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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09NIAMEY281 | NIGER: UPDATE ON GSP PETITION-RELATED MATTERS [...] (SBU) Introduction and Background: Ref A tasked post with obtaining information pertaining to the continuing review of the 2006 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) petition involving Niger; post responded in Refs B, C, D, and E. Ref F was a follow-on tasking that requested that post meet [...] | 2009-04-17 17:25:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL ECON ETRD NG |
09NIAMEY326 | Opposition Leader Confirms Fears that Pres. Tandja Will Seek [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 09:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM ASEC NG |
09NIAMEY333 | President Tandja Meets with Rebel Leaders, Ceasefire to [...] (SBU) Summary: President Tandja met May 3-4 with rebel leaders in Agadez, marking their first dialogue since conflict commenced in February 2007. Following April 6-7 peace talks between a GON delegation and three rebel groups in Sirte, President Tandja addressed their bid for amnesty and rein [...] | 2009-05-07 06:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL PTER PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY341 | President Tandja Calls for Constitutional Referendum; [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister Mohamed Ben Omar announced on May 8 that President Tandja will seek a new constitution, via referendum, that would lift the current limit on presidential terms. In response, opposition political parties and civil society held a massive demonstration on May 9 in protest [...] | 2009-05-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY350 | GON Officials, Tuareg Rebels Continue Peace Talks in [...] (SBU) Summary: Two of Niger's three rebel groups, the Niger Patriotic Front (FPN) and the Movement of Nigeriens for Justice (NMJ) held peace talks May 13-14 in Niamey with Prime Minister Seini Oumarou and Minister of Interior Albade Abouba. These meetings follow the May 3-4 dialogue held betw [...] | 2009-05-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY382 | Update on Hadizatou Mani, Woman of Courage Award Recipient [...] (SBU) On May 10, PolOff and LES Pol Specialist traveled to Birni N'Konni to deliver the State Department's Woman of Courage prize to Mani Hadizatou (Ref A). Timidria, the local NGO that helped Mani file her successful lawsuit against the Government of Niger for failing to assist her under cond [...] | 2009-05-28 12:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG |
09NIAMEY447 | ILO Country Program Holds Child Labor Conference [...] (U) Summary: On June 11-12, Embassy Political Officer and Political Specialist traveled to Zinder (approximately 550 miles east of Niamey),Niger's second largest city, to attend a conference celebrating June 12 World Day Against Child Labor. The two-day conference, organized by the Internati [...] | 2009-06-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG |
09NIAMEY836 | Niamey Fraud Summary (March 1 - Sept 30, 2009) [...] The following cable responds to the Department's request (ref A and B) for updated information on patterns of fraud in consular activities and post's fraud prevention efforts. a. Country Conditions in Niger ------------------------------ 2. Niger recently was ranked last among the 182 count [...] | 2009-10-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SOCI SCUL NG |
09NIAMEY855 | Niger: Symposium on Pres. Obama, "The Audacity of Hope," [...] Summary: The Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and Public Affairs Section (PAS) Cultural Affairs Specialist participated in a discussion on the merits of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize at an Abdou Moumouni University-sponsored symposium on October 16. The influential academic presenters, one a for [...] | 2009-11-03 20:48:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO US NG |
09NIAMEY90 | NIGER TO HOST PEACE FORUM ON THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) plans to host a Peace Forum to address continuing instability in the north of Niger and Mali on February 25 -27 in Niamey. The event will gather roughly 80 government and civil society leaders to discuss how best to deal with underlying causes of co [...] | 2009-02-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PTER SCUL PINR PHUM ML NG |
09OSLO494 | THE NORWAY HAMSUN YEAR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: August 5 marked the official opening of the Hamsun Center in Hamaroy, Norway, and the continued celebration of the "Hamsun Year," a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nobel Prize winning author and Nazi sympathizer Knut Hamsun. The "Hamsun Year" has brought co [...] | 2009-08-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL KIRF NO |
09OSLO600 | PROFILE OF THE LARGE AND ACTIVE NORWEGIAN DIASPORA [...] (U) Summary: The Norwegian diaspora in the United States is a large identifiable group with some 4.5 million people and maintains deep and firmly institutionalized connections to Norway. This cable responds to reftel request for information about this group. Several Norwegian-American organi [...] | 2009-09-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP SCUL SMIG TSPL |
09OSLO604 | Slight Cabinet Reshuffle Expected after Budget [...] (U) Summary: As a result of Labor's strong showing in the September 14 Parliamentary (Storting) elections, the Labor Party will have more influence and the Socialist Left Party (SV) less influence in the newly re-elected three-party Red-Green Coalition government. Press speculation on the na [...] | 2009-10-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SCUL NO |
09OSLO625 | PRESIDENT OBAMA AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE [...] (U) Please see action request last para. Thorbjorn Jagland, Chairman of the Nobel Committee in Oslo, announced at 11 am Oslo time (5 am EST) on October 9 that the committee had decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama. The announcement had been strongly hinted to th [...] | 2009-10-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL NO |
09OSLO705 | NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY TO VOTE ON BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI [...] (SBU) The board of Norway's University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU) will vote November 12 to decide whether to establish an academic boycott of Israel. Norwegian Minister for Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Socialist Left Party, SV),in an interview with leading n [...] | 2009-11-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SCUL IS NO |
09OSLO777 | GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S NOBEL VISIT [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ---------------- GENERAL REACTION ---------------- 2. (U) The response to President Obama's visit, and to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in particular, has on the whole been overwhelmingly enthusiastic, even pa [...] | 2009-12-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL SCUL KPAO NO |
09OTTAWA298 | REMNANTS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: As President Obama noted in Strasbourg on April 3, anti-Americanism in developed countries is sometimes both "casual and insidious." Canada's traditionally liberal universities have often displayed some anti-American biases, as emboff discovered first-hand as a part-time graduat [...] | 2009-04-16 19:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KPAO CA |
09OTTAWA492 | CANADA REACTS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE TO [...] (U) Summary: Across Canada the reaction to President Obama,s June 4 speech in Cairo was overwhelmingly positive. Canadian Muslim leaders, national and local politicians and journalists described the speech as inspirational, respectful, and empowering. Many remarked it was a turning point in U [...] | 2009-06-25 14:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR PTER SCUL KPAO CA |
09OTTAWA67 | ITALIAN AMBASSADOR SEEKS UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Italian Ambassador to Canada Gabriele Sardo met with Charge d'Affaires on January 21 to sound out the U.S. response to himself as a candidate for Director-General of UNESCO. Ambassador Sardo, who noted he had served as Italy's Ambassador to UNESCO from 1998 to 2002 and as First Counselor [...] | 2009-01-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO CA IT |
09OTTAWA720 | CANADA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES [...] (U) Like the United States, Canada is a nation of immigrants. Immigrants make up twenty percent of the overall population in Canada, according to the most recent census data (2006). The largest Diaspora in Canada is from the United Kingdom (579,620) followed by China (466,940),India (443,6 [...] | 2009-09-15 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SCUL EAID TSPL BTIO BEXP |
09OUAGADOUGOU170 | BURKINA FASO REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR WORLD HERITAGE SITE [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. On February 16, 2009, Post received a dipnote officially requesting U.S. support for Burkina Faso's request to name the Loropeni Ruins in Western Burkina Faso as a UNESCO World Heritage Site during the upcoming June World Heritage Commi [...] | 2009-03-16 12:03:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OPDC UNESCO UV |
09PARAMARIBO410 | SURINAME'S INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK PROGRMAMING -- [...] (U) SUMMARY. Three International Education Week (IEW) programs showcased to Surinamers the value of studying foreign languages and studying abroad. Post organized two American Corner "English Language Story Hours," one for elementary school and one for junior high/high school students. Post [...] | 2009-12-03 21:50:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL NS KPAO |
09PARIS1715 | KABUL-PARIS DIRECT ACCESS MEDIA PROJECT [...] (U) Please see request for mission action in paragraph 3. 2. (U) Embassy Paris plans an exchange for Afghan television leaders to build relations with French counterparts. The goal is to establish partnerships in creating and disseminating programs about Afghanistan, and to increase the [...] | 2009-12-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL FR AF |
09PARIS1720 | FRANCE'S "YEAR OF" PROGRAM FINDS CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY Cultural exchanges serve as a vehicle for French commercial diplomacy and a key feature in its foreign affairs strategy. Through the semi-public agency CulturesFrance, France dedicates a calendar year or a shorter "season" to cultural cooperation with a chosen country in order to b [...] | 2009-12-17 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EINV ETRD SCUL FR |
09PARIS1729 | The Googlisation of France [...] (SBU) Summary: Google's fortunes may be rising in France as the GOF announced a government-funded digitization project that will likely include a partnership with Google. But Google still faces setbacks that include possible corporate tax fraud charges, continued public ire against Google's [...] | 2009-12-18 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EIND KIPR SCUL FR |
09PARIS216 | WORLD HERITAGE WORKING GROUP ON ELECTION OF MEMBERS - PARIS [...] (U) Summary: The third meeting the Kondo working group on the reform of procedures for election to the World Heritage Committee (WHC) ended leaving several loose ends to deal with in May, and some recommendations that will guarantee future debates on the subject of equitable representation on t [...] | 2009-02-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
09PARIS846 | TURKISH CULTURAL SEASON STILL ON IN FRANCE DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Embassy Counselor Engin Solakoglu said June 19 that the "Turkish Cultural Season" in France - a series of events throughout France highlighting Turkish culture - is still on, despite Prime Minister Erdogan's recent threats during a television interview to cancel the events [...] | 2009-06-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL TU FR |
09PARISFR1301 | BOKOVA WINS JOB AS UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Bulgaria's Irina Bokova defeated Egyptian Farouk Hosni to become UNESCO's first woman Director-General in a 31-27 vote in the final round of voting held on September 22. The defeat was a major shock to Egypt, given President Mubarak's personal efforts to ensure a Hosni victory. [...] | 2009-09-24 06:40:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09PARISFR1373 | HONDURAS: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Committee (Bureau) of UNESCO's 35th General Conference was unable to reach consensus as to whether the draft resolution on Honduras (see text paragraph 8) should be added to the agenda for the General Conference. The President, therefore, opted to forward the issue [...] | 2009-10-09 13:13:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09PARISFR1382 | HONDURAS: Item Inscribed/Working Group Formed [...] (U) Summary: The Plenary of the General Conference today approved inscription of a Honduran item on the General Conference's agenda after extensive negotiations led by General Conference President Hepburn. The item was immediately referred to a working group charged with preparing a resolution [...] | 2009-10-13 06:18:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09PARISFR1397 | UNESCO: Executive Board Election Results [...] (U) The election of members of the Executive Board took place on Wednesday, 14 October 2009. The names of the Member States elected to the Executive Board were announced at the plenary meeting by Mr. Khamlihne Nhouyvanisvong (Laos),Chairperson of the Nominations Committee. 182 Member States we [...] | 2009-10-15 14:33:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09PARISFR1406 | UNESCO Subsidiary Bodies - Election Results [...] Summary: Elections for UNESCO's subsidiary bodies were held on 16 October 2009 during the organization's General Conference. The U.S. was elected to the Legal Committee, the IHP (Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme),and the IBE (Council of the UNESCO Intern [...] | 2009-10-19 06:08:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09PARISFR1407 | HONDURAS: LANGUAGE ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The working group dealing with the Honduras draft resolution agreed to language acceptable to both sides October 15, after lengthy negotiating sessions led by Ambassador Killion. The resolution was adopted under an agenda heading entitled, "Impacts on the Education system and f [...] | 2009-10-19 06:08:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09PARISFR1454 | UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: CULTURE COMMISSION [...] The 35th session of UNESCO's General Conference was held in Paris October 5-23. This is the first in a series of messages which will report on the deliberations of the seven General Conference Commissions. 2. Summary. The Culture Commission of UNESCO's 35th General Conference met October [...] | 2009-10-29 14:56:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO AJ AM IS JO KWBG |
09PARISFR1458 | WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...] | 2009-10-29 15:38:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09PARISFR1474 | UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: EDUCATION MINISTERIAL AND [...] Summary: At UNESCO's 35th General Conference, approximately 70 Education Ministers and Vice-Ministers participated in the Ministerial Roundtable October 9-10 to discuss education policy issues. The Education Commission met October 13-15 and considered the UNESCO education sector's budget for [...] | 2009-11-03 12:19:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO HO |
09PARISFR1483 | UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: COMMUNICATIONS AND [...] Summary: The Communication and Information (CI) Commission, chaired by Venezuela, met from October 13-15. The agenda included close to 40 draft amendments to the budget and program, almost half of them from Cuba and Egypt. The proposed amendments with the most potential for damage, such as on [...] | 2009-11-05 08:36:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO HO |
09PARISFR1489 | UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: REVIVING CULTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: A draft resolution asking the Secretariat to plan a new "Culture of Peace" program was put forward by Morocco and Guatemala in the final days of the 35th General Conference. Concerns were raised regarding the potential cost of any new program, which resulted in amendments to th [...] | 2009-11-05 17:19:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09PARISFR1595 | 1954 HAGUE CONVENTION AND SECOND PROTOCOL STATES PARTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES OF THE 1954 HAGUE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT HELD THEIR EIGHTH MEETING IN PARIS ON NOVEMBER 23. THE UNITED STATES, WHICH RATIFIED THE CONVENTION IN MARCH, PARTICIPATED AS A PARTY FOR THE FIRST TIME. TH [...] | 2009-11-30 12:35:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNESCO PREL SCUL |
09PARISFR1640 | SECOND MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE [...] SUMMARY: THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE (CONVENTION) MET DECEMBER 1-2 AT UNESCO HEADQUARTERS. THE PARTIES ELECTED A SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY BODY, DECIDED TO SET UP AN "UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND", AND ESTABLISHED A WORK [...] | 2009-12-04 13:20:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL AORC UNESCO PREL |
09PARISFR1685 | THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION AND [...] SUMMARY. The Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (Committee) met in Paris from December 7-10. Established under the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (Convention),the Comm [...] | 2009-12-11 17:45:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL AORC UNESCO KTIA |
09PARISFR369 | WORLD HERITAGE BUDGET MEETING [...] (U) Summary. In conjunction with meetings on the Future of the World Heritage (WH) Convention and on the WH emblem (septels),UNESCO convened an experts meeting on the WH budget on February 24. Discussion consisted largely of a review of familiar ideas with little progress made. WH Chair Amba [...] | 2009-03-13 09:40:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SCUL UNESCO |
09PARISFR380 | U.S. PRESENTS TO UNESCO DEPOSITARY ITS INSTRUMENT OF [...] On Friday, March 13, 2009, U.S. Mission Charg d'Affaires, a.i., Stephen Engelken presented the U.S. instrument of ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict to the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, in his capa [...] | 2009-03-16 15:06:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL KTIA |
09PARISFR48 | SEOUL MEETINGS ON THER RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY TO ITS [...] Begin Summary. From November 26-28, two international meetings were held in Seoul, South Korea to address the issue of the return of cultural property to its country of origin. On November 26, independent Experts met under the auspices of the Korean Government to review selected case studies [...] | 2009-01-14 17:37:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO KPAO KS FR JA |
09PARISFR693 | UNESCO 181ST EXECUTIVE BOARD: FIRST STEPS TOWARD NEW [...] UNESCO's Executive Board at its 181st session in April 2009 took a decisive step toward future adoption of a new UNESCO Recommendation (or non-binding standard-setting instrument) on conservation of the historic urban landscape. The Board proposed that the 35th session of UNESCO's General Con [...] | 2009-05-26 12:14:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO |
09PARISFR695 | KONDO WORKING GROUP - FINAL MEETING ON WORLD HERITAGE [...] Summary: The open-ended Working Group on the Reflection on the Procedures for the Election of the Members of the World Heritage (WH) Committee, chaired by former Japanese Ambassador to UNESCO Seichi Kondo, met for its final session on 19 May 2009. Kondo won agreement to a three-tiered electi [...] | 2009-05-26 16:31:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO |
09PARISFR705 | GROUP ONE MEETING 20 MAY 2009 [...] Summary: The May 20 meeting of UNESCO's regional electoral Group I (Western Europe and North America) laid bare some of the horse-trading that occurs in obtaining seats connected to the various committees, commissions, and Conventions at UNESCO. Italy proposed that Group I trade with Group I [...] | 2009-05-27 16:02:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SCUL UNESCO |
09PARISFR734 | WORLD HERITAGE EMBLEM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] Summary: A brief pre-Seville meeting to continue to review the use of the World Heritage emblem ended with no decisions taken, other than the need to request the WH Committee to authorize funding (US$30,000) for a study on good practices and trade marking the logo. The key decision, accordin [...] | 2009-06-04 08:37:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO |
09PARISFR760 | PROPOSAL FOR A NEW UNESCO STANDARD-SETTING INSTRUMENT ON [...] Summary. UNESCO's Executive Board at its 181st session adopted a decision that ignored three of its previous decisions that had set the holding of an experts' meeting and a consultation with indigenous peoples as key pre-conditions for further consideration of a possible new UNESCO standard-s [...] | 2009-06-08 15:31:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO PREL CU VE |
09PARISFR767 | UNESCO AVOIDS IGNITING A ROW OVER CULTURAL PROPERTY [...] Summary. At its 181st session in April 2009, UNESCO's Executive Board barely averted a dramatic and politically damaging showdown over the issue of cultural objects displaced in connection with the Second World War (WWII). At the core of the dispute was whether the Board should adopt or endo [...] | 2009-06-09 14:35:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO JA CH IN |
09PHNOMPENH101 | DPM SOK AN IS FIRM BUT PATIENT ON THAI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an initial courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An February 12, the Ambassador emphasized the U.S. commitment to a re-invigorated and growing relationship with Cambodia and support for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Sok An outlined mixed developments in negotiations with the [...] | 2009-02-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KJUS KTIA EPET PINR SCUL TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH143 | AMBASSADOR MARCIEL URGES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a March 3 discussion with Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel praised the Cambodian government for working bilaterally with the Thais to find a long-term solution to the Preah Vihear area border disput [...] | 2009-03-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KTIA SCUL TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH406 | CAMBODIA PREPARES PREAH VIHEAR PLAN FOR UNESCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of his participation in the 33rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Seville, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An asked to see the Ambassador June 16 to outline progress by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in develo [...] | 2009-06-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL KTIA KJUS UNESCO EAID TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH45 | THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW PRESIDENT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Norodom Sihamoni seized the occasion of the Ambassador's long-awaited presentation of credentials at the Royal Palace to be one of the first foreign leaders to congratulate President-elect Barack Obama on his inauguration day (with January 20 coming 12 hours earlier in Phno [...] | 2009-01-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ETRD SCUL PTER SNAR CB |
09PHNOMPENH505 | CAMBODIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR BID TO JOIN UNESCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Long Visalo July 20 appealed for United States support of the bid by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to join the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC). Cambodia will stand in an election for the one open East Asia and Pacifi [...] | 2009-07-21 13:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KTIA SCUL UNESCO CB |
09PHNOMPENH689 | CAMBODIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Sok An formally announced his government's intention to seek a seat on the World Heritage Committee (WHC) and sought international support for its candidacy. Sok An cited Cambodia's deep cultural heritage and experience on the Angkor Wat International Coordinating [...] | 2009-09-10 00:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA SCUL UNESCO DB |
09PHNOMPENH721 | EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES [...] This cable provides input requested in reftel for the Secretary's Global Partnership Initiative. 2. Between the years of 1975-1985, approximately 130,000 Cambodian refuges were resettled in the United States after fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime. Since then, it is estimated that the numbe [...] | 2009-09-25 09:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EINV EAID SCUL SMIG OIIP |
09PORTAUPRINCE250 | HAITI CARNIVAL 2009 [...] Summary: Haiti's 2009 Carnival celebrations were marginally more violent than last year's but still within acceptable limits by the improved security standards of today's Haiti. An increased presence of the Haitian National Police (HNP) helped keep the inevitable violence down. For the fir [...] | 2009-03-06 14:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HA SCUL KCRM |
09PORTLOUIS194 | RELIGION, WOMEN'S ROLE IN MAURITIUS: ROUNDTABLE ON OBAMA'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: At an Embassy roundtable discussion of President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world, secular-leaning reporters participated in a lively and wide-ranging discussion, with many ideas about religion in multi-confessional Mauritius. A subsequent flyer distributed at Mauritian [...] | 2009-06-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR SCUL PGOV PREL MP |
09PORTOFSPAIN261 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S SOCIAL SAFETY NET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad's social safety net for adults able to work consists of two major work programs and a variety of training programs. While successful in alleviating extreme poverty, they have not lifted individuals permanently out of poverty nor made them self sufficient. The economic d [...] | 2009-06-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SCUL SOCI TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN377 | INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF TRINIDAD'S CCT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seeking to get a better handle on those fraudulently receiving benefits, the GOTT will remove on September 18 approximately 6,000 individuals from its "Smart Card" program, a conditional cash transfer (CCT) effort. The remaining 25,000 participants will receive a benefit increa [...] | 2009-09-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL SOCI TD |
09PRAGUE11 | CZECH REPUBLIC: HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS CONFERENCE IN JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Top Czech officials are urging attendance at the highest possible level by the United States and 46 other invited countries at the June 26-30 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets (HEA). The Czechs see the conference as a follow up to the 1998 Washington Conference and [...] | 2009-01-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EZ KNAR SCUL |
09PRAIA106 | CAPE VERDEAN PM REQUESTS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SUPPORT OF CIDADE [...] (U) Post received a letter from Cape Verdean Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira Neves to President Obama, dated June 10. The original letter, which was received yesterday June 15, will be sent via diplomatic pouch to S/ES-CR. Text as follows: Begin Text ---------- Praia, June 10, 2009 [...] | 2009-06-16 17:18:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OPDC CV |
09PRETORIA2509 | PROMOTING MODERATE ISLAM IN SOUTH AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 courtesy call on the Ambassador, former Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and his Special Advisor Tahir Saleh discussed South Africa's Western Cape Muslim community as a political base and as a model for a Muslim path of moderation within a culturally diverse so [...] | 2009-12-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL EAID SF |
09QUITO344 | FM FALCONI ON POSITIVE TACK IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 7 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Falconi offered to assist in reaching agreements on USG cooperation with specialized Ecuadorian police units, seeking tax exemptions for vehicles the U.S. Forward Operating Location will donate to local charities, and concluding a bilat [...] | 2009-05-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR ETRD SCUL UNESCO EC |
09RABAT103 | MEPI 1ST QUARTER UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights the MEPI programs and initiatives undertaken in Morocco from September 1 - December 31, 2008. During the quarter, MEPI's Tunis Regional Office Deputy Director Kirk Samson visited Morocco and post approved two new local grant proposals. Highlights from existing [...] | 2009-02-03 18:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
09RABAT196 | MOROCCO BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (U) Morocco announced it had broken diplomatic relations with Iran on March 6, 2009, in a communique from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The communique cited the ongoing diplomatic dispute over Iranian comments about the sovereignty of Bahrain, and noted that Iran had not replied to M [...] | 2009-03-06 21:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO |
09RABAT200 | MOROCCO: DETAILS OF MOROCCO'S DIPLOMATIC BREAK [...] (C) Summary: The senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official in charge of Middle East and Islamic affairs told us that Morocco broke relations with Iran due to Iran's negative reaction to GOM support for Bahrain's sovereignty, Shia proselytizing activities in Morocco and Iran, [...] | 2009-03-12 19:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO |
09RABAT205 | IRAN'S AMBASSADOR DEPARTS UNDER PRESSURE; EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG Azaroual confirmed to A/DCM March 13 that the Iranian ambassador had departed Rabat earlier in the week, and Iranian embassy staff are preparing for closure. Azaroual also confirmed that there were clear domestic political considerations involving legal Islamists, which a [...] | 2009-03-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO US |
09RABAT221 | MIXED REVIEWS ON MOROCCO'S LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: A range of government, religious, and education leaders told EmbOffs and visiting DRL/IRF officer that while tolerance is broadly observed in practice, some problem remain. Government forbearance for perhaps 150 foreign Christian missionaries was being stretched, they said, as p [...] | 2009-03-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO MO |
09RABAT265 | CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES EXPELLED FROM MOROCCO; [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities expelled five expatriate female Christian missionaries from the country Sunday morning for proselytizing and their involvement leading a regular women's Bible study group in Casablanca, according to press and church sources. The Moroccan women in the study [...] | 2009-04-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF MO |
09RABAT267 | POLITICAL FOOTBALL OVER GAY RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Recent Moroccan responses to overt homosexuality illustrate the extent to which this issue has become a touchstone between conservative and Islamist factions and modernizers, including many supporters of the throne. A Moroccan gay rights organization based in Madrid has receive [...] | 2009-04-02 08:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL SCUL MO |
09RABAT281 | MOROCCO'S ANTI-SHI'A CAMPAIGN: IRAQIS TARGETED, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's campaign against Moroccan Shi'a appears to have abated after delivering a strong message to Islamic activists. The campaign included confiscation of Shi'a books and interrogation of some Shi'a leaders. Civil society is beginning to publicly criticize [...] | 2009-04-03 19:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO |
09RABAT289 | CORRECTED COPY: XXXXXXXXXXXX LINKS MOROCCAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco broke diplomatic relations with Iran and began a campaign against its domestic Shi'a minority at Saudi Arabian instigation, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX. According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Tehran had been using Morocco and its Embassy in Rabat for activities in Mali and Senegal. Dome [...] | 2009-04-06 16:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR SA EG MO |
09RABAT307 | Moroccan TV coverage of U.S. elections [...] For the first time in history, in 2008 a Moroccan television crew traveled to the U.S. to cover the presidential elections, providing Moroccans a nightly, first-hand glimpse into the American electoral process tailored to their interests. Over the course of ten nights, state-run Al-Aoula te [...] | 2009-04-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PHUM PGOV OIIP KISL KPAO KIRC |
09RABAT313 | MOROCCO: SHI'A THOUGHTS ON RECENT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Iraqi Shi'a Muslim community met with PolOff to recount recent GOM activities targeting Shi,ites following last month's break in diplomatic relations between Morocco and Iran. While the situation is ameliorating, there remain unresolved issues such as th [...] | 2009-04-13 09:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO |
09RABAT336 | MOROCCO: INSIGHTS INTO RECENT MISSIONARY EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's expulsion of five Christian women last month accused of proselytizing has created a flurry of concern among the approximate 4,000 local Christians who meet regularly throughout Morocco. Three local Christian leaders from Casablanca (one of whom legally imports and sells [...] | 2009-04-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF SP MO |
09RABAT782 | DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT MOROCCO [...] Summary. Far-flung and fluid, the Moroccan diaspora stretches throughout Europe, across the Atlantic Ocean, throughout the Middle East and North Africa (notably in Israel),and beyond. Some diasporans are recent immigrants to their adoptive country; others are second- or third-generation. The [...] | 2009-09-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG |
09RECIFE63 | DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN RECIFE: DEEPER ENGAGEMENT SOUGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a broad off-the-record discussion of U.S.-Brazil foreign policy issues hosted by the PO and Recife's PD section a select group of Pernambuco opinion leaders attended a breakfast meeting and expressed their points of view about the foreign policy of the Obama administration [...] | 2009-09-30 16:17:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV ECON EPET ETRD EIND SCUL SENV |
09RIGA365 | Latvia's Leading Newspaper Sold [...] Diena, Latvia's leading daily newspaper was sold on July 3. The new owners have promised no editorial changes, but some observers are skeptical of these claims. With circulation of close to 80,000, Diena is the preferred newspaper among opinion-makers in Latvia, and is considered the county' [...] | 2009-07-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO PGOV ECON LG |
09RIGA85 | Economic Crisis Hits Latvian Media: Small and Regional [...] SUMMARY: The Economic recession in Latvia, the increase of value added tax for print media, and the decrease of advertising revenues over the past few months have had a dramatic effect on the Latvian media market. Circulation and readership of newspapers and magazines is going down, as public [...] | 2009-02-11 13:21:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO PGOV ECON LG |
09RIYADH1024 | KING KHALID UNIVERSITY IN ASIR: FEMALE STUDENT BODY, [...] (SBU) During Charge's (Ambassador Erdman) August 1 visit to King Khalid University in Asir, Deputy Rector Dr. Saeed Raffaa and Deputy Rector for Female Colleges Dr. Amer Al-Shahrani discussed the predominantly female student body, changing faculty, and revised curriculum. Charge noted the impor [...] | 2009-08-08 04:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM PREL SCUL SA |
09RIYADH1034 | PRINCE FAISAL BIN KHALID DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) HRH Prince Faisal bin Khalid, Governor of Asir province, acknowledged security concerns about Iran, Libya, and neighboring Yemen related to his province in a meeting with Charge Ambassador Erdman in the Governor's Abha office August 1. He agreed to provide additional security forces for v [...] | 2009-08-12 04:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAO EINV PREL SCUL SMIG SOCI SA |
09RIYADH1278 | KING CHARTS NEW VISION FOR SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (SBU) After only three short years of preparation, Saudi Arabia inaugurated the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in an elaborate ceremony on September 23, coinciding with Saudi National Day. The massive scale and luxury of the amenities are physical reminders of the [...] | 2009-09-29 06:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SOCI EINV KSCA SCUL SA |
09RIYADH1299 | MISSION NOMINEES: 2010 EDUCATIONUSA ADVISER PROFESSIONAL [...] Embassy hereby nominates three Mission education advisors to attend the 2010 EducationUSA adviser professional development (REFTEL 089093). Over 21,000 Saudis are now studying in the United States. Increasing the number of Saudis studying in the U.S. is a Mission priority. Education advising is [...] | 2009-09-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL SA |
09RIYADH1342 | KING FIRES SENIOR CLERIC OVER KAUST CRITICISM; [...] (C) A member of the country's highest religious body crossed a red line in public comments critical of King Abdullah's newly launched and controversially coed science and technology university, KAUST, and was quickly fired in response. It was the first time that a Saudi king has unequivocally [...] | 2009-10-07 17:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KISL PTER SCUL SA |
09RIYADH1360 | PROVOCATIVE SAUDI COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS INFLATION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) For sixteen years, Saudi viewers have become accustomed to gathering around their television sets after breaking the Ramadan fast to watch the highly satirical and painfully critical Saudi comedy show Tash Ma Tash. This show broadcasts one thirty minute skit each night during Ramadan, ge [...] | 2009-10-13 08:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PGOV SCUL SA |
09RIYADH1412 | Mixed Gender Audience Flocks to American Art Opening [...] American artist Laurie Goddard visited Saudi Arabia October 3 - October 10, conducting workshops with art students and putting on exhibitions of her paintings in Dhahran, Jeddah and Riyadh. The opening in Riyadh of a show of her work prompted a rare -- for Saudi Arabia -- mixed-gender public [...] | 2009-10-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO KWMN OEXC SA XF ZP ZR |
09RIYADH1417 | SAUDI HEALTH MINISTER LAUDS CDC, CALLS FOR BROADER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Saudi Minister of Health is very pleased with ongoing cooperation with the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC),which is working on a three-stage program to protect the health of Hajj visitors and improve the Kingdom's ability to track and respond to outbreaks of infection [...] | 2009-10-27 05:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON SCUL PREL SA |
09RIYADH1421 | COMMERCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ON KAUST, COOPERATION [...] (C) Commerce Minister Abdullah Alireza and the Ambassador October 19 discussed a range of issues related to the reform and transformation of the Saudi economy, including the important role of education reform, visas, and cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Alireza is an enthusiastic [...] | 2009-10-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD SCUL CVIS SA |
09RIYADH1514 | SAUDI WOMEN'S QUIET PROGRESSION [...] (SBU) Saudi Arabia is the biggest economy in the Middle East despite the fact that women constitute only 10 percent of the workforce. The SAG continues to create education opportunities for women, but the private sector seems to lack both the infrastructure and ability to absorb the growing nu [...] | 2009-11-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL SOCI ELAB EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1532 | KAUST--A STANDARD IN THE BATTLE OVER SAUDI VALUES? [...] (C) In conversations with post contacts in media and cultural circles, PAS officers and LES staff are hearing anecdotes of increased public dissatisfaction with the reform efforts of King Abdullah as exemplified in the international and mixed gender King Abdullah University of Science and Techn [...] | 2009-11-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | SCUL KPAO KWMN OEXC SA XF ZP ZR |
09RIYADH345 | COINCIDENCE OR CUNNING: SAUDI BLOCK ON E-NEWSPAPER LIFTED [...] Arab News reported February 23 that a two-year Saudi block against the London-based Elaph online newspaper (http://www.elaph.com) was lifted on February 19. According to Arab News sources, an unnamed "high government official" ordered the Communications and Information Technology Commission (C [...] | 2009-02-24 04:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO ECON OEXC SCUL KISL KDEM SA |
09RIYADH798 | KING'S SON-IN-LAW TAKES CONTROL OF SAUDI MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: His Highness Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed (bin Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Faisal bin Turki, see para. 9),King Abdullah's son-in-law and recently appointed Minister of Education, assured Charge and Public Affairs Counselor in a recent meeting of King Abdullah's firm commi [...] | 2009-06-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SA |
09RIYADH822 | DRL-IRF OFFICER FINDS GREATER TOLERANCE BUT NO [...] (C) DRL/IRF Officer Abdelnour Zaiback visited Riyadh on May 5 for meetings to discuss religious freedom in Saudi Arabia. The Filipino Ambassador stated that economic incentives and the prospect of lenient legal treatment encourage Filipino expat workers to convert to Islam. A Sunni religiou [...] | 2009-06-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL SA |
09RIYADH860 | DEPUTY MINISTER NOURA AL-FAIZ: AMBITIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Stinging media criticism of Noura Al-Faiz, Deputy Minister for Girls' Education, reflects the anxieties of Saudis -- especially women -- whose hopes were raised by Ms. Faiz's Valentine's Day appointment as the first Saudi female at Deputy Minister rank. Her ongoing [...] | 2009-06-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL KMPI SA |
09RIYADH887 | AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH "ENLIGHTENED CONSERVATIVE" [...] (SBU) Over a June 24 dinner at his spacious, extended-family compound, a religious academic and several of his colleagues from Imam University - the most prestigious Islamic University in Saudi Arabia and once a breeding ground for extremist religious thought - engaged Ambassador and Embassy of [...] | 2009-07-06 09:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL SA |
09RIYADH888 | EMBASSY RIYADH'S EXPANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH IMAM MOHAMMAD [...] (SBU) Programming in Saudi Arabia can be an exercise in frustration, but paradoxically, as some doors shut, others seem to open wider. One prime example is the deepening Embassy relationship with the once-ultraconservative Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University, and its increasing willingnes [...] | 2009-07-06 12:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL SA |
09RIYADH899 | ADVANCING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN A FUNDAMENTALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Advocating women,s rights in Saudi Arabia is a difficult task under the best of circumstances. In Qassim Province north of Riyadh, deep in the Kingdom,s conservative Nejd heartland, it can be life-threatening. Despite the many obstacles, a courageous and assertive Princess, Noura [...] | 2009-07-08 09:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL KWMN SA |
09ROME363 | REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION: 65TH [...] (U) This in an action message; see paras 2-6. This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post requests the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend events in Rome on June 4, 2009, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Allied liberation o [...] | 2009-03-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL OVIP IT |
09ROME428 | COORDINATION OF RESPONSE TO ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKE [...] In the wake of the earthquake which struck Italy on April 6 (Ref B),expressions of American solidarity and sympathy have been widely reported in the media and greatly appreciated. Caustic comments about the size of our initial emergency $50,000 disaster grant were reported in only one provoc [...] | 2009-04-15 06:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME487 | ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKE-POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS WITH NIAF [...] SUMMARY: At the conclusion of a visit by a delegation of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF),Post proposes moving forward in a public-private partnership with NIAF, focused on education, specifically on the University of Aquila, in response to the earthquake that struck the Abruz [...] | 2009-05-04 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME493 | ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKE-POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS WITH NIAF [...] SUMMARY: At the conclusion of a visit by a delegation of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF),Post proposes moving forward in a public-private partnership with NIAF, focused on education, specifically on the University of Aquila, in response to the earthquake that struck the Abruz [...] | 2009-05-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL IT |
09RPODUBAI349 | IRAN: TEHRAN SHOW TRIAL AGAIN CITES USG EXCHANGE PROGAMS AS [...] (C) Summary: The inclusion of USG public diplomacy programs and IRPO in a recent indictment read during the second show trial in Tehran is not a new allegation of US plotting for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. Such claims have been made before, most recently in January, and contain many acc [...] | 2009-08-25 08:14:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IR |
09RPODUBAI50 | IRIG SEES U.S. EXCHANGES AS INTENT ON SOFT OVERTHROW [...] (C) Summary: Since September, every International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) group from Iran has cancelled its travel to the United States, often at the last minute. Our access to participants is limited, but some have told us explicitly that they have been refused permission to travel o [...] | 2009-02-02 14:47:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IR |
09RPODUBAI56 | IRAN'S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM - AN INSIDE LOOK [...] (C) Summary: Iran's best universities largely focus on engineering, which the country's top students pursue for its supposed financial reward. Our interlocutors ranked Iran's best schools similarly, starting with Sharif University of Technology and generally concluding with the Islamic Azad U [...] | 2009-02-05 09:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL IR |
09SANAA1087 | YEMEN'S SALAFIS COME OUT OF THE POLITICAL CLOSET [...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemen's leading Salafis took a bold step into the political arena last month with a highly publicized conference in support of national unity, hosted by the country's largest Salafist charitable organization. Civil society reacted warily to the conservative religious movement's [...] | 2009-06-09 13:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PTER KISL SCUL YM |
09SANAA1309 | TA'IZ RESIDENTS EXPRESS CONSENSUS ON UNITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first official visit to Ta'iz on July 22, the Ambassador met with the Governor, the political opposition, civil society leaders, and staff at USAID-grantee al-Jumhuriya Hospital. The Governor and opposition were emphatic about the need to preserve Yemeni unity, while busin [...] | 2009-07-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI ECON YM |
09SANAA1541 | IN SEYOUN, FRUSTATION WITH SANA'A, FEAR OF THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Political and social life in Wadi Hadramout has taken a turn for the worse in recent years, members of the political opposition and civil society told PolOff in an August 4 visit to Seyoun. Hadramis complained of Sana'a's centralization of power and discrimination against south [...] | 2009-08-18 11:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SCUL KISL YM |
09SANAA1552 | AMBASSADOR REKINDLES CONNECTIONS IN THE "FORGOTTEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The political opposition and civil society expressed frustration with the ROYG's intransigence and inattention to Hudaydah during the Ambassador's inaugural August 12 visit. Business and local government leaders described the need for investment in the infrastructure and human [...] | 2009-08-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL ECON YM |
09SANAA1939 | FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS [...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...] | 2009-10-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV KISL SCUL YM |
09SANAA708 | GOOD WORKS AND GOD: TRACING SALAFISM'S GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Salafism has spread rapidly in Yemen over the last two decades, fueled by wealthy Yemeni and Saudi benefactors, the judicious political use of Salafism by Yemen's leaders and an expansive network of charitable organizations. Increasingly, Yemen's Salafis are entering the public [...] | 2009-04-21 08:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SCUL YM |
09SANSALVADOR898 | ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: El SALVADOR [...] (U) Post's responses to reftel queries are below. Certain topics have been combined to minimize redundancy. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Summary. An estimated three million Salvadorans reside abroad, with approximately 90 percent of them in the U.S. Salvadorans are a readily [...] | 2009-09-25 17:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG TSPL |
09SANSALVADOR901 | ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: El SALVADOR [...] (U) Post's responses to reftel queries are below. Certain topics have been combined to minimize redundancy. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Summary. An estimated three million Salvadorans reside abroad, with approximately 90 percent of them in the U.S. Salvadorans are a readily [...] | 2009-09-25 19:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG TSPL |
09SANTIAGO1170 | Visit to Arica: Strong Bilateral Cooperation on the [...] Summary: The Ambassador got a close-up view of the close ties Chile has with southern Peru during his November 14-17 visit to Arica. Local leaders noted the close integration between people and business and excellent law enforcement cooperation. The Ambassador met with local officials, u [...] | 2009-12-03 11:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR ECON EINT ETRD ENRG OPRC SCUL SENV CI PE |
09SANTIAGO327 | MAJOR EDUCATION REFORM LAW APPROVED BY CHILEAN CONGRESS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Both houses of Chile's Congress on April 1 passed a new General Law for Education (LGE) that aims to broadly reform primary and secondary public education. The LGE is based on a widely-applauded bipartisan agreement signed between the Concertacion government and opposition lea [...] | 2009-04-06 21:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI SCUL CI |
09SANTODOMINGO1339 | WHA P/DAS Craig Kelly's Discussions with President and [...] (C) WHA P/DAS Craig Kelly, in a 12/10/09 meeting with President Leonel Fernandez and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, and in a 12/11/09 meeting with Morales, encouraged the Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR) to promote the Pathways to Prosperity initiative as a mechanism fo [...] | 2009-12-22 18:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD SNAR SCUL EAID DR HA |
09SAOPAULO182 | OUTREACH TO AFRO-BRAZILIANS - TAKING OBAMA TO THE [...] (U) Summary: Traditional Afro-Brazilian community (quilombo) leaders expressed admiration for President Obama and were pleased to hear about the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPR) during Poloff's February 10 visit to the Vale do Ribeira region of Sao Paulo State. Quilombos a [...] | 2009-03-25 10:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL SOCI PGOV INR KPAO BR |
09SAOPAULO601 | LABOR LEADERS' POSITIVE OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent discussions, Sao Paulo labor leaders were positive on the voice of unions in Brazilian economic policy. Sector representatives praised U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Kirk's September 16 visit, expressing gratitude for his interest in their views on trade but indicate [...] | 2009-10-13 17:57:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR |
09SAOPAULO602 | SAO PAULO EXPERTS DETAIL CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Forced labor, lack of land titles, Trafficking in Persons (TIP),the pace of justice and poor prison conditions emerged as recurring themes in an extensive round of recent meetings with Sao Paulo (SP) human rights experts. While contacts cited improvements --a rise in the number [...] | 2009-10-13 18:24:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL PREL BR |
09SAOPAULO653 | Scenesetter for SR Farah Pandith's Visit to Brazil: Sao Paulo's Muslims [...] (U) Post is delighted to host Special Representative (SR) Farah Pandith's first visit to Latin America, November 22-23. Brazil offers a unique context for engaging the local Muslim communities. The country hosts a significant (400-500 thousand) Muslim minority that lives within a larger society t [...] | 2009-11-20 12:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR PINS PROP SCUL PTER BR |
09SAOPAULO662 | SAO PAULO ACTIVISTS DESCRIBE AFRO-BRAZILIAN CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Key human rights and antidiscrimination contacts spoke with visiting Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chairman Stuart Ishimaru October 20 in the run-up to the Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPER) meeting in Salvador October 21. While all saw improvem [...] | 2009-11-10 17:04:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL EAID KPAO ELAB BR |
09SAOPAULO663 | Engaging Sao Paulo's Muslim Communities: SMRC Pandith's [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo offers unique possibilities for Muslim engagement, many of which were evident throughout Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith's November 22-23 visit. The major Sunni and politically moderate Muslims were delighted to receive SMRC Pandit [...] | 2009-12-08 18:46:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SCUL KISL KPAO OEXC BR |
09SARAJEVO1433 | BOSNIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) constitute the most numerous of the three constituent peoples in BiH and the majority group in the Federation of BiH and capital city Sarajevo. Given that the three constituent groups (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats) are divided along ethnic-religious line, one of [...] | 2009-12-31 10:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KPAO PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BK |
09SARAJEVO747 | BOSNIA: FORMER FOREIGN FIGHTERS ARRESTED; BUT CAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Administrative delays and barriers to evidence sharing may contribute to the release from the Foreigners Affairs Service (FAS) Immigration Center of several former foreign fighters, who have been deemed threats to BiH national security. Currently the center holds eight persons [...] | 2009-06-24 13:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KISL SCUL INR KJUS KCRM BK |
09SHANGHAI148 | WORLD EXPO 2010: ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS ON "BETTER CITY, BETTER [...] SUMMARY: Shanghai officials and event organizers are already touting the "green" focus of Expo 2010, set to open May 1, 2010 and run for six months. With the theme "Better City, Better Life," the Expo will showcase new approaches to urban development, human habitats, lifestyles, and working c [...] | 2009-04-02 08:33:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD ENRG TRGY SCUL BEXP CH |
09SHANGHAI149 | CHANGZHOU EMBRACES CLOSER U.S. TIES, ENJOYS HONEYMOON WITH [...] (SBU) A key Yangtze River Delta (YRD) city located roughly midway between Shanghai and Nanjing, Changzhou aggressively woos foreign investors, and city officials often travel to the United States and Europe to expand commercial ties. Responding to repeated invitations from energetic city offi [...] | 2009-04-02 08:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB SCUL SENV CH |
09SHANGHAI162 | SHANGHAI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY: BALANCING CULTURAL [...] (C) Shanghai's rapid economic development leaves room for the appreciation of Jewish history and culture, but not for greater religious freedom or historic preservation. Local officials and religious scholars admire the contributions of Jews and Jewish culture to China and Shanghai, but dismis [...] | 2009-04-13 03:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SCUL CH |
09SHANGHAI178 | AMERICAN BISHOP SHARES IMPRESSIONS OF EASTER IN SHANGHAI AND [...] (C) An American Catholic Bishop who was born in Beijing shared his views on celebrating Easter in Shanghai during a lunch with Chinese religious leaders and academics at the Consulate. The Bishop and Chinese guests asserted that much progress has been made for religious believers in Shanghai w [...] | 2009-04-17 08:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SCUL CH |
09SHANGHAI190 | SHANGHAI 2010 WORLD EXPO: YANGTZE RIVER DELTA CITIES HOPE [...] (SBU) A number of Yangtze River Delta (YRD) cities are looking to Shanghai's upcoming World Expo 2010 as an opportunity to advance infrastructure development and tourism promotion. A March 8 press conference about the Shanghai 2010 World Expo held during the Central Government's annual legisla [...] | 2009-04-24 09:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV KPAO SCUL CH |
09SHANGHAI209 | HEFEI OFFICIALS PAINT OPTIMISTIC PICTURE OF PROGRESS IN [...] (U) Summary. As part of Consulate efforts to scale up outreach to Anhui Province, the least affluent part of our consular district, the Consul General and Pol/Econ chief visited the provincial capital of Hefei April 8-9. During the visit, the Consul General met with Governor Wang Sanyun an [...] | 2009-05-07 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELTN CVIS TPHY SENV SCUL KIPR CH |
09SHANGHAI258 | NEW NANJING MASSACRE FILM DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: The recent Chinese movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has stirred much domestic debate over the Nanjing Massacre and its implications for current Sino-Japan relations but has done little to alter public sentiments toward Japan. Comments on Chinese blogs are sharply divided between those w [...] | 2009-06-12 02:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL CH JA |
09SHANGHAI271 | MPA ON EXPO, FILM INDUSTRY, IPR AND COOPERATION IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGen officers met with Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman and Asia-based Motion Picture Association (MPA) officials on to discuss film piracy, copyright enforcement and other IPR issues. MPAA/MPA hopes that the Shanghai 2010 World Ex [...] | 2009-06-22 02:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD KPAO SCUL CH |
09SHANGHAI275 | FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS SHANGHAI EXPATS HARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the global financial crisis are leading many in Shanghai's expatriate community to return home ahead of schedule just as Shanghai ramps up for the 2010 World Expo. Shanghai has approximately 150,000 expats who work for many of its 40,000 foreign-invested projects [...] | 2009-06-23 06:12:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL CASC CH |
09SHANGHAI277 | NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL HALL DIRECTOR SEEKS CHANNEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-Chinese, including some Japanese, accounted for about 10 percent of the 5.4 million visitors in 2008 to Nanjing's memorial hall commemorating the Chinese victims of the city's occupation by Japanese forces in 1937. Zhu Chengshan, the director of the memorial, which contains [...] | 2009-06-26 05:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH JA PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI |
09SHANGHAI334 | NINGBO ECONOMY HURT BY ECONOMIC CRISIS, OFFICIALS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary. On July 13, the Consul General (CG) met with officials at Ningbo University (NU),Ningbo Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau (NFTECB) and Ningbo Municipal Development and Reform Commission (NMDRC),to discuss that major port city's economy. Local officials insisted that, d [...] | 2009-07-27 08:01:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV SCUL SENV |
09SHANGHAI38 | (SBU) SHANGHAI OFFICIAL PRESSES CARTER ON EXPO 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: While in Shanghai January 15-16 to commemorate 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations, former President Jimmy Carter heard a strong official plea to encourage U.S. participation in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Carter promised to pass along the request to President Obama [...] | 2009-01-20 06:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP PREL SCUL SENV OIIP KPAO CH |
09SHANGHAI418 | SHANGHAI MAYOR DICUSSES EXPO, POTUS VISIT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Mayor HAN Zheng welcomed the upcoming visit by President Obama to Shanghai during an October 14 call by Ambassador Huntsman. The Ambassador outlined the Obama Administration's goal of a "positive, collaborative, and comprehensive" relationship with China and stressed [...] | 2009-10-16 05:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL BEXP PINR CH |
09SHANGHAI477 | AMBASSADOR'S JIANGSU TRIP BUILDS TIES WITH RISING LOCAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Huntsman's three-city swing through Jiangsu province December 2-4 offered the opportunity to meet a crop of rising provincial leaders, introduce Consulate Shanghai's new officer for Nanjing Affairs, discuss the local business climate, promote intellectual property rights protec [...] | 2009-12-11 06:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV PREL KIPR CH ETRD SCUL |
09SHANGHAI54 | SHANGHAI UNIVERSITIES NURTURE NEXT GENERATION OF IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. A key element of the Shanghai Municipal Government's efforts to be a leader in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection has been the establishment and support of IPR colleges and research centers at several major universities throughout the city. Although these schools tr [...] | 2009-01-30 11:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH |
09SHANGHAI59 | ZHEJIANG RESUMES COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of Consulate efforts to revive relations on intellectual property rights (IPR),Zhejiang IP officials held a roundtable on January 12 on efforts to protect IPR in the province. The meeting is a breakthrough in IPR relations, representing the first engage [...] | 2009-02-02 05:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH |
09SHANGHAI63 | SHANGHAI REFORMING MIGRANT CHILDREN EDUCATION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai's large migrant population poses challenges for the Shanghai Government, as it tries to enact reforms of migrant children's education. Interlocutors cited the low quality of teachers, poor infrastructure, and the commercialization of migrant schools, which are run by mig [...] | 2009-02-03 08:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SMIG PINR SOCI CH |
09SHENYANG163 | DPRK: PYONGYANG UNIVERSITY CEREMONY "TUG OF WAR" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK has apparently retracted invitations to Western media to cover the opening ceremony of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) while welcoming PUST's supporters, including South Korean citizens and the ROK media. The ROKG, however, has reportedly barred [...] | 2009-09-15 02:53:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PREL SCUL |
09SHENYANG222 | Consular Section Outreach on SAO Procedures [...] Summary: U.S. Consulate Shenyang's SAO officer met with students, professors, and company executives at various institutions and enterprises in Northeast China in an effort to help them prepare adequately for the visa interview. The institutions and enterprises were chosen for their large nu [...] | 2009-12-22 02:34:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL CH SCUL |
09SINGAPORE559 | SINGAPORE MUSLIMS IMPRESSED BY CAIRO SPEECH, BUT [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo generated a lot of attention and discussion in Singapore's Muslim community. Singapore's Muslims appreciated President Obama's Cairo speech, but they want to see what actions he will take, especially with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian [...] | 2009-06-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI SN |
09SINGAPORE869 | EMBASSY SINGAPORE: NO EXPERIENCE ENGAGING [...] Post does not know of any community of Singaporeans living abroad that would qualify as a "diaspora" using the criteria set forth in reftel paragraph 4. Given that there are no known diaspora communities of Singaporeans, Post is unable to provide meaningful responses to the questions posed i [...] | 2009-09-10 01:28:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL |
09SKOPJE540 | MACEDONIA'S DIASPORA GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Diaspora groups from Macedonia, most active in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, are divided along the ethnic lines of the country,s two largest groups-- ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians. The ethnic separation of diaspora interests -- coupled with use of the term "Mace [...] | 2009-11-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BEXP BTIO EAID OIIP PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG |
09STATE101238 | (C/NF) EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERSHIP (C-AL9-01941) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE PAST REPORTING ON LEADERSHIP STYLES AND GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN. IN RECENT MONTHS, EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN MORE OUTSPOKEN--AND SOME UNUSUALLY CRITICAL OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN PRAISING VENEZUELA--AND IT APPEARS THAT VENEZUELA'S FINANCIAL [...] | 2009-09-29 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL SCUL AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC VE |
09STATE119803 | INSTRUCTION: UNGA 3C RESOLUTION "HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] Department anticipates that the EU will call a vote on the UN Third Committee Resolution "Human Rights and Cultural Diversity." Department authorizes USDEL to vote "NO" on this resolution. CLINTON [...] | 2009-11-19 23:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SCUL UNESCO UNGA |
09STATE124834 | THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 06:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI |
09STATE126780 | CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND [...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...] | 2009-12-11 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI |
09STATE22288 | ECA/PE/V'S EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH INITIATIVE (EOI) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 14:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL XG |
09STATE29753 | (U) QATARI CITIZENS AND THE RULING FAMILY [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS MAINTAIN INTEREST IN QATAR'S DOMESTIC STABILITY, INCLUDING RELATIONS BETWEEN CITIZENS AND THE RULING FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES. ANALYSTS APPRECIATE THE REFERENCED REPORTING AND WOULD WELCOME ANY INFORMATION THAT W [...] | 2009-03-27 15:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECON PGOV SCUL SOCI QA |
09STATE35495 | JOINT COOPERATION COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE [...] (SBU) Washington agencies and Embassy Baghdad have completed the Terms of Reference for the four Joint Cooperation Committees charged with implementing the Strategic Framework Agreement. Final texts of each TOR (Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation, Economic and Energy Cooperation, Service [...] | 2009-04-10 14:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID SCUL SOCI TSPL IZ |
09STATE41510 | (C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON TRIBALISM AS A [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE EMBASSY KUWAIT'S RECENT REPORTING ON TRIBALISM AS A MOBILIZING FACTOR IN KUWAIT (KUWAIT 000244). THE DETAILED BACKGROUND ON THE STATUS OF TRIBES, THE EVOLUTION OF DYNAMICS BETWEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY AND TRIBALIST FIGURES, AND THE WAY TRIBALISM HAS PLAYE [...] | 2009-04-24 18:46:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KU |
09STATE63491 | 2009-H1N1 FLU DETECTED AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN [...] Summary: A group of 335 participants in the Department,s Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program gathered in Washington the week of June 8 for meetings and site visits before returning home. A small number of the returning students have experienced flu-like symptoms and we understand fro [...] | 2009-06-18 21:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER KFLU KPAO OEXC SCUL XA XD XF ZK |
09STATE71325 | FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-14. 2. SUMMARY: The President's June 4 speech in Cairo called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world based on mutual respect and the pursuit of partnerships in areas of mutual interest. Among the Presiden [...] | 2009-07-09 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD |
09STATE73966 | DESCRIPTION OF FY-09 MRP "U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] ECA/PE/V/M is pleased to provide a description of the FY-09 MRP "U.S. Foreign Policy and Counterterrorism". Please share this information with participants during predeparture briefings. This project is closed to additional nominations with 17 participants. Project team will be Ms. Janice B [...] | 2009-07-16 13:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL |
09STATE74418 | (U) Deputy Secretary Steinberg's June 19, 2009 [...] Classified by EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 19; 5:45 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel Pamela Park, D Staff William Bellis, EAP/ANP (Notetaker) [...] | 2009-07-17 02:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ECON PREL PGOV SCUL KNNP ASIR KN KS |
09STATE80201 | (U) "JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES" [...] (S/NF) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) ANALYSTS IN THE RADICALIZATION AND EXTREMIST MESSAGES GROUP (REMG) ARE INTERESTED IN REPORTING ON THE EUROPEAN INITIATIVE AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES LAUNCHED BY STICHTING PLATFORM ISLAMITISCHE ORGANISATIES RIJNMOND - FOUNDATION PLATFORM ISLAMIC OR [...] | 2009-07-31 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR SCUL BE FR GM IT NL SP UK |
09STATE89406 | INTERFAITH DAY OF SERVICE [...] This is an action request (Para 4). The Department encourages posts to consider organizing an Interfaith Day of Service in their host countries as a way to commemorate the anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. 2. President Obama called for interfaith service to foster [...] | 2009-08-27 12:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL |
09STOCKHOLM333 | Sweden on Olympic Baseball [...] Summary. Embassy Stockholm spoke with Gunilla Lindberg, one of Sweden's three International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, to seek support for the return of baseball and softball to the Olympic Games. Lindberg asserted the independence of IOC members from governmental pressure (U.S. or Swe [...] | 2009-06-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KOLY KPAO PGOV SCUL SW |
09STPETERSBURG121 | KALININGRAD OUTREACH: DESPITE COOL RECEPTION, SOLID INTEREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers traveled to Kaliningrad recently for public diplomacy and consular outreach. Despite a cool reception at Kaliningrad's main university and amidst rumors of misdeeds associated with the collapse of the region's main airline, Conoffs managed to meet with hundred [...] | 2009-09-30 08:35:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS CVIS KFRD OEXC SCUL |
09TASHKENT1135 | Security Forces Disrupt American University Event [...] (C) The Uzbek National Security Service (NSS) interrupted the American University of Central Asia's (AUCA) entrance exams in Tashkent on June 27, confiscating all exam materials and interrogating students and administrators. According to personnel at the International Business School, where t [...] | 2009-07-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO OEXC SCUL UZ |
09TASHKENT1515 | Ambassador's Sept 23 Meeting with Uzbek FM Norov [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Uzbek Foreign Minister Norov expressed appreciation for the Eid message from the Secretary and said he looked forward to meetings on the margins of the UNGA next week. Commenting on the draft agenda for the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC),he [...] | 2009-09-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL ECON UZ |
09TASHKENT1850 | Uzbekistan: Media Reaction to Assistant Secretary Blake's [...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of A/S Blake's visit to Uzbekistan was primarily factual and positive. Numerous articles noted U.S. appreciation for Uzbekistan's support of international efforts in Afghanistan. The existence of other shared interests was also noted by both state and unofficial medi [...] | 2009-10-23 03:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT2110 | Uzbekistan: Media Reaction to DAS Krol's Visit to Tashkent [...] (U) Summary: Local media reports on DAS Krol's visit to Uzbekistan were found only online. Of these, only two were by state media outlets. State media reported on the visit in the context of the adoption of the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABCs). Such reports were neutral in tone. Independen [...] | 2009-12-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT221 | UZBEKISTAN: ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS THAT WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: English language programming is a bright spot in Embassy Tashkents public diplomacy programming. With tight GOU control over most PD functions, English language programs provide an opportunity to establish and nurture relationships with students, educators, and university admi [...] | 2009-02-26 12:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT227 | UZBEKISTAN: MEDIA REACTION TO GENERAL PETRAEUS'S VISIT [...] (U) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus's February 16-17 visit to Tashkent received broad media coverage in the local, state-run press, the international media and wire services, and on GOU-controlled and independent news websites. There was much speculation that his trip was link [...] | 2009-02-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT2292 | Uzbekistan: Media Reports on Parliamentary Elections [...] (U) Summary: In the run up to the elections, minor differences among parties were covered by both state and independent media to an extent never seen before. Coverage of the election results dominated media reports following the elections. State media highlighted high turnout among voters, whi [...] | 2009-12-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
09TASHKENT327 | UZBEKISTAN: EDUCATION MINISTRY ON ANTI-CHILD LABOR EFFORTS; [...] (U) Summary: During a meeting on February 23, Ministry of Public Education officials discussed their efforts to combat child labor during the cotton harvest season. They reported that Uzbekistan's transition from 9-year to 12-year mandatory free secondary education, a major reform, would be f [...] | 2009-03-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT331 | UZBEKISTAN'S SYSTEM OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AT A [...] (SBU) Summary: A contact recently provided a copy of a government document entitled "Index of the Ministry of Public Education for the 2007-2008 Academic Year," which provides a useful snapshot of the country's primary and secondary education system. The document shows that few students study [...] | 2009-03-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT415 | UZBEKISTAN: UNIVERSITIES NOT MEETING DEMAND FOR HIGHER [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent Embassy-sponsored Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) alumni reunion, one alumnus, a lecturer at a private university, revealed that the growth of the higher education system in Uzbekistan is not keeping pace with demand. Uzbekistan also lags behind its Centra [...] | 2009-03-31 10:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC ECON KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT425 | UZBEKISTAN: JFDP ALUMNA OPENS DOORS TO EMBASSY IN URGENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10 and 11 Public Affairs Section (PAS) staff successfully held English language training workshops in Urgench and discussed several upcoming projects with the rector of Urgench State University (UrSU). The rector was surprisingly candid and open to future collaboratio [...] | 2009-04-01 09:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ |
09TASHKENT59 | UZBEKISTAN: UZBEK SINGER NOT ARRESTED [...] (U) Reports in the press that popular Uzbek singer Yulduz Usmanova was arrested on January 10 appear to be false. Reported yesterday by the independent Voice of Freedom website and then picked up by Kyrgyz News Agency AKIPress, the story claims that she was arrested during a wedding performan [...] | 2009-01-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO SCUL UZ |
09TBILISI17 | GEORGIA'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER PLANS REFORMS [...] (SBU) Begin summary. During a December 23 meeting with the Ambassador, new Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Giorgi Khachidze, was upbeat and energized about his plans for reforms, including the finalization of a strategic environmental plan for the country. He desc [...] | 2009-01-06 13:46:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV SCUL BEXP AID GG |
09TBILISI770 | TWO VERY DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE SAME COIN - [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Armenian Georgians living in Samtskhe-Javakheti (S-J) generally want their province to remain as part of Georgia, albeit with tacit recognition by Tbilisi of Armenian as a regional language. For Ethnic Armenian Georgians (or Javakhsi),the grass is indeed not greener on [...] | 2009-04-22 11:31:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SCUL KIRF AM GG |
09TEGUCIGALPA206 | Ambassador visits Honduran cigar capital [...] Ambassador Llorens visited Danli in El Paraiso, a poor province known for high-quality cigar production, February 13. Danli is host to a sizable population of Cuban emigres who transplanted their know-how to create one of the leading export industries of the country. El Paraiso is also the se [...] | 2009-03-25 00:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD SCUL SNAR PGOV HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA486 | SEEKING HONDURAN SUPPORT FOR REINCORPORATION OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff spoke on June 15 with Rafael Carbajal, General Manager of The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) in Honduras. Carbajal asserted that although the Honduras branch of IBAF had limited resources and was therefore solely concerned with spreading the sport do [...] | 2009-06-22 18:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL SOCI HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA741 | TFH01: STATUS OF USG ASSISTANCE TO HONDURAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the events of June 28 the United States Government has halted communications with high-level GOH officials and has been steadily suspending programs with the GOH in compliance with USG policy guidance. The following is a summary of the current status of actions taken b [...] | 2009-08-13 18:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD MASS OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL |
09THEHAGUE693 | EUR/PGI WEINSTEIN'S VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR EUROPEAN [...] EUR/PGI's Ivan Weinstein, who heads EUR's policy formulation on engaging with Muslims and other minorities in Europe, visited The Netherlands September 21-23, 2009, to attend a conference on the intercultural policies of European cities, consult with Embassy The Hague, and meet with the America [...] | 2009-11-16 08:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI NL |
09TIRANA149 | Will the Real John Withers Please Stand Up? [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tirana has receivd extremely positive feedback regarding Ambassador Withers' appearance on the high-viewership variety/comedy show "Portokalli" (Orange) on March 1. The Ambassador's appearance on this type of TV show is the latest example of the Mission's innovative PD program [...] | 2009-03-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL AL |
09TIRANA150 | Will the Real John Withers Please Stand Up? [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tirana has received extremely positive feedback regarding Ambassador Withers' appearance on the high-viewership variety/comedy show "Portokalli" (Orange) on March 1. The Ambassador's appearance on this type of TV show is the latest example of the Mission's innovative PD progra [...] | 2009-03-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL AL |
09TIRANA634 | DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT: TIRANA RESPONSE [...] Summary: Below is Post's response to ref A request concerning information on the Albanian diaspora. End summary. 2. Albania is a country of approximately 3.6 million comprised of ethnic Albanians (95 per cent),Greeks (3 per cent) and other groups, such as Roma (Gypsies),Serbs, and Macedoni [...] | 2009-09-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG |
09TIRANA814 | IS CHILD LABOR DECREASING? [...] (SBU) Summary: NGO and GOA officials covering child labor have indicated that child labor in the formal economy may be decreasing slightly, but any decreases are likely offset by increases in child labor in the informal economy. Economics and greater awareness seem to explain the potential de [...] | 2009-12-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON PREL SCUL SMIG AL |
09TORONTO200 | TORONTO'S SOMALI COMMUNITY REMAINS CLOSE TO HOMELAND [...] (U) Summary: Nearly 80% of Canada's Somali population resides in Ontario, with the largest community in the Toronto area. The community, which consists mostly of recent immigrants, has had difficulty integrating into mainstream Canadian society due to problems with discrimination, both perceiv [...] | 2009-08-27 14:31:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SCUL SMIG KISL KPAO SO CA |
09TORONTO239 | Toronto Diaspora Series: An Influential Pakistani-Canadian [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a reception held in his honor, the new Pakistani CG in Toronto praised Toronto's Pakistani community and the important role it has played in promoting trade with Canada and development in Pakistan. The Canadian Pakistani Business Council (CPBC),the organization that hosted th [...] | 2009-10-02 15:05:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL KISL PK CA |
09TORONTO39 | TORONTO: IS JUST BEING DIVERSE GOOD ENOUGH? [...] (U) Summary: Toronto proudly proclaims its status as one of the most diverse cities in the world, with some 47% of the population in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) having been born abroad and over 150 languages spoken daily. Comparatively few minorities are seen in visible leadership roles, ho [...] | 2009-02-27 18:29:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI SMIG SCUL CVIS CA |
09TORONTO40 | TORONTO: IS JUST BEING DIVERSE GOOD ENOUGH? [...] (U) Summary: Toronto proudly proclaims its status as one of the most diverse cities in the world, with some 47% of the population in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) having been born abroad and over 150 languages spoken daily. Comparatively few minorities are seen in visible leadership roles, ho [...] | 2009-02-27 18:49:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI SMIG SCUL CVIS CA |
09TRIPOLI40 | LIBYA POSTPONES GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, WALKS BACK FROM WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND PRIVATIZATION PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SESSION OF THE GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (GPC),LIBYA'S SUPREME LEGISLATIVE BODY, THAT WAS TO HAVE CONVENED IN EARLY JANUARY TO REVEAL PLANS FOR PRIVATIZATION AND GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING, HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY/MARCH, OSTENSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND [...] | 2009-01-22 12:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SCUL EPET PHUM KDEM LY |
09TRIPOLI739 | EMBASSY TRIPOLI'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Introduction: Following the exchange of Ambassadors in January 2009, the United States and Libya have embarked on a new period of engagement. With the restoration of full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than three decades, we are engaging Libyans on a vast range of publi [...] | 2009-09-14 12:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD |
09TUNIS297 | FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM IN TUNISIA UNDER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 29, Embassy PAO and ECA Branch Chief Donna Ives met with Abderahman Boukricha, Director of International Cooperation for the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training (MOHE) to discuss the future of the program in Tunisia. After the abrupt denial of [...] | 2009-05-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS507 | FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tunisia, President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo opened a window for reflection and optimism regarding US/Middle East dialogue. However, despite an enthusiastic response from Tunisian contacts and praise from senior officials, in practice we expect to see a cautious "wait-an [...] | 2009-07-22 17:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL KPAO TS |
09TUNIS712 | TUNISIAN CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO ORGANS [...] The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of Tunisia's decision to pursue membership in several UNESCO organs during the UNESCO General Conference in Paris October 6-23, and requests U.S. support for Tunisia's candidacies. 2. According to Tunisian [...] | 2009-09-29 13:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL TS UN |
09TUNIS801 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: TUNISIA PRESSING HARD TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph ten. 2. (SBU) Summary: A senior Foreign Ministry official convoked the Ambassador on October 30 to press for U.S. support for a Tunisian proposal before the UNGA Third Committee to designate 2010 "The Year of Youth" and organize an inter [...] | 2009-10-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SCUL TS UN |
09TUNIS869 | TUNISIAN MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION RECEPTIVE TO [...] (SBU) Dr. Lazhar Bououni, the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education, voiced his support for many of the themes in the Secretary,s Marrakesh speech (including the visit of a Presidential Science Envoy) when he met with the Ambassador on November 25. In addition to science and technology, the [...] | 2009-11-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL TSPL TS |
09ULAANBAATAR283 | MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT TALKS EDUCATION, URANIUM, AND [...] (C) Summary: We met with Director Ganbold of the Asia Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on September 22 to discuss President Elbegdorj's recently completed travel to India. This was Elbegdorj's first trip abroad as president. Ganbold stated the primary focus of t [...] | 2009-09-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL ENRG ECON MG |
09ULAANBAATAR375 | MONGOLIA-DPRK ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE; GOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. UNDRAA Agvaanluvsan, professor of nuclear energy issues and policy at Stanford University and newly appointed Deputy Director of the in-house think tank of Mongolia's National Security Council, informed Embassy officers on December 26 that the DPRK and Mongolia continue to dis [...] | 2009-12-29 07:15:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL SCUL MG |
09UNESCOPARISFR1312 | MUGHRABI GATE AT UNESCO 182ND EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time in recent memory, the issue of the reconstruction of the ascent to the Mughrabi Gate of Jerusalem's Temple Mount registered only as a minor blip on the radar screen during the just completed 182nd Executive Board at UNESCO. Although the Jordanians arrived see [...] | 2009-09-25 11:23:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO JO IS SCUL KWBG |
09UNESCOPARISFR1407 | HONDURAS: LANGUAGE ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The working group dealing with the Honduras draft resolution agreed to language acceptable to both sides October 15, after lengthy negotiating sessions led by Ambassador Killion. The resolution was adopted under an agenda heading entitled, "Impacts on the Education system and f [...] | 2009-10-19 06:08:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1458 | WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...] | 2009-10-29 15:38:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1476 | AZERBAIJAN BRINGS NAGORNO-KARABAKH ISSUE TO UNESCO [...] Summary. After a series of acrimonious exchanges with Armenia in the General Debate at UNESCO's 35th General Conference, Azerbaijan won a small victory by including wording in the 2010 Program and Budget calling for the "implementation of necessary measures to safeguard and preserve cultural [...] | 2009-11-03 14:43:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO AJ AM |
09UNESCOPARISFR1587 | 183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS [...] Summary: UNESCO's newly reconstituted Executive Board for the 2009-2011 term met for a one-day meeting on November 23, where the principal business on the agenda was the election of a new Chairman and members of the Board's subsidiary committees and commissions. End summary. 2. UNESCO's [...] | 2009-11-25 15:28:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1590 | 183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DG'S SPEECH [...] (U) Summary: UNESCO's one-day Executive Board, held November 23, served as the "clean-up" meeting following the biennial General Conference held last month, and provided the opportunity for newly installed Director-General, Irina Bokova, to address Board members and set some direction for the [...] | 2009-11-27 08:31:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1639 | GOOGLE AND UNESCO BEGIN COLLABORATIVE ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Google and UNESCO announced an alliance to provide virtual visits to nineteen World Heritage sites. While these initial sites are all in Western Europe, in 2010 Google intends to expand to sites in the United States, Australia, South Africa, Japan and other countr [...] | 2009-12-04 12:31:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL UNESCO |
09UNESCOPARISFR1666 | U.S. OPPORTUNITIES AT UNESCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A window of opportunity has opened for the United States at UNESCO. With the election of Irina Bokova, the U.S. has a favorably disposed Director-General who is looking for new ideas. Rather than being on the defensive, the U.S. should be making programmatic proposals to help [...] | 2009-12-09 11:10:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL SOCI TPHY UNESCO |
09USUNNEWYORK1027 | UN INVITES INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AS [...] On October 19, the UN General Assembly invited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to participate as a Permanent Observer in the sessions and the work of the Assembly. The United States was one of over 100 co-sponsors of this initiative that had begun in 2008. Prince Albert II of Monaco [...] | 2009-11-13 00:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KOLY SCUL SOCI AORC |
09USUNNEWYORK1039 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TURNS TO SPORTS [...] The UN General Assembly on October 19 called upon all Member States to cooperate in efforts to use sport as a tool for peace, to proclaim the Olympic Truce during the Olympic Winter Games (Vancouver, 2010),and welcomed the historic holding of soccer's World Cup for the first time in Africa ( [...] | 2009-11-16 20:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA SOCI AORC KOLY SCUL |
09VATICAN106 | (C) VATICAN BACKS AWAY FROM DEAL WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL VT IS |
09VATICAN134 | AN INVENTORY OF THE VATICAN'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican is a leader or partner in many inter-religious dialogues, primarily with the "Abrahamic" religions - Islam, Judaism, and of course, other Christians. Vatican leaders are also beginning to reach out to Asian faiths. This cable describes the Vatican's primary, organized dia [...] | 2009-12-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT |
09VATICAN135 | INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: A VIEW FROM THE VATICAN [...] (U) In an era of growing contacts and conflicts between faith communities, interfaith dialogue -- to increase understanding and in pursuit of concrete objectives -- is increasingly important. The Holy See is an active proponent and participant in a wide range of these dialogues, in order to [...] | 2009-12-18 11:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT |
09VATICAN137 | PROPOSALS FOR COLLABORATING WITH THE VATICAN ON INTERFAITH [...] (U) Catholics and the organized Catholic Church are present in virtually every country of the world, and the Holy See is second only to the United States in terms of relations with other states. Given this near-universal presence and the Vatican's critical role in interfaith dialogues, Embassy [...] | 2009-12-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KIRF VT |
09VATICAN60 | VATICAN AND ARAB LEAGUE SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE PEACE AND [...] (U) The Holy See and the Arab League signed a Memorandum of Understanding April 23 to strengthen joint projects to promote peace and dialogue, especially on the political and cultural level. The Memorandum was signed by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, representing the Holy See, and by Amr Mou [...] | 2009-04-24 17:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF SCUL PTER VT |
09VIENTIANE291 | Lao Government Issues Long-Awaited Decree on Associations [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister's Office has officially released the text of the new decree on the formation of non-profit associations in Laos, opening the door for Lao-run civil society organizations to register legally. Issued on April 29th, the decree will permit the formation of non-pro [...] | 2009-06-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL LA |
09VIENTIANE458 | LAOS REACHES OUT TO "DIASPORA" [...] The GOL estimates one million Lao live overseas, mostly in the U.S., France, Australia, Japan, Germany, and Belgium. In the U.S., Lao-Hmong and Lowland Lao make up the majority of the Diaspora. Although in the past the GOL made little attempt to engage with its Diaspora, the GOL now actively [...] | 2009-09-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID EINV BEXP BTIO OEXC OIIP SCUL |
09VILNIUS277 | LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT VOTES TO PROTECT HISTORIC [...] (U) Summary: The GOL on May 18 voted to approve boundaries of the historic Snipiskes cemetery in Vilnius, delineating areas that will be permanently protected from development and moving closer to ending a dispute that has dragged on for years and damaged Lithuania's international reputation. [...] | 2009-05-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL LH |
09VILNIUS292 | GOVERNMENT, JEWISH REPS OPTIMISTIC ON ENDING TO [...] (C) Summary: The GOL and representatives of a group that works to preserve Jewish cemeteries found much common ground and no obvious irreconcilable differences at a May 21 discussion about protection of a historic cemetery in central Vilnius. The GOL on May 18 announced its plan (ref A) to p [...] | 2009-05-27 13:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL LH |
09VILNIUS456 | GOVERNMENT, JEWISH GROUPS SIGN PACT TO PROTECT [...] (U) Summary: The GOL and local and international Jewish groups on August 26 signed an agreement approving conditions for the protection of a historic Jewish cemetery in central Vilnius and for the development of land adjacent to it. They had been negotiating those conditions ever since the G [...] | 2009-08-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL LH |
09VILNIUS624 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON JEWISH COMMUNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuania's small Jewish community, largely elderly and impoverished, lives among a homogeneous ethnic Lithuanian population, significant elements of which accept anti-Semitic stereotypes and blame the Jews for fighting alongside Soviet soldiers during World War II, Jewish lead [...] | 2009-11-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL SOCI LH |
09VLADIVOSTOK105 | VLADIVSOTOK MAYOR ACQUIRES ANOTHER NEWSPAPER, BLOW TO PRESS [...] Summary: (U) The editorial staff of Moskovskiy Komsomolets vo Vladivostoke (MKV),one of the most aggressive independent newspapers in Primorskiy Kray, has received a note that Moscow owners of Moskovskiy Komsomolets (MK) have sold the franchise for publishing the Vladivostok edition to a comp [...] | 2009-10-23 03:04:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL RS |
09VLADIVOSTOK110 | SAVE THE TIGER NEXT SEPTEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph two. Declining habitat, increased international awareness, and a star studded film festival create the "perfect storm" for a State Department program to help save the endangered Siberian tiger. Tigers were recovering in the Russian Far East for a [...] | 2009-11-16 02:22:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL SCUL RS |
09VLADIVOSTOK117 | CORRUPTION FIGHTER ASTAFYEV REPORTEDLY TO ACCEPT PLEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 06:05:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL RS |
09VLADIVOSTOK94 | CONSULATE VLADIVOSTOK HOSTS 2009 SYMPOSIUM ON NORTHEAST ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate Vladivostok, in collaboration with the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (VGUES),hosted the 2009 Symposium on Northeast Asia Security (SNEAS) on 14-16 September 2009 in Vladivostok, Russia. Participants from Russia, Mongolia, Japan, India, China, S [...] | 2009-09-18 05:49:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OCII OPRC MARR MCAP OIIP SCUL PREL KR RS |
09WARSAW626 | WOMEN'S ISSUES IN POLAND - SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR VERVEER'S JUNE 20-22 VISIT TO WARSAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The political and economic transformation in Poland over the last two decades has brought considerable improvement in the lives of Polish women. Nevertheless, women continue to face a number of challenges, including underrepresentation in political life, discrimination in the la [...] | 2009-06-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SCUL ELAB PL OIIP |
09YAOUNDE366 | WOMEN'S MONTH IN CAMEROON HIGHLIGHTS GAPS [...] (U) Summary. Amidst much celebration and fanfare, Cameroon celebrated International Women's Month and Day March 8, perhaps raising general awareness of some problems faced by Cameroonian women, but revealing troubling shortcomings in the vision and activities of the Ministry of Women's Empow [...] | 2009-04-21 15:47:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SCUL SOCI KWMN PGOV CM |
09YAOUNDE827 | The Cameroonian Diaspora [...] Post offers the following in responses to reftel request: A. There are several different diaspora groups scattered over the U.S., France, and other European countries. Some of the more significant groups in the U.S. include: the Progressive Initiative for Cameroon (PICAM),a civil society [...] | 2009-09-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG |
09YEKATERINBURG12 | MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE IVLP A SUCCES FOR URALS PARTICIPANTS [...] A group of five professionals from municipal governments, NGO and local legislative bodies of the four Urals cities with over a million residents -- Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm and Ufa -- took part in the Municipal Good Governance and Promoting Transparency in Decision-Making Internationa [...] | 2009-03-02 05:37:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO RS |
09YEKATERINBURG13 | AN EVENTFUL EVENING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY IN THE URALS [...] ConGen Yekaterinburg's Public Affairs Section sponsored an evening of African American Poetry at the Urals Literary Museum on Wednesday, February 25. PAO kicked off the event with an IIP-produced Powerpoint presentation on Black History Month. The presentation provided an introduction to Afri [...] | 2009-03-02 05:37:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO RS |
09YEKATERINBURG27 | BILATERAL COOPERATION A BRIGHT SPOT IN AN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On a visit to Kurgan Oblast April 27-29, the Consul General (CG) found a striking mix of highly visible areas of U.S. -- Russian bilateral cooperation and durable personal relationships forged by exchange programs. Everyone from the Governor on down praised the long-term s [...] | 2009-05-08 05:55:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SCUL RS |
09YEKATERINBURG29 | A GLOBAL VILLAGE TACKLES GLOBAL WARMING [...] (U) Summary - The world is truly a global village and nowhere more so than at the U.S. Consulate General in Yekaterinburg. On Wednesday morning, April 16, 2009, the Consulate participated in a Digital Video Conference (DVC) with Kiowa Indian students at the University of North Texas in Dento [...] | 2009-05-14 08:18:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP RS MY SCUL SENV |
09YEKATERINBURG31 | TYUMEN, TOBOLSK SPARKLE IN THEIR OWN WAYS [...] Summary: Consul General traveled to Tyumen and Tobolsk May 18-20. In Tyumen, we opened a photographic exhibit, saw the newly renovated American Corner, met with the rector of the oil and gas university and visited the offices of the Halliburton oil services company. In Tobolsk, we met the m [...] | 2009-05-23 08:05:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SCUL PGOV RS |
09YEKATERINBURG37 | CHELYABINSK OBLAST: SOUTHERN URALS REGION COPES WITH [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Consul General, Public Affairs Officer, Department TDYer and LES Pol/Econ assistant traveled to Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk May 26-28. In Chelyabinsk, we met with the leader of the of the Pravoe Delo (Right Force) political party, toured an American investment and met [...] | 2009-06-17 11:02:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV PGOV RS SCUL |
09YEKATERINBURG46 | PILORAMA ROCKS THE GHOSTS OF THE GULAG [...] (U) Summary: Frequent showers during the weekend of July 25-27 did not dampen the spirits of an estimated crowd of 6,000 to 9,000 people who attended the 5th annual Pilorama Civic Forum held on the site of the Perm-36 Memorial Museum, located 90 kilometers from Perm. From Friday evening thro [...] | 2009-07-28 13:31:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL RS |
09YEKATERINBURG60 | SIBERIAN OASIS BALANCES DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION [...] (SBU) Begin summary. Sustainable economic development, environmental protection, and preservation indigenous northern cultures were the main themes of Consul General's visit to Khanty-Mansiysk September 14-16. The city of 70,000, which is about 650 km northeast of Yekaterinburg and could be d [...] | 2009-09-19 08:15:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET SENV SCUL PGOV RS |
09YEREVAN168 | DAS MATTHEW BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NK WITH [...] (C) During his meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, expressed hope for a resolution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. He was less optimistic about a resolution of the growing dispute with the Georgian Church regarding the legal status of the Armen [...] | 2009-03-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL KIRF GG AM |
09YEREVAN211 | 13 UNIVERSITIES FAIL TO MAKE THE GRADE [...] Summary: On February 26, the Armenian Ministry of Education and Science (MOES) revoked the operating licenses of 9 private universities and sanctioned 4 others due to their failure to meet basic requirements stipulated in the Law on Education. Affected private university representatives comp [...] | 2009-03-25 07:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO SCUL AM |
09YEREVAN219 | PROFESSORS ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION; JOURNALIST BEATEN [...] Summary: On March 13, local youth NGO Miasin staged an initiative designed to publically denounce corruption in Armenia's universities. The group placed photos of allegedly crooked professors in several highly trafficked areas of the city. Reactions were mixed, but passionate. The pro-gover [...] | 2009-03-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO SCUL AM |
09YEREVAN222 | GOAM CREATES HIGH SCHOOLS; ADDS TWO YEARS OF SCHOOLING [...] Summary: The Government of Armenia has announced the opening of 150 high schools by the end of 2011. This new development is an incremental expansion of a 2008-09 pilot program which aims to improve educational quality and create a 12-year educational system roughly modeled on the U.S. exper [...] | 2009-03-27 12:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO SCUL AM |
09YEREVAN339 | ARMENIA RENOVATES 800-YR OLD JEWISH CEMETERY [...] (U) On May 11, Ambassador joined the Vayats Dzor governor, churchmen, foreign diplomats, scholars and dignitaries to dedicate the renovation of Armenia's ancient Jewish cemetery located near the Armenian village of Yeghegis, in the Vayats Dzor region in the south of the country. Thirteen years [...] | 2009-05-18 11:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL EAID KIRF IL AM |
09YEREVAN407 | THE PLIGHT OF EDUCATION IN THE REGIONS [...] From May 18 -20, Ambassador Yovanovitch traveled to Syunik marz, one of Armenia's 11 provinces, known for its industrial capacity, rich natural resources, and geostrategic importance. Syunik marz aspires to become southern Armenia's regional education hub. During meetings with government off [...] | 2009-06-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL AM |
09YEREVAN5 | Government of Armenia Considering Full Scholarships for [...] Summary: In summer 2008, the Prime Minister's office announced a proposal for a scholarship program offering funding to Armenian citizens and Diaspora Armenians for university studies abroad. The program, still in its nascent stages, encompasses a potentially wide range of scholarship opportu [...] | 2009-01-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO SCUL AM |
09YEREVAN8 | DAS GRAFFY VISITS ARMENIA, EMPHASIZES ENGLISH LANGUAGE [...] Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy in Europe and Eurasia Colleen Graffy visited Yerevan from December 12 - 14, 2008. DAS Graffy held fruitful discussions with Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian and Ara Tadevosyan, Director of the NATO Information Center. She als [...] | 2009-01-08 04:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL AM |
09YEREVAN83 | ARMENIAN CHURCH COMPLAINS OF NO MOVEMENT ON ITS [...] (C) Poloff met with Armenian Apostolic Bishop Arshak Khachatrian, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Ejmiatsin, on February 3, to follow up on the Armenian view of the conflict over the Norashen Church in Tbilisi and to find out if the Armenian Church had received any notification from its G [...] | 2009-02-12 11:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL KIRF GG AM |
09YEREVAN848 | FIRST WOMEN'S MENTORING PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA [...] On December 8, Ambassador Yovanovitch launched the first women's mentoring program in Armenia for female students of the American University of Armenia (AUA) and local Armenian women leaders. Mentors and mentees were introduced to each other and learned about the concept and objectives of the [...] | 2009-12-10 07:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO SCUL SOCI AM |
10ABUJA128 | HAITI DISASTER COMPETES WITH DOMESTIC PRIORITIES, BUT [...] (U) Nigeria media were initially slow to report on the earthquake in Haiti. Initial reports largely derived from wire services and contained limited factual reporting on U.S. support of relief efforts. Early reporting and editorials largely criticized the failure of the Nigerian Government (G [...] | 2010-01-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO HA NI |
10ABUJA246 | TEXT OF NIGERIAN INFORMATION MINISTER'S MEMORANDUM TO [...] (SBU) As reported in Reftel, Nigerian Information and Communications Minister Dora Akunyili submitted a memorandum to Cabinet colleagues at the February 3 Federal Executive Council Meeting requesting that President Yar'Adua hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President [...] | 2010-02-05 17:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SCUL KPAO SOCI NI |
10AMMAN380 | Jordan: Amman Brings African-American History to Life [...] Summary: Juilliard-trained, award-winning soprano Nicole Taylor opened PA Amman's celebration of African-American History Month with a highly-acclaimed series of concerts and workshops February 2-3. Explaining how "beautiful things come out of ugliness," Taylor performed African-American spiri [...] | 2010-02-11 10:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO JO OEXC OIIP SOCI |
10ANKARA189 | Iranians Seek Global Support Not Nuclear Pressure [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address on January 27, 2010, CONOFFs surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants to assess their reaction to US pressure regarding Iran's nuclear program. Although applicants voiced strong supp [...] | 2010-02-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
10ANKARA299 | No Foreseeable Relief For Iranian Domestic Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFFs surveyed Iranian Immigrant Visa (IV) and Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applicants regarding the political, economic, and social conditions since the February 11 Revolution Day demonstrations. Applicants expressed mixed views about the effectiveness of the Iranian opposition [...] | 2010-02-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
10ANKARA35 | Iranians Pine For Relief As GOI Tightens Grip [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants from mid-December to early January 2009 to gain insight into Iran's current economic and political climate. Applicants report a bleak economic outlook due to continued corruption and mismanageme [...] | 2010-01-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
10ASHGABAT132 | TURKMENISTAN: ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO PROTECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan National Archives are closed to the general public, but annual issues of the Turkmenistan Archives journal give some highlights of the stored materials. Access to the material in the Archives is re [...] | 2010-01-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
10ASHGABAT172 | TURKMENISTAN'S LINGUISTIC SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen language is more widely spoken than might otherwise be appreciated by Russian-speaking foreigners. Most citizens of Turkmenistan have facility in both Russian and Turkmen, and only the margins are monolingual, with maybe 10 percent speaking only Russian. Niyazov pu [...] | 2010-02-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL TX |
10ASHGABAT202 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW WOMEN'S COATS INTENDED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) In January, the Turkmen Government introduced a new unwritten dress code for female government officials, secondary school students and university students, to be worn at official government events. Although it has not been [...] | 2010-02-11 13:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SCUL SOCI PGOV TX |
10ASHGABAT223 | TURKMENISTAN: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat proposes that S/GWI support the Tech Age Girls program in Turkmenistan. The Tech Age Girls project will address low technology literacy among young women in Turkmenistan and will encourage cvic [...] | 2010-02-17 11:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
10ASHGABAT42 | CONTINUED INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmentelecom provides the only dial-up and A/DSL internet service in Turkmenistan. It controls and monitors access and reportedly blocks certain sites. Recently, the media reported that YouTube and other sites were added [...] | 2010-01-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | TINT SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM TX |
10ASHGABAT49 | A GLIMPSE INTO THE TURKMEN TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officials met with representatives of Turkmenistan's primary official tourism agency, Ashgabatsiyakhat to discuss tourist programs in Turkmenistan. Official Turkmen tourism focuses on providing controlled visits for tourists to cultural sites, nature parks and adventure t [...] | 2010-01-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PGOV TX |
10ASHGABAT57 | TURKMENISTAN'S ONLY HOMEGROWN WOMEN'S MAGAZINE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government publishes a monthly magazine for women named Zenan Kalby (Women's Soul). Despite having the largest circulation of any Turkmen periodical, the magazine's highly politicized content lacks [...] | 2010-01-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SOCI KWMN KDEM PGOV PHUM TX |
10ASMARA17 | ASMARA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR DECEMBER 2009 [...] A summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the month of December is as follows: a) On December 1, the American Center (IRC) marked World Aids Day by distributing red ribbons, providing HIV/AIDS reading materials to patrons, and hosting the movie titled "A Closer Walk". b)O [...] | 2010-01-26 06:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER |
10ATHENS25 | Muslim Engagement in Greece [...] (U) This report is a response to reftel information request and is a joint cable with Consulate General Thessaloniki. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission Greece has a multifaceted Muslim outreach strategy encompassing public diplomacy programming, human rights and religious freedom advocacy, outr [...] | 2010-01-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO GR |
10BAGHDAD193 | RELIGIOUS BATTLEGROUND NO LONGER, MUSTANSIRIYAH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ePRT Baghdad Northeast Team Leader met in late December with new Mustansiriyyah University Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, Dr. Adil al-Baghdadi, to review efforts to reduce the influence of extremist political and religious groups on campus. Baghdadi described 200 [...] | 2010-01-25 17:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL ASEC PTER KISL IZ |
10BANGKOK310 | China's Role in Thai Education Growing, but not [...] (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables on China's influence in Thailand. 2. (SBU) Summary. The impact of China's efforts to increase its soft power in Thailand is evident in the field of education. The number of Thai students in China and of Chinese students in Thailand has increa [...] | 2010-02-04 23:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO SCUL PREL CH TH |
10BANGKOK360 | RELO BANGKOK REPORT ON ENGLISH-TEACHING IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Regional English Language Office (RELO) in Bangkok, consisting of a RELO and a RELO Assistant (LES),is actively engaged in a variety of programs aimed at improving the teaching and learning of English in SE Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Cambodia and Taiwan). A dive [...] | 2010-02-11 05:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TH KPAO OEXC SCUL |
10BANGUI13 | CAR: BIG HILLBILLY BLUEGRASS BAND TAKES BANGUI [...] SUMMARY: The visit of "Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band" (BHBB) to the Central African Republic from January 16 to 21 was a resounding success that enabled post to build good will with the Central African Government and populace and provide an exchange of traditional American and Cent [...] | 2010-01-25 16:55:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL CT |
10BASRAH2 | BASRAH ANTI-IRAN DEMONSTRATION: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (U) This is a Basrah reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Basrah-based representatives of political parties and tribes staged a brief and peaceful protest on January 2 at the Iranian Consulate to protest the reported December 18 Iranian occupation of the cross-border Al Fakkah oil well in nearb [...] | 2010-01-31 11:07:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SCUL KPAO IZ IR SA |
10BELGRADE324 | SERBIA: Recipe for a NATO Debate - Let Stand 10 Years Then [...] (SBU) In recent months Serbian media and civil society have tossed a decade of taboos out the window by publishing letters, op-eds and articles that openly debate Serbia's future relationship with NATO, which they have portrayed for years as a "criminal organization." Despite sharp emotional [...] | 2010-02-26 11:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL OEXC SCUL SR KPAO |
10BERN31 | ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN SWITZERLAND [...] (SBU) Embassy Bern is taking a multi-disciplinary approach to engagement with Muslim communities in Switzerland, coordinating efforts between the Political-Economic and Public Affairs sections (reftel). Switzerland has a Muslim population of approximately 320,000 (4.3 percent of the total pop [...] | 2010-01-25 21:31:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI SZ XG |
10BOGOTA40 | REQUEST FOR US SPEAKER ON POLITICAL SATIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 21:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO CO |
10BOGOTA42 | REQUEST FOR US SPEAKER FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 21:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO CO |
10BOGOTA46 | US SPEAKER REQUEST: WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 21:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO CO |
10BRUSSELS121 | USEU AND MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: USEU Muslim outreach efforts have two objectives: U.S-EU cooperation on countering radicalization in Europe and globally, and sharing of best practices in integrating minorities into our societies. The latter cooperation on broader integration of minorities particularly reinfor [...] | 2010-02-01 06:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI PTER PINS |
10BUENOSAIRES81 | Argentina: Buenos Aires Mayor Macri on Political Plans and Current Situation REF: BUENOS AIRES 25; 09 BUENOS AIRES 1222; 09 BUENOS AIRES 55 CLASSIFIED BY: Tom Kelly, DCM; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador hosted prominent opposition leader and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, along with four of his cabinet members, to lunch January 28. Macri spoke openly of his planned run for president in 2011. He considered President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and [...] | 2010-02-05 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL SCUL AR |
10CARACAS241 | "Jesus Christ, Super Censored": GBRV Pressure Sinks [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, local media reported that a sponsorship deal for the Venezuelan musical production of Jesus Christ, Superstar fell apart after the production company refused to comply with demands by sponsors Blackberry-RIM and Movilnet that publicity for the musical not be pl [...] | 2010-02-26 20:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM SCUL EINV |
10COTONOU51 | BENIN MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OBSERVANCE: 'BOYCOTT' FILM [...] SUMMARY: From January 13 to January 20, 2010, PAS Cotonou organized screenings of 'Boycott' in observance of Martin Luther King Day. 'Boycott' dramatizes events triggered in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to surrender her seat in the 'whi [...] | 2010-01-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO BN |
10COTONOU65 | BENIN ENGLISH OUTREACH: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: On January 27, PAS Cotonou hosted a well attended Martin Luther King, Jr. speech contest to promote the use of English and to usher in Black History Month. END SUMMARY. 2. DATE OF ACTIVITY: January 27; second quarter, FY 10. 3. PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION/OBJECTIVES: Post held this eve [...] | 2010-02-04 16:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO BN |
10COTONOU66 | BENIN: IRC BOOK DISCUSSION: ?WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? [...] SUMMARY: On January 28 2010, the U.S. Embassy hosted a well-attended book discussion at the American Cultural Center (ACC) Information Resource Center (IRC). The discussion, led by Norma Shorey-Bryan, an International Change Management Consultant, focused on the bestseller, 'Who Moved My Chees [...] | 2010-02-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KIRC KPAO BN |
10COTONOU67 | BENIN OUTREACH PROGRAM: WORKSHOP ON ETHICS AND [...] SUMMARY: On January 29, PAS Cotonou hosted a well-attended training workshop for twenty Beninese reporters sharpen their professional skills by exchanging ideas and sharing experiences with senior counterparts in the profession. END SUMMARY. 2. DATE OF ACTIVITY: January 29, 2009; second [...] | 2010-02-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO BN |
10DAMASCUS102 | GRAND MUFTI'S COMMENTS ON PROPHET SPARKS RARE [...] (C) Summary: Reporting on a January 19 meeting between Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun and a George Mason University delegation, London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi attributed remarks to the Mufti that sparked outrage in certain conservative Islamic circles. As a result, a public campaign against t [...] | 2010-02-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO SCUL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS106 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATES -- SARG BUDGES ON TIP, BUT [...] (C) Summary: SARG pressure on civil society and human rights activists has been unrelenting since the 2007 detention of the Damascus Declaration National Council's leadership. The SARG consistently retaliated against any public statements, including press reports, deemed critical of the regime. The [...] | 2010-02-07 03:43:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL KMPI KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS36 | SYRIA PASSES FIRST TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS LAW [...] This report contains an action request. See paragraph 13. 2. (U) Summary: President Asad endorsed Syria's first trafficking-in-persons (TIP) legislation -- Legislative Decree No. 3 -- on January 10, and Syrian newspapers published it on January 11, thereby officially bringing the decree i [...] | 2010-01-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ELAB KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI |
10DAMASCUS72 | SYRIAN YOUNG MEN COMPLAIN ABOUT MANDATORY MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Young Syrian men often complain about their country's mandatory 21-month military service, which has been reduced by the SARG twice in the last four years given popular discontent with the law. The most commonly heard complaint about mandatory conscription is the uneven way in wh [...] | 2010-01-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
10DAMASCUS92 | "MA FEE SHABAB": SYRIAN YOUNG MEN FRUSTRATED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 07:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
10DARESSALAAM122 | AMBASSADOR HONORS DOCTOR FOR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Alfonso Lenhardt used the Mission's most prestigious annual award to extol the work of a woman doctor who fights for improved family planning, disease screening and treatment, and combating gender-based violence for Tanzanian women. The Ambassador's remarks in honor of Dr. [...] | 2010-02-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KWMN PHUM KMDR SCUL KPAO SOCI TZ |
10DHAKA121 | AMERICA WEEK 2009 - TELLING AMERICA'S STORY ON THE ROAD IN [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka made a splash in northwest Bangladesh with America Week Rajshahi, highlighting the U.S.-Bangladesh partnership and making key contacts outside the capital in this densely populated Muslim-majority country. The three-day Mission-wide outreach program included a cricket match [...] | 2010-02-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SCUL KPAO SOCI BG |
10DHAKA130 | BANGLADESH PM ASKS U/S MCHALE FOR MORE [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told visiting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale that she welcomed increased U.S. Government educational programs in Bangladesh, including the return of the Peace Corps. The Prime Minister also requested U.S. support [...] | 2010-02-16 01:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP SOCI SCUL EAID EAGR BG |
10DUSHANBE156 | MEDIA CRACKDOWN: OFFICIALS SUE NEWSPAPERS FOR MILLIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik judges, a Ministry, and a government agency hit five of Tajikistan's independent newspapers with separate lawsuits in what could be the death knell of media freedom in the country. On January 25, three judges sued three newspapers for publishing a defense attorney's statem [...] | 2010-02-04 11:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM SCUL TI |
10GUANGZHOU75 | NGOs, EDUCATION, AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING: BUILDING CIVIL [...] (U) Summary: The Consul General's February 1-3 visits to Guilin and Liuzhou focused on developing civil society through strengthening NGOs and forming educational partnerships. The CG visited Guangxi Normal University officials and librarians, as well as administrators of the Liuzhou Minority H [...] | 2010-02-10 05:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECON PGOV ELAB SOCI SCUL PREL OPRC CH |
10GUANGZHOU85 | POSITIVE MEDIA REACTION IN GUILIN AND LIUZHOU [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General Goldbeck's February 1-3 visit to Guilin and Liuzhou garnered unprecedented media coverage for a Consulate Guangzhou event outside of Guangzhou city. The positive media coverage from over 100 outlets reached over 700 million people in and outside of China (ref A). [...] | 2010-02-18 00:08:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL OPRC ECON CH TW |
10HARARE82 | WAITING FOR THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: In spite of the Zimbabwean government's attempt to hype the 2010 World Cup's ability to bring in a large influx of tourists, businesses in Victoria Falls are projecting a significant decrease in business. With the exception of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA),business interl [...] | 2010-02-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI |
10HOCHIMINHCITY38 | CHRISTIANS HOLD WIDESPREAD CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Christians in HCMC, Hanoi and other locations held several large-scale Christmas celebrations with record- breaking turnout and without incident. In HCMC, Protestant house churches staged their largest Christmas gatherings to date -- two separate events involving 40,000 and 12,000 [...] | 2010-01-29 09:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL VM |
10JAKARTA155 | NSC Senior Director Ramamurthy discusses S&T with former [...] (SBU) The U.S. Science Envoy effort is already yielding results by laying the foundation for expanded science and technology (S&T) cooperation. NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy, Ambassador and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Senior Advisor Jason [...] | 2010-02-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID |
10JAKARTA159 | ENGAGING INDONESIAN YOUTH - NSC RAMAMURTHY [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy met with a wide cross-section of Indonesian youth, in addition to meetings with government officials and civil society and business interlocutors during his January 24-29 visit to Indonesia. Ramamurthy shared with audi [...] | 2010-02-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KISL OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL EAID ID XF |
10JAKARTA211 | INDONESIA WELCOMES U.S. SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. All corners of Indonesia's science and policy community welcomed President Obama's science envoy engagement effort. Despite Science Envoy Dr. Bruce Alberts' last minute injury preventing his travel, the GOI pressed on with the majority of the January 18-29 planned schedule with [...] | 2010-02-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID |
10JAKARTA213 | NASA ADVANCES SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: NASA Assistant Administrator Michael O'Brien advanced President Obama's science engagement efforts in Indonesia February 2-3. He discussed cooperative partnership opportunities on space and Earth science and education with representatives from the Ministry of Research and Techno [...] | 2010-02-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TSPA SCUL SENV PGOV ID |
10JERUSALEM358 | PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD VISITS HEBRON TO CALM LOCAL [...] (C) Following a week of demonstrations in Hebron protesting the Israeli government's decision to include the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of the Patriarchs on a list of Israeli national heritage sites, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attended Friday prayers in the Ibrahimi Mosq [...] | 2010-02-26 18:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG SCUL KISL IS |
10KABUL635 | ASSISTING AFGHANS WITH CULTURAL RESTORATION AND REVIVING [...] Summary: Embassy met a key benchmark in support for Turquoise Mountain Trust (TMT) with the February 16 graduation of 30 students from a three-year program sponsored by the Turquoise Mountain Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, the premier institution of its kind in the country. The e [...] | 2010-02-21 06:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SCUL ECON AF |
10KINGSTON260 | JAMAICA: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CONDEMNS PRISON CONDITIONS, [...] (U) Jamaica's detention facilities are "inhumane" and "reflect a complete disrespect for human dignity," according to Manfred Nowak, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel and Inhuman Treatment. Nowak, who had been invited by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to as [...] | 2010-02-25 16:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM HURI ECON OFDP OVIP PGOV SCUL SNAR SOCI KCOR |
10KINGSTON56 | JAMAICA: MAROONS STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE UNIQUE CULTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 20:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON JM PGOV SCUL SOCI XL |
10KINSHASA128 | International donors seek to push GDRC on press freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite international calls (reftels) for the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) to improve the press climate, little action has been taken, according to members participating in the last meeting of the Groupe Inter-Baileurs M????dias (International Group [...] | 2010-02-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO OPRC SCUL SOCI PREL PHUM PINS CG |
10KINSHASA196 | Can Radio Okapi survive after MONUC leaves the Congo? [...] (SBU) Summary: As the United Nations Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or MONUC, begins internal discussions on its ultimate withdrawal from the Congo, its radio station, Radio Okapi -- which has helped to improve the country's media environment and supported efforts for democr [...] | 2010-02-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO OPRC SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PINS CG |
10KINSHASA260 | "Balkanization" conspiracy theory -- a challenge to PD [...] (SBU) Summary: The term "balkanization" has its own special meaning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it refers to a conspiracy theory that foreign interests seek to divide the DRC into smaller client states in order to facilitate access to the country's vast mineral reserves. M [...] | 2010-02-25 11:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN KPAO OEXC OPRC SCUL SOCI PBTS PREL PGOV PINS CG |
10KINSHASA86 | New Congolese press law signed but not yet on the books [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila signed a new law on December 31, 2009, regulating the media and press in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The law establishes a new media regulatory body named the Conseil Sup????rieur de l'Audiovisuel et de la Communication (Governing Council of Br [...] | 2010-01-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OPRC KPAO KWMN SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINS CG |
10KOLKATA25 | AMBASSADOR ROEMER PEDALS HIS WAY TO WIN A NEW BIHAR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Roemer's February 4-5 visit to Bihar, the first ambassadorial visit in more than a decade to India's third most populous state, he promoted the U.S.-India strategic dialogue and pedaled his way to win Bihar's "hearts and minds". He met the state's Chief Ministe [...] | 2010-02-22 09:38:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON ELTN ENRG EAID SCUL KISL IN |
10KUWAIT146 | U.S. SPEAKER AND EXPERT ON SPECIAL EDUCATION, DR. CLAYTON [...] (U) Summary: Dr. Clayton Keller, U.S. Speaker and a leading expert in the field of special education, conducted a series of very successful, well received lectures during his two-day program in Kuwait from January 25-28, 2010. His visit generated enormous interest and good will for the Embassy [...] | 2010-02-21 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR |
10KUWAIT17 | MISSION KUWAIT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 34TH ANNUAL BOOK FAIR [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Kuwait participated in Kuwait's 34th annual book fair, held from October 28 to November 7, 2009 and attended by thousands of book lovers from across the socio-economic and political spectrums, including many groups of school children, from around the Gulf region. The [...] | 2010-01-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR |
10LAPAZ112 | FY 2010 U.S. SPEAKER PROGRAM - REQUEST FOR A SPEAKER TO [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM: This one-week program would be scheduled around the XIV Tourism International Fair, an event that will be held in the city of Tarija which will host tourism entrepreneurs from Bolivia and other countries in the region. The speaker would deliver a lecture at the Fair, [...] | 2010-01-25 18:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP BL KPAO SCUL OEXC |
10LAPAZ296 | FY 2010 U.S. SPEAKER PROGRAM - REQUEST FOR A SPEAKER TO [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM: This one-week program would support the 3rd Annual International Forum of Business Women Leaders to be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and would also reach audiences in the cities of La Paz, El Alto, and Sucre. The speaker would be one of the main lecturers of the for [...] | 2010-02-17 18:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL BL |
10LISBON20 | PORTUGAL ON ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] In response to reftel request for information on Muslim communities, Portugal's Muslim community comprises approximately 50,000 members (less than 1% of Portugal's 11 million population),the majority of whom are of Indo-Pakistani descent as well as immigrants from Portugal's former African col [...] | 2010-01-14 08:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI XG PO |
10LUSAKA52 | HOLLOWED HALLS: ZAMBIA'S TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: Chronic absences. Poor preparation. Classroom inebriation. And that's just the professors. While gains have been made in elementary and secondary education, insufficient capacity, resources, facilities and training have crippled Zambia's ability to educate its citizenry at the t [...] | 2010-01-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SOCI KIRC KPAO ZA |
10MADRID174 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador met February 10 with Minister of Culture Angeles Gonzalez Sinde to discuss bilateral cooperation on cultural issues, intellectual property rights and draft legislation that would enhance the government's ability to combat digital piracy, and the Holocaust-related claim by AMCI [...] | 2010-02-12 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SP |
10MOSCOW72 | MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCIENCE PARK SUCCESSFUL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past five years, Moscow State University's (MSU) Science Park has launched 85 high-tech start-up, mostly in the IT and biotech fields. Raising awareness of the importance of IPR protection is a key MSU priority. With its science park and other innovative activities, [...] | 2010-01-14 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TNGD TBIO TINT KIPR KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI PGOV |
10MUMBAI51 | THE BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD PARTNERSHIP: GREAT POTENTIAL BUT [...] (U) Summary: Hollywood film studios, amongst the world's highest revenue earners, are increasingly beginning to stake their claim in Bollywood, touted as the world's largest maker of movies. Though not without challenges, major U.S. studios have started to try to capture a piece of this poten [...] | 2010-02-11 12:39:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SCUL IN |
10MUMBAI52 | CAN THE INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY GO GLOBAL? [...] SUMMARY: The Indian film industry - centered around the Hindi-language industry in Mumbai, known as "Bollywood" - is the world's largest. Nevertheless, with modest revenues and low profitability, the industry's impact is more cultural than economic. In the last decade, however, the Mumbai-ba [...] | 2010-02-11 12:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SCUL IN |
10NIAMEY71 | (S) NIGER: UPDATE ON IRANIAN OUTREACH [...] (S/NF) Contrary to ref A, Government of Niger Minister of Agricultural Development Moussa Labo and Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Standardization Halidou Badj recently traveled to Tehran, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie. On January 26 they met with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, [...] | 2010-01-27 21:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETRD PGOV PINR EAID ENRG KISL SCUL IR NG |
10NOUAKCHOTT57 | MAURITANIAN IMAMS ISSUE FATWA AGAINST FEMALE [...] (U) On January 12, thirty-four of Mauritania's highest religious figures issued a fatwa prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). After an in-depth study of FGM practices in Mauritanian society, a discussion of their medical impact and a religious debate; religious authorities decided tha [...] | 2010-01-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL MR |
10PARAMARIBO2 | Evaluation of Participation of Louis Alfaisie in FY09 MRP [...] (SBU) Overview and positives: Mr. Louis Alfaisie, reporter for De West, a national daily newspaper, participated in the FY09 Multi-Regional Program (MRP) "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM II" August 10 - 28, 2009. During his November 2009 return brief with the DCM, PolEconPDoff, and PD Assistant [...] | 2010-01-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL NS |
10PARAMARIBO4 | Evaluation of Participation of Jimmy Chin Chan Sen in FY10 [...] (SBU) Overview and positives: Mr. Jimmy Chin Chan Sen, Education Inspector, participated as an International Visitor (IV) in the FY10 Multi-Regional Program (MRP) "ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE U.S." from October 17-November 07, 2009. During his return brief with the PolEcon Chie [...] | 2010-01-04 18:48:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL NS |
10PARAMARIBO84 | EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION OF SASKIA WOODLY IN FY-10 MRP [...] (U) Overview and positives: Saskia Woodly, Prevention Manager at the National AIDS Program in Suriname, participated in the FY 2010 Multi-Regional Program "HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in the U.S." from November 16 through December 4, 2009. During her post-trip briefing, Woodly thanked th [...] | 2010-02-05 19:54:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL NS |
10PARIS29 | France Proposes "Google Tax" for IPR [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy announced plans to tax internet advertising revenue generated by Google and other major internet sites (the examples of which all happen to be American)to fund revenues lost from internet piracy. This measure and others to counter piracy and encourage legal downloading [...] | 2010-01-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN ETRD EIND KIPR SCUL FR |
10PARISFR184 | U.S. ATTENDS FIRST COUNCIL MEEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) The U.S., represented by PAO and Dr. Larry Wexler, Director in the Department of Education's Special Education Programs, attended its first International Bureau of Education (IBE) council meeting in Geneva January 27-29. (The IBE is a UNESCO Category I institute specialized in providing e [...] | 2010-02-17 13:58:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAO UNESCO SCUL |
10PARISFR185 | PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY ZERHOUNI BRINGS MESSAGE OF SCIENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Presidential Science Envoy Dr. Elias Zerhouni inaugurated his first official trip with a stop at UNESCO, where he met with key ambassadors, secretariat staff and the director general to promote President Obama's agenda of enhanced scientific and technological coop [...] | 2010-02-17 13:58:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAO UNESCO SCUL |
10PHNOMPENH31 | CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA DISCUSSES DEBT, TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary: Following a day in Siem Reap and after attending festivities to mark the 31st anniversary of the January 7 Khmer Rouge "victory" commemoration, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and later with Deputy Prime Ministers Hor Namhong and Keat Chhon [...] | 2010-01-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD PHUM SCUL KJUS KDEM EAID CH CB |
10PHNOMPENH89 | CAMBODIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR PREAH VIHEAR INTERNATIONAL [...] ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 9. 2. SUMMARY: During a meeting designed to brief Ambassadors from seven nations on the status of the World Heritage site of Preah Vihear, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An welcomed their participation in an International Coordinating Committee (ICC) to help guide the p [...] | 2010-02-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA SCUL UNESCO DB |
10PRETORIA305 | SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH JOEL [...] (C) Ambassador Gips met with former Chief of the Presidency's Policy Unit Joel Netshitenzhe on February 1. Netshitenzhe, one of the key government strategists to emerge during the past 15 years, remains engaged intellectually on all of the current issues confronting South Africa. (Note: His [...] | 2010-02-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID SCUL KCRM SF |
10RIGA60 | Latvia: Special Media Reaction on Latvia's Decision to [...] Summary: Press coverage of the Latvian Government's decision to accept a former Guantanamo detainee has been extensive, largely factual, and consistent with both Latvian and U.S. Government statements on the issue, despite some sarcastic commentary in Russian-language newspapers. Editorial c [...] | 2010-02-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO PGOV LH PREL CJAN |
10RIYADH33 | SAUDIS ANGRY & CONFUSED OVER NEW TSA SCREENING [...] AN AVALANCHE OF INQUIRIES: The Embassy has been deluged with media inquiries since the story broke January 4. All Saudi media outlets reported January 5 that the U.S. Department of State had issued a new directive for intensive air screening of U.S.-bound passengers from 14 countries, includ [...] | 2010-01-05 17:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER SCUL KPAD SA |
10RIYADH67 | Saudi Public Reaction to New TSA Initiatives [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Saudi public and media reaction to the new TSA requirements has been overwhelmingly negative, with the tenor of commentary ranging from rhetorical assertions that the Kingdom is being punished for its "position against Israel" to practical concerns by workaday Saudis of the heal [...] | 2010-01-11 16:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL SA |
10RPODUBAI3 | Iran Intelligence Ministry Releases (Soft) Enemies List [...] (U) According to Iranian press, on January 3 the Intelligence Ministry's Foreign Deputy discussed 'the conspiracies of foreigners and espionage organizations, especially those of the US, UK and the Zionist regime' with Iranian press. This unnamed intelligence official said although the Islamic [...] | 2010-01-05 12:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL IR |
10RPODUBAI37 | Iran Pursues Cultural Evolution, Not Revolution [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 2009, Supreme Leader Khamenei condemned the teaching of Western social sciences and humanities and called for a second cultural revolution. With authorities concerned by the re-opening of universities providing new opportunities to protest the presidential election, Kha [...] | 2010-02-15 11:29:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL IR |
10SEOUL289 | ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FM OKADA'S SEOUL VISIT [...] (C) MOFAT's new Director-General for Northeast Asian Affairs, Chang Won-sam, told us the ROKG was very pleased with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada's annexation apology during his February 10-11 visit to Seoul. Chang said Okada had gone beyond the agreed-upon text by adding that Japan "should [...] | 2010-02-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI MARR SCUL KS JA |
10SHANGHAI33 | SHANGHAI JEWISH COMMUNITY SEES EXPO AS A WAY TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai's Jewish community has seen slow-but-observable progress toward greater acceptance by local government authorities over the last decade. The community now seeks to take advantage of the six-month-long Shanghai World Expo to push the door open another few inches. End Sum [...] | 2010-01-29 06:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH IS KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL |
10SHENYANG19 | GROWTH, CHANGE, CAUTION: CHRISTIANITY IN SHENYANG [...] (SBU) Summary: According to priests and expatriate residents active in the local Christian community, there have been few recent difficulties for registered churches, though churches remain cautious in their activities. The Protestant Church has seen rapid growth compared to the Roman Catholic [...] | 2010-02-10 08:59:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH KS PGOV PHUM PINS SCUL SOCI |
10SOFIA30 | STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT OF MINORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Bulgaria has long been one of the most stable countries in the Balkans with regard to minorities, specific minority outreach is still a sensitive subject. Bulgarians still think in terms of "real" Bulgarians and "other" Bulgarians with regard to citizens of Turkish, Roma, [...] | 2010-01-15 12:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KPAO PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BG |
10STATE12889 | BUREAU AUTHORIZED FUND CITE FOR U.S. SCIENCE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. PER REFTELS, WE ARE PROVIDING OES FISCAL DATA FOR U.S. SCIENCE ENVOY DR. ELIAS ZERHOUNI AND HIS DELEGATION'S FEBRUARY 13 TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND MAGREB, IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,950. DR. ZERHOUNI PLANS TO ARRIVE IN DOHA FEBRUARY 13 DEPARTING FEB 15, AR [...] | 2010-02-12 20:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP SCUL SENV TSPL XF KFSC |
10STATE13593 | (U) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR REPORTING [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REFS PERTAINING TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GEORGIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. WE WILL USE THIS REPORTING IN FUTURE ASSESSMENTS TO KEEP POLICYMAKERS INFORMED ON ANY KEY DEVELOPMENTS. WE WELCOME ANY FURTHER INFORMATIO [...] | 2010-02-16 19:55:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL SCUL GG |
10STATE17152 | AMENDED BUREAU AUTHORIZED FUND CITE FOR U.S. [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. PER REFTELS, WE ARE PROVIDING AMENDED OES FISCAL DATA FOR U.S. SCIENCE ENVOY DR. ELIAS ZERHOUNI AND HIS DELEGATION'S FEBRUARY 13-21 TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND MARCH 3-15 TRIP TO THE MAGREB, IN THE AMENDED AMOUNT OF $6,350. DR. ZERHOUNI WILL BE TRAVEL [...] | 2010-02-24 19:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP SCUL SENV TSPL XF KFSC EAID |
10STATE2086 | BUREAU AUTHORIZED FUND CITE FOR U.S. SCIENCE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. PER REFTELS, WE ARE PROVIDING OES FISCAL DATA FOR THE FIRST U.S. SCIENCE ENVOY DR. AHMED ZEWAIL AND HIS DELEGATION'S JANUARY 8 TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST, IN THE AMOUNT OF $7500. DR. ZEWAIL PLANS TO ARRIVE IN CAIRO JANUARY 9 AND DEPART CAIRO FEBRUARY 1 [...] | 2010-01-09 02:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP SCUL SENV TSPL XF KFSC |
10TASHKENT162 | UZBEKISTAN AND INTERNET FREEDOM: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT [...] (U) Summary: On January 25, 2010, Inson va Qonum (Humankind and Law),a newspaper owned by the Ministry of Justice, published an article entitled "Can You Live Without a TV? And Without Internet?" (Note: Inson va Qonum is published exclusively in Uzbek and has a circulation of 21,300. End Note. [...] | 2010-01-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT310 | UZBEKISTAN: MEDIA REACTION TO SRAP HOLBROOKE VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Holbrooke's February 19th visit to Tashkent received prominent and concise coverage in the local media. One official article on the visit was published and then republished in several state media outlets. The visit was the [...] | 2010-02-24 10:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT34 | UZBEKISTAN: GOU INOCULATES INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: At least six independent journalists were informally summoned to the Prosecutor's Office on January 7 for interviews. The journalists who responded were questioned about their professional activities, their views of the regime, their connection to other independent journalists, a [...] | 2010-01-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
10TASHKENT90 | UZBEKISTAN: GOU PROMOTES "UZBEK" VALUES AMONG YOUTH [...] (U) Summary: Several articles on the development of Uzbek "spiritual values" have been published in Uzbekistan's state media over the past few months. One such article, entitled "Spirituality: We are Responsible for Our Children," was published recently by government-owned Narodnoye Slovo follo [...] | 2010-01-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ |
10TEGUCIGALPA161 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SAN PEDRO SULA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras' commercial capital, February 4-6. This was the Ambassador's first high-profile series of public events since the June 28 coup d'tat. He met with the mayor, the maquila association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the editors of E [...] | 2010-02-22 22:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB SCUL EAID KJUS HO |
10TRIPOLI77 | EXPLORING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HEAD OF LIBYA'S PREMIER THINK TANK [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OEXC ECON ETTC SCUL TSPL PINR LY |
10TUNIS54 | TUNISIAN OFFICIALS APPARENTLY FLEXIBLE ON FULBRIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-appointed Minister of Higher Education and the Secretary of State for the Americas told NEA DAS Wittes (in separate meetings on January 21) that the GOT views the Fulbright program as being extremely important to Tunisia's development. We noted an apparent new willin [...] | 2010-01-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OEXC SCUL TS |
10UNESCOPARISFR165 | UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S INFORMATION SESSION [...] Summary: At UNESCO Director-General Bokova's first information session for member states on February 4, the Director-General reiterated her intention to protect cultural property in Haiti and help rebuild that country's educational system. Bokova also reaffirmed her intention to work on girl [...] | 2010-02-11 14:47:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNESCO SCUL SENV AORC HA |
10UNESCOPARISFR187 | HAITI EARTHQUAKE: UNESCO MEETING ON SAVING HAITI'S [...] Summary. UNESCO, February 16, convened a meeting to bring together Haitian government officials, representatives of museums and cultural experts and representatives of other UNESCO member states to discuss the impact of the January 12 earthquake on Haiti's cultural heritage. The Haitian Minist [...] | 2010-02-17 17:19:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO HA PREL SCUL UNESCO |
10UNESCOPARISFR197 | HAITI EARTHQUAKE: DISCUSSION WITH UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] Ambassador met UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova February 19 to review issues stemming from the Haiti earthquake. Bokova began by discussing her plans to visit Haiti March 9-10. She said she planned to visit cultural sites on March 9 (accompanied by the Canadian Governor),spend the night [...] | 2010-02-19 16:36:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO HA PREL SCUL UNESCO |
10UNESCOPARISFR87 | UNESCO ASKS US TO PROTECT HAITI'S MUSEUMS [...] Summary. UNESCO contacted U.S. Mission UNESCO and the Department, January 25, seeking help to protect and preserve Haiti's cultural artifacts. Citing the large U.S. military presence in Haiti, the UNESCO Culture Section asked whether some U.S. troops could be deployed to protect cultural sit [...] | 2010-01-27 07:41:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO SCUL HA PREL UNESCO |
10VLADIVOSTOK9 | BEARS FIND A HOME THAT'S JUST RIGHT IN THE FAR EAST [...] Bears and pensioners, both prisoners of the Russian bureaucracy, are trying to survive together. Mr. Ivan Leschenko and his wife, Lyubov, have "inherited" a wildlife refuge for eight Himalayan bears. The regional government considers the Himalayan bear to be property of the state, but it doe [...] | 2010-02-09 04:49:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SCUL PGOV RS |
10YEREVAN102 | ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CHURCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Catholicos Karekin II, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC),told the Ambassador that the AAC is willing to participate in a joint commission with the Georgian Orthodox Church and others to discuss the historical ownership of a number of disputed churches in Georgia, as [...] | 2010-02-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF SCUL GG AM |