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00ATHENS1501	GREEK RESPONSE ON URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, AND KENYA [...] (SBU) DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on September 18 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs at Hellenic Aid (HA). On September 23, Dr. Koutrakou advised DepEconCouns that the GoG has made Ethiopia and Somalia two of its highest priority [...]	2000-09-23 15:10:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN GR

00HANOI2441	VIETNAM -- PEASANT DEMONSTRATIONS AT PARTY HQ SYMBOLIZE CONTINUING DISPUTES OVER USE DECISIONS AND COMPENSATION [...] SUMMARY: IN A RECENT PROTEST AGAINST UNRESOLVED LAND DISPUTES, 100 FARMERS FROM THREE PROVINCES CAMPED OUT OVERNIGHT IN FRONT OF PARTY HEADQUARTERS AND THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE IN HANOI. THEIR DEMONSTRATION, WHICH RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION IN THE VIETNAMESE MEDIA, WAS ONE MORE SIGN [...]	2000-11-06 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EAGR VM DPOL
00HARARE1914	PARLIAMENT PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 6, ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL, AMENDING THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION FOR THE 16TH TIME, TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR RESETTLEMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT COMPENSATION (REFTEL A). THE VOTE FOLLOWED SOME ARM- TWISTING BY PRESIDENT MUGABE, WHO [...]	2000-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID EAGR ZI
00HARARE2205	THE GUERILLA WAR FOR LAND IN ZIMABABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A THREE HOUR MEETING NEARLY HALF OF WHICH WAS SPENT ON LANO, PRESIDENT MUGABE TOLD US THAT LANO ACQUISITION WAS AN OVERDUE MATTER OF ACHIEVING JUSTICE AND ESCAPING FROM UNOER THE YOKE OF COLONIALISM THAT THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE NOW OEMANO. THE WAR VET'S OCCUPATIONS, WHICH HE [...]	2000-04-24 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE2206	SUBJECT: WOLPE/MUGABE TETE-A-TETE [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS FOUR AND TWENTY EIGHT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN A FORTY FIVE MINUTE TETE-A-TETE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT MUGABE AND I HAD A CORDIAL BUT FRANK EXCHANGE ON ZIMBABWE'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL CRISIS. I TOLD THE ZIMBABWEAN PRES [...]	2000-04-24 13:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG PREL PHUM PINS ZI EAGR EAID
00HARARE2684	BEHIND THE POLITICAL CONFLAGRATION, ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY IS [...] (C) WHILE RECENT ATTENTION, NOTABLY OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE, HAS FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE OCCURRING HERE, CONCURRENTLY A SERIOUSLY DETERIORATING ECONOMY IS BEING PUSHED RAPIDLY DOWNHILL BY THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF A NEAR-TOTALLY DISTRACTED SENIOR LEADERSHIP. THE LARGEST AND MOST SERIOUS [...]	2000-05-19 05:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PREL ZI
00HARARE2865	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION SEEKS [...] (C) ON MAY 30 AMBASSADOR, DCM, POL AND ECON OFFICERS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES (FORMER CFU PRESIDENT NICK SWANEPOEL, AND FARMERS JOHN HAINES AND PETER HENDERSON) OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) WHO GAVE A READOUT ON RECENT CONFIDENTIAL CFU/GOZ DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS ON LAND INVASI [...]	2000-05-30 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EAID PGOV ZI
00HARARE2894	ZANU-PF LEGAL SECRETARY ON LAND INVASIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF'S LEGAL SECRETARY, EDDISON ZVOGBO TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MAY 31 THAT THE "WAR VETERANS" WHO ARE OCCUPYING COMMERCIAL FARMS WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AT THE END OF JUNE. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S EXPRESSION OF SERIOUS CONCERN, ZVOGBO [...]	2000-05-31 17:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI PREL
00HARARE2953	MINISTER OF STATE TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIGENIZATION (BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT),CEPHAS MSIPA, TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 1 THAT ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION STRATEGY IS TO USE THE "WAR VETERANS" TO INTIMIDATE THE PUBLIC INTO SUPPORTING THE RUL [...]	2000-06-02 10:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE2961	GOVERNMENT GAZETTES LIST OF 804 FARMS FOR [...] (U) ON JUNE 2 THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE PLACED A NOTICE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE," ANNOUNCING ITS INTENTION TO ACQUIRE COMPULSORILY 804 FARMS FOR RESETTLEMENT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ADVISED FARMERS WISHING TO CONTEST THE ACQUISITIONS TO LODGE THEIR OBJECTIONS IN WRI [...]	2000-06-05 11:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE3078	POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE: SHOCKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: SEVERAL WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 5 OF THE CONTINUING POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THEIR OCCUPIED PROPERTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, DURING PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH THEM IN MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. A BLACK MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE [...]	2000-06-07 16:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3106	EDUCATION MINISTER DECLINES TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON PRE-ELECTION ISSUES, ON JUNE 7 THE AMBASSADOR AND POLOFF CALLED ON THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE, GABRIEL MACHINGA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S CONDEMNATION OF THE TARGETING OF TEACHERS FOR POLITICAL [...]	2000-06-09 11:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE3637	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FINANCE MINISTER MURERWA AND HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 3 MEETING WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER, MURERWA TOLD US THAT HALTING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC TAILSPIN WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, IN PART AS A RESPONSE TO THE STRONG SHOWING OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. HE COULD NOT PROVIDE US SPECIFIC [...]	2000-07-05 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE4319	ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AUGUST 2 ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA REGULAR BIANNUAL SUMMIT FOCUSED LARGELY ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ISSUES, MBEKI'S AFRICAN RENAISSANCE PLAN AND ISSUES OF LAND AND LAWLESSNESS. THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT EXPLAINED THAT THE WAR VETERANS' ACTIONS CONSTITUTED A DEMONSTRATION, BUT OCCUPI [...]	2000-08-03 16:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI PGOV EAGR
00HARARE4362	WITH MUGABE IN CRUSADE MODE, THE STATE'S FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE IS IN CRUSADE MODE, CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS PARTY'S CAPTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY IN 2002. HE HAS MADE CLEAR HIS LEGACY WILL BE THAT OF THE BLACK ZIMBABWEAN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE WORLD TO RETURN THE LAND TO HIS PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE COUNTRY AND [...]	2000-08-07 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE4389	POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE CONTINUES MOSTLY UNABATED [...] (C) THE AMANI TRUST, A RESPECTED HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING ORGANIZATION IN ZIMBABWE, RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT DETAILING THE CONTINUED VIOLENCE FOLLOWING THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THE TRUST PUTS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ASSAULTED OR OTHERWISE VICTIMS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE POST- [...]	2000-08-08 15:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE4479	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION MAKES A [...] (C) ON AUGUST 14 THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DELIVERED A PROPOSAL TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA (IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ZIMBABWE NATIONAL LAND ACQUISITION COMMITTEE),LAYING OUT A COUNTEROFFER TO THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED PLANS TO GAZETTE OVER 3000 FARMS FOR IMMEDIATE SEIZURE AN [...]	2000-08-14 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV ZI
00HARARE4611	NEW TRADE MINISTER MOYO IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR [...] (C) NEW INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AUGUST 15 THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS DETERMINED TO SEIZE 3,000 FARMS AND HAD NO INTENTION OF PROVIDING COMPENSATION. MOYO CLAIMED THAT MOST CABINET MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR OF A FAIR, TRANSPARENT LAND REFORM EFFOR [...]	2000-08-17 16:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINR PHUM ZI EFIN EAGR
00HARARE4627	NEW HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER IS STILL FIGHTING [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON AUGUST 16, NEW HOME AFFARIS MINISTER -- AND ZANU-PF CHAIRMAN -- JOHN NKOMO PROVIDED A CONFUSING AND SOMETIMES CONTRADICTORY ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT STEPS ON LAND REFORM. HIS COMMENTS CONFIRMED THE CLEAR ABSENCE OF ANY SYSTEMATIC RESETTLEMENT PL [...]	2000-08-21 12:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE4662	FIRST STEP TOWARD RESTORATION OF RULE OF LAW? [...] (C) IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS ON AUGUST 21, POLICE EVICTED WAR VETERANS FROM A COMMERCIAL FARM ON THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF HARARE AND ARRESTED 13 WAR VETERANS WHO HAD BARRICADED A ROAD EAST OF THE CAPITAL. IN THE FIRST INCIDENT, POLICE TOLD THE WAR VETERANS TO LEAVE BECAUSE THE FARM THEY HAD OC [...]	2000-08-22 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE4692	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR, ECON AND NEW POL OFFICER MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SIMBA MAKONI, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED FINANCE MINISTER ON AUGUST 22. MAKONI (WHOM THE EMBASSY KNOWS WELL) SHARED WITH US HIS DETERMINATION TO BE A FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE AND PAINTED A NEW PICTURE OF THE POST- [...]	2000-08-24 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE4750	VP MSIKA: BLAMES OTHERS FOR VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) AT THE DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED STRONG U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE FARM OCCUPATIONS AND CONTINUING RURAL VIOLENCE TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA ON AUGUST 25. MSIKA BLAMED COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND THE OPPOSITION MDC FOR INCITING MUCH OF THE PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE AND INSISTED TH [...]	2000-08-25 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM ZI EAGR
00HARARE4810	ZIMBABWE'S POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE NEEDS [...] SUMMARY: THIS IS A USAID/BHR ACTION REQUEST (SEE PARA 10.). DUE TO A VARIETY OF FACTORS - INCLUDING CYCLONE ELINE, THE COMMERCIAL FARM INVASIONS, THE GOVERNMENT'S 'FAST-TRACK' RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE - ZIMBABWE IS FACING POTENTIALLY SERIOUS FOOD SECURITY PROBLEMS AND HUMA [...]	2000-08-30 07:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR
00HARARE4884	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER [...] (C) AS PART OF A SERIES OF CALLS BEING MADE ON THE NEWLY APPOINTED CABINET, ON AUGUST 30 AMBASSADOR, ECONOFF AND USAID OFFICER MET WITH DR. JOSEPH MADE, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 04884 01 OF 02 011043Z MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS AND DI [...]	2000-09-01 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL PGOV ZI
00HARARE4979	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS DECIDE TO GO [...] (U) AT THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU) ANNUAL CONGRESS THAT BEGAN SEPTEMBER 6, CFU PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD ANNOUNCED IN HIS OPENING SPEECH THAT THE CFU WOULD REFILE A CLASS ACTION SUIT, WITHDRAWN A MONTH AGO (REF B),TO CHALLENGE THE LAW GOVERNING THE COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR RESE [...]	2000-09-07 13:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV ZI
00HARARE5051	ZIMBABWE LAND REFORM ASSISTANCE UPDATE - [...] FROM AMBASSADOR MCDONALD TO AF DAS SCHNEIDMAN, AND AF/S DIRECTOR RENDER: I WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05051 01 OF 02 111542Z YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ISSUE AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. WE NEED TO COME TO SOME CONSENSUS QUICKLY ON [...]	2000-09-11 15:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ZI
00HARARE5137	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON SEPTEMBER 11, NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA INITIALLY DENIED THAT HE WAS STILL A KEY PLAYER ON DRC POLICY, BUT LATER ADMITTED THAT HE WOULD TRAVEL SOON TO KINSHASA, AT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S REQUEST, TO LEARN KABILA'S LATEST THINKING ON LU [...]	2000-09-13 14:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE5337	COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION FILES BROAD LAWSUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) FILED A BROAD LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON SEPTEMBER 18 WITH THE SUPREME COURT OVER THE BREAKDOWN IN LAW AND ORDER AND CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE GOZ'S FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EFFORT. THE LAWSUIT CITES PRESID [...]	2000-09-21 13:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5469	SUPREME COURT GRANTS INTERIM RULING ON [...] (U) IN AN INTERIM RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT FILED RECENTLY BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),THE SUPREME COURT ON SEPTEMBER 26 RULED THAT FARMERS MUST BE NOTIFIED 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR EVICTIONS FROM ACQUIRED FARMS. IN ADDITION, THE COURT ALSO SCHEDULED A FULL HEARING OF THE SUIT FOR NOVE [...]	2000-09-28 10:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5514	UNDP RESREP BRIEFS DONORS ON UN/UNDP [...] (SBU) UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ZIMBABWE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DONORS ON SEPTEMBER 28 ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF A FIVE-PERSON MISSION SENT TO LOOK FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM PROGRAM. THIS MISSION IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE RECEN [...]	2000-09-28 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5515	COMMERCIAL FARMER SEVERELY INJURED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMER WAS ATTACKED WITH A MACHETE BY A WAR VETERAN ON SEPTEMBER 26 AFTER THE VETERAN TRIED TO STOP HIM FROM PLANTING TOBACCO. THE FARMER SUFFERED A DEEP GASH ACROSS HIS FACE AND NOSE, AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS RECOVERING FOLLOWING SURGERY. TH [...]	2000-09-28 15:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5608	UN/UNDP MISSION MEMBERS SEEK EMBASSY VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR'S MEETING OCTOBER 2 THREE MEMBERS OF THE UN/UNDP MISSION SEARCHED FOR AN OPENING IN OUR POSITION ON THE CURRENT LAND REFORM IMPASSE TO REKINDLE DONOR DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY OFFICERS STRESSED [...]	2000-10-03 16:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5677	BLEAK WORLD BANK ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESK OFFICER, IN HARARE ON AN ORIENTATION TRIP, AND ECONOFF MET WITH ROGIER VAN DEN BRINK, WORLD BANK DEPUTY RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND SENIOR ECONOMIST IN HARARE ON OCTOBER 5 TO OBTAIN HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE. VAN DEN BRINK MADE CLEAR DURING THE M [...]	2000-10-09 12:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5731	THE FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE: MFA [...] (C) DURING A ONE AND A HALF HOUR BRIEFING OF SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION OCTOBER 11, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR DONORS ON QUESTION ON LAND REFORM, WILLARD CHIWEWE, ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAD NO CHOIC [...]	2000-10-11 17:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5834	UN/UNDP TEAM GIVES OUTBRIEF: RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A BIZARRE OUTBRIEF ON OCTOBER 12, THE UN/UNDP TEAM SENT TO EXPLORE WAYS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN DONORS AND GOVERNMENT ON LAND REFORM MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO "IMPROVE" THE FAST TRACK PROGRAM. THE TEAM STRESSED THAT THEIR MANDATE WAS TECHNICAL -- NOT POLITICAL. DONOR [...]	2000-10-13 11:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE5838	TENSIONS ON COMMERCIAL FARMS CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SITUATION ON COMMERCIAL FARMS REMAINS TENSE, WITH NEW OCCUPATIONS AND FEW EVICTIONS OF LONG-STANDING SQUATTERS BEING CARRIED OUT. THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) AND THE ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) CONTINUE TO BE INCONSISTENT AND INCOHERENT. COMMERCIAL FAR [...]	2000-10-13 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE6190	VIOLENCE ON ZIMBABWE COMMERCIAL FARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE RAINS ON OCTOBER 27, VIOLENCE ON COMMERCIAL FARMS HAS INCREASED AS THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ACCELERATES ITS FAST-TRACK LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM TO BEAT THE ONSET OF THE PLANTING SEASON. THE RESULT HAS BEEN DISORDER AND CONFUSION ON OC [...]	2000-11-02 16:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE6191	PROMINENT ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESS LEADERS TRYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CEO OF A MAJOR ZIMBABWEAN CORPORATION TOLD AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 2 THAT HE AND OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY ARE ARRANGING A PRIVATE CREDIT FACILITY TO PURCHASE 300 TO 400 COMMERCIAL FARMS TO HELP BREAK THE LOGJAM ON LAND REFORM. THE CEO ALSO STATED THAT HE AND OTHER BUSINESS L [...]	2000-11-02 16:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR PREL PINR ZI
00HARARE6281	UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE ANGELO SHARES HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, ACCOMPANIED BY LABOFF, PAID A CALL NOVEMBER 6 ON RECENTLY ARRIVED UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE (RES REP) VICTOR ANGELO TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE. THE RES REP TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT WHILE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DI [...]	2000-11-07 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6282	UNDP LAND REFORM INITIATIVE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO DEBRIEFED DONORS ON NOVEMBER 1 ON THE UNDP TEAM'S REPORT ON THE "LAND REFORM PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE". THE RESREP OPENED THE MEETING BY STATING THAT THE REPORT WAS A DRAFT, WORKING DOCUMENT, COMPLETED BY AN INDEPENDENT MISSION, WHICH, THUS REFLECTS THE TEAM'S [...]	2000-11-07 16:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV EAID ZI
00HARARE6283	THE AMBASSADOR CALLS ON A MUGABE LOYALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, ACCOMPANIED BY LABOFF, PAID A CALL NOVEMBER 6 ON OLIVIA MUCHENA, MINISTER OF STATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, AND A MEMBER OF THE ZANU-PF CENTRAL COMMITTEE. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO GAUGE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT [...]	2000-11-07 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE6317	DANISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION MINISTER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGES TO ZIMBABWE ON FAST TRACK LAND EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2000-11-09 15:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PREL ZI
00HARARE6321	UNDP RESREP AND AMBASSADOR CONSULT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, VICTOR ANGELO, AND DCM (NOTE TAKER) CALLED ON MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE ON NOVEMBER 8 TO EXPLORE WAYS THE DONOR COMMUNITY COULD ASSIST IN DEFUSING TENSIONS I [...]	2000-11-11 11:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EAGR ZI
00HARARE6330	SUPREME COURT ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO HALT FAST- [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A UNANIMOUS CONSENT ORDER ON NOVEMBER 10 REQUIRING THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) TO HALT ALL FARM OCCUPATIONS AND RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS UNTIL IT COMPLIES WITH ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAND ACQUISITION ACT (LAA). THE CONSENT ORDER GAVE T [...]	2000-11-14 10:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6423	UNDP HOLDS FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH THE DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN HARARE, VICTOR ANGELO, HOSTED A FOLLOW-UP MEETING OF THE LOCAL DONOR COMMUNITY ON NOVEMBER 9. THE PURPOSE WAS TO ALLOW THE DONOR COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE DRAFT UNDP MISSION REPORT ON THE LAND REFORM PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE, AS WELL AS TO DISCUSS HOW [...]	2000-11-17 10:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6547	HIGH COURT (APPARENTLY) TRUMPS SUPREME COURT ON [...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT-INFLUENCED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER'S NOVEMBER 21 EDITION REPORTED THAT HIGH COURT JUDGE PRESIDENT JUSTICE GODFREY CHIDYASIKU ISSUED A PROVISIONAL ORDER IN CHAMBERS NOVEMBER 20 WHICH SOUGHT TO PREVENT THE GOVERNMENT FROM EXPELLING "RESETTLED FARMERS," IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SUP [...]	2000-11-21 16:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR ZI
00HARARE6644	FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNALS POSSIBLE SHIFT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE, FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE SIPDIS SIGNALED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS READY TO RETURN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 1998 DONORS CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON LAND REFORM. THE MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MIS [...]	2000-11-28 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR PREL ZI
00HARARE6661	MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ASKS FOR USG GESTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR AND A HALF MEETING NOVEMBER 28 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SOUGHT AMBASSADOR MCDONALD'S SIPDIS PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW TO ENSURE THAT UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE WAS A SUCCESS. THE PERMANENT SECRE [...]	2000-11-28 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ZI
00HARARE6663	A/S RICE MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 16, A/S RICE, AMBASSADORS RENDER AND MCDONALD, AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER),MET WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI FOR AN HONEST AND WIDE- RANGING 75 MINUTE DISCUSSION. TAKING PLACE ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE MINISTER PRESENTED HIS FIRST BUDGET TO THE PARLIAMENT AND THE [...]	2000-11-29 09:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE6803	SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSIONER A.J.D. NDOU TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD AT LUNCH ON DECEMBER 2 THAT, WHILE HE HAD WORKED ON THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE MEETING AMONG PRESIDENTS MBEKI, OBASANJO AND MUGABE, HE HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THEIR NOVEMBER 30 MEETING. ACCORDING TO GODFRE [...]	2000-12-05 06:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR PGOV ECON ENRG ZI
00HARARE6910	COMMERCIAL FARMER ABDUCTED BY WAR VETERANS AND [...] (U) THE DECEMBER 7 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER "THE DAILY NEWS" CARRIED A FRONT PAGE STORY THAT A COMMERCIAL FARMER, LANCE KENNEDY, HAD BEEN FORCIBLY ABDUCTED BY A GROUP OF TWENTY WAR VETERANS WHO WERE OCCUPYING HIS SIGARO FARM, AND FORCED TO DRIVE SOME OF HIS ABDUCTORS INTO HARARE TO [...]	2000-12-07 16:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PHUM ZI
00HARARE6993	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL: MUGABE STILL BITTER [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE RECEIVED ME DECEMBER 13 FOR A ONE HALF-HOUR FAREWELL CALL. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERICS OF THE MEETING WERE GOOD AND LIGHT, I DID MANAGE TO INTERRUPT THE START OF A TIRADE AGAINST THE BRITISH BY ADVANCING THE ARGUMENT THAT MUGABE SHOULD TO GIVE UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH- [...]	2000-12-13 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EAGR ZI US
00HARARE7159	INYIKA TRUST, A NEW PLAYER ON THE LAND ISSUE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 5, TERENCE HUSSEIN, AN ATTORNEY AFFILIATED WITH INYIKA TRUST, MET WITH ECONOFF AT THE EMBASSY. INYIKA TRUST IS A NEWLY REGISTERED NGO IN ZIMBABWE WHOSE STATED PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO COMMUNAL FARMERS AND LANDLESS BLACK ZIMBABWEANS. [...]	2000-12-20 10:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL PHUM PINR ZI
00HARARE7163	UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE SEES POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DIPLOMATIC HEADS OF MISSION AND SELECTED AID DIRECTORS DECEMBER 19 ON THE CONTENTS OF ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUGABE. HE TOLD THE GATHERING THAT HE HAD DETECTED [...]	2000-12-20 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR EAID ZI
00HARARE7263	LAND TASK FORCE TRIES TO PUT BEST FACE ON [...] (C) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO HOSTED A MEETING ON DECEMBER 21 FOR SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S LAND TASK FORCE THAT INCLUDED MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING IGNATIUS [...]	2000-12-28 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR EAID PINR ZI
00HARARE7271	SIZEABLE SHORTFALL IN MAIZE PRODUCTION IN 2001 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE LATEST MAIZE SEED SALES DATA INDICATE THAT NATIONAL MAIZE PLANTING IS DOWN 25 PERCENT FROM NORMAL LEVELS. THE ZIMBABWE GRAIN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION (ZPGA),REPRESENTING LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL MAIZE PRODUCERS, PUBLISHED A STATEMENT ON DECEMBER 20 APPEALING FOR ITS MEMBERS T [...]	2000-12-28 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ZI
00HARARE7286	SUPREME COURT RULES ON CFU LAND CASE, DECISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 21 THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED ITS RULING ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE BROAD LAWSUIT FILED BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) (REFTEL E). THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT TWO OF THE DECLARATIONS (CHARG [...]	2000-12-29 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAGR EAID ZI
00HOCHIMINHCITY1121	SCIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND CHARITY IMPROVE LIVES IN VIETNAM'S MEKONG DELTA IN BIG AND SMALL WAYS [...] SUMMARY. IN POOR POCKETS OF THE MEKONG DELTA, AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, VIETNAMESE AND FOREIGN, WHO ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THEIR OWN AND OTHER'S LIVES. CONGEN STAFF VISITED VIETNAM'S MAIN RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PRIVATE ELECTRICITY AND WATER SUPPLIERS, [...]	2000-07-11 04:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PGOV SOCI ENRG EWWT EAID KIPR ETRD VM KDTB
00KINSHASA8616	WTO/SPS TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2000-12-28 11:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD CG WTO
00STATE229699	FDA PROPOSAL TO WITHDRAW APPROVAL FOR USE OF [...] SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 26, 2000, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE PROPOSED WITHDRAWING ITS PREVIOUS APPROVAL FOR FLUOROQUINOLONES USED THERAPEUTICALLY IN POULTRY. THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED TO ASSIST POSTS IN RESPONDING TO INQUIRIES FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICI [...]	2000-12-04 19:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD
00THEHAGUE1873	DUTCH ON IRAN: SHIRAZ DEFENDENTS, AG MINISTER VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-22 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EAGR ETRD IR NL
01ABUJA1548	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] Ambassador Jeter met June 26 with Minister of Agriculture Bello for a discussion of U.S.-Nigeria relations in the agriculture sector. USAID Country Director provided a thorough brief on the range of USG agricultural assistance programs. Minister Bello thought USG efforts were under-funded, [...]	2001-07-05 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP NI
01ABUJA1590	NIGERIA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT OAU DRAFT BIOSAFETY [...] (U) EconOff met July 2 with the Director of the National Biotechnology Program, Professor C. Omaliko, to discuss, per reftel, the OAU Draft Biosafety Law adopted by a technical committee May 2-5 in Addis Ababa. The National Biotechnology Program falls under the aegis of the Federal Ministry of [...]	2001-07-05 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO NI
01ABUJA1621	NIGERIA: CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS POSSIBLE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 12. 2. Summary. Three Members of Congress visiting Nigeria under the auspices of a public diplomacy program met July 4 with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Agriculture. They expressed interest in pursuing collaborative ventures with Nige [...]	2001-07-10 05:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID OREP BEXP NI
01ABUJA1680	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE VISITING [...] This is an action message. Please see para 3. 2. Minister of Agriculture Adamu Bello plans to visit Washington DC from July 23 to August 1 as a follow-up to President Obasanjo's May visit and the Minister's discussions with Ambassador Jeter on June 26 (Ref A) and Congressmen Clyburn, T [...]	2001-07-16 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID OREP NI
01ABUJA2151	NIGERIA: GOVERNOR OF KEBBI'S THOUGHTS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kebbi, Mohammed Aleiro, called on Ambassador Jeter on August 26. Aleiro was in Abuja prior to his trip with President Obasanjo to China. In addition to a discussion of Kebbi-specific issues, Aleiro stated that he did not believe Babangida would run against Obasan [...]	2001-08-29 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR NI
01ABUJA871	AMBASSADOR VISITS KADUNA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid his first official visit to Kaduna State on March 27 and 28. He met with Kaduna Governor Ahmed Makarfi, the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, former Military Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari, Northern kingmaker Dr. Liman Ciroma and leaders in Musli [...]	2001-04-25 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV NI PINR ECON EAGR EMIN LY
01ABUJA957	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH NSA ALIYU MOHAMMED -- A [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting with the Nigerian National Security Advisor (ref C),NSA Aliyu Mohammed also discussed continental issues and President Obasanjo,s travel schedule. He said President Obasanjo would travel to Asia in late May, and woul [...]	2001-05-03 15:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR EAID OVIP JA LY NG CF IR NI
01HANOI1497	DONOR/GOVERNMENT DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM'S 10 YEAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 14, KICKING OFF A SERIES OF DONOR-GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS, UNDP SPONSORED A `HIGH- LEVEL' CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS ONE OF THE CENTRAL DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY DURING THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS CONCLUDED IN APRIL. THE DOCUMENT, `THE 10 YEAR SOCIO-EC [...]	2001-06-22 04:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL VM SOE FINREF CVR
01HARARE1021	ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CFU PRESIDENT SEEKS [...] (C) ON MARCH 13, CHARGE EARL IRVING AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD AND DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK AT THEIR REQUEST TO DISCUSS THE USG'S POSITION ON LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE. HENWOOD ASKED THE CHARGE ABOUT THE MARCH 11 ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN [...]	2001-03-15 05:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1102	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS AGREE AT CONGRESS [...] (C) ON MARCH 22, ECONOFF MET WITH COLLIN CLOETE, VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMODITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE CFU SPECIAL CONGRESS HELD THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE ISSUE OF REPLACING THE CURRENT CFU LEADERSHIP (REFS A, B AND C) WAS NOT RAISED AT THE CONGRESS, [...]	2001-03-23 05:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1201	ZIMBABWE POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN MARCH KILLING [...] (U) THE MARCH 31 EDITIONS OF BOTH THE GOZ-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" REPORTED THAT THE ZIMBABWE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF GLORIA OLDS. OLDS, A 72-YEAR- OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE I [...]	2001-04-02 15:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR PGOV PINS ZI
01HARARE1276	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS QUIETLY WORKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CFU AND THE GOZ ARE QUIETLY MEETING TO TRY AND REACH AN AGREEMENT TO END THE STAND-OFF OVER LAND. THE CFU IS PITCHING A PROPOSAL TO THE GOZ WHEREBY IT WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF FARMS TOTALING FIVE MILLION HECTARES THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RESETTLEMENT, A PORTION OF THEM [...]	2001-04-09 12:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1293	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS MEET WITH GOZ [...] (C) ON APRIL 10 EDGAR GUNDRY, CHAIRMAN FOR THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) REGION OF MASHONALAND WEST-SOUTH, TOLD ECONOFF THAT A GROUP OF CFU OFFICIALS MET ON APRIL 9 WITH ZIMBABWE'S FIVE SECURITY SERVICES. THESE SERVICES, ACCORDING TO GUNDRY, ARE THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, THE CENTRAL INTELLI [...]	2001-04-11 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1492	AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABEWE'S "FAST-TRACK" LAND [...] (C) THE QUIET ATTEMPT BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) TO RE-ENGAGE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON LAND REFORM (REFTEL) HAS REACHED AN IMPASSE. THE GOZ IS INSISTING AS A PRECONDITION FOR FURTHER TALKS THAT THE CFU WITHDRAW ITS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF "FAST- [...]	2001-05-02 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE1583	ZIMBABWE MINISTER ANNOUNCES START OF NEW "ULTRA [...] (SBU) IN AN INTERVIEW IN THE MAY 4-10 ISSUE OF THE PRO-RULING PARTY NEWSPAPER "THE ZIMBABWE MIRROR", THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING, IGNATIUS CHOMBO, ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAD RECENTLY INITIATED A NEW PHASE OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND [...]	2001-05-11 11:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PHUM PINR PINS ZI
01HARARE1715	ZIMBABWE TOBACCO SALES UPDATE, FOURTH SALES WEEK [...] AFTER 18 TRADING DAYS, ZIMBABWE'S THREE TOBACCO AUCTION FLOORS HAVE COLLECTIVELY SOLD A TOTAL OF 3,665,457 KILOGRAMS (KG) OF THE CROP (837,031 KG IS BURLEY TOBACCO),AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF US $1.69 PER KG. 2. THIS VOLUME COMPARES WITH 6,848,511 KG FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST SEASON, REPRESENTI [...]	2001-05-26 13:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI
01HARARE1815	ANDREW YOUNG VISITS ZIMBABWE, DEFENDS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S [...] (U) FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS ANDREW YOUNG PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE JUNE 4-6, 2001, MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS ON JUNE 5. AFTER MEETING PRESIDENT MUGABE, FORMER AMBASSADOR YOUNG GRANTED A LENGTHY INTERVIEW TO THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED ZIMBAB [...]	2001-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PGOV EAGR ZI
01HARARE1836	MORE ON ZIMBABWE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' PROPOSAL [...] (C) MALCOLM VOWLES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU),ELABORATED TO POLOFF ON JUNE 6 ON THE CFU'S NEW PROPOSAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) TO RESOLVE THEIR LONG-SIMMERING IMPASSE ON LAND REFORM (SEE REF A FOR DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL). VOWLES STATED THAT BOTH THE [...]	2001-06-08 09:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM PINR EAID ZI
01HARARE2117	EXPECTED FOOD SHORTAGE ACKNOWLEDGED BY A [...] (SBU) ON JULY 6 THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SIMBA MAKONI, TOLD THE PRESS FOLLOWING AN ADDRESS HE DELIVERED TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONSULTATIVE FORUM THAT HIS MINISTRY'S GOOD BUDGET RESULTS TO DATE FOR 2001 SHOWING A SMALL SURPLUS WERE THREATENED BY THE NEED TO SET ASI [...]	2001-07-10 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EFIN ECON ZI
01HARARE240	STILL NO OFFICIAL REACTION TO THE SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY: AS OF JANUARY 11, THERE IS STILL NO OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) STATEMENT OR REACTION TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING OF DECEMBER 21 IN FAVOR OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) IN THEIR LAWSUIT ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM (REF A) [...]	2001-01-12 11:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PREL ZI
01HARARE2480	UNDP AND DONORS MEET ON FOOD AID FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO MET WITH A LARGE SEGMENT OF THE DONOR COMMUNITY ON AUGUST 20 AT THE FORMER'S INVITATION TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS ON THE FOOD AID FRONT. THE GROUP FOCUSED IN SEQUENCE ON THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS, ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUMANITARIAN SECRE [...]	2001-08-22 11:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EAGR ZI
01HARARE2514	WFP'S ATTENTION TO ZIMBABWE [...] POST WAS CONCERNED BY THE STATEMENT IN REFTEL THAT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) "HAS NO PLANS TO START UP ANY OPERATIONS IN ZIMBABWE." HOWEVER, WE SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED FROM UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO ON AUGUST 23 THAT WFP PLANS TO ASSIGN TEMPORARILY TWO PROGRAM OFFICERS TO ZIM [...]	2001-08-24 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON PHUM PREF
01HARARE2554	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS BEING BACKED TO THE [...] (C) ON AUGUST 28 THREE COMMERCIAL FARMERS REPRESENTING THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PAID A CALL ON THE DCM AND ECONOFF TO DESCRIBE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THEIR COLLECTIVE PLIGHT AND TO ADVISE US THAT IN THEIR VIEW TIME WAS RUNNING OUT TO HALT MUGABE'S ACTIONS THAT ARE DESTROYING ZIMBABWE'S [...]	2001-08-29 14:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV
01HARARE3240	ABUJA II: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE OCTOBER 25 TO 27 VISIT BY REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVEN COMMONWEALTH (CW) COUNTRIES AND THE CW SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWED PROGRESS ON COMMITMENTS AGREED TO BY THE GOZ ON LAND REFORM, RULE OF LAW, AND ATTENDANT ISSUES AS OUTLINED IN THE ABUJA AGREEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 6 (REFTEL). OU [...]	2001-10-29 15:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PGOV ZI
01HARARE3470	AMERICAN FARMER IN ZIMBABWE PROVIDES GLOOMY [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 15, THE EMBASSY RECEIVED AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM AMERICAN FARMER MITZI CARRUTHERS, WHO, WITH HER ZIMBABWEAN HUSBAND BRUCE, WORKS A SIZABLE FARM 20 KM OUTSIDE OF BINDURA TOWN. THEY DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT LEASE IT FROM A ZIMBABWEAN WHO HAS SINCE RELOCATED TO AUSTRALIA. TH [...]	2001-11-20 08:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3612	UNDP TEAM FINDS LITTLE TO APPLAUD IN ABUJA [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UNDP-LED MISSION TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH, AND SUGGEST WAYS FORWARD ON THE ABUJA ACCORD ON LAND REFORM HAS FOUND MOSTLY FRUSTRATIONS AND ONLY OCCASIONAL BRIGHT SPOTS DURING THEIR EXTENDED MISSION IN ZIMBABWE. PATTERNS VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THE DISRUPTION PROV [...]	2001-12-03 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
01HARARE3689	ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION WINS A THIRD MAYORAL [...] (U) IN DECEMBER 8-9 POLLING, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) WON ITS THIRD MAYORAL ELECTION IN NINE MONTHS IN THE TOWN OF CHEGUTU, WHICH IS ABOUT 100 KM SOUTHWEST OF HARARE IN THE TRADITIONAL RULING PARTY STRONGHOLD OF MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. MDC CANDIDATE BLESSING DHLA [...]	2001-12-12 14:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE3691	SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE PLAYS IN HARARE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE LONG ANTICIPATED VISIT OF THE SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE DEALING WITH THE ZIMBABWEAN SITUATION TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 10 AND 11, LONG ON RHETORIC BUT SHORT ON RESULTS. THE GOZ MANAGED TO CONTROL BOTH THE AGENDA AND THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING, WHICH YIELDED A LARGELY TOOTHLESS [...]	2001-12-13 04:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
01HARARE488	POSITIVE ANSWER TO MALLOCH BROWN LETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE UNDP RESREP IN HARARE INFORMED HEADS OF MISSION AND AID DIRECTORS JANUARY 23 THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE UNDP ADMINISTRATOR'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUGABE ON BREAKING THE LAND REFORM IMPASSE, BUT EXPECTS A RESPONSE SOON. THE RESREP BELI [...]	2001-01-24 12:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR EAID ZI
01HARARE573	ZIMBABWE LABOR FEDERATION LEADER SEEKS TO SEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) WILL HOLD ITS FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS IN FEBRUARY. THE CONGRESS WILL FOCUS ON ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES, AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TOPICS. THE ISSUE OF ZCTU TIES TO THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) WILL NOT BE A FORMAL AGENDA I [...]	2001-01-30 07:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL EAGR PGOV EAID ZI
01HARARE620	DANISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION MISSION [...] (C) THE DANISH UNDER SECRETARY FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION, AMBASSADOR CARSTEN STRAU, TOLD CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ON JANUARY 31 THAT DENMARK'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE DEPENDED ON THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ADMIN [...]	2001-02-01 14:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR EAID ZI
01HARARE743	ZIMBABWE'S PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE; A [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE (PSI) IS AN ALTERNATE LAND ACQUISITION, RESETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS BEING QUIETLY PROMOTED AS A COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH TO THE GOZ'S "FAST TRACK" PROGRAM. IT CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL CREDIT GUARANTEE BANK FUNDED BY COMM [...]	2001-02-13 14:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EAID PGOV PREL ZI
01HARARE765	THE CURRENT STATE AND PROJECTED CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 15 THE START OF PHASE II OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM, AIMED AT RESETTLING A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AS COMMERCIAL FARMERS. WHILE THIS PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE BASED ON A PREVIOUS MODEL DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATIO [...]	2001-02-16 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI
01HARARE783	GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CONTINUES TO STALL ON [...] (C) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO TOLD CHARGE ON FEBRUARY 21 THAT HE STILL HAD NOT RECEIVED A FORMAL RESPONSE TO THE LETTER UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN SENT TO PRESIDENT MUGABE ON DECEMBER 15, 2000 (REFTEL). HE HAD HEARD THAT A LETT [...]	2001-02-21 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PREL ZI
01HARARE815	ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION TO HOLD [...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 15 THAT IT WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CONGRESS ON MARCH 21 TO EXAMINE WAYS TO RE-ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON THE LAND ISSUE. AN INDEPENDENT APPROACH TO THE GOZ ON THE LAND ISSUE BY A FORMER CFU PRESIDENT WAS SLAPPED BACK [...]	2001-02-23 11:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI
01HARARE898	A LOOMING SPECIAL CONGRESS COULD DETERMINE THE [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, ECONOFF MET WITH COLLIN CLOETE, VICE-PRESIDENT FOR COMMODITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING MARCH 21 CFU SPECIAL CONGRESS AND REPORTS OF VEHEMENT DISAGREEMENTS AT THE UNION'S TOP LEADERSHIP LEVEL. CLOETE, A KEY MEMBER OF THE CFU EXECUTIVE, [...]	2001-03-03 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI
01HARARE919	SEVENTY-TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER [...] (C) ON MARCH 4, A 72-YEAR-OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, GLORIA OLDS, WAS BRUTALLY AND VICIOUSLY ASSASSINATED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE IN AN AMBUSH ON HER FARM. HER SON MARTIN WAS KILLED BY "WAR VETS" ON HIS FARM, WHICH WAS NEXT TO GLORIA'S, LAST QPRIL AND NO ONE HAS YET BEEN ARRESTED. [...]	2001-03-05 16:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR PGOV EAID PINR
01HARARE970	ZIMBABWE'S CFU DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS PERSONAL [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 8, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE' EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT PLIGHT OF COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE. HASLUCK STATED THAT WHILE [...]	2001-03-11 05:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PINR ZI

01VATICAN2022	VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE APRIL 07 - 12 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE RESPONDS TO UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX "DON'T COME" LETTER - VATICAN RADIO CUTS AIRTIME AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - CHANGES IN POPE'S PARTICIPATION IN EASTER EVENTS - POPE DISBURSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID - [...]	2001-04-12 09:25:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAGR ECPS SENV EAID PINR UP VT VTPREL
01VATICAN2955	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 26 - JUNE 01 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE SENDS ENVOYS TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORY - CONSISTORY: OUTREACH TO THE ORTHODOX? - VATICAN CALLS NUTRITION AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHT - POPE'S UKRAINE TRIP NOT A THREAT SAYS VATICAN FM - POPE W [...]	2001-06-01 14:43:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAGR IS AM KZ BU UP GT MEPP RU
01VATICAN3621	VATICAN - POST WORKS TO BUILD CONSENSUS ON AG- [...] THE VATICAN'S CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT BIOTECHNOLOGY WAS GIVEN A BOOST BY A JULY 5 MEETING POST ORGANIZED BETWEEN SENIOR GOVERNMENT EXPERTS AND DR. CHANNAPATNA PRAKASH, PROFESSOR OF PLANT MOLECULAR GENETICS AT TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA AND MEMBER OF THE USDA'S AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AD [...]	2001-07-09 16:02:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ETRD PGOV VT VTTBIO
02ABUJA2505	NIGERIA: FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROPOSAL [...] The American Embassy in Nigeria is proposing a Government-to-Government "Food For Progress" activity for FY 2003. This program will involve 25,000 mt of soybean and/or soybean meal (SBM) at $200 per mt. Africare will be the consultant to the Nigerian Government, managing the sale of the comm [...]	2002-08-22 18:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NI
02ABUJA2508	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO HEAD WSSD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSD) will be led by President Obasanjo and include Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Environment, Finance, African Integration and Energy (Presidential Advisor Rilwanu Lukman). Nigerian contacts [...]	2002-08-23 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG EFIN PREL KPAO NI UNCSD
02ABUJA2686	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT A SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA) Special Assistant for Projects Thomas Hardy completed agreements for feasibility studies for fertilizer and housing projects worth $722,000, discussed programs with the Ministers of Solid Minerals and Agriculture, and briefed senior s [...]	2002-09-17 18:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EAID EAIR EINV EPET EMIN KPAO NI
02ABUJA2979	NIGERIA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Post held its first quarterly meeting of the Trade Agreement Compliance and Monitoring Committee on October 24 in Abuja. The Committee is chaired by the DCM, and the Embassy's Economic Section serves as secretariat. Other members are USAID's Office of Economic Growth, Energy, and Infrastructur [...]	2002-11-01 11:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR BEXP NI
02ABUJA3075	NIGERIAN TRADE POLICY: BUSINESS (AND POLITICS) AS [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-12 15:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR BEXP NI
02ABUJA630	NIGERIA: GUM ARABIC SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and AUSTR Whitaker visited Jigawa and Kano states on January 28 and 29 respectively. Two years of negotiations, involving the U.S. private sector, Nigerian State and Federal Governments, USTR and the U.S. Embassy resulted in the January 28 launching of the Gum Arabi [...]	2002-02-26 15:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID EAGR NI
02AMMAN2516	JORDAN: EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW SELECTION [...] Embassy Amman has reviewed the three candidates for the Embassy Science Fellow Program that were forwarded to us by OES and has chosen Dr. Sylvana Li of the USDA/FAS as our first choice. Dr. Li's background suits her well to the job. Not only is her expertise in water quality and [...]	2002-05-20 06:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER EAGR EAID TSPL SENV KSCA JO
02AMMAN2981	JORDAN: WORLD FOOD SUMMIT BIOTECH SYMPOSIUM [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-06 11:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JO AORG FAO
02AMMAN4213	JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON GI'S IN WTO AG NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Trade Ministry Secretary General Samer Tawil on July 25. Tawil agreed that SIPDIS the EU proposal was unlikely to provide any real trade benefits for Jordan, and said he would consider supporting our position pending a detailed reading of demarche po [...]	2002-07-30 09:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON JO WTRO
02AMMAN5515	JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTRY GEARING UP FOR JOINT [...] (u) The Ambassador delivered the USG's official invitation to convene the 2002 U.S.-Jordan Joint Commission to Jordanian Trade Minister Salah al Bashir on September 22. Accepting the invitation, Bashir provided the GOJ's preferences for dates, events, and agenda items for the Joint Commissio [...]	2002-09-25 06:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAGR JO OPIC
02AMMAN5692	MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN ANY [...] (C) The Palace announced a minor Cabinet reshuffle on September 26 involving five portfolios. Amman had been rife with rumors of a reshuffle since the King's August 15 announcement that elections were postponed until the Spring. In recent conversations with the Ambassador, several young, prog [...]	2002-10-02 14:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO
02AMMAN5737	BIOS ON NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) King Abdullah and Prime Minister Abul Ragheb reshuffled the Cabinet on September 26 adding 4 new members to the Cabinet, and reassigning one Cabinet member to a new portfolio. Para 2 contains biographical data on the new ministers. 2. (U) New members of the Cabinet are: A. (U) Mini [...]	2002-10-03 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO
02ANKARA8231	TURKS RECEIVE WSSD FOLLOW-UP MATERIALS [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-14 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TU
02ANKARA8304	Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TURKISH OFFICIALS REITERATED THEIR SUPPORT FOR LIBERALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE BUT ARGUED THAT HIGH TARIFFS AND SOME DOMESTIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS MUST BE MAINTAINED IN ORDER TO PROTECT TURKISH PRODUCERS AGAINST IMPORTS. THESE SAME OFFICIALS STATED THAT SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN A [...]	2002-11-15 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
02ANKARA8620	DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON FOOD CRISIS IN HORN OF AFRICA [...] EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for International Relations Osman Paksut on November 26. Paksut said Turkey's Embassy in Addis Ababa had kept the Ministry informed of the developing food crisis, but the MFA had not yet made any decisions about whether it cou [...]	2002-11-26 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL ER ET TU
02ANKARA8790	Turkish Agriculture, Trade and EU Membership [...] (SBU) Summary. AgCounselor recently met with representatives from International Organizations including the World Bank and FAO as well as with local EU officials to discuss the current state of Turkish agriculture and agricultural trade. These representatives expressed frustration with Tur [...]	2002-12-03 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
02ANKARA9037	Winning the Battle but Losing the War - Bananas [...] (SBU) Summary. In November 2002, the Government of Turkey agreed to remove a number of non-tariff barriers on banana imports in response to a WTO case initiated by the Government of Ecuador. Although the barriers were eliminated, the GOT raised import tariffs by 29% from an already high 120 [...]	2002-12-18 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
02ANKARA9192	New Turkish Quarantine Regulations [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey has issued new quarantine regulations governing imports of all plants and plant products that is scheduled to go into effect on January 3, 2003. Turkey did not notify the WTO of the new regulations nor did Turkish officials notify Embassies of these changes. Despite req [...]	2002-12-31 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
02HANOI140	ASEAN-US DIALOGUE RELATIONS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. PHAM HUU CHI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S ASEAN DEPARTMENT, ON JANUARY 18 SENT POL/C A SUMMARY OF THE ASEAN STANDING COMMITTEE VIEWS REGARDING ASEAN-US DIALOGUE RELATIONS. PLEASE NOTE REQUESTS FOR FOLLOW UP FROM USDA ON TWO PROPOSED PROGRAMS (ITEM A [...]	2002-01-22 08:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EAGR EAID TSPL VM ASEAN
02HARARE1042	ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT MAKES STATE VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa made a state visit to Zimbabwe April 25-28 as the guest of honor at Zimbabwe's International Trade Fair, an occasion he used in an apparent attempt to bolster President Mugabe's image at home and abroad. The first head of state to visit Zimbabwe since the [...]	2002-04-30 14:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ASEC ZI ZA
02HARARE1188	TOBACCO SELLERS GRANTED A SELECTIVE [...] (SBU) On May 16, after two days of boycotts by tobacco farmers of the sales of their crop due to an uneconomic return assured by the official exchange rate, the Finance Minister Simba Makoni announced a special support price for tobacco. The scheme equates to an 82 percent forex devaluation [...]	2002-05-17 09:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD ZI
02HARARE1221	POACHING OF WILDLIFE IS RAMPANT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: The poaching of wild game, by both commercial and subsistence hunters, has now reached crisis proportions in Zimbabwe. Game is being illegally taken from occupied private reserves and conservancies, national parks, and occupied farms that may or may not border protected game a [...]	2002-05-21 14:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV ZI
02HARARE1237	MAY 22 DISCUSSIONS WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART [...] (c) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with MDC MP and shadow justice minister David Coltart over breakfast on May 22. Coltart addressed his personal security and his upcoming trip abroad, then described developments in the MDC's legal challenge of the results of the March 2002 presidential [...]	2002-05-22 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON PHUM ZI
02HARARE1254	DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER, [...] (SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development, Joseph Made, said all the right things about formalizing the path forward in the land reform and resettlement program. He assured the viewing audi [...]	2002-05-24 05:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PREL ZI
02HARARE1291	DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER, [...] (SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development, Joseph Made, said all the right things about formalizing the path forward in the land reform and resettlement program. He assured the viewing audi [...]	2002-05-30 12:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PREL ZI
02HARARE1309	RESETTLEMENT ON THE FARMS: THE REALITY ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to four farms in a prime agricultural area 2 hours from Harare reveals that chaos reigns, and productivity by the new settlers hovers barely above zero. There is no rhyme nor reason to the occupations, and the newly resettled show little desire or ability to carry out e [...]	2002-05-31 09:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE1377	ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: JOINT FFP/OFDA [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable reports findings of joint visit by REDSO/FFP and OFDA/ARO reps to Zimbabwe to review humanitarian crisis, including participation in FAO/WFP crop and food supply crisis will be much worse due to the minimal carryover stocks, the continuing impact of poor economic po [...]	2002-06-06 12:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PREF AORC ZI
02HARARE1635	COMMERCIAL FARMERS CHARGED WITH CRIME OF FARMING [...] Summary: On July 4-5, 15 Chiredzi-area commercial sugar farmers were charged with violating section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act by continuing to farm past the government-mandated deadline for ceasing commercial farming activity. As of May 10, 2002 all farmers who fail to stop occupying, ho [...]	2002-07-15 13:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV ZI
02HARARE1720	GOZ ACCEPTS 18,000MT OF MAIZE FROM THE US [...] (U) On July 25, 2002, USAID met with the Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare, Mr. July Moyo, and with Mr. Lancester Museka, the Permanent Secretary, regarding the US humanitarian assistance program. 2. (U) During his July 21-24, 2002 visit to Zimbabwe, Mr. Roger Winter, U [...]	2002-07-26 04:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PGOV PREL ZI
02HARARE1737	BUDGET MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) USAID/Zimbabwe's Democracy and Governance Team Leader, Stephanie Funk, and Senior Democracy Advisor, Deprose Muchena, attended a budget meeting of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Lands and Agriculture. The Committee has oversight responsibility for two Ministries: the Ministry [...]	2002-07-29 05:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE1779	MEDIA REPORT FOOD CRISIS IN ZIM AND GMO FOOD; [...] Under headline "We'd rather starve: Importing of genetically modified food risky" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (08/05) carried the following op-ed by Isheunesu Magwaza: 2. ". . .Let me point out clearly that genetically modified (GMO) food has a [...]	2002-08-05 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR EAID EAGR SENV KPAO ZI
02HARARE1784	MEDIA REPORT FOOD CRISIS IN ZIM AND GMO FOOD; [...] Under headline "We'd rather starve: Importing of genetically modified food risky" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (08/05) carried the following op-ed by Isheunesu Magwaza: 2. ". . .Let me point out clearly that genetically modified (GMO) food has a [...]	2002-08-05 10:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR EAID EAGR SENV KPAO ZI
02HARARE1788	MEDIA REPORT FOOD AID IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Food aid prolongs nation's suffering" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" uses its August 1 editorial to castigate the government of Zimbabwe for causing the current food crisis and question the utility of Western food donations. Excerpts: [...]	2002-08-05 10:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO EAGR EAID ZI
02HARARE1789	MEDIA REPORT GMO FOOD; HARARE [...] A press conference held on July 24 by Roger Winter, Assistant Administrator at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),received blanket coverage by the local print and electronic media, including foreign news agencies - Reuters, Asso [...]	2002-08-05 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO EAGR EAID ZI
02HARARE1802	OFFICIAL GOZ FIGURES ON FOOD IMPORTS AND PROJECTED [...] (C) Summary. A senior Ministry of Finance official shared with Charge details on GOZ food imports, and the gap still to be filled. The GOZ has purchased nearly 1,000,000 metric tons (MT) of maize but, even with current projected donor contributions factored in, still faces a shortfall of app [...]	2002-08-06 09:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PREL PGOV EFIN ZI
02HARARE1819	GLOOMY COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION CONGRESS ADJOURNS [...] (C) Summary. The 59th annual Commercial Farmers, Union (CFU) Congress was a gloomy affair that took place under the pall of an August 8 deadline for the eviction of the majority of CFU members from their farms. There was unusual division within CFU ranks over whether or not to mount court ch [...]	2002-08-08 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1820	AGREEMENT ON USE OF U.S. TITLE II MAIZE GRAIN IN [...] (U) SUMMARY OF AGREEMENT: VERBAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AMONG USAID, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON AN ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW ENTRY OF 17,500 MTS OF USG YELLOW WHOLE MAIZE GRAIN CURRENTLY STORED IN DURBAN, THAT MAY CONTAIN GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS [...]	2002-08-08 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE1822	COMMERCIAL FARMS APPEAR CALM AS INITIAL DEADLINE [...] (U) As the August 8 midnight deadline for commercial farmers to vacate their farms and homesteads came and went, there are no reports of violence or forcible evictions from the disputed property. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck reports that the situation countrywide is [...]	2002-08-09 07:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1826	POSSIBLE TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR SOME COMMERCIAL [...] (C) The day before the August 8 deadline for designated farmers to leave their properties (reftel),a High Court judge issued a ruling that could give a temporary reprieve to affected farmers. Judge Charles Hungwe ruled that the government's acquisition of Tengwe Estates farm was "null and [...]	2002-08-09 10:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1827	JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE -- TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff attended the inaugural meeting of the JAG on Tuesday, August 6. This group was formed by some of the more confrontational members of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) in response to CFU members' perception that the organization was too conciliatory. The initial act of J [...]	2002-08-09 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1830	FEW COMMERCIAL FARMERS EVICTED AS CFU PERCEIVES [...] (U) Summary. Pursuant to the August 9 deadline for the first wave of commercial farmers to abandon their homesteads, in one region police have confronted farmers on five separate properties, and in a second region another farmer faces forced eviction. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president [...]	2002-08-14 12:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1859	MEDIA REACTION: LAND REFORM ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Evict defiant farmers" the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 15 editorial to encouraging the government of Zimbabwe to eject all "defiant farmers" from the designated commercial farms under the fast-trek land reform program. [...]	2002-08-15 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE1870	NGO AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: US Embassy and USAID/Zimbabwe recommend OFDA approval of three non-food humanitarian assistance proposals submitted by CARE, CRS, and World Vision. Post does not believe that targeted beneficiaries - communal farmers - should be the primary focus of humanitarian assistance in [...]	2002-08-16 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE1871	NEW REPORTS OF FARM EVICTIONS [...] (SBU) Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck called on Friday, August 16, to confirm several cases of farm eviction throughout the country. While the overall situation remains tense but superficially calm, there are scattered instances of official response to the farmers' refu [...]	2002-08-16 09:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1882	MASS ARRESTS OF ZIMBABWEAN FARMERS WHO IGNORE [...] (C) Police have begun arresting commercial farmers -- and family members, in some cases -- who have failed to comply with the August 8 deadline to leave their properties. More than 140 people were arrested over the August 17-18 weekend, and 92 remained incarcerated on the morning of August 19. [...]	2002-08-19 12:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ASEC ZI
02HARARE1900	COMMERCIAL FARMS: SITUATION REPORT [...] Summary: Arrests of farmers by the Zimbabwean authorities continue, with no break in the official party rationale and no indication of respite. Most farmers are being released on bail an receiving future court dates. There is little consistency throughout the various regions as to the condi [...]	2002-08-21 11:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE1934	DISPLACED FARM WORKERS: UNADDRESSED HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) Summary: The arrests and evictions of commercial farmers continue, with most farmers being released on bail with varying conditions. Some farmers are having their Section 8 acquisition orders overturned on technicalities, but this seems to be a temporary reprieve at best. The fate of [...]	2002-08-23 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE201	UNRESREP PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT THE INVITATION OF UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, THE DONOR COMMUNITY HELD ITS FIRST COORDINATING MEETING OF 2002 AT THE UNDP OFFICES. ANGELO, WHO NORMALLY SEEKS TO INTERPRET EVENTS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, WAS PARTICULARLY DOWNBEAT. ON ELECTIONS, HE SAID THAT THERE NO LONGER APPEA [...]	2002-01-22 13:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR EAID ZI
02HARARE2060	POLICE, MILITARY ENFORCE NEW, UNOFFICIAL FARM [...] Summary. According to several reports received over the weekend, the GOZ has purportedly issued directives from "the highest levels" to both police and military to finalize the removal of commercial farmers. The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU),merely a shadow of its former presence, as well a [...]	2002-09-09 12:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2073	SHOOTOUT ON COMMERCIAL FARM [...] (C) Late in the morning of September 10, commercial farmer Ian Cochrane reportedly engaged in a shootout with three men on his property near Karoi, some 250 km northwest of Harare. Miraculously, no one was hurt, and only a vehicle belonging to a nearby farmer who came to help was damaged. [...]	2002-09-10 12:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PHUM ZI
02HARARE2086	UN FOOD SEIZED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 7, Zimbabwe police and soldiers raided the UNICEF facilities and illegally seized food UNICEF had been storing for UN employees. After appealing to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN received an apology from the guilty parties and expected to have the stolen fo [...]	2002-09-12 11:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PGOV PREL
02HARARE2118	GOZ TO STRONG-ARM PENSION FUNDS FOR FINANCIAL [...] Summary. The GOZ is reportedly planning to issue Zim $30 billion in bonds, and require pension plans to buy them, in order to finance the inadequately funded land reform program. Between the shrinking membership paying in to pension funds, the decreasing interest rates, and the escalating inf [...]	2002-09-18 13:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ECON ZI
02HARARE2122	DELTA CORPORATION: FINANCING ITS OWN INTERESTS [...] Summary. In a new development, local powerhouse Delta Corporation (which, coincidentally, owns several breweries) has reportedly announced a Zim $10 billion initiative (approximately US $14.5 million at the parallel rate) whereby it will loan inputs for the production of maize, sorghum and ma [...]	2002-09-19 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN PGOV ZI
02HARARE2127	CORRUPTION IN LAND ACQUISITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Zimbabwe executive office issued a directive, circulated as a diplomatic note on 13 September, putatively intended to rein in over-zealous government officials in their acquisition of land. An independent press report, supported by the diplomatic note, and comments by Speaker [...]	2002-09-23 10:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2310	FARM WORKERS [...] THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES INHIBITING CROP PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING, COMBINED WITH LOWER THAN AVERAGE RAINFALL, HAVE RAISED THE SPECTER OF FAMINE IN ZIMBABWE. UP TO 1.5 MILLION EX-COMMERCIAL FARM WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE CURREN [...]	2002-10-21 11:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2318	Zimbabwe: Reports of involuntary relocation of [...] Summary: OFDA/Humanitarian Response Advisor in Zimbabwe has received unconfirmed but credible reports of forced relocations of a large group of ex-commercial farm workers. Post views this as an extremely serious development and is concerned that it may signal the beginning of a pattern of forc [...]	2002-10-22 07:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2342	MIDLANDS PROVINCE: A PROVINCE OF COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Political Officer visited Midlands province October 17 and 18 to meet with USAID, CDC, and WFP beneficiaries, NGO and UN staff, and GOZ officials. Against the backdrop of the HIV/AIDS, land, and food crises gripping the country, Midlands province seems to be the mode [...]	2002-10-25 08:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PHUM SOCI ZI
02HARARE2427	DISCUSSION WITH UNDP ON POSSIBLE USE OF U.S. WHEAT [...] Summary. Charge met with UNDP Resident Representative Victor Angelo on November 4 to review recent developments in the humanitarian food crisis in Zimbabwe. Angelo was particularly interested in discussing a possible donation of U.S. wheat/wheat flour to the World Food Program (WFP),which w [...]	2002-11-07 05:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ZI
02HARARE2437	COMMERCIAL FARMERS' LEADERSHIP IS THE VICTIM OF [...] (C) Summary: Both Colin Cloete, President, and David Hasluck, Director, of the Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) tendered their resignations on October 29 at the CFU's national council meeting. These resignations, both of which are effective within thirty days, highlight broad gulfs -- betwee [...]	2002-11-07 13:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ZI
02HARARE2446	NEW GOZ DIRECTIVE ON LAND ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) personnel, laboff received a copy of a GOZ directive targeted at "cleaning up" the chaotic land redistribution exercise. This policy statement is directed to the ad-hoc decisions and dealmaking which have characteri [...]	2002-11-08 09:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2561	Zimbabwe's Resettled Farms: Can They Work? [...] Summary: President Mugabe's fast track land reform ranks among the most emotionally-charged and polemical policies in Zimbabwe's 22-year history. Given the small number of new farmers who have taken control of plots, the undermining of due process, the politicized and untransparent manner of [...]	2002-11-19 05:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE267	MISSION ACTION ON TOBACCO [...] No summary [...]	2002-01-29 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ZI BEXP
02HARARE2700	ONLY 600 OF 4500 COMMERCIAL FARMERS STILL STANDING [...] Summary. Given the chaotic nature of President Mugabe's fast-track land reform, it is no easy task to quantify this program. Of 4,500 white-owned commercial farms, our best guess is that 3,900 have closed down and 4,275 have been slated for resettlement. Despite GOZ claims that the land re [...]	2002-11-26 05:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2701	LAND REFORM DECIMATES CATTLE INDUSTRIES [...] Summary. In addition to crop farmers, cattle farmers have also succumbed to the pressures of the land reform program. Currently, commercial dairy farmers represent half of the remaining commercial farmers, while most commercial farmers continue to raise some beef cattle in addition to their [...]	2002-11-26 05:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI
02HARARE2871	MATABELELAND: FOOD ACCESS REMAINS TENUOUS [...] SUMMARY: (U) Ambassador, USAID Officer, State Zimbabwe Desk Officer and Political Officer visited Matabeleland North province December 3 to December 6 to meet with people affected by the food and HIV/AIDS crises. Food issues dominated discussions as scarcities intensified across the country. [...]	2002-12-30 10:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR SOCI ZI
02HARARE939	COMMERCIAL FARMERS PESSIMISTIC RE: BOTH SHORT [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Laboff met with three representatives of the Commercial Farmers' Union (CMF) - David Hasluck, Director, Malcolm Voles, Deputy Director, and Colin Cloete, President, on April 11, 2002. The CFU had requested the meeting as a "reality check" on the post-election situation o [...]	2002-04-17 08:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE942	ZIMBABWE'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS' OUTLOOK IS [...] (SBU) A shrinking economy (GDP has declined by about 25 percent since 1998),land resettlement, high inflation, an artificially pegged currency and weak mineral prices have combined recently to cause Zimbabwe's exports to contract sharply, with the 2001 total down about 30 percent from their [...]	2002-04-17 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD ZI
02HARARE981	MADE'S STATEMENT RE: LAND REFORM: MORE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a press statement on April 12, 2002, Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made clarified the GOZ's stance on the conduct of its land resettlement program. While much of the statement merely repeated the ruling party's rhetoric, portions revealed some of the GOZ's more subtle inten [...]	2002-04-23 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI
02HARARE998	ZIMBABWE: VIOLENCE OF RETRIBUTION CONTINUES; [...] (C) Summary: Ruling party militants continue their campaign of violent retribution against opposition supporters, six weeks after Zimbabwe's presidential election ended. Since March 11, at least 18 people have died in political violence, bringing the total for the year to at least 54. The n [...]	2002-04-24 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR ASEC ZI
02HOCHIMINHCITY154	STATE ENTERPRISES GROW, FDI FLOPS IN CAN THO [...] SUMMARY: CAN THO, THE MEKONG DELTA'S ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL HUB, IS HUNGRY FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT, SAY LOCAL OFFICIALS, BUT THE CITY'S POOR TRANSPORTATION LINKS AND STRING OF FAILED FOREIGN PROJECTS SUGGEST REAL DIFFICULTIES IN DEVELOPING AN ECONOMY BASED ON FDI. THE PROVINCE SEEMS TO HAVE [...]	2002-02-21 09:16:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD VM SOE
02HOCHIMINHCITY779	OFDA TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: ALLEVIATING SOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: AN OFDA-FUNDED DISASTER RELIEF PROJECT HAS BROUGHT A SMALL MEASURE OF RELIEF TO POVERTY- STRICKEN MEKONG DELTA FAMILIES, HARD HIT BY DROUGHT AND FOREST FIRES IN KIEN GIANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM. THESE COMMUNITIES EKE OUT A MARGINAL EXISTENCE AROUND THE U MINH THUONG NATIONAL PARK, WH [...]	2002-07-30 07:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR SENV VM
02HOCHIMINHCITY785	THE FREE MARKET PHENOMENON OF ONE VIETNAMESE [...] (U) SUMMARY: FOR ONE VIETNAMESE FARMER IN THE MEKONG DELTA, PRODUCTION OF "TRA" AND "BASA" -- THE FISH FORMERLY KNOWN AS "CATFISH" -- IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND THE UNFETTERED APPLICATION OF FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES. FIERCE COMPETITION AND SELF-TAUGHT MARKE [...]	2002-08-01 06:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS EAGR ETRD ECON VM
02KATHMANDU1537	Maoist Insurgency Exacts Heavy Toll on Food [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgency poses a serious threat to food security in many areas of Nepal, according to UN officials and other experts. The effects of Maoist raids on private food stores and food aid, military efforts to restrict Maoist food supplies, and disruptions in agricultur [...]	2002-08-08 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP
02KATHMANDU2217	NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY UNDERMINES [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: While the people of Nepal have borne the brunt of the brutal seven-year Maoist insurgency, which has claimed more than 7000 lives, the impact on Nepal's environment, natural resources and conservation efforts also has been severe. Maoist attacks on forest and park p [...]	2002-11-22 08:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP
02KATHMANDU2237	MAOIST IMPACT: NEPAL'S FORESTS UNDER SIEGE [...] SUMMARY: The impact of the Maoist insurgency has not been limited to Nepal's national parks and conservation areas (septel). The assault on the country's wildlife has been accompanied by a plundering of forest and other plant resources. Biodiversity resources of global significance are thre [...]	2002-11-25 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP
02KATHMANDU620	WFP AID FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LEG UP ON NEXT [...] An extra multilateral contribution secured this week from WFP Rome will fill a gap created by the delay in receiving a USG shipment of in-kind food aid, reports the WFP Deputy Country Director for Nepal. The extra contribution will have a carry-on effect for the next phase of aid to the Bhuta [...]	2002-03-29 06:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM NP WFP
02KATHMANDU685	DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA [...] In response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assessment and mitigation for selected regions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. While we have used the format prescribed by ref c, REO would also like to submi [...]	2002-04-05 04:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO
02KATHMANDU871	LOOTING LEADS TO SUSPENSION OF WFP POVERTY [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint German-WFP food aid program has been suspended in two districts in western Nepal after rice supplies were stolen by suspected Maoist insurgents. A press release announcing the suspension was intended to put the Maoists on notice that food aid would be cut off if such in [...]	2002-05-03 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP WFP
02RANGOON1292	BURMA: BREADBASKET AND BASKET CASE [...] (C) Summary: Persistent reports of unrest at food warehouses and distribution points in Burma suggest the government ration system may be breaking down. If true, then food problems will only become worse for Burma's poorest in coming months as inflation accelerates, the kyat continues its fre [...]	2002-10-04 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PHUM BM
02ROME1	IDENTIFYING FOOD NEEDS IN AFGHANISTAN: NOW [...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMMED ZEJJARI. AS WINTER FOOD NEEDS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE BEING MET BY WFP'S CURRENT OPERATION (ALMOST 120,000 TONS DISPATCHED [...]	2002-01-02 05:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1011	LIBERIA: INSECURITY COUPLED WITH FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS),AND RESIDENTS OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY [...]	2002-02-26 16:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME1182	SIERRA LEONE: A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01182 01 OF 13 070642Z FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALL [...]	2002-03-07 06:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN
02ROME134	REACTION TO DECEMBER 28 DECREE TO [...] SUMMARY. CONFAGRICOLTURA, ONE OF ITALY'S LEADING FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, TOLD AG MINCOUNSELOR THAT IT HAS A COMMITMENT FROM AGMINISTER ALEMANNO TO INTRODUCE A TOLERANCE OF 0.3-0.5 PERCENT FOR ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE IN CORN AND SOYBEAN SEEDS FOR PLANTING SHOULD THE ITALIAN SEED CERTIFICATION AS [...]	2002-01-10 08:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA
02ROME1405	BIOTECH: SUGGESTION FOR GETTING ITALY'S ATTENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. POST SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OUR AGRICULTURE BIOTECH AGENDA FORWARD BY LINKING IT TO THE GOI HIGH-PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC INDICATOR (GI) AGENDA AND INVITES DEPARTMENT'S THOUGHTS ON SUCH A LINKAGE. THE GOI REGULARLY PREACHES THAT MORE THAN 200 PRODUCTS NAMED A [...]	2002-03-19 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD IT WTO
02ROME1457	ITALIAN WHITE PAPER ON AGRICULTURAL [...] SUMMARY: AN UNDATED WHITE PAPER ENTITLED "TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS AND AGRICULTURE: A TIME FOR CHOICES" WAS PUT INTO CIRCULATION IN ITALY AFTER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANNI ALEMANNO PRESENTED AN OUTLINE OF THIS STRATEGY AT AN AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PAPER RECOUNTS TH [...]	2002-03-21 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV EU IT ICSCA
02ROME1697	OUR MESSAGE ON BIOTECH: GOI NEEDS TO HEAR IT DIRECT [...] (U) THIS IS AN URGENT ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: I NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP THE GOI FROM SLIDING INTO THE ANTI-BIOTECH CAMP. SINCE THE OCTOBER 2001 EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER AND THE VISIT OF AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VENEMAN IN NOVEMBER, THE PM [...]	2002-04-04 14:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL SENV TBIO EUN
02ROME1726	ITALY'S WRONG TURN ON BIOTECH: WHAT WE SHOULD DO [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS COMPANION PIECE TO REF A PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR SENIOR WASHINGTON OFFICIALS, AND POST ACTION STRATEGY IN RESPONSE TO THE DELIBERATELY MISLEADING WHITE PAPER ON BIOTECHNOLOGY PUT IN CIRCULATION BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE. AMB [...]	2002-04-08 06:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL TBIO WTO
02ROME19	WFP PLANS TO ASSIST THE AFGHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND [...] AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF ITS NEXT EMERGENCY (EMOP) OPERATION APPEAL (FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER 2002),WFP IS PLANNING FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR 270,000 PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOOD AID FOR TRAINING 50,000 TEACHERS, ASSISTANCE TO 75,000 ENROLLED IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, AND FOOD-FOR-WORK [...]	2002-01-02 15:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1942	MISSION-ITALY BIOTECH ACTION PLAN [...] MISSION ITALY'S BIOTECH WORKING GROUP (BWG) HAS MAPPED OUT ITS ACTION PLAN FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. UNCLASSIFIED IT REFLECTS THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF AGR, ECON, SCI, PA, FCS, LABOR, CG-MILAN, CG- NAPLES, AND CG-FLORENCE. BECAUSE MISSION ITALY SHARES MANY CO [...]	2002-04-18 14:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD IT WTO
02ROME1963	FAO LOCUST CONTROL EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] U.S. MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH FAO LOCUST EXPERTS ON APRIL 17 TO DISCUSS FAO LOCUST CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. FAO PROVIDED A STATUS REPORT ON LOCUST CONTROL BY PROVINCE AND DISCUSSED CONCERNS OVER PRESSURES, IN CERTAIN AREAS OF AFGHANISTAN, FOR FAO AND COOPERATING PARTNERS TO [...]	2002-04-22 04:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC FAO UN
02ROME1982	UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON [...] THE UN'S INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC),WHICH MET IN ROME APRIL 9-10, EXPRESSED ITS CONCERN THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WITHIN SOUTHERN AFRICA WILL REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN 2002. THE PRESENT FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN THE REGION IS ADJUDGED THE WORST [...]	2002-04-23 06:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM WFP UN UNSC
02ROME2030	AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT AND USE OF PORT BIN [...] WFP'S INTERNATIONAL CARGO SURVEYOR IN KARACHI SUGGESTS THAT THE 1965 AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE PORT BIN QASIM. THIS MODERN PAKISTANI PORT FACILITY, BUILT IN THE MID-1970S, COULD HELP FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL FOR THE AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT. END SUMMARY. [...]	2002-04-26 07:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN
02ROME2065	MOUNTING CHALLENGES LAY AHEAD FOR THE U.N. [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR (SEC) IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13--20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU) AND TO LOOK AT [...]	2002-04-29 13:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN
02ROME2071	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: CODE OF [...] SUMMARY: A COALITION OF COUNTRIES (DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING)IS PROMOTING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER ENDORSEMENT OF A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AS A "DELIVERABLE" OF THE UPCOMING SUMMIT- LEVEL MEETING. THE UNITED STATES OBJECTED TO A CODE OF CONDUCT AT THE 1996 W [...]	2002-04-29 14:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME2387	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE NOTES DETERIORATING [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME MAY 6-10. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL EMPHASIZED THE LACK OF RESOURCES APPARENT IN THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEES, FORESHADOWING A CALL FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE AT THE UPCOMING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT; FIVE YEA [...]	2002-05-15 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME2551	ALEMANNO TO SEMBLER: LESS OPEN ON BIOTECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR MET MAY 17 WITH ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO TO DELIVER SECRETARY VENEMAN'S LETTER ON ALEMANNO'S BIOTECH WHITE PAPER AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE MAY 27 MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI. ALEMANNO INDICATED THAT HIS POSITIO [...]	2002-05-24 15:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON IT PREL TBIO WTO
02ROME2629	ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSES OF POWER BY UN PERSONNEL IN HUMANITAR [...]	2002-05-31 07:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN

02ROME2648	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...]	2002-05-31 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME2673	WFP POST-DELIVERY LOSSES IN BANGLADESH [...] IN BANGLADESHI PORTS DURING 2001, WFP SUSTAINED POST- DELIVERY LOSSES OF 2,824 METRIC TONS (VALUED AT USD 343,388). WFP HAS INSTITUTED A POLICY (CONTAINED IN ITS 2001-2005 COUNTRY PROGRAM OPERATIONAL CONTRACT WITH THE GOB) WHICH STIPULATES THAT FOR BULK WHEAT SHIPMENTS LANDED QUANTITIES WILL E [...]	2002-06-03 15:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME2727	WFP LOGISTICS-MOVING FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS IN [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13-- 20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU),AS WELL AS TO LOOK [...]	2002-06-06 12:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN
02ROME2765	ITALY AND BIOTECH: COULD BE (HAS BEEN) WORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE BUILD-UP TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY 27-28 VISIT TO ROME, THE GOI GOT BUSY ON BIOTECH. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAD MFA GIN-UP AN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO CONSIDER THE GOI CORN BAN, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE'S MISGUIDED WHITE PAPER, AND A POTENTIAL USG-GOI RESEARCH ACCORD. [...]	2002-06-07 17:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON IT PREL TBIO TSPL WTO
02ROME2999	GOOD AND BAD SCIENCE TAKE CENTER STAGE IN BIOTECH [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSTIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERTET. 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR OES WHICH REQUESTS REPLY TO REF A TRANSMITTED APRIL 22, 2002. ALSO SEE PARA 19. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE ITALIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY [...]	2002-06-19 13:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TSPL TBIO EAID IT
02ROME303	CONCERNS VOICED ON THE U.N. WORLD FOOD [...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMED ZEJJARI TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SOON TO BE RELEASED NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR AFGHANISTAN. THE PR [...]	2002-01-21 10:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN
02ROME3093	REPORT OF FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) MET JUNE 6-9 AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03093 01 OF 05 241459Z CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING. THE UNI [...]	2002-06-24 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR FAO
02ROME3174	LOOKING AHEAD TO FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC [...] SUMMARY: OPERATING AS THE INTERIM GOVERNING BODY (IGB) OF THE NEWLY-APPROVED INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES, THE OCTOBER 9-18 FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WILL DISCUSS (AND POSSIBLY APPROVE),INTER ALIA, IGB RULES OF PROCEDURE AND TERMS OF REFE [...]	2002-06-28 06:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME3299	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT ENVIGORATES ITALIAN BIOTECH [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENT WORLD FOOD SUMMIT (WFS5YL) IN ROME PROMPTED THE ITALIAN MEDIA TO FEATURE A HEALTHY DOMESTIC BIOTECHNOLOGY/GMO DEBATE. WHILE FULL LIBERALIZATION OF BIOTECH TRADE WAS PERCEIVED AS A U.S. AGENDA, A NUMBER OF PROMINENT ITALIAN POLITICAL FIGURES QUESTIONED THE ANTI-GMO STANCE O [...]	2002-07-05 14:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT
02ROME3390	ITALY SPLIT ON BIOTECH TRACEABILITY AND LABELING, [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR DEPT.; SEE PARA 8. ESTCOUNS MET WITH MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EU AFFAIRS OFFICERS ON MAY 30 TO DISCUSS THE EU PROPOSALS FOR TRACEABILITY AND LABELING OF GMO EVENTS, AND TO DISCUSS ITALIAN VIEWS TOWARD EU CHEMICALS REFORM. 2. FINDING THE RIGHT GOI MINISTRY WITH [...]	2002-07-10 13:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EU EAGR
02ROME3422	USG OPPOSITION TO EU PROPOSAL TO [...] ITALY'S AGMIN PARTICIPANT IN THE 133 COMMITTEE MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT SPECIAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03422 111258Z COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE REPORTS THAT THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL TO RECTIFY THE MARGIN OF PREFERENCE FOR GRAINS WAS SOLIDLY REJECTED BY MOST [...]	2002-07-11 13:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD IT EUN
02ROME3433	ITALY COMMITS ITSELF TO RESEARCH COOPERATION IN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, SEEKING OES RESPONSE TO REFS A AND B. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. EMBASSY PROVIDES INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF A LETTER SENT TO ESTCOUNS FROM ANTONIO CATRICALA, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. THE LETTER IS DATED JUNE 24 BUT WAS RECEIVED O [...]	2002-07-11 14:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD TBIO EAGR EAID IT FAO
02ROME3477	ROME GENEVA GROUP:POST WFS5YL AND TERM LIMITS [...] SUMMARY. ROME GENEVA GROUP (MAJOR DONORS) MEMBERS CHARACTERIZED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) AS NEITHER A SUCCESS NOR A FAILURE. MEMBERS DISCUSSED WAYS TO REVITALIZE THE WFS5YL FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM IN ORDER TO AVOID HOLDING ANOTHER SUMMIT-LEVEL MEETING IN [...]	2002-07-15 06:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME3508	UN TO SEEK COMMON POLICY ON GMO FOOD AID? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FODAG HAS LEARNED FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (PLEASE PROTECT) THAT THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAS ASKED HIS UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS TO "TAKE THE LEAD IN FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ARTICULATION OF A COHERENT SYSTEM-WIDE POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF IMPO [...]	2002-07-16 08:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP
02ROME3566	REVISED UNHCR-WFP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] UNHCR AND WFP SIGNED A REVISED MEMORANDUM ON JULY 9 AIMED AT FURTHER STRENGTHENING COOPERATION IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD AID FOR REFUGEES AND RETURNEES WORLDWIDE. ON A PILOT ONE-YEAR TRIAL BASIS, WFP WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BASIC FOOD RATION IN FIVE REF [...]	2002-07-19 06:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME3594	FAO INVOKES HELMS-BIDEN IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] SUMMARY. THE FAO'S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM BUDGET AND EVALUATION RESPONDED AT LENGTH IN WRITING TO THE U.S. DEMARCHE (REFTEL B) ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS HIS COMMENT: "I DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THE U.S. SHOULD REQUEST AN E [...]	2002-07-22 12:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAGR ECON FAO WHO
02ROME3645	COUNTING THE HUNGRY: FAO MEETING ON MEASURING [...] SUMMARY: THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) CONVENED AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF FOOD DEPRIVATION JUNE 26- 28, 2002 IN ROME. PARTICIPANTS COMPARED AND CONTRASTED FIVE WIDELY RECOGNIZED METHODS OF MEASURING FOOD DEPRIVATION AND UNDER-NUTRI [...]	2002-07-24 08:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO EAID ASEC
02ROME3648	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK EMPOWERMENT IN BIOTECH [...] SUMMARY: DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS BIOTECH INNOVATORS, RESEARCHERS FROM LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (INDIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND OTHERS) PARTICIPATING IN A JUNE 24-27 WORKSHOP CO-SPONSORED BY THE U.N.'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGA [...]	2002-07-24 09:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT FAO
02ROME3676	FAO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GMO FOOD AID [...] (C) SUMMARY. FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF IS EXPECTED TO SEND A LETTER TO UN UNDERSECRETARY OSHIMA CORRECTING HIS PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND STATING THAT THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DOES NOT STIPULATE MILLING OF GM COMMODITIES TO PREVENT PLANTING. COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO SOU [...]	2002-07-25 13:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID MZ FAO WFP
02ROME3706	PARTNERSHIP TO CUT HUNGER AND POVERTY IN AFRICA - [...] USAID ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW NATSIOS, THE PRESIDENTS OF GHANA, MOZAMBIQUE AND UGANDA, STATE DEPARTMENT'S UNDERSECRETARY AL LARSON, PRESIDENT MCPHERSON OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, AND OFFICIALS OF USDA AND THE WORLD BANK - JOINTLY LAUNCHED ON JUNE 11 IN ROME A MAJOR U.S.-AFRICAN CONSORTIUM TO C [...]	2002-07-29 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME3757	FAO FIELD VISIT TO GUATEMALA AND ECUADOR TO REVIEW [...] THE FAO IS ORGANIZING AN INVITATION-ONLY FIELD VISIT TO GUATEMALA AND ECUADOR, OCTOBER 19-21 AND 21-23, RESPECTIVELY. THE TRIP WILL GIVE PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW FIELD-LEVEL PROGRESS IN THE FAO'S SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR FOOD SECURITY (SPFS). -------------------- BACKGROUND ----- [...]	2002-08-01 05:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EC GT FAO
02ROME3899	FAO RELUCTANT TO CLARIFY POSITION ON GM FOOD AID, EVEN [...] SUMMARY - ACTING PERMREP AND AG COUNSELOR MET WITH TOP LEVEL FAO OFFICIALS TO EXPRESS GRAVE CONCERN WITH GUIDANCE THAT IS BEING DISSEMINATED IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY FAO REPRESENTATIVES. FAO'S MIXED MESSAGE HAS MADE LOCAL GOV'T OFFICIALS MORE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT U.S. FOOD AID LIKELY [...]	2002-08-09 05:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID ETRD EAGR FAO WFP WHO UNAORC UN
02ROME4048	DG DIOUF SPEAKS TO US PERMREP ON GM FOOD ISSUES [...] SUMMARY - US MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH FAO DG JACQUES DIOUF TO DISCUSS FAO'S ROLE IN THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. WE URGED FAO TO TAKE A PUBLIC STANCE ON BIOTECH FOODS TO CLARIFY MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF POLITICAL LEADERS BASED, AT LEAST IN PART, ON MISINFORMATION DISSEMI [...]	2002-08-19 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID ETRD EAGR FAO WFP WHO UNAORC UN
02ROME42	AGRICULTURE MINISTER ORDERS SEED [...] SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ORDERED THE NATIONAL SEED CERTIFICATION ENTITY (ENSE) TO PROVIDE BY JANUARY 12 ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY OF GMO-FREE SOY AND CORN SEEDS FOR PLANTING. TO CONSIDER AN EXPANSION OF THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF NON-GM SEEDS FOR THE 2002 PLANTING SEA [...]	2002-01-03 14:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA
02ROME4208	WFP ACTIONS TO PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) IS ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNICEF-OCHA TASK FORCE ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES, AS AGREED TO BY THE UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC) ON JUNE 20. A WFP-INTERNAL ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN FINALIZED [...]	2002-08-29 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF AORC EU EAGR WFP UN
02ROME4499	FAO'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR RECOMMENDS OVERHAUL OF [...] FAO'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR, WHILE ISSUING AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION ON FAO'S BIENNIUM ACCOUNTS FOR 2000-2001, HAS RAISED CONCERNS RELATED TO THE ADEQUACY AND GENERAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FAO'S INTERNAL AUDIT MECHANISM. THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR HAS OUTLINED A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED INCLUDING ES [...]	2002-09-17 06:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME4519	ITALY'S BARRIERS TO AG BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A, POST PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON ITALY'S BARRIERS TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. ITALY'S THREE NATIONAL BARRIERS TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ARE A BAN ON EU-APPROVED CORN VARIETIES, ITALY'S RESTRICTIVE THRESHOLD FOR ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE OF BIOTECH MATERIAL IN [...]	2002-09-17 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO IT EUN
02ROME4561	FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES CONSIDER [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2002. THE MAIN TOPIC IN THE JOINT SESSION WAS THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN (MTP) 2004-09 AND PRIORITIZATION OF RESOURCES. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL MADE A STRONG BID FOR INCREASED RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE [...]	2002-09-20 09:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME4735	ETHIOPIAN DROUGHT - SUSTANTIVE FOOD DEFICITS [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ETHIOPIA SEPTEMBER 16-20, AND TRAVELED IN DROUGHT AFFECTED WOREDAS OF EAST AND WEST HARARGE REGION. ASSESSMENTS OF THIS AREA, IN ADDITION TO TIGRAY, WOLLO AND THE SOUTHERN REGION - SHOW A SERIOUS EMERGENCY SITUATION DEVELOPING AS THE MAJOR (MEHER) CR [...]	2002-09-30 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME474	FINMIN VIEWS ON JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER, TERRORIST [...] (SBU) WHEN THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI, HE PRAISED ITALIAN ACTION IN FREEZING TERRORIST ASSETS, INQUIRED HOW ECONOMIC REFORM WAS PROGRESSING AND MADE A STRONG ARGUMENT THAT THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER WAS IN ITALY'S TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. TREMONTI [...]	2002-01-31 08:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IT FAS EAGR PREL
02ROME4755	EC MEMBERSHIP IN FAO CODEX COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. MISOFF SHARED REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 04755 020543Z MEMBERSHIP IN THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION WITH CANADIAN DEPUTY [...]	2002-10-02 05:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME4756	ERITREAN MAIN CROP SEASON DROUGHT - DIFFICULT TIMES [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ERITREA SEPTEMBER 20-26, AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN DROUGHT AFFECTED REGIONS. PROSPECTS FOR THE CURRENT MAIN "KIREMTI" HARVEST CROPS AND REGENERATION OF PASTURES ARE POOR FOLLOWING SEVERE AND PROLONGED DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST GRAIN [...]	2002-10-02 05:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME4937	GREEK VIEWS ON MARGIN OF PREFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 3 AGATTACHE AND AGSPECIALIST MET WITH MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY DIVISION SECRETARY GENERAL KORAKAS DG SARROS AND TWO OTHER MINAG EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIVISION OF ARABLE CROPS TO DISCUSS GREECE'S POSITION ON THE MARGIN OF PREFERENCE (MOP). GREECE WILL LIKEL [...]	2002-10-09 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA
02ROME4989	PRESSING ITALIAN POLICYMAKERS ON EU BIOTECH ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DEMARCHES ON SENIOR GOI OFFICIALS OCTOBER 8-10, DCM, ECMIN, AGMIN AND SCIENCE COUNSELOR PRESSED THE U.S. POSITION ON EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING (T/L) AND FOOD AND FEED (F/F) PROPOSALS. EMPHASIZING THAT THE UPCOMING AGRICULTURE MINISTERS COUNCIL AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS COUN [...]	2002-10-11 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR TBIO IT EUN
02ROME5058	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ZIMBABWE - "NO FAMINE - [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED ZIMBABWE OCTOBER 08-11 AND FOUND ZIMBABWE SLOUCHING TOWARD A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION IS NOW CLASSIFIED BY THE UN AS SERIOUSLY FOOD INSECURE (6.7 MILLION). WHILE EXACERBATED BY SUB-NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR, TH [...]	2002-10-17 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME5133	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN MALAWI - "THE JOURNEY IS [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED MALAWI OCTOBER 11-13 AND FOUND THAT RELIEF PROGRAMS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND THE SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE ARE PROGRESSING WELL, ALTHOUGH THE NEED TO EXPAND AND ACCELERATE OPERATIONS REMAINS AS MORE AND MORE HOUSEHOLDS GO WITHOUT FOOD. NEARLY THIRTY PERCENT [...]	2002-10-22 06:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME5226	WFP BOARD DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH FOOD [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE OCTOBER 21, 2002 DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID AT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, EU MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ARGUED THAT WORKABLE ALTERNATIVES TO BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID MUST BE FOUND AND THAT THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT OR REJECT BIOTECH FOOD [...]	2002-10-25 09:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO WHO
02ROME5236	DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE [...] ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMS PLANS TO LAUNCH A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE NEEDS DEVELOPING AS A RESULT OF THE DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE D'IVOIRE. THE EMOP WILL COVER THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1, 2002 THROUGH JAN [...]	2002-10-25 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5252	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...]	2002-10-28 07:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5255	GOI BRIEFS USEU AMB SCHNABEL ON EU PRESIDENCY [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT USEU/EMBASSY ROME CABLE. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN PREPARATION FOR ITALY,S PRESIDENCY OF THE EU DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2003, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE EU ROCKWELL SCHNABEL PAID INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON ITALIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND GIOV [...]	2002-10-28 08:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN IR TU EU EAGR IT
02ROME5308	THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. 2. ON DONATIONS OF BIOTECH FOODS, THE BOARD TOOK NOTE OF THE WFP [...]	2002-10-30 07:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
02ROME5323	REPORT ON FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE NINTH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MET OCTOBER 14-19, CHAIRED BY ROB BERTRAM OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMISSION ENDORSED A DRAFT MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT (MT [...]	2002-10-31 07:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5324	WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS, EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PR [...]	2002-10-31 07:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
02ROME5360	WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES IMPERILED BY LACK OF FOOD [...] AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MINURSO (UN MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA) ADDRESSED WFP'S DONORS ON OCTOBER 25. HE UNDERLINED THAT THE LACK OF FOOD AID AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDING PRESENTLY THREATEN SOME 155,000 WESTERN SAHARAN (SAH [...]	2002-10-31 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME5421	LIBERIA: WFP ADDRESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS),AND RESIDENTS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 [...]	2002-11-06 15:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME544	WFP MONITORING - STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL [...] A FIVE COUNTRY STUDY OF ONGOING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL DANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONCLUDES THAT: WFP HAS STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF ITS OPERATIONS; THERE IS A CLEAR ROLE FOR CAREFULLY TARGETED DEVELOPMENT FOOD AID INTERVENTIONS; IN- KIND FOOD AID SHOU [...]	2002-02-05 13:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID
02ROME5446	REPORT OF 123RD FAO COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZTION (FAO) COUNCIL'S 123RD SESSION (OCTOBER 28- OVEMBER 2),THE U.S. DELEGATION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF AN INTERSSSIONAL "FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR" GROUP ON DIRECTOR ENERAL TERM LIMITS DID NOT PREJUDGE THE OUTCOM [...]	2002-11-07 12:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KUNR FAO EAG
02ROME5454	REFUGEE NUMBERS IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05454 01 OF 10 071545Z TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY D [...]	2002-11-07 14:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5511	GERMAN GOVERNMENT (BMZ) PROPOSES AN EXTERNAL [...] THE GERMAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (BMZ) HAS PROPOSED AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF WFP'S DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO AND EXPRESSED THE WISH THAT THE EVALUATION BE CONDUCTED WITH OTHER DONOR PARTNERS. DENMARK AND THE NETHERLANDS ARE SUPPORTIVE. A TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) PAPE [...]	2002-11-13 09:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5540	WFPASKS SUPPORT OF SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN TO [...] (SBU) WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECOR JAMES MORRIS IN A LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERL KOFI ANNAN (DATED OCTOBER 24) UNDERLINED THAT HE UN'S SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD JEAN ZIEGLER) IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE EFFORTS OFTHE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM TO RESPOND TO FOOD CRISESAROUND THE WORLD, AND PART [...]	2002-11-14 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID
02ROME5584	WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25),THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR CENTRAL AMERICA - THREE YEARS (MARCH 2003-FEBRUARY 2006),VALUED AT USD 56.62 MILLION, TO ASSIST 690,000 BENEFICIARIES/ANNUM. SEVERE CORN CROP LOS [...]	2002-11-18 12:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5601	GREECE'S DOMESTIC COTTON PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: GREEK COTTON PRODUCTION IS SUSTAINED BY EU PRICE SUPPORTS WHICH VARY ACCORDING TO OVERALL PRODUCTION TARGETS. BECAUSE OF OVERPRODUCTION IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE AVERAGE PRICE PAID FOR SEED COTTON HAS VARIED FROM 62.50 EUROS PER 100 KG TO 88.0 EUROS PER 100 KG. 2. KE [...]	2002-11-19 07:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EU GR IT USTR
02ROME5697	REENGAGING PM BERLUSCONI ON BIOTECH [...] (C) JOINED BY AMBASSADORS HALL AND NICHOLSON I HAD DINNER NOVEMBER 12 WITH PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI, HIS PRINCIPAL ADVISOR GIANNI LETTA, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. WE USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPRESS UPON THE PM THE NEGATIVE EFFECT EU POLICY WAS HAVING ON THE WILLINGNESS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO DIST [...]	2002-11-25 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD IT PGOV TBIO EUN
02ROME5771	PROJECT MERCY - A PROVEN NGO IMPLEMENTING PARTNER [...] USMISSION AMBASSADOR TONY HALL HAS KNOWN MATRA GABRE- TSADICK AND HER HUSBAND DEME WHO RUN A NON-GOVERNMENTAL SIPDIS ORGANIZATION CALLED PROJECT MERCY IN THE SOUTHERN REGION (SNNPR) FOR MANY YEARS AND CONSIDERS THEM OUTSTANDING HUMANITARIANS. HE HAS VISITED THEIR PROJECT NEAR BUTAJIRA, IN T [...]	2002-11-29 10:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME5778	WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25),THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR THE WEST AFRICA COASTAL REGION - ONE YEAR (JANUARY- DECEMBER 2003),VALUED AT USD 56.81 MILLION, TO ASSIST 789,430 (INCLUDING 50,000 CONTINGENCY C [...]	2002-11-29 15:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID
02ROME5788	WFP'S WEST AFRICA REGIONAL AIRCRAFT EXPANDS [...] THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) HAS ISSUED A NEW SPECIAL OPERATION (SO) FOR ITS WEST AFRICA PASSENGER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05788 01 OF 03 021338Z AIRCRAFT SERVICE AND LAST WEEK ISSUED A DONOR'S ALERT FOR THE SO. THE NEW SO REQUESTS 1.2 MILLION USD FOR [...]	2002-12-02 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5806	PROGRESS ON UNHCR-WFP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] UNHCR AND WFP SIGNED A REVISED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) ON JULY 9 WHERE IT WAS AGREED THAT, ON A PILOT ONE-YEAR TRIAL BASIS, WFP WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BASIC FOOD RATION IN FIVE REFUGEE PROGRAMS. USMISSION HAS NOW BEEN INFORMED BY WFP THAT BO [...]	2002-12-03 07:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME5813	WFP PROPOSES PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. PEACE CORPS - [...] WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAMES MORRIS HAS REQUESTED UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR GADDI H. VASQUEZ TO INVOLVE 1,000 PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS IN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ACTIVITIES BY 2004. WFP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF GLOBAL FOOD AID FLOWS. THE UNITED STATES IS WFP'S LEADI [...]	2002-12-03 10:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME5830	WFP LAUNCHES NORTH KOREA EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR [...] ON DECEMBER 2, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM LAUNCHED ITS 2003 EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR NORTH KOREA - ONE YEAR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05830 01 OF 03 031555Z (JANUARY- DECEMBER 2003),VALUED AT USD 201.08 MILLION, TO ASSIST 6.4 MILLION PEOPLE - MAINLY WOMEN AND [...]	2002-12-03 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
02ROME5899	RSA AMBASSADOR SHEILA SISULU NAMED WFP DEPUTY [...] WFP HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR SHEILA SISULU AS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AMBASSADOR SISULU WILL ASSUME HER NEW DUTIES ON FEBRUARY 1, 2003. 2. A NATIONAL OF SOUTH AFRICA, AMBASSADOR SISULU BRINGS TO WFP AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND AS AN EDUCATION REFORMER AND ANTI-APARTHEID A [...]	2002-12-09 14:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME590	ITALIAN BOVINES POSITIVE TO [...] MORE THAN 20,000 BOVINES, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY CALVES, WERE FOUND POSITIVE TO BOLDENONE STEROID HORMONES AND SEIZED IN 50 CATTLE FARMS BY THE ANTI-ADULTERATION UNITS OF ITALY'S CARABINIERI. 2. THE INVESTIGATION WAS STARTED IN DECEMBER 2001 WITHIN THE NATIONAL RESIDUE CONTROL PROGRAM CONDU [...]	2002-02-06 16:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU IT EUN
02ROME5916	FAO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - "AHEAD OF THE [...] CHRISTOPHER RITTER OF USAID'S BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, AGRICULTURE & TRADE (EGAT) RECENTLY REVIEWED FAO'S WORLD AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION CENTRE (WAICENT) AND RELATED PROJECTS IN SETTING STANDARDS IN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR DEVE [...]	2002-12-10 14:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP FAO UN EUEAID
02ROME5917	SCANDALS IN THE ITALIAN BEEF [...] SUMMARY: CURRENT BSE TESTING DOES NOT ENSURE A SAFE MEAT SUPPLY ACCORDING TO ITALY'S CARABINIERI. ALTHOUGH ONE MILLION MAD COW TESTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON ITALIAN CATTLE DESTINED FOR SLAUGHTER SINCE TESTING BECAME COMPULSORY AT THE BEGINNING OF 2001, THE 83 DETECTIONS ARE NOT AS SIGNIFICANT [...]	2002-12-10 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU IT
02ROME5937	DUTCH QUESTIONS ON FOOD CRISIS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA [...] USMISSION PROVIDES A RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REF A, RELATED TO THE LOCAL AVAILABIITY OF FOOD RESOURCES FOR LOCAL/REGIONAL PURCHASE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA AND THE FOOD AID PIPELINE FOR ETHIOPIA IN EARLY 2003. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------------------- -------------- QUE [...]	2002-12-11 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU ER ET NL WFP UN
02ROME5973	U.S. SCIENTISTS DESCRIBE BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURE [...] SUMMARY: MISSION ITALY ORGANIZED IN LATE OCTOBER PROGRAMS FOR THREE U.S. INVITED BIOTECH SCIENTISTS TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF SCIENCE-BASED BIOTECH DEBATE IN ITALY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH, AN AREA IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE OF U.S. BIOTECH IS RELATIVELY THIN. THE ITALIAN SCIENTISTS FELT REINFORCED, S [...]	2002-12-13 11:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ETRD TBIO EAID IT
02ROME607	FIFTYFOURTH CASE OF BSE IN ITALY [...] ON FEBRUARY 5, ITALY'S HEALTH AUTHORITIES REACTED TO THE FIRST SUSPECTED CASE OF THE HUMAN VERSION OF MAD COW DISEASE, NEW VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (NVCJD). THE PATIENT IS A 25 YEAR OLD SICILIAN WOMAN FROM TRAPANI. ITALY'S MINISTER OF HEALTH GIROLAMO SIRCHIA AND THE MINISTER OF AGR [...]	2002-02-07 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU IT
02ROME6072	CURRENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN IRAQ [...] (S) THE CURRENT OIL FOR FOOD (OFF) DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM IN IRAQ DELIVERS FOOD TO ALL IRAQIS. IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 25.8 MILLION BENEFICIARIES RECEIVED A FOOD RATION FROM 49,000 SMALL SHOPS THAT SERVE AS THE DISTRIBUTION SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06072 01 O [...]	2002-12-19 16:13:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02ROME6133	WFP/IRAQ COUNTRY DIRECTOR SHARES THOUGHTS [...] (S) CURRENT RATION CARD SYSTEM IS CUMBERSOME FOR THOSE WHO BECOME DISPLACED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES MOVEMENT FROM THE SOUTH/CENTRAL TO THE NORTH. U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06133 01 OF 05 241419Z (WFP) HAS OBTAINED PARTIAL DATABASE [...]	2002-12-24 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02ROME6137	WHY PM BERLUSCONI WON'T MOVE FORWARD ON BIOTECH [...] (C) SUMMARY. AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF HIGH-LEVEL AND INTENSIVE EMBASSY WORK WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS GOVERNMENT, A COORDINATED, ITALIAN NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOTECHNOLOGY REMAINS ELUSIVE. MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO CONTINUES TO PRESS THE ANTI-GMO CASE BY ARGUING FOR A "ZERO-TOLERA [...]	2002-12-27 09:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL PGOV IT EUN
02ROME6146	DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - "THE ANGUISH OF [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED UGANDA DECEMBER 18-23, AND TRAVELED IN GULU DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN REGION. SERIOUS INSECURITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION (GULU, KITGUM, LIRA AND PADER DISTRICTS) HAS LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 735,000 PEOPLE INTO CONGESTED SETTLEMENTS. THE [...]	2002-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02ROME6153	RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS REGARDING WFP AND FOOD [...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06153 01 OF 05 301327Z GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ'S (GOI) MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (MOT) ARE FURTHER DEFINED AS THEY RELATE TO T [...]	2002-12-30 11:37:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
02ROME79	PROPOSED TAX ON BEEF [...] ON FEBUARY 15 AGRICULTURE MINISTER ALEMANNO PROPOSED ATAX ON BEEF TO FUND NEW MEASURES TO ENSURE MEAT AFETY. ACCORDING TO ALEMANNO THIS TAX WOULD INCRASE GOVERNMENT REVENUE BY 67 MILLION EUROS AND B USED TO AUGMENT FUNDS PRESENTLY EARMARKED FOR TH BSE CRISIS. THIS TARGET WAS CALCULATED UNDE [...]	2002-02-15 14:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU IT AGR FAO
02ROME886	FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE OBJECTIONS TO THE PROCESS, THE BOARD WELCOMED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAO'S INTENTION IS APPOINT JAMES T. MORRIS (AMCIT) AS THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAM. ON WFP'S SIZABLE CASH AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, THE BOARD REQ [...]	2002-02-21 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02TEGUCIGALPA2647	HONDURAS AND TEXTILES - DIVERSIFICATION WILL NOT BE [...] Summary. Ref a requested that Post discuss the impact of the elimination of import quotas in 2005 on Honduras' textile and apparel industry and plans in the government and private sector to diversify into other industrial sectors. Embassy has been carrying on a dialogue with the GOH and Hond [...]	2002-09-19 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR EAID KTEX HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2829	NEW LAND CASE IN ROATAN GOOD TEST FOR GOH RESOLVE [...] (SBU) Summary. American citizens Jean and Roger Moore were suddenly and forcefully evicted from their Roatan home in August of this year when the Melvyn McNab family presented (and local judicial officials accepted) unsubstantiated arguments that they had claim to this land. A recently done ca [...]	2002-10-09 20:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2833	CORRECTED COPY - NEW LAND CASE IN ROATAN GOOD TEST [...] (SBU) Summary. American citizens Jean and Roger Moore were suddenly and forcefully evicted from their Roatan home in August of this year when the Melvyn McNab family presented (and local judicial officials accepted) unsubstantiated arguments that they had claim to this land. A recently done ca [...]	2002-10-09 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2967	GOH POSITIVE INITIATIVES TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Clear property ownership is important to improving the well-being of the Honduran urban and rural poor, as well as to the resolution of outstanding Amcit investment disputes. Although the GOH has not formed a small Commission to address the outstanding Amcit disputes as Embass [...]	2002-10-28 16:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2972	HONDURAN-U.S. BILATERAL TRADE AND NON-TRADE ISSUES [...] (U) In response to refs a & b, Post identifies the following outstanding bilateral trade and non-trade issues that could negatively impact perception of a U.S.-Central American free trade agreement in the U.S. private sector and Congress. Agriculture Import Restrictions ------------------- [...]	2002-10-28 21:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PREL XK HO USTR
02TEGUCIGALPA2991	FTAA: HONDURAS' EXPORT PRIORITY INFORMATION [...] As solicited in reftel, Post identifies the following export priorities for the Honduran government and private sector. The cable includes both non-agricultural products (mentioned in reftel) and agricultural goods. 2. According to its recently published economic plan, the Maduro adminis [...]	2002-10-30 15:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR ELAB PREL KTEX HO FCS
02TEGUCIGALPA3276	LABOR PROBLEMS AT CHIQUITA: MANAGEMENT BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiquita and its union have begun case-by-case discussions over the contentious issue of alleged absenteeism by a high percentage of its workforce. EmbOffs recently toured Chiquita's plantation and met with both management and labor. EmbOffs urged them to continue dialogue. B [...]	2002-12-03 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV EAGR ETRD PGOV PHUM HO
02VATICAN1179	BIWEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FEBRUARY 15-MARCH 1 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 14-MARCH 1, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 [...]	2002-03-06 15:36:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR KIRF VT
02VATICAN1922	VATICAN: MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT MARCH 2002 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR MARCH 2002 (NOTE: THIS PERIOD COINCIDED WITH EASTER WEEK CELEBRATIONS AT THE VATICAN, WHICH EMBASSY STAFF ATTEND AS PART OF OUR REPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES.). IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURIN [...]	2002-04-18 05:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN EAGR EAID VT VTPREL
02VATICAN2146	BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT APRIL 1-15. [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1-15, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE MONTH. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: -- AMBASSADOR DELIVERS GLOBALIZATION SPEECH -- AMBASSADOR/FM TAURAN ON MEPP -- PR [...]	2002-05-03 14:00:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN EAGR VT VTPREL
02VATICAN2268	AG-BIOTECH: GETTING THE VATICAN TO "YES." [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BECAUSE OF THE VATICAN'S MORAL AUTHORITY, IT CAN INFLUENCE GOVERNMENTS' SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL POLICIES. PERSUADING THE VATICAN TO COME OUT MORE FORTHRIGHTLY IN FAVOR OF GMOS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02268 01 OF 03 10 [...]	2002-05-10 05:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO VT VTPREL
02VATICAN290	VATICAN CHARITY COMBATS HARSH CONDITIONS IN NORTH [...] VATICAN NGO, CARITAS HONG KONG, COORDINATES THE VATICAN'S RELIEF EFFORTS IN NORTH KOREA. THE ORGANIZATION HAS A SOLID WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DPRK GOVERNMENT. CARITAS REPORTS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FOOD SITUATION AFTER MASSIVE INPUTS FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE WORLD F [...]	2002-01-18 15:51:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID EAGR KN VT
02VATICAN4217	VATICAN PUTS PEOPLE FIRST AT SUSTAINABLE [...] "PEOPLE COME FIRST" WILL BE THE LEITMOTIF FOR THE VATICAN DELEGATION AT THE WORLD SUMMIT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. IN AN AUGUST 25 MESSAGE FROM HIS SUMMER RETREAT AT CASTELGANDOLFO, POPE JOHN PAUL II WISHED SUMMIT DELEGATES UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04217 [...]	2002-08-30 08:51:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI VT
02VATICAN4247	VATICAN ON UNGA PRIORITIES [...] AT THE END OF A LONG ROMAN AUGUST WITH FEW HOLY SEE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04247 031213Z DESK OFFICERS IN TOWN, POLOFF WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY A DESK OFFICER ABLE TO ACCEPT REF A DEMARCHE ON UNGA PRIORITIES. MONSIGNOR OSVALDO NEVES, STANDING IN SINCE [...]	2002-09-03 11:54:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI VT
02VATICAN4361	THE ZAMBIAN MAIZE CRISIS: MOVING THE HOLY SEE TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SINCE THE START OF THE ZAMBIAN GMO FOOD AID CRISIS, EMBASSY VATICAN HAS PRESSED HARD AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF THE HOLY SEE FOR A STRONG STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF U.S. FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA AND BEYOND. BUILDING ON OVER A Y [...]	2002-09-08 10:37:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EAGR VT VTPREL
02VATICAN4909	HOLY SEE: FM TAURAN REPLY TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON [...] (SBU) IN HIS REPLY TO SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER REQUESTING A STRONG HOLY SEE STATEMENT REGARDING THE SAFETY OF U.S. BIOTECH FOOD ASSISTANCE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (REF B),HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER EQUIVALENT ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN GAVE NO INDICATION THAT THE HOLY SEE WOULD OFFER A STRONG [...]	2002-10-08 14:36:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL
02VATICAN5625	AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON'S MEETING ON BIOTECH WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON HOLY SEE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EQUIVALENT LEONARDO SANDRI NOVEMBER 16 TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERN OVER THE LACK OF HOLY SEE INVOLVEMENT REGARDING THE GROWING THREAT OF HUNGER AND STARVATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND, SPECIFICALLY, THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT'S REJECTION [...]	2002-11-19 14:51:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL
02VATICAN6141	AMBASSADOR PRESSES VATICAN DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR HOSTED A MEETING ON THE AFRICA FAMINE AND U.S. BIOTECH RELIEF FOOD DECEMBER 18 FOR THIRTY HOLY SEE DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES FROM EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA, AND LATIN AMERICA. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEAN JACQUES GRAISSE, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO FODAG TONY HALL, A [...]	2002-12-27 13:51:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD TBIO EAGR EAID VT
03ABUDHABI2892	UAEG UNDECIDED ABOUT THE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 16 to UAE Authority for Standardization & Metrology Deputy General Director Dr. Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad. Dr. Ahmad said that his office is responsible for CODEX issues but is unlikely to attend the CODEX Alimentarius Commis [...]	2003-06-16 11:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR TC
03ABUDHABI3593	UAE RANKS FIFTH AMONG ARAB FARM EXPORTERS -- [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Local press reported last week that the UAE ranks fifth among Arab farm exporters according to figures released by the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD). The UAE exported products total [...]	2003-08-03 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PREL SENV ECON TC
03ABUDHABI3978	UAEG INFORMS POST OF DELEGATION TO THE WTO [...] AT THE REQUEST OF POST, THE UAE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY PROVIDED A LIST OF UAE DELEGATES TO ATTEND THE WTO MINISTERIAL IN CANCUN, SEPTEMBER 8-14. UAE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND COMMERCE SHEIKH FAHIM BIN SULTAN AL-QASSIMI WILL HEAD THE UAE DELEGATION TO CANCUN, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE SECRETARY [...]	2003-09-02 04:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO USTR TC
03ABUDHABI4048	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-06 09:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO USTR TC
03ABUDHABI434	UPDATE ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-27 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO USTR TC
03ABUJA250	NIGERIA: WTO BIOTECH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS [...] (U) The GON and the Nigerian public are split on the issue of biotechnology. Senior GON officials and farmers recognize that biotechnology promises improved agricultural productivity. President Obasanjo has said, "I am convinced that the only reliable way forward for rapid biotechnological dev [...]	2003-02-05 10:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO
03ABUJA367	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 20 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Canned Beer and Soda Coming Soon to Nigeria --Nigeria's Juice Ban Squeezes Out U.S. Exports --Trucks Roll Only at Night in Port Harcourt Canned Beer and Soda Coming Soon to Nigeria ------------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-20 14:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR ELTN EPET EIND EINV NI
03ABUJA943	NIGERIA: FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROPOSAL [...] Action Request; Para two 2. The American Embassy in Nigeria requests Washington reconsideration of our proposed government- to-government "Food for Progress" activity. This proposal, presented by President Olusegun Obasanjo, requests an allocation of 12,500 MT of rice to implement the [...]	2003-05-23 19:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL NI
03ACCRA585	AGRICULTURE REPS BRING MESSAGE TO GHANAIANS: SPEAK [...] Summary: USDA representatives met with numerous Ghanaian officials to seek support for the US position on food aid and market access in the WTO Agricultural Negotiations, to highlight US efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa and to confirm invites to the Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural [...]	2003-03-25 08:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR GH WTO AGRICULTURE

03AMMAN1594	DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO EXPORT CREDITS PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-17 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR JO WTO
03AMMAN3152	JORDAN FY 2003 PL 480 TITLE I DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] NATIONAL AID FUND - $5,922,000: SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. (THOSE WITHOUT BREADWINNERS OR ANY INCOME TO OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES OF POVERTY.) 2. ADMINISTRATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES OF AL-TAFILEH AND AL-KARAK GOVERN ORATES - $493,500: AIMS AT STOPPING LANDSLIDES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF 39,0 [...]	2003-05-29 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID JO
03AMMAN3878	JORDAN OFFERS FOOD SAFETY HELP ON IRAQ IMPORTS [...] (u) In mid-June, Jordanian and Iraqi businesspeople purchased on the high seas a shipment of 4,652 tons of Brazilian frozen chicken for import to Iraq through Jordan. The same shipment had previously been rejected by Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen for health and safety reasons due to a problem w [...]	2003-06-29 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN6068	Chicken in Transit to Iraq via Jordan [...] (SBU) Post would appreciate urgent guidance on the following two diplomatic notes from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They request guidance from appropriate Iraqi authorities on how to deal with a consignment of frozen chicken being shipped to Iraq from Saudi Arabia across Jorda [...]	2003-09-21 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR IZ JO
03AMMAN6504	JORDAN: FY04 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) Summary. Post recommends that $20 million in FY04 P.L. 480 Title I funds be set aside for a concessional loan that will help the government of Jordan procure U.S. wheat, with proceeds from the local sale of the wheat being used to fund agricultural productivity and rural development pro [...]	2003-10-09 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID JO
03AMMAN6505	Jordan: No Biotech Regulations [...] (U) According to senior officials of the Jordanian health and agriculture ministries, Jordan does not currently have agricultural biotechnology laws or regulations. They did not preclude that such regulations might be put in place, but did not suggest that any planning was underway to do so [...]	2003-10-09 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL KPAO JO
03AMMAN7089	ADVOCATING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF [...] While receiving reftel points on October 28, Ministry of Agriculture Director's Assistant for Plant Protection Mohammad Kateh-Bader noted that he was reviewing extensive technical comments on living modified organisms (LMO's),including from the U.S. and the EU. We left with him reftel non-p [...]	2003-10-30 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO JO FAO WTO
03ANKARA1035	Turkish Officials to Suspend New Quarantine Regs [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials announced that the temporary suspension of new phytosanitary regulations implemented on January 3, 2003 that have impacted agricultural trade with Turkey. Post expects official announcement shortly. Pressure from Turkish poultry and feed representatives, tr [...]	2003-02-13 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA1069	Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs [...] Turkey officially announced the temporary suspension until July 7, 2003 of new phytosanitary regulations that had been implemented on January 3, 2003.(Refs A&B) The announcement was published in the "Official Gazette" on Tuesday, February 18. The suspension will be retroactive to January 3, [...]	2003-02-18 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA1281	New Approach at Ministry of Agriculture? [...] (SBU) Summary. Since his appointment as the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in November, Sami Goclu appears more willing than his predecessors to engage agriculture businesses and seek their input on important issues. Moreover, many officials believe Goclu will delegate greate [...]	2003-02-27 06:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA2902	SUGAR LAW LEAVES BITTER TASTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new sugar law implemented in September 2002 was supposed to eliminate the sugar industry's rampant overproduction, as well as GOT subsidies for its export, and eventually move the industry toward the free market. However, even as state-owned sugar company SEKER (its privati [...]	2003-05-05 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3016	ERDOGAN ADVISOR BENEFITS FROM GOT GENEROSITY TO [...] (C) Summary: Unable to fulfill his campaign pledge to raise support prices for Turkey's hazelnut farmers, Prime Minister Erdogan instead announced in February that the government would provide additional direct income support to this politically-powerful group. One of the beneficiaries of t [...]	2003-05-08 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR TU
03ANKARA4337	Turkish Quarantine Regs-Oops They've Done it Again [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent assurances from the Ministry of Agriculture officials that new quarantine regulations would not go into affect until July 2004, Turkey announced and implemented new phytosanitary regulations on July 6, 2003. Most foreign embassies, trade associations and tradin [...]	2003-07-10 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA441	Turkish Officials Responding to Quarantine Concerns [...] (SBU) Summary. In the weeks following the implementation of Turkey's new phytosanitary regulations, Turkish agriculture and quarantine officials have been socked with objections and concerns expressed by Turkish industry, importers and embassies. Although Turkish quarantine officials have t [...]	2003-01-17 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA4475	What Drives Investment in Turkey's Ag Sector? [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a low level of direct foreign investment and foreign companies who are discouraged by the investment climate, local Turkish business are continuously seeking the next investment opportunity - even in Turkey's agriculture sector. The cattle sector is a prime example. [...]	2003-07-17 07:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA466	Turkey Now on Both Sides of GSM Issue [...] (SBU) Summary: After hearing about the benefits of USDA credit guarantee program from the Turkish private sector, the Undersecretariate for Foreign Trade seems to have softened their opposition to the U.S. proposal on export credits. However they remain concerned that the program' [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA4805	Turkey and Biotechnology [...] (SBU) Summary: The development of biotechnology legislation has been identified as a priority by the new Turkish government. Regulations that parallel EU directives have been drafted, however no action has been taken to put them into place. With the possible exception of the Cartagena Bios [...]	2003-07-30 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TU
03ANKARA5015	Turkey Suspends Import Licenses, Raises Corn Duty [...] (SBU) Summary. At the end of July, the government of Turkey (GOT) stopped issuing licenses for corn imports without any prior notification. Turkish officials claim that the action was taken in order to assess the number of licenses issued rather than to inhibit trade. After the corn duty was [...]	2003-08-08 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA5879	Cargill and ADM Move a Step Closer to Higher Sugar [...] (SBU) Summary: A key GOT board has recommended increasing the quota for corn syrup producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota, which, if implemented, will help Cargill and ADM/TateLyle avoid production losses on their massive investments in Turkey. Although the sugar beet industry is p [...]	2003-09-17 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR TU
03ANKARA6070	EU to Inspect Turkish Poultry Plants for Export [...] (SBU) Summary. Five Turkish poultry facilities are being inspected by the EU veterinarians for approval to export poultry meat to the European Union. Turkish officials estimate that, during the first year, exports for the five plants could total up to 10,000 tons. An additional 4 plants wil [...]	2003-09-26 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA6214	Turkey's Biotechnology Regime [...] This is in response to reftel request. 2. (SBU) Summary: Although Turkey has drafted regulations pertaining to biotechnology, they have not been implemented. Turkey permits the importation of genetically modified crops although it does not permit use of bio-engineered seeds for plant [...]	2003-10-03 06:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TU
03ANKARA6215	GOT Extends Rice Import Moratorium [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Turkey (GOT) extended its moratorium on rice import licenses for another six months till March 2004. The Turkish Press is suggesting that importers requested the ban in order to force domestic prices higher and earn windfall profits. More likely, with upco [...]	2003-10-03 06:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TU USTR
03ANKARA6262	Foreign Trade Officials' Views on Cancun, IPR [...] (SBU) Turkish Foreign Trade officials maintained that agriculture, particularly elimination of export subsidies, was their key concern at the Cancun Ministerial. This issue led the Turks to support the G- 21 at Cancun, though our interlocutors told us that actually joining the group would hav [...]	2003-10-06 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR EFIN TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA7397	Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE THE APPARENT FAILURE TO REACH AGREEMENT IN CANCUN, TURKISH OFFICIALS CONSIDER THE CONTINUATION OF WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY. TURKISH OFFICIALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CANCUN MEETINGS COMMENTED THAT THE UNITED STAT [...]	2003-12-03 07:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA7417	MEETING WITH WORLD BANK ECONOMIST [...] (C) Summary: Resident World Bank economist James Parks told econoffs that the GOT has yet to meaningfully re-engage with the Bank in several sectors, though in others there is a continuing dialogue. Parks raised the question of how to avoid a sharp fall in the lira, given the likely size of nex [...]	2003-12-03 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAGR ENRG ECPS TU
03BRASILIA3813	BRAZIL: MORE BUZZING AT BNDES [...] Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) remains in media focus, with totally divergent forecasts as to the fate of its leftist Lula- appointee President, Carlos Lessa. Lessa last week flaunted his lack of remorse over the maverick actions and comments which had rai [...]	2003-12-03 09:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EIND ETRD EAGR PGOV SOCI BR
03COLOMBO1705	STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary: Sri Lanka does not have formal biotechnology regulations on the production and import of agricultural biotech products into the country. An attempt to ban the import of GMO foods in 2001 was abandoned due to intense lobbying from foreign missions (including the U.S) and trade partn [...]	2003-10-01 08:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO33	USDA'S JUNE 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 06:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TSPL SENV ECON KPAO CE OEXC
03COLOMBO561	TFIZ01: SRI LANKA PROPOSES TO SELL THE U.S. TEA FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 8. 2. (U) The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has proposed selling the USG about USD 2 million in tea to include in US humanitarian aid to the people of Iraq. Minister of Plantation Industries Lakshman Kiriella made the pitch to the Ambassador [...]	2003-04-02 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EAGR IZ CE UN
03DJIBOUTI1847	STATUS REQUEST BOR BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS [...] INTRODUCTION: DJIBOUTI IMPORTS MOST OF ITS CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INCLUDING ALMOST ALL OF ITS FOOD CONSUMPTION. THE HOST NATION RETAINS CLOSE RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF ITS IMPORTS. AGRICULTURE IS NOT DEVELOPED AND REPRESENTS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY' [...]	2003-10-13 08:50:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL DJ
03FRANKFURT8426	Berninger/Hesse Greens Move Towards USG, CDU [...] (U) SUMMARY: Matthias Berninger, State Secretary in the national Agriculture Ministry and new head of the Green party in Hesse, wants to help repair US-German relations and could make helpful gestures on Iraq. A rising star and protege of FM Fischer, Berninger wants to free the party from its [...]	2003-10-10 11:56:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EAGR GM
03GUATEMALA369	AMBASSODOR,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch at the residence February 10, the Ambassador gave FM Gutierrez a heads up that we are actively working on specific benchmarks for re-certification; pressed him on Article 98, extradition, Belize-Guatemala, election observation, the proposal to investigate clandestine gr [...]	2003-02-10 23:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN EAGR KTIA PGOV PHUM SNAR CFED GT
03HALIFAX110	FDA BIOTERRORISM MEASURES: NEWFOUNDLAND SEEKS [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The province of Newfoundland-Labrador believes its exporters of fish and other perishable products should get special consideration when the USG implements new FDA border measures to combat bioterrorism. Newfoundland, which depe [...]	2003-04-04 21:08:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD EFIS EAGR CA US FDA
03HALIFAX27	ATLANTIC CANADA WORRIED BY IMPACT OF BORDER [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia officials have raised with CG the deep concerns in Atlantic Canada over the potential that USG border screening systems, including the regulations emanating from the Bioterrorism Act, will hurt the large volume of agri [...]	2003-02-12 19:07:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

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