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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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09OTTAWA786 | CANADA: FEDERAL COURT EXPANDS TERROR WIRETAP POWERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has approved the authorization, on a case-by-case basis, of warrants permitting the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to track terrorism suspects electronically overseas, in addition to existing authority to do so domestically. The decision si [...] | 2009-10-09 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CA |
09OTTAWA789 | CANADA: FREE SPEECH V. HATE SPEECH HEADED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) has appealed to the Federal Court to clarify Canada's hate speech laws after a controversial ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The Tribunal's finding related to the constitutionality of a law and penalty targeting the dis [...] | 2009-10-13 20:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA79 | COURT BOLSTERS PASSPORT DENIAL FOR TERRORISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A Canadian appeals court has upheld the constitutional authority of the Foreign Minister (in charge also of Canada's passport agency) to refuse to issue a passport to Canadian citizens convicted of terrorist offences. The decision appears to bolster the federal government's abil [...] | 2009-01-30 20:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CA |
09OTTAWA794 | CANADA: SECURITY CERTIFICATES TAKE MAJOR HIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has formally quashed the immigration security certificate against alleged terror suspect Adil Charkaoui. The Court also blocked a potential federal appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal to clarify the limits of legal disclosure in national security cases. [...] | 2009-10-15 20:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA795 | BLUE DAYS FOR LIBERAL LEADER MICHAEL IGNATIEFF [...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party poll numbers continue to decline, while the Conservatives appear in their strongest position in at least a year. Fundraising has also slowed down noticeably. Leader Michael Ignatieff is clearly on the defensive, but has vowed to do a better job in shaping the po [...] | 2009-10-15 21:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CA |
09OTTAWA80 | Canada Budget Offers Economic Stimulus [...] (SBU) Summary: Although battered by economic shocks, Canada is well positioned for economic recovery if and when commodity prices rise and U.S. demand returns. To best position Canada for eventual recovery, the Conservative government's January 27 budget provides massive (by Canadian standards [...] | 2009-01-30 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA801 | CANADIAN PM WELCOMES AFGHAN RUN-OFF ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Harper on October 20 expressed pleasure that both leading Afghan presidential candidates had recognized the need for a run-off election, encouraged the people of Afghanistan to participate in the second round of elections, and reiterated Canada's continued support. [...] | 2009-10-20 20:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF CA |
09OTTAWA811 | Ambassador meets with Liberal Party leadership [...] (C) Summary. In a luncheon on October 23, Ambassador discussed key bilateral issues, notably ""Buy America"" and climate change policies, with Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff and key staff. Ignatieff reiterated that Canadians do not want an election now, but said that he could not be [...] | 2009-10-23 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD SENV PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA814 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate meetings with the Speaker of the Senate and the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group on Parliament Hill on October 22, Ambassador underscored the close ties between our two nations, welcomed more legislative exchanges, and responded to concerns about "Buy America" [...] | 2009-10-23 19:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA817 | Canada: A defensive response to UN report on minority issues [...] (SBU) Summary: A United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues has highlighted Canada's Muslim communities' fears of "unsubstantiated use" of security certificates, racial profiling, and harassment as well as "uneven and unclear" human rights protections for all minorities in Canada. T [...] | 2009-10-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA822 | CANADA: MPs PASS CENSURE MOTION ON IRAN [...] (U) Summary: Canada's House of Commons has unanimously passed a strongly-worded, non-binding motion supporting the democratic aspirations and human rights of the people of Iran, condemning Iran's disregard of UN Security Council Resolutions 1696, 1737, 1747 and 1803 and International Atomic En [...] | 2009-10-28 18:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV IR CA |
09OTTAWA823 | U.S. Security Dialogues with Canada [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to questions posed in reftel concerning U.S. security dialogues. 2. (SBU) Canada and the United States have conducted a security dialogue for 70 years through the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD),created in 1940. The PJBD brings toget [...] | 2009-11-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
09OTTAWA828 | HydroQu??bec to acquire most of the assets of NB Power [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, see para 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 29 the Quebec and New Brunswick (NB) provincial governments announced that HydroQu????bec intends to purchase the assets of New Brunswick Power (NB Power). The deal is attractive to HydroQu????bec becaus [...] | 2009-10-29 20:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV SENV PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA829 | Canada Supports U.S. Sudan Strategy, See Little New [...] (C) Canada sees the new Sudan strategy as "basically a continuation of General Gration's strategy for the past year" and praises it as a "flexible, pragmatic step forward," according to Jeremy Bryan, Multilateral Affairs Officer, Sudan Task Force in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Interna [...] | 2009-11-06 17:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU CA |
09OTTAWA836 | AMBASSADOR JACOBSON'S VISIT TO WINNIPEG, OCTOBER 18-20 [...] Summary. Ambassador Jacobson's October 18-20 trip to Manitoba capitalized on Manitoba Premier Doer's preparation as Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. and the swearing-in of a new Premier, Greg Selinger. The headline read "New kids roll up their sleeves," and the atmosphere of good will, good i [...] | 2009-11-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MARR PREL PGOV SENV CA |
09OTTAWA84 | Canada warns "Buy American" legislation would trigger [...] (SBU) The "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. economic stimulus bill in the Senate have received widespread critical attention in Canada - the United States' largest trading partner. -- Running front-page headlines, newspapers across Canada have been uniformly negative about the "Buy American [...] | 2009-02-03 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA854 | QUEBEC SCHOOL LANGUAGE LAW FAILS CONSTITUTIONALITY TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Quebec law that closed a loophole in allowing English-language education in the francophone province, finding that it was "excessive" and violated constitutional minority language rights. Signaling that it found the procedures -- [...] | 2009-11-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CA |
09OTTAWA858 | CANADA BY-ELECTIONS: CAN LIBERALS ARREST SLUMP? [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters go to the polls in four federal by-elections in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia on November 9 (ref a). Although the contests will not change the balance of power in the House of Commons, pundits are looking for signs that the federal Liberals can pull themselve [...] | 2009-11-05 19:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA870 | CANADA: CONSERVATIVES AID JOBLESS, BUY TIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, the federal Conservatives unexpectedly secured swift final passage of Employment Insurance (E.I.) legislation to extend jobless benefits. The achievement is the key deliverable for the left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP),which stepped in to prop up the min [...] | 2009-11-06 21:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CA |
09OTTAWA876 | CANADA: CONSERVATIVE BOUNCE FROM BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The governing Conservatives added two seats in the House of Commons on November 9, after the governing party surprisingly won two of four federal by-election victories. Its upset win in rural Quebec suggests the party may at least be back in the game in that province. The Con [...] | 2009-11-10 22:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA894 | CANADIAN VIEWS OF U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada strongly agrees with the U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government, notably the need for greater anti-corruption efforts and for greater security, especially in the south. Canada also calls upon Afghanistan to implement its international human rights commitments, [...] | 2009-11-20 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AF CA |
09OTTAWA903 | Canada's Supreme Court strengthens free speech [...] (U) Summary: A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on December 22 has added greater protections for journalists against claims of defamation in striking down two separate findings of libel against two newspapers. Stating that "current [defamation] law does not give adequate weight to the constitu [...] | 2009-12-23 18:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA904 | Canada not "TIP"ping the scales in data collection [...] (U) PolMinCouns on November 23 chaired the monthly Reporting Officers' DVC, with a particular focus on trafficking in persons. He underscored the continued commitment of the new Administration to combating TIP, and highlighted the need to maintain a substantive reporting and outreach focus on [...] | 2009-11-24 18:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA |
09OTTAWA906 | CANADIAN OFFICIALS DENY AFGHAN ABUSE CLAIMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS AF CA |
09OTTAWA909 | CANADA TO SUSPEND PARLIAMENT, AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada's Parliament will be suspended until March 2010, reminiscent of a similar but shorter suspension one year ago. The Conservatives' argument is that the government will have additional time to concentrate on the "next phase" of its economic recovery plan. There will be [...] | 2009-12-30 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF CA |
09OTTAWA954 | CANADA: RULING CONSERVATIVES SURVIVE 2009 IN COMFORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Early in the fall, the ruling Conservatives sidestepped the threat of an election, seized control of the parliamentary agenda, and moved forward on a twin-track of economic and justice issues, largely unhampered by their minority status. By the close of the fall parliamentary [...] | 2009-12-14 22:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CA |
09OTTAWA956 | WFP Assistance Demarche for Pakistan Delivered to Canadians [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Jennifer MacKay, Development Policy Officer Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and to Frederic Levesque, Program Officer, Pakistan/Afghanistan, DFAIT on December 14. MacKay acknowledged the demarche and said she would do her best to find [...] | 2009-12-15 21:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PK PREF PREL CA |
09OTTAWA980 | CANADIAN FORCES' INVESTIGATION FINDS AFGHAN DETAINEE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 21, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) -- the independent investigative arm of the Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP) -- cleared the Canadian Forces (CF) of almost all allegations of mistreatment of Afghan detainees while in CF custody b [...] | 2009-12-22 19:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR AF CA |
09OUAGADOUGOU10 | BURKINA FASO: 2008 MIDTERM REVIEW OF THE POVERTY REDUCTION [...] In October 2008, the Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) met with domestic stakeholders and international donors to conduct a mid-term review to provide stakeholders with crucial updates on macroeconomic, structural, and social policies related to the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (P [...] | 2009-01-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SENV SOCI PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1002 | BURKINA FASO: PROJECT SUBMISSION TO REINFORCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to the Embassy's request that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) prioritize its assistance needs, the Ministry recently articulated one specific area: the reinforcement of border and road security. The Ministry envisions a project, lasting about 60 months and divided in [...] | 2009-11-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MCAP MASS UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1020 | BURKINA FASO: VENDORS AT THE CENTRAL MARKET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 4th market vendors at the Ouagadougou central market went on strike to protest new more stringent security measures enacted by the Mayor of Ouagadougou. The mayor wants the market to be organized, safe and tidy, while the vendors prefer a mild form of chaos and more [...] | 2009-11-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1037 | BURKINA FASO TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1038 | BURKINABE STILL CONFIDENT OF PROGRESS ON GUINEA - BUT NOT TOO QUICKLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 12:43:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1048 | GUINEA - A NEGOTIATING DEBACLE IN OUAGADOUGOU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-21 10:16:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1052 | GUINEA - BURKINABE MEDIATION TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 16:22:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1089 | BURKINA FASO: LAWS PASSED TO DEFINE MILITARY [...] SUMMARY: The Burkina Faso National Assembly recently adopted two key laws aimed at furthering the professionalization of its Armed Forces and ratifying the Optional Protocol to UN Convention Against Torture. END SUMMARY. 2. On November 3rd the Burkina Faso National Assembly voted into eff [...] | 2009-12-02 16:28:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1091 | BURKINA FASO: OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL MEDIATOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 15:37:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1129 | BURKINA FASO: GENDARMERIE SCHOOL GRADUATES FIRST [...] SUMMARY: In November the National School for Gendarmerie graduated its first ever class with women. Of the nearly 500 students who were schooled and trained over the last two years, 10 percent of those graduating were women. Another innovation for this class was the lengthening of the trainin [...] | 2009-12-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MASS PGOV PREL PHUM UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1141 | BURKINABE MEDIATION EFFORTS IN GUINEA, COTE D'IVOIRE, AND TOGO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GV UV GO IV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1158 | GUINEA - U.S./FRENCH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT COMPAORE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1159 | GUINEA TALKS - 9th ICG-G IN OUAGADOUGOU [...] SUMMARY: The 9th meeting of the International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G) held December 13 in Ouagadougou was marked by a unified international community and capable leadership from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),the African Union (AU),and the UN Representative for [...] | 2009-12-15 07:12:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU1173 | BURKINA FASO: STRATEGY TO COUNTER THE "DEFAMATION [...] (C) Burkina Faso has regularly abstained on "Defamation of Religion" votes. It will be a challenge to get Burkina Faso to change its position to align more closely with ours and will require direct interventions with President Compaore. Burkina Faso's membership in the OIC and the fact that [...] | 2009-12-18 11:34:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV OPDC UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU135 | BURKINA FASO: PRESIDENTIAL FAREWELL WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C/NF) During a relaxed, forty-minute farewell call with Ambassador Jackson, President Campaore covered a range of international and domestic issues. He presented an image of an elder statesman supporting democratization in Mauritania, while promoting peace and stability in Darfur and the Sa [...] | 2009-03-03 17:45:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU145 | AMBASSADOR'S REFLECTIONS ON BURKINA FASO'S [...] (C) The future of Burkina Faso is firmly in the hands of two men: President Blaise Compaore and Prime Minister Tertius Zongo. As I prepare to leave post after three years, it is my assessment that this leadership team is generally moving the country in the right direction, but we will need t [...] | 2009-03-06 10:46:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU187 | DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS IN BURKINA FASO IN 2010 AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: In the next three to five years, Burkina Faso's fledgling democracy has the potential to make significant progress. Priority areas include: merging and strengthening the numerous weak and fragmented opposition parties; increasing the capacity of political parties to conduct campaig [...] | 2009-03-18 17:03:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU200 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POST-QADHAFI NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (C) On March 18, Charge delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Vincent Zakane, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Zakane said he completely agreed with the USG position and analysis of the situation. He offered that, from the start, Burkina Faso had supported and continues to suppo [...] | 2009-03-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU201 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PREL UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU227 | POVERTY AMONG BURKINABE TUAREGS COULD LEAD TO INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Minority Tuareg communities in northern Burkina Faso are racked by extreme poverty, which is exacerbated by often refusing to send their children to school, a lack of consistent access to water, and decreasing reserves of livestock, which are their main source of income. Burkina [...] | 2009-03-24 16:27:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM ML NG UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU27 | BURKINA FASO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Burkina Faso. Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Policies 3. Expropriation and Compensation 4. Dispute Settlement 5. Perfor [...] | 2009-01-15 17:09:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU374 | BURKINA FASO: DISASTER DECLARATION: MEASLES OUTBREAK [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. Summary: The largest measles outbreak in Burkina Faso in over a decade is entering its 20th week and the total number of cases continues to increase with 3,812 new cases reported for the most recent reporting week. The 34,451 total cas [...] | 2009-05-11 16:51:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID AMED PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU47 | BURKINA FASO: DESPITE RECORD HARVEST CEREAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Burkina Faso recorded good harvests during the 2008-09 agricultural campaign, cereal prices in local markets remain at record levels. Burkina Faso produces the bulk of its cereal needs, approximately 3.5 million metric tons, and imports small amounts of rice and wheat. [...] | 2009-02-02 14:25:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID AMED PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU471 | BURKINA FASO: THE NINTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY [...] Summary. In April 2009, the Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF),led by Prime Minister Tertius Zongo, met with the private sector, civil society organizations and international donors to conduct the ninth annual review of the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). According to the re [...] | 2009-06-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID AMED PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU485 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:BURKINA FASO'S 2009 TIP REPORT. [...] On June 18, Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Saidou Ouedraogo, Trafficking in Person Director at the Ministry of Social Action. Pol/Mil officer shared the 2009 country narrative on Burkina Faso, discussed points in the non-paper, and explained that while the Government of Burk [...] | 2009-06-19 10:10:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KPAO KWMN PREL ELAB PGOV PHUM SMIG UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU548 | BURKINA FASO: overcrowded and dilapidated city jail. [...] (SBU) PolOfficer visited the Ouagadougou city jail on June 25th at the invitation of a local human rights NGO. The visit, which lasted about two hours, included a meeting with the jail administrator as well as site visits to the main jail block, VIP quarters, women's quarters and juvenile dete [...] | 2009-07-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU549 | BURKINA FASO: overcrowded and dilapidated city jail. [...] (SBU) PolOfficer visited the Ouagadougou city jail on June 25th at the invitation of a local human rights NGO. The visit, which lasted about two hours, included a meeting with the jail administrator as well as site visits to the main jail block, VIP quarters, women's quarters and juvenile dete [...] | 2009-07-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU551 | BURKINA FASO STRIVES TO ADDRESS CHILD TRAFFICKING ISSUES. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Burkina Faso is a source and transit country for trafficked children destined for labor or sexual exploitation in the sub-region. In the past year, and in order to reverse this trend, the Government of Burkina Faso has undertaken a number of noteworthy anti-trafficking in pers [...] | 2009-07-14 12:52:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU573 | Burkina Faso: 2010 Presidential Elections On the Horizon [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although President Compaore has been in power since 1987, following the 2000 constitutional changes, he is eligible to run for the Presidency one final time in 2010. Most observers expect a clear Compaore victory in the first round. Because the numerous opposition parties do not [...] | 2009-07-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU574 | (S) ALTERNATE PARKING FOR USG AIRCRAFT IN BURKINA [...] (S/NF) Summary. Burkina Faso,s Minister of Defense has indicated his support for U.S. aircraft to remain at the airbase in Ouagadougou in an area slightly removed from their present location. This would meet Burkina Faso,s objectives to maintain discretion concerning the American presence whil [...] | 2009-07-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PMIL PGOV PTER UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU582 | Will Ouagadougou's Brothels Really Be Shut Down? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since January 2008, the mayor of Ouagadougou has worked to close down all brothel houses in the capital. While some houses have been converted into rental property, and others destroyed, many brothels are still open for business. In March 2009, after a twelve month grace peri [...] | 2009-07-22 16:55:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU601 | BURKINA FASO: WHY DID COMPAORE SKIP THE AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Neither the President nor the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso attended the recent African (AU) Summit in Libya, sending instead the relatively insignificant Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While scheduling conflicts were given as the official justification for their absence, [...] | 2009-07-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LY UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU608 | BURKINA FASO: ACHIEVEMENTS IN COMBATING CHILD [...] SUMMARY: During the last six months the Government of Burkina Faso has made significant efforts to combat child trafficking. The measures include massive information campaigns, arrests and a new anti-trafficking law. END SUMMARY. Significant achievements ------------------------- 2. M [...] | 2009-07-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KCRM UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU631 | BURKINA FASO: DEPLOYMENT OF FIRST PKO TROOPS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4 Burkina Faso's PKO contingent departed Ouagadougou in route to Darfur. Trained under the ACOTA program, one hundred and thirty four troops boarded a United Nations chartered plane headed for Nyala (South Darfur state) to begin the preparatory stage of their six month lo [...] | 2009-08-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO MASS |
09OUAGADOUGOU633 | BURKINA FASO: NCO SCHOOL GRADUATES FIRST CLASS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MCAP MASS |
09OUAGADOUGOU645 | BURKINA FASO: DISSENTION IN THE RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 17th, a key powerbroker in the ruling political party was suspended indefinitely. Salif Diallo, an important player on the Burkinabe political scene and formerly a close ally of President Compaore, was disciplined by the party after he publicly criticized the State inst [...] | 2009-08-14 08:56:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU665 | COMPAORE: ARBITRATOR OF REGIONAL CONFLICTS. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 10:26:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU703 | FLOODING SUBSIDES AS EFFECTS MOUNT [...] Summary. The rains in Ouagadougou have stopped for the time being, giving some much needed respite to the city. Nonetheless, damage is wide-spread and over 150,000 people have lost their homes. Relief efforts continue as the government and donors work to identify present conditions, key nee [...] | 2009-09-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU816 | BURKINA FASO: DAS FITZGERALD MEETS WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with AF DAS Fitzgerald, Burkina Faso's Prime Minister and Minister of Defense asked for assistance in coping with the aftermath of the September 1st flooding. They also highlighted President Compaore's regional mediation efforts and elaborated on the GOBF's vi [...] | 2009-09-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PINR PGOV MASS UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU862 | BURKINA FASO: POLICE CADET RIOTERS RECEIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU869 | BURKINA FASO: URGENT HOSPITAL RELOCATION [...] Summary. (U) The Government of Burkina Faso has requested U.S. assistance in providing temporary relocation facilities for the country's primary hospital. Post recommends the Department, USAID and the U.S. Africa Command give serious consideration to the request. End Summary. 2. (C) Durin [...] | 2009-10-01 14:29:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR PGOV MASS PHUM MCAP PREL UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU900 | BURKINA FASO: MILITARY COURT HANDS OUT SENTENCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7th a military tribunal in Burkina Faso examined and judged nine cases involving members of the military. In the end the judges dealt out sanctions ranging from monetary fines of about $24 to a two-year jail sentence for an airman deserter. The fact that these trials [...] | 2009-10-14 16:20:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU92 | BURKINA FASO ACCEPTS PARTICIPATION IN TSCTP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU977 | BURKINA FASO: FY 2010 1206 PROPOSAL TO TRAIN AND EQUIP [...] (SBU) Post supports the following fiscal year 2010 (FY10) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 funded proposal totaling $5.56 million from U.S. Africa Command for: -Burkina Faso counter-terrorism company T&E - $5.56 million. This proposal supports the goals and objectives [...] | 2009-11-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MASS MARR PGOV UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU98 | BURKINA FASO: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] Post provides the following input to reftel request on law enforcement and judicial training needs in Burkina Faso: 2. What are the key internal and regional challenges the host government's non-military security apparatus confronts? --Burkina Faso's non-military security faces the follow [...] | 2009-02-23 17:21:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU981 | FRENCH PRESS COMPAORE ON GUINEA [...] (C/NF) French Presidential Advisor for Africa Andre Parant met with President Compaore to press him on Guinea. Parant made the case that Dadis has to go, but Compaore argued that dialogue was the way to proceed and that Dadis might yet play a role in a transitional structure leading to election [...] | 2009-11-03 17:51:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM GV UV |
09PANAMA114 | PANAMA: IMPROVED COOPERATION WITH COLOMBIA AS THE [...] (C) Colombia's implementation of a new security doctrine that emphasized improved governance on its border with Panama had facilitated cross-border cooperation, Panama's National Security Advisor Marcel Salamin told POLOFF on January 20. In a January 27 conversation, he told POLOFF that he ha [...] | 2009-02-06 20:16:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA115 | PANAMA: BALBINA'S PLATFORM UNDERSCORES CONTINUITY [...] (C) Governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Balbina Herrera and her party in January released their electoral platform that stresses continuity, particularly with respect to current president Martin Torrijos's economic and social welfare policies. Interestingly th [...] | 2009-02-06 20:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM ECON PREL |
09PANAMA119 | PANAMA: SENAN SEIZES 2.5 TONS OF COCAINE IN GAME [...] (C) Panama's National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN) police seized 2.46 tons of cocaine in a mangrove swamp February 1 that had been off-loaded from a go-fast vessel. The vessel had been hiding in the Lavaina river since January 28 after being trapped by SENAN vessels acting on information gener [...] | 2009-02-10 13:45:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PM |
09PANAMA120 | PANAMA: HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE FOR PRESIDENCY BEGINS [...] (C//NF) Summary: In a remarkable turn of events in Panama, there will be a head-to-head race for the presidency as governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) nominee Balbina Herrera heads off against Democratic Change (CD) presidential nominee Ricardo Martinelli and "Alliance for Change. [...] | 2009-02-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA123 | CODEL COSTELLO MEETS PRESIDENT TORRIJOS [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Costello, composed of members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, called on President Martin Torrijos Espino during the afternoon of February 2 to discuss transportation and the overall bilateral relationship. During the cordial meeting, Torrijos e [...] | 2009-02-10 22:05:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EWWT OREP PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA127 | PANAMA: VP/FM DISCUSSES DARIEN OPTIONS WITH [...] (S//NF) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis met with the Ambassador on February 4 to discuss the situation in the Darien and the Ambassador's recent meetings at SOUTHCOM in response to Lewis' December 12 request for USG planning assistance for Darien operations. The Ambassador told Lewis that SOUT [...] | 2009-02-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA149 | PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOLLOW-ON WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 21:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA15 | PANAMA: NEW MOGJ MINSTER LAYS OUT PLANS [...] (C) Security has become the government's weak spot, newly appointed Minister of Government of Justice Dilio Arcia told the Ambassador December 19. He described plans to address gang violence, including tougher sentences and implementation of community policing initiatives. In discussing the FA [...] | 2009-01-07 20:22:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA151 | PANAMA: PROSECUTERS REQUEST ACCESS TO PAS DATA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Panamanian MFA on February 17 asking whether five individauls had "benefited from any kind of program" from the USG from 2007-2008. The note said the information was being requested in relation to a corruption investigation. Afte [...] | 2009-02-19 21:52:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO CVIS CJAN OEXC PM |
09PANAMA153 | PANAMA: NEW THINK TANK AIMING HIGH [...] (C) Panama's newest think tank, the Foundation for the Economic and Social Development of Panama (FUDESPA) on January 15 presented its brain-child, a document entitled "Public Policy Proposals: Popular Elections, May 2009" that is designed to influence the government plans of candidates runnin [...] | 2009-02-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA156 | PANAMA: MARTINELLI MAINTAINS LEAD BUT LOSES GROUND [...] Democratic Change (CD) opposition presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli lost six points in the polls, shortly after naming former Panamenista Party presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela as his vice presidential running mate and thereby cementing a grand opposition "Alliance For Change" [...] | 2009-02-23 20:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA16 | PANAMA: NEW AERO-MARITIME SERVICE DIRECTOR MAKES [...] (S//NF) "Something is going on," Rigoberto Gordon, Director of the National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN),told EMBOFFs December 5, referring to apparent corruption among former National Maritime Service (SMN) members now in SENAN's ranks. (Note: SENAN, formed on December 22, combines the pervio [...] | 2009-01-07 22:33:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR PM |
09PANAMA176 | PANAMA: HOW MERIDA FITS INTO THE EMERGING SECURITY [...] (C) The threat from home grown gangs and international criminal organizations in Panama is growing and worrisome. As Panamanians feel increasingly threatened in their homes and on their streets, some are arguing that Panama must choose between protecting itself and stopping the flow of drugs [...] | 2009-03-03 20:16:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA182 | PANAMA: NEW THINK TANK AIMING HIGH [...] (C) Panama's newest think tank, the Foundation for the Economic and Social Development of Panama (FUDESPA) on January 15 presented its brain-child, a document entitled "Public Policy Proposals: Popular Elections, May 2009" that is designed to influence the government plans of candidates runnin [...] | 2009-03-04 21:46:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA184 | PANAMA: MARTINELLI'S "GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR CHANGE" [...] (C) Leading presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli of the Alliance for Change on February 11 released his "Government Plan for Change," that lays out 179 proposals designed to "make a better Panama reach everyone" (que un mejor Panama llegue a todos). The document is flashy, includes big c [...] | 2009-03-06 15:38:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA194 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS TRUMPETS ACHIEVEMENTS IN FINAL [...] (C) In his final address to the National Assembly before the end of his term, President Martin Torrijos touted his administration's greatest achievements, acknowledged the cooperation of the Assembly, and called on the next government to build upon these successes. (Note: Constitutionally, Pa [...] | 2009-03-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA196 | PANAMA: PLANS FOR NORMALIZATION FOR COLOMBIANS [...] (C) The GOP planned to offer legal immigrant status to individuals living in the Darien region under Temporary Humanitarian Protection (THP) status, said MFA DG of Exterior Policy Javier Bonagas told POLOFF on February 20. The official census of THP persons taken in 2004 counted 542 Colombia [...] | 2009-03-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTBS SOCI PM |
09PANAMA216 | VP/FM LEWIS TRAVEL TO CUBA FOR TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on March 13 and inquired about Lewis' upcoming trip to Havana on March 16. Lewis said that he and Vice Minister of Trade Severo Sousa will sign a trade agreement entitled "acuerdo de alcance parcial." Lewis said that Panama [...] | 2009-03-13 22:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA236 | PANAMA: MERIDA AND PUBLIC MESSAGING [...] (SBU) Summary: As we roll out the Merida Initiative in Panama, the Embassy has launched a public diplomacy campaign to inform Panamanians about the broad range of Merida programs, placing a special emphasis on crime prevention. Media coverage of drug-related violence in Mexico has cast Merida [...] | 2009-03-20 16:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KPAO PM |
09PANAMA237 | PANAMA: AMBASSADOR VISITS THE DARIEN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and several members of her Country Team visited the Darien province March 10-11. During the first day of her visit she received a briefing on the security situation from Director of the National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) Frank Abrego and met with Darien Governor Juan [...] | 2009-03-20 19:28:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PM |
09PANAMA242 | PANAMA: MURCIA ACCUSATIONS UNLEASH POLITICAL [...] (C) The Panamanian Electoral Tribunal (TE) suspended the legal immunity of the leading presidential candidates Ricardo Martinelli and Balbina Herrera March 19, in addition to the front-running candidate for Mayor of Panama City, Roberto "Bobby" Velasquez and Martinelli's attorney, Alma Cortez [...] | 2009-03-20 20:29:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PM |
09PANAMA252 | PANAMA: LIMITED WINDOW FOR FTA RATIFICATION [...] (S//NF) The U.S. and Panama need to resolve several complicated issues in order to meet congressional concerns associated with the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries. With three months left until the end of the Torrijos administration, it may be tempting to put negotiat [...] | 2009-03-26 19:12:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA265 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOYER [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the 1989 restoration of democracy, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable and responsive government; accelerated economic growth through open markets; and strived to ensure that the benefits of that growth reach all citizens. While a hemispheric leader [...] | 2009-03-30 18:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM |
09PANAMA290 | PANAMA: AMP SUB-ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS, CRITICIZES [...] (C) The Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP) is in the headlines following the resignation of sub-administrator Carlos Raul Moreno, who, as he headed out the door, denounced "questionable" practices designed to generate extra revenue from maritime flagging procedures at some Panamanian consulate [...] | 2009-04-06 21:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PM PREL EWWT |
09PANAMA293 | PANAMA ANNOUNCES KEY TAX HAVEN SOLUTION - A PATH [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOP announced on April 7 that it intends to regulate bearer shares. This breakthrough, when fully executed, will solve Panama's most pressing transparency issue, fulfill the USG's most prominent financial crimes regulatory recommendation, and remedy Panama's sole grave rema [...] | 2009-04-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SNAR PREL PGOV PM |
09PANAMA298 | (U) PANAMA AND THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C/NF) Panama's main priority for the 17-19 April 2009 Summit of the Americas (SOA) was addressing the global economic crisis, and Delia Villamonte, Panamanian MFA DG for International Organizations and Conferences, was optimistic that President Obama would be a positive broker for consensus. [...] | 2009-04-09 20:31:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PINR PGOV PREL ECON |
09PANAMA299 | PANAMA: TAKING IT TO THE STREETS [...] (U) Panamanians regularly take to the streets to protest a wide array of social and employment grievances. These protests mire city residents, who already spend hours in traffic due to the outdated road network and poor transit system, in horrendous traffic jams for hours. More often than n [...] | 2009-04-09 21:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA PGOV PHUM PM |
09PANAMA306 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEVIN [...] (SBU) The fate of the U.S./Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will determine the trajectory of our bilateral relationship through the foreseeable future. Congressional passage and a successful implementation of the FTA would serve to maintain extraordinary, yet vulnerable, U.S. influence in Pan [...] | 2009-04-14 23:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM |
09PANAMA308 | PANAMA: WITH POLLS LOCKED, MARTINELLI MAINTAINS 15 [...] (U) Democratic Change (CD) opposition presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli continues to hold a 15 point lead over Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate Balbina Herrera for the third week running, according to Dichter and Neira's presidential poll for the first week of April. W [...] | 2009-04-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA316 | PANAMA: MARTINELLI PLAYS PRESIDENT TO FRIENDLY [...] (C) The Foundation for the Development of Citizen Liberty, Panama's Transparency International (TI) chapter, hosted an untelevised "Presidential Candidates Forum" on April 14. Though dubbed as a forum for both leading candidates, only Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinell [...] | 2009-04-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA329 | PANAMA: DOMESTIC POLITICS HAUNT FTA [...] (S//NF) As Panama enters the final stretch of its general election campaign season, politics has come to haunt the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA). "Forget about the FTA," governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Balbina Herrera declared on April 19 to law [...] | 2009-04-23 18:26:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PM |
09PANAMA330 | PANAMA: POLITICAL ANALYST WARNS OF ROUGH [...] (S//NF) Ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) leaders expect Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli to win the May 3 presidential election, pro-PRD political commentator Jose Blandon, Sr. told POLOFFs on April 20. --The Torrijos administration's own internal PRD [...] | 2009-04-23 22:23:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA332 | PANAMA: THREE FARC MEMBERS HANDED OVER ON MATERIAL [...] (C) The GOP handed over three alleged FARC members to the U.S. April 17 for prosecution on charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization, the first time the GOP has ever agreed to material support charges as grounds for a hand-over. This precedent setting step is part of [...] | 2009-04-24 22:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR PM |
09PANAMA338 | PANAMA: FINAL POLL RESULTS: MARTINELLI HOLDING [...] (U) With Panama's May 3 elections just nine days away, Alliance for Change opposition presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli holds a twelve to sixteen point lead over Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate Balbina Herrera, according to the final presidential polling data from Dich [...] | 2009-04-27 19:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA339 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS SOCIAL PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE UNDER [...] (C) Both leading presidential candidates have acknowledged the success of some social programs initiated during President Martin Torrijos' term, and have agreed to continue certain programs after the next administration is sworn in on July 1. Programs earmarked for continuity by ruling Revolu [...] | 2009-04-27 20:32:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI PM |
09PANAMA341 | CODEL HOYER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR PANAMA FTA; [...] (SBU) On April 5, the members of Codel Hoyer met with President Martin Torrijos and selected members of his government to discuss continuation of what Majority Leader Hoyer described as an &extraordinarily close8 bilateral relationship, to thank President Torrijos for the cooperation that enha [...] | 2009-04-27 20:40:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFTA ELAB ETRD OREP OVIP PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA343 | GOP AUTHORIZES "GRAY HULLS" ACCESS TO PANAMA'S TTW [...] (S//NF) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos has agreed to allow U.S. Navy assets to patrol Panama's territorial waters on counter-narcotics missions. Torrijos asked the Ambassador April 15 for Embassy assistance organizing a DEA-funded "Operation Together" (Operacion Conjuntos) featuring U. [...] | 2009-04-28 18:25:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR PM |
09PANAMA345 | PANAMA: REQUEST FOR COAST GUARD COORDINATES [...] (U) The Embassy received a diplmatic note from the Panamanian MFA on April 14, 2009, requesting that the Embassy send the search coordinates used by the USCG during a search and rescue operation from November 29-30, 2008, following a helicopter flying off a the Venezuelan flagged tuna boat F/V [...] | 2009-04-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA347 | PANAMA: POLITICAL COMMENTATOR PROVIDES INSIGHT ON [...] (C) Ricardo Martinelli's Alliance for Change movement will perform well in next weekend's elections, and the PRD will be weakened but will regain strength and prepare for 2014, political commentator Alfredo Castillero told POLOFFS during lunch on April 23. Castillero noted that a Martinelli [...] | 2009-04-29 21:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA348 | PANAMA: MARTINELLI ADVISER WEIGHS IN ON ELECTION [...] (C) Dennis Allen, former Electoral Tribune (TE) magistrate and current "electoral process adviser" to Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli ran down for the Political Section his vision of how Panama's May 3 elections will play out. Although the election would probably [...] | 2009-04-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA349 | PANAMA: POLITICAL COMMENTATOR PROVIDES INSIGHT ON [...] (C) Ricardo Martinelli's Alliance for Change movement will perform well in next weekend's elections, and the PRD will be weakened but will regain strength and prepare for 2014, political commentator Alfredo Castillero told POLOFFS during lunch on April 23. Castillero noted that a Martinelli [...] | 2009-04-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA357 | PANAMA: MARTINELLI WINS BIG [...] (SBU) The opposition's Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli defeated governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate by over twenty points and more than 300,000 votes on May 3. Martinelli also appears to have wrested gained control of the 71-seat National Asse [...] | 2009-05-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA366 | PANAMA: FARC MEMBER DEMOBILIZES IN DARIEN: SIXTH [...] (U) Reports indicate that a member of the FARC's 57th FRONT surrendered to members of Panama's National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) on May 2. The event took place at the newly established SENAFRONT position in the village of Sobia Quiro, near the Colombian boarder. The temporary position was [...] | 2009-05-06 22:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA367 | TORRIJOS BRIEFS MARTINELLI AS TIEA THREATENS FTA [...] (SBU) Vice-President Lewis reported to the Ambassador that President Torrijos recommitted to his endgame (reftels) for the U.S.-Panama FTA (FTA) during his first meeting with President-elect Martinelli. That endgame calls for the Obama Administration to submit the FTA to Congress, after which [...] | 2009-05-06 22:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFTA EFIN SNAR PM |
09PANAMA37 | PANAMA HOSTS QUADRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS WITH [...] (C) "We are trying to put in place information sharing and coordination mechanisms to expedite quick deportations, expulsions, and extradition of organized crime figures," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on January 15 in laying out his vision for the quadrilateral Panama-Colombia- [...] | 2009-01-15 19:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR PM |
09PANAMA372 | PANAMA: MARTINELLI MAKING PROGRESS ON CABINET [...] (C) Four days after his May 3 landslide electoral victory, Panamanian President-elect Ricardo Martinelli has made significant progress naming his cabinet. On the evening of May 6, Panama's Electoral Tribunal (TE) formally declared Martinelli the victor in the May 3 after analyzing every vote [...] | 2009-05-07 22:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PM |
09PANAMA373 | MARTINELLI'S U.S. AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Jaime Aleman, President-elect Martinelli's Ambassador-designate to Washington, told Ambassador Stephenson today (May 7) that Martinelli would support initiation of Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with the United States soon as part of Panama's 2002 and 20 [...] | 2009-05-07 23:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
09PANAMA381 | PANAMA: PRD SCRAMBLING AFTER SWEEPING ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) The Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) - Panama's largest and traditionally best organized political party - is suffering immensely from its resounding May 3 electoral defeat. "Alliance for Change" candidate Ricardo Martinelli's overwhelming victory over the PRD has caused the ruling p [...] | 2009-05-12 20:34:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA384 | PANAMA TO PARTICIPATE IN MAY MEETING OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 22:35:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA406 | PANAMA: PRESIDENT OBAMA INVITED TO ATTEND [...] (U) Ambassador Stephenson received a letter addressed to President Obama from current President of Panama Martin Torrijos. The letter invited President Obama to attend the inauguration ceremonies for newly elected President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli, to be held on June 30 and July 1, 2009 [...] | 2009-05-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OPDC OTRA PGOV PM |
09PANAMA417 | PANAMA: GOP SAYS USCG DID NOT FOLLOW SALAS-BECKER [...] (C) The GOP protested in a diplomatic note from the MFA on May 20, 2009 that the U.S. Coast Guard did not follow agreed upon procedures during the search of Panamanian flagged vessel, M/V Pollux A on April 27. Specifically, the note protested that the USCG did not share information with the [...] | 2009-05-22 22:19:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA421 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Since the 1989 restoration of democracy, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable and responsive government; accelerated economic growth through open markets; and worked to ensure that the benefits of that growth reach all citizens. While a hemispheric leader in progr [...] | 2009-05-26 22:40:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA435 | PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID [...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...] | 2009-06-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
09PANAMA439 | PANAMA: NEITHER TORRIJOS NOR MARTINELLI CAN [...] (C) While President-elect Ricardo Martinelli would very much like to secure U.S. ratification of the pending bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Martinelli and his closest advisors assess that President Martin Torrijos and his Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) deputies in the National Ass [...] | 2009-06-01 21:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFTA PM |
09PANAMA454 | PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID [...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...] | 2009-06-05 18:45:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
09PANAMA470 | PANAMA: GRAY HULL OPERATION CUTS COASTAL DRUG [...] (S//NF) "Thank you for convincing us to support this operation. It has really worked," Panamanian President Martin Torrijos told the Ambassador June 5, referring to Operation Goal Line Stance (aka Conjuntos-09). This DEA-funded maritime drug interdiction operation used JIATF-South and Panaman [...] | 2009-06-12 17:37:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR PM |
09PANAMA473 | PANAMA: REQUEST FOR SEARCH COORDINATES [...] (SBU) Post received a dipnote from the MFA on June 2 informing the Embassy that the Attorney General's Office was requesting the "documentation related to search operations that took place in the month of November 2009." The note refers to a USCG P-3 that responded to a Panamanian Aero-Naval [...] | 2009-06-12 21:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA481 | PANAMA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Below is Embassy Panama's input for the congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. The United States is aware of one case in which United States citizens have an outstanding claim agai [...] | 2009-06-16 15:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC |
09PANAMA490 | PANAMA FTA LABOR REFORMS: TIME IS TICKING AWAY. [...] (C) President Torrijos issued four executive decrees on June 5 to bring the Panamanian labor code into alignment with International Labor Organization (ILO) standards, as he continues his attempt to fulfill his Free Trade Agreement (FTA)-related promises to the Obama Administration. However, [...] | 2009-06-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA518 | --CORRECTED COPY--DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE REQUESTS DURING [...] (C) Panama's next President, Ricardo Martinelli, and his cabinet will be sworn in on 01 July 2009. The current government is not approving any diplomatic clearance requests for ships or aircraft that occur on or after 01 July. Beginning on 01 July a new group of officials will be sworn in a [...] | 2009-06-29 17:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA523 | PANAMA: EARLY INDICATIONS ON SECURITY POLICY OF [...] (C) The incoming government of Panama will not/not dismantle the National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) or the National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN),two of the key security services created by the reforms of the outgoing government of Martin Torrijos (see reftel). This is one of Post's key con [...] | 2009-06-30 21:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR PM |
09PANAMA527 | CORRECTED COPY DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE REQUESTS [...] (C) Panama's next President, Ricardo Martinelli, and his cabinet will be sworn in on 01 July 2009. The current government is not approving any diplomatic clearance requests for ships or aircraft that occur on or after 01 July. Beginning on 01 July a new group of officials will be sworn in a [...] | 2009-07-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA539 | SACYR WINS CANAL CONTRACT, SIGNALING BROADER [...] (C) In an elaborate ceremony attended by President Martinelli and most of the Cabinet, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced that the consortium led by Spanish firm Sacyr had won the $3.2 billion contract to build the third set of locks, centerpiece of the once-in-a-century Canal Expansion pro [...] | 2009-07-08 19:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA547 | PANAMA: NEW PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ASSUME [...] (U) Ricardo Martinelli became the fifth democratically elected President of Panama in the last 20 years on July 1, while Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar led a White House delegation to the inauguration ceremony. In his inaugural address Martinelli defended Panama's economic model, state [...] | 2009-07-09 21:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA549 | PANAMA: FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A FRACTIOUS GOVERNMENT [...] (S//NF) After one week of the new Martinelli government, Post has some initial impressions. The government is a fractious combination of strong personalities with widely differing agendas. There are signs that some newly appointed officials have questionable backgrounds that indicate that cor [...] | 2009-07-09 21:35:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA568 | PANAMA: GREATER COORDINATION NEEDED ON TDN NOTES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. ------------------------------ Late Dipnotes Causing Problems ------------------------------ 2. (C) The process of obtaining privileges for U.S. military forces operating on training or high value transit (HVT) missions in Panama is not f [...] | 2009-07-16 21:45:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA571 | PANAMA: EMBASSY BRIEFS INCOMING GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) "You have saved us six months time getting started," Panama's Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela told the Ambassador June 23, following a security briefing by the Embassy Law Enforcement and Security Working Group (LESWG) for the incoming GOP security leadership. Vare [...] | 2009-07-17 20:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA58 | PANAMA: LEFT WING DON QUIJOTE TILTS AT CLOSED [...] (C) A "symbolic" effort to open the Panamanian Political system is how Juan Jovane described his independent campaign for president. Jovane told POLOFF on November 25 that while he did not expect to be allowed to run, he wanted to open the system up to independent candidates who could mount p [...] | 2009-01-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA61 | PANAMA POST: THE SHAKE-UP EDITION [...] (SBU) Welcome to the third edition of the Panama Post, a collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section and the Open Source Center (OSC). Having last left our readers before the holiday season lull, the Panama Post is happy to report that the politicians and those who care [...] | 2009-01-21 15:39:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA617 | PANAMA INFORMED OF AGREMENT FOR NEW AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL PGOV PM |
09PANAMA625 | THE GANG THREAT ON PANAMA'S COSTA RICAN BORDER [...] (S//NF) The border between Panama and Costa Rica has been described as a "no mans' land", where drugs flow across into Costa Rica and guns and money flow back into Panama. With parallel roads along either side of the border, over 200 possible crossing points, a free trade zone town sitting on [...] | 2009-08-17 19:09:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR PM |
09PANAMA626 | MARTINELLI'S SECURITY LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY [...] (S//NF) Six weeks into the Martinelli Administration, the make up of the GOP security leadership is complicated and unclear. The Minister of Government and Justice Jose Raul Mulino is exerting control over formal communications between the Embassy and the various security services, but there [...] | 2009-08-17 19:10:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC PM |
09PANAMA639 | MARTINELLI WIRETAP QUEST SHOWS DARK SIDE OF NEW GOP [...] (S//NF) President Martinelli has reached out to the Embassy, among other actors, to request help in building infrastructure to conduct wiretaps against ostensible security threats as well as political opponents. The Ambassador has made it clear to the president that the USG will continue our succe [...] | 2009-08-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PM |
09PANAMA657 | AES CONCERNED ABOUT GOP ACTIONS ON PANAMA'S [...] (SBU) AES representatives informed the DCM that they are concerned that the Martinelli Administration may jeopardize their $856 million dollar investment in Panama by unilaterally changing the contracted price of water for hydroelectric generation plants owned by AES and others. The Martinell [...] | 2009-08-27 17:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PM EINV PGOV |
09PANAMA68 | MARTINELLI SECURES 12 POINT LEAD OVER RULING PARTY [...] (C) Opposition candidate Ricardo Martinelli of Democratic Change (CD) has been declared the "absolute favorite" by the Panamanian media after gaining a 12 point lead over ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate Balbina Herrera, according to a recent Dichter and Neira presidential [...] | 2009-01-22 19:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA680 | PRD IN CRISIS [...] (C) After suffering a humiliating electoral defeat in the May presidential elections, leaders of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) have been publicly lambasting one another and fighting for control of the party amidst serious corruption allegations. President Martinelli, like a shark s [...] | 2009-09-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
09PANAMA692 | MARTINELLI PRESSURES THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT [...] (S//NF) Panamanian Supreme Court Justice Adan Arjona told poloffs August 26 that President Martinelli personally called each of the nine justices of the Court to pressure them to vote in favor of reopening a corruption case in which over 30 members of the Revolutonary Democratic Party (PRD) ar [...] | 2009-09-16 19:38:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA698 | MARTINELLI AND VARELA STAND BEHIND SAN JOSE ACCORD [...] (SBU) At a September 16 breakfast meeting with Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and Vice President/Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela, WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly reviewed in detail the situation in Honduras, looking forward to the meeting between Costa Rican [...] | 2009-09-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC ECON HO AA IR PM |
09PANAMA699 | MARTINELLI MOUNTS DOMESTIC SPY OPERATION, PUTS DEA [...] (S//NF) President Martinelli is following through on his intention to expand the duties of Panama's Council of Public Security and National Defense ("Consejo") to include spying on domestic political enemies (reftel). Martinelli has told the Ambassador that he no longer needs USG help to estab [...] | 2009-09-18 17:03:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR PM |
09PANAMA701 | MARTINELLI: PRESIDENTIALISM OR POPULISM? [...] (S//NF) President Ricardo Martinelli has begun his five year term by energetically taking on a number of vested interests, from powerful local businessmen perceived to be abusing state concessions, to major international businesses (ref A),civil society leaders, and officials of the former [...] | 2009-09-18 19:46:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
09PANAMA702 | PANAMA'S LONG FAREWELL TO PARLACEN [...] (SBU) The Government of Panama (GOP) is attempting to withdraw from the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN),a decision based exclusively on domestic politics. The departure is an easy way for President Ricardo Martinelli to make good on his campaign promise to reform Panamanian institutio [...] | 2009-09-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA710 | VENEZUELA DETAINS COPA AIRLINES PLANE [...] (C) Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela told Ambassador September 21 that Venezuela had recently detained a COPA Airlines 737 in Maracaibo for two days, evidently in retaliation for the GOP having permitted anti-Chavez protests in Panama earlier this month. 2. (C) Varela [...] | 2009-09-22 22:41:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR PM VE |
09PANAMA713 | Commentator Urges Martinelli To Cancel 'Clownish' Panamax [...] (SBU) On September 18, in the middle of the annual Panamax exercise, leading daily La Prensa ran an op-ed by I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr. titled "An Irresponsible, Unnecessary Militaristic Stunt Returns." Eisenmann has long been an anti-military voice in Panama. He is one of the founders of La [...] | 2009-09-24 18:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR KPAO PREL PM |
09PANAMA756 | MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO MARTINELLI'S LIKELY SUPREME [...] (C) Rumors that President Martinelli intends to nominate Electoral Tribunal Magistrate Gerardo Solis and former drug prosecutor Jose Almengor to the Supreme Court this fall have been poorly received by Panamanian opinion makers. Several leading newspaper editors told the Ambassador and DCM th [...] | 2009-10-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA757 | MARTINELLI NOT MEETING PRO-BUSINESS RHETORIC OR [...] (C) Summary: The distinguishing feature of the Martinelli Administration's economic policy has been that there does not appear to be a coherent or consistent policy. It has made one major positive decision, which is to maintain sound macro economic policies. It has made one major negative de [...] | 2009-10-07 20:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PM |
09PANAMA765 | POTENTIAL SCANDAL BREWING FOR MARTINELLI [...] (S//NF) Failed PRD candidate for president Balbina Herrera publicly alleged September 24 that Secretary of State for Security Jose Almengor had withheld evidence during the past presidential campaign that incriminated President Martinelli in the David Murcia scandal. That scandal contributed [...] | 2009-10-14 18:06:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA776 | ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez has reported both publicly and privately that she is receiving pressure from the GOP to prosecute former government officials, and she vows to resist the pressure and defend the independence of the AG's office. President Martinelli, frustrated b [...] | 2009-10-19 21:14:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM PINR PM |
09PANAMA777 | PANAMANIAN INTEL DIRECTOR CONFRONTS DEA [...] (S//NF) Olmedo Alfaro, Executive Secretary of the Council of Public Security and National Defense (Consejo),engaged in two tense encounters with DEA personnel last week, indicating continued tension over the Embassy decision to remove the Matador judicialized wiretap program from the contro [...] | 2009-10-19 21:35:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM |
09PANAMA789 | MARTINELLI'S APPROVAL RATING AT 86 PERCENT AFTER 100 DAYS IN [...] (SBU) After 100 days in office, President Ricardo Martinelli's approval rating has reached historic levels. The question remains whether the numbers are the result of an optimistic interpretation of poll data by the press, or simply reflect the success of Martinelli's brand of presidential po [...] | 2009-10-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA795 | Panama's National Assembly Debating Property Law [...] (SBU) American citizens in Panama reacted strongly to proposed legislation that would change the rules for recognizing rights of possession. As currently worded and depending upon possible implementation, domestic and foreign holders of rights of possession may have to pay the government for t [...] | 2009-10-23 17:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PM PGOV USTR |
09PANAMA799 | President's Top Advisor Affirms Security is GOP's Biggest [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Ricardo Martinelli's most trusted advisor, Minister of the Presidency Jimmy Papadimitriu, has appealed to the Embassy to assist him in focusing the president's attention on security issues and bringing order to the GOP's chaotic security policy apparatus. Papadimitriu [...] | 2009-10-23 18:04:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PM |
09PANAMA8 | PANAMA: EMBERA INDIANS REPORT FARC TAKE OVER OF [...] (S//NF) The FARC had taken over the village of Pavarando, leading to the flight of 200 Embera, who are still displaced from their homes, Edilberto Dogirama, the President of the Council of the Embera Comarca, told EMBOFFs on December 19. He said it took over two weeks for the GOP to send for [...] | 2009-01-05 21:39:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA807 | CONTROVERSY OVER NEW CONTROLLER GENERAL IN PANAMA [...] (SBU) The National Assembly has selected Gioconda Torres de Bianchini, a longtime associate of President Ricardo Martinelli in both his public and private incarnations, as Controller General of Panama, effective January 1, 2010. Despite de Bianchini's qualifications, her close ties to Mart [...] | 2009-10-29 21:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA829 | PLANS TO ESTABLISH FOUR MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTERS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Government and Justice Jose Raul Mulino announced in late October that the GOP intended to establish four maritime operating centers to interdict narcotics and other illegal items transiting Panamanian waters. The operation centers would be jointly manned by security f [...] | 2009-11-09 23:28:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS PINR ASEC SNAR PM |
09PANAMA839 | PANAMA RELUCTANT TO PROSECUTE PIRATES [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for Treaty and Legal Affairs Vladimir Franco October 29, following up on an informal approach on September 22, which in turn followed up on a discussion between USCG lawyers and MFA officials in September 2008. Franco said that he u [...] | 2009-11-16 19:06:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM KPIR EWWT |
09PANAMA84 | PANAMA: INSIDE SCOOP ON THE QUADRILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) The aim of the recent quadrilateral meeting of the presidents of Panama, Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala was to establish the means to quickly extradite Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers from Panama to their native countries, Panamanian National Security Advisor Marcel Salamin told P [...] | 2009-01-29 12:41:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA856 | Observers for Honduran Elections [...] (SBU) The Panamanian Electoral Tribunal is still evaluating whether it will send representatives to Honduras to provide technical assistance or serve as observers for the November 29 elections. They expect to have a final decision by November 20. 2. (SBU) A representative from t [...] | 2009-11-16 22:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HO PM ETRD |
09PANAMA859 | PANAMA CONSIDERING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 21:10:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PGOV PREL |
09PANAMA861 | THANKS DELIVERED TO PANAMA FOR UNGA VOTE ON DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Per reftel, on November 30, POLOFF delivered a message of thanks to Jonattan Del Rosario, Assistant Director General of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. POLOFF expressed gratitude for Panama's vote at the UN General Assembly against the resolution on defamation of reli [...] | 2009-12-07 21:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA873 | ILLEGAL AFRICAN MIGRATION POSES CHALLENGE TO PANAMA [...] (U) The number of illegal African migrants smuggled through Panama has grown six-fold in 2009. Somali and other Horn of Africa migrants are a particular concern for Panama, which has shown no inclination to accept them as refugees, yet is struggling to find a humane response to the increase. [...] | 2009-12-10 20:17:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM SO SMIG PREF |
09PANAMA877 | Panama: Colombian Cross-Border Offer Sows Doubt and [...] (S//NF) A Colombian offer, which appears to have been accepted by President Martinelli, to mount a cross-border operation against FARC forces in Panama's Darien province has caused confusion among the GOP's senior security team and raised concern about coordination with USG efforts in that r [...] | 2009-12-11 19:22:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA879 | Ambassador's November 25 Meetings with President, Vice [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Ambassador and DCM spent six hours in meetings with top government officials on November 25 to persuade them that neglecting to focus attention and resources on Panama's burgeoning crime and gang problems would be disastrous. The Martinelli Administration has taken [...] | 2009-12-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MASS ECON SNAR ASEC PINR PM |
09PANAMA88 | PANAMA TO REQUIRE NO DEATH PENALTY/LIFE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy received a dip note from the Panamanian MFA on January 7 stating that the Attorney General's Office had decided to require a declaration of certificate in extradition cases on charges that might lead to a sentence of death or life imprisonment that these penalties [...] | 2009-01-29 21:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA881 | GOP Suspends Discussions with Security Firm Global CST [...] (S//NF) Senior GOP leaders have told the Embassy that they have suspended discussions with the Israeli security firm Global CST. Minister of the Presidency Jimmy Papadimitriu told the Ambassador on December 13 that "the issue is closed" and that the GOP would not entertain further consideration [...] | 2009-12-15 18:28:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR PINR PM CO |
09PANAMA883 | DARIEN ACTIVITY UPDATE [...] (S/NF) Embassy Panama is advancing on many fronts in our Darien strategy to deny the FARC and other Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) safehaven in the Darien. Built around our 1207 funding request, the strategy now includes significant additional resources from SOUTHCOM, JIATF-South, and [...] | 2009-12-15 19:15:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SNAR PTER PM |
09PANAMA887 | Security Dialogues with the Panamanian Government [...] (U) This cable is a response to ref A. 2. (C//NF) As Panama has no military, there are no formal POL-MIL or MIL-MIL dialogues between the GOP and the USG. Our robust security cooperation is coordinated through high level meetings between the Ambassador and various senior GOP official [...] | 2009-12-17 17:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA889 | Martinelli Confirms Approval of Cross-Border Attack Plan [...] (S//NF) President Martinelli told Ambassador on December 13 that he had given approval for Colombian forces to attack FARC forces that will be gathered for the holidays in Panama's Darien province (ref A). He confirmed that the plan had been discussed during a meeting on December 9 with visiti [...] | 2009-12-17 18:11:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC SNAR PM CO PINR |
09PANAMA891 | Ambassador's November 25 Meetings with President, Vice [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Ambassador and DCM spent six hours in meetings with top government officials on November 25 to work through a number of specific security issues, as well as to agree on a structure for better coordination on security issues. End summary/ introduction. The U [...] | 2009-12-17 18:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MASS SNAR ASEC PINR PM |
09PANAMA893 | TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FLYING HIGH BUT CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary: Tocumen International Airport captures the Panamanian zeitgeist in a concentrated dose. Tocumen's legitimate status as a crux of Latin America's passenger and cargo traffic is tainted by a seamy underside of alien smuggling, money laundering, narcotics trafficking and corruption. Explo [...] | 2009-12-18 18:05:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PM CTM DEA DHS |
09PANAMA894 | Scenesetter for CODEL Boehner [...] (SBU) Since the restoration of democracy after Operation Just Cause twenty years ago, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable government, achieving a new confidence, dynamism, and psychological sovereignty that complements the 1999 completion of its territorial sovereignty. [...] | 2009-12-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON SOCI ASEC SNAR PGOV KPAO CASC PM |
09PANAMA905 | Guidance Request: DEA Wiretap Program [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 8. 2. (S//NF) Since July 2009, Embassy Panama has grappled with President Martinelli's desire to involve the USG in his efforts to construct a wiretap program that would target his domestic political opponents. Refs A, B and C document the sequence of eve [...] | 2009-12-24 16:58:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SNAR PINR ASEC KJUS PM |
09PANAMA907 | Supreme Court Appointees: Panama in Mourning for Justice [...] (U) Summary: President Ricardo Martinelli and his cabinet's December 16 nomination of Alejandro Moncada Luna and Jose Abel Almengor as the two new Supreme Court justices sparked strong criticism from all major media outlets and from civil society organizations including the bar association and [...] | 2009-12-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PINR PM SNAR |
09PANAMA914 | CODEL Boehner Warmly Recieved in Panama to Discuss Security [...] (SBU) Summary. From December 11 to 14, CODEL Boehner was received like an old friend by the Government of Panama as the first U.S. Congressional delegation to visit since the July 1 inauguration of the Martinelli Administration. The message from the President and his ministers to the CODEL wa [...] | 2009-12-16 19:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PM ETRD PREL USTR |
09PANAMA94 | PANAMA ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF VICTIMS OF OPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Panamanian MFA on January 30 asking about the "legal condition" in the U.S. of the victims of Operation Just Cause in 1989 and whether there are legal processes, administrative or judicial related to the "civil victims." The note [...] | 2009-02-02 14:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA97 | PANAMA: MEXICAN TAKE ON QUADRILATERAL MEETING [...] (C) While Mexico was pleased with the results of the January 16 Colombia-Guatemala-Mexico-Panama quadrilateral security talks, the Mexican delegation had also been very frustrated with the GOP's simplistic tendency to blame all its internal criminal problems on the presence of Colombians and [...] | 2009-02-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
09PARAMARIBO102 | Stay tuned: is a Bouterse replacement in Parliament [...] (U) Desi Bouterse - Head of Suriname's largest opposition party (the National Democratic Party, NDP),Parliamentarian, and main suspect in the trial of the 1982 murder of fifteen political opponents - has been absent from Parliament for the past thirteen months. According to Surinamese law, Na [...] | 2009-04-06 20:08:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NS |
09PARAMARIBO103 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered demarche to Chantal Elsenhout and Tom Kartoebi, Acting Head of the International Organizations Division and Head of the Americas Division, respectively, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Both Elsenhout and Kartoebi indicated that [...] | 2009-04-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC PGOV PHUM |
09PARAMARIBO118 | SURINAME: VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR RECALLED? [...] (U) During the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago April 17 - 19, Surinamese President Ronald Venetiaan reportedly complained to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez about the alleged interference of the Venezuelan Embassy into Suriname's internal domestic politics. On April 24th, local [...] | 2009-04-29 17:55:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NS |
09PARAMARIBO138 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Surinamese Police Force, who have been nominated for training at ILEA in San Salvador, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. The course is from June 1 [...] | 2009-05-11 17:44:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO141 | CORRECTED COPY: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Surinamese Police Force, who have been nominated for training at ILEA in San Salvador, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. The course is from June 1 [...] | 2009-05-14 19:15:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO171 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Surinamese Armed Forces, who has been nominated for Ordnance Basic Officers Leadership Course training in Fort Lee, VA. Post has no derogatory inform [...] | 2009-06-09 10:43:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO172 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Surinamese Armed Forces, who has been nominated for Signal Basic Officers Leadership Course Phases I and II in Fort Gordon, GA. Post has no derogatory [...] | 2009-06-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO209 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Surinamese Armed Forces and Police, who have been nominated to attend Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) Combating Terrorism Fellowship Prog [...] | 2009-07-16 18:15:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO216 | SURINAME APPRECIATES INFORMATION SHARING ON [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, PolEconPDOff delivered the recommended talking points to Ms. Jenny Maikoe, European Affairs Desk Officer at Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on July 17, 2009. As suggested in Reftel, PolEconPDOff also gave to Ms. Maikoe the Fact Sheet on the U.S.-Russia Bil [...] | 2009-07-20 18:17:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS NS |
09PARAMARIBO24 | EMBASSY-ORGANIZED EVENT BRINGS THE INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 20, approximately 1,000 Surinamers (in a country of 500,000) attended the Embassy's Inauguration Day event, which included American franchise vendors and large-screen broadcasts. The overwhelming positive and widespread media coverage reached even more in all corner [...] | 2009-01-21 20:41:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NS |
09PARAMARIBO275 | SURINAME: BOUTERSE ANNOUNCES HE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Desir Bouterse, former military dictator and current chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Mega-Combination coalition of political parties, announced on August 28, 2009 that he wants to be the next president of Suriname. Given Bouterse's well-known aspirations [...] | 2009-09-15 19:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NS |
09PARAMARIBO294 | 2010 ELECTION DATE ANNOUNCED DURING STATE OF THE REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. On October 1, 2009, President Ronald Venetiaan delivered the annual State of the Republic speech at the National Assembly. At this time, he made the first official announcement that the 2010 National Assembly and Resort (Local) Council elections will be on May 25, 2010. He also d [...] | 2009-10-01 19:51:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NS |
09PARAMARIBO295 | SURINAME ELECTIONS: VOTING BY ETHNICITY REMAINS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NS |
09PARAMARIBO296 | SURINAME: NPS TRIES TO SHOW ITS RELEVANCE TO YOUTH VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Party of Suriname (NPS),chaired by Ronald Venetiaan, celebrated a combined 63rd anniversary/kick-off election campaign event on September 29, 2009. The large number of youth speakers and youth supporters among the approximately 3,000 people attending the event dre [...] | 2009-10-02 12:53:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NS |
09PARAMARIBO313 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED TRAINING: [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Surinamese Government, who has been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training at Ft. Lee, VA, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The training is scheduled from November 3-14, 2009 [...] | 2009-10-16 14:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO318 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED TRAINING: [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Surinamese Government, who has been nominated for U.S. -sponsored training at Yorktown, VA, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The training is scheduled from November 3, 2009 to F [...] | 2009-10-21 19:16:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO32 | SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has on several occasions identified it as key in achieving [...] | 2009-01-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS |
09PARAMARIBO362 | Request for Human Rights Vetting for U.S. Sponsored [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 19:17:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO366 | Corrected Copy: Request for Human Rights Vetting for U.S. [...] (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Surinamese Armed Forces, who has been nominated for the Signal Basic Officer Leadership Course in Fort Benning, scheduled from November 23, 2009 [...] | 2009-11-10 21:13:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NS |
09PARAMARIBO382 | Suriname: Response to Request for Information on Security [...] (U) The United States does not have an established security dialogue with Suriname. Post is covered by the DATT in Brasilia. Post has a Military Liaison Office that coordinates IMET, FMF, and 1206 programs. 2. (U) The United States and Suriname have three defense-related treaties. Th [...] | 2009-11-18 19:07:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NS |
09PARAMARIBO85 | SURINAME: CHINESE SUGAR POT FOR GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The week of March 12, media coverage came fast and furious about the most recent Chinese government sugar pot of financial contributions to some political parties in Suriname's New Front Plus (ruling) Coalition. The media reported three of the New Front Plus Coalition members un [...] | 2009-03-19 17:39:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH NS |
09PARAMARIBO92 | SURINAME: STUDENTS QUIT VENEZUELAN AND CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent Venezuelan and Chinese government scholarship programs for Surinamese students have fallen short of their targets. This academic year, eight of eleven Surinamers with Venezuelan scholarships quit their programs, while two of five Surinamers with Chinese scholarships quit [...] | 2009-03-30 18:47:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH VZ CU NS |
09PARIS1007 | MIDDLE EAST: SARKOZY AND MUBARAK CONFER ON NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Mubarak and Sarkozy reportedly are in agreement on the need to move quickly on the Israel-Palestinian front, following their meeting in Paris July 21. According to one of Sarkozy,s key advisors, Mubarak shares Sarkozy,s interest in convening an international conference as a mea [...] | 2009-07-24 15:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1010 | FRENCH EFFORTS TO CALM LEBANESE-ISRAELI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French believe their quick intervention with Hizballah and with Lebanese authorities, following back-to-back border incidents in southern Lebanon in July, has helped to calm the situation. The incidents and their Ambassador's meetings have also reinforced for them the impor [...] | 2009-07-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS102 | RECENT FRENCH THINKING ABOUT RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: French presidency and MFA officials shared a unified view that amplified current French thinking on dealing with Russia, whether with respect to Georgia or in terms of the ongoing gas crisis involving the Ukraine. Bottom line: Sustaining the Geneva process on Georgia will be a [...] | 2009-01-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET FR RS UP GG |
09PARIS1046 | IRAN: EU DIPLOMATS TO ATTEND AHMADINEJAD [...] (C/NF) European Union members will send low-ranking diplomats to the first of two inauguration ceremonies for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but they will not inform the Iranians of their plans, according to French MFA Acting Middle East Director (Assistant-Secretary equivalent) Jean-Christophe Paucell [...] | 2009-07-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1051 | SOMALIA: FRANCE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO FR |
09PARIS107 | FRENCH OVERVIEW OF GAERC TALKS ON GAZA, GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Summary. On January 23, MFA Chief of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Patrick Maisonnave provided an overview of the two primary topics for discussion at the January 26-27 GAERC. Foremost, the Foreign Ministers will discuss a way ahead on the Gaza crisis, starting with a non-paper [...] | 2009-01-23 17:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV PHUM KPAL IS FR |
09PARIS1097 | IRAN: FRENCH COMMENTS ON DEALING WITH HOSTAGES [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's Strategic Affairs Advisor Franois Richier and MFA Middle East Director (A/S equivalent) Patrice Paoli told Political Minister Counselor in separate meetings August 11 that the French approached their hostage situations in Iran by first seeking an immediate, beh [...] | 2009-08-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC FR |
09PARIS1102 | GULF COUNTRIES A GROWING PRIORITY FOR FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taking a cue from President Sarkozy's personal interest in the region, the French MFA has devoted increasing attention and staff to their bilateral relations with Gulf countries since 2007, according to the MFA's three Gulf Country Desk Officers. Qatar still maintains a privilege [...] | 2009-08-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1125 | MIDDLE EAST PEACE: FRENCH MFA ON SARKOZY-MUBARAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA Middle East Director Patrice Paoli told Political Minister Counselor August 11 that the French await a response to the letter sent August 6 by Presidents Sarkozy and Mubarak to President Obama, calling for a Middle East peace summit this autumn. "We don't necessarily [...] | 2009-08-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL KPAL IS FR |
09PARIS1155 | BMENA: FRANCE UNDECIDED ON LEVEL OF PARTICATION [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche August 18 to MFA North Africa DAS Cyrille Rogeau, Special Assistant to the MFA Middle East Director Michel Roche, and MFA Morocco Desk Officer Marie Buscail. Rogeau said the MFA strongly supports the aims and ideals of the November BMENA Forum for the Fu [...] | 2009-08-21 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1162 | WHY FRANCE CLAIMS SYRIA HELPED CONVINCE IRAN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite their proactive media blitz proclaiming Syria's "important" role in persuading Iran to release French citizen Clotilde Reiss from prison, French officials admit in private they do not know what Syrian President Assad, or his government, actually did. The French have delibe [...] | 2009-08-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1183 | FRANCE AND THE NPT: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT RevCon),France will continue to be a critical P3 ally while on certain issues also maintaining tactics or positions different from our own. Post deals extensively with the GOF on nuclear iss [...] | 2009-08-28 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09PARIS1189 | FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. France sees Syria as a conduit for passing messages to the obstinate regime in Tehran and it believes that Syria is the only country Iran trusts, according to French MFA Middle East DAS Ludovic Pouille. Through its rapprochement, Pouille explained August 20, the Government of F [...] | 2009-08-31 12:40:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS119 | FRANCE SEEKING COORDINATED EU POSITION AS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In response to President Obama's January 22 Executive Order to close detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (ref a),the French have publicly given their support to at least review the idea of accepting detainees deemed not to be a security risk. Foreign Minister Ber [...] | 2009-01-27 18:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KAWK KISL KPAO MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER FR |
09PARIS1193 | FRANCE-IRAN: MAGAZINE ARTICLE RE-IGNITES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. A series of Iranian and French actions in Paris seem to have decreased the likelihood that accused French citizen Clotilde Reiss will be acquitted in the immediate future. After Iranian authorities conditionally released Reiss from prison on August 16, it appeared that she coul [...] | 2009-09-01 10:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IR FR |
09PARIS1213 | NEW CONCERNS ABOUT COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Africa Advisor at the Elysee, Romain Serman, told Poloffs he believed Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo was taking new steps to further delay elections, including asking France to help in making "disarmament of rebels" a precondition. Serman asserted he told Gbagbo's repre [...] | 2009-09-04 08:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV IV FR |
09PARIS1219 | MIDDLE EAST: PEACE SUMMIT POLITICS IN PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 6 joint Sarkozy-Mubarak letter to President Obama proposing a summit (reftel) remains a subject of keen interest to the French. According to our sources in Paris, however, the two key players in the Middle East peace equation -- Israel and the Palestinian Authority -- [...] | 2009-09-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1222 | FRANCE'S APPROACH TO SOMALILAND AND PUNTLAND [...] (C) Summary: France has diplomatic engagements with Somaliland at a number of levels, including visits to Hargeisa by the French Ambassador and others based in Djibouti. France is helping Somaliland establish a representational "bureau" in Paris. France provides some developmental and huma [...] | 2009-09-08 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM EAID PGOV SO FR |
09PARIS1233 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S GORDON'S SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2009 [...] (C) Summary. Phil: We look forward to supporting your participation in the annual German Marshall Fund Conference on Transatlantic Trends and your efforts to press forward the priorities we share with the French. The bilateral relationship has seldom been better or more cooperative. The Fre [...] | 2009-09-09 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF RU IR FR |
09PARIS1236 | FRANCE WILL PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENT FOR KOSOVO ICJ [...] (SBU) French MFA Balkans DAS Thierry Guichoux told poloff September 9 that the French have already registered with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) their intent to present an oral statement before the ICJ in the Kosovo advisory opinion case (reftel). He responded positively to the ide [...] | 2009-09-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV FR |
09PARIS1242 | SIGNIFICANT HURDLES FACE THE FRENCH SOCIALIST [...] (C) Summary: A Socialist Party (PS) identity crisis continues. Efforts to unify the party have failed so far to stem the feud between those who want to move the PS toward the center and those who cling to hard left views. Perhaps too comfortable in their control over the majority of regiona [...] | 2009-09-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR |
09PARIS1277 | URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE MISSING/DETAINED AMCIT CASES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR FR |
09PARIS1293 | FRANCE LOOKS FORWARD TO P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NPT [...] (SBU) France looks forward to the P3 consultations on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) on October 9, confirmed MFA NPT officer Celine Jurgensen September 22. Jurgensen said the French delegation was yet to be confirmed, but would probably [...] | 2009-09-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09PARIS1294 | FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS WEST AFRICA WITH DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA, Presidency, and MOD on September 17 expressed general agreement with AF DAS William Fitzgerald on a range of West African issues, including Togo (need to keep pressing for proper presidential elections),Benin (a success story but with serious corru [...] | 2009-09-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PINR PGOV KCOR SNAR XY FR |
09PARIS1311 | FRANCE/AFRICA - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON NIGER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foremost among the issues keeping Presidential Africa Advisor Remi Marechaux occupied is the AQIM threat, particularly to Niger, which will not allow France to suspend military cooperation despite unhappiness with Tandja's political maneuverings -- he hopes the U.S. will act lik [...] | 2009-09-25 09:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM PGOV KCOR PINR AU NG MA SF |
09PARIS1335 | FRENCH MFA ON YEMEN, SYRIA, IRAQ AND QATAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA Middle East Director (A/S equivalent) Patrice Paoli told DAS Janet Sanderson September 11 that the French have grown very concerned about the increasingly precarious political and security situation in Yemen. As part of a bid to help re-stabilize Yemen, they plan to boost th [...] | 2009-09-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY QA YM LE IZ FR |
09PARIS134 | LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF THE FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. France's EU presidency ended amidst much French acclaim and a boost for President Sarkozy, who is widely viewed to have maximized the opportunities and reaped the domestic benefits presented by the EU leadership role. To many observers, the French EU presidency confirmed what [...] | 2009-01-29 18:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN FR |
09PARIS1341 | FRENCH CLAIM FRANCE-ALGERIA RELATIONS "NOT [...] (C) French-Algerian relations are "not strained," despite recent press reports to the contrary and despite repeated delays of the state visit of Algerian President Bouteflika, insisted MFA Algeria Desk Officer Anne-Claire Legendre on September 29. Legendre told poloff that internal political [...] | 2009-09-30 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG FR |
09PARIS135 | WHY SARKOZY THINKS ENGAGING SYRIA IS WORKING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the past 12 months, President Sarkozy has portrayed his Syria policy as one of performance-based, carefully benchmarked engagement -- engagement that could be easily halted or reversed in the event of Syrian back-sliding. Although Sarkozy has publicly touted this policy [...] | 2009-01-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PGOV PREL SY |
09PARIS1357 | TOGO: AMBASSADOR HAWKINS'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA, Presidency, and MOD generally agreed with U.S. Ambassador to Togo Patricia Hawkins's assessment of the situation in Togo concerning the importance of the presidential election in 2010, the weakness of the opposition, and the tensions that might arise [...] | 2009-10-02 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM SNAR PINR TO FR |
09PARIS1389 | FRENCH ENVOY ON INFORMATIONAL MISSION TO NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials, including senior presidency staff, confirmed that newly appointed Special Envoy to North Korea Jack Lang is going on an information gathering mission to Six-Party capitals to provide President Sarkozy a more comprehensive "snapshot" of the DPRK denuclearization is [...] | 2009-10-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RU FR |
09PARIS1393 | FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BOSNIA, KARABAKH, KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Government of France is "reflecting" on ways to improve the strategic relationship between Russia and the West, and may consider the potential value of entering into new negotiations on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, according to Roland Galharague [...] | 2009-10-14 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS BK KZ AM AJ FR |
09PARIS1401 | FRENCH MFA ON EU, RUSSIA, IRAN, AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At an October 5 lunch with visiting EUR DAS for Western Europe and Press and Public Diplomacy Spencer Boyer, key MFA officials provided an update of French thinking on a number of issues: the GOF hopes that the Czechs will ratify the Lisbon Treaty soon and that the U.S. will en [...] | 2009-10-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS EUN NATO KMPI RS IR FR |
09PARIS1405 | SYRIAN AMBASSADOR TOUTS BETTER RELATIONS WITH U.S, [...] (C) Summary. The Syrian Ambassador to France Lamia Chakkour discussed a wide variety of topics with PolMinCouns and poloffs October 13. The Ambassador praised France's rapprochement with Syria and said her country had been helpful in educating the Government of France (GOF) about regional is [...] | 2009-10-16 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY FR |
09PARIS1419 | BMENA: FRENCH FM KOUCHNER LIKELY TO ATTEND, BUT [...] (SBU) French Foreign Minister Kouchner plans to attend the BMENA Forum for the Future on November 2 - 3 in Marrakech but will require the French Parliament to change the date of hearings he is scheduled to attend on November 3 before he can offer a final confirmation, according to Michel Roche [...] | 2009-10-22 09:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1425 | FRENCH JIU AND FAO CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France believes their candidate to the United Nations' Joint Inspection Unit (JIU),Gerard Biraud, is well qualified; he is the JIU's current President. France also hopes the United States will support its candidate for the Independent President of the FAO Council, Luc Guyau e [...] | 2009-10-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PGOV EAGR UNGA FR |
09PARIS1426 | FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Paris welcomes the visit of FBI Director Mueller. The timing of this first trip is ideal, with our bilateral relationship at its highest point in fifty years. You will find your interlocutors energized by the President,s visits to Paris and Normandy and they look forward t [...] | 2009-10-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV FR |
09PARIS1438 | FRENCH ACTIVITIES IN THE GULF [...] (C) The French Presidency's Counselor for North Africa and the Middle East, Nicolas Galey, discussed French activities in the Arabian Gulf with PolMinCouns and poloff on October 22. Galey said President Sarkozy will visit Saudi Arabia November 17 to 19 to highlight the importance of this bil [...] | 2009-10-26 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PINS PREL SA KU AEC FR |
09PARIS1442 | MUSLIM-JEWISH RELATIONS IN FRANCE FOLLOWING GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a series of recent meetings, French officials responsible for developing and implementing GOF policy toward organized religion told poloff that the January 2009 conflict in Gaza continues to strain institutional and communal relations between France's two large [...] | 2009-10-28 09:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1459 | AMBASSADOR KNIGHT'S DISCUSSIONS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Ambassador to Benin, James Knight, on October 23 received from French officials a mixed assessment of the current social, political, and economic situation in the country. France hopes that President Yayi can display a more results-oriented leadership style but are con [...] | 2009-10-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KCOR PINR BN FR |
09PARIS1461 | FRANCE-ISRAEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE COVERS TURKEY, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: French participants in the second annual Franco-Israeli Strategic Dialogue on October 28 noted profound disquiet among the Israelis about Turkey, according to Frederic Bereyziat, Senior MFA Desk Officer for Israel and the Peace Process. Bereyziat told poloff Oct [...] | 2009-10-29 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IS TU SY FR |
09PARIS1464 | FRANCE WELCOMES NEW U.S. SUDAN STRATEGY, WANTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's assessment of the new U.S. Sudan strategy is positive, viewing it as a more "holistic" approach to Sudan's many challenges, according to the MFA's Desk Officer for Sudan. France appreciates the U.S. willingness to engage with a broad range of interlocutors and partners [...] | 2009-10-30 14:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU FR |
09PARIS1471 | TOGO'S UFC LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO CONTINUES HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with us on October 26, Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio was relaxed and at ease as he discussed his electoral prospects. He said he had overcome several procedural obstacles and was ready to campaign actively for the presidency. He asked that the U.S., alon [...] | 2009-11-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR EINV TO CH GH FR |
09PARIS1495 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO THE 2009 IRF REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press and public reaction to the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report in France has been largely muted since its public release on October 26. However, in a follow up meeting, the MFA offered a more critical response to the report, characterizing the Scientology case [...] | 2009-11-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF KISL FR |
09PARIS1526 | FRANCE AND BRAZIL: THE START OF A LOVE AFFAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Considered "a love fest" by the MFA, the growing Franco-Brazilian relationship under Presidents Sarkozy and Lula is likely to result in more political, diplomatic, economic, and military engagement in the next three years and throughout Sarkozy's time in office. Committed to exp [...] | 2009-11-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS BR FR |
09PARIS1529 | FRENCH MAY SELL MISTRAL CLASS SHIPS TO RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a series of meetings November 9-12, French MFA officials described the possible sale of a French Mistral-class helicopter carrier ship to Russia, and the licensing of the production of several other such ships in Russia, as a pragmatic economic deal--far from sealed--that [...] | 2009-11-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MASS RU GG PL FR |
09PARIS1532 | GUINEA: DAS FITZGERALD'S CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA and Presidency were in general agreement with AF DAS William Fitzgerald November 16 on the need for a change in leadership in Guinea, but they also agreed that effecting change, making sure Dadis steps down, and identifying a suitable replacement gover [...] | 2009-11-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GV FR |
09PARIS1533 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. PRIORITIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche outlining U.S. priorities for Afghanistan on November 17 to Francois Delmas, a specialist assigned to the French MFA's Af-Pak cell. Delmas responded that most of the priorities outlined in the demarche were similar to French objectives, particularly the focu [...] | 2009-11-19 09:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF FR |
09PARIS1534 | "FRANCAFRIQUE" -- MFA DISPUTES REPORTS ON A RETURN [...] (C) Summary: MFA's AF Assistant Secretary-equivalent Stephan Gompertz denied that France's approach to Africa is backsliding into the patterns of previous administrations' "francafrique." He insisted that France is not interfering in African countries' internal politics. He said that in the re [...] | 2009-11-19 09:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KCOR PTER PINR FR |
09PARIS1542 | MARITIME SECURITY SECTOR REFORM AND HORN OF AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A French inter-agency team expressed keen interest in USG ideas on piracy and Maritime Security Sector Reform (MSSR) during PM/PPA Donna Hopkins's November 13 consultations in Paris. The French agreed to provide constructive feedback on the MSSR matrix under development by Sta [...] | 2009-11-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ETTC PREL PGOV KPIR XO SO FR |
09PARIS1552 | SOMALIA SANCTIONS: FRENCH IN GENERAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) MFA IO desk officer Teymouraz Gorjestani on November 20 said that the GOF was in general agreement with the USG approach to Somalia sanctions outlined in reftel. He said that France supported sanctions Against those individuals listed by the UN Sanctions Committee's Monitoring Group. ( [...] | 2009-11-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER XW UNSC FR |
09PARIS1554 | SUDAN: RECENT SUDANESE VISITS AND CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghazi Salaheddin's recent consultations in Paris went well, according to MFA Sudan desk officer Thierry Caboche. Both sides "agreed to disagree" on ICC issues and focused on promoting Sudan-Chad reconciliation by trying to reduce Chadian and Sudanese support for their respectiv [...] | 2009-11-23 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SU FR |
09PARIS1558 | "NO SURPRISES" IN FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY JACK LANG,S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French Special Envoy Jack Lang urged DPRK leaders to return to Six-Party Talks during his five day "information-gathering" tour of North Korea from November 9-14 and visit to Beijing from November 5-9. MFA PDAS for Asia Theirry Viteau, who accompanied Lang to Pyongyang and Bei [...] | 2009-11-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
09PARIS1563 | FRANCE GROWS CLOSER TO RUSSIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Franco-Russian relations are growing closer and more stable, driven by France's increasingly pragmatic approach toward Moscow and desire to take the lead in shaping European relations with Russia. Bilateral exchanges have grown more intense, "dense," and frequent, [...] | 2009-11-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MASS GG PL RU FR |
09PARIS1566 | FRANCE FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON SUBSIDIARY [...] (C) MFA NPT Officer Celine Jurgensen said November 24 that France entirely shares the U.S. position detailed in reftel on subsidiary bodies at the 2Q0 NPT Review Conference (RevCon). Stressing the need to ensure states withdrawing from the NPT remain accountable for any violations committed w [...] | 2009-11-25 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09PARIS1589 | CJCS MULLEN OUTLINES STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CJCS Admiral Mike Mullen met with French Chief of Defense(CHOD)General Jean-Louis Georgelin to discuss the possibility of increasing the number of French troops committed to Afghanistan, in advance of the December 3-4 NATO Ministerial meetings. This discussion was precipitated by [...] | 2009-11-25 18:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS AF FR |
09PARIS1600 | CONGO-B'S PARIS-BASED "GOVERNMENT IN EXILE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Self-styled Prime Minister of the Government in Exile of the Republic of Congo, Tony Gilbert Moudilou, insisted that President Sassou Nguesso Nguesso "has to go." Moudilou asserted that Sassou Nguesso is physically and mentally ill, and that the President's goal is to pave the [...] | 2009-11-30 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR CF FR |
09PARIS1610 | GABON: PRESIDENT ALI BONGO'S VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ali Bongo of Gabon enjoyed a successful visit to France November 18-20, according to MFA DAS-equivalent Stephane Gruenberg. The visit marked for both sides Bongo's assumption of the presidency and his initial steps to develop his own identity as national leader apart [...] | 2009-12-02 08:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV GB FR |
09PARIS1638 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY: THE KEY DECISION-MAKER WHO CAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. At the mid-point of his five-year term, French President Sarkozy continues to be the dominant, virtually unchallenged, political force in France. Slowed in domestic reform efforts by entrenched interests and the world-wide financial crisis, Sarkozy is increasingly focused on success [...] | 2009-12-04 11:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV FR |
09PARIS1686 | FRENCH SUPPORT UN SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] (C) MFA IO desk officer Teymouraz Gorjestani on December 11 told us that the GOF had agreed to support the Ugandan draft UNSC resolution that contained provisions for imposing targeted sanctions on Eritrea (reftel). He mentioned that the GOF preferred that one individual, whom he described as [...] | 2009-12-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV ER FR |
09PARIS1687 | MICHEL BARNIER: WHO IS THE NEW EU COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michel Barnier's selection as European Commissioner for the Internal Markets is the culmination of years of maneuvering for a senior EC post. As Foreign Minister, Barnier called for a strong Europe based on a "Franco-German" rather than "Anglo-Saxon" model, and as Agriculture Mi [...] | 2009-12-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL PINR FR EU |
09PARIS1704 | ALGERIA'S SA'ID BOUTEFLIKA -- A FRENCH MFA [...] (S/NF) The French have limited information about the private life, personal opinions, and political ambitions of Sa'id Bouteflika (reftel),according to French MFA Algeria Desk Officer Anne-Claire Legendre. Nonetheless, Legendre told poloff December 14 that, based on French sources and analy [...] | 2009-12-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AG FR |
09PARIS1706 | FRANCE FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. POLICY ON BURMA [...] (C) France fully supports current U.S. policy on Burma and wants to work closely with the U.S. to insure a coordinated approach, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Southeast Asia DAS-equivalent Charles-Henri Brosseau, who spoke to POLCOUNS on December 10, 2009. Brosseau noted that the F [...] | 2009-12-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM FR |
09PARIS1709 | SOMALIA/DJIBOUTI PEACE PROCESS: FRANCE FULLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO FR |
09PARIS1714 | FRENCH MINORITIES AND NATIONAL IDENTITY -- AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In early November 2009, President Sarkozy launched a national debate on what it means to be French -- that is, the French "national identity." Confronting an increasingly globalized world and struggling with self-identity issues, including whether Muslim "burqas" should be bann [...] | 2009-12-17 12:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF FR |
09PARIS1719 | FRANCE'S GOT TALENT: REACHING OUT TO YOUNG LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. "Reform" in the political, economic, and social arenas is a common driver behind the diverse activism of the almost 50 young, rising French leaders who participated in an outreach event hosted by the Embassy on December 2. Representing a wide swatch of the French political sp [...] | 2009-12-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1721 | DPRK: FRANCE CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE [...] (C/NF) The Government of France may establish an office in Pyongyang, based on a recommendation by Special Presidential Envoy for North Korea Jack Lang who briefed the Ambassadors from the U.S., China, South Korea, Japan and Russia (the Five Parties) on December 14. Accompanied by members [...] | 2009-12-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
09PARIS1726 | AFGHANISTAN MOU: INTERIM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to the points in reftel A, French officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense said they were aware of the draft MOU on life, security and mobility support, originally supplied to the French Embassy in Kabul as per reftel B, and expressed their wil [...] | 2009-12-18 16:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID AF FR |
09PARIS1750 | DEMARCHE: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT CASES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR FR |
09PARIS1767 | DIVERGENCES WITH FRANCE ON UPCOMING POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our current relationship with France is so profoundly healthy that conventional wisdom now asserts that there are no significant differences in the foreign policies of our two countries. While it is true that the relationship is at a historical peak, it is not the case t [...] | 2009-12-31 12:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PARM FR |
09PARIS223 | A/DAS WYCOFF'S FEBRUARY 5 CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During February 5 meetings with AF Acting DAS Karl Wycoff, French officials: -- (on Chad) expressed skepticism about a role for the Francophonie organization in Chad; wanted "free and fair" elections yet seemed ready to welcome Deby's remaining in power as the best alternativ [...] | 2009-02-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS CD CG RW SO FR |
09PARIS236 | IS THE FRENCH MODEL REALLY BACK? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 17:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV FR |
09PARIS239 | READOUT OF PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S GULF TOUR [...] (S) Summary: President Sarkozy sees his February 10-11 visit to the Gulf as a success, especially his surprise visit to Iraq, where he invited President Talabani to lead a state visit to Paris at the end of the year along with both Iraqi Vice Presidents. According to Presidential Middle East [...] | 2009-02-17 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS242 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH IN AGREEMENT WITH USG POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EUN MR PHUM PREL FR |
09PARIS260 | FRENCH FEEDBACK ON NPT GOALS [...] (C) Summary. On February 18, MFA desk officer for nuclear nonproliferation Celine Jurgensen said France's goal for the third Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) PrepCom is concrete progress in all three pillars of the nonproliferation regime, looking ahead to the 2010 Review Conference. A [...] | 2009-02-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09PARIS264 | S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on February 16 to discuss detainee issues, France's role in the EU process and possible resettlement of Guantanamo Bay detainees in France. Williamson noted that France has a unique role to play in formulating a process [...] | 2009-02-20 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO FR |
09PARIS268 | FRANCE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008 France took significant steps to combat trafficking in persons, ratifying the EU convention on Action Against Trafficking in Persons and changing the French anti-trafficking law to better prosecute forced labor violations. The French government used its anti-trafficking [...] | 2009-02-20 18:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF |
09PARIS275 | MAURITANIA: INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Contact Group on Mauritania (ICG-M) met in Paris February 20. The European Union, France, and the United Nations joined the United States in expressing continued strong support for the African Union's opposition to the August 6 coup, but the Arab delegations [...] | 2009-02-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR FR |
09PARIS276 | GENERAL PETRAEUS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with PM Fillon, NSA Levitte, FM Kouchner, MinDef Morin and military chief Georgelin February 9 and 10, CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus discussed the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, noting the administration's strategic review now underway and emphasizing t [...] | 2009-02-26 07:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV NATO KPAL AF IR IS IZ PK FR |
09PARIS286 | ENGAGING SYRIA: INSIGHTS FROM JEAN-CLAUDE COUSSERAN [...] (S) Summary: Veteran Middle East troubleshooter and former French Ambassador to Syria (among other posts) Jean-Claude Cousseran assessed that recent improvements in Syrian behavior constituted a tactical shift rather than a strategic change of behavior; nevertheless, he felt the West should exploit [...] | 2009-02-26 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV FR SY |
09PARIS290 | FRANCE: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] Embassy Paris notes no significant developments since last year with respect to GOF actions to protect critical infrastructure. After mission-wide consultation, Embassy Paris did not identify any physical infrastructure or resources in France whose loss would immediately affect the security, [...] | 2009-02-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PINS ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP FR |
09PARIS301 | SOMALIA: FRANCE INTENDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SSR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SO FR |
09PARIS324 | GUINEA-BISSAU: FRANCE THINKS ELECTIONS ARE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: France believes that it is imperative that presidential elections be held in Guinea-Bissau within the 60-day time-frame specified in the Guinea-Bissau constitution, MFA deskoff Ann'laure Hare said on March 4. The GOF is considering ways France can assist with elections but the [...] | 2009-03-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR PU FR |
09PARIS342 | MADAGASCAR: FRANCE OFFERS REFUGE TO MAYOR, [...] (C) MFA Madagascar deskoff Beatrice Lederle on March 10 confirmed that Antananarivo Mayor Rajoelina had obtained refuge with the GOF on March 6 and had been housed at the French Ambassador's Residence since then. Lederle said that the French hoped to transfer Rajoelina to the custody of the [...] | 2009-03-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PINS PGOV MA FR |
09PARIS367 | SARKOZY SUPPORTS NATO INTEGRATION; FORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: A think tank seminar held March 11 on "France, European Defense and NATO in the 21st Century" was the setting for an all-star line-up of French Ministers and political elite to promote France,s reintegration into the military command of NATO. President Sarkozy ca [...] | 2009-03-12 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR PGOV FR |
09PARIS374 | MADAGASCAR: FRENCH UNCERTAIN HOW EVENTS WILL [...] (C) French MFA Madagascar desk officer Beatrice Lederle on March 13 said that the GOF was having trouble evaluating events in Madagascar and developing a clear notion of where the crisis was heading. She said that the involvement of the military surprised the French. The situation on one le [...] | 2009-03-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV CASC FR MA |
09PARIS381 | S/WCI OFFICIALS DISCUSS GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: France accepted four former Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) detainees with claims to immigration status in France in July 2004 and an additional three in March 2005. Ministry of Interior contact Christophe Chaboud noted that, unlike other European countries visited by Washington official [...] | 2009-03-16 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO FR |
09PARIS403 | FRANCE PLEDGES CAUTION ON CUBA, LAMENTS MISFIRE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy appointed former Socialist Minister Jack Lang to be Special Envoy on Cuba in order to drive forward French and EU dialogue with Cuba but also, on the domestic front, as outreach to a prominent French opposition party member, according to French Presidential Advis [...] | 2009-03-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CU MX BR FR |
09PARIS408 | AMISOM/SOMALIA: FRANCE TRAINING UGANDAN MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is in the process of training a Ugandan military unit in Uganda for eventual deployment to AMISOM in Somalia. This is the fifth training operation of this nature the French have conducted; the four previous ones involved Uganda (three units) and Burundi (one unit). The [...] | 2009-03-20 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR FR SO UG BY |
09PARIS410 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT’S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (S/NF) Key points: -- Your visit comes at a historic time. Nicolas Sarkozy is the most pro-American French President since World War II and is, at the moment, arguably the most influential leader in Europe. Sarkozy,s goodwill and your prestige give us an unprecedented opportunity to cement the posi [...] | 2009-03-20 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO FR AF RU |
09PARIS415 | FRENCH UNLIKELY TO OFFER MUCH AT PAKISTAN TOKYO [...] (C) Embassy delivered points in reftel to French MFA officer Jasmine Zerinini deputy director of the newly created office of France's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan on March 16. She had no information when we spoke to her about French intentions with respect to new financial pled [...] | 2009-03-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK FR |
09PARIS416 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS FRANCE WILLING TO REVIEW [...] (S/NF) In the course of a conversation on other issues, French Presidency Advisor for the Americas Damien Loras mentioned to pol/mc France's continuing desire to try to be helpful with Guantanamo detainees. Specifically, he said France has become aware that Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee La [...] | 2009-03-20 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO FR |
09PARIS454 | FRENCH ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Amid a flurry of high level visits, relations between France and Iraq continue to improve. Although the GOF is eager to see French companies participate in the reconstruction of Iraq's infrastructure, French enterprises have been cautious due to their lingering security concerns. [...] | 2009-03-27 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR IZ |
09PARIS483 | MAURITANIA/FRANCE: WORRIES OVER AQIM TRUMP SEARCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Christine Fages on April 1 said that options had dwindled with respect to Mauritania and that the best course would be to ensure free and fair elections in June within a framework that would allow participation by RFD opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah. Str [...] | 2009-04-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS KDEM FR MR |
09PARIS50 | THE AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PM FILLON [...] (C) The U.S.-France relationship has enjoyed positive progress over the past four years, PM Francois Fillon judged during the Ambassador's January 12 farewell call; the Ambassador also presented a positive assessment. Substantive planning for the April 2-3 NATO summit in Strasbourg and Kehl [...] | 2009-01-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR |
09PARIS505 | MAURITANIA/MADAGASCAR: FRENCH VIEW ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Elections in Mauritania and Madagascar could be the way to end the political impasses in both countries, Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert said on April 3. He added that in both places, those who organize the elections should not be candidates and those who [...] | 2009-04-07 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR MR MA |
09PARIS512 | FRANCE FOCUSED ON BURMA PRISONER RELEASE, [...] (C) France remains focused on prisoner release and launching a legitimate political dialogue in Burma and sees no reason to ease sanctions against the Junta at this time, Burma desk officer Jeremie Petit told us April 8. Responding to ref A points, Petit said the EU decided to keep the Commo [...] | 2009-04-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD FR BM |
09PARIS530 | MADAGASCAR: FRANCE SEES NEED TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's priority in Madagascar is to encourage a consensus among the Malagasy parties on a political solution, involving early and credible elections, that will permit the country to end the current crisis and enable a return to constitutional governance, MFA DAS-equivalent Fr [...] | 2009-04-16 13:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FR |
09PARIS551 | MONUC//DRC/INDIA: FRANCE URGES CONTINUED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal informed us on April 22 that France recently sent letters to the DRC and India urging them to cooperate with one another with respect to MONUC so that India will not withdraw its forces from MONUC in response the perceived insult conveyed by DRC FM A [...] | 2009-04-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO OPDC CG IN FR PGOV |
09PARIS553 | TOGO: FRENCH LACK INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: France shares the USG's uncertainty about the nature of the action Togo President Faure Gnassingbe took on April 12 against his half-brother Kpatcha Gnassingbe, MFA Togo desk officer Daniel Westerink said on April 22. The Faure-Kpatcha face-off has not changed GOF policy toward [...] | 2009-04-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM TO FR |
09PARIS598 | FRENCH WORRIED BY MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Summary: France fears a serious degradation in Madagascar as a worsening economic situation combined with targeted street violence threatens to unleash more radical civil upheaval and trigger a second coup to put a military junta in place, according to Presidential Africa Advisor Marecha [...] | 2009-04-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR AU MA FR |
09PARIS616 | ZIMBABWE: FRENCH DENY PUSHING FOR RELAXATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials at the MFA deny that France is pushing for a more lenient EU sanctions regime regarding Zimbabwe, although signs of possible positive movement could lead to a situation that would warrant a more lenient policy. The French want the UK, whose views they claim may be ch [...] | 2009-05-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI UK FR |
09PARIS63 | MFA REGREST GABON'S OVERREACTION TO CRITICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Gabonese are overreacting to criticism expressed by dissidents and centered on alleged corruption on the part of GOG officials, MFA desk officer Claude Blevin said on January 14. The Gabonese have been quick to see a French hand in support of the dissidents but this was not [...] | 2009-01-16 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GB FR |
09PARIS657 | SAHEL AND GREAT LAKES: FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA and Presidency stressed the importance France is placing on the Sahel and the GOF's efforts to promote stability in the region, during meetings on May 7 with INR/AF Director Don Koran and analyst Rick Ehrenreich. The MFA is leading a GOF-wide effort [...] | 2009-05-15 07:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID XY ZF ML MR NG CG |
09PARIS67 | GRANDE COMORE PRESIDENT CRITICIZES UNION PRESIDENT [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Grande Comore President Mohamed Abdouloihabi strongly criticized Union of the Comoros President Sambi during a January 15 meeting with AF-assistant, stating that Sambi was trying to weaken the political power of the islands f [...] | 2009-01-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PTER CN IR FR |
09PARIS68 | GUINEA: FRANCE BELIEVES JOYANDET MISSION SECURED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF believes that it obtained firm commitments on key issues from coup leader Camara during Secretary of State (Cooperation and Francophonie) Joyandet's January 3-4 visit to Conakry. These commitments include holding elections before the end of 2009, no running for office [...] | 2009-01-16 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM GV FR |
09PARIS694 | NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN'S MAY 20 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (S/NF) Summary: NEA Acting A/S Jeffrey Feltman and OVP Senior Advisor Herro Mustafa discussed at length Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the prospects for Middle East peace during a May 20 meeting with French MFA officials. Middle East Director Patrice Paoli said the GOF agreed with the need for a time [...] | 2009-05-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS722 | INPUT ON PROPOSED IRAN RELATED NSG PRESENTATIONS [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche May 28 to Arnaud Mentre, action officer for Iran in the MFA's Directorate of Strategic Affairs, and his replacement, Florent Aydalot. (Mentre is transitioning this summer to a new assignment at the French embassy in Moscow.) Mentre noted that the E3 woul [...] | 2009-05-29 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS762 | EUR A/S GORDON’S JUNE 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH NSA [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a June 3 meeting with A/S Gordon, French NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte previewed the agenda for the POTUS-President Sarkozy bilat at Normandy. He noted that Sarkozy hoped to use the occasion to announce the appointments of two French general officers to high-level NATO positi [...] | 2009-06-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS769 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR MITCHELL'S VISIT TO PARIS [...] (S/NF) Summary. Senator Mitchell: The timing of your second visit to Paris could not be better. You will find your interlocutors energized by the President,s speech in Cairo and his subsequent visit to Paris and Normandy. They will be eager to follow up on the President,s bilat with Presi [...] | 2009-06-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS785 | MAURITANIA/NIGER/COTE D'IVOIRE/TOGO: MFA DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS Christine Fages on June 12 urged the U.S. to pressure deposed Mauritanian President Abdallahi to sign and work to implement the recently brokered political accord, an issue that Senegal's FM Gadio would likely raise during his June 12 meetings in Washington. Fages respo [...] | 2009-06-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS XY MR NG IV TO FR |
09PARIS814 | PIRACY: FRANCE SHARES OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Chantal Poiret, MFA Coordinator for Anti-Piracy Policy, said on June 17 that France was opposed to the creation of an international tribunal that would try suspected pirates. France plans to send a representative to the expert-level meeting that the Dutch have propo [...] | 2009-06-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NATO SO FR |
09PARIS815 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH SEE ABDALLAHI AS OBSTACLE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on June 18 said that deposed Mauritanian President Abdallahi seemed to be blocking final political agreement over the Dakar accord. France was prepared to call a "stop" to the process and urge that the Dakar accord be implemented as is, wit [...] | 2009-06-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS PGOV PINR PTER MR FR |
09PARIS821 | FRANCE MFA MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON IRAN: WATCHING AND [...] (C) MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli told Political Minister Counselor June 18 that despite initial worries over the weekend about the election results in Iran, the GOF has now committed to watching events unfold before deciding their policy approach tow [...] | 2009-06-19 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS827 | FRANCE MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (S/NF) MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli informed POL Minister Counselor June 18 that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told French officials in Paris June 15 that the Israelis have a "secret accord" with the USG to continue the "natural growth" of Israe [...] | 2009-06-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS830 | MFA MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON ISRAEL, HIZBOLLAH, SYRIA, [...] (S/NF) MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli informed POL Minister Counselor June 18 that Amos Gilad, Senior Advisor at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, told French officials June 17 in Paris that Hizbollah's alleged possession of 40,000 rockets is "intolerab [...] | 2009-06-22 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
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 |
09PARIS848 | MADAGASCAR: FRENCH SUPPORT POLITICAL CONSENSUS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: France continues to favor a political consensus among contending parties that would lead to credible elections, Presidential AF-advisor Remi Marechaux said on June 23. However, neither Rajoelina, Ravalomanana (who is recruiting mercenaries in France),nor Ratsiraka are making a [...] | 2009-06-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM PINR MA FR |
09PARIS849 | IRANIAN NGO LEADER CLAIMS OPPOSITION CANNOT BACK [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iranian NGO Leader Amir Hossein Barmaki (please protect) told poloff June 22 in Paris that if the Iranian opposition leaders back down now they will be "destroyed" by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khamene'i. "They are not going to stop fighting," he insisted, "or they w [...] | 2009-06-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS861 | NEW FRENCH MINISTER FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES; [...] SUMMARY: President Nicolas Sarkozy reshuffled his government on June 23, 2009, replacing former Minister of Agriculture, Michel Barnier. Barnier led the UMP party list in the European Parliament elections and his departure was expected following the election. He is widely seen as France's can [...] | 2009-06-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN EU FR INR |
09PARIS876 | SARKOZY, NETANYAHU DISCUSS FREEZE, JEWISH STATE, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: According to President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor Boris Boillon, Sarkozy told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu June 24 in Paris that the GOF supports the creation of a Palestinian state; seeks a "total freeze" on Israeli settlement activity; stands with Israel against the t [...] | 2009-06-29 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS909 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH OFFICIALS RELIEVED POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware on June 30, French officials at the Presidency (Romain Serman) and MFA (Christine Fages) supported the political deal brokered over the June 26-28 weekend and underscored the need for elections to take place on July 18. T [...] | 2009-07-06 09:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV MR FR |
09PARIS911 | PRE G8 MEETING: FRANCE HARDENS POSITION ON IRAN [...] (C) President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor Boris Boillon told Political Minister Counselor July 3 that the French believe there is "no longer any possibility of dialogue" with the government of Iran. "Sanctions are the only weapon now," Boillon insisted. He said that the current sanctions r [...] | 2009-07-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS933 | FRANCE OPEN TO EXAMINING SIX NEW GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 2 meeting with Eric Chevallier, Special Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility (S/GC),summarized the results of his efforts to negotiate the resettlement of Guantanamo detainees an [...] | 2009-07-09 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER FR |
09PARIS946 | FRENCH SENATE LEADERS ON MIDDLE EAST: YEMEN, PEACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After visiting over 250 dignitaries in every country in the Middle East (except Oman),two French Senate Foreign Affairs Committee members stated July 9 that French foreign policy in the Middle East should set three priorities: 1) advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process; 2) pre [...] | 2009-07-13 08:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS956 | GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR [...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...] | 2009-07-16 09:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR |
09PARIS963 | HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FRENCH FAVOR INCLUSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: France favors broad participation in anti-piracy activities off the Horn of Africa as outlined reftel, but would prefer that a mechanism, "based on objective criteria," be established that would allow current participants to reject "problem states" such as Iran from participati [...] | 2009-07-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO IR FR |
09PARIS969 | FRENCH MFA EXPECTS EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Patrice Paoli confidently predicted to WE Office Director Maureen Cormack July 16 that the EU will approve an Association Agreement with Syria at the September 14-15 meeting of EU foreign ministers (GAERC). Whil [...] | 2009-07-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS970 | DOMESTIC BRIEFING PAPER: SARKOZY RESHUFFLES [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy appointed an eclectic combination of close UMP allies and new centrist recruits to the Fillon government June 23 in an apparent effort to boost his appeal among a broad range of voters before regional elections next year and a presumed reelection bid in 2012. At least [...] | 2009-07-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV FR |
09PARIS986 | FRENCH MFA MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON IRAN, PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Patrice Paoli emphasized to WE Office Director Maureen Cormack July 16 the importance of persuading European and USG allies around the world to recognize, and act to prevent, the destabilizing consequences of a nuclear-arm [...] | 2009-07-21 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS993 | MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR'S JULY 21 DISCUSSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KDEM NG MA MR IV FR |
09PARIS997 | MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR'S JULY 21 DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Stephane Gompertz on July 21 expressed frustration with the political impasse in Madagascar; relief that elections had transpired relatively well in Mauritania, offering a possible conclusion to the long political crisis there; exasperation with Niger Pres [...] | 2009-07-23 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KDEM NG MA MR IV FR |
09PARTO112706 | (C) Secretary Clinton's November 14, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Kin Moy, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d). 2. (U) November 14, 2009; 10:15 a.m.; Singapore. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Charge Dan Shields Lieutenant General Paul Selva DAS Scot Marciel Deputy Chief of Staff [...] | 2009-11-27 22:16:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PARM KNNP |
09PARTO113007 | (U) Secretary Clinton's November 12, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Kin W. Moy, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) November 12, 2009; 1:30 p.m.; Manila, Philippines. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney Ambassador Scot Marciel, EAP DAS Deputy Chief of [...] | 2009-11-30 16:51:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PTER PHUM |
09PARTO22610 | (U) Secretary Clinton's February 18, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d). 2. (U) Thursday, February 18, 2009; 4:15 p.m.; Jakarta, Indonesia. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Cameron R. Hume A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Paul J [...] | 2009-02-26 19:16:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP CLINTON HILLARY KGHG ID |
09PARTO32028 | (C) SECRETARY CLINTON'S MARCH 5, 2009, MEETING [...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) March 5, 2009; 9:00 a.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Kurt Volker EUR A/S Dan Fried NSC Senior Director Liz Sherwood-Randall Lie [...] | 2009-03-20 23:54:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY MOPS NATO PGOV PREL |
09PARTO42805 | (C) Secretary Clinton's April 18, 2009, [...] (C) Classified by: Paul D. Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (C) April 18, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S Thomas A. Shannon, WHA Amb. Hector Morales, USOAS Deput [...] | 2009-04-28 22:51:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PGOV PREL ECON EAID |
09PARTO43001 | (U) Secretary Clinton's April 25, 2009 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (U) April 25, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) U.S. The Secretary NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman Ambassador Christopher Hill Director of USAID Office of Democracy and Govern [...] | 2009-04-30 13:55:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY KWMN PHUM PGOV IZ |
09PARTO43007 | (U) Secretary Clinton's April 25, 2009 Meeting [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reasons 1.4.(b & d) 2. (U) April 25, 2009; 1:45 p.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Ambassador Christopher Hill NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman Jo [...] | 2009-04-30 14:46:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | SECRET | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09PARTO6 | SECRETARY AND IRISH FM MEETING [...] (U) October 11, 2009, Dublin, Ireland 2. (U) Participants United States The Secretary Ambassador Daniel Rooney A/S Philip Gordon NSC Elisabeth Sherwood-Randall DCOS Jake Sullivan Spokesman Ian Kelly Lt. Gen. Paul Selva Ireland Foreign Minister Michael Martin David Cooney, Secre [...] | 2009-10-27 02:29:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EUN EI |
09PERTH30 | WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLITICS: THE RUDD-BARNETT DUET [...] (C) Summary: Western Australia (WA) looms large on the federal radar as talk escalates about the state's importance in the next federal election. With Labor currently holding only four of 15 WA federal seats, analysts view WA as a potential pivot for federal Labor to retain power by offering [...] | 2009-05-13 08:42:00 | Consulate Perth | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AS |
09PERTH55 | KIMBERLEY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONFRONT THEIR FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of two cables reporting on a visit by ConGen staff to the north west Kimberley region. In the face of enormous challenges, advancement programs are making headway to improve living conditions in the far north Kimberley region of Western Australia (WA) for the I [...] | 2009-12-10 06:02:00 | Consulate Perth | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI AS |
09PESHAWAR1 | SECURITY OPERATIONS IN KHYBER IMPOSE SHORT TERM CURFEW ON [...] (C) On January 2, the Torkham Highway crossing point into Afghanistan reopened to truck traffic, including trucks supplying NATO/ISAF, after being closed December 30 due to military security operations. Operation "Daralam" or "Here I Come" was launched to increase security for convoys and to r [...] | 2009-01-03 09:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09PESHAWAR10 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (SBU) Fighting continued at a slow pace in Bajaur during the first week of the year, with three militants reported killed and a local militant leader claiming that his supporters would not resist if government forces entered Mamond area. 2. (SBU) In Swat, at least 32 people were r [...] | 2009-01-14 10:47:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR100 | MALAKAND DIVISION: SWAT OPERATION CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. From May 8, the Pakistani army has stepped up its operations in Swat, concentrating its efforts on the areas south of the central Khwazakhela region. A relaxation of the curfew in Swat on May 10 allowed large numbers of residents to flee lower Swat. According to initial estimate [...] | 2009-05-11 11:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PTER PGOV EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR103 | IDP CRISIS UPDATE: UN AGENCIES AND ICRC CONVEY IDP NEEDS IN [...] (C) Summary: A group of four Peshawar-based representatives from United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told the Ambassador the rising number of internally displaced people (IDPs) is swamping the capacity of the Pakistani government. The group agr [...] | 2009-05-21 10:43:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
09PESHAWAR105 | INDIGENOUS FUNDING FOR SWAT MILITANTS [...] (C) As major operations against militants once again commence in Swat district in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),press reports and Consulate contacts provide insight into the methods of funding that Swat militants have realized from their effective control over large parts of the distr [...] | 2009-05-22 11:36:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV ECON PK |
09PESHAWAR106 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, APRIL 25 [...] (C) Military operations in the Lower Dir and Buner districts of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) dominated headlines during the final week of April. By April 30, GOP officials declared both operations successful, but stated that cleanup operations could last days or weeks. (Refs. A, B) [...] | 2009-05-22 11:47:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR107 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 1 - [...] (C) Events in northwest Pakistan made international headlines throughout the first week in May, coinciding with President Zardari's visit to the United States, while Prime Minister Gilani appeared on national television the evening of May 7 to declare "all out war" against the Taliban. (Ref. A [...] | 2009-05-22 11:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR108 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 8 - [...] (C) Heavy fighting in Swat, Buner and Dir characterized the second week in May, underscored by a May 12 airborne assault on Maulana Fazlullah's stronghold in Peochar valley in Swat. The government claimed to have killed over 750 militants in the course of its operation in the three districts. [...] | 2009-05-22 12:04:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR109 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER [...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander General Tariq Khan sees operations in Dir and Buner winding down although Sultanwas in northern Buner is targeted for an operation o/a May 20. People are returning, particularly to lower Buner, and Khan cautioned that the IDP emergency should not obscure the need t [...] | 2009-05-23 07:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PREF EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR11 | CEASEFIRE ENDS 2-DAY SECTARIAN BATTLE IN HANGU [...] (C) The district administration of Hangu, along with rival Sunni and Shi'a groups, signed a ceasefire agreement on January 11, putting a tenuous end to two days of sectarian fighting that killed 40 and injured more than 60 according to Ghulam Qadir, the FATA Secretary for Law and Order. The fi [...] | 2009-01-14 10:48:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK PHUM |
09PESHAWAR111 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 15 - [...] (C) Pakistan's security forces appeared to seize the initiative in Malakand during the third week of May, but militants responded by launching mass-casualty bombing attacks inside Peshawar for the first time since March. In Swat, government troops encircled Mingora and appeared to achieve dom [...] | 2009-05-25 10:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR113 | EXPECTED SOUTH WAZIRISTAN OPERATION CREATES DISPLACEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: South Waziristan Agency (SWA) residents fear an imminent attack by Pakistani armed forces and have begun to flee the Mehsud areas of SWA into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to their north and east. The displacement is complicating th [...] | 2009-05-27 10:18:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PTER MOPS PGOV PK EAID |
09PESHAWAR114 | EXPECTED SOUTH WAZIRISTAN OPERATION CREATES DISPLACEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: South Waziristan Agency (SWA) residents fear an imminent attack by Pakistani armed forces and have begun to flee the Mehsud areas of SWA into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to their north and east. The displacement is complicating th [...] | 2009-05-28 04:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PTER MOPS PK PGOV EAID |
09PESHAWAR115 | EXPECTED SOUTH WAZIRISTAN OPERATION CREATES DISPLACEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: South Waziristan Agency (SWA) residents fear an imminent attack by Pakistani armed forces and have begun to flee the Mehsud areas of SWA into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to their north and east. The displacement is complicating th [...] | 2009-05-28 04:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PTER PGOV PK EAID |
09PESHAWAR116 | PESHAWAR UNHCR CHIEF ON UNHCR ACTIVITIES IN NWFP [...] (C) UNHCR Peshawar told Peshawar PO on May 28 that the IDP population stands at 2.5 million with many in "transit" and "spontaneous" camps still not registered. UNHCR Peshawar is increasingly focusing on assisting IDP populations in these unofficial camps and schools. Most outflows from South [...] | 2009-05-29 13:08:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PGOV PK PREL |
09PESHAWAR118 | PESHAWAR SECURITY TIGHTENED IN THE WAKE OF MULTIPLE [...] (S/NF) Summary: A series of VBIED attacks in Peshawar killed eleven and wounded over seventy; provincial security officials believe that the total would have been significantly higher had the largest of the bombs reached its true target. The Peshawar District Coordination Officer (DCO) has rea [...] | 2009-06-01 06:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS PK |
09PESHAWAR119 | FATA: ABDUCTED NORTH WAZIRISTAN PREP SCHOOL STUDENTS [...] (C) A kidnapping attempt on June 1 against students evacuating a prestigious preparatory school in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) appears to have been resolved without casualties among the captives. The Pakistani government claims that all have been recovered. According to the government, the [...] | 2009-06-02 11:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV ASEC PK |
09PESHAWAR120 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 22 - [...] (C) Pakistan's security forces continued to capture key locations in Swat during the fourth week of May. However, continuing last week's trend, the Taliban struck back by targeting security forces and civilians in four mass-casualty bombing attacks in Peshawar and one in Dera Ismail Khan, bes [...] | 2009-06-04 04:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR124 | UPPER DIR BOMBING RESPONSE SHOWS EFFECTIVENESS AND [...] (C) Summary: The June 5 mass-casualty bombing of a mosque in Upper Dir and resulting June 7-9 punitive action by a tribal lashkar have highlighted the long-standing tension in Upper Dir district over militant activity there and its recent exacerbation by the military operations in neighboring S [...] | 2009-06-09 14:31:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR126 | MORE ON PEARL CONTINENTAL EXPLOSION [...] (S/NF) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Inspector General Police Malik Naveed told Consulate officials June 11 that no physical trace of the bombers or leads to their identities has yet been recovered from the June 9 attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel. PC security guards are in custody an [...] | 2009-06-11 12:39:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER ASEC ABLD PGOV MOPS CASC PK |
09PESHAWAR127 | THREE COMPLEX ATTACKS IN NINE HOURS IN PESHAWAR ENVIRONS [...] (C) Summary: Three complex attacks in and near Peshawar, occurring between 16:30 PM on June 11 and 01:00 AM on June 12, killed approximately six and wounded dozens more, including the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister for Prisons. The attacks included the ambush of an armed convoy, [...] | 2009-06-12 11:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS PK |
09PESHAWAR128 | ARRESTS, DEATHS OF TNSM LEADERS UNDERLINE GROUP'S [...] (C) Summary: The arrests of several key members of the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammedi (TNSM) and subsequent deaths of two of the arrested members has brought TNSM briefly back into the spotlight, but in a very different role than it played earlier this year. The way TNSM handled the deno [...] | 2009-06-12 11:31:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
09PESHAWAR130 | BOLD TTP-CLAIMED ATTACKS SIGNAL A TEST OF WILLS WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed a series of bold attacks undertaken over June 9-12. These attacks highlight the TTP's increasing willingness to attack and claim credit for violence within military cantonments, in the Punjab, and against politica [...] | 2009-06-16 10:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV KISL PK |
09PESHAWAR131 | MILITARY ACTION IN FR BANNU: OPENING MOVE FOR WAZIRISTAN? [...] (C) Summary: A Pakistani military operation in Frontier Region Bannu, on the border of North Waziristan Agency (NWA),has resulted in over two hundred deaths and significant displacement. The operation, launched two weeks after the kidnapping of 120 students and staff from Razmak Cadet [...] | 2009-06-16 12:52:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PREF PK |
09PESHAWAR133 | NWFP: CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED? [...] (SBU) Pakistan will suffer a 35 percent crop loss in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) this year, and up to a 70 percent crop loss in the conflict-hit areas of Malakand Division, according to the NWFP provincial government and local economists. These Consulate contacts conclude that it is [...] | 2009-06-17 04:41:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG EFIN PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR135 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 29 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 08:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR138 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 5 - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 16:00:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR142 | FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER'S CONCERNS FOR COUNTER-INSURGENCY [...] (C) Frontier Corps (FC) Commander General Tariq Khan expressed concerns in a July 1 conversation with Peshawar Principal Officer (PO) about the competing and inefficient authorities between the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) that hampers prompt [...] | 2009-07-07 11:44:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV EAID PTER PK |
09PESHAWAR143 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 19 [...] (C) The intensity of Pakistani military operations accelerated in South Waziristan during the fourth week in June, with the government conducting intensive airstrikes into Mehsud territory and sending ground troops to secure key locations along the critical Wana-Jandola road in preparation [...] | 2009-07-08 04:18:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR144 | ANP ON NWFP AND FATA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Awami National Party (ANP) deputy leader Senator Afrasiab Khattak distanced the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) from a purported ISI plan to release Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Mohammad and engineer the ""surrender"" of senior Swat militant leaders. Khattak m [...] | 2009-07-09 04:08:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PGOV MOPS PTER PINR PK |
09PESHAWAR146 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 26 [...] (C) In North Waziristan agency (NWA),a series of escalating militant ambushes of Pakistan military convoys foreshadowed a declaration by NWA's principal indigenous militant commander that the February 2008 NWA peace agreement was no longer in effect (reftel). Fighting in South Waziristan Agen [...] | 2009-07-09 13:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR161 | NWFP: CENTRAL SWAT KHANS HAVE LOST AUTHORITY, COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary: Central Swat's prominent landowning "khan" families, who have long formed the backbone of Swat's political leadership, have seen their position seriously undermined by the rise of militancy in Swat and their flight from the district. Now, they are attempting to rebuild their p [...] | 2009-08-04 11:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR17 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (C) Fighting subsided in Bajaur during the third week of January, but militants switched to "patrolling" Khar at night and launching targeted killings. With military operations now moving south to Mohmand Agency, an additional challenge for the Pakistani military is balancing operations in Moh [...] | 2009-01-30 10:48:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR176 | TTP SUCCESSION: CONTINUED CONFUSION AND FRAGMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: Almost three weeks after the death of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud, an apparent joint media statement August 25 by Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman Mehsud may mark a truce in the battle for succession. However, Pakistani military officials believe t [...] | 2009-08-26 12:45:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR18 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (C) Security forces continued their operations in Bajaur during the fourth week of January, targeting militant hideouts in various areas of the agency. In Bajaur, militants blew up a girls' school on January 27. Consulate contacts report that residents of Bajaur complain of shortages in [...] | 2009-02-02 11:40:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR183 | AS KHYBER FIGHTING MOVES INTO PESHAWAR, FC LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary: Two months of fighting in Khyber Agency, FATA, between two rival militias--Lashkar-i-Islam and Ansarul Islam--spilled over into the outskirts of Peshawar, culminating in bombings on August 22 and 23. The fighting has more to do with control over lucrative criminal activity t [...] | 2009-09-03 10:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR184 | NWFP PLANS TO FINANCE SECURITY AND RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government finally has received the first tranche of a 24 billion rupees (USD 291 million) revenue transfer from the Pakistani federal government; it will spend half of this to support the planned 2,500 Elite NWFP Police force and doubl [...] | 2009-09-03 11:09:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PTER EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR197 | FATA MNAS CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. FATA Caucus leader Munir Orakzai told PO October 4 that Prime Minister Gilani had agreed to satisfy key grievances that had prompted the FATA ministers' resignation from the government (ref A). The government, which Orakzai said had reneged on promises of increased development f [...] | 2009-10-07 03:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09PESHAWAR2 | FATA SECRETARY FOR LAW AND ORDER PROVIDES GRIM ASSESSMENT OF SITUATION IN THE NWFP AND FATA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-03 09:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS ASEC PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR20 | AMBASSADOR VISITS IDP CAMP [...] (C) During a meeting with Vice President Elect Biden during a recent visit, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani raised his concern about the effect of poor treatment of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on his counter-insurgency campaign in Pakistan's tribal areas. As part of the continuing M [...] | 2009-02-04 12:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
09PESHAWAR203 | ADMINISTRATIVE NORMALIZATION OF THE MALAKAND DIVISION MOVES [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, Pakistan's government took several significant steps to normalize administration in the Malakand division after the April-August military operations against militants there. On October 3, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government appointed executive mag [...] | 2009-10-12 11:22:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON MOPS PK |
09PESHAWAR21 | MILITARY RENEWS OPERATIONS AS SWAT GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) Army units led by 11th Corps and supported by Frontier Corps restarted operations in Swat on February 1 with the Northwest Frontier government's acknowledgment that it has lost effective control of the district to local taliban. As many as 70 militants have reportedly been killed in clashe [...] | 2009-02-06 16:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER EAID PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR211 | ANP LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party leader Asfundyar Wali Khan indicated to PO October 22 that his party likely will abstain in the upcoming parliamentary vote on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) that provides President Zardari and other politicians immunity from prosecution on corru [...] | 2009-10-23 03:28:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER PREL |
09PESHAWAR216 | GOVERNMENT HOLDS JIRGAS AROUND WAZIRISTAN TO ISOLATE TTP [...] (C) Summary. As fighting continues in South Waziristan, the Pakistani government has expanded its historic divide and conquer strategy with the Wazir and Mehsud tribes of the North and South Waziristan Agencies (NWA and SWA) to include military and civilian leaders and public relations initia [...] | 2009-11-05 12:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR22 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH 11TH CORPS COMMANDER [...] (C) On January 26, Ambassador met with 11th Corps Commander, Lieutenant General Masood Aslam and Chief of Staff Brigadier Aamer to discuss internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the situation in Swat. General Masood advocated a mixed approach to IDP assistance -- encourage some to go home whe [...] | 2009-02-07 15:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER EAID PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR23 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL OF FRONTIER CORPS [...] (U) Ambassador and Peshawar Principal Officer met with Inspector General Frontier Corps Tariq Khan during a January 26 visit to the Warsak Training Center to formally hand over the latest U.S. assistance of security and communications equipment valued at one and a half million dollars. 2. ( [...] | 2009-02-09 09:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER EAID PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR24 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NORTHWEST FRONTIER PROVINCE GOVERNOR [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani met with Ambassador and Peshawar Principal Officer on January 27. Ghani said that "while major military operations are over in Bajaur and Mohmand, the problems are not." Each agency would have one to three Quick Reaction Forces (QRF [...] | 2009-02-09 09:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER EAID PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR28 | NFWP GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF SHARI'A LAW [...] (C) On February 16, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government announced a commitment to implement Shari'a law in Swat following negotiations with the banned terrorist group Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM). The provincial government is forwarding proposed amendments to the "Shar [...] | 2009-02-17 13:20:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR29 | IMPROVING RESPONSES TO MILITANT ATTACKS NEAR PESHAWAR [...] (C) Recent attacks in Khyber Agency and Peshawar, including the destruction of a bridge, indicate that militants are still trying to disrupt U.S./NATO supply routes through Pakistn to Afghanistan. In contrast to late last year, when security forces were slow or failed to respond to attac [...] | 2009-02-18 12:13:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR3 | SECTARIAN VIOLENCE INCREASES IN PAKISTAN'S NORTHWEST IN RUN [...] (C) Pakistan's northwest has been hit with a string of attacks targeting Shi'a Muslims in the November and December run up to Muharram, (January 7-8),the Shi'a holiday mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussain Ali. Militants have launched suicide bomb attacks on Shi'a processions in Peshawar for [...] | 2009-01-03 09:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS ASEC PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR31 | MILITANTS KILL PESHAWAR MPA [...] (C) In the first attack on a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Peshawar, Alam Zeb Khan was killed on February 11 when militants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive devise (IED) as his car passed a market area. Khan's murder continues a trend of militant attacks on [...] | 2009-02-19 11:51:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR33 | NWFP: LOCAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE SWAT DEAL [...] (C) According to Swat-based contacts, the ceasefire and the agreement to implement Shari'a law are welcomed by most residents but not expected to last. The army caused a great deal of damage, failed to take advantage of the intelligence provided by the local population who they did not trust a [...] | 2009-02-21 14:39:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR34 | NWFP: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY COMMENT ON SWAT [...] (C) Principal Officer met with Awami National Party (ANP) deputy leader Afrasiab Khattak and 11th Corps Commander General Aslam Masood separately on February 21. While both confirmed that negotiations are taking place with Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) to extend the ceasefire in Swat (due to expire F [...] | 2009-02-23 11:52:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR35 | MILITANT BOMBING OF BRIDGE IN KHYBER FAILS [...] (C) Militants placed three bombs at a bridge on the Peshawar-Torkham Highway on February 20, one of which exploded at approximately 6:30 am local time, causing no death or significant damage. Traffic flow resumed by 8:30 am. Militants also fired a rocket at a fuel tanker 11 km from the T [...] | 2009-02-24 15:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR36 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (SBU) No fighting was reported in Bajaur during the first week of February, but militants blew up two government schools in the Pashat area on February 2, following the destruction of schools in Bajaur on January 27-28 (Ref B). Members of the Salarzai tribe vowed to continue fighting militants [...] | 2009-02-25 11:45:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR37 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, FEBRUARY [...] (C) The pace of fighting increased in Bajaur during the second week of February, with government forces reportedly killing over 44 militants in fighting around Mahmoond tehsil and militants firing rockets on Khar, the agency capital. Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) threatened on February 11 to destroy a [...] | 2009-02-25 11:46:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR38 | NWFP: MULLAH FAZLULLAH'S UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah announced a unilateral, indefinite ceasefire on February 24 with conditions that Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) officials tell us have not been accepted. Fazlullah's demands include release of TTP supporters in custody, observance of stric [...] | 2009-02-25 14:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR39 | FATA: NO DEAL IN BAJAUR [...] (S) Local press reports that a "four day" ceasefire has been declared in Bajaur appear to be inaccurate. Frontier Corps Commander General Tariq Khan categorically told Consulate on February 25 that there is no deal or ceasefire with militants led by Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) deputy Faqir Mohammad [...] | 2009-02-25 14:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR4 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, DECEMBER [...] (U) Fighting continued in Bajaur through the end of December, with around 15 militants reported killed. 2. (SBU) Pakistani security forces, backed by helicopter gunships, tanks and heavy artillery, launched an attack on December 30, targeting criminals and militants in the Jamrud are [...] | 2009-01-05 03:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR42 | NWFP: SWAT'S CEASEFIRE FRACTURING? [...] (C) While Swat's principal city Mingora appears to be "calm," the fragile ceasefire is showing further cracks with an attack on a military convoy, the kidnapping of six Frontier Corps personnel north of Mingora, and militant interference with humanitarian relief. Tehrik-i Nifaz-i Shariat-i Muh [...] | 2009-03-02 10:24:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR43 | FATA: "VICTORY" IN BAJAUR? [...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander General Tariq Khan announced that FC forces had "secured" the Bajaur agency on February 28. While Frontier Corps certainly appears to have made important progress, Tariq's reference to "secured" likely refers primarily to the lines of communications, particularly ro [...] | 2009-03-04 04:13:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR44 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, FEBRUARY [...] (C) Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) deputy Faqir Mohammad announced a unilateral ceasefire in Bajaur on February 23. Inspector General Frontier Corps Tariq Khan told consulate on February 25 that no ceasefire had been agreed to and that Bajaur operations would continue (Ref A). 2. (C) Tehrik-i [...] | 2009-03-04 04:33:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR47 | NWFP: SWAT UPDATE; ANP HEDGING ON SUPPORT FOR ZARDARI? [...] (S/NF) While the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government has rejected militant calls for withdrawal of the army from Swat, plans to send the Nizam-i-Adl (Shari'a) Regulation to President Zardari again and a prisoner release underscore the provincial government's determination to hang ont [...] | 2009-03-10 11:20:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR48 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, FEBRUARY [...] (C) In Bajaur, Frontier Corps appears to be shifting its focus to post-kinetic operations in the agency. We remain concerned, however, about the ability of Bajaur's militants to stage attacks. In Swat, although President Zadari has yet to sign the order, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) [...] | 2009-03-12 05:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
09PESHAWAR5 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, DECEMBER [...] (C) The third week of December brought more fighting in Bajaur. But with fewer than ten militants reported killed, the tempo of fighting seems to have slowed considerably compared with the magnitude of fighting over the past several months. 2. (C) The situation in Swat continued to d [...] | 2009-01-06 11:21:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR50 | NWFP: ATTACK ON ANP SENIOR MINISTER [...] (C) Militants staged an attack in Peshawar on Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Senior Minister Bashir Bilour of the Awami National Party (ANP) on March 11 that left Bilour unharmed but six others dead and five wounded. This latest attack on ANP underscores the limits of the government's deal [...] | 2009-03-13 05:09:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PGOV ASEC PK |
09PESHAWAR51 | PROPOSED NIZAM-E-ADL (SHARI'A) REGULATION 2009 [...] (C) The proposed Nizam-e-Adl (literally, "system of justice" but widely viewed as Shari'a) Regulation 2009 if signed by President Zardari will replace two regulations in hopes of providing speedy justice in accordance with Shari'a law. One of the most visible changes will be the re-establishme [...] | 2009-03-16 12:32:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR52 | SEVEN QAZI (SHARIA) JUDGES INSTALLED IN SWAT [...] (C) In the latest step towards implementing shari'a in Swat the first seven Qazis (judges) were installed in their new offices on March 12. The Qazis arrived in a procession led by Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, Sufi Mohammad, Malakand division commissioner, Mohammad Javed and [...] | 2009-03-16 12:41:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR54 | NWFP: ANOTHER CARGO TERMINAL ATTACK NEAR PESHAWAR [...] (C) In the second attack in as many months, suspected militants destroyed trailers carrying coalition supplies bound for Afghanistan near Peshawar on March 16. While the police and fire brigade responded within 40 minutes of the attack, militants had already departed the scene. In a previous [...] | 2009-03-18 11:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR55 | SWAT UPDATE: SUFI MUHAMMAD'S PRESS CONFERENCE - QAZI JUDGES [...] (C) Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, Sufi Mohammad announced in a press conference March 16, the (previous) judges should stop going to their offices as their continued presence would be considered a violation of the peace accord. Provincial authorities have stated the new Qazis [...] | 2009-03-18 14:24:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
09PESHAWAR59 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 7 [...] (C) The release of 12 militant prisoners March 7, the appointment of Qazi judges in Swat March 12 and the repositioning of army forces were some of the first tangible steps taken by the government to implement the peace agreement and the Nizam-e-Adl "system of justice" widely viewed as Shari'a [...] | 2009-03-23 10:34:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR61 | SWAT UPDATE: ADDITIONAL MILITANTS RELEASED - ARMY RETURNING [...] (C) The release of three militants by the government March 21, brings the total set free since March 6 to 30. According to one post contact a closed factory on the edge of Mingora that until March 19 had been guarded by the army was occupied by militants when the soldiers returned to their bar [...] | 2009-03-25 11:26:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR63 | INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS DEMONSTRATE FOR COMPENSATION [...] (C) Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) of Jalozai Camp near Nowshera led by Sahibzada Haroon Rashid, deputy chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),conducted a demonstration that left at least one person dead, 10 more injured, including four police officers, shops and vehicles burned and 22 arrested Mar [...] | 2009-03-28 12:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR64 | SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACK AT A MOSQUE FREQUENTED BY SECURITY [...] (C) A Suicide bomber attack killed at least 40, including security forces personnel and injured more than 100 at a mosque during Friday prayers March 27. While no claim of responsibility for the attack has been made, the mosque is near a security check post in Khyber Agency, along the coalitio [...] | 2009-03-30 11:33:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR65 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 14 [...] (SBU) In accordance with the Nizam-e-Adl "system of justice," widely viewed as Shari'a law, Qazi judges began presiding over cases in Swat March 17, displacing the role of civil judges. Tehrik Nefaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) Chief Sufi Mohammad asked civil judges to stop coming to court on Mar [...] | 2009-03-30 11:34:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR67 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 21 [...] (U) A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people at a mosque in Khyber Agency on March 27 in one of the bloodiest attacks of the year. (Ref. A) 2. (C) Consulate contacts report that the implementation of Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Swat has had two residual impacts, first, permitting militants [...] | 2009-04-01 11:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR69 | NWFP: MILITANT ATTACK ON CARGO TERMINAL CAUSES MINIMAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 08:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR71 | NWFP: SWAT DEAL GOING OFF THE RAILS? [...] (C) Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Mohammad closed down his "peace camp" in Swat on April 9 to protest President Zardari's delay in signing the Nizam-e-Adl (Shari'a) Regulation. Sufi also announced, however, that "the peace deal with the government is intact." Northwest F [...] | 2009-04-10 13:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PHUM PK |
09PESHAWAR73 | FATA: BAJAUR CONDITIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Bajaur-based officials are reporting significant numbers of returnees within the past two months (approximately 211,000). While at odds with numbers reported by UN agencies, fraud (double dipping on benefits, people from areas other than Bajaur seeking benefits, etc.) may be contributing t [...] | 2009-04-20 13:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR76 | NWFP: SWAT UPDATE - MILITANTS GAINING GROUND WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Following the signing of the Nizam-e-Adl regulation by President Asif Zardari on April 13, the residents of Swat District in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) expected to experience a new sense of peace in their region. While targeted, high profile violence has co [...] | 2009-04-22 10:40:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR79 | NWFP: HANGU TENSIONS INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. Following the April 18 suicide attack on a military checkpoint in Hangu District (Kohat Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) and in the wake of the military operations in neighboring Orakzai Agency (Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)),Post contacts report the situ [...] | 2009-04-25 13:42:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PK |
09PESHAWAR8 | ENERGY CRISIS IN NWFP; REGIONAL ECONOMY AT A "STAND-STILL [...] (C) The economy of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) is at a "stand-still," according to Sharafat Ali Mubarak, president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI). Citing up to 20 hours per day of electrical loadshedding and drastic shortages of natural gas, Mubara [...] | 2009-01-13 12:22:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS ASEC PGOV PK ECON ENRG |
09PESHAWAR80 | ICRC COMMENTS ON NWFP AND FATA [...] (C) Principal Officer met on April 23 with Benno Kocher, International Committee of the Red Cross's (ICRC) Head of Sub-Delegation. In Swat, Kocher said that IDP camps are "empty," and ICRC is re-orienting its focus to basic services such as health. Numbers in the IDP camps in lower Dir are h [...] | 2009-04-25 14:10:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PTER MOPS PK |
09PESHAWAR85 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, APRIL 18 [...] (C) Pakistanis from political and military quarters expressed alarm when taliban fighters advanced from Swat into neighboring Shangla and Buner Districts of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) without resistance during the third week of April. The government began to deploy some troops to Buner [...] | 2009-04-27 08:41:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR87 | POST CONVENES EAC MEETING ON MOTORWAY ATTACK [...] (C) PO convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 29 to review an attack on a Pakistani security forces convoy on the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. RSO, RAO, MGT, CONS, PD, USAID, and ODRP attended the meeting. 2. (C) On April 29 at approximately 0400 (local) hours a Fron [...] | 2009-04-29 13:22:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CASC PGOV MOPS PK |
09PESHAWAR89 | CODEL KERRY DISCUSSES "LAW AND ORDER" AND SWAT SHARI'A LAW WITH NWFP CHIEF MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 14:44:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PK PTER |
09PESHAWAR9 | NWFP: ATTACK ON PAKISTAN SECURITY FORCES IN MOHMAND BY [...] (C) In an unprecedented move by militants, at least 200 fighters crossed the border from Afghanistan into Mohmand Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and attacked a paramilitary base of the Frontier Corps the evening of January 10. Government forces responded to the assau [...] | 2009-01-13 12:24:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS SNAR PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR91 | MALAKAND DIVISION: DARUL QAZA ANNOUNCED; OPERATIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary. During May 1-3, the Pakistani army secured a key road in Buner and made preparations to move into Shangla and Swat. The government of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) announced the establishment of the Darul Qaza (appellate court) for the Malakand Division, as required b [...] | 2009-05-04 12:35:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | MOPS PTER PGOV EAID PREF PK |
09PESHAWAR93 | NWFP: DETERIORATING CONDITIONS IN SWAT AMID TALK OF [...] (S) Summary. According to Frontier Corps (FC) commander General Tariq Khan, Swat operations are imminent, but no decision has been made over whether regular army or FC will lead the operation. General Tariq, however, told Peshawar PO that FC does not have enough forces to take on Swat where m [...] | 2009-05-06 12:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | MOPS PREF PTER EAID PGOV PK |
09PESHAWAR97 | MALAKAND DIVISION: FIGHTING IN SWAT BUT "NO OPERATION" YET [...] (C) During May 4-6, militants in Swat acting on the previously announced withdrawal (Ref A) from the Swat peace accord, attacked security forces throughout Swat and seized government buildings before apparently being evicted from at least some of these by security forces. Despite this action, [...] | 2009-05-07 12:28:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PTER PGOV EAID PK |
09PHNOMPENH10 | SUPREME COURT RULING ON CHEA VICHEA CASE - A STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprising turn of events on the final day of 2008, Cambodia,s Supreme Court ruled against the controversial April 2007 Appeals Court decision to uphold the original convictions of two individuals in the murder of popular labor leader and opposition party supporter, Chea V [...] | 2009-01-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH105 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL OPENS FIRST TRIAL OF S-21 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH114 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 06:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09PHNOMPENH123 | CAMBODIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed the criteria set forth in reftel, and reports that there are no critical infrastructure nor key resources within Cambodia whose loss could critically impact either directly or indirectly the public health, economic security, and/or national and homeland security of the U [...] | 2009-02-24 01:14:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP CB |
09PHNOMPENH131 | JUSTICE MINISTER COMMENTS ON LY VOUCH LENG'S NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call with Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana on February 25, the Ambassador expressed concern over the recent news that former Appeals Court President and member of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy Ly Vouch Leng was recently appointed as a legal counse [...] | 2009-02-25 10:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN CB |
09PHNOMPENH142 | HOR NAMHONG WELCOMES GROWING U.S. COOPERATION IN ASEAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (FM) Hor Namhong focused on ASEAN, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) and U.S. support for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) joining regional and larger international institutions during EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Am [...] | 2009-03-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH146 | SECOND ANNUAL U.S.-CAMBODIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel participated in a senior-level U.S.-Cambodia bilateral dialogue hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) March 3. The second annual bilateral dialo [...] | 2009-03-05 07:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN BM CB |
09PHNOMPENH16 | 30 YEARS AFTER THE KHMER ROUGE: MUCH TO CELEBRATE, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the January 7 "fall of the Khmer Rouge" marks a milestone in Cambodia's progress towards peace, stability, and development. However, the event was also a lost opportunity to put past divisions behind and embrace all elem [...] | 2009-01-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH168 | DONORS URGE RESUMED FUNDING, MORE NEGOTIATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly on the eve of the opening of the first Khmer Rouge trial on March 30, ambassadors from seven major donor nations to the hybrid Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) reviewed March 17 a looming crisis in the funding of the court and a March 23 deadline for resolution by a joint UN-Ca [...] | 2009-03-17 10:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS EAID PGOV KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH170 | CAMBODIA'S HIGHEST MUSLIM LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 12 meeting, Cambodia's Mufti, who is appointed by the King for life as the Supreme Leader of all Muslims in the country, described to Poloff some of the challenges facing his community. Although many of the difficulties faced by Muslims in Cambodia are also experienc [...] | 2009-03-18 01:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER CB |
09PHNOMPENH194 | DPM SAR KHENG SAYS LY VOUCH LENG INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng stated that he, the Ministry of Interior, and the police are not pleased with the recent appointment of former Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng to a legal counsel [...] | 2009-03-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH203 | SECOND LARGE METHAMPHETAMINE BUST PUTS CAMBODIA ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend of March 21-22 a police raid of four separate locations uncovered significant amounts of illicit chemicals and resulted in the arrest of 5 individuals, including 2 Chinese nationals. The amount of chemicals and plant substances seized in the raids, when combi [...] | 2009-03-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV ASEC CB |
09PHNOMPENH205 | U.S. BUSINESSES CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL, NOT POLITICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The future stability of the Cambodian financial sector was foremost on the minds of U.S. business representatives during a monthly AmCham breakfast meeting hosted by the Ambassador March 26. Not dissimilar to problems in the U.S., turmoil in the real estate market, [...] | 2009-03-27 09:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV CB |
09PHNOMPENH212 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BRINGS DUCH TO JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The first substantive hearings of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal got off to a smooth start March 30 with the reading of charges against S-21 torture center director Eang Geuk Eav, known as Duch. The Ambassador and Emboff joined 500 spectators in the auditorium looking into the ultra [...] | 2009-04-01 10:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH213 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BRINGS DUCH TO JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The first substantive hearings of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal got off to a smooth start March 30 with the reading of charges against S-21 torture center director Eang Geuk Eav, known as Duch. The Ambassador and Emboff joined 500 spectators in the auditorium looking into the ultra [...] | 2009-04-01 10:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH221 | APRIL 3 MORNING CLASH ON THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER AT [...] (C) A clash between Thai and Cambodian infantry erupted at 7:20 a.m. April 3 inside the disputed border area near the Cambodian Preah Vihear UNESCO World Heritage Site according to Council of Ministers Secretary of State Phay Siphan. Fighting erupted in an area called the Field of Eagles, the [...] | 2009-04-03 02:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH224 | CAMBODIA HOLDS ITS POSITION IN PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late-morning negotiations between Thai and Cambodian military field commanders broke down and resulted in resumed fighting at about 1:55 p.m. on April 3, according to multiple Cambodian sources. Council of Ministers Secretary of State Phay Siphan stated that Thai artillery ope [...] | 2009-04-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH243 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: UN FORMALIZES OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An continues to deliberate over a joint anti-corruption mechanism for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) proposed by UN Assistant Secretary General Peter Taksoe-Jensen of the UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA),afte [...] | 2009-04-10 10:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH246 | CAMBODIA BORDER CROSSING VISITS HIGHLIGHT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodian National Police officials from the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department (AHTJP) recently joined Emboffs at the Poipet border crossing area of Banteay Meanchey province to highlight the Cambodia-Thailand cross-border trafficking in persons (TIP) s [...] | 2009-04-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN EAID TH VN CB |
09PHNOMPENH264 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: DONORS CHART A MORE UNIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an Ambassador Level Meeting April 23, the major donors to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) gave provisional support to a U.S. proposal to issue a joint statement on stalled talks (Ref A) between the UN and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to e [...] | 2009-04-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH270 | ENGAGING CAMBODIA'S MUSLIM MINORITY THROUGH DIALOG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although numbers vary, it is estimated that there are approximately 400,000 Muslims in Cambodia. This makes them the largest minority group, accounting for over 2.5 percent of the total population. Over the past year, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has been able to focus attentio [...] | 2009-04-29 08:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH273 | CAMBODIA PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN AND MP MU SOCHUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen for defamation of character. The Prime Minister immediately filed countersuit against Mu and co-conspirators, also for defamation, which is a civil infractio [...] | 2009-04-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH274 | CAMBODIA SUPPORTS ADB GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel talking points April 30 to Pen Thirong, First Deputy Director, Department of Investment and International Cooperation, Ministry of Economy and Finance. Mr. Pen welcomed the G20 decision to support a 200 percent general capital increase at the Asia Development Bank [...] | 2009-04-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ADB CB |
09PHNOMPENH275 | CAMBODIA EXPANDS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia plans to expand its peacekeeping operations beyond the existing mission in Sudan, and will deploy peacekeepers in support of the newly forming United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT). U.S.-supported Global Peace Operation [...] | 2009-05-01 05:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MASS MOPS CB |
09PHNOMPENH276 | CAMBODIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's heady days of double digit economic growth are over. The adverse impacts of the global economic crisis have brought Cambodia's growth to a screeching halt, from 10.2 percent in 2007 to low single digits, if not the World Bank's estimated negative 1 percent in 2009. [...] | 2009-05-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAID ETRD CB |
09PHNOMPENH279 | DEFAMATION CASES MOVING FORWARD; MU SOCHUA STILL PREDICTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the courts announced two sets of appearances on May 7 in the crossed cases for defamation by Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua against each other, the Ambassador May 1 reached out to Mu Sochua to express concern for her wellbeing. DCM the same [...] | 2009-05-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH284 | CHALLENGES TO CLEAN BUSINESS IN CAMBODIA'S CORRUPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The large turnout at a seminar discussing the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) illustrates just how daunting the challenges are for international businesses to conduct clean business in Cambodia's highly corrupt business environment. Questions from the ma [...] | 2009-05-04 11:37:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EINV ETRD EIND CB |
09PHNOMPENH285 | LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART II: LAND CONCESSIONS AND URBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Land concessions, or government-approved leases of state land, are among the primary tools the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) uses to encourage economic development. The 2001 Land Law includes size, time, and use limits on Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) designated for ind [...] | 2009-05-05 06:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH287 | GOVERNMENT-DONOR QUARTERLY MEETING: ECONOMIC CRISIS TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) April 28 hosted the 14th Meeting of the Government-Donor Coordination Committee (GDCC) to review progress made toward their national development strategy and discuss policy impediments. The RGC presented thoughtful economic analyses and s [...] | 2009-05-05 08:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH292 | UNIONS SUBMIT MAY DAY DEMANDS IN CAMBODIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over 2,500 workers took to the streets in an approved march in Phnom Penh to celebrate International Labor Day on May 1. The parade was organized by the few independent trade unions in Cambodia, who used the occasion to demand better conditions for workers. The demonstrators, la [...] | 2009-05-06 04:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH295 | MAY 7: PROSECUTORS WILL HEAR PLAINTIFF ARGUMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the eve of deposition-taking in politically charged defamation cases involving Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua (refs),Charge May 6 called on Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana to urge restraint in how the Cambodian justice system handles t [...] | 2009-05-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH297 | DEFAMATION SUITS CONTINUE; GOVERNMENT ADHERES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government and Hun Sen's lawyer are taking a low-key approach to the case against opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua. Deputy Prime Minister Sok An told Charge May 6 that the case against Mu would be carried out within Cambodia's legal framework and according to the rule of [...] | 2009-05-07 11:34:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH316 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL "FRIENDS GROUP" MEETS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In its first meeting in a year, the "Friends Group" of donors at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) focused May 6 on the substantive work of the court and the array of administrative challenges the court faces to meet external problems. The judicial pro [...] | 2009-05-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH327 | ROYALIST PARTIES PLAN TO MERGE FOR 2013 NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (U) National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) and Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) officials announced May 15 that the two royalist parties had set aside their differences and planned to formally merge under the FUNCINPEC name and brand. FUN [...] | 2009-05-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH333 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Sok An May 20 warmly welcomed Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's proposal to mediate differences between Sok An and UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA) Assistant Secretary General Peter Taksoe-Jensen over an anti-corruption mechanism [...] | 2009-05-22 09:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH336 | CAMBODIA CONTINUES TO BATTLE PHYSICAL REMINDERS OF [...] Summary: Nearly three decades of war and civil unrest have left Cambodia as one of the most heavily mined and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminated countries in the world. In addition to landmines, contamination includes cluster submunitions as well as abandoned explosive ordnance droppe [...] | 2009-05-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS CB |
09PHNOMPENH343 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: SOK AN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a palpably relaxed meeting May 22 with Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An reiterated his strong support for a proposed new anti-corruption mechanism at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Ref A). Within minutes of reviewing desired [...] | 2009-05-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH363 | BURMA DOMINATES ASEAN-EU MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia hosted the 17th ASEAN-EU Ministerial meeting held in Phnom Penh May 27 ) 28, in which a strong statement was issued calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). Although a wide range of issues were discussed, to include climate change, infectious diseases, terro [...] | 2009-06-02 10:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH368 | CASE AGAINST MU SOCHUA'S LAWYER COULD SET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the public political struggles over defamation have played out between Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua, the PM's high-profile lawyer has pursued an ethics complaint at the Cambodian Bar Association in a parallel course of action aga [...] | 2009-06-04 08:28:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH376 | CAMBODIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LAW PROTECTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, the National Assembly (NA) passed the first law on protecting the rights of disabled persons in Cambodia. In a country that still deals with yearly casualties from unexploded land mines and other ordinance, the legislation is an important step forward for many disa [...] | 2009-06-08 06:22:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI EAID PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH377 | Cambodia Moves to Strengthen Maritime Security [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 26-27, the RGC held a workshop as a first step toward the creation of a much-needed maritime security central coordinating authority. Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that a new National Committee on Maritime Security (NCMS) is expected to be formed within months. Hosted [...] | 2009-06-09 01:00:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EWWT CB |
09PHNOMPENH379 | LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART III: EVICTIONS, RESETTLEMENT, LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The lax land titling system (Ref A) and the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC's) push to develop land through concessions (Ref B) has led to widespread land disputes and more forced evictions. The issue of forced evictions ranks high on civil society, opposition party, and do [...] | 2009-06-09 01:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH384 | CAMBODIA'S MUSLIM LEADERS DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a group of Cambodian Muslim religious, business, NGO and government leaders June 8 to discuss issues raised in President Obama's Cairo speech. Cambodia has a very small Muslim minority, commonly known as the Cham or Khmer Islam, which enjoys tolerance and acc [...] | 2009-06-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH387 | COURT OFFICIALS QUESTION PRIME MINISTER, DISMISS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prosecutors from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court dismissed the defamation complaint filed by Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua against Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 10, after questioning the Prime Minister on June 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Mu Sochua's lawyer, Kang [...] | 2009-06-10 09:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH391 | MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CAMBODIA'S DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the embassies of Australia, U.S., France, EU, Japan, and Denmark met with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials June 4 to discuss the current situation, policies and donor coordination in relation t [...] | 2009-06-11 07:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV ASEC PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH394 | AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS CONCERNS ABOUT CORRUPTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador June 11 called on Senior Minister and National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) Deputy Director Om Yentieng to restate her concern about corruption in Cambodia and to express regret for any misunderstanding about her intentions or the content of remarks at a May 30 [...] | 2009-06-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH395 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy is sending staff to observe the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Five judges (three national and two international) are presiding over th [...] | 2009-06-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH401 | Counterfeit U.S. Currency on the Rise in Cambodia [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) reports a significant increase of counterfeit U.S. currency circulating in Cambodia. In recent months, the amount of fake bills forwarded to the NBC by commercial banks has tripled compared to the total amount received over the past decade. [...] | 2009-06-16 04:37:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH409 | CAMBODIA QUESTIONS VALUE OF HIGH LABOR STANDARDS [...] SUMMARY: As the global economic crisis takes a firm hold in Cambodia, garment manufacturers, service providers and government officials have started to question the value of Cambodia's high labor standards. Unions and employers are further at odds regarding what constitutes a fair wage during [...] | 2009-06-19 07:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH410 | SOK AN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 12 meeting to deliver a UN proposal on an anti-corruption mechanism at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An (Ref B),the Ambassador repeated earlier remarks on her duty to speak out against corruption on behalf [...] | 2009-06-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS PTER CB |
09PHNOMPENH411 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the ninth week of activities inside the cou [...] | 2009-06-22 00:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH412 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the ninth week of activities inside the cou [...] | 2009-06-22 00:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH413 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS MU SOCHUA'S IMMUNITY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cambodian National Assembly voted on June 22 to suspend the parliamentary immunity of Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MP Mu Sochua, clearing the way for her to be questioned and possibly prosecuted for defamation under the complaint by Prime Minister Hun Sen. Security guards blocked [...] | 2009-06-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH426 | CHIEFS OF MISSION MEET NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Professor Surya Subedi, made his first visit to Cambodia June 15-26, and met with the heads of several foreign missions on June 19, including Ambassador Rodley. Subedi has billed this first visit as a "listening tour, [...] | 2009-06-29 10:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH427 | Japan Eager to Cooperate on Maritime Security Under the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese are interested in cooperating with the U.S. and Australia in providing assistance to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to strengthen maritime security under the Trilateral Counterterrorism Consultations/Trilateral Strategic Dialogue. Japan has played a constru [...] | 2009-06-30 00:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EWWT CB |
09PHNOMPENH438 | CAMBODIA RESPONSE: KANG NAM 1 DEMARCHE [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarch and talking points June 30 to Hos Sereythong, Director, Asia 1 Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs an International Cooperation. He noted that while he was familiar with press reports regarding the vessel in question, he had not yet recei [...] | 2009-07-02 04:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CB BM NK |
09PHNOMPENH458 | 2009 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian Constitution and laws protect against expropriation, except confiscation in the public interest. When property is seized in the public interest, just compensation is required. Post is not aware of property being taken from U.S. persons by the Cambodian government [...] | 2009-07-07 10:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE CASC PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH467 | Enhancing Regional Cooperation to Support UNPKO [...] (SBU) Summary: Peacekeeping experts representing Asia Regional Forum participating countries recently gathered together to discuss enhancing regional capacity to participate in UN peacekeeping operations. Cambodia's co-hosting of the event highlights its expanding role in international peacek [...] | 2009-07-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CB |
09PHNOMPENH469 | WHIRLWIND DEFAMATION CASE DISMISSAL SHOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new defamation/incitement case filed July 8 against leading opposition party newspaper publisher Dam Sith was quickly negotiated into the withdrawal of the complaint when Dam Sith publicly apologized to Prime Minister Hun Sen. Parliamentarian and Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) leader [...] | 2009-07-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH472 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the eleventh week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-07-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH489 | WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE HARD-EARNED POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The wider political space seen in Cambodia during the run-up to the 2008 National Assembly elections last July is undergoing an autocratic nip-and-tuck as the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) exerts one of its periodic reining-in exercises in the name of greater social orde [...] | 2009-07-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH492 | MU SOCHUA TO DEFEND HERSELF AT DEFAMATION HEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Mu Sochua discussed the impending defamation trial, her long term goals should her immunity be reinstated, and a potential U.S. Congressional hearing on human rights in Cambodia. Claiming that she does not want to put another lawyer at ris [...] | 2009-07-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH493 | CRITIC OF ANGKOR LIGHTING CONVICTED IN ABSTENTIA ON DISINFORMATION CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH497 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the twelfth week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-07-17 10:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH509 | RGC HANDLING OF LAND ISSUES CRITICIZED FOLLOWING ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Phnom Penh municipal authorities removed the last remaining "Group 78" family July 17 from a disputed neighborhood in the center of the city, after the municipal government persuaded most of the residents to accept one of its compensation packages under threat of forced eviction [...] | 2009-07-22 08:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH513 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the thirteenth week of activities inside t [...] | 2009-07-24 09:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH514 | MU SOCHUA DEFENDS HERSELF; NO VERDICT UNTIL AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mu Sochua appeared July 24 before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to defend herself against the Prime Minister's defamation allegations. Over 100 observers packed the small court room, including the Ambassador and representatives of several Embassies, Cambodian human rights NG [...] | 2009-07-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN CB |
09PHNOMPENH515 | WORLD BANK DISCUSSES GOVERNANCE, LAND ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. World Bank Country Director for Cambodia Annette Dixon met with the Ambassador July 17 to discuss her meetings with Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials on anti-corruption, governance and land issues. She reported that the RGC plans to present the draft anti-corruption [...] | 2009-07-27 00:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH519 | CAMBODIAN MEDIA REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S LOWER MEKONG [...] SUMMARY: All print and broadcast media outlets in Cambodia covered the Lower Mekong Ministerial of July 23 hosted by the Secretary and the Foreign Ministers from Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The articles and television segments were overwhelmingly positive and highlighted the Secreta [...] | 2009-07-27 09:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO |
09PHNOMPENH520 | Ambassador Raises Concerns on TIP and Security with Preah [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rodley called on Preah Sihanouk provincial Governor Sbong Sarath July 21 to discuss cooperation in combating trafficking in persons and pedophilia in the province. She raised concerns about weak prosecution of sex offenders in the provincial courts and the need to foc [...] | 2009-07-27 09:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP ASEC CB |
09PHNOMPENH521 | US-FUNDED YOUTH DEMOCRACY FESTIVAL DRAWS THOUSANDS TO [...] SUMMARY: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) held an annual Youth Festival in Kampong Cham July 18 - 19 drawing thousands of participants. The festival, a combination of seminars, performances and information booths, [...] | 2009-07-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH525 | CAMBODIA'S ANTI-SWEATSHOP BRAND INTICES BUYERS BUT [...] SUMMARY. Cambodia's garment industry is known for its innovative programs such as Better Factories Cambodia and is recognized as a global leader in responsible competitiveness. Companies concerned with image and social responsibility continue to source from Cambodia during the global economic [...] | 2009-07-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH538 | NGO WORKERS ACCUSED OF INCITEMENT IN LAND CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Five human rights NGO workers investigating two land dispute cases may face criminal incitement charges, in what some civil society groups fear may become a new trend in restrictions on NGO activities. In the past, Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) entities and private compani [...] | 2009-07-31 08:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH539 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the fourteenth week of activities inside t [...] | 2009-08-03 01:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH549 | MU SOCHUA LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court pronounced Mu Sochua liable for defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen on August 4, closing this chapter of the long-running drama. International observers attended the session to hear the verdict, though police denied entry to NGO representatives and jo [...] | 2009-08-04 13:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH555 | MINISTER OF COMMERCE DENIES DEFAMATION SUITS ARE [...] SUMMARY: During an August 4 meeting with Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh, the Ambassador expressed serious USG concerns about the recent attacks on freedom of speech and the constricting of political space in Cambodia, highlighting the resulting damage to Cambodia's int [...] | 2009-08-05 10:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH557 | RGC LAND POLICY MAKES HEADLINES AGAIN IN CASE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's land and eviction policies earned more worldwide attention July 27 when international news outlets highlighted the resettlement of a group of HIV/AIDS-affected families from a central Phnom Penh neighborhood to a site on the outskirts of the city. The Phnom Penh Muni [...] | 2009-08-06 03:22:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH564 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: SOK AN SIGNS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using modern-day electronic shuttle diplomacy along with the classic variety, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson persuaded Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to sign an agreement with the United Nations on an anti-corruption mechanism at the Extraordinary Chambe [...] | 2009-08-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH573 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 15th week of activities inside the cou [...] | 2009-08-11 00:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH576 | PUBLISHER HONG CHAKRA'S APPEAL FAILS; JAILED UNTIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an hour-long hearing, the Appeals Court reaffirmed the June 26 conviction for disinformation of Khmer Machas Srok publisher Hong Chakra, and ordered him to continue serving a 12-month jail sentence. While presiding judge Seng Sivutha asked fair questions, the accused's [...] | 2009-08-11 11:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH577 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JIM WEBB VISIT TO PHNOM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: We warmly welcome your August 18 visit to Cambodia. Your visit comes as the tempo quickens in the conduct of U.S.-Cambodian bilateral relations, which exemplifies a broader and growing USG interest in Cambodia. There have been positive developments in several key areas: p [...] | 2009-08-11 12:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREF CB |
09PHNOMPENH578 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CLINTON NORTH KOREA VISIT WITH FM HOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 10 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong, the Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche on former President Clinton's visit to North Korea. Ambassador relayed that Clinton's visit was strictly a private mission and that U.S. pol [...] | 2009-08-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH579 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DPM AND FM HOR NAMHONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 10 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong expressed to the Ambassador Cambodia's deep appreciation for recent initiatives with the USG such as the Lower Mekong Ministerial, concurred that an anti-corruption mechanism for the Khm [...] | 2009-08-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH58 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: RESULTS OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2008 survey of 1,000 adult Cambodians indicates that there is a general lack of knowledge about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) among the Cambodian population, with 39 percent of surveyed respondents stating they had no knowledge of the KRT, and 46 percent stating t [...] | 2009-01-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS ABUD EAID PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH581 | PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN DEFENDS HIS RIGHT TO RESPOND TO HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen, known for his off-the-cuff remarks, lashed out spontaneously in a graduation speech August 12, during which he railed against real and perceived criticism from opposition parties and the international community. He warned that while he would use legal mea [...] | 2009-08-14 01:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH596 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 16th week of activities inside the cour [...] | 2009-08-17 09:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH60 | LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART I: POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's 2001 Land Law removed temporary possession as a means of acquiring land and introduced regulations by which the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) could: 1) systematically register state and private land in a national cadastre; and 2) sporadically register private land [...] | 2009-01-26 01:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH602 | SENATOR WEBB MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Jim Webb concluded a successful one-day visit to Cambodia August 18 on a positive note during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen in which there was general agreement on new ways to approach Burma. Webb detailed his interest in the region and in stronger relations with [...] | 2009-08-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAID PTER MASS KJUS PHUM BM CB |
09PHNOMPENH62 | HIGH-PROFILE PHNOM PENH LAND DISPUTE ENDS IN EVICTION [...] (SBU) On January 24, police, municipal authorities, and employees of Cambodian construction firm 7NG evicted the remaining residents of Dey Krahorm, ending one of the city's most high-profile land disputes. Eighteen residents were reportedly injured, two seriously by bulldozers that were clear [...] | 2009-01-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH626 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 17th week of activities inside the cour [...] | 2009-08-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH628 | STAFFDEL LERNER VISITS CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Senate staff delegation (STAFFDEL) visited Cambodia from August 15-19 to discuss trafficking in persons, human rights, and refugee issues. The STAFFDEL met with government officials at both the provincial and national levels, opposition politicians, and a variety of non-gove [...] | 2009-08-26 08:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OREP KTIP KWMN CB |
09PHNOMPENH637 | CAMBODIA: TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Laying the groundwork for G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca's upcoming visit, Pol/Econ Chief delivered the 2009 TIP Action Plan for Cambodia to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Ministry of Interior (MOI) on August 25 and 26. Contacts welcomed the information and shared recent steps [...] | 2009-08-28 06:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN CB |
09PHNOMPENH645 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 18th week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-09-01 08:31:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH646 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 18th week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-09-01 08:31:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH648 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: FIVE MORE FOR PROSECUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pre-Trial Chamber at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) will announce this week that five more high-level Khmer Rouge cadres will be prosecuted, although a small number of the proposed charges against some of the accused may be set aside for lack of evidence. The decision on an [...] | 2009-09-01 10:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM KTIA PINR PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH65 | CAMBODIA: POST COMMENTS ON DRAFT TVPRA REPORT [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods produced by forced or child labor as outlined in ref A. Additions to the list for Cambodia are not recommended at this time. However, Post would like to request the removal of two potenti [...] | 2009-01-27 01:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH654 | UPDATE ON LAND ISSUES IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The combination of a lax land titling system and the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) push to develop the country through land concessions has led to widespread land disputes. Due process rights related to land management, including ownership disputes and evictions, remains [...] | 2009-09-02 08:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH663 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SIEM REAP GOVERNOR SOU PHIRIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 21 meeting with Siem Reap Governor Sou Phirin (joined by other government officials such as the Siem Reap Prosecutor and Military Commander),the Ambassador discussed H1N1 prevention methods, tourism and tourist safety, trafficking in persons, and land issues. [...] | 2009-09-03 09:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CASC KTIP CB |
09PHNOMPENH682 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 19th week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-09-08 02:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH701 | CAMBODIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REACTION TO SEPTEMBER 10 TOM [...] Two Cambodian Parliamentary Commissions: the Commission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Information and Media; and the Commission on Human Rights, Reception of Complaints, Investigation and National Assembly-Senate Relations, issued a joint statement September 14 in response to [...] | 2009-09-16 06:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH705 | DEMOCRACY DAY HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a seminar on democracy and tolerance in Cambodia organized by the Cambodian National Assembly, opposition politicians and government officials debated the progress achieved to date in consolidating Cambodia's democratic gains. The seminar successfully highlighted the imp [...] | 2009-09-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH706 | PLANNED DEPORTATION OF BELGIAN PEDOPHILE SHOWCASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) agreed on September 16 to deport a convicted Belgian pedophile who NGOs claim presents a high risk of recidivism. The agreement illustrates the RGC's political will to fight child sex tourism (CST) and the ability of the RGC to cooperate [...] | 2009-09-17 10:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP CB |
09PHNOMPENH707 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR CDEBACA'S VISIT TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a Septmeber 1-4 visit to Cambodia, G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca discussed recent efforts to combat human trafficking. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Sar Kheng reaffirmed Cambodia's commitment to fighting human trafficking, while acknowledging that the battle is an uneven [...] | 2009-09-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP CB |
09PHNOMPENH709 | CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials announced the creation of a working group focusing on cooperation and consistency between the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in the criminal justice process. The announcement by Prime Minister Hun Sen refl [...] | 2009-09-21 05:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH712 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 20th week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-09-22 08:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH715 | CAMBODIA APPLAUDS INCREASED U.S.-ASEAN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 22 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission to discuss next steps on the U.S.-Lower Mekong Ministerial (Ref A),Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs Kao Kim Hourn expressed enthusiasm for the initiative and praised the United States' "reengagement" in Southeast As [...] | 2009-09-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH716 | COURT ACQUITS SRP PARLIAMENTARIAN HO VANN OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprise verdict September 22, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court acquitted opposition Parliamentarian Ho Vann of defamation charges, but fined Cambodia Daily editor-in-chief Kevin Doyle and journalist Nou Vannarinn for violating the Press Law on publishing retractions. The p [...] | 2009-09-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH741 | CAMBODIAN ECONOMY SHAKEN BY THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis continues to take a heavy toll on Cambodia's once vibrant economy. Cambodia's narrowly-based economic growth, reliant almost exclusively upon garment exports, tourism, and construction, has been brought to a standstill by the sharp fall off in externa [...] | 2009-10-06 12:09:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAID ETRD CB |
09PHNOMPENH742 | MU SOCHUA ON SAFETY, RECONCILIATION, AND ROLE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian Mu Sochua expressed confidence in her personal safety. Mu reiterated her desire to resolve her dispute with the Prime Minister and return to her duties in Kampot Province. END SUMMA [...] | 2009-10-07 07:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH744 | RGC LAUNCHES NEW POLICY AND MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28, 2009, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) launched the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) Policy on the Protection of the Rights of Victims of Human Trafficking and the Minimum Standards for Protection of the Rights of [...] | 2009-10-07 10:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP CB |
09PHNOMPENH745 | CAMBODIA'S SUMMER OF DEFAMATION SUITS WINDS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The summer of defamation lawsuits appears to be winding to a close in Cambodia. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) prevailed in most cases, though defamation actions were either dismissed or never initiated in two high-profile cases. While some appeals and smaller lawsuits [...] | 2009-10-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH746 | CAMBODIA'S LONG-AWAITED PENAL CODE UNDER REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly approved the general content of the 672-article Penal Code on October 1, paving the way for chapter-by-chapter debate which is expected to take two weeks. The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) majority denied opposition Sam Rainsy Party's (SRP) initial reques [...] | 2009-10-08 05:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH765 | FRIENDS OF THE ECCC DISCUSS STAFFING CHALLENGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)" met October 7 to discuss the judicial and administrative progress and challenges of the court. The judicial proceedings were reported to be running smoothly, with the substantive portion of the first tria [...] | 2009-10-16 08:17:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH79 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's first call on Prime Minister Hun Sen since presenting credentials, the PM took the opportunity to renew his personal relationship with the Ambassador and review the evolution of U.S.-Cambodian relations over the past several years, highlighting several areas [...] | 2009-01-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM ECON EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH811 | EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR PALMER SEES UP CLOSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAP/MLS Deputy Director Matthew Palmer visited Cambodia October 20-26 to take part in a Conference on the Lower Mekong Initiative (septel),meet key counterparts in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC),address human rights issues, visit bilateral assistance program sites, a [...] | 2009-10-30 05:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH815 | HUN SEN MANEUVERS OVER POSSIBLE THAKSIN VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian officials cite personal relations as justification for a possible visit by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in November. Some also cite the Preah Vihear situation, which has seen no diplomatic movement since April. Prime Minister Hun Sen appears to be taki [...] | 2009-10-30 09:09:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CB |
09PHNOMPENH831 | CAMBODIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) recalled its Ambassador to Thailand You Ay on November 5, emphasizing reciprocity in response to Thailand's earlier removal of the Thai Ambassador to Cambodia -- noting specifically that Cambodia was willing to restore full relations as soo [...] | 2009-11-06 10:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIA MOPS ELAB CB |
09PHNOMPENH832 | PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN PREVIEWS THAKSIN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic spat between Cambodia and Thailand took center stage during the Ambassador's meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen November 8. Hun Sen confirmed that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra would arrive in Cambodia on November 10 and would deliver a speech to [...] | 2009-11-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH838 | U.S.-CAMBODIA SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (U) The U.S.-Cambodia military-to-military relationship has expanded significantly in recent years, resulting in enhanced security cooperation. Post's response to reftel's request for information on U.S.-Cambodia security dialogues is below. 2. (SBU) The U.S. and Cambodia established an annua [...] | 2009-11-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH840 | UPDATE ON FREE SPEECH PROSECUTIONS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two new convictions - one on defamation and one on disinformation charges - have again increased attention on the free speech debate in Cambodia. Both cases involve disputes between private parties. Separately, Minister of Information Khieu Khanarith said November 9 that the f [...] | 2009-11-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH845 | UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS - [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Chief demarched MFA IO Director Tuy Ry November 16 on the Iran, Burma and DPRK resolutions in the UNGA Third Committee, noting the significance of these country-specific resolutions and urging Cambodia to re-think its past mixed record on these votes. Praising Cambodi [...] | 2009-11-16 10:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH846 | CAMBODIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of its anti-trafficking efforts since April 2009, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has implemented a broad training initiative to reach law enforcement, judicial, and other government officials. The RGC consolidated its policy structure under a single umbrella k [...] | 2009-11-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH847 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LIFTS SAM RAINSY'S IMMUNITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly voted November 16 to lift opposition party leader Sam Rainsy's immunity to pursue allegations that he destroyed state property and incited national/racial hatred against the Vietnamese during an October 25 incident on the Cambodia-Vietnam border. To respond [...] | 2009-11-16 11:14:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH863 | MOJ CLEARS CONTROVERSIAL RATANAKIRI JUDGE OF MISCONDUCT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announced November 12 that it had investigated and cleared Ratanakiri Provincial Court Judge Thor Saron of accusations of misconduct. The unusual investigation into the judge's behavior came at the request of the King, who was responding to calls from civil [...] | 2009-11-20 03:29:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH873 | CAMBODIA MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CONDUCTS TRAINING ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) hosted the presiding judges, chief prosecutors, and chief clerks from each of the nation's courts at a National Trafficking Prosecution and Data Collection Workshop in Phnom Penh. The pur [...] | 2009-11-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP PHUM PREL KJUS KWN CB |
09PHNOMPENH890 | CAMBODIA AGREES TO PRESS FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador demarched the RGC on the need for the Government of Burma (GOB) to engage Burma's democratic opposition and to move forward with democratic reform and out of isolation. RGC officials agreed that the 2010 elections indeed represented an "open door" for Burma and wer [...] | 2009-12-04 10:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF BM CB |
09PHNOMPENH899 | PEACEFUL CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Cambodians in Phnom Penh celebrated a peaceful International Human Rights Day on December 10, marked by a march and a rally. This year's march is the third consecutive march allowed by authorities; in prior years, the route had been limited to approximately 4 blocks, but this year author [...] | 2009-12-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH907 | CAMBODIA LAUNCHES NEW NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On December 9, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng presided over the official launch of Cambodia's new National Committee to Suppress Human Trafficking, Smuggling, and Labor and Sexual Exploitation. Created on September 25 with a Sub-Decree signed by Prime Min [...] | 2009-12-14 02:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP CB |
09PHNOMPENH912 | THAKSIN RETURNS FOR ROUND TWO [...] (SBU) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived via private jet on December 13 for his second visit to Phnom Penh since his appointment as Economic Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) (reftel). His itinerary began with a visit to Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh to meet [...] | 2009-12-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS CB |
09PHNOMPENH913 | (C) AMBASSADOR MEETS UNHCR TO DISCUSS UIGHURS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting December 14 with Ambassador Rodley, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials recounted a "very positive" discussion with Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials regarding the 22 Uighur asylum-seekers in Cambodia. According to UNHCR, the [...] | 2009-12-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH920 | POLL SHOWS POWER OF HAVING A CONCRETE PARTY MESSAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 11, the International Republican Institute (IRI) presented the results of its August 2009 Cambodian Public Opinion survey. The USAID-funded survey found solid public confidence in the general direction of the country and the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). Q [...] | 2009-12-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI CB |
09PHNOMPENH925 | (C) UPDATE ON UIGHUR ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN CAMBODIA [...] (C) Representatives of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) are close to finding a new location for the Uighur asylum-seekers in Phnom Penh that would offer improved protection. According to UNHCR, the goal is to house the Uighurs [...] | 2009-12-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH926 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UIGHURS AND DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley met December 17 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior (DPM) Sar Kheng to discuss the Uighur asylum seekers in Phnom Penh. The DPM expressed disappointment at an initial lack of cooperation by the local United Nations High Commission for Refugees ( [...] | 2009-12-17 07:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR CB |
09PHNOMPENH933 | CAMBODIAN COURT PROSECUTES BOYAJIAN BROKER FOR [...] (SBU) The Phnom Penh Municipal Court December 17 concluded the trial of Ho Nguy on charges of trafficking and conspiracy to traffick underage girls to have sex with foreign clients. 2. (SBU) Municipal-level anti-human trafficking police initially arrested the 26-year old Nguy in February [...] | 2009-12-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH934 | (C) UIGHURS MOVE AGAIN; UPDATES ON SITUATION [...] (C) Officials from UNHCR confirmed that the group of 20 Uighurs relocated for a second time the evening of December 17, to a single-family dwelling rented by UNHCR. Cambodian police officers are assisting in providing security at the site; UNHCR said the officers have received explicit prote [...] | 2009-12-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM |
09PHNOMPENH949 | AS NOOSE TIGHTENS, OUTSPOKEN SAM RAINSY TO SEND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The lawyer for opposition party leader Sam Rainsy said that Rainsy will not return from France to answer a summons from the Svay Rieng province investigating judge in connection with a case related to a Cambodia-Vietnam border demarcation incident on October 25. The summons sta [...] | 2009-12-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH954 | CORRECTED COPY - DEPORTATION SCENARIO FOR 20 UIGHUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 at 9:15 p.m., the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) deported 20 Uighur asylum-seekers back to China. Police removed the Uighurs from their safe house on December 18 around 6:00 p.m., and held them in a detention facility inside the Ministry of Interior compound [...] | 2009-12-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH956 | A GRATEFUL CHINA REWARDS CAMBODIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just forty-eight hours after the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) December 19 forced deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers to China (reftel),Cambodia is already benefiting from Chinese gratitude and generosity. During the official visit of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping [...] | 2009-12-22 10:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH957 | CAMBODIA, UNHCR, AND THE UIGHURS: THE MADNESS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a joint demarche on Deputy Foreign Minister Long Visalo December 21, Ambassadors and Charge strongly protested the deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers on December 19, noted that the deportation had occurred despite repeated assurances by senior Cambodian officials that it [...] | 2009-12-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH958 | CAMBODIAN ABOUT FACE ON UIGHUR ASYLUM SEEKERS PORTRAYED IN [...] SUMMARY: The Cambodian press has been following the plight of the Uighur asylum seekers since their presence in Cambodia became widely known on December 4. The media excerpts tell an extraordinary story in itself, and offer a revealing picture of the Cambodian government's reversal from origi [...] | 2009-12-22 10:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH959 | CAMBODIAN ABOUT FACE ON UIGHUR ASYLUM SEEKERS PORTRAYED IN [...] SUMMARY: The Cambodian press has been following the plight of the Uighur asylum seekers since their presence in Cambodia became widely known on December 4. The media excerpts tell an extraordinary story in itself, and offer a revealing picture of the Cambodian government's reversal from origi [...] | 2009-12-22 10:41:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH960 | CAMBODIA, UNHCR, AND THE UIGHURS: THE MADNESS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 21 meeting with Charge and other diplomatic representatives to discuss the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) refoulement of 20 Uighur asylum seekers December 19 (Ref A),UNHCR Regional Representative Raymond Hall stated that although Cambodia had tried hard o [...] | 2009-12-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH962 | DRAFT RESETTLEMENT REGULATIONS RAISE NGO AND DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 4, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction (MLMUPC) released a draft circular on the process for resettlement of urban poor communities, which it referred to as "illegal, temporary settlements." German development agency GTZ, which has foun [...] | 2009-12-28 08:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM ECON CB |
09PHNOMPENH969 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia. Yours is the first Congressional visit since Senator Jim Webb's in mid-August, and you will find a Cambodia seeking to take full advantage of its first real period of stability in more than a generation. Althoug [...] | 2009-12-31 08:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS ECON MARR CB |
09PODGORICA105 | UNDER PRESSURE, GOM ADDRESSES ABUSE OF STATE COMPANY BOARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The payment of one million euros in severances to 12 former board members of Montenegro's financially troubled National Railroad Company has put the spotlight on GoM perks for party cronies hired as executives in state-owned companies. Faced with a public outcry prior to the r [...] | 2009-04-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCOR MW |
09PODGORICA107 | MONTENEGRO'S EU APPLICATION MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) After months of press speculation as to why Montenegro's December 15 application for membership had not yet been considered by the EU, the GoM got good news this week that the process is again moving forward. On April 23, the European Council announced that it would pass the application on [...] | 2009-04-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
09PODGORICA110 | COALITION DISPUTE CUTS SHORT NEW PARLIAMENT'S OPENING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first session of Montenegro's new Parliament April 23 was quickly adjourned because the ruling coalition failed to agree on the Parliament's Deputy Speakers. Adding to the drama, the two largest opposition parties boycotted the playing of the national anthem which marked the [...] | 2009-04-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA115 | MONTENEGRO'S CEFTA PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoM took over the CEFTA Presidency on January 1, 2009, and had hoped to use its term at the helm of the organization to showcase its role in leading regional initiatives. However, CEFTA's activities have been beset by political challenges -- namely how to involve an independ [...] | 2009-05-04 10:08:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA119 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: You are the highest-level State Department official to visit Montenegro since its independence in 2006, and your arrival represents a major milestone in our bilateral relationship and a great opportunity for us to advance our broader goals in this region. I recommend that two t [...] | 2009-05-12 17:16:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MW |
09PODGORICA132 | VISIT OF SENATORS CARDIN, MIKULSKI, AND WICKER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Montenegro on May 27, Senators Cardin, Mikulski, and Wicker thanked the GOM leadership for Montenegro's partnership with the U.S., including support for USG efforts in Afghanistan and in the Balkans. Vujanovic and Rocen asked for continued support for Monteneg [...] | 2009-06-01 14:35:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM MARR MW |
09PODGORICA137 | DELAY IN GOVERNMENT FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS TENSION WITHIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's long-running government formation saga appears to be in its final stages, with a new GoM likely to be appointed this week. The delay - after March 29 parliamentary elections resulted in a landslide victory for the ruling coalition - appears to be linked to the desi [...] | 2009-06-08 13:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA139 | CORRECTED COPY: DELAY IN GOVERNMENT FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's long-running government formation saga appears to be in its final stages, with a new GoM likely to be appointed this week. The delay - after March 29 parliamentary elections resulted in a landslide victory for the ruling coalition - appears to be linked to the desi [...] | 2009-06-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA143 | PM DJUKANOVIC, "NEW" GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than ten weeks after elections, Parliament has formally elected Milo Djukanovic as Prime Minister. This will be Djukanovic's sixth term as PM. As expected, his new "government of continuity" contains many holdovers, although there will be several new ministries and minist [...] | 2009-06-11 18:18:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA148 | MEET THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Parliament confirmed the new Government of Montenegro (GoM) on June 11. Milo Djukanovic, designated Prime Minister for the sixth time, promised a "government of continuity." The new GoM consequently contains mostly holdovers from the previous government. Ref A described changes in the [...] | 2009-06-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA150 | MONTENEGRO REACTS TO TIP REPORT RELEASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GoM Anti-TIP Coordinator Zoran Ulama expressed disappointment with Montenegro's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, but stressed that the report's criticisms and recommendations were fair. He welcomed the constructive approach. The opposition media reported extensively on the report's r [...] | 2009-06-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA159 | THE TWO MONTENEGROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 11 municipalities that make up "northern Montenegro" account for half of the country's territory and the majority of its natural resources. However, they lag significantly behind the coast and center of the country in every leading economic indicator. The disparity between [...] | 2009-07-01 17:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN KCRM MW |
09PODGORICA166 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PDASD MCMILLAN TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the newly re-elected Montenegrin leadership continues a pro-NATO, pro-western stance. The GoM welcomed the positive language about Montenegro in the April NATO Summit Communiqui and now has its sights set on an invitation into MAP by D [...] | 2009-07-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MW |
09PODGORICA171 | RADICAL ISLAM IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last decade, fundamentalist Islam, known here as Wahhabism, has established a small foothold among Montenegro's 110,000 Muslims. There are probably a few hundred adherents in country, concentrated in majority-Muslim towns of Plav and Rozaje, close to Kosovo and Albania [...] | 2009-07-10 11:57:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL MW |
09PODGORICA195 | CORRUPTION IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Few countries in Europe have as bad a reputation for fighting corruption as Montenegro. As in other transition societies in this region, egregious weaknesses include extensive cronyism and nepotism, weak controls over conflicts of interest, perceived legal impunity for individua [...] | 2009-09-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KCOR MW |
09PODGORICA198 | SCENESETTER FOR ADRIATIC CHARTER CHOD CONFERENCE, SACEUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrin leadership continues on its pro-NATO, pro-western course, having recognized neighboring Kosovo in October 2008 and formally applied for EU membership in December 2008. The Government of Montenegro (GoM) remains a recept [...] | 2009-09-10 12:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MARR MOPS MW |
09PODGORICA216 | MONTENEGRO'S PLANS TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
09PODGORICA24 | MONTENEGRO BLINDSIDED BY UKRAINIAN WTO MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukraine's 11th hour request for bilateral negotiations as part of Montenegro's WTO accession process has thrown Montenegro's WTO negotiations team, led by Deputy Prime Minister Gordana Djurovic, for a loop. Having closed bilateral negotiations with the EU and the U.S., the GoM w [...] | 2009-01-28 21:24:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV ECON ECIN WTRO MW |
09PODGORICA32 | NEW DPS GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LOOK A LOT LIKE OLD DPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With pre-term parliamentary elections set for March 29 (reftel) and Prime Minister Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) the favorite to return to power, key cabinet members are already jostling for a spot in the next government. While there is plenty of speculation [...] | 2009-02-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MW |
09PODGORICA35 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL LIBBY VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-NATO, pro-western stance, having recognized neighboring Kosovo in October 2008 and formally applied for EU membership in December 2008. The Government of Montenegro (GoM) remains a receptive [...] | 2009-02-06 14:11:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
09PODGORICA37 | MONTENEGRO'S KOSOVO IDPS: STILL IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent statements by President Vujanovic have drawn attention to the more than 16,000 refugees from Kosovo - called internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the GoM - still on Montenegrin soil. Because of security, legal, and economic concerns, very few have returned to Kosovo sin [...] | 2009-02-10 19:27:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA46 | MANDIC'S NEW PARTY SPLITS SERB POLITICAL SPECTRUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrija Mandic, the most prominent Serb political leader in Montenegro, has created a new party, New Serbian Democracy (known as NOVA),which aspires not only to unite all Serb organizations but also to attract non-Serb voters. Instead, amidst accusations that Mandic sold out h [...] | 2009-02-23 10:24:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MW |
09PODGORICA47 | MONTENEGRO ELECTION PRIMER: RULES OF THE RACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro will hold pre-term parliamentary elections on March 29, concurrently with municipal assembly elections in Niksic and Budva and mayoral elections in Tivat and Herceg Novi. According to the current Election Law, Montenegro's 81-seat Parliament is elected from candidate [...] | 2009-02-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MW |
09PODGORICA49 | NEW CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAW: IMPROVED, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's new Law on the Conflict of Interest, adopted in January, restricts the private business activities of public officials. But while many observers concede that it is a step forward from the roundly criticized previous law, they question the independence of the commis [...] | 2009-02-24 19:17:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MW |
09PODGORICA56 | MONTENEGRO PUSHES MAJOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of deliberation, Montenegro's Justice Ministry has finalized the text of a revised Criminal Procedure Code. The GoM also has taken steps to establish its first-ever multi-agency investigative task force. The revised code will bring far-reaching changes to Montenegr [...] | 2009-03-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM KJUS MW |
09PODGORICA57 | MONTENEGRO'S SPRINT TO NATO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Montenegro's government has stepped up its campaign to promote its NATO-related priorities. A round of meetings with NAC ambassadors in mid-February indicated to GoM officials that most member states have a positive view of Montenegro's progress, but some skeptics remain. The M [...] | 2009-03-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MW |
09PODGORICA63 | MONTENEGRO'S LARGEST EXPORTER CONTINUES TO FLOUNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Podgorica's aluminum plant, KAP, has been struggling since at least mid-2008 to survive the impact of ongoing economic crisis. The low trading price of aluminum and expensive production inputs, particularly electricity, have resulted in daily losses of up to 200,000 Euros. KAP [...] | 2009-03-16 19:08:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPRV ENRG EINV ECON MW |
09PODGORICA65 | MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE STUMBLES TOWARD ELECTION DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Movement for Change (PzP) lost its status as Montenegro's leading opposition party following leader Nebojsa Medojevic's third-place showing in the April 2008 presidential race. That defeat, the party's lack of coherent message, and Medojevic's controlling management style a [...] | 2009-03-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA68 | MONTENEGRO'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: SDP'S TOP OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Djukanovic's "European Montenegro" coalition is the overwhelming favorite to return to power in the March 29 parliamentary elections. Should the ruling coalition return to power as expected, we predict a number of key figures from both parties to remain in the new [...] | 2009-03-24 18:28:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA71 | MONTENEGRIN ELECTION CAMPAIGN: SOME IRREGULARITIES, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While noting certain irregularities, international observers assess that Montenegro's election process in advance of the March 29 parliamentary elections has so far been generally free and fair and is more or less on a par with last year's Presidential elections. As in previous [...] | 2009-03-25 12:09:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA73 | MONTENEGRO MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 10th anniversary of the beginning of NATO's air campaign against the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was marked in Montenegro on March 24 by a handful of political parties and NGOs, to some extent as part of the parliamentary election campaign. The campaign is a sore [...] | 2009-03-26 18:38:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA74 | RULING COALITION EXPECTED TO COAST TO VICTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's expanded Democratic Party of Socialists - Social Democratic Party coalition is expecting a landslide win in the March 29 election, with a solid parliamentary majority well within reach. The out-financed and fragmented opposition trails far behind, with only the thr [...] | 2009-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA75 | MONTENEGRO'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results have Montenegro's ruling coalition winning more than 50 percent of the vote in the March 29 parliamentary election. With the exception of the center-left Socialist People's Party, which doubled its seats from the last election, and possibly an additional seat [...] | 2009-03-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA78 | THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis is hitting Montenegro. IMF and other experts are predicting a sharp deceleration in growth in the near term, with GDP growth likely to decline to about two percent in 2009-2010. Credit growth is also likely to continue to decrease, given banks' reduce [...] | 2009-04-01 14:32:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MW |
09PODGORICA84 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, Montenegro's State Election Commission (SEC) rejected appeals to hold repeat votes at several polling stations. While parties may still take their cases to the Constitutional Court, the SEC decision likely finalizes the results of the election. The vote, which the [...] | 2009-04-03 18:14:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
09PONTADELGADA5 | US MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE AZORES, PORTUGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For over 60 years the United States and Portugal have maintained a high level of military cooperation in the Azores. This close cooperation is reflected in the daily leadership and performance of the 65th Air Base Wing at Lajes Field. We continue to look for new opportunities t [...] | 2009-01-30 11:22:00 | Consulate Ponta Delgada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR ECON SOCI CASC PO |
09PORTAUPRINCE1016 | NAS Haiti November 2009 Monthly Report [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the month of November 2009, there were significant developments in the capacity building of the Haitian National Police (HNP),although significant organizational development issues continue to [...] | 2009-12-09 17:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE103 | HAITIAN AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF MISAPPROPRIATING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 18:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA SNAR KCRM |
09PORTAUPRINCE104 | HAITI: ARISTIDE'S PARTY, STILL IN DISARRAY, [...] (C) Summary: Hard line and moderate factions of the Fanmi Lavalas (FL) political party have registered competing lists of candidates for the partial senatorial elections scheduled for April 19. The hard liners' list included a number of close associates of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, some probabl [...] | 2009-01-30 19:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE1070 | Haiti: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) There is no evidence that Haiti is a target for Islamic extremist activity or acts of international terrorism. There are no existing terror cells, such as al-Qaida or any other terrorist organizations in Haiti. No acts of international terrorism occurred in Haiti in 2009. The Gove [...] | 2009-12-24 16:30:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL PINR ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE109 | PRESIDENT PREVAL'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Rene Preval's hasty decision to attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington February 5 is an effort to keep Haiti high on the new Administration's international agenda as it takes office. Although no encounters with USG principals have been confirmed, he hopes that his presence in W [...] | 2009-02-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID HA OVIP RENE PREVAL |
09PORTAUPRINCE1094 | Discussions continue on appointment of a Chief Justice [...] (U) Summary: The National Association of Haitian Magistrates (ANAMAH) has called on President Rene Preval to appoint a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a position that has been vacant since 2004. Without a Chief Justice, the 2007 legislation that created an independent judiciary can [...] | 2009-12-31 18:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC KCRM AID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE115 | HAITI MONTHLY: JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various political topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) ARISTIDE FOUNDATION'S UNIVERSITY TO REOPEN WITH CUBAN FACULTY [...] | 2009-02-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | HA KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL |
09PORTAUPRINCE117 | HAITI'S ELECTORAL AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE LAVALAS [...] (C) Summary: Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has decided to exclude all Fanmis Lavalas candidates from the upcoming Senate elections, based on a what Embassy and others believe is a strained reading of the electoral law, and the fact that two FL factions submitted competing candida [...] | 2009-02-04 20:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE119 | RISING TENSIONS OVER LOOMING EXCLUSION OF LAVALAS [...] Summary: (SBU) The publication of the list of approved candidates for the April Senate elections is imminent. In anticipation that the list will exclude all Fanmi Lavalas (FL) candidates, MINUSTAH is taking security precautions, Fanmi Lavalas leaders are beginning to protest, and the electio [...] | 2009-02-05 18:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE122 | HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL BARS LAVALAS, GUY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced late February 5 the exclusion of 40 of the 105 prospective candidates that had registered to compete in the April senatorial elections, including all 16 candidates representing Fanmi Lavalas. Leaders of Lavalas, the party of ou [...] | 2009-02-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE13 | CODEL DURBIN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Haitian President and Prime Minister told Codel Durbin December 17-18 that Haiti's main priorities after the August-September hurricanes are economic growth and job creation, infrastructure-building, education, environmental restoration, and strengthening Haiti's political institutio [...] | 2009-01-07 17:10:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE14 | NAS HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE AND COAST GUARD [...] (SBU) Summary: With a new Minister of Justice in place, there is new attention to corrections issues and control of the Haitian National Police (HNP). NAS infrastructure projects continue to encounter delays but are slowly progressing. Many of the delays result from slow action by the Gove [...] | 2009-01-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE157 | HAITI: PRESSURE MOUNTS ON ELECTORAL COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER LAVALAS EXCLUSION [...] (C) Summary: The U.S., Canadians, French, the European Commission and the OAS have issued statements in the last few days regarding the exclusion of Fanmi Lavalas from the upcoming Senate elections (reftel),stating that credible elections must be inclusive. A milder statement by MINUSTAH un [...] | 2009-02-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE159 | HAITIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION URGES CEP TO [...] (C) Summary: Haiti's leading human rights organization criticized the electoral authority's decision to exclude Fanmi Lavalas from competing in partial Senate elections planned for April as politically motivated. The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) fears the decision, if not re [...] | 2009-02-11 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE166 | HAITIAN ELECTORAL COUNCIL DEFENDS EXCLUSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) President Frantz-Gerard Verret told the Ambassador on February 11 that the CEP had never considered accepting any Lavalas (FL) candidates for the Senate elections because no Lavalas leader in Haiti had a documented mandate from party leader and [...] | 2009-02-13 19:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE169 | CORE GROUP REPS MEET WITH PREVAL ON SENATE [...] (C) Summary. Representing the Core Group, the UNSRSG and the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, Germany (as EU president),and the United States met with President Preval February 13 for 90 minutes to discuss the current Senatorial election issue. The group urged Preval to ensure that the election [...] | 2009-02-16 18:18:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE172 | CORE GROUP REPS MEET WITH PREVAL ON SENATE [...] (C) Summary. Representing the Core Group, the UNSRSG and the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, Germany (as EU president),and the United States met with President Preval February 13 for 90 minutes to discuss the current Senatorial election issue. The group urged Preval to ensure that the election [...] | 2009-02-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE177 | HAITIAN ELECTORAL AUTHORITY REAFFIRMS EXCLUSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) released February 16 the definitive list of candidates for the April senatorial elections, reaffirming the exclusion of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas (FL) party. The CEP list included thirteen previously excluded [...] | 2009-02-17 18:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE182 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PATRICE ISRAEL, HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting Commissar Patrice Israel, Director of the Haitian National Police/BLTS division, who has been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored meeting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assis [...] | 2009-02-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE202 | REJECTED HAITIAN SENATE CANDIDATES PROTEST THEIR [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of Fanmi Lavalas continue to protest their exclusion from the upcoming Senate elections. Several dozen people gathered in Les Cayes February 18 to demand the return of party leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and two of the party's lawmakers called for ''peaceful resistance [...] | 2009-02-20 19:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE216 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD UNIT, [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting Haitian Coast Guard members of the Haitian National Police (HNP) who has been nominated to attend FY09 resident courses-International Military Education and Training Program [...] | 2009-02-26 20:10:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA OPDC PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE228 | HAITI: PREVAL ESTABLISHES COMMISSIONS ON JUSTICE [...] (SBU) President Rene Preval on February 19 established commissions on judicial and constitutional reform, two of his key political priorities for which he is attempting to generate consensus. Amending the constitution is the more controversial initiative, where many critics suspect Preval is [...] | 2009-03-02 19:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE233 | HAITI: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ARISTIDE'S DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary: The fifth anniversary of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's departure from Haiti passed with minimal comment and one small demonstration. Several hundred Fanmi Lavalas activists marched on February 28 to protest the exclusion of their party from the April Senate elections, to [...] | 2009-03-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE245 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S MARCH 11-14 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as democratic consolidation and economic progress have stalled, as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. Although President Preval alloc [...] | 2009-03-04 17:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC HA |
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 |
09PORTAUPRINCE265 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS DISCUSSION OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and civil society epresentatives at an Ambassador-hosted discussion oncurred that corruption in Haiti is ubiquitous nd requires stiffer laws, expanded education andtraining, partnership between the government and private sector, ongoing civil society involvement and c [...] | 2009-03-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE27 | HAITI: PRESIDENT PREVAL ISSUES DECREE VALIDATING [...] (U) The Presidential Decree making official the partial senatorial elections in April was published in Haiti's official legal bulletin, ''Le Moniteur,'' January 7. Dated December 29, the decree was signed by President Preval, the Prime Minister and all cabinet ministers. The decree confirms [...] | 2009-01-09 16:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE270 | HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL MAY DISREGARD COURT [...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has rejected a March 9 court ruling enjoining electoral authorities to include representatives of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party in the upcoming senatorial elections. The CEP and its supporters say that the co [...] | 2009-03-11 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE277 | HAITI DEMARCHE ON U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] Ambassador delivered demarche per ref A to Minister of Justice on February 17 regarding opportunities for the Government of Haiti in USG programs to address illicit arms trafficking, including law enforcement training through International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEAS). The Minister of J [...] | 2009-03-12 19:36:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA KCRM SNAR |
09PORTAUPRINCE29 | HAITI'S LATEST FUEL CRISIS: WHO IS TO BLAME? [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Haiti (GoH) announced December 31 a 91-octane gasoline price decrease of nearly 20 percent. By January 5, many gas stations were closed and those with fuel attracted long lines. The GoH denied any involvement, blaming late delivery from the refinery; distributo [...] | 2009-01-09 19:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE293 | HAITI: LATEST TRENDS IN STUDENT UNREST [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified-please protect accordingly. Summary -------- 2. (U) High school and university students in 2009 have occupied university buildings and mounted protests that have turned violent and attracted political attention. Students occupied the cam [...] | 2009-03-16 16:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE312 | AND THEY'RE OFF! HAITI OPENS SENATE CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: Haiti's electoral authority on March 16 declared the campaign for partial Senate elections officially open. The authority also installed on March 13 communal electoral bureau personnel, who will oversee the elections process in Haiti's 140 communes. Public response to the cam [...] | 2009-03-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE317 | HAITI: LEGISLATORS STEP UP CRITICISM OF PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis defended her government's response to the devastating 2008 hurricanes in a noisy session of parliament March 17. Sensing political opportunity, a number of Haiti's legislators have criticized PM Pierre-Louis over her government's handling of hur [...] | 2009-03-20 19:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE318 | LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE: HAITI'S NORTHERN COASTLINE [...] Summary (C) A UN Police technical advisor working in Cap Haitien believes that clandestine boat migration is a highly-organized business and that intercepted passengers almost always try to shield captains and trip organizers from detection and capture by maritime authorities. He also repor [...] | 2009-03-20 19:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE320 | HAITI: U.S. UN PERMREP AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING [...] (C) Summary: President Preval emphasized to visiting U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Susan Rice his government's commitment to reform. Reduced tax revenues caused by last year's storm damage had forced Haiti to cut its budget, but it was still left with a large gap that Ha [...] | 2009-03-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE330 | TREASURY DELEGATION ASSESSES RESULTS OF ONGOING USG TAX [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Technical Assistance Policy, Larry McDonald, visited Port au Prince February 4-5 to make an interim assessment of the results of the [...] | 2009-03-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE339 | 20TH POLICE PROMOTION GRADUATES WITH MIXED MESSAGE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On February 27, the Haitian National Police (HNP) graduated its 20th Promotion of 702 police officers, including 86 women. While speeches by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice focused on r [...] | 2009-03-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE340 | 20TH POLICE PROMOTION GRADUATES WITH MIXED MESSAGE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On February 27, the Haitian National Police (HNP) graduated its 20th Promotion of 702 police officers, including 86 women. While speeches by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice focused on r [...] | 2009-03-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE346 | HAITIAN CRIMINAL DEPORTEES (PART ONE): THE NUTS [...] (C) Summary: Embassy inquiries about criminals the U.S. deports to Haiti reveal that: 1.) Haitian officials and media periodically blame criminal deportees for increases in crime, 2.) deportees face a degree of social discrimination and prejudice, and 3.) deportees who resume a life of crime i [...] | 2009-03-31 16:12:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HA ORA INL IOM PRM |
09PORTAUPRINCE347 | HAITIAN CRIMINAL DEPORTEES (PART THREE): AN [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian criminal deportees interviewed by Embassy human rights officer report problems with integration into Haitian society and describe their self-help efforts to organize and improve their public image. Two deportee associations assert that corrupt Haitian officials attempt t [...] | 2009-03-31 16:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE348 | HAITIAN CRIMINAL DEPORTEES (PART TWO): [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Office for Migration (IOM) administers the only reintegration program for deportees in Haiti, a program partially funded by the USG. Current funding levels cover only one-quarter of the total number of annual Haitian deportees. Criminal deportees claim that I [...] | 2009-03-31 16:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE371 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CONYERS'S VISIT TO HAITI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. The storms and resulting flooding displaced hundreds of thousands of people and made Haiti's al [...] | 2009-04-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE372 | HAITI: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT [...] (SBU) The government and people of Haiti will warmly welcome the visit of the USNS Comfort. The medical services you will provide are badly needed in this, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, where a large portion of the population has virtually no access to medical services. Your [...] | 2009-04-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE376 | HAITI WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OAS IAHRC PREL PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE378 | SENATE ELECTIONS: MOVING ALONG [...] (SBU) Summary. Preparations for the April 19 partial Senate elections appear to be largely on schedule. Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and MINUSTAH remain firm that they will take place April 19. The CEP has assured the public that all preparations are on track and denies that [...] | 2009-04-06 18:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE379 | HAITI MONTHLY: MARCH, 2009 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various political topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) PENSION SYSTEM CHIEF ARRESTED. The Chief Prosecutor of Port-a [...] | 2009-04-06 18:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV HA PREL KCRM |
09PORTAUPRINCE386 | AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited Les Cayes March 26. The mayor portrayed his city as calm and relatively free of drug trafficking but lacking sufficient funding from the central government. The head of MINUSTAH's regional office emphasized that political instability and drug trafficking were con [...] | 2009-04-08 15:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ECON USAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE387 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the Director General of the Haitian National Police who has been invited to the Annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC),pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. [...] | 2009-04-08 18:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE394 | CITE SOLEIL COMMISSARIAT INAUGURATED [...] SUMMARY: The postponed inauguration of the USG-funded Cite Soleil Police Commissariat took place on March 25, 2009. With over 130 guests and members of the press in attendance at the event, the dedication of this impressive new building symbolized the positive changes in the Cite Soleil neighbo [...] | 2009-04-09 19:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE398 | Cite Soleil's Door is Open: Proving the Concept [...] Summary: The Haiti Stabilization Initiative's (HSI) integrated approach to civilian-led stabilization and reconstruction is bringing real, palpable change to Cite Soleil. Despite skepticism and stovepipes, it has done what it said it would do. Progress, as in the rest of Haiti, is fragile, u [...] | 2009-04-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PREL SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE399 | HAITI: LUKEWARM INTEREST IN SENATE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Campaigning is relatively low-key as Haiti moves toward the first round of partial Senate elections April 19. Although campaign posters and radio commercials have begun to appear, most parties -- with the exception of the ruling Lespwa coalition -- seem to lack the financing to p [...] | 2009-04-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE404 | THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary. As the first Secretary of State to travel to Port-au-Prince since 2005, your visit on Thursday sends Haitians a clear signal of continued, indeed intensified, U.S. support for a neighbor and friend in need. Haitians, both within the government and without, will respond positively [...] | 2009-04-14 20:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL OVIP CLINTON HILLARY HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE408 | CORRECTED COPY OF PORT AU PRINCE 000330 - TREASURY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Technical Assistance Policy, Larry McDonald, visited Port au Prince February 4-5 to make an interim assessment of the results of the [...] | 2009-04-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE411 | HAITI: CAMPAIGNING CONCLUDES FOR FIRST ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Field observations and a local poll suggest that the April 19 elections for 12 vacant Senate seats (reftels) will likely send only a modest number of Lespwa candidates to the second round of voting. This result comes despite the fact that candidates representing Lespwa, the coa [...] | 2009-04-17 18:18:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE412 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FOUR (4) OFFICERS OF THE HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following HNP Officers of the Haitian National Police who have been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored workshop, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. Thi [...] | 2009-04-17 19:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE419 | FIRST ROUND OF HAITI'S PARTIAL SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Voting in the first round of partial Senate elections (reftel) took place April 19 in Haiti's ten departments with only one major incident. The Embassy's 29 observers saw that voting materials had generally been delivered to polling stations on time, trained poll workers effectively oversa [...] | 2009-04-20 18:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE431 | HAITI ELECTIONS: CANDIDATES POSTURE AS RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Haiti's April 19 partial senate elections were generally well-organized. Isolated incidents of violence, intimidation and theft of voting materials, which led to cancellation of the vote in one department and demands to annul the vote in parts of another were reported. Voter [...] | 2009-04-24 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE437 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR EVINTZ ORELIEN, OFFICER OF THE [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following HNP Officer of the Haitian National Police who has been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored workshop, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. This [...] | 2009-04-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE447 | HAITI ELECTIONS: FIRST ROUND RESULTS SUGGEST BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: Results for the first round of Haiti's partial Senate elections released April 27 show candidates of the pro-government Lespwa coalition running first or second in nine of the eleven races. No candidate gained an absolute majority in the first round of voting. All eleven seats [...] | 2009-04-29 11:30:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE451 | HAITI: CODEL CONYERS MEETS PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified-please protect accordingly. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) A Congressional Delegation led by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers heard President Preval and Prime Minister Pierre Louis make the case that Haiti is at a turning point and ne [...] | 2009-04-30 15:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE456 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CAPPS' MAY 8-11 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical point in Haiti's democratic development. After food riots in April 2008 and a disastrous series of hurricanes four months later, President Rene Preval and his new Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, are working hard to meet the basic needs of the [...] | 2009-05-06 15:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE463 | HAITIAN LYNCHING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STOKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The murder-decapitation of a young Haitian national in the Dominican Republic (DR) has stoked anger toward Dominicans and criticism from Haitians against their government, perceived as lackadaisical in responding appropriately to human rights violations against Haitians in the DR. [...] | 2009-05-07 17:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HA PREL PHUM |
09PORTAUPRINCE47 | HAITIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES OPENING SESSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval addressed Parliament January 12 in the opening ceremony of the first National Assembly session of the new year. Preval reiterated his administration's central theme of reinforcing domestic peace and security as the precondition of sustained develop [...] | 2009-01-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE474 | HAITI SENATE ELECTIONS: APPEALS GRIND ON; ONE [...] (SBU) Summary. The appeals process following the April 19 Senate elections grind on, with departmental appeals bureaus dismissing the great majority. Out of eighteen cases filed to contest Senate election results, only one case thus far has been decided in the candidate's favor, giving the Le [...] | 2009-05-12 17:30:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA EAID |
09PORTAUPRINCE475 | HAITI: PRESIDENT PREVAL ON ELECTIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (C) President Preval says that the April 19 Senate elections were well organized. He claims to have expected the low turnout, but admitted that the Fanmis Lavalas boycott, associated threats, and the ban on public transportation deterred many voters. The President was pleased at the strong s [...] | 2009-05-12 17:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE481 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- FIRST SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following first 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting p [...] | 2009-05-14 19:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE489 | HAITI MONTHLY: POLITICAL, APRIL 2009 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various political topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) VISIT BY BRAZIL MINISTERS OF DEFENSE/CHIEFS OF STAFF. During [...] | 2009-05-19 16:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV HA PREL KCOR |
09PORTAUPRINCE493 | HAITI: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Haiti values the assistance it receives from Cuba and never criticizes Cuba's democracy or human rights record. Haiti and Cuba, along with Venezuela, are parties to a tripartite agreement that facilitates technical assistance to Haiti in the areas of electricit [...] | 2009-05-20 18:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETIC PREL PGOV HA CU |
09PORTAUPRINCE5 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JUNGLA COMMANDO COURSE [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police, who have been nominated to participate in counternarcotics training scheduled January 26 to May 29, 2009 in Colombia pursuant to the Leah [...] | 2009-01-05 18:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM TRSY HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE500 | HAITI: APRIL 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT [...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in April 2009. 2. Merida Initiative: - On April 30, Ambassador Sanderson and Minister of Justice Exume signed the Letter of Agreement for 2,159,000 USD to fund four projects under Merida: a communications network for [...] | 2009-05-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE501 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 16 HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP) [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 16 HNP female officers who will receive security training to form a new Prime Minister close protection detail. The session is scheduled to begin at the end of this month of May 2009 [...] | 2009-05-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE503 | HAITIAN PRESIDENT TOURS FLOODED AREAS [...] (U) Summary. Even before the official June 1 start date of the 2009 hurricane season, heavy rains have already caused 11 deaths and some damage across the country. Haiti?s Civil Protection Department has declared an orange alert across the country. President Preval is attempting to get ahead [...] | 2009-05-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE504 | CODEL HIRONO DISCUSSES REFORM, EDUCATION, AND JOBS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Mazie Hirono met with the President, Prime Minister, and parliamentary leaders during its May 8-11 visit to Haiti. The delegation, accompanied by the Ambassador, reaffirmed U.S. support for efforts to promote Haiti's stability and prosperit [...] | 2009-05-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OVIP HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE506 | EMBASSY OBTAINS RESUMPTION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTEE [...] (C) Summary: Following determined Embassy intervention, the Government of Haiti has resumed accepting criminal deportee flights from the U.S. that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had suspended for several months. Once DHS decided to resume the flights, the GOH resisted accepting them, [...] | 2009-05-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HA PREL PHUM |
09PORTAUPRINCE507 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SECOND SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited as part of the 21th Promotion to become HNP officers. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the v [...] | 2009-05-28 19:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE511 | HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL ANNOUNCES APPEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Haiti's electoral authority announced May 22 the results of ten appeals filed by candidates disputing the provisional results of the April 19 partial Senate elections (reftels). Appeals panels threw out several thousand votes in the Artibonite, West, and North departments based [...] | 2009-05-29 17:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE512 | HAITI: FISSURES IN ARISTIDE'S LAVALAS PARTY LIKELY [...] (C) Summary: Two dueling factions of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party are pushing competing plans to reform the FL charter as they jockey for a claim to leadership of the party in advance of the late 2010 presidential elections. Neither group looks likely to win over the other sid [...] | 2009-05-29 17:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE514 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST THIRD SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for training of the 21th Promotion to become HNP officers. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, [...] | 2009-05-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE517 | HAITI'S ELECTORAL COUNCIL DETAILS INQUIRIES INTO [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) told the Ambassador and other international community representatives May 28 that results of an inquiry into election-day fraud and irregularities in the Center Department April 19 would soon be published. A similar inquiry i [...] | 2009-06-01 13:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE519 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOURTH SUBMISSION OF 49 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 49 cadets among the approximately 476 recruited as part of the 21th Promotion to become HNP officers upon completion of the training. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in Jul [...] | 2009-06-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE520 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSSES PRIORITIES FOR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On May 27, Ambassador Sanderson paid a farewell call on Minister of Justice Exume. They discussed his priorities for the justice sector, including the judicial system, prisons and the Haitian Nat [...] | 2009-06-01 19:10:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE53 | HAITI: MAJORITY COALITION OUSTS CHAMBER OF [...] (U) Summary: The informal grouping called the "Coalition of Progressive Parliamentarians" (CPP) swept all five positions in the annual Chamber of Deputies leadership elections January 14, dealing a decisive defeat to former Chamber President Eric Jean-Jacques and his allies. Levaillant Louis- [...] | 2009-01-16 20:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE530 | HAITI: STUDENTS AND POLICE FACE-OFF OVER MINIMUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Students from two faculties of the State University of Haiti (Universite d'Etat Haiti/UEH) faced off with police the afternoon of June 3 during a student-led protest to pressure the government to increase the minimum wage. Students pelted vehicles and businesses with rocks and [...] | 2009-06-04 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE538 | STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] (U) This message covers incidents reported on June 4 to 1300 local time on June 5. 2. (C) An unconfirmed number of students from several State University faculties violently protested in downtown Port-au-Prince reportedly to pressure President Preval to sign the minimum wage law. Students assaul [...] | 2009-06-05 19:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE539 | HAITI MONTHLY: POLITICAL, MAY 2009 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) MEDICAL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE. Medical and pharmacy students at Haiti's St [...] | 2009-06-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HA PREL KCOR |
09PORTAUPRINCE540 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 3 HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP) [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following three HNP Officers of the Haitian National Police who have been nominated to participate in U.S.-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. Th [...] | 2009-06-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE552 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- FIFTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...] | 2009-06-10 18:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE553 | HAITI ANXIOUSLY AWAITS DECISION ON MINIMUM WAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament's decision to raise daily minimum wages in the commercial and industrial sectors continues to strain relations between President Preval and members of Parliament. Since mid-May, President Preval has encouraged dialogue between members of Parliament and the private sector [...] | 2009-06-10 20:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EINV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE554 | (C) FRUSTRATED AND SIDELINED, HAITIAN PRIME [...] (C) In our farewell breakfast June 11, Haitian Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis told me that she has "unequivocally" decided to resign. She asked that this information be closely held. Although she has set no date for submitting the resignation, she intimated that it will be soon. Increasingly f [...] | 2009-06-12 19:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE558 | HAITIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES PROCUREMENT LAW [...] (U) Haiti's lower house of Parliament on June 10 passed the long-awaited Procurement Law, one of the requirements established by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) completion point achievement. The bill passed by a vote of 62 for and 2 abstentions, an [...] | 2009-06-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV KCRM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE57 | HAITI'S FUEL SUPPLY UPDATE: DELIVERY ARRIVES [...] (SBU) A fuel tanker, operated by Chevron, carrying approximately ten million gallons (240,000 barrels) of unleaded octane 91 and 95, diesel and kerosene, arrived the early morning of January 13, after several days of fuel unavailability at the pump. Chevron Finance Manager Karlyle Raphael (prot [...] | 2009-01-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE570 | SENIOR CABINET MEMBER OFFERS SUPPORT TO PRIME [...] (C) On Saturday, I again talked to Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis about her proposed resignation. While insisting that she will not go back on her decision, MPL acknowledged that she is "thinking very hard ... I don't want to make a mistake." She reiterated these comments in a subsequent [...] | 2009-06-15 22:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE575 | DECONSTRUCTING PREVAL [...] (C) Haitian President Rene Preval has now completed three years of his five year presidential mandate. Widely touted as the "transitional president" poised to lead Haiti into a new era of democracy and economic prosperity, he has had only modest success thus far. Haiti's problems are indeed dauntin [...] | 2009-06-16 18:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HA KBIO |
09PORTAUPRINCE576 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SIXTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...] | 2009-06-16 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE579 | HAITI: MID-YEAR REPORT CARD FOR THE 2010 MAJORS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Haitian National Police (HNP) continue to progress slowly and overall crime is down in Haiti. The HNP are now in the fourth year of their five-year internationally-agreed reform plan. Coop [...] | 2009-06-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE581 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SEVENTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...] | 2009-06-17 18:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE583 | HAITIAN PRESIDENT'S DECISION ON MINIMUM WAGE LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval, after intensive discussion with private sector and parliamentary representatives, plans to return the minimum wage law to Parliament with a proposal to modify the bill with a phased-in wage increase for the assembly sector. A 200 Haitian gourde (HTG) [...] | 2009-06-17 19:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EINV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE589 | HAITI SENATE ELECTIONS: TEPID CAMPAIGNING, SOME [...] (SBU) Campaigning in the lead-up to the June 21 second round of voting in Haiti's partial Senate elections has been lukewarm, as candidates lack money and voters remain apathetic. Four days before the vote, the government announced state campaign financing for candidates -- too late to revive [...] | 2009-06-19 18:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE591 | HAITI PLEASED WITH PETROCARIBE AND SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth PetroCaribe Summit in St. Kitts on June 12 congratulated Haiti as the ''best payer'' out of 13 countries, having paid approximately USD 220 million to Venezuela. GOH sources confirm that Venezuela announced plans to finance and construct an oil refinery in Haiti proje [...] | 2009-06-19 19:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET ECON POL EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE592 | MINIMUM WAGE DEMONSTRATIONS BECOME VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrators confronting Haitian National Police and MINUSTAH units that began June 3 have become violent and taken on an anti-government and anti-MINUSTAH character. Initial demands by university students for changes in the curriculum and improvement of conditions at the State Uni [...] | 2009-06-19 19:24:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HA PREL |
09PORTAUPRINCE600 | HAITI: MAY 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT [...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in May 2009. 2. Trilateral Conference a Big Success: On May 5-7, law enforcement, national security policy makers and prosecutors from Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as U.S. officials met in Florid [...] | 2009-06-23 17:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE601 | HAITI: FEW IRREGULARITIES, LOW TURNOUT IN SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy observers noted low turnout but few irregularities, better organization, and greater security in the second round of voting in Haiti's partial Senate elections June 21. UN peacekeepers and Haitian police deployed more effectively than in the first round, acting quickly to qu [...] | 2009-06-23 19:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE602 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- EIGHTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...] | 2009-06-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE603 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON'S JUNE 26 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your delegation comes at an important point in Haiti's democratic development. Since you last visited in 2007, after food riots in April 2008 and a disastrous series of hurricanes four months later, President Rene Preval and his new Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, are working [...] | 2009-06-24 11:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE607 | CODEL MEEK DISCUSSES MINIMUM WAGE, JUDICIAL REFORM AND CUBA WITH PRESIDENT RENE PREVAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 17:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON HA PGOV PREL |
09PORTAUPRINCE613 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- NINTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...] | 2009-06-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE615 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- TENTH SUBMISSION OF 24 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 28 HNP cadets for the training of the 21th Promotion. This is the final submission of names that total 478 recruited. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and the [...] | 2009-06-30 11:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE617 | Haiti Response to UN Efforts to Combat Sexual Exploitation [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. This message is Embassy's assessment of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by members of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) requested by reftel. Embassy assesses that sexual expl [...] | 2009-06-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE623 | HAITI: PREVAL'S ALLIES FARE WELL IN SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Candidates of the pro-government Lespwa coalition and other allies of President Rene Preval won seven of the eleven vacant Senate seats in play during the June 21 second round of elections, according to preliminary results. Only eleven percent of eligible voters participated in t [...] | 2009-07-01 18:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE632 | HAITI: THE CASE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Haiti's constitution has multiple flaws that hamper the country's governability. Frequent national elections, an imbalance of power between executive and legislative branches, an uncl [...] | 2009-07-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE636 | HAITI MONTHLY: POLITICAL, JUNE, 2009 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. . (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) DISCUSSIONS REPORTEDLY CONTINUE ON TAIWANESE ASSISTANCE TO TE HAITIAN PARLI [...] | 2009-07-10 17:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV HA PREL |
09PORTAUPRINCE642 | HAITI'S MINIMUM WAGE LAW STILL STALLED [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval continues to take a strong stand behind his formally submitted objections to raising the minimum wage to 200 Haitian gourds (HTG) per day. In a sustained media campaign, Preval warns of the negative consequences of a wage increase on foreign inv [...] | 2009-07-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD HA PGOV PREL EINV |
09PORTAUPRINCE643 | HNP DIRECTOR GENERAL'S MANDATE RENEWED BY [...] (U) On July 14, President Preval forwarded to the Haitian Senate the letter to renew the mandate of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Mario Andresol for an additional three years. Andresol has already tasked his advisors (two of whom are funded by NAS) to begin preparing a t [...] | 2009-07-15 16:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PHUM KPKO HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE65 | HAITI: ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN BEARS LITTLE FRUIT [...] (SBU) Government of Haiti investigation and prosecution of corruption under President Preval is haphazard and has failed to bring a single major case to trial. President Preval announced in mid 2007 a major effort against corruption. Suspects in several cases, in the public and private sector, [...] | 2009-01-21 17:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE659 | LAVALAS MARCH FOR ARISTIDE'S BIRTHDAY DRAWS MODEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A July 15 Fanmi Lavalas Demonstration to mark Jean Bertrand Aristide's birthday was peaceful and attended by at most a few thousand supporters. Fanmi Lavalas ability to bring people into the streets is declining. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Fanmi Lavalas (FL) supporters marched p [...] | 2009-07-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA SA |
09PORTAUPRINCE667 | HAITI: PARTIAL SENATE ELECTIONS NOW OVER, LESPWA [...] (SBU) Summary: With the results of Haiti's partial Senate elections now final, the pro-government party Lespwa won six of the eleven seats being contested, which will give them 13 out of 29 Senate seats. A controversial appeals decision to reverse the initial result in the South Department in [...] | 2009-07-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE684 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MR. ANTOINE AUTORISTE, [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/CAR. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2-4. 2. POST REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE IN VETTING A GoH OFFICIAL (CIVILIAN MEMBER),HAITI MINISTRY OF INTERIOR(MoI),WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN U.S.- REGIONAL DEFENSE COMBATING TERRORISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM EVENT, [...] | 2009-08-03 14:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA OPDC PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE685 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INSPECTOR WILLEM JOSEPH, [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/CAR. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2-4. 2. POST REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE IN VETTING HAITIAN COAST GUARD MEMBER OF THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP) WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO PARTICIPATE IN A U.S.- INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING (IMET) RESIDENTIAL [...] | 2009-08-03 17:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA OPDC PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE705 | HAITI: JULY 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT [...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in July 2009. --------------- Project Updates --------------- 2. DynCorp received notice to proceed on two important remaining Haiti Stabilization Initiative (HSI) projects this month: wall reconstruction at the n [...] | 2009-08-11 16:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE710 | HAITI: JUNE 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT [...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in June 2009. -------- Meetings -------- 2. On June 4, the Mini Dublin Group met for the first time in 18 months in Port au Prince in preparation for the Dublin Group meeting to be held in July. The group is now [...] | 2009-08-11 16:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE728 | VALIDATION OF SENATORS: POLITICAL CRISIS OR SAME [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Haitian Constitution of 1987 requires the seated Senate to validate the 11 newly elected Senators before they take office. Given alleged issues of credibility regarding the provisional electoral council (CEP) and the senatorial elections (reftel),it is unlikely that the Senat [...] | 2009-08-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE731 | HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: The following is a brief overview of progress made by the Haitian National Police in the past two years and a summary of various perspectives on where the HNP should go in the future. This report represents the recommendations and analysis of the first full-time NAS Director, at [...] | 2009-08-13 17:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE742 | HAITI: DEPUTIES FINALLY APPROVE MINIMUM WAGE LAW-- [...] (U) Parliamentary deputies on August 18 voted narrowly in favor of President Preval's objections to the original minimum wage legislation, thereby setting the minimum wage to HTG 125 (USD 3.00) in the textile sector and HTG 200 (USD 5.00)in the industrial and commercial sectors. The Chamber of De [...] | 2009-08-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD HA PGOV PREL EINV |
09PORTAUPRINCE768 | HAITI: VALIDATION OF NEWLY-ELECTED SENATORS STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate President Kely Bastien publicly announced that the validation of 11 newly-elected Senators will happen on Friday September 4. There is still confusion as to whether a quorum of the Senate will be needed for the validation session. Bastien has claimed that a quorum of the Se [...] | 2009-09-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE776 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 27 HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP) [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 27 HNP Officers of the Haitian National Police who have been nominated to participate a U.S.-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. This t [...] | 2009-09-04 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE788 | HAITI: ELECTED SENATORS TAKE OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate leadership validated the 11 newly-elected Senators on September 4 through a coup de force. Senate President Kely Bastien resigned to allow the Bureau d'Age to validate the Senators, and he was re-elected unanimously on September 9. New officers at the Senate were also el [...] | 2009-09-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA KBIO |
09PORTAUPRINCE79 | HAITI'S LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: MORE HELP NEEDED FOR [...] (U) Local governments in Haiti face challenges in securing sufficient revenue for their cities' key priorities: development, urban and land use planning, and infrastructure development. In a recent lunch debate, several metropolitan area mayors blamed the central government for inattention to [...] | 2009-01-26 19:18:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON HA PGOV PREL |
09PORTAUPRINCE822 | CONSTITUTIONAL CONFUSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 14, the last day of the ordinary session, the Parliament voted with over a two thirds majority for amending the Haitian Constitution of 1987. The approved text makes substantial changes to Parliamentary mandates, effectively consolidating the electoral calendar into o [...] | 2009-09-21 15:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE834 | Leahy Vetting Request for 9 HNP officers & 7 Intelligence [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following nine (9) Officers of the Haitian National Police (Fight against Drug Trafficking Unit)and seven (7) members of the Ministry of Interior (Intelligence Unit) who have been nominated to [...] | 2009-09-25 16:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE837 | HAITIAN CRIMINAL ALIEN BACKLOG ELIMINATED: RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival of twenty-eight Haitian criminal aliens via flight(JPAT) to Port-au-Prince on September signaled the successful elimination of the ''backlog'' of individuals with criminal convictions awaiting deportation to Haiti. Inadequate technological capacity, unreliable acce [...] | 2009-09-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE841 | HAITI APPROVES NEW PARLIAMENTARY POLICE UNIT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, the Haitian Legislature approved a law which proposes to establish an additional security unit within the Haitian National Police (PNH). This initiative was not consulted with PNH leadership or MINUSTAH. At best, this is an effort to formalize existing police [...] | 2009-09-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE848 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) Post delivered the demarche regarding the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. The diplomatic note and aide-memoire were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 28, as requested in reftel. Haiti is not a candidate for the Council. Post wi [...] | 2009-09-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IO HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE85 | HAITIANS CELEBRATE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION [...] (U) The inauguration of President Barack Obama caused general exuberance in Haiti that at times has spilled over into unrealistic expectations. Commentary has portrayed his election as the culmination of the struggle of African-Americans which turned a page in history. A more general sentime [...] | 2009-01-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE86 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HAITI [...] (U) Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Import and export policies are non-discriminatory and are not based upon nationality. There is no significant public opposition to foreign investment in Haiti. The Government of Haiti (GoH) has made notable progress in rece [...] | 2009-01-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV ECON EFIN PGOV HA OPIC USTR KTDB ETRD |
09PORTAUPRINCE863 | PRESIDENT PREVAL DISCUSSES COURT REFORM AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a September 30 - October 1 visit to Port-au-Prince, Department Counselor Cheryl Mills met with President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis. Preval discussed justice reform and his intent to replace potentially all (or all but one) Supreme Court judges. He als [...] | 2009-10-06 17:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE878 | A MORE EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT IS SIGN OF DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE881 | A MORE EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT IS SIGN OF DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A historically discredited legislature greatly improved its performance in the current parliamentary session by passing a record number of laws. For the first time in many years, many parliamentarians are considering presenting their candidacies for a second term. The professionaliz [...] | 2009-10-15 11:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE887 | LESPWA STALLS POLITICAL PARTIES LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. LESPWA has stalled progress in Parliament on the draft political parties law, as the approval of the current version would undermine the preferential access and influence it has as the party allied with President Preval. The proposal would reduce the number of political parties a [...] | 2009-10-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE888 | SUSPECTED TRAFFICKER AND NOTED JUDICIAL REFORMER LOSES SENATE LEADERSHIP POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Haitian Senate's Justice and Security Commission elected a new president and vice-president on October 19, tossing out the controversial chairman Youri Latortue. Although an opposition member was selected as the new president of the commission, the new vice-president is likely to [...] | 2009-10-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE892 | SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER, OCTOBER 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at an important point in Haiti's democratic development. After food riots in April 2008 and a disastrous series of hurricanes four months later, President Rene Preval and his Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, are working hard to meet the basic needs of the [...] | 2009-10-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL PMIL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE895 | PREVAL CONSOLIDATING POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Senate convocation of Prime Minister Pierre-Louis and her government for a probable vote of no confidence is the latest of a series of moves (reported in reftels) by the Senate with the suspected approval - tacit or active - of President Preval. This will consolidate his powe [...] | 2009-10-26 20:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE904 | PRIME MINISTER PIERRE LOUIS RESPONDS ON RADIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis gave an address on a major radio station on October 27, ahead of her convocation at Parliament on October 29. She did not resign, as some had expected. She instead defended the record of her government, focusing on investments, job creation a [...] | 2009-10-27 16:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE916 | PRIME MINISTER PIERRE LOUIS OUSTED AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At midnight on October 29, the Senate ousted Prime Minister Pierre Louis, who refused to appear at the interpellation session. 18 Senators out of 29 gave Pierre Louis a vote of no confidence, after opposition Senators had left the session in the expectation that a vote could no [...] | 2009-10-30 18:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE926 | GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Post delivered talking points from the Goldstone Report demarche to Patrick Isidore and Azad Belfort, respectively Director of Political Affairs and Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 3. Post will convey any relevant response. LINDWALL [...] | 2009-11-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE927 | US AND CANADA UNDERLINE INCLUSIVITY WITH NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Preval replaced four members of the Provisional Electoral Council, including the president and vice-president, by sidelining political parties and reaching out instead to the voodoo sector and communal leaders. In a joint meeting with the CEP on November 3, Charge and [...] | 2009-11-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAID PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE935 | PM BELLERIVE PROPOSES NEW CABINET: NOTHING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Bellerive proposed a new cabinet to Parliament on November 9, 2009. Bellerive appointed seven new Ministers to key positions including Minister of Justice and Finance, drawn mostly from President Preval's allies. Bellerive also reached out to former President Ar [...] | 2009-11-09 18:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAID PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE936 | PROSPECTS FOR FANMI LAVALAS IN THE 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The two main factions of Fanmi Lavalas, the political party of ousted former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, are collaborating to mitigate the risk of their exclusion from legislative and presidential elections in 2010. Although a united Lavalas would be the largest party in H [...] | 2009-11-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE94 | LEAHY VETTING RECONSIDERATION [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (S/NF) Post requests Department's reconsideration of a negative finding regarding Leahy vetting of the following individual in order to allow him to participate in future USG-sponsored training: Jean Brice (or Bryce),Ralph Stanley DOB: March 25, 1968 [...] | 2009-01-29 17:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE941 | PREVAL SETS DATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) On November 11, President Preval issued an executive order setting the date for the first round of the next parliamentary elections. This announcement officially launches the election campaign and allows the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to begin registering parties and candidates. [...] | 2009-11-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAID PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE96 | HAITI'S INTERIOR MINISTER WORRIED ABOUT ELECTIONS, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's January 21 call, Minister of Interior Paul-Antoine Bien-Aime informed that Haiti is creating an intelligence coordination body. He admitted that Haiti is vulnerable to movements of nationals from countries of concern. The country needs not an army but a national s [...] | 2009-01-29 17:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE961 | Donor Ambassadors Initiate Dialogue on Election Support [...] (C) Summary: At a December 1 meeting of Ambassadors representing the election donor group (US, Canada, UN, EU and Brazil),there was general agreement that the international community should provide assistance to help carry out the upcoming elections in Haiti despite donor frustration over the dec [...] | 2009-12-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE972 | Haiti Accepts Registration of Fanmi Lavalas for [...] (U) On November 20, the Provisional Election Council (CEP) announced that it accepted the registration of the Famni Lavalas party (FL) for participation in the parliamentary elections scheduled for February - March 2010. This action by the CEP comes in response to a letter addressed to [...] | 2009-11-20 20:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE974 | NAS Haiti August 2009 Monthly Report [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. Summary: The month of August saw significant developments in several areas regarding Haitian National Police (HNP) development and capacity building. Organizational Development 3. (U) On Monday, [...] | 2009-11-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE975 | President Preval Defends Election Antics Before Diplomatic [...] (C) Summary: At a 10 December meeting with the diplomatic corps, President Preval outlined his priorities for his last year in office and responded to criticisms about manipulation of the electoral process. Preval said that in his remaining 14 months he will dedicate his energies to consolid [...] | 2009-12-14 18:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE977 | Preval Seeks International Donor Support for Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: President Preval convoked the diplomatic corps, the board of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and several members of his Cabinet to a 16 December meeting at the Palace to discuss arrangements for the upcoming parliamentary elections. He asked potential donors to confirm [...] | 2009-12-17 17:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE983 | DAY OF INACTION: LAVALAS FAILS TO MOBILIZE ITS BASE [...] (SBU) A small group of Fanmi Lavalas (FL) supporters gathered on December 16 for a "Day of Action" commemorating the 1991 exile and 1994 return of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti. Protestors also used the occasion to demand the return of Aristide and called for the ouster [...] | 2009-12-18 14:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE991 | TOGETHER WE'RE STRONG: LAVALAS, "QUALITY ROOSTER," AND SOME [...] (C) Summary: Six days after the poorly-attended Lavalas demonstration (ref A),several high-profile and hard-line former Lavalas party members announced that they would support a new platform, "Ansamn Nou Fo" ("Together We're Strong," in Haitian Creole) in the upcoming 2010 parliamentary e [...] | 2009-12-31 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC KCRM PHUM SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE994 | Fanmi Lavalas Excluded from Elections, but Given Another [...] (SUB) Summary. Early 25 November the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) withdrew its earlier, provisional, authorization for former President Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas to register candidates for February's parliamentary elections, due to inconsistent and insufficient documentation. At [...] | 2009-11-25 20:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR AID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE996 | Aristide Speaks Out on Fanmi Lavalas' Exclusion from [...] (U) Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide unexpectedly intervened on the radio on November 25 in response to the exclusion of Fanmi Lavalas by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). 2. (U) Answering questions in Creole from the Solidarite Radio reporter, Aristide dispelle [...] | 2009-11-25 20:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR AID HA |
09PORTLOUIS118 | MAURITIUS ON RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) On April 13, CDA met with Mauritian Foreign Minister (FM),Arvin Boollel, to discuss reftel points. The FM commented that while Mauritius concurs with the need to push for new elections in Madagascar, the GOM prefers working under the IOC model and plan, even while noting that it is "known [...] | 2009-04-15 13:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PGOV PREL MA MP |
09PORTLOUIS128 | SWINE FLU: MAURITIUS CONVENES "CRISIS COMMITTEE" TO PLAN [...] (U) On April 27 the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life convened a meeting of the "Crisis Committee which has been set up this morning" (according to the notice faxed to the Embassy) to plan ahead for the eventuality of swine flu affecting the island nation. Health Minister Rajeshwar Jeetah [...] | 2009-04-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED PGOV KFLU MP |
09PORTLOUIS14 | AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Ambassador Cabrera (with DCM as note taker) conducted his final official meeting with Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam. The 90-minute meeting reinforced the close US-Mauritian ties, and provided Ramgoolam an opportunity to thank the Ambassador for his service to b [...] | 2009-01-13 11:07:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ABLD KREC ZI MP |
09PORTLOUIS147 | TIFA DELEGATION MEETS MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Florizelle Liser, accompanied by CDA and other USG officials, called on Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam April 20. Ramgoolam claimed some credit for efforts to diversify Mauritius exports and the resulting resiliency of his country in [...] | 2009-05-13 07:43:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP |
09PORTLOUIS151 | USTDA GRANT TO CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD SIGNED [...] On May 14, Embassy Charge d'Affaires, Virginia Blaser, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Renewable Energy and Public Utilities, Dr. Rashid Beebeejaun, signed a Grant Agreement whereby the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) will provide $325,000 to the Central Electricity Board [...] | 2009-05-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP |
09PORTLOUIS186 | SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR: MAURIITUS AGREES WITH USG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC MA MP |
09PORTLOUIS187 | SEYCHELLES MAY NOT ATTEND JUNE 20 SADC MEETING BUT SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC MA SE |
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 |
09PORTLOUIS22 | AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE CALL ON MAURITIAN FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cabrera's departure call on Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvind Boolell ran the gambit of Economic and Political issues. From Bilateral Investment Treaty remarks to questions about trafficking in persons, the friendly, one-hour meeting brought key issues forward. END SU [...] | 2009-01-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAIR SOCI MP |
09PORTLOUIS247 | SEYCHELLES SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to the Seychelles. The U.S. government enjoys positive but limited relations with the government of Seychelles (GOS). Over the past few years, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA [...] | 2009-08-11 12:41:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SE |
09PORTLOUIS248 | MAURITIUS SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to Mauritius, a diverse democracy currently led by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam. The USG enjoys excellent bilateral relations with Mauritius, including strong cooperation on security issues an [...] | 2009-08-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PGOV KPKO MP |
09PORTLOUIS265 | MAURITIUS: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Mauritius from 17 to 18 August 2009. During his visit to Mauritius, he met with Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Minister of Foreign Affairs Arvin Boolell, and Police Commissioner Dhun Iswar Rampersad. [...] | 2009-09-04 06:50:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MASS MP |
09PORTLOUIS271 | SEYCHELLES: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT 19 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Seychelles on August 19, 2009. Accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser, he met with President James Michel, Minister for Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay, and Chief of the Seychelles Peoples Defense For [...] | 2009-09-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Port Louis | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL MASS SE |
09PORTLOUIS327 | MAURITIUS DOWNBEAT ON PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MP AF IR |
09PORTLOUIS366 | CHARGE'S QUARTERLY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) enjoyed a cordial one and a half hour meeting with Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam to discuss a variety of issues, including the PM's position on counter-piracy cooperation, peacekeeping deployments, the pending Status of Forces Agreement [...] | 2009-11-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MP |
09PORTLOUIS378 | MAURITIUS SOFA DISCUSSION: SMALL STEPS [...] (C) This is an action message. Please see para 10 below. 2. SUMMARY: On November 17, in a meeting arranged at the Prime Minister's request, Embassy officials met with the Mauritian Foreign Minister and officials from his ministry, the Prime Minister's office, and the State Law Office. The [...] | 2009-11-24 06:52:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV MP SE |
09PORTLOUIS392 | MAURITIUS AND SEYCHELLES: FY 2010 1206 PROPOSAL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MASS MARR PGOV MP SE |
09PORTLOUIS394 | SEYCHELLES PRESIDENT VISITS CUBA, DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seychelles President James Michel visited Cuba November 29-30 to discuss additional Cuban medical assistance. At the request of the Cubans, Michel provided a briefing on ways his country has pursued economic reform. Michel believes that Raul Castro recognizes that economic chang [...] | 2009-12-04 07:49:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CU SE |
09PORTLOUIS397 | SEYCHELLES REQUESTS CONTINUED DEPLOYMENT OF US AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 02 meeting with the Charge, Seychelles President James Michel praised US assistance in combating Somali piracy, supported the presence of US UAVs and requested the continued deployment of P-3s (currently scheduled to conclude December 22). Secretary-of-State Jean P [...] | 2009-12-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS MARR SO SE |
09PORTLOUIS403 | SEYCHELLES OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS OPENING OF [...] (SBU) On December 4, The Seychelles National Party (SNP),the main opposition party in the Seychelles, boycotted the inauguration of the new Chinese-built Seychelles National Assembly building. The official inauguration ceremony was attended by President Michel, former President James Mancham [...] | 2009-12-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH SE |
09PORTLOUIS410 | MAURITIUS AND PIRATE TRANSFERS/PROSECUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: To contribute to the international anti-piracy effort, Prime Minister Rangoolam seeks a formal "understanding" with UNODC which would authorize the transfer to Mauritius and prosecution in Mauritius courts of a number (unspecified) of suspected pirates seized by international forc [...] | 2009-12-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA PBTS KPIR MARR MP |
09PORTLOUIS411 | SEYCHELLES SERIOUS ABOUT PIRACY PROSECUTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seychelles will charge the eleven recently-captured Somalis with piracy, but arraignment has been delayed for two weeks. Seychelles has accepted an offer from UNODC and the EU to construct a 40-bed maximum-security wing at the country's only prison to house pirates and other high [...] | 2009-12-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPIR MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS SE |
09PORTLOUIS413 | SEYCHELLES APATHETIC ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" [...] (C) The Permanent Representative of Seychelles to the UN, Ambassador Ronald (Ronny)Jumeau, was present for only one of the 88 votes at the 63rd UN General Assembly in 2008, and Jumeau was also absent at the 64th 3rd Committee vote on the resolution on "defamation of religion." Given, that the [...] | 2009-12-24 07:50:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC SE |
09PORTLOUIS414 | MAURITIUS AND THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" ISSUE [...] (C) After initially voting in favor of a resolution on defamation of religions, Mauritius -- thanks in part to U.S. initiatives -- has since 2008 changed its vote to an abstention. Post believes that it will be extremely difficult at this point to convince Mauritius to be more active on the [...] | 2009-12-24 08:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC MP |
09PORTLOUIS419 | SEYCHELLES: CONSTITUTION INTERPRETED TO PROTECT HOMOSEXUAL [...] (SBU) The constitution of the Seychelles includes an anti-discrimination provision which is open-ended and is widely interpreted to include the rights of homosexuals. Homosexuality is not specifically mentioned in any legislation, but the act of sodomy is on the books and is criminalized. Des [...] | 2009-12-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SE |
09PORTLOUIS421 | MAURITIUS: HOMOSEXUALITY NOT LEGISLATED, BUT RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) In Mauritius, homosexuality is not specifically mentioned in legislation, but the act of sodomy is on the books and is criminalized. The constitution's anti-discrimination provisions mention "sex" but not "sexual orientation." There is no legislation pending which would penalize gays or [...] | 2009-12-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MP |
09PORTLOUIS63 | NO CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES IN MAURITIUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG MP |
09PORTLOUIS64 | CHINESE PRESIDENT SPREADS LARGESSE AND BRUISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although diplomatic relations between China and Mauritius date back to 1972, the first visit to Mauritius of a Chinese President took place this week from February 16- 17. President Hu Jintao visited Mauritius as part of a four- leg African tour that also included Senegal, Mali, [...] | 2009-02-20 08:51:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY CH MP |
09PORTLOUIS66 | CHARGE'S QUARTERLY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 07:00:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MP |
09PORTLOUIS67 | NO CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES IN SEYCHELLES [...] (C) Seychelles is a small, developing island nation without significant mineral or other natural wealth. Post does not believe Seychelles possesses critical infrastructure or key resources the loss of which would have a critical impact on the public health, economic security, or national secur [...] | 2009-02-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG SY |
09PORTMORESBY11 | PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM - LEADERS' DECISIONS [...] Summary: Pacific Islands leaders met in Port Moresby today to discuss the situation in Fiji. They reached consensus and stated they were committed to helping Fiji achieve the goal of democratic rule if it wishes. They called on the Interim Fiji Government to take action and demonstrate its co [...] | 2009-01-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PP FJ |
09PORTMORESBY13 | PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM LEADERS TAKE STRONG ACTION ON FIJI [...] (C) Summary: Despite early indications that Forum leaders would adhere to the conciliatory "Pacific Way" of dealing with Bainimarama, they instead issued a strong statement (Reftel A) on January 27 calling on the Interim Government to take action to hold elections and restore democracy in Fiji [...] | 2009-01-28 07:44:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PP FJ |
09PORTMORESBY180 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA: FORMER PM FEARS 'SOCIAL IMPLOSION' IF LNG [...] Summary. Leader of the Opposition and former Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta told us he fears a `social implosion' if Government proceeds from Exxon Mobil's LNG project flowing into Government-supervised trust accounts is misspent. He said current PM Somare, who served briefly as Foreign Mi [...] | 2009-09-21 07:56:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PP |
09PORTMORESBY30 | SOLOMON ISLANDS FEELING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Solomon Islands (SI) is beginning to feel the effects of the current global economic crisis. Donors view the situation as serious. SI leaders are looking for options to replace logging revenues that are quickly disappearing due to a drop in demand caused by the current economic c [...] | 2009-03-06 08:06:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BP |
09PORTMORESBY58 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN DISPOSING OF [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy has received a request from Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Somare for USG assistance in cleaning up unexploded ordnance and other WWII debris in and around the island of Bougainville. We request Department's assistance in responding to the request, and sugg [...] | 2009-04-09 06:52:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM MASS OPDC PP |
09PORTMORESBY60 | PNG DEFENSE FORCE COMMANDER PREDICTS PASSAGE OF PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Papua New Guinea (PNG) Defence Force Commander Ilau told Ambassador April 15 there is now agreement within the Government on introduction and passage of the International Obligations Bill allowing PNG armed forces to participate in international peacekeeping operations. Secretary [...] | 2009-04-15 07:49:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPKO MARR MCAP MOPS PP FJ |
09PORTMORESBY87 | ANTI-CHINESE OUTBREAKS HIT PORT MORESBY AND LAE [...] (U) Summary. A May 12 Port Moresby protest march against Chinese ownership of small businesses led to two days of looting and business shutdowns in some areas of the city. Just as calm was returning to Port Moresby, rioting and looting broke out in Lae, PNG's second-largest city. PNG politica [...] | 2009-05-15 05:33:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CASC PP |
09PORTOFSPAIN101 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN175 | MANNING HIGH ON OBAMA, WANTS TO DEEPEN [...] (C) I met with Prime Minister Patrick Manning the morning of April 21 to discuss the Summit and to take my leave of him. Also participating were the PM's Special Assistant Kirt St. Bernard and two aides; DCM Kusnitz was with me. I thanked Manning, on behalf of the President, for hosting a succe [...] | 2009-04-21 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN189 | PRACTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions in ref A. Watch Listing ------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) maintains both an alert list of individuals who should be immediately detained upon entry and a watch list of people whose entry into Trinidad and Tobago ( [...] | 2009-04-28 21:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN197 | CODEL Engel meets LAC leaders at Fifth Summit of the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a Congressional delegation to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago April 17-19, 2009. The delegation consisted of Representative Connie Ma [...] | 2009-04-30 22:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG MARR SNAR TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN222 | PRIVY COUNCIL RULES AGAINST EXTREMIST LEADER, YASIN ABU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 5 Privy Council ruling against Jamaat al-Muslimeen (JAM) leader Yasin Abu Bakr has cleared the way for local courts to order the sale of Bakr's real estate holdings in Trinidad in settlement of a US$5 million debt pending from the JAM's 1990 attempted coup. Bakr's perceive [...] | 2009-05-13 19:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KICC KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN250 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION TASK FORCE REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The long-promised report on advancing regional economic (by 2011) and political (by 2013) integration was released May 30. Weighing in at 394 pages (with a separate shorter 164-page "Summary" version),the report is in line with CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) goals of fr [...] | 2009-06-05 20:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN PGOV XL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN256 | US EMBASSY MEETS WITH OPPOSITION TO DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives met with leaders of the opposition United National Congress (UNC) party to discuss legislation to deal with Trinidad and Tobago's immense crime problem. The UNC parliamentarians agreed T&T's efforts to reduce crime would be assisted by new legislation (e. [...] | 2009-06-09 20:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN28 | SUMMIT OF AMERICA LOGISTICS: A RACE TO THE FINISH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is working hard on preparations for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas, but it is somewhat behind schedule. The GOTT, however, has begun a concerted effort to pull off the event, now less than three months away. For its part, the public [...] | 2009-01-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AORC AMGT KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN289 | FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gopee-Scoon told the Charge July 10 she appreciated her talk with USTR on a partial scope energy agreement and on packaging. In other comments, she noted GOTT displeasure with the TIP report; it plans to send a complaint letter. The CDA raised the need for Trin [...] | 2009-07-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN308 | POST'S RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-SHIPMENT [...] Per request, Post conducted a post-license pre-shipment check on license 050134513 for the export of rifles to Trinidad & Tobago. 2. The following is a list of the specific actions taken and results of the inquiry: 3. On 7/22/09 post received a Blue lantern request for the above. [...] | 2009-07-24 21:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN334 | WHA/CAR DIRECTOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Caribbean Office Director Velia De Pirro discussed the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative on August 3 with National Security Minister Martin Joseph, who expressed pleasure over the nascent program. Joseph urged a regional approach and was pleased that his thinking was consis [...] | 2009-08-08 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS EAID ECON KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN370 | FY2010 BUDGET - IN THE RED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FY 2010 GOTT budget totals $7.03 billion with a projected deficit of $1.2 billion, about 5.3 percent of GDP, based on average annual oil prices of $55/barrel and natural gas at $2.75/million cubic feet. This would be the second year in a row of budget deficits after a string [...] | 2009-09-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EWWT BEXP PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN376 | BAKR ALLEGATION AGAINST PM AGAIN SURFACES [...] (SBU) Summary: A judge has directed that the 2006 allegation by Jamaat al Muslimeen (JAM) leader Yasin Abu Bakr that he cut a deal with Prime Minister Manning on the eve of the 2002 election to provide foot soldiers for the PNM campaign be investigated. Bakr claims that, in exchange, Manning [...] | 2009-09-16 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN430 | SETTLEMENT OFFER ON GTL DISPUTE IN TRINIDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The commercial dispute continues between U.S.-based fuel processing company World GTL (WGTL) and Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (ref). In recent weeks, the CDA has urged the GOTT to be flexible and consider a commercial settlement during separate conversat [...] | 2009-11-03 18:20:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON KIDE TRGY BTIO PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN436 | REQUEST FOR TDY CUSTOMS CONTRACT ADVISOR IN PORT OF SPAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOTT Customs and Excise Division (TTCED) requests technical assistance to complete an overtime study designed to help it begin nationwide 24/7 port operations. Such a study would bolster GOTT efforts against drug transshipments, providing oversight at ports at all hours, [...] | 2009-11-04 18:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV EWWT TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN468 | WGTL SETTLEMENT DEADLINE MAY PASS WITHOUT GOTT ACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World GTL's (WGTL) dispute with Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (reftels) is reaching a watershed moment as its offer for settlement expires December 3. The Minister of Trade told Charge that the GOTT considers the dispute a commercial matter, and Pe [...] | 2009-11-25 18:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN480 | PETROTRIN REJECTS DEMAND TO SETTLE WGTL DISPUTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lawyers for Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned oil company Petrotrin sent a letter dated December 2 to attorneys representing US-based World GTL (WGTL) rejecting that firm's claims that Petrotrin expropriated its property and fraudulently and negligently deprived WGTL of its inve [...] | 2009-12-04 20:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN52 | T&T RESPONSE TO U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post delivered a non-paper regarding U.S. assistance programs to combat illicit trafficking in small arms to Trinidad & Tobago's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Director of International Affairs in the Ministry of National Security Antoinette Lucas-Andrews; Special Advis [...] | 2009-02-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KCRM PREL PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN53 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: AMBASSADORS MORALES AND ROBINSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning received USOAS Ambassador and National Summit Coordinator Hector Morales, Jr. and WHA/DAS Ambassador David Robinson on February 4 to discuss Summit of the Americas preparations. Ambassador Morales underscored the import of getting logistical and se [...] | 2009-02-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN54 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: MEETINGS OF AMBASSADORS MORALES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USOAS Ambassador and National Summit Coordinator Hector Morales, Jr. and WHA/DAS Ambassador David Robinson visited Trinidad February 3-4 to discuss Summit of the Americas preparations. In addition to a session with Prime Minister Manning (septel),the Ambassadors met with the Na [...] | 2009-02-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN70 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: SIDE FORUMS AND PEOPLE'S SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Private Sector Forum and the Youth Forum of the Summit of the Americas (SOA) will take place April 15-16 on the cruise ship Caribbean Princess, and the Civil Society Forum will be held the same days on the Carnival Victory. Both ships, to be docked near the SOA site at the [...] | 2009-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN93 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PM ASSURES NATION ALL IS WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manning spoke to the nation March 4 on the benefits of the Summit of the Americas and preparations for the event. The PM followed his televised remarks with a press conference during which he read a letter from President Obama confirming attendance at the Summit. [...] | 2009-03-05 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN98 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN99 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PRAGUE103 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the February 23-24 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Gaza, Afghanistan, the Western Balkans, [...] | 2009-02-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ PGOV PREL IS SU HR XG |
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 |
09PRAGUE111 | CZECH REPUBLIC WILLING TO SUPPORT USG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 16:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORG UNGA KJUS EZ |
09PRAGUE112 | EUR PDAS RIES MEETINGS WITH CZECH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 25 PDAS Marcie Ries met with Czech officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra's Department for European Policy Coordination. The Czechs welcomed our "consultative approach," particularly with respect to Afghanistan. They a [...] | 2009-03-02 06:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL AF PK NATO |
09PRAGUE120 | CZECH REPUBLIC: INFORMATION REQUEST IN ADVANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech Government (GoCR) views the EU response to the financial crisis as an important test of its EU presidency. Within EU fora, the GoCR has consistently warned against protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbor policies, as well as revolutionary changes to regulation and overs [...] | 2009-03-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE121 | CZECH DPM VONDRA ON UPCOMING VISIT OF PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 3 meeting which included DFM Tomas Pojar and other key Czech officials, Czech DPM Alexandr Vondra reiterated the Czech government's appreciation for and excitement over the April 4-5 visit to Prague by President Obama. He expressed the Czech government's full commitme [...] | 2009-03-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE130 | CZECHS PLEASED WITH USG PRESENCE AT UNHRC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff provided the reftel points to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Director Gabriela Dlouha and UN Department Director Jan Michal on February 27. Dlouha noted that our presence at UNHRC proceedings is most welcome news and inquired whether we planned to engage in a [...] | 2009-03-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EZ PHUM |
09PRAGUE134 | CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SEEK TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In less than two weeks, the Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) will hold their national party congress, which comes at a time when the party has much to celebrate, but also faces several challenges. Following their sweeping victories in the October 2008 regional and senate elections, [...] | 2009-03-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE138 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: VISIT BY INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6 Acting DCM Stuart Hatcher and emboffs met with Czech Ministry of Interior officials at the request of the Czechs to discuss the upcoming visit of Minister of Interior Ivan Langer to the United States March 15-17. While the EU Justice and Interior Ministers, like the [...] | 2009-03-11 15:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PHUM |
09PRAGUE144 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the March 16-17 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Transatlantic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegov [...] | 2009-03-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SU |
09PRAGUE15 | CZECH GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC CHALLENGES WEIGH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech government's January 1 assumption of the EU Presidency comes at a time when the Topolanek coalition is at the most precarious position in its two years of existence. The coalition government, which has always been shaky at best, never fully recovered from the sweeping [...] | 2009-01-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE153 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PRAGUE VISIT [...] (C) Summary/overview: We warmly welcome your visit to Prague. Twenty years after the Velvet Revolution, ten years after joining NATO, and five years after joining the European Union, your visit during the Czech Republic,s EU presidency symbolizes this country's remarkable journey from communis [...] | 2009-03-19 12:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP OBAMA PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EUN MARR SENV |
09PRAGUE155 | SCENESETTER FOR DPM VONDRA'S VISIT TO DC TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra will visit Washington on March 23-24, at the same time that his government faces a critical March 24 no-confidence vote, the result of which is unclear. Despite this uncertainty, Vondra's chief goal is to set the agenda and settle outstandin [...] | 2009-03-19 17:39:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE157 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (S) Post recommends the following additions to the list of critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) for the Czech Republic. -- Baxter International pharmaceutical plant at Bohumil. This is one of the few plants in the world that produces an avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine. Baxter i [...] | 2009-03-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP EZ |
09PRAGUE159 | CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A CRITICAL VOTE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the embattled government of PM Mirek Topolanek will likely face a critical vote of no-confidence. PM Topolanek has faced down four previous attempts to unseat him. However, the current situation is probably the most significant threat to his government, in a large [...] | 2009-03-23 06:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE160 | CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS OFFER FEW SURPRISES AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 20-22 congress of the Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) was relatively uneventful, despite the charged political atmosphere before the planned March 24 vote of no confidence. All but one candidate for the party's top posts ran unopposed and were elected, although CSSD cha [...] | 2009-03-24 09:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE165 | CZECH GOVERNMENT FALLS, UNCERTAINTY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After 26 months in power, the embattled Topolanek government lost a vote of no-confidence in the Lower Chamber of the parliament on March 24. The vote's result was uncertain until the very end, but 101 lawmakers, the minimum required by the Czech constitution, finally voted aft [...] | 2009-03-25 10:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE174 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: HALFWAY POINT, BUT TO WHERE? [...] (SBU) Summary: As noted in Reftels, the March 24 no-confidence vote in the Czech Parliament has placed the Czech government in the awkward position of leading the EU, while in a state of flux on the domestic political front. Czech MFA officials nonetheless recognize that they are still respons [...] | 2009-03-26 16:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE175 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes the President's and your April 4-5 visit and participation in the U.S.-EU Summit. You will arrive at an extremely tense time in Czech domestic politics. The government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was toppled on March 24, but he continues to [...] | 2009-03-26 18:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EG EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE196 | CZECHS WELCOME USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HRC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE201 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY - EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EUN PREL IR EZ |
09PRAGUE203 | CZECHS WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK BID [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarch April 9 and 10 to MFA South and South East Europe Director Tomas Szunyog, Finance Ministry International Department Head Eva Anderova, and Czech National Bank International Organizations Department Head Petr Prochazka. Szunyog and Anderova reported that the C [...] | 2009-04-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE210 | CZECHS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 17:06:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE222 | CZECH REPUBLIC: FOREIGN POLICY DRIFT EXPECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 24 downfall of the Czech Government and the subsequent political upheaval, as well as the planned Czech parliamentary elections in the fall, will affect a range of Czech foreign and security policy priorities. In this cable we focus on three of the most visible and sign [...] | 2009-04-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR NATO PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE228 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON THE BALKANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Czech MFA South and South East Europe Director Tomas Szunyog reviewed the Czech EU Presidency's progress in the Western Balkans. According to Szunyog lack of EU consensus has been impeding progress. The Czechs expect few significant advances during the remainder of the Czech EU [...] | 2009-04-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EUN EZ PGOV PREL XG |
09PRAGUE239 | A/S FRIED MEETS WITH CZECH POLDIR ON U.S.-EU [...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting, A/S Fried and Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil agreed that we explore developing a non-binding joint U.S.-EU statement on accepting Guantanamo detainees cleared for release to complement an internal EU framework document on the subject. Both ag [...] | 2009-04-30 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PHUM |
09PRAGUE24 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED DISCUSSES GAS CRISIS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis dominated Assistant Secretary Fried's meetings with EU and Czech officials during his visit to Prague January 8-10. The Czechs agreed with A/S Fried on the need to diversify both routes and sources of Europe's energy imports, as well as o [...] | 2009-01-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE25 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER EZ EUN UNSC LE SY |
09PRAGUE260 | CZECH REPUBLIC - FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Per reftel, Post has reviewed the available records of the below named Czech military personnel and found no derogatory information: -Czech Army Lieutenant Colonel Zdenek KOLAR, Battalion Commander, 43rd Airborne Battalion, 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade, Czech Ground Forces, Zatec Czech Repub [...] | 2009-05-15 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EZ PGOV PHUM PM PREL |
09PRAGUE263 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING MAY GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 14 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the May 18-19 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the EU's Anti-Piracy efforts, Georgia, the EU-Ru [...] | 2009-05-15 15:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL CE XF ZJ XA |
09PRAGUE269 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS MAY 23-25 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes you to the Czech Republic May 23-25. Nearly 20 years after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution," the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic h [...] | 2009-05-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE27 | A/S FRIED AND EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS' TROIKA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 9 Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met in troika format (Czech EU Presidency and following Swedish Presidency, European Commission, and European Council Secretariat) at the Political Director level. The discussion primarily focused on the Middle East and the Western B [...] | 2009-01-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZI SO SU CD |
09PRAGUE271 | MAY 8 EU SOUTHERN CORRIDOR -- NEW SILK ROAD SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 8 EU Southern Corridor ) New Silk Road Summit in Prague, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Egypt, and the EU signed a political declaration that, among other things, underscores the EU and Turkey's intent to sign the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) "in Turkey by [...] | 2009-05-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ECON PREL PGOV EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE276 | INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH A WEAK MANDATE TAKES POWER [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, President Vaclav Klaus appointed the interim technocratic government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer, after Prime Minister Topolanek,s government fell in a vote of no confidence on March 24. The Fischer government is the result of a compromise among the Civic Democratic [...] | 2009-05-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EZ |
09PRAGUE281 | EU-CHINA SUMMIT - A RELATIONSHIP BACK ON TRACK? [...] (U) Summary: Emboffs called on MFA Asia Pacific Director Jiri Sitler and Human Rights and Transformation Policy Director Gabriela Dlouha for debriefs of the May 20 EU)China summit and the 27th EU-China human rights dialogue. Sitler said that there were few surprises during the summit discuss [...] | 2009-05-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ EUN CH |
09PRAGUE292 | GENERAL PETRAEUS MAY 22-24 VISIT TO THEQCZECH [...] (C) Summary: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus visited the Czech Republic May 22-24 May 2009 at the invitation of the Czech Ministry of Defense. General Petraeus met with senior Ministry of Defense, General Staff, and Foreign Ministry officials, conducted several press interviews, [...] | 2009-05-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EZ MARR OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE296 | CZECHS TO HELP SUPPORT PAKISTAN IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 07:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREF PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE299 | CZECH COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA'S ACTIONS RELATED TO [...] (SBU) Czech MFA Office of South and South East Europe Deputy Director Josef Zrzavecky commented that the Czech MFA reached out on May 29 to its Embassy in Chisinau. According to Zrzavecky, the MFA instructed its Ambassador to raise Czech bilateral concerns that Kosovo representatives are not [...] | 2009-06-01 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE306 | CZECH EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN MIRED [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic,s two dominant parties, former PM Topolanek,s right-of-center Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Jiri Paroubek,s left-of-center Social Democratic Party (CSSD),have turned the European Parliamentary (EP) election into a bare-knuckled mudslinging campaign dominated [...] | 2009-06-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE313 | CZECH CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT PARTY CONGRESS ELECTS NEW [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, the Czech Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) held their party congress and elected a new chairman, Cyril Svoboda, a seasoned, pro-U.S. KDU leader. Svoboda,s chairmanship represents a shift to the left for the party and his major task is party unification, fundraising and p [...] | 2009-06-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE314 | CZECH CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT PARTY CONGRESS ELECTS NEW [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, the Czech Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) held their party congress and elected a new chairman, Cyril Svoboda, a seasoned, pro-U.S. KDU leader. Svoboda,s chairmanship represents a shift to the left for the party and his major task is party unification, fundraising and p [...] | 2009-06-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE318 | CZECHS TO SUPPORT PAKISTAN IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 15:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK EZ EUN PREF |
09PRAGUE321 | ODS WINS CZECH EP ELECTIONS DUE TO LOW VOTER [...] (C) Summary: Four of the Czech Republic's parliamentary parties: the right-of-center Civic Democratic Party (ODS),the left-of-center Social Democratic Party (CSSD),the Communist Party (KSCM) and the Christian Democratic Party (KDU-CSL) obtained seats in the June 5-6 European Parliamentary [...] | 2009-06-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE324 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the June 15-16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the Middle East, Lebanon, the Western Balkans, [...] | 2009-06-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SU LE CU BM |
09PRAGUE332 | CZECH DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERIOR LAYS OUT PLAN TO [...] (C) Summary: One of the few issues the interim technocratic government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer will address is extremism. Interior Minister Martin Pecina named former police official Jiri Komorous as his First Deputy Minister and assigned him to lead the Interior Ministry's new anti-ex [...] | 2009-06-15 13:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EZ |
09PRAGUE334 | CZECH REPUBLIC 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] (U) The United States Government is generally aware of many United States citizens of Czech descent who have outstanding claims against the Czech Government, but who were not U.S. citizens at the time their claims arose. As noted in the introduction, the Act does not require a report on their [...] | 2009-06-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE340 | FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS PROPOSAL PASSES CZECH LOWER [...] (C) Summary: On June 16, the Czech parliament's lower house approved a 2010 troop deployment proposal that, among other deployments, includes 535 Czech troops for Afghanistan. Senate approval should follow. This smooth approval is a stark contrast to the contentiousness of the 2009 deployme [...] | 2009-06-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EZ AF |
09PRAGUE354 | CZECH REPUBLIC: INPUT FOR HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Post is providing input for a demarche prior to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw from September 28 - October 9, 2009. ---------------------- The Interim Government ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The government of the Czech Republic (GOC) is c [...] | 2009-06-24 07:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EZ |
09PRAGUE386 | EMBASSY PRAGUE SPONSORS DISCUSSION ON EXTREMISM [...] (U) Summary: On June 24, the Embassy, in cooperation with the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust, hosted a panel discussion on extremism in the Czech Republic attended by approximately 60 people. The debate featured the Ministers of Human Rights and Interior, the Human Rights Omb [...] | 2009-07-07 08:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EZ |
09PRAGUE41 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECHS LOOKING FOR A POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the November 27 Czech Senate approval of the two missile defense (MD) agreements, the Czechs have been unable to advance the MD agreements in the Lower Chamber, where ratification has been temporarily put on hold due to domestic political problems and questions about the f [...] | 2009-01-22 09:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE414 | MOVING FORWARD WITH CZECHS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the Czech EU Presidency has come to a close, emboffs have noticed several notable shifts within the GoCR - in tactical engagement within the EU, in Czech centers of power, and interestingly in high-level outreach to the USG. The Czechs remain committed Euro-Atlantists [...] | 2009-07-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE432 | RELEASE OF MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY REVIEW: TIMING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Czech officials have consistently raised their concerns that any announcement of the results of the U.S. strategic policy review before the October 9-10 national elections could make this a campaign issue and might even affect the outcome of the elections themselves. Defe [...] | 2009-07-24 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE433 | CZECH COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JULY GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23 emboff spoke with Katerina Sequensova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the July 27-28 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). She offered comments on the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, and on [...] | 2009-07-27 11:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SO |
09PRAGUE44 | CZECH CABINET RESHUFFLE COMPLETED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Czech President swore in new ministers who will be taking over the health, transportation, regional development, human rights, and legislative affairs portfolios. The Prague castle ceremony completed a protracted and mismanaged cabinet reshuffle, which began [...] | 2009-01-23 16:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE443 | CZECH REPUBLIC: COUNTER TORTURE INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel, the former Czechoslovakia signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture in 1986. The Czech Republic considers itself bound by international treaties entered into by Czechoslovakia. The fourth and fifth periodic reports of the Czech Republic to the UN Comm [...] | 2009-07-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EZ |
09PRAGUE444 | THE IMPACT OF A PRE-ELECTION MD ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: A U.S. announcement on the results of the missile defense policy review prior to October 9-10 will affect the results of the Czech elections by favoring the Social Democratic Party (CSSD) and harming the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). It will open the door to a CSSD-KSCM coalition [...] | 2009-08-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MCAP EZ RS EUN |
09PRAGUE45 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the January 26-27 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Gaza, the Balkans, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Belar [...] | 2009-01-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZI SO SU AF BO |
09PRAGUE453 | TOP 09: THE CZECH REPUBLIC'S NEWEST POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Former Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek split from the Christian Democratic Party (KDU-CSL) shortly after the fall of PM Topolanek's government in March, ostensibly because of its shift to the left. After the European Parliament elections in early June, Kalousek launche [...] | 2009-08-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE454 | EXTREMISM IN CZECH REPUBLIC GAINS VISIBILITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Czech Republic, extremists have been involved in several notable public events over the last year targeting the Czech Roma population. These events, such as the two recent arson attacks against Roma houses, generated public outrage across the country. Right-wing extrem [...] | 2009-08-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON HU LO EZ |
09PRAGUE455 | CZECH ATTENDANCE AT THE 64TH UNGA [...] (SBU) As an update to Ref A, Czech MFA Department of the Americas official Marketa Balkova informed emboff August 5 that currently the plan is for five MFA officials to accompany Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout to the UNGA. The Czech officials traveling with FM Kohout are: Czech Political D [...] | 2009-08-05 10:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE465 | CZECH CARDINAL DISCUSSES POPE'S VISIT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE467 | CZECH PUBLICLY CONDEMN BURMESE SENTENCE AGAINST [...] (U) On August 11, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout called on the Burmese regime to immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi. Calling the verdict "scandalous" and typical of "the political cynicism of one of the toughest totalitarian regimes in the world", former Czech president Vaclav Havel also [...] | 2009-08-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM BM EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE473 | PROPERTY RESTITUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States has an interest in three broad categories of property restitution in the Czech Republic: U.S. citizen, religious communal (including Jewish communal) and Jewish private property. The restitution process started in the early 1990s, yet some restitution issues r [...] | 2009-08-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EZ |
09PRAGUE475 | OPEN LETTER REACTION PART II: CZECH POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czechs have a multi-faceted relationship with Russia which varies according to the issue, as well as the fora involved (whether NATO, the EU, or on a bilateral basis). As the July 16 open letter to President Obama from Central European leaders illustrates, many in this reg [...] | 2009-08-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL ENRG EPET EUN EZ RU |
09PRAGUE477 | CZECH REPUBLIC NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION CONTACT [...] (U) Amembassy Prague POCs for nuclear nonproliferation issues are Political Officer Christopher D. Doehle (Tel: 420 257 022 432; Mobile: 420 602 576 873; Fax: 420 257 022 808; E-mail: doehlecd@state.gov) and Political Officer Dan Gelman (Tel: 420 257 022 316; Mobile: 420 602 324 273; Fax: 420 2 [...] | 2009-08-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09PRAGUE484 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the global financial crisis are evident in the migration patterns of both skilled and unskilled workers to the Czech Republic (CR). In the two years prior to the economic slowdown, third-country workers poured into the CR to satisfy a growing labor shortage, espe [...] | 2009-08-19 10:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG EZ |
09PRAGUE489 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the global financial crisis are evident in the migration patterns of both skilled and unskilled workers to the Czech Republic (CR). In the two years prior to the economic slowdown, third-country workers poured into the CR to satisfy a growing labor shortage, espe [...] | 2009-08-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG EZ |
09PRAGUE495 | TURBULENCE AHEAD FOR CSA PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conditions for Czech Airlines (CSA) privatization worsen by the day. The Unimex-Travel Service consortium is the only remaining bidder in the tender and CSA's reported losses soar. Czech officials say they are past the point of no return in the privatization process, but at the [...] | 2009-08-25 12:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE496 | CZECH SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Special Operations Group (SOG),composed of 50-100 military police, was investigated by Czech authorities for alleged wrongdoing in Afghanistan, including wrongful deaths of Afghan civilians during its deployment, and irregularities in operations, procurement and chain [...] | 2009-08-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS EZ AF |
09PRAGUE5 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Fried, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which received a boost from the Czech Republic's entry into the Visa Waiver Program, but which also [...] | 2009-01-05 17:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE503 | UNREFORMED COMMUNISTS COURT SOCIAL DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary. Despite declining membership, the unreformed Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) has a stable and loyal voter base that consistently garners 12 to 15 percent of the vote and makes them the Czech Republic's third largest party. KSCM currently has 26 seats in the Chamber [...] | 2009-08-27 09:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE523 | SURPRISE CZECH COURT RULING CASTS DOUBT ON EARLY [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise ruling, the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court announced September 1 it will consider a challenge to a law passed in May and signed by President Klaus in June shortening the current term of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament's lower house. The court ruling ind [...] | 2009-09-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE526 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 2 emboff spoke with Czech MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Department Deputy Director Magdalena Janesova in advance of the September 4 EU Foreign Ministers' informal meeting (Gymnich). She offered comments on Afghanistan, Iran sanctions, and the non-pap [...] | 2009-09-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE527 | TWO TRACKS UNDERWAY TO RESOLVE CZECH ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The fallout from the Czech Constitutional Court's decision to review the law setting early parliamentary elections is branching in two directions. The Court will convene on September 10, and could dismiss the complaint filed by MP Milos Melcak, invalidate the law, or defer a dec [...] | 2009-09-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE532 | CZECH ELECTION TURMOIL: WHAT CAUSED THIS MESS? [...] (C) Summary: The turmoil surrounding the date of Czech elections was generated by a legal complaint alleging that the law Parliament passed to call early elections is unconstitutional. The Czech Constitution provides four procedures for dissolving the Chamber of Deputies and calling early el [...] | 2009-09-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE540 | CZECH COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9 and 11 emboff spoke with Czech MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Department Deputy Director Magdalena Janesova in advance of the September 14-15 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC). She offered brief comments on Iran, Afghanistan, and the EU's Easter [...] | 2009-09-11 12:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG IR AF ZJ PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE542 | SCENESETTER FOR CZECH DEFENSE MINISTER BARTAK,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the 20th anniversary of the 1989 "Velvet Revolution" approaches, the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999 and the European [...] | 2009-09-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EZ |
09PRAGUE548 | CZECH DFM BAMBASOVA LIKELY TO ATTEND UNGA FOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID UNGA ETRD EAGR PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE549 | CZECH MFA STATEMENT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (U) On September 10 the Czech MFA issued a statement (see para 3) regarding the September 9 vote in the U.S. Senate on the Travel Promotion Act which proposes the establishment of a fee for ESTA applications. In addition to commenting on the ESTA fee, the statement also references the Canadian [...] | 2009-09-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE553 | NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Czech government and Czech political parties have historically backed strong non-proliferation measures and their universal application. As an EU member, the Czech government's public position is consistent with the EU position. The Czech government and public support U.S. [...] | 2009-09-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA NPT |
09PRAGUE560 | EARLY ELECTIONS SCRAPPED, INTERIM GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Early parliamentary elections have been halted and it appears the interim government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer will continue to govern until the regular parliamentary elections in May 2010, although early elections are still possible. Fischer is focused on the economic cris [...] | 2009-09-21 07:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE563 | CORRECTED COPY: EARLY ELECTIONS SCRAPPED, INTERIM [...] (C) Summary. Early parliamentary elections have been halted and it appears the interim government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer will continue to govern until the regular parliamentary elections in May 2010, although early elections are still possible. Fischer is focused on the economic cris [...] | 2009-09-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE585 | CZECH REPUBLIC: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE [...] Post is not aware of any disparaging or derogatory information with respect to the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. Post supports OPIC's proposed investment in the USRG Emerging market Fund ("the fund"). 2. The Fund's objective's are consistent with the Czech Republic's [...] | 2009-10-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE59 | GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: CZECH DOMESTIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the domestic banking system has remained relatively healthy, the small, open, export- oriented Czech economy is suffering from a significant drop in external demand for Czech exports. According to recently released figures, exports fell a record 18 percent, industrial [...] | 2009-01-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE591 | SCENESETTER: THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a key moment to shape a vision for the future of our partnership. While Czech transatlanticists have expressed disappointment about the results of our missile defense policy review, they have constructively engaged with us and [...] | 2009-10-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE605 | CZECHING RATIFICATION OF LISBON TREATY? [...] (SBU) Summary: With the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in Poland on October 10, European eyes now have turned to the Czech Republic - the last country remaining to ratify. While the treaty has been approved by both chambers of Czech Parliament, it is now before the Czech Constitutional Cour [...] | 2009-10-14 11:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE622 | CZECH MOD ASKS ABOUT SUPERSONICS, C-130, AND L-159 [...] (SBU) On October 20, 2009, Deputy Minister of Defense for Foreign Affairs Jan Fulik requested a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires. Fulik will represent the MoD during Prime Minister Fischer's meeting with Vice President Biden on October 23, because Minister Bartak will be in Bratislava for [...] | 2009-10-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE640 | VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN DISCUSSES DEFENSE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: While much of Vice President Biden's discussions with Czech officials focused on missile defense, he also spoke in depth about Afghanistan, research cooperation and energy security. Biden said the U.S. looks forward to Czech participation in a new phased, adaptive approach (PAA [...] | 2009-10-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE65 | PM TOPOLANEK TALKS ECONOMY DURING JANUARY 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 28 meeting with the heads of American and five European chambers of commerce, an engaged Prime Minister Topolanek spoke energetically about the economic slowdown and possible Czech government responses. The PM repeated his government's promise to set a target date [...] | 2009-02-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE657 | HOW TO SUCCEED IN LAW SCHOOL WITHOUT REALLY TRYING [...] (SBU) Summary: A scandal at the Plzen-based University of West Bohemia law school, where a number of graduates allegedly received degrees on a fast-track basis, has several elements of a classic corruption story: potentially undue influence on state tenders, lack of transparency in school pro [...] | 2009-11-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE661 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO PRAGUE OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (C) Under Secretary Tauscher: Your visit to the Czech Republic comes as we move forward from Vice President Biden's October 23 visit and the November 6 High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting toward shaping a vision for the future of our partnership. While Czech transatlanticists expressed i [...] | 2009-11-09 16:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE666 | CZECH COMMENTS ON UPCOMING NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12 emboff spoke with Czech MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Department Deputy Director Magdalena Janesova in advance of the November 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC). She noted that this is the "jumbo" GAERC as the Defense and Development Mini [...] | 2009-11-12 18:03:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL AF SO |
09PRAGUE668 | FIRST U.S.-CZECH HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP: CZECHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first-ever U.S.-Czech High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting on November 6 in Prague, led by Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow, was productive and cordial, covering: NATO issues, U.S.-Russia relations, the new Phased [...] | 2009-11-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS EZ |
09PRAGUE672 | WHAT LISBON REMINDS US ABOUT PRESIDENT KLAUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With no more excuses or options for delay, euroskeptic Czech President Klaus signed the Lisbon Treaty on November 3, the same day as the Czech Constitutional Court ruling. His signature eliminated a major distraction within the EU, allowing the U.S. and EU to refocus on important [...] | 2009-11-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE676 | 20 YEARS AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION: POLITICS NOT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 17, 1989, an officially sanctioned student commemoration on the fiftieth anniversary of Jan Opletal's burial (he was killed by the Nazis during a student demonstration in 1939),sparked a violent confrontation with the Czechoslovak state security serv [...] | 2009-11-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE677 | 20 YEARS AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION: POLITICS NOT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 17, 1989, an officially sanctioned student commemoration on the fiftieth anniversary of Jan Opletal's burial (he was killed by the Nazis during a student demonstration in 1939),sparked a violent confrontation with the Czechoslovak state security serv [...] | 2009-11-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE681 | CZECH INTERIM GOVERNMENT EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The interim, technocratic government of Jan Fischer was appointed on May 8, 2009 by President Klaus, after Mirek Topolanek's ODS-led coalition government lost a vote of confidence on March 24. Topolanek and CSSD leader Jiri Paroubek agreed on Fischer, a previous unknown who he [...] | 2009-11-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE687 | TOPOLANEK SURVIVES ODS CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Despite calls from some party leaders for the center-right Civic Democrat Party (ODS) platform congress to also include a vote on Mirek Topolanek's (age 53) leadership of the party, Topolanek was able to vanquish his detractors (for now) and retain the party chairmanship. There [...] | 2009-11-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE69 | SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a year when the Czech Republic will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Velvet Revolution, nothing symbolizes better the truly remarkable journey this country has traveled since 1989 than the Czech Foreign Minister's arrival in Washington as the representative of the Europea [...] | 2009-02-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE692 | U/S TAUSCHER'S NOVEMBER 16 VISIT TO PRAGUE: CZECHS [...] (C) Summary: During Arms Control and International Security Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher's November 16 meetings in Prague, Czech officials signaled they wanted more technical information on shared early warning (SEW) before making a decision on whether to go ahead. U/S Tauscher said the U [...] | 2009-11-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | MARR MCAP MASS PREL PGOV EZ RS |
09PRAGUE698 | PM FISCHER MEETS WITH AMCHAM AND EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Fischer and members of the American Chamber of Commerce discussed the current investment climate in the Czech Republic at a November 23 dinner hosted by the Charge. AmCham said concerns about the lack of government stability are beginning to take a toll on inves [...] | 2009-11-27 06:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE707 | CZECHS HAVE THEIR OWN QUESTIONS FOR THE DPRK [...] (SBU) Emboff spoke to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Officers Jana Rezna and Petra Ali Dolakova on December 3 regarding the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK). Petra Ali Dolakova indicated that like the USG, the Czechs are [...] | 2009-12-04 14:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA EZ |
09PRAGUE711 | NO SURPRISES AS TWO SMALLER PARTIES ELECT LEADERS [...] (C) There were no surprises during the recent TOP 09 and the Green Party congresses. TOP 09 delegates unanimously chose Karel Schwarzenberg as their party chairman, and the Green Party elected Ondrej Liska as its leader. Polls have consistently shown TOP 09 gaining votes (at the expense of [...] | 2009-12-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE719 | CZECHS AGREE ON NEED TO PRESS FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BM EZ |
09PRAGUE722 | CZECH VIEWS ON THE VISEGRAD FOUR (C-RE9-02125) [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Poloff met on December 14 with Jiri Cistecky, Director of the Czech MFA's Central European Department, and Petr Maryska, a member of the Central European Department's Visegrad 4 (V-4) working group, to discuss Czech perceptions of the current state of V-4 cooperat [...] | 2009-12-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL EZ PL HU LO |
09PRAGUE727 | EMBASSY SPONSORS WORKSHOP ON EXTREMISM [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 29, the Embassy's Political Section, in cooperation with the Legal Attache, hosted a workshop on extremism in the Czech Republic. The debate featured the Deputy Interior Minister, judges, prosecutors, police, and two FBI special agents. The Czech Deputy Interior Min [...] | 2009-12-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EZ |
09PRAGUE91 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 12 S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with Czech Minister of Interior Ivan Langer, MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil and MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Department Director (European Correspondent) Vaclav Balek. They discussed Guantanamo detainees and [...] | 2009-02-13 18:00:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PTER |
09PRAIA10 | CORRECTED COPY: THIRD CASE OF RELEASED MURDERER SHOCKS CAPE [...] (SBU) According to the local press, an individual convicted of triple murder in Holland and sentenced to 25 years in a Cape Verdean jail, is set to be released due to a judicial error. The prisoner, who is currently being held awaiting appeal, by law must be released if the Supreme Court of Ju [...] | 2009-01-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA12 | JUSTICE REFORM AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The obstacles between government and opposition forces that had been blocking reform in the justice sector appear to have been overcome. On January 09, 2009, Prime Minister Josi Maria Neves and Movement for Democracy (MpD) opposition leader Jorge Santos reached an agreement on t [...] | 2009-01-26 18:09:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA22 | CAPE VERDEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS TWO JUSTICES, DISCUSSES NEW [...] (U) Summary. During the first parliamentary session of the year, ruling party PAICV and lead opposition party MpD reached agreements on a number of important issues, including choosing two Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) justices. Parliament also approved the composition of a commission to con [...] | 2009-02-13 19:31:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA23 | INFIGHTING DISPLEASES PARTY LEADERSHIP [...] (U) Summary. Internal party disagreements are affecting all three Cape Verdean political parties. The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) is divided over who will be presidential candidate in the 2011 elections, while factions are fighting over the party presidencies of b [...] | 2009-02-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRETORIA1005 | A/S CARSON DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE WITH TSVANGIRAI AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 17:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA1007 | PART 2 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the second of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet a [...] | 2009-05-19 12:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1029 | PART 3 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the third of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet ap [...] | 2009-05-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1033 | VODACOM COURT DECISION PROVIDES TEMPORARY REASSURANCE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vodacom listed its shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on May 18 after legal actions by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ICT regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) failed to stop the unbundling of state-contr [...] | 2009-05-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ELAB EIND EINV EINT PGOV PREL USTR SF |
09PRETORIA1054 | SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009 [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...] | 2009-05-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF |
09PRETORIA1055 | SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009, [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...] | 2009-05-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF |
09PRETORIA1072 | SAG NOTES TO SECSTATE REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR MINTY [...] On May 26, Post received two official letters from the former and the current Ministers of the Department of Foreign Affairs (newly renamed "Department of International Relations and Cooperation"),urging Secretary Clinton to support the candidacy of Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty for the positi [...] | 2009-05-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1103 | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS YOUTH LEADER BARELY HANGING ON [...] (SBU) Freedom Front Plus Youth League leader Cornelius van Rensburg offered his version of why he was suspended after criticizing party leader Pieter Mulder's decision to join President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet on May 10. Van Rensburg sees little hope for resuming his position -- he has retained [...] | 2009-06-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1129 | ZUMA'S CABINET IS BRILLIANT POLITICALLY, BUT WILL [...] (C) Newly elected President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet is settling in following the swearing in ceremony on May 11. Most political analysts and pundits have praised Zuma's selections -- lauding some for their managerial skills, some for their willingness to bring new ideas to government, and some f [...] | 2009-06-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1190 | SOUTH AFRICA LIKELY TO RAISE SOME TARIFFS IN [...] (C) Summary: South Africa is likely to raise "a few" tariffs to WTO-bound levels in response to the global economic crisis, according to an official at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Industrial policy will have greater prominence under President Jacob Zuma, as Trade and Industr [...] | 2009-06-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1246 | SOUTH AFRICA'S RESPONSE TO 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloffs met with the Department of International Cooperation's (DICO) Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Chief Director Pitso Montwedi and Deputy Director Raymond Sithole on June 15 to deliver the final text of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on South [...] | 2009-06-19 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
09PRETORIA131 | CHIEF JUSTICE WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT WITH NEWLY [...] SUMMARY: Intermittent Legal Advisor (ILA) recently met with Chief Justice Pius Langa of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, analogous to the U.S. Supreme Court. This meeting in Chief Justice Langa's chambers, was also attended by representatives of the United States [...] | 2009-01-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SF PHUM KWMN SOCI EAID PGOV |
09PRETORIA1356 | POLICE ARREST 244 ZIMBABWEAN MIGRANTS IN JOBURG [...] On July 3 police in Johannesburg conducted a midnight raid of the area around the Central Methodist Church, arresting 344 mainly Zimbabweans sleeping in the street. Rights organizations condemned the police action as "heavy-handed" and "disproportionate" and promised to defend the detainees i [...] | 2009-07-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1409 | CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE SHAKEN BY LEADERSHIP RIFT [...] (U) The Congress of the People (COPE),South Africa's newest parliamentary opposition party, was hit by two high-level resignations this week. Second Deputy President Lynda Odendaal and Head of Elections Simon Grindrod handed in their resignations to the national leadership. Both Odendaal an [...] | 2009-07-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1450 | A DIASPORA PERSPECTIVE ON ZIMBABWE POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff on July 15, 2009, George Sibotshiwe, former spokesman for Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai and a Zimbabwean national residing in South Africa, provided his analysis of changing political dynamics in Zimbabwe. He said Tsvang [...] | 2009-07-17 15:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM |
09PRETORIA1482 | SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...] | 2009-07-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV |
09PRETORIA1495 | SOUTH AFRICAN ACADEMICS ASSESS 2009 ELECTION; LOOK [...] (SBU) South African scholars agree that the 2009 election was one of the country's most important elections and argue the character and results of the poll hold clues to the future. At a seminar on July 21 to launch the newly published book, "Zunami: The 2009 South African Election," some of [...] | 2009-07-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1519 | AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY'S MEETING WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN [...] Summary: On July 19, Office of Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Eric Goosby met with recently appointed South African Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi. Minister Motsoaledi was accompanied by Department of Health Deputy Director General Yogan Pillay. The meeting took place on the margin [...] | 2009-07-28 08:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV AMED KSTH KSCA KHIV SENV SF |
09PRETORIA1537 | SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Guidance Request. Please see paragraph four. Â [...] | 2009-07-29 12:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC KNNP MNUC PARM NPT RS SF |
09PRETORIA1543 | SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Guidance Request. Please see paragraph four. Â [...] | 2009-07-30 06:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC KNNP MNUC PARM NPT RS SF |
09PRETORIA1551 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S JULY 6-10 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) In his first country visit as G/TIP Director, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca met on July 6-7 and July 9-10 with South African government officials; police, prosecutors, and judges; civil society organizations and G/TIP grant recipients; and radio and newspaper reporters regarding the country's [...] | 2009-07-31 07:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1560 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JULY 26-AUGUST 1 [...] (SBU) This cable is our first weekly South Africa Political newsletter. It is written in partnership with Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-07-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ELAB |
09PRETORIA1613 | ZUMA HANDLING SOME ISSUES BETTER THAN OTHERS AFTER [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma, barely in office 90 days, has faced a multitude of challenges so far in his tenure. He so far has been confronted with making tricky Cabinet and diplomatic appointments, dealing with striking doctors and municipal workers, and settling protests across the country [...] | 2009-08-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1614 | CAUTIOUS HOPES FOR ZUMA AMONG SOME SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) South African civil society groups are cautiously optimistic about President Jacob Zuma, believing his promises of openness and meaningful dialogue will improve their working environment. Under former President Thabo Mbeki, many groups felt isolated from leadership and shut out from me [...] | 2009-08-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA KJUS KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1618 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2-AUGUST 8 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-07 16:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA164 | COMMUNIQUE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE SADC [...] The following is the text of the Final Communiqu of the Extraordinary Summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government regarding the crisis in Zimbabwe held in Pretoria, South Africa on January 26-27, 2009. Heads of State from South Africa, Botswana, L [...] | 2009-01-27 16:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM |
09PRETORIA1657 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 9-AUGUST 15 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1694 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 16-AUGUST 22 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-24 06:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1739 | BIG BUSINESS PLEASED WITH ZUMA BUT UNCERTAIN OF [...] (C) Summary: South Africa's business community believes that Jacob Zuma has put together a good team of economic ministers, according to Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). Business is also gratified that the new government is accessible and eager to get input from business. However, BUSA s [...] | 2009-08-27 07:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1740 | XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA: ROOT CAUSES REMAIN, [...] South African townships remain at risk of renewed xenophobic violence, such as was seen in the mid-2008 mob attacks on African migrants. Foreigners make easy scapegoats for enduring grievances of poverty, unemployment, housing shortages, and poor public services, and the SAG has not taken de [...] | 2009-08-27 10:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1752 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 23-AUGUST 29 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-31 06:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA176 | ANC YOUTH LEAGUE DOWNPLAYS CHALLENGES [...] (S) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leaders discussed their defense of President Kgalema Motlanthe against allegations of infidelity, the party's list process, and the prospects for the Congress of the People (COPE) in a lengthy discussion with Poloffs on January 26. ANCYL spok [...] | 2009-01-30 06:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1760 | THREE YEARS UNTIL PARTY CONGRESS, BUT ANC [...] (C) Barely five months into the Jacob Zuma administration, the race to replace him -- or retain him -- at the 2012 African National Congress (ANC) party congress is heating up. With so much time to go, and so much work to accomplish even before the 2011 municipal elections, it seems prematur [...] | 2009-09-01 08:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1766 | WOMEN MIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A HARD ROAD TO [...] In an August 27 panel discussion, three speakers discussed the plight of female migrants in South Africa. Compared to men, women on the move are more vulnerable to robbery and attack, facing more limited job options, and often encumbered by children. Border crossings are extremely risky for [...] | 2009-09-01 14:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KTIP SF |
09PRETORIA1782 | LEKOTA PERSONAL ASSISTANT WARNS "WATCH OUT FOR [...] (SBU) The Congress of the People (COPE) has been in the news recently not for the party's stance on key issues or for its plans for tackling problems at the national and provincial levels. Rather, COPE has been in the news for the continued political infighting that has plagued the party sin [...] | 2009-09-02 08:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1809 | THE ROYAL BAFOKENG: TRIBE, COMMUNITY, AND [...] When Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi was crowned king of the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) cloaked in African leopardskin over a Western business suit, his attire reflected his dual role as both tribal chief and modern executive. The RBN he leads is a traditional community, defined by cultural heritage a [...] | 2009-09-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SF EMIN EFIN SOCI |
09PRETORIA1810 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-09-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA182 | UDM WELL-ORGANIZED, BUT LACKS SUPPORT NEEDED TO [...] (SBU) The United Democratic Movement (UDM) ran a well-organized, nationally televised manifesto launch in Johannesburg on January 24 that on the face of it suggests Bantu Holomisa's party is ready to make inroads in the upcoming election. The party drew roughly 5,000 supporters, almost all f [...] | 2009-01-30 11:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1824 | SOUTH AFRICA PLANNING NEW ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: South Africa has given R300 million ($40 million) of budget support to Zimbabwe's Finance Ministry since the formation of the Government of National Unity in Harare. Pretoria is now weighing a Finance Ministry request for additional support of R1,000 million ($134 million). The [...] | 2009-09-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1829 | BALEKA MBETE GIVES A FEW CLUES ABOUT BALANCE OF [...] (SBU) Among local observers of South African politics, one key question during the election campaign and in the aftermath of the April vote was whether the balance of power would reside at the Union Buildings or in Luthuli House. Former Deputy President, and current African National Congress [...] | 2009-09-09 07:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1857 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 6-SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-09-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1860 | SOUTH AFRICA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHRC 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) On September 10 poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO),to deliver message (ref A) on USG priorities for the next session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC). On the [...] | 2009-09-11 12:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1921 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 13-SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...] | 2009-09-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1950 | SOUTH AFRICA: FORMER GENERAL TROUBLED BY THE STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (Ret) George Kruys, now a lecturer at University of Pretoria, shared with Poloffs his perspective on the current state of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF). Kruys discussed lack of discipline as a function of pressure on the institution from ex [...] | 2009-09-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PGOV MASS SF |
09PRETORIA1955 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 20-25 [...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...] | 2009-09-25 16:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1959 | RESETTLEMENT SET TO GROW (CAUTIOUSLY) FROM S.AFRICA [...] (SBU) On a September 7-10 visit, U.S. Regional Refugee Coordinator met with key counterparts in an ongoing effort to expand the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in Southern Africa. The program vets African applicants (of diverse nationalities, but from South Africa likely mainly Somal [...] | 2009-09-28 10:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF |
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