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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02KUWAIT5236 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ CLAIMS TO ACCEPT TPC [...] (C) ICRC Delegate Michel Meyer told PolChief December 3 that his headquarters has received a letter from Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa transmitting a November 27 letter SIPDIS from the Iraqi mission to the Arab League in Cairo, which affirmed that Iraq accepted the proposal by the [...] |
2002-12-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 02KUWAIT5262 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ FORMALLY ACCEPTS TPC [...] (C) ICRC sent us a copy December 4 of a Note Verbale that its office in Baghdad had received the same day from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, accepting the Tripartite Commission (TPC) proposal to suspend the TSC quorum rule for four months. (ICRC's informal translation from Arabic follows at pa [...] |
2002-12-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 02KUWAIT5293 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: PREPARING FOR UPCOMING TPC [...] (U) This is a corrected version of KUWAIT 5292, adding dropped text. Please disregard KUWAIT 5292 in favor of this message. 2. Action Request: see paragraph 8. 3. (C) SUMMARY: ICRC seeks advance approval of draft Minutes of the upcoming TPC meeting (date still TBD). We seek Depar [...] |
2002-12-09 16:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 02KUWAIT5482 |
(C) MEETING OF TRIPARTITE COMMISSION ON GULF WAR [...] (C) As pre-arranged, the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing and POWs (TPC) met in Geneva December 18 and approved a rule suspension designed to revive Iraqi participation after 4 years of boycott. The minutes (text at paragraph 2 below) were pre-agreed. Iraq signed them in Baghdad earl [...] |
2002-12-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 02KUWAIT5611 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: KUWAIT'S AGENDA FOR TSC [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This message summarizes Kuwait's agenda for the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing and POWs (TPC). Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have agreed to meet in Amman on January 8 under ICRC chairmanship, in accordance with the [...] |
2002-12-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 03AMMAN7627 |
RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT STANDING COMMISSION [...] (C) Embassy Amman supports the candidacy of Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRCS) President Dr. Mohamed Al-Hadid for re-election to the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Al-Hadid supports strong relations with the United States Government and U.S. humanitarian orga [...] |
2003-11-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PREL JO ICRC |
| 03KUWAIT104 |
(C) HUMANITARIAN PLANNING ON IRAQ [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message summarizes the current state of planning in Kuwait for humanitarian aspects of Iraq contingency. Most of this information has been reported previously in greater detail. Coordination is ongoing among the Embassy, US military, GOK, Kuwait Red Cresc [...] |
2003-01-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF MOPS MARR PHUM PREL EAID IZ KU ICRC |
| 03KUWAIT105 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: 1/22 MEETING WILL BE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iraq held a meeting of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing (TPC) January 8 in Amman, Jordan. The process got off to a reasonably constructive start but will only begin to tackle su [...] |
2003-01-14 07:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 04BAGHDAD230 |
USEB 146: ICRC DELIVERS COPIES OF TWO LETTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 20, 2004, International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Baghdad Head of Delegation Christophe Beney delivered copies of two letters (Refs A and B) to Pol-Mil Minister Ambassador Neumann. Both letters were labeled "Confidential." Both were addressed to General George W. [...] |
2004-07-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ ICRC |
| 04KUWAIT1928 |
(C) GOK INQUIRES ABOUT KUWAITI HELD IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note, number 20041331 from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, dated 20 June 2004, marked "Secret" and noting that ICRC informed the GOK on May 11 that it had registered a Kuwaiti citizen dur [...] |
2004-06-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
| 04KUWAIT2217 |
(SBU) GULF WAR MISSING: TSC MEETING SET FOR SEPT. [...] (SBU) Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Regional Delegation of ICRC announcing that the 46th session of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing Persons (TPC) will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Kuwait on September 7, 2004 at 9: [...] |
2004-07-18 04:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPOW PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
| 04KUWAIT4132 |
TRIPARTITE COMMISSION LAUDS PROGRESS IN ID OF GULF [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The 27th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing was held November 24 in Geneva at ICRC headquarters. In stark contrast to previous sessions (ref C), this meeting was characterized by strong cooperation among TPC members and the participation [...] |
2004-12-01 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW PHUM AORC KU IZ ICRC |
| 04KUWAIT4449 |
GOK FAILS TO LOCATE REMAINS OF ITS MISSING IN [...] (U) During Ambassador LeBaron's December 21 courtesy call on Shaykh Salem Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Chairman of the National Committee for Missing and POW Affairs (NCMPA), NCMPA Director General Rabea Al-Adsani reported that Kuwaiti officials recently traveled to Karbala to search for bodie [...] |
2004-12-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPOW PHUM AORC KU IZ ICRC |
| 04KUWAIT731 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: TSC MEETS, NOTES CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing Persons (TPC) held its 45th official session in Kuwait March 2. 30 more remains of Kuwaiti missing have been positively identified since the December TPC meeting. The TSC authorized ful [...] |
2004-03-03 15:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
| 05AMMAN1826 |
MDA ISSUE: EMBLEM WORKING GROUP'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on recent consultations with regional members of the Emblem Working Group, the Chair of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission is confident the majority of Arab National Societies can be persuaded to actively support the reconvening of the a [...] |
2005-03-06 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PREF IS JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN2217 |
DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (C) CDA made ref A points March 16 to Foreign Ministry Secretary General Abdullah Madadha (FM Mulki and his private SIPDIS office staff are in the U.S. with King Abdullah.) -- On Syria/Lebanon, Madadha said Jordan would continue to press for immediate Syrian withdrawal, and would also use [...] |
2005-03-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL SY LE IZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN4474 |
MDA: ISRAEL "WON'T PAY FOR MDA" WITH FOURTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israel would rather abandon the possibility of holding a diplomatic conference this fall than accept Swiss Envoy Pfirter's proposal to overcome Egyptian/Arab League opposition by recommending Fourth Convention follow-on monitoring mechanisms when Switzerland presents its Interna [...] |
2005-06-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN4477 |
ICRC BAGHDAD TO PUSH A "CONFIDENCE-BUILDING" [...] (C) On the margins of the UNRWA Major Donors and Host Nations conference (septel), PRM PDAS Greene met with ICRC Head of Delegation (HOD) Chistoph Beney to express USG concerns that ICRC actions in Baghdad were causing a deterioration in the overall USG-ICRC relationship. Greene asked that Be [...] |
2005-06-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PINS XF IZ ICRC |
| 05AMMAN4874 |
MDA: JORDANIAN STANCE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN5129 |
MDA DEMARCHE BEFORE JUNE 27 OIC MEETING: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN6723 |
JORDAN OFFERS PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Per reftel, acting Pol Chief and refcoord met with Walid Obeidat, the Director of the Jordanian Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 21 to ask that Jordan back the proposal for a diplomatic conference to adopt the new international Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement emblem when Switze [...] |
2005-08-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN9472 |
URGENT MDA DEMARCHE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS JO ICRC |
| 05ANKARA3415 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Head of International Political Organizations Levent Sahinkaya, who already had in his possession copies of the Swiss Circular Note, the Draft Rules of Procedure and the Draft Third Additional Protocol. Sahinkaya confirmed: -- the Turkish Amb [...] |
2005-06-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ TU ICRC |
| 05ANKARA3998 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM (MDA) DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche June 24 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Botsali, who handles OIC matters and was leaving to attend the OIC meeting in Sanaa. He called the subject a technical matter and doubted it would be on the meeting agenda. 2. (C) Botsali called us back Ju [...] |
2005-07-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL TU ICRC |
| 05ANKARA6702 |
MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL - TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Onal November 14, emphasizing the strong U.S. interest in adoption of the Third Protocol, and our hope that Turkey would use its OIC leadership role to visibly support it. Onal said the Turkish position would be "pos [...] |
2005-11-15 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PREL IS TU |
| 05ASUNCION1441 |
PARAGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-22 21:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05ASUNCION764 |
PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE TO ADOPT A THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05ASUNCION819 |
PARAGUAY: ADDITIONAL RESPONSE ON SWISS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-27 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05BAGHDAD2946 |
PROPOSALS FOR POSSIBLE UNHCR ASHRAF ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy asks the department to request that US Mission Geneva approach UNHCR to determine whether UNHCR will be willing to undertake any of the actions listed in paragraph (2). -------------- TALKING POINTS -------------- 2. (SBU) MNF-I requests UNHCR assistance in one of the f [...] |
2005-07-14 10:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PTER XF IZ ICRC |
| 05BAGHDAD4154 |
STATUS UPDATE ON CAMP ASHRAF REPATRIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between August 2004 and October 2005, 331 "defectors" from the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MeK) organization have been voluntarily repatriated to their countries of nationality or residence: 316 to Iran, eleven to Pakistan, two to Sweden, one to Turkey, and one to Canada. Possible thir [...] |
2005-10-09 10:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PHUM PTER IZ IR ICRC |
| 05BOGOTA8123 |
COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT MDA/THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-29 17:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO ICRC |
| 05BRATISLAVA466 |
SLOVAKIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ LO ICRC |
| 05CAIRO2481 |
GAINING SUPPORT FROM EGYPT ON MAGON DAVID ADOM [...] (C) During a March 29 meeting with Ambassador Ahmed Fathalla, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, the Acting DCM requested Egyptian support for a possible Swiss-convened conference on a Third Protocol and inclusion of Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) national society into the Red [...] |
2005-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
| 05CAIRO2515 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMITS [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 to press the GOE to support a Swiss diplomatic conference on bringing Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. (Other topics are reported septel/NOTAL.) Drawing on the points cont [...] |
2005-03-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
| 05CAIRO2875 |
PRESSING THE MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) We learned from our Swiss Embassy contacts April 12 that the new Swiss Ambassador raised the issue of an international conference and the Third Protocol during an introductory meeting April 7 with MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ahmed Fathalla. The senior Egyptian officia [...] |
2005-04-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAL EG IS SW ICRC IFRC |
| 05CAIRO3178 |
MDA: SWISS PROJECT DIRECTOR PFIRTER'S [...] (C) During a two-day visit to Egypt April 20-21, Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs Policy Coordinator Didier Pfirter met with senior Egyptian and Arab League officials to discuss the Magen David Adom (MDA) and Third Protocol issues. During the meetings, the Egyptian MFA expressed concerns [...] |
2005-04-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PHUM EG IS ICRC MDA |
| 05CAIRO3752 |
MDA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE LOOKING FOR [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister, who has been in Brazil and is now in Libya, the Acting DCM delivered ref A demarche on May 16 to MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hani Khallaf, stressing that senior U.S. officials may raise the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue this [...] |
2005-05-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
| 05CAIRO3842 |
CHARGE PRESSES MDA ISSUE WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the second-ranking official at the MFA), the Charge urged Egypt to play a constructive role on the issue of the Third Protocol and Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Noting earlier demarches [...] |
2005-05-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO4820 |
MDA: EGYPT REMINDED OF IMPORTANCE OF MDA ISSUE ON [...] (C) On June 26, PolOff shared ref A points with Amr Rushdy of the Foreign Minister's cabinet. Rushdy will travel with the Minister to Sanaa for the June 27 OIC ministerial and coordinates the Magen David Adom (MDA) issue as part of his portfolio. Familiar with the U.S. position on MDA incl [...] |
2005-06-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IS EG ICRC |
| 05CAIRO6417 |
VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pressed for GOE cooperation on moving SIPDIS forward with the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Third Protocol issue, particularly assisting Swiss efforts to convene a D [...] |
2005-08-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO6953 |
CAIRO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: [...] (C) During an introductory meeting September 6, the Ambassador reviewed with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa reftel points ahead of an Arab League foreign ministers meeting scheduled for September 8 in Cairo. The Ambassador sought Moussa's and the League's support on Iraq's politic [...] |
2005-09-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL EG IZ IS ICRC MEPN |
| 05CAIRO7047 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo September 8 to discuss Iraq, Palestine, terrorism, and other key topics ahead of the UN General Assembly and a possible Arab emergency summit. Responding to forceful Iraqi criticism, ministers agreed to a Saudi proposal to create a task force to energi [...] |
2005-09-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL PHUM EG IS IZ MEPN ICRC |
| 05CAIRO7088 |
ARAB LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS: IRAQ, PALESTINE, [...] The following are unofficial embassy translations of Arab League resolutions on Terrorism, Palestine, Iraq, and the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom issue, approved by Arab Foreign Ministers during their meeting in Cairo on September 8. The documents were obtained in draft format but have re [...] |
2005-09-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IZ IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO8376 |
MDA/THIRD PROTOCOL: SWISS READOUT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Swiss Embassy provided post with a readout of the October 28-29 visit to Egypt by Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey for consultations on the Third Protocol/Emblem issue. During her short stay, Calmy-Rey met with First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed [...] |
2005-11-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG SW IS UNGA ICRC MEPN |
| 05CAIRO8603 |
MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC |
| 05CAIRO9056 |
FM ABOUL GHEIT INSTRUCTS GENEVA DELEGATION TO GO [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Chief of Cabinet Wifaa Bassam on December 2. After consulting with FM Aboul Gheit, Ambassador Bassam told the Ambassador in a follow up conversation on December 3 that Aboul Gheit had instr [...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IZ SZ EG ICRC MDA |
| 05DHAKA3248 |
BANGLADESH: MDA: FOLLOW-UP WITH OIC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-11 06:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL BG ICRC |
| 05DHAKA5702 |
BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 04:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ BG ICRC |
| 05DJIBOUTI1145 |
MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADD'L GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to seek support to add the 'red crystal' emblem to the red cross and red crescent now used with the Geneva convention, and for Magen David Adom (MDA) membership to the IRC/RC Movement. Charge [...] |
2005-11-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ ICRC |
| 05DUBLIN1408 |
IRELAND SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EI |
| 05GENEVA2058 |
MDA: SWISS PERMREP DESCRIBES PLANS FOR SEPT 12-13 [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Moley, Swiss PermRep Blaise Godet described planning for the Sept 12-13 informal consultations on an additional emblem. Godet touched on his outreach plans prior to the consultations, Swiss thinking on the structure of the consultations, and possib [...] |
2005-09-01 05:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
| 05GENEVA2396 |
DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES, MEETING WITH HIGH [...] (U) U.S.: Ambassador Kevin Moley, DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes, DOD DAS Matthew Waxman, USN Capt. Michael Boock, EUCOM Col. William Lietzau and Lt. Col. Sarajane Stenton, U.S. Mission Legal Adviser Jeffrey Kovar, and Political Counselor Velia De Pirro. OHCHR: High Commissioner L [...] |
2005-10-05 10:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF PTER ICRC UNCHR |
| 05GENEVA2839 |
MDA: DISSUADING JAPAN FROM AMENDING THE PROTOCOL [...] (C) Summary: Japan is contemplating proposing an amendment to the current text of the additional third protocol (to adopt a new emblem for the Red Cross movement.) This runs counter to the strong U.S. desire not to re-open the draft. While Japan's proposal itself is minor, it is quite possible [...] |
2005-11-18 11:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS ICRC MDA |
| 05HELSINKI670 |
FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SWISS ON CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IS SZ FI ICRC |
| 05KATHMANDU2740 |
MDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THIRD PROTOCOL [...] (C) Due to the re-shuffling of His Majesty's Government of Nepal the evening of December 7, the Acting Foreign Secretary was unavailable this morning. Emboff therefore demarched Kali Prasad Pokharel, Undersecretary, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encouraging Nepal to vote in favor o [...] |
2005-12-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PREL PHUM PREF IS SZ UN NP |
| 05KINGSTON1538 |
THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO GENEVA CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 20:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JM ICRC |
| 05KINSHASA1187 |
CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered between June 28 and July 7, 2005. 2. Over-Fortification of Small Amounts of Food Aid (REF A) -- Although none of the food aid referenced in the cable went to the Republic of Congo, Econ/Cons Officer presented the demarche talking points to two NGOs wo [...] |
2005-07-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR EAID PREF PHUM IS SZ CF ICRC UNSC UN |
| 05KINSHASA1941 |
DRC WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) PolOff delivered November 23 reftel demarche to Tharcisse Kambala, director of the International Organization Division of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kambala said the GDRC would vote in favor of adopting the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and welcomed Magen [...] |
2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CG ICRC |
| 05KUWAIT3023 |
KUWAIT: MDA DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING OIC MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-06 06:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
| 05KUWAIT3720 |
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered August 20 ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Under Secretary and International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad expressed surprise that Magen David Adom (MDA), the Israeli national society was not a part of [...] |
2005-08-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
| 05KUWAIT3974 |
SWISS AMBASSADOR MAKING ROUNDS ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] (C) Swiss Ambassador to Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, Jean-Phillipe Tissieres, called on the Ambassador on September 7 to brief him on Swiss plans to secure support from Arab and Muslim states for the September 11 consultations in Geneva, and the subsequent October conference, on adopting the [...] |
2005-09-07 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
| 05KUWAIT4719 |
DRAFT U.S. STATEMENT FOR 28th MEETING OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (U) Action request: The Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing will meet in Kuwait on November 15, 2005. Post requests Department approval of the below statement to be delivered by the Ambassador. Post would appreciate app [...] |
2005-11-08 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MARR PGOV ICRC KU |
| 05KUWAIT4813 |
28TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: 28 [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait hosted on November 15, the 28th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing. The session closed 28 cases (26 Kuwaitis, two Saudis, and one Iraqi), continued the mandate of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) for one year, and selected November 15, 2006 [...] |
2005-11-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR AORC ICRC KU IZ SA |
| 05KUWAIT4901 |
AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU |
| 05LIMA2698 |
MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL -- [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 19:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM PE ICRC |
| 05LIMA5012 |
MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL--PERU [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 21:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
| 05LIMA5200 |
MDA: PERU TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 21:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
| 05LJUBLJANA402 |
SLOVENES SUPPORTIVE OF SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND [...] (SBU) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Department staffer Ondina Blokar on 15 June. Blokar said that an interministerial working group on international human rights law issues had been requested to issue an opinion on the Swiss Circular Note and the Third Additional Protocol. [...] |
2005-06-15 23:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SI ICRC |
| 05MADRID2318 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 07:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SP ICRC |
| 05MADRID980 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS CONSENSUS EFFORTS ON MDA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Poloff discussed Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross / Red Crescent movement ("the Movement") on March 14 with Manuel Pombo, Ambassador at Large for Humanitarian and Social Affairs. Spain strongly supports the work of the Swiss government in trying to reach a consensus on [...] |
2005-03-15 07:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF IS RS CASC ASCH XG SP ICRC |
| 05MANAMA826 |
BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF BA IS SZ ICRC |
| 05MANAMA913 |
BAHRAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL BA ICRC |
| 05MAPUTO1060 |
MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT AT SEPTEMBER 12 - 13 MDA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL IS MZ ICRC |
| 05MAPUTO1521 |
MOZAMBIQUE: MDA ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] On November 17 poloff delivered ref A talking points to Faruque Faquira, Head of Department, Directorate for International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Faquira said the GRM had recently received the Swiss Government's note on this issue and indicated that Mozamb [...] |
2005-11-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREL IS MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1548 |
MOZAMBIQUE: REPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND PRCS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC MZ |
| 05OTTAWA1799 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND A RESPONSE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning full membership for the Israeli National Society (MDA) in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, to Allisa Golberg, deputy director of the human rights division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on June 13. Golberg referred to the me [...] |
2005-06-14 17:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05OTTAWA3397 |
CANADA SUPPORTS MDA'S INCLUSION AND IS READY TO [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel on 15 November to Alexandra MacKenzie in the Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (C) MacKenzie emphasized the importance of ensuring the success of the Geneva conference, as well as the adoption by consensus of [...] |
2005-11-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF AORC IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05OTTAWA3608 |
CANADA ON MDA: EXPECT A YES VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05OTTAWA747 |
MDA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CONFERENCE ON MDA [...] (C) Poloff followed up on reftel demarche with Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of Foreign Affairs Canada, on March 10. McRae said that in principle Canada supports the convening of a conference for Magan Adom David membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescen [...] |
2005-03-10 17:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | IS RS CA AS PHUM PREL PREF ICRC |
| 05OTTAWA904 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND PRESSING [...] (C) Poloff discussed ref a demarche concerning Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, with Claudie Senay, Human Rights Officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on March 24. As indicated ref b, Senay reiterated that Canada strongly supports the convening of a [...] |
2005-03-29 16:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF AORC IS GM CA ICRC MDA FAC |
| 05PANAMA1320 |
MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1426 |
MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-05 21:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PARAMARIBO755 |
MDA: RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] DCM has discussed the forthcoming Swiss-organized conference in Geneva on December 5-6 on the Third Additional Protocol to create a new "red crystal" emblem with the Surinamese Foreign Ministry. The Government of Suriname remains disposed to support the approval of the Third Protocol, and ha [...] |
2005-11-22 16:50:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL ICRC |
| 05PARAMARIBO791 |
MDA: SURINAME NOT REPRESENTED AT GENEVA MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 18:04:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL ICRC |
| 05PARIS1515 |
MDA:FRENCH RESPONSE ON CONFERENCE FOR MDA [...] (C) Poloff presented reftel talking points to MFA IO Middle East expert Alice Guitton February 25. On March 4, during a discussion of Israeli participation in other international organizations (septel), MFA DAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix told us that France favored Magen David Adom (MDA) [...] |
2005-03-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF IS FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS4042 |
MDA: FRENCH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] (C) Poloff raised the issue of support for convening a diplomatic conference in October to adopt a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions June 7 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian issues. After consulting with MFA IO Director [...] |
2005-06-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS7954 |
FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL, [...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...] |
2005-11-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS8314 |
MDA: FRANCE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR DRAFT GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC |
| 05PRAGUE1648 |
CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDING A THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
| 05PRAGUE913 |
CZECH RESPONSE TO MDA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
| 05QUITO1381 |
ECUADOR LIKELY TO SUPPORT SWISS CIRCULAR ON MDA [...] On June 8, PolOff delivered talking points and a copy of the Swiss circular to MFA Human Rights Director Carmen Larrea. The document recommends a conference to discuss a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions granting the Magen David Adom (MDA) full membership in the Internation [...] |
2005-06-13 21:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EC ICRC |
| 05RABAT2454 |
MOROCCO: URGENT DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES ON MDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref(a) demarche on December 5 to MFA Director of the Division for Humanitarian and Social Issues Sidi Abdelfattah El Kadiri and discussed ref(b) urgent demarche to vote in favor of the MDA with El Kadiri on December 7. Kadiri said he understood that the Swiss had held [...] |
2005-12-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IZ MO |
| 05SANJOSE2795 |
COSTA RICA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ADOPTION OF THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-08 10:23:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL CS ICRC |
| 05SANTIAGO2351 |
CHILE TO CONSIDER VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIRD [...] (U) The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number three) on November 16, in part to deliver Ref A demarche seeking Chile's vocal support for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. The Ambassador expressed appreciat [...] |
2005-11-16 20:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI |
| 05SANTIAGO2476 |
MDA: DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 21:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI |
| 05TUNIS894 |
ICRC REACHES AGREEMENT ON PRISON VISITS WITH GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: After a year of negotiations, the GOT signed an agreement with the ICRC to allow prison visits. This is a highly significant development for the human rights situation in this country. End Summary ICRC Announces Final Agreement On Tunisian Prison Visits --------------------- [...] |
2005-04-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KMPI KJUS TS ICRC |
| 05TUNIS896 |
GOT RUSHES CONVICTION TO COINCIDE WITH ICRC [...] (C) Summary: A Tunisian court sentenced dissident lawyer Mohamed Abbou to a prison term of three years and six months following his one-day April 28 trial for two charges. Abbou was arrested in early March for publishing on the website/listserve "Tunisnews" an article attacking President Ben [...] |
2005-04-29 17:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KMPI KJUS KDEM TS ICRC WSIS |
| 05VIENNA2008 |
SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] (C) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA Human Rights Bureau Director Engelbert Theuermann on June 15. Theuermann said the GoA had already notified the Swiss Government that it supported a diplomatic conference to adopt the Third Additional Protocol. Theuermann added that the GoA was sa [...] |
2005-06-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL AU ICRC |
| 05VIENNA3704 |
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department to discuss adoption of a Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Convention. If a vote is necessary, Theuermann said, Austria and the EU pl [...] |
2005-11-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC |
| 05VIENNA3834 |
MDA: AUSTRIA CONFIRMS YES VOTE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 20:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC |
| 05WELLINGTON472 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 03:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ NZ ICRC |
| 05YEREVAN1018 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MDA AND CONFERENCE ON THIRD [...] (C) Post delivered demarche talking points regarding the Israeli National Society (MDA) and International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan June 9 per reftel instructions. Mrkrtumyan said the GOAM did not have [...] |
2005-06-10 02:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IS SZ AM ICRC |
| 05YEREVAN2028 |
RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA "LIKELY TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ AM ICRC |
| 06ABIDJAN649 |
COTE D'IVOIRE WILL SUPPORT NEW RED DIAMOND EMBLEM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IV |
| 06ABUJA1145 |
NIGERIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-16 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC NI |
| 06AMMAN4440 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MDA VOTE IN GENEVA - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-18 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM ICRC JO |
| 06ANKARA2445 |
MDA: TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) We met with Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul May 2 to discuss ref A points on the upcoming 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva in June. He said he expected the GOT's position will likely remain the s [...] |
2006-05-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ TU |
| 06ASUNCION248 |
PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 20:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ PA |
| 06ASUNCION490 |
PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA |
| 06ATHENS1550 |
MDA: GREEK REPRESENTATION AT GENEVA/INTL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points June 13 to Alexandros Rallis of the Greek MFA's Directorate for International Organizations (D1), which passed them to Greece's Ambassador in Geneva and former D1 head, Frangisko Verros. Greece will be represented in Geneva by Professor Kalliope Koufa. Cons [...] |
2006-06-16 11:31:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS GR |
| 06BANGKOK1600 |
THAILAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA: SIGNING OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ |
| 06BANGKOK3664 |
MDA DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarches (reftel A and B) on June 16 and June 19, 2006, respectively, to Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division of the Bureau of International Organization at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dusit was non-committal on whether Thailand will vote again [...] |
2006-06-20 07:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS TH |
| 06BANJUL381 |
THE GAMBIA:MDA DEMARCHE: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ GA |
| 06BRASILIA1213 |
BRAZIL SUPPORTS AMENDING ICRC STATUTES-NOW [...] Poloff delivered reftels' talking points to Marcelo Bohlke of the MFA's United Nations Division on June 16. Bohlke, who will participate in the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, reiterated that the GoB has already signed the third protocol and intends to support amend [...] |
2006-06-19 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS BR |
| 06COLOMBO1002 |
SRI LANKA WILL TAKE "APPROPRIATE DECISION" ON ICRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director of U.N. and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 14. Ekanayake said his government had sent instructions to its delegation in Geneva, adding, "Sri Lanka will not associate itself with Syri [...] |
2006-06-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CE |
| 06COLOMBO675 |
SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADOPTION OF ICRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL ICRC SZ CE |
| 06COLOMBO947 |
SRI LANKA WILL ATTEND RED CROSS-RED CRESCENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sumedha Ekanayake June 5. Ekanayake said Sri Lanka will send a delegation to the Red Cross- Red Crescent scheduled for June 20-21 in Geneva, and his government supports [...] |
2006-06-06 10:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC CE |
| 06COPENHAGEN857 |
MDA: DENMARK SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC DA IS |
| 06COPENHAGEN861 |
DENMARK WANTS RED CRYSTAL VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 07:13:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ DA |
| 06DAMASCUS2864 |
SYRIA SEEKS TO BLOCK ADMISSION OF ISRAEL'S MAGEN [...] (C) Summary: Syria's President Bashar al-Asad has authorized a Syrian effort to block Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) into the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement at its June 20-21 international conference in Geneva, according to the head of the International Committee of the R [...] |
2006-06-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS SY |
| 06DUBLIN258 |
IRELAND: DELAYS IN SIGNING THE THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL EI |
| 06DUBLIN470 |
IRELAND LIKELY TO SIGN RED CRYSTAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ IE |
| 06DUBLIN689 |
IRELAND TO SIGN "RED CRYSTAL" PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ICRC PREF PREL EI |
| 06DUBLIN719 |
IRELAND MAINTAINS SUPPORT FOR RED CRYSTAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-21 15:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ICRC PREF PREL EI |
| 06HANOI1503 |
VIETNAM RECEIVES ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM |
| 06HANOI625 |
VIETNAM: WILL LIKELY APPROVE ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-17 02:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM |
| 06HANOI952 |
MDA - VIETNAM WILL VOTE YES IN JUNE [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A's points, MFA International Organizations Department First Secretary Ngo Thi Lien reported that Vietnam will vote "yes" at the International Conference in June. However, the GVN is still studying the Third Additional Protocol and has no plan at this time to sign it. [...] |
2006-04-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ VM |
| 06KATHMANDU1529 |
MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED PRIOR TO JUNE 20 CONFERENCE [...] On June 14, Emboff delivered reftel's talking points about the June 20-21 International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement to Narayan Pant, Under Secretary for the United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Emboff stressed the impo [...] |
2006-06-14 10:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU628 |
MDA: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 6, Embassy delivered talking points, reftel, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai and urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to sign the Third Additional Protocol. Bhattarai undertook to r [...] |
2006-03-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP |
| 06KATHMANDU723 |
MDA: NEPAL SIGNS THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 16, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal (GON) had signed the Third Additional Protocol in Geneva on March 15. SCHLOSSER [...] |
2006-03-16 07:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP |
| 06KHARTOUM2891 |
DARFUR: NGO PRESENCE UNDER THREAT [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Humanitarian conditions have declined markedly in the past few months, with several recent events, particularly in the Gereida area, representing a new threshold in what appears to be a concerted effort to chase NGOs out of Darfur. [...] |
2006-12-21 16:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM ICRC UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2894 |
DARFUR: NGO PRESENCE UNDER THREAT - CORRECTED COPY [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Humanitarian conditions have declined markedly in the past few months, with several recent events, particularly in the Gereida area, representing a new threshold in what appears to be a concerted effort to chase NGOs out of Darfur. [...] |
2006-12-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | EAID PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM ICRC UN SU |
| 06KIGALI277 |
AMIS 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 13:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW |
| 06KIGALI578 |
KIGALI 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 16:27:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS RW |
| 06KINGSTON1103 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA [...] (U) On May 4, Poloff faxed Ref A talking points to Angella Brown, Assistant Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT), and asked that the GOJ vote yes to amend the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva on Jun [...] |
2006-06-05 19:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM |
| 06KINGSTON1209 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED REGARDING MDA AND THE ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 19:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ JM |
| 06KINSHASA371 |
DRC: DEMARCHE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC was pleased to see the Third Additional Protocol had passed, and it would work to ensure that MDA could join the ICRC Movement. Djoli added t [...] |
2006-03-06 10:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ CG |
| 06KINSHASA657 |
DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC delegation would vote again in support of the Third Additional Protocol and the inclusion of Magem David Adom into the International Red Cross and [...] |
2006-04-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC CG SZ |
| 06KUWAIT2417 |
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AORC PHUM PREF ICRC KU |
| 06LJUBLJANA379 |
SLOVENIA: MDA DEMARCHE RESPONSE PRIOR TO JUNE 20 [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points 13 June to Bojana Cipot at the Slovene MFA's Department for International Organizations. Cipot noted that Slovenia's representative has commented that the atmosphere in Geneva in the runup to the Conference is "not positive" and that "political will is we [...] |
2006-06-18 23:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS SI |
| 06MADRID1593 |
SPAIN ON MDA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SP |
| 06MANAGUA1053 |
NICARAGUA SUPPORTS MDN RED CRYSTAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-12 19:21:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC |
| 06MANAGUA1309 |
NICARAGUAN PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL RED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AORC IS NU |
| 06MANAGUA516 |
GON INCLINED TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 17:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ IS NU |
| 06MANAMA1092 |
BAHRAIN: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO JOIN THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 07:17:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF ICRC AORC PHUM BA REGION HUMRIT ROW |
| 06MANILA2104 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHILIPPINE RED CROSS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador met May 17 with Senator Richard J. Gordon, Chairman and CEO of the Philippine National Red Cross, to discuss the importance of the upcoming meeting of the 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and its scheduled vote to establish [...] |
2006-05-17 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC RP IS |
| 06MEXICO1463 |
MEXICO PLANS TO SIGN MDA ADOPTION WITHIN A MONTH [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Liliana Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Director for International Law, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Lopez reminded Poloff of Mexico's long tradition of supporting international rights and that the GOM was happy to vote in favor of the adopt [...] |
2006-03-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF MX |
| 06MEXICO2555 |
MEXICO: SUPPORT FOR MDA STILL STRONG, DELAYED [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Liliana Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Director for International Law, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Lopez Ortiz was happy to hear that the Ambassador's meeting had gone well and reiterated Mexico's support for the initiative. Lopez Ortiz explain [...] |
2006-05-12 20:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AORC PREF ICRC MX |
| 06MONTEVIDEO419 |
URUGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ UY |
| 06MONTEVIDEO553 |
URUGUAY: DEMARCHE ON MDA/JUNE 20 CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 19:49:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AORC IS UY |
| 06MOSCOW4799 |
RUSSIA SUPPORTS THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On May 3 poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Department Acting Director Vladimir Tarabrin. Tarabrin said the GOR continues to support the Third Additional Protocol and will support the statutory amendments to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement at the conference in Geneva [...] |
2006-05-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL ICRC RU |
| 06NAIROBI1661 |
ICRC AGREES TO REPATRIATE SOMALI PIRATE SUSPECT'S [...] (C) The Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Somalia (based in Nairobi) agreed to the Embassy's formal request (dated April 13) to facilitate the repatriation of the remains of the deceased Somali national to Somalia. The ICRC's April 18 communication states " [...] |
2006-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1883 |
U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALIS REPATRIATED TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten Somali nationals under U.S. control since an encounter on the high seas in mid-March were successfully repatriated April 29 to Somalia via Kenya with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The remains of the deceased Somali are expected to be [...] |
2006-05-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2003 |
COMPENSATION DEMANDS BY DECEASED SOMALI'S FAMILY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) The family of a Somali national killed during a mid-March engagement with the U.S. Navy intends to request compensation from the USG as a condition for accepting the remains. Post recommends against offering any f [...] |
2006-05-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2166 |
SOMALIA: UPDATE ON DISPOSITION OF DECEASED [...] (C) Pursuant to ref A, Post requested the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convey the message to the deceased Somali's next of kin their two options: that they can either accept the remains without any form of compensation from the USG or that the body will be properly disposed [...] |
2006-05-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PHSA ICRC ASEC MARR PREL KE SO |
| 06NEWDELHI1631 |
INDIA WILL SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise told Poloff on March 7 in response to reftel demarche that the MEA's legal division was preparing the ratification process for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. "We will sign it," he stated, but did not [...] |
2006-03-08 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IN SZ |
| 06NEWDELHI2783 |
MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the meeting of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise on April 24. Pise had no immediate substantive comment. Post notes that Pise had earlier assured Poloff that India would [...] |
2006-04-25 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM PREF ICRC IN |
| 06NICOSIA639 |
CYPRUS LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TO RED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division on April 28. Christodoulou was unaware of the Ambassadors' meeting in Geneva in April to start work on the June International Conference. She noted, however, that Cyprus had voted for the [...] |
2006-04-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ CY |
| 06NICOSIA925 |
CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW CONSENSUS ON AMENDING ICRC [...] (U) On June 16, poloff delivered reftel message to Panayotis Papadopoulos in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. Papdopoulos noted that Cyprus had supported the approval of the Third Additional Protocol and was likely to follow consensus on the approval of amending ICRC statutes to a [...] |
2006-06-19 07:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS CY |
| 06OSLO533 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On April 26 we delivered reftel points to Martine Scheie, Higher Executive Officer in the MFA's Legal Department, Section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Scheie noted Norway's long-standing support of the Third Protocol. She stated that Norway will continue to work clo [...] |
2006-04-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ NO |
| 06OSLO617 |
BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...] |
2006-05-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS |
| 06OSLO618 |
BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...] |
2006-05-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS |
| 06OSLO774 |
NORWAY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC NO |
| 06PARIS2836 |
MDA: FRANCE LOOKING TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper told poloff on April 26 that the French MFA concurred with U.S. demarche points on the need for the June 19-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to amend its statutes to reflect the Third Additiona [...] |
2006-04-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC ICRC SZ FR |
| 06PORTOFSPAIN735 |
T&T ACTIVELY CONSIDERING STATUTE AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-13 19:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ICRC TD |
| 06PRAGUE304 |
CZECHS WILL SOON SIGN THE THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Poloff met Milan Dufek, Czech MFA International Legal Department, on March 9 to discuss reftel demarche on the Third Additional Protocol. Dufek reiterated strong Czech support for the Protocol and said it would be signed as soon as official authorization is obtained. On March 23, a represe [...] |
2006-03-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ EZ |
| 06PRAGUE664 |
CZECHS WILL SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON RED CRYSTAL [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel on June 15 with Petr Valek, Legal Officer in the Czech MFA International Law Department. Valek said the Czechs fully support the U.S. as articulated in the talking points, including the need to amend the statute now to permit national societies to use the Red Crysta [...] |
2006-06-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS EZ |
| 06REYKJAVIK224 |
MDA: ICELAND WILL BE SUPPORTIVE AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Post discussed points from refs A and B with Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 14 and 19, respectively. Following consultation with the MFA PermSec and the Icelandic Mission in Geneva, Davidsdottir replied as follows: -- Iceland wi [...] |
2006-06-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IC IS |
| 06ROME1272 |
MDA: ITALY REMAINS ON BOARD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IT ICRC HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 06SANJOSE1219 |
COSTA RICA RED CROSS PARTICIPATION AT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 23:11:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL CS |
| 06SANJOSE1339 |
COSTA RICA RED CROSS SUPPORTS RED CRYSTAL AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 22:20:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CS |
| 06SANJOSE550 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM: COSTA RICA SIGNING MECHANISM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 19:31:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL CS ICRC |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1854 |
MDA DEMARCHE - FUNDING NATIONAL SOCIETIES - [...] Per guidance reftel, Embassy contacted the American Red Cross field representative for the Caribbean, David Hintch, who is based in Santo Domingo and works closely with the Dominican Red Cross. He had already spoken with the Dominican Red Cross about attendance at the 29th International Confe [...] |
2006-06-02 20:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM DR ICRC PREL HA SZ |
| 06SANTODOMINGO2045 |
SUPPORT FOR MDA AT 6/20 CONFERENCE - DOMINICAN [...] Embassy on June 14 delivered text of points Ref A (minus the if-asked points) through the American Red Cross Caribbean representative here to the director general of the Dominican Red Cross, Arq. Gustavo Lara Tapia. Lara said he was forwarding the points to Dominican Red Cross president Ligia [...] |
2006-06-19 20:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL ICRC PHUM IS |
| 06SARAJEVO1019 |
BOSNIA SUPPORTS NEW ICRC SYMBOL [...] On May 5, Post delivered points in reftel to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Head of the Department for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hadzimusic represented Bosnia at the diplomatic conference in Geneva in December 2005 and was very familiar with the issues. He noted t [...] |
2006-05-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PGOV PHUM PREF ICRC BK |
| 06SEOUL1378 |
ROK PREPARING TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-25 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC KS SZ |
| 06SEOUL1978 |
ROK TO SUPPORT MDA AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 07:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC KS IS |
| 06SEOUL2054 |
ROK TO OPPOSE CONFERENCE DISRUPTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-21 03:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF AORC ICRC KS |
| 06SKOPJE419 |
MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON THE ICRC THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ MK |
| 06SKOPJE593 |
MACEDONIA RESPONDS TO MDA DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC IS SZ MK |
| 06TASHKENT833 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-27 02:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PHUM PREL ICRC UZ |
| 06TELAVIV1395 |
EMBLEM: GOI HEALTH MINISTRY OPPOSES COMPOSITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel Representative for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Anna Segall told poloff April 5 that the GOI has not yet approved changes to Magen David Adom (MDA) statutes because the Ministry of Health (MOH) opposes the proposed composition of the MDA executive [...] |
2006-04-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1619 |
EMBLEM: FM LIVNI "CRACKED HEADS TOGETHER" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials report that an assertive FM Tzipi Livni April 23 instigated dramatic progress on, but not yet final approval of, the two most controversial among the four remaining MDA statute amendments (reftel A) necessary for MDA membership in the Red Cross / Crescent Movement. [...] |
2006-04-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS ICRC HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1685 |
UPDATE ON MDA EFFORTS TO CHANGE ITS STATUTES AND [...] (C) Summary: Following Foreign Minister/Justice Minister Tzipi Livni's engagement April 23 on Magen David Adom (MDA) accession to the Red Cross Movement (ref A), the GOI and MDA reportedly have made some progress toward amending MDA statutes, as required by the IFRC-ICRC joint statutes commi [...] |
2006-04-28 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1799 |
EU AMBASSADORS SEEK CLARITY ON USG POSITIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador briefed some 25 EU ambassadors plus the Swiss and Norwegian ambassadors May 8 on USG policy regarding acceptable humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians; assistance to and contact with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas; the importance of EU solidar [...] |
2006-05-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IR IS KBTS ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1807 |
EMBLEM: AMBULANCE AND STATUTES UPDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff May 9 that the GOI has not yet adopted a position on the stationing of five additional ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in East Jerusalem. He twice replied to direct questions about the GOI vi [...] |
2006-05-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV1950 |
ISRAEL DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL ASSIST, AS MUCH [...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that, per the Ambassador's request, he will use his influence as a cabinet member to support efforts to resolve outstanding issues and clear the way for Magen David Adom's (MDA) incorporation into the international Red C [...] |
2006-05-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KWBG IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1980 |
OLMERT'S COS ON VISIT PREPARATIONS, AMA, MDA, AND [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on June 18, PM Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, described the main goal of Olmert's upcoming visit to Washington as building trust and getting to better know the President. According to Turbowicz, he, Dov Weissglas, and Shalom Tourgeman con [...] |
2006-05-19 17:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GTIP ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV2025 |
EMBLEM: MFA FRUSTRATED WITH MDA REFORM EFFORT, BUT [...] (C) On May 23, the Charge asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan (protect), for an update on efforts to facilitate the accession by Magen David Adom (MDA) to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Dayan replied that two issues remain to be resolved [...] |
2006-05-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06THEHAGUE1356 |
NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE PRIOR TO JUNE 20 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 10:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ICRC PREF PREL IS NL |
| 06THEHAGUE489 |
DEMARCHE: DUTCH PLAN TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 19:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NL |
| 06THEHAGUE939 |
NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC PREF PREL ICRC SZ NL |
| 06TIRANA441 |
ALBANIA: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas at the MFA. Kondo was aware of the upcoming vote and indicated the GOA's position has not, and is not expected to change, before the June vote. She expressed appreciation for the points and undertoo [...] |
2006-05-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ AL |
| 06TOKYO3394 |
MDA: JAPAN AGRESS TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS JA |
| 06WARSAW1172 |
POLAND WILL SUPPORT MDA, CONTEMPLATING ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC PL |
| 06YEREVAN602 |
ICRC: ARMENIA TO SUPPORT THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points regarding the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions to DFM Armen Baiburtian and MFA International Organizations Department Head Valery Mkrtumyan. Mkrtumyan told us that Armenia planned to sign the Protocol and to support changing the statutes of [...] |
2006-04-28 13:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL AM SZ ICRC |
| 06YEREVAN807 |
RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA SUPPORTS CHANGES [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Department's Human Rights and Humanitarian Division Chief Tigran Samvelian. Samvelian said the GOAM's position on the change to the statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is "very much in line" with [...] |
2006-06-14 09:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL ICRC IS AM |
| 06YEREVAN827 |
RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA WILL NOT SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Post contacted the MFA International Organizations Department's Human Rights and Humanitarian Division Chief Tigran Samvelian per ref A. Samvelian reaffirmed that the Armenian representatives who would attend the June 20-21 meeting did not plan to vote to adjourn (ref B). EVANS [...] |
2006-06-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ AM |
| 06ZAGREB539 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Director, North Americas Desk and to Romana Olujic, Deputy Head of the Human Rights Department, MFA on April 26. Olujic responded that she expected the GoC to continue to support the Third Additional Protocol in June. She said that she was actively pus [...] |
2006-04-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC HR SZ |
| 07ALGIERS877 |
GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RETURN STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY AMD COMMENT: On June 19, Algeria's major newspaper El Watan ran a story about the April 2007 discussions between the U.S. and Algeria that cited alleged American conditions for the release of Guantanamo detainees. The El Watan story also bitterly criticized the U.S. conditions as [...] |
2007-06-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PHUM PINR PTER ICRC KAWC AG |
| 07AMMAN3183 |
RED CROSS / RED CRESCENT STANDING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC JO |
| 07BAGHDAD3748 |
ICRC REVERSES PLANS TO OPEN PERMANENT MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary: ICRC representatives from Amman and Geneva told Pol-Mil Minister Counselor (PMMC) Ries that ICRC had decided not to establish a permanent presence in Baghdad at this time. ICRC Near East and North Africa Director Beatrice Megevand-Roggo said that, after a security review, the Gen [...] |
2007-11-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF SOCI ICRC IZ |
| 07BELGRADE1079 |
SERBIA UNDECIDED ON CARR CANDIDACY [...] (U) On July 31, 2007, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA to request Serbian support for the candidacy of Steve Carr to the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, per reftel request. Serbia is unable to give an answer at this time, but wi [...] |
2007-07-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL PRM PHUM ICRC |
| 07BISHKEK1081 |
KYRGYZ RECEIVE US CANDIDACY FOR ICRC STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-29 07:50:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC KG |
| 07BOGOTA6230 |
GOC, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO MASS [...] Summary. In response to a displacement of over 400 rural, mostly Afro-Colombian residents of the Condoto municipality in southern Choco, GOC, local government and international humanitarian groups provided emergency humanitarian aid and protection. In recent days, the internally displaced pers [...] |
2007-08-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM ICRC CO |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1632 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ICRC STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-21 16:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AR |
| 07COLOMBO1067 |
SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON AMERICAN RED CROSS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-01 10:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CE |
| 07DAKAR1572 |
DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT STEVE CARR FOR THE STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 13:24:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF OVIP PHUM ICRC SG |
| 07DHAKA1218 |
BANGLADESH: PROMOTION OF ICRC STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC BG |
| 07DUSHANBE1086 |
RED CROSS REDUCES MISSION; TAJIK GOVT PROHIBITS FULL PRISON [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Committee of the Red Cross will recall its international director and reduce the organization's status from mission to office in fall 2007. The decision is a result of the Tajik government's failure to cooperate with International Committee of the Red Cross and al [...] |
2007-07-20 05:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ICRC TI |
| 07DUSHANBE1157 |
TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] PolOff informed Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Head of the North America and Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 10 of the U.S. support for Steve Carr's candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission. Post also delivered a formal diploma [...] |
2007-08-14 21:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC |
| 07DUSHANBE500 |
TAJIKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER REPORTS ON PRISON [...] (C) Fayzinisso Vohidova, a lawyer with the Center for Economic and Legal Support in Khujand, described to PolOff March 29 the horrendous prison conditions, corruption and human rights abuses she saw when she secretly snuck into prison #23 in Khujand, Tajikistan's second largest city. 2. [...] |
2007-04-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ICRC TI |
| 07FREETOWN477 |
SIERRA LEONE: PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC SL |
| 07HANOI1329 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR ICRC STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL ICRC PHUM VM |
| 07JAKARTA2025 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] We discussed reftel candidacy of Steve Carr for the ICRC Standing Committee with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. We appealed for Indonesia's support of Carr's candidacy and provided a nonpaper with relevant information. Purw [...] |
2007-07-26 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC ID |
| 07JERUSALEM1862 |
ICRC REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary. On August 30, International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) Field Coordinator Jean-Christophe Sandoz reported to RefCoord that the August 29 meeting between the Government of Israel (GoI), Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Magen David Adom (MDA) laid a positive foundation fo [...] |
2007-09-05 15:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ICRC IS KWBG PHUM |
| 07KATHMANDU1458 |
DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC NP |
| 07KUALALUMPUR1199 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 00:57:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC MY |
| 07LUANDA784 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-31 21:19:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AO |
| 07MADRID1756 |
SPAIN WOULD LIKE MORE INFO ON STANDING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-10 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC SP |
| 07MANILA2857 |
PHILIPPINES ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR STANDING [...] (C) As requested (reftel), post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to convey U.S. support for Steve Carr's candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission, and urged Philippine support for his election. 2. (C) Leah Ruiz, Director for [...] |
2007-08-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC RP |
| 07MEXICO4340 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-14 20:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC |
| 07MOSCOW3716 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC RS |
| 07OSLO778 |
CARR CANDIDACY CONVEYED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM ICRC NO |
| 07PARAMARIBO404 |
SURINAME VOICES TENTATIVE SUPPORT FOR US RED CROSS [...] Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Nalinie Sewpersadsingh, Head of International Orgnaizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Sewpersadsingh showed interest, mentioned that the GOS has supported U.S. candidates in international forums in the past, [...] |
2007-08-02 19:27:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ICRC NS |
| 07RIGA578 |
LATVIA: POINTS ON US CANDIDATE FOR STANDING COMMISSION OF [...] PolEconOff delivered reftel points July 31 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Division, and urged the GOL to look favorably on Steve Carr's candidacy for the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Rozeniece responded that the [...] |
2007-07-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC LG |
| 07ROME1722 |
RED CROSS: ITALY NONCOMMITTAL ON STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IT |
| 07SANJOSE1497 |
COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT CARR MEMBERSHIP IN ICRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-13 14:53:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CS |
| 07SANSALVADOR1548 |
DEMARCHE ON ICRC STANDING COMMISSION CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-10 20:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC |
| 07SKOPJE737 |
MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 08:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC MK |
| 07TALLINN508 |
ESTONIA CONSIDERING CARR CANDIDACY FOR STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-01 07:51:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC |
| 07TASHKENT1258 |
ICRC RESTARTS, IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDS PRISON [...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director told Charge d'Affaires on July 2 that the ICRC suspended its prison monitoring program again after a three hour visit to one of Tashkent's principal detention facilities on May 21. ICRC's prison monitoring program in [...] |
2007-07-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1448 |
ICRC PLANS TO DEMARCHE KARIMOV [...] (C) Summary: On August 8, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation for Central Asia Head told poloff that ICRC has received no response from the Government on restarting its prison monitoring program since their last abortive attempt in May and is now considering del [...] |
2007-08-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ TI |
| 07TASHKENT1822 |
MUTABAR TOJIBOYEVA'S HEALTH WORSENS IN PRISON [...] (C) On October 18, poloff met with the brother and lawyer of imprisoned human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva. The brother reported visiting his sister in prison on October 3 and confirmed a recent report on an independent website that her health has been deteriorating and prison officials [...] |
2007-10-22 09:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT235 |
RED CROSS STILL WAITING FOR PRISON ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: After over two years of negotiation, the Government of Uzbekistan has still not reached agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross to resume monitoring of prisons and other detention facilities. Red Cross officials state that while some elements of the government [...] |
2007-02-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ |
| 07TASHKENT948 |
ICRC TO RESTART PRISON MONITORING, CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Mission told Poloff that his Mission plans to organize a monitoring visit of one of Tashkent's principal detention facilities on May 21. This will be the first such visit since ICRC suspended its prison monitoring program in [...] |
2007-05-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICRC UZ |
| 07TOKYO3567 |
JAPAN FAVORABLE ABOUT CARR FOR RED CROSS STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-03 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC JA |
| 07TUNIS1066 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-07 09:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC TS |
| 07WARSAW1728 |
POLAND: PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Mariusz Lewicki, MFA Head of the Economic and Social Division of the UN Department, to seek support for Steve Carr,s candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent,s Standing Committee. Lewicki responded that the MFA would review the informat [...] |
2007-08-09 12:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PL PREF PREL ICRC |
| 07WARSAW2052 |
POLAND TO SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF STEVE CARR FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PL PREF PREL ICRC |
| 07WELLINGTON543 |
NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE REQUEST: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 03:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC |
| 07ZAGREB733 |
CROATIA HAS NO COMMENT ON STANDING COMMITTEE CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-02 12:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC HR |
| 08ABUJA1337 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR AND ICRC ON BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Post contacted United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives in Abuja to discuss the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Bakassi Peninsula and to ask about contingency plans [...] |
2008-07-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM ICRC UNHCR CM NI |
| 08ABUJA2201 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS AND INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From October 27-29, ECOWAS and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-sponsored a seminar on international humanitarian law treaties in West Africa entitled "Even War Has Limits." Poloff attended the October 29 session, which was open to observers from foreign m [...] |
2008-11-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MASS PHUM ICRC ECOWAS NI |
| 08ASMARA19 |
ERITREAN REPATRIATIONS AND IDP RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea ICRC Head of Delegation Catherine Deman (strictly protect) told the ambassador January 4 that her organization in the past twelve months has assisted in reducing the number of Eritrean internally displaced persons (IDP) from 30,000 to 5,000 and that in December around 40 [...] |
2008-01-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID PREL ICRC ER ET XW |
| 08BAGHDAD2034 |
ICRC REGRETS DYSFUNCTION AND POSSIBLE CORRUPTION [...] (C) Senior Refugee Coordinator met with ICRC Iraq Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer and Delegate Bryan Tisdall in Amman June 17 to discuss ICRC,s difficult relations with the Iraq Red Crescent Organization. Schaerer noted that he had met with IRCO President Dr. Said al Hakki on June 11 i [...] |
2008-07-02 12:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2234 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WAY AHEAD ON MUJAHEDIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met July 9 with the Head of the Iraq Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Juan-Pedro Schaerer, to discuss a way ahead on the status of the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf. The ICRC is consulting with USG and GOI stakeholders and appe [...] |
2008-07-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS PTER ICRC IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2582 |
ICRC TO INCREASE GOI DETENTION INSPECTIONS AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with PolOff and Embassy Legal Adviser on August 5, ICRC Iraq delegation members discussed their increased access to GOI detention facilities, ICRC support for USG efforts to obtain humane treatment assurances before transferring third country national detai [...] |
2008-08-14 08:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ICRC PHUM KJUS PINS IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2946 |
ICRC STATE OF PLAY ON MEK [...] (S) SUMMARY: ICRC conducted its first official visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf from August 24-26 in line with its agreement to increase ICRC involvement in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI. ICRC Iraq delegation head Juan Pedro Schaerer s [...] |
2008-09-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PINS PTER ICRC KJUS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD298 |
SUCCESSFUL ICRC VISIT TO CAMP BUCCA [...] (C) An ICRC inspection team visited the MNF-I Theater Internment Facility at Camp Bucca January 8-28. This trip, the first major ICRC inspection of Camp Bucca since November 2006, came after several months of high-level pressure on the ICRC, including direct requests from Ambassador Crocker an [...] |
2008-02-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER ICRC IZ |
| 08BANGKOK959 |
AMBASSADOR AND ICRC DISCUSS SOUTHERN THAILAND, [...] (C) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Head Christian Brunner briefed the Ambassador on ICRC activities in southern Thailand and told the Ambassador the Red Cross would continue to maintain a presence in the region despite a deadly March 15 bombing at the hotel which hous [...] |
2008-03-27 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ICRC TH BM |
| 08BOGOTA172 |
ICRC/WFP ASSESSMENT OF IDP CONDITIONS AND AID [...] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation and the World Food Program (WFP) mission released a study of the humanitarian response to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Colombia. The two-year study, conducted in eight municipalities with the highest IDP populations, cite [...] |
2008-01-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL ICRC CO |
| 08GENEVA233 |
ICRC REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT TO RETURN TO OGADEN [...] (C) Summary: Refugee Officer (RefOff) met with ICRC officials to discuss ICRC's ongoing efforts to obtain clarification from the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) as to why ICRC was expelled from the Ogaden some eight months ago. ICRC reported that their meeting with the State Secretary of Foreig [...] |
2008-03-27 15:06:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ICRC ET |
| 08MOSCOW177 |
ICRC HOPES ITS PRESIDENT'S MOSCOW VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow January 14-16, the International Committee of the Red Cross President sought to "upgrade" relations between the Geneva- based organization and the Russian Federation as well as encourage a more systematic, concerted Russian approach to solving the cases of the countr [...] |
2008-01-25 07:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS |
| 08MOSCOW2440 |
TFGG01: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION FOR SOUTH OSSETIANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross operating in Russia report that conditions for Ossetian conflict victims who have fled to the North Caucasus remain satisfactory. While the UN is still at the needs assessment stage, in part because the Ru [...] |
2008-08-16 09:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS |
| 08NIAMEY1114 |
NIGER: COURTESY CALL BY ICRC MISSION CHIEF [...] (SBU) On October 29, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mission Chief Nicolai Panke paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Allen, with DCM and RSO joining. Panke, who arrived in Niger in August 2008, said the ICRC's staff included seven expatriates, including one based in Agadez, and [...] |
2008-11-25 05:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID PGOV AORC ICRC NG |
| 08TASHKENT104 |
CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETS ICRC IN [...] (C) On January 25 visiting Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral William J. Fallon, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Rafaello Muller, Country Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This meeting was an opportunity to discuss the importance of a substantiv [...] |
2008-01-28 12:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ICRC UZ |
| 08TASHKENT1235 |
UZBEKISTAN: MEDICAL COMMISSION TO EXAMINE [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, the Ambassador met with Indira Umarova, the AmCit wife of imprisoned political oppositionist Sanjar Umarov, who described her recent visit to see her husband in prison on October 17 and his deteriorating health condition (reftel). Afterwards, the Ambassador drafte [...] |
2008-10-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC ICRC PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
| 08TASHKENT127 |
ACTIVISTS RECEIVE PERMISSION TO VISIT JUMAEV IN [...] (C) Summary: Two members of the Rapid Reaction Group have received written permission from the Bukhara province Ministry of Internal Affairs to visit imprisoned dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev, who has been accused of striking a policeman with his car during a protest in December. Meanwhile, the [...] |
2008-01-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC PGOV UZ |
| 08TASHKENT253 |
UZBEKS AND ICRC REACH AGREEMENT ON RESTARTING [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 the Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alisher Sharafutdinov who, in the course of discussions on the human rights situation (septel), stated that the Government of Uzbekistan has reached an agreement with the International Committee of the Red [...] |
2008-02-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICRC UZ |
| 08TASHKENT254 |
DEPUTY INTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER OF UZBEKISTAN ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 the Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alisher Sharafutdinov to discuss recent progress and next steps on human rights, legal reform, and ICRC prison visits. The Uzbek side invited journalists to the meeting and interviewed the Ambassador on c [...] |
2008-02-27 13:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM ICRC EAID UZ |
| 08TASHKENT324 |
ICRC RESUMES PRISON VISITS IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On March 13 the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) publicly announced that it had resumed visits to detainees in Uzbek prisons as part of a six-month trial period of renewed engagement. In the statement (e-mailed to [...] |
2008-03-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ICRC UZ |
| 08TASHKENT660 |
UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXTRADITION OF [...] (C) Per reftel request, on June 11 poloff voiced serious concern to MFA America's Chief Ismat Fayzullaev over the May 14 extradition of Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was in prison in Kyrgyzstan. Poloff observed that Halikov's case was being followed as an example of the government' [...] |
2008-06-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC PGOV PREF PREL KG UZ |
| 08TASHKENT767 |
UZBEKISTAN: HEALTH CONDITION OF RELEASED HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva at a private clinic in Margilan, where she has been receiving treatment since being released from prison on medical grounds on June 2. Tojiboyeva explained that [...] |
2008-07-02 06:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC KWMN PGOV PREL UZ |
| 08TASHKENT866 |
AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH ICRC REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met on May 30 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director Raffaello Muller, who reported on prison conditions for individuals convicted of religious [...] |
2008-07-25 07:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREL UZ |
| 08TASHKENT898 |
UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXTRADITION OF [...] (C) In a diplomatic note dated July 14 (but handed to poloff in late July), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded to a diplomatic note the Embassy sent to the MFA over Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan and extradited to Uzbekistan in May (reftels). [...] |
2008-08-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREF PREL KG UZ |
| 08TASHKENT927 |
EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON IMPRISONED [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy with Arslan Umarov, the son of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov. The roundtable was attended by the Charge, the Swiss Ambassador, the French and Italian DCMs, and officers from the German and Bri [...] |
2008-08-12 08:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KPAO ICRC PGOV PINR PREL UZ |
| 09ABUJA945 |
NIGERIA: ICRC SAYS MEDIA IS EXAGGERATING CIVILIAN [...] (C) On May 28, DATT, Marine Attache, and Poloff met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head of delegation in Nigeria Jacques Villettaz and Communications Director Anahita Kar to discuss their view of the humanitarian situation in the Niger Delta as a result of the Joint Task [...] |
2009-06-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICRC NI |
| 09ASMARA138 |
ICRC UNDER NEW PRESSURE FROM ISAIAS REGIME [...] (C) NO FUEL, NO TRAVEL PERMITS ----------------------------------- ICRC, which has a relatively large and active program in Eritrea, has long been seen as unusually favored by the Isaias regime, which dislikes NGOs and is contemptuous of UN agencies. For no apparent reason, ICRC is now bein [...] |
2009-04-29 12:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PHUM PBTS ICRC ER |
| 09DJIBOUTI551 |
ICRC ON ERITREAN POWS IN DJIBOUTIAN CUSTODY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), about half of the 19 Eritrean prisoners of war (POWs) captured by the GODJ during June 2008 hostilities along the Djibouti-Eritrea border have said that they do not/not want to return to Eritrea. A regional ICRC r [...] |
2009-05-21 11:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW PBTS PHUM PGOV ICRC ER DJ |
| 09JERUSALEM144 |
ICRC SURGEON DESCRIBES CONTROLLED CHAOS AT MAIN [...] (C) Summary. ICRC surgeon Harald de Veen told donors and international medical NGO representatives January 14 that Gaza City's main government hospital, al-Shifa, has been functioning as well as can be expected and coping with massive numbers of injured. He said clinical staff are capable a [...] |
2009-01-15 16:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI EAID ICRC KWBG KPAL PREF PTER GZ IS |
| 09JERUSALEM97 |
ICRC AND PCRS DETAIL HORRIFIC SCENES IN EVACUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) statement on January 8 described the discovery of four children next to their dead mothers and at least 12 dead bodies in a house in Gaza City's Zaytun neighborhood. A Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medical worker pr [...] |
2009-01-09 17:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM MOPS ICRC KWBG KPAL IS GZ PREF |
| 09KABUL3405 |
PAKISTANIS ENTER KUNAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNHCR |