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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00HARARE6111MAPUTO FOLLOW-UP: KATANGA OFFENSIVE MUST CEASE
[...] (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MET WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE, IN THE ABSENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE, OCTOBER 30, AND MADE THE POINTS IN PARA 1. THE AMBASSADOR ALSO LEFT A NON-PAPER WITH THE POINTS FOR CHIWEWE'S CONSIDERATION. [...]
2000-10-30 15:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ZI
00THEHAGUE1673DUTCH THOUGHTS ON UNFICYP MANDATE REVIEW, OIL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-06 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO ETTC IZ CY UK NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1695PEACEKEEPING REMAINS SENSITIVE ISSUE IN...
[...] SUMMARY: SINCE THE FALL OF THE SREBRENICA ENCLAVE IN 1995, DUTCH POLITICIANS HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN REVIEWING THEIR PEACEKEEPING DECISIONMAKING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT DUTCH TROOPS WILL NEVER AGAIN BE PLACED IN SUCH AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION. GIVEN THEIR CONTINUING BELIEF IN THE GOAL OF PROMOTING PEACE A [...]
2000-06-07 13:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR NL MPOS NATO EUN
00THEHAGUE1929SHIRBRIG SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA/ERITREA PEACE: DUTCH WEIGHING PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-27 10:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MARR ER ET NL UNSC
00THEHAGUE1952GEORGIA: UNOMIG MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-28 12:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL GG RS UNSC
01ABUJA1244In Depth Discussion on ECOWAS Capacity Building
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA LTC Mike Bittrick discussed ECOWAS' capacity-building plans with newly arrived Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra and ECOWAS Military Advisor Dikio on May SIPDIS 14. Diarra outlined his vision and the responsibilities of his newly formed department. He identified areas w [...]
2001-06-01 06:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR MASS NI
01ABUJA1435ECOWAS PARTICIPANTS IN ACRI EXERCISE IN DAKAR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Regarding reftel invitation to ECOWAS to send two representatives to the ACRI exercise in Dakar July 9-27, 2001, ECOWAS informally notified us today that Deputy Executive Secretary, General (ret.) Cheik Oumar Diarra and Military Advisor, C [...]
2001-06-22 06:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL KPKO NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA2116NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON OFR AND SECURITY
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to a discussion of GON efforts in a number of African hot-spots, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels),the Ambassador and NSA also d [...]
2001-08-28 12:47:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR KPKO PINR PREL NI SL
01ABUJA2172NIGERIA: UNAMSIL MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (C) PolMilOff spoke with Director of American and Caribbean Affairs (and former Deputy Director of West African Affairs) Basil Ukpong of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 27. After a friendly exchange of compliments on the efforts of both the U.S. and Nigeria to bring peace to Sierra [...]
2001-08-30 14:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL NI
01ABUJA2218NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON OFR ISSUES AND UNAMSIL
[...] (U) CDA, accompanied by DATT and PolMilOff, called on Army Minister Batagarawa 4 September to discuss OFR issues and Ref A points on UNAMSIL rotations. 2. (C) Batagarawa said he would meet with his Joint and Legal Staff and promised to provide an answer on the Memorandum of Intent this we [...]
2001-09-04 16:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR KPKO NI
01ABUJA2289NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) CDA Andrews called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on 12 September. Mohammed echoed the words of President Obasanjo regarding the terrorist attacks against the United States (Ref F),and offered any and all assistance to locating the perpetrators and bringing them to justice. Andrews thanked the N [...]
2001-09-12 16:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS MARR KPKO SL NI UNAMSIL
01ABUJA2420NIGERIAN ARMY TROOP ROTATION COMPLETELY CANCELLED
[...] (U) This is IIR 6 871 0371 01, repeated through State Channels to ensure wider distribution outside of DOD. begin text: 2. (C/NF) Summary: Nigerian army staff stated that latest troop rotation cancelled. Elements of one battalion that had begun to move to Sierra Leone will be recalled [...]
2001-09-21 16:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI
01ABUJA2451NIGERIA: MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON UNAMSIL ROTATIONS,
[...] (C) CDA Andrews, accompanied by DATT, called on Minister of Defense Danjuma 25 September. After the Minister offered his personal condolences on the attacks against the U.S., and CDA offered his condolences for the victims of the Jos riot, he raised the USG request that Nigeria adjust its troo [...]
2001-09-26 08:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI
01ABUJA2562NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DRC, BURUNDI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, the Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Adobe Obe, an advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris, the NSA's Military [...]
2001-10-11 10:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO CG SU BY NI
02ABUJA2835NIGERIA: IVOIRIEN CEASE-FIRE WILL TAKE MORE WORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 9 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas summarized his visit to Cote d'Ivoire, stating Gbagbo's insistence that the mutineers relinquish their weapons and his reluctance to "legitimize" the rebels were the main hurdles to a cease [...]
2002-10-11 17:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA3077NIGERIA: FORCE STRUCTURE AND DEPLOYMENT PLAN FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ECOWAS has determined its force structure and adopted an ambitious French deployment plan for its monitoring force in Cote d'Ivoire. The deployment plan envisions the arrival of advance elements in Cote d'Ivoire by Friday, November 15 and calls for the monitoring force to be in [...]
2002-11-12 18:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA3140DOMESTIC SECURITY CONCERNS AND BUDGET WOES
[...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Ambassador Jeter and Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa discussed possible deployment of Nigerian forces in the ECOWAS monitoring force for Cote d'Ivoire. Citing Nigeria's role in peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone and Liberia, [...]
2002-11-15 18:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA3340NIGERIA: ECOWAS NAMES COORDINATOR FOR COTE
[...] (C) During a December 19 telephone conversation, Nigerian Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolution Raph Uwechue told Ambassador Jeter that he had been appointed the Special ECOWAS Representative to Cote d'Ivoire. Uwechue said his role would be to coordinate ECOWAS' political and military eff [...]
2002-12-19 13:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02AMMAN3346ICC DEMARCHE TO TROOP CONTRIBUTORS: JORDAN
[...] (C) PolCouns June 20 delivered ref demarche and the text of the U.S. draft resolution on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and peacekeeping operations (PKO) to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor. PolCouns emphasized U [...]
2002-06-20 14:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL JO KICC UNSC
02ANKARA8526GOT CONSIDERING POSITION ON EARLY UNFICYP REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-21 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KPKO CY TU
02ROME3379ITALY ON UNIFIL: REDUCE IT BUT DON'T DISMANTLE IT
[...] (C) POL OFF DISCUSSED THE GOI'S ASSESSMENT OF UNIFIL WITH GIUSEPPE PERRONE, THE MFA'S DESK OFFICER FOR LEBANON AND ISRAEL AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST OFFICE. PERRONE SAID THAT THE GOI IS PLEASED WITH UNIFIL AND ITS MISSION SO FAR. GIVEN THE WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAEL FROM LEBANON IN 200 [...]
2002-07-10 07:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALLE IS KPKO MARR PREL SY IT UNIFIL
02ROME66UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: ITALIAN VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI WILL VIEW WITH GREAT INTEREST, AND SOME CONCERN, PRECISE PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING/DOWNSIZING OF UNIFIL. THIS STEMS IN LARGE PART FROM TODAY'S HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN THE REGION, BUT IS ALSO LINKED TO ITALY'S GENERAL PREFERENCE FOR EMPLOYING MULTILATERAL PEACEKEEPING FORCES. [...]
2002-01-04 18:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MARR IT IS LE SY UN
03ABUJA124NIGERIA: CHAMBAS SAYS DISCORD AND LETHARGY HINDERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 8 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas acknowledged ECOWAS diplomatic efforts in Cote d'Ivoire had lost steam due to ECOWAS Chairman Wade's erratic statesmanship, the lethargy of President Gbagbo and lack of focus of Togolese lea [...]
2003-01-21 17:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
03ABUJA263NIGERIA: UWECHUE SAYS GON WILL CONSIDER
[...] (C) During a January 9 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Special Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolution Ambassador Raph Uwechue discussed the evolving crisis in Cote d'Ivoire and the possibility of Nigerian involvement in the ECOWAS peacekeeping force deploying to the country. 2 [...]
2003-02-06 15:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
03AMMAN5377LIBERIA: SUPPORTING UN REQUEST TO JORDAN FOR
[...] Charge and PolCouns covered ref points on ECOMIL August 24 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Charge asked that Jordan carefully consider the UN's request for participation of a Jordanian hospital in ECOMIL. Ayed said that Jordan would give the UN's requ [...]
2003-08-25 12:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR PREL JO UN
03HALIFAX367PEARSON PEACEKEEPING CENTRE CAPABILITIES AND IRAQ
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, has extensive expertise in training military, civilian and police personnel for peace operations in a variety of environments, but has as yet received from the Canadian government no taskings related to Iraq. Ottawa [...]
2003-10-31 11:19:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS KPKO PGOV PREL ASEC IZ CA
03OTTAWA1169CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT,
[...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns about the April 29 "European Defense Summit" (ref. A),and is pleased that we are making U.S. views clear to Europe. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, said the GoC considers the Summit very unhelpful both for [...]
2003-04-25 20:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO EU MK CA NATO
03OTTAWA1654CANADIAN MILITARY PREPARING FOR KEY ROLE IN ISAF,
[...] (C) While NATO is assuming the lead for ISAF, Canada will join Germany as one of the two largest troop contributors beginning in August. Canada will be providing two rotations of 1,800 personnel each for ISAF IV and V. While Canada will not back away from this commitment, it is expressing con [...]
2003-06-11 15:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AF IZ CG
03OTTAWA1779CANADA SUPPORTS UNDOF RENEWAL, HOPES TO REDUCE
[...] (C) Canada supports renewing the mandate for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),where it currently provides 194 personnnel. Peter Armstrong-Whitworth of Foreign Affairs' Peacekeeping Office indicated that Canada is considering reducing its contribution in the future, and that the Go [...]
2003-06-23 20:44:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL IS SY CA JA UNDOF UNSC
03OTTAWA2103UNDOF: DRAWDOWN OF CANADIAN CONTINGENT
[...] (C) Canada confirmed to us that is does intend to reduce its contribution to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) over the next 12 months, but that it will not do so before ensuring adequate backfill by others. We discussed reftel (A) concerns with Barbara Martin, Director of Foreign A [...]
2003-07-23 17:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL IS SY CA JA
03OTTAWA35U.S./CANADA/U.K. TRILATERAL PEACEKEEPING MEETING
[...] (U) The U.S. participated in annual talks on peacekeeping with Canada and U.K. in Ottawa on December 10-11, 2002 in which a broad range of peacekeeping issues were addressed. Canada's Director General of International Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),Jil [...]
2003-01-06 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL MASS CA UK UN
03ROME5369 ITALY ON EU-AFRICA TROIKA: PEACE AND SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RECENT EU-AFRICA MINISTERIAL TROIKA IDENTIFIED PEACE AND SECURITY AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF A PEACE SUPPORT OPERATION FACILITY (PSOF),WELCOMED THE RE-INITIATION OF THE EU-ZIMBABWE DIALOGUE AND COMMITTED BOTH SIDES TO IM [...]
2003-11-26 13:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO XA ZI IT EUN
03ROME98ITALY ON UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: WANT OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI WILL NOT OPPOSE THE RENEWAL OF THE UNIFIL'S MANDATE THAT EXPIRES ON JAN 31, 2003. NONETHELESS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE GOI IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GRADUALLY REDUCING ITS FORCES IN UNIFIL, EVENTUALLY WITHDRAWING COMPLETELY FROM UNIFIL, AND RE-DEPLOYING ITS FORCES TO THE M [...]
2003-01-10 15:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL IS LE SY IT UNIFIL UNSC
03THEHAGUE1672DUTCH PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS IN IRAQ
[...] Summary: On June 25, the Dutch parliament gave the go- ahead for deployment in the Stabilization Force of about 1,100 troops in the Al-Muthanna province in Iraq. The three government parties were supported by the opposition Labor party and by smaller parties on the center-right. Voting again [...]
2003-06-27 10:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR KPKO IZ NL
03THEHAGUE2200DUTCH GOVERNMENT DEFUSES OPPOSITION'S EFFORTS TO
[...] Summary: At the instigation of opposition parties, a hearing on Iraq originally scheduled for September was changed to August 28 in order to put pressure on the government on the eve of the Prime Minister's visit to the U.S. The opposition claimed that the Dutch government got involved in Ira [...]
2003-08-29 15:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR KPKO IZ NL
03THEHAGUE2299DUTCH ON SUPPORTING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR LIBERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-12 15:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL MOPS LI NL
03THEHAGUE2726STATUS OF DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: LIBERIA,
[...] (S) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with the Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse (protect throughout) on October 29 to review the status of current and planned Dutch participation in international military operations in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. On Liber [...]
2003-10-29 15:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV NL LI AF IZ BK
03USUNNEWYORK746UN/IRAQ: SYG REPLIES TO IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER'S
[...] (U) SYG ANNAN CIRCULATED TO THE COUNCIL HIS MARCH 17 RESPONSE LETTER TO IRAQI FM NAJI SABRI AL-HADITHI'S MARCH 13 AND 16 LETTERS REQUESTING THAT UNIKOM NOT BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE DMZ (REF A AND B). THE SYG RESPONDED THAT ALL UN PERSONNEL WOULD BE TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN FROM IRAQ, THEREFORE SUSP [...]
2003-03-18 20:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KPKO UNSC IZ
03ZAGREB1854LIBERIA: CROATIAN SUPPORT FOR UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (U) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ACTING NORTH AMERICA DESK DIRECTOR ANDREA BEKIC ON AUGUST 21. BEKIC COMMENTED THAT THE GOC WAS REVIEWING HOW IT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW MISSION TO LIBERIA. SHE CAUTIONED THAT DEPENDING ON THE FINAL SCOPE OF THE GOC CONTRIBUTION, PARLIAMENTARY A [...]
2003-08-25 12:21:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL LI HR UN
04ABUJA1716ECOWAS AND THE MUTINY IN GUINEA-BISSAU
[...] (C) The American advisor to ECOWAS (protect) told us October 7 ECOWAS Executive Secretary Dr. Chambas was planning to call the PM of Guinea Bissau within several days to offer ECOWAS support, including financial assistance to allow Guinea-Bissau to pay its soldiers' deployment arrears, as Ch [...]
2004-10-08 11:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO MASS MOPS PU
04ABUJA1793NIGERIAN FORCE GENERATION FOR DARFUR
[...] (S) Summary. Nigeria has already deployed one reinforced company to Sudan's Darfur region as part of the AU-authorized protection force and has committed to providing additional troops once authorized by the AU. Initially, this was thought to be a full additional battalion. During the first [...]
2004-10-22 09:49:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS KPKO NI
04ABUJA1997VISIT TO NIGERIAN COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AND
[...] (U) Summary. The USG-funded JCATS simulation center at the Nigerian Command Staff and College is actively training Nigerian brigade and battalion command elements, and has recently included police units in joint internal security simulations. Funding and personnel shortfalls from the GON li [...]
2004-12-03 08:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM KPKO NI POLMIL
04ABUJA2039CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NIGERIAN MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. efforts to assist Nigerian Army deployment to Darfur were obstructed by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, apparently at the highest levels. U.S. provision of airlift for Nigerian troops to Darfur on October 28 was deeply resented by Defense Headquarters and the Nigerian [...]
2004-12-10 05:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR KPKO MOPS NI SU POLMIL
04AMMAN6211UNMIK: JORDAN AWAITS INVESTIGATION RESULTS,
[...] (C) Charge discussed the status of Jordanian police units in Kosovo July 22 with Samir Rifai, Minister of the Royal Court to King Abdullah. Charge expressed serious USG concern over the apparent pattern of improper and violent behavior of Jordanian police personnel in UNMIK. Even if the UN [...]
2004-07-22 13:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN6360JORDANIAN REPLACEMENT OFFICERS EN ROUTE TO KOSOVO,
[...] (C) Public Security Directorate (PSD) Chief Tahseen Shurdom told Charge on July 26 that four Jordanian officers are en route to Kosovo to replace the four that are currently subject of an internal UNMIK investigation for threatening U.S. soldiers in June. Shurdom said that he understood the [...]
2004-07-27 14:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN8826DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO HAITI: JORDAN
[...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A talking points October 26 to Ashraf Zeitoon, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Zeitoon said he would immediately forward the points to the military attache at the Jordanian UN Mission in New York, as well as to the Jordanian [...]
2004-10-27 07:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PREL JO
04AMMAN9777POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY PLANNING TO SUPPORT A UN
[...] (C) A mid-level Jordanian military officer informed USDAO Amman (septel) that the Jordanian military is conducting contingency planning to deploy approximately 70 soldiers to serve as UN military observers in Darfur, Sudan in January 2005 in the event the UNSC agrees to establish a peace supp [...]
2004-12-09 14:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU JO UN
04BRASILIA2730BRAZIL URGES GUINEA BISSAU BE PLACED ON UNSC FRONT
[...] (SBU) According to Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Africa Division Chief Joao Inacio Oswaldo Padilha, an extraordinary meeting of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) will be held 2 November in Lisbon to discuss the deteriorating political and economic situation in Guine [...]
2004-10-29 16:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MOPS BR GB UNSC
04BRATISLAVA626SLOVAKIA SEEKS UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SLOVAKIA IS SEEKING AN OCTOBER 1 REGIONAL ENDORSEMENT FOR A NON-PERMANENT UNSC SEAT IN 2006- 2007. SLOVAKIA WILL INTENSIFY A GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IF ENDORSED REGIONALLY. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) POLOFF MET WITH OKSANA TOMOVA, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S DEPARTMENT OF T [...]
2004-06-29 12:43:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AA UN
04GUATEMALA3163GUATEMALAN PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to deployment of a military police company to Haiti, the Guatemalan military has military observers in the Ivory Coast and Burundi, has finished training military observers for deployment to Sudan, and has promised to send a Special Forces company and a military poli [...]
2004-12-10 18:33:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MOPS GT HA BY IV SU CF UN
04KINSHASA1339MONUC EXPECTATIONS OF TASK/SIZE INCREASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG William Swing says MONUC needs more troops, and that UNSYG Kofi Annan is likely to support such a request. According to a mid-level MONUC source, the organization plans to ask for an additional 25,000 troops, increasing the annual cost to an estimated $2.2bn. The source sa [...]
2004-07-19 14:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UN
04KINSHASA1731MONUC CONCERNED ABOUT REPATRIATION OF BANYAMULENGE
[...] (U) Summary. MONUC poloffs briefed members of the diplomatic community September 14 on efforts to repatriate Banyamulenge refugees to South Kivu. MONUC wants to coordinate humanitarian and security assistance with GDRC officials and with other UN agencies to provide protection to returning ref [...]
2004-09-16 12:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1851PENDING: CIAT MEETING WITH "ESPACE PRESIDENTIAL"
[...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met October 4 to prepare for a pending and unprecedented meeting with the President, Vice Presidents and other senior officials to review the transition road map and discuss military integration and election-related le [...]
2004-10-04 16:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC
04KINSHASA1867CIAT ENDORSES REVISED ROAD MAP
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) concurred with revisions to its version of the DRC transition "road map," the fundamental plan for the transition period. Copies are being sent to President Kabila and other senior GDRC offici [...]
2004-10-06 16:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC
04KINSHASA1868CIAT MEETS WITH ESPACE PRESIDENTIEL OCT 6
[...] (C) Summary: The first-ever meeting of the "Espace Presidentiel" (President plus four vice presidents) with the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) was held October 6, albeit without Vice President Bemba, currently in the U.S. Discussion focused on the transition "road [...]
2004-10-06 16:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
04KINSHASA1884GDRC ALLOWS CONGOLESE REFUGEES TO RETURN TO UVIRA
[...] (C) Summary. A group of over 1600 Congolese refugees, including over 500 Banyamulenge, crossed the Burundian border into the DRC and arrived at the Uvira transit center October 12. Many of these refugees had waited at the border since October 6 as a GDRC interministerial delegation traveled to [...]
2004-10-12 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PINS KPKO CG UNHCR
04KINSHASA1904ETHNIC HATRED ON THE RISE IN BUKAVU: CROWD ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary. A large crowd threw rocks and threatened to kill UN peacekeepers whose vehicle had broken down in the center of Bukavu on October 6 after they saw them transporting a man of Tutsi appearance. Although this person was a long time MONUC Congolese interpreter of Mushi ethnicity, the [...]
2004-10-14 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG
04KINSHASA1933JVM: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Monuc DDR chief expressed doubts October 14 that the proposed JVM office in Bukavu will be opened in the near future, given the recent attack on Monuc peacekeepers by COngoleses civilians who erroneously believed MONUC was transporting a Rwandan (reftel). Monuc has informed both [...]
2004-10-19 11:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1973U.N. UNDER SECRETARY GUEHENNO VISIT TO THE DRC
[...] (C) Summary: In October 21 remarks to the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),U.N. Peacekeeping Under Secretary Guehenno said that his visit to the DRC was intended to review how MONUC could best utilize its limited resources. Overall, the U.N.,s obective is to ensure [...]
2004-10-22 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG UN
04KINSHASA2020PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN
[...] (U) Summary: Amnesty International's October report, 'DRC: Mass Rape- Time for Remedies' provides a generally accurate picture of the nature of sexual violence in eastern DRC. Its suggestion that the international community has ignored this crisis, however, is untrue. The USG, for example, alre [...]
2004-11-01 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO KPKO KWMN KCRM CG
04KINSHASA2047THE CONGOLESE TRANSITION CURRENT AND FUTURE, AND
[...] (C) Summary: There has been major progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few years, ending years of open warfare involving eight national armies and numerous domestic armed groups. Peace accords have yielded the formal withdrawal of foreign troops, a domestic transiti [...]
2004-11-05 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2096THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: GOMA AND NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: A wave of what appear to be executions in Goma, as well as clashes throughout North Kivu between military nominally responsive to regional military commander Obed and militia loyal to Governor Eugene Serufuli, suggest that Serufuli's grip on his province might be slipping. Monuc [...]
2004-11-16 11:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM CG UN
04KINSHASA2165MORE ON THE MURKY MATTER OF WHO FIRED THE SHOTS
[...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 25 with Monuc Goma Head of Office, and with a Monuc political officer in Kinshasa, to get an update on Monuc's investigation of the rocket attack into Rwanda, allegedly by the FDLR. Both Monuc sources said that their initial investigation indicated that rather than [...]
2004-11-26 15:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2166CONGOLESE MILITARY PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO
[...] (C) PolCouns met November 24, and spoke telephonically November 25, with Air Force Commander John Numbi. Numbi said November 24 that in a meeting at the Presidency it had been decided that the army would immediately redeploy three battalions of Congolese troops (about 1,500 men) to the DRC-R [...]
2004-11-26 15:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2170CONGOLESE READOUT ON KABILA-KAGAME MEETING
[...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba called PolCouns November 27 to provide a readout of the meeting between Presidents Kabila and Kagame, facilitated by President Obasanjo. Largely agreeing in substance with Rwandan readout (reftel),Katumba mentioned Kagame's proposal to either [...]
2004-11-29 07:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2178KABILA DISCUSSES EASTERN SITUATION WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: President Kabila held a November 29 discussion with Ambassadors from the UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, and UN SRSG Swing. While speaking in measured tones, Kabila made clear his frustration with Rwandan President Kagame, and in essence Kabila [...]
2004-11-29 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO RW CG
04KINSHASA2182A/S HOLMES VISIT TO DRC
[...] (U) Summary: During A/S Holmes visit to the DRC Oct 23-28, SRSG Swing and staff explained the situation in the DRC and MONUC's accomplishments and challenges. At a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, A/S Holmes learned about preparations for DRC elections and disarmament in discussions with DRC [...]
2004-11-30 13:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2352DEC. 30 DRC UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the area north of Kanyabayonga has quieted and humanitarian relief efforts are underway, troubling fighting and troop movements continue in parts of North Kivu that used to be under RCD/G control. End Summary. Tension High in Goma ---------------------- 2. (C) On [...]
2004-12-30 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
04MADRID2203SPANISH POSITION ON RENEWAL OF UNFICYP MANDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-10 16:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCY GR KPKO SC TO SP
04MADRID3892SPAIN URGES FRANCE TO BUDGE ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) The Spanish Foreign Ministry's chief diplomat for Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and African issues told visiting EUR/WE office director Kathy Allegrone October 1 that Spain has edged "closer toward neutrality" on the Western Sahara issue and is urging France to budge from its firm support [...]
2004-10-05 16:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL SP UNSC
04MAPUTO945HELPING MOZAMBIQUE BECOME AN EFFECTIVE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Mozambique continues to seek a more active role in peacekeeping, especially in Africa. Despite very limited resources, the Mozambican Armed Forces have worked effectively at reinforced company strength in the Africa Union's P [...]
2004-07-15 05:23:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL KPKO BY MZ ACOTA
04ROME1579ITALIANS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CONSTABULARY INITIATIVE
[...] (C) POLMIN COUNSELOR DISCUSSED REFTEL POINTS WITH MFA DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO ON APRIL 21. BISOGNIERO CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL SERVE AS THE MFA'S POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE. HE SAID THE APRIL 22-23 POLITICAL DIRECTORS' DISCUSSIONS IN PARIS [...]
2004-04-22 15:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO IT
04ROME1833ITALY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI PKO
[...] (C) MARIO BALDI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA UN OFFICE, STATED THAT THE DPKO FOR HAITI REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY GIAMPIERO MASSOLO, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS AND GIAMPAOLO DIPAOLA, MOD CHIEF OF DEFENSE. BALDI SAID THAT ITALY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PKO IN HAITI. HE EXPLAINE [...]
2004-05-12 05:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA IT UN
04ROME2692ITALY SPEEDS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL GENDARME
[...] The Italian government is moving quickly with plans for an international gendarme/constabulary training center and is looking for immediate US input on details such as project objectives, standards, and the numerical scope of the future training program. MFA and Carabinieri officials have conf [...]
2004-07-12 07:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3061US AND ITALY MOVE AHEAD ON G-8 INTERNATIONAL
[...] A State/DOD delegation, led by Acting DAS for Regional Security (PM) Elena Kim-Mitchell, visited Rome and Vicenza on July 19-21 to discuss the U.S.-Italian joint initiative for a G-8 sponsored Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The delegation met with the MFA and Carabi [...]
2004-08-09 12:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3882ITALY ASKS FOR AFRICAN FOCS AND FURTHER U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 10:50:00Embassy RomeSECRETKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04THEHAGUE2112DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] Summary: On August 20, the Dutch cabinet decided to provide to ISAF six F-16 jetfighters and a KDC-10 refueling aircraft for a period of eight weeks as of mid-September for the purpose of enhancing security during the presidential elections in October. If a second round of elections occurs, t [...]
2004-08-25 10:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE762DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON POSSIBLE SHIRBRIG DEPLOYMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-23 15:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA NL UNSC
05ABIDJAN487COTE D'IVOIRE -- OUTSIDE LEGAL EXPERTS REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary. A panel of legal experts from Burundi and Rwanda, led by the Advisor to South African President Thabo Mbeki, has issued an analysis of the Linas-Marcoussis legislation, and determined that many of the bills are not in compliance with either the letter or spirit of the Linas-Marc [...]
2005-03-25 08:53:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO IV SA
05ABUJA1532ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN NIGERIA
[...] SUMMARY. During 8-11 August 2005, an African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program team met with officials of the Nigerian Army to jointly plan the future of the ACOTA program in Nigeria. The meetings resulted in decisive progress in terms of a concept and schedule f [...]
2005-08-19 11:35:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MASS MCAP PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA1904THE ECOWAS LOGISTICS DEPOT AND UNSC SANCTIONS
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. As UNAMSIL vacates Sierra Leone at the end of the year, ECOWAS will assume control of the Hastings Airfield Complex outside of Freetown for the purpose of establishing a full-service peacekeeping logistics depot. This depot is one of the ke [...]
2005-10-05 15:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR SL NI UNSC ECOWAS
05ABUJA676MOVING FORWARD ON ACOTA
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting USG delegation led by Gen. Wald, Dr. Courville and DASD Whelan on May 2, the GON indicated its agreement to move forward on ACOTA. Intra-GON coordination has been accomplished, at least for now, and Post recommends keeping up momentum by dispatch soone [...]
2005-05-04 14:59:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA797LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Legislative oversight of the Nigerian military is still in its infancy. Meeting recently with a group from the U.S. National War College and Embassy staff, members of Nigeria's House Committee on Defense did not seem to understand what role they should play but were very inter [...]
2005-05-19 14:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR KPKO NI
05ABUJA953NIGERIA'S MILITARY: PART I OF THE SERIES
[...] (S) Summary. Nigeria's military is the largest in West Africa, but is significantly less capable than its size and equipment inventory would indicate. A large percentage of the Army is capable of little more than basic defensive operations, and most of Nigeria's ships and aircraft are inop [...]
2005-06-02 07:14:00Embassy AbujaSECRETMCAP MASS PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO NI POLMIL
05ABUJA970NIGERIAN DEFENSE POWER DYNAMICS: PART II OF THE
[...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: Leadership of the Nigerian military is personality-driven, from the President through the officer corps. Senior leaders rarely delegate decision-making authority and the "transmission lines" from these power centers are often weak and erratic, frequently leading to a fa [...]
2005-06-03 13:54:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR MARR MCAP KPKO NI POLMIL
05ADDISABABA3401ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER: NORWEGIAN THOUGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Oslo would support renewed, public USG engagement to resolve the political stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea over the border dispute, Norwegian Ambassador and General Jan Erik Wilhelmsen told Charge September 23. However, Norway would also advise the U.S. not to repeat the [...]
2005-09-27 10:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3599ETHIOPIA: DAS YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES INTERNAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told AF DAS Don Yamamoto that Eritrean President Isaias was seeking to prod U.S. action on the border issue through his recent ban on UNMEE helicopter flights. Meles said he did not expect Isaias to attack, but could not afford to allow Ethiopia's election dispute to dra [...]
2005-10-17 08:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PTER ET ER UN EE BORDER ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3619UNMEE OFFICIALS GIVE ADVICE FOR NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMEE Deputy Head Azouz Ennifar and his political aide told the Charge that any new UN envoy on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border issue should come to the parties with concrete proposals for resolving the conflict and avoid media attention during initial phases of his work. New economic [...]
2005-10-18 08:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO ET ER UN EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3657ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER: UNMEE FEARS MORE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: UNMEE officials told Charge on October 20 that they fear the Eritrean Government will continue to impose new restrictions on its operations in order to increase pressure on the international community to force Ethiopian compliance with the EEBC border decision. UNMEE warned of th [...]
2005-10-21 09:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS MARR MOPS KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3725UNITED NATIONS REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO MONITOR AND RESOLVE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA CRISIS
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks Department's guidance in responding to the UN's request for satellite imagery of the Ethiopia-Eritrean border area, conveyed on October 26 by the UNMEE SRSG to Charge (see paragraph 8). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's restrictions on UNMEE operations within the TS [...]
2005-10-28 14:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS MARR KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3747ETHIOPIA CALLS FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO TAKE PEACE-ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ERITREA
[...] (C) On November 1, Mr. Grum Abay, the MFA's Director General for Europe and America, presented Charge and P/E Counselor with the text of a letter dated October 31, addressed by Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin to the members of the UN Security Council and to UN SYG Annan. Grum underscored the n [...]
2005-11-01 14:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3760ETHIOPIA: MELES SAYS UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles contended that the drafted UNSC resolution on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border would jeopardize any chance of a peaceful settlement. Isaias would be emboldened -- and "rewarded for his "blackmail" -- by getting a Security Council endorsement of demarcation of the [...]
2005-11-03 16:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3770ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UNMEE'S WITHDRAWAL COULD PROMPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE DSRSG Amb. Azouz Ennifar does not foresee the imminent outbreak of hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and dismisses recent public statements by UN officials in New York and Asmara as overly alarming. On the other hand, UNMEE itself could precipitate armed confrontat [...]
2005-11-07 06:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3782ETHIOPIA: MELES SECURITY ADVISOR ON BORDER CRISIS,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-07 13:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNREST ISLAMISTS
05ADDISABABA3837UNSC MISSION TO ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BREAKS NO NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan's UN PermRep Amb. Kenzio Oshima told UN Security Council members and troop-contributing countries in Addis that his November 7-8 trip to Ethiopia and Eritrea on behalf of the Council was "technical" in nature, and did not aim at promoting political dialogue. Providing a re [...]
2005-11-12 12:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3864ETHIOPIA: STATE MINISTER VOICES CONCERN ON UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu summoned the Charge Nov. 15 to pass a copy of a letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin to UN Security Council President Denisov on the Council's pending resolution regarding the Ethio-Eritrean border. Tekeda argued tha [...]
2005-11-15 15:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO PGOV ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3930ETHIOPIAN MILITARY OCCUPIES FORMER UNMEE OUTPOST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations officials will publicly announce today that Ethiopia has violated the 2000 cessation of hostilities agreement, by occupying a strategic former UNMEE observation post within the Temporary Security Zone that provides access to Assab. UNMEE military observers abandon [...]
2005-11-22 14:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3984ETHIOPIA: PM MELES WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON SOMALIA, CALLS IT GREATEST LONG-TERM SECURITY THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: PM Meles told visiting DAS Don Yamamoto Nov. 29 that Ethiopia welcomed increased USG engagement on Somalia. He called the rise of extremism in Somalia the greatest long-term security threat to the region, but said there was still time to address it before the danger increased. M [...]
2005-11-30 13:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL KPKO MARR ET ER SO
05ADDISABABA4000ETHIOPIA: MELES DISCUSSES BORDER ISSUE WITH DAS
[...] (C) Summary: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and Charge Huddleston November 29, that the time is not yet ripe to move forward on the boundary dispute with Eritrea. The Prime Minister said he would not send a team to attend a meeting called by the EEBC, but was not [...]
2005-12-01 13:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR ET ER EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4044ERITREAN UNMEE EJECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM ADDIS
[...] (C) On December 7, NATO ambassadors met to review with UNMEE deputy Amb. Ennifar the Eritrean decision to order the withdrawal of US, Canadian, European and Russian staff from UNMEE within ten days. Amidst considerable hand-wringing, there was consensus that -- as per reftel -- the internatio [...]
2005-12-07 13:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR ET ER EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4046UNMEE OFFICIALS AWAITING GUIDANCE ON ERITREA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's demand that American, Canadian, and European (including Russian) UNMEE staff depart within 10 days could affect Ethiopia's previous commitment to withdraw troops from the border, senior UNMEE officials say. UNMEE is awaiting guidance from New York on whether to comply w [...]
2005-12-08 06:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA4066MELES ON THE E/E BORDER - ETHIOPIA WILL RE-DEPLOY
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CJTF-HOA Commander General Ghormley and Ambassador concerning expansion of civil affairs projects in the Ogaden, Prime Minister Meles provided us with a read out on the border situation. He said that Isaias is sending signals to the US and the UN because he want [...]
2005-12-08 15:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR ET ER EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4072AU CONSIDERING FOUR MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the return of its reconnaissance mission to the Great Lakes, the African Union (AU) is considering four military options to support forcible disarmament of ex-FAR and Interahamwe elements in the DRC. The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) is scheduled to meet in mid- [...]
2005-12-09 09:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MOPS EAID CG AF UNION
05ADDISABABA4179AU TELLS EUCOM J5 AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE MOVING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The AU Commission hopes a series of thematic workshops will create enough regional buy-in to enable a harmonized approach to the African Standby Force (ASF),AU Planning Element Chief of Staff BG Hassan told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Yates on December 16. T [...]
2005-12-22 08:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO AU XA
05ADDISABABA4187UNMEE TRANSFERS STAFF TO ETHIOPIA TO AVERT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE has "temporarily" transferred 80 personnel from Eritrea to Ethiopia, in order to comply with Eritrea's demand that U.S., Canadian, European, and Russian staff depart Eritrea. While acknowledging the transfer of civilian administrative staff (e.g., handling personnel and te [...]
2005-12-22 14:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO ET ER
05ADDISABABA4199AMIS FUTURE - AU SETS PSC DATE, PARTNERS SEEK
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) will meet January 12 to decide the future of AMIS. Addis-based AU partners are seeking guidance from c [...]
2005-12-23 12:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO SU AU
05ADDISABABA4201AMIS FUTURE - AU SETS PSC DATE, PARTNERS SEEK
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) will meet January 12 to decide the future of AMIS. Addis-based AU partners are seeking guidance from c [...]
2005-12-23 12:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO SU AU
05ADDISABABA4223AU BUREAU DIRECTOR ON U.S.-AU RELATIONS, AU
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) welcomes plans to enhance U.S.-AU relations and is willing to work with the USG on privileges and immunities for a U.S. Ambassador to the AU, AU Bureau of the Chairperson Director Mamadou Lamine Diallo told PolEconCouns and Poloff December 27. The AU plans [...]
2005-12-28 13:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU AU ER ET
05ADDISABABA4234DARFUR: AU TELLS SACEUR NATO ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission views its collaboration with NATO on Darfur as "excellent" and welcomes discussion on how to expand NATO assistance in areas such as training, Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told SACEUR Gen. Jones December 16. Amb. Djinnit [...]
2005-12-29 14:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR SU AU
05AMMAN2915DEMARCHE ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INVOLVING UN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 09:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG JO MONUC
05AMMAN4301INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU: JORDAN
[...] Acting PolCouns talked with Captain Mohammad Shara, head of the International Cooperation office of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),on May 31 regarding Jordanian participation at the Center for Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Italy. Shara said that the PSD was finali [...]
2005-06-01 13:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MASS MARR JO
05AMMAN5386UPDATE ON JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN COESPU
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-06 12:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MASS MARR JO
05AMMAN6686DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERFORMANCE OF JORDAN'S
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) Summary. Defense Attache met August 16 with senior Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) officials to deliver reftel demarche regarding Jordan's battalion in Haiti. The Jordanians admitted leadership failures and identified key areas of improved [...]
2005-08-18 12:33:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR KPKO HA JO UNSC
05ANKARA5845APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH CHOD OZKOK
[...] (C) Summary: Despite our occasional differences over Iraq, Turkey remains America's strategic partner, asserted Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok to APNSA Hadley. Ozkok reviewed Turkish views of the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Central Asia. He outlined the "nuclear chain" stretching from North Korea, Indi [...]
2005-09-30 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER KPKO TU IZ AF RS NATO
05ANKARA6323ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE AGREE TO SHARED COMMAND OF
[...] On Oct. 18, PolMilOff discussed with COL Yakub Battal of the TGS J3 the state of play of negotiations between France and Turkey on their proposal to jointly command ISAF's Kabul Multinational Brigade beginning in mid-2006. Battal reported that France and Turkey have reached agreement, and woul [...]
2005-10-19 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL TU FR AF NATO
05ANKARA7398TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN UPDATE: KARZAI TO VISIT, ITALY
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) President Karzai will visit Turkey Jan. 5-6. Italy is joining Turkey and France's proposed co-command of ISAF's Capital Region Command; Turkey felt it could not refuse Italy's offer. Turkey may/may be prepared [...]
2005-12-16 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID SNAR KPKO TU AF
05ASUNCION1042PARAGUAY ON LATAM CONTINGENTS REMAINING IN HAITI
[...] (U) On 8/17, PolOff delivered reftel demarche (ref A) to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA International Organizations Director Julio Peralta. Peralta advised that Paraguay is still discussing with Spain the possibility of equipment and materiel support for Paraguayan troops to j [...]
2005-08-19 11:15:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KPKO PA HA SP
05ASUNCION838PARAGUAY SEEKS PARTICIPATION ON SPAIN'S CONTINGENT
[...] (C) As reported reftel, GOP military officials have been in contact with Spain regarding assistance to support Paraguayan participation in Spain's PKO contingent in Haiti. On 6/28, Paraguay's MOD Gonzalez sent a letter to his Spanish counterpart formally expressing the GOP's desire to partic [...]
2005-06-30 11:50:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO HA SP PA
05ASUNCION966PARAGUAY ON WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-01 19:27:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO PA UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05BANGKOK4429THAILAND: INITIAL POSITIVE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-07 08:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR KPKO MASS PGOV TH GPOI
05CAIRO4876EGYPT: PEACEKEEPERS HEAD TO SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] On June 21, President Mubarak reviewed Egyptian troops preparing for peacekeeping missions in south Sudan. The President reminded the troops, and the public, that Sudan would constitute Egypt's sixth active peacekeeping mission under the UN umbrella. Minister of Defense Tantawi highlighted [...]
2005-06-27 14:37:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MOPS MASS SU EG
05CANBERRA272AUSTRALIA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TIMOR
[...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on February 11 to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Maritime South-East Asia Penny Burtt. Burtt said that the GOA was in "heated agreement" with the U.S. that UNMISET should conclude in May and that the Governme [...]
2005-02-11 03:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL TL AS UNSC
05DAKAR3213SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is on the verge of entering a year-long election campaign leading up to the 2007 elections. The Senegalese are proud to be a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the U [...]
2005-12-29 12:57:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KMCA KPKO SG
05DARESSALAAM206 TANZANIANS CAUTIOUS ON AU-UN SUDAN TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) Charge met on February 1 with Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, the Foreign Ministry Director for Multilateral Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on Sudan action in the UN Security Council. Charge provided Mulamula with copies of reftel paragraphs 7 and 8 talking points and concept paper, [...]
2005-02-01 13:01:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO ETTC ETRD SU TZ
05DARESSALAAM701 DUTCH ENVOY RACKE SAYS PALIPEHUTU-FNL REBEL
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch Burundi Envoy Fred Racke told Charge that the current talks between the Government of Tanzania and FNL-Palipehutu rebels in Dar es Salaam are proceeding well so far, and the GOT is becoming cautiously optimistic. President Mkapa has insisted that all talks must be within [...]
2005-04-11 04:53:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KPKO TZ BY NL
05DHAKA3400BANGLADESH: WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-18 05:22:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO BG UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05DUBLIN913IRELAND SUPPORTS PBC CREATION; QUESTIONS UNSC ROLE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 13:11:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO UNSC UNGO ECOSOC
05GABORONE751BOTSWANA WILL HOST EXERCISE THOKGAMO: TOWARD THE
[...] Summary: Lt. General Matshengeyo Fisher, Commander of Botswana's Defense Force, on May 27 briefed the Ambassador, DATT and Pol/Econ Chief on the French-supported RECAMP exercises to be held June 10-25 in northern Botswana. Thirteen countries of the southern African region are expected to cont [...]
2005-06-03 06:59:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR KPKO BC POL MIL SADC
05GUATEMALA1993GUATEMALA'S COMMITMENT TO HAITI
[...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Guatemalan Acting FM Carlos Ramiro Martinez and U/S for International Organizations Amb. Carla Rodriguez, who said that Guatemala's resident ambassador in Chile, Amb. Castellanos, would represent Guatemala at the August 19 Santiago vice-ministerial. R [...]
2005-08-18 13:32:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR HA GT
05GUATEMALA392GUATEMALA: PKO UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan military continues its preparations for a March 2005 deployment of an Army Kaibil (Special Forces) company to the UN Peacekeeping Operations Mission in the Congo (MONUC). Plans to also deploy a Military Police company for MONUC duty are pending a final UN decisio [...]
2005-02-15 20:46:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL MOPS ETTC GT HA CG DA AR CI UN
05GUATEMALA828GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS DEPART FOR CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan military continue to expand their participation in peacekeeping operations, most recently with 105 Guatemalan peacekeepers joining the MONUC mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Guatemalan Defense Ministry has apparently won an interagency struggle ov [...]
2005-03-31 22:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL MOPS PHUM EAID ASEC GT CG UN
05KINGSTON1925WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 20:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO JM UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05KINSHASA1010DPKO AFRICA CHIEF TITOV VISIT TO THE DRC
[...] (C) Summary: UN DPKO Africa Division Chief Dmitry Titov briefed several diplomats June 11 on his visit to the DRC, the first in two years. Titov spoke of particular concerns regarding Ituri District, and negative influence from neighboring states. In addition, Titov reported &palpable8 tensi [...]
2005-06-20 14:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG UN
05KINSHASA1013REDUCED ITURI MILITIAS SHOWING RENEWED LIFE
[...] (U) During his recent visit to the DRC (septel),UN DPKO Africa Chief Dmitry Titov spoke at some length regarding continuing security concerns in Ituri District. These comments echo those of MONUC, GDRC, and international community representatives of renewed dangers in the key northeastern D [...]
2005-06-20 15:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV CG
05KINSHASA1043CATHOLIC BISHOPS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON TRANSITION
[...] (U) The Catholic Bishops' Conference (CENCO) issued a statement June 22 in which it criticized "the automatic extension" of the transition, as well as calls to bring the transition down June 30th by "violence and chaos." The Bishops want the government to explain why elections were not organiz [...]
2005-06-24 16:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG
05KINSHASA1055UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...]
2005-06-28 13:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA105630 JUNE: PPRD CONFIDENT IN POLICE, LESS SO IN
[...] (C) National Security Advisor Samba Kaputo told PolCouns June 27 that the government (i.e., the president's party, the PPRD) is confident that the police (controlled by the PPRD Minister of Interior) will support the government June 30, but that there are some doubts that all the military will [...]
2005-06-28 14:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KPKO CG
05KINSHASA106530 JUNE: KINSHASA CALM, BUT TENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As of mid-day June 29, Kinshasa was calm but tense, with no security incidents reported. Post will continue to monitor closely the developing situation. END SUMMARY. More Monitoring --------------- 2. (C) Police patrols continued overnight in Kinshasa on June 28 without inc [...]
2005-06-29 11:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC ASEC KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1066TRANSITION ASSESSMENT COMPLETE -- NOW WHAT?
[...] (C) Summary: The government officially ended its assessment of the transition's accomplishments and failings June 28. The assessment, heralded in President Kabila's May 16 public remarks, has been officially billed as designed to provide a blueprint for improvement in the last year of the t [...]
2005-06-29 12:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1070ELECTIONS: MIXED COMMITTEE APPROVES OPERATING
[...] (C) Summary: At the urgent request of the Minister of the Interior, the electoral "Comite de Pilotage" (the oversight committee composed of ambassadors from donor countries, UNDP, MONUC and Congolese ministers involved in the elections process) met June 29 to review progress on voter registr [...]
2005-06-29 14:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1072ITURI MILITIAS REPORTEDLY OBTAINING ARMS AND
[...] (C) Summary. Monuc and NGO officials in Ituri have received credible reports of increased support for Ituri militias from Ugandan businessmen and military officers in the form of arms shipments, training, and efforts to build a coalition of militias. Monuc officials point to recent meetings in [...]
2005-06-29 14:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MOPS UG CG
05KINSHASA1078THE CURRENT FDLR SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: There has been substantial recent discussion in Kinshasa regarding the remaining FDLR presence in eastern DRC. All parties concede that, while worthwhile, the GDRC/Sant, Egidio initiative to promote FDLR repatriation to Rwanda is stalled. Problems focus on the lack of FDLR "lea [...]
2005-07-01 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO RW CG UN
05KINSHASA1079JUNE 17 MEETING OF THE CIAT WITH THE ESPACE
[...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met with three GDRC Vice Presidents June 17. President Kabila was absent to attend the funeral of his aunt in Lubumbashi. The meeting lasted over four hours, with discussion in some depth covering Transition extensi [...]
2005-07-01 10:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
05KINSHASA1088SOLDIERS ATTACK CIVILIANS IN MBANDAKA
[...] (C) About 60 soldiers went on a rampage July 3 in Mbandaka in Equateur Province, killing 9 civilians, injuring 35, and raping 8 women. Initial press reports identified the troops as Mai Mai, but the Minister of Defense and the National Executive Secretary of the Movement for the Liberation of [...]
2005-07-05 14:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1099MONUC OPERATION SENDS SIGNAL TO FDLR
[...] (C) On July 4 MONUC launched operation "Falcon Sweep" in the territories of Walungu and Karambe (located about 10km east and 50 km south east of Bukavu, South Kivu). The small (about 80-man) mission is designed primarily to determine the locations of FDLR elements, particularly concentrations [...]
2005-07-07 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1100INTRA-FDLR FIGHTING IN EASTERN DRC
[...] (C) MONUC and GDRC sources report fighting between FDLR units in eastern DRC. In a July 6 meeting, Presidency Special Advisor for Security Samba Kaputo told the Ambassadors/Charges of the U.S., Belgium, and Holland and UN SRSG Swing that fighting had apparently started around 1730 hrs (local) [...]
2005-07-07 09:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1104FDLR REPATRIATION INITIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Several ambassadors met with Presidency Special Advisor for Security Kaputo July 6 for an update regarding GDRC activities to achieve repatriation of FDLR members to Rwanda. Kaputo attributed the delay of a GDRC statement on the subject to an extended GDRC &assessment8 seminar, [...]
2005-07-07 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1115SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Eighth Military Region Chief of Staff (COS),and four bodyguards were arrested and brought before a military court in Goma following a shoot-out on July 1 that killed seven people. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Col. Christopher Bindu (a Mai Mai) and four of his armed guards were arrest [...]
2005-07-08 11:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CASC CG
05KINSHASA1143TRANSITION ASSESSMENT: AN AMBITIOUS BLUEPRINT FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The final report from the government's transition assessment seminar highlighted challenges faced during the past two years and outlined recommendations for the third - and last - year of the transition. Although some recommendations were constructive, the vague and overly-broad r [...]
2005-07-14 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1202PRESIDENT REGISTERS TO VOTE IN KINSHASA -
[...] (U) President Joseph Kabila registered to vote in Kinshasa July 24, the last regularly scheduled day for voter registration in the capital. Minister of Interior, Theophile Mbemba, a prominent member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) which supports Kabila, also regis [...]
2005-07-25 14:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG
05KINSHASA1203MONUC OPERATIONS AGAINST FDLR A SUCCESS---WITHIN
[...] (C) Summary: During MONUC's weekly diplomatic meeting July 20, MONUC Military Chief of Staff General Jean Francois D'Escury discussed MONUC's initiatives to address the FDLR problem, particularly in South Kivu. D'Escury stated that MONUC's recent military operations had been a success, express [...]
2005-07-25 15:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1289VOTER REGISTRATION CENTER IN KASAI ORIENTAL
[...] (SBU) An unidentified individual set fire to a voter registration center in Mbuji Mayi, Kasai Oriental, August 9, causing slight injuries to four people, and minor damage to the registration equipment, Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) officials said. According to these officials, around 1 [...]
2005-08-10 12:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG
05KINSHASA1320GROWING LOGISTICS PROBLEMS TRHEATEN VOTER
[...] (C) Summary: Accumulating reports of logistics problems in the ongoing and critically important voter registration process prompted an extraordinary meeting of the CIAT with the Independent Election Commission (CEI) on August 12, and a broader meeting chaired by President Kabila on August 15. [...]
2005-08-16 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG UN
05KINSHASA1323ELECTION LAW MOVING TO CENTER STAGE
[...] (C) The next major step needed for DRC elections is an election law to provide statutory authority and to specify the legal parameters for general elections. The issue has been receiving considerable attention in Kinshasa, most recently in the August 15 meeting chaired by President Kabila inv [...]
2005-08-17 10:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1356ATTACKS ON VOTER REGISTRATION CENTERS IN ITURI
[...] (SBU) Armed elements attacked two voter registration centers in the areas of Bule (120 kms NE of Bunia) and Komanda (80 kms SE of Bunia) in Ituri on August 22, UN and Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) sources reported. According to the sources, armed elements from the Union of Congolese P [...]
2005-08-23 10:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG
05KINSHASA1383VOTER REGISTRATION IMPROVING, BUT SIGNIFICANT
[...] (C) Summary: At an August 25 meeting with CIAT, Independent Electoral Commission and GDRC officials reported improvements in the voter registration process. More than 6 million Congolese have now registered, and registration began in three additional provinces this week. Significant challen [...]
2005-08-26 10:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1429UN/DRC SANCTIONS LIST
[...] (C) Post has no objections to including on the proposed sanctions list the six names proposed by UKUN. We believe that the first name, currently shown as "Kakolere" should be "Kakolele." Given the difficulty of fully determining additional identifiers, Post believes it more useful to procee [...]
2005-09-07 08:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL CG ETTC KPKO
05KINSHASA1447SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: MOVING - WITH DIFFICULTY
[...] (C) Summary: Several meetings in the past week have featured significant discussions at senior levels regarding critically important Security Sector Reform programs. The Ambassador and President Kabila reviewed the subject September 2, a long September 6 CIAT/Espace Presidential underscored t [...]
2005-09-08 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1460CONTENTIOUS ELECTIONS DISCUSSION AMONG THE VICE
[...] (C) Summary: A discussion of the state of election preparations consumed nearly two hours during a September 6 meeting of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) and the Espace Presidentiel (President Kabila and four Vice Presidents). The discussion was marked by conten [...]
2005-09-12 07:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1484MONUC TAKES ACTION ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
[...] (C) Nigerian Civil Police (CivPol) officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct remain confined to their barracks in Kinshasa pending official results of a board of inquiry, an official at MONUC's Office for Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (ASEA) reported. According to t [...]
2005-09-14 10:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL PHUM CG
05KINSHASA1501NIGERIA TO REPATRIATE CIVPOL CONTINGENT FOLLOWING
[...] (U) The Nigerian Government has decided to repatriate its entire Civilian Police (CivPol) unit from MONUC following sexual abuse allegations which are the subject of an ongoing UN investigation, according to a September 15 statement from the spokesman for the UN Secretary General. The statement [...]
2005-09-16 10:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL PHUM CG NI
05KINSHASA1532LRA INCURSION INTO DRC CONFIRMED; MONUC AND GDRC
[...] (C) PolCouns followed up evening of September 20 with MONUC on the question of a possible incursion into the DRC by elements of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). MONUC confirmed that about 320 armed LRA elements, accompanied by about 50 family members, had entered the DRC through Sudan the even [...]
2005-09-21 13:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1559LRA UPDATE: MONUC/FARDC MISSION LIKELY THIS WEEKEND
[...] (C) Sixth regional military commander General Padiri continued September 22 to insist to LRA that the GDRC is prepared to assist with and accept only unconditional surrender. He told MONUC that he is negotiating, as of yesterday, directly with Kony (in Sudan) via satphone, as well as with Co [...]
2005-09-23 06:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR PGOV CG UG
05KINSHASA1567LRA UPDATE: MONUC MISSION ARRIVES IN ABA, FARDC
[...] (C) Three MONUC aircraft arrived in Aba late afternoon September 25 with Sixth Military Regional Commander General Padiri, several MONUC DDRRR experts and UNHCR officials. They were met by LRA Colonel Otti and taken to the LRA camp. Initial discussions were not promising, however. The LRA has [...]
2005-09-26 08:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1579LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE WOULD LIKE LRA OUT
[...] (C) Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador September 26 that he shares the feelings of other senior GDRC officials that the LRA incursion into northern DRC represents an unwelcome intrusion into what is already a complicated and sensitive context. The government would like the LRA gone, p [...]
2005-09-26 15:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG SU
05KINSHASA1584LRA UPDATE: KABILA PERSONALLY ENGAGED, URGANDAN
[...] (C) During a rancorous seven-hour meeting September 26 of the Supreme Defense Council (chaired by President Kabila and composed of senior government officials responsible for security issues),the normally soft-spoken Kabila uncharacteristically took Army Chief of Staff Kisempia and Air Force [...]
2005-09-27 08:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1585LRA UPDATE: PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SAYS OKIDI NOT
[...] (C) Prompted apparently by a September 26 conversation between SRSG Swing and President Kabila, Kabila's Private Secretary, Kikaya bin Karubi, called PolCouns September 26 to SIPDIS say that Kabila was very upset at implications that elements of the GDRC or the Presidency might have been in [...]
2005-09-27 08:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1596LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE TROOPS MOVE TOWARD ABA
[...] (C) Congolese Air Force General John Numbi told PolCouns September 27 that the first 200 (of a total of 500) Congolese commando troops left Kinshasa en route for Kisangani. Numbi said an additional 100 (again of a total of 500) commandos also were dispatched from Kamina training base where th [...]
2005-09-28 07:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1613LRA UPDATE: TROOP MOVEMENT CONTINUES, LRA HUNGRY
[...] (C) The movement of Congolese troops toward Aba via Kisangani and Aru is expected to continue today. General Padiri spoke the evening of September 28 again with Colonel Tabu but no flexibility was evident in the LRA position. Tabu complained, however, that the family members (and presumably t [...]
2005-09-29 07:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1626LRA UPDATE: 200 FARDC TROOPS IN ABA, ANOTHER 650
[...] (C) Both the FARDC and MONUC confirmed to PolCouns morning of September 30 that 200 FARDC troops are currently in Aba. (Note: These are non-integrated forces which General Padiri had ordered transferred from other patrol points in northeastern Oriental province, one company plus two platoon [...]
2005-09-30 09:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1641LRA UPDATE: FARDC DEPLOYMENTS, CONTACTS WITH
[...] (C) MONUC Divisional Commander Gen Cammaert confirmed October 1 separately to the Ambassador and PolCouns that MONUC was initiating during the weekend the transport of FARDC troops already in Aru (Ituri District, Orientale Province) to Aba (Haut-Uele District, Orientale Province) to deal with [...]
2005-10-03 10:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO UG CG
05KINSHASA1658ELECTION UPDATE
[...] (U) The Election Steering Committee (Comite de Pilotage) met October 3 to review the status of election preparations and the general electoral calendar. Committee membership includes Chief of Mission representation from donors, UN agency heads, technical support staff, and senior GDRC officia [...]
2005-10-04 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1662LRA UPDATE: OVER 300 FARDC IN ABA BUT NO MISSION
[...] (C) As a result of MONUC's efforts in transporting FARDC troops from Aru to Aba, there are now about 350 FARDC troops in Aba. About 300 are in Aru, awaiting transfer via helicopter (25 troops per load) to Aba. FARDC likely will have to ask MONUC for transport assistance for another 500 troo [...]
2005-10-05 10:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA166515 MILLION VOTERS REGISTERED
[...] (SBU) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) officials said they had registered 15 million voters as of October 4. This represents over fifty percent of the initial estimate of 28 million potential voters nationwide. They noted the vast majority of voter registration centers have opened in all [...]
2005-10-05 13:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG
05KINSHASA1677LRA UPDATE: FARDC MISSION POSSIBLE SUNDAY/MONDAY
[...] (C) The CIAT (International Committee to Accompany the Transition) meeting October 6 was briefed by General Babacar Gaye (MONUC Force Commander) on LRA-related developments. Gaye confirmed that MONUC has transported about 522 FARDC troops to Aba and said they expect to have the necessary two [...]
2005-10-07 10:00:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1686LRA UPDATE: BACK IN SUDAN?
[...] (C) As reported reftel, MONUC and FARDC officials traveled to Aba the morning of October 7 in order to present a "last chance" disarmament proposal to LRA forces that crossed into the DRC from Sudan on September 19. When the MONUC team, led by MONUC political section chief (and acting director [...]
2005-10-08 07:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV MARR CG UG
05KINSHASA1690CONFIRMED SOUTH KIVU MASSACRE BY RASTA/FDLR
[...] (C) Rasta/FDLR elements massacred 15 people in Kanyola, South Kivu on October 10, according to MONUC poloff. (Note: We believe the Rasta to be a radical creation of the FDLR. End note.) Two women and six children were among the dead. A FARDC patrol not far from Kanyola originally reported the [...]
2005-10-11 13:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1731RAMAZANI WILL NOT ATTEND TRIPARTITE MEETING; DRC
[...] (C) During his October 13 meeting with the Ambassador regarding the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (reftel A),Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Ramazani spoke about the upcoming Tripartite meeting and the security situation in the eastern part of the country, particularly in South Kivu [...]
2005-10-17 12:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1757SOUTH KIVU NON-KIDNAPPING
[...] (C) Reports of armed Mai Mai troops taking UNDP hostages in South Kivu October 19 were discounted October 20 by MONUC Poloff. Disgruntled due to lack of promised pay, eight soldiers (out of more than 500 awaiting demobilization) temporarily locked an undetermined number of demobilizing soldier [...]
2005-10-20 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1765DRC VOTER REGISTRATION NEARS 17.5 MILLION
[...] (U) The Independent Election Commission (CEI) released October 18 its latest figures on voter registration in DRC, reporting that nearly 17.5 million people have enrolled for the Constitutional referendum currently scheduled for December 18. Almost one million people have registered in the pas [...]
2005-10-21 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1770DRC, UGANDA AGREE TO COORDINATED PATROLS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. In a joint communique following an October 18 bilateral meeting, the GDRC and the GOU agreed to coordinate their patrols against suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces operating in DRC. Such efforts are to be conducted within each country's respective borders, as neither sid [...]
2005-10-24 17:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1783ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS AGAINST MILITIAS "BEARING
[...] (C) Summary. Recent joint operations by MONUC and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against militia groups in the Ituri district have seen promising results, according to MONUC officials. Nearly 1,000 militia members have turned themselves in during the past month and mo [...]
2005-10-26 16:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1784FARDC: LRA FORCES BELIEVED NO LONGER IN DRC;
[...] (C) MONUC Political Officer Oleg Sepelev briefed PolOff October 26 regarding the presence of Lord's Resistance Army forces in the DRC, as well as recent reactions by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) to the LRA's activities. [...]
2005-10-26 16:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1814FARDC 5TH BRIGADE BEGINS FIRST INTEGRATED MISSION
[...] (C) The FARDC 5th Integrated Brigade of the 8th military region began its first mission, code-named North Nexus, against FDLR rebels in Virunga National Park, North Kivu, on October 31. Also for the first time FARDC took the lead, with MONUC providing planning and logistical assistance, in [...]
2005-11-01 12:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1830MORE THAN 300 FORMER ZAIRIAN SOLDIERS RETURN TO DRC
[...] (U) On November 1-2, 318 former soldiers of the Mobutu-era Armed Forces of Zaire (FAZ) returned to the DRC from Brazzaville after fleeing the country following the fall of the Mobutu regime in 1997. The soldiers and their families (totaling 764 persons) are undergoing a sensitization and orien [...]
2005-11-03 14:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG CF
05KINSHASA1831NORTH KIVU 5TH BRIGADE OPERATIONS: A STEP FORWARD
[...] (C) Reftel reported a new military operation launched October 31 in North Kivu province in the area in and around Virunga Park, primarily targeting rebellious Mai Mai units and Rwandan FDLR. The operation is significant in that it represents the first involving a FARDC integrated brigade in e [...]
2005-11-03 14:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
05KINSHASA18345TH INTEGRATED BRIGADE MISSION AGAINST FDLR IN
[...] (C) The FARDC 5th Integrated Brigade is continuing operations in its mission to remove FDLR rebels from Virunga National Park, North Kivu. Launched October 31 as part of Operation North Nexus (reftel),this was the first military action involving an integrated FARDC brigade in the Kivus. To [...]
2005-11-03 15:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1840DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: ALMOST 20 MILLION VOTERS
[...] (U) The Independent Election Commission (CEI) has released the latest round of figures of voter registration in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Total enrollment through November 4 has surpassed 19.9 million. Enrollment figures by province are as follows: Kinshasa (2,963,101); Bas Congo (1,23 [...]
2005-11-04 13:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA185RESURGENCE OF ETHNICALLY-BASED VIOLENCE IN ITURI
[...] (U) Summary. Lendu militias attacked the Ituri Hema village of Tche January 26, causing an unknown number of civilian casualties and hundreds of IDPs. A similar attack on another village February 1 apparently resulted in about 60 deaths. Clashes between Lendu and Hema militias in the Djugu ter [...]
2005-02-03 13:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM CG
05KINSHASA1854MONUC DIVISIONAL COMMANDER COMMENTS ON NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Ambassador hosted for lunch on Saturday, November 5 MONUC,s eastern division commander, MG Patrick Cammaert. The Ambassador asked for Cammaert,s observations regarding the recently-launched FARDC/MONUC operation in North Kivu province targeting FDLR and Mai Mai elements in the Virunga area [...]
2005-11-08 10:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1855TSHISEKEDI GAMBIT WITH THE VISITING UNSC
[...] (C) A few days prior to the arrival in Kinshasa of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC)on November 5 , two key officials of Etienne Tshisekedi,s opposition UDPS party approached French Ambassador Georges Serres to request a meeting with the UNSC. (Note: The French PermRep was the UNSC's lead for [...]
2005-11-08 11:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UNSC
05KINSHASA1860UNSC REITERATES SECURITY, ELECTION CONCERNS IN
[...] (C) Summary: An intense schedule for the visiting U.N. Security Council in Kinshasa focused on the election process and security sector reform. There was some focus of good governance issues, although clear misgivings by some UNSC members limited those discussions. For reasons that are uncle [...]
2005-11-08 15:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG UNSC
05KINSHASA1873FARDC MILITARY TRIBUNAL REQUESTS MONUC SUPPORT IN
[...] (SBU) Following an October 25 joint visit to recently discovered mass graves in Rutshuru territory by a MONUC Human Rights Division team and a FARDC military tribunal, the latter requested MONUC assistance in conducting an inquiry. Specifically, the FARDC military tribunal requested the follow [...]
2005-11-09 14:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1876LRA UPDATE: MONUC-FARDC PLAN SEARCH-AND-CORDON OPS
[...] (C) Summary. According to MONUC sources, Operation Eastern Endeavour is to begin in the vicinity of Aba on November 10, encompassing forces from MONUC and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in an effort to identify and capture any elements of the Lord's Resistance Army [...]
2005-11-09 15:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG UG SU
05KINSHASA1893IMPORTANT NEW POLITICAL COALITION BEING LAUNCHED
[...] (C) Summary: Three veteran political figures, National Assembly President Kamitatu, and former ministers Endundo and Pay Pay, have formed a new political coalition that will back Pay Pay,s candidacy for President in next year,s election. News of the candidacy will be broached next week through [...]
2005-11-14 07:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1903FIGHTING IN ITURI BREAKS UP A MILITIA CELL
[...] (C) About half of a 3,000-man strong FARDC detachment, all elements of the First Integrated Brigade, backed by two MONUC attack helicopters and with MONUC logistical assistance, engaged elements of the Revolutionary Congolese Movement (MRC) November 14-16 in the southeast corner of Orientale p [...]
2005-11-17 10:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1950ITURI UPDATE: FARDC CONTINUES ATTACKS ON MILITIAS
[...] (C) Summary. The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC),with logistical support from MONUC troops, are continuing their attacks on militia elements in Ituri and are achieving more operational successes. However, a new resurgence of MRC activity in the northern section of Itur [...]
2005-11-25 13:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1954CIAT SLAMS GOVERNMENT INERTIA AND PROCRASTINATION
[...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) on November 25 issued an unusually harsh communique, taking the government to task for its continued inaction on issues of critical importance in bringing the DRC's transition to a successful conclusion. Frustrated at [...]
2005-11-28 13:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL CG CIAT
05KINSHASA1960FIVE FDLR KILLED IN FIGHT WITH FARDC IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) According to MONUC's Goma office, the FARDC Fifth Integrated Brigade killed five FDLR militia who they had surprised while on patrol in Musesa, Rutshuru district November 28. Two FDLR escaped, and five weapons were recovered. 2. (C) However, North Kivu Governor Serufuli told polcouns [...]
2005-11-29 07:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1969FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT CIAT COMMUNIQUE
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Ramazani convoked the Kinshasa diplomatic corps the morning of November 30 to express the GDRC's unhappiness with CIAT's November 25 communique that took transition leaders to task for inaction on security sector reform, non-payment of salaries to the military, delays in [...]
2005-11-30 13:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1995DRC ARRESTS SUSPECT FOR MURDER OF BANGLADESHI
[...] (C) MONUC officials confirmed December 7 that soldiers of the Armed Forces for the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) arrested December 5 Justin Ngole Dalo, also known as Koliba, for the murder of nine MONUC Bangladeshi soldiers during an ambush in DRC's Ituri District in February 2005. Kolib [...]
2005-12-07 15:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1998ITURI UPDATE: THE MILITIA THREAT, PETER KARIM, AND
[...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff visited Bunia November 28-30 to review ongoing efforts by MONUC, civil society, local government and NGOs to bring peace and stability to the historically volatile region. Militia violence continues to threaten these efforts despite recent offensives by the Con [...]
2005-12-07 17:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA2001AMNESTY LAW: QUESTION MAY NOT BE SETTLED YET
[...] (C) On November 29 the National Assembly passed the long-awaited amnesty law, but the central issue -- the fate of those accused of assassinating former president Laurent Kabila -- remains explosive and far from settled. Passage of the law itself triggered a spate of bad feelings, as the law [...]
2005-12-08 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG KPKO
05KINSHASA2054FDLR GROUP RETURNS TO RWANDA FROM DRC
[...] (C) A group of 82 FDLR militia members, along with 76 dependents, crossed into Rwanda from South Kivu on December 15. The group was led by Seraphin Bizimungu, also known as General Amani. According to MONUC officials, the group entered Rwanda via the transit center in Shangugu with MONUC ass [...]
2005-12-16 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL CG RW
05KINSHASA2055UDPS TORPEDOS INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION INITIATIVE
[...] (C) During the November visit of the U.N. Security Council to the DRC, members of Etienne Tshisekedi,s UDPS party approached the French Ambassador indicating that the party realized the need to modify the party,s rejection of the Transition and election process. In other words, the UDPS was i [...]
2005-12-16 15:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA2059NKUNDA'S PRESENCE IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE
[...] (C) Following CODEL Brownback,s visit to eastern DRC, the Ambassador traveled Dec. 3 with the MONUC North Kivu Indian Brigade commander to a small forward operating base at Katchanga in the Masisi area of North Kivu. Indian military commanders told the Ambassador the base had been established [...]
2005-12-20 09:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
05KINSHASA2060RENEWED BANYAMULENGE TENSIONS
[...] (C) There is a renewed threat of clashes in the High Plateau region of South Kivu province. The problem arises from a new source: tensions within the High Plateau Banyamulenge community. The proximate cause was the return of the "Group of 47," former Banyamulenge combatants who had reportedl [...]
2005-12-20 10:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA2067EUSEC REPORT ON REFORM OF MILITARY PAYMENT SYSTEM
[...] (C) European Union military experts produced an extensive report in July 2005 outlining structural changes in the military payment system (among other changes) which would help to address the pervasive failure of the GDRC regularly to pay its troops. This report was presented officially to th [...]
2005-12-21 09:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO ASEC CG
05KINSHASA2102FARDC ENGAGES HEAVILY ARMED MILITIAS IN ITURI
[...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC),with air and other logistical support from MONUC troops, launched Operation Eden December 21 against militia elements in the northeastern Ituri District. MONUC sources report operations are being directed against the Congolese R [...]
2005-12-27 16:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG
05KINSHASA2110ITURI: POSSIBLE UGANDAN SUPPORT TO MILITIAS; KARIM
[...] (C) MONUC military commanders told PolOff December 28 that a truck captured by the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) during operations in Nioka (reftel A) belongs to the Ugandan military. MONUC officials said the truck, which was being driven by three Ugandan civilians (later arrested),bore the [...]
2005-12-29 10:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG
05KINSHASA271MOROCCO ACTS AGAINST PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PHUM CG
05KINSHASA332OFFICIAL REQUEST FROM GDROC FOR U.S. MILITARY
[...] Embassy received February 24 two letters from DRC Minister of Defense Alphonse Onasumba to acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Theresa Whelan, requesting that the U.S. SIPDIS consider reactiving the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the DRC and provide assistance to the Trilate [...]
2005-02-28 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA338MONUC SUCCESSFULLY DISARMS ITURI MILITIAS
[...] (U) Summary. On February 23 a contingent of 350 Nepalese peacekeepers encircled a camp of armed militia who were threatening civilians in Ari Wara, Northern Ituri. The peacekeepers convinced the militia members to peacefully give up approximately 250 weapons and join Ituri's demobilization and [...]
2005-02-28 15:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL CG
05KINSHASA339CIAT STATEMENT ON ITURI KILLINGS
[...] (U) Ambassadors comprising the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a public statement February 28 strongly condemning the killing of nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Ituri by militiamen on February 25. Copies of the communique were given to President Kabila and t [...]
2005-02-28 16:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MOPS CG CIAT
05KINSHASA355MONUC PURSUES MILITIA INVOLVED IN PEACEKEEPERS'
[...] (SBU) According to MONUC sources, a contingent of 242 Pakistani special peacekeeping forces on March 1 conducted a military operation against the Front for National Integration (FNI) in Djugu territory, Ituri. These sources said that MONUC engaged over 100 militia and inflicted "heavy casualti [...]
2005-03-02 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MARR CG
05KINSHASA356SAN'EGIDIO COULD SEE SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter from President Kabila's Ambassador-at-Large Antoine Ghonda informing him that on March 6, the FDLR has agreed in principle to publicly agree to renounce violence, denounce the Rwandan genocide, and agree to disarm and voluntarily repatriate to Rwanda. Infor [...]
2005-03-02 13:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG RW
05KINSHASA370ITURI UPDATE
[...] (SBU) According to MONUC sources, the military operation conducted by Pakistani special peacekeeping forces March 1 against the Front for National Integration (FNI) in Loga, Djugu territory, Ituri, has so far resulted in over 50 militia casualties. These sources said two peacekeepers were inju [...]
2005-03-03 11:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MARR CG
05KINSHASA404ITURI CALM IN WAKE OF MONUC ACTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The site of a recent MONUC military operation in Ituri is now calm and people are returning to their homes, according to NGO sources who visited the area March 5-7. Several international NGOs and UNICEF also resumed providing humanitarian assistance to internally-displaced peopl [...]
2005-03-08 15:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL CG
05KINSHASA410U.N. BRIEFS ON ITURI SITUATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.N. officials briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats and humanitarian workers on March 8 about the current situation in Ituri. They stressed the need for the GDRC to adopt a clear position towards Ituri militias and to address the dire humanitarian situation they have caused. End Summa [...]
2005-03-09 16:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL CG
05KINSHASA645ITURI MILITIA REPRESENTATIVE DECLARES SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) The Secretary General of the Union of Congolese Patriots-Lubanga (UPC-L),John Tinanzabo, declared on Radio Okapi in Bunia April 14 that his group supported the disarmament process in Ituri. He said UPC-L members who refused to participate in the disarmament program would be regarded as ou [...]
2005-04-15 11:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL CG
05KINSHASA646THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION
[...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...]
2005-04-15 11:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG
05KINSHASA655CIAT MEETING WITH THE ESPACE PRESIDENTIEL APRIL 14
[...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met April 14 with President Kabila and three of DRC's four Vice Presidents; VP Ruberwa was absent. The first two discussion points centered on progress being seen to disarm militias in DRC's northeastern Ituri District, [...]
2005-04-18 13:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA735FDLR PRESIDENT MURWANASHYAKA IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka arrived in Kinshasa from Europe the evening of April 28 with the apparent objective of setting into motion steps that will lead to the repatriation of FDLR members and their families to Rwanda. Murwanashyaka met with GDRC officials on April 29, an [...]
2005-05-02 16:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA764FDLR PRES. PLANNING VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka is scheduled to leave Kinshasa for the Kivus in the next few days to meet with field commanders. Although he called on the international community to establish a 'Follow Up Committee,' he did not provide concrete 'next steps' to implement the [...]
2005-05-05 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA779CLEANING HOUSE IN KATANGA
[...] (C) Summary: International and Congolese media have been seized in recent days with eye-catching reports of a possible provincial seccession or coup against President Kabila in Katanga province. What seems actually to be happening in Katanga is the President cleaning house in "his" province. [...]
2005-05-09 15:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA790CONGOLESE CONSTITUTION ALMOST COMPLETE, ELECTORAL
[...] (C) After several weeks of intense negotiations, the National Assembly is in the third day of final consideration of the draft constitution, which is expected to be approved by the end of this week. Substantial changes were made to the original text to address concerns earlier voiced by CIAT [...]
2005-05-11 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA793N. KIVU UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY. (C) The security situation in Rutshuru and Masisi, North Kivu has deteriorated in the past month. About 1500 Congolese (mostly Tutsi) have fled Masisi for Rwanda in the past six weeks, and MONUC is concerned that targeted attacks against Nande by a mostly Hutu ex-ANC (RCD/G military w [...]
2005-05-12 15:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PREF CG
05KINSHASA800FDLR REPATRIATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka, MONUC DDRRR Chief, and Congolese officials went to the Kivus May 11 to try to persuade FDLR members and their families to return to Rwanda. Most Kinshasa-based international observers, however, are not optimistic about the FDLR President' [...]
2005-05-13 11:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA808CALM RETURNS TO KATANGA
[...] (C) The President and several close advisors returned to Kinshasa May 13 after several days in Lubumbashi reportedly tracking down a major Katangan secessionist plot. As reported reftel, the secessionist rhetoric was really a poorly disguised crackdown on Air Force Commander General John Numbi [...]
2005-05-16 15:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA950NEW SECURITY SECTOR AGREEMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN
[...] (U) Summary: Three new security sector reforms were signed on the margins of a June 1 ceremony marking the graduation of the third FARDC integrated brigade (reported septel). The Belgian, South Africa, and DRC agreements provide for additional future training, equipment and infrastructure dev [...]
2005-06-10 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA951THIRD INTEGRATED BRIGADE (MOSTLY) READY
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Ministers from the DRC, South Africa and Belgium, several CIAT ambassadors and military attaches, numerous other senior officials, and press participated in the graduation of the third FARDC integrated brigade at the Kamina (Katanga) training center on June 1. The ceremony [...]
2005-06-10 12:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA964KABILA LAUNCHES TRANSITION ASSESSMENT SEMINAR
[...] (U) President Kabila presided over the ceremonial opening June 10 of a Transition evaluation and assessment seminar. The Ambassador and other chiefs of mission of members countries of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) were also invited to attend, as were select [...]
2005-06-13 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA965INDIAN PEACEKEEPER KILLED IN N. KIVU
[...] (U) Unidentified gunmen killed an Indian peacekeeper and wounded two others 20 miles north of Goma in North Kivu June 13. In the ensuing confusion, Congolese soldiers wounded 8-9 civilians. MONUC has evacuated the civilian and military casualties to a Goma hospital. 2. (C) MONUC Goma Head [...]
2005-06-14 09:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG IN
05LIMA3253WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 22:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO PE UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05LIMA3434PERUVIAN COMMITMENT TO UN MISSION IN HAITI
[...] (C) Peruvian Defense Minister Roberto Chiabra, in recent conversations with Emboffs (most recently on 8/5 with the Ambassador),has echoed the concern expressed by UN SRSG Valdes that Chile and Argentina are leaning towards withdrawing their troops from MINUSTAH by June 2006 (Reftel). According to [...]
2005-08-09 21:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL ASEC PE AA UN
05LIMA3498DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMAINING IN HAITI FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 22:55:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR HA PE
05MADRID4033SPAIN'S REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON EU GENDARMERIE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-21 12:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL
05MANAGUA2143NICARAGUA INFORMED OF USG VIEWS ON UN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 19:18:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO NU UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05MAPUTO202RE: GAINING UNSC SUPPORT FOR SUDAN ACTION IN NEW
[...] (C) On February 11, Emboff delivered Sudan action demarche and talking points to Faruque Faquira, head of department for United Nations issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Faquira said that Mozambique "had no philosophical disagreement" with the concept of an African Union-United Nation [...]
2005-02-14 14:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM ETTC PREL KPKO MZ ETRAD
05MAPUTO310MOZAMBIQUE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN
[...] (C) Summary: In her March 2 meetings with President Guebuza, Prime Minister Diogo, Foreign Minister Abreu, and other officials visiting A/S Newman outlined USG priorities of fighting HIV/AIDS and promoting economic development. She emphasized the need for the GRM to show leadership in discussi [...]
2005-03-07 12:17:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON KPKO PGOV MARR MASS KTIA PREL MZ MCC
05MAPUTO321MOZAMBIQUE: A/S NEWMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Newman, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Mozambique's Minister in the Presidency for Diplomatic Affairs, Francisco Madeira, March 2. Minister Madeira received A/S Newman immediately after returning from a visit to Z [...]
2005-03-09 15:11:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KPKO MARR MASS EINV MZ ZI
05MAPUTO931MOZAMBIQUE: GRM VIEWS ON CREATION OF UN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 09:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO MZ UNSC UNFA ECOSOC
05MASERU364WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered key points on the UN Peacebuilding Commission and discussed in detail the three (3) proposed resolutions with Lesotho's Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Minister Moleleki said that his government supported the idea of such a Commission. He went on to state his co [...]
2005-07-15 12:15:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR KPKO UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05NAIROBI4762DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S NAIROBI MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick met with AU Special Envoy Salim Salim at the start of a day of meetings intended to address the rift within the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM). The Deputy Secretary and Mediator agreed that the international community should act together to encourage the [...]
2005-11-16 08:55:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MARR KPKO SU SLM
05NDJAMENA260PRESIDENT DEBY DOUBTS AFRICAN UNION'S CAPACITY ON
[...] (C) Summary. The African Union (AU) is not up to the task of establishing a tribunal on Darfur, but the decision on how to proceed should reflect whatever AU consensus is reached, President Deby told the Ambassador February 18. In the meeting held to convey the Secretary's letter to him on [...]
2005-02-18 17:17:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO PHUM PREL KAWC SU CD
05NDJAMENA277CHAD SEEKS RAPID ACTION ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL,
[...] (C) Upon receiving ref B (notal),the Ambassador followed up to clarify Chad's views on a Sudan tribunal based on prior statements of support for our position in Libreville on February 11 (ref C). The Ambassador contacted President Deby's Special Advisor Alam-mi Ahmad by telephone February 1 [...]
2005-02-22 14:17:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO PHUM PREL CD SU
05NEWDELHI1554US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]
2005-03-01 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI3366DEMARCHE ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO ELIMINATE SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) Following up on discussion at the most recent US-India Peacekeeping Joint Working Group (Ref B),PolCouns and Poloff discussed India's efforts to encourage high standards of conduct for troops participating in UN peacekeeping operations (PKO) with MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Hamid [...]
2005-05-04 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KPKO MARR IN
05NEWDELHI5868INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS: SUDAN READY TO GO, MAYBE MORE
[...] (C) Summary: Indian media reported on July 27 that a second Indian infantry brigade had been told to prepare to deploy to the UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) K Nandini told us that the MEA was SIPDIS unawa [...]
2005-07-28 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO IN CG SU UNSC
05NEWDELHI627CANADIAN PM MEETS WITH SONIA, DISCUSSES ENRON
[...] (C) Summary: The unprecedented meeting with Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi marked the highlight of Canadian PM Paul Martin's January 18 trip to New Delhi, Canadian Embassy PolCouns Adrian Norfolk told PolCouns and Poloff on January 25. Canadian PM Paul Martin also met with Prime Mini [...]
2005-01-27 01:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KNNP EINV CA IN
05NEWDELHI6994INDIA-EU,UK SUMMITS: THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY
[...] (U) Summary: Tony Blair wrapped up two days of EU and UK summits on September 8, leaving behind an EU-India joint action plan, British and European support for Indian ITER participation, a framework agreement on Galileo, and UK assent to increased civil nuclear cooperation. Trade representatives [...]
2005-09-09 14:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV KPKO KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM
05NEWDELHI7752GOI ON ICJ ELECTIONS DEMARCHE, ITALIAN COESPU
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on ICJ elections, discussed Ref B plans for funding travel of Indian students to Italy's Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, and reviewed the way forward for cooperation on UN reform in an October 5 conversation with MEA [...]
2005-10-05 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KUNR IN IT UNSC UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI909INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005
[...] (S) Summary: With political momentum in its favor, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects to solidify its hold on power in 2005. The Congress-led coalition's pursuit of closer US-India ties will continue unabated, but the exigencies of coalition government will slow progress on issues of i [...]
2005-02-04 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS KPKO XD IN
05OTTAWA1972INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COMMITS TO MAINTAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 senior level officials from Haiti, international organizations, and donor governments met June 17 in Montreal to discuss the future of Haiti. The conference's key theme was the importance of maintaining momentum in the lead-up to the November elections. Partic [...]
2005-06-29 14:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYHA MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CA
05OTTAWA2081FOREIGN MINISTRY BRIEFING ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) FAC briefed members of the Haitian election observer's steering committee July 8 to help shore up their commitment to supporting the observation mission. Participants were told that the process is largely on track but requires continued coordination and close cooperation if it is to be s [...]
2005-07-08 20:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA HA PGOV PREL KPKO
05OTTAWA2422CANADA: FOLLOW-UP TO SEA ISLAND ACTION PLAN
[...] (SBU) Following confirmation from the Italian Embassy that Italy's demarche on assistance to COESPU had been delivered, on August 4 polmiloff provided reftel points and web site information to Foreign Affairs (FAC) International Security Bureau (IDD) Director General Paul Chapin. An informatio [...]
2005-08-10 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MASS MARR CA
05PARIS1477FRENCH REACT POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON DRC ARMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF PDAS Elisabeth Barbier on March 7 expressed general agreement with reftel demarche on the DRC arms embargo resolution, accepting that MONUC did not need to take on additional responsibilities. She also responded favorably to the proposed flight reporting provision but sa [...]
2005-03-07 16:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MARR KPKO CG FR UNSC
05PARIS1614FRENCH RESPONSE ON PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher shared reftel points February 26 on a proposed joint demarche to troop contributing countries (TCCs) with MFA IO Africa expert Clement Leclerc. 2. (C) While Leclerc's initial reaction was guardedly positive, in a subsequent meeting March 4, he told us that the am [...]
2005-03-11 08:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG FR MONUC
05PARIS2725COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH VIEWS ON PRETORIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Foucher on April 20 reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire. South African President Mbeki's mediation efforts were a positive development but it remained to be seen how and whether Ivoirians would follow up to their advantage. Foucher said t [...]
2005-04-21 16:11:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO IV FR
05PARIS3088FRANCE FAVORS RATIONALIZING WEST AFRICA UN
[...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher raised ref B points on authorizing the UNSYG to transfer peacekeeping units among existing missions in West Africa with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier and MFA IO DAS-equivalent Jean Pierre Lacroix on May 6. 2. (C) Barbier, while noting that IO had the le [...]
2005-05-06 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPKO SL LI IV UK FR UNSC
05PARIS3591UNSC: ISSUES FOR FRENCH PRESIDENCY IN JUNE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA IO DAS-equivalent for political affairs Jean-Pierre Lacroix reviewed with poloff May 23 issues likely to be raised during France's June presidency of the U.N. Security Council. IRAN 2. (C) Lacroix said that the big question for the UNSC in June would be the terms of deba [...]
2005-05-24 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO FR UNSC
05PARIS4415PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: DRAFT RESOLUTION PASSED
[...] Per Ref A instruction, on June 22 we passed Ref A para 3 draft resolution on the UN Peacebuilding Commission to the relevant MFA IO office, asked for comments, and will report them once our contacts have been able to review the material. 2. Ref B para 3 reports recent GOF views on this mat [...]
2005-06-22 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO KUNR FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS4527FRANCE ON PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: WE'RE VERY
[...] Post shared the USG draft UNGA and UNSC resolutions with MFA IO UN reform action officer Nicolas Kassianides, who told us June 28 that the GoF was actively considering how to move forward on establishing the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). 2. Kassianides thanked us for the draft resolutions [...]
2005-06-28 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO KUNR FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS4917WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] Poloff delivered reftel points July 15, together with draft UNGA, UNSC, and ECOSOC resolutions, to MFA IO UN Reform action officer Nicolas Kassianides. 2. Kassianides thanked us for the information and said that the French translations would be particularly helpful. We undertook to share t [...]
2005-07-15 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO FR UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05PARIS5490FRENCH: COESPU SUPPORT WILL TAKE TIME
[...] SUMMARY. MFA contacts stress that the GoF needs time to consider the U.S.-Italian request for support to the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). Local Italian embassy contacts do not expect a French contribution, but were encouraged that the GoF did not reject their req [...]
2005-08-12 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS FR
05PARIS6938PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...]
2005-10-11 06:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR
05PARIS7461UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...]
2005-11-02 14:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS7813FRENCH RELUCTANT TO DEPLOY EU GENDARMERIE TO HAITI
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The French are reluctant to send the EU Gendarmerie to Haiti in support of upcoming elections for a number of reasons. The primary concern they cite is that the EU Gendarmerie is not yet ready to deploy, and won't be until sometime in 2006. Additionally, the GoF is w [...]
2005-11-17 13:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KPKO FR HA EUN
05PRAGUE1056CZECH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON UN REFORM, CCIT AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. On July 14, the Charge d'Affairs met with MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil to discuss reftels regarding the G-4 proposal on UN Security Council reform, support for the Comprehensive Con [...]
2005-07-14 15:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KUNR KPKO EZ UNGA UNSC ECOSOC
05QUITO1924ECUADOR ENGAGEMENT IN HAITI UNWAVERING
[...] (SBU) PolChief conveyed reftel points urging continued Ecuadorian military support for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to VFM Marcelo Fernandez de Cordova on February 17. 2. (SBU) Fernandez said he would not attend the vice-ministerial meeting in Santiago August 19; the G [...]
2005-08-17 23:27:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR HA EC
05RABAT1118WESTERN SAHARA: POLICE USE VIOLENCE TO PUT DOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts in Laayoune confirm news reports that significant demonstrations have taken place in Laayoune between May 21-25. More than twenty persons have reportedly been arrested and as many are reported to be injured, some seriously. Large numbers of police and milita [...]
2005-05-27 17:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1129WESTERN SAHARA: UPDATE ON DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos reached out to both Moroccans and Algerians in an attempt to restore "calm" to the situation in the Western Sahara, holding separate bilateral meetings with GOM and GOA officials in Luxembourg May 30, and indicated his government's intention to stay engaged in [...]
2005-05-31 17:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1162US-MOROCCAN MILITARY CONSULTATIONS: THE MOROCCANS
[...] (C) Summary: The third annual US-Morocco Defense Consultative Committee took place in Rabat on May 18-19, 2005, led on the US side by ASD Peter Rodman and on the Moroccan side by Minister Delegate to the PM in Charge of the Administration of National Defense Mr. Abderrahmane Sbai. During the [...]
2005-06-03 17:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG ETRD IZ KPKO MARR MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RABAT896MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) In Jakarta for the April 22-23 Africa-Asia summit, PM Jettou signed the new African-Asian strategic partnership declaration calling for collective action to address common issues like terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and organized crime, and committing countries to meeting internat [...]
2005-04-29 17:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO KTFN MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05ROME2629ITALY SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT
[...] Summary. Italy confirms its support for the concept of a SEEBRIG deployment as described in reftels and will work with the U.S. on details of possible implementation. End Summary. 2. On August 4, DATT delivered Reftel A talking points to LTG Fabrizio Castegnetti, newly appointed chief of th [...]
2005-08-08 07:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME3796ITALY SEES NO POSSIBILITY TO DEPLOY EGF FOR
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered ref demarche to MFA Central America and the Caribbean Office Director Paolo Miraglia and to Major Fabio Cairo, who handles European Gendarme Force policy for Carabinieri HQ Rome. Poloffs urged consideration of early European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment, but both M [...]
2005-11-17 12:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN
05ROME4116ITALIANS RESPOND FOR EGF ON HAITIAN DEPLOYMENT
[...] Following on Rome's initial response (Ref A) to the request for a European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment in advance of the Haitian elections (Ref B),Italy, as current president, has provided a letter to Embassy Rome on behalf of the EGF affirming that the force is not yet fully operation [...]
2005-12-21 12:39:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN
05SANSALVADOR2033EL SALVADOR: WILLING GLOBAL PEACE OPS INITIATIVE (GPOI) PARTNER
[...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was delivered to Foreign Minister by Ambassador and to Minister of Defense (MOD) by MILGP Commander on July 13. On July 14, Ambassador also hand delivered to FM, who is in Washington with Ambassador for the Saca/Bush meeting, a non-paper summarizing Ref B background on G [...]
2005-07-15 18:30:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS PREL ES UNGA
05TEGUCIGALPA1548HONDURAS NOT SURE IT WANTS A PIECE OF UN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-27 22:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR KPKO HO UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05TEGUCIGALPA1575HONDURAS READY AND WILLING FOR GLOBAL PEACE
[...] (SBU) Acting PolChief demarched MFA Acting Director General (A/DG) of Foreign Relations Alan Javier Oviedo Garcia July 19 and delivered ref A talking points on the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). A/DG Oviedo asked if the U.S. Government was demarching any other countries in the C [...]
2005-07-27 18:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MASS PREL PGOV HO
05TELAVIV6262UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN
[...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF),and that its missi [...]
2005-11-01 14:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6606UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER
[...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...]
2005-11-22 13:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6877ISRAELIS DELIBERATELY "AMBIGUOUS" ON PALESTINIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland and Deputy National Security Advisor Eran Etzion told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 9 that the GOI has adopted a deliberately "ambiguous" approach to Palestinian Authority (PA) elections "so the PA can't blame Israel for the p [...]
2005-12-10 16:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV KPAL KDEM KPKO LE SY IS IR TU AE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7112ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT
[...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...]
2005-12-30 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05THEHAGUE1990PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH OPEN
[...] (C) Poloff met Welment van Aardenne (MFA, Senior Policy Advisor, UN department) to discuss reftel points (refs a and b) on July 14 and July 15. Poloff emphasized both the anticipated strength of the USG's engagement in the upcoming discussions on establishing the Peacebuilding Commission (P [...]
2005-07-15 10:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR KPKO NL UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05VATICAN473HOLY SEE PRESSES DIALOGUE; EAST TIMORESE JESUIT CRITICAL OF
[...] (C) The Holy See's Deputy Foreign Minister told Charge May 2 that the situation in East Timor was a source of great concern, and that they were encouraging the bishops and Nuncio to pursue dialogue with the government to resolve the situation. He and an East Timorese Jesuit, Joao Piedade, conc [...]
2005-05-04 06:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO VT
05VATICAN503HOLY SEE SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO UN REFORM
[...] (SBU) Vatican MFA's Monsignor Francis Chullikatt told us July 22 he agreed that it made sense to take a comprehensive approach to UN reform rather than to reform the UNSC first and approach remaining reform issues in a "piecemeal" fashion. He confirmed the Holy See's support for a restructuri [...]
2005-07-27 13:47:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR KPKO VT UN
05VIENNA1895 AFGHANISTAN: AUSTRIA SENDING UP TO 100 SOLDIERS
[...] (SBU) On June 7, the Austrian Council of Ministers (cabinet) unanimously approved the deployment of up to 100 Austrian soldiers to Afghanistan in August - October 2005. Parliament's standing committee will have to give final approval to the deployment mandate, possibly as early as June 10. [...]
2005-04-08 12:01:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA1966 AFGHANISTAN: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEPLOYMENT OF
[...] (SBU) On June 10, Parliament's standing committee (Hauptausschuss) unanimously approved the cabinet's decision (ref a) to send up to 100 Austrian soldiers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for a period of three months, until October 31, 2005. The Austrian soldiers will join the German PRT i [...]
2005-04-08 12:01:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA2130EUFOR-ALTHEA: AUSTRIA TO ASSUME COMMAND OF "TASK
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-24 14:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL KPKO AU BK NATO EUN
05VIENNA2403AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON CREATING UN
[...] (SBU) On July 15, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points and draft resolutions to Peter Huber in the MFA's International Organizations Division. Huber said the GoA supported the creation of a UN Peacebuilding Commission along the lines of the USG proposal. The EU also wan [...]
2005-07-18 06:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR KPKO AU UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05WELLINGTON168NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF UNMISET
[...] According to an official at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),New Zealand agrees that the time has come to wrap up peacekeeping operations in East Timor. New Zealand believes UNMISET should be replaced by a scaled-down, time-bound political mission under UN auspices, [...]
2005-02-24 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL TL NZ UNSC
06ABIDJAN1050COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER FORMS A NEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny has formed a new cabinet, replacing the former Ministers of Transport and Environment, dividing the Ministries of Justice and Interior in twoministries each, and naming two new Secretaries of State, a rank slightly below that of minister. Thus, the new cabin [...]
2006-09-18 16:35:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1070COTE D'IVOIRE: EVENTS AND RHETORIC HEATING UP AS
[...] (C) Summary. Events and rhetoric are heating up but proceeding largely as expected as October 31 approaches. The local press is reporting that the September 20 meeting in New York chaired by Secretary General Annan and attended by key African leader and all the key Ivoirian political leaders [...]
2006-09-22 16:52:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN112GBAGBO USES ARTICLE 48 POWERS TO EXTEND NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The January 27 extension by Presidential decree of the Mandate of the National Assembly (NA) has further weakened Prime Minister Banny, and continued President Gbagbo's challenge to the International Community. The New Forces, who do not have any deputies in the assembly, have [...]
2006-02-01 15:51:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1173GOVERNMENT CREATES 133 JUDGESHIPS TO RESUME AND
[...] (U) President Gbagbo has signed a decree creating 133 judgeships throughout Cote d'Ivoire, in areas controlled by both the government and the New Forces. The decree was signed on October 5 but only published on October 17, on the eve of the AU Peace and Security Council meeting on Cote d'Ivoi [...]
2006-10-18 17:29:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN1207COTE D'IVOIRE - TENSE BUT CALM AND LIKELY TO
[...] (C) Cote d'Ivoire remains tense on the eve of the end of the current one-year mandate of President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Banny and a new UNSC resolution for the country. While there is no doubt that both Gbagbo and Banny's terms will be extended, doubts and fears linger over the relative a [...]
2006-10-30 14:27:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IV
06ABIDJAN1314STATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS SHUT DUE TO TEACHERS' STRIKE
[...] On November 9, 2006, the Primary School Teachers, Movement for the Defense of their Rights, known as Mouvement des Instituteurs pour la Defense de leurs Droits (MIDD),launched a strike to protest the government's failure to grant USD 80 (CFAF 40,000) per month in housing allowances for prima [...]
2006-11-28 11:45:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN134COTE D,IVOIRE'S TRANSITION: STRUGGLING TO GET OFF
[...] (C) Summary. The October 6 decision by the African Union (AU) that President Gbagbo should remain as head of state and a new Prime Minister be appointed to bring the country to disarmament and elections has failed to generate the hoped-for momentum among the Ivoirian actors. The peace proces [...]
2006-02-08 14:32:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN150COTE D'IVOIRE: MOVING THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD
[...] (C) Since 2002, the Cote d'Ivoire peace process has gone through multiple mediators and mediations including Lome, Linas-Marcoussis, Accra, and Pretoria. Each has petered out in turn, leaving Cote d'Ivoire far short of reunification, disarmament, and elections. Per reftel, the new government [...]
2006-02-12 08:03:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN179ECHOES OF ARETHA FRANKLIN: THE REBELS WANT RESPECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a three-day trip to Bouake and Korhogo, in New Forces (FN) territory in the North, to urge the ex-rebels to help move the political process forward. We found a relatively relaxed security environment and a population whose most pressing concerns were not the [...]
2006-02-17 10:30:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN199COTE D'IVOIRE: SORO AND GBAGBO TO MEET FEBRUARY 27
[...] (C) On February 22, Sidike Konate, spokesperson for the New Forces (NF),called on the Ambassador to inform him that a meeting between President Gbagbo and NF Secretary General Guillaume Soro is scheduled to take place February 27. There will also be a second meeting between Gbagbo and all thr [...]
2006-02-23 16:27:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN217COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS' SUMMIT MEETING
[...] (U) The meetings that were scheduled to take place February 27 between President Gbagbo and New Forces Secretary General Guillaume Soro; and between Gbagbo, Soro, former Prime Minister Ouattara and former President Bedie (reftel) did not happen, because of a disgreement over security arrangeme [...]
2006-02-28 14:06:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN255ALASSANE OUATTARA RESTRUCTURES THE RDR
[...] (U) On March 4-5, presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara's political party, the RDR (Rally of Democratic Republicans),met at the UN-protected Golf Hotel in Abidjan, to restructure the party and increase the number of leadership positions at the top. More than 700 [...]
2006-03-08 15:22:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN284REBEL LEADER GUILLAUME SORO RETURNS TO ABIDJAN
[...] (U) New Forces (FN) leader Guillaume Soro arrived in Abidjan from the northern rebel capital of Bouake on March 14 around 1100, via UN helicopter. He met with President Gbagbo around noon, immediately after arriving, and then met with Prime Minister Charles Banny. In the evening he met with [...]
2006-03-15 17:20:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN317COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...]
2006-03-23 16:57:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN320COTE D'IVOIRE: FIFTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful fifth meeting March 17. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Election (HRE) Monteiro, and the new Chairman of Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) gave presentations. Some element of dr [...]
2006-03-24 16:21:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN339COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...]
2006-03-31 14:12:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN460COTE D'IVOIRE: RECENT ATTACKS IN THE WEST PROVE
[...] (C) Summary: UN agencies are concerned by a continuing series of inter-ethnic attacks that have occurred in recent weeks in western Cote d'Ivoire, mostly around the town of Bangolo. The attacks have resulted in several deaths, injuries, and some internal population displacement. The UN rep [...]
2006-05-05 16:31:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF KPKO PHUM IV
06ABIDJAN483THE FPI AFTER SIX YEARS IN POWER
[...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo,s ruling FPI party is feeling defensive, with little to show after almost six years in power. The party came into office in the flawed 2000 elections with a sweeping agenda of socialist reform. It has achieved few of them while failing to address the fundamenta [...]
2006-05-11 16:55:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN493COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRTY-SIX CONVICTED FOR JULY 2005
[...] (U) Summary: On May 5, an Ivoirian Military Tribunal convicted and sentenced 36 individuals to terms ranging from two to 15 years for their role in the July 2005 attacks on Agboville and Anyama, two towns located respectivly 70 and 7 KM North of downtown Abidjan. During the attacks, 24 people [...]
2006-05-12 16:42:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC AEMR IV
06ABIDJAN495GOCI TO LAUNCH PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM ON MAY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister,s office and a New Forces (FN) representative have told us that on May 18 the government will begin a pilot population identification program at seven locations in government and FN territory and in the Zone of Confidence. End summary. 2. (SBU) Francois K [...]
2006-05-12 16:58:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN500PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IDENTIFICATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 14, Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny addressed the nation on the televised evening news and confirmed reports that the Ministry of Justice will begin pilot identification programs on May 18. Banny also announced that identification and disarmament (DDR) would occur sim [...]
2006-05-15 13:33:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN504COTE D'IVOIRE: MORE VIOLENCE IN WEST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 17:24:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN515MORE DETAILS ON PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
[...] (U) Summary: More details about the pilot identification process emerged on May 15, during a press conference by the Minister of Justice, Mamadou Kone. The pilot identification program will target anyone over 13 years of age who is without documents. Once the pilot phase has ended, the Mini [...]
2006-05-17 15:31:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN523PILOT ID PROGRAM GETS OFF TO A GLACIAL START IN
[...] (C) The pilot identification program got off to an inauspicious start with only one petitioner appearing in the Port Bouet district of Abidjan on the morning of May 18, the first day of the program. About thirty Young Patriots showed up around 9:00, along with sanctioned Young Patriot leader [...]
2006-05-18 15:01:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN526PRELIMINARIES TO DISARMAMENT PROCESS TO BEGIN SOON
[...] (SBU) The Chiefs-of-Staff of the New Forces (FAFN) and Ivoirian (FANCI) militaries agreed on May 17 to start assembling troops in preparation for a disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program. The NF will gather troops at two sites (at Botro, in the far northeast, and Bouna, [...]
2006-05-19 16:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN532COTE D'IVOIRE: STATUS OF PILOT ID PROGRAM
[...] Summary: The second and third day of the pilot identification program ran smoothly in all seven sites both north and south. After the first day, pro-Gbagbo militias ceased their disruptive activities against the program in the south and the population appears to be gaining confidence in the [...]
2006-05-23 10:49:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN568COTE D'IVOIRE: PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
[...] (U) Summary: From May 18 through 24, 4810 applicants were interviewed at seven sites in the pilot identification program. A total of 2601 birth certificates and 2188 certificates of nationality were approved after interviews averaging 40 minutes per person. The pilot identification program [...]
2006-05-30 16:48:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN583COTE D'IVOIRE: PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
[...] (U) Summary: From May 18 through 24, 4810 applicants were interviewed at seven sites in the pilot identification program. A total of 2601 birth certificates and 2188 certificates of nationality were approved after interviews averaging 40 minutes per person. The pilot identification program [...]
2006-06-02 09:36:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN613COTE D'IVOIRE: FINAL NUMBERS FROM PILOT ID PROGRAM
[...] (U) The Ivorian government announced the official figures for the pilot identification process which ended on May 27. The official figures are: 5003 applicants were interviewed, 3907 birth certificates were granted, and 3137 certificates of nationality were approved. The analysis of the pilo [...]
2006-06-08 15:20:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN616FESCI UNDER SERGES KOFFI: THE FIRST YEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FESCI (Federation of High School and University Students of Cote d'Ivoire) was created by President Gbagbo and other professors in 1992 at the birth of Cote d'Ivoire's multi-party system to give students a voice in the new political environment. It rapidly degenerated into a maf [...]
2006-06-09 14:09:00Embassy AbidjanSECRET//NOFORNKPKO PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN647COTE D'IVOIRE: START OF DISARMAMENT MAY BE DELAYED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 14:54:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN658COTE D'IVOIRE: DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS
[...] (C) Despite assurances we were given June 16 by Director of Operations for Disarmament Jean-Paul Malan that there were just a few obstacles left to mediate and that disarmament of the western militias would likely begin on June 17 (reftel),the militias continue to refuse to begin even the firs [...]
2006-06-19 15:59:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL IV
06ABIDJAN686COTRE D'IVOIRE: EIGHTH MEETING OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. At the eighth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny gave a long, evasive presentation seeking to reassure the group that he is determined to succeed in bringing the country to elections, while IWG members tried to pin him down on why so little pro [...]
2006-06-28 15:23:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN694COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER,S PEACE TRAIN STUCK
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny's peace train is stuck for the moment at the disarmament station. The Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) say they have completed the initial, pre-regroupment phase of the disarmament, where combatants are assembled at designated sites under their own comma [...]
2006-06-30 11:29:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN713NEW FORCES PREVENTED FROM MEETING PRESIDENT
[...] (U) On July 4, a delegation of New Forces (NF) soldiers led by Chief-of-Staff General Soumailo Bakayoko was refused entry to the Prime Minister's office (Primature) prior to a scheduled meeting with President Gbagbo. Gbagbo wrote the NF last week, inviting the NF military (FAFN) to meet with h [...]
2006-07-05 17:33:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN718COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECRETARY GENERAL CHAIRS
[...] (C) Summary. UNSYG Annan chaired a mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in which participants set several deadlines to accelerate key elements of the peace process, including identification, DDR, and organization of elections. There was no discussion of possible scenarios if presidential elections [...]
2006-07-06 18:16:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN731PRIME MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REGISTRATION OF
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny, accompanied by his Justice Minister, convoked ECOWAS ambassadors and several members of the International Working Group (IWG) to Yamoussoukro on July 9 for a hastily-scheduled meeting on his government's plans to launch a program, scheduled to begin on July [...]
2006-07-11 07:44:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN760COTE D'IVOIRE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO
[...] (U) Sylvain Roy, Chief Conduct and Discipline Officer at the UN Operation in Cote D'Ivoire (ONUCI),briefed us July 12 on ONUCI's efforts to combat sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA). He explained that the Conduct and Discipline Team (CDT) is a newly formed unit; he himself arrived in Decembe [...]
2006-07-14 17:21:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN771COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS RESUME STRIKE
[...] (SBU) Primary and secondary school teachers, who suspended their strike June 20 after meeting with President Gbagbo (ref A),are threatening to resume the strike July 18. The teachers said at the time that their demands had not been met but that they would suspend the strike to allow for furth [...]
2006-07-18 13:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN779COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT MISSES DEADLINE TO CLEAR
[...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire missed a July 17 deadline to clear its arrears with the World Bank in time for the Bank to approve its USD 100 million contribution to the funding for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) at its July 27 Board meeting. 2. (C) Cote d'Ivoire's arrears with the [...]
2006-07-18 16:14:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON IBRD KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN788COTE D'IVOIRE: NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful ninth meeting July 20. The Prime Minister sought to reassure the group that his peace train is on track and moving forward, but once again he was long on promises and short on specifics. The communique from this m [...]
2006-07-21 15:35:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN789COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS' STRIKE WIDELY IGNORED
[...] (SBU) The strike by elementary and secondary school teachers that was supposed to resume on July 18 (ref A) was widely ignored. While Mamadou Soro, the leader of the teacher,s group calling for the strike, was quoted in the newspapers as saying over 70 percent of teachers boycotted, all othe [...]
2006-07-21 16:07:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALELAB PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN804SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES OVER ID PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Several people were killed and more than twenty injured over the weekend in Divo during violent confrontations at protests aimed at blocking the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant hearings -- from going forward with the identification process. Opposition party leaders are enco [...]
2006-07-24 16:24:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN810PRIME MINISTER BANNY ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister spoke to the nation last night on the mobile identification process, addressing concerns raised by the President's FPI party and its supporters intent on disrupting the process. The PM made clear that the mobile teams are essential to the peace process and the [...]
2006-07-25 15:38:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN812COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES REPORTEDLY POSTPONE
[...] (C) On July 25, leaders of the union representing all bank employees in Cote d'Ivoire told us they had postponed a three-day strike that the union had threatened to start on July 26. This decision was reportedly made after the banking sector employers' association offered fresh talks. Union [...]
2006-07-25 16:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALELAB EFIN PGOV ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN832UN CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. The United Nations is monitoring the progress of the registration of undocumented Ivoirians, in preparation for elections, and gave a briefing for embassies and international organizations July 25. Reportedly, almost all of the teams sent into rebel-held areas in the north are o [...]
2006-07-27 17:00:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN839MODEST START TO DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS;
[...] (U) On July 26, the disarmament/dismantling of ex-combatant, pro-Gbagbo militias got underway in the western town of Guiglo in the presence of Prime Minister Banny, DDR Commission (PNDDR) chief Ouassenan Kone, and UN officials. Approximately 150 militias reported to the demobilization site to [...]
2006-07-28 17:02:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN857WESTERN MILITIAS DISARMAMENT UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 18:59:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN874COTE D'IVOIRE: UN BRIEFS AGAIN ON IDENTIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) reports that in the first two weeks of the current identification operation, there were just over 35,000 applications for registration in one form or another, from the estimated four million undocumented Ivoirians and foreigners born her [...]
2006-08-03 16:47:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN876COTE D'IVOIRE: PARTIAL DISMANTLEMENT OF MILITIAS
[...] (C) Summary. The dismantling of pro-Gbagbo militias in western Cote d'Ivoire continues to experience problems. It appears that only a fraction of the militia members are included in this program, and very little real disarmament has yet taken place. End Summary. 2. (C) The dismantling of [...]
2006-08-04 11:25:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN885COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SUSPENDS DISMANTLEMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The UN confirms reports that it has halted the dismantlement of militias in Guiglo over the weekend. A UN official told us that tension in Guiglo remained high as some 1000 militia members from other towns continued their protests over the weekend. Although officially the UN cl [...]
2006-08-08 18:19:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN903COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REINS IN IDENTIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo has declared that the mobile courts carrying out the identification process can only issue birth certificates, not a second category of identification document that provisionally establishes Ivoirian nationality. In reaction, the rebel New Forces suspended their [...]
2006-08-10 12:36:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN926COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE TRAIN SLOWS TO A CRAWL
[...] (C) The Cote d'Ivoire peace train has slowed to a barely perceptible crawl. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR),dismantling of militias, and identification of Ivoirian nationals are supposed to be proceeding concomitantly but instead they are bogging down concomitantly. DDR [...]
2006-08-18 10:40:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN928COTE D'IVOIRE: NEW FORCES AND POLITICAL
[...] (U) On August 17, leaders of the political opposition and the rebel New Forces (FN) met in Daoukro (home of ex-president Bedie) to consult on the current political situation. All the major party leaders were present: ex-president Henri Konan Bedie, leader of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Cot [...]
2006-08-18 17:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN947COTE D'IVOIRE: GETTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON
[...] (C) Summary. What can the United States do to try to break the current gridlock in the Cote d'Ivoire peace process? We suggest that the United States consult with France and the UK and together with those governments jointly approach the African Union (AU) to urge that African leaders re-en [...]
2006-08-24 10:48:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN963COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) The next meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) has been postponed from September 1 to September 8. In his letter notifying IWG members of the change, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Pierre Schori explained that it was made at the request of Prime Minster [...]
2006-08-25 15:51:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN991COTE D'IVOIRE: UPCOMING SUMMITS IN YAMOUSSOUKRO
[...] (C) Summary. So far President Gbagbo is saying he will not attend the Secretary General's September 20 mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in New York, but he might change his mind under pressure from the Secretary General and his African counterparts. Prime Minister Banny and all the opposition le [...]
2006-09-01 16:50:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV
06ABUDHABI1341SUDAN: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES
[...] (C) The Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA as a diplomatic note April 3 and followed up with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani April 5. Al-Hosani told Pol chief that he was not aware that the UN had approached the UAE to date with a request for assistance, an [...]
2006-04-05 13:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL SU KPKO AE
06ABUDHABI1531UAE CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SUDAN, AU MISSION IN
[...] (C) Pol chief met with MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Ahmed Besais April 17 to follow up on the issue of re-hatting the peacekeeping troops in Darfur (refs A, B). Besais told Pol chief the UAE supports the Arab League's "Khartoum Declaration" that affirms support for the African Union's [...]
2006-04-17 13:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU AE
06ABUDHABI3626UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDING NAM IN HAVANA:
[...] (C) Post delivered ref B and C demarches in a series of meetings with members of the UAE delegation to the NAM conference prior to their respective departures to Havana: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ),MFA Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan, and International Organiza [...]
2006-09-13 13:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER PHUM KPKO UNSC PGOV GT SU IR
06ABUJA2131DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR/UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Adamu Emozozo, Assistant Director for African Affairs at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 17. Emozozo said that President Obasanjo continues to use every available opportunity to talk to President Bashir about Darfu [...]
2006-08-17 14:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU NI
06ABUJA689AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW DES-PADS
[...] Ambassador called on the Colonel Mahamane Toure, the new Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defense, and Security at ECOWAS. Also in attendance were the DATT, PolMilOff, and a EUCOM J5 officer. 2. The cordial meeting offered the Ambassador an opportunity to express the imp [...]
2006-03-28 10:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS KPKO NI XY ECOWAS
06ABUJA706ENHANCING SECURITY MEDIATION TEAM AT DARFUR PEACE
[...] (SBU) Per State 04850, USDEL asked African Union Special Envoy Dr. Salim Salim if he would welcome BG Kazura from Rwanda as part of his mediation team. Salim said yes. He hopes Kazura can arrive soon. CAMPBELL [...]
2006-03-29 09:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPKO SOCI SU NI
06ACCRA566GHANA PROMISES SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA,S UNSC
[...] (U) The Ambassador spoke with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo March 8 and raised ref A points regarding support for Guatemala,s candidacy as Latin America,s next non-permanent member of the UNSC. Akufo-Addo quickly stated that the GOG would support Guatemala and asked when the vot [...]
2006-03-10 09:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGH GT KPKO PREL SU VE NATO UNSC UN
06ACCRA66DEMARCHE ON AMIS RE-HAT: GHANA
[...] (SBU) On January 5, PolOff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of African Union Affairs Kwabena Baah-Doudu to urge the Government of Ghana to press the AU to request that the UN begin planning to re-hat the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in 2006, per reftel. 2. (SBU) Baah-D [...]
2006-01-09 16:24:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU
06ADDISABABA1003DPKO ASG ANNABI MAKES TRANSITION PROGRESS WITH AU
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN is cautiously optimistic that planning for transition of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission is on better footing following consultations with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit and his team, UN ASG for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi [...]
2006-04-14 13:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA1005DARFUR: AU CONTINUES TO SUPPORT TRANSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary/action request: Addis-based Darfur Liaison Group (LG) heads of mission met April 14 with African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit to discuss the AU's draft roadmap for implementation of the March 10 Peace and Security Council (PSC) decision on Darfur [...]
2006-04-14 14:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA1186DARFUR AND CHAD: DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO AU
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) expects to produce a well-informed report on the internal situation in Chad and allegations of Sudanese involvement in the attempted coup as a result of its fact finding mission which concluded April 26, AU Commission Chairperson Chief of Staff Amb. John Kay [...]
2006-04-27 14:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU CD AU
06ADDISABABA1194SUDAN/DARFUR: AU COMMISSION DEMARCHED ON GRAIDA
[...] (SBU) Deputy pol/econ counselor delivered ref A points on USG concerns about further violence in south Darfur to Ambassador Ki Doulaye Corentin, Head of the African Union Commission's Darfur Integrated Task Force (AU/DITF),on April 28. Ki Doulaye pledged to share the information with AU Pea [...]
2006-05-01 09:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SU KPKO MOPS AU
06ADDISABABA1284DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]
2006-05-09 17:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1336SUDAN-AU PSC DEMARCHE: PSC WILL LIKELY NOT ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union Commission anticipates that the upcoming May 15 AU Peace and Security Council meeting will address the implementation of the previous March PSC on AMIS transition, but will not discuss a new CONOPs for AMIS. Separately, Gabon notes that it only learned of the [...]
2006-05-12 16:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SU KPKO AU
06ADDISABABA1359LOOKING AHEAD ON THE U.S.- AFRICAN UNION
[...] (SBU) Note from Charge Vicki Huddleston: This "think piece" on the African Union (AU) was drafted by political officer Cate McGeary whose brilliant coverage of the AU over the past two years has kept pace with the rapid changes in the institution and in our relations with it. Her voluminous, [...]
2006-05-16 07:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO EAID PGOV AU
06ADDISABABA140DARFUR: AU PSC ACCEPTS TRANSITION OF AMIS TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 12, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) extended the mandate of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) until March 31, 2006 and accepted "in principle" the transition of AMIS to a UN operation. The PSC will meet again in Addis at the foreign mini [...]
2006-01-17 12:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR SU AU
06ADDISABABA141AU SEEKS HELP FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: The African Union (AU) is soliciting partner assistance to support the Multinational Force of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (FOMUC) and the Central African Republic (CAR) government. This request fol [...]
2006-01-17 12:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO CT AU
06ADDISABABA1472AU PLANNERS AND NATO DISCUSS DARFUR PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A meeting between visiting DOD DASD Whelan, African Union officials working on Darfur issues, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning, and Embassy officials, highlighted challenges in implementing the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement. The AU DITF POLAD called for co [...]
2006-05-25 13:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA1542AFRICAN UNION'S KONARE AND DJINNIT ON CHAD AND
[...] (C) African Union Chairperson Konare told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall, accompanied by Charge, AF/E Office Director Reddick and DCM (notetaker) in a meeting May 26 that the problem in Chad is bad governance, exacerbated by the Darfur conflict. According to Konare, Sudanese President Bash [...]
2006-06-06 11:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU SU
06ADDISABABA1549SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR
[...] (C) Post is seeking clarity with CJTF-HOA and the AU re the eight additional military personnel to be deployed to support the DPA (reftel, para 2D). On June 6, Charge, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Hunt and DCM met with African Union (AU) Special [...]
2006-06-07 08:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR
06ADDISABABA1559SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR
[...] (C) Post is seeking clarity with CJTF-HOA and the AU re the eight additional military personnel to be deployed to support the DPA (reftel, para 2D). On June 6, Charge, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Hunt and DCM met with African Union (AU) Special [...]
2006-06-08 05:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR
06ADDISABABA1566ETHIOPIA: UN U/S GENERAL GUEHENNO LAYS OUT NEXT
[...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Undersecretary General Jean-Marie Guehenno met with the Charge and Admiral Hunt June 7 to review the AMIS to UN transition efforts and his views of next steps. By the time he returned to Khartoum, he hoped that he would be able to gain greater clarity on the mand [...]
2006-06-08 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR SU AU
06ADDISABABA1568UNSC MISSION REPORTS TO AU THAT SUDAN HAS NOT
[...] (SBU). SUMMARY. On June 7, the visiting UN Security Council delegation visiting Addis Ababa, Chad, and Sudan, briefed representatives of the 15-member African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and AU partners (i.e., non-member states) on its June 6 meetings in Khartoum with Sudanese P [...]
2006-06-09 07:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1578ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge June 7 that the GOE was increasingly concerned about a growing armed population of an estimated 60 thousand ethnic Sudanese Nuer in the Gambella region of Ethiopia and believed the problem may be directly attributable to a GOS [...]
2006-06-09 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PREF SU
06ADDISABABA1579ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM SAYS HIGH-LEVEL MIL-TO-MIL
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt June 9 that the USG military civil affairs team activities need to be defined in terms of the broader US-Ethiopia counterterrorism relationship. Tekeda called into question the [...]
2006-06-09 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MOPS CASC
06ADDISABABA1581AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON FORMALLY REQUESTS NATO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AU Commission Chairperson Konare has formally requested NATO assistance for AMIS in a June 2 letter to NATO Secretary-General Scheffer, but confines the scope of such assistance to manning a handful of advisory positions in AMIS's Forward Joint Mission Headquarters and providin [...]
2006-06-09 16:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1600ETHIOPIA: GOE CONSIDERS JUNE 15 EEBC MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda told Charge June 12 that the GOE did not understand why the June 15 EEBC meeting was being held, and predicted that the likely outcome would be conflict, if not a total breakdown in the current EEBC process. He asked that the USG consider p [...]
2006-06-12 15:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1612ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions, resume progress on economic reforms and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the glob [...]
2006-06-13 12:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR ECON ER ET
06ADDISABABA1615DARFUR: JEM SEEKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REFORM,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two members of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) told poloff June 12 that their organization sought to join the peace process under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) but urgently needed funds to hold a general congress in order to elect new leadership. End Summary [...]
2006-06-13 12:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1634ETHIOPIA: PM MELES ON SOMALIA, ERITREA BORDER AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Hunt June 13 that Ethiopia would not take military action against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia unless the ICU moved against Baidoa, which the PM did not expect them to do. Meles said the Transi [...]
2006-06-15 08:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL ASEC MARR KPKO ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA1641ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ETHIOPIA IN COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: According to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),Ethiopia remains in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1640. UNMEE is more concerned about Eritrean activities than continued Ethiopian troop movements and training. A Defense Attache c [...]
2006-06-15 13:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1647IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA DISCUSS SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]
2006-06-15 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1655SUDAN/DARFUR: SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE DARFUR
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post has actively engaged African Union officials and Partner representatives on the U.S. initiatives to support the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). 2. (U) DPA VERIFICATION: -- Prior to the June 9 departure of the joint UN-AU technical assistance mission (TAM) to Sudan, Charge [...]
2006-06-16 16:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL SU NATO AU
06ADDISABABA1690AU ADOPTS SEVEN-POINT DECISION ON SOMALIA
[...] Summary. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) at its 55th meeting held on June 17 adopted the following decision on the situation in Somalia. End Summary. 2. Begin text: Communique of the 55th Peace and Security Council Council, Â [...]
2006-06-20 13:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL IGAD SO
06ADDISABABA1691CORRECTED COPY -- IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]
2006-06-20 13:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1736AU AGREES WITH PARTNER NOMINATIONS TO STAFF FJMHQ
[...] Summary. The African Union (AU) notified its partners via note verbale June 22 that it had no objections to the partners providing all six personnel requested as advisors to the AMIS Joint Forward Headquarters in El Fasher. Furthermore, the AU had no objections to the partners' nominations f [...]
2006-06-24 12:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1737A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]
2006-06-25 06:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1741A/S FRAZER TALKS SOMALIA AND DARFUR WITH IGAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Frazer met June 23 with Ethiopia-based representatives of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states. The Kenyan and Somali Ambassadors argued that membership in the International Somalia Contact Group (SCG) should have been cast a bit wider to include [...]
2006-06-26 07:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1743ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC CLIMATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders from major Ethiopian opposition parties gathered at the Charge,s residence June 24 to brief A/S Frazer on the current political climate for the opposition, including the status of negotiations with the GoE on reforms to Parliamentary rules. Opposition leaders were split o [...]
2006-06-26 08:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO SO ET
06ADDISABABA1744ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]
2006-06-26 09:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1745SUDAN - AU REJECTS SUPPORT TO JEM SPLINTER GROUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dissident representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),a non-signatory to the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),seek USD 200,000 to hold a party congress in Addis Ababa to replace JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhammed. While the JEM representatives have approache [...]
2006-06-26 10:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PINS SU AU KPKO
06ADDISABABA1779A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]
2006-06-29 16:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1780ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]
2006-06-29 16:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1781AFRICAN UNION: FRAZER URGES KONARE TO REMAIN FIRM, MOVE FAST ON AMIS TRANSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 16:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PTER AU SU SO
06ADDISABABA1782AFRICAN UNION: KONARE URGES US SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare told A/S Frazer in a June 25 meeting that the Union of Islamic Courts was currently probing to see how far it could expand, but intended to take over all of Somalia if possible. An expanding UIC would inevitably provoke war with Ethiopia, he [...]
2006-06-29 16:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPKO MOPS AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1951ETHIOPIA: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Neither host government, local media nor NGOs report any significant sexual misconduct or trafficking in persons (TIP) attributable to UN peacekeeping personnel in Ethiopia. However, both NGOs and UNMEE headquarters report several dozen children born out of wedlock who have all [...]
2006-07-17 13:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL ET ER
06ADDISABABA1961DARFUR: JULY 13 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: African Union planners state that USD 440 million will be needed to extend the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to the end of December 2006 and have it implement the additional tasks required by the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The degree of AMIS enhancement will depend large [...]
2006-07-19 04:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2021NATO REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOOSTING NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning Maurits Jochems and other NATO representatives cite little progress in convincing African Union officials to allow NATO to expand the types of assistance it is now providing to the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),despite earlier co [...]
2006-07-24 12:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2041SOMALIA: TFG REPORTS ICU FORCES' ADVANCE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's ambassador to Ethiopia and permrep to the AU, Abdulkarim Farah, expects IGAD foreign ministers to endorse a detailed plan early next week for a peace support operation (IGASOM) to Somalia, following which the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) may take further action. [...]
2006-07-25 13:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2042SOMALI PERMREP BRIEFS AU PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) met to discuss the situation in Somalia and upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to closed door deliberations, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the AU Amb. Abdulkarim Farah briefed P [...]
2006-07-25 13:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO AU SO
06ADDISABABA2093SOMALI TFG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION, DEFECTIONS, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the last three days, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has weathered the assassination of one government minister, the resignation of nearly 20 others, and a no-confidence vote by 49 per cent of its parliamentarians. According to Somalia's PermRep to the Afric [...]
2006-07-31 16:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR KPKO AU SO ER ET
06ADDISABABA2114MELES ON SOMALIA: NEED UNSC ENDORSEMENT OF IGAD
[...] (C) Summary and Action Report. Prime Minister Meles told Charge Huddleston that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia is unlikely to collapse under pressure from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) if the UNSC welcomes a Ugandan battalion that would stabilize Baidoa. President Musev [...]
2006-08-01 14:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MOPS SO ET
06ADDISABABA2118AU PSC REPRESENTATIVES OUTLOOK ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 1 meeting with staff members from the African Union Peace and Security Council - PSC Director Geofrey Mugumya, Head of the African Standby Force Maj General Ishaya Isah Hassan, Technical Advisor Dr. Aim Kamubudzi, and Conflict Management Director El-Ghassim Wane - [...]
2006-08-02 12:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2122DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR - SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Sahlework Zewde, Director of African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on July 31. Responding that an October 1 date for the transition of AMIS to the UN would not be easy, Ambassador Sahlework raised the concerns of Sudan's non-acceptance of r [...]
2006-08-02 14:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET KPKO PREL AU SU
06ADDISABABA2130DARFUR: AU SAYS NEW PLEDGES ALLOW AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At his first briefing for donors and other partners since the July 18 pledging conference for the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),the head of the African Union's Darfur Integrated Task Force (DITF) said that the conference's main outcome was the acknowledgement that partners seek t [...]
2006-08-04 09:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA2303DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN UNION CONCERNING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 09:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALAU KPKO PREL SU
06ADDISABABA2312DARFUR: AUGUST 10 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an August 10 briefing AU officials reported that the situation in Darfur was "relatively calm" despite serious incidents in northern Darfur (Sector 6),including several alleged attacks by GOS aircraft on an IDP camp and a village, and a suspension of AMIS activities near Ku [...]
2006-08-21 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2389SOMALIA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR TO AU BRIEFS CHARGE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Ambassador to the African Union Franklin Esipila told the Charge Aug. 30 that IGAD member states were fully committed to deployment of a peace support mission to Somalia (IGASOM) beginning Sept. 28. Esipila added that member states hoped high-level negotiations in the comi [...]
2006-08-31 10:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UNSC SO
06ADDISABABA2396SOMALIA: KENYAN FM TALKS ABOUT IGAD PLANS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju told the Charge and European envoys August 31 that an IGAD peace support mission to Somalia (IGASOM) would deploy with a clear mandate: protect the TFG in Baidoa, train a civil protection force, and encourage dialogue with the ICU. [...]
2006-09-05 06:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU SO
06ADDISABABA2410AU MILITARY STAFF QUESTIONS PLAN FOR IGASOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On August 28, the African Union's Military Staff Committee (MSC),comprised of defense attaches or other military representatives of each of the 15 members of the AU Peace and Security Council, reviewed the proposed deployment plan for an IGAD peace support operation [...]
2006-09-05 16:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SO AU
06ADDISABABA2420DARFUR: AU MINISTERIAL MUST DECIDE FUTURE OF AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit reported to international partners that in September 4 discussions with the AU, Sudan disavowed press reports that say it seeks the immediate expulsion of the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),but confirmed its rejection of a [...]
2006-09-06 17:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO AU SU
06ADDISABABA2504ETHIOPIA: UNMEE PUSHES FOR CONTINUATION OF MISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Deputy Special Representative Ambassador Azouz Ennifar briefed representatives of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council September 12 on the status of the mission's downsizing efforts and recommended an [...]
2006-09-14 11:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR ET ER
06ADDISABABA2506DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on September 13 to Head of the MFA's UN Directorate, Counsellor Abdulkadir Risku, and to UN Directorate officer Eyob Tekalegn. 2. (SBU) Citing the binding nature of UN Security Council resolutions on UN member states, Risku said that Sudan would not be abl [...]
2006-09-14 14:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC SU ET
06ADDISABABA2523DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 14 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to African Union officials, Sudan has requested that AMIS suspend rotation of peacekeeping troops to Darfur, pending the outcome of the September 18 ministerial-level PSC. The AU confirmed that the Rwandan rotation is on hold, but suggested that the September 16 rotat [...]
2006-09-15 10:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2524DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 7 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 7, African Union officials reported to AU partners that recent cash contributions would allow the AU Mission in Sudan to continue operations beyond September 30, but that any decision on either extending or strengthening AMIS by two additional battalions would have [...]
2006-09-15 13:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2609ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF LTG R.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: 1. (C) Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism. The de [...]
2006-09-25 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPKO PHUM AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2610DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 21 AU DITF BRIEFING CONFIRMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the AU PSC extended the mandate of AMIS to December 31, and Sudan has allowed the rotation of AMIS troops to resume, AU officials expressed concern that transition to a UN peacekeeping operation remains an unresolved issue. The AMIS Force Commander remained in Addis Abab [...]
2006-09-25 15:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2775AFRICAN UNION DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson Patrick Mazimhaka underscored the need for a robust U.N. mandate for peacekeeping in Sudan, noting that the AU lacked the resources to sustain an operation in Darfur and therefore sought to transfer responsibility to the international [...]
2006-10-13 15:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MASS AU SO SU ET ER
06ADDISABABA2921PUNTLAND VICE PRESIDENT URGES SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Puntland Vice President Hassan Dahir Mahamud blamed Islamic extremists in Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) for fanning Ethio-Somali tensions in order to destabilize Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. He claimed that the current (EPRDF) GOE had done much to reduce [...]
2006-11-02 13:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS MASS KPKO ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2936DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REJECTS FJMHQ CONCEPT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union civilian and military officials, including the new AMIS Force Commander, had few conclusions to share from a recently concluded internal "brainstorming" session on operational challenges facing the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Sudan's recent acceptance of 1 [...]
2006-11-06 05:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2948DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...]
2006-11-06 14:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3011DARFUR: UN A/SYG FOR PEACE-KEEPING DISCUSSES UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG for Peace-keeping Operations Annabi said November 11-12 meetings with President Bashir, FM Lam Akol and other GOS principals resulted in an affirmation that the GOS would accept UN packages of "light" and "heavy" assistance to the AU Mission in Sudan, despite Sudan's c [...]
2006-11-14 15:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU CD AU UN
06ADDISABABA3012ETHIOPIA: FM SEYOUM ASKS WITNESSES TO STOP EEBC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOE Foreign Minister Seyoum summoned representatives from the permanent five members (P-5) of the UN Security Council and Witnesses to the Algiers Accords to a meeting Nov. 14 to denounce the plans of the Eritrean-Ethiopian Boundary Commission (EEBC) to complete demarcation the b [...]
2006-11-14 17:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS UNSC ET ER
06ADDISABABA304DARFUR: AU SITREP 1 FEBRUARY 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is working with partners in a technical committee to implement December joint assessment mission recommendations to improve AMIS performance, but this committee is not empowered to consider steps necessary to effect a transition to a UN mission. The AU f [...]
2006-02-02 06:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3212SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GEDI HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN EXTREMIST SUPPORT FOR ICU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. TFG PM Gedi reported that over 3,000 foreign Islamic militants are assisting the CIC, including fighters from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, and Libya. Eritrea and Saudi sources have provided weapons and funding respectively to the CIC, while Somali Hawiye are increasingly back [...]
2006-12-06 14:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO SO ET KISL MOPS
06ADDISABABA3240ETHIOPIA: MELES ALTERS STANCE ON MILITARY ACTION
[...] (C) Summary: Recent U.S. visitors to Ethiopia have advocated a message of caution to Prime Minister Meles and raised potential consequences of Ethiopian deployment of troops in possible military action in Somalia. While Meles has consistently underscored the threat of al-Shabaab and other ex [...]
2006-12-08 11:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KISL KPKO ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA3243DARFUR: DECEMBER 7, AU DITF BRIEFING PROVIDES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to African Union officials, the head-of-state-level November 30 AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting affirmed Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur, but highlighted that Sudan continues to oppose full transition to a hybrid [...]
2006-12-08 13:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3289SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA TAKING TIME TO CONSIDER NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia welcomed the UN Security Council's authorization of an IGAD/AU mission for Somalia, but did not foresee deployment until January 2007 or later, due to uncertainty relating to funding and troop contributing countries, according to Ethiopian MFA Somalia expert Fiseha Shawe [...]
2006-12-14 06:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO
06ADDISABABA3316DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...]
2006-12-18 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR
06ADDISABABA3317DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 16 bilateral meeting prior to UN-AU-GOS consultations on Darfur, Egyptian FM Gheit asserted that Sudanese FM Lam Akol was "very forthcoming," and highlighted Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur. While the GOS [...]
2006-12-18 16:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU EG
06ADDISABABA3318DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS WARNS SUDANESE FM TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a bilateral meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and other GOS principals, just prior to November 16 high-level consultations on Darfur chaired by the UN SYG and AU Commission Chairperson Konare (septel),Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios outlined USG pri [...]
2006-12-18 16:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3411SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR REPORTS MILITARY CAMPAIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 28 meeting with USAU Amb. Courville and deputy pol-econ counselor (note-taker),the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) PermRep to the AU and Ambassador to Ethiopia, Amb. Abdulkarim Farah, responded to a series of questions asked by Amb. Courville on [...]
2006-12-28 14:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO DJ
06ADDISABABA385A/S FRAZER AND UNMEE SRSG DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following her visit to the Ethiopian-Eritrean border, AF A/S Frazer told UNMEE SRSG Legwaila that current residents of the disputed town of Badme oppose the 2002 boundary commission decision awarding the town to Eritrea. Badme was administered by Ethiopia, but the EEBC places it [...]
2006-02-08 05:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA419UNMEE SRSG ADVOCATES REDUCING UNMEE TO "TOKEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea continues to restrict freedom of movement by UNMEE MILOBs within the Temporary Security Zone, and to flaunt previously agreed upon protocols relating to UNMEE's right to challenge and inspect police and militia within the TSZ, according to UNMEE SRSG Legwaila. Such restr [...]
2006-02-13 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA48AU PSC GREEN LIGHT FOR UN TRANSITION OF AMIS
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission has not undertaken extensive discussions either internally or with member states on the issue of an "exit strategy" for AMIS, Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit told DCM, British Ambassador, Dutch Ambassador and Canadian Charge Jan [...]
2006-01-06 14:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA615 DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TEKEDA ASKS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Ethiopia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda and Charge had a good exchange on the question of Ethiopia's attendance at the March 10 EEBC meeting with Tekeda promising to consider responding favorably to the EEBC invitation but with a caveat that the fi [...]
2006-03-01 10:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA659COORDINATING PARTNER SUPPORT TO THE AFRICAN UNION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union's (AU) profile continues to rise in the international community as the AU strives to build the capacity to proactively address challenges on the continent. To further mutual objectives, the AU and Addis-based donors/partners are working to enhance coordinatio [...]
2006-03-06 13:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KPKO AU
06ADDISABABA680AMIS RE-HAT: REPUBLIC OF CONGO NOTES SUDANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Congo's foreign minister will attend the March 10 PSC on AMIS transition, as well as a March 9 briefing in Addis Ababa (requested by the GNU) at which Sudan's foreign minister will brief African Union Permanent Representative Committee members. While acknowledging the weakness o [...]
2006-03-08 15:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO NATO PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA703AMIS RE-HAT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERMREP SUGGESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's ambassador and permanent representative to the AU Baso Sangqu notes that the January 10 Peace and Security Council meeting endorsed the transition of AMIS to a UN operation "in principle." As a member of both the AU and the UN, and as a troop-contributing country, [...]
2006-03-10 07:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO NATO PREL SF SU AU
06ADDISABABA723AU APPROVES AMIS REHAT - NOW WHAT?
[...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The March 10 African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) ministerial supported transition of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission. The PSC extended AMIS' mandate until September 30, 2006, and set a deadline of April 30 to conclude the A [...]
2006-03-14 04:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO EAID PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA738DARFUR - AMIS MEDIA STRATEGY NEEDS HELP
[...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The African Union (AU) recognizes that its mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) requires a more proactive public outreach approach, especially in light of the March 10 AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) decision to approve transition of AMIS to a UN operation. AU Sp [...]
2006-03-14 14:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO SU KPAO AU
06ADDISABABA756DARFUR PSC DECISION: KONARE EMPHASIZES AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 15 briefing for Addis-based partner ambassadors, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare emphasized the importance of African leadership in creating a democratic Sudan. Konare called for partner support in pressing for a political solution to th [...]
2006-03-16 07:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA941ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin hailed the importance of U.S. engagement in addressing Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions, but voiced continued concern about Eritrean intentions and the presence of Eritrean troops in the Temporary Security Zone, where UNMEE had become "a hostage." FM Seyou [...]
2006-04-07 09:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA945DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]
2006-04-11 08:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06AMMAN1116JORDAN TO REPLACE PEACEKEEPING MISSION LEADER IN
[...] (S) King Abdullah told Ambassador on February 1 enroute to Washington that he had concluded there was a problem with the leadership of the Jordanian peacekeeping unit in Haiti. This problem had been worsening since the killing there December 24 of two Jordanian soldiers. The King said the com [...]
2006-02-15 14:06:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR KPKO HA JO
06AMMAN1157CANDIDATES FOR THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 14:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO JO
06AMMAN2661COESPU DEMARCHE DELIVERED, JORDANIAN CANDIDATES
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and contact Jordan's Public Security Directorate regarding nominees for the Center [...]
2006-04-13 14:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR IT JO
06AMMAN2737DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO SU JO
06AMMAN3112FOLLOW UP TO DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE -
[...] (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, told poloff April 27 that Arab African states were lining up against the UN taking charge in Darfur, and that the African Union wanted to retain control of peacekeeping operations in Darfur. [...]
2006-05-01 13:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU JO
06AMMAN534GOJ REMAINS COMMITTED TO PEACEKEEPING IN HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 11:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KPKO HA JO
06AMMAN8785U.S. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-10 07:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR MASS JO
06ANKARA2509GPOI SECTION 505 AGREEMENT: HELD UP IN TGS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and have followed up numerous times with the Turkish MFA, who never responded substantively. Finally, on May 4, MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Serdar Kilic told us that th [...]
2006-05-05 16:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO TU IT GR
06ANKARA4357TURKISH ATTENDANCE AT NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION
[...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, Charge contacted Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Tuygan to urge Turkish participation in the Force Generation meetings on July 31 in New York. He welcomed the advance notice of the UN meetings and noted that Turkey had not yet received an invitation from the United Na [...]
2006-07-29 09:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO TU
06ANKARA444TURKEY OFFERS TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN PRT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) Following up on the Turkish Perm Rep's Feb. 1 announcement to the NAC that Turkey plans to stand up a PRT in Wardak Province in Afghanistan as soon as this summer, we contacted MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku. Ulku [...]
2006-02-03 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL KPKO PARM NATO TU AF
06ANKARA4804TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...]
2006-08-17 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS TU LE
06ANKARA5331TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT/DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU TU
06ANKARA686ISAF: TURKEY MOVING AHEAD WITH PRT IN WARDAK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR KPKO MOPS TU AF
06ASMARA1066ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA SKIRMISH AS THE RUMOR MILL
[...] (S) Reports of two separate attacks by Eritrean Defense Forces(EDF) on Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF) (Reftel A and B) in the region of the central sector of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) and the rumors and rumblings in Asmara of an impending war, have increased the level of inte [...]
2006-12-22 08:43:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETPGOV KPKO MARR PINR UNSC ER
06ASMARA176SRSG LEGWAILA DOWNPLAYS GSE DETENTION OF UNMEE
[...] (SBU) SRSG Leqwaila and UNMEE staff members provided an update on detained staff on February 15. They report that 22 staff members (of a total local staff of approximately 200) had been detained but that 11 of those have already been released. Status of another 17 staff members continue to b [...]
2006-02-15 14:05:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC KPKO MARR EFIN ET ER
06ASMARA317UNMEE Force Commander Cautions Against
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 3 meeting with DAS Don Yamamoto, UNMEE Force Commander Major General Rajender Singh offered a clear and comprehensive technical strategy for the demarcation process. Operating on the principle that "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed", Singh also argued that [...]
2006-04-05 15:29:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO MARR ER ET
06ASMARA392GSE MAY WISH FOR UNMEE CONFIGURATION TO STAY THE
[...] (C) While in the past the GSE openly expressed indifference to UNMEE's headquarters in Asmara and to its operations and staffing, the GSE seems to be sending a different message, via back channels, to UNMEE now. According to UNMEE Political Officer, Bruno Mpondo-Epo, the GSE opposes any change [...]
2006-05-04 15:16:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO MARR ER ET
06ASMARA448DON'T MESS WITH UNMEE'S MANDATE: CHANGES
[...] (C) In Asmara, both UNMEE officials and the GSE are sending clear messages that changing UNMEE from a peacekeeping to an observer mission will not be accepted. At the monthly Friends of UNMEE meeting on May 23, Acting SRSG Ennifar and the Force Commander Major General Mohamad Taisir relayed th [...]
2006-05-23 14:02:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO MARR ER ET
06ASMARA755ERITREA PUBLICLY COMMENTS ON ARRESTED UNMEE STAFF
[...] (U) On September 23, Eritrean television news (Eri-TV) publicly commented (The GSE did issue public statements in response to the UN public statement.) on the August arrest of an UNMEE volunteer (UNV) staff member under charges of smuggling. The Eri-TV report claims the UNV admitted to smuggli [...]
2006-09-25 11:13:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM PINR UNSC ER
06ASMARA814GSE RELEASES DETAINED UN STAFF TO UNMEE CUSTODY
[...] (C) On October 4, the GSE released the UN Volunteer(UNV),held since August 28, to United Missions in Eritrea and Ethiopia(UNMEE) security officers. At this time, UNMEE is conducting its own investigation into the allegations of human smuggling. At an UNMEE briefing for diplomatic heads of m [...]
2006-10-06 08:48:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM PINR UNSC ER
06ASMARA830UN SRSG GIVES VIEWS ON ERITREA AND SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative for the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia Francois Lonseny SIPDIS Fall briefed Emboffs October 5 on his meeting with Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) President Isaias Afwerki and provided his views on the fluid situation in Somalia. Fall ex [...]
2006-10-11 15:15:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UNSC PINR KPKO ER SO
06ASMARA858 PRESIDENT ISAIAS SPEAKS AT SIGNING OF ESPA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 14:34:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO PINR SU ER
06ASMARA861ERITREA MOVES TROOPS AND ARMOR INTO THE TSZ
[...] (C) On the morning of October 16, the GSE moved troops, tanks and heavy equipment transporters into the Western Sector of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ). UNMEE reported at a meeting of the P5 representatives that approximately 1000 troops with 10 tanks had crossed the TSZ checkpoint at Mael [...]
2006-10-17 14:31:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KPKO UNSC MOPS ER
06ASMARA866ISAIAS: WE COULD WAIT NO LONGER; ERITREA,S TROOPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 14:19:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS PINR UNSC ER
06ASMARA885ONE KILLED AS ERITREAN INTRUDERS ATTACK UNMEE
[...] (C) On October 21 between 20:00 and 21:00, an UNMEE Jordanian soldier shot and killed an Eritrean intruder in the Giega UNMEE camp near Barentu in UN West Sector. The Eritrean, accompanied by two others who managed to escape during the melee, illegally entered the camp by cutting through the [...]
2006-10-25 16:53:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETPGOV KPKO UNSC PINR ER
06ASTANA669KAZAKHSTAN: INITIAL INTEREST IN GPOI
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel points and fact sheet to Murat Tashibayev, director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, on November 2. Olzhas Togyzbayev from the Security Affairs office also participated in the meeting. Tashibayev expressed interest [...]
2006-11-27 05:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR MASS KZ
06ASUNCION808PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON LONG-TERM COMMITMENT
[...] (C) On 8/7, PolCouns discussed reftel (a) points with Amb. Mario Sandoval, the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Sandoval noted Paraguay has 3 peacekeepers in Haiti and stressed the GOP's support for the continuation of the Haiti mission. Sandoval was cynical about the inspi [...]
2006-08-07 22:08:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC HA PA
06BAGHDAD3458DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR FOR
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Qusay Al Qubaisy, chief advisor to FM Zebary. Al Qubaisy said he relayed the message to both FM Zebary and Deputy FM Mohammad Bidan, who is traveling with the delegation. Al Qubaisy told poloff that both Zebary and Bidan appreciated USG views on the cri [...]
2006-09-15 05:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC SU IZ
06BANGKOK2081INITIAL THAI RESPONSE: UN TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit from MFA's North Americas Division and to Charn Jullamon from the International Organizations Division. Paisit confirmed that Thailand has offered 12 military engineers for deployment to Darfur as requested by the UN. The caretaker [...]
2006-04-07 11:44:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU TH
06BANGKOK5662DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel A demarche to the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 14, 2006. As members of the MFA responsible for NAM issues are already in Cuba, post also emailed reftel A talking points to Pattarat Hongtong (Counselor for t [...]
2006-09-14 08:40:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU
06BANJUL19THE GAMBIA: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT
[...] (SBU) Given The Gambia's status as a troop contributing country for AMIS, Ambassador, in January 10 meeting, drew from reftel points to brief Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Ebou Taal on U.S.support of UN rehatting of the SIPDIS AMIS operation. Ambassador stressed U.S. objectives of p [...]
2006-01-11 12:12:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO SU GA
06BANJUL215THE GAMBIA: SUDAN -- LEVERAGING UN TROOP
[...] (SBU) Ambassador made ref a demarche April 6 to Permanent Secretary of Defense, Joseph Jassey, noting The Gambia's SIPDIS status as a troop contributing country and urging GOTG support for an expanded and enhanced UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. Ambassador said that we expected the UN [...]
2006-04-07 10:52:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO MASS SU GA
06BANJUL31THE GAMBIA: PROSPECTS FOR THE BILATERAL
[...] (C) Our assessment of prospects in 2006 for our overall Gambian relationship is guarded, as the recent slippage in the GOTG's record on human rights and democracy has reinforced President Jammeh's reputation for erratic behavior and overshadowed his government's achievements. Given the import [...]
2006-01-17 12:04:00Embassy BanjulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO EPET EINV ETRD
06BANJUL33THE GAMBIA: EXPANSION OF CIVPOL CONTINGENT IN
[...] (U) Interior Minister informed us that the GOTG has expanded its civpol contingent in Darfur from 29 to 96 persons, reporting that the additional 67 police officers departed for Sudan in recent days. Besides the civpol contribution, the Gambian contingent in Darfur includes 196 troops and a h [...]
2006-01-17 15:10:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS MARR KPKO SU GA
06BANJUL411DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: AU PSC REAFFIRMS AMIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC),meeting on June 27 at the ministerial level at the AU Summit in Banjul, heard briefings on Somalia and election preparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but issued a sole communique focusing on Darfur Peace Agreement [...]
2006-06-28 17:48:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU SU SO
06BANJUL572SUDANESE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE GAMBIA:
[...] (C) During his September 13-14 visit here, Sudanese President Bashir indicated no easing of his opposition to blue-hatting, while praising the AMIS operation, denying any desire to have it removed, and advocating its continuation. Gambian President Jammeh was supportive of Bashir's stance. END [...]
2006-09-14 14:30:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO GA SU AU
06BANJUL620THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S RE-ELECTION AND OUR BILATERAL
[...] (C) Following President Jammeh's re-election September 22, there are no indications as yet of any major policy or personnel changes in the offing, but he seemed as volatile and rough-hewn as ever in his post-election press conference. The shortcomings in the electoral process highlighted the [...]
2006-10-04 16:39:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO EPET EINV ETRD
06BEIJING15378PRC/SUDAN: AMIS-UNPKO TRANSITION FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) The Sudan government must agree to the terms of a transition from African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) peacekeepers to a United Nations peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) before any transition proceeds, MFA Deputy Director for West Asia and North Africa Weng Meihui told Poloff, explaining PRC [...]
2006-07-25 14:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPKO PHUM CH SU UN
06BEIJING15563TFLE01: CCID OFFICIAL REFRAINS FROM CALLING FOR
[...] (C) ALTHOUGH CHINA IS UPSET ABOUT THE DEATH OF A CHINESE UNIFIL PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON AND INTRODUCED A UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT (PRST) CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, CENTRAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT (CCID) MIDEAST DIVISION DIRECTOR JIAO ZHIXIN SAID CHINA IS NOT INSISTING ON A RETURN TO [...]
2006-07-27 14:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO CH IS LE
06BEIJING15855PRC/SUDAN: BEIJING CAN SUPPORT CHAPTER VI DARFUR
[...] (C) THE PRC CAN ACCEPT A UNSC CHAPTER VI RESOLUTION WITH CHAPTER VII ELEMENTS ON DARFUR PROVIDED THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AGREES TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MISSION AND THE TERMS OF THE MANDATE, ACCORDING TO MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO WHO MET WITH POLOFFS ON AUGUST 2. DRAWING [...]
2006-08-02 10:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO CH SU
06BEIJING15857TFLE01: PRC/LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST
[...] (C) THE PRC SUPPORTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN AFFAIRS DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO TOLD POLOFFS AUGUST 2 THAT BEIJINGS POSITION IS V [...]
2006-08-02 11:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO CH UN LE IS
06BEIJING17497PRC/SUDAN: CHINA EMPHASIZES NEED FOR KHARTOUM'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AN MFA OFFICIAL TOLD US THE PRC SUPPORTS REHATTING THE AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN (AMIS) PEACEKEEPERS BUT CONTINUES TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF SUDANESE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY (GNU) CONSENT TO SUCH AN OPERATION. BEIJING BELIEVES SUCH CONSENT IS NECESSARY PRIOR TO PROCEE [...]
2006-08-22 14:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO SU CH
06BEIJING6349PRC/SUDAN: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING
[...] (C) The PRC is giving serious consideration to participating in the "possible" UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Darfur, MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs in response to Reftel A points. The PRC does not want to a Darfur UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) without the [...]
2006-04-05 12:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU CH
06BEIRUT1120MGLE01: LEBANON, SHEBAA FARMS, AND THE GHAJAR
[...] (C) On April 7, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar briefed econoff on the unusual situation of the divided village of Ghajar. The Blue Line cuts through the center of the village with the northern two-thirds inside Lebanon, and the southern one-third inside the Israeli-occupied Golan Heigh [...]
2006-04-11 15:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE PBTS PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT1310MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 3-5 VISIT OF PM A/S
[...] (C) During his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Siniora expressed confidence about Lebanon's ability to tackle critical problems through a process of national dialogue. Of these problems, the two most prominent are the fate of President Lahoud, who remains in place through a Syrian [...]
2006-04-27 15:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER KPKO OTRA LE
06BEIRUT1357MGLE01: UNIFIL SEES NO REASON FOR SPIKE IN
[...] (C) On May 2, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL observed 10 Israeli jets violating the Blue Line on May 1. He said that the Lebanese army had opened fire with anti-aircraft artillery, but Hizballah did not respond in any way. According to Strugar, there had been [...]
2006-05-02 15:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1540MGLE01: UNIFIL COMMANDER SAYS HIZBALLAH IS
[...] (C) The UNIFIL Force Commander, General Alain Pellegrini, confirmed to IO A/S Silverberg that UNIFIL has recently observed increased construction activities at Hizballah positions on the Lebanese side of the Blue Line. Noting that the new outposts were more sophisticated in their design and [...]
2006-05-17 14:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER IO
06BEIRUT1690MGLE01: A WEEKEND OF VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON
[...] (C) The weekend of May 26-28 saw some of the most intense violence in southern Lebanon since the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. On May 26, a car bomb in Sidon killed Islamic Jihad official Abu Hamzeh and his brother. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel and then retracted its stat [...]
2006-05-30 13:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1735MGLE01: MINDEF MURR OFFERS THEORY ON BLUE LINE
[...] (S) Summary and comment: In a 6/1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah was the primary instigator of Sunday's Blue Line incidents (reftel) but had seriously miscalculated, believing that the Israeli response would be limited [...]
2006-06-01 15:36:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER MOPS KPKO PREL KPAL LE IS JO
06BEIRUT1921MGLE01: HIZBALLAH TOLD UN IT DID NOT FIRE FIRST
[...] (C) On June 13, Georges Nasr, political officer in the office of UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson, briefed econoff on a recent meeting between the UN office and Hizballah representatives in early June. Nasr said the Hizballah officials denied that Hizballah fired the f [...]
2006-06-14 09:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2347MGLE01: HIZBALLAH ABDUCTION OF TWO IDF SOLDIERS
[...] (C) According to local UN officials, a day of heavy fighting in southern Lebanon began at approximately 0900 local when an undetermined number of rockets launched from southern Lebanon landed the area of Shlomi, Israel, injuring at least four Israeli civilians. Nearly simultaneously, fighti [...]
2006-07-12 16:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER SY
06BEIRUT2349MGLE01: FIGHTING ESCALATES AS ISRAEL STRIKES
[...] (C) On the morning of July 13, Israel continued airstrikes on southern Lebanon, increasing the death toll to more than 30 civilian casualties. Israeli aircraft also bombed Beirut International Airport (BIA) and Hizballah targets in southern Beirut. BIA is closed until further notice. Hizb [...]
2006-07-13 09:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2415TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSON
[...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson shared a new draft of the UN proposal to end the fighting (reftel). This document (which has many elements that spell its doom in its current form) is transcribed below in para 3. Peders [...]
2006-07-18 16:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2469TFLE01: SINIORA SAYS HE IS READY TO REQUEST AN
[...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora, after much prodding, told the Ambassador that he was ready to make a public call for the deployment of an international stabilization force in southern Lebanon. (He said he would do so at a 7/26 Core Group conference in Rome.) He urged that the USG [...]
2006-07-25 16:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINS MOPS PTER KPKO LE IS
06BEIRUT2470TFLE01: UN PRSG: "DON'T RUSH" ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 conversation, Geir Pedersen, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),emphasized the importance of showing Lebanon's Shia community that a domestic political approach to Hizballah's disarmament remained possible. He recommended that an international stabilization [...]
2006-07-25 16:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINS PTER MOPS KPKO EAID LE
06BEIRUT2475TFLE01: UN IN LEBANON FEELING PRESSURE FROM BOTH
[...] (C/NF) On July 26, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL suspected that the July 25 Israeli airstrike on an UNTSO post near Khiam was deliberate. UNIFIL had warned the IDF for several days that it was striking a UN post. Close calls have been reported at other UN posts along [...]
2006-07-26 15:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER
06BEIRUT2476TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN
[...] (C/NF) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pedersen urged an immediate de-escalation to the fighting even if a cease-fire takes some time. He warned that the humanitarian situation and violence could spiral out of control in less than [...]
2006-07-26 16:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS KPKO LE MOPS PBTS PTER
06BEIRUT2491TFLE01: UNSYG REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN SEES ISRAEL
[...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative Geir Pedersen said that he saw Israel getting bogged down in its military campaign. Based on information Pedersen was receiving, Israel's ground incursion was not successful, and a full-scale invasion [...]
2006-07-29 10:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2539TFLE01: UN REP SEES CRITICAL WINDOW OF
[...] (C) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh. Reiterating concerns expressed previously (refs a and b),Pedersen stressed that Israeli military action would not achieve [...]
2006-08-05 15:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO MOPS PREL PTER IS SY LE
06BEIRUT2769LEBANON: TASHNAG INSECURE ABOUT TURKISH TROOPS
[...] (C) During an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN, Armenian-Lebanese politician Hagop Pakradounian (MP for Bourj Hammoud) claimed that the entire Armenian community in Lebanon opposes the deployment of Turkish troops as part of an augmented UNIFIL, adding that they sus [...]
2006-08-25 17:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO AR TU LE
06BEIRUT2813LEBANON: GERMAN AMBASSADOR SAYS ANY SUPPORT MUST
[...] (C) Summary: During an 8/28 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, German Ambassador to Lebanon Marius Haas provided a readout on the recent visit of a German military delegation to Lebanon. Haas said that Germany is willing to provide technical equipment and support to Lebanon, as wel [...]
2006-08-30 12:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO LE SY
06BEIRUT323MGLE01: ISRAELI FIRE KILLS LEBANESE TEENAGER NEAR
[...] (C) According to UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar, UNIFIL's initial assessment is that the Lebanese teenager shot by Israeli forces near the Blue Line on February 1 was killed in Lebanese territory and probably was not a Hizballah fighter. UNIFIL peacekeepers found the body 44 meters nort [...]
2006-02-03 16:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER UN
06BEIRUT362MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE PROVIDES ITS
[...] (SBU) On February 6, the Office of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora provided the Embassy with official GOL statistics on Israeli air, sea, and land violations of Lebanese territory since 2000. According to the PM's Office's statistics, 2005 was the year with the most Israeli air violations. The [...]
2006-02-08 13:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER
06BEIRUT672MGLE01: UN OFFICE VIEWS IMPROVED GOL COOPERATION
[...] (C) On March 3, econoff and epartment NEA/ELA Deputy Director met with UN Political Officers Imran Riza and Georges Nasr of the office of UNSYG's Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Riza said that the GOL's Joint Security Force (JSF) had modestly increased its presence in sout [...]
2006-03-06 15:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PM PTER SY
06BEIRUT860MGLE01: BLUE LINE TENSION BUILDS
[...] (C) On March 20, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that the Blue line was tense but quiet. He said that Israeli forces have raised their alert, but UNIFIL has not observed any of the unusual Hizballah military movements alleged by Israeli liaison. UNIFIL was more concerned th [...]
2006-03-20 13:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BERLIN3503S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST ENGAGES GERMANY AHEAD OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings December 6, S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst pushed German officials to incorporate stability and reconstruction (S/R) programming into their 2007 G-8 and EU presidencies. His interlocutors from the Federal Chancellery and Foreign Ministry sug [...]
2006-12-14 14:20:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KPKO CM GM XA
06BRATISLAVA229SLOVAKIA FULLY SUPPORTS US DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) UNSC Coordination Unit desk officer for Africa Pavol Popjak told us March 23 that Slovakia fully supports the U.S. draft resolution on AMIS re-hatting, and has "no objection" to making a decision on the draft "today." Popjak told us that French changes to resolution language regarding [...]
2006-03-23 15:30:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO SOCI UNSC UN SU LO
06BRUSSELS685THE EUROPEAN UNION ON REHATTING AMIS
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Brussels 679. See para 4. 2. (C) Summary. While the EU favors rehatting, they believe Konare is seeking alternative sources of funding for the AMIS mission from the North African states in order to reduce or eliminate the role of other donors. There is growing [...]
2006-03-01 15:03:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU KPKO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS942EU RESPONSE: SUDAN - ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON
[...] (C) Summary. The EU agrees with the U.S. interpretation that the three components of the AU decision of March 10 regarding the transition of AMIS are not interlinked. However, the EU is concerned that UN Assistant Secretary Annabi may perceive a linkage. EU Special Representative Pekka Haavis [...]
2006-03-17 16:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI KPKO SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1506ROMANIA THINKING ON GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS
[...] (C) DATT, ODC, and POLMILOFF met with MOD State Secretary Claudiu Degeratu on September 26, at his invitation to discuss Romanian interest in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Also present were J7 Brig. General Tabarcia, Col. Popescu, Arina Danila from the Defense Integrated Pla [...]
2006-09-27 12:42:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL RO
06BUENOSAIRES1746ARGENTINA AND POSSIBLE TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan told CDA on July 29 (ref. B) that Argentina will attend the Force Generation Meeting in New York--once scheduled--and would consider participation in a UN Lebanon force, depending on conditions on the ground. Since CDA's conversation [...]
2006-08-04 15:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC LE AR
06BUENOSAIRES1792CONTINUED ARGENTINE COMMITMENT TO HAITI AND
[...] (C) Vice-MOD and Secretary for Military Affairs Jose Maria Vasquez Ocampo assured CDA August 4 of continued GOA support for Haiti and MINUSTAH. CDA spoke with Vasquez Ocampo following the Vice-MOD's participation that same day in the meeting of MOD and MFA representatives of the Latin Americ [...]
2006-08-09 21:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC HA AR
06BUENOSAIRES458ARGENTINA'S PEACEKEEPING CENTER
[...] (U) DCM, accompanied by POLOFF, visited the Argentine Joint Peacekeeping Training Center (CAECOPAZ) February 24 to receive a briefing on CAECOPAZ's capabilities, as well as on ongoing Argentine contributions to PKO's in Haiti (about 600 troops),Cyprus (about 400 troops),Kosovo (about 130 troo [...]
2006-02-27 15:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS KPKO AR
06BUENOSAIRES693ARGENTINA ON SUDAN MISSION
[...] POLOFF delivered reftel points March 23 to Minister Jorge Luis Gomez in the MFA's Office of International Organizations. 2. Gomez said that the had spoken with Argentina's UN Mission regarding our draft resolution on the rehatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan. He said that Argentin [...]
2006-03-23 17:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO SOCI SU AR
06CAIRO1299DARFUR: EGYPTIANS NOT OPPOSED TO UN FORCE;
[...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late March 1 that press reports claiming President Mubarak and Libyan leader Qadhafi agreed February 28 in Miserata to oppose UN troops in Darfur were "wrong." While Qadhafi opposed UN forces in Darfur, Awad said, President Mubarak [...]
2006-03-01 18:21:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO EG LY SU UNSC
06CAIRO1450SUDAN/DARFUR: EGYPT-LIBYA-SUDAN SUMMIT POSTPONED
[...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche late March 7 to Presidential Advisor and Spokesman Soliman Awad, emphasizing the importance of GOE support for the transition of the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur to a UN PKO. Awad said that a planned three-way summit between President [...]
2006-03-08 15:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO EG SU LY
06CAIRO4258SUDAN: DARFUR'S MINI MENNAWI WARMLY WELCOMED IN
[...] (C) Summary: Darfur rebel leader Mini Mennawi is currently in Cairo, Egypt with a large delegation from the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction he represents, preparing to depart for Washington, DC, where he expects to meet with President Bush and other senior USG officials. In Cairo, M [...]
2006-07-10 13:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MOPS PTER KPKO EG SU CD
06CAIRO4647PERMREP TO REPRESENT EGYPT AT JULY 31 FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-30 15:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO LE EG
06CAIRO7121EGYPTIAN FM ABOUL GHEIT ON DARFUR
[...] (C) In a meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on December 12, the Ambassador cited recent public comments by President Mubarak as indicating apparent support of Bashir's effective rejection of the Abuja and Addis agreements regarding deployment of UN Forces to Darfur. Aboul Gheit [...]
2006-12-12 15:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO AU UN EG SU
06CAIRO970SUDAN/DARFUR: EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON RE-HATTING AMIS
[...] (C) During a February 13 meeting with MFA UN Affairs Office Director Hani Saleem, poloff discussed GOE views on re-hatting the African Union's Darfur Mission (AMIS-II) to a UN operation (reftel). Saleem noted that Egypt had concerns regarding the impact that such a transition might have on th [...]
2006-02-15 16:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO EG SU UNSC
06CARACAS2817BRV: DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 13:15:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV VE
06COLOMBO1762SRI LANKA: GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief and PolOff presented the offer for a Global Peace Operations Initiative Partnership with Sri Lanka (ref a) to MFA Additional Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Maduwedegera on October 25. Maduwedegera appeared interested and asked several questions for clarification. He under [...]
2006-10-25 11:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR MASS CE
06COLOMBO2067SRI LANKA TO PROCEED WITH GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Following up on ref B, Defense Attache passed information to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa during a previously scheduled meeting on November 3. DATT later received a call back from Defense Ministry expressing interest and asking for more information. Pol Chief received a reque [...]
2006-12-14 09:54:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR PREL MASS KSEP CE
06COPENHAGEN1020DANISH PARTICIPATION IN LEBANON FORCE GENERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 10:45:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO LE DA
06COPENHAGEN1034LEBANON: DENMARK BACKS FRENCH UNSCR DRAFT, WEIGHS
[...] (C) The Danish government's approach to the Lebanon crisis continues to track with ours, emphasizing the need for a long-lasting solution that neutralizes the security threat posed by Hezbollah. An extraordinary meeting of the Danish parliament's foreign policy committee August 1 yielded broad [...]
2006-08-03 11:43:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO LE IS DA
06DAKAR1863WADE GOING TO DARFUR AND KHARTOUM
[...] (C) On August 2, Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio told diplomats that President Abdoulaye Wade will travel to Sudan, August 4-7. During his visit, he will travel to Darfur to meet with Senegalese peacekeepers. On August 6, he is scheduled to meet Sudanese President Uma [...]
2006-08-03 16:32:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU SG
06DAKAR1903SUDAN SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE IN DAKAR ON AUGUST 9
[...] (U) President Abdoulaye Wade has invited the Presidents of Sudan, Chad, Gabon and Tanzania, as well as the leaders of the Darfur rebel groups that did not sign the Abuja Darfur peace agreement (DPA) to Dakar for an August 9 summit. The ostensible aim is to achieve a lasting peace in Darfur an [...]
2006-08-08 14:23:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO CD IR SU SG
06DAKAR1914SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 16:20:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PNS KPKO SU CD SG
06DAKAR1918SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 11:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO SU CD SG
06DAKAR2185DRC ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT WADE REQUESTS U.S./EU
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 10:36:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL KPKO PGOV KDEM CG SG
06DAKAR2243SUDAN'S PRESIDENT ASKS WADE TO CONTINUE HIS
[...] (U) En route to Cuba, President Omar Ahmed El Bashir of the Sudan made a brief stop in Dakar on September 14, when he thanked President Wade for his interest in the Sudan and asked him to continue efforts to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region. Bashir thanked Wade for having played a si [...]
2006-09-15 14:54:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SG SU
06DAKAR2276WADE MEETS WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT AND OFFERS
[...] Before departing for the UNGA, President Wade met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in Dakar on September 13 and offered peacekeepers for the UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on September 14. Following the Iranian President,s visit, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade insisted that dial [...]
2006-09-19 17:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IR LE SG
06DAKAR441UNDECIDED ON UNSYG AND ON VENEZUELAN CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (C) On February 22, Charge made Ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo. While Ambassador Diallo appreciated U.S. interest in Senegal,s candidacy, she said that, after lengthy consultations, the Government of Senegal has decided not to present its candidacy for the new P [...]
2006-02-23 12:07:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN UNSC SG GT VE
06DAKAR54ENGAGING THE AU ON AMIS REHAT
[...] (C) On January 9, Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, who said that Senegal has decided to support rehatting the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to make it a UN peacemaking (Chapter 7) operation. Gadio said that he and President [...]
2006-01-09 16:35:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR PHUM PINS AU SU SG
06DAKAR697SENEGALESE ON ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 16:32:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SG SU
06DAKAR81CODEL KOLBE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT WADE FOCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Kolbe met with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for over 75 minutes on January 4. They discussed Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal; peacekeeping; human rights, especially the charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck; and the Casamance peace [...]
2006-01-12 15:47:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALOREP EAID PHUM PREL KMCA KPKO SG
06DAKAR932AMBASSADOR JACOBS PRESENTS HER CREDENTIALS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During my 30-minute meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade on April 14, we discussed the strong bilateral relationship, U.S. assistance to Senegal, his upcoming visit to Iran, Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, counter-terrorism, conflict resolution, the Casama [...]
2006-04-17 19:58:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALODIP PREL EAID PINS KPKO IR PU SG
06DAKAR940AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND WEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/W Director Phillip Carter discussed peacekeeping and Darfur with Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG P.K. Fall early in his visit. Carter concluded his successful visit to Senegal with a tour d,horizon of African issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Ambassador Mankeur [...]
2006-04-18 19:01:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU GA GV IV MR PU SG US
06DAKAR985SUDAN: LEVERAGING MORE SENEGALESE TROOPS TOWARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 17:04:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SG
06DAMASCUS3927SYRIA RESPONSE TO UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) In preparing the annual Syria submission for the Global Trafficking in Persons report, Post did not come across any public or private statements or media reports about trafficking in persons (TIP) or sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping personnel based in Syria. [...]
2006-08-10 12:24:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO
06DARESSALAAM1109DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED: ACOTA, 505 AGREEMENT
[...] (U) The Embassy received diplomatic note CKB 162/664/01 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on June 29, 2006. This note is in response to the request in reftel A for an agreement, by exchange of notes, regarding the use, transfer, sale and security of defense [...]
2006-07-05 13:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDMASS KPKO KTIA TZ
06DARESSALAAM1320TANZANIA ON SUDAN AMIS TO UNMIS TRANSITION TIMING
[...] (C) Tanzania is in full agreement with the need to transform AMIS to UNMIS and sees the period of October through December 2006 as a time of transition, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Multilateral Division, told Poloff on August 2. Mulamula [...]
2006-08-04 09:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU TZ
06DARESSALAAM1410TANZANIA: DEMARCHES TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission delivered directly to the State House through a personal assistant of President Kikwete August 17 the Ref A points, stressing the importance of Tanzania's efforts to convince President Bashir of Sudan to accept the expansion of the United Nations Missio [...]
2006-08-18 09:00:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU UNSC TZ
06DARESSALAAM1473TANZANIA CONSIDERING CO-SPONSORING DARFUR
[...] (U) Co-sponsorship of the draft UN Security Council resolution on Darfur is "under serious consideration" by Tanzania, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Poloff August 30. Poloff inquired as to whethe [...]
2006-08-30 15:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC SU TZ
06DARESSALAAM1564ACOTA: TANZANIA EAGER FOR TRAINING CONFERENCE AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Tanzania is eager to move ahead to the first substantive step in the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) partnership, the Training Strategy Conference (TSC). The Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) suggested an early November time frame for the T [...]
2006-09-19 15:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALMASS KPKO KTIA TZ
06DARESSALAAM315TANZANIA ON BOARD WITH AMIS RE-HAT
[...] (SBU) On February 14, Vitus Njiku, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' United Nations Security Council Unit, told Poloff the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has "no problem" with the re-hatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to the United Nations. Mr. Njiku said only Sudan ha [...]
2006-02-17 06:18:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU TZ UNSC
06DARESSALAAM447TANZANIA FAVORS AMIS REHAT, BUT STRESSES
[...] (C) Charge delivered the points in Reftel A to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on March 9. Mulamula said the Government of Tanzania position is clear: the African Union (AU) cannot accomplish the mission and there is no othe [...]
2006-03-10 04:57:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL SU KPKO TZ
06DARESSALAAM599TANZANIA SUPPORTS REHAT BUT CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 10:35:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL SU KPKO TZ
06DARESSALAAM889TANZANIA: ACOTA/505 AGREEMENT DIPLOMATIC NOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 14:29:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDMASS KPKO KTIA TZ
06DILI112TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS PUSH FOR ACCESS TO SCU
[...] (C) The bilateral Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) has made a surprise request for full access, with necessary redaction to assure witness confidentiality, to the files of the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU). After Prosecutor-General Longuinhos Monteiro refused the request, [...]
2006-03-11 11:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKJUS KAWC PHUM KPKO TT
06DILI236FOREIGN MINISTER REPORTS PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with the Diplomatic Corps, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta reported that significant progress was made over the weekend to ease tensions with the dissident military groups including the group led by Major Reinado and the 591 Petitioners led by Lt. Salsinha. [...]
2006-05-16 11:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC KPKO KDEM TT
06DILI238EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 16, 2006
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Life in Dili -- Fretilin Central committee meeting -- Guterres announces running mate -- Fretilin Congress security update -- Latest from TMR (See septel) -- Ramos-Horta on the campaign trail? -- Status of Other Embassies -- Petitioner Update -- Consular Issues End summa [...]
2006-05-16 15:47:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PGOV KPKO TT
06DILI276EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 19:20:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNASEC PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO CASC TT
06DILI291AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-03 19:12:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC PGOV MOPS PHUM TT KDEM KPKO
06DILI293EAST TIMOR WEEKEND UPDATE: JUNE 3-5, 2006,
[...] (U) Summary: Pro-Xanana security ministers are sworn in; Superior Council endorses President's security plan; Ramos-Horta begins Defense Minister duties; FRETILIN Central Committee endorses Alkatiri, promotes Lobato; Australia on post-UNOTIL planning; Anti-Alkatiri demonstration reportedly ca [...]
2006-06-05 15:11:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC KPKO AU PO TT
06DILI299EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 7, 2006
[...] (U) Summary. - Demonstrators return to their districts; - UN envoy Ian Martin departs Dili; - International police force update; - Readout on Ramos-Horta's meetings with dissident leaders; - Australian and New Zealand Defense Ministers visit; - Parliament's [...]
2006-06-07 15:11:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI300EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 8, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary - GNR restricted to barracks after confrontation with Australian forces; - Provisional cooperation agreement reached between JTF and Portuguese forces; - Armed group claims Alkatiri gave them weapons to kill opponents; - Foreign Defense Attaches inv [...]
2006-06-08 19:25:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY AS TT
06DILI301EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 9, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: - AFP commander gives policing plan to Ramos-Horta; - GNR Equipment Arrives in Baucau; - Former Minister of Police Bids Farewell to PNTL Commanders; - Sources confirm Fretilin Headquarters in Ermera District was burned; - Status of the news media; - JTF agrees to provide secur [...]
2006-06-09 11:26:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI304EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 12, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry Commission; Opposition MP Joins Major Reinado to Call for Changes to the Constitution; GNR Cooperates Effectively with JTF; Security environment. End summary. GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry [...]
2006-06-12 15:16:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI306EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 13, 2006
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-Alkatiri armed group reported in Los Palos; Ramos-Horta casts doubt on whether UN investigation would include "Fretilin Security Forces"; Fretilin National Planning Committee may meet to discuss current crisis; Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament in protest of a Fretilin r [...]
2006-06-13 15:14:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI308EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 14, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: President addresses Parliament; Fretilin presents itself as the victim; Ramos-Horta briefs diplomatic corps on GOET requests for post UN-mission; Prime Minister wants Timorese control of police; Security environment; End Summary. President addresses Parliament -------------- [...]
2006-06-14 15:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI313EMBASSY DILI VIEWS ON POST-UNOTIL MISSION
[...] (U) Summary: This message discusses possible components of a follow-on United Nations mission in East Timor after the expiration of the anticipated two-month extension of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL). Whether or not the mission is conducted under Chapter VII authority and [...]
2006-06-16 19:27:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNKPKO PREL PGOV PHUM AU PO MY TT
06DILI316PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS HE WILL DISMISS PRIME MINISTER THIS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 19:20:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KCRM TT AS
06DILI320EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 20, 2006
[...] (C) Summary: --- President still plans to dismiss Prime Minister after Council of State meeting tomorrow; --- Arrest warrant issued for Lobato; --- Ramos-Horta in Baucau, plans to head further East tomorrow; --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration begins, may grow in coming days; --- Weapons confisca [...]
2006-06-20 15:11:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT
06DILI322EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRIME MINISTER PERSUADES PRESIDENT TO
[...] (U) Summary: --- Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration continued; --- Lobato's house surrounded; --- Security environment in Dili. End Summary. Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal ----------------------------------- (S) A [...]
2006-06-21 11:19:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT
06DILI327EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT WILL RESIGN TOMORROW UNLESS
[...] (U) Summary: --- President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not; --- Ex-Minister Lobato arrested; --- More anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive in Dili.. End summary. President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...]
2006-06-22 15:16:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT
06DILI329EAST TIMOR SITREP: ALKATIRI MAY RESIGN TOMORROW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 23:04:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO AS TT
06DILI358JAPANESE EMBASSY VIEWS NEXT UN MISSION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A Japanese diplomat meeting with DCM spoke highly of Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Sukehiro Hasegawa and suggested Hasegawa should head the next UN mission in East Timor. Japan will not contribute troops or police to the peacekeeping operation (PKO),b [...]
2006-07-12 07:51:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO UN TT
06DILI363BISHOP NASCIMENTO IS WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO HELP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 11:06:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR KPKO TT AS PO
06DILI372PRIME MINISTER RAMOS HORTA'S LATEST VIEWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In several conversations with Ambassador and Emboffs following his swearing in as East Timor's new Prime Minister, Jose Ramos Horta shared his views on some issues facing his government. Among the subjects addressed were: his delicate working relationship with the Fretilin party; [...]
2006-07-19 00:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO UN PO AU TT
06DILI381CONTINUED TENSIONS OVER NATIONAL POLICE REINTEGRATION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Tensions have continued in recent weeks between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Minister of Interior, Alcino Barris, regarding how to handle the reintegration of East Timor's national police (the PNTL). Each have presented proposals with competing approaches and pr [...]
2006-07-25 11:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO PREL PGOV KJUS UN AU TT
06DILI404INCREASED GANG ACTIVITY STRETCHES LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a notable increase in disturbances around Dili in recent days, beginning late last week and continuing through today. These have mostly occurred in neighborhoods that have been regular sites of conflict during the last few months. Additionally, there has been a r [...]
2006-08-08 10:16:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PHUM ASEC AU TT
06DILI424REDUCED VIOLENCE IN DILI, BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the last week there was a significant reduction in the gang-related incidents reported in reftel, but late last week there were several serious incidents and the potential for renewed gang activity remains. Although some of the factors contributing to the resumption of ga [...]
2006-08-21 02:44:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PHUM ASEC AU CASC PREF KJUS TT PGOV
06DILI427RAMOS-HORTA WILL REINFORCE SUPPORT FOR JAPANESE DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 09:36:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPKO TT PO AS CH JA
06DILI429PRESIDENT GUSMAO ASKS ANNAN TO RETAIN SRSG HASEGAWA THROUGH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 09:13:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC KPKO TT JA
06DILI439PRESIDENT GUSMAO CONCERNED ABOUT CAPE VERDE SRSG CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 02:56:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNCV PO TT KPKO UN PREL KDEM PHUM
06DILI455THE VIEW FROM AILIEU: REINADO'S POPULARITY ENDURES, F-FDTL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs on Wednesday, September 6 traveled to Aileu to look into developments there since dissident Major Alfredo Reinado escaped from prison in Dili last week. Aileu is the location where he established his initial base following his departure from his armed forces (FDTL)post i [...]
2006-09-11 00:23:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC AU TT
06DILI463DILI SECURITY UPDATE: GANG DISTURBANCES BECOMING ENTRENCHED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a spike in gang activity in early August in the period immediately following the arrest of dissident Major Alfredo Reinado, there was a reduction in such incidents later in the month. However, gang incidents have gradually escalated during the ensuing weeks, particular [...]
2006-09-13 02:04:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PHUM ASEC CASC PREF AU PO TT
06DILI487PREVIEW OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary. According to one of its principal authors, the UN Special Commission of Inquiry report pulls no punches in naming the direct perpetrators and assessing responsibilities for the April-May crisis. The report recommends prosecution of former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato and elem [...]
2006-10-03 07:47:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT
06DILI517RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS
[...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...]
2006-10-17 13:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO ASEC UN AU TT
06DILI518RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS
[...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...]
2006-10-17 13:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT
06DILI534DETERIORATION IN DILI SECURITY SITUATION, AIRPORT CLOSED
[...] (U) Summary: A significant increase in communal conflict occurred in Dili today, resulting in two confirmed deaths and reports of other casualties as well. The first clashes, beginning early in the morning, involved the area around airport IDP camp where disturbances that began last night esca [...]
2006-10-25 11:24:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR PREF KPKO CASC AU TT
06DILI540UNMIT ADDRESSES SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT sees ongoing disturbances in Dili becoming more organized and UNPOL notes drug related behavior and evidence that payments are being made to perpetrators. Recognizing the counterproductive effect of freeing most of those of those arrested after only a short period of deten [...]
2006-10-27 11:59:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MARR ASEC CASC UN TT
06DILI549EXPLAINING LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN DILI
[...] (C) Summary: While gang-related disturbances have become a regular feature of day-to-day life in recent months, last week's upsurge of violent confrontation was on a greater scale and with more lethal consequences. In addition, these disturbances were accompanied by what appeared to be a conce [...]
2006-11-03 12:02:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF ASEC KJUS KPKO AU TT
06DILI578MULTIPLE DIALOGUE INITIATIVES ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS TIMOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent weeks have seen a flurry of dialogue and reconciliation efforts among East Timorese institutions and leaders. These have included series of meetings between the armed forces (F-FDTL) and the national police (PNTL),initiatives by youth group and gang leaders, and a high l [...]
2006-11-29 11:03:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MARR KPKO TT
06DILI592UPDATE ON POLICING AND SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT reports that the situation in and around Dili IDP camps, which previously have been the main flashpoints for violence, largely has returned to "normal," with only sporadic rock fights and disturbances. However, they remain concerned that government plans to utilize PNTL an [...]
2006-12-08 03:31:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO ASEC MARR UN TT
06DILI595PRESIDENT GUSMAO AND EX-PM ALKATIRI MEET
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Gusmao and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri met for the first time in five months on December 8, and both participated in a traditional Timorese peace ceremony on December 10, taking an oath to work together for peace and stability. Their meetings followed followed [...]
2006-12-11 09:05:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO UN TT
06DJIBOUTI748GUELLEH AND A/S FRAZER DISCUSS SOMALIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We need your blessing on the new process for Somalia as an example for other international groups, President Ismail Omar Guelleh told visiting A/S Jendayi Frazer on June 21. All levels of Somali society want to be heard by the Americans, said Guelleh. He believes that Somaliland a [...]
2006-06-26 12:04:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KPKO MARR DJ SO ET ER
06DUBLIN206IRELAND/UN: VENEZUELA, THE PEACEBUILDING
[...] (C) Like the United States, Ireland believes that Venezuela would bring neither strength nor diplomatic credentials to the 2007-2008 Latin America non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, according to John Deady and Brian Cahalane, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counselor and First [...]
2006-02-28 09:14:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC GT VE EI
06DUBLIN313IRELAND CONSIDERING REDEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPERS
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. On March 23, the DCM met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady regarding GOI plans for the potential redistribution of its peacekeeping forces by the end o [...]
2006-03-28 07:01:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMARR KPKO PGOV PREL EI SU XY
06DUBLIN401IRELAND PLANNING A REDUCTION OF THE QRF IN
[...] (C) Summary. On April 12th, POL/ECON Chief and DATT met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady and Deputy Director Brian Cahalane and separately with Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and Desk Officer Louise Hartigan regarding t [...]
2006-04-13 18:34:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR NATO UN LI EI SW
06FREETOWN25UN PEACEKEEPERS LEAVE SIERRA LEONE, BUT FRAGILITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-11 17:33:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL SL
06GUATEMALA195GUATEMALA: REACTION TO DEATH OF PEACEKEEPERS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The deaths of eight Guatemalan peacekeepers in the Congo has provoked some criticism of Guatemalan participation in international peacekeeping. The Guatemalan President praised the dead peacekeepers as heroes and reiterated his government's continued commitment to UN peacekeep [...]
2006-02-01 13:31:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL KPKO PHUM MASS GT CG UG SU UN
06GUATEMALA607GUATEMALA: MILITARY MODERNIZATION NEEDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan military faces increasing challenges in operating and maintaining its aging equipment. The Guatemalan military has a modernization plan but no funding to support the plan. The GOG stipulated that modernization funding must come from either sale of military prop [...]
2006-03-27 21:58:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SNAR KPKO GT
06HANOI2352NAM SUMMIT POINTS ON DARFUR AND IRAN DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 06:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PTER PHUM KPKO IAEA IR SU VM
06ISLAMABAD11431GOP CONCERNED BY POSSIBLE UN MANDATE REVIEW OF
[...] (U) This cable has an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 16, MFA Additional Secretary (UN & Policy Planning) Tariq Osman Haider convened Ambassador to express the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) concern that the U.S. had included the UN Military Observer Group in Indi [...]
2006-06-17 07:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL UNSC KPKO KUNR
06ISLAMABAD22237PAKISTAN KEEN ON GPOI, SEEKS MORE INFO
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (SBU) On November 28, PolOff met MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah to follow up on reftel USG proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Shah said that Pakistan is amenable to takin [...]
2006-11-30 05:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR MASS PK
06ISLAMABAD22317GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: PAKISTAN'S
[...] This cable contains an action request -- please see para 3. 2. On December 4, MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah delivered to Poloff the Government of Pakistan's written response to the U.S. proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) (ref B). Pakistan [...]
2006-12-06 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS PK
06ISLAMABAD5931DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE GOP TROOP
[...] (C) On April 5, poloff presented reftel demarche points to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui said that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) was aware of the text of UNSCR 1663, but had not yet received a request from UN/DPKO to contribute troops or logistical support for a Darfur peacek [...]
2006-04-07 04:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PK KPKO UN MASS
06JAKARTA12546INDONESIA SEEKS GPOI FUNDING FOR PLANNED
[...] (C) Summary: Officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs have confirmed Indonesia's interest in participating in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) and have asked whether GPOI funding could be used to support a national PKO center Indonesia is creating to train its mi [...]
2006-10-13 10:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA13308GPOI FUNDING: INDONESIAN PLANS FOR A TRAINING
[...] (C) Poloff and ODC Chief met with Department of Foreign Affairs officer for International Security and Disarmament Yonatri Rilmania on November 14 to learn more about a planned Indonesian center for peacekeeping training and to explain U.S. funding possibilities for this and other potential ne [...]
2006-11-27 10:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MASS PREL ID
06JAKARTA4466INDONESIA CONSIDERING DARFUR PKO ISSUES
[...] (C) We delivered on April 4 the points contained reftel to the Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs, Hassan Kleib, to urge Indonesian support for re-hatting as a UN PKO the African Union Mission in Sudan. We also pressed [...]
2006-04-06 10:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL KPKO ID SU
06JAKARTA8179INDONESIA RESPONSIVE TO GPOI PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Indonesia's coordinator for peacekeeping activities, Dr. Hassan Kleib, warmly received our offer for Indonesia to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)(reftel). Kleib, who is Director for Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) [...]
2006-06-29 11:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MASS MARR ID
06JERUSALEM3801UN SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN ARRIVING AUGUST 29
[...] (C) In a August 23 meeting with DPO, UN Deputy Special Coordinator Kevin Kennedy advised that SYG Annan would be arriving in Jerusalem Tuesday, August 29 for meetings with President Abbas and GOI Prime Minister Olmert. Kennedy said Annan planned to convey some points on Israeli-Palestinian i [...]
2006-08-23 14:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PTER KPKO IS LE KWBG
06KATHMANDU1074OHCHR LOOKING AT TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE ISSUES IN
[...] (C) On April 27, Ian Martin, Representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told representatives of OHCHR donor Embassies that, following the King's April 24 announcement to hand power back to the Parties and the Maoists' April 27 announcement of [...]
2006-04-28 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU1184GREATER UN INVOLVEMENT IN NEPAL?
[...] (C) Tamrat Samuel, visiting special advisor to the UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs, joined by UN Resident Representative Matthew Kahane, and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) head Ian Martin discussed with the Ambassador on May 8 the prospects for incr [...]
2006-05-08 11:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU1376OHCHR REPORTS 49 PEOPLE "LOST" IN NEPALESE ARMY
[...] (U) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal on May 26 recommended that the government "establish a credible, competent, impartial and fully independent investigation" into the arrest, detention, torture, and ultimate fate or whereabouts of people who [...]
2006-05-31 08:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU1462UN CLARIFYING ITS POSSIBLE ROLE IN OBSERVING
[...] (C) David Johnson, Senior Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Nepal Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told members of the diplomatic corps on June 6 that OHCHR was examining the role it might play in monitoring the cease-fire between the Government of Nepal (GON) [...]
2006-06-07 11:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU1617GOVERNMENT TRYING TO WALK BACK THE EIGHT-POINT
[...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise, told the Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief June 21 that the Government of Nepal (GON) now had to work on "damage control," following the June 16 eight-point agreement with the Maoists (ref A). Chalise agreed with the Ambassad [...]
2006-06-21 11:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU1664POLITICAL LEADERS AGREE MAOISTS MUST GIVE UP ARMS
[...] (C) On June 22, the Ambassador met separately with Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),and Deputy Prime Minister Amik Sherchan of People's Front Nepal (PFN) to stress that the Maoists must give up arms before they could be [...]
2006-06-23 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KPKO EAID NP
06KATHMANDU1731UN PREVIEWS GON REQUEST FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT
[...] (C) UN Resident Representative Matthew Kahane previewed the eagerly anticipated GON request for support to the United Nations in a briefing for selected countries June 30. Kahane insisted that he could not predict when the UN might receive the letter from the GON, ascribing the delay to dynam [...]
2006-06-30 13:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU1744GOVERNMENT FORMALLY REQUESTS UN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) On July 3, the UN officially received a letter from Prime Minister GP Koirala to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan requesting help with the management and monitoring of Maoist and government arms. The GON declined to publicly disclose the contents of the letter "in the interest of the count [...]
2006-07-05 11:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU2045NEPAL PLANS TO SEND REP TO FORCE GENERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 11:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO LE NP
06KATHMANDU2489NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU NP
06KATHMANDU911SUDAN: LEVERAGING NEPAL TOWARDS DARFUR
[...] (C) On April 5, the Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey Nepal's ability to contribute troops to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur (ref A). The Ambassador noted that he had talked informally with Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa, who had volunteered to [...]
2006-04-07 04:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL SU KPKO NP
06KHARTOUM1015DARFUR: WHO WILL APOLOGIZE?
[...] (C) Introduction by Cameron R. Hume, CDA Embassy Khartoum. Everyone with an interest in Darfur should read this message. It is written by Ron Capps, the Foreign Service Officer who has the most comprehensive knowledge of Darfur. He is now completing with great distinction a tour as the deput [...]
2006-04-28 11:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KAWC UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1030 Update on Geraida Situation
[...] (SBU) The situation in Geraida appears to have calmed since reftel of April 25; it appears the SAF has stopped its offensive. The USAID Darfur Field Office states that it has not received further reports of hostilities, and noted that a UN OCHA assessment mission plans to travel to Geraida la [...]
2006-05-01 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1033 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese Armed Forces military equipment continues to enter El Geneina, and UN staff remain in "lock down" mode. Chadian militia are returning gradually to Chad from Western Sudan; there does not appear to be jinjaweed activity in Chad. The UN will conduct an assessment missi [...]
2006-05-02 12:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1044 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three Save the Children - U.S. staff were car-jacked on May 2 near El Geneina; they were released unharmed in a remote area. A suspected April 30 ambush on SAF left at least two dead and five wounded. Arab militia abducted 15 individuals from Dagama, South Darfur. Thousands p [...]
2006-05-03 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1067 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] (SBU) Security Update: A. On May 3, an NGO convoy with an AU escort was stopped outside Mershing on the way to East Jebel Marra area by 65 militia. They warned the convoy that if they continued they would be shot. The convoy returned to Nyala. B. On May 2, Arab militias shot at the [...]
2006-05-05 09:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1082 Sudanese Government Sends Mixed Signals on UN
[...] Summary: Following the May 5 signing of the Darfur peace agreement, the Sudanese Government is giving mixed signals to the international community regarding UN peacekeeping operations in Darfur. On May 5, a Ministry of the Interior spokesman stated that there was "no problem" with UN peacek [...]
2006-05-07 14:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1085SUDAN: UNHCHR ARBOUR SEES NO PROGRESS IN DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour declared there had been "no progress" on human rights in Darfur since 2004, and warned the situation actually had gotten worse. The new Humanitarian Work Law would severely impede NGO relief work, and the expansion o [...]
2006-05-08 08:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO SU UN AU
06KHARTOUM1090 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations at the Kalma IDP camp resulted in an attack on the African Union civilian police facility, with the UDSSS reporting with "near certainty" that an interpreter was killed and the AU facility being demolished. Fighting took place between the SLA and jinjaweed in Kh [...]
2006-05-08 14:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1094 AU Interpreter, Two Protesters Killed; 11 AMIS
[...] Summary: On May 8, IDPs protesting the Darfur peace agreement rioted in the Kalma IDP camp near Nyala, South Darfur, and killed an African Union civilian police interpreter and injured eight civilian police, two seriously. They also severely damaged the civilian police station and two AMIS [...]
2006-05-09 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1098 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] Summary: Tensions continue in the Kalma IDP camp in the wake of the May 8 death of an AU interpreter in riots, with the SAF and Arab militia reportedly cordoning off the area. NGOs, however, continue to provide basic services. The AU has also received reports of attacks over the past three [...]
2006-05-09 12:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1104 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] Summary: The AU reports that its patrols saw jet fighters near the border with Chad, including the apparent use of ordnance. Arab militias attacked Labado, killing 10 and injuring scores more. The AU and USAID also obtained further details on the May 8 incidents at the Kalma and Zalingei I [...]
2006-05-10 12:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1115UN U/SG EGELAND: HUMANITARIAN SECURITY, ACCESS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 9 briefing of the diplomatic community, UN U/SG for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland said that his visit to Darfur had demonstrated the importance of addressing the challenges that threaten the well being of its people: restrictions on humanitarian access, worsening [...]
2006-05-11 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF EAID AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1117AMIS TRANSITION AND DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Initiating the transition from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN peacekeeping operation and implementing the Darfur Peace Agreement require well targeted and bold steps taken in a timely manner. Advancing this agenda will require strengthening AMIS during the int [...]
2006-05-11 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PREF EAID AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1120 AMIS Issues Press Release on Kalma, Hassahissa
[...] On May 10, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) released a press statement on the recent demonstrations in the Kalma and Hassahissa internally displaced persons (IDP) camps on May 8, which resulted in an AU interpreter being killed by an angry crowd. The statement called for the restora [...]
2006-05-12 17:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF AU SU
06KHARTOUM1122SUDANESE VP TAHA SAYS NO DECISION YET ON UN
[...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Sudanese VP Taha told CDA Hume that Sudan had not yet decided on whether to accept transition to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur. The Government of Sudan is committed to the Darfur Peace Agreement, and it is ready to take concrete steps, such as expanding delivery o [...]
2006-05-13 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF EAID PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1132 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] Summary: Demonstrations continue in several Darfur locations, with reports indicating that May 13 incidents at Abu Shouk and Al-Salaam IDP camps in El Fasher resulted in the death of a 13-year old boy and damage to AU property. The SLA shot at an AMIS helicopter near Korma, forcing it to cu [...]
2006-05-14 16:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1139EMBASSY KHARTOUM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT DARFUR PEACE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Managing USG support for stability in Darfur involves both personnel and funding resources. Additional personnel include a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (slated to arrive at post shortly),reporting officers for [...]
2006-05-15 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALAMGT APER PGOV PREL KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1140EMBASSY KHARTOUM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT DARFUR PEACE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Managing USG support for stability in Darfur involves both personnel and funding resources. Additional personnel include a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (slated to arrive at post shortly),reporting officers for [...]
2006-05-15 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALAMGT APER PGOV PREL KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1141EMBASSY KHARTOUM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT DARFUR PEACE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Managing USG support for stability in Darfur involves both personnel and funding resources. Additional personnel include a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (slated to arrive at post shortly),reporting officers for [...]
2006-05-15 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALAMGT APER PGOV PREL KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1150 Darfur Peace Agreement: Seizing the Opportunity
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To ensure a lasting and just peace, the USG must move quickly to support the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and help the African Union (AU) establish its institutions. The DPA outlines some ambitious timelines and requires AU action in almost all areas. The security provisions [...]
2006-05-15 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1151DEMARCHE TO VP TAHA ON FM LAM AKOL'S STATEMENT TO
[...] (C) On May 15 CDA Hume called VP Taha concerning the statement earlier in the day by FM Lam Akol to the AU Peace and Security Council. Hume said that the USG is committed to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and was troubled by Lam Akol's attempt to deny or minimize any [...]
2006-05-15 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1153 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] Summary: Demonstrations continue in several locations in Darfur; incidents in Kas, South Darfur, resulted in the deaths of at least two individuals. Several jinjaweed attacks took place in South Darfur, and a large-scale jinjaweed-SLA battle took place in West Darfur. NGOs and UN agencies a [...]
2006-05-15 16:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1164D-DAY: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- DPA: D-Day and the First Week -- INGOs Consider Pulling Out of West Darfur -- Kutum Sees First Janjaweed Attack Since DPA -- CDA Hosts Diplomatic C [...]
2006-05-16 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1174DR. KHALIFA: GNU TAKING ACTION TO WIDEN SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 17, Charge Hume requested a meeting with Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidential Advisor and Chief Darfur Negotiator Dr. Magzoub al-Khalifa to discuss the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Charge told Khalifa of U.S. plans to support the DPA by assisting the Africa [...]
2006-05-17 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1175D-DAY+1: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- JAM Planning Begins -- Khalifa Outlines GNU Strategy for Implementation -- Darfur Leaders Support DPA After Meeting -- Minawi Outreach Has Begun - [...]
2006-05-17 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF EFIN UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1185D-DAY+2: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- UNICEF Engages SLA on Child Soldiers -- Janajaweed Attack AU Outside of Kutum -- Darfur Outreach Continues to Yield Benefits -------------------------- [...]
2006-05-18 14:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1207D-DAY+5: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Charge Meets with AU Ambassador -- Meeting with SAF Operations Chief -- Lawyers Arrested in Nyala -- Pronk Calls Donor Meeting ----------------------- [...]
2006-05-22 12:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1210D-DAY+6: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Getting Abdel Wahid to Sign -- AU Report Increased Arab Militia Activity -- MFA Pledges DPA Support -- Interview with Charge Makes Front Page -- Charge [...]
2006-05-23 07:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1226D-DAY+7: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Charge meets with State Minister Al-Waseela -- WFP Returns to Protest Sites, AU CIVPOL Waits -- IRC Staff Continues to be Held or Harassed ------------ [...]
2006-05-23 14:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1230MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL ENVOY LAKHDAR BRAHIMI
[...] (C) Summary: On May 25 CDA Hume at his request met with UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to discuss prospects of transition to a UN peace-keeping force in Darfur. Brahimi was accompanied by A/SYG for peacekeeping, Hedi Annabi. During the 90 minute meeting Brahimi sought USG views on the viab [...]
2006-05-24 12:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1240SITREP 9 (D-DAY+8): DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Inter-SLA Fighting Reported in Birmaza -- Charge Discuss UN Deployment with Brahimi -- Mudawi Tours Darfur for DPA Support -- HAC Demands Technical Agree [...]
2006-05-24 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO EAID UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1253SITREP 10 (D-DAY+9): DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Inter-SLA Birmaza Fighting Continues -- Sudan Accepts Joint assessment Mission -- Charge Holds Follow-Up with Kingibe -- AMIS Delivers draft CONOPS [...]
2006-05-25 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO EAID UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1254AU HEAD OF MISSION AGREES TO USG SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) On May 26 CDA Hume, accompanied by USAID Director Almquist and OTI Officer Jeanne Briggs, met AU Head of Mission Kingibe to discuss USG support for Darfur implementation. Following up on his discussion earlier in the week (REF A),Hume reiterated that the USG thought it was urgent to ste [...]
2006-05-25 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1258 UN Special Envoy Announces UN/AU Joint
[...] SUMMARY. On May 25, UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held a briefing with the diplomatic corps on his recent mission to discuss the UN's role in supporting the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). He said that Government of National Unity (GNU) President Omar Bashir is agreeable to a Joint Assessme [...]
2006-05-26 13:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1263SITREP 11: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- AMIS Attacked in West Darfur -- Minawi Arrives in El Fasher -- AMIS investigates Birmaza Attacks - South Darfur Wali Promotes DPA -- Military Meet [...]
2006-05-30 08:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO ABLD UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1282SITREP 12: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Kiir,s Mini-Summit: June 2 -- Minawi Tours North Darfur -- AU Describes Needs for Peace Secretariat -- UNMIS Outlines Thinking on Transition -- DL [...]
2006-05-31 09:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SU MOPS KPKO AU
06KHARTOUM1285SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 14:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU MOPS KPKO NATO MARR AU
06KHARTOUM1291SITREP 13: DARFUR SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). - Minawi, AbdelWahid, Kiir meeting set for June 2 - June 1 fighting in North Darfur - NRC to return to South Darfur - Musa Hila [...]
2006-06-01 13:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO ABLD ASEC UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1359 SUDAN: Update on U.S. Government Support for
[...] (SBU) As described in previous cable traffic, U.S. Government priorities for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation are three-fold: (1) quickly disseminate information about the content of the DPA to counter confusion and anger among Sudanese due to misinformation or lack of information; [...]
2006-06-08 09:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI SU MOPS KPKO AU
06KHARTOUM1389AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...]
2006-06-12 11:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1391AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...]
2006-06-12 12:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1402DARFUR: UN PKO WORRIED ABOUT AU/UN TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The UN is worried about the transition from an AU to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, UN Peacekeeping Under SYG Guehenno confided to the Charge on June 12. Guehenno hopes to both bolster the current AU force and pave the way for a UN deployment in January 2007 -- difficult enou [...]
2006-06-13 14:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU UN AU
06KHARTOUM1409 SUDAN/DARFUR: Update on Security and
[...] Overview: UNDSS reports that over the past two weeks there has been a notable reduction in clashes between the parties to the Darfur conflict. However, UNDSS observed that inter-SLA conflicts have been on the rise, especially in areas to the north of Kutum in North Darfur State. Our ass [...]
2006-06-14 11:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1410MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS DENG ALOR
[...] (C) Summary: At the request of CDA Hume, Minister Deng Alor intervened on behalf of pending USG visa requests. Acting FM Karti said he would authorize issuance of the visas, pending receipt of further details on these persons. (Note: Subsequent to the meeting, MFA advised that the visas wou [...]
2006-06-14 11:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1420 Update on Darfur IOM Detainees Case
[...] Summary: Late on June 14, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) released the remaining five of seven International Organization for Migration (IOM) staff detained on June 13 by a field commander loyal to the Abdel Wahid faction near Kutum, North Darfur State. The faction suspected the team of ser [...]
2006-06-15 12:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1427 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary and background: On June 13, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur, the first meeting following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Para 2 presents the notes of Lt. Col. Lee Manning, the U.S. CFC Observer; para 3 is the text of the [...]
2006-06-15 14:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1428 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary and background: On June 13, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur, the first meeting following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Para 2 presents the notes of Lt. Col. Lee Manning, the U.S. CFC Observer; para 3 is the text of the Ju [...]
2006-06-16 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1429AU THINKING ABOUT DARFUR-DARFUR DIALOGUE, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The AU has not yet identified a suitable candidate to lead the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue, AU Special Representative Kingibe told CDA Hume, but it has started thinking about possible candidates, as well as models for discussions. Kingibe also thanked the United States for a recent [...]
2006-06-17 13:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1439SUDAN/DARFUR: FUR TRIBAL LEADERS READY FOR PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SLA/W Leader Abdel Wahid Nur may yet sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, Fur tribal leaders told CDA Hume on June 14. Hume emphasized the USG,s encouragement and support for the peace process, pointing out President Bush,s personal letter to Nur. The leaders -- including some who [...]
2006-06-19 07:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1458 SUDAN/DARFUR: President Bashir Voices Strong
[...] Summary. In the past two days, President Bashir has spoken out in harsh and negative terms against a UN PKO presence in Darfur. The language is very combative, even for Bashir. End Summary. 2. President Omar al-Bashir has voiced his strong opposition on June 20 to any deployment of in [...]
2006-06-21 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AL UN SU
06KHARTOUM1459UN PEACEKEEPING USYG GUEHENNO SEEES AU FALTERING
[...] (C) Summary: UN USYG Guehenno told CDA Hume that, although the situation in Darfur had improved in the wake of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),the AU mission was weak and liable to falter. The U.S. should make sure that the upcoming African summit backed transition to the UN in no uncertain [...]
2006-06-21 16:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN SU AU
06KHARTOUM1460CHARGE'S VISIT TO DARFUR: SIX WEEKS AFTER DPA, A
[...] (C) Summary: A tentative peace has emerged in Darfur six weeks after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement. However, more must be done to create security around IDP camps and build confidence in the peace process. Some attacks between rebel groups continue, and banditry remains rife. Go [...]
2006-06-21 18:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1474PRESIDENT BASHIR TELLS UN AND AU THAT NO TO UN PKO
[...] (C) Immediately after UN Guehenno's and AU Djinnit's carefully worded, but not entirely forthcoming, briefing to 30 or so diplomats afternoon of June 22 on the AU/UN assessment mission, DCM pulled SRSG Pronk aside and asked him what had actually transpired at the meeting among the AU, UN, and [...]
2006-06-22 15:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO MOPS AU SU
06KHARTOUM1475SUDAN/DARFUR: SUDAN REJECTS UN PKO; UN DEVISES
[...] (C) Summary: In separate readouts, joint AU-UN Technical Assessment Mission officials stated that Sudan had decided not to permit a transition from the African Union Mission to Sudan to a UN peacekeeping operation, and a UN military planner provided details about its plans for a transition to [...]
2006-06-22 18:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1478MINAWI UPBEAT ON PEACE IN DARFUR, BUT NOT IN CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: SLA/M leader Minawi told the Charge he has had few problems since signing the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). However, Minawi,s troops continue to be harassed by Chadian militiamen and JEM forces in West Darfur. Minawi agreed to release Suleiman Jamous to his family under AU and [...]
2006-06-23 12:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNM AU CH SU
06KHARTOUM1485SUDAN/DARFUR: CHARGE PRESSES KIIR ON UN
[...] (C) Following a June 23 Assessment and Evaluation Commission meeting in Juba, CDA Hume pressed First Vice President Salva Kiir to use his influence to gain approval for a UN peackeeping deployment in Darfur. "President Beshir asked the United States to help him in Darfur, but now he says he d [...]
2006-06-25 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1514 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian
[...] Security Update: A. The security situation in North Darfur remains tense. Reports have been received of Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) factional clashes, confrontations between Zaghawa and Fur ethnic groups, and aggressive posturing of the SLA faction led by Abdul Wahid. B. On June 27, [...]
2006-06-27 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1534SLM DENIES MEDIA REPORT OF SUSPENSION OF DPA
[...] (SBU) On June 28, online news service Sudan Tribune posted an article dated June 27 stating that the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) headed by Mini Minawi had suspended implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Alluding to a press release, which was neither re-printed nor made other [...]
2006-06-28 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU SU
06KHARTOUM1538DARFUR DPA SUPPORT TEAM FIRST IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial impressions from an orientation tour for the DPA Support Team to El Fasher confirmed the DPA implementation faces many challenges. There is no visible sign of DPA implementation taking place on the ground. The most significant contributing factors are a lack of AMIS cap [...]
2006-06-29 10:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1539ABDULWAHID NUR MAY BE READY TO SIGN DARFUR PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: SLA/M leader Abdulwahid Nur may be ready to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, his father-in-law, Abdulgassem Seif al-Din, told CDA Hume on June 29. Abdulwahid ha7 Q:"Tr U.S. support in flying to Asmara to meet Abdulwahid as early as July 1; Post is working with USAID/OTI to make [...]
2006-06-29 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1548SUDAN: UN SUPPORT FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite GNU opposition to UNPKO in Darfur, the UN is preparing several avenues of support for the DPA, including transferring resources to the AU and seconding staff. It also hopes to coordinate other donor DPA support, such as the two recently arrived UK media advisors. Top [...]
2006-07-02 12:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO PGOV SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1549UN SRSYG PRONK BLOG CRITIQUES DPA
[...] (C) Summary: Media accounts of UN SRSYG Pronk's weblog selectively quote him as calling for re-writing of the Darfur Peace Agreement, and criticizing the agreement for not including the Abdel Wahid SLM faction and the African Union for its limited capacity to implement the agreement. A fulle [...]
2006-07-02 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1550SUDAN: AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FM DISCUSSES DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd discussed security and humanitarian access issues with the Charge on June 29. The discussion included the possibility of China's assuming a constructive role in Darfur in addition to its current economic partnership with [...]
2006-07-02 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU AS SU
06KHARTOUM1558 UNSRSG Pronk Elaborates on Blog
[...] SRSG Pronk's blog of June 28 continues to draw attention, and he is now trying to clarify what he wrote. An editorial in the Sudan Vision Daily, a pro-government daily newspaper, states in its July 3 edition that Pronk's blog represents a "complete U-turn," and that this would infuriate both [...]
2006-07-03 07:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1559 SUDAN/DARFUR: SPLM REJECTS BASHIR'S POSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: First VP Salva Kiir and other key leaders of the SPLM have publicly announced that they have no objection to UN peacekeeping in Darfur. They add that they were not consulted by the NCP with regard to President Bashir's enunciation of a strong rejection of a transition to the U [...]
2006-07-03 10:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI PINR PREL AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1560DPA IMPLEMENTATION: NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge chaired a meeting of AU partner representatives July 1 on next steps in DPA implementation. The participants agreed the challenges included institutional weakness on the part of the AU, the continued issue of non-signatories, and the uncertainty of AMIS to UN PKO transitio [...]
2006-07-03 12:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1562STILL A CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACEKEEPING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is still a chance for negotiations with the UN on peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 3, though the objective should be peace, not the deployment of UN peackeepers. Conditions on the ground had improved since the signing of [...]
2006-07-03 14:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1563MINNI MINAWI: ENCOURAGES DPA SUPPORT, CRITICIZES
[...] (C) Summary: During three days of a visit by S/CRS Officer Wilson, SLM leader Minni Minawi said he was speaking to villagers to encourage their support for the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),criticized AMIS for slow implementation of the DPA, asked for U.S. DPA security arrangements verifiers, [...]
2006-07-03 16:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1565DARFUR: BASHIR WANTS DIALOGUE ON PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir wants to open a dialogue with the United States about peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 5. In a previously unscheduled meeting -- which Magzoub had urgently requested only hours before -- Magzoub said he [...]
2006-07-05 09:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU US AU UN
06KHARTOUM1588GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN PREPARING FOR JULY 18 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: President Bashir has endorsed the proposal for a high-level government of Sudan delegation to meet with A/S Frazer in Brussels on July 18. Bashir remains committed to improving relations with the United States and to implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement. CDA Hume repeat [...]
2006-07-08 09:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1613 EL FASHER DPA IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The El Fasher DPA Implementation Office is still two weeks away from opening. While AMIS is engaged in the logistical aspects of the facility, they have neither the staffing capabilities nor policy guidance to move the operation forward. AMIS appears willing to accept support a [...]
2006-07-10 08:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AMGT AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1625 Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian Access - July
[...] Security Update: A. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),on July 8, a G-19 (SLM/Minni Minawi breakaway faction) senior field commander reported that the towns of Birmaza and Um Sidir were under attack by Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM [...]
2006-07-11 09:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1628GNU ON BRUSSELS CONFERENCE AND U.S.-SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: GNU officials Presidential Advisor Ismail and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Wassila expressed the Government's interest in improving the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship, and in taking advantage of the July 18 AMIS donor's conference in Brussels to hold discussions with A [...]
2006-07-11 16:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1632AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: A security crisis is approaching in Darfur, and the AU peacekeepers are not taking charge of the situation. A wide variety of reporters -- civilian contractors, BBC journalists, INGO workers, and others -- have been filing unconfirmed reports of clashes between SLA/Minawi for [...]
2006-07-11 17:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1633SITUATION IN SUDAN DURING REAR ADMIRAL HUNT VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: CJTF-HOA Commander, Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, visited Khartoum and El Fasher, Sudan, from 9-10 July 2006. During the visit, Charge d'Affaires Cameron Hume and Admiral Hunt met with UNMIS Force Commander Lieutenant General Jasbir Lidder and discussed the deteriorating situation [...]
2006-07-11 17:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1634AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 17:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1635SLM ADVANCE TEAM PROVIDES UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The SLM advance team, now in place in Khartoum, numbers around 112 individuals. Chairman Abdul Karim noted its efforts to propagate the Darfur Peace Agreement and welcomed U.S. Government efforts to advance its implementation. The SLM seeks African Union support for the process [...]
2006-07-11 17:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1637 Darfur: Update on Korma Attacks and Rape Allegations
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media accounts and a UN Sudan Situation Report detail hostilities in several areas of North Darfur State during the July 5-10 timeframe, resulting in perhaps 80 deaths and thousands of IDPs. In addition, the Report contains IDP accusations that members of the SLM/Minni Minawi f [...]
2006-07-11 17:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1648REPORTS OF SKIRMISHES AROUND KORMA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Media reporting appears to have combined two separate and unconfirmed incidents of fighting, mixing a significant element of speculation in an active campaign to discredit SLM/A-Minni Minawi forces. Fighting reportedly broke out between SLM/A- Abdel Wahid and SLM-Minawi forces s [...]
2006-07-12 14:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM1652AMIS INTEL REPORT OUTLINES RISE OF NRF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: An AMIS intelligence report details the evolution of the National Redemption Front (NRF),formed in May 2006 by elements of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Movement/Abdel Wahid faction (but not Abdel Wahid himself),and the Sudan Federal D [...]
2006-07-13 15:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1659DPA IMPLEMENTATION: AU ADMITS DRAMATIC LACK OF
[...] (C) Summary and recommendations: In a frank three- hour discussion among the donors, UNMIS deputy, and AU DPA implementer Sam Ibok, it became clear that the AU was dramatically understaffed and underfunded to lead DPA implementation. Ibok admitted that he will be totally reliant on the UN an [...]
2006-07-13 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1666WORKING WITH CHINA TO SECURE A UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Post welcomes USUN's suggestion to work with China on securing a UNSC resolution for peacekeeping in Darfur. We believe such an approach is best made in New York, but we are ready to work with our Chinese colleagues in Khartoum, and encourage similar U.S.-PRC discussions in Washington and [...]
2006-07-14 17:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU CH UN AU
06KHARTOUM1667SUDAN ADMITS AU PEACKEEPING COLLAPSING, BUT NOT
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan fully recognizes that the African Union is not meeting its responsibilities in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub Al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 15. The AU is not acting to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement, and the Government has pushed the AU to make basic decisi [...]
2006-07-15 10:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1668UPDATE ON DARFUR VIOLENCE: FORCES GATHER AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SLM/A leader Minni Minawi reports that forces, including Chadian regulars, have crossed the Chadian border to link with JEM and G-19 troops to attack Minawi,s positions northwest of Birmaza. He is concerned that the international community is not doing enough to support the Darf [...]
2006-07-15 12:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US CH AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1674NO. DARFUR UNMIS OFFICE ON DDDC, SECURITY, & HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The North Darfur UNMIS office is moving cautiously in promoting the DDDC, acknowledging a lack of coordination between the UN and the AU. Local UNOCHA staff express concern that the international community's "preferential" treatment accorded to Minni Minawi is further undermini [...]
2006-07-16 11:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PREL PREF PHUM UN AU US SU
06KHARTOUM1682SLM/A-MINAWI REQUESTS UN INTERCESSION ON BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SLM/A leader Minawi reports that more forces are preparing to cross the Chadian border and move against his positions. Circumstantial evidence suggests fighting continues in North Darfur, although at a lower level of intensity that during the previous week. AMIS and UNMIS are u [...]
2006-07-17 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1685 PRESIDENT BASHIR COMMENTS ON DARFUR
[...] Following are excerpts from an interview with Sudanese President Bashir on July 15, 2006, as published by the local Arabic newspaper, Al Rai Al Aam. (Begin text) Q: A major breakthrough has been achieved following your meeting with UN Secretary General in Banjul by extending the presence [...]
2006-07-17 13:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1699UNSR PRONK CONSULTS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 15 consultation with the diplomatic community, UN Special Representative Jan Pronk characterized AMIS as weak and unable to address the realities in Darfur, which now featured fighting among SLM factions. He faulted the Ceasefire Commission and said that Darfur Pea [...]
2006-07-18 07:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1725 JOINT COMMISSION MEETING TO BE CONVENED AFTER
[...] In a letter dated July 16, the African Union office in Khartoum has informed the Embassy that a meeting of the Joint Commission will be convened at an unspecified date after the conclusion of the Brussels pledging conference. 2. The full text of the letter follows: (Begin text) Joint [...]
2006-07-19 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PGOV MOPS EAID AU SU
06KHARTOUM1726 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary and background: On July 17, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. Observer. Noteworthy is that the Sudanese Government apparently submitted its Disarmament, Demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) plan for the Ja [...]
2006-07-19 12:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1731 Update on South Darfur Inter-Arab Conflict
[...] (SBU) According to AMIS sources, a July 11 argument over grazing rights for livestock between a local farmer and a herder escalated into a tribal conflict between the Habaniya and the Rezeigat tribes in the El Ferdous and Buram area of South Darfur State. Initial reports state that 60 Habaniya [...]
2006-07-20 08:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1753SLM/W Splinter Leader Musa Declines U.S. Visit
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A conversation with SLM/A-Wahid break away and Declaration of Commitment signer Abdulrahman Musa revealed Musa's ambition to organize and lead the splinter group. Musa refuses to accompany SLM/A leader Minni Minawi to Washington, concerned that this would jeopardize his positio [...]
2006-07-21 20:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1756MFA DDR UPDATE: UNREPENTANT ARAB TRIBAL REPS DENY
[...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Embassy officers and DLO attended a briefing at the MFA for the international community by representatives of the Arab Shura Council of North Darfur organized by the Commission for Northern Darfur Disarmament. Instead of an informative presentation on the status of t [...]
2006-07-23 10:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1764ABU SHOUK TRIBAL LEADERS PROVIDE VIEWS ON SECURITY, DPA
[...] SUMMARY: Tribal leaders from Abu Shouk IDP camp pointed out shortcomings in the DPA, but many also noted their support for the document and desire to learn more about it. The group emphasized the need for rapid implementation of the agreement and unanimously favored a UN peacekeeping force i [...]
2006-07-23 14:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1771UNDSS BRIEFS ON SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) Coordinator continues to assess the current situation in North Darfur as volatile and unpredictable. Fighting in the north has fallen off; however, the UNDSS Coordinator believes this is due to militia consolidation a [...]
2006-07-24 09:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1772DISCOURAGING AU MEETING WITH G-19 RAISES MANY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU DPA implementation lead Ambassador Sam Ibok held a harrowing, but fruitless meeting with members of the G-19 SLM/A-Minawi breakaway group. The G-19 sees little utility in engaging with the African Union (AU),which they believe will soon be replaced by a UN peacekeeping operat [...]
2006-07-24 12:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1792SUDAN TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) On July 24, FBIS carried an account of an article placed in the internet version of The Post in Lusaka, which quoted Sudanese Ambassador to Zambia Salah Mohamed Ali as stating, "Our President made our position on changing mandate to UN very clear when he met Koffi Anan during the AU summit [...]
2006-07-25 16:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1793 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary and background: On July 24, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC representative. Noteworthy is that this is the first meeting in at least a month in which the AMIS Force Commander has participated, that the [...]
2006-07-25 17:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1794 Three Sudanese Gov't Workers Killed in Zalingei IDP Camp
[...] (SBU) On July 20, IDPs in Hassa Hissa internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Zalingei (Sector 7) beat to death three government workers (Note: press coverage often referred to them as aid or humanitarian workers. End note.) The IDPs suspected Sudanese government Water and Environmental S [...]
2006-07-25 17:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1818 SUDAN/DARFUR: NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN SAF,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh fighting has erupted in both North and West Darfur between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),allied with rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Minawi (SLM/Minawi) faction, and militias from the National Redemption Front (NRF). The fighting is notable because it is the fi [...]
2006-07-31 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1820 AMIS Update on Joint Commission
[...] On July 30 post received a letter dated July 28 from Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Secretary to the Joint Commission of the African Union in Sudan (AMIS) addressed to Charge Huddleston, in care of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. 2. The text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) Notice of t [...]
2006-07-31 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO AU SU
06KHARTOUM1822 SUDAN/DARFUR: NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN SAF,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh fighting has erupted in both North and West Darfur between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),allied with rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Minawi (SLM/Minawi) faction, and militias from the National Redemption Front (NRF). The fighting is notable because it is the fi [...]
2006-07-31 14:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1823 SUDAN/DARFUR: SLM/MINAWI ANNOUNCES BOYCOTT OF CFC
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Growing tensions between AMIS and SLM/Minawi, due to the latter's allegations of lack of support, have led to an SLM/Minawi boycott of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings. A fracture between SLM/Minawi and AMIS could only serve to further exacerbate an alread [...]
2006-07-31 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1824 Statement Ousting SLM/A Leader Abdel Wahid
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 28, members of the SLA/M "Military Council and Field Command" released a statement announcing the removal of Abdel Wahid as SLA/M Chairperson and appointment of Commander Ahmed Abdul Shafi as the new SLM chairperson and commander of the SLA. The statement is [...]
2006-07-31 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI PINR UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1825 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 26, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC Representative. Noteworthy is the announcement by SLM/Minawi that they are now boycotting CFC meetings due to lack of support from the AU -- see septel for lit [...]
2006-07-31 14:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1852GNU ADVISOR DETAILS HISTORY OF TROUBLED BILATERAL
[...] (C) On August 3, Charge Hume briefed Yahya Hussein Babiker on the Washington visits of First Vice President Kiir and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minawi. He also noted USG efforts to convince Chad to end support to rebels operating along the Chad-Sudan border (reftel),as well as [...]
2006-08-03 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1858 SUDAN/DARFUR: August 3 CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 3, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, North Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC representative. Noteworthy is the resumption of SLM/M participation and the CFC decision to launch an immediate investigation into the fighting in Jebel [...]
2006-08-06 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1859 OXFAM Staff Member Killed in Darfur
[...] (U) On August 1, OXFAM posted the following announcement on its web site regarding the recent disappearance of a Sudanese employee in Darfur following a car-jacking incident: (Begin text) Oxfam staff member killed in Darfur It is with deep sorrow that Oxfam announces that one of our staf [...]
2006-08-06 09:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PGOV KCRM SU
06KHARTOUM1864 UNDSS AUGUST 3 SECURITY UPDATE FOR NORTH DARFUR; MORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDSS continues to describe the security situation in North Darfur as unstable and volatile. Shifting positions and allegiances among the rebel movements are clouding the political and security picture on the ground, increasing the threat level for NGOs. END SUMMARY. ------ [...]
2006-08-07 06:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1869 UPDATE ON S/CRS SUPPORT TO U.S. EFFORTS AT DPA
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Khartoum commends S/CRS officers' efforts in supporting and providing direct assistance to facilitate the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). S/CRS and Active Response Corps (ARC) officers deployed to Khartoum and [...]
2006-08-07 12:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO AMGT PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1875 SLM/MM DENY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACCUSATIONS OF ATTACKS
[...] Summary: Amnesty International issued a statement July 31 accusing the Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Minni Minawi (SLM/MM) of killing and raping civilians in attacks against Korma and surrounding villages in North Darfur on July 4-8, 2006. On August 3, the SLM denied the charges, [...]
2006-08-08 07:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1876 AU Criticizes SLM for Torture Incident
[...] On August 1, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) released a statement regarding a recent incident of alleged torture that occurred on the AMIS compound in El Fasher, Darfur. The statement calls on the SLM to cease such actions, investigate the incident, and to hold those accountable to [...]
2006-08-08 07:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPKO PGOV AU SU
06KHARTOUM1880 NRF Claims it Shot Down SAF Antonov
[...] (SBU) Late on August 7, the National Redemption Front (NRF) claimed it shot down a Sudanese Armed Forces Antonov aircraft earlier on August 7 near Seyah, roughly 85 km north of El Fasher. UNDSS (strictly protect) has confirmed the incident, and said that the aircraft made an emergency landing a [...]
2006-08-08 12:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PGOV KCRM SU
06KHARTOUM1899DARFUR: CHARGE AND MFA MINISTER OF STATE DISCUSS
[...] (C) On August 10 CDA Hume, at his request, met with MFA Minister of State Wasiila Samani to discuss UN rehatting of AU peacekeepers in Darfur and the state of bilateral relations. Hume noted that the morning newspapers reported an interview in which Samani expressed hope for an improvement in [...]
2006-08-10 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1903DARFUR: GRIM PROGNOSIS FOR THE COMING WEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Over the next few weeks, increased military action in Darfur is likely to continue, as the SAF, perhaps in cooperation with SLM/A Minawi, seek to destroy National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels while recapturing traditional SLM/A Minawi-held areas. The GNU may seek to prosecute a [...]
2006-08-10 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU CH ER US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1918KHARTOUM TALK ABOUT UN REHATTING
[...] (C) On August 13 CDA Hume met at his request with SPLM parliamentary chief Yassir Arman to discuss Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation and transition from AU to UN forces in Darfur. Hume reiterated USG readiness to work with the SPLM to bring together Minni Minawi, Abdul Wahid, and SLM [...]
2006-08-13 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1933 DPA IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE OPENS IN KHARTOUM
[...] Sudanese and international community efforts to achieve peace in Darfur received a boost with the opening of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Office in Khartoum on August 12. Signatories to the agreement and the Declaration of Commitment attended, as did representatives of Darfu [...]
2006-08-14 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PREF SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1936CDA HUME'S MEETING WITH GNU AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 14 meeting, Charge Hume noted the importance of building the U.S.-Sudan relationship and permitting a transition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. Deciding not to do so would involve significant risks, as Sudan would be solely responsible for the consequ [...]
2006-08-14 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1937DARFUR: MINNI MINAWI SPEAKS HIS MIND
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging, two-hour meeting between Minni Minawi and the USG Senior Security Advisor, Tod Wilson, Minni discussed ideas on how to move forward with the DPA and his short-term concerns, particularly SLM capacity building. He asked for advice on how to improve the Ceasefire [...]
2006-08-14 16:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU CH ER US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1938 DynCorp Article Resonates, Perhaps Badly
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (SBU) On August 12, the online news service Sudan Tribune carried an article titled, "US Firm to Turn South Sudan Rebels into Soldiers." The article states that Reuters interviewed DynCorp Vice President for International Business Development A [...]
2006-08-14 16:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR EAID PGOV KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1943 JURY STILL OUT ON IMPLICATIONS OF SLA-ABDEL WAHID OUSTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several Fur activists in South Darfur, including an SLA commander, justify Abdel Wahid's ouster as Chairman on the basis of his lack of leadership and increasing distance from Darfurian popular opinion. The SLA faction now led by Ahmed Abdul Shafi is organizing itself in Asmara [...]
2006-08-16 04:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1960UNSC/SUDAN: NOTES ON DARFUR UNSCR
[...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol is in Thailand at present, and is not expected back in Khartoum until August 17 or 18. Given his past roles and standing among GNU officials, however, post believes FM Akol would echo President Bashir's denunciations of a UN peacekeeping operation, and [...]
2006-08-16 16:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1971DPA PARTNERS DISCUSS WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: An August 17 meeting of DPA partners, chaired by visiting UK Special Envoy Pullen, discussed the need to be inclusive, broadening the base of support for the DPA. Strategies discussed included building trust among Darfurians, coordinating support for the DPA, rendering the Cease [...]
2006-08-18 14:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1973SUDAN/DPA: MODERATING AU STANCE TOWARD
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche talking points to African Union Senior Advisor and Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Team Chair Amb. Sam Ibok on August 19. Ibok agreed with demarche points, and referred to the August 17 DPA partners meeting (Ref B),wherein he had admitted the [...]
2006-08-19 15:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1975SPLM'S YASSIR ARMAN DISCUSSES NCP-SPLM JOINT
[...] (C) Summary: According to SPLM National Assembly Chair Yassir Arman, the NCP and SPLM have formed a working group to study the issue of international peacekeeping in Darfur; it will meet and report to the Joint Political Committee on August 28. Although the NCP seeks an exit from the current [...]
2006-08-19 16:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1976PULLING PRESIDENT BASHIR BACK FROM THE DARK SIDE
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past few weeks, President Bashir has turned away from his previous strategy of cooperation with the international community to resolve the conflict in Darfur and gone over to the dark side -- a unilateral approach relying on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to re-establis [...]
2006-08-19 16:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS PGOV ETTC SCUL AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1977 Darfur: AMIS Fuel Convoy Ambushed in North Darfur
[...] Summary: According to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS),a fuel convoy was ambushed in North Darfur on August 19, with two AMIS force protection troops killed and three others wounded. End Summary. 2. The AMIS press release is as follows: (Begin text) Attack against AMIS co [...]
2006-08-19 17:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL PREF AU SU
06KHARTOUM1983 UNMIS Joint Monitoring Team Attacked near Malakal
[...] Summary: According to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS),a UNMIS Joint Monitoring Team was attacked on August 17 in the vicinity of Malakal, Southern Sudan. Two UNMIS Force Protection soldiers and a Sudanese Armed Forces National Monitor were reportedly injured. The UN has strongl [...]
2006-08-20 16:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL PREF UN SU
06KHARTOUM1987MEETING WITH SLA,S MINAWI AND AU,S IBOK ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: On August 21, CDA Hume met SLA leader Minni Minawi and AU Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation chief Sam Ibok, at their urgent request. Ali Traio (SLA) and Amb. Boubou Nhiang (AU) also attended the two-hour session. Ibok and Minawi expressed both fear about the deteriorati [...]
2006-08-21 13:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV AU CH UN SU
06KHARTOUM1996 Southern Sudan: Pangak Fighting Continues as UNMIS
[...] (U) An UNMIS monitoring team was attacked while patrolling the Nile during a routine joint monitoring mission on August 17. The UNMIS boat patrol was fired upon by unknown forces an hour south of Malakal near New Pangak (Note: this is not the town of Pangak, which is further upriver. End not [...]
2006-08-23 16:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2010DARFUR: BROADENING THE BASE OF DPA SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Khartoum has spoken with numerous SLM dissidents who favor international support for a meeting with a focus on sorting out leadership issues. EU and UK Special Envoys for Darfur and UK Embassy officials have told us that support for an SLM/Shafi conference should be tied [...]
2006-08-24 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV US EU SU
06KHARTOUM2098 BASHIR REITERATES OPPOSITION TO DARFUR UN PKO
[...] Summary: Following the August 26-29 visit of A/S Frazer to Khartoum, President al Bashir and other NCP leaders have reiterated publicly the policy of rejection of UN peacekeeping forces for Darfur. The NCP organized an August 30 march in Khartoum to demonstrate opposition to the UN resolutio [...]
2006-08-31 13:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PHUM MOPS UN SU
06KHARTOUM2100SITUATION IN DARFUR CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE;
[...] (C) Summary: Without political intervention, the government offensive will continue, resulting in increased displacement and hardship for the people of Darfur and lack of progress in the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) over the near to mid-term. Numerous attacks by the National Redemption Front [...]
2006-08-31 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PREF SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2104DARFUR: LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE TO PROCEED DPA
[...] (C) Discussions among SLM leaders, NGO representatives, and the international community indicate support for holding a leadership conference in Darfur for SLM non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). A popularly based leadership structure for the movements may be a pre-requisite t [...]
2006-08-31 19:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM2113DARFUR: PROTESTS LEAD TO VIOLENCE AS N. DARFUR GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) The Governor of North Darfur state led a peaceful demonstration against UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1706 on September 2. In prepared remarks, he called for "jihad" against any "foreign invaders" and urged the Government of National Unity (GNU) to support all efforts to resist [...]
2006-09-04 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2114 BASHIR SAYS AU MUST LEAVE DARFUR BY SEPT 30
[...] (SBU) At the end of a September 3 meeting of the Council of Ministers, President Bashir unilaterally announced that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is expected to withdraw its forces in Darfur by September 30 and will not be permitted to remain for a transition to a possible UN peace- [...]
2006-09-04 14:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2116Minawi Letter - Ceasefire Violations & Displaced Civilians
[...] (SBU) On September 4, post received a letter from SLM leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi regarding ceasefire violations and displacements of civilians in Darfur. 2. (SBU) The text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) To: The Embassy of the United States of Am [...]
2006-09-05 06:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO PREF SU
06KHARTOUM2138 Unrest in Nyala Directed at NGOs
[...] (SBU) On September 5, protests held by secondary school students mobilized by the government in opposition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur resulted in several incidents of stoning and vandalism of international organization and NGO guesthouses, offices, and vehicles, including OCHA, Te [...]
2006-09-05 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2139VP TAHA SENDS MESSAGE: DARFUR SOLUTION SOUGHT BY
[...] (C) At the behest of Vice President Ali Osman Taha, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told the CDA on September 5 that a rump cabinet-level working group is now working to devise a strategy for gaining support among all non-signatories for the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) by October 1. Th [...]
2006-09-05 16:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2142DPA STAKEHOLDER,S MEETING: PROGRESS NON-EXISTENT
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 Darfur Peace Agreement stakeholder's meeting, Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi decried alleged breaches of the DPA in recent weeks, blaming both the National Redemption Front (NRF) and the Government. [...]
2006-09-06 12:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2143DARFUR: PATEY TO BE NAMED UK SPECIAL ENVOY, WILL
[...] (C) UK Ambassador to Sudan Ian Cliff, at his request, received CDA Hume September 6. Cliff informed Hume that the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends to appoint William Patey, former British Ambassador to Sudan, as its next Special Representative for Darfur. Patey will travel to Addis Aba [...]
2006-09-06 12:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF PHUM SU UK AU
06KHARTOUM2150 IRC Nurse Killed in North Darfur
[...] Summary: On September 1, a Sudanese nurse working with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) was killed in a cross-fire during fighting between Sudanese Armed Forces and National Redemption Front rebels in Hashaba, 100 km north of El Fasher, Darfur. Two civilians also died in the incident [...]
2006-09-06 15:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2162FM LAM AKOL PLANS TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) On September 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified Charge Hume that Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, currently in Cairo at a League of Arab States foreign ministers conference, plans to depart Khartoum September 10 for Washington. 2. (C) The MFA noted that FM Akol would be av [...]
2006-09-07 16:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2181RICHARDSON - BASHIR MEETING
[...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 8. -------------------------------------------- President Bashir Agrees to Free Paul Salopek -------------------------------------------- 2. (C) At the outset of the 30 minute meeting between Gov. Bill Richardson and President Bashir, Bashir agreed [...]
2006-09-10 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PHUM PGOV AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2201 FIGHTING RESUMES IN NORTH DARFUR AS NRF CAPTURES UM SIDIR
[...] (SBU) UN sources report that on September 11, National Redemption Front (NRF) forces attacked and recaptured Um Sidir, 90 km north of El Fasher. In reprisal for the NRF attack, on September 12, Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) initiated bombing of Um Sidir and Hashaba North. It is believed that SA [...]
2006-09-12 15:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2229JANJAWEED ATTACKS IN BURAM SOUTH DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: SLM/A Minawi officials continue to actively draw international partner,s attention to what they describe as the first significant Janjaweed attack since the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement. Regardless of their efforts, no official investigation has yet occurred. Reports i [...]
2006-09-14 14:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM2237DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The fractured relationship between the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories continues to blur and shift with reports of fracturing, changing alliances and continued NRF attacks against Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) targets of opportunity. The Government offensive switches [...]
2006-09-14 14:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM2239 UN SECURITY UPDATE FOR NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDSS highlighted ongoing SAF operations in areas to the north and southwest of El Fasher. It estimated the overall security environment in those areas as unpredictable, and advised humanitarian agencies to exercise caution when operating in those particular locales. END SUMMA [...]
2006-09-14 15:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2240UN SRSYG PRONK BRIEFS DARFUR PARTNERS
[...] (C) Summary: During a Sept. 14 briefing of Darfur Partners, UN SRSYG Pronk said little progress had been made on broadening support for the DPA, the Government is pressing military campaigns in North Darfur, the Ceasefire Commission does not work well, and the Sudanese Government remains unal [...]
2006-09-14 16:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2264DARFUR: REALIGNMENTS AND FRAGMENTATION OF DPA
[...] (S) Summary: An effective and successful organizational conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in the near-term appears unlikely. Fur commanders have splintered into three or four groups with a new breakaway faction splitting from Ahmed Abdul Shafi. Abdel Wahid appears [...]
2006-09-17 16:59:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2276DARFUR CONFERENCE REQUIRES COORDINATED
[...] (SBU) At a working-level meeting of the Darfur Partners Group on September 17, representatives of the USG, UK, Netherlands, Canada, France, Norway, Italy, and EU agreed that significant preparatory work with the non-signatories of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) is needed at the local level p [...]
2006-09-18 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM2280 SPLM Supports UN, Plans a Way Forward
[...] (SBU) During a meeting of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) Political Bureau, held in Juba on September 14-16, the party announced its unconditional support for UN troops in Darfur and developed an eleven- point plan to move the process forward. The plan includes meeting with all r [...]
2006-09-18 15:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2288VP TAHA UNYIELDING ON UN TROOPS, ANNOUNCES DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 18 press conference, Vice President Ali Osman Taha maintained the Sudanese government's complete rejection of UN intervention in Darfur, denied allegations of escalating violence, and announced the establishment of a Darfur interim authority. He also critic [...]
2006-09-19 10:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPAO KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2304DARFUR: SUDANESE SECURITY SERVICES INTEREST IN
[...] (C) Recently arrived National Security Officer Major Adil Abdul Wahab met with ARC Officer on September 16 to discuss the purpose and structure of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Office in El Fasher. Wahab noted that, as National Security Section Chief for International NGOs, [...]
2006-09-20 12:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2312DARFUR: MINAWI MILITARY DELEGATION TO MEET G-19
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Associates of Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) leader Minni Minawi believe they are close to an agreement with G-19/ National Redemption Front (NRF) commanders. However, this conc [...]
2006-09-21 09:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2317DARFUR: PARTNERS DISCUSS STATE OF PLAY, EFFORTS TO
[...] (C) During a Sept. 20 meeting of the Darfur Partners (UK, Canada, France, Norway, Netherlands, and U.S.),participants emphasized the importance of involving, in some manner, Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in the Cease Fire Commission (CFC). The African Union (AU) representative [...]
2006-09-21 13:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2341EC'S BARROSO TO UNDERLINE SUPPORT FOR AU
[...] EC contacts confirm that EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel will arrive in Sudan on September 30. Barroso and Michel will travel to El Fasher the same day to meet with AMIS commanders and the humanitarian assistance com [...]
2006-09-25 12:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO PHUM AU EU SU
06KHARTOUM2348 Inauguration of El Fasher DPA Implementation Office
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The El Fasher DPA Implementation Office opened officially on September 17. Fully staffing the Peace Secretariat, guiding its operation, and maximizing its potential role in facilitating implementation activities are challenges that must be confronted in the weeks ahead. END SUMM [...]
2006-09-26 06:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2360DARFUR FORUM PROMOTES DIALOGUE ACROSS POLITICAL SPECTRUM
[...] (U) The Darfur Forum convened a "town hall" meeting on September 16 in El Fasher to promote dialogue and peaceful co-existence among all ethnic and political groupings in Darfur. More than four hundred persons attended the gathering, including prominent government officials, community leaders [...]
2006-09-26 06:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2373DARFUR: BASHIR POLITICALLY ISOLATED; MAY BE
[...] (C) President Bashir may be looking to escape his current political isolation over UN peacekeeping in Darfur, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told CDA Hume on September 25. Bashir told the Council of Ministers on September 24 that Egyptian President Mubarak had pressed him to accept a UN [...]
2006-09-27 07:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SU AU EG UN
06KHARTOUM2381SLM/A EFFORTS TO WIN OVER G-19 COMMANDERS FALTER
[...] (C) Summary: Minni Minawi continues to complain that Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders and Suleiman Jamoush are actively engaged in an effort to prevent the breakup of the National Redemption Front (NRF) and G-19 commanders from rejoining the SLM/A. Meanwhile, Minawi,s military del [...]
2006-09-27 15:41:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2388DARFUR: MINAWI DESCRIBES PRIORITIES, NCP
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with USG officials and the Darfur Partners Group on September 27, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi outlined five priorities for constructing a peaceful solution to the Darfur conflict in the next 90 days, discussed the role of the international [...]
2006-09-28 14:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PINR SU UN
06KHARTOUM2403BASHIR SHORES-UP KEY CONSTITUENCIES
[...] (C) President Bashir held a two-hour press conference on September 24 after his return from the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Bashir has staked his legitimacy on opposition to UN forces, and he used the press conference to shore-up three key constituencies. For a Sudanese public concerned about [...]
2006-10-01 15:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KPAO UN SU
06KHARTOUM241A/S FRAZER AND NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Integrating Eritrea into the international community through promoting productive Eritrean engagement to resolve the crisis in Darfur could also produce forward movement on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Johansen told A/S [...]
2006-01-31 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO ET ER SU AU
06KHARTOUM2419 EC'S BARROSO PUSHES FOR A UN FORCE IN BASHIR MEETING
[...] (SBU) EC President Jose Manuel Barroso departed Sudan on the evening of October 1 after two days of visits in Khartoum and El Fasher. Barroso met with President Bashir for two hours on September 30, including a half hour one-on-one session; however, EC contacts reported Bashir did not budge on [...]
2006-10-02 14:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO KPAO UN EU SU
06KHARTOUM2423UNSR PRONK BRIEFS HEADS OF MISSION MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, UN Special Representative (UNSR) to Sudan Pronk provided the international community an overview of his recent UN discussions with key partners in Sudan and his briefings to the Security Council and senior UN officials in New York. He laid out his vision of how [...]
2006-10-02 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PHUM EAID PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2442DARFUR: EGYPTIAN ENGAGEMENT IN HIGH GEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Egyptian engagement with the Sudanese government on the Darfur crisis has moved into high gear. The GoE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a 90-day Action Plan for Darfur to its embassies, which resembles USG proposals for advancing peace in the region, and the Egyptian ambassador [...]
2006-10-03 16:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PINR SU EG UN
06KHARTOUM2448SUDAN: UPDATE ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) Visiting Sudan Programs Group (SPG) Director Lauren Landis briefed a range of Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials on current and prospective U.S. security sector assistance during her September 28-30 visit to Juba. Landis' discussions with GoSS President Salva Kiir are reported [...]
2006-10-04 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2451DARFUR: CHAD AND SUDAN STILL PLAYING IN ONE
[...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding the August resumption of full diplomatic relations between Sudan and Chad, and promises to expel rebel groups from their respective territories, both countries appear to be continuing support for opposition movements as a means of maintaining political and militar [...]
2006-10-04 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU CH AU
06KHARTOUM2469ONGOING MILITARY ACTIVITY IN NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) In briefings to the humanitarian community in El Fasher and in separate conversations with Active Response Corps (ARC) Officer, the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) provided updates regarding ongoing military confrontations between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Natio [...]
2006-10-10 04:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2508FM AKOL TELLS NATSIOS SUDAN IS OPEN FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudanese government wants to engage in more constructive dialogue and will show flexibility on international forces supplementing an African Union (AU) mission to improve bilateral relations, according to Foreign Minister Lam Akol. Special Presidential Envoy (SPE) Andrew Nat [...]
2006-10-16 11:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2513TAHA ASKS NATSIOS FOR HELP WITH NON-SIGNATORIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The only way to reinforce the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) is by getting acceptance from non-signatories, Vice President Ali Osman Taha told Special Presidential Envoy (SPE) Andrew Natsios on October 15. Natsios underlined the importance of improving the humanitarian situation, [...]
2006-10-16 15:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2518 FORMER JANJAWEED IN SAF CLASH WITH SLA-MINAWI AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A series of conflicts has erupted in El Fasher between former Janjaweed integrated into the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and both SLA-Minawi members and other SAF forces. These Janjaweed, who have been absorbed into the SAF Border Guard and Intelligence Forces, have looted marke [...]
2006-10-19 10:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
06KHARTOUM2519 FOLLWONG DEFEATS, SAF MAY COUNTERATTACK IN NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Military confrontations along the Chad-Sudan border continue, as reports and troop movements indicate that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) may imminently launch a counterattack against Justice and Equality (JEM)/National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels near Tina. The SAF suffered [...]
2006-10-19 10:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MOPS AU SU
06KHARTOUM2535IBOK SAYS DPA NOT WORKING, AU MUST TRANSITION TO UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met African Union Ambassador Sam Ibok October 17 at the U.S.-funded Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Office in Khartoum. Ibok asked for U.S. support for strengthening the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) while planning for a future UN re-hat. [...]
2006-10-23 10:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2565SPLM'S ALOR IDENTIFIES NCP INNER CIRCLE FOR NATSIOS
[...] (C) In a meeting with Special Presidential Envoy (SPE) Andrew Natsios on October 14, Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor said policy change would come from President Omar al-Bashir's inner circle, led by Presidential Advisor Nafie al Nafie. He recommended getting African and Arab nations, [...]
2006-10-29 05:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2571 Sudan/UN: Text of MFA Letter to UNSYG SR Pronk
[...] On October 26, post received a copy of the following letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Sudan Jan Pronk. SIPDIS 2. The text of the letter, received from UNSYG SR Pronk's office, is as follows: (Begin text) REPUBLIC O [...]
2006-10-29 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM258 Bashir Interview: AU Summit, Darfur, AIDS,
[...] (U) Summary and comment: Post received an English copy of President Omer Al-Bashir's interview with Sudan News Agency Director General Mohamed Hatim Sulieman on the occasion of the convening of the 6th African Union Summit in Khartoum. Bashir responded to questions on a number of issues rang [...]
2006-02-02 13:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD EAGR EPET KPKO KHIV AU SU
06KHARTOUM2599SUDAN/UGANDA: RENEWAL OF CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Government of Uganda (GoU),the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),and the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) renewed their Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CHA) in Juba on November 1 after a night of intensive negotiations. The full text of the new agreeme [...]
2006-11-01 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO SU CG UG
06KHARTOUM2626 Darfur: Text of Wali Kibir Interview
[...] (SBU) On November 5, the Sudan Vision daily published an interview of North Darfur State Wali (governor) Sayed Osman Yousif Kibir. In the interview, Wali Kibir reiterated the importance of the Darfur Peace Agreement, which he states does not need to be re-opened but rather supplemented to brin [...]
2006-11-06 15:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SU
06KHARTOUM2664MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER MUSTAFA ISMAIL
[...] (C) On November 13, CDA Hume met at his request with Presidential Adviser Mustafa Ismail, who has recently been named to take the lead on Sudan,s contacts to resolve the issue of Darfur. At the outset of the meeting, Mustafa commented that this week he had reminded government colleagues that [...]
2006-11-13 17:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PHUM AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2668DARFUR-DARFUR DIALOGUE AND CONSULTATION OFFICIALLY
[...] Summary: The long-awaited Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC),mandated by the May 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),is finally off the ground. All participants in its inauguration agreed the DDDC was vital to the success of the DPA and broader efforts to restore the social fabric [...]
2006-11-14 13:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2669PERHAPS A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: Six months after the conclusion of the Darfur Peace Agreement, perhaps there is a moment of opportunity to re-launch implementation of its important security provisions. The new AMIS force commander has provided needed leadership and challenged the international community to sup [...]
2006-11-14 15:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2681MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: According to State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti, the Government of Sudan welcomes another visit by Special Envoy Natsios, to include a meeting with President Bashir, following his meetings in Addis Ababa. Sudan also appreciates continued U.S. support to the African Unio [...]
2006-11-15 14:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU US AU
06KHARTOUM2687CHAD MAY ACCEPT UN FORCES TO PREVENT WIDER WAR
[...] (S) Summary: Blaming Sudan for the deteriorating security situation in his country, Chadian Embassy Security Chief Mohamad Tahir Tordjok (strictly protect) said the Chadian government would accept United Nations peacekeeping forces in Chad to secure its eastern border. Tordjok claimed that 30 [...]
2006-11-16 12:01:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KPKO SU CD NG SO UN
06KHARTOUM2697DESPITE OPTICS ON FM VISIT, NO NEW FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the positive coverage in both the Western and Sudanese press of French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy's recent trip to Khartoum and reports of a French initiative to resolve the Darfur crisis, French Political Counselor Francois Colas characterized the visit as an [...]
2006-11-19 12:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU FR CD
06KHARTOUM2698CDA MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS DENG
[...] (C) On November 18, CDA Hume met with Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor at Deng's request. Deng wanted to discuss peace-keeping in Darfur and the statement of principles recently concluded in Addis Ababa. He said that the international media had presented the agreement as including all [...]
2006-11-19 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CVIS ASEC AU SU US UN
06KHARTOUM2705FUR LEADER WARNS OF WORSENING CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CDA Hume, Fur leader Abdulgassem Seif El Din described the disintegrating social fabric in Darfur, his unsuccessful efforts to unite the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in order to strengthen their bargaining position with the government, the growin [...]
2006-11-20 10:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU UN CD ER NG LY
06KHARTOUM2710Government of Sudan Launches Military
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese armed forces, reinforced by air power and allied Arab janjaweed militia, have launched major attacks against rebels in the area of Birmaza in North Darfur from late October to the present. UN, AU, NGO, and press accounts report that scores of livestock were looted and [...]
2006-11-20 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2711CONFUSED MESSAGE ON ADDIS ACCORD
[...] (U) Public comments by Sudanese officials on the Statement of Principles signed in Addis Ababa on November 16 have been convoluted. With regard to the role of United Nations forces, the local Arabic press has interchanged the Arabic words for "joint" and "mixed" in the translation of "hybrid." [...]
2006-11-20 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AU KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2725 DARFUR: MFA CRITICISES U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY REMARKS
[...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ali Al-Sadig described Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios' November 20 statements on Darfur as being "inappropriate and not serving to resolve the situation in Darfur." "We have no idea of the content of Plan A, never mind Plan B which he refers to [...]
2006-11-22 13:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2730DENG ALOR: BASHIR BACKING DOWN IN OPPOSITION TO UN
[...] (C) In a November 21 conversation with AID Mission Director and Poloff, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor said that President Bashir had begun to "back down" in his opposition to United Nations (UN) intervention in Darfur. He based this assessment on a cabinet briefing that Bashir had giv [...]
2006-11-22 16:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2743MINAWI CALLED TO KHARTOUM TO BRIEF CABINET ON
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi has been called to return to Khartoum from Darfur by Vice President Taha in order to brief the Government's High Commission on Peace and Security and the Cabinet. He intends to emphasize [...]
2006-11-27 05:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU US AU
06KHARTOUM2750AMIS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING FORCES, NOT CIVILIANS
[...] (C) In a November 25 meeting in El Fasher with CDA Hume, Major General Luke Aprezi, force commander of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS),lamented his inability to ensure the safety of his troops and protect the civilians of Darfur. Despite initial indications that Aprezi would improv [...]
2006-11-28 14:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2761CDA HUME, MFA OFFICIAL KARTI DISCUSS PKO IN DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, CDA Hume and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Karti discussed the way forward on peacekeeping operations in Darfur following the November 16 Addis Ababa agreement. Addressing issues such as troop levels and financing, CDA Hume encouraged the Sudanes [...]
2006-11-29 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU CLOK CVIS SU US UN
06KHARTOUM2768BASHIR PRESS FORUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 27 press forum in Khartoum conducted via satellite, President Bashir emphasized that international forces in Darfur should remain under African Union (AU) command and that he considered the proposed "third phase" of UN support for the African Union Mission in Sudan [...]
2006-11-30 15:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD UN US
06KHARTOUM2789UN, AU DESCRIBE POST-ABUJA PITFALLS
[...] (C) During a December 3 meeting of the Darfur Partners, representatives from the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) described the obstacles facing the international community as it works to end the crisis in Darfur. At the recent AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) session in Abuja, t [...]
2006-12-04 08:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2799DARFUR: VIOLENCE INTENSIFIES IN EL FASHER
[...] (SBU) Violence in El Fasher has intensified over the last 48 hours as 1,000 Janjaweed have entered the city, attacked the market, and clashed with forces aligned with the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi. According to Minawi, four of his men were seriously injured, though SLM contacts in [...]
2006-12-05 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO AU ASEC SU UN
06KHARTOUM2811MINAWI COMMITTED TO DPA BUT PLEADS FOR
[...] (SBU) During a December 7 meeting with ambassadors at the African Union Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Office, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi affirmed his commitment to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),but pleaded with the inte [...]
2006-12-07 15:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2816DARFUR: STAFFING CFC AND JC MEETINGS
[...] (C) Following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement and the arrival of new African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Major General Aprezi, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings take place twice each week in El Fasher, Darfur. In the past, the U.S. Observer to these import [...]
2006-12-07 16:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO APER MARR SU AU US
06KHARTOUM282ACTION NEEDED TO STEM WORSENING SECURITY IN DARFUR
[...] (C) A February 4-5 visit to Darfur confirmed that the security situation in Darfur is getting worse. A companion message will report on separate meetings with the local governor, the new AMIS commander, UN staff, U.S. military observers, and international NGOs. All are worried what will happ [...]
2006-02-07 11:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EAID US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2826 Darfur: Convoy Ambush and Helicopter Incident near Sirba
[...] (U) On December 9 at approximately 1500, armed men ambushed a commercial truck near Sirba, 45 kilometers from El Geneina, capital of West Darfur State. UNDSS estimates cite 22 civilians killed, and 10 wounded by gunmen on horseback armed with RPGs and assault rifles. 2. (SBU) According to [...]
2006-12-11 09:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2831 PRESIDENT BASHIR ACCUSES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF
[...] Sudanese President Omer Hasan Ahmed al-Bashir used the occasion of the two-day African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Summit hosted in Khartoum December 7-8 to criticize the UN and accuse the international community of supporting Darfur rebels. In both his opening and closing remarks, Bashir c [...]
2006-12-11 15:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2837SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES DARFUR WITH SUDANESE OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios from December 10-12, Sudanese officials expressed their ongoing support for the November 30 Abuja agreement. They indicated a willingness to expedite the implementation of UN Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan's proposal for "phase [...]
2006-12-12 16:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2865SE NATSIOS' VISIT TO MALAKAL
[...] (C) Two weeks after violence erupted between the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the Upper Nile capital of Malakal, SE Natsios visited the area on December 11 to highlight the first serious breach in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). UN offic [...]
2006-12-18 13:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2878SE NATSIOS CONVERSATION WITH UK ENVOY PRENTICE
[...] (C) In a brief meeting with SE Natsios on December 10, UK Ambassador-at-large for Sudan Peace Processes Christopher Prentice expressed his government's reticence at using coercive measures to induce the Sudanese government to accept an international peace-keeping force. Prentice said there ha [...]
2006-12-20 07:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SU UN UK
06KHARTOUM2890DARFUR: UN ENVOY OULD-ABDALLAH MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: UN Envoy Ould-Abadallah had a "good meeting" with President Bashir on December 21, State Foreign Minister Karti told CDA Hume in late afternoon phone call. However, Karti gave no details on their discussions of the light and heavy packages envisioned in the Addis/Abuja framework. [...]
2006-12-21 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM2896DARFUR: UNSR OULD ABDULLAH BRIEFS P5 REPS
[...] (C) Summary: During a Dec. 22 briefing of P5 ambassadors, UN Special Envoy Ould Abdallah said he delivered UNSYG Annan's letter to President Bashir on Sudan's commitment to phased peacekeeping in Darfur. Ould Abdallah noted Bashir was skeptical, feeling the Darfur situation had been exaggera [...]
2006-12-22 14:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2904SUDANESE RESPONSE ON PEACE-KEEPING PACKAGE
[...] (C) On December 26, UN Deputy Special Representative Manuel Da Silva called CDA Hume to inform him of the Sudanese response on UN support for peace-keeping. Da Silva characterized the response several times as &positive.8 At Hume,s urging, he will convene a meeting of P-5 ambassadors on Decem [...]
2006-12-26 12:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2908SUDAN: APPARENT GREEN LIGHT FOR PHASE I LIGHT
[...] (C) On December 26, UN Chief Political Advisor told Pol/Econ Counselor that the just ended tripartite meeting (AU, UN, and Sudanese Government) in Khartoum had achieved consensus to send 35 ) 43 blue bereted UN military staff officers and police advisors to El Fasher, Darfur, within the week t [...]
2006-12-26 13:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF PHUM PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2917 UNMIS/AMIS Press Release Provides Peacekeeping Phase I
[...] Summary: On December 26, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) jointly issued a press release detailing implementation aspects of Phase I of Darfur peacekeeping operations. The statement indicates that up to 43 military staff officers and 2 [...]
2006-12-28 07:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2923 Darfur: UN Advisors on the Ground
[...] On the morning of December 28, UN Chief Political Advisor Bashua Abeyedun spoke to Pol/Econ Counselor fromEl Fasher, Darfur, and advised that 36 UN police advisors and military staff officers had arrived. This represents the first group of UN advisors to be dispatched toward the planned total [...]
2006-12-31 06:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM316ROUND ABOUT IN EL FASHER: CDA HUME GETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Hume traveled to El Fasher, Darfur, on February 4-5 to meet with the new AMIS Force Commander and his staff, and to gain their views on peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. The trip also sought to review resources in El Fasher available for hosting high-level delegati [...]
2006-02-09 16:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL KPKO AU SU
06KHARTOUM365DEMARCHE ON AMIS RE-HATTING
[...] (C) On February 14 CDA Hume spoke again with MFA Under Secretary Mutriff regarding the need to arrange a transition SIPDIS of peace-keeping responsibility in Darfur from the African Union to the United Nations. Hume pointed out that the immediate need was for an African Union request to th [...]
2006-02-14 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL SU KPKO
06KHARTOUM402SLA REBELS SHOOT DOWN SAF HELICOPTER
[...] (C) According to a U.S. military observer assigned to AMIS Sector 8 in El Daein, Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) rebels shot down a Sudanese Armed forces (SAF) helicopter east of Shaeria town in South Darfur State on February 14. The incident, preceded by several of hours of fighting between the t [...]
2006-02-15 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV KPKO ASEC SU
06KHARTOUM430SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR
[...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]
2006-02-20 09:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM431SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR
[...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]
2006-02-20 10:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM436NEW AU COMMANDER IN DARFUR SHOULD VISIT WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Maj. Gen. C.R.U. Ihakirhe (Nigeria),the new commander of the AU peace-keeping mission in Darfur (AMIS),has staked out a forward-leaning position for his troops. As he told CODEL Pelosi on February 19, he is determined to "take control of the area" that his troops operate in. His concept [...]
2006-02-21 09:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU
06KHARTOUM437NEW AU COMMANDER IN DARFUR SHOULD VISIT WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Maj. Gen. C.R.U. Ihakirhe (Nigeria),the new commander of the AU peace-keeping mission in Darfur (AMIS),has staked out a forward-leaning position for his troops. As he told CODEL Pelosi on February 19, he is determined to "take control of the area" that his troops operate in. His concept [...]
2006-02-21 09:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU
06KHARTOUM440CODEL PELOSI AND VP TAHA ON CPA AND DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: CODEL Pelosi and Vice President Taha discussed the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the crisis in Darfur during a February 19 meeting in Khartoum. The CODEL pressed Taha to get the CPA "back on track," and asked about the U.S. proposal to expand the [...]
2006-02-21 11:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO US AU UN
06KHARTOUM447SUDAN PRESSES OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: Facing mounting pressure for increased international intervention, the Government of National Unity (GNU) has started a broad effort to resist UN and International Criminal Court (ICC) action. Over the past week, this campaign has included media events, newspaper articles, engagemen [...]
2006-02-21 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM466 MFA Summons UN SRSG Pronk
[...] On February 20, the Government of National Unity (GNU) summoned Jan Pronk, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Sudan, to register a protest regarding UN statements that the GNU believes are biased and exceed the UN mandate. The GNU complained about his recent present [...]
2006-02-23 11:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM467 Sudan: Full Court Press Against UN
[...] The Government of Sudan is continuing its intensive public and diplomatic efforts to oppose UN intervention in Darfur. In addition to a significant media blitz, and the public chastising of SRSG Jan Pronk, the government has pushed in the National Assembly. Foreign Minister Lam Akol address [...]
2006-02-23 12:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM499DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: CHARTING A WAY FORWARD
[...] Summary. The Darfur peace process needs to enter the endgame. The Abuja peace talks, despite gradual progress, have failed to deliver a deal between key rebel leaders and the Sudanese government. The African Union has yet to request the United Nations to take over the peace-keeping operati [...]
2006-02-27 09:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM500 UPDATE #3: Sudan Unrelenting in Public
[...] SUMMARY: Heavy government public opposition to UN intervention in Darfur enters its second week as President Bashir expressed his uncompromising opposition to UN re-hatting. Cabinet members, political parties, and pro-government newspapers and civic organizations also continue to express th [...]
2006-02-27 10:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM571DARFUR: SUDAN CONTINUES ALL-FRONTS CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Sudan continues its campaign against U.N. intervention in Darfur, with President Omar al-Bashir telling military academy graduates that the government was opposed to "foreign" troops in the region, but favored keeping the current African Union force. Foreign Ministry officials, however, [...]
2006-03-06 14:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM605SUDAN'S RESPONSE: ENSURING THE AU REQUESTS A UN
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche on March 7 to MFA Department of the Americas Acting Director Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim. Rejecting the premise of the message, he offered several reasons why Sudan instead seeks to continue the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS): -- AMIS is n [...]
2006-03-08 16:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM606Anti-International Intervention Campaign
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan continues its campaign against U.N. intervention in Darfur, with a steady stream of protests and actions taken by the press, government, and public to reject the introduction of international forces to replace those of the African Union. End summary. ------------------ [...]
2006-03-08 16:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI US AU SU
06KHARTOUM655DARFUR: CHARGE MEETS WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Cameron Hume and MFA Undersecretary Saddiq Mutriff discussed the AU mediation's new "Enhanced Humanitarian Ceasefire" proposal on March 14. Hume advised Mutriff to use the document to engage the other side in negotiations, and work constructively on the proposal. Mutriff b [...]
2006-03-14 13:02:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM660DARFUR: MEETING WITH UN POL ADVISOR ON AMIS/UNMIS
[...] (C) On March 15 CDA Hume met with Jack Christofides, senior political adviser to UNSRSG Jan Pronk. Hume said he had urged the Sudanese government to cooperate with the UN on planning for a mission, whether or not they reserved their position on conditions in which it would take place. He des [...]
2006-03-15 12:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM662PRONK PRESS CONFERENCE: ABUJA TALKS, AMIS/UNMIS
[...] SUMMARY: UN Special Representative Jan Pronk urged Darfur rebels and the Government to focus on the Abuja talks, not Tripoli back-channels, during a March 15 press conference, though he warned that the AU,s recent ceasefire proposal was "not good enough." Pronk declared he was ready to rece [...]
2006-03-15 15:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO PREL MOPS UN SU
06KHARTOUM674SUDAN: MFA DISCUSSES UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 15 discussion, MFA Acting Americas Director Abd Elghani said that ending the Darfur conflict through a political settlement was Sudan's priority, not finding a role for another UN peacekeeping force. He urged the U.S. to work with Sudan to push for a peace agreeme [...]
2006-03-16 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM722WEST DARFUR: WALI AND CHARGE DISCUSS SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN intervention in Darfur would be a "disaster," West Darfur Governor Gaffar Abdel Hakam told Charge Steinfeld during a March 20-21 visit to El Geneina. The state was "very secure," despite recent drawdowns by many NGOs in the area, and Government efforts at tribal reconciliation [...]
2006-03-22 14:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM757WEST DARFUR: SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Steinfeld traveled to El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, on March 20-21 to assess the local security and humanitarian situation. Several NGOs have scaled down operations in the state after a recent surge in banditry and armed robbery. Though much of the violence is dire [...]
2006-03-26 13:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM764DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE
[...] (C) On March 27 UNSRSG Jan Pronk gave Charge Steinfeld a copy of an Arab League communique as drafted by Foreign Ministers to be considered later this week by Arab League Heads of State. 2. (C) Key points of the communique regarding Darfur are as follows (as translated by the UN): -- Suppo [...]
2006-03-27 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU AL
06KHARTOUM768DARFUR: PRONK URGES P5 TO PRESS KHARTOUM, AU ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSRSG Jan Pronk urged P5 governments on March 27 to press Sudan to accept a UN PKO assessment team for a UN-led mission in Darfur. Resolution 1663 requires the Secretary-General to report back to the Security Council by SIPDIS April 24, and the team needs at least two weeks i [...]
2006-03-27 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM779PRES. ADVISOR MANSOUR KHALID DISCUSSES KEY
[...] (C) Summary: President Advisor Mansour Khalid said the SPLM leadership had recently discussed the Darfur conflict, the rising political tensions of the past two weeks, and the implementation of the CPA. He said the CPA was being implemented "deviously," with selectivity and sequencing major [...]
2006-03-28 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO SOCI PINR SU
06KHARTOUM781PRES. ADVISOR MANSOUR KHALID PROVIDES SPLM
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 23 discussion with Pol/Econ Chief, Presidential Advisor Mansour Khalid (SPLM) said the SPLM had drafted a position paper on the current political situation in Sudan in response to recent events, including protests and inflammatory statements by government officials. T [...]
2006-03-28 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM791DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: RESOLUTION PASSED TO
[...] (C) Summary and comment: In the Arab League resolution adopted on Sudan and Darfur at the Khartoum Summit on March 29, the AL decided to increase support for AMIS, and "to bear the AU forces' expenditures in Darfur from six months starting from 10/01/06." Preambular language includes referen [...]
2006-03-29 14:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM819 UNMIS CONFIRMS HANDS-ON VERIFICATION OF SAF
[...] (SBU) In the wake of declarations by senior GoSS officials that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have violated the CPA timetable for withdrawal of its forces from the South, CG met with a UNMIS officials to discuss how UNMIS is tracking SAF withdrawal. They shared the following. 2. (SBU) [...]
2006-04-03 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM953UN A/SG ANNABI: SUDAN TO DEFER UN ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 19 briefing of the diplomatic community, UN A/SG for PKO Annabi said that Sudan had indicated it would not permit a UN assessment team to visit to plan a peacekeeping transition from the AU to the UN until after a Darfur peace agreement was reached. Sudan feels u [...]
2006-04-20 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM990GOSS MINISTER SAYS SSDF CLASHES VIOLATE CPA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports John Luk Jok told the Acting Consul General (A/CG) that he believes the recent South Sudan Defense Force (SSDF) clashes in the Upper Nile state are a violation of the CPA. While the situation in the Upper Nile is now calm, the past two week [...]
2006-04-25 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS SOCI KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM996SUDAN/CHINA: UNSC VOTE ON DARFUR SHOWS LIMITS OF
[...] (C) China decided to abstain from the April 25 vote on UNSC Resolution 1672, imposing a travel ban and financial sanctions on four Sudanese individuals for war crimes in Darfur, because going against a majority of the Council's members would have been "unthinkable," Chinese Defense Attache Li [...]
2006-04-26 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU CH UN
06KIGALI285SOF TRAINING FOR RDF
[...] (SBU) United States Embassy, Kigali country team supports and welcomes a United States European Command-funded, Special Operations Command, Europe (SOCEUR) military-to-military programmed, Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) training course to be conducted in Rwanda in July 2006. The purpose of t [...]
2006-03-27 14:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI334PRESIDENT KAGAME MEETS WITH A/S FRAZER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 April, A/S Frazer met with President Kagame at his office on the presidential compound. Also in attendance were Ambassador Arietti, Foreign Minister Murigande, Chef du Cabinet Kabija, National Security Service Director Ndahiro, AF Special Assistant Gaither and poloff. Kaga [...]
2006-04-12 10:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL RW CG SU
06KIGALI340GOR RESPONSE TO ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT IN GERMANY
[...] (SBU) On 11 April poloff met with German DCM to discuss the recent arrest of the president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR),Ignace Murwanashyaka, by German authorities in Mannheim, Germany. According to Hans Von Schroeder, Murwanashyaka will be detained for approxi [...]
2006-04-12 16:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREF PREL MONUC RW CG BY UG GE BE
06KIGALI365VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA
[...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]
2006-04-18 18:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KIGALI428 UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts
[...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]
2006-05-08 11:42:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KIGALI607ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN RWANDA
[...] SUMMARY. During 21-23 July 2006, representatives of the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) collaborated on plans for near-term pre-deployment peace support operations (PSO) training for RDF battalions preparing to deploy t [...]
2006-06-26 12:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS PGOV PREL RW SU ACOTA ET
06KIGALI614PRESSING GOR ON AMIS TRANSITION TO UN
[...] On 27 June poloff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer Daniel Mutezintare in order to reiterate Ambassador's earlier discussions with Foreign Minister Murigande on the USG position on the re-hatting of AMIS to a UN peacekeeping operation. Poloff emphasized t [...]
2006-06-28 09:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR PINS PREL SOCI SU RW
06KIGALI731GOR'S POSITION ON AU SUMMIT, AMIS AND TANZANIAN
[...] (U) Summary. On 25 July Rwandan foreign affairs and defense officials briefed diplomatic corps on a variety of issues including the African Union (AU) Summit, the GOR's position on The Great Lakes Conference, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APR [...]
2006-08-01 14:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECIN KPKO KSUM MOPS PREF PREL AU RW TZ SU
06KIGALI804GOR POSITION ON AMIS RE-HAT
[...] (C) On 16 August Ambassador reiterated USG position on the UN re-hatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) (Ref A) to Rwandan Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminari. Musemenari had accompanied President Kagame to the Afric [...]
2006-08-17 15:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL UNSC SU RW
06KIGALI984ANALYST BRIEFS WORLD BANK PROGRAM ON FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 October World Bank consultant Hans Romkema briefed diplomats and Bank employees on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He described the FDLR, estimated at 8,000 ) 10,000, as deeply entrenched in North and South Kivu. Romkema described FDLR leadershi [...]
2006-10-12 11:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL KPKO MONUC CG RW
06KINSHAA1386DRC ELECTIONS PPRD, INDEPENDENTS STILL LEADING IN
[...] (U) Summary.The latest legislative election results releasedby the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) show the People's Party for Recostruction and Development (PPRD) leading all other parties with 26 percent of the 250 seats awarded to date. A total of 39 independent candidates have won s [...]
2006-08-31 15:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA100GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT WITH
[...] (U) MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed to PAO that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed on January 23 in an operation against Lord's Resistance Army forces in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. An additional fourteen peacekeepers were injured, and have been [...]
2006-01-23 14:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS KPKO PREL CG UG GT
06KINSHASA1008TWO MONUC PEACEKEEPERS RELEASED FROM CAPTIVITY
[...] (C) MONUC-Bunia Head of Office Charles Gomis confirmed that two of the seven MONUC Nepalese peacekeepers being held hostage by Peter Karim (reftels) were released unharmed at 3am local time June 27. Gomis said the two were in "good condition," and reported that the five remaining peacekeepers [...]
2006-06-27 11:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA101FARDC INSURGENTS ATTACK IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: A crisis in North Kivu caused by attacks by insurgents on several towns north of Goma seems now to be under control. The attackers are most likely FARDC insurgents, not yet integrated into the Congolese army, not General Nkunda or his supporters as widely reported. By January 23 [...]
2006-01-23 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1019ITURI UPDATE: STATUS OF EFFORTS TO RELEASE MONUC
[...] (C) Summary: The June 27 release of two MONUC Nepalese peacekeepers held by militia leader Peter Karim (ref A) comes after a series of intense negotiations between the militia leader and GDRC officials. According to MONUC and Congolese military officials in Bunia, efforts are still underway to [...]
2006-06-28 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1025DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 13,000 CANDIDATES FOR
[...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced June 22 the provisional list of candidates for the DRC's provincial legislatures. According to the CEI, 13,371 candidate dossiers were accepted for the 632 seats nationwide; 466 potential candidacies were declared inadmissible. The DRC's [...]
2006-06-28 14:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1033DRC ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN OFFICIALLY BEGINS
[...] (U) The official campaign period for the DRC's presidential and legislative elections commenced June 29, marking the beginning of the final electoral phase before the country's July 30 elections. In total, 33 presidential candidates are running for office, as well as 9,709 candidates (from 213 [...]
2006-06-29 13:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA105EIGHT UN SOLDIERS, 14 LRA KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT
[...] (U) As reported reftel, MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed January 23 in an operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. 2. (C) In a separate conversation January 23, MON [...]
2006-01-23 17:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO CG UG SU GT UN
06KINSHASA1064JUNE 30 IN DRC PASSES WITHOUT MAJOR INCIDENT
[...] (U) The DRC celebrated June 30 its 46th anniversary of independence without major security problems despite expectations of civil disturbances from political opposition parties protesting the continuation of the country's transitional government. The DRC's National Day, which coincided with th [...]
2006-07-03 15:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1068ITURI UPDATE: MILITIA RETAKES CONTROL OF TCHEI
[...] (C) Summary: The militia group Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) has retaken control of the village of Tchei south of Bunia, nearly six weeks after the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and MONUC had driven the militia out of the location. As has happened in prior military encounter [...]
2006-07-05 10:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1077FARDC COMMANDER DIES SUDDENLY OF UNKNOWN CAUSES
[...] (C) General Sylvain Buki, the deputy chief of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),died suddenly the evening of July 4 of unknown causes. According to military sources, Buki had reportedly been sick for the past two weeks with what was believed to be malaria and had been self-medicating for the [...]
2006-07-06 10:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1079FDLR OFFICER SURRENDERS TO DDRRR IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) According to MONUC Eastern Division internal reporting, the FDLR Auditeur Superior Militaire based in Walikale, North Kivu surrendered to MONUC on June 24. While he warned MONUC not to expect mass repatriation in his wake, he did encourage continued sensitization efforts via radio, le [...]
2006-07-06 11:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA108LRA UPDATE: MONUC CONTINUES INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) MONUC military spokesman Hans-Jakob Reichen told PolOff January 24 that MONUC has pulled all of its troops from the Garamba National Park area, and that no search-and-cordon operations are currently being conducted against suspected LRA forces. Reichen said the only MONUC forces near Garam [...]
2006-01-24 12:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU UG GT CG
06KINSHASA1080NORTH KATANGA: THE WEAKEST SECURITY LINK IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The north Katangan region of Tanganyika, larger in size than North Kivu, South Kivu, or Ituri district but also volatile, is the final geographic piece of the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Plagued by insecurity, Tanganyika nevertheless receives far [...]
2006-07-06 11:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1091ITURI UPDATE: NEARLY 2,700 MILITIA MEMBERS HAVE
[...] (C) Summary: According to MONUC reports, nearly 2,700 militia members in Ituri have voluntarily surrendered and turned in their weapons, including one high-level militia commander. Several factors are apparently motivating militia members to come out of the bush, including the desire to partic [...]
2006-07-07 09:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1093UN PROTECTION CLUSTER WORKS TO STABILIZE NORTH AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 17-18 visit to Kalemie, Katanga, Poloff held meetings with humanitarian groups represented in the UN protection cluster, a newly formed channel for addressing violence against populations. The protection cluster in Kalemie faces particular challenges dealing wi [...]
2006-07-07 10:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1095KATANGA CHILD SOLDIER DEMOBILIZATION HARDER THAN
[...] (SBU) Two thousand and six children associated with armed groups in Tanganyika district, Katanga have gone through the disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion (DDR) program since February 2003. According to the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) Kalemie office [...]
2006-07-07 10:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1101SOUTHERN ITURI BECOMING INCREASINGLY VOLATILE
[...] (C) Summary: Since the June 30 capture of Tchei in southern Ituri District by the Patriotic Force of Resistance in Ituri (FRPI),militia activity has increased markedly in the area south of Bunia. The renewed fighting has led to the desertion of several villages and towns just outside Bunia an [...]
2006-07-10 11:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1119MONUC BUKAVU BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 16 visit to South Kivu, MONUC Bukavu Acting Head of Office Cheikh Bangoura and South Kivu Brigade Commander General Ahmed Maqsood briefed the Ambassador on the status of FDLR militia and the tactics used -- joint FARDC-MONUC operations and the DDRRR program -- to [...]
2006-07-12 08:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1133MONUC EFFORTS TO PREVENT TIP AND SEA SUCCESSFUL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel A, Embassy Kinshasa reports that incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse by MONUC peacekeepers in the DRC are much reduced over previous years. Local press articles decrying MONUC's TIP and SEA track records have dropped sharply, indicating that MONUC is percei [...]
2006-07-13 15:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1145ITURI UPDATE: DEMOBILIZATION DEADLINE PASSES; MORE
[...] (C) Summary: More than 3,500 militia members have voluntarily surrendered in Ituri in the District's latest round of demobilization. Although the deadline for surrendering passed July 15, small numbers of militia members continue to turn in their weapons and join demobilization programs. Altho [...]
2006-07-17 15:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1153DRC ELECTIONS: LAST-MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS ADDING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced July 15 that it has been able to verify some 24.4 million legitimately registered voters in the DRC, a number slightly below the original figure of 25.7 million. The CEI has estimated, however, that those 1.27 million "missing" [...]
2006-07-19 09:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1165ITURI UPDATE: KARIM AGREES TO DISARM MILITIA,
[...] (C) Summary: Peter Karim, leader of the Ituri-based Front for National Integration (FNI),has agreed to disband his militia in exchange for the promise to be integrated in the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and given the rank of colonel. In addition, all militia members from the FNI who volun [...]
2006-07-21 07:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1181DRC ELECTIONS: KASAIANS HOLDING THEIR BREATH AS
[...] (C) Summary: As the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections draw closer, the prevailing attitude among Kasaians towards the electoral process is largely one of profound mistrust. Fueled by the belief that their region has been ignored and exploited by the central government for ye [...]
2006-07-25 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1185DRC ELECTIONS: UDPS A WANING THREAT IN THE KASAIS
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) -- which continues to boycott the DRC's July 30 elections -- remains a dominant presence in its traditional strongholds of Western and Eastern Kasai provinces. UDPS support and influence, however, are slowly declining i [...]
2006-07-26 10:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1186ITURI UPDATE: MONUC SUSPENDS OPS FOR ELECTIONS;
[...] (C) Summary: One week before the DRC's presidential and legislative elections, MONUC peacekeepers have suspended all offensive operations in Ituri District to focus on providing security and logistical support to election workers. Meanwhile, militia leader Peter Karim, who agreed earlier this [...]
2006-07-26 10:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1195BEMBA'S SECURITY FORCES FIRE WEAPONS DURING VP'S
[...] (C) As Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba made his way on foot from Kinshasa's airport to the city's soccer stadium for an anticipated political rally, his security forces reportedly fired their weapons into the air as jet aircraft flew overhead. The planes, dispatched by Air Force Chief of Staf [...]
2006-07-27 14:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1200ITURI UPDATE: MRC MILITIA SIGNS CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C) Militia leader Mattheiu Ngonjolo and the GDRC signed a cease-fire agreement in Ituri District July 26, bringing a possible end to the conflict between the GDRC and the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC). According to a joint communique, the MRC and the GDRC concluded an accord to put a [...]
2006-07-27 16:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1206DRC ELECTIONS: SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE KASAIS
[...] (C) Summary: Western and Eastern Kasai provinces have long been political flashpoints in the DRC due largely to the influence of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). Rallies and demonstrations in both provinces have in the past often devolved into violent clashes between politic [...]
2006-07-28 09:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1208DRC ELECTIONS: POLITICAL LEADERS URGE CALM AFTER
[...] (C) The atmosphere in Kinshasa is largely calm two days before the scheduled July 30 presidential and legislative elections, despite several outbreaks of violence in the city July 27. As reported reftel, some security forces of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba (Movement for the Liberation of C [...]
2006-07-28 13:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1209DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 1
[...] (U) The Democratic Republic of Congo remains largely calm on the eve of the July 30 presidential and legislative elections. A few isolated security incidents have taken place in Kinshasa and Mbuji Mayi in the past day, but they have not kept election workers nationwide from completing last-minu [...]
2006-07-29 18:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1210DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 2
[...] (U) Polls in the Democratic Republic of Congo opened largely on time for the historic July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Turnout is reportedly high in the east and moderate in Kinshasa, and numbers could rise after morning church services. Observers report surprisingly well-or [...]
2006-07-30 08:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1211DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 3: SMOOTH OPERATIONS
[...] By late afternoon, most areas of the country have reported large but orderly numbers of voters, competent poll workers, and helpful police. Report after report has described patient lines of Congolese voters, some dressed in their Sunday best, but devoting this particular Sunday to participa [...]
2006-07-30 14:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1212DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 4: VOTING ENDS, COUNTING
[...] According to reports from international elections observers countrywide, voting officially ended in all polling stations on time and with few reported problems. While the voting process itself has benefited from a variety of "lessons learned" from the constitutional referendum in December 20 [...]
2006-07-30 19:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1213DRC ELECTIONS: THE DAY AFTER
[...] (U) Summary: Despite some expected technical and logistical difficulties, coupled with isolated incidents of violence and intimidation in the Kasai provinces, the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were held in a largely calm and orderly fashion. Voter turnout nationwide appe [...]
2006-07-31 14:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1220DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER "HOPEFUL" ABOUT VOTE
[...] (U) The Carter Center's election observation mission released a preliminary statement August 1 on the DRC's July 30 elections, noting that polling stations were "well-organized" and that election officials "competently fulfilled" their duties. In a Kinshasa press conference, the Carter Center' [...]
2006-08-02 12:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1223DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA CLAIMING VICTORY ABSENT
[...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has already begun claiming victory in the DRC's July 30 presidential elections, broadcasting purported results via television and radio stations he owns. Before polls even closed, the Bemba-owned station CCTV began reporting "results" from polling sites thr [...]
2006-08-03 12:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1231DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA ALLEGES VOTE "MARRED BY
[...] (U) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa and his party, the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD),alleged the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were "marred by irregularities." In a six-page statement released July 31 by the RCD's secretary general, the party lays out a series of a [...]
2006-08-03 16:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1233DRC ELECTIONS: EU MISSION DECLARES VOTE MANAGED
[...] (U) The European Union's Election Observation Mission (MOEUE) released August 2 its preliminary statement on the DRC's July 30 elections, noting that the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) managed the vote "efficiently" despite political tension and certain inequalities observed during the [...]
2006-08-04 08:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1236DRC ELECTIONS: CEI PROMISES INVESTIGATION AFTER
[...] (C) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu promised August 4 that the Commission will investigate the burning of an unknown number of marked ballots and vote tally sheets at an election liaison office in Kinshasa. In a meeting with the Ambassador and Repres [...]
2006-08-04 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1237ELECTIONS OBSERVATION IN BUNIA
[...] Summary: (U) Pol Intern traveled to Bunia (Ituri District) to observe the DRC's July 30 elections. Visits to over ten different voting centers and approximately 100 individual stations revealed no significant evidence of irregularities. Despite sometimes long and cumbersome voting lines, the d [...]
2006-08-04 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1238DRC ELECTIONS: CIAT DISMAYED BY POLITICIZATION OF
[...] (U) The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a declaration August 3 expressing its "dismay" over the "flagrant politicization" of the vote counting process after the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. The CIAT statement comes after a similar comm [...]
2006-08-04 13:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1241ELECTIONS OBSERVATION IN BAS-CONGO
[...] (U) Summary. Elections in Bas-Congo proceeded calmly and with high voter turnout. EconOff observed election and post-election procedures at numerous polling sites July 28-August 1. EconOff witnessed no evidence of fraud, but did observe many procedural irregularities, most of which appeared to [...]
2006-08-04 16:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1249DRC ELECTIONS: AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS GIVE
[...] (U) Summary: Several African election observation missions have released their preliminary statements regarding the DRC's July 30 president and legislative elections. While noting the logistical challenges poll workers faced, most African missions declared the vote to have been conducted succe [...]
2006-08-07 15:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1250RELIGIOUS GROUPS CONGRATULATE CONGOLESE ON
[...] (U) In an August 5 statement, the leaders of five of the DRC's largest religious communities lauded the success of the July 30 elections. The statement was signed by Monsignor Pierre Marini of the Congolese Christian Church, Sheik Abd'allah Mangala of the Islamic Community, Monsignor Simon Nz [...]
2006-08-07 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1251DRC ELECTIONS: KASHALA SEES HIMSELF AS CONGO'S NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Oscar Kashala is declaring himself an "emerging leader" and "power broker" capable of deciding the eventual winner of the Congo's presidency. Basing his claims on an apparently strong showing in the Kasai provinces and in Kinshasa, Kashala said he will come in third behind Presiden [...]
2006-08-08 08:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1255DRC ELECTIONS: MARKETING BEMBA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with Vice President (and presidential candidate) Jean-Pierre Bemba on August 3. During the meeting, Bemba disingenuously said all the right things and gave all the right responses as he pretended to distance himself from the effo [...]
2006-08-09 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1256DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA STILL CRYING FOUL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with Vice President (and presidential candidate) Azarias Ruberwa on August 2. During the meeting, Ruberwa repeated his allegations of "widespread fraud" and promised to pursue his complaints through the appropriate legal channels [...]
2006-08-09 11:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1257DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA LEADING BEMBA IN EASTERN
[...] (SBU) With just five percent of all electoral districts nationwide having reported their ballot counts, incumbent President Joseph Kabila has taken a large and early lead over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Six of the eight districts reporting, however, are in eastern DRC, where Kabila was [...]
2006-08-09 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1260NORTH KIVU FIREFIGHT SPOTLIGHTS PROBLEM OF
[...] (C) Summary: On August 5, a firefight in Sake, North Kivu broke out between two Congolese army (FARDC) battalions, one integrated and one non-integrated. Both battalions suffered casualties -- at least three soldiers died and thirty-two were wounded, according to MONUC. Twenty-two civilia [...]
2006-08-10 08:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1264DRC ELECTIONS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT KINSHASA'S
[...] (U) Summary: Following the enormous logistical challenge of organizing the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections comes an equally daunting task: the collection, compilation and verification of tens of millions of ballots from some 50,000 polling stations nationwide. In Kinshasa, [...]
2006-08-11 07:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1265DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA CONFIDENT, UPBEAT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with President (and presidential candidate) Joseph Kabila on August 5. Kabila noted that managing the responses of losing candidates and the high expectations from the Congolese people will be the most important challenges for th [...]
2006-08-11 08:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1266PAYNE CODEL VISITS KEY LEADERS IN DRC
[...] Summary: Congressman Donald Payne visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on August 2 through August 5. In addition to calling on President Kabila at his residence and Vice Presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba and other key senior government leaders, Rep. Payne met with e [...]
2006-08-11 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OREP KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1269DRC ELECTIONS: EARLY RESULTS SHOW KABILA IN LEAD
[...] (U) With nearly 20 percent of the DRC's electoral districts reporting their presidential results, Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) figures show that incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 48 to 20 percent. As of August 10, 32 of the country's 169 di [...]
2006-08-11 14:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1277DRC ELECTIONS: WITH 46 PERCENT OF DISTRICTS
[...] (U) As of August 14, 46 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have reported results from the DRC July 30 presidential election. In the 78 of 169 districts having announced results, incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 55 to 17 percent. Nzanga Mobutu, [...]
2006-08-14 13:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1278DRC ELECTIONS: EMINENT PERSONS GROUP URGES CALM
[...] (U) The International Committee of Wise Men ("Comite des Sages") issued August 12 a declaration congratulating the Congolese people and authorities for the calm and peaceful manner in which the country's July 30 elections were held. The Committee urged political candidates and the population t [...]
2006-08-14 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1280DRC ELECTIONS: RELIGIOUS GROUPS CALL FOR PEACE AND
[...] (U) The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and the leaders of the five largest religious communities released August 12 separate statements congratulating the Congolese people for their maturity and calm during the July 30 election, and appealing to all Congolese to remain tolerant [...]
2006-08-14 17:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1293DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD WITH 60
[...] (U) Preliminary vote tallies from the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) through August 16 show 60 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have reported their presidential results. In the 101 of 169 districts having finished compiling ballots, incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading [...]
2006-08-16 15:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1300DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA LEAD SLIPPING BELOW 50
[...] (SBU) As of August 17, initial voting results from approximately 63 percent of the DRC's electoral districts show incumbent President Joseph Kabila's lead narrowing over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. According to the results posted from 107 of the 169 districts, Kabila leads Bemba 48.5 to [...]
2006-08-17 14:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1307DRC HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ISSUES REPORT ON
[...] (U) Summary: The National Observatory for Human Rights (ONDH),one of the five "citizen institutions" of the DRC's transitional government, issued August 12 a report detailing its findings concerning campaign-related violence in the month leading up to the country's July 30 presidential and le [...]
2006-08-18 12:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1310DRC ELECTIONS: GIZENGA AN EMERGING FORCE
[...] (C) Summary: Antoine Gizenga, secretary general of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU),met with the Ambassador August 17. The long-time opposition figure, who almost certainly will likely place third in the first round of presidential voting and is the potential kingmaker in a second round, sa [...]
2006-08-18 15:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1311DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA, BEMBA MOVE TO SECOND ROUND
[...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced the evening of August 20 official provisional results from the DRC's July 30 presidential election. According to CEI figures, incumbent President Joseph Kabila won 44.81 percent of the votes cast to Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's 20.0 [...]
2006-08-21 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1316DRC SITREP 1: KINSHASA FIGHTING
[...] (C) Active fighting broke out in the Gombe neighborhood of Kinshasa around 4pm local time apparently between elements of the Presidential Republican Guard (GSSP),Congolese police, and security forces of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC party. The fighting is apparently a continuation of [...]
2006-08-21 16:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1317SITREP 2: KINSHASA FIGHTING
[...] (C) At approximately 5:15pm local time, the Ambassador called with an update of the situation from Vice President Bemba's residence (reftel). The Ambassador reported hearing occasional explosions, perhaps from rocket propelled grenades or tanks. MONUC forces sent to the Bemba compound had not [...]
2006-08-21 16:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1318SITREP 3: KINSHASA FIGHTING
[...] (C) At 1800 local time, RSO spoke to MONUC head of security who reported that he and "half a MONUC detachment" were at the Palais de Justice. The MONUC officer said that he was using the location as an operations base and was "going in (to Bemba's residence) to do an extraction." The intent he [...]
2006-08-21 17:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1319SITREP 4: KINSHASA FIGHTING
[...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM at 1840 local time from Bemba's residence to report that MONUC Force Commander General Babacar Gaye had arrived at the compound around 1820 to discuss arrangements to extricate CIAT ambassadors. Gaye said he had arrived with four APCs, but it was unclear if those [...]
2006-08-21 18:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1320SITREP 5: KINSHASA FIGHTING
[...] (C) FARDC Chief of Staff General Kisempia announced on national television that all soldiers are prohibited from carrying arms in the city of Kinshasa, and that they have been ordered to return to their barracks and remain there. Kisempia said General Nabiola, commander of the Unite de Defense [...]
2006-08-21 19:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1321SITREP 6: STATUS OF OTHER KINSHASA MISSIONS
[...] (SBU) Emboffs have contacted eleven Kinshasa diplomatic missions to determine their response to the current security situation in the diplomatic district, Gombe (reftels). Eight missions contacted - British, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Greek, and Belgian - reported being con [...]
2006-08-21 20:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1322SITREP 7: KINSHASA FIGHTING
[...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM at 2115 to report that the CIAT ambassadors had all safely arrived at MONUC headquarters from Bemba's residence. The Minister of Budget (and MLC member) Francois Mwamba, plus some members of Bemba's family, were in the MONUC convoy as well. CIAT ambassadors are cu [...]
2006-08-21 20:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1323SITREP 8: KINSHASA FIGHTING
[...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM around 2220 local time to report that he had safely returned to his residence after leaving MONUC headquarters via a convoy organized by MONUC security. The Ambassador reported that the convoy drove down Boulevard 30 Juin through the center of Gombe, where much of [...]
2006-08-21 22:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1324SITREP 9: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 0800 LOCAL TIME)
[...] (C) As dawn broke in Kinshasa August 22, isolated gunfire and small explosions were heard in the downtown Gombe area of the city. The Ambassador called DCM from his residence at 0635 to report gunfire, some apparently from heavy arms, from the direction of the Palais de la Nation (the president [...]
2006-08-22 07:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1326SITREP 11: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 1030 LOCAL TIME)
[...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM at 0900 local time to report that the CIAT ambassadors will meet with President Kabila at his riverside residence at 1130 August 21. 2. (C) PolCouns called around 0900 to report that presidential diplomatic adviser Augustin Katumba is proposing a meeting of the [...]
2006-08-22 09:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1327SITREP 13: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 11:15 LOCAL
[...] (C) CIAT Ambassadors are assembling as of 11:00 local time, under MONUC protective cover, in advance of their transport to a meeting scheduled with President Kabila at 11:30. 2. (C) At 10:55 local time, scattered gunfire was heard in the vicinity of the Embassy's JAO compound. 3. (C) [...]
2006-08-22 10:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1328SITREP 12: STATUS OF OTHER KINSHASA MISSIONS
[...] (SBU) The French Embassy remains on official lockdown status, while Belgian and German mission personnel have effectively done the same, remaining at their embassies overnight. The European Union, Canadian, and IMF missions have ordered their personnel to remain at their residences. The Dutc [...]
2006-08-22 10:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1330SITREP 15: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 13:30 LOCAL
[...] (C) CIAT Ambassadors began their meeting with President Kabila at the President's riverside residence/office at around noon local time, after convoying with security provided by MONUC. 2. (C) A Dutch diplomat told EconOff that his Embassy's security firm reported that the situation around B [...]
2006-08-22 12:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1331SITREP 16: APPEAL FROM CIVIL SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) The Executive Secretary of Civil Society/Forces Vives, who is also the president of the civil servants' trade union, Mr. Naupess Kibiswa, called PAO at 10:15 GMT. He "begged" that the international community not start evacuating people from the DRC as a result of the fighting. To do so [...]
2006-08-22 13:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1332SITREP 17: SECOND MONUC PRESS RELEASE CALLS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1333SITREP 18: KINSHASA FIGHTING (8/22 1730 LOCAL TIME)
[...] (C) The Canadian Embassy's security chief told RSO that at about 1315, he drove from the Canadian Embassy down Boulevard 30 Juin toward the center of town. He said that he saw heavy "GSSP" presence near DRC government buildings along the Boulevard, but that the troops were in the process of pu [...]
2006-08-22 16:44:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1334SITREP 19: CIAT MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA
[...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM from his residence at 1350 local time to report that the noon CIAT meeting with President Kabila had ended. All members of CIAT were present except for the representatives of the African Union, Angola, South Africa, and Zambia. Among the Congolese participants, as [...]
2006-08-22 18:00:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1335SITREP 20: KINSHASA RETURNING TO NORMAL (8/23 0700
[...] (C) At daybreak August 23, downtown Kinshasa is calm. There were no reports of gunfire or violence overnight. The downtown area and all of Gombe were peaceful throughout the evening, and remain so this morning. RSO is presently conducting reconnaissance patrols in the city center and on the ai [...]
2006-08-23 06:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1338STREP21: EAC CONVENES
[...] (U) The EAC convened at 0830 local time on August 23 to assess current security situation in Kinshasa, and discuss recommended next steps. All EAC members were present, and the Ambassador also attended the meeting. 2. (SBU) EAC members all reported that the situation in the central Gombe a [...]
2006-08-23 12:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1339SITREP 22: EMBASSIES, BUSINESSES REOPENING (8/23
[...] (SBU) Other Kinshasa missions - French, Belgian, British, Swedish - have resumed normal business on August 23. All report local staff arriving, and diplomats who spent the past two days at their embassies are being spelled by colleagues to allow them to go home and rest. The British Embassy [...]
2006-08-23 12:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1340SITREP 23: PEACEKEEPERS INCREASED, SECURITY
[...] (C) MONUC reports that an additional company of South African troops has been dispatched from Lubumbashi to reinforce the three MONUC battalions already deployed in Kinshasa. 2. (C) The DATT confirmed that around 200 troops were dispatched from Gabon to supplement the 1000 present in Kin [...]
2006-08-23 13:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1341SITREP 24: MONUC WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING (8/23 1500
[...] (U) At MONUC's regular weekly press briefing, held at 1100 local time today, Press Spokesperson Kemal Saiki offered congratulations to the Congolese people on a peaceful election with massive turnout, to the two candidates who came out in the lead of the presidential elections, and to the Ind [...]
2006-08-23 14:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1342SITREP 25: KINSHASA REMAINS CALM (8/23 1700)
[...] (U) As dusk falls in Kinshasa, observers are hopeful that relative calm will hold throughout the night and during the next days while political and military leaders continue working to resolve the conflict in Kinshasa. 2. (SBU) Contacts from the embassies of South Africa, Canada and Japan [...]
2006-08-23 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1343SITREP 26: MORNING STARTS CALMLY IN KINSHASA (8/24
[...] (U) Mission convened a follow-up EAC meeting the morning of 8/24 in Kinshasa (septel). 2. (SBU) All mission personnel are authorized to use their POVs, and classes resumed normally at the American School of Kinshasa. Traffic was still somewhat lighter than usual although commuters report [...]
2006-08-24 11:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1344SITREP 27: FOLLOWUP EAC MEETING (8/24 1100)
[...] (SBU) Mission convened an EAC meeting on August 24 at 0900 local time to assess the current security environment and discuss developments since the previous meeting on August 23. Recommendations included: A) advising mission personnel and Amcits to exercise increased caution, despite the re [...]
2006-08-24 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1345DRC ELECTIONS: CHALLENGE PERIOD EXTENDED DUE TO
[...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has extended the period for bringing challenges to the provisional presidential election results announced August 20. CEI spokesman Dieudonne Mirimo said political parties and independent candidates -- the two groups authorized to raise challenge [...]
2006-08-24 13:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1346SITREP 28: KINSHASA UPDATE (8/24 1445 LOCAL TIME)
[...] (U) EmbOff eyewitnesses reported midday seeing a crowd of about 200 near the office of one of the television stations owned by Vice President Bemba. This location is where the shooting and violence the evening of August 20 originated. Congolese police, supported by MONUC and EUFOR troops, arri [...]
2006-08-24 13:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1351SITREP 29: KINSHASA UPDATE (8/24 1630 LOCAL TIME)
[...] (U) As of 1630 local time, downtown Kinshasa is calm. There have been no reports of gunfire or violence since mid-afternoon as a second day ends without significant security problems. 2. (U) Crowds that had gathered outside MLC headquarters along Boulevard 30 Juin in anticipation of a press [...]
2006-08-24 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1352SITREP 30: LIFE IN KINSHASA PICKS UP ITS PACE,
[...] (SBU) The security situation in Kinshasa remains tense but calm. Post received no additional reports of violence overnight. Neighborhoods were quiet city-wide during the evening of August 24, and people appeared to be staying close to home, although restaurants and nightspots were open for bu [...]
2006-08-25 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1353SITREP 31: EAC CONVENES
[...] (SBU) Mission convened an EAC meeting on August 25 at 0830 local time to update its assessment of the current security environment and discuss developments since the previous meeting on August 24. Recommendations included: A) issuing a Security Notice reminding all employees that it is manda [...]
2006-08-25 11:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1355SITREP 32: KINSHASA CALM AS WEEKEND APPROACHES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 13:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1357THE UNNECESSARY DRC CRISIS, AND BEYOND
[...] (C) Summary: Kinshasa military clashes from Aug 20 - 22 represented arguably the biggest threat to date in DRC's difficult Transition process, although by Aug 24 the capital began resuming more normal activity. This crisis was confined exclusively to Central Kinshasa, in essence a clash betw [...]
2006-08-28 17:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1370DRC ELECTIONS: PPRD HOLDS SLIM PLURALITY IN
[...] (U) With approximately half of the DRC's electoral districts reporting, initial election results for the National Assembly show the Kabila-affiliated People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD) currently leading all other political parties. No results, however, have yet been poste [...]
2006-08-30 13:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1378MIXED COMMISSION BEGINS WORK ON INVESTIGATING
[...] (U) The first session of the newly established Mixed Commission -- bringing together representatives of President Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba -- was held August 29 at MONUC headquarters. As reported reftels, the goals of the Commission are to facilitate a dialogue between the K [...]
2006-08-30 15:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1387ITURI UPDATE: KARIM STALLING ON INTEGRATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Militia leader Peter Karim, who agreed in mid-July to disarm his Front for National Integration (FNI) militia and integrate his forces into the Congolese military (ref A),is refusing to honor the agreement he signed with the GDRC. Since the accord was reached, Karim has charged t [...]
2006-08-31 15:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA139ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AGAINST MILITIAS
[...] (C) Summary: Following a series of military operations against armed militias in Ituri District (reftels),MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) launched Operation Ituri Encourager January 12 to eliminate remaining militia elements in the region. To date, the joint operations have resul [...]
2006-01-27 10:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO CG UG
06KINSHASA1406DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]
2006-09-08 10:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1407DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]
2006-09-08 10:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1408DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]
2006-09-08 10:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1409DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER CONCLUDES FIRST-ROUND
[...] (U) Summary: The Carter Center concluded in a September 1 statement that the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were "credible," despite important procedural and logistical flaws. While voting and the counting process were generally successful, the Center noted certain irregul [...]
2006-09-08 10:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA141ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AGAINST MILITIAS
[...] (C) Summary: Following a series of military operations against armed militias in Ituri District (reftels),MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) launched Operation Ituri Encourager January 12 to eliminate remaining militia elements in the region. To date, the joint operations have resul [...]
2006-01-27 11:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO CG UG
06KINSHASA1412DRC ELECTIONS: PROVISIONAL LEGISLATIVE RESULTS
[...] (U) Summary: National provisional results released September 7 by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for the DRC's next National Assembly show no political party or coalition controlling a majority of the chamber's 500 seats. According to the CEI figures, the People's Party for Reconst [...]
2006-09-08 11:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1434BEMBA MEDIA IS BACK AND ALREADY SANCTIONED BY HAM
[...] (U) Summary. One day after recommencing their broadcast operations, two television stations owned by Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba were sanctioned by the High Media Authority (HAM) for violating the media code of conduct. The two stations had broadcast scenes from Bemba's political [...]
2006-09-13 17:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1438OCTOBER 29 REMAINS LIKELY SECOND-ROUND DRC
[...] (U) The DR Congo Supreme Court of Justice ruled September 13 that the October 29 date set by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for the second round presidential run-off election was unconstitutional. Citing the new constitution approved by voters in December, 2005 the Court declared th [...]
2006-09-14 14:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1451SUPREME COURT ALLOWS OCTOBER 29 DR CONGO ELECTION
[...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court ruled September 15 that the October 29 date for the second-round presidential run-off election can stand. Responding to a September 5 appeal filed by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),the Court declared that it is "technically impossible" to organize elec [...]
2006-09-15 13:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1485GIZENGA'S PARTY MAKES COMMON CAUSE WITH KABILA IN
[...] (C) Summary: Antoine Gizenga's Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU) announced September 21 it would join a parliamentary coalition of the Kabila-affiliated Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP),and will support President Kabila in the October 29 presidential run-off. While such an alliance [...]
2006-09-22 11:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1529GIZENGA OFFICIALLY SIGNS ON TO SUPPORT KABILA,
[...] (U) Summary: PALU leader Antoine Gizenga formalized his support September 30 for President Joseph Kabila in the second round of DR Congo's presidential elections in an agreement that also guarantees PALU the position of Prime Minister. The agreement also commits PALU and Kabila,s AMP to a co [...]
2006-10-02 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1535INTER-MILITIA CLASHES THREATEN ITURI,S SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Rival FNI and MRC militia forces clashed last month in DR Congo's Ituri District. Precise reasons remain unknown, but appear to encompass elements of turf war, militia recruitment and ethnic protection. For now, the fighting is limited in area, but risks disturbing the delicate [...]
2006-10-03 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1559MONUC TO CONTINUE JOINT PATROLS IN KINSHASA AFTER
[...] (U) In an October 7 interview with Radio Okapi, SRSG William Swing confirmed that MONUC will continue operating joint patrols in Kinshasa -- comprising MONUC peacekeepers and police forces, Congolese national police (PNC),and EUFOR troops -- beyond the October 29 election and the immediate p [...]
2006-10-11 11:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1567ITURI MILITIA LEADERS AWARDED RANK OF COLONEL IN
[...] (C) Summary: Ituri militia leaders Peter Karim of the Front for National Integration (FNI) and Mathieu Ngonjolo of the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) will be named as colonels by the GDRC after they agreed earlier this year to surrender their weapons and demobilize their respective mil [...]
2006-10-12 13:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1574ITURI UPDATE: FRPI ATTACKS FARDC POSITIONS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: A series of clashes between the Congolese military and the Patriotic Force of Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militia has heightened security concerns in the southern part of Ituri District. Two Bangladeshi MONUC peacekeepers were wounded in the latest round of fighting, which resulted [...]
2006-10-13 12:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA164NORTH KIVU: SERUFULI VERSUS NKUNDA?
[...] (C) PolCouns spoke January 29 with North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli, immediately following a second and highly provocative attack against Serufuli's stronghold, Rutshuru, by disgruntled FARDC forces. Serufuli and MONUC sources agreed that the insurgent elements were taking advantage of a ta [...]
2006-01-31 17:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1664NZANGA MOBUTU RETURNS TO KINSHASA AFTER VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Nzanga Mobutu is reportedly safe and en route to Kinshasa following violence October 26 in Gbadolite in Equateur province. Congolese military forces and MONUC peacekeepers re-established order after some looting and civil unrest in the late afternoon. Gbadolite is calm on October [...]
2006-10-27 11:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1666DRC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUNOFF: SITREP 10/27
[...] (U) Campaigning for the October 29 DRC vote ends October 27 at midnight. Voters will elect delegates to the new provincial assemblies, which will later elect senators and governors, but the race dominating the public eye is the second round presidential runoff between transitional President [...]
2006-10-27 12:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1671DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 1, 10/29 1000
[...] Senior representatives from the Kabila and Bemba camps issued a joint appeal October 28 requesting their followers to vote with "the same calm, order and serenity" as they did in the first round. A copy of the statement has been transmitted to AF/C and S/ES-O. An unofficial translation of p [...]
2006-10-29 10:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1672DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 2, 10/29 1230
[...] Despite isolated problems, observers continue to report generally smooth, orderly voting throughout the country in the October 29 DRC elections. Without exception, voters seem to be familiar with the process, which has helped reduce the amount of time people are spending waiting to vote. [...]
2006-10-29 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA168FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA169FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1693KABILA ALLIES LOOK AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Kabila allies Kamitatu and Ghonda told the Ambassador November 1 they were optimistic about elections, with Kabila garnering a total percentage in the mid-50,s percentile. Kamitatu believes the new National Assembly organization is moving forward, and both the Congolese politicia [...]
2006-11-02 12:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1697ELECTION RELATED DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Malu Malu provided a briefing to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) at the regular weekly CIAT meeting November 2. Among the highlights of his presentation: a) Work to tabulate results from the Octob [...]
2006-11-03 08:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA170NORTH KIVU TENSIONS UNDERSCORE NEED FOR SYSTEM
[...] (C) Actions by "insurgent" FARDC troops over the weekend of January 21, reported in reftel and previous cables, represent a major setback to efforts to establish stability in the province. There are continuing clashes in the province between "insurgent" troops and primarily MONUC forces. The [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1700FDLR DENOUNCES U.S. SANCTIONS DECISION
[...] (U) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) issued a statement November 1 calling the U.S. decision to impose UN sanctions against the group as "unjust, useless, unjustified and counterproductive." It claimed the group has never been involved in arms trafficking or in undermi [...]
2006-11-03 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER EFIN KPKO CG BE RW
06KINSHASA171SOUTH KIVU: NEW FACES, OLD PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Summary: In Jan 12-13 meetings with the Ambassador and EmbOff, the new South Kivu Governor, MONUC Pakistani Brigade Commander, and FARDC Military Commander all expressed their commitment to moving ahead with a positive agenda for the province. The discussions, however, revealed many famili [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1715PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential security adviser (and newly-elected parliamentarian) Guillaume Samba Kaputo believes that President Kabila comfortably won the second round of presidential elections on October 29 with as much as 60% of the vote. Though not discounting the possibility of violence onc [...]
2006-11-06 16:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO ECON CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA172CONFIDENTIAL TEMPLATE
[...] (C) Summary: A roughly six-hour January 23 meeting of the CIAT with the President and Vice Presidents produced little other than a renewed demonstration of how difficult it is for the Transition Government to function. A January 25 session of the Mixed Commission on Security was also long, bu [...]
2006-02-01 15:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA173PRESIDENTIAL AND SECURITY COORDINATION MEETINGS:
[...] (C) Summary: A roughly six-hour January 23 meeting of the CIAT with the President and Vice Presidents produced little other than a renewed demonstration of how difficult it is for the Transition Government to function. A January 25 session of the Mixed Commission on Security was also long, bu [...]
2006-02-01 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1740VIOLENCE QUELLED, BUT KINSHASA TENSELY AWAITING
[...] (U) Summary: Three hours of violence erupted in the Gombe district of central Kinshasa late in the morning on Saturday, November 11. Most of the fighting occurred near the official residence of Vice President Bemba on Gombe's main thoroughfare, and near Bemba's private riverside residence. [...]
2006-11-14 09:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CG KPKO CASC ELECTIONS
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