STATUS
[...] (U) Summary: During FY 2007 Embassy Kigali selected twelve projects for the Ambassador's Self Help Program with total allocations of USD 75,000. All of the projects are on-going and performing satisfactorily. End summary. 2. (U) Project(s) summary and status as follows: A. Project N [...]
2008-05-23 10:31:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AFIN EGOV RW
08KIGALI368 RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's l [...]
2008-05-27 06:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI369RWANDA - SPANISH INDICTMENTS "MERE ARROGANCE"
[...] (U) Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including President Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama, continue their campaign against the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). In comments delivered to commemorate Israel's 60th year, Kagame called the [...]
2008-05-27 13:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI377PROPOSALS FOR FY 2008 AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following two proposals for consideration for funding by the FY 2008 Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees. Note: Post will submit more detailed information on each project to PRM via unclass e-mail. Project: Concrete Drainage System and Spring Capping Description: T [...]
2008-05-30 11:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF RW
08KIGALI38 RWANDAN OFFICIALS ON NAIROBI AGREEMENT AND THE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on January 14 and Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera on January 15 regarding the Kivus Conference, events in eastern Congo, and the Nairobi Agreement. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) will consider attend [...]
2008-01-15 16:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA RW
08KIGALI380MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Minister of Information Battles Independent Media - RPF Meets on Genocide, Defense of Government Policy - Spillover of Spanish Indictments - Genocide Fugitive Reaches Out to GOR? - National Electoral Commission on Track [...]
2008-06-02 15:59:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI381RWANDA - INFORMATION ON FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN
[...] (U) Post submits the following information on the presence of forced and child labor in the production of goods in Rwanda. - Good: Tea - Type of exploitation found in tea production: Exploitative child labor - Sources of information and years: -- Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia Toget [...]
2008-06-03 11:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
08KIGALI392EMBASSY VISIT TO GIKONDO TRANSIT CENTER
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief and Pol Assistant visited the Gikondo Transit Center in Kigali in late May. Kigali City Vice Mayor for Social Affairs Jeanne D'Arc Gakuba and center officials conducted a tour of the large spare complex, formerly a warehouse, in a mixed industrial and residential area o [...]
2008-06-06 08:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI393INCREASED FDLR INFILTRATIONS INTO RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. Rwandan security officials reported 76 "infiltrations" by Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) intelligence squads since January 1, with 14 operatives captured, and some killed in firefights with Rwandan border forces. Accompanying these infiltrations, a number [...]
2008-06-06 11:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI402UPDATED CONTACT NUMBERS FOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information on Rwandan government officials. Country code for Rwanda is 250. Cell phones are generally more reliable than land lines. - Head of State Last/Family Name: KAGAME First/Middle Names: Paul Conventional Usage: Paul Kagame Formal Title: His Excel [...]
2008-06-11 06:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI410RWANDA HOSTS SUCCESSFUL JOINT MONITORING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. On June 4, Rwanda hosted delegations from the DRC, the European Union, United States, United Nations, South Africa, and African Union for the fourth Joint Monitoring Group - Envoys' Level meeting. Participants discussed continuing implementation of the Nairobi Accord and its int [...]
2008-06-11 15:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI414RWANDA AND OPIC - PROJECTS AVAILABLE, OBSTACLES
[...] (U) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Executive Vice President John Simon met with Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, members of the private sector, and potential project partners during a visit to Rwanda June 4 and 5. In these discussions, Simon described to receptive audienc [...]
2008-06-13 09:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI415FOUR RWANDAN OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1994 REVENGE
[...] (U) On June 11, a Rwandan military spokesman announced the arrest of four military officers (one retired) for the June 5, 1994 killing of 13 Catholic clergy, including several bishops, at Kabgayi, a Catholic church complex. These alleged murders occured at the height of the genocide, when a [...]
2008-06-13 10:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI422TRANSFER OF GENOCIDE SUSPECTS TO RWANDA - UK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rwanda has received three different judicial evaluations recently of its capacity to try 1994 genocide suspects returned from abroad. A British district judge most recently ruled in favor of the extradition of four individuals to Rwanda for trial, citing sufficient judicial in [...]
2008-06-18 14:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI423HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- MWIZA Mutagoma C [...]
2008-06-19 15:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI425RWANDA HOSTS SIXTH CHOD MEETING
[...] (C) Participants at a June 19-20 Chiefs of Defense Staff meeting in Kigali agreed upon the following proposals: -- Operationalize the existing FARDC/MONUC plan against negative forces -- Share timely information and intelligence during those operations -- FARDC/MONUC to establish a mobilii [...]
2008-06-23 11:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI436RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR BILL NELSON
[...] (SBU) Introduction: Senator Nelson's visit to Rwanda comes at a promising time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide-range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as expanding economic development, peacekeeping in Darfur, resolving t [...]
2008-06-25 14:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI439RWANDA: AU DELEGATION
[...] The Rwandan delegation consists of Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali and Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama. They are at Sharm el-Sheikh now, and will likely depart July 3. The Rwandan Foreign Ministry did not have hotel information on the delegation, but promised to forward when obta [...]
2008-06-27 12:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM OVIP RW
08KIGALI442RWANDA HOSTS FIRST EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: On June 26-28, Rwanda hosted the 9th East African Community (EAC - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi) Heads of State Summit in conjunction with the first-ever EAC Investment Conference. EAC leaders focused on the need to improve transportation and energy infrastructure, [...]
2008-06-30 15:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI450RWANDA TO CRITICS OF ITS JUDICIAL REFORM - "GIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Rwandan Ministry of Justice, with financial support from the World Bank and Belgian Technical Cooperation, hosted a conference June 16-18 on the state of the Rwandan judicial system since the 2003 implementation of reforms. During the conference, officials from the Government [...]
2008-07-02 10:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI453KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 15:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO RW
08KIGALI455RWANDA: MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) Kitty Llewelyn (protect),editor of the Sunday magazine for Rwanda's only daily newspaper, the English-language New Times, spoke with poloff June 7 about her experience as an expatriate working for the paper. Llewellyn described a culture in which members of the news room struggled against [...]
2008-07-03 14:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI456AU SUMMIT SUPPORTS RWANDA ON UNIVERSAL
[...] (SBU) Rwanda continues its campaign against French and Spanish indictments of senior Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials. At the recent AU Summit in Egypt, the Assembly endorsed a "Report of the Commission on the Abuse of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction." The report noted the "poli [...]
2008-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA RW
08KIGALI460HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS WORKSHOP
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individuals scheduled to attend ACSS Workshop in Kampala, Uganda Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- Kayiranga [...]
2008-07-10 12:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI461SENATOR NELSON VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D - FL) visited Rwanda July 4-6, meeting separately with President Kagame and National Security Service General Secretary Emmanuel Ndahiro, discussing Rwanda's regeneration after the 1994 genocide and intelligence matters, respectively. He also lunched wit [...]
2008-07-10 12:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI475MILITARY PROSECUTOR ON CASE AGAINST FOUR SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary. Investigation proceeds against the four soldiers arrested for the killing of Catholic clergymen in 1994 -- two have confessed their role in the killings, two maintain their innocence. No other cases of revenge killings appear to be under consideration by the military prosecuto [...]
2008-07-11 11:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI483JOURNALIST EXPELLED FROM RWANDA
[...] (U) On Saturday, July 12, Rwandan immigration authorities deported independent journalist Furaha Mugisha, the deputy managing editor of RIMEG, a local media group that produces the Umuseso and Newsline newspapers. The government-aligned Sunday Times headlined the expulsion, "Tanzanian With [...]
2008-07-15 10:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI488RWANDAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 15:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA RW
08KIGALI495HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMHT COURSE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individuals scheduled to attend IMHT course entitled "International Military HIV/AIDS Training - IMHT" Last Name First Name Rank DOB -------- [...]
2008-07-24 11:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI496HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET COURSE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual scheduled to attend the IMET "Basic Officer's Course - Military Training" Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- - [...]
2008-07-24 11:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI497HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA POLICE TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individuals scheduled to attend a Criminal Investigation Course at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Gaborone, Botswana. Last Name Fi [...]
2008-07-24 11:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI499MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE PLEDGES STRONGER PROTECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a U.S.-led conference on conservation of the Greater Virunga Transboundary Landscape - home to the world's last 700 mountain gorillas - ministers from Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pledged to strengthen conservation and security efforts in the region [...]
2008-07-24 15:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI5MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Rwanda's Fifth National Dialogue -- The Rwandan Patriotic Front's 20th Anniversary Congress -- Changes in NGO Registration Procedures -- The High Council of the Press "Validation Workshop" President Chairs Fifth National D [...]
2008-01-04 09:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI503RWANDA: ZIMBABWE DEMARCH DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 15:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SADC RW
08KIGALI510RWANDA - EVIDENCE OF NKUNDA RECRUITING FROM
[...] (C) CDA Sim received an internal UNHCR Kigali report July 30 detailing efforts by associates of renegade General Laurent Nkunda to recruit combatants from Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda. The report (text below),which does not identify sources of information at Gihembe refugee camp, indica [...]
2008-07-30 16:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI516HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AUGUST 11 ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual and battalion scheduled to receive ACOTA Training Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- GASANA Jo [...]
2008-08-01 09:54:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI517HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AUGUST 11 ACSS WORKSHOP
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual scheduled to attend the ACSS workshop in Kampala, Uganda Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- - [...]
2008-08-01 10:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI521RWANDA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UPDATE
[...] (C) Preparations have begun in earnest for the September elections for the Chamber of Deputies. Late July, the EU elections monitoring advance team arrived in Kigali to begin preparations for its long-term and short-term observer teams. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented a code of cond [...]
2008-08-05 12:47:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM RW
08KIGALI525ETHNICITY IN RWANDA -- WHO GOVERNS THE COUNTRY?
[...] (C/NF) An analysis of the ethnic breakdown of the current Rwandan government shows Tutsis hold a preponderant percentage of senior positions. Hutus in very senior positions often hold relatively little real authority, and are commonly "twinned" with senior Tutsis who exercise real power. Th [...]
2008-08-05 16:34:00Embassy KigaliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PINS RW
08KIGALI533RWANDAN OFFICIALS ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (S) Summary. Rwandan officials in meetings with CODEL Payne staffers and Charge disputed recruitment at refugee camps in Rwanda by the wife of Laurent Nkunda, but admitted recruitment by other operatives takes place. These officials also dismissed the recent RUD-URUNANA surrender as a sham, [...]
2008-08-07 11:50:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI534NEIGHBORHOODS FLATTENED TO MAKE WAY FOR URBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 14:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI536RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Constitutional Amendments - Responding to Indictments - Last Political Prisoner Seeks Pardon, Without Apology - Prison Life Gets Tougher - New Policy on Visits and Food - Senate Calls for Closure of Gikondo Detention Center [...]
2008-08-08 13:18:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI552FURTHER PROGRESS ON BWINDI ASSURANCES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request - see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Charge met with Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama and Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga August 11 to discuss the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) assurances letter necessary for the deportation of the Bwindi defendants back to Rwand [...]
2008-08-12 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KCRM RW
08KIGALI558CHEVRON PULLS OUT OF RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Chevron closed shop in Rwanda. Citing extensive fraud in its Rwandan operations (including in the alleged fueling of MONUC aircraft that had not been in Kigali),and friction with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on compliance with U.S. sanctions against fueling aircraft [...]
2008-08-13 14:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI559HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual scheduled to attend ACSS Workshop at Marshal Center in Germany Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- [...]
2008-08-13 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI560RWANDA - DEMARCHE ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali dismissed concerns about the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (ref A). In particular, she rejected any notion that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) continued to support Laurent Nkunda and the CNDP and allowed them [...]
2008-08-14 15:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI563GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA ASSURANCES ON BWINDI
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Embassy received the following Letters of Assurance on Bwindi Defendants received from the Government of Rwanda on August 18, 2008 (reftel). 3. (SBU) BEGIN TEXTS: The Government of Rwanda would like to make the following [...]
2008-08-19 10:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI602RWANDA ACCEPTS 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF USG DARFUR
[...] (U) On September 3, Charge formally presented to the Rwanda Defense Forces approximately twenty million dollars of equipment and transportation support items under the Global Peace Operations Initiative, intended for use by Rwanda's UNAMID contingent in Darfur. The entire upper echelon of th [...]
2008-09-04 11:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS RW
08KIGALI603MINISTER OF INFORMATION ON "BIASED" VOA AND BBC
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Minister of Information Louise Mushikiwabo August 28 to discuss her recent comments regarding possible suspension of the BBC and VOA broadcast transmissions for "non-factual" reporting. The BBC is now officially "boycotted" by the GOR, while the local Kinyarwan [...]
2008-09-04 15:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI606HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual scheduled to attend the IMET course, "Ordnance Basic Officer Leadership." Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- - [...]
2008-09-05 10:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI613RWANDA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, EGYPT
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met September 8 with Ben Rutsinga, IO Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to present several demarches. On the USG's human rights agenda at the upcoming UNGA session (ref A),as he has many times in the past Rutsinga noted Rwanda's "skeletal" team at the United N [...]
2008-09-09 14:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA PHUM RW
08KIGALI615SHORTLEY MEETS SENIOR RWANDAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) In conversations with Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley, Rwandan officials agreed that CNDP forces should pull back from forward positions gained in last several days in eastern Congo. While denying any special links with Nkunda forces, they agreed to send messages to [...]
2008-09-10 12:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MASS MOPS RW
08KIGALI620RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Release of Mucyo Commission report on French Responsibility in 1994 Genocide - Former ICTR Prosecutor on Rwandan Justice System, Universal Jurisdiction, and Transfer of Cases - Legislative Campaign Kick-Off - Some Reporters Shut Out - Kagame Talks Tough in Inter [...]
2008-09-11 16:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI624"CONTROLLED DEMOCRACY" - THE RULING RPF DOMINATES
[...] (C) Summary. President Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) has dominated the Chamber of Deputies election campaign, with several prQdural assists from the National Electoral CommissiQ The RPF has far surpassed the efforts of the two small parties also contesting thQelection -- the L [...]
2008-09-12 08:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI631FIRST WE TAKE POWER, THEN WE SHARE IT - THE RPF
[...] (C) On September 15, at polling stations nationwide the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) won well over 90 percent of the vote, as witnessed by hundreds of local and international observers. At these polling stations, the Liberal Party (PL) and Social Democratic Party (PSD) consistently p [...]
2008-09-18 07:04:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
08KIGALI652RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #1
[...] (SBU) Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) J4 General Patrick Nyamvumba discussed readiness, timetables and deployment obstacles with pol/econ chief September 23. Nyamvumba described the early September Integrated Team Visit (ITV) by UN officials as a success, the two sides agreeing that Rwanda was g [...]
2008-09-23 15:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL RW KPKO
08KIGALI668RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #2
[...] (SBU) In conversation with our DATT on September 30, Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) J4 General Patrick Nyamvumba said the UN Pre-Deployment Visit (PDV) team noted in reftel will now arrive on October 8 for a three day final assessment of Rwanda's readiness to deploy to Darfur (other PDVs may be [...]
2008-10-02 09:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL RW KPKO
08KIGALI671IRAN, KOSOVO, NON-PROLIFERATION DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-05 11:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM UNGA RW
08KIGALI708AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - RWANDA
[...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel. Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2.(U) With 85 percent of its population engaged in subsistence agriculture, Rwanda's economic priorities include poverty alleviation, encouraging private investment and infrastructure d [...]
2008-10-07 12:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI709RWANDA SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: OBLIGATION
[...] (U) Summary: On September 26, 2008 CDA signed six grant agreements totaling $40,000 for the Ambassador's Self Help Program for FY 2008. Post has fully obligated all of the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program funds in FY 2008. 2. (U) Project(s) summary and status as follows: A. Proj [...]
2008-10-07 13:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AFIN EGOV RW
08KIGALI710RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONVOKES DIP CORPS ON DRC
[...] (C) Summary. In remarks to the local diplomatic corps on October 7, Foreign Minister Museminali and Great Lakes Envoy Richard Sezibera condemned the continuing "co-location" and joint operations of the FDLR and FARDC, called for renewed application of the various peace agreements and Securi [...]
2008-10-07 17:01:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO PHUM RW CG
08KIGALI714RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #3
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 15:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
08KIGALI731RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #4
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 16:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
08KIGALI741PEACE, STABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, NOT WAR, ARE
[...] (C) Summary. Absent significant ethnic cleansing of Rwandaphone populations in eastern Congo, or a serious attack by the FDLR across the border, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) will likely keep its cool, keep its policy focus on development, and grit its collective teeth as it exchanges allega [...]
2008-10-17 11:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
08KIGALI743ONE NEW MINISTER APPOINTED, SMALL SHUFFLE OF OTHER
[...] (U) On Sunday, October 19, Radio Rwanda announced the appointment of Dr. Richard Sezibera, formerly the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, as Minister of Health. He took the place of Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo, who won election to the Chamber of Deputies in September as a Social Democrat [...]
2008-10-21 07:01:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI75KOUCHNER VISIT TO KIGALI: GREAT ATMOSPHERICS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visited Kigali for four hours on January 26, sandwiched between stops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso. Kouchner visited the Gisozi Genocide Memorial, and had talks with President Kagame, including a joint appearan [...]
2008-01-31 10:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL RW
08KIGALI750RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - EU Monitoring Team Privately Confirms Faulty Election Results - Chamber of Deputies Members Sworn In, Elect Speaker, Two Deputy Speakers - Government Seizes Newspaper Edition at Border - Cabinet Directs Expedited Adoption of English as Language of Instruction [...]
2008-10-23 13:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI752UN TEAM FINDS EVIDENCE OF CNDP FINANCIAL SUPPORT
[...] (C) DATT and Pol/Econ Chief spoke on October 22 with Jason Stearns, member of the UN Group of Experts for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, regarding the Group's investigation of financial assistance to renegade General Nkunda's CNDP. Stearns said his group had documentary evidence of ov [...]
2008-10-24 06:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI754RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #5
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 11:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
08KIGALI755RWANDA REINFORCING CONGOLESE BORDER; INVESTIGATING
[...] (C) Charge met October 24 with outgoing Great Lakes Envoy Richard Sezibera to discuss eastern Congo issues and other matters. When asked of the UN Group of Experts investigations into financial transfer by CNDP supporters to a Rwandan bank (reftel),Sezibera said he had met with the Group's [...]
2008-10-24 11:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI758TWO CONVICTED, TWO ACQUITTED, IN 1994 REVENGE
[...] (U) On October 24, a Rwandan military court sentenced two army captains to eight years in jail for the murder of 15 Catholic clergy and lay brothers, including several bishops, in June 1994 near Kabgayi, a Catholic church complex. Two other officers, a general and major, were acquitted by the [...]
2008-10-28 14:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
08KIGALI759RWANDA PROMULGATES PROBLEMATIC LAW ON "GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) With its publication in the October 1 Official Gazette, the Rwandan government promulgated a new law, "Relating to the Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Ideology," complementing the 2003 statute, "Punishing the Crime of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes." The new law was [...]
2008-10-28 14:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
08KIGALI763RWANDA: UNHCR SEES INCREASED POPULATION MOVEMENT
[...] (SBU) Officials from the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) in Kigali told poloffs October 29 that since the morning of October 28 some 1200 individuals had crossed from North Kivu into Rwanda near Gisenyi, and that more were amassing on the border. The individuals had declined [...]
2008-10-29 16:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI768FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the local diplomatic corps October 29 on events in eastern Congo and the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) relations with the DRC. Museminali claimed that Rwandan armed forces had not fired in response to a Congolese armed forces (FARDC) [...]
2008-10-31 10:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI769RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #6
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 12:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
08KIGALI794MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KAGAME OF RWANDA TO PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] The following letter was received on November 6, 2008 from the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to President-Elect Barack Obama: 05 November 2008 President-Elect Barack Obama United States of America Dear President-Elect Barack Obama, It gives me great pleasure to convey to you, the [...]
2008-11-06 12:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP RW
08KIGALI795RWANDA RELATIVELY UNSCATHED BY GLOBAL FINANCIAL
[...] (U) Summary: The global financial crisis has so far spared Rwanda. Rwanda's small financial sector, limited import/export trade, subsistence agriculture and donor-supported public sector are on the periphery of the global financial system and as such only indirectly impacted by the financi [...]
2008-11-10 08:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI796SENIOR RWANDAN OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN GERMANY
[...] (C) Summary. German authorities in Frankfurt arrested close Kagame confidant and Chief of Rwandan Presidential Protocol, Rose Kabuye, under a European arrest warrant, based on indictments issued by a French judge in 2006. Kabuye requested transfer to France, where she will answer charges that [...]
2008-11-10 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI798RWANDA ON NO-ACTION MOTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 15:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI801RWANDA ON ARREST OF OFFICIAL, SITUATION IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps on November 13 on the arrest in Germany of Rose Kabuye (reftel),Chief of Presidential Protocol, and on the situation in the DRC and prospects for progress in peacemaking. On Rose Kabuye, Museminali, assisted by [...]
2008-11-13 16:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI810PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS NATIONWIDE IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (U) Following nine days of demonstrations in front of the German Embassy in Kigali concerning the arrest of Chief of Presidential Protocol Rose Kabuye in Stuttgart (with occasional protest marches in front of the Deutsche Welle radio station complex and the European Union offices, also in Kig [...]
2008-11-19 15:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI811RWANDA ON TALKS WITH CONGO, OBASANJO
[...] (U) In a follow-up to talks held in Kinshasa October 31 - November 1, a DRC delegation led by Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba visited Kigali November 14-15 to continue discussions on events in eastern Congo, normalization of relations, and next steps. Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary [...]
2008-11-20 12:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI818RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: -- Methane pilot project begins feeding power to national power grid -- International Finance Corporation (IFC) invests $4 million in Kivu Methane Gas Project -- Millicom wins tender to become Rwanda's third telecom provider -- MT [...]
2008-11-24 13:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI819RWANDA ON ANTI-ISRAEL AND COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief met November 24 with Joseph Kabakeza, Director General of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss reftel demarches on Anti-Israel resolutions (ref B) and the Non-Proliferation resolution (ref A). Kabakeza said his ministry wo [...]
2008-11-24 15:53:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNGA RW
08KIGALI820RWANDA'S REACTION TO KABUYE ARREST ENDANGERS VITAL
[...] (C) Ambassador met with the German Charge November 20, in the wake of the mass demonstrations (ref A) against the arrest of senior Rwandan official Rose Kabuye in Germany (ref B). Expressing considerable dismay at the recent turn of events in German-Rwandan relations (asking at one point, "W [...]
2008-11-25 14:37:00Embassy KigaliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI85RWANDA: SITUATION STABLE AFTER EARTHQUAKE
[...] (U) On the morning of February 3 a series of earthquakes struck Rwanda and the DRC in the area of southern Lake Kivu. The two most powerful quakes registered 6.0 and 5.0 on the Richter scale. In Rwanda, the most severe shocks were felt around the town of Cyangugu in the Western Province distri [...]
2008-02-04 12:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAID RW
08KIGALI856DEMARCHES ON UNESCO, IRAN, SOMALIA, KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral and Bilateral Relations Director Kato Ninyetegeka on December 15. On the UNESCO candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Kosni (ref B),Ninyetegeka reacted immediately to the information on Kosni' [...]
2008-12-16 16:44:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PGOV UNESCO PHUM KPKO PARM RW
08KIGALI859SUCCESSFUL JMG AND TRIPARTITE MEETINGS IN KIGALI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Rwandan government hosted successful Joint Monitoring Group - Envoys Level (JMG-EV) and Tripartite Plus Joint Commission meetings in Kigali from December 8-10. Participating governments and international organizations praised the recent progress and positive momentum of [...]
2008-12-18 09:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS RW
08KIGALI862RWANDA MINING REVIEW - NEW INVESTMENT, STRONG
[...] (U) Summary: Since privatization in early 2007, the Rwandan mining sector has experienced a surge in foreign investment and explosive growth of export earnings. 2008 mineral exports are expected to grow to over $100 million from $70 million in 2007 and less than $40 million in 2006. While tra [...]
2008-12-19 10:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI864RWANDA ON MAURITANIA AND AFRICAN UNION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 12:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM RW
08KIGALI865RWANDA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) reinforced border control measures to identify potential terrorists and to prevent the entry into Rwanda of armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda's intergovernmental counterterrorism committee and a counterterrorism react [...]
2008-12-22 12:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC RW
08KIGALI866DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING ACTIVITIES OF RWANDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 15:18:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PINS RW
08KIGALI871TAKING YES FOR AN ANSWER: SUPPORTING RWANDAN AND
[...] (C) Summary. The international community should reinforce recent positive contacts between Rwandan officials and their Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) counterparts so that they may capitalize on their new, mutual commitments. The U.S. and others have long urged the Rwandans and DRC t [...]
2008-12-24 13:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS PINR RW
08KIGALI872RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Effort to Form New Political Party - Protests Continue at German Embassy - FDLR Officer Reaches Rwanda - President Kagame Presides at National Dialogue and RPF Meeting - New Labor Code Under Consideration Disaffected PSD officer Tries to Form New Pa [...]
2008-12-24 13:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI876RWANDA: 2009 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following two projects for FY09 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF). 2. (U) Project 1: Initiating information linkages and collaboration between the Rwandan Small Business Support Center and Commercial News/Think Global Incorporated. -- Justificat [...]
2008-12-30 07:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID RW
08KIGALI93HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive IMET training at Maxwell Airforce Base. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- S [...]
2008-02-06 12:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KINSHASA118Joint Monitoring Group Task Force - Goma, February 1, 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Rwandan delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force meeting in Goma February 1 announced that Rwanda had completed its comprehensive (but never final) list of 6,400 genocidaires. It criticized the DRC for falling behind on its FDLR plan. MONUC/DDRRR reviewed its o [...]
2008-02-04 14:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR CG RW
08KINSHASA154 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, Goma, February 8
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting of the Nairobi process's Joint Monitoring Group Task Force February 8 in Goma was a bit testier than usual. The Rwandan side leveled charges of co-location of FDLR and FARDC forces, regretted that the Congolese government was not living up to its timetable of actions to [...]
2008-02-12 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG RW
08KINSHASA196 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force - February 22
[...] Summary. Intervention by MONUC political chief Christian Manahl February 22 in Goma promises to impose some discipline on future meetings of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force. Manahl conveyed JMG envoys' dismay at the meetings' lack of focus and presented generally well-received pr [...]
2008-02-26 10:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA207Congolese foreign minister concerned about timing of FDLR
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi told us February 21 he agreed with the idea of an UN Security Council resolution on the FDLR but had concerns about its timing. Mbusa is the Congolese signatory to the Nairobi communique with Rwanda, and has been working to organize a meeting with FDLR fac [...]
2008-02-28 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC ASEC KPKO CG RW ETTC
08KINSHASA215Task force held hostage
[...] (SBU) Summary. Predictions that Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) meetings would be short and productive were overly optimistic. The February 23 meeting led off with a fascinating four-hour briefing on DDRRR, then endured five-and-a-half hours of Rwandan-led wrangling over minutes. C [...]
2008-03-04 12:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA258GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 12TH MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 7 meeting of the Nairobi process Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force went smoothly and professionally. Discussion of the minutes of the previous meeting took only about 20 minutes. Congo noted it had launched its FDLR "sensibilization" campaign March 1. FDLR lead [...]
2008-03-15 18:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG RW EUN SF AU UN
08KINSHASA265GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 13TH MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The main agenda item of the March 14 meeting of the Nairobi process Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force was the DRC's plans for action against the ex-FAR/Interahamwe (ex-FAR/IH). FARDC and MONUC are planning to do something at some point in the coming months, but March 15 wi [...]
2008-03-17 15:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA273KAMERHE COMMITTED TO MOVING FORWARD ON GOMA AND
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe displayed command of the issues and strong personal rapport with AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley in their discussions on the Goma and Nairobi processes March 8 in Kinshasa. Kamerhe is committed to moving forward on both agreements and voic [...]
2008-03-19 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS RW CG
08KINSHASA274SHORTLEY BRIEFS P3+2+MONUC FOLLOWING MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley briefed P3 2 ambassadors March 7 in Kinshasa on his talks with Nkunda and Kigali the previous week. Shortley confirmed that Nkunda had agreed to rejoin the Goma process. Shortley stressed that the international community must treat Nkunda in a way [...]
2008-03-19 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR MOPS CG RW UN
08KINSHASA287GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 14TH MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary. The March 21 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force session in Goma went reasonably smoothly, with little wrangling. Congo characterized its post-March 15 military plans against the ex-FAR/Interahamwe as a "progressive operation," not "classical war." Rwanda characterized as "positi [...]
2008-03-24 07:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR PGOV KPKO CG RW SF UN EUN
08KINSHASA305GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 15TH MEETING OF JOINT
[...] Summary. The March 28 meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force in Goma was again generally businesslike. The DRC claims to have captured Rwandan-national CNDP fighters, and the prisoners have alleged the presence of more. The DRC also claims to have captured a brigade-level FD [...]
2008-03-31 09:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN EUN
08KINSHASA345GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 16th MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 16th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force for the Nairobi communIque April 4 in Goma was punctuated by several unexpected exchanges. The FARDC's regional military intelligence chief implied that CNDP is an ally against FDLR. The Congolese delegation repor [...]
2008-04-15 12:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG UN RW SF EUN
08KINSHASA346GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 17th MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: A smiling Vice Admiral Didier Etumba dropped into the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force April 11, and fast bumped heads with Rwandan delegates about the FARDC's "scenarios" for ridding the country of FDLR. None of this impeded Etumba's briefing or dampened its cordiality. [...]
2008-04-15 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS CG RW
08KINSHASA374GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 18TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rwanda told the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) during its April 18 session in Goma that it should be more active and consider meeting in the field as a matter of course, but drew no support. UN agencies led presentations on reducing negative impact on IDPs and retur [...]
2008-04-23 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA383AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON GAINS CONGOLESE SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with senior officials from the Congolese Government (GDRC),MONUC, NGOs and the diplomatic community during his April 9-12 visit to Kinshasa. He emphasized that his meetings were part of a broader Great Lakes visit [...]
2008-04-29 06:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS SOCI PINR CG RW UN
08KINSHASA463KISANGANI MEETING: POSITIVE MOVEMENT ON THE PART OF FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the May 26 Kisangani meeting at which the GDRC and elements from FDLR-RUD and the RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais) made public a document related to these armed groups' disarmament and repatriation or resettlement. The conference was principally ceremonial [...]
2008-05-27 13:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA488NAIROBI PROCESS - MOVING FORWARD AFTER KISANGANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: May 27-28 technical committee meetings following the Kisangani FDLR Conference reached agreement on the process through which the FDLR-RUD and RPR will disarm and begin repatriation to Rwanda or resettlement in the DRC. MONUC is guardedly optimistic regarding prospects for suc [...]
2008-06-03 12:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA520GOMA NOTES 06/05/2008: NAIROBI PROCESS - JMG TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The JMG Task Force traveled June 5 to Mwenga in South Kivu to observe actions being taken by the Congolese government against FDLR in the area. Three battalions consisting of 1,575 fighters are deployed throughout Mwenga town and district. Government representatives there insp [...]
2008-06-12 14:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA529MLC LEADERSHIP ON BEMBA AND MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a long discussion June 3, leaders of Bemba's MLC ("Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo") party told PolOff they are not planning further public demonstrations in Kinshasa following a canceled May 31 march in the capital. The strongest displays of support for Bemba have oc [...]
2008-06-16 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ECON CG RW
08KINSHASA553JUNE 19 MEETING OF STEERING GROUPS FOR AMANI AGREEMENTS,
[...] A joint meeting of the steering committees for the "Amani Process" (or Amani Program),and the "Nairobi Process' met in Kinshasa June 19 at the Ministry of the Interior. The meeting was chaired by Interior Minster Denis Kalume. Presenting an update on the Amani Process was its coordinator, F [...]
2008-06-25 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA555GOMA NOTES 06/13/08: NAIROBI PROCESS - 26TH MEETING OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 26th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, held in Bukavu June 13, featured a briefing on FARDC operations against the FDLR by General Patrick Masunzu of the 10th Military Region. Masunzu reported that four newly-deployed integrated and MONUC-trained battalions [...]
2008-06-25 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA599 MISSION OFFICER GOMA ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY WHEN UN CAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission officer Nicholas Jenks and a small party of international functionaries assigned to Goma undertook to visit territory held by irregular armed groups in outlying areas on Friday, July 18, together with "Museveni" (nom de guerre),representing the PARECO insurgency. The [...]
2008-07-22 07:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA678 DEMARCHE TO CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (U) Per instructions ref (A),Ambassador met August 14 with National Security Advisor Lufunda Kaumba and Deputy Interior Minister Joseph Mpango Okundo. Interior Minister Denis Kalume dropped out at the last minute and sent his deputy (Mpango Okundo) instead. Also present were DCM Brock and G [...]
2008-08-18 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PTER MOPS RW UG CG
08KINSHASA683UNHCR EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy's Political Officer in Goma spoke with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) leadership in Goma, Coordinator for the East Karl Steinacker and Head of Sub-Office Ibrahima Coly. After years of minimal involvement in North Kivu, UNHCR is ramping up programs in the c [...]
2008-08-20 09:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA916 WAR OF THE DIP NOTES CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Post has received a copy of the GDRC's diplomatic note no. 130/12/CH/0894/2008, which was sent October 9 via MONUC to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) in response to the GOR's note of October 5 criticizing the GDRC for an "alliance" between the DRC's armed forces and the ex-FAR/Interahamwe [...]
2008-10-22 13:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS CG RW
08LONDON2196DRC SANCTIONS: UK APPRECIATES INFORMATION, KEEN TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 13:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF CG RW UK
08LONDON2304COMMONWEALTH: NEW SYG BRINGS NEW ENERGY, SCOPE FOR LINKAGES WITH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 10:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM FJ RW UK
08LONDON2822DRC: UK FOCUSING ON POLITICAL SOLUTION, MAKING
[...] (C) Parliament is pressing HMG for deployment of additional troops to MONUC, but the Foreign Office is concentrating on a political solution to the crisis and increased MONUC flexibility, FCO Great Lakes Team Leader David Hall and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told us November 7. HMG will not sup [...]
2008-11-07 16:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR PREF PINS KPKO RW CG UK
08LONDON2976DRC:UK SUPPORTS EITI INCLUSION IN MONUC MANDATE, EXTENDED ARMS EMBARGO, FDLR SANCTIONS IMPOSITION SOONEST
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK supports inclusion of an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) paragraph in the MONUC renewal mandate, continuation of the arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 12 months, and imposition of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) [...]
2008-12-01 11:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EMIN UNSC KPKO PARM CG RW UK
08MADRID201RWANDA/SPAIN: INTL ARREST ORDERS IN WORKS, NOT YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post agrees with ref A assessment regarding the February 7 indictments issued by Spanish National Court Judge Fernando Andreu of 40 Rwandan military officials on charges of genocide. The overall implication of the indictment is that Tutsi leadership, including President Kagame, [...]
2008-02-22 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KLIG KJUS OFDP SP RW
08MADRID409RWANDA/SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION ON INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post offers the following answers in response to ref A questions from Department regarding the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDGE ANDREU AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE? Judge Andreu is completely indep [...]
2008-04-11 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KLIG OFDP RW SP
08MADRID504SPAIN/RWANDA - PROSECUTOR DOWNPLAYS INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) Post's Consular Legal Advisor (LES) met informally with Spanish National Prosecutor Blanca Rodriguez on May 5 to discuss the ongoing Spanish prosecution of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). According to Rodriguez (please protect),the judiciary undertook the investigation and subs [...]
2008-05-09 08:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08MADRID571S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON PRESSES SPAIN ON RWANDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In consultations with Spanish interlocutors in Madrid May 19-20, Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) urged the Spanish government to reach out to the Rwandan government at the political level to try to ease tensions over the Spanish judiciary's indictment of 40 Rwandan officials in conn [...]
2008-05-23 11:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08MADRID756SPANISH AND RWANDANS DISCUSS RWANDAN INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) During a July 8 courtesy call with Subdirector General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito, Sanchez-Benedito told poloff that he and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada attended the 11th African Union Summit in Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt last week. Sanchez- [...]
2008-07-10 06:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL RW SP
08MOSCOW570RUSSIA UNSURE IF RESOLUTION ON DRC IS PROPER
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy on February 29, who said that he would report the information and notify the Russian UN Mission about the decision. Berezovskiy told us that Russia maintained its long-standing positio [...]
2008-02-29 12:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC RS
08NAIROBI1354JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON
[...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...]
2008-05-30 09:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO
08NAIROBI1593INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA ACCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kenyan Government and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) are now engaged in a public debate over the ICTR's criticism of what they see as a lack of substantive cooperation in the search for fugitive Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga. While the ICTR [...]
2008-06-30 07:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KE RW
08OUAGADOUGOU432SUBJECT: Burkina Faso: Compaore Seeks to Win Favor
[...] (C) Key Points: -- President Blaise Compaore visited Israel May 13-15 for that country's 60th anniversary celebrations - the first ever visit by a Burkinabe head of state. -- Compaore was one of only three African heads of state attending. -- Previously, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi re [...]
2008-05-22 14:49:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UV IS RW UG TO
08PARIS1202AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF'S JUNE 9 PARIS CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 9 meetings with AF/C Director Wycoff, French Presidency and MFA officials reiterated French differences with the U.S. on sanctions regarding Chad and Sudan, with the French arguing for pressure on all parties (including sanctions and the threat of sanctions) to encour [...]
2008-06-25 15:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER PINR SU CD CT RW FR
08PARIS1584RWANDA: FRENCH REACTION TO GENOCIDE ACCUSATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting MFA Rwanda desk officer Claude Blevin said on August 14 that France was waiting to see if Rwanda would act on the recent Rwandan report accusing France of involvement in the 1994 genocide. He said the report was politically motivated and an attempt by Rwanda to have Fran [...]
2008-08-18 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPINR KJUS RW FR
08PARIS188FRANCE/DRC/RWANDA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rwanda and its troubled relations with France emerged as the key element of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's January 25-26 to the DRC and Rwanda, according to Laurent Chevallier, the MFA desk officer for both. Kouchner made a sincere, good-faith effort to display to [...]
2008-02-01 18:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CG RW FR
08PARIS2099RWANDA/FRANCE: ROSE KABUYE'S ARREST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French expect that Rwandan official Rose Kabuye will be extradited to France from Germany by November 21 at the latest. In France, she will testify before French judges investigating the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The judges will decide, in effect, either to dismiss the case [...]
2008-11-14 08:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW FR
08PARIS2150FRANCE/RWANDA: KABUYE CASE MAY OFFER A CHANCE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Counselor Romain Serman on November 24 said that France and Rwanda were taking steps to use Rwandan official Rose Kabuye's arrest as a basis for cooperation on resolving issues relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Rwanda may allow French investigators to visit [...]
2008-11-24 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW FR
08PARIS294FRANCE SUPPORTS UNSCR ON THE FDLR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-19 17:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC ASEC ETTC RW FR
08PARIS81SUDAN/KENYA/RWANDA: MFA DAS PROVIES OVERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal (Central and East Africa) on January 11 said that France was highly concerned about renewed Chad-Sudan fighting but that the arrival in February of the EU's PKO in Chad and C.A.R. could help ease tensions. France renewed Abdulwahid el-Nur's res [...]
2008-01-15 11:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM SU CD CT KE RW FR
08PRETORIA420SOUTH AFRICA DISCUSSING UNSCR ON FDLR
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Director, United Nations (Political) Directorate Simon Cardy told PolOff February 28 that South Africa is discussing internally the idea of a UNSCR on the FDLR (ref A). The French Embassy delivered a demarche on the same issue February 27, and provided [...]
2008-02-29 09:11:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CG RW SF
08ROME243ITALY SUPPORTS UNSCR ON REBEL GROUPS IN EASTERN DRC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA UN Deputy Office Director Leonardo Bencini February 19 and requested Italian support for a UNSCR condemning the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). Bencini responded to our demarche February 28, and said Italy agreed that we must add [...]
2008-02-28 14:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC IT
08SANJOSE156DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR
[...] On February 22 we delivered reftel points to Juan Salas, of the FMA UNSC desk. Salas indicated that he would forward the same to their UNSC representative in New York. 2. Salas further stated that while not committed at this time to the sponsorship of such resolution, the GOCR would in all [...]
2008-02-27 14:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC CS
08STATE100349HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE -
[...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...]
2008-09-19 14:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE103754HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE -
[...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...]
2008-09-29 14:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE104948A/S FRAZER'S SEPT 21 MEETING WITH TANZANIAN PRESIDENT KIKWETE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AF Assistant Secretary Jendayi E. Frazer met with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on September 21 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Kikwete called South African President Thabo Mbeki,s resignation unfortunate and said he expects the Vice President [...]
2008-10-01 18:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TZ SF ZI RW CG
08STATE129977GUIDANCE FOR 12/12 UNSC ICTY/ICTR DEBATE
[...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the Security Council's December 12 consultations on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. Begin Points: The United States wo [...]
2008-12-10 23:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR KAWC ZF ZL RW
08STATE131411HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICAN CENTER FOR
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Butera, Gerald Rank: Major Position: Director of Training Unit: RW Defense Forces He [...]
2008-12-15 20:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PHUM RW
08STATE131979GREAT LAKES: TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 17
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in para 2 and 3 during the UN Security Council consultations on the Great Lakes December 17. 2. Begin points: -- I would like to thank UN Special Envoy Chissano for his briefing on the state of the Juba Peace Process and the c [...]
2008-12-17 13:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CG CT CD SU RW XA XW ZF
08STATE132306RWANDAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN THE UNITED STATES:
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali is instructed to deliver the points in Para 7 below as soon as possible to the highest appropriate level within the Rwandan government. AF Acting A/S Carter delivered these same points to Rwandan Ambassador Kimonyo on Wednesday, December 17. BACKGROUND 2. (SBU) On D [...]
2008-12-17 23:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCVIS PINS PREL RW
08STATE132546INSTRUCTION ON ICTY/ICTR PRST
[...] The Department instructs USUN to join consensus on the following PRST on ICTY/ICTR due to be adopted on December 19, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Security Council recalls its resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993 which established the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [...]
2008-12-18 18:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR KAWC ZF ZL RW
08STATE133189INSTRUCTION: ADOPTION OF UNSC PRST ON THE LRA -
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be adopted on December 22 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Beg [...]
2008-12-19 23:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CG CT CD SU RW XA XW ZF
08STATE14252SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassador or appropriate senior officials at Embassy Kigali is requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister-level head of offi [...]
2008-02-11 22:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY RW
08STATE40362HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRIPARTITE PLUS
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the persons listed below: Last Name First Name DOB --------- ---------- --- GASANA Tom 1974 SE [...]
2008-04-17 14:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE59137USUN GUIDANCE: TERMINATING RWANDA SANCTIONS
[...] Department authorizes USUN to convey to the Chair of the Security Council Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda and the Permanent Representative of the Mission of Rwanda that the U.S. supports terminating the remaining sanctions monitored by that C [...]
2008-06-03 00:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC RW
08STATE66362GREAT LAKES: TALKING POINTS FOR JUNE 19 BRIEFING
[...] USUN is instructed to deliver the following points during the June 20 briefing by the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for LRA Affected Areas. Begin points: -- I would like to thank the Special Envoy for his briefing on the state of the Juba Peace Process and the current activity o [...]
2008-06-20 00:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CG CT CD SU RW XA XW ZF
08STATE74151USUN VOTING INSTRUCTION: TERMINATING
[...] USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the draft UNSC resolution (text in paragraph 2),which terminates the remaining sanctions monitored by the Security CouncilSanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda. The measures contained in operative para [...]
2008-07-10 18:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC RW
08STATE77798USUN DEMARCHE FOR KK UNAMID SUPPORT
[...] (C) This is an action request for USUN (para 4). 2. (C) In several recent meetings with the State Department, the most senior GOR leaders have delivered the message that Rwanda will pull out of Darfur if Rwandan UNAMID Deputy Force Commander General Karenzi Karake is removed. Most notab [...]
2008-07-19 00:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL RW SU UNSC
08STATE96000HUMAN RIGHTS BETTING FOR IMET TRAINING -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Tumsifu Semana Rank: Captain DOB: December 12, 1969 2. (U) Post is permitted to [...]
2008-09-08 19:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE96693HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE -
[...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...]
2008-09-10 13:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW
08USUNNEWYORK1004MONUC REQUESTS 2,785 MORE TROOPS, AIR ASSETS FOR
[...] (SBU) See ACTION REQUEST, paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wrote to the Security Council on October 31 (text forwarded to IO),asking for expeditious consideration of MONUC's request for additional security assets. The request, drafted by the UN's Department of Peac [...]
2008-11-03 22:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK1062UN ON DRC: GIVE TROOPS, PRESSURE KAGAME; 85
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Le Roy on November 11 called on the Security Council to approve rapidly the UN request for more MONUC troops. He warned MONUC was "all alone" in the east and reinforcements were desperately needed to defend Goma and protect civilians. Le Roy said Co [...]
2008-11-13 00:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK1096MORE TROOPS, POLICE FOR MONUC APPROVED BY UN
[...] (U) The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1843 on November 20, authorizing a temporary increase of MONUC's military strength by up to 2,785 military personnel and the strength of its formed police unit by up to 300 personnel. The vote was 15-0. France, Costa Rica, Belgium, the United Kin [...]
2008-11-20 18:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK1182UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FINANCING
[...] Summary: On December 15 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) began discussions of financing the international criminal tribunals. African and European representatives endorsed the Secretariat's calls for additional funding. The French delegate (on b [...]
2008-12-17 21:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KWCI RW YI
08USUNNEWYORK142UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: UK, FRANCE, SOUTH AFRICA,
[...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN seeks Department guidance on ending the mandate of the Rwanda Sanctions Committee. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: During an informal lunch of experts of the DRC and Rwanda Sanctions Committees hosted by the Indonesian Mission on February 6, several delegations indicated an in [...]
2008-02-14 16:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALRW PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK297UNAMID: PRESSURE BUILDING AT UN FOR KARAKE DECISION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations senior leadership reportedly believes they must decide soon whether to remove Rwandan General Karake as UNAMID deputy force commander in the aftermath of his indictment by a Spanish court and the issuance of a related Interpol notice. Our contacts with the UN Depar [...]
2008-04-02 23:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
08USUNNEWYORK346UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary: During informal consultations of the UNSC Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda, delegations agreed to the Indonesian Chair's proposal to recommend termination of the committee, which has been largely inactive for the past decade. The UK, China [...]
2008-04-14 17:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALRW PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK870AT THE UN, IRAN, GEORGIA, BOLIVIA AND OTHERS
[...] Summary: The annual UN General Debate continued in the afternoon of September 23 on the themes of global food crisis and UN reform among others. Iran and Lebanon strongly criticized Israel. Iran also defended its nuclear program. Georgia spoke about the need for a stronger UN role given Rus [...]
2008-09-29 14:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON UNGA AORC FI BK RW LH IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK992UN SAYS SITUATION IN DRC IS DIRE, ASKS FOR HELP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping U/SYG Le Roy said in two recent meetings an immediate political solution was needed to end hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and that MONUC required additional resources to protect civilians. Le Roy believed if Goma fell MONUC would be at ri [...]
2008-10-31 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK998UNGA: WHAT NEXT FOR WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS?
[...] Summary: At the annual reports of the International Criminal Tribunals (ICTs),Western delegations praised the courts' principles and practices, while the Russians called for ending the ICTs turning their jurisdiction back over to national governments. All parties were concerned with the im [...]
2008-10-31 23:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KWCI RW YI XG RS NO
08ZAGREB233NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR A
[...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 06 March 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...]
2008-03-07 13:49:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC
09ADDISABABA270AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Eastern Congo Alan Doss January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter brought Le [...]
2009-02-02 18:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU XA SU SO CG RW
09ADDISABABA373AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, on the margins of the African Union Summit, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Rwanda's Foreign Minister, Rosemary Museminali, to discuss the Rwandan role in stabilizing Eastern Congo. They recognized the need for a delicate balance in managing the [...]
2009-02-10 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW CG AU
09ADDISABABA454U.S. ENGAGEMENT VITAL TO NILE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) The Nile River runs through ten countries, whose populations depend on its waters for their livelihood. It is a shared, multi-state river basin characterized by water scarcity, poverty, rapid population, and a long history of dispute and instability. Sound and equitable management of the Ni [...]
2009-02-23 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AMGT XW BY RW ET
09BEIJING103JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET
[...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...]
2009-01-13 09:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB
09BEIJING286TWO AFRICAN DIPLOMATS IN BEIJING SHARE VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's growing engagement with Africa is a mixed blessing for African nations, according to two Beijing-based Rwandan and Nigerian diplomats. While acknowledging the positive role that China plays in Africa, the two diplomats lamented the imbalance in power between China and sm [...]
2009-02-05 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH NI RW
09BRUSSELS1120BELGIUM: CLOSER COORDINATION WITH U.S. AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting with Charge and Embassy political officers, the new Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Sub-Saharan Africa sought greater coordination and cooperation among donor countries active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He ex [...]
2009-08-12 15:29:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
09BRUSSELS125BELGIUM AND THE DRC: RELATIONS RENEWED BUT
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolIntern met January 28 with Belgian MFA Africa contacts to discuss the restoration of Belgium - DR Congo relations, mineral extraction issues, and the arrest of Laurent Nkunda. The PMs of Belgium and the DRC issued a statement January 24 that reestablished relations. [...]
2009-01-28 18:22:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CG RW BE
09BRUSSELS1313BELGIAN MFA HINTS AT POSITIONS PRIOR TO GLCG
[...] (C) Belgian Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry and Rwanda/Burundi Desk Officer Stephane Doppagne shared some Belgian ideas on Great Lakes issues with Poloff September 29. The topics discussed provided some insight into what the GOB might present at the Great Lakes Contact Group (GLCG) in Washi [...]
2009-09-30 06:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOG CG RW BE
09BRUSSELS588SCENE-SETTER FOR A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN
[...] (SBU) Since your last visit to Brussels, dialogue between the U.S. and Belgium on Africa has continued. Belgian interest is currently focused on the plight of the Belgian ship taken over by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean April 17, and a Belgian doctor kidnapped in Somalia at the same time [...]
2009-04-22 13:59:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS CG SO SU CD RW BY BN
09BUJUMBURA301BURUNDI -- VIEWS OF A DEPARTING AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After three years as Ambassador to Burundi, I am convinced that this small, poverty-stricken, conflict-ridden nation has the potential to fulfill its promise as a durable African success story. Despite the just-resolved 15-year civil conflict, lack of infrastructure, deep-roote [...]
2009-06-30 15:28:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALBY CH LY MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL RW SU
09BUJUMBURA531THE ICGLR TAKES STOCK, AND SEEKS ITS NICHE
[...] (SBU) (Summary) The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is preparing a November 5-6 Roundtable and Summit in Bujumbura, to be preceded by a November 4 "Friends of ICGLR" for donor countries. At an October 3 preparatory meeting, ICGLR Ambassador Liberata Mulamula said t [...]
2009-10-06 06:18:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL BY CG KE RW TZ UG ZA
09CAIRO1615NEXT STEPS ON THENILE BASIN INITIATIVE REF: CAIRO 1506 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 11:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL TSPL BY CG ET KE RW SU TZ UG EG
09COPENHAGEN540(SBU) DENMARK: NO COMMITMENT ON G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) EconOff met with Niels Richter, Director of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Macroeconomic Policies Division (which is responsible for development assistance and G-8 cooperation) on November 27, to discuss the points in reftel. Richter will be the primary Danish point of contact [...]
2009-11-30 12:10:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR PREL DA RW
09DARESSALAAM286EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION
[...] The five East African Community (EAC) Heads of State, at a summit meeting April 29 in Arusha, announced a delay in the planned signing of the long-negotiated Common Market Protocol until their next summit in November 2009. The leaders' agreement on the final outstanding issues of the protocol [...]
2009-05-02 17:10:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TZ BY KE RW UG
09DARESSALAAM327SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON AND CORKER
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time when the country is gearing up for national elections in 2010, attempting to mitigate the effects of the global economic downturn, and continuing to deepen its relationship with development partners, particularly the United States. The 2010 election [...]
2009-05-21 03:10:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ASEC AMGT AFIN PREL PGOV TZ KE RW SU IT XA
09DARESSALAAM413TANZANIA PROMISES HUMANE APPROACH ON REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (SBU) RefCord and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on June 18 to Director of Refugees Judy Mtawali at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),in the absence from Dar es Salaam of both the Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs. In response to encouragement of a humane approach to the upcomi [...]
2009-06-30 05:08:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBY CG CVIS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF RW TZ
09DARESSALAAM607REFUGEE UPDATE: MEETING GOT'S 2010 DEADLINES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on August 31, UNHCR and IOM updated Poloff and Refcoord on the progress of refugee resettlement and camp closure. While camp closure continues, UNHCR Representative, Yacoub El Hillo, expressed concern about a group of young Burundian refugees in the Mtabila c [...]
2009-09-15 05:10:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM PREF RW CG TZ
09DARESSALAAM643ICTR PREPARES FOR CLOSURE, SIGNIFICANT WORK REMAINS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed Dar es Salaam-based diplomats September 25 on the status of the tribunal's work. ICTR officials expected to meet the planned 2010 deadline for closure of the tribunal, despite some case delays. However, [...]
2009-09-30 14:57:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA ICTR RW TZ
09DARESSALAAM815ICTR UPDATE: COMPLETION STRATEGY, KABUGA/KENYA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a briefing for Dar es Salaam-based diplomats November 19, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) officials said additional time and funding would be necessary for the Tribunal to handle new arrests and other cases that would spill into 2011. ICTR President Judge Den [...]
2009-11-24 15:51:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PHUM UNGA RW TZ
09DJIBOUTI1205DJIBOUTI REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR EASBRIG FTX
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti recommends provision of GPOI funds, or alternate sources of funding, in response to formal requests from Djibouti's Minister of Defense and chief of general staff, for assistance to support the East Africa Standby Brigade's Field Training Exercise (EASBRIG FTX),s [...]
2009-10-13 18:03:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS MOPS EAID DJ ET KE RW UG BY XA
09KIGALI118RWANDA ON JUDGE PAINTER CANDIDACY FOR UN POST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 15:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR UNGA RW
09KIGALI119UNSC DESIGNATION OF FDLR LEADERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 15:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN KTFN RW
09KIGALI124RWANDA WITHDRAWS FROM DRC IN COLORFUL JOINT
[...] (U) On February 25, 1300 Rwanda combat troops joined several hundred Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) soldiers in a colorful departure ceremony in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),witnessed by the two nations respective Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, Chiefs of Defense Staff [...]
2009-02-26 16:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI129USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:02:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL RW
09KIGALI142RWANDAN-CONGOLESE COOPERATION IN THE WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary. The conclusion of Operation Umoja ("Our Unity) and the withdrawal of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) troops from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set the stage for further concerted bilateral Rwanda-Congo cooperation in the Kivus and beyond. Operations in South [...]
2009-03-04 09:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW CG
09KIGALI149RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - Bringing Gacaca to a Close - End to Canadian Aid for Rwanda - Journalists Expelled From Police Event - Japan to Open Embassy in Rwanda ------------------------ GOR Holds Annual Retreat ------------------------ [...]
2009-03-06 12:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI150ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN GATHERS FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. In recent months, anti-corruption efforts by the Rwandan government (GOR) have gathered force, with several senior civil servants under arrest. The GOR leadership is issuing orchestrated messages on anti-corruption, and a new anti-corruption body has been established to coordin [...]
2009-03-06 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ECON RW
09KIGALI151REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR 15TH GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefed the diplomatic community on March 3 regarding plans for the 15th commemoration of the 1994 genocide. It distributed a planning document from the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (NCFG),which called for extensive donor support f [...]
2009-03-06 13:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI152NO FORMAL REQUEST YET FOR SUPPORT FOR RETURNEES
[...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) and the United Nations High Council for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly held an information session March 3 on the status of preparations and outstanding needs to address Rwandans returning from conflict areas in neighboring [...]
2009-03-06 13:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI158READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 15:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV RW
09KIGALI172RWANDA DEFENCE FORCES TOP LEADERSHIP ON EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d,Affaires and Defense Attache met Rwanda Defence Forces, (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff General James Kabarebe, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Kayonga and Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Muhire on March 18. Kabarebe expressed satisfaction with the recently c [...]
2009-03-20 12:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI173SOMALI PRESIDENT VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met with President Paul Kagame on March 16 during a short visit to Rwanda. Local media reported that the focus of the conversation was cooperation between the two governments, including military suppo [...]
2009-03-20 13:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI174TREASURY DAS MCDONALD VISITS RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Affairs and Technical Assistance Policy visited Kigali March 15-16. He heard mixed reviews on Rwanda's economy and business climate from government officials, commercial bankers, inter [...]
2009-03-21 09:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EINV RW
09KIGALI177RWANDA ON MAURITANIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RW
09KIGALI181PYRETHRUM: BACK TO THE FUTURE?
[...] (U) Summary: Rwandan production of pyrethrum, a natural insecticide that has been a key Rwandan export crop since 1937, collapsed in 2007/8 due to the country's sole refiner mismanaging suppliers and buyers. From a peak of 1,350 tons in 2006, production slipped to less than 220 tons in 2008. [...]
2009-03-25 15:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EINV USAID RW
09KIGALI197WHITE PAPER DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN/ AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 11:55:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MOPS MARR RW
09KIGALI20MILITARY PROSECUTOR IDENTIFIES THOSE BEHIND RECENT
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief met with the chief military prosecutor on January 13 to discuss arrests made in connection with the December 27 grenade attacks in Kigali (ref A). The prosecutor said 18 individuals had been detained in the course of investigations, fifteen civilians and 3 low-ranking en [...]
2009-01-15 10:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC RW
09KIGALI207RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI208RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI221RWANDA BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] (U) The FY09 foreign assistance package for Rwanda includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2003 (FOAA-3). Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions [...]
2009-04-20 06:00:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV RW
09KIGALI237SUPPORTING DARFUR CANDIDACY OF RWANDAN GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Rwandan government (GOR) has nominated Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba to be the Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur, replacing current Commander, Nigerian General Martin Agwai. Nyamvumba is currently the J4 (Logistics Ch [...]
2009-04-24 09:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI262"REPATRIATE OR INTEGRATE" - BURUNDIAN REFUGEES IN
[...] (U) Representatives from the Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and Burundi (GOB) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) held a tripartite meeting in Kigali on April 22 to discuss the repatriation of the 2,024 Burundian refugees currently residing in the Kigeme Camp in Rwanda's N [...]
2009-04-30 13:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI279SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]
2009-05-08 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI287RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 10:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI29RWANDA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND
[...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on child labor in Rwanda. Point of contact for further information is PolOff Jennifer L. Orrico. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Article 28 of the Constitution guarant [...]
2009-01-21 06:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV RW
09KIGALI292RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI302INFORMATION MINISTER ON BBC KINWYARWANDA SERVICE
[...] (U) On May 11, Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo addressed the diplomatic corps on the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda service FM transmissions in Rwanda (reftel). Flanked by Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali, Mushikiwabo spoke at length on the history of media in Rwanda and th [...]
2009-05-15 09:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI31GERMANY, RWANDA AGREE TO RESTORE NORMAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) On January 19 the Rwandan and German governments jointly announced they would appoint new ambassadors: the two governments agreed to "post to each other's capitals new heads of their respective missions in the near future." Rwanda had withdrawn its ambassador and requested the departure [...]
2009-01-21 09:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI314SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON
[...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Isakson to Rwanda. Your visit to Rwanda comes at an excellent time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting the spread of the global scourges [...]
2009-05-21 15:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI325RWANDAN AMBASSADORS NAMED FOR DRC AND OTHER POSTS
[...] (SBU) On May 6, the Rwandan cabinet announced the nomination of several new ambassadors, including most prominently Amandin Rugira as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following are biographic notes and Mission comments on the various nominations. 2. (SBU) Amandin [...]
2009-05-27 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI328BBC TEAM MEETS WITH GOVERMENT FOLLOWING SUSPENSION
[...] (C) On May 21, Jerry Timmins, the Head of BBC World Service for Africa and the Middle East, met with Rwandan officials to discuss the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda Service broadcasts in Rwanda (ref B). According to BBC personnel who participated in the five-hour discussion, Informat [...]
2009-05-28 06:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI329READ-OUT OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL MAY 17 MEETING
[...] (C) A local diplomatic mission (protect) shared with us its written report on the UN Security Council team,s May 17 meeting with President Paul Kagame. The meeting preceded a separate discussion between Kagame and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Susan Rice (reftel) and cov [...]
2009-05-28 09:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI33SUPPORTING THE JOINT CONGOLESE AND RWANDAN EFFORT
[...] (C) As the international community awaits details of the joint Congolese/Rwandan military effort in the Kivus, it is essential we keep in mind what a sea change this joint operation represents. After many ups and downs, and often sharp disagreements on what has been happening in the eastern [...]
2009-01-22 15:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RW
09KIGALI335RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Kagame Castigates Party Officials at RPF Political Bureau Meeting - Anti-Corruption Campaign Continues -- Prosecutor General Readies New Cases - New Political Parties Have Trouble Organizing - Nkunda Loses Round Three Kagame Tough On RPF Cadres --------- [...]
2009-06-01 08:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI338RWANDA: NO MI-17S AVAILABLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 09:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG PARM RW
09KIGALI346RWANDA SUPPORTIVE OF MYERS ICSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL UNGA RW
09KIGALI348IMF CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL SIXTH REVIEW
[...] (SBU) An IMF team successfully concluded its sixth review of Rwanda's three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program with a briefing for donor governments on May 29. The team found Rwanda had met all its 2008 PRGF performance targets; some early 2009 fiscal targets were mis [...]
2009-06-08 13:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON EFIN PREL RW
09KIGALI353UNHCR ON CLOSURE OF KIGEME CAMP, RETURNING RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Rwanda Country Representative Nyekan (protect) to discuss the June 2 closure of Kigeme refugee camp, and the return of Rwandan refugees from Uganda. While 1500 Burundian refugees in Kigeme accepted return in Ma [...]
2009-06-10 11:27:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI355RWANDA: DEMARCHES ON SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 15:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAGR ENRG SENV PHUM RW
09KIGALI370RWANDA'S 2009-2010 BUDGET TABLED BEFORE PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister James Musoni introduced the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) 2009-2010 budget before Parliament on June 11. His budget message laid out a USD 1.452 billion budget, up 24 percent from last year in nominal terms, with domestic resources for the first time exceeding [...]
2009-06-17 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID RW
09KIGALI383BBC RESUMES LOCAL KINYARWANDA BROADCASTS
[...] (U) On June 24, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) rescinded its April ban on the BBC's local FM Kinyarwanda broadcasts (which use GOR transmission facilities). The Rwandan cabinet had formally agreed on June 19 to allow resumption of broadcasts, following Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo [...]
2009-06-25 10:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI394RWANDA: IMPLEMENTING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 12:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP PREL RW
09KIGALI409RWANDA: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 11:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC KTFN UNSC RW
09KIGALI410THE WAGES OF (GENOCIDE) SIN IN RWANDA -- YOUR CASE
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, as the National Gacaca Service closes out its million-plus caseload, politically sensitive cases are being heard. Senior Hutu officials in Parliament, in the executive branch and in the military are finally facing their accusers. Conviction, acqu [...]
2009-07-09 11:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI42564TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY: INTERIM REPORT ON RWANDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 11:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA RW
09KIGALI428RWANDA: INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
[...] (SBU) Responding to reftel, in years past allegations of abuse and torture centered on Rwandan prisons and police stations. As recorded in our recent Human Rights Reports for Rwanda, the Rwandan prison service and Rwanda National Police (RNP) have made great strides in eliminating mistreatmen [...]
2009-07-14 15:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
09KIGALI452FIRES CONTAINED IN VOLCANOES PARK, GORILLAS NOT
[...] (U) Summary: Wildfires on the edge of the Volcanoes National Park, home to the silverback mountain gorillas, have been contained. The extent of damage to the park is being assessed, but according to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI),the fires did not significantly impact the G [...]
2009-07-23 13:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI454RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Minister of Education Sacked - Ombudsman Report on Corruption Raises Hackles in Justice Sector - New Political Parties -- One Nearing Registration? - Nkunda Tries A Letter Writing Campaign Hard-Charging Minister Falls Hard on Corruption Charges ---------- [...]
2009-07-24 10:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI468 MINI-CABINET SHUFFLE IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) On July 26, Rwanda government radio and television announced President Kabila's modest reshuffling of cabinet positions. Most ministries went unchanged, with the key positions of Prime Minister and Ministers of Defense, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Internal Security, and Justice remaining [...]
2009-07-29 13:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI47CONGOLESE REFUGEES DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ARREST OF
[...] (SBU) Congolese refugee supporters of detained CNDP General Laurent Nkunda protested in two camps in Rwanda on January 25, Kiziba camp near Kibuye and Gihembe camp in Byumba. Sources at the Rwandan National Police and the local UNHCR office confirmed that the protests turned violent in Kiziba [...]
2009-01-27 14:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI470GRENADE ATTACK NEAR GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
[...] (C) On the evening of July 22, an unknown person tossed a grenade approximately 500 meters from the Kigali Memorial Center, the principal genocide memorial in Rwanda, which has the mass graves of some 300,000 genocide victims and a museum complex. The explosion injured two bystanders. Polic [...]
2009-07-30 13:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI472NEXT STEPS FOR THE RWANDA-DRC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (S) In a July 24 conversation with DCM (then Charge),National Security Service (NSS) Director General Emmanuel Ndahiro said he expected Presidents Kagame and Kabila to meet some time before the UNGA sessions in New York in September. He did not have a specific date, but added that the possib [...]
2009-07-30 14:03:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS KMCA RW
09KIGALI505GADFLY NEWSPAPER AGAIN COURTS CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwanda's media authority on August 5 recommended the suspension of local-language newspaper "Umuseso" for three months, following its publication of an article that called President Kagame a dictator, compared him to the pre-genocide president who died when his aircraft was shot d [...]
2009-08-15 13:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS RW
09KIGALI506RWANDA'S MCC THRESHOLD LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials from Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Rwanda in late July to meet with key stakeholders involved in implementing Rwanda's three-year, $24.7 million Threshold Program, which focuses on the MCC's "ruling justly" indicators. Senior Government of Rwan [...]
2009-08-15 14:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI51WHEREABOUTS OF GENERAL NKUNDA
[...] (C) As of January 28, General Laurent Nkunda continues to be held by Rwandan security forces in his family's residence in Gisenyi, according to close associates. He also has access to a government residence close by. He receives visits from family members (including a recent delivery of cl [...]
2009-01-28 16:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PINS RW
09KIGALI514RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Investment: - Sorwathe Tea Factory Innovation - Starbucks Macroeconomic Issues: - Central Bank Addresses Rwandan liquidity shortfall - Fitch Ratings optimistic about Rwanda,s creditworthiness - Remittances to Rwand [...]
2009-08-21 06:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ENGR RW
09KIGALI52MESSAGE FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUSEMINALI OF RWANDA TO
[...] The following text was received on January 28, 2009 from the Foreign Minister of Rwanda, Rosemary Museminali, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Honourable Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington Excellency Madam Secretary of State, On the occasion of your appointment [...]
2009-01-29 06:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP RW
09KIGALI525SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS
[...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Meeks to Rwanda. The U.S. Government partners closely with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria, expanding economic development and assisting Rwanda's democratic structures. Rwandans deeply a [...]
2009-08-26 06:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI529RWANDA URGES REFUGEES IN UGANDA TO RETURN HOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Approximately 15,000 Rwandan refugees remain in Uganda, despite Rwandan, Ugandan and UNHCR agreement that they should return to Rwanda by August 31. Most of these fled Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, although some have been in Uganda for decades. They are located both in camps [...]
2009-08-26 15:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV RW UG
09KIGALI531RWANDA PUSHING FOR "CLEAN AND GREEN" ENERGY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Rwanda (GOR) is pressing forward with development of diversified renewable energy sources to satisfy the majority of its power generation needs by 2012. Methane gas from Lake Kivu, hydroelectric and geothermal power will provide the bulk of its "on the grid" el [...]
2009-08-27 05:31:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG ETRD RW
09KIGALI534KAGAME FIRES EDUCATION MINISTER OF STATE FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary. President Kagame fired the Rwandan Minister of State for Education following media reports that the official had abused power during his earlier tenure as mayor of Kigali. Kagame initially criticized the press report, but after a later article provided additional information ba [...]
2009-08-28 10:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO RW
09KIGALI536RWANDA, CONGO SOLICIT FUNDING FOR JOINT ENERGY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The energy ministers from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met in Rwanda on August 17 to review and solicit donor support for a potential joint Rwandan-Congolese energy project. This project is a tangible outcome of the groundbreaking August 6 Kagame-Kabila m [...]
2009-08-28 14:51:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN EAID ENRG RW CG
09KIGALI54GOR WILL PRESENT FOUR NAMES TO UNSC SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 15:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER UNSC RW
09KIGALI548RWANDA - DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 09:00:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL EINV RW
09KIGALI552WORLD BANK RANKS RWANDA MOST IMPROVED FOR BUSINESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: World Bank "Ease of Doing Business" 2010 indicators--released September 8, 2009--recognize Rwanda as the world's top reformer in implementing business regulation reforms. Rwanda introduced reforms in seven out of ten categories, improving its overall ranking from 143 to 67 out o [...]
2009-09-09 15:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD EAID RW
09KIGALI56TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGES - U.S. EMBASSY KIGALI AND RWANDA
[...] Changes to Rwandan telephone numbers will be implemented beginning February 1, 2009. Currently there are three types of phone numbers in Rwanda: ten-digit Rwandatel Cellular; eight-digit MTN Cellular; and six-digit Rwandatel land line numbers. 2. All phone numbers will be migrated to ten-di [...]
2009-01-30 09:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT ADPM ASEC AMED KRIM RW
09KIGALI569KAGAME SWEARS IN TWO NEW SENATORS
[...] (U) President Kagame on September 10 administered the oath of office to two new senators, Josee Kagabo and Henriette Umulisa, filling two vacancies. One was left by Stanley Safari, who fled Rwanda in June in the middle of his gacaca trial. (Note: He subsequently received a life sentence for [...]
2009-09-11 13:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI57GREAT LAKES ENVOY MUTABOBA TAKES POSITION WITH UN
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Amandin Rugira informed emboffs on January 29 that Great Lakes Special Envoy Joseph Mutaboba has been selected to be the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau. According to Rugira, Mutaboba had initially applied [...]
2009-01-30 11:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI570CODEL MEEKS VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY),who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Sub-committee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, and including subcommittee members Representatives Melvin Watt (NC),Sheila Jackson Lee (TX),Jack Kingston (GA) [...]
2009-09-11 14:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALOREP ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI585KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 12:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KV RW
09KIGALI586LOBBYING FOR RWANDAN SUPPORT AT UNGA
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs raised with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali and her Americas Director our interest in working closely with Rwanda on UNGA issues. Museminali welcomed our approach and noted that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) often follows the African Union (AU) consensu [...]
2009-09-18 15:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UN RW
09KIGALI587IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]
2009-09-18 17:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI588RWANDA NO "ISLAND" - KAGAME PREACHES REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 13 meeting with visiting senior State Department officials, President Kagame said his country's future success depended on the stability and prosperity of the region as a whole. Accordingly, Rwanda wanted closer ties with neighbors such as the Democratic Republ [...]
2009-09-18 17:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI589IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]
2009-09-22 06:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI590IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]
2009-09-22 06:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI618RDF GENERAL EMPHASIZES REGIONAL STABILITY, URGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 23 meeting, a senior Rwandan military officer stressed that regional peace and stability, especially with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),was in Rwanda's vital interest. He requested USG action against U.S.-based supporters of the Democratic F [...]
2009-09-30 16:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PINR KJUS CG RW
09KIGALI623WOULD-BE OPPOSITION PARTY'S TAKEOFF STALLED BY
[...] (C) Frank Habineza, leader of the newly-formed Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),told polcouns October 2 that his party was canceling its initial party congress, set to take place in Kigali the same day, because a key state official had informed him late on October 1 that higher-level a [...]
2009-10-02 15:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS RW
09KIGALI624FOOD SECURITY STABLE IN RWANDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwandan production of staple food crops has increased 25 percent since 2006 as a result of agricultural reforms introduced in 2007, including better distribution of fertilizers and crop intensification programs. Although food production is stable for 2009, dependency on adequate [...]
2009-10-02 15:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID PGOV RW
09KIGALI634RWANDAN PM DESCRIBES IMPROVING RWANDA-DRC TIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Rwanda's prime minister confirmed plans for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to exchange ambassadors in the very near future and said Rwanda sought to strengthen its economic partnership with both the DRC and with countries belonging to the Ea [...]
2009-10-07 07:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI644IRAN DEMARCHE AND BRIEFING DELIVERED
[...] (C) On October 7, polcouns briefed Mr. Ben Rutsinga, MFA's Director of Europe, Americas, UN and International Organizations on the outcome of the P5 1 talks and solicited Rwandan GOR support for the dual-track approach, as requested reftel. Rutsinga was generally supportive, noting that it wa [...]
2009-10-07 16:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RW
09KIGALI663RWANDA REPORTS 9 PERCENT GDP GROWTH; IMF UNSURE
[...] (U) Rwandan Minister for Finance and Economic Planing James Musoni told the local press October 14, that the economy grew 9 percent for the first two quarters of 2009. This is almost double earlier estimates by the government and the IMF of 5.3 percent annual growth. Musoni attributed the gr [...]
2009-10-14 15:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN RW
09KIGALI672KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...]
2009-10-15 16:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EAID KJUS RW
09KIGALI679ICTR PROSECUTOR ON WORK, TRANSFER OF CASES TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) chief prosecutor Hassan Jallow briefed Kigali-based diplomats October 15 on the tribunal's work, anticipated closure in 2010 and unresolved legacy issues. He intends to request transfer of some remaining cases to Rwanda, and ind [...]
2009-10-21 06:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM ICTR UNGA TZ RW
09KIGALI690UNGA DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarches on October 26 to Rwandan MFA's Director General of Europe, Americas and International Organization Affairs Mr. Ben Rutsinga. Regarding Ref A items, Rutsinga said that in 2007 and earlier Rwanda abstained from voting on "no-action motions," but changed it [...]
2009-10-26 16:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA UN RW
09KIGALI694ELECTORAL COMMISSION UNVEILS PLANS FOR 2010 VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwandan election officials briefed the donor community October 15 on preparations for Rwanda's next presidential elections, set for August 9, 2010. Outstanding funding needs are modest at $1.2m, and the electoral process will feature a twenty-day campaign period. Parliament is [...]
2009-10-27 16:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID RW
09KIGALI699GOVT ALLOWING OPPOSITION BREATHING SPACE, SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Internal Security Minister Harerimana told Emboffs the Rwandan government was purposely not applying the law to the full extent and was allowing new opposition parties some latitude to form and operate. He cautioned that politicians could easily manipulate many Rw [...]
2009-10-28 16:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS RW
09KIGALI700 PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 10:54:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD RW
09KIGALI701NIGER DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 16:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL USAU NI RW
09KIGALI716SIERRA LEONE CONVICTS ARRIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 17:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM RW
09KIGALI717POLICE CLOSE GREEN PARTY MEETING, CITING INSECURITY
[...] (C) On October 25, police suspended a convention organized by the opposition Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),after a member of the audience disrupted the proceedings. According to a reliable observer, minutes after the party secretary-general opened the meeting, a man in the approxima [...]
2009-11-03 17:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM RW
09KIGALI718IMF LOWERS GDP GROWTH ESTIMATE TO 3.7 PERCENT
[...] (SBU) IMF Resident Representative Dmitry Gershenson told Emboff November 2 the IMF has lowered its estimate of Rwanda's GDP growth in 2009 from 5.6 percent to 3.7 percent. The new estimate follows consultations between the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and an IMF mission led by Catherine McAuliff [...]
2009-11-03 17:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV RW
09KIGALI719OPPOSITION FIGURE NTAGANDA TO CHALLENGE KAGAME AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, members of the fledgling Parti Social-Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri) party voted overwhelmingly to nominate party founder Bertrand Ntaganda, an ethnic Hutu lawyer, to be their candidate for Rwanda's 2010 presidential elections. Ntaganda was a founding member of the P [...]
2009-11-04 06:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI721GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 12:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL RW
09KIGALI735CONGOLESE AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Norbert Nkulu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived in Kigali November 2, to begin an assignment as the DRC's ambassador to Rwanda--the first since Presidents Kabila and Kagame took office. Ambassador met Nkulu on November 5, at a reception during which Nkulu warmly en [...]
2009-11-06 09:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CG RW
09KIGALI736DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]
2009-11-06 11:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW
09KIGALI74WORLD BANK SEEKS DONOR SUPPORT FOR NEW
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (SBU) World Bank (Bank) Country Representative Victoria Kwakwa convened a meeting January 30 seeking donor support for a proposed new Emergency demobilization and Reintegration Project with the Government of Rwanda (GOR). A team of Bank offi [...]
2009-02-02 16:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI740RWANDA APPROVES BIOFUELS PROJECT
[...] (U) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) on October 28 approved a U.S.private sector-sponsored $40 million biofuels project in eastern Rwanda. American-owned Eco-Fuel Global and British-owned Eco-Fuel Positive will jointly develop 10,000 hectares of marginal land for production of jatropha and buil [...]
2009-11-09 06:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG ECON EAGR RW
09KIGALI747GOR RELEASES 2009-2012 AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT PLAN
[...] (U) The Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI) on November 13 provided a copy of its 2009-2012 investment plan to post. The investment plan is the financing component of MINAGRI's second overall Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture (PSTA II). The PSTA II implements Rwanda's Comprehe [...]
2009-11-13 10:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI749REFUGEE ISSUES IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Rwanda hosts 53,000 Congolese refugees in three refugee camps and 2,000 urban refugees from various nearby countries. Standards of living in the camps are high, although land and sanitation issues are sometimes problematic. Although relations between Rwanda and the DRC have impr [...]
2009-11-13 12:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI756GREEN PARTY PLANS 3RD ATTEMPT TO HOLD
[...] (C) On November 6, polcouns met with Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) leader Frank Habineza, secretary-general Charles Kabanda and a visiting Amcit Green party activist from California. Habineza said his still-unregistered party was running short on funds (he himself had had to take ou [...]
2009-11-16 15:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI765JUDGE FINES EDITOR FOR INVASION OF PRIVACY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13 a judge found John Bosco Gasasira, the editor/journalist of a local newspaper, guilty of invasion of privacy and defamation, fined him $2,200 dollars and awarded costs and damages of $4,800. The sentence allayed Gasasira's supporters' earlier concerns that he mig [...]
2009-11-18 15:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI77RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: -- 2008 Tourism revenues up 55 percent over 2007, but slow start to 2009 -- Economy grows 10 percent in 2008 -- Rwandatel to invest $45 million to expand market share, MTN launches BlackBerry -- Construction begins on new Hydro Powe [...]
2009-02-05 13:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
09KIGALI770NEW DRC AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES MISSION, PRAISES GOR
[...] (C) In a November 19 call, new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador Norbert Nkulu described in warm terms his reception by Rwandan officials and what he described as a large and welcoming Congolese community here - many of whom met him at the airport. He recounted with visible pl [...]
2009-11-20 06:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PHUM CG RW
09KIGALI7732009 RWANDAN FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION SURVEY
[...] (U) Summary: The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda released the 2009 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey. The survey analyzes nutrition trends over time by examining the extent, depth and causes of food and nutrition insecurity and vulnerabilit [...]
2009-11-20 11:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON SENV RW
09KIGALI775CEPGL STAFF DESCRIBE REGIONAL GROUPINGS TO SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL) senior staff on November 10 briefed U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe on CEPGL activities in the areas of peace and security, energy, and transportation, as well as on how the CEPGL coordinates with other regio [...]
2009-11-23 10:53:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR CG BU RW
09KIGALI78RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Efforts to Form New Political Party Continue - Ombudsman on Corruption - EU Final Election Report Issued - Intel Chiefs Meet in Rwanda New Party Holds Assembly and Press Conference --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Supporters of the n [...]
2009-02-05 13:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI781RWANDAN AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLAN BASED ON CAADP
[...] (U) Summary: Rwanda's second overall Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture (PSTA II) is the basis for the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) draft Agriculture Investment Plan (see reftel). This draft investment plan addresses each of the four Comprehensive African Agricultural Developm [...]
2009-11-24 11:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR SENV RW
09KIGALI782DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 16:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN RW
09KIGALI783CIVIL SOCIETY ADVOCATES AGAINST CRIMINALIZING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A coalition of Rwandan civil society representatives met on November 18 to sign a petition urging legislators to remove two articles from the draft penal code, which is currently in parliament. According to the coalition, the proposed articles would criminalize homosexuality and [...]
2009-11-24 16:49:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI KCRM RW
09KIGALI784WESTERN PROVINCE FOCUSES ON AGRICULTURAL REFORMS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, local officials in Western Province said they were focused on implementing agricultural reforms and improving delivery of basic services. Lack of financing and inadequate transportation infrastructure remained challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On November 17, Em [...]
2009-11-24 16:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAGR RW
09KIGALI785CHINESE DELEGATION TO ATTEND RWANDA AGRICULTURE
[...] (SBU) During a November 24 meeting with USAID econoff, Chinese Embassy economic counselor Wang Qin said a delegation consisting of agriculture experts and Chinese Export-Import Bank representatives would attend the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) conference schedule [...]
2009-11-24 16:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR RW
09KIGALI786KITCHEN GARDENS INCREASE FOOD SECURITY OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: American Refugee Committee (ARC) has implemented a project to improve food production by and for vulnerable families in the Kiziba refugee camp in western Rwanda, using grant funds from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration's 2009 Julia Taft Fund for Refugees. On Novemb [...]
2009-11-25 06:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL EAID CG RW
09KIGALI787RWANDA IMPROVES RANKING IN CORRUPTION PERCEPTION
[...] (U) A November 17 report released by Transparency International (TI) ranks Rwanda 89th out of 180 countries surveyed in its 2009 Corruption Perception Index. Last year, TI ranked Rwanda 102 out of 180 countries. The new ranking places Rwanda as the "least corrupt" in East Africa and among th [...]
2009-11-25 06:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON PGOV RW
09KIGALI788CHINESE DELEGATION PLANS TO ATTEND DEC. 7-8
[...] (SBU) During a November 24 meeting with USAID econoff, Chinese Embassy economic counselor Wang Qin said a delegation consisting of agriculture experts and Chinese Export-Import Bank representatives would attend the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) conference schedule [...]
2009-11-25 06:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID RW
09KIGALI789TOUGH ANTI-GOVERNMENT RHETORIC IS A STAPLE OF
[...] (C) Anti-Government of Rwanda (GOR) rhetoric coupled with personal criticism of President Kagame and his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party are the staples of Rwanda's Kinyarwanda-language popular press. A review of local language tabloids, all with small press runs but relatively wide reade [...]
2009-11-25 06:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KPAO PREL CG RW
09KIGALI792UNAMID COMMANDER ON DARFUR CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]
2009-11-27 11:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI793GOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ECONOMICS & SECURITY WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Rwandan officials led by Health Minister Sezibera met on November 9 with U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe and urged continued military pressure against the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC [...]
2009-11-27 14:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID MARR PINS KCRM CG RW
09KIGALI796RWANDAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE BACKS U.S. REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with Rwandan Chief of Defense General James Kabarebe November 17, Ambassador hailed the arrival of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) first post-genocide Ambassador, Norbert Nkulu. Kabarebe agreed that it was a vital forward step and added that [...]
2009-11-30 12:47:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PREL KPKO CG RW
09KIGALI80DRC-GOR JOINT OPERATION SCORES SUCCESS, IS EXTENDED
[...] (C ) Summary. Senior Rwandans report that President Kabila has asked Government of Rwanda (GOR) troops to remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until February 28. A senior Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer asked if the U.S. had agreed with Kabila,s request to place U.S. milit [...]
2009-02-05 17:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PGOV RW
09KIGALI802RWANDA AND FRANCE RESTORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and France (GOF) announced November 29 that they had agreed to restore fully diplomatic relations between the two countries. Relations were ruptured in November 2006 after a French judge indicted senior GOR officials on charges - vehemently reject [...]
2009-12-01 06:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS FR RW
09KIGALI803RWANDA JOINS COMMONWEALTH
[...] (U) Summary: On November 28th, Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago decided to admit Rwanda as their group's newest member. Although concrete benefits to membership appear modest, Rwandan officials anticipate expanded business and trade opportunities and welcome the [...]
2009-12-01 08:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV RW
09KIGALI804RWANDA SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: OBLIGATION
[...] (U) Summary: On November 16, 2009 Ambassador Symington signed grant agreements with ten beneficiaries for a total of $75,000 for the Ambassador's Self Help Program for FY 2009. Post has fully obligated all of the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program funds in FY 2009. 2. (U) Project(s) su [...]
2009-12-01 08:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AFIN EGOV RW
09KIGALI806PRESIDENT KAGAME OPEN TO HAVING INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) In a meeting with Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp thanked the Government of Rwanda for accepting prisoners transferred from the Special Court for Sierra Leone, underscoring the importance [...]
2009-12-01 13:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI808AMBASSADOR RAPP RAISES ICTR CASE TRANSFERS WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp raised with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga the issue of transferring cases for trial in Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In a discussion on the margins of a November meeting in Kigali of pr [...]
2009-12-01 15:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI809UNAMID COMMANDER DETAILS DARFUR CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]
2009-12-01 15:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI812LIBERAL PARTY ORIGINS, VIOLENCE OF 1990S, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Youth Protais Mitali, leader of the Liberal Party (PL),said on November 19 that his party seeks to promote justice, human rights and economic development by developing policy ideas and attempting to convince other political figures of their merits. As head of a pa [...]
2009-12-02 15:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
09KIGALI822RWANDAN CABINET SHUFFLE, NEW FOREIGN AND FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary. In the third cabinet shuffle of the year, President Kagame replaced his Foreign and Finance ministers and rearranged cabinet responsibilities for other ministers. The new Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikwabo, had been Minister of Information. She came back to Rwanda and became In [...]
2009-12-03 13:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RW
09KIGALI823RWANDA'S NEW CABINET LINEUP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 14:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI827NON-SCALPEL VASECTOMY SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Capacity and Twubakane (Building Together) projects, implemented by the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and U.S. private voluntary organization IntraHealth, have successfully introduced vasectomy in Rwanda. Since 2008, over 445 men have undergone the procedure in 11 of Rwand [...]
2009-12-04 13:49:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON RW
09KIGALI828"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 13:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL UN RW
09KIGALI829TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY REVIEWS FOOD SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin reviewed food security, infrastructure needs and the impact of the global economic downturn on Rwanda with senior government officials, members of the private sector and international donor organizations October 29-November 1. Rwanda's [...]
2009-12-04 14:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR EAID EINV PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI830RWANDAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Rwandans are aware of the negative impacts of climate change on their country and are taking a proactive approach, both domestically and internationally, to mitigate against those impacts. The government of Rwanda (GOR) is aggressively promoting "clean and green" energy (Ref [...]
2009-12-04 14:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI835RWANDAN COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 6, 2009, the African Union/New Partnership for Africa's Development (AU/NePAD) held a Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) post-compact review of Rwanda's 2009-2012 Agriculture Sector Investment Plan to raise agricultural productivity and reduc [...]
2009-12-07 14:55:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD PREL EAID AU RW
09KIGALI847RWANDA CAADP POST-COMPACT MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On 7-8 December 2009, the Government of Rwanda hosted Africa's first Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) Post-Compact HiQuF[0Fe&Zi. Stakeholders at the meeting endorsed Rwanda's Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture and applauded the Gover [...]
2009-12-14 07:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD PREL EAID AU RW
09KIGALI856BIO REPORT: MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MONIQUE
[...] (SBU) Monique Nsanzabaganwa is the Minister of Trade and Industry. She was born in 1971 in Muhororo, Ruhango District. She received an MA (cum laude) in economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 2002, winning the Department of Economics' award for best master's student. Sh [...]
2009-12-15 13:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ETRD RW
09KIGALI857SENATE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with Ambassador, Senate president Vincent Biruta said he was opposed to anti-homosexual language in the current draft penal code, and he did not expect such language to pass. Biruta said his party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),would soon decide [...]
2009-12-15 14:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS RW
09KIGALI858PSP PARTY IN REBUILDING MODE FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the small PSP party is a political unknown who is new to her position and has inherited a party that is still recovering from the departure of its former leader, a senator and high-profile figure, earlier in 2009. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) During a December 2 meeting [...]
2009-12-15 14:59:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI859NKUNDA'S ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO ARGUE HIS CLIENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian defense attorney for detained CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda told Emboffs December 9 that Rwanda's Supreme Court had agreed to hold a hearing on January 13, 2010 about the legality of Nkunda's detention. The attorney claimed to have had no direct communication with Nkunda [...]
2009-12-16 12:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS MARR CG RW
09KIGALI86FOREIGN MINISTER ON JOINT OPERATIONS AND FOUR PLUS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the diplomatic corps on February 9 on the continuing joint military operations in the eastern Congo and the 4 Plus 4 talks held February 5-6 in Gisenyi between Rwanda and the DRC. Drawing from the 4 Plus 4 Joint Communique distributed at the b [...]
2009-02-10 16:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI860MINISTRY OF HEALTH LOBBIES AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 7 heath sector meeting, Ministry of Health (MOH) permanent secretary, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, and National AIDS Control Commission executive director, Dr. Anita Asiimwe, criticized strongly draft legislation in parliament that would criminalize homosexuality, and said [...]
2009-12-16 14:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KHIV RW
09KIGALI861REFUGEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 10:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF RW
09KIGALI862GETTING TO KNOW SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of the Rwandan Socialist Party, an intellectual and Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) veteran whose family was killed during Rwanda's political violence of the late 1950s, is strongly pro-American and critical of China. He leads a small party which is aligned with the [...]
2009-12-17 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI870RWANDA-FRANCE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ON FAST TRACK
[...] (C) Visiting French MFA Director General of Administration Stephane Romatet told Ambassador on December 17 that the Quai d'Orsay planned to have a full-time political officer in Rwanda by early January, 2010 and an ambassador here later that month. He said France intends to start quickly, at [...]
2009-12-18 12:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI871RWANDA NAMES AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE
[...] (SBU) During a December 16 cabinet meeting, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) designated Jacques Kabare to serve as Rwanda's next ambassador to France, less than a month after the two countries announced their intention to reestablish diplomatic ties. Since approximately 2005, Kabare has headed [...]
2009-12-18 12:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI874RPF FLEXES ITS MUSCLES DURING CONGRESS, CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, approximately 2500 Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) members from across Rwanda held a party congress in Kigali to hear remarks by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and other senior figures and to elect individuals to fill party leadership slots. RPF rank and file n]F 6v [...]
2009-12-22 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI894RWANDA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU)There were no acts of international terrorism in Rwanda in 2009. The Rwandan government worked to improve border control measures and prepared to create a financial investigations unit, in accordance with anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing legislation adopted the previous [...]
2009-12-31 12:02:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC RW
09KIGALI896TRENDS IN RWANDA PERTAINING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is no Rwandan law against homosexuality. The constitution provides for equality of all citizens but does not specifically prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In December 2009, following lobbying and statements by key government figures, the lower chamber o [...]
2009-12-31 12:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI91RWANDA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 15:44:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AORC RW
09KIGALI98RWANDA ON REVIEW CONFERENCE WORKING GROUP SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 06:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNHRC PHUM RW
09KINSHASA1129DRC-RWANDA BILATERAL COMMISSION DISCUSSES SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC-Rwandan Joint Grand Commission met in Kinshasa December 17-19, after a recess of 21 years. Minister for International Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda led the DRC delegation and his former homologue and newly appointed Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo led the Rwandan c [...]
2009-12-22 17:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EPET EAIR MARR PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA306 DRC-RWANDAN "4+4" COMMUNIQUE
[...] (SBU) The DRC and Rwandan Foreign Ministers met in the "4+4" format in Kinshasa March 27-28. Embassy Kigali has obtained a copy of the joint communiqu from the meeting; the original English version is at paragraph 2. Most notably, the document reaffirms agreement between the ministers for an [...]
2009-04-01 13:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS CG RW
09KINSHASA573FORMER NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR SERUFULI ON DECOUPAGE,
[...] (C) Summary. Former North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli has reiterated complaints about the power of ethnic Nande in North Kivu Province and his support to split the province into Nande and "Rwandophone" dominated zones ("decoupage"). He described his relationship with detained Tutsi rebel l [...]
2009-06-18 07:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREF PINR PREL CG RW
09KINSHASA578DRC: MBUSA NYAMWISI -- YESTERDAY'S MAN?
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with TDY poloff, Minister of Decentralization and Territorial Development Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi expressed bitterness and resignation about developments in the DRC. An ethnic Nande, who in October was demoted from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mbusa strongly c [...]
2009-06-19 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA600NKUNDA STATUS -- MONUC'S ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM?
[...] (C) During a June 18 briefing to Kinshasa based diplomats, MONUC's Political Affairs Division Officer in Charge (PAD-OIC) Christian Manahl (please protect) voiced concern that progress on improving DRC-Rwanda bilateral relations had "cooled", noting that the "4X4" bilateral commission (reftel [...]
2009-06-24 13:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS RW CG
09KINSHASA639 SRSG MEETS WITH SENIOR DIPLOMATS ON EVE OF TRIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following are notes on July 5 meeting between Alan Doss with representatives (ambassadors or DCM's) of Belgium, France and the U.S. just prior to his departure for New York to attend the Security Council's July 10 on MONUC. UK rep was unable to attend. Ambassador will meet th [...]
2009-07-06 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC MARR RW CG
09KINSHASA796IMPROVING DRC-GOR RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: All indications are that the main focus of the August 6 Kabila-Kagame discussions was development of Lake Kivu methane gas as an energy source. Specific details regarding the meeting, the first bilateral meeting between DRC and Rwandan presidents since 1998, remain sketchy, as t [...]
2009-08-27 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG RW
09KINSHASA849DRC EXTRADITES SUSPECTED GENOCIDAIRE TO ARUSHA
[...] (C) Summary: On September 20, the GDRC extradited Rwandan genocidaire suspect Gregoire Ndahimana to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha. Ndahimana, who surrendered to MONUC's DDRRR on August 11, had been "grabbed up" by the FARDC and sent to Kinshasa. The long de [...]
2009-09-21 07:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CG RW
09LONDON1669DRC/LRA: UK SEES ARMY REFORM AS KEY TO SEXUAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. The UK sees security sector reform (SSR) and army reform as keys to improveing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Foreign Office Great Lakes team leader Nne-Nne Iwuji-Eme and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told Poloff July 20. The U [...]
2009-07-20 15:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS ZF CG RW UG SO UK
09LONDON2117GREAT LAKES: UK WELCOMES SE WOLPE'S APPOINTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: UK Government officials, including FCO Africa Director Adam Wood, East Africa and Great Lakes Department deputy head Graham Zebedee, Great Lakes team leader Nne-Nne Iwuji-Eme, and DFID Senior Political Analyst Nick Bates, welcomed SE Wolpe's appointment and the USG's reinvigorated coo [...]
2009-09-11 08:32:00Embassy LondonSECRETPINR PREL ZF UG CG RW BY ZU UK
09LONDON2743MONUC/RWANDA: UK HOLDING TO SIX-MONTH RENEWAL, THOUGHTS ON RWANDA IN THE COMMONWEALTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 16:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPKO PINR RW CG ZF FR UK
09LONDON2819(C/NF) COMMONWEALTH TACKLES CLIMATE CHANGE, MOSTLY STEERS CLEAR OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES REF: A. PORT OF SPAIN 00482 B. LONDON 2743 C. LONDON 2769
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 16:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM TSPL KSUM KGHG TD RW ZI GA UG FJ
09NAIROBI1002SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON (MAY 23-31)
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes 18 months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 500,000 Kenyans. Over th [...]
2009-05-18 09:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALASEC OREP AMGT AFIN GH IT PGOV PREL RW SU
09NAIROBI481RWANDA WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR MAKES FINAL APPEAL
[...] (U) On March 2 ICTR Chief Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow briefed representatives of the informal "Friends of the ICTR," made up of several African and western diplomatic missions in Nairobi, Kenya on the status of efforts to apprehend fugitive Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga, wh [...]
2009-03-11 12:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KE RW
09OTTAWA383CANADA SECURES FIRST WAR CRIMES CONVICTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada on May 22 secured a landmark first judicial decision under its 2000 Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (CAHWCA),convicting failed refugee claimant Dsir Munyaneza on all seven charges against him related to genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes during t [...]
2009-05-22 17:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KAWC PREF RW CA
09OTTAWA826CANADA: LIFE SENTENCE FOR RWANDAN WAR CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Quebec court has sentenced D????sir???? Munyaneza, a failed Rwandan refugee claimant, to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 25 years for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes stemming from his participation in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The l [...]
2009-10-29 19:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ICTR KAWC CA RW
09PARIS1198GREAT LAKES; SE WOLPE'S AUGUST 28 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the Presidency and MFA were in general agreement with Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe during his August 28 meetings in Paris. The French agreed on the need to encourage continued cooperation between the DRC and Rwanda, and between Presidents Kabila an [...]
2009-09-02 08:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR PHUM ZF RW CG FR
09PARIS128DRC/RWANDA: ENTERING A POSITIVE NEW PHASE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Great Lakes desk officer Laurent Chevallier on January 26 said that recent developments in the DRC and Rwanda (Nkunda's arrest, GOR pursuit of the FDLR in the DRC, Uganda's operations in the DRC against the Lord's Resistance Army/LRA) were very positive signs that the broad [...]
2009-01-28 15:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PHUM MOPS CG RW FR
09PARIS1349RWANDA: FRENCH JUDGE ENDS QUESTIONING OF ROSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French judge investigating events concerning the 1994 Rwandan genocide has dismissed the first Rwandan official questioned in the case. Rose Kabuye was granted freedom of movement when the judge on September 25 lifted the international arrest warrant that was used to compel he [...]
2009-10-01 14:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KCRM KJUS RW FR
09PARIS1731S/WCI RAPP'S CONSULTATIONS IN FRANCE (DECEMBER 14)
[...] (C) SUBJECT: French officials on December 14 told S/WCI Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp that they would advise consideration of a French contribution to support the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) but cautioned that GOF budgetary resources were quite limited and that a contribution might n [...]
2009-12-21 09:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM PHUM YI RW SL FR
09PARIS223A/DAS WYCOFF'S FEBRUARY 5 CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During February 5 meetings with AF Acting DAS Karl Wycoff, French officials: -- (on Chad) expressed skepticism about a role for the Francophonie organization in Chad; wanted "free and fair" elections yet seemed ready to welcome Deby's remaining in power as the best alternativ [...]
2009-02-12 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS CD CG RW SO FR
09PRETORIA1949TOUR D'HORIZON OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 18 September, EmbOff met with members of the Institute for Security Studies' (ISS) Security Sector Governance Programme to discuss the state of peacekeeping operations on the African continent. The ISS team lamented the AU's lack of capacity, the international community's pie [...]
2009-09-25 10:05:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PKO MCAP AU AO NI RW SF SU
09PRETORIA2365SOUTH AFRICA: GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Great Lakes Special Advisor Howard Wolpe's message on Washington's enhanced Great Lakes engagement was welcomed warmly during the Special Advisor's October 30-November 2 visit to South Africa. Wolpe renewed contacts with Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim, SAG Great Lakes Special [...]
2009-11-18 15:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CG BU RW UG SF EAID KDEM
09PRETORIA844PRETORIA DRC WATCHERS HOLDING ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa's interest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been eclipsed by domestic politics and more acute Southern African Development Community (SADC) emergencies, but it has not disappeared. The United Nations Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC) maintains an [...]
2009-04-29 08:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CG RW SF
09STATE102933(U) EAC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS (C-AL9-02031)
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY'S (EAC) TRADE NEGOTIATIONS IN KAMPALA, UGANDA THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 24 AND 25. ANALYSTS PLAN TO WRITE ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS, AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY REPORTING ON THE TOPICS BELOW, POSTS' TIME AND RESOURCES PER [...]
2009-10-02 18:29:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR BY KE RW TZ UG
09STATE123216GUIDANCE: DECEMBER 3 UNSC DEBATE ON ICTR/ICTY
[...] (U) The Department requests that USUN draw on the points in paragraph 2 for use during the Security Council's December 3 debate on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United St [...]
2009-12-02 00:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA ZF ZL RW
09STATE128281INSTRUCTIONS FOR ICTY/ICTR EXTENSION RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) The Department authorizes USUN to vote for adoption of the resolutions contained in paragraphs 2 and 3, for consideration December 16, 2009, regarding extensions of the terms of judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tr [...]
2009-12-16 00:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR ZF ZL RW
09STATE25242HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING - MARCH
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 17, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: BAYINGANA, Emmanuel Rank: Colonel Unit: RMA DOB: June 6, 1965 POB: Uganda 2. ( [...]
2009-03-17 16:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE34991LEAHY VETTING FOR NOMINEES FOR THE ILEA WILDLIFE
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 9, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Rank/Name: AIP Jean Claude Karasira Organization: Rwanda National Police DOB: June 20, 1974 P [...]
2009-04-09 18:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE37561(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: AFRICAN GREAT
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on African Great Lakes (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to DROC, Burundi, and Rwanda (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below s [...]
2009-04-16 14:11:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KDEM KHIV ZF XA CF RW BY
09STATE42579LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA INTERNATIONAL LAW
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 28, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: NSENGIYUMVA, Jean Claude Rank: Investigating Officer DOB: December 12, 1978 Passport # [...]
2009-04-28 14:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE47059LEAHY VETTING FOR KIGALI CANDIDATE TO ATTEND THE
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 8, it possesses no credible information of gross violation of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: KAMANZI, Frank Mushyo Rank: Brig General DOB: February 4, 1963 2. (U) Post is permitted to pr [...]
2009-05-08 14:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE57281UNSC CONSULTATION ON ICTR/ICTY -- JUNE 4
[...] (U) The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the Security Council,s June 4 consultations on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). Begin Points: 2. (U) The United States [...]
2009-06-03 20:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA ZF ZL RW
09STATE58041LEAHY VETTING FOR IPSTC ACOTA TRAINING JUNE 8 -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 5, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: RASANA, Joshua Rank: Lieutenant Colonel DOB: March 15, 1956 POB: Rwanda Name: BASA [...]
2009-06-05 13:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE60609RWANDA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 00:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG RW
09STATE61140LEAHY VETTING FOR CANDIDATES TO ATTEND U.S.
[...] (SBU) the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 12, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: GAKUBA, Emery Rank: Lt DOB: March 25, 1971 POB: Rwanda Name: RUTABURINGOGA, Karun [...]
2009-06-12 20:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE62045LEAHY VETTING FOR CANDIDATES SCHEDULED TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 16, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: NGABONZIZA, Jackson Rank: IO DOB: September 29, 1977 Name: BAYINGANA, Fred Rank: I [...]
2009-06-16 14:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE62420RETURNS OF RWANDAN AND BURUNDI REFUGEES IN THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraphs 4-6. -------- ISSUE -------- 2. (C ) Issue: Department is concerned that in the current process of returning and reintegrating Burundi and Rwandan refugees in the Great Lakes, international refugee principles of access to an asylum [...]
2009-06-17 00:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY UG
09STATE70585LEAHY VETTING FOR CANDIDATES TO PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of July 8, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Paul Munana Rank: Captain DOB: October 11, 1973 POB: Burundi Type of Training: Technical [...]
2009-07-08 15:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE70595LEAHY VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 8, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Rogers Rutikanga Rank: Chief Superintendent DOB: August 14, 1960 POB: Kampala, Uganda [...]
2009-07-08 16:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE80182LEAHY VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of July 31, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Emmanuel Nsanzumuhire Rank: Lieutenant DOB: September 10, 1967 POB: Luwero, Uganda Name [...]
2009-07-31 20:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PHUM RW
09STATE81156LEAHY VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of August 4, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Charles K. Muhire Rank: Lieutenant General DOB: October 20, 1958 POB: Byumbva, Rwanda [...]
2009-08-04 20:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE81159LEAHY VETTING FOR CANDIDATES SCHEDULED TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of August 4, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Julien Niyibizi Rank: Intelligence Professional DOB: July 19, 1974 POB: Kamonyi, Rwanda [...]
2009-08-04 20:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE82759LEAHY VETTING FOR NOMINEE TO ATTEND THE MARINE
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of August 10, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Theodomir Bahizi Rank: Major DOB: November 21, 1967 POB: Mbarara, Uganda 2. (U) Post [...]
2009-08-10 13:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE82760LEAHY VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of August 10, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Ronald Nkusi Rank: Immigration Officer DOB: October 1, 1976 POB: Mbarara, Uganda Name [...]
2009-08-10 13:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE88167LEAHY VETTING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL SCHEDULED TO
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of August 24, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below: Name: Jean de Dieu Nkubiri DOB: October 26, 1974 POB: Bujumbura, Burundi 2. (U) Post is p [...]
2009-08-24 19:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE88178LEAHY VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of August 24, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: Name: Emmanuel Rurangirwa Rank: Lieutenant DOB: September 7, 1968 POB: Rwanda Name: Pat [...]
2009-08-24 19:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE88217REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SDU) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS REVIEWED ITS FILES AND FINDS AS OF AUGUST 21, 2009, IT POSSESSES NO CREDIBLE INFORMATION OF GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMANS RIGHTS BY THE OFFICERS LISTED BELOW. NAME: SHIMIMANA DEO RANK: COL BIRTHDATE: 08/05/1949 NAME: NKULU MAYAMBA RANK: [...]
2009-08-24 20:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE88554LEAHY VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of August 25, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: Name: Alphonse Zigira DOB: January 1, 1963 POB: Byumba, Rwanda Name: Emile Gatashya DOB: [...]
2009-08-25 17:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STATE88556LEAHY VETTING FOR THE AFRICA ENDEAVOR EXERCISE IN
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds as of August 25, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: Name: James Abaine Rank: Major DOB: January 11, 1968 POB: Cankuzo, Burundi Name: Chris [...]
2009-08-25 17:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM RW
09STOCKHOLM417RWANDAN GENOCIDE SUSPECT TO BE EXTRADITED FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 14:48:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PREL PGOV RW EU SW
09USUNNEWYORK1003U.S. RE-ELECTED TO UN'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
[...] The United Nations General Assembly held elections on October 16 to fill 18 vacancies on the UN's Economic and Social Council for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2010. All candidates have been endorsed previously by their respective regional groups and were uncontested. Elected were [...]
2009-11-06 21:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA ECOSOC PREL GH CN ZA RW EG BG MG
09USUNNEWYORK1035OBASANJO ON THE DRC, NIGERIA, AND AFRICAN ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-14 00:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC CG RW NI XA
09USUNNEWYORK1061UN STRESSES NEED FOR MONUC TO SUPPORT KIMIA II;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO A/SYG Mulet requested continued Security Council support for MONUC's assistance to DRC army's (FARDC) "Kimia II" operation against the FLDR. He said both military and political pressure were needed to address the FDLR threat, and outlined MONUC's plan to clear out the FDLR [...]
2009-11-21 00:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK1106MEETING OF USUN LEGAL ADVISER WITH ICTR PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMMARY: On Friday, December 4, USUN Legal Adviser Mary McLeod (filling in for Ambassador DiCarlo) met with International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) President Byron. Byron addressed three issues: witness protection, ICTR fugitive Felicien Kabuga, and the deadline for 11bis [...]
2009-12-08 22:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS UNSC XA RW
09USUNNEWYORK1159MONUC EXTENDED 5 MONTHS; MANDATE CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously renewed MONUC's mandate on December 23 for 5 months, with the intention to further extend it an additional 12 months. During Council consultations on December 16, SRSG Doss said the "Kimia II" operations against the FDLR would end in December, an [...]
2009-12-24 17:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM XA UNSC CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK164DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: USG HOLMES BRIEFS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, briefed the Security Council on the current humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 17 following his visit to the country. He described a new dynamic created by recent coopera [...]
2009-02-20 13:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK442RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR MEETS WITH USUN
[...] (C) Adama Dieng, registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and his special assistant Mandiaye Niang met with Ambassador DiCarlo on April 27 to provide their views on the status of the ICTR's completion strategy. After referring to Security Council 1503 (2003) that cal [...]
2009-04-30 13:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKAWC PARM PREF PREL RW
09USUNNEWYORK63UN UPDATE: CNDP JOINING DRC ARMY; DRC AND RWANDA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 00:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC XA CG RW UG
09USUNNEWYORK652SPECIAL ENVOY OBASANJO SHARES VIEWS ON DRC, SOUTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Obasanjo met with Ambassador Rice on June 29 and the P5 Belgium on June 30. He told Rice that neither Rwanda nor the DRC wanted to shelter former CNDP leader Nkunda. He suggested implementing greater incentives to encourage FDLR combatants [...]
2009-07-07 02:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC RW SU GC XA
09USUNNEWYORK687MONUC AT THE UN: "ZERO TOLERANCE" FOR SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPHS 11 AND 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss on July 10 told the Security Council that significant progress was being made on integrating the DRC army (FARDC) and combating the FDLR and LRA rebel groups. He warned of an ongoing humanitarian cris [...]
2009-07-14 18:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC CG XA ZF RW
09USUNNEWYORK791RWANDA'S UN PERMREP ASKS FOR HELP IN ARRESTING
[...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice on August 13, new Rwandan PermRep Gasana asked for assistance in holding accountable FDLR rebel leaders who continue to support the FDLR from Europe and North America. Ambassador Rice stressed the need for Rwanda to supply solid evidence so [...]
2009-08-25 22:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC ZF RW CG
09USUNNEWYORK885UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPT. 24 A.M.)
[...] SUMMARY: During the September 24 morning meeting of the UNGA General Debate, heads of state or governments from Comoros, Ghana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Panama, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Turkey, and Israel spoke. Common themes we [...]
2009-10-09 18:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC PGOV CN GH BK RW LH CY TP SL PM
09USUNNEWYORK919AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH ICTR PRESIDENT
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph three below. 2. (U) Judge Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and his special assistant Helge Zietler met with Ambassador DiCarlo on October 6 to provide their views on the issue of whether the ICTR [...]
2009-10-16 19:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC PARM PREF RW
09USUNNEWYORK936MOMENTUM BUILDING TO BOLSTER MONUC'S MANDATE AND STREAMLINE ITS TASKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss told the Security Council on October 16 that progress continued on integrating the DRC army (FARDC),but noted that the FDLR had not been neutralized and LRA remnants were still active. In closed consultations with Council members, Doss said that LRA elements h [...]
2009-10-22 16:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC CG ZXA ZF RW
10ADDISABABA273U/S OTERO TALKS WATER IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (U) On January 30, 2010, Under Secretary (U/S) for Global Affairs, Maria Otero, met with USG partners implementing programs to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) for people in Ethiopia. The meeting was hosted by USAID and included the Deputy Chief of Mission, the Region [...]
2010-02-10 07:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AMGT XW BY RW ET
10BRUSSELS141BELGIAN FM VANACKERE'S JAN 18-25 TRIP TO CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry provided a readout February 1 of Belgian FM Vanackere's January 18-25 trip to the Central African nations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Rwanda, and Burundi. Vanackere met the presidents and foreign ministers of all three coun [...]
2010-02-05 17:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS23AMBASSADOR RAPP DISCUSSES COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE
[...] (C) Summar Ambassador Stephen J. Rap Belgium would continue to push for the ICC's independent Quthority to initiate trials of crimes of aggression between states. End Summary. MFA Optimistic on Court for S)erra Leone Donation --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (C) The AfricQ [...]
2010-01-08 15:40:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG BY RW SL BE
10BRUSSELS70BELGIUM:CENTRAL AFRICA, ESPECIALLY THE DRC, IS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister's Vanackere's week long trip to Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi from January 18 to 25, underscores the importance of Central Africa to Belgium. For the Belgian political class and the media, Central Africa, especially the Congo, is the chief foreign policy concern. A [...]
2010-01-21 15:17:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS73DEPUTY GREAT LAKES ENVOY JIM YELLIN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) James Yellin, Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for Africa,s Great Lakes region, met with Belgian MFA Africa Division officials on December 18 after returning from his travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Burundi, and Rwanda with Roeland van de Geer, the EU Special Repr [...]
2010-01-21 15:35:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG BU RW BE
10DARESSALAAM149RWANDAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON RAILS, EAC, ICTR
[...] SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting February 10, newly arrived Rwandan High Commissioner Fatuma Ndangiza told Ambassador Lenhardt of Rwanda's priority of linking to the port of Dar es Salaam by rail. She described progress and challenges of East African Community (EAC) integration and lamente [...]
2010-02-18 06:17:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PGOV ICTR KAWC KJUS TZ RW
10KIGALI117KIGALI GRENADE ATTACKS ADD TO TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) On the evening of February 19, three near-simultaneous grenade attacks/explosions occurred in and near downtown Kigali. The attacks targeted a restaurant/supermarket, a multiple-story office building, and the city's main bus/taxi station, killing two individuals and reportedly injuring [...]
2010-02-22 18:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC RW
10KIGALI120RWANDA, DRC SIGN REFUGEE REPATRIATION AGREEMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After much deliberation, the governments of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed repatriation agreements at the conclusion of a February 16-17 tripartite meeting with the UNHCR in Kigali to discuss the voluntary repatriation of refugees in the two countrie [...]
2010-02-23 15:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM EAID CG RW
10KIGALI122RWANDA EAGER TO TAKE GREATER OWNERSHIP OF FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 4-5 annual meeting with development partners to review progress and efforts to make aid more effective, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) proposed to limit the number of sectors in which each donor country works in order to reduce transaction costs and risks of d [...]
2010-02-25 08:55:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR EINV SOCI ECON KMCA RW
10KIGALI127IRGC SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 10:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN RW
10KIGALI17GRENADE ATTACKS/INCIDENTS IN RWANDA - NO SIGN OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late December, three hand grenades exploded at bars in Butare, causing some minor injuries. On January 4 and 6, in two separate incidents, children in northeastern Rwanda playing with unexploded grenades they had found accidentally set them off, killing two children and woun [...]
2010-01-08 13:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC RW
10KIGALI18NATIONAL DIALOGUE: ORDINARY CITIZENS PUSH THEIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Rwanda's December 10-11 National Dialogue, broadcast via television, radio and streaming internet video to a national and international Rwandan audience, President Kagame criticized sharply several ministers and other officials over mismanaged or ineffective programs in [...]
2010-01-08 13:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC RW
10KIGALI33CIVIL SOCIETY ADVOCATES AGAINST CRIMINALIZING SEX
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A coalition of civil society representatives met January 5 to discuss an article in the draft penal code criminalizing sex workers. The lower house adopted the penal code in December and will send it to the Senate after translating it into French and English. The article carries [...]
2010-01-13 13:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
10KIGALI34HIGH-LEVEL FRENCH, DUTCH AND GERMAN DELEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Over the last five days, senior officials from France, the Netherlands and Germany conducted multi-day visits to Rwanda. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner used his visit to cement diplomatic relations that France and Rwanda officially restored in late 2009. He also prepare [...]
2010-01-13 16:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS RW
10KIGALI41RWANDA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. As a result of reforms implemented in 2008 and 2009, the World Bank recognized Rwanda as the world,s top reformer in adopting business re [...]
2010-01-22 07:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR RW
10KIGALI51AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - RWANDAN ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) President Kagame has accepted A/S Carson's invitation to meet at the AU summit (reftel). Government of Rwanda is still working out details on the trip but has provided post the following information: Composition of delegation - President Paul Kagame, Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwab [...]
2010-01-22 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP AORC XA RW
10KIGALI53RWANDAIR SIGNS WITH BOEING, EXPANDS FLEET
[...] (C) Rwandair signed in December 2009 a contract with Boeing to buy two new 737-800 aircraft for $84 million. At the signing celebration on December 17, the Rwandair CEO praised Embassy efforts supporting the negotiation. The new aircraft will feature innovative "Dreamliner" interiors and are [...]
2010-01-26 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD RW
10KIGALI54RWANDA "FRAGILE" BUT POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Parti Democrate Centriste (PDC) leaders told Emboffs January 6 that while the political situation in Rwanda fifteen years after the genocide remains "fragile," political parties can operate more easily and freely today, and the PDC is considering running as an independent party [...]
2010-01-27 17:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
10KIGALI55CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister for African Affairs Zhai Jun visited Rwanda January 25-27. During his stay, he met with President Kagame, Foreign Minister Mushikiwabo, other senior officials and businessmen. He also visited the main genocide memorial at Gisozi as well as sites outside of [...]
2010-01-27 17:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CH CG RW
10KIGALI65NO EVIDENCE OF CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer Rachel Yousey, AF/RSA officer Learned Dees and Emboffs met January 21-27 with MONUC, UNHCR, Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC),the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC),and visited the Muhazi Rehabilitation Center for former child soldiers [...]
2010-02-02 17:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKTIP PHUM PREF PGOV PREL MARR MOPS CG RW
10KIGALI75POLICE ARREST PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL INGABIRE'S AIDE
[...] (SBU) Police on February 6 arrested Joseph Ntawangundi, an aide to would-be presidential candidate Victoire Ingabire, on charges that a gacaca court in 2007 tried and convicted him in absentia for genocide-related crimes. Ingabire's camp shortly afterward released a press statement, claiming [...]
2010-02-09 08:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM PINS RW
10KIGALI76INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER AWAITS VERDICT IN DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Editor and journalist Didas Gasana and journalist Richard Kayigamba of the independent Kinyarwanda-language weekly newspaper Umuseso appeared in court January 27 on charges of defamation and invasion of privacy over an article they published alleging an affair between the mayor [...]
2010-02-09 09:42:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KMCA MCC PHUM KPAO RW
10KIGALI9UDPR PARTY LEADER ON RWANDAN POLITICS, LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Rwanda's small UDPR party, who is a member of parliament, told polcouns December 30 that Rwanda needed strong and stable government and economic growth. Rwanda's parliament was working hard to pass legislation related the East African Community (EAC),he said; howev [...]
2010-01-07 08:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD PREL RW
10KINSHASA10DDRRR AWARENESS ACTIVITIES APPEARS TO DELIVER RESULTS, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While MONUC awareness activities appear to have had positive results in encouraging FDLR combatants to participate in the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration (DDRRR) process, additional resources are needed to sustain their efforts, according [...]
2010-01-07 12:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PREL PHUM CG RW ICTR
10PARIS216FRANCE/GABON (SENEGAL)/RWANDA: PREVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Gabon (February 24) and Rwanda (February 25),spending about 24 hours in the former and about three in the latter. His Africa advisors told us on February 23 that in Gabon, he will sign a renegotiated defense agreement that will include a [...]
2010-02-23 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SENV MOPS SG GB RW FR
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