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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03AMMAN7087 |
DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: JORDAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points, non-paper and draft resolution October 30 to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amiri responded that reform of the First Committee was desirable and that Jordan would carefully [...] |
2003-10-30 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP JO UNGA CDG UNDC |
| 03ROME3739 |
PSI: ITALY SETS INTERAGENCY REVIEW MEETING [...] (C) THE MFA WILL CHAIR AN INTERAGENCY MEETING AT THE END OF AUGUST TO REVIEW THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE GENERALLY AND REFTEL DRAFT STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES IN PARTICULAR, ACCORDING TO FILIPPO FORMICA, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OFFICE. 2. (S) FORMICA COMMENTE [...] |
2003-08-20 09:11:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT UNDC UNGA |
| 03SANAA2145 |
58TH UNGA DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On August 24, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Dirham al-Saidi, Americas desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Welcoming the demarche, al-Saidi said that he had just returned from a DoD regional seminar in Washington on border security that covered many of the same issues a [...] |
2003-08-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP YM UNGA CDG UNDC DEMARCHE |
| 03THEHAGUE2672 |
DUTCH MFA ON 58TH UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delievered reftel demarche on the 58th UNGA First Committee to Peter Potman, MFA Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division on October 20. Potman said the draft resolution and accompanying U.S. points were extensively discussed last week in New York, and [...] |
2003-10-21 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP NL UNGA CDG UNDC |
| 03VATICAN3809 |
VATICAN REVIEWING USG APPROACH TO DISARMAMENT AT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL VT CDG UNDC UNGA |
| 03VATICAN3958 |
VATICAN MAINTAINS MULTILATERAL FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) CHARGE AND POLOFF REVIEWED THE USG APPROACH TO DISARMAMENT FOR THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) (REF A) WITH HOLY SEE OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR DISARMAMENT PAOLO CONVERSI AUGUST 28, FOLLOWING UP OUR DISCUSSION WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PAROLIN (REF B). CONVERSI ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE ROT [...] |
2003-09-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL VT CDG UNDC UNGA |
| 04AMMAN1532 |
UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION (UNDC) DEMARCHE: JORDAN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper February 26 to Rima Alaadeen, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Alaadeen said the GOJ most likely would not be opposed, in principle, to a U.S. proposal calling for the UNDC to focus [...] |
2004-03-01 05:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL JO UNDC CDG |
| 04DUBLIN1300 |
IRELAND BROADLY AGREES WITH US RESPONSE ON UNGA [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke on September 2 to First Secretary, UN Section at the DFA Julian Clare. Clare stated that Ireland's response to Resolution 58/41 is included in the common reply that the EU sent. Clare said that Ireland has strong national views on nuclear disarmament a [...] |
2004-09-02 15:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL CDG UNDC UNGA UN |
| 04GUATEMALA496 |
UNDC DEMARCHE RESULTS: GUATEMALA TO FOLLOW NAM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-27 18:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM GT UNDC |
| 04MANAMA321 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-10 06:19:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM PREL UNDC CDG |
| 04ROME758 |
ITALY SUPPORTS UNDC "IMPROVEMENT SESSION" [...] (C) POLMILOFF MET WITH MFA DISARMAMENT AND NONPROLIFERATION OFFICE DIRECTOR FILIPPO FORMICA AND COUNSELOR PIERO SARDI ON FEBRUARY 28 TO DISCUSS REFTEL DEMARCHE (CONVEYED ON FEBRUARY 24). FORMICA OPENED BY EXPRESSING HIS FRUSTRATION THAT ITALY, WHICH CHAIRED THE UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION LAS [...] |
2004-02-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL IT UNDC CDG |
| 04ZAGREB366 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON UNDC [...] POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TO DRAZEN HRASTIC, HEAD OF THE COOPERATIVE SECURITY AND ARMS CONTROL AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON FEBRUARY 25. ON FEBRUARY 27, HRASTIC PROVIDED US WITH THE NON-PAPER RESPONSE IN PARA 2 SUPPORTING THE U.S. POSITION. HRASTIC SAID THAT THE CROATIAN MISSION TO [...] |
2004-03-03 11:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM PREL HR UNDC CDG |
| 06BANJUL226 |
THE GAMBIA: FURTHER DEMARCHE ON 2006 ELECTION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER UNDC GT VE GA |
| 06TOKYO4556 |
DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] Post delivered reftel points to the responsible officer at the UN Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 12. Poloff was referred to the public statement of Foreign Minister Taro Aso, repeated below, for Japan's response. 2. Begin text: Japan welcomes the unanimou [...] |
2006-08-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNDC UNSC IS LE JA |
| 06TOKYO5570 |
HRC: JAPAN RELUCTANT TO PUSH COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request, para 5. 2. (C) Political Section Deputy presented reftel demarche September 26 to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Principal Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki. Ms. Suzuki responded that like the United States, Japan also wants an effective [...] |
2006-09-26 22:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNDC JA |
| 06TOKYO6056 |
A/S HILL REAFFIRMS FIRM U.S.-JAPAN TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an October 17 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Chris Hill, MOFA North America Director General Kawai praised U.S.-Japan cooperation on North Korea but explained that Japan,s public is unsettled by the DPRK,s missile and nuclear tests. Kawai suggested that additional U. [...] |
2006-10-18 03:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UNDC JA |
| 06TOKYO6469 |
JAPAN SUPPORTS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC KTIA UNDC JA PREL |
| 06TOKYO755 |
JAPAN LIKELY TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA'S BID FOR UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-10 09:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNDC UNSC GT VE JA |
| 07ACCRA1078 |
GHANA ON PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) [...] (SBU) On May 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Paul Essel, the Supervising Director for Legal, Multilateral Organizations, and Passport Affairs at the MFA. Essel said that the GOG understood the USG position but would have to study this issue more closely before committing itself. He ad [...] |
2007-05-14 17:40:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC GH KOMC PARM UNDC |
| 07ATHENS1036 |
GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED ARMS TRADE [...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Proposed Arms Trade Treaty to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations at the MFA. On May 21, Poloff met with Rallis and with his assistant Dionyssios Kyvetos who handles [...] |
2007-05-22 04:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM GR |
| 07JAKARTA1350 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] We conveyed U.S. position reftel on the ATT to Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for Conventional Weapons Issues in the Department of Foreign Affairs, on May 14. We underscored the pragmatic rationale for the U.S. position and the reality that enforcement of effective trade controls ultimately [...] |
2007-05-14 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM ID |
| 07KUALALUMPUR879 |
DEMARCHE ON ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT): MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-17 07:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM MY |
| 07MEXICO2804 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 31 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues Julian Juarez Cardenas. Juarez said the GOM is aware of U.S. opposition to the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Mexico views the U.S. as a [...] |
2007-05-31 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM MX |
| 07PANAMA779 |
PANAMA: ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-14 18:52:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM PREL PM |
| 07PRAGUE549 |
CZECH RESPONSE ON ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 8, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ivan Pinter, Acting Head of the UN Department at the Czech MFA. Pinter stated that he would pass the demarche onto the appropriate working level contact at the Ministry and [...] |
2007-05-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM EZ |
| 07PRETORIA1813 |
SOUTH AFRICA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUE OF ARMS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: Biological, Chemical, Missile and Arms Control Mauritz Lindeque on 16 May. Lindeque warmly welcomed the information, stating that South Africa was "all for the principle" behind the proposed ATT, and also saw it as a useful me [...] |
2007-05-18 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM KOMC KTIA UNDC SF |
| 07PRETORIA1815 |
SOUTH AFRICA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUE OF ARMS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: Biological, Chemical, Missile and Arms Control Mauritz Lindeque on 16 May. Lindeque warmly welcomed the information, stating that South Africa was "all for the principle" behind the proposed ATT, and also saw it as a useful me [...] |
2007-05-18 14:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM KOMC KTIA UNDC SF |
| 07RIGA345 |
LATVIA SUPPORTS PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TRADE TREATY [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 11 to Inga Marcinkevica, Head of Export Control of Strategic Goods Division at the MFA. Marcinkevica responded that, while the GOL agrees with the USG that effective export controls and universal support for such controls are needed, the GOL supports [...] |
2007-05-15 08:27:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM LG |
| 07ROME1327 |
ITALY SUPPORTS ARMS TRADE TREATY, LOBBYING [...] (U) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini and Chemical Weapons Coordinator Giulio Picheca June 12, noting U.S. concerns that the proposed Arms Trade Treaty will provide governments a fig leaf for arms exports, and urging that countries implement strict do [...] |
2007-06-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM ETTC KOMC UNDC |
| 07SANJOSE1134 |
COSTA RICA - RESPONSE TO ARMS TREATY DEMARCHE [...] (U) On May 31, Pol/C and Poloff discussed USG position (Reftel) on the proposed UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with MFA Deputy Director for Exterior Policy Alejandro Solis. We left a non-paper; noted that the USG was presenting a demarche on the issue to a number of host governments, including AT [...] |
2007-06-14 14:31:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC KOMS UNDC CS |
| 07TALLINN316 |
ESTONIA SUPPORTS UN ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) [...] (U) On May 15, we delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Strategic Goods Control Division, and Tuuli Parnsalu, 3rd Secretary, and sought Estonia's support in opposing the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Kruuv thanked us for the points and provided us with a copy of the [...] |
2007-05-16 08:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM PREL EN |
| 07VIENNA1362 |
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS UN-PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] EconPolOff met on May 22 with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. EconPolOff explained reftel points on why the U.S. opposes the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and laid [...] |
2007-05-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM AU |
| 09ALGIERS386 |
ALGERIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR 2009 DISARMAMENT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Political Affairs and International Security (A/S level) Boudjemaa Delmi briefed the Ambassador on April 15 on Algeria's effort to reinvigorate the work of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament (CD), for which Algeria holds the 2008-09 presidency. The Ambassador to [...] |
2009-04-18 16:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV UNDC AG |
| 09STATE122719 |
MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR UNDC [...] (U) Department requests mission clearance for Susan Burk and Scott Davis to conduct meetings at the United Nations in preparation for the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May 2010. Burk and Davis plan to be in New York on December 2 and 3. Both hold TS/SCI cleara [...] |
2009-11-30 23:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PARM UNDC ASEC |
| 09TOKYO1758 |
JAPANESE IDEAS ON ENDING TORTURE: "JUST DON'T DO [...] (C) In response to Reftel, Embassy Tokyo asked Japanese governmental and non-governmental organizations and academicians for examples of programs, policies, and initiatives, that are successful in countering torture and assisting victims in other countries around the world. The main themes th [...] |
2009-08-02 23:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNDC JA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1010 |
REQUEST FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USUN POLITICAL [...] USUN requests country clearance for Political Section Deputy Counselor, Ellen J. Germain to visit AmEmbassy Baghdad. Ms. Germain will be in Baghdad from Sunday, November 15 through Wednesday, November 18, 2009, to attend meetings with Iraqi officials. Rice [...] |
2009-11-11 00:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA UNDC IZ |
| 09USUNNEWYORK876 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR UNDC REPRESENTATIVES [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to the following UNDC Representatives. Who will be here to observe the UNGA First Committee (Disarmament) meetings October 7-October 23. Jeffrey Gelman plans to attend October 14-16; Matthew Sharp plans to attend October 19-October 21, (O [...] |
2009-10-07 15:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM UNDC |
| 10USUNNEWYORK4 |
MISSION CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR UNDC [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted to the following UNDC Representatives: Susan Burk, Scott Davis and Giovanni Snidle to visit New York January 6-7, 2010, to conduct meetings at the United Nations in preparation for the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May 2010. [...] |
2010-01-06 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM UNDC ASEC OTRA |