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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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| 05BANGKOK6817 | THAILAND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: RICE FOR ROLLING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has floated the idea of paying for four mass transit lines in the Bangkok metro area at a cost of about $5 billion with cash and agricultural products through barter deals negotiated with other governments. Agricultural commodities, however, are [...] | 2005-10-31 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ELTN MASS TH |
| 05BANGKOK6843 | THAILAND REACTION TO EU AGRICULTURE PROPOSAL [...] Embassy delivered talking points on the EU agriculture proposal to the RTG Ministry of Commerce as requested in reftel. Ms. Sirinart Chaimun of the Ministry's Department of Trade Negotiations said that the RTG shared essentially the same view as the U.S. of the EU proposal and considered it t [...] | 2005-11-01 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR EU TH |
| 05BANGKOK7040 | THAILAND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: RICE FOR ROLLING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has floated the idea of paying for four mass transit lines in the Bangkok metro area at a cost of about $5 billion with cash and agricultural products through barter deals negotiated with other governments. Agricultural commodities, however, are [...] | 2005-11-10 09:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ELTN MASS TH |
| 05BANGKOK7289 | THAILAND AMBITIOUS ON HONG KONG, BUT WARY [...] On November 22, Econoff met with Ms. Sirinart Chaimun, Director of the Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotations in the Ministry of Commerce to discuss the RTG agenda for the upcoming WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong. The RTG is sending a thirty-plus person team to the Ministerial headed by Deputy [...] | 2005-11-23 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KIRC KPAO OIIP TH WTRO |
| 05BANGKOK7801 | THAILAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR AVIAN AND [...] (U) Post hereby provides updated responses to second avian influenza questionnaire contained in reftel A: A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING AVIAN FLU FROM BECOMING A PANDEMIC AND CONTAINING A PANDEMIC ONCE IT OCCURS? IF TH [...] | 2005-12-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX |
| 05BOGOTA10176 | REQUESTS TO URGE EU TO TABLE MEANINGFUL [...] SUBJECT DEMARCHE WAS DELIVERED TO ANDRES ESPINOSA, TRADE ADVISOR TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, AND RAFAEL BARBOSA, ADVISOR FOR THE DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE. ESPINOSA NOTED IN HIS RESPONSE THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE CAIRNS GROUP, THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA IS SE [...] | 2005-10-28 20:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR CO |
| 05BOGOTA10967 | AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - COLOMBIA [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy provides the following responses regarding avian and pandemic influenza preparedness in Colombia. -------------------------- PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -------------------------- 2. (SBU) DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREV [...] | 2005-11-25 16:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CO |
| 05BOGOTA10993 | CHINA'S LIMITED TIES TO COLOMBIA [...] Summary. Ties between China and Colombia are based on a modest economic relationship with minimal interaction on political issues. The level of Chinese investment in Colombia has been very small compared to other countries, but 2005 will show a slight increase from past levels. China views [...] | 2005-11-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PGOV |
| 05BOGOTA221 | COLOMBIA'S ECONOMY IN 2004 LOOKED STRONG, BUT... [...] (C) Summary: While the Colombian economy posted positive results in 2004, the sustainability of such performance is still in question. On the macroeconomic side, growth reached almost 4 percent; IMF targets for the budget deficit, inflation, and reserves were either met or exceeded; publi [...] | 2005-01-07 21:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR PGOV CO |
| 05BOGOTA2367 | COLOMBIAN TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS IN [...] (C) Summary. During a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Trade Minister Botero and FTA chief negotiator Gomez emphasized the GOC's need to close FTA negotiations by June and the commitment of the Colombian negotiating team to do so. Botero and Gomez also expressed their desire to advance [...] | 2005-03-11 19:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EINV KIPR CO FTA |
| 05BOGOTA4397 | AMBASSADOR TELLS TRADE MINISTER COLOMBIA NEEDS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-11 18:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EAGR KIPR CO |
| 05BOGOTA5098 | COLOMBIAN DELEGATION FOR THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-27 12:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO |
| 05BOGOTA5217 | THE FTA AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOC is now facing increasing opposition from the agricultural sector for the FTA as it becomes clearer that the agreement will negatively affect the interests of some groups. While these groups, interests are being challenged, potential winners are still not clearly iden [...] | 2005-05-31 21:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR CO FTA |
| 05BOGOTA5222 | AGRICULTURE IN THE FTA RAPIDLY REACHING THE [...] (C) Unwillingness to provide a date for agricultural bilats and to exchange informal agricultural offers have brought the FTA negotiations to a crisis point here. The GOC is seriously considering dropping out of the upcoming Guayaquil FTA round (see septel). I recognize that we may not be [...] | 2005-05-31 22:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR CO FTA |
| 05BOGOTA6013 | GOC LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR FURTHER DELAYS IN THE FTA [...] (C) Summary: Colombian Trade Minister Botero is preparing the domestic audience for further delays in the FTA. In public comments, Botero stated that the negotiations were at their darkest and later reversed the GOC,s long-standing public line by stating that he could not guarantee that th [...] | 2005-06-23 22:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR CO FTA |
| 05BOGOTA6521 | CODEL THOMAS DELIVERS HARD MESSAGE TO COLOMBIANS [...] (SBU) Summary. During his meetings in Bogota, Chairman Thomas delivered a clear message that ATPDEA will not be renewed and that the window for successfully negotiating a U.S.-Andean-FTA was closing rapidly. President Uribe, Agricultural Minister Arias and Trade Minister Botero all argued th [...] | 2005-07-12 17:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR FTA |
| 05BOGOTA8414 | PRESIDENT URIBE ORDERS FTA NEGOTIATING TEAM TO PUT [...] (C) During a September 7 meeting, Foreign Minister Barco took the initiative to inform the Ambassador that after the September 5 meeting with President Toledo to discuss the US-Andean FTA, President Uribe had ordered the Trade and Agricultural Ministers and the lead FTA negotiator to quote p [...] | 2005-09-07 19:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR CO FTA |
| 05BOGOTA8415 | TOLEDO SUCCESSFULLY PRESSES URIBE TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Uribe and Peruvian President Toledo met in Bogota on September 5 to discuss the future of the FTA. According to the GOC, Toledo told Uribe that his government was willing to conclude the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. by October and preferred not to do so [...] | 2005-09-07 19:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR CO FTA |
| 05BOGOTA8454 | FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Wood thanked Foreign Minister Carolina Barco September 7 for the GOC's offers of assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Barco said the GOC could send its 30 disaster relief experts and nutritional powder immediately and is standing by for further instructions from the U. [...] | 2005-09-08 17:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER ECON ETRD EAGR KCRM KJUS CO EI |
| 05BOGOTA9413 | COLOMBIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN AVIAN FLU SENIOR [...] (U) PolOff met with representatives from MFA, the Ministry of Public Health and animal health experts from the Ministry of Agriculture on September 27 to discuss Colombian participation in the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) and the Senior Officials Meeting (S [...] | 2005-10-03 21:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA CO |
| 05BOGOTA9423 | WTO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 21:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KIPR |
| 05BRASILIA1142 | SLOW GROWTH IN US EXPORTS TO BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT STATE/FCS MESSAGE; IT INCLUDES INPUT FROM AMCONSULATES SAO PAULO AND RIO DE JANEIRO. UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, DISCUSSION OF U.S. EXPORT TOTALS IS BASED UPON USDOC, NOT GOB, DATA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. OVER THE PAST DECADE GROWTH IN U.S. EXPORTS TO BRAZI [...] | 2005-04-28 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD EAGR BR |
| 05BRASILIA126 | CARTAGENA PROTOCOL AND BRAZIL BIOTECH REGS [...] Since the first Meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in February 2004, the GOB has introduced, but still not passed, legislation that would change regulatory practices concerning biosafety. Although, the bill is pro-GMO, it would reinforce existing labeling and documentat [...] | 2005-01-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EAID SENV KSCA BR |
| 05BRASILIA1567 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY U/S [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Hugueney of Brazil's Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) told Ambassador June 6 that U.S. pharmaceutical companies should improve their offers on pricing and/or voluntary licenses for AIDS treatment drugs so as to avoid compulsory licensing by the Ministry of Health (MoH). H [...] | 2005-06-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD EAGR EFIN BR IZ WTRO IPR |
| 05BRASILIA1929 | MP 252 - BRAZILIAN TAX BREAKS FOR EXPORTERS [...] As reported in reftel, on June 15 the Lula administration issued Provisional Measure (MP) 252, which enacts a series of changes in the tax system to benefit multiple sectors. Some Brazilian analysts have questioned the WTO-consistency of the tax benefits provided by the MP to exporters. Spe [...] | 2005-07-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR BEXP |
| 05BRASILIA2216 | LETTER FROM AG MINISTER RODRIGUEZ REGARDING THE WTO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-18 19:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTO |
| 05BRASILIA2367 | CHINESE ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN BRAZIL -- LARGELY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's involvement in Brazil's economy primarily is trade-driven. Despite the fanfare and the billion dollar-price-tag investment projects trumpeted during President Hu Jintao's November 11, 2004 visit to Brazil, Chinese investment remains a tiny fraction of FDI in Brazil. By [...] | 2005-09-08 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EAGR PHUM |
| 05BRASILIA2619 | BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, head of the Brazilian Ministry of Health Infectious Disease section will be attending the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7. Dr. Barbosa's contact information is as follows: Phone (55- 61) 3224-8861/3226-1216, Cell: (55-61) 9970-0880, Fax (55-61) 3223-1168 [...] | 2005-09-30 19:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRASILIA2652 | ADDITIONAL INFO ON BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE [...] Per reftel, additional information for Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Brazilian participant in the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7 is as follows: Brazilian Official Passport SA167908, issued March 31, 2003; Date of Birth: May 16, 1957. DANILOVICH [...] | 2005-10-05 11:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRASILIA298 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ROBERTO RODRIGUES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Danilovich met with the Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply ("MAPA" is the Portuguese acronym),Roberto Rodrigues, on January 25 in Brasilia to discuss trade concerns and issues leading up to the CCA meetings in Washington in March 2005. Rod [...] | 2005-02-01 20:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA3026 | SLOW GOING ON BIOTECH, BUT MONSANTO LOOKING AT [...] (SBU) Summary. In early November, Monsanto executives blanketed Brazil as first CEO Hugh Grant and his management team visited the country, followed shortly thereafter by a week-long tour of the company's Growth Advisory Committee. Notwithstanding the problems that the firm has experienced in [...] | 2005-11-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KIPR BEXP ETRD BR CH IPR |
| 05BRASILIA455 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 50 [...] The following is the fiftieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science & technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed d [...] | 2005-02-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
| 05BRASILIA573 | BRAZILIAN CONGRESS PASSES BIOSAFETY LAW -- VICTORY [...] SUMMARY. On March 2, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly passed the Biosafety Law that regulates biotechnology crops and stem cell research. After a year and a half and competing versions in Congress, this was the final vote, and President Lula is expected to sign it into law qu [...] | 2005-03-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECON PREL TSPL SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA598 | NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES FOR BRAZIL'S AMAZON [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, 2005 Brazil's Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, announced a presidential decree aimed at combating land grabbing and deforestation in the Amazon. The three-pronged strategy sets up five separate forest reserves totaling 12.8 million acres, places a ban on [...] | 2005-03-04 21:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EAGR ELAB SOCI BR |
| 05BRASILIA770 | BRAZIL: CENTRAL BANK ON BANCO SANTOS CASE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles March 17 to advocate on behalf of American creditors to Banco Santos, a Brazilian bank that has been under Central Bank intervention since November 2004 (reftel). The Ambassador relayed the desire of U.S. creditor banks, which [...] | 2005-03-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PREL BR |
| 05BRATISLAVA138 | WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD LO WTRO |
| 05BRATISLAVA306 | TRADE ACTION AGAINST U.S. CORN GLUTEN FEED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA34 | ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES DEMARCHE [...] Econoff delivered questions, per reftel, to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) point of contact in Slovakia, Dr. Igor Ferencik of the Ministry of Environment (MOE). Ferencik shared the questions with officials from the MOE and the Ministry Agriculture (MOA),and they returned the f [...] | 2005-01-18 11:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV TBIO |
| 05BRATISLAVA412 | THE FUTURE OF GMOS IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff held a series of meetings to assess the status of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Slovakia. The Minister of Environment Laszlo Miklos, previously a supporter of GMOs, has now succumbed to unspecified political pressures and is attempting to bar their usage in [...] | 2005-05-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR ETRD LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA713 | SENIOR ADVISOR SPIRNAK, GMOS, AND SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Summary. During the July 29 to August 1 visit of Madelyn Spirnak, the Department's Senior Advisor on Agricultural Technology, Econoffs obtained additional insight into the status of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Slovakia. In science and industry, Slovaks appear educated, prac [...] | 2005-09-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ETRD LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA716 | SLOVAK'S POSITIVE ABOUT AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA851 | SLOVAKS SATISFIED WITH CURRENT COMMISSION MANDATE [...] (C) In response to reftel, Ambassador delivered talking points and USTR fact sheets to Minister of Economy Jirko Malcharek. We separately delivered the points to Agriculture State Secretary Marian Radosovsky. Malcharek indicated that he personally would like to see far-reaching global trade [...] | 2005-10-17 15:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD LO WTO |
| 05BRATISLAVA865 | SLOVAKS PURSUING AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials from the GOS appear to be making good progress on contingency plannnig for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) as well as the possibility of a human-to-human pandemic disease. Ministry of Health State Secretary Alexandra Novotna (also Deputy Health Minister and SI [...] | 2005-10-25 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SOCI KSCA LO WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRATISLAVA873 | SLOVAK AVIAN INFLUENZA FRAMEWORK PLAN [...] On October 26, the GOS approved and publicly released its framework plan to combat the threat of avian influenza (AI) and the possibility of a pandemic virus. The new plan replaced a previous version established in August of 2001. The framework established a Commission, headed by Minister of [...] | 2005-10-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SOCI KSCA LO WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRATISLAVA935 | SLOVAKS ANSWER AVIAN FLU QUESTIONS [...] The following are the responses to the reftel request for information about Slovakia's avian and pandemic influenza preparedness. 2. The GOS first drafted an emergency preparedness plan for pandemic influenza in 2001. It was updated October 2005 to factor in recent developments and curre [...] | 2005-11-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL LO |
| 05BUCHAREST133 | BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROJECT FOR ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Unique in the region, Romania which is expected to join the European Union (EU) in 2007, is a biotech pioneer, promoting and cultivating transgenic soybeans currently not approved for commercial planting in the EU. The Mission's objective is to help Romania enter the EU with i [...] | 2005-01-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1467 | CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION (CAC) SESSION: [...] FAS Bucharest passed Reftel demarche to the following government officials in the Romanian Veterinary and Food Safety National Authority (VFSNA): Dr. Liviu Rusu, General Director of the General Food Safety Directorate; Monica Neagu, Director, Division for Standards, Marks and Food Quality, Nat [...] | 2005-06-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON TBIO RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1533 | ROMANIA AGREES TO GLOBALIZE THE ITALIAN CHEESE [...] Bucharest's Agricultural Office received consent of Romanian Government to globalize the remaining Italian cheese Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) granted to Romania. 2. Romania was granted a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation for Italian-type cheese in the Uruguay Round for 500 tons. Under the U. [...] | 2005-07-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR RO BU |
| 05BUENOSAIRES269 | AGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Agricultural Counselor (AgCouns) and staff, and representatives from the Political Section met with Congresswoman Maria del Carmen Alarcon (Partido Justicialista - Santa Fe) and members of the agricultural lobbying organization, "Pampa Sur". Deputy Alarcon [...] | 2005-02-07 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AR |
| 05CAIRO4061 | GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT MAY USE USDA'S GSM-102 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, AgCounselor Asif J. Chaudhry met with Hassan Kheder, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, to discuss Egypt's participation in the GSM-102 Program. The Vice-Chairman of General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) also attended the meeting. The meeting was a f [...] | 2005-05-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO5564 | EGYPT SUPPORT FOR USG POSITION ON FOOD AID [...] (SBU) During a conversation with Walid Nozahy, WTO Director of Egypt's Commercial Representation Office, tradeoff asked about Egypt's failure to support the USG position on food aid during July 6 WTO discussions in Geneva (reftel). Nozahy expressed surprise, claiming to have directed his rep [...] | 2005-07-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EG ETRA WTRO |
| 05CAIRO6292 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CODEX AD HOC TASK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO6703 | THE NEW CABINET ONE YEAR LATER: REFORMS AND [...] (C) One year after the cabinet shuffle that placed Ahmed Nazif and other economic reformers into significant ministerial positions, President Mubarak (and in the background, his son Gamal) have gained strength from the concrete results of the economic reform agenda. Overcoming skepticism fro [...] | 2005-08-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EAID EG ECON PGOV USTR |
| 05CAIRO7890 | WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR EG WTO |
| 05CAIRO8033 | U.S. WTO AG PROPOSALS: EGYPTIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry. Dr. Fawzy was well aware of the U.S. reform proposals and said she would review the demarche po [...] | 2005-10-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EG WTRO |
| 05CAIRO8081 | MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (SBU) In an October 17 meeting, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Rashid pressed for a specific date for the start of FTA negotiations, and said that Egypt supports the U.S. on WTO Ag reform. Rashid took on board the Ambassador's call to make anti-corruption a plank of the NDP par [...] | 2005-10-20 07:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EAGR EG WTRO |
| 05CAIRO8334 | EGYPT: WTO DOHA EUROPEAN AG PROPOSAL [...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on October 30 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry (MFTI). FAS delivered key points to the DG at the Ministry of Agriculture. Egypt will continue to press for an improved European WTO Agriculture proposal. [...] | 2005-10-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EG |
| 05CAIRO8734 | Egypt: Minister of Agriculture Discusses [...] Summary: Ambassador Ricciardone met with Egyptian Minister of Agriculture, Ahmed El Leithy, to discuss the Egyptian ban on imports of poultry products from all sources, and to discuss the upcoming USDA mission to assess status of implementation of the Bio-safety Protocol. The Ambassador als [...] | 2005-11-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO EG |
| 05CAIRO8878 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to requests for information in reftel regarding the government of Egypt's (GOE) planning and response capabilities with regard to the threat of avian influenza (AI). The GOE has made AI a top priority, and has taken steps to mobilize government ministrie [...] | 2005-11-23 16:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL |
| 05CARACAS1356 | LAND LAW CHANGES TO LEGALIZE CURRENT GOV ABUSES [...] (C) The Venezuelan National Assembly amended the 2001 land law on April 14 to increase the types of land subject to expropriation, to grant squatters more rights, and to empower the National Land Institute (INTI). The modifications, however, do not provide INTI objective standards to use as [...] | 2005-05-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR SENV VE |
| 05CARACAS160 | CHAVEZ'S LAND REFORM JUGGERNAUT [...] (C) Summary: President Hugo Chavez signed a decree to "Reorganize the Use and Tenure of Agricultural Land" before thousands of cheering supporters January 10. Prior to the decree, several governors issued decrees to register property or otherwise assist the land reform process. The Nationa [...] | 2005-01-18 20:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR KDEM VE ENV |
| 05CARACAS1954 | PROBLEMS WITH VENEZUELAN COOPERATIVES [...] (C) Summary: Rural cooperatives are a pivotal part of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's land redistribution effort. Thousands of agricultural cooperatives are forming to petition land and monetary grants from the GOV as participants in Chavez's "Mision Vuelvan Caras" job training program [...] | 2005-06-27 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR VE |
| 05CARACAS334 | CBD AND GENETIC RESOURCE SHARING IN VENEZUELA [...] (U) This telegram is in response to reftel's request for information regarding access and procedures for access to genetic resources in Venezuela. --------------------------- Laws and National Authority --------------------------- 2. (U) Access to genetic resources is controlled by the [...] | 2005-02-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON SENV TBIO VE |
| 05CARACAS578 | THROUGH DISCOUNT CHAIN, THE STATE TAKES OVER MUCH [...] (C) The state-owned "Mercal" chain of discount food stores may be for lowest income Venezuelans the most visible sign of the Bolivarian revolution. Paid for with petroleum revenue, it has become a massive undertaking, with thousands of outlets, either state-run or franchised, that provide s [...] | 2005-02-23 20:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV VE |
| 05COLOMBO1157 | NEGOTIATIONS ON ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] Legislation and regulation of research and collection of biological resources: Sri Lanka does not have a unified set of laws that cover all aspects of research and specimen collection on biological and genetic resources. Several articles and provisions of legislation address research aspect [...] | 2005-07-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV TBIO CE ECONOMICS |
| 05COLOMBO1592 | AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOff met with the Chief Epidemiologist for the Ministry of Health (MOH) as well as an officer working in the Colombo office of the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding reftel. Sri Lankan officials and academics are watching for signs of avian flu and other illnesses wi [...] | 2005-09-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR CE KSTH WHO |
| 05COLOMBO1594 | INITIAL SRI LANKAN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 06:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO CE |
| 05COLOMBO1842 | SRI LANKA WILL URGE EU TO MATCH AMBITIOUS US [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 10:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD CE |
| 05COLOMBO1867 | PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORMS HIGHLIGHT STARK ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The Sri Lanka presidential candidates have released their election "manifestos" (platforms). Both have clearly learned the lessons of the April 2004 parliamentary elections, in which the rural vote proved decisive, and have included significant benefit increases for the rural sect [...] | 2005-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CE |
| 05COLOMBO1919 | CULTURALLY SENSITIVE RICE SECTOR A KEY CAMPAIGN ISSUE [...] Summary. Rice is Sri Lanka's most important agricultural crop in terms of area cultivated, production and rural employment (approximately 1.8 million farmer families depend on rice for their livelihood). Rice production contributes 4 percent of the country's GDP and around 850,000 hectares are [...] | 2005-11-08 02:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR CE ECONOMICS |
| 05COLOMBO1992 | AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - SRI [...] (U) THIS IS THE SECOND CABLE REPORTING ON PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY TO PREVENT A HIGHLY PATHENOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA (HPAI) IN SRI LANKA (REF A) AND RESPONDS TO REF B QUESTIONS REGARDING SRI LANKA'S EFFORTS TO CONTROL AVIAN FLU AND ITS CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC. PREPAREDNES [...] | 2005-11-23 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR CASC CE KSTH WHO |
| 05COLOMBO1993 | SRI LANKA: AVIAN FLU TRIPWIRES [...] US EMBASSY COLOMBO'S TRIPWIRES AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS FOR VARIOUS AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) SCENARIOS WERE PREPARED BY POST'S AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC). WE INVITE AND WELCOME FEEDBACK FROM RELEVANT OFFICES AND AGENCIES WITH EX [...] | 2005-11-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO ECON CE |
| 05COLOMBO2026 | WTO DOHA ROUND - AMBASSADOR RAISES US CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised reftel WTO points with Trade Minister Fernandopulle on November 29 and Econchief has passed same points to representatives from the Finance Ministry and members of influential private sector groups. Minister Fernadopulle is not well-versed on the issues set to a [...] | 2005-12-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRC KPAO EAGR ECON ETRD OIIP CE ECONOMICS |
| 05COLOMBO2121 | SRI LANKA: AVIAN FLU TRIPWIRES AND SHELTER-IN- [...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE REPORTS OUR REVISED AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI OR H5N1) TRIPWIRES AND SHELTER-IN-PLACE PLANS REQUESTED IN REF D. THIS CABLE SUPERSEDES REF C. 2. SRI LANKA LACKS SEVERAL CRITICAL RESOURCES - TAMIFLU, LABORATORY EQUIPMENT TO IDENTIFY AI, AND MODERN, FULLY EQUIPPED HOSPITALS. [...] | 2005-12-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR KFLO TBIO ECON CE |
| 05DAKAR3185 | SENEGAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT: GREAT HARVEST DOES NOT [...] SUMMARY: Quarterly Ministry of Finance statistics for the last trimester confirm that the strongest contributors to economic growth continue to be government capital investments and remittance-fueled consumer spending. The banking sector,s contribution to facilitating formal sector capital i [...] | 2005-12-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN EINV SG |
| 05DAMASCUS5972 | TRANSPORT OF IRAQ-BOUND U.S. WHEAT REMAINS A [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three months, Post has witnessed an incremental increase in the amount of Iraq- bound, U.S. wheat accumulating at the port of Tartous awaiting transport from Syria into Iraq. On the surface, the reason for the delay in wheat transport is a lack of available truc [...] | 2005-11-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELTN ECIN |
| 05DAMASCUS6134 | SYRIA NATIONAL PLAN FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Following is a translation of the SARG's national contingency plan for avian influenza, dated October 11, 2005, which was adopted by the Council of Ministers (including the Ministers of Transport, Local Administration and Environment, Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Interior, Economy and Tra [...] | 2005-11-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SY SYAI |
| 05DAMASCUS6327 | FATAL EXPLOSION IN LATTAKIA PORT [...] (SBU) Local and international press reported widely yesterday a huge explosion in the Lattakia port that resulted in eighteen injuries, one death and the destruction of up to four grain silos as well as the system of conveyor belts that connects them. Dr. Mohammad Fadel, manager of a major gra [...] | 2005-12-05 16:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ELTN ECIN SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6397 | SYRIA'S AI-RELATED IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: The AI-related trade ban on all poultry imports into Syria, which expires next week, has not impacted poultry consumption and prices as much as has the Syrian population's fear and uncertainty of the exact nature of the threat posed by avian influenza. In the past two months, t [...] | 2005-12-08 17:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR SYAI |
| 05DARESSALAAM982 | Tanzania: AGOA Textile Update [...] Summary: Tanzania's small textile industry remains underdeveloped and faces new challenges since Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) quotas ended in December 2004. Only two textile companies in Tanzania (Star Apparel and Sunflag) export garments to the U.S. under AGOA, and they demonstrate two very d [...] | 2005-05-19 03:50:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV EINV EAGR TZ |
| 05DHAKA3249 | FIRST RAINS BRING FLOODS TO BANGLADESH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite record-breaking floods during last year's monsoon season, national and local Dhaka governments appear ill prepared to prevent floods this year. Prime Ministerial promises not-withstanding, media and BDG sources report that water pumps have not been upgraded or serviced, [...] | 2005-07-11 09:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG SENV TPHY BG BGD |
| 05DHAKA4205 | BDG MADHUPUR FOREST PROJECT STILL DISTURBING GARO [...] (C) On August 21, Poloff met with Garo community leaders at the Pirgacha Mission about the BDG National and Eco Park projects' effects on the local Garo community in the Madhupur Forest in northern Bangladesh. Father Eugene Homrich, an American priest and director of the Pirgacha Mission for t [...] | 2005-08-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAGR SENV BG |
| 05DHAKA4347 | BANGLADESH: FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-01 10:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR BG AID WTO |
| 05DHAKA4393 | RECENT CONFERENCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE: [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) held a successful conference on biotechnology in agriculture on August 24 in Dhaka. The conference targeted public and private sector opinion makers, researchers, government officials, and end-users in a positio [...] | 2005-09-06 10:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON BG |
| 05DHAKA4796 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN BANGLADESH ONLY A MATTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is currently no indication of avian influenza (AI) in Bangladesh. Conditions, however, are ripe for the emergence of AI: Almost no general public awareness of the problem; very poor public health infrastructure; a government without the political will to make and enforce [...] | 2005-09-23 02:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO ECON ETRD PREL SENV BG CDC EPA FAO FEMA FDA |
| 05DHAKA4797 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN BANGLADESH ONLY A MATTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is currently no indication of avian influenza (AI) in Bangladesh. Conditions, however, are ripe for the emergence of AI: Almost no general public awareness of the problem; very poor public health infrastructure; a government without the political will to make and enforce [...] | 2005-09-23 02:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO ECON ETRD PREL SENV BG CDC EPA FAO FEMA FDA |
| 05DHAKA5633 | MONGA - CYCLES OF POVERTY AND HUNGER IN NORTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Each fall and winter, the northern rural agricultural districts of Bangladesh experience "monga," a period of severe food insecurity coupled with high seasonal unemployment as a result of natural gaps in the normal planting season on which these regions depend. Government food p [...] | 2005-11-20 04:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ECON PGOV TBIO BG AGR CARE CDC |
| 05DHAKA6366 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MR. SAYED SARWER [...] (U) AmEmbassy Dhaka requests country clearance for Mr. Sayed Sarwer Hussain, Agricultural Specialist and Ms. Ferdousi Ara, Administrative Assistant, USDA/FAS for their travel to India from January 11 through January 15, 2006. 2. (U) The purpose of their travel is to attend the FAS Strateg [...] | 2005-12-27 03:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA BG |
| 05DJIBOUTI1000 | CLARIFICATION FROM FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ON [...] (C) An apparent internal Djiboutian government turf battle over control of coordination of the USAID-sponsored Livestock Project in Djibouti prompted Ambassador's urgent request October 6 for a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. The Ambassador sought the Minister's [...] | 2005-10-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAGR ECON EAID DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI1156 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: DJIBOUTI'S [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti has very little capacity to handle avian and pandemic influenza. Responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. End Summary. 2. (U) Preparedness/Communication: -- Djibouti does not have a plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and contai [...] | 2005-11-22 11:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI1266 | DJIBOUTI ENGAGES SAUDI INVESTOR FOR USAID [...] (C) Summary: With a claim of dissatisfaction with technical aspects of construction and progress of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Livestock Export Facility in Djibouti, the Government of Djibouti has advised Embassy and Regional Economic Development Services Offi [...] | 2005-12-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DJ SA |
| 05DJIBOUTI630 | FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - U.S. [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 30 June to the Americas Desk Officer in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he would pass the information on to the appropriate offices, but had no information whether Djibouti would [...] | 2005-07-04 11:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AORC DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI9 | DJIBOUTI TO HOST COMESA SUMMIT IN 2006; RWANDA IN [...] (U) In the Ambassador's January 2 meeting with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine (reported Ref A),the Minister told the Ambassador that Djibouti and Rwanda have switched dates for hosting the annual Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit. [...] | 2005-01-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV EAGR DJ RW |
| 05DUBLIN1267 | IRISH BEEF EXPORTS TO EGYPT RESUME [...] Irish beef exports to Egypt are set to resume, albeit slowly, with the completion of the production of 700 metric tons this week. Egyptian authorities imposed restrictions on Irish beef in late 2000 following worries over the incidence of BSE in the EU. Irish exports to Egypt peaked at 154,000 [...] | 2005-10-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON |
| 05DUBLIN1279 | IRELAND: EU HAS HIT THE LIMIT ON WTO AG [...] On October 17, Post Agricultural Specialist delivered ref A demarche to Damian Flynn, Department of Agriculture and Food (DAF) EU Trade Office Principal Officer. Flynn said that the GOI was scrutinizing the October 10 U.S. proposal, but conveyed DAF's view that the Commission had already off [...] | 2005-10-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
| 05DUBLIN1322 | IRISH SEE DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES IN WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, high-ranking GOI officials told the Ambassador that Ireland could not afford to be more flexible in EU discussions on the WTO agricultural negotiations, given domestic political sensitivities with the farm community. The officials noted prior EU commitments not [...] | 2005-10-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTO ECON EAGR EI |
| 05DUBLIN1360 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND UNEASY ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Post delivered ref A and B demarches to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Kelly noted the EU's challenge in playing tough with Syria without derailing EuroMed diplomacy and the Barcelona Anniversary Summit. He said that Ireland was n [...] | 2005-11-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KPAL SY YI EAGR MK ETRD BO EI EUN |
| 05DUBLIN1418 | IRISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER INFLEXIBLE ON EU DOHA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan reiterated GOI inflexibility on the EU agricultural proposal for the Doha negotiations. She remarked that Irish farmers would not allow further concessions on agriculture, as they faced an uneven p [...] | 2005-11-21 08:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD EI WTO |
| 05DUBLIN1434 | IRELAND INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] On November 21, Emboffs reviewed reftel with Brian Mullen, Principal Officer for Community Health in the Department of Health and Children and also the GOI point-of-contact on avian flu issues. The following information, drawn principally from our discussion with Mullen, is keyed to reftel's [...] | 2005-11-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL EI |
| 05DUBLIN53 | ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT SHARING: [...] The information in paras below is based on Post's discussion of reftel questions with Dr. Philip Buckley, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) national focal point for Ireland. Buckley has been the Director of the Heritage Policy Division in the Department of Environment and Local Go [...] | 2005-01-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV TBIO |
| 05DUBLIN718 | IRELAND: HUNGER AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN AFRICA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR |
| 05DUSHANBE1743 | CARE/TAJIKISTAN FY 2006 NOVEMBER CALL FORWARD FOR THE FY [...] Mission concurs with CARE's re-submission of previous call forward postponed for below mentioned commodities for arrival in March, 2006. Mission supports CARE's request for commodities for distribution submitted on behalf of CARE, Save the Children and Counterpart. 2. Mission understa [...] | 2005-10-31 07:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR TI |
| 05DUSHANBE1779 | TAJIKISTAN: STOPPING AVIAN FLU AT ITS BORDERS WITH NO [...] To date, Tajikistan has no reported cases of Avian Flu. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture as well as the country's Veterinary Services have taken stringent measures to stop Avian Flu from entering Tajikistan's borders. 2. The Veterinary Service has begun to capture and examine wild [...] | 2005-11-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EAID TBIO KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO |
| 05DUSHANBE1856 | TAJIKISTAN: GOVT UNABLE TO HANDLE POTENTIAL AVIAN FLU [...] Head Veterinarian, Dr. Mulojon Amirbekov, explicitly stated that Tajikistan is not prepared to combat an Avian Flu outbreak. Tajikistan does not have a strategy for containing a pandemic if it occurs; however, various government ministries have taken measures, within their capabilities, to avo [...] | 2005-11-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO |
| 05DUSHANBE1878 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP COTTON IN TURSONZODA, TAJIKISTAN [...] In a series of meetings November 25, government officials, farmers and a businessman were universally--and surprisingly-- positive about the economic and political situation in Tursonzoda. The Dushanbe-appointed Chairman of the City Administration Barakatullo Akhmedov emphasized there were "n [...] | 2005-11-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAGR TI |
| 05DUSHANBE1941 | CARE/TAJIKISTAN FY 2006 DECEMBER CALL FORWARD FOR THE FY [...] Mission concurs with CARE's re-submission of previous call forward postponed of below mentioned commodities for arrival in April, 2006. Mission supports CARE's request for commodities for distribution submitted on behalf of CARE, Save the Children and Counterpart. 2. Mission understan [...] | 2005-12-05 06:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR TI |
| 05DUSHANBE1981 | TAJIKISTAN POULTRY BAN CONFUSION; AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING [...] Although the government of Tajikistan officially issued poultry bans on ten countries, customs inspectors are unaware of the new regulations. Mahmadnazar Tashrifov, Senior Inspector of the Department of Veterinary Service reported that to date, the department has authorized three resolutions [...] | 2005-12-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL TBIO SENV TI USTR |
| 05GABORONE568 | SADC'S ROLE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY IN THE [...] Biotechnology can play a key role in economic and social development in the Southern African region. Agricultural technologies, including genetic modification, have the potential to increase food production over the next 50 years and help fight regional hunger. Progress is being made in som [...] | 2005-04-21 17:18:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO SENV EAID BC |
| 05GABORONE66 | REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH [...] Summary: Embassy Gaborone requests USD7,000 from EB to fund a biotechnology outreach project in Botswana that will provide two weeks of technical assistance to the Government of Botswana's National Coordinating Committee on Biosafety (NCCB) in creating a national framework for biosafety. We [...] | 2005-01-14 10:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO BEXP KPAO BC |
| 05GABORONE838 | PROSPECTS FOR LIBERALIZING BOTSWANA'S [...] Summary. The recently-formed Botswana Cattle Producer's Association (BCPA) submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in late May to remove the monopoly of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) on the exportation of beef. If the proposal were accepted, the beef industry would es [...] | 2005-06-17 09:38:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EAGR ETRD BC TRADE |
| 05GENEVA2391 | LOGISTICAL/ARRIVAL INFORMATION FOR IPAPI SENIOR [...] Dr. Klaus Stohr, Team Coordinator, WHO Global Influenza Programme, Department for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, will represent the World Health Organization at the Senior Officials Meeting. Stohr's DOB is 3 January 1959. He will travel on UN Laissez-passer No. SA61578, vali [...] | 2005-10-05 05:05:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO |
| 05GENEVA2425 | DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY [...] SUMMARY: At its meeting on September 27, 2005, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") heard statements regarding the status of implementation from the United States in United States - Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998; United States - Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot- Rolle [...] | 2005-10-07 10:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
| 05GENEVA2731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE LEAVES AN UNCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten days after the 26 October UN ministerial conference on aid for Pakistan's earthquake victims, there is still a dramatic under-funding of UN agencies and other partners in the UN Flash Appeal. While the conference netted $579 million in additional pledges, raising the total am [...] | 2005-11-09 06:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
| 05GENEVA2778 | WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (TBT) [...] Begin Summary: On November 2, 2005, the WTO TBT Committee met to review new trade concerns arising from the following notifications (or lack thereof): China's proposed regulations to control pollution from electronic information products, the EU's Directive on eco-design requirements for ene [...] | 2005-11-16 03:13:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO USTR |
| 05GENEVA2797 | WTO TRIPS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION October 27 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council Special Session met on Thursday, October 27, 2005. The Special Session is charged with negotiating a system of notification and registration of geographical indications (GIs) for wines and spirits eligible for protection in those WTO Members participating in the sy [...] | 2005-11-16 09:14:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
| 05GENEVA2798 | WTO TRIPS COUNCIL October 25-26 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Tuesday and Wednesday October 25-26, 2005. Mr. CHOI Hyuck of Korea chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held in the morning of October 25, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon and conti [...] | 2005-11-16 09:17:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
| 05GENEVA836 | WTO TRIPS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION, MARCH 11, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council Special Session met on Friday, March 11, 2005. The Special Session is charged with negotiating a system of notification and registration of geographical indications (GI's) for wines and spirits eligible for protection in those WTO Members participating in the syst [...] | 2005-04-01 13:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
| 05GENEVA837 | WTO TRIPS COUNCIL, MARCH 8-9, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8-9, 2005. Mr. Tony Miller of Hong Kong, China chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held on the morning of March 8, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon of the fir [...] | 2005-04-01 13:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
| 05GEORGETOWN1273 | President's Economic Vision for Guyana [...] At a December 1 speech to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, President Jagdeo threw away his speech and instead spelled out, unscripted, his economic vision for Guyana's future. His remarks highlight a strategy for Guyana's infrastructure, macroeconomic policy, and growth sectors. ------- [...] | 2005-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BTIO PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG GY |
| 05GEORGETOWN1281 | JAGDEO: U.S. LOSING PR BATTLE IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge and PolOff met with President Jagdeo on December 5 for an informal, amiable discussion of ongoing bilateral issues. Jagdeo also shared his candid view on a topic that clearly interests him -- the U.S. public relations problem in Latin America. During the conversation, Jagd [...] | 2005-12-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ELTN SCUL KPAO XM GY |
| 05GEORGETOWN1309 | GUYANA TRADE MINISTER BLASTS 'UNFAIR' TRADE SYSTEM [...] SUMMARY: Guyana's Minister of Foreign Trade, Clement Rohee, criticized developing countries for negotiating trade rules that "further marginalize" developing countries. The remarks are the latest in a series of public pronouncements expressing distrust of the Doha Development Agenda. END SUMM [...] | 2005-12-15 13:07:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR GY |
| 05GUATEMALA2050 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA [...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...] | 2005-08-26 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV |
| 05GUATEMALA2395 | GUATEMALA NEEDS TPS [...] Embassy Guatemala strongly supports granting Guatemalans living in the United States Temporary Protected Status (TPS) following Hurricane Stan, which produced floods and mudslides that have devastated the country. Guatemala is in a state of calamity and will be hard pressed to address any add [...] | 2005-10-17 22:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CVIS SMIG EAID MASS PHUM AEMR ASEC ETRD EAGR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2483 | Top economists' views on Guatemala [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan economists generally agree that to address the country's socio-economic problems institutions must become more effective. However, for this the government will need more revenue, and tax increases have been repeatedly blocked by special interest groups, including bu [...] | 2005-10-28 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2504 | DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF STAN [...] Summary: Still gripped with the immediate concerns of disaster relief, GOG officials have not yet tallied the economic costs of Tropical Storm Stan and the accompanying rains that drenched more than one third of Guatemala's territory in the first two weeks of October. Some estimates have put [...] | 2005-11-02 21:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ET EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA888 | IMMIGRATION IN U.S.-GUATEMALAN RELATIONS: [...] This is an action request: See paras 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary: Supported by civil society and the mainstream media, the Guatemalan community in the U.S. has from the outset of the Berger administration brought acute pressure on the Government of Guatemala to be assertive with us on t [...] | 2005-04-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG ELAB PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN CVIS KPAO GT |
| 05HANOI1034 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: RECENT MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: This week new information emerged about Avian Influenza H5N1 (AI) in meetings with CDC Influenza Epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Donor Group. Experts now believe that the virus may be changing in the north of Vietnam, but [...] | 2005-04-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI1050 | FOOD FOR PROGRESS: AMBASSADOR'S FUND IN VIETNAM [...] Summary: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) selected Vietnam as a recipient of a commodity donation program three times, in FY2000, FY2002 and FY2004. Each time, FAS and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) agreed to set aside a small portion of the [...] | 2005-05-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR VM |
| 05HANOI1218 | VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Local media reported three new cases of avian influenza (AI) in northern Vietnam this week. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has not received official notification from the Ministry of Health (MoH) of these cases yet, WHO believes that reporting of human cases has im [...] | 2005-05-26 04:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI1729 | VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam has seen some new human cases of Avian Influenza appear into the summer months, but there is no evidence that the Avian Influenza (AI) strain, H5N1, has mutated to allow human-to-human transmission. Vietnam is preparing for animal vaccination trials and developing a mul [...] | 2005-07-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI1916 | AVIAN INFLUENZA TEAM VISITS VIETNAM TO DETERMINE [...] Summary: A ten member U.S. Government Interagency Assessment Team visited Vietnam on July 18-19 to determine key priorities and appropriate responses; find potential partners; and, develop the next steps to implement U.S. assistance for the prevention and containment of H5N1 Avian Influenza ( [...] | 2005-07-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI197 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] Summary. On January 20, The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat. In addition to traditional agricultural and aquaculture products, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has responsibility for the export of furniture [...] | 2005-01-24 03:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KSCA SENV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2192 | A/S SIMONSON DISCUSSES COOPERATION ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary (A/S) Stewart Simonson of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) visited Vietnam on August 14-17 to discuss a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation between HHS and the Ministry of Health (MOH),as well as to discuss Vietnam's efforts to [...] | 2005-08-24 07:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2220 | POST PROPOSES FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM FOR VIETNAM [...] Summary. The Vietnamese Mission has concerns that USDA/Washington has removed Vietnam from the list of priority countries for its Food for Progress program. The food security situation in Vietnam remains precarious and the country continues to make progress in introducing greater political a [...] | 2005-08-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID VM |
| 05HANOI2289 | VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION - SEPTEMBER 1, [...] (U) This cable is the first in a series of weekly reports requested in reftel A. Avian influenza (AI) issues and developments in Vietnam were previously reported in ref B and C. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese press reported a fatal case of the H5 strain was discovered August 28 in a distr [...] | 2005-09-01 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2324 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since Mission Vietnam's last reporting. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is continuing its poultry vaccination program and the Ambassador attended a Donors' Chief of Mission Meeting on September 5 to discuss AI and the GV [...] | 2005-09-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2398 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOH VM ON PEPFAR [...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Ambassador met September 9 with Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen to discuss the progress of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Vietnam, the activities leading to the development of the 06 Country Operational Plan (COP),the development of a p [...] | 2005-09-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI2413 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. The United Nations Pandemic Preparedness Mission Team briefed the diplomatic community on its examination of the GVN Avian Influenza (AI) emergency plan on September 9. The team was impressed with the emergency plan (which has yet to be released) as a "first draft", but noted ar [...] | 2005-09-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2430 | VIETNAM - REVISED AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] Mission Vietnam developed and submitted tripwires and possible actions for various Avian Influenza (AI) scenarios in March, 2005 (Reftel). The Mission's AI Working Group (AIWG) recently met to revise tripwires and responsive actions in response to new assessment of the situation. The follow [...] | 2005-09-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2471 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since Mission Vietnam's last reporting on September 15. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the August 28 death reported in the media was caused by H5N1 AI. Mission Vietnam continues to work with the int [...] | 2005-09-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2519 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since Mission Vietnam's last reporting on September 22. In a meeting with Embassy officers, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) officials noted that post poultry vaccination monitoring was essential to c [...] | 2005-09-29 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2569 | VIETNAM HIT BY WORST TYPHOON IN TEN YEARS [...] Summary: A typhoon has caused severe damage to coastal and mountainous areas of northern Vietnam. While loss of lives was minimized due to the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) early preparation and evacuation efforts, an estimated 200,000 people lack food and perhaps a greater number of people [...] | 2005-10-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG VM |
| 05HANOI2597 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new cases of human or poultry Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on September 29. Delays in vaccine and equipment delivery have caused postponement of the third round of poultry vaccination. The Government of Vietnam (G [...] | 2005-10-06 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2609 | Ambassador Discusses AI with Vice Minister of [...] Summary: The Ambassador met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Vice Minister Trinh Quan Huan on September 7 to reiterate USG concerns over Vietnam's Avian and Pandemic Influenza (AI) preparedness planning. Huan was recently appointed as the lead official on AI at the Ministry of Health (MOH). Th [...] | 2005-10-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2655 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new cases of human or poultry Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 6. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported it hopes to extend the poultry vaccination campaign to an additional 38 pro [...] | 2005-10-13 06:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2709 | APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S WHO MEETING ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak met with Dr. Hans Troedsson, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Vietnam, on October 10 to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues, including Vietnam's response plans, current contr [...] | 2005-10-17 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2762 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new cases of human Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 13 (reftel). The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is showing increasing commitment to deal seriously with AI. The level of direct involvement in dealing with a p [...] | 2005-10-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2822 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat on October 14 to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectivel [...] | 2005-10-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2823 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETINGS WITH HAIPHONG [...] (SBU) Summary: On his second full day in Vietnam, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt SIPDIS traveled to the port city of Haiphong to survey the avian influenza (AI) and HIV/AIDS situations there. He met with local Haiphong Provincial Health Department officia [...] | 2005-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS AFLU |
| 05HANOI2824 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Chung Chien on October 14 at the Ministry to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectively. [...] | 2005-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI2825 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with the Director of Vietnam's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE),Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, on October 14 to highlight NIHE's efforts to combat avian influenza (AI),learn about the Institute' [...] | 2005-10-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS AFLU |
| 05HANOI2826 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai October 14 to discuss bilateral health cooperation and mutual concerns about avian influenza (AI). The Prime Minister outlined Vietnam's commitment to tackle AI, [...] | 2005-10-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI2858 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new cases of human Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 20 (reftel). The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues its poultry vaccination program and the National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) will ho [...] | 2005-10-27 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI2923 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new cases of human Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 27 (reftel). Two suspected cases of AI are currently under investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO). The United Nations Development Program (UND [...] | 2005-11-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3000 | VIETNAM SEEKS TO MAKE TAMIFLU OR HUMAN VACCINE [...] Action Request: See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Minister of Health Tran Thi Chung Chien unexpectedly joined a November 8 meeting between the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung on WTO and bilateral issues. Madame Chien asked for U.S. assistance in persuading R [...] | 2005-11-10 03:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KIPR EAID EAGR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU WTO |
| 05HANOI3009 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There has been one new confirmed AI human fatality in Vietnam since Hanoi's last reporting on November 3. This death on October 29 is Vietnam's 42nd from AI. The first phase of the nationwide poultry vaccination campaign has been completed in 50 of 64 provinces in Vietnam, but [...] | 2005-11-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3038 | AVIAN INFLUENZA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM - [...] (U) Summary. This cable examines the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) overall strategy toward Avian Influenza (AI) and recent actions taken by GVN to plan for and respond to a potential AI pandemic in Vietnam. The GVN has developed a broad, multi-agency approach following the advice of the Worl [...] | 2005-11-16 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3041 | RECOVERING FROM DISASTER - A LOOK AT ONE PROVINCE [...] SUMMARY: A visit to the typhoon stricken province of Thanh Hoa by US Embassy staff revealed a province struggling with slow recovery from the Typhoon Damrey and a recent outbreak of avian influenza in poultry. Damrey damaged or destroyed more than 30,000 houses (out of more than 100,000 in 1 [...] | 2005-11-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3055 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary. While local press reported several possible human AI cases this week, there have been no confirmed cases and no AI deaths since the October 29 death reported in Reftel. The GVN's Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City released information suggesting possible mutation of the H5N1 [...] | 2005-11-18 08:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3124 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There were no new confirmed human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since the October 29 death. The total number of AI-affected provinces and cities rose to 17 out of Vietnam's 64 provinces and cities, despite the de-listing of two provinces in the Mekong Delta and Hanoi city. News [...] | 2005-11-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3190 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed Vietnam's 66th human AI case on November 25 after a 15-year old boy contracted H5N1. During an informal donors' meeting chaired by the World Bank [...] | 2005-12-02 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3240 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since the confirmed October 29 death of a Hanoi man. The total number of active AI-affected provinces and cities decreased to 15 out of Vietnam's 64 provinces and cities, but localized poultry outbreaks have spread. Th [...] | 2005-12-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3287 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) cases. The number of active AI-affected areas decreased from 166 communes in 17 provinces to 126 communes in 15 provinces over the past two weeks, with no new reported outbreaks in poultry during the past week. The Government [...] | 2005-12-16 06:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3353 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The number of animal AI affected provinces in Vietnam continues to drop from a high of 21 in mid-November to 13 this week. With AI "in check" in recent weeks and consumer confidence rebounding [...] | 2005-12-23 02:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3384 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) issued a circular guiding the quarantine, transport and sale of poultry and poultry products. Post's Marine Attache observed four disin [...] | 2005-12-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI3392 | A DOLLAR HERE, A DOLLAR THERE: THE ECONOMIC COST OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The cost of Avian Influenza (AI) both in human and agriculture terms has been greater in Vietnam than in any other country. AI has killed 42 people in Vietnam and over 50 million poultry have been culled to prevent its spread since December 2003. The World Bank estimates that [...] | 2005-12-30 08:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI467 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: SITUATION REPORT [...] The outbreak of Avian Influenza, subtype H5N1, in Vietnam resulted in approximately 1 million dead or destroyed ducks and chickens, and 13 cases in humans. Human- to-human transmission has been confirmed in one very close family contact situation (i.e., from an infected individual to the pri [...] | 2005-02-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI502 | Second FAO/OIE Regional Meeting on Avian Influenza [...] The Second FAO/OIE Regional Meeting on Avian Influenza Control in Asia was attended by 168 individuals including Chief Veterinary Officers of 28 countries and a delegation from Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, headed by Minister Cao Duc Phat. Leaders of the UN Food and [...] | 2005-03-01 10:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI626 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: SITUATION REPORT NO.2 [...] In humans: As of March 7th, the WHO officially reports 21 cases of Avian Influenza, H5N1 (AI) in humans in Vietnam during the 2004-2005 outbreak, 13 of which have resulted in death. The four cases reported in February include: a) A 21-year-old man from Thai Binh Province. He developed symp [...] | 2005-03-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI664 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: MEDEVAC OPTIONS THRU [...] Summary: The SOS International Clinic in Hanoi reports that they have the capability to transport AI patients, but cautions that it is uncertain whether the GVN will release patients, or countries will be found to accept patients. End Summary. 2. On March 9th, Consular Chief and MED speci [...] | 2005-03-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI752 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: SITUATION REPORT [...] According to the Director of the Epidemiology Division of Department of Animal Health (DAH) at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD),only 7 new outbreaks of Avian Influenza, type H5N1 (AI) were detected in poultry (in Tra Vinh and Ben Tre provinces) over the past two weeks [...] | 2005-03-30 10:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI846 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: SITUATION REPORT [...] Avian Influenza, subtype H5N1 (AI),infection has been confirmed in the family of five in Hai Phong (reported in para 4 of reftel) and these cases are now reported on the WHO website. None of the five cases has resulted in death. 2. The Vietnamese National Institute for Hygiene and Epide [...] | 2005-04-11 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HANOI857 | VIETNAM SUFFERING SEVERE DROUGHT IN SOME AREAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The South Central and Central Highland regions of Vietnam are experiencing a severe drought. According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD),an estimated 1.12 million people are facing daily water shortages and more than 500,000 people are suff [...] | 2005-04-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG VM |
| 05HANOI875 | VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Summary: The representatives of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization have provided an Avian Influenza update to major donor missions in Hanoi. They also revisited an outstanding GVN-WHO-FAO request for donor assistance for an "Avian Influenza Technical [...] | 2005-04-14 03:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HARARE125 | BIG MANUFACTURER HALTS U.S. FURNITURE EXPORTS [...] (C) Once Zimbabwe's largest exporter to the U.S., local furniture manufacturer Wilson International's head recently told Econoff that he now considers his firm uncompetitive in the U.S. market. Due to an overvalued zimdollar and the GOZ,s revocation of export incentives, Wilson currently ships [...] | 2005-01-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI |
| 05HARARE1307 | UN IN ZIMBABWE ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL US ZI |
| 05HARARE1318 | Subject: Food Import and Distribution [...] Summary: Since April 2004, the import and distribution of food aid in Zimbabwe have been constrained by ambiguous GOZ requirements and unresolved issues concerning the quality of US- donated food. Currently there are no large amounts of food waiting for distribution or import, but it will b [...] | 2005-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
| 05HARARE1330 | NGO study highlights enormous [...] (U) Summary: ActionAid International recently presented to the US Mission the findings of the first nationwide assessment of the impact of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) Operation Murambatsvina. Their staggering conclusions indicate that nearly 1.2 million people were directly affected [...] | 2005-09-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
| 05HARARE1346 | ISOLATED LAND SEIZURES BUT MIXED SIGNALS ON [...] (C) Summary: Incendiary comments about "Faster Track" land reform by GOZ Ministers may have spurred some recent isolated, but violent farm seizures, but it is unclear whether they signal a new series of farm invasions. Nevertheless, pressure on commercial farmers to give up their farms is i [...] | 2005-09-29 06:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 05HARARE1361 | UN OCHA REP BEGINS TO PUT BACKGONE IN UN AGENCIES [...] (SBU) Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs met with the Ambassador and USAID mission director to discuss her efforts at improving humanitarian coordination among the UN agencies in Zimbabwe and with donors and NGOs (reftel). Asekenye-Oonyu descr [...] | 2005-10-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EAGR EAID ZI |
| 05HARARE14 | WHITE FARMER GROUP SAYS SITUATION MIGHT IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Doug Taylor-Freeme, the head of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU),said the pace of fast track land reform had perceptibly slowed. He attributed this in part to the efforts of Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono to try to restore productivity to the agriculture sector. H [...] | 2005-01-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV |
| 05HARARE1447 | ANOTHER POOR HARVEST LIKELY IN ZIMBABWE IN [...] (SBU) The outlook for the upcoming agricultural season in Zimbabwe is poor. Climate forecasts indicate an increased chance of normal to above-normal rainfall in Zimbabwe during the 2005-2006 growing season. In addition, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that maize see [...] | 2005-10-21 05:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
| 05HARARE1489 | GOZ REJECTS SHELTER PROPOSAL FOR [...] In a meeting on donor coordination on Thursday, October 27th, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator, Agostinho Zacarias, announced to the major donors that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has rejected the UN's proposal to provide temporary shelter to families displace [...] | 2005-10-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM US ZI |
| 05HARARE1507 | DECLINING FOOD SECURITY IN ZIMBABWE [...] The Ambassador traveled to Bikita, a district in hard-hit Masvingo Province, in early October to observe the food security situation. Although no overt signs of starvation were apparent, it was clear that deprivation had increased dramatically. The country's severe economic contraction and [...] | 2005-11-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
| 05HARARE1536 | LEO MUGABE,S EXCESS PROMPTS GOVERNMENT REBUKE [...] (C) Robert Mugabe,s nephew Leo Mugabe on October 20 was arrested on charges of illegally exporting 30 tons of flour. Leo Mugabe and his wife face charges of fraud, smuggling, and violating handling procedures of a controlled commodity -- grain. Mugabe,s lawyer told poloff the third charge was [...] | 2005-11-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EAGR ZI |
| 05HARARE1549 | FY 2006 Re-declaration of Disaster in [...] The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating due to a variety of factors, including: continued economic and especially agricultural collapse brought about by government mismanagement and corruption, the government's displacement of large numbers of families, in urban areas through [...] | 2005-11-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
| 05HARARE1576 | ZIMBABWE'S AVIAN FLU RESPONSE CAPABILITY [...] (U) The GOZ has begun planning for a potential avian influenza outbreak, but lacks the scientific expertise or financial wherewithal to detect outbreaks and implement response measures effectively. Burdened by a high HIV infection rate, growing incidence of tuberculosis, high emigration rates [...] | 2005-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ZI |
| 05HARARE165 | WHITE FARMER GROUPS STILL AT ODDS [...] (C) A recent appeal by a branch of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) requesting financial assistance for a reception for Vice President Joyce Mujuru has divided white farmers. The CFU, which has defended the appeal, told us privately it was part of an effort to rebuild ties with the GOZ. Howe [...] | 2005-01-31 14:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
| 05HARARE1655 | ZIMBABWE TAKES CAUTIONARY APPROACH ON DETECTED [...] (SBU) Government sources confirmed that avian influenza (AI) was found in several ostriches in southwestern Zimbabwe had a strain of AI. However, further testing showed it was not the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. A poultry quarantine and export ban had been initially imposed but was expecte [...] | 2005-12-07 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL ZI |
| 05HARARE1674 | THE 2006 BUDGET - FAULTY PREMISES UNDERMINE THE [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe,s 2006 budget, announced December 1 by Finance Minister Murerwa, is premised on a number of unrealistic projections, primarily a strong rebound in the agricultural and mining sectors. It forecasts 2-3.5 percent GDP growth in 2006, a fall in inflation to 80 percent by end-2006, [...] | 2005-12-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV |
| 05HARARE1681 | ZANU-PF CONFERENCE ATTACKS PARTY/GOZ OFFICIALS, [...] (U) At the ZANU-PF annual national conference held in Esigodini December 9-10, President Mugabe conceded significant problems in agrarian reform, which he attributed in part to misallocation among ruling party officials and poor planning by the government. The party reportedly adopted a repo [...] | 2005-12-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAGR ZI ZANU PF |
| 05HARARE1699 | LARGE SCALE FOOD DISTRIBUTION REINITIATED IN [...] Large-scale international food aid operations have once more begun in Zimbabwe. The World Food Program, which recently concluded protracted negotiations with the Zimbabwean Government on an MOU governing food assistance operations, has started large-scale food distributions through its tradi [...] | 2005-12-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
| 05HARARE212 | U.S. SEED PRODUCER YEARNS FOR BETTER TIMES [...] (C) Summary: U.S seed-producer Pioneer Hi-Bred International expects a disappointing commercial maize harvest in Zimbabwe this year, Financial Controller Simon Nyanhete told Econoff on Feb. 8. Pioneer has enlisted hundreds of farmers resettled by the GOZ under fast-track land reform to grow [...] | 2005-02-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
| 05HARARE425 | POOR MAIZE HARVEST EXPECTED IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's maize (corn) harvest this year will likely be less than last year's due to late planting, limited access to fertilizer and other inputs, and poor rainfall in many areas. Although official information on cereal planting, production and stocks is closely guarded by the GOZ, re [...] | 2005-03-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
| 05HARARE559 | LOWER QUALITY ZIMBABWEAN TOBACCO HITTING MARKET [...] (C) Summary: Mashonaland Tobacco Company Marketing Director Graham Dupree told Econoff on April 8 his company was paying about half as much per kilogram of tobacco this year as last. Dupree attributed the steep fall in price to both an increasing global supply and a poorer quality Zimbabwean [...] | 2005-04-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV |
| 05HARARE710 | Food Security Update [...] (SBU) Food insecurity will likely be widespread in Zimbabwe this year. Concerns about the maize (corn) harvest (reftel),the country's staple crop, have been borne out and a large deficit is being forecast. The problem could be exacerbated by Zimbabwe's lack of foreign exchange, which could [...] | 2005-05-20 05:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL ECON ZI |
| 05HARARE923 | "RESTORE ORDER", HUNGER STALK MASVINGO [...] (C) Poloff's visit to Masvingo June 27-28 disclosed that the GOZ's Operation "Restore Order" was less onerous there than in Harare and other locations. However, opposition and NGO sources said hunger was growing in the region and continued food availability was uncertain. End summary. --- [...] | 2005-07-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON EAID SOCI ASEC ZI |
| 05HARARE944 | OPERATION RESTORE ORDER WREAKS HAVOC IN MUTARE [...] (C) On June 23 and 24, poloff visited the city of Mutare in Zimbabwe,s Eastern Highlands to see the effects of Operation Restore Order. During the visit she met with the City,s MDC Mayor as well as local businessmen. The high-density suburb of Sakubva has been hard hit, and Mutare,s main mar [...] | 2005-07-11 11:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON EAID SOCI ASEC ZI |
| 05HELSINKI1170 | FINNISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche to EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala, who highlighted the Balkans, ICTY cooperation, Syria, Iran and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) among Finnish priorities for the November GAERC. 2. (SBU) BALKANS: Syrjala anticipated (correctly) that former Mar [...] | 2005-11-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1046 | AVIAN FLU: U.S. BUSINESS CONCERN GROWS [...] SUMMARY (U) ConGen has noted an increase in interest in Avian Influenza (AI) pandemic preparedness among American Citizens and the U.S. business community in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). In searching for answers, more and more individuals are turning to the ConGen for guidance. An informal sam [...] | 2005-10-04 07:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON AMED TBIO CASC PGOV SENV SOCI VM AFLU |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1200 | POULTRY ALMOST UNAVAILABLE IN HCMC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City authorities are tightening restrictions on the sale of poultry within city limits as part of its avian influenza prevention plan. Several large supermarkets in HCMC have halted sales of domestic poultry, though they still plan to sell eggs. Combined with the GVN [...] | 2005-11-10 10:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EAID PGOV TBIO SOCI PINR CASC AMED VM AMGMT AFLU |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1269 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - A LOOK AT FOUR PROVINCES IN VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor and EconOff visited Can Tho, Hau Giang, An Giang and Dong Thap provinces of the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam to assess provincial Avian Influenza (AI) preparedness activities. While outbreaks of AI in poultry and humans in th [...] | 2005-12-07 13:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1295 | MEKONG DELTA DEVELOPMENT- RIPE FOR BIOTECH AND CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Mekong Delta provinces will have difficulty meeting the GVN's goal of nearly doubling per capita GDP by 2010 without substantial reform and investment. A recent visit by the Consul General to two of the most prosperous Delta provinces revealed neither advances in produ [...] | 2005-12-16 09:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SOCI EINV EAID EAGR VM |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY162 | DEVELOPMENT AND BORDER ISSUES IN THE NORTHERN MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit by the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) to the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and Vinh Long revealed that, like much of the rest of the Mekong Delta, these provinces rely heavily on agri- and aquaculture to fuel their economic growth. Plentiful harvests of rice [...] | 2005-02-16 13:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM EAGR SNAR VM |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY534 | AVIAN FLU IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM: COMPLACENCY SETS IN [...] (U) Summary: Although avian influenza continues to pose a serious medical and economic risk to Vietnam since the most recent outbreak in December 2004, average Vietnamese citizens in southern and central Vietnam have modified neither their diet nor their livelihood, continuing to eat and rais [...] | 2005-05-24 01:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KPAO SENV PGOV SOCI VM AFLU |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY58 | AVIAN FLU: FRESH OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since the end of December 2004, Vietnam's southern provinces have experienced a renewed outbreak of avian flu. Southern provincial authorities have issued a ban on the transport of poultry and poultry products within and out of disease-stricken areas. Chicken is disappearing fr [...] | 2005-01-19 23:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KPAO SENV PGOV SOCI VM AFLU |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY622 | U.S. CUSTOMS BONDS HIT SHRIMP INDUSTRY HARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Vietnamese shrimp exporters, a new bond requirement issued by U.S. Customs may effectively close the U.S. market to Vietnamese shrimp. These recently-implemented bond regulations require U.S. importers to pay as much as USD 20 million in bonds, up from USD 50,000, i [...] | 2005-06-09 07:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIS EAGR ECON PREL VM |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY855 | AVIAN FLU IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Experts in southern Vietnam have begun to prepare for the possibility of an avian influenza (AI) outbreak during the cool season of December-February by focusing on poultry biosafety and vaccinations. ConGen contacts report that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural`QQ$Qpment h [...] | 2005-08-16 00:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON AMED TBIO CASC PGOV SENV SOCI VM AFLU |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY891 | AVIAN FLU: POULTRY VACCINATION BEGINS IN TIEN GIANG [...] (SBU) Summary: A ConGen visit to southern Tien Giang Province provided insights into the way in which Vietnam is handling poultry vaccinations as a means of halting the spread of avian influenza. Tien Giang is one of two provinces nation-wide that will serve as a starting point for the GVN' [...] | 2005-08-23 23:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON AMED TBIO CASC PGOV SENV SOCI VM AFLU |
| 05ISLAMABAD16190 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...] | 2005-10-31 01:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD16643 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF [...] As of November 2, approximately 981,800 affected beneficiaries in Pakistan are receiving food aid. This is 98% of the 1 million caseload identified by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP). WFP's recent assessment estimates more than 2.3 million people are in need of food aid. Various non-gove [...] | 2005-11-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC EAGR PGOV PREL PK |
| 05KABUL5245 | HOW THE WEST ISN'T DONE: AMBASSADOR VISITS HERAT [...] (C) During a December 11-12 visit to Herat, Ambassador observed many of the problems which threaten commercial investment, provincial stability, and rule of law. Although rightly proud of their accomplishments, Herati industrialists face an almost insurmountable task if they are to survive. [...] | 2005-12-27 02:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF |
| 05KATHMANDU2150 | NEPAL AGREES TO PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Dr. Bishnu Prasad Pandit, the senior point of contact on Avian Influenza for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (ref A),informed Emboff on September 30 that Nepal agreed to be listed as a partner on the International Partnership on [...] | 2005-09-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI NP WHO |
| 05KATHMANDU2361 | NEPAL'S PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN FLU; DELIVERY OF [...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) is working through a Task Force established in 2004 to upgrade its capacity to handle an avian flu outbreak, but Nepali officials worry about what resources may be available to assist with Nepal's preparedness. While no cases of avian flu have be [...] | 2005-10-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL NP WHO FAO |
| 05KINGSTON1042 | BITTER PROSPECTS FOR JAMAICAN SUGAR INDUSTRY [...] (U) The sugar industry is on the decline in Jamaica, suffering one of the worst years on record in the 2004-2005 season. Damaged by extreme weather, hampered by inefficiency and labor disputes, the industry will most likely not meet its production targets for this year. To make matters worse, [...] | 2005-04-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR JM |
| 05KINGSTON1528 | IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL [...] On June 15, Econoff spoke with Karl James, General Manager of Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited and, per reftel instructions, inquired whether Jamaica had shipped, or planned to ship additional sugar to the United States for delivery by September 30. James responded that the 2,821 tons that [...] | 2005-06-17 18:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JM |
| 05KINGSTON1532 | PATTERSON SEEKS SUGAR RELIEF FROM TONY BLAIR [...] Summary: On June 10, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson wrote to British Prime Minister Tony Blair seeking support for relief from the European Commission's (EC) planned 39 percent cut in the price guaranteed to Caribbean sugar producers. In his letter, Patterson complained that the cut is unreal [...] | 2005-06-17 19:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD JM ENG |
| 05KINGSTON1652 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JUNE 17-30, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Poll Shows Davies Gaining Ground -- Six Closer to Extradition to U.S. -- JCF Recruits Abroad as Crime Soars -- Jamaica to Launch Copyright Campaign -- Trade Deficit Deteriorates -- Jamaica and China Sign Bauxite Agreement -- Thailand Views Jamaica As Possible Hub - [...] | 2005-07-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM KCRM CASC EAGR |
| 05KINGSTON188 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-21 20:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD EIND EAGR EMIN KTDB JM |
| 05KINGSTON2306 | JAMAICA - ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] On September 27, Pol/Econ Chief, accompanied by USAID Missof, met with Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Grace Allen-Young and Dr. Lynette Peters, MOH Veterinary Services Director, to discuss the state of Jamaica's preparations to confront any outbreak of avian influenza on the island. P/E [...] | 2005-10-06 19:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI JM WHO |
| 05KINGSTON2382 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 20:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR JM WTO |
| 05KINGSTON2383 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO SUPPORT WTO AG [...] (U) On October 18, Polcouns transmitted reftel talking points and USTR fact sheet to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),by fax. On October 20, Econoff met with Alison Stone, Acting Director of Foreign Trade at MFAFT to follow up. Stone said she would be share USG conc [...] | 2005-10-20 20:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JM WTO |
| 05KINGSTON2504 | WTO DOHA ROUND: INCREASING PRESSURE ON THE EU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR JM |
| 05KINGSTON2643 | RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) This cable responds to information requested by Department (Ref A). It is a joint State-USAID message. Answers are updated from information provided by post (Ref B). 2. (U) Responses are keyed to Ref A. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has a draft e [...] | 2005-12-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL JM |
| 05KINSHASA1033 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES AND TIP [...] The following demarches were delivered on June 16, 2005, by the Ambassador and Econ/Cons Officer to Ambassador Gregoire Kaya, Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Release of the 2005 TIP Report (REF A) - Ambassador conveyed to Kaya that the 2005 TIP Report [...] | 2005-06-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO PARM MNUC KNNP KUNR PGOV AORC CF UNESCO KSCI UNSC |
| 05KINSHASA1187 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered between June 28 and July 7, 2005. 2. Over-Fortification of Small Amounts of Food Aid (REF A) -- Although none of the food aid referenced in the cable went to the Republic of Congo, Econ/Cons Officer presented the demarche talking points to two NGOs wo [...] | 2005-07-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR EAID PREF PHUM IS SZ CF ICRC UNSC UN |
| 05KINSHASA1365 | CONGO/B: CHINESE PRESENCE IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: As was stated in Ref B, Chinese presence in the Republic of Congo (ROC) is on the rise. One corporation is constructing a hydroelectric dam, another is building low-income housing, another is bringing drinking water to low-income communities, and yet another is expanding televi [...] | 2005-08-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CH ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ENRG ETTC PHUM PREL ETRD SENV CF ENIV |
| 05KINSHASA1647 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Note: REF G had also been earlier delivered, on September 9, 2005, by Charge' d'Affaires Rutherford to the Minister of Finance (see paragraph 6). [...] | 2005-10-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID |
| 05KINSHASA1917 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND, [...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these SSH projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...] | 2005-11-20 12:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PREL SENV AMGT CF TO |
| 05KINSHASA1918 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these DHR projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...] | 2005-11-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL ECON SENV AMGT CF TO |
| 05KINSHASA1922 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND, [...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these SSH projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...] | 2005-11-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PREL SENV AMGT CF TO |
| 05KINSHASA1952 | Congo/Brazzaville: Avian and Pandemic [...] SUMMARY. In response to reftel A, post made inquiries to various host government officials and representatives from international organizations to assess the current posture and readiness of the Government of the Republic of Congo (ROC) to respond effectively to an outbreak of avian influenza. [...] | 2005-11-28 09:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV AMGT ECON EAGR EAID PREL CF KFLU |
| 05KINSHASA852 | CONGO/B: Update on Ebola Outbreak in Northern [...] Summary. Econ/Cons Off and DCM attended a UNDP meeting 18 May 2005 on the recent outbreak of Ebola in the north central region of the country. At the meeting it was confirmed that the recent cases observed in the northern region of Cuvette-Ouest were indeed Ebola. The government is working [...] | 2005-05-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO EAGR ZF CF CACS |
| 05KUWAIT2631 | KUWAIT LIFTS REMAINING BAN ON US BEEF IMPORTS [...] (U) On May 29, Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued Ministerial Resolution 166, lifting the remaining ban on fresh, chilled and frozen imports of beef and its derivatives from Washington state to Kuwait (full text in para 2). The order went into effect on June 12, following its [...] | 2005-06-14 07:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO KU |
| 05KUWAIT3054 | FOOD AID AND THE WTO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD KU WTRO |
| 05KUWAIT3055 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-09 12:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AORC KU |
| 05KUWAIT3976 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NO DECISION ON KUWAITI [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Abdul Mohsen Al-Babtain in a September 7 meeting. Noting that Kuwait was both a destination and a transit point for many people coming from south-east Asia, the area most affe [...] | 2005-09-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR EAID TBIO KU UNGA |
| 05KUWAIT4433 | WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-16 06:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTO |
| 05KUWAIT4824 | RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT TASKER ABOUT AVIAN [...] (U) This message is Post's response to the questions contained in Reftel A regarding the GOK's efforts to control Avian Influenza (AI),and its capability to respond to an AI epidemic. Questions are answered in the order provided in reftel. -------------------- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ----- [...] | 2005-11-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX KU |
| 05KUWAIT4962 | GOK REMAINS UNDECIDED REGARDING DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered ref b points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on November 27. He stressed the need for sustained engagement and noted that the European partners needed to be pushed on their proposals regarding access to agricultural markets. Al-Jar [...] | 2005-11-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL KU WTO |
| 05KUWAIT4982 | NO DEFINITIVE RESPONSE FROM GOK ABOUT WTO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-04 04:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL KU WTO |
| 05KUWAIT5044 | GOK SUPPORTS U.S. WTO PROPOSAL IN PRINCIPLE, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 11:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL WTO KU |
| 05KUWAIT571 | BSE: COMMERCE WILL PUSH FOR REMOVAL OF WASHINGTON [...] On February 8, emboffs met with Ministry of Commerce Undersecretary Rasheed Al-Tabtabaei and Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Controls Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi to discuss Kuwait's remaining ban on U.S. beef imports from Washington state. Econ/C explained that the regional ban does nothing [...] | 2005-02-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO KU |
| 05KUWAIT65 | KUWAIT LIFTS BAN ON U.S. BEEF IMPORTS EXCEPT FROM [...] On January 2, the GOK officially announced that it had lifted its ban on imports of U.S. beef from all states except/except Washington, effective December 22, 2004. The ban, imposed in late 2003 following the discovery of a BSE-infected cow in Washington State, prevented the import of all U. [...] | 2005-01-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD BEXP ECON PREL |
| 05KUWAIT989 | BSE: FOOD SAFETY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW BAN ON US [...] (U) During a March 9, 2005 meeting with Undersecretary Rasheed Al-Tabtabaei, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi, the Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Controls, Econcoun inquired about the status of the ban on importing beef from Washington state, refe [...] | 2005-03-09 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO KU |
| 05LAGOS1420 | BASIC FOOD PRICES RISE CONSIDERABLY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRICES OF BASIC FOOD ITEMS HAVE RISEN CONSIDERABLY IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS. CORN, SORGHUM, MILLET AND COWPEA PRICES HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED DURING THE PAST YEAR. LOCAL SOURCES ATTRIBUTE THE SPIRAL TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, NAMELY: (A) LOW PRODUCTIVITY AND UNATTRACTIVE PRIC [...] | 2005-09-14 07:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV NI AME |
| 05LAGOS1747 | NIGERIA: FOOD PRICE QUARTERLY [...] (U) Summary: Food prices in Nigeria have risen over the last twelve months. While official reports estimate an increase of below 20% for staple foods, nongovernmental food industry reports estimate staple foods increased between 20 - 60%. This increase has a disproportionate impact on the poo [...] | 2005-11-10 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI NI |
| 05LAGOS1863 | NIGERIA CANNOT DETECT H5N1 AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. AgAttache met with the acting director of Nigeria's Department of Agriculture and Pest Control Services to discuss the GON's plan for contending with an outbreak of AI. Senior GON policymakers are keenly aware that an AI outbreak would very likely destroy Nigeria's poultry industry [...] | 2005-12-09 14:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV EAGR AMED CASC EAID XX NI WHO FAO |
| 05LAGOS1866 | REQUEST TO URGE EU TO SUSPEND IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-09 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NI |
| 05LAGOS1943 | NIGERIA TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL CONTINGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: National technical committee of experts on the prevention and control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) concluded deliberations in Abuja December 12-14, 2005 and proposed contingency plans for a pandemic in Nigeria. Federal Ministries of Agriculture and Health techni [...] | 2005-12-22 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV NI |
| 05LILONGWE1018 | MALAWI LAND REFORM STALLED [...] Malawi's informal system of land administration continues to hinder economic development. A land reform program adopted last year proposes across-the-board reforms, but resistance from local chiefs is stiff. There has been some progress putting a land bureaucracy in place, but the current GO [...] | 2005-12-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EINV MI |
| 05LILONGWE1062 | RE-ENERGIZED MUTHARIKA LAUNCHES IRRIGATION DRIVE [...] (U) Summary: Fresh from his party's by-election victory, a newly confident President Mutharika has launched a major GOM initiative to expand irrigation and improve food security. In a wide-ranging donor briefing on December 16, the president talked of plans for commercial farming, new dams and [...] | 2005-12-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EAGR PGOV MI |
| 05LILONGWE143 | MALAWI CROP ESTIMATE: SHORTAGE COMING [...] (U) Malawi's first crop estimates show a shortage of over 20 percent in maize, due mainly to late distribution of fertilizer and a developing dry spell. Grain stocks are adequate for now, though the hunger season is now reaching its peak. If the crop is seriously impaired, it may begin to imp [...] | 2005-02-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EAGR ECON EAID PREL MI |
| 05LILONGWE188 | NATIONAL ACTION GROUP [...] Summary: Over the past year, Malawi has seen a remarkable reversal in the level of importance the GOM has placed on the role of the private sector in contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction. Now, more than ever, the US Mission is uniquely positioned to contribute significantly to [...] | 2005-03-02 08:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KMCA MI |
| 05LILONGWE282 | MALAWI PAUSES ON FOOD CRISIS ACTION [...] (SBU) Malawi's president has recently softened his public stand on this year's food crisis and the government's likely reaction to it. From earlier indications, the GOM appeared to be set on a course of massive government-funded importation of maize for the commercial market. After several m [...] | 2005-03-29 06:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV MI |
| 05LILONGWE302 | PREACHING FREE MARKETS IN MALAWI [...] Over the past several months, Mission Lilongwe's economic team has undertaken a concerted effort to promote the virtues of free markets among Malawi's key decision makers. The country has made halfhearted efforts toward market reforms in recent years, and the new president is pressing a pro-gr [...] | 2005-04-06 11:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EAGR KMCA MI |
| 05LILONGWE331 | MALAWI TOBACCO SELLING AGAIN [...] Malawi's tobacco auction floor reopened on March 12 after being closed for a week and a half in a dispute over prices. While the negotiated base price is an improvement over last season's closing price, the size of the crop is estimated to be down nearly 20 percent from last year's. Large left [...] | 2005-04-18 05:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAGR ECON MI |
| 05LILONGWE447 | RURAL LOAN PROGRAM ENDANGERS MICROFINANCE SECTOR [...] Summary: Against the advice of donors and banking experts, the GOM has launched a controversial rural loan program with subsidized interest rates, administered by a state-owned bank that has no experience in microfinance. The U.S. and other donors have expressed our concerns, but the GOM is de [...] | 2005-05-26 06:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EAGR KMCA MI BUD FIN |
| 05LILONGWE514 | MALAWI DISASTER DECLARATION FOR SLOW ONSET FOOD [...] In a letter dated June 1, 2005, the Government of Malawi formally requested food aid assistance from the USG. This request follows the recent release of Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee results for the May 2005 to April 2006 marketing year that indicate e significant unmet food aid n [...] | 2005-06-17 08:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EAGR MI |
| 05LILONGWE515 | MALAWI SUGAR QUOTA FOR REST OF FY05 [...] Per reftel, econoff has spoken with Illovo Sugar of Malawi regarding additional sugar shipments before the end of FY05. Malawi intends to ship an additional 580 metric tons before September 30. This will leave a balance of 324 MT against Malawi's total quota of 10,530 for FY05. Malawi request [...] | 2005-06-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON MI |
| 05LILONGWE563 | FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] CDA and PolOff met with Principal Secretary Thouse Odala from the Foreign Ministry and delivered reftel talking points. PS Odala said he would pass the information along to Malawi's trade representative in Geneva. GILMOUR [...] | 2005-06-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD WTRO |
| 05LILONGWE696 | MALAWI TOBACCO SHUT DOWN OVER PRICES [...] Frustrated over low prices at Malawi's state-controlled auction floors, smallholder tobacco farmers have closed down the auctions for the sixth time this season. In the past two weeks, Malawi's president and parliament have joined the fray, accusing international buyers of price collusion and [...] | 2005-08-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EINV ECON MI |
| 05LILONGWE750 | SACHS AND FERTILIZER IN MALAWI [...] (C) The UNDP's recently issued Flash Alert on Malawi's food crisis contains a plan for providing free fertilizer and seed for 2 million farmers this growing season. The plan has received practically no support among local agriculture and food experts in Malawi, for reasons that Embassy views a [...] | 2005-08-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EAID MI |
| 05LILONGWE905 | MALAWI ON WTO AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to trade ministry principal secretary Newby Kumwembe on 3 October, with follow up on 11 October. As is usual in Malawi's multilateral trade discussions, Kumwembwe anticipated that Malawi would follow the consensus of least-developed countries in the WTO n [...] | 2005-10-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EAGR ETRD |
| 05LILONGWE913 | MALAWI SITUATION REPORT AND FY 2006 DISASTER [...] This cable re-declares a disaster for FY 2006 in Malawi due to food insecurity and provides an update on the situation. Per reftel, it is estimated that over four million Malawians (more than one-third of the population) will be unable to meet their food needs over the next six months, until [...] | 2005-10-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EAGR MI |
| 05LILONGWE946 | SUBSIDIES WORSEN MALAWI'S FOOD SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) In a year marked by severe shortages of food and fertilizer, it is increasingly clear that the government's interventions in these commodities have considerably deepened the crisis. The current shortage of maize is in part a result of the GOM's insistence on selling subsidized maize thr [...] | 2005-11-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAGR EAID MI |
| 05LIMA2335 | STRIKES BY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AFFECT TEN [...] (SBU) Agricultural producers from 10 departments, all with distinct agendas, began a series of strikes and road blockages on 5/23. The GOP quickly reached an accommodation with potato growers in the south, and remains in negotiation with rice farmers from the north. Textile manufacturers and [...] | 2005-05-25 21:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS EAGR ETRD CASC PE |
| 05LIMA2540 | TINTAYA MINE: FROM CONCILIATION TO CONFLICT [...] (U) Problems remain at BHP Billiton's Tintaya Mine in the wake of the May 23-25 agricultural strike (Ref A). Protesters temporarily occupied part of the mine's facilities on 5/24, demanding that the company revise a September 2003, Oxfam America-brokered agreement with local communities where [...] | 2005-06-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EAGR ETRD CASC PE |
| 05LIMA2553 | GOP RESPONSE TO AGRICULTURAL STRIKE! PROMISES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a four-day strike, that ended May 27, agricultural producers in ten departments put up roadblocks demanding import controls and price supports and concessions/protections for agriculture in the FTA negotiations. However, in some areas only a 15-day pause was agreed upon, hin [...] | 2005-06-07 21:54:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAGR EC |
| 05LIMA2565 | GOP RESPONSE TO AGRICULTURAL STRIKE! PROMISES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a four-day strike, that ended May 27, agricultural producers in ten departments put up roadblocks demanding import controls and price supports and concessions/protections for agriculture in the FTA negotiations. However, in some areas only a 15-day pause was agreed upon, hin [...] | 2005-06-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EAGR EC |
| 05LIMA2720 | VISIT OF PERUVIAN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS FTA [...] (C) Summary. Four Peruvian Ministers -- Trade, Finance, Agriculture, and Production -- will be traveling to Washington D.C. for high-level meetings with Deputy Secretary Zoellick, USTR Portman, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, NSC Tom Shannon and several members of Congress, June 21-22. The Pe [...] | 2005-06-17 19:33:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EAGR PE ENIV |
| 05LIMA3256 | FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] On Friday July 1 Ambassador J. Curtis Struble met with Foreign Relations Minister Ambassador Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros of Peru and delivered the talking points in reftel. Subsequently, a translation of the talking points was sent in a letter from the Ag Attache to the Ministers of Economy and [...] | 2005-07-27 18:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD WTRO |
| 05LIMA3554 | PERU RESUMES FTA NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. After almost 10 months of delay, the GOP resumed free trade talks with Thailand on August 15. During round six, held in Lima August 15-17, the GOP and GOT will negotiate chapters on market access, rules of origin, customs procedures and safeguards. GOP officials view Thailand [...] | 2005-08-17 16:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE |
| 05LIMA3924 | PERU WILL JOIN-DEMARCHE REPLY - AVIAN FLU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 22:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ASEC EAID KSCA TBIO ECON PREL SOCI PE KSTH WHO |
| 05LIMA4008 | PERU AND AVIAN FLU -- OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE [...] Summary: The GOP is slowly progressing on its action plan to combat the Avian Flu threat, but the Health and Agriculture Ministries have insufficient resources to implement it. Public health capacity is already stretched thinly across a wide range of needs. Peru is at risk due to expanding [...] | 2005-09-15 19:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KSCA PREL SOCI KTDB ECON PE UNGA |
| 05LIMA4504 | TOLEDO AND URIBE ENCOURAGE PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT FTA [...] On October 17, we received a fax transmittal of a letter from President Toledo and President Uribe to President Bush regarding the subsequent conclusion of the U.S.-Andean FTA negotiations. Presidents Toledo and Uribe have instructed their negotiators to quickly conclude negotiations. As su [...] | 2005-10-18 21:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV EAGR PE |
| 05LIMA4706 | REQUEST FOR PL-480, TITLE I PROGRAM FOR PERU [...] Post requests a USD 10 million PL-480, Title I program for Peru in FY 2006. The program could consist entirely of soybean meal or crude soybean oil, or a mix of both depending on global market conditions. Peru has experience importing these two commodities. 2. Funds generated from resale [...] | 2005-11-03 20:33:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PE |
| 05LIMA4969 | PERU SIGNS "PARTIAL" FTA WITH THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. After over a year of negotiations, the GOP signed an "early harvest" free trade agreement with Thailand on November 19 during the APEC Conference in Busan, South Korea. The agreement covers approximately 70 percent of products exported by the two countries, but does not cover s [...] | 2005-11-22 20:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE |
| 05LJUBLJANA268 | SLOVENIA ON U.S. CORN GLUTEN FEED [...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points 14 April to Franc But, State Secretary at the Slovene Ministry of Agriculture. Despite the negative outcome of the Standing Committee vote, Slovenia could be helpful to the U.S. as this matter progresses. State Secretary But said Slovenia would be willi [...] | 2005-04-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO PREL SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA285 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORVAL FRANCIS [...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to USEU Brussels Agricultural Minister-Counselor Norval Francis, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia May 03 - 04, 2005, as a Committee Member for the FAPC Expert Training Seminar. 2. Control Officer for your visit is Matjaz Kav [...] | 2005-04-29 05:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EUN |
| 05LJUBLJANA599 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. JOHN PAYNE [...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Mr. John H. Payne, Animal and Plant Health Inspector, to visit Bled, Slovenia, from September 10 to 15, 2005. Mr. Payne will attend NATO FAPC Vital Respources seminar. 2. Control Officer for your visit is Spela Zlatna [...] | 2005-08-18 05:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR |
| 05LJUBLJANA634 | SLOVENIA ON FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper 31 August to Marko Verbic, Head of the EU Coordination and International Affairs Service at the Slovene Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food. Acknowledging the need for CSSD reforms, Verbic said he felt concerns over transportation costs could be one [...] | 2005-09-02 08:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA652 | SLOVENIA ON JOINING AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON [...] Charge delivered ref A points to MFA director for Americas on September 8, Polecon Chief shared the points with the UN Department at the MFA, and Econoff delivered the points to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture. None were able to definitively commit Slovenia to joining the I [...] | 2005-09-12 06:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA757 | SLOVENIA'S EFFORTS TO FIGHT AVIAN FLU [...] (U) Summary: In light of the geographic proximity of recent cases of avian flu in neighboring countries, Slovenia realizes it will likely see (and may already have) cases of avian flu within its borders. In order to prevent or at least contain possible outbreaks, the GOS has undertaken a ser [...] | 2005-10-26 08:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA785 | ACCOUNTING FOR BFIF-FUNDED AGRICULTURE [...] On 6 October, Embassy Ljubljana used funds from a Business Facilitation Incentive Fund grant to host a seminar on agricultural coexistence in Slovenia. As reported reftel, the event was the first ever of its kind hosted by Post and helped pave the way for open, science- based debate on biote [...] | 2005-11-15 00:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA807 | SLOVENIA ON CONTROLLING AVIAN FLU [...] (U) Summary: On 21 November, Econoff and Econ Assistant met with Simona Salamon, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer at the Slovene Veterinary Administration, to discuss Slovenia's efforts to control avian flu. Salamon has the lead in the GOS for all avian flu related matters. Following is a su [...] | 2005-11-23 06:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA822 | SLOVENIA ON CONTROLLING AVIAN FLU: PART TWO [...] (U) Summary: On 28 November, Econoff and Econ Assistant met with Dr. Marija Seljak, Director General of the Public Health Directorate at the Slovene Ministry of Health, to discuss Slovenia's preparedness for a potential influenza pandemic. Following is a summary of measures the Health Ministr [...] | 2005-11-30 00:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA848 | SLOVENIA ON AI-RELATED POULTRY IMPORT RESTRICTIONS [...] (U) Econ Specialist delivered ref A points to Rok Tomsic, U.S. desk officer at the Slovene Ministry of the Economy, and Simona Salamon, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer at the Ministry of Agriculture. As reported ref B, Slovenia currently bans poultry imports from 14 countries, all of which ha [...] | 2005-12-13 08:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON SI |
| 05MADRID2504 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX VICE CHAIR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-01 11:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD SP |
| 05MADRID2618 | U.S.-EU WINE NEGOTIATION:SPANISH CONCERNS [...] EconOff met with Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Subdirector General for Agricultural Trade, Agustin Velilla Sanz, on 7/12/05 to discuss ref (B). Velilla was reticent to spell out the Spanish position; he prefaced his remarks by saying there would be a common EU position, and that it w [...] | 2005-07-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EU SP |
| 05MADRID2663 | POSITIVE BIOTECH DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN [...] The local Monsanto representative has reported that the Spanish Interministerial GMOs Commission (composed of the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, Health, Education and Science, and Industry, Tourism and Trade) took the following positive decisions at its 7/13/05 meeting. a) Monsanto' [...] | 2005-07-15 10:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO SP |
| 05MADRID2834 | FIRST DEATH IN SPAIN FROM VARIANT [...] The Spanish Health Ministry announced July 29 that the first known Spanish death from Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) had occurred July 10 in a Madrid hospital. (Note: vCJD is likely contracted from eating products originating from animals infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopat [...] | 2005-08-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SP |
| 05MADRID2876 | AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 3 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] Summary: Ambassador stressed the importance of a level playing field in government procurement/infrastructure projects and explained our trade policy interests, particularly in intellectual property rights and agricultural biotechnology. Responding to the Ambassador, Montilla noted the import [...] | 2005-08-05 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO SP |
| 05MADRID2985 | AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY:CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE [...] Trade policy officer discussed contents of ref B on August 12 with the GOS working-level head of the interministerial working group charged with coordinating Codex issues. His name is Juan Carlos Calvo (Ministry of Health). Tel : 34 - 9133808883. E-mail: jcalvo@msc.es He will not be attend [...] | 2005-08-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON TBIO SP |
| 05MADRID3489 | SPANISH OFFICIALS ATTENDING IPAPI SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA SP WHO FAO OIE |
| 05MADRID3570 | U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETINGS IN MADRID [...] Summary. During her September 27 visit to Madrid to meet with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos (REF A),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky also met with Director General for International Organizations and Multilateral Affairs Arturo Laclaustra to discuss USG initiativ [...] | 2005-10-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO PGOV EAGR SP |
| 05MADRID3635 | SPAIN PLAYS DOWN AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] The reported arrival of the H5N1 virus in Greece and a flurry of EU and national meetings on Avian Influenza have kept "Bird Flu" in the Spanish headlines over the past week. Spanish Health and Agriculture Ministry spokespersons having been urging calm, alleging that Avian Influenza is not lik [...] | 2005-10-18 11:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA SP WHO FAO OIE |
| 05MADRID3652 | REQUEST FOR EU MEMBER STATES TO SUPPORT US WTO AG [...] Post made reftel demarche points to Alicia Villaruiz, Director for International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture on October 17. Ms. Villaruiz responded with the following points: -- In Spain's view, the EU has already reformed its agricultural practices far more than any other WTO [...] | 2005-10-19 06:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SP WTRO |
| 05MADRID4022 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SP |
| 05MADRID453 | CHARGE MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TOURISM [...] Summary: Charge reviewed outstanding trade issues with Spain's number two trade official, Pedro Mejia Gomez, on 2/2/05. Charge pressed for progress on rice talks, airbus negotiations, biotechnology, intellectual property rights, and wine. Mejia urged U.S. support for Pascal Lamy's WTO candid [...] | 2005-02-07 10:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO KIPR SP |
| 05MADRID501 | DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AND EU PERMREPS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU WTRO |
| 05MADRID689 | SPAIN: THE TRADE IMPACT OF REVISING THE WHO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SP WTRO |
| 05MANAGUA2113 | NICARAGUA ON FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] Post received a letter dated July 14, 2005, from Minister of Trade, Industry and Development (MIFIC) Azucena Castillo in response to ref a demarche. The letter informs us that Eduardo Castillo, Nicaragua's alternate WTO representative, spoke on the subject of Food Aid in the WTO Committee on [...] | 2005-07-21 22:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD NU WTRO |
| 05MANAMA1266 | BAHRAIN: FOOD AID AND WTO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-31 15:22:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR BA WTO AID |
| 05MANAMA1314 | BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 09:10:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO BA |
| 05MANAMA1427 | BAHRAIN: WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 13:06:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR BA WTO |
| 05MANAMA1430 | BAHRAIN: IPAPI SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON BA |
| 05MANAMA1456 | BAHRAIN: WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND [...] (U) Econoff October 9 delivered Ref B demarche concerning WTO agriculture negotiations and geographical indications (GI) to Ministry of Industry and Commerce Director of Foreign Trade Relations Abdul Razak Zainalabedin, Director of Industrial Property Mohammed Dhirar Al-Shaer and Head of Inter [...] | 2005-10-10 08:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR BA WTO |
| 05MANAMA1567 | BAHRAIN: URGING EU TO TABLE MEANINGFUL AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) Econoff October 25 delivered Ref A demarche requesting Bahrain to urge the EU to table a meaningful WTO agriculture market access proposal to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said he was in consultations with his colleagues in the Ministry of [...] | 2005-10-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD BA WTRO |
| 05MANAMA1605 | BAHRAIN'S AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] This an action cable; please see paragraph 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Ministry of Public Health Director of Public Health Dr. Sameer Abdulla Khalfan found International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) meeting summaries (reftel) useful and consistent with the [...] | 2005-11-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL BA WHO FAO |
| 05MANAMA1623 | BAHRAIN: WTO DOHA ROUND EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE [...] (U) EconOff November 2 delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Industry and Commerce Director of Foreign Trade Relations Abdul Razak Zainalabedin concerning the need to encourage greater flexibility from the EU in the wake of the October 28 EU agriculture proposal. He expressed familiarity w [...] | 2005-11-02 14:21:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EU BA |
| 05MANAMA1821 | BAHRAIN: MESSAGE ON WTO DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON BA WTRO ROW |
| 05MANAMA1874 | BAHRAIN: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BA ECTRD ROW |
| 05MANAMA241 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON THE WHO'S INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-23 04:53:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD BA WTRO |
| 05MANAMA299 | MINISTER OF MUNICIPALITIES AND AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Municipalities and Agriculture Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh discussed the free trade agreement and municipal, environmental, and economic reform with the Ambassador February 28. Al Saleh told the Saudi Ambassador in Bahrain that Saudi Arabia should join the WTO in order to [...] | 2005-03-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BA |
| 05MANAMA882 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHES ON DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PREL BA |
| 05MANILA4278 | AVIAN FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: GAPS IN PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: Although there have been no reported cases of avian influenza (H5N1) in the Philippines, the GRP's capacity to respond to a potential outbreak is limited by lack of resources in many areas. The GRP lacks funds for materials such as protective gear and stockpiles of Tamiflu. K [...] | 2005-09-11 10:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA5059 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - LIMITED SURVEILLANCE AND [...] (U) This is the third of a series of reports on the Philippines' preparedness to avert a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak (Refs C and D). This report focuses on stages 1 and 2 of the Philippines' Avian Influenza Protection Program: HPAI prevention and the establishment of co [...] | 2005-10-27 02:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA5287 | PHILIPPINES TAKES REACTIVE STANCE TOWARD APEC [...] (SBU) Summary. The GRP views the APEC agenda positively. The GRP's overarching approach to the upcoming APEC meetings is to wait and see what other members put on the table and then react according to RP interests. With respect to WTO Doha Round issues, senior officials express hope for bal [...] | 2005-11-09 07:11:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET EAGR PREL RP APEC WTO |
| 05MANILA5291 | NEW AVIAN FLU "CZAR" WILL FOCUS ON PREVENTION [...] On November 2, President Arroyo appointed Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Domingo Panganiban as the "anti-Avian Flu Czar" supervising avian flu preparedness. Panganiban will lead the National Avian Influenza Task Force (NAITF) that coordinates inter-agency efforts to prevent and cont [...] | 2005-11-09 07:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA5344 | MINDANAO TUNA INDUSTRY AT RISK [...] The tuna industry, which generates $400 million in annual revenues in Mindanao, faces a potential reduction in access to the EU market and restrictions in traditional fishing grounds. Indonesia is reluctant to extend a crucial bilateral fishing agreement beyond December 3. Tuna producers ar [...] | 2005-11-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO |
| 05MANILA5393 | TEXT MESSAGE RUMORS SHOW RISING PUBLIC CONCERN [...] This is an information message. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. The Philippines remains free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI),but recent text message rumors of HPAI cases in the Philippines show rising public awareness and concern over avian flu. The GRP faces increasing chall [...] | 2005-11-17 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP |
| 05MANILA5458 | AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] This cable responds to questions in Ref A. Post previously reported on avian influenza preparedness (ref E),the GRP's limited surveillance capacity (ref D),the appointment of an Anti-Avian Flu Czar (ref C) and rising publ | ||||