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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
03ABUDHABI1241	UNESCO RE-ENTRY AND CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-15 14:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNESCO TC

03AMMAN2071	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DELIVERED [...] (C) On April 3 and again on April 6, PolCouns raised with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, points from reftels on the possibility of a Cuban proposal to discuss Iraq in the UNESCO Executive Board. PolCouns stressed the inappropriateness of a politicized dis [...]	2003-04-06 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL JO UNESCO
03AMMAN2092	JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC JO UNESCO
03AMMAN687	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] In accordance with reference cable, paragraph 17, original subject hard copy data was dispatched from AmEmbassy Amman on 02/02/2003 via registered pouch mail. Document registration number: 2927118. 2. POC this cable is Mr. Roland Elliott, POL OMS, (962) 6 592 0101, ext 2591. GNEHM [...]	2003-02-02 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON UNESCO POL UN
03ANKARA2183	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC TU UNESCO
03ANKARA2247	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: GOT RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC TU UNESCO
03ANKARA2320	GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR TURKISH [...] Embassy has just received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/CKGY/110744 dated March 25, 2003 requesting USG support for its candidacies in the UNESCO elections at the 32nd session of the General Conference in October 2003. Text in para 2. 2. Text of GOT diplomatic note: (Complimen [...]	2003-04-10 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO PREL TU UNESCO
03COLOMBO500	UNESCO: Mission conveys points on US reentry; [...] Per Ref B, Mission conveyed the points on the United States' decision to seek reentry into UNESCO and our candidacy for the executive board to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian governments. The Maldivian government has replied that it welcomes the decision by the U.S. to rejoin UNESCO and looks fo [...]	2003-03-25 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CE MV UNESCO
03GUATEMALA2630	GUATEMALA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR AIDS PROGRAM [...] Summary: On October 9, the Ambassador attended a GOG presentation to elicit support for its latest attempt to secure funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The Guatemalan AIDS proposal, slightly modified since its last presentation in Geneva in March, will be v [...]	2003-10-10 17:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO EAID GT UNDP UNESCO
03GUATEMALA783	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOG ON U.S. INTENTION TO [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered talking points (reftels) on the USG's intention to rejoin UNESCO and our candidacy for the Executive Board to the MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Giovanni Castillo on March 25. Castillo said that Guatemala welcomed the USG decision to rejoin UNESCO, and [...]	2003-03-25 22:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC GT FR UNESCO
03GUATEMALA873	GUATEMALA WILL OPPOSE UNESCO DEBATE ON IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador called Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on April 2 and relayed reftel talking points, urging the GOG to oppose attempts at the UNESCO Executive Board meeting to add to the agenda an item on Irak. Foreign Minister Gutierrez said that, like us, the GOG opposed UNESCO discussion o [...]	2003-04-03 15:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC GT IZ UNESCO
03GUATEMALA937	GUATEMALA OPPOSES DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT UNESCO [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel concerns with Foreign Minister Gutierrez on April 3. Gutierrez confirmed his earlier statement that the GOG believes multilateral discussion of Iraq should be confined to the UNSC. Guatemala will oppose discussion of Iraq at UNESCO, according to Gutierrez. [...]	2003-04-08 21:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IZ GT UNESCO
03HALIFAX119	HALIFAX CULTURAL DIVERSITY SEMINAR [...] The Department of Canadian Heritage hosted a seminar on a proposed International Instrument on Cultural Diversity (IICD) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 27-28, 2003. Most of the discussion focused on audiovisual trade issues. Culture ministry officials and NGO representatives argued that a new [...]	2003-04-09 19:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KPAO SCUL UNESCO
03OTTAWA1119	CANADA NOT INTERESTED IN CONSENSUS SLATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OTRA XG CA UNESCO
03OTTAWA1658	CANADA ON UNESCO BOARD [...] (C) Post delivered points contained ref A to Jean-Luc Chouinard, Special Advisor for UNESCO in DFAIT's UN and Commonwealth Affairs Division, and Dr. Michel Tessier, Elections Co-ordinator in that division, on June 10, 2003. We also asked again if Canada would consider deferring its UNESCO Exec [...]	2003-06-11 20:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CA UNESCO
03OTTAWA702	CANADA TO PURSUE UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD SEAT [...] (C) Embassy presented the talking points contained reftel A concerning the U.S. candidacy for election to the UNESCO executive board to Jean-Luc Chouinard, Special Advisor for UNESCO in the UN Specialized Agencies Section of DFAIT's International Organizations Bureau, on March 11. Poloff had [...]	2003-03-13 22:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CA UNESCO
03OTTAWA952	CANADA OPPOSED TO IRAQ DISCUSSION IN UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-02 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CA UNESCO
03ROME3105	UNESCO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: EMBASSY RECEIVES NOTE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR DEPARTMENT. SEE PARA 4. 2. (U) EMBASSY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING DIP NOTE (MAY 20, 2003) FROM THE GOI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN REFERENCE TO ITS CANDIDACY FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF UNESCO. BELOW IS AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF THE VERBAL NOTE AND [...]	2003-07-08 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IT UNESCO
03SANAA1550	UNESCO: YEMEN ENDORSES U.S. CANDIDACY/ ASKS U.S. [...] Acting Chief of the MFA's Office of International Organizations, Abdul Wahad Fara'a, informed PolEcon Chief on 6/24 that the ROYG will support the U.S. candidate for UNESCO'S Executive Council, in the event that the election goes to the full membership. 2. At the same time, Fara'a asked t [...]	2003-06-30 06:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC YM UNESCO
04AMMAN9146	DEMARCHE ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF UNESCO DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs November 10 delivered reftel demarche to key contacts in the Ministry of Industry and Trade and to the International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To the extent that Jordan engages in the UNESCO process, we can expect a sympathetic resp [...]	2004-11-10 17:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO WTO UNESCO
04MANAMA1769	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-28 08:33:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BA WTO UNESCO
04QUEBEC215	QUEBEC GOVERNMENT ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Quebec (GOQ) officials requested a meeting with CG Friedman to review the bidding on the draft UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention in advance of the Dec. 14-17 drafting group meeting in Paris, where Quebec will participate as an observer. GOQ officials said Quebec [...]	2004-12-13 20:59:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL FR CA UNESCO
04ROME1010	CHILE/WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH A [...] The World Food Program (WFP),the Chilean Board of Educational Assistance and Scholarships (JUNAEB),and the U.S.-based American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) plan to jointly launch a Latin American independent school- feeding support network at a Conference in Santiago, Chile, March [...]	2004-03-15 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME1392	WFP HELPS LAUNCH LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL FEEDING [...] An international school feeding congress - "Networks Beyond Borders," attracted more than 800 participants from 19 countries. The event included an industry fair with 40 companies from the Americas and workshops on nutrition, food safety and technology, school feeding programming and research [...]	2004-04-08 08:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME1415	USAID/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITS WFP PROGRAMS [...] US MISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE TIM LAVELLE VISITED PERU MARCH 27-31, AND TRAVELED TO THE PERUVIAN ANDEAN REGION OF HUANCAVALICA TO REVIEW WFP OPERATIONS. WFP'S PROGRAM IS RIGHTLY FOCUSED IN THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS, WHERE POVERTY RATES ARE NEARLY DOUBLE THAT OF COASTAL REGIONS. WFP'S PROGR [...]	2004-04-09 11:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04TEGUCIGALPA2644	HONDURAS SHARES CONCERNS OVER VAGUE UNESCO DRAFT [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Mario Fortin, Director of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Norman Garcia, Minister of Trade and Industry, on November 8. EconOff then raised the points in a meeting with Minister Garcia and other Trade Ministry offic [...]	2004-11-24 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON HO WTO UNESCO
04WELLINGTON784	NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Seeking New Zealand's support for U.S. positions on a UNESCO convention on cultural diversity, post on September 10 delivered the reftel demarche to Jane Kominik of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and to Charlotte Frater of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's United Nations and C [...]	2004-09-14 00:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO
05AMMAN3087	DEMARCHE ON UNESCO NEGOTIATIONS ON CULTURAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-17 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	XG JO UNESCO
05AMMAN4886	Jordan - UNESCO Bioethics Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-19 03:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO JO UNESCO KSCI
05AMMAN5365	USG CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE: [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-06 05:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL JO UNESCO
05AMMAN7507	UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 11:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD JO UNESCO
05AMMAN8024	FM KASRAWI ON UNESCO, ARAB LEAGUE-IRAQ TIES [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions to Foreign Minister Kasrawi October 6. Kasrawi also shared a brief readout with Charge of the October 2 meeting of the Arab League Contact Group in Jeddah [...]	2005-10-06 15:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL SCUL IZ JO BHUM UNESCO
05AMMAN8215	URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-17 11:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL JO UNESCO
05AMMAN8299	URGENT DIPLOMATIC NOTE AND POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL JO UNESCO
05AMMAN8466	IRAQ: UNAMI CHIEF ON AVIAN FLU THREAT, [...] (C) Amman-based UNAMI chief Staffan de Mistura raised concerns over the impending threat of an Avian Flu and/or cholera outbreak in Iraq during a wide-ranging meeting with Emboff. Mistura noted that insufficient security protection continues to hamper U.N. international staff activities in [...]	2005-10-27 09:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR KHIV ECON IZ JO UN UNESCO
05ANKARA5531	UNESCO CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL TU UNESCO
05ANKARA6311	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL SCUL TU BHUM ETRC UNESCO
05ANKARA6324	TURKEY'S VIEW ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE [...] PolCouns delivered ref E demarche on UNESCO Cultural Diversity Vote to Ambassador Sule Soysal, Director General for Overseas Promotion and Cultural Affairs on October 19. PolCouns explained U.S. concerns regarding the restriction of trade and the free flow of ideas that may occur. 2. Soys [...]	2005-10-19 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL SCUL TU BHUM ETRC UNESCO
05ASUNCION1065	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SPEAKER MARGUERITE [...] As requested in reference telegram, country clearance is granted for Marguerite Sullivan, U.S. Speaker, to travel to Asuncion during the period of 8/28/05 to 9/6/05 to share her experience and abilities on "How to Run a Responsible Press Office" . The contact officer for the visit is Bruce P. [...]	2005-08-23 18:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OTRA PA AORC UNESCO
05ASUNCION1321	UNESCO AND PARAGUAY: US APPEAL UNSUCESSFUL ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 21:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL PHUM SCUL UNESCO
05ASUNCION782	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 21:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PA UNESCO KSCI
05ASUNCION889	PARAGUAY: USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD HERITAGE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 15:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL PA UNESCO
05ASUNCION917	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORISM, MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (C) Summary: On July 15, I breakfasted with Foreign Minister Leila Rachid and we discussed ominous trends in Venezuela, de-legitimizing terrorism, anti-money laundering legislation, U.S. candidacy for the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, an FBI officer in Asuncion, prospects for extraditi [...]	2005-07-18 20:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KPAO SCUL KUNR PA UNSC UNESCO
05ASUNCION947	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-27 14:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL PA UNESCO
05BANGKOK6627	THAILAND TO MAKE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT AT UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 02:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM SCUL TH UNESCO
05BOGOTA8181	COLOMBIA HINTS AT LINK BETWEEN US WHO AND GOC [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 17:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KSEP OPDC CO UNESCO
05BOGOTA9001	COLOMBIA IN NO HURRY TO APPROVE UNESCO CULTURAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to newly-arrived Colombian Coordinator for UNESCO in MFA's Multilateral Affairs office, Ambassador Carlos Gamba, on September 22. Poloff stressed U.S. concerns regarding the draft Convention's potential for misinterpretation and encouraged the GOC to work [...]	2005-09-22 21:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD CO UNESCO
05BRASILIA2805	BRAZIL: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL [...] Post delivered on October 19 reftel demarche as a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce. Post has not yet received the GOB's response to the diplomatic note. We will follow up with both Trade officials and working level conta [...]	2005-10-20 15:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL UNESCO
05BRASILIA2821	BRAZIL: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) On October 20, the day of the UNESCO vote on the Cultural Diversity Convention, FCS Deputy Senior Commercial Officer spoke with the Brazilian Ministry of Trade's International Relations Director. Our contact said that upon receiving Secretary Gutierrez's letter, Trade Minister Furlan [...]	2005-10-24 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD OPDC PREL UNESCO
05CAIRO3793	UNESCO: EGYPT REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] While delivering a demarche May 12 seeking Egyptian support for a U.S. candidacy to the International Court of Justice (reftel),MFA Office of Specialized Agencies Second Secretary Sohad Sabry requested from poloff an official reply SIPDIS to Egypt's request for U.S. support of its candidac [...]	2005-05-18 08:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNESCO
05CAIRO8078	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE: EGYPT OPPOSED [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note October 19 to MFA Assistant Minister for International Cultural Affairs, Ambassador Sallama Shaker, requesting GOE support for our position on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity vote expected to occur October 20 in Paris. Shaker's Chief of [...]	2005-10-19 15:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNSC UNESCO
05CANBERRA1167	AUSTRALIA ON USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-08 05:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AS UNESCO
05DARESSALAAM1177	UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol/Econ Officer delivered talking points from reftel on June 15 to Anisa Mbega of the Office for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mbega received the talking points and said she would pass them immediately to Tanzania's delegate in Paris, who would consult with the [...]	2005-06-16 12:39:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO TZ UNESCO KSCI
05DHAKA202	TSUNAMI AND EARTH OBSERVATIONS: US PROPOSAL FOR [...] On January 19, we conveyed reftel points and proposed text language to MFA UN Affairs Director General Ismat Jahan, who had no substantive response. We are also providing copies to relevant officials at the BDG's Ministry of Food and Disaster Management. 2. The annual summit of the South [...]	2005-01-18 06:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KSCA SENV BG UNESCO
05DHAKA3200	BANGLADESH: USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-10 07:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL BG UNESCO
05DHAKA3708	BANGLADESH: USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-01 08:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL BG UNESCO
05DHAKA4041	BDG NOMINATION FOR POST OF UNESCO EXTERNAL AUDITOR [...] (SBU) MFA informed post via diplomatic note that it is nominating Asif Ali, BDG Comptroller and Auditor General, to the post of UNESCO External Auditor for the term 2006-2011. It sought USG support for Ali's candidacy, citing Bangladesh's membership in various UN and international auditing bod [...]	2005-08-16 09:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BG UNESCO
05DJIBOUTI1051	URGENT DEMARCHE AND SECRETARY GUTIERREZ LETTER ON [...] (U) Embassy Djibouti delivered demarche and letter from Secretary Gutierrez to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of SIPDIS Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 19th. Djibouti has yet to give its stance regarding the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention, however in re [...]	2005-10-20 13:23:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL DJ UNESCO
05DJIBOUTI546	DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO UNESCO DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated he would pass the demarche on to the International Organizations department within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. RAGSDALE [...]	2005-06-07 09:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL DJ UNESCO
05DJIBOUTI999	DJIBOUTI AND UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (U) Ambassador used the opportunity of her October 6 meeting on another matter with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, (reported septel),to present reftel demarche received earlier that morning at post. She specifically apprised the Minister of USG concern over the extraord [...]	2005-10-07 08:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD OPDC SCUL DJ BHUM UNESCO
05DUBLIN1100	UPDATE ON WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] On September 7, 2005 post received a Diplomatic Note from the DFA dated August 15, 2005. A copy of the original note has been forwarded to EUR/UBI. 2. Below is the text of the DIP Note: Begin Text An Roinn Gnothai Eachtracha Department of Foreign Affairs Bail Atha Cliath 2 Dublin 2 [...]	2005-09-07 10:56:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05DUBLIN1158	IRELAND TO ADOPT UNESCO DRAFT CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 09:15:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05DUBLIN1259	IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CHANGE POSITION ON UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 12:02:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL UNESCO BHUM
05DUBLIN1260	IRELAND BACKS U.S. IN ELECTION TO UNESCO'S WORLD [...] On October 7, post received a diplomatic note confirming Irish support for the U.S. candidacy in the election to UNESCO's World Heritage Committee. 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America [...]	2005-10-13 12:05:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05DUBLIN1367	CORRESPONDENCE TO SECRETARY - UNESCO CULTURAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-07 16:20:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC ETRD PREL SCUL EI UNESCO
05DUBLIN618	IRELAND: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 15:49:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL UNESCO
05DUBLIN756	IRISH RESPONSE TO UNESCO BIOETHICS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 15:41:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO KSCI
05DUBLIN849	IRISH RESPONSE TO WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-08 15:49:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05KINGSTON1523	UNESCO NEGOTIATIONS ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] On April 18, poloff deliverd Ref A talking points by telephone and fax to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Brown's initial reaction was that the Cultural Diversity Convention is a UNESCO issue that would be app [...]	2005-06-17 12:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL JM UNESCO
05KINGSTON1559	UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-22 15:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO JM UNESCO KSCI
05KINGSTON1698	USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 13:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL JM UNESCO
05KINGSTON2384	DEMARCHES ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE [...] Post on October 13 conveyed Ref A letter from the Secretary to Prime Minister P.J. Patterson via diplomatic SIPDIS note. On October 18, we conveyed Commerce Secretary Gutierrez's Ref B letter to Foreign Minister K.D. Knight, also via diplomatic note. 2. On October 19, Polcouns conveyed [...]	2005-10-20 20:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM SCUL UNESCO
05KINSHASA1033	CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES AND TIP [...] The following demarches were delivered on June 16, 2005, by the Ambassador and Econ/Cons Officer to Ambassador Gregoire Kaya, Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Release of the 2005 TIP Report (REF A) - Ambassador conveyed to Kaya that the 2005 TIP Report [...]	2005-06-23 10:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO PARM MNUC KNNP KUNR PGOV AORC CF UNESCO KSCI UNSC
05KINSHASA399	CONGO/B: FY2005 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR CULTURAL [...] Brazzaville Embassy Office submits the following FY2005 project application for the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. A. HEADING WITH COUNTRY AND CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy: Brazzaville Embassy Office Country: Republic of Congo POC: George W. Indyke Jr. (Deputy Chief of Mission [...]	2005-03-07 16:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECIN SCUL CF OXEC UNESCO
05KUWAIT4357	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (U) On October 10, Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche points and copy of Secretary Rice's letter to Hamad Al-Mashan from the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Secretary's letter separately conveyed to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah [...]	2005-10-11 05:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL KU UNESCO BHUM
05KUWAIT4427	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] In response to reftel, Ambassador delivered demarche and passed a letter from the Secretary of Commerce to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah during an October 15 meeting. Ambassador emphasized the U.S.' objections to the proposed convention, namely that aspects would be h [...]	2005-10-15 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL KU UNESCO UN
05LJUBLJANA401	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] Pol/Econ Chief spoke with Bojana Cipot of the MFA's office for UN Affairs and related the points in reftel. Cipot was not able to comment on our points but said she would be in touch with Slovenia's mission in Paris and request it contact USUNESCO to discuss the Declaration in further detail. [...]	2005-06-15 09:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO KSCI
05MADRID149	SPANISH PARTICIPATION AT KOBE TSUNAMI CONFERENCE [...] ESTHOFF and ECONOFF passed Ref A points January 14 to: (A) Juan Pablo de Laiglesia y Gonzalez de Peredo, the number two-ranking official in the Spanish Aid Agency (AEC); (B) Maria de la Concepcion Soto Calvo, the Director General of the Education and Science Ministry's Oceanographic Institute; [...]	2005-01-14 11:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV KSCA SP UNESCO
05MADRID1922	CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION DEMARCHE [...] Summary: Spain supports the philosophy underpinning the Cultural Diversity Convention, and there is a political desire on the part of the GOS for the international community to adopt the Convention. There does not appear much willingness on the part of the GOS to revisit the Chair's proposal [...]	2005-05-19 13:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL SP UNESCO
05MADRID2350	SPAIN ON UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] ECONOFF passed reftel points June 14 to MFA UNESCO Unit Chief Monica Ruiz, urging Spain to support the U.S. position vis-a-vis the UNESCO Bioethics Declaration and to consult with the U.S. delegation in Paris. Ruiz informed ECONOFF June 16 that the Spanish Foreign Ministry had not yet finish [...]	2005-06-17 13:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SP UNESCO KSCI
05MADRID3608	URGENT DEMARCHES ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Reftel B talking points and Secretary Rice's letter were conveyed to FM Moratinos last week via a cover letter from the Charge. In addition to the Foreign Minister, we also delivered the points to contacts at the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism. 2. We will [...]	2005-10-14 16:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL SP UNESCO
05MANAMA1370	BAHRAIN: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-24 09:53:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL ETRD BA UNESCO
05MANAMA1454	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (U) In the absence of Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al Khalifa, who was out of the country, Ambassador on October 8 passed ref a letter from Secretary Rice to MFA Assistant Undersecetary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa, who promised to pass the letter to the Minister upon his return. Shaikh Abd [...]	2005-10-09 13:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL PHUM BA UNESCO
05MANAMA1502	URGENT UNESCO DEMARCHE/SEC. GUTIERREZ LETTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-17 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL BA UNESCO
05MANAMA1530	BAHRAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 19 delivered Ref A urgent demarche on the UNESCO cultural diversity convention vote to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said his office was currently in the midst of contacts with the Bahraini mission in Paris and GCC an [...]	2005-10-19 11:42:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM SCUL BA UNESCO
05MANAMA576	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON EU PARTICIPATION AT UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 15:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BA UNESCO
05MANAMA723	BAHRAIN: NEGOTIATIONS AT UNESCO ON CONVENTION ON [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief May 18 delivered reftel demarche concerning UNESCO negotiations on the Convention on Cultural Diversity to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. He said he was aware of a split on this subject between the U.S. and EU and said he would discuss it with Minis [...]	2005-05-21 13:24:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL BA UNESCO
05MAPUTO478	MOZAMBIQUE RESPONSE: EC PARTICIPATION AT UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 09:40:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MZ UNESCO UN
05MAPUTO765	MOZAMBIQUE: UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 12:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO MZ UNESCO KSCI
05MASERU532	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches October 18 and 19 to Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Sekatle. As Minister for Local Government, Dr. Sekatle was not fully aware of our October 7 discussion on the Cultural Diversity Convention with Foreign Minister Moleleki (although she had rece [...]	2005-10-19 15:11:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL SCUL LT UNESCO
05MASERU554	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOWUP ON UN ISSUES [...] (C) Minister of Local Government Dr. Pontso Sekatle requested Ambassador meet with her on October 25 to follow up on UN issues which had been previously discussed (see reftels). Specifically, Sekatle wanted the Ambassador to know that as Acting Foreign Minister (during FOMIN Moleleki's travels [...]	2005-10-28 12:12:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LT UNGA UNESCO
05MINSK1274	No UNESCO Demarche [...] Post believes that delivering the reftel letter and talking points would be counterproductive and provides the GOB more ammunition for its anti-U.S. propaganda campaign. Post does not expect the GOB to support the U.S. position. 2. On October 13, Belarusian state television featured a short [...]	2005-10-18 07:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL UNESCO BO
05NEWDELHI4052	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-31 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL IN UNESCO
05PANAMA1326	PANAMA HAS NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 21:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PGOV PM UNESCO KSCI
05PANAMA1433	PANAMA HAS NO OFFICIAL CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO; WILL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-06 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL OTRA PREL PGOV PM UNESCO POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PARIS1032	UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR LAUNCHES CAPACITY [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: SINCE THE U.S. RE-ENTRY, USDEL HAS ENCOURAGED UNESCO TO ASSUME A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROMOTING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS STRATEGY HAS MET WITH SUCCESS. IN A LETTER TO AMBASSADOR OLIVER, UNESCO NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR DIRECTOR ERDELEN ANNOU [...]	2005-02-17 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS1486	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Preparing a revised draft Convention on Cultural Diversity for adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference was the key goal at this 31 January-11 February meeting, despite a welter of unresolved substantive and drafting issues. Several days into the negotiations [...]	2005-03-07 18:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD FR UNESCO
05PARIS1496	AT MEETING WITH MEMBER STATES, DG OUTLINES [...] Summary: In a February 10 meeting with representatives of member states, DG Matsuura reported that UNESCO had succeeded in assuming a lead role in coordinating efforts to set up global and regional tsunami warning systems. He outlined a process -- SIPDIS including a March 3-8 UNESCO/IOC [...]	2005-03-08 09:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY TSPL SENV KSI UNESCO
05PARIS1509	FY2005 UNESCO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] As per reftel, UNESCO acknowledges receipt of the amount of seven million one hundred and ten thousand dollars (USD7,110,000)with letter DCO/1- 82 dated February 1, 2005. 2. Below, Mission transmits the text of letter sent by the Deputy Assistant Director General for Administration and C [...]	2005-03-08 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AORC UNESCO

05PARIS1857	EC MAKES NEW PITCH ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: DCM Koss and I attended a lunch March 19 hosted by Luxembourg ambassador to UNESCO Hubert Wurth. Wurth, who was acting for the EU presidency, also included his deputy and Xavier Troussard of the Culture and Education Division of the European Commission. Lunch discussion focused on t [...]	2005-03-21 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS1946	March 21-22 Informal Discussions on the draft [...] SUMMARY. A day and a half meeting in Paris organized by the Canadian government to discuss the UNESCO draft convention on cultural diversity brought us no closer to consensus on the final document. The meeting was a rehash of positions on such important issues as the relationship of the con [...]	2005-03-23 17:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS206	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION NEGOTIATIONS: [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. UNESCO Senior Legal Officer John Donaldson called into question the October 2005 goal for adoption of a Cultural Diversity Convention, noting that UNESCO rules and past practice are consistent with a four-year timetable, not the current two-year schedule. He [...]	2005-01-11 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO EUN UN
05PARIS2231	UNESCO - EC PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. As I reported Reftel, the European Union members of UNESCO continue their push to have the European Commission sit at the table during the next round of cultural diversity (CD) negotiations at UNESCO in June alongside other member states. Just th [...]	2005-04-04 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS2402	UNESCO: EU Seems to be Gaining Ground in its Push for EC Representation at Cultural Diversity Convention [...] Summary. The Luxembourg Ambassador, representing the European Union Presidency, and European Commission (EC) officials held an April 7 briefing to support the request that the April 2005 UNESCO Executive Board issue a decision that EC may participate, but not vote, in UNESCO-based negotiati [...]	2005-04-08 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD UNESCO EUN SCUL
05PARIS2415	UNESCO/International Oceanographic Commission [...] SUMMARY and Introduction: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) convened The International Coordination Meeting for the development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 3-8 March 2005. The m [...]	2005-04-11 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC OTRA PBTS WWT UNESCO
05PARIS2441	UNESCO: UNESCO: NEED FOR DEMARCHE ON EU COMPETENCY IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) I understand that there has been a lot of discussion in Washington about the need to demarche UNESCO Executive Board members on the EU's draft resolution on EC participation in the cultural diversity negotiations. I cannot emphasize strongly enough that we need to demarche capitals on t [...]	2005-04-11 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD UNESCO EUN SCUL
05PARIS2546	USUNESCO: APRIL 4-6 NEGOTIATIONS ON DECLARATION ON [...] Summary. The first session of the intergovernmental meeting held April 4-6 to discuss development of a draft declaration on bioethics at UNESCO revealed that there is not consensus support for the Preliminary Draft of the Declaration submitted by the International Bioethics Committee (IBC). [...]	2005-04-14 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS2831	UNESCO/INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION [...] Summary and Introduction: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)convened The International Coordination Meeting for the development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 3-8 March 2005. The me [...]	2005-04-26 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC OTRA PBTS WWT UNESCO
05PARIS2990	USUNESCO ASSIGNMENT OF ATTORNEY TO THE MISSION [...] The conclusion of UNESCO's biannual Executive Board meeting last Friday once again showed how important it is to assign an attorney advisor to this Mission. Both Judy Osborn and Mike Peay did a fantastic job as usual, but we were left for over a week without legal advice and certainly felt t [...]	2005-05-03 10:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT UNESCO
05PARIS3024	USUNESCO -- UNESCO 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD: [...] Summary and Comment: The U.S. draft decision establishing a cross-sector capacity building program was adopted, to general acclaim, at the 171st meeting of UNESCO's Executive Board. The resolution, the first presented by the U.S. since reentry, was co-sponsored by twenty-one other member st [...]	2005-05-04 12:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3025	USUNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION DISCUSSIONS AT THE [...] Summary. UNESCO's ongoing efforts to elaborate a universal declaration on bioethics were discussed by the 171st Executive Board on April 22, 2005. Divisions on the nature and usefulness of the declaration remain and it is not clear that those divisions will be bridged before the next round o [...]	2005-05-04 13:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO US UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS3027	USUNESCO: OUTCOME OF EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU continues to focus on UNESCO as a place to enhance its influence in United Nations organizations. Following the rebuff last fall of the EU's attempts to gain a seat at the table during ongoing negotiations on a cultural diversity convention, the EU was back at it during [...]	2005-05-04 13:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3061	USUNESCO: OUTCOME OF EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU continues to focus on UNESCO as a place to enhance its influence and stature in United Nations organizations. Following the rebuff at last fall's Executive Board of the EU's attempt to gain "full participant" status and the February round of negotiations on a cultural d [...]	2005-05-06 10:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3156	USUNESCO: FRANCE PULLS OUT THE STOPS ON [...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, REASON-1.4D. 2. (C) Summary: France has made it clear that passage of a cultural diversity convention at this fall's UNESCO General Conference is a top foreign policy priority. The push for incre [...]	2005-05-10 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3210	USUNESCO - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO EXECUTIVE [...] Summary: UNESCO continues to be the sole UN organization where Israeli-Palestinian issues are handled with a minimum of polemics and polarization. Following concrete improvements in cooperation on UNESCO activities in the region, the UNESCO Secretariat submitted unbiased draft decisions on t [...]	2005-05-11 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	XE XF XG XD FR UNESCO
05PARIS3225	ROLE OF U.S. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO [...] The US National Commission for UNESCO will hold its first annual meeting in Washington DC on June 6/7. At that time the Executive Director of the Commission should propose a plan of action for the members of the Commission. The plan should consist of possible projects for each of the five c [...]	2005-05-11 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS3245	USUNESCO: 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM 65: [...] Summary. India's proposal to place a new UNESCO convention on broadcasting on the agenda of the next General Conference (GC) in October 2005 was derailed during the recent Executive Board meeting. The U.S. Mission successfully intervened to have the feasibility of such a convention considere [...]	2005-05-12 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KIPR UNESCO WIPO WSIS
05PARIS3325	UNESCO'S MAN AND BIOSPHERE PROGRAM, SITE [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 14:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS3348	USUNESCO: EU members prepare for next round of [...] (SBU) The EU member states of UNESCO held a policy coordination meeting May 12-13 to prepare for the next round of negotiations on the cultural diversity convention. According to Christine Atkinson, deputy in the UK Mission, (protect),most EU Member states accept the chairman's new revised te [...]	2005-05-17 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD WTRO UNESCO
05PARIS3456	USUNESCO: May 13 UNESCO Conference of Donors for [...] Summary: During the Conference of Donors for the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Kosovo organized by UNESCO, donors pledged US$10 million, including U.S. $1 million from the United States, for the restoration, protection and enhancement of Christian and Islamic monuments [...]	2005-05-20 08:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV YI SR UNESCO
05PARIS3484	USUNESCO - INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC [...] (SBU) Summary: International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Secretary Patricio Bernal on April 29 outlined the IOC's plans for implementation and funding of an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system in an April 29 meeting with OSTP Officer Gene Whitney and USUNESCO science officer. H [...]	2005-05-20 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY AORC OTRA PBTS EAID SENV WWT KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS3488	UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR OUTLINES POTENTIAL AREAS [...] Summary: OSTP Officer Gene Whitney met on April 29 with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector. These discussions focused on the new capacity building unit (refs A and B),as well as on potential areas for U.S. engagement in the natural sciences, as follows: -- Assistant Director Gen [...]	2005-05-20 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS EAID IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3490	USUNESCO: INFORMAL BIOETHICS DECLARATION MEETING [...] An explicitly "informal" and ad referendum intersessional meeting on the draft bioethics declaration called by Ambassador Sader, President of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts, was held at UNESCO on May 17. The meeting was organized around a non-paper written by Sader and distributed a [...]	2005-05-20 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO US FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS3535	USUNESCO: 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD, RESULTS OF F&A [...] Budget The Director-General proposed to the Executive Board a budget of $635 million, a 4% increase in UNESCO's budget. After contentious negotiations, the Executive Board adopted a decision that requests the Director-General to present to the next Executive Board a baseline budget proposal [...]	2005-05-24 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS3546	USUNESCO: TAIWAN SEEKS PARTICIPATION IN [...] Summary and action request: the Taiwan representative's office in France has requested U.S. support for its efforts to participate in planning for a tsunami early warning system under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). Taiwan has written to IOC officials e [...]	2005-05-24 13:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC EWWT PBTS EAID SENV TW KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS3877	UNESCO: USG DELEGATION FINAL STATEMENT AT CULTURAL [...] Robert S. Martin, the co-head of the United States delegation to the UNESCO-based discussions concerning a draft Cultural Diversity Convention, summarized the USG objections to the proceedings in a 3 June oral statement delivered during the concluding session of the talks. The text follows. [...]	2005-06-03 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4145	UNESCO: UNESCO Draft Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. The draft convention adopted (over U.S. objections) at the conclusion of the May 25-June 3 UNESCO cultural diversity negotiations, turned out to be about anything but culture. In proceedings marred by unveiled, anti-US hostility, France and the European Commission (EC),[...]	2005-06-13 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4304	FRENCH VIEWS ON UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] On June 16, Embassy Paris Acting Science Counselor met with Ambassador Gabriel Keller, who will be heading the GOF delegation to the June 20-24 negotiating session in Paris. Ambassador Keller mentioned that his delegation will include representatives from the Foreign Ministry, the Health Mini [...]	2005-06-17 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS4310	USUNESCO: INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC [...] Summary: In the run-up to the June 21-29 IOC Assembly, IOC Executive Secretary Patricio Bernal and Capacity Building Unit Chief Erlich Desa outlined the IOC's capacity building program for permanent delegations to UNESCO. The DCM and the Science Officer of the US Mission attended one in a s [...]	2005-06-17 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC PBTS EAID SENV WWT KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS4375	USUNESCO: PLANS TO RECOGNIZE LE CORBUSIER'S WORK [...] Summary: Twenty Le-Corbusier-designed buildings have been chosen to represent the architect's work in a possible nomination for World Heritage site status, according to Le Corbusier Foundations officials who spoke at a June 21 informal UNESCO meeting. (A Le Corbusier-designed building on Ha [...]	2005-06-21 17:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AORC FR UNESCO
05PARIS4457	USUNESCO: UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD, REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action request. 2. For the upcoming 172nd Executive Board in September, Mission would like guidance on the following two questions: a. Should the United States present its candidacy for the group I seat as Executive Board vice chair? b. Should the United States respond to [...]	2005-06-24 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR UNESCO
05PARIS4528	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 13 2. (U) This will be the first of periodic updates on the current state of play at UNESCO of the draft cultural diversity convention. 3. (U) The secretariat is preparing its final report that will accompany the draft convention. We have seen a [...]	2005-06-28 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL CA FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4529	USUNESCO: IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [...] As per reftels, post provided by fax copies of letters submitted by UNESCO indicating how the voluntary contributions were used in FY 2004. 2. Excerpt text of letter 20 May 2005 submitted by Director, Division for Cooperation with Extrabudgetary Funding sources follows: "In 2004 the [...]	2005-06-28 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AORC KUNR ETRD IO UNESCO
05PARIS4568	EU AND FRENCH USE ASIA LINKS TO GARNER SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Union and France have used the EU's links with Asian and ASEAN nations to solidify support for its cultural policies. France hosted the Second Meeting of ASEM culture ministers on June 7-8, 2005 in Paris and both the French Minister of Culture and the French Minis [...]	2005-06-29 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS4621	USUNESCO: Conferences Focus on Illicit Traffic in [...] Summary. The 22-23 Paris UNESCO meetings of the Second International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Iraq (Second Iraq ICC),Iraqi officials, donor country officials and Iraqi specialists focused on the fight against illicit traffic in Iraqi cultural prop [...]	2005-07-01 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN PREL SOCI MOPS MARR SCUL FR UNESCO EUN
05PARIS4722	UNESCO: OCTOBER 2005 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Canadian Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Yvon Charbonneau, informed Ambassador Oliver 6 July that Canada intends to run in the October 2005 elections for a four-year term to the World Heritage Committee (WHC),which sets policy for the World Heritage Convention, UNESCO's fl [...]	2005-07-06 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SENV PGOV CJAN CA UNESCO
05PARIS4724	USUNESCO: UNESCO PLANS SMALL EXPERTS [...] Summary and Introduction: The Director of UNESCO's Science Analysis and Policies Division, Mustafa El Tayeb, informed USUNESCO science officer and intern (notetaker) that his office plans a September 8 - 10, 2005 meeting in Trieste, Italy to discuss efforts to rebuild Iraq's science infrast [...]	2005-07-06 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV IZ UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS4725	USUNESCO: CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE [...] This is an action cable. See action request in para. 7. 2. Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Council of the Rome Convention meeting at UNESCO headquarters on June 27-28, 2005 successfully advocated for a report from the Council that indicates that the right place for [...]	2005-07-06 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KIPR UNESCO WIPO WSIS
05PARIS4799	USUNESCO: INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISION [...] Summary and Introduction: At the 23rd Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly -- which took place June 20-30 2005 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal transparency and a [...]	2005-07-08 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV IZ UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS4802	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON [...] Post delivered a Diplomatic Note to the MFA July 6 per reftel instructions. Poloff provided a copy July 7 to MFA IO cultural heritage action officer Claude Gerard. 2. Gerard told us July 8 that France had no objection to the U.S. candidacy, and would adhere to the usual principle of mutual [...]	2005-07-08 16:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS4821	USUNESCO: NEW DIVISION CREATED FOR SCIENCE POLICY [...] Summary and Introduction. UNESCO DG Matsuura has announced the creation of a new Division for Science and Sustainable Development (SC/PSD) in the natural sciences sector to be directed by Mustafa El Tayeb, formerly the Director of the Science Analysis and Policies Division. The division strea [...]	2005-07-11 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS4881	USUNESCO: UK ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS PROGRAMS HELP [...] Summary: At a July 11 UNESCO presentation, UK representatives of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew ("Kew Gardens") summarized the scientific and cultural significance of Kew Gardens and reviewed its current programs, especially those helping halt the loss of plant diversity. End summary. [...]	2005-07-13 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SENV SOCI TBIO UK UNESCO
05PARIS5096	UNESCO: NASA DISCUSSIONS ON REMOTE SENSING OF [...] Summary and Introduction. NASA's Program Director for Applied Sciences, Mr. Ron Birk, and Mr. Steve Ambrose of the Program's Disaster Management group, met with various specialists in UNESCO's Earth Sciences Division for exploratory discussions about using NASA "remote sensing" technology on [...]	2005-07-22 13:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5116	USUNESCO: MEETING ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITH UK [...] UK ambassador to UNESCO (and EU president) Tim Craddock and Michel Vanden Abeele, the head of the EC observer mission, requested a meeting with Ambassador Oliver on July 22. Craddock came with a message that 99 percent of the EU countries' agenda at UNESCO, especially in areas like education [...]	2005-07-22 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UK EU UNESCO
05PARIS5140	UNESCO: GAPS IN UNESCO DATA BASE OF CULTURAL [...] Summary. As reported ref, quick resolution of questions about the law of the country of origin ("source country") of a particular artifact can be of critical importance in legal processes concerning the recovery and return of the item. Easy reference to these laws would also encourage self- [...]	2005-07-26 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN SOCI AF UNESCO
05PARIS5149	USUNESCO: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] Summary. The United Nations International Conference on Civil Society in Support of Middle East Peace was held at UNESCO headquarters July 12-13. The conference was organized by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and was invited by UNESCO to ho [...]	2005-07-26 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI IS XF UNESCO
05PARIS5195	USUNESCO: NEGOTIATIONS ON BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] SUMMARY. The second and final session of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts met June 20-24 at UNESCO and reached consensus on a draft "Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights." The US was successful in adding to the draft Declaration a statement that one of the aims of the [...]	2005-07-27 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO KSCI HHS
05PARIS5207	OVERSEAS GRANT WARRANT FOR PAO RAYMOND F. [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ASUP AMGT APER KPAO FR KJRE UNESCO
05PARIS5417	FRENCH DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE PUTS HIGH PRIORITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the GoF's' annual conference on France's development priorities, Foreign Minister Douste- Blazy underlined the importance of a European identity in forming development policy and cited the support that effective policies could bring to broader anti-terror efforts. Both Do [...]	2005-08-09 09:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL EAID ETRD KIPR FR PREL UNESCO
05PARIS5478	USUNESCO: MEETING OF MAN AND BIOSPHERE [...] Summary and introduction: the agenda of the June 27-29 meeting of the bureau of the international coordinating council of the man and biosphere (MAB) program focused on management of biosphere reserves, including those that are also world heritage sites. Under MAB's current short-term strateg [...]	2005-08-12 11:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5573	USUNESCO: CROSS-WISE ON BORDER? NEW PUSH [...] SUMMARY: After a year of discussion and drafting meetings, the UNESCO/OECD non-binding guidelines for cross border quality provision in higher education went before the 171st UNESCO Executive Board for its blessing and instead got sidelined for further discussion at the upcoming General Confe [...]	2005-08-18 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS5575	USUNESCO: UPCOMING KEY SENIOR POSTS [...] Given the Director General's campaign for re- election and the uncertainty of UNESCO's budget, senior post openings at UNESCO are unpredictable. It is worth noting at this point however, that now that US citizens are in the ADG Education position and the Deputy ADG of External relations posit [...]	2005-08-18 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PARM PREL CWC UNESCO OPCW
05PARIS5855	USUNESCO: UNESCO TO ORGANIZE JUNE 2006 [...] This is a request for guidance, see Para 9. 2. Summary. The UN is planning an international scientific conference on desertification -- "The Future of Dry Lands" -- as part of its International Year of Deserts and Desertification. The conference, organized by a UN inter-agency committee [...]	2005-08-30 15:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5862	USUNESCO: NORDIC STATES AND UK CHAMPION [...] Guidance Request in Para 3. 2. Summary: In Advance of UNESCO's October General Conference, the Nordic States and the UK are circulating a draft resolution calling for an "overall review" of Programs II and III (the Natural Sciences Sector and the Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS)). Th [...]	2005-08-30 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5921	USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING THE [...] (U) As reported ref, the UK Perm Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Timothy Craddock, suggested that USG lawyers meet with lawyers from EU member states so that the USG can better understand why the EU Member States have concluded that the preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention does not [...]	2005-08-31 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS5990	USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY JUGGERNAUT [...] (C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). Is UNESCO in the throes of mass hysteria --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (C) Summary: A picture is beginning to emerge of French and EU pressure on other UNESCO members to get the draft [...]	2005-09-02 14:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6021	USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Summary. The draft cultural diversity convention was a primary topic of discussion during Ambassador Oliver's meetings with UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura and several ambassadors, including the outgoing chairman of the general conference. All agreed that the convention must be adopte [...]	2005-09-06 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6028	USUNESCO: UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH [...] Summary and comment: Influencing the agenda of UNESCO's October 2005 General Conference will be preliminary discussions of the organization's medium-term strategy (2008-14). The negotiation process -- leading up to adoption of a new medium-term strategy by the October 2007 general conference [...]	2005-09-06 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID SOCI UNESCO
05PARIS6047	UNESCO: DG DEPLORES KILLING OF IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: On August 31, the UNESCO Director General, Koichiro Matsuura, issued a statement that deplored the killing of a Reuters sound engineer by U.S. forces in Iraq on August 28, 2005. The statement, which UNESCO issued after the UN press office asked them to respond, did not directly im [...]	2005-09-07 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS6080	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: FRANCE CALLS [...] Summary. Agence France Press (AFP) reported that during a September 5 meeting with new WTO chief Pascal Lamy, the GOF Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said Sept. 5 that the WTO should not interfere in CD matter. The AFP report says that de Vabres quoted Lamy as saying that WTO [...]	2005-09-08 10:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6136	UNESCO GENEVA GROUP TO TACKLE MEDIUM-TERM (2008- [...] This is a guidance request, see para 5. 2. The agenda of the September 13 meeting of UNESCO's Geneva group will include discussion of the medium-term strategy. This is the first time in UNESCO's history that the strategy has been discussed so far in advance of its projected adoption date [...]	2005-09-09 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID SOCI UNESCO
05PARIS6231	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR'S 9/2 MEETING WITH DG [...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Ambassador Oliver met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura to discuss the Convention on Cultural Diversity, a call for no new instruments at the upcoming General Conference in October, management issues at a UNESCO field office in Brazil, oil for food, a [...]	2005-09-14 10:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS6375	USUNESCO: MEETING WITH UK LAWYER ON CULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. USTR and Department lawyers met Monday with British and Japanese lawyers at UNESCO to discuss the preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity. The UK indicated that they do not share our concerns and are prepared to bring the convention to a vote over US opposition. Th [...]	2005-09-19 17:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6376	(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL [...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]	2005-09-20 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6481	USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ACTION: URGENT [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. On Friday morning, September 23, UNESCO Executive Board (EB) will act upon a draft decision (ref) that has important bearing for U.S. efforts to prevent adoption of the "preliminary" draft Cultural Diversity (CD) Convention, as currently drafted. [...]	2005-09-22 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6482	USUNESCO: PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION WTO [...] Following is a rough translation of excerpts from an op-ed piece by a Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the President and Director General of TV 5, a French broadcast TV station. Aillagon is also a former Minister of Culture. The op-ed piece appears in the 21 September edition of Le Figaro, a right-of [...]	2005-09-22 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD FR EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6534	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...]	2005-09-23 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV
05PARIS6547	(C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION, [...] (C) At the final negotiating session in Paris on the draft cultural diversity convention, Israel was one of the few countries to stick with the US. (Ref A) 2. (C) On Thursday, newly arrived Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO David Kornbluth gave Ambassador Oliver a read-out of his courtesy call o [...]	2005-09-23 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6548	USUNESCO: INDIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] In her statement today at the Executive Board on the Canadian draft decision to move the cultural diversity convention forward, the Indian Ambassador stated her concerns about reopening the convention. In her statement, she said, "The Draft Convention, which has gone through an extensive inte [...]	2005-09-23 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD IN UNESCO
05PARIS6632	USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UP UNESCO
05PARIS6648	UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: Should [...] (U) This requests clarification of paragraph 4 of instructions (ref),which asks USDEL to call for votes. UNESCO Rule 52 provides that "voting shall normally be by show of hands." UNESCO Rule 53 allows a member state to call for a roll-call vote, with the vote of each state recorded in the [...]	2005-09-28 13:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6709	(C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION, [...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, reason 1.4 (b and (d). 2. (C) The EU group at UNESCO has decided to play hardball with Israel on the cultural diversity convention. 3. (C) As reported reftels, the French have been putting stro [...]	2005-09-29 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6710	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION ADVANCES [...] (U) Summary. On September 29, 2005, in a lopsided vote in which the U.S. again stood alone, the UNESCO Executive Board meeting in plenary session adopted a decision recommending that the General Conference consider and in effect formally adopt as a UNESCO convention the preliminary draft text [...]	2005-09-30 05:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6726	UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF [...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]	2005-09-30 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6727	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]	2005-09-30 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6752	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: SWISS [...] The Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO, Ernst Iten, gave a ringing endorsement of the June 2005 preliminary draft Convention on Cultural Diversity during his 20 September speech to UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board and urged the Director General to submit it for adoption to the October 2005 UNESCO G [...]	2005-10-03 08:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO
05PARIS6813	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]	2005-10-04 12:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6814	UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF [...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]	2005-10-04 12:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6827	USUNESCO: U/S DOBRIANKSY'S MEETING ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In her September 30th meeting with the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, Under Secretary Dobriansky expressed deep concern about the ramifications of certain language in the draft convention on cultural diversity. Highlighting both trade and human rights implicat [...]	2005-10-04 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS7037	USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO [...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...]	2005-10-13 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS7109	USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]	2005-10-18 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7128	USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...]	2005-10-18 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7230	USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]	2005-10-21 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7234	USUNESCO: UNESCO ADOPTS PROGRAM AND BUDGET [...] Summary: The United States voted against adoption of the 2006-07 Program and Budget for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The budget was adopted by vote, 126 in favor, 1 against (US),with no abstentions. In explaining the U.S. vote, Ambassador Oliver, U.S. [...]	2005-10-21 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7244	USUNESCO: 172ND EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT ON F&A [...] There was no controversy surround in the work of the F&A Commission at the 172nd UNESCO Executive Board. Agenda items 4, 6, 12, 34, 41, 49, and 53 items were requested to be forwarded to the PX Commission with no discussion in F&A. Of these USDel requested that Item 6 be discussed. 2. A [...]	2005-10-24 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7401	USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]	2005-10-31 08:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7446	UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE: U.S. WINS POSITIVE [...] Summary: In Commission III (social and natural sciences) at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference (GC),the U.S. Delegation registered several important successes relating to social and natural sciences issues, despite a challenging political environment. The adoption by the GC of the Bioethics [...]	2005-10-31 18:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID TBIO SENV SOCI UNESCO ETRA KSCI
05PARIS7472	UNESCO and WSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...]	2005-11-02 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS7574	USUNESCO: 33rd GENERAL CONFERENCE ADOPTS [...] SUMMARY: UNESCO's 33rd General Conference adopted by consensus the Convention Against Doping in Sport, designed to strengthen efforts to keep sport fair and drug-free. The convention places particular emphasis on the education of amateur athletes and the fight against doping in sport by athl [...]	2005-11-07 09:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7587	USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION [...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...]	2005-11-07 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7677	USUNESCO: UNESCO'S WSIS PREPARATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 presentation to member states on UNESCO preparations for WSIS, Assistant Director General Abdul Waheed Khan discussed Internet governance, the possibility of UNESCO and ITU leading roles in post-WSIS implementation, the UNESCO "brand" at WSIS, planned UNE [...]	2005-11-09 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS7715	USUNESCO: UNESCO CHOOSES KHARTOUM AS ARAB [...] On November 9, Director General Matsuura presided over a series of events at UNESCO headquarters to mark the naming of Khartoum as "Arab Cultural Capital 2005." The events included discussions on Nubian archaeology and a performance of Sudanese music. According to an earlier UNESCO press rel [...]	2005-11-14 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SU UNESCO
05PARIS7733	UNESCO: ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION: PROGRAM AND [...] Summary. The Administrative Commission of UNESCO's General Conference considered budget, administrative and personnel issues. It approved the administrative items in the two-year overall program and budget after debate focused on the budget's unsatisfactorily long and complex format. Member [...]	2005-11-14 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN ABUD AFIN AORC UNESCO
05PARIS7742	USUNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON UNESCO'S [...] Summary. On Tuesday 8 November, the Director- General convened an information meeting on UNESCO's participation in the Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP). The meeting, which was originally requested by the British Delegation during the 172nd Executive Board in September, was intended to review the [...]	2005-11-14 17:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EFIN IZ FR UNESCO
05PARIS7767	USUNESCO: UNESCO - DIRECTOR OF HUMAN [...] This is an action request: see para. 6. 2. During a meeting on November 14, Dyane Dufresne- Klaus, Unesco's Director of Human Resources, told the Charge that she would like U.S. assistance in reforming the organization's human resource system. She indicated that the current system is ju [...]	2005-11-15 13:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN APER FR UNESCO
05PARIS7769	UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...]	2005-11-15 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS7772	USUNESCO: UNESCO SYMPOSIUM EXAMINES CULTURAL [...] SUMMARY and comment: UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector held an international symposium on "Cultural Diversity and Transversal Values: East-West Dialogue on Spiritual-Secular Dynamics" on November 7- 9. The symposium concluded with a communiqu identifying new directions for dialogue [...]	2005-11-15 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7915	USUNESCO: UKRANIAN PRESIDENT AND FRENCH FM [...] Summary. In a ceremony at Unesco headquarters on November 16, Unesco marked its 60th anniversary. Featured speakers included Ukranian president Yushchenko, French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy and former directors general Amdaou-Mahtar M'Bow and Federico Mayor. A recurring theme in all the [...]	2005-11-21 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL ETRD UP FR UNESCO
05PARIS7971	USUNESCO: COMMENTS ON HIGH LEVEL GROUP [...] Charge met November 22 with Peter Smith, ADG for Education. Smith made following comments in response to reftel points: -- Within 24 hours there will be two more countries on the Sherpas group: Japan and the US. This will be announced in Beijing but there will be a meeting on Sunday aft [...]	2005-11-22 18:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AID UNESCO UNGA

05PARIS8057	USUNESCO -- DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. The following is the draft declaration for the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus to be held in Argentina and Uruguay February 20-24, 2006. The meeting is being organized by Unesco's Social Science Sector as part of its Man [...]	2005-11-28 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AR UY UNESCO
05PARIS8081	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: EXHIBITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission continues to receive requests from American artists, consortia and NGOs for support in securing UNESCO exhibit space. This is because navigating the exhibits bureaucracy at UNESCO is deeply confusing to the uninitiated, rates to rent out the spac [...]	2005-11-29 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8120	USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] The Canadian mission officially notified the UNESCO Director General 23 November that Canada had accepted (ratified) the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, recently adopted by the biennial UNESCO General Conference at its October 2005 meeting. It also registered its acceptance with the [...]	2005-11-30 12:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UNESCO
05PARIS8123	USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...]	2005-11-30 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS8192	USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] This is an urgent guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, Maciej Nalecz, has asked via a letter to Ambassador Oliver if U.S. International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities (ICSECA) fund [...]	2005-12-02 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD UNESCO KSI
05PARIS8245	USUNESCO: UK REP REPORTS PLANS THAT EC ADOPT [...] (U) UK UNESCO DCM Christine Atkinson informed DCM Koss 30 November about plans whereby the European Council would adopt the Cultural Diversity Convention in May 2006, with EU Member State ratifications to follow. She gave the specifics: --November - December 2005: European Commission inter [...]	2005-12-05 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8247	USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO [...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...]	2005-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO
05PARIS8248	USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH [...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]	2005-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS8280	USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN [...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...]	2005-12-06 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	XA UNESCO
05PARIS8353	UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD [...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...]	2005-12-08 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS8416	UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION: [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC),which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...]	2005-12-13 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8456	UNESCO: Ambassador meets with DG to review US- [...] Summary: The Ambassador's December 6 meeting with UNESCO DG Matsuura focused primarily on three topics: U.S. engagement with UNESCO in the wake of UNESCO's adoption in October of the cultural diversity convention; the importance of increasing the number of U.S. staff at UNESCO and including an [...]	2005-12-14 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SCUL SKI UNESCO FR
05PARIS8458	USUNESCO: TEXT OF LETTER-UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] The following letter on Executive Board rotation was received December 14 from the Finnish delegation, the current chairs of electoral Group I. Please advise. QTE To Members of Electoral Group I Re: Meeting between the President of the General Conference and chairs of the various ele [...]	2005-12-14 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO FR
05PARIS8487	UNESCO PRIZES-SOME GOOD, SOME BAD [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. The UNESCO secretariat issued a press release on December 14 announcing that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International Jose Marti Prize in a ceremony in Havana on 28 January, 2006. According to the announcement, the [...]	2005-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	VE FR UNESCO
05PARIS8502	UNESCO HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN SECURITY [...] A high-level working meeting on Human Security was held December 12 and 13 at UNESCO headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to advise on a "major publication" on human security that is planned for 2007. 2. The high-level working meeting (note: "high-level working meeting" is not [...]	2005-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR UNESCO
05PARIS8503	USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]	2005-12-16 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO
05PARIS8509	USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]	2005-12-16 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO
05PARIS8582	UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes [...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...]	2005-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8601	UNESCO CONFERENCE EXAMINES MEANS OF ENHANCING [...] Summary and Introduction: An international conference on "The Introduction of History of Science in the Higher Education Level of the Muslim Countries" took place December 15-16, at UNESCO; the conference was organized by UNESCO's Culture Sector, with the participation of the Natural Science [...]	2005-12-22 10:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KSCA SOCI SCUL KISL TSPL FR
05PARIS8610	UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...]	2005-12-22 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF
05PRAGUE1026	CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified-Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 8, we delivered the diplomatic note in reftel regarding the U.S. intention to seek World Heritage Committee membership with Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. Kara informed [...]	2005-07-11 08:38:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL EZ EUN UNESCO
05PRAGUE1371	CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS ADOPTING UNESCO CONVENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOCR plans to fall in line with the EU in support of adopting the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions in October 2005 without further negotiation. The Czechs candidly advised Emboffs that a high level call from the State Department will not change the Czech position. [...]	2005-09-23 14:16:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EZ PREL SCUL UNESCO
05PRAGUE1461	CZECH REPLY TO UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered Secretary's letter to Czech FM Svoboda on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (ref A) to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on Oct 13. Povejsil was familiar with USG positions from previous discussions (ref B). He stated that the Czechs believe the Conven [...]	2005-10-13 13:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO BHUM EUN
05PRAGUE1491	CZECH REPUBLIC: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Econoff met October 17 with Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (Department of EU Multilateral Trade Policy and Common Trade Policy Ladislava Votavova) and delivered reftel demarche and letter from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to Minister of Industry and Trade Milan Urban. The Ministry of In [...]	2005-10-18 08:15:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO
05PRAGUE1503	CZECH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 14:29:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO EUN
05PRAGUE744	CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-19 09:20:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EZ SCUL UNESCO
05SANAA3023	YEMEN: UNESCO, ICJ DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SCUL YM UNESCO UNGA DEMARCHE
05SANAA971	DELIVERY OF EU PARTICIPATION AT UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 12:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	XG YM UNESCO DEMARCHE
05SANJOSE2199	COSTA RICA: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 21:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL ETRD CS UNESCO
05SANJOSE2413	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON [...] Per Ref A instructions, Post requested the GOCR's support for a seat on the World Heritage Committee via Diplomatic Note in July, 2005. 2. On October 12, Post received Costa Rican Diplomatic Note DGPE/DPM/AC 886/10/05, officially confirming that Costa Rica will support the U.S. bid. 3. [...]	2005-10-14 22:13:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PGOV CS UNESCO
05SANSALVADOR2637	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-22 21:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SCUL ETRD ES UNESCO
05SANSALVADOR2857	LETTERS ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] Post delivered ref A letter to the office of the Minister of Economy on October 17. A key aide to the Minister agreed to inform the Minister of Secretary Gutierrez' letter as the Minister was in Guatemala to attend events related to the Secretary's visit to the region. Post also delivered re [...]	2005-10-19 16:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ES PREL SCUL UNESCO
05SANTODOMINGO4651	DOMINICAN FM AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON [...] The Ambassador spoke by telephone with Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who is currently visiting Spain with President Leonel Fernandez. The Foreign Minister said that he would have instructions issued to the Dominican delegation to support the U.S. position. HERTELL [...]	2005-10-14 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL ETRD OPDC DR UNESCO BHUM
05TEGUCIGALPA1916	HONDURAS REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HONDURAN [...] This is an action cable for IO/T. Please see paragraph 4. 2. On July 12 Post sent reftel diplomatic note requesting GOH support for the USG candidacy for the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO. Post received vague responses each time the issue was mentioned to the MFA until September 5, w [...]	2005-09-20 22:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL SOCI AORC KJUS HO UNESCO UN
05TEGUCIGALPA2092	HONDURAS GIVEN SECRETARY'S LETTER ON UNESCO [...] This is an action cable for IO/UNESCO and IO/T. Please see paragraph 4. 2. PolChief delivered ref A letter from Secretary Rice (under cover letter from the Charge) and demarche/non-paper on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions to Acting Foreign Minister Juan Alberto Lara Bueso the [...]	2005-10-11 14:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SCUL SOCI AORC KJUS HO UNESCO UN
05TEGUCIGALPA2154	HONDURAS GIVEN SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S LETTER ON [...] This is an action cable for IO/T. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Post delivered ref B letter from Secretary Gutierrez (under cover letter from the Charge) on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions to Minister of Trade and Industry Irving Guerrero on October 14. Post delivered ref A dip [...]	2005-10-20 14:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SCUL SOCI AORC KJUS HO UNESCO UN
05THEHAGUE1919	WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH [...] Poloff met Hein van der Hoeven (MFA desk officer in the Department for UN and IFI Affairs) on July 6, 2005 to deliver reftel diplomatic note and request Dutch support for the United States at the elections to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO. 2. Van der Hoeven appreciated the timely [...]	2005-07-07 10:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE2137	WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH [...] On August 1, Post received Diplomatic Note no. DVF/CI-312/05 from the Dutch MFA confirming Dutch support for the U.S. candidacy to the World Heritage Committee in response to ref b demarche and Embassy dipnote of July 5, 2005. Para 2 contains full text of Dutch dipnote. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF [...]	2005-08-03 12:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE2584	NETHERLANDS: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (U) On September 21, POLOFF delivered ref A points to Monique Korzelius, Deputy Head of the International Cultural Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. 2. (C) Korzelius confirmed, per ref B, that the Dutch endorse the EU's position advocating passage of the draft Convention. She said she was [...]	2005-09-23 12:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD NL UNESCO
05THEHAGUE2758	NETHERLANDS: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL [...] (U) On October 7, Post delivered ref A letter on USG concerns regarding the draft UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions to Dutch FM Bot. On the same day, Charge and POLCOUNS delivered ref a demarche points, along with a copy of the letter, [...]	2005-10-12 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC SCUL ETRD NL UNESCO BHUM
05VIENNA140	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: US PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL EARLY [...] (U) On January 14, post delivered reftel talking points and paper to Franz Hoerlberger, Unit Chief for Humanitarian Aid in the MFA's Development Assistance Section. Hoerlberger, who will attend the January 18-22 World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, welcomed the USG proposal. He sa [...]	2005-01-14 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA SENV AU UNESCO
05VIENNA1704	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY: AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) On May 20 Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helge Plank, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Services Unit. Plank acknowledged that the GoA shared USG concerns with language on "cultural goods and services" in the current convention draft. He [...]	2005-05-23 14:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA2007	UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to Christoph Mueller and Margarethe Koegeler from the Federal Chancellery's Office of Political Coordination (OPC) on June 13. Koegeler is also Deputy Head of the GoA's Bioethics Commission. The OPC has worked closely with the MFA to establish the Go [...]	2005-06-15 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AU UNESCO KSCI
05VIENNA3246	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ilona Hoyos, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's head of UNESCO affairs. We reviewed U.S. concerns about the text of the preliminary draft convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a [...]	2005-09-29 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3322	URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL [...] Charge delivered the Secretary's letter on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention and presented ref (a) demarche to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johnanes Kyrle on October 7. (The Austrian Foreign Minister and State Secretary were out of the country.) Emil Brix, the Austrian MFA' [...]	2005-10-07 13:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL PHUM AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3375	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- SEC. [...] Charge transmitted ref (a) letter and talking points from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to Austrian Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein on October 14. The Economics Ministry undertook to consider the letter as Austria prepared its position for votes the following week. (Note: Per refs (b) [...]	2005-10-14 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3397	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- FOLLOW-UP [...] Following up on delivery of Secretary Gutierrez's letter on Friday, October 14 (ref a),EconPolCouns and Senior Commercial Officer met on October 18 with Gabriela Habermayer, head of the Multilateral Trade Affairs Division of the Austrian Ministry for Economics and Labor. 2. Haber [...]	2005-10-19 08:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3407	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE -- URGENT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Upon receipt of ref (a),Embassy formally delivered the diplomatic note on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention to the Austrian government, via the Foreign Ministry. EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief concurrently delivered copies of the diplomatic note and ref (a) talking po [...]	2005-10-19 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM SCUL AU UNESCO
05WELLINGTON397	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON NEGOTIATIONS AT UNESCO [...] Poloff provided reftel demarche points to James Hartley, Legal Advisor, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),who, along with Jane Kominik from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, will attend the negotiations in Paris on the UNESCO convention on cultural diversity. In Hartley's [...]	2005-05-19 03:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL NZ UNESCO
05WELLINGTON441	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 05:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO
05WELLINGTON473	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 04:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO NZ UNESCO KSCI
05WELLINGTON647	NEW ZEALAND ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-23 23:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD NZ UNESCO WTO
05WELLINGTON736	NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO RESPOND TO UNESCO CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-22 05:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO
05YEREVAN1067	ARMENIA WILL CONVEY MESSAGE ON BIOETHICS [...] (SBU) We delivered demarche and talking points to MFA Chief of International Organizations Department Valery Mkrtumyan and MFA Americas Department Chief Lilit Toutkhalian June 15 per reftel instructions. While our MFA contacts were generally receptive to USG positions and promised to raise our [...]	2005-06-17 13:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AM UNESCO KSCI
05YEREVAN1703	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOAM SUPPORTS UNESCO CULTURAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 08:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD AM UNESCO
05YEREVAN1818	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-11 05:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL UNESCO BHUM
05YEREVAN1844	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECRETARY GUTIERREZ LETTER AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-14 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL SCUL AM UNESCO
05YEREVAN1881	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL AM UNESCO
05YEREVAN1892	ARMENIA'S SUPPORT FOR UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 10:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SCUL AM ETD UNESCO
05YEREVAN884	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (SBU) Post delivered demarche talking points to relevant GOAM offices May 17 per reftel instructions. Initial reaction from the GOAM indicated that the Cultural Diversity Convention had not yet appeared on the radar screens of the offices in question. As a relatively new member of the WTO, t [...]	2005-05-18 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL AM UNESCO
06ABUDHABI424	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) It is difficult to determine the exact level of activity with regard to ratification of the UNESCO convention in the UAE, because the UAE does not generally publicize its efforts on treaty ratification, until the treaty has either been ratified -- or at the very least has received cabinet [...]	2006-02-14 18:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL AE UNESCO
06ABUDHABI575	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) It is difficult to determine the exact level of activity with regard to ratification of the UNESCO convention in the UAE, because the UAE does not generally publicize its efforts on treaty ratification, until the treaty has either been ratified -- or at the very least has received cabinet [...]	2006-02-15 15:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL AE UNESCO
06ACCRA413	GHANA: SECGEN SELECTION AND UNESCO CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel A, on February 14, MFA Acting Director of International Organizations Edwin Adjei told PolOff that the Government of Ghana (GOG) has not seen any African candidate emerge for UN Secretary General and has no favorite at this time. Also, the GOG is not poised to ratify [...]	2006-02-15 11:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL GH UNESCO
06ANKARA704	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION NOT ON [...] (SBU) The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is not currently on the Turkish legislative agenda. Our contacts at the Turkish Parliamentary Offices to whom we mentioned it had not heard of the Convention and did not anticipate its being p [...]	2006-02-15 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL TU UNESCO
06BANGKOK7512	THAILAND EXPECTS TO RATIFY UNESCO CONVENTION, BUT NOT [...] On December 20, Econoff met with Ms. Angsana Sihapitak, Director of the Development Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the office with responsibility for UNESCO issues, and provided talking points on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions as per reftel. 2. Ms. Ang [...]	2006-12-20 10:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SCUL UNESCO TH
06BELIZE147	BELIZE: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS [...] The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (the Convention) has not been included on the agenda for cabinet discussion or the next meeting of the Belizean National Assembly. [...]	2006-02-14 21:21:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO BH
06BRASILIA418	BRAZIL: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS [...] (SBU) Currently, ratification of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is not on the Brazilian Congress' agenda. With the attention of the legislative branch diverted to the ongoing influence peddling scandal and the upcoming October [...]	2006-03-03 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO BR
06BRATISLAVA125	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS NOT ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 14:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL UNESCO
06BRATISLAVA736	SLOVAKIA PLANS TO RATIFY UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] The Slovak Government is moving forward with plans to ratify the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions by the end of the year. According to Ladislav Simko, Director of the International Department at the Ministry of Culture (MOC),the GOS s [...]	2006-08-31 13:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL UNESCO LO
06BUENOSAIRES2782	ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA ON CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana December 14 discussed with Ambassador a broad range of topics. Taiana commented on his trip to China and the GoA's interest in developing Chinese markets for Argentine exports. Taiana said the GoA is pleased with the U.S. Congress' recen [...]	2006-12-19 17:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL UNESCO AR BL MX CH
06BUENOSAIRES338	ARGENTINE PROGRESS ON RATIFICATION OF THE UNESCO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Argentina has done little to ratify the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions following its October 2005 adoption. The process by which the Convention wou [...]	2006-02-10 19:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO AR
06CAIRO1149	EGYPT: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD EG UNESCO UNGA
06DARESSALAAM310	UNESCO CONVENTION NOT ON TANZANIA'S RADAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 13:36:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL TZ UNESCO
06DHAKA810	BANGLADESH: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (SBU) Embassy contacted Dr. Hamidur Rashid, Director, United Nations Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an update on BDG's position on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expression. Dr. Rashid was unaware of BDG's position on the convention and directed embassy to other MFA offices. 2. ( [...]	2006-02-14 07:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL BG UNESCO
06DUBLIN162	IRELAND: UNESCO CONVENTION NOT ON LEGISLATIVE [...] Ref A requested an assessment of the level of activity in Ireland regarding the ratification of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. According to Department of Foreig [...]	2006-02-14 15:16:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL UNESCO EI
06GEORGETOWN160	GUYANA UNESCO CONVENTION NOT ON AGENDA [...] Post is not aware of any attention paid to the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions in legislative, media, or public forums in Guyana. The University of Guyana has not held any discussions on the matter, and informal inquiries to parliament revealed it is not on the legislative agenda. A [...]	2006-02-16 12:08:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL GY UNESCO
06KIGALI727	NEW HIGH COUNCIL OF THE PRESS APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) Summary. In June the GOR confirmed new appointments for the country,s nine-person High Council of the Press (HCP),which is charged with both regulation of the media and promotion of press freedom in the country. It is hoped that this iteration of the Council (this is the second Council t [...]	2006-07-29 10:35:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM UNESCO RW
06MASERU356	ATTENDANCE OF FIRST LADY'S LITERACY CONFERENCE [...] Per reftel, subject invitations have been delivered to addressees. 2. Mrs. 'Mathato Mosisili, spouse of the Prime Minister, has confirmed her participation in the September 18th event hosted by First Lady Laura Bush. Minister of Education Tsekoa has been out of the country and post does [...]	2006-07-28 09:02:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EDU KPAO OEXC SCUL UNESCO LT
06MONTEVIDEO139	URUGUAY UPDATE ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (U) This telegram responds to action request in paragraph 2 of ref A. 2. (SBU) The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted last October in Paris is not on Uruguay's legislative agenda. The National Congress ends its recess on March 1. We a [...]	2006-02-09 18:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL SOCI UNESCO UY
06MOSCOW1431	RUSSIA MOVING SLOWLY ON DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SCUL UNESCO RS
06MUSCAT1668	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 12:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD UNESCO MU
06MUSCAT1712	OMAN NONCOMMITAL ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 13:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UNESCO MU
06NICOSIA194	GOC HAS TAKEN NO STEPS TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, we have made a number of discrete inquiries regarding the status of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. As far as we have been able to determine, the issue of the convention has not been put on the agenda [...]	2006-02-10 14:43:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO CY
06OTTAWA1209	OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) DCM and Econ Counselor made points reftel to DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister Peter Boehm, Susan Fountain Smith, Director, Brazil, Southern Cone and InterAmerican Affairs, and Deputy Director Leonard Beaulne. 2. (SBU) Our contacts responded that they see a "lot of agreement" on the ag [...]	2006-04-25 16:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD UNESCO PREO OAS
06PARIS1006	UNESCO: INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONVENTION [...] SUMMARY: On February 9, 2006 UNESCO hosted an information session for member states on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Director General (DG),Matsuura and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Culture, Bouchenaki outlined the next steps for the impleme [...]	2006-02-16 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AORC UNESCO
06PARIS1007	FOLLOW-UP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE TUNIS AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, 2006 the UNESCO Director General (DG),Koichiro Matsuura, and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Communication and Information, Khan, held an information session for UNESCO's permanent delegations to outline the implications for UNESCO of the World Information [...]	2006-02-16 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS1106	IPDC BUREAU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver spoke with the Ambassador of the Netherlands on February 17, 2006 and confirmed that the Dutch Ambassador still plans to run for the Group I seat on the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Bureau. In the meantime, the Greek Amb [...]	2006-02-23 06:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1295	UNESCO: CARTOON ISSUE THREATENS TO HIJACK UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a guidance request, see para 7. On February 15 the UNESCO Ambassadors of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) released a statement in response to the Danish cartoons. Among other things, the statement calls for the creation of a normativ [...]	2006-03-01 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL AORC KISL UNESCO
06PARIS1301	UNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE, UNESCO CHAMPIONS [...] SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: UNESCO has an array of programs related to celebrity advocates, such as goodwill ambassadors, who help focus the world's attention on UNESCO as an organization. The US Mission to UNESCO requests guidance on approaching Mr. Tiger Woods about becoming a UNESC [...]	2006-03-02 09:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS1344	UNESCO: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) My staff and I held an off-site meeting February 14 to review the past two years of our engagement with UNESCO and to offer suggestions for the path ahead. We all agreed that we need to achieve tangible results for the USG by the October 2007 General Conference. That requires a realistic [...]	2006-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO AORC UNESCO
06PARIS137	UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON INVITATION TO [...] This is guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The UNESCO Secretariat has asked permission via letter to Ambassador, to invite U.S. official Eugene Stakhiv (Army Corps of Engineers) to deliver a public lecture at the 8th Kovacs Colloquium. The Kovacs colloquium, entitled "Frontiers in F [...]	2006-01-10 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV TSPL EAID UNESCO KSI
06PARIS1620	AVIAN FLU: U/S DOBRIANSKY REVIEWS EFFORTS TO [...] Summary and Introduction: International Efforts to Counter Avian Flu were the focus of U/S for Global Affairs Paula Dobrianksy's February 28 meeting with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Director General Bernard Vallat. Stressing White House leadership on this issue, U/S Dobriansk [...]	2006-03-14 14:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA KFLU UNESCO
06PARIS1733	UNESCO AND THE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services and Chair of the Memory of the World Programme International Advisory Committee met with the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector and the Director General (DG) on March 8, 2006 to discuss th [...]	2006-03-17 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2005	UNESCO: MEETING THE FIRST LADY OF SENEGAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver met with the First Lady of Senegal, Viviane Wade, on March 23 at the request of the Senegalese Delegation. Mrs. Wade requested the meeting in order to explore USG and First Lady Laura Bush's interest in partnering with her to combat disease and promote vaccin [...]	2006-03-28 17:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2007	UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]	2006-03-29 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2081	USUNESCO: GENERAL INFORMATION MEETING ON [...] SUMMARY: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL MATSUURA ANTICIPATES THAT THE ANTI-DOPING CONVENTION WILL BE IN FORCE BY MAY 2006. UNESCO IS PREPARING A NEW COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM AIMED AT WORLD YOUTH TO HIGHLIGHT THE DANGERS OF DRUG DOPING IN SPORT. MATSUURA BELIEVES THE CONVENTION WILL FOCU [...]	2006-03-30 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL FR UNESCO
06PARIS2130	UNESCO: PREPARATIONS FOR JULY 2006 VILNIUS [...] Summary: In preparation for the July 8-16 2006 meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, invited experts met at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the impact of climate change on World Heritage sites; (Their recommendations para 5). The meeting was held at the request of the July 2005 [...]	2006-03-31 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL KSCA SENV RS XG UNESCO
06PARIS2138	UNESCO: CUBAN REPRESENTATIVE ATTACKS U.S. IN [...] Summary: Cuba's permanent representative to UNESCO took the opportunity to attack the U.S. today in a UNESCO committee charged with monitoring human rights cases. Ambassador Oliver responded with a short formal statement denouncing the Cuban intervention. End summary. 2. UNESCO's Commit [...]	2006-03-31 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNESCO
06PARIS2207	UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD CONSIDERS DG'S PLANS [...] THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST, SEE PARA 2. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: AT THE MARCH 29-31 MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL AND ADMMINSTRATIVRE EXPERTS' GROUP, A MEMBER OF UNESCO'S LEGAL OFFICE SAID THAT HIS OFFICE HAD ADVISED THE SECRETARIAT THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN WHICH UNESCO IS SUB-CON [...]	2006-04-04 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC BR UNESCO
06PARIS2713	USUNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reason: 1.4 d. 2. (C) Summary and guidance request. The Director General (DG) sent the Deputy Director General, Marcio Barbosa, to see Ambassador Oliver on April 24 to pass the message that he has chosen Francoise Riviere, the DG's "Che [...]	2006-04-25 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ECON UNESCO

06PARIS2774	UNESCO: 174th EXECUTIVE BOARD HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FOR [...] Summary: The 174th Executive Board highlighted two major challenges that UNESCO faces in the Natural Sciences Sector. Firstly, the Secretariat needs to define a strategy for UNESCO's category two centers. Secondly, the Secretariat must respond to the demand from member states for cross-secto [...]	2006-04-27 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI
06PARIS2786	USUNESCO-- IPDC Donors Group Meeting [...] Summary: A fund raising kick-off meeting of donor states for the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) program was held at UNESCO on April 24 to announce pledges already made by member states and to encourage new pledges for the IPDC "Special Account" fund. The go [...]	2006-04-27 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS2790	UNESCO - SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTORS' SEARCH FOR NEW [...] DCM and health attach had a frank exchange of views March 31 with Wataru Iwamoto, Division Director of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences (SHS) sector. The meeting was organized at the request of Mr. Iwamoto who was tasked by the Director General (DG) to elicit Mission concerns about two SHS [...]	2006-04-27 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2791	UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON EFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNESCO adopted a decision on a Report by the Director-General on the Global Action Plan to achieve the Education For All (EFA) Goals at the 174th Executive Board. In late March, the U.K. together with Program and External Relations Commission chair Norway convened a working gro [...]	2006-04-27 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2796	USUNESCO: MEDIA FREEDOM - DANISH CARTOONS [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY: Executive Board Agenda Item 46, Title, was renegotiated by a working group during the Executive Board to address concerns about respect for culture and religion raised by the Danish cartoons of Mohammed published in [...]	2006-04-27 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS3101	REPLY TO BEYOND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD QUESTIONS [...] The following items respond to Department's questions in reftels. 2. Next steps on Education for All Global Action Plan: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, was in New York City on April 27 for consultations on the EFA Global Action Plan. He and his UNESCO coll [...]	2006-05-10 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
06PARIS3123	UNESCO - AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Ambassador Oliver met with Director General Matsuura on May 10. The DG informed the Ambassador that he has already chosen and informed Francoise Riviere that she will be the next Assistant Director General for Culture. He also said that the Chef de Cabinet position will be chosen internal [...]	2006-05-11 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO
06PARIS3124	USUNESCO - ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED FOLLOW-UP TO [...] (U) Summary: Wanting to touch base following last month's Executive Board at UNESCO, Israel's ambassador to UNESCO called on Ambassador Oliver to thank the U.S. for its work on the resolution regarding Jerusalem and on the "cartoon" issue. Strategy was discussed about best ways to work togethe [...]	2006-05-11 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	IS UNESCO
06PARIS3255	UNESCO AND RICKY MARTIN PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ricky Martin Foundation (RMF),whose President, Puerto Rican singer and humanitarian Ricky Martin, was named a hero against trafficking in persons (TIP) by the U.S. Department of State in 2005 for his work to promote awareness and protect children from trafficking, has joined [...]	2006-05-16 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3258	CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION MOVES DOWN THE TRACKS [...] (U) Summary. The UNESCO secretariat says it intends to promote the Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (aka the cultural diversity convention) as part of a package of conventions dealing with cultural diversity broadly defined. End summary. [...]	2006-05-17 09:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS329	UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] AS INSTRUCTED REF A, POST INFORMED BOTH UNESCO SECRETARIAT AND ICSU DEPUTY DIRECTOR THAT UNESCO FUNDS SIPDIS PROVIDED TO THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE (ICSU) CAN NOT/NOT BE EXONERATED FROM RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE USE OF USG FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES IN LIBYA, IRAN, CUBA, BUR [...]	2006-01-18 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD UNESCO KSI
06PARIS3322	WSIS - MULTI-LINGUALISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a joint U.S. Mission to UNESCO and U.S. Mission Geneva cable. A joint ITU/UNESCO symposium on "Multi-lingualism in the Internet" was held in Geneva from May 9 to 11, 2006 followed by a UNESCO Meeting on Cultural Diversity (WSIS Action Line C8) and the Internet on May 1 [...]	2006-05-18 11:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO EAID ECON UNESCO
06PARIS3344	MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO REGARDING [...] Guidance requested - see paragraph 6. 2. Poland's Ambassador to UNESCO, Maria Wodzynska-Walicka, met with Ambassador Oliver this morning, May 18th at the US Mission, to request USG support in Poland's efforts to formally change the name of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp on the W [...]	2006-05-18 14:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PL UNESCO
06PARIS3362	UNESCO: DAKAR OFFICE CHIEF OUTLINES DECENTRALIZATION [...] Summary and Comment: To explore issues relating to decentralization, Ambassador Oliver and Science Officer met with Lalla Aicha Ben Barka, Director of the UNESCO Office in Dakar and the regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA). Although the UNESCO secretariat often highlights its decen [...]	2006-05-19 08:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KDEM KSCA SOCI XA SG UNESCO EDU
06PARIS341	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR USES JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by N. Cooper Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, reasons 1.4.(D) 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador Louise V. Oliver's January 16 meeting with UNESCO DG MATSUURA focused on USG program priorities including literacy (and the Honorary Ambassador role of the First Lady) and [...]	2006-01-19 09:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SCUL SOCI UNESCO KSA
06PARIS3429	USUNESCO HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAY CHIDIAC [...] Ambassador Oliver hosted a reception in honor of the well-known Lebanese television journalist May Chidiac yesterday evening, May 18th, at the Ambassador's residence. Chidiac was awarded UNESCO's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Day Prize in April in recognition of her courage in defending [...]	2006-05-22 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL LE UNESCO
06PARIS3450	UNESCO REFORM: NEW STRATEGY UNVEILED ON VOLUNTARY [...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 4. 2. Summary and Comment: UNESCO Extrabudgetary Funding Director Moller briefed Geneva Group members on the Director general's plans for a more strategic approach to extra-budgetary resources; these now account for more than half of UNESCO's funding. T [...]	2006-05-22 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3485	USUNESCO - PDAS WARLICK MEETING WITH DG MATSUURA [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting IO PDAS Jim Warlick called on UNESCO Director-General (DG) Matsuura on May 19. During the discussion Warlick emphasized the need to show successes after the cultural diversity setback, and, in particular, to make effective use of the First Lady's interest in UNESCO an [...]	2006-05-23 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS3497	UPDATE ON UNESCO ETHICS DIVISION [...] Summary and comment-U.S. Mission Health Attache met May 19 with Henk Ten Have, director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, which is located in UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences sector. Along with Ten Have were two of his staff, Sabina Colombo (bioethics) and Simone Scholze [...]	2006-05-24 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO
06PARIS384	UNESCO: GENEVA GROUP SETS WORKPLAN FOR COMING [...] This is a guidance request, please see Para 2. 2. AT THE JANUARY 12 GENEVA GROUP MEETING, CHAIRED BY THE UK, PARTICIPANTS GAVE PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT TO THE DRAFT WORK PLAN (SEE PARA 5) FOR THE COMING MONTHS. THIS IS TO BE A ROLLING DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT FUTURE MEETINGS AND U [...]	2006-01-20 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS388	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OUTGOING [...] The Ambassador met on January 16 with outgoing Culture Assistant Director General Mounir Bouchenaki. Bouchenaki and the Ambassador discussed the fact that the two key organizations for the World Heritage Program ICCROM (International Organization for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage) and [...]	2006-01-20 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO
06PARIS393	UNESCO: SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTOR [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 11, Dr. Marc Renaud, former president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, outlined for selected delegations his recommendations regarding the future role of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector: to act as an "observatory"; [...]	2006-01-20 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS396	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS ADG KHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador David A. Gross met with the UNESCO Assistant Director General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan and Director of the Informatio [...]	2006-01-20 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS404	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: TRANSFORMATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC),a UNESCO program established by the United States in the early 1980s to support the free flow of information in developing countries, will hold elections to its bureau in Ma [...]	2006-01-20 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS4095	UNESCO-DISCUSSION OF ROTATION CAUSING CONSTERNATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sharing worries about a threat to the status quo and the potential of a "rogue" proposition rising to open discussion and a possible vote, key donor nations from several electoral groups met for the first time to discuss their views on rotational representation on UNESCO bodies. [...]	2006-06-15 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU UNESCO
06PARIS4096	UNESCO CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS CONVENTION: FRANCE TAKES [...] (U) On June 8, in a unanimous vote across all party lines, the French National Assembly approved the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (also known as the cultural diversity convention, which was adopted by vote at UNESCO in October, 2005 [...]	2006-06-15 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO FR ECON ETRD EU
06PARIS4151	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD, REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] The Executive Board will begin work on the C/4 and C/5 budget planning documents at its upcoming session (September 25-October 11). Mission has been informed that we will soon receive a letter from the Chairman of the EB requesting each electoral group to name three representatives to a draft [...]	2006-06-16 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
06PARIS4159	UK DELEGATION SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO'S ROLE IN [...] At a June 16 informal meeting of UNESCO delegates, the UK deputy informed Mission Officer that the UK is, in advance of Group I consultations in Athens on the medium-term strategy, seeking to achieve EU consensus on a non-paper on UNESCO's role. The aim of the UK paper is to encourage UNESCO t [...]	2006-06-16 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID SOCI UK UNESCO
06PARIS4206	UNESCO: OVERVIEW OF UNESCO'S WORK ON DESERTIFICATION AND [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. At a June 13 information session, UNESCO secretariat experts discussed the continuing progress the organization has made with regard to desertification and arid zones. After outlining UNESCO's history of action in this area, panelists presented some of UNESCO's curre [...]	2006-06-19 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KS AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
06PARIS4213	UNESCO SEMINAR TACKLES ISSUE OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE WITH [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At a UNESCO International Seminar entitled "New Stakes for Intercultural Dialogue" academics, diplomats, and artists predominantly from Europe and the Arab world discussed cross-cultural communication, the role of the city in intercultural dialogue, and the unique experie [...]	2006-06-19 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KISL MU AORC UNESCO
06PARIS4258	UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and HHS Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social Scie [...]	2006-06-21 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG UNESCO UN IOM
06PARIS4296	(U) UNESCO PRIZES [...] (U) This is a guidance request, see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. The awarding of prizes at UNESCO continues to be done on an ad hoc basis and often with little advance notice. This week's inclusion of Cuba in the announcement of UNESCO's literacy prizes is but one more example of how easily [...]	2006-06-21 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS431	UNESCO AMBASSADORS ON POST WSIS SCENE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Louise V. Oliver met with a select group of UNESCO Ambassadors, including members of the Information for All Programme Council, to exchange view [...]	2006-01-24 06:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS4363	TRYING TO POSTPONE THE AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Israel is attempting to delay the Auschwitz name change issue from reaching UNESCO's World Heritage Conference for discussion or decision during the upcoming meeting in Vilnius next month. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO and current Charge d'Affairs for I [...]	2006-06-23 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PL GM IS UNESCO
06PARIS4390	UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND [...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]	2006-06-26 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4407	EXECUTIVE BOARD EARLY PREVIEW [...] Summary: Executive Board Secretary Parsuramen met with Ambassador Oliver to review preparations for the 175th Executive Board. Deadline for new agenda items for the 175th Executive Board is 22 July. End summary. 2. Ambassador Oliver met on Thursday, 22 June, with the Secretary of the [...]	2006-06-26 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4511	UNESCO: STRIVING FOR RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT AT THE WORLD [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On May 30, 2006, consultant Bruno Lefevre gave a presentation about his work to institute Results Based Management (RBM) at the World Heritage (WH) Center. He was one of two consultants hired to examine the RBM framework and World Heritage System model, and propose [...]	2006-06-30 08:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL KSCA SENV UNESCO
06PARIS4538	AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE ISSUE UNRESOVLED [...] (SBU) The Polish Ambassador to UNESCO, Maria Wodzynska-Walicka, met with Ambassador Oliver yesterday afternoon, June 29th, to update her on the issue of the proposed name change of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, which was expected to be raised during the upcoming World Heritage Comm [...]	2006-06-30 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PO IS UNESCO
06PARIS4638	UNESCO: UPDATE ON RATIFICATION OF SIX CONVENTIONS [...] To date, only Canada, Mauritius and, most recently, Mexico, have deposited at UNESCO their Instruments of Ratification regarding the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. 2. In a series of written communications we have recently received, [...]	2006-07-06 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TREATY RATIFICATION
06PARIS4643	UNESCO: U.S. COMMITMENT TO IMPROVED WATER RESOURCES HIGHLIGHTE [...] THE OPENING DAYS OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAM (IHP IGC, JULY 3-7) HAVE ALREADY YIELDED SEVERAL IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF U.S. RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH UNESCO'S ACTIVITIES IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. 2. ON JULY 4, THE COUNCIL - IN WHICH TH [...]	2006-07-06 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KS AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
06PARIS4659	UNESCO: N. SCOTT MOMADAY DISCUSSES CULTURAL PRESERVATION [...] SUMMARY. UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Division of Foresight, Philosophy and Human Sciences hastily organized a June 22 symposium on human dignity and art with N. Scott Momaday, UNESCO Artist for Peace and Native American poet, novelist, painter, and story-teller, which focused on the im [...]	2006-07-07 12:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNESCO OEXC SCUL
06PARIS4673	UNESCO REFORM: GENEVA GROUP TO TACKLE UN "COHERENCE" [...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 3. 2. At its July 12 meeting, the UNESCO Geneva Group of donor member states will focus on the ongoing exercise to enhance UN system-wide coherence in the areas of humanitarian assistance, the environment and development. The meeting will start with a [...]	2006-07-07 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS4674	UNESCO: BRIEFING ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, briefed representatives from the Executive Board's Group I countries on his plans for reform of UNESCO's Education Sector, July 6 at UNESCO headquarters. Smith announced that he has put the plan into action as of [...]	2006-07-07 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS4914	COURTESY CALL BY SENEGALESE AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO, AMADOU [...] (U) Summary: Senegal new Ambassador to UNESCO, Amadou Deme, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Oliver today, June 30th. The two Ambassadors discussed the need to work closely together to advance UNESCO capabilities to provide effective programs for Africa through all of UNESCO sectors. En [...]	2006-07-19 11:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL SG
06PARIS4963	UNESCO: FIRST INTANGIBLE HERITAGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the first General Assembly (GA) of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Convention from June 27-29. The GA's most important accomplishment was the election, on the final day, of the meeting of 18 Convention S [...]	2006-07-21 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS5028	UNESCO ETHICS PROGRAMS, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT [...] Summary and comment. The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) held an "extraordinary" session in Paris on June 27-28, 2006. This meeting was held to brief members on current activities and to obtain recommendations on next steps in three areas of "et [...]	2006-07-25 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO
06PARIS5084	EDUCATION REFORM ATMOSPHERICS AND GATHERING STORM CLOUDS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's ADG for Education Peter Smith's information briefing on reform in the Education Sector provided an insight into the first signs of a deteriorating climate of consensus and goodwill at UNESCO. The repercussions of the current political situation in the Middle East are [...]	2006-07-27 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5103	PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF UNESCO'S [...] (U) Ambassador Oliver met today, July 27, with Mr. Kishore Rao, Deputy Director of the World Heritage Center (WHC) to discuss preparations for the management audit. 2. (U) The Ambassador said that several key elements are needed to ensure the audit would provide the results we need to impr [...]	2006-07-27 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5170	INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC/UNESCO) [...] Summary and Key Accomplishments: At the 39th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council -- which took place June 21-28, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal tra [...]	2006-07-31 14:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI IZ
06PARIS5183	UNESCO: SESAME CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON CONTINUED MID EAST [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Council of the Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) convened for its eighth meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on July 10-11, 2006. The centerpiece of the program is a synchrotron light source, to be installed in Jor [...]	2006-08-01 09:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TPHY TSPA KISL SOCI XF JO
06PARIS5276	U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE [...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]	2006-08-03 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO LH
06PARIS5341	USG Delegation Report on 17th Meeting of the UNESCO [...] A US delegation participated in the 17th meeting of the UNESCO International Hydrology Program (IHP) Intergovernmental Council (IGC) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, July 3-7, 2006. The delegation consisted of: Mathew C. Larsen, U.S. Geological Survey (head of delegation),Verne R. Sch [...]	2006-08-07 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KS AORC TSPL EAID KSCI SENV SOCI
06PARIS536	UNESCO: ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (U) This is a request for guidance, see para 7. 3. (C) I am very concerned that all indications are that Francoise Riviere, a French national who currently heads the Director General's cabinet, has the inside [...]	2006-01-26 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS537	UNESCO: ROLLS OUT EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM TO [...] Summary. UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, Peter Smith, held an information meeting regarding Education Sector reform on January 13, 2006. The purpose of the meeting was to get buy-in for proposed Education Sector reforms from Member State Delegations. Unfortunately, the meet [...]	2006-01-26 18:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS5383	UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and Health Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social S [...]	2006-08-08 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SMIG UN IOM
06PARIS5461	UNESCO STAFF SEE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY AS EXPANSION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Van Oudenaren, Senior Advisor for the Library of Congress (LOC) World Digital Library Initiative (WDL),held an informational meeting with working level UNESCO staff and two separate meetings on June 20 and 21 with staff from the UNESCO Director-General's (DG) office. Eliz [...]	2006-08-11 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5463	UNESCO: POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C)Charge Koss met August 10 with Lebanese Charge d'affaires Salim Baddoura to discuss the draft resolution (DR) on Lebanon for the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) coming up in late September/early October. Koss us [...]	2006-08-11 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO UNSC AL
06PARIS5563	UNESCO: ADG KHAN ON WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) met with UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information Abdul Waheed Khan and staffer for Digital Libraries, Abdelaziz Abid to discuss UNESCO's cooperation on the World Digital Library (WDL). Khan, like o [...]	2006-08-18 08:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5653	UNESCO: LEBANON UPDATE [...] Charge spoke August 23 with Lebanese Charge Salim Baddoura for an update on UNESCO?s involvement with Lebanon. Baddoura said that a UNESCO team arrived in Lebanon on August 22 and has already met with the Minister of Culture and will be meeting shortly with the Ministry of Education. The cu [...]	2006-08-23 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL LE IS
06PARIS574	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission has obtained new information on possible Dutch and Greek candidacies for the International Program for the Development of Communication Bureau (IPDC). Mission has learned that although the Dutch have given 2 million USD to the program over the pa [...]	2006-01-30 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS5764	UNESCO: DISCUSSION OF WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY WITH UNESCO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Wednesday June 21, Ambassador Oliver hosted a luncheon with selected UNESCO Ambassadors for John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) to introduce the concept of the World Digital Library (WDL). With Van Oudenaren, the Ambassadors discussed the possibilities of the [...]	2006-08-29 05:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5768	(U) UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE II [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) Summary. Though the resolution tabled by Lebanon and Morocco on Lebanese reconstruction to be discussed at the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) (Sept. 26 - Oct. 12) remains just a place-holder and has yet to be [...]	2006-08-29 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL UNSC AL
06PARIS5819	LETTER FROM LEBANESE JOURNALIST MAY CHIDIAC TO SECRETARY [...] Following is text of a letter to the Secretary from May Chidiac, Lebanese journalist and recent winner of the UNESCO World Press Freedom prize. Ms. Chidiac was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by Ambassador Oliver in May. Letter was received by email from Ms. Chidiac and we are forw [...]	2006-08-30 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO LE
06PARIS5853	(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE III [...] (C) Summary: UNESCO's first evaluation mission has returned from Lebanon. While the mission leader's first report uses dramatic language to describe the situation on the ground, the Director-General (DG) issued a press release on August 30 that is decidedly more neutral and lists the particu [...]	2006-08-31 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL LE
06PARIS602	UNESCO: MORE ON COMPETITION FOR ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) The competition for the position of ADG Culture is getting more intense. Rumors stating that Francoise Riviere has been or soon will be chosen continue to gain strength, thereby causing increased concern by t [...]	2006-01-30 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL CA FR UNESCO
06PARIS6118	(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE IV [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli ambassador met again with Ambassador Oliver on September 12 to exchange information about resolutions for the upcoming Executive Board on Lebanon, Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. The Israeli indicated that any anti-Israeli language in the Lebanon resolution co [...]	2006-09-12 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL AL IS
06PARIS6165	USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY [...] See action request at paragraph 10. 2. In reftel report of the April 2006 (174th ) UNESCO Executive Board (EB) session, Mission reported (in para 30) on the possible need to review and revise the EB rules of procedure in the light of a novel European Union (EU) practice involving ambassadori [...]	2006-09-14 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO EUN PREL
06PARIS617	UNESCO: WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHERS GROUP [...] Summary and comment: on January 16, the French chair convened a meeting of Electoral Group I(Western Europe and others) to explore the issue of the rotation of Executive Board membership in the context of an October 2005 resolution calling on the GC president to hold consultations on this is [...]	2006-01-31 12:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC FR UNESCO
06PARIS621	UNESCO: UNESCO-SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS AND [...] (SBU) Progress has been slow hiring Americans at UNESCO. We do not miss an opportunity to push for more American staff but we run up against a tight budget situation, a clamor from the staff union to compete more positions internally so that long-time employees can get promoted and UNESCO's [...]	2006-01-31 12:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KUNR PREL UNESCO
06PARIS6225	BRAZIL FIELD OFFICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Efforts by Brazil's ambassador to UNESCO to convince the US to have the Executive Board abandon its inquiries into alleged irregularities at the Brasilia field office did not go as planned, and could give new momentum to push the investigation further. End summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-09-15 15:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS6247	MINOR DAMAGE TO LEBANESE WORLD HERITAGE SITES [...] Summary: UNESCO officials reported that damage to key Lebanese World Heritage sites was much less than expected, based on an initial report by UNESCO experts. End summary. 2. A press conference was held this morning, September 18, at UNESCO headquarters to present the findings of a special [...]	2006-09-18 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL LE PREL
06PARIS6251	UNESCO -- A NEW VIEW ON ITS EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUTURE [...] Summary: A day long debate at UNESCO raised the profile on the growing importance of extra-budgetary funding for the organization, and the associated challenges and problems that come with such voluntary contributions. Craig Kennedy, President of the US German Marshall Fund, was among the best [...]	2006-09-18 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS632	UNESCO-AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of January 23, Ambassador Oliver met with the Ambassadors of Austria (current EU president),Finland (upcoming EU president),Italy (a major player at UNESCO) and Jordan to discuss US relations with EU states, UNESCO reform and a substantive agenda, as well as [...]	2006-01-31 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU IT FI AU IS XF UNESCO
06PARIS6435	(U) USUNESCO ? ALARMING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a private, off-the-record meeting with John Parsons (please protect),the Director of UNESCO?s Internal Oversight Service (IOS),Mission learned this week of a variety of disturbing new allegations, as well as unsettlin [...]	2006-09-26 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS655	USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, Louise V. Oliver met with UNESCO's Director General Koichiro Matsuura and Assistant Director Gener [...]	2006-02-01 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAO ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS6614	UNESCO REFORM: F/A EXPERTS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS BRASILIA [...] Summary and INTRODUCTION: At the September 27-29 meeting of UNESCO's Financial and Administrative (f/A) experts' group, the U.S, delegation: raised questions on the legal risks posed by the Brasilia office, underlining the Executive board's fiduciary responsibilities and urging that Brasilia [...]	2006-10-04 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC EAID
06PARIS6615	USUNESCO - A/S POWELL VISIT: PD SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: I am looking forward to your October 23 and 24 visit to UNESCO, and would like to suggest that UNESCO with its education, communication and culture mandates is the ideal platform to advance the Secretary's transformational diplomacy agenda. In this regard, I would like you to co [...]	2006-10-04 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS6835	UNESCO: PHILANTHROPY EXPERT SPEAKS ON PRIVATE SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: On September 14, 2006 Craig Kennedy, President of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States, participated in UNESCO's Day of Reflection and Dialogue on Extrabudgetary Activities where he emphasized the need for UNESCO to develop more effective ways to build private-sector p [...]	2006-10-17 11:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS6837	UNESCO: BRASILIA FIELD OFFICE INVESTIGATION NOW OF [...] (C) This is an action request; please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary. On Friday, October 13, the U.S. Mission was discreetly provided a copy of a letter addressed to UNESCO Director-General Matsuura signed by two Brazilian Federal Prosecutors who informed the D-G that the previously civil inv [...]	2006-10-17 12:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS7021	UNESCO SEMINAR EXPLORES ACCESS TO ENERGY FOR DEVELOPING [...] Summary: Representatives from UNESCO, private companies, government agencies, and NGOs gathered for the seminar "Access to Energy for All." The conference, attended by 30 people, took place at UNESCO, but was actually organized by an NGO with ties to UNESCO. Several UNESCO secretariat members d [...]	2006-10-25 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO ENRG PHUM
06PARIS7054	HAGUE CONVENTION COMMITTEE MEETING MISFIRES [...] The first meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict at UNESCO ended practically before it got started today, after member states complained that the key document to be considered had not been distributed in sufficient time for consultations [...]	2006-10-26 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS7094	UNESCO -- EDUCATION ISSUES AT THE 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (SBU) EDUCATION SECTOR REFORMS In September, the First Lady hosted her highly successful Literacy Conference in New York City, attended by the President and UNESCO's Director General Matsuura. Despite the goodwill generated by the conference and interventions by most members of the Executive [...]	2006-10-27 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL KPAO
06PARIS7095	MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY ISSUE AT UNESCO 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (U) MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY The Medium Term Strategy (MTS) for 2008-2013 (34 C/4) was the source of hours of discussion and a major "thematic" debate on UNESCO's role in the world. (Comment: we know of no other organization that is as self-absorbed as UNESCO and wastes as much time discussing i [...]	2006-10-27 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL PO IS BR LE CU EU
06PARIS7098	(U) USUNESCO - MORE INFORMATION ON BRASILIA OFFICE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss for reason 1.4 (d) 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Powell delivered her talking points on Brasilia to Director-General (DG) Matsuura during their meeting on October 24. Following that meeting, Ambassador Oliver had a private session with the DG to dis [...]	2006-10-27 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS7126	MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO'S 175th EXECUTIVE BOARD (FALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY With the military conflict between Israel and Lebanon still very much on the minds of delegates, the UNESCO Executive Board was set to face the always sensitive issues of Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. This time, with the scars of war still open and emotions running hig [...]	2006-10-31 09:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL IS LE
06PARIS7127	EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION [...] (U) The question of EU ambassadorial delegation switching - which provoked strong, negative reactions at the Spring 2006 Executive Board session - was followed up with determination by the Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) States (led by India and Japan, and joined by Afghanistan, China, Indonesia) to have [...]	2006-10-31 09:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN
06PARIS7206	UNESCO - MUSEUM PROGRAMS UPDATE [...] The Ambassador met on 3 November with Laurent Levi-Strauss, Director of UNESCO's Museums Section. Levi-Strauss also provided us with a memo (which will be forwarded separately by e-mail) detailing the current status of UNESCO's museum pilot program. 2. Levi-Strauss described the 11 pilot pr [...]	2006-11-03 15:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS7210	UNESCO - EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD [...] Summary. Mission has picked up some murmurs about the desire of a few UNESCO member states to have UNESCO draft a convention that would treat education as a public good and attempt to remove education from the purview of the WTO, much along the lines of what was attempted during the drafting [...]	2006-11-03 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL ETRD
06PARIS7256	UNESCO - PILOT PORTAL PROJECT PROPOSAL ON RECOGNIZED HIGHER [...] Summary. On November 13-14, 2006, UNESCO is hosting a meeting of the pilot project steering committee for the UNESCO portal on recognized higher education institutions. Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, is the designated US steering committee member. [...]	2006-11-07 11:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS7282	USUNESCO - AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT INAUGURATION [...] SUMMARY: On October 3, UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura joined Ambassador Oliver and architectural historian & photographer John Margolies, to inaugurate the "American Roadside Architecture" exhibit at UNESCO Headquarters. The exhibit featured over 50 photographs of mid-twentieth cent [...]	2006-11-08 09:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7284	USUNESCO - FULBRIGHT SYMPOSIUM [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell, gave remarks at the Closing Plenary Session of the Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) Symposium in at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 24, 2006. The Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsu [...]	2006-11-08 09:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KPAO SCUL EAID
06PARIS7339	UNESCO - Literacy Prizes [...] Summary. On Friday, November 3, 2006, UNESCO awarded the 2006 Literacy prizes to literacy programs in Pakistan, Turkey, Cuba, India, and Morocco. A program in China received an Honorable Mention. Pakistan received the International Reading Association Literacy Prize. IRA is a U.S. associatio [...]	2006-11-09 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
06PARIS7341	USUNESCO - A/S POWELL MEETS DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting characterized as "highly positive" by the UNESCO Secretariat, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura and raised the First Lady's Literacy conference, Powell's upcom [...]	2006-11-09 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7446	UNESCO-MEETING ON PROMOTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN [...] Summary. A two-day workshop, "Re-engineering Development: Engendering ICT" was held November 13-14 at UNESCO. Though sponsored by UNESCO, the event was organized by the Centers for Women and Information Technology; Women in Global Science and Technology; and the European Association of Women [...]	2006-11-20 07:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI TNGD PHUM
06PARIS7448	UNESCO HIGHER EDUCATION PORTAL MEETING [...] Summary. U.S. delegation to the first meeting of the "Steering group of the UNESCO Portal on Recognized Higher Education Institutions - Pilot Project" (Nov. 13-14) played a key role in having the meeting reach consensus on an approach that is consistent with one of the USG's key objectives for [...]	2006-11-20 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS7450	UNESCO GENEVA GROUP UPDATE [...] UNESCO's Geneva Group met November 15, and was briefed by two senior UNESCO staff members on the status of the drafting of the 34 C/4 Medium Term Strategy (MTS) and 34 C/5 Program and Budget documents which will provide the foundations for the direction and funding of the organization during th [...]	2006-11-20 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN
06PARIS7451	UNESCO: MAN AND BIOSPHERE COORDINATING COUNCIL PONDERS [...] Summary. The 19th session of the MAB Coordinating Council focused on the need to define the program's future, particularly in the context of the formulation of the new UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy for 2008-2013. Issues debated included: the need to devise an appropriate approach to identifying t [...]	2006-11-20 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV EAID SP
06PARIS7455	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The November 7 meeting of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee focused on the agenda for the Committee's June 23-July 2, 2007 meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Bureau heard progress reports from the WH Secretariat on a policy paper on the effects of climate change on Wor [...]	2006-11-20 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO
06PARIS7461	UNESCO: EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS PARTIALLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the Special General Assembly of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention (the Convention) at its meeting held on November 9. The Special GA elected 6 additional States Parties as members to the Inter-Governme [...]	2006-11-20 14:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7462	UNESCO AND ITS RIGHT TO THE CITY PROGRAM [...] Summary. Despite concerns raised by the U.S. Mission, UNESCO continues to pursue its "Right to the City" program and will be holding a December 11-12 meeting on "Urban Policies and the Right to the City." Despite UNESCO's support of this program, it is clear from a recent meeting with the org [...]	2006-11-20 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO UNESCO

06PARIS7517	UNESCO'S D-G URGES MEMBER STATES TO RATIFY THE 2001 [...] (U) Action requested: see paragraph 10 below. 2. (U) Summary. At a well-attended information meeting hosted at UNESCO's Headquarters on November 21, 2006, and personally chaired by Director-General Matsuura, the D-G issued an appeal to UNESCO Member States to move with greater speed to incr [...]	2006-11-24 06:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS7553	UNESCO - FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF INTANGIBLE [...] (U) Begin Summary. The first meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Algiers November 18-19, 2006. The UNESCO D-G laid out a detailed timetable of proposed IGC and General Assembly meetings over the next two years t [...]	2006-11-28 06:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7562	UNESCO: JOINT EXPERT GROUP DEBATES RIGHT TO EDUCATION [...] Summary: Experts from UNESCO's Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR) and the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) convened the fifth Joint Expert Group Session on the right to free education at UNESCO Paris on November 17, 2006. During discussions on the framew [...]	2006-11-28 12:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL PHUM LAW
06PARIS7612	UNESCO: AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION SWITCHING: [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Reftel reported on a recent UNESCO Executive Board (EB) decision (175th session, fall 2006) with respect to a controversial European Union-initiated practice of ambassadorial switching (or surrogate representation among ambassadors) dur [...]	2006-12-01 05:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO KPAO XG
06PARIS77	USUNESCO: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] Mission received a message today from the French delegation (new chair of Electoral Group I) convening a meeting on January 16 to discuss Executive Board rotation. The meeting is an outgrowth of the General Conference resolution (33/RES/92) that invites the President of the General Conferenc [...]	2006-01-06 09:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
06PARIS7796	USUNESCO - BRASILIA OFFICE UPDATE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During a meeting on 6 December by Mission Political Assistant with Mrs. Lamia Salman-el Madini, Director of UNESCO's Bureau of Field Coordination, the subject of the Brasilia field office was raised, as she had [...]	2006-12-14 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL UNESCO BR
06PARIS7805	USUNESCO: THIRD WORKING GROUP SESSION ON THE RIGHT TO THE [...] Summary: Participants in the Third Working Group Session on the "Right to the City," a joint project between UNESCO and UN Habitat, developed a project plan for the next two years leading up to the Nanjing, China World Urban Forum in 2008. Participants agreed to undertake regional inventories [...]	2006-12-15 09:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL KPAO
06PARIS7806	USUNESCO: 13th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS [...] Summary: The 13th session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) examined the preliminary reports of its working groups on social responsibility and health and on consent. During the debate on social responsibility and health, IBC members reiterated their independence from UNESCO itsel [...]	2006-12-15 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO US KSCI FR
06PARIS7828	UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR PONDERS POTENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Executive Director Susanna Connaughton used her December meetings with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector to query them on the ongoing review of the Sciences sectors, and on how they assess the impact of their programs. Her interlocutors, [...]	2006-12-18 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
06PARIS850	UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE [...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...]	2006-02-09 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS891	UNESCO MARTI PRIZE, REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance?see para. 4. 2. (C) Though the newly arrived Brazilian ambassador has told Ambassador Oliver that he wants to put the negative atmosphere of the cultural diversity convention behind us and work with USDEL, his nomination of Hugo Chavez for the Marti prize [...]	2006-02-10 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	VE CU UNESCO
06PARIS98	USUNESCO - DG'S SURPRISE CHRISTMAS SHAKE-UP [...] Just before UNESCO closed for the Christmas holidays, Director General Matsuura, on December 23, issued an internal memorandum shaking up parts of both the education and social science sectors. In a surprise move, the DG reassigned Wataru Iwamoto (Japan),the head of the Education Sector's S [...]	2006-01-06 14:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL FR UNESCO
06PARIS993	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL PARRIES WITH EXECUTIVE [...] Summary: On January 19, 2006 the UNESCO Executive Board met for an information meeting with UNESCO Director-General (DG) Matsuura. Members of the Executive Board were invited to submit questions in advance of the meeting. Rather than answer questions directly, the DG read prepared remarks t [...]	2006-02-16 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL AORC SOCI UNESCO
06PRAGUE807	CZECHS SUPPORT USG POSITION ON UNESCO PRINCIPLES [...] (U) Poloff met separately with the Czech MFA's UNESCO Desk Officer Karel Komarek and the Czech Ministry of Culture's General Director of International Relations (EU Affairs) Ales Grof, to discuss the draft UNESCO Principles Relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Relation to the Second World [...]	2006-07-14 13:04:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNESCO KNAR PHUM SCUL EZ
06PRETORIA636	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) We understand from Director Rufus Mathebe of the Department of Arts and Culture and State Law Advisor Joann Schneeberger of the Department of Foreign Affiars that the Convention on Cultural Diversity must be approved by Cabinet before taken up by Parliament for ratification. Mathabe exp [...]	2006-02-14 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO SF
06REYKJAVIK51	ICELAND: NEAR-TERM UNESCO CONVENTION RATIFICATION [...] Summary: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity is not on Iceland's legislative agenda; nor has it attracted Icelandic civil society or media attention. End summary. 2. Post can find no reference to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Conven [...]	2006-02-14 11:30:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO ETRD IC
06SANTIAGO387	CHILE: NO RECENT ACTION ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] Per ref A, EconOff spoke with Jose Miguel Concha, Multilateral Affairs Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Chile's approach to the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions. Concha confirmed that the Government of Chile (GOC) supported the Convention during the October 2005 meeting in Par [...]	2006-02-22 22:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL CI UNESCO
06SEOUL502	KOREA MOVING SLOWLY TO RATIFY UNESCO CULTURAL [...] (SBU) According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Korea has not yet initiated domestic procedures for ratifying the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention, despite having signed the agreement. 2. (SBU) Kim Eun-jeong, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Cultural Cooperation Division [...]	2006-02-14 06:24:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO KS
06TALLINN623	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO PRINCIPLES NON- [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 10:45:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KNAR PHUM SCUL EN
06THEHAGUE333	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 16:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO PREL NL
06VIENNA2119	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNESCO PRINCIPLES RELATING [...] Charge delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on July 14 to Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff. At Trauttmansdorff's initiative, Austrian Ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner, who happened to be in Vienna, participated in the meeting. 2. The Austrians agreed in general [...]	2006-07-17 09:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KNAR PHUM SCUL AU
06VIENNA442	UNESCO CONVENTION: AUSTRIA FOR EU DECISION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions (Convention) enjoys unanimous political support in Austria, but the ratification process has not yet started. In its capacity as EU President, the GoA hopes to achieve an EU Council decision on ratification no later than the Counci [...]	2006-02-14 10:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL UNESCO AU
06WELLINGTON118	UNESCO CONVENTION NOT THE SUBJECT OF ATTENTION IN NEW [...] (SBU) As far as Post can tell, the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression has, at this stage, not appeared on the legislative or media radar in New Zealand. There is no reference or record of the convention at all on the official legislative [...]	2006-02-14 03:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO NZ
06WELLINGTON914	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 03:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SCUL NZ UNESCO
06YEREVAN230	ARMENIA: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (C) The UNESCO convention is not likely to appear on the Armenian Parliament's legislative agenda in 2006. There has been little or no media attention or public debate specifically directed at ratification of the Convention, but perception in Armenia of UNESCO in general is quite negative. P [...]	2006-02-14 13:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL UNESCO AM
06YEREVAN501	ABANDONED AZERI GRAVEYARD SUFFERS NEGLECT, [...] (SBU) Beyond common neglect, which, for the most part has led to the deterioration of an abandoned Azeri cemetery in Armenia's northern Lori province, we noted during a March 26 visit that vandals had intentionally damaged several of the cemetery's Muslim grave markers. The destruction did not [...]	2006-04-06 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD UNESCO SCUL AJ AM
06ZAGREB198	CROATIA AND UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS [...] (SBU) Croatia has not yet ratified the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions. The GOC has made no public statements in support of the Convention or its eventual ratification since its adoption last October. Ratification is not currently on the parliamentary agenda and our contacts assess [...]	2006-02-14 14:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO HR
07ABIDJAN811	DEMARCHE TO COTE D'IVOIRE ON UNESCO HOLOCAUST [...] (SBU) Emboff demarched Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue, MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs on July 26 on action points in reftel and left a copy of the draft explanatory note and proposed resolution on text. Post will report any substantive Government of Cote d'Ivoire res [...]	2007-08-01 16:55:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO IV
07ACCRA1664	GHANA SUPPORTS UNESCO RESOLUTION [...] On August 2, poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Worwornyo Agyemang, Acting Director of the Bureau of International Organizations and Conferences at the MFA. Agyemang said that while Ghana supported the UNESCO resolution, she would have to confer with her superiors in the [...]	2007-08-07 15:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO GH
07ANKARA1908	TURKEY: IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC UNESCO
07ASUNCION686	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-17 18:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO PA
07BEIJING1937	CHINA SEEKING SOLUTION AGREEABLE TO ALL ON UNESCO [...] (C) China will try to find a solution to the proposal for a UNESCO special session on the Old City of Jerusalem that satisfies all parties, MFA International Organizations Counselor Jiang Qin told PolMinCouns in response to reftel demarche. The Chinese Chairman of UNESCO's Executive Board wil [...]	2007-03-21 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL UNESCO CH IS
07BUCHAREST1200	ROMANIA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD HERITAGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 06:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO RO
07BUCHAREST855	ROMANIA TO SUPPORT U.S. UNESCO CANDIDATES; ASKS [...] (SBU) Embassy received on July 6 from the MFA the following diplomatic note announcing Romania's support for the U.S. candidates for the UNESCO committees and requesting USG support for Romania's candidates. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Nr. C 2-2/3661 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romani [...]	2007-07-24 13:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	UN UNESCO PREL PGOV
07BUCHAREST863	ROMANIA LIKELY TO CO-SPONSOR HOLOCAUST [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 25, to Daniel Tanase and Edward Iosiper, respectively the MFA Director and Deputy Director for Middle East and Africa Affairs. They said that the draft resolution was completely compatible with Romania's own national policy regarding the Holocaust [...]	2007-07-26 11:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL RO
07BUENOSAIRES1477	ARGENTINA TO SUPPORT UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] On July 24, poloff delievered ref A points to MFA Director for Human Rights Federico Villegas Beltran, who also serves as the MFA's focal point for Holocaust issues. Villegas Beltran stated that Argentina will support, but not co-sponsor the UNESCO Holocaust resolution. He explained that giv [...]	2007-07-31 18:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AR
07COLOMBO1402	SRI LANKA NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] The Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note on October 1 that the Government of Sri Lanka has nominated Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha for election to the UNESCO Executive Board. A document outlining "Sri Lanka's Vision In and For UNESCO" was attach [...]	2007-10-10 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UNESCO CE
07FREETOWN447	DEMARCHE REQUEST: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 18:13:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO SL
07KINSHASA1024	VERDICT DELIVERED IN JOURNALIST ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen months after the death of independent journalist Bapuwa Mwamba, a military court returned a guilty verdict against the accused murderers. This is the second conviction in the death of a journalist in the past five months. End Summary. 2. (U) On August 24 a military tr [...]	2007-08-28 13:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1111	Patriot Day Activities [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa carried out several activities on Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9/11 events. Charge d'Affaires and Public Affairs Officer delivered remarks at Kinshasa educational institutions. Press reported on CDA's statement. Statements will be posted on Embassy's open [...]	2007-09-18 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA976	JOURNALIST KILLED IN EASTERN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9, 2007, a national press agency journalist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Goma, eastern Congo. The motive behind the assassination is not known. In the case of a journalist murdered in 2006, prosecutors have asked for capital punishment for three of four defendan [...]	2007-08-15 14:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KUALALUMPUR1480	MALAYSIA'S CANDIDATURE FOR UNESCO SEAT [...] Post has received Diplomatic Note number KLN 45/07 from the Government of Malaysia which reads in pertinent part: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to propose an arrangement of reciprocal s [...]	2007-10-02 06:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNESCO MY
07KUALALUMPUR415	MALAYSIAN CANDIDATE TO EXECUTIVE BOARD OF UNESCO [...] Embassy has received a diplomatic note, number KLN. 08/07, from the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informing us that Malaysia has decided to present the candidature of Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, the Minister of Education, to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scienti [...]	2007-03-05 05:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI UNESCO MY
07LAPAZ2071	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 19:10:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO BL
07LISBON370	PORTUGAL TO CONSIDER STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING [...] On February 1, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to Maria do Ceu Faria, Political Analyst in the MFA's Office of International Organizations. Despite press reports that the Ministry of Culture called for the rejection of a "universal monoculture," Faria denied that protectionism was b [...]	2007-02-09 18:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EUN SCUL UNESCO PO
07LUXEMBOURG432	LUXEMBOURG TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 14:54:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC PGOV PREL LU
07MOSCOW3649	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche July 25 to Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze, Secretary General for the GOR's UNESCO commission. We conveyed appreciation for the GOR's continued support for the bill. Ordzhonikidze promised to forward the updated version of the text to the GOR's UNESCO Mission and assu [...]	2007-07-26 10:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO RS
07MOSCOW4285	RUSSIA WILL RESPOND TO UNESCO ILLITERACY MEASURES SURVEY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SOCI UNESCO RS
07MOSCOW4409	Russian Response to Letter Regarding U.S. Candidacy for [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 12:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL UNESCO RS
07NEWDELHI1345	OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM UNESCO SPECIAL SESSION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 14:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL UNESCO IS IN
07NICOSIA986	CYPRUS: SESAME REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT -- STILL NOT QUITE [...] (U) Summary. On December 11 and 12, 2007, Cyprus hosted the Eleventh Meeting of the Council of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME). Per Ref e-mail, Post ECON Officer and ECON Specialist attended the meeting to follow up on developments. [...]	2007-12-14 13:57:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO CY
07OSLO347	NORWAY TO PURSUE ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 15:40:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SMIG NO
07OSLO762	NORWEGIANS LIKELY TO SUPPORT HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 14:14:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
07PARIS1011	UNESCO DG REACTS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS [...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura continues to engage member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." At a March 9 question and answer session with member states, the D [...]	2007-03-15 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS1066	(SBU) UNESCO -- INFORMATION MEETING ON TECHNICAL MISSION [...] (U) Summary and background: Six Arab state members of UNESCO have requested an extraordinary and unprecedented special meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss Israeli archaeological work on the ramp leading to the al-Mughrabi Gate on the Temple Mount. At the invitation of the Israeli [...]	2007-03-19 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS1192	UNESCO INTERNAL AUDITOR ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary. In an off-the-record conversation (please protect),UNESCO's Director of Internal Oversight Services (IOS): (i) offered a harsh professional view of the overall quality of the External Auditor's recent report on contracting procedures used to carry out UNESCO Education Sector refo [...]	2007-03-26 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNESCO
07PARIS123	UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR AWAITS CONCLUSIONS [...] Summary: On the margins of the January 9-12 meeting of the panel established to review UNESCO's Natural Sciences sector and Social and Human Sciences sector, there is uncertainty both in the delegations and in the secretariat as to what the review exercise might yield. This includes concern [...]	2007-01-11 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
07PARIS168	UNESCO CONFERENCE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND MEDIA [...] (SBU) UNESCO hosted a three-day international conference on the "Freedom of Expression and Media Development in Iraq" January 8-10 in Paris, bringing together over 300 participants, including 200 Iraqi journalists, some 20 members of the Iraqi parliament, government officials, and media owners [...]	2007-01-17 14:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL KDEM IZ
07PARIS254	UNESCO - FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH'S UNESCO ROUNDTABLE ON [...] Summary. On January 15, 2007, Ambassador Oliver moderated a Roundtable at UNESCO hosted by First Lady Laura Bush and Director General Matsuura on the topic, "Teacher Training and Literacy". The purpose of this roundtable was to highlight the First Lady's role as Honorary Ambassador for the UN [...]	2007-01-22 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL KPAO
07PARIS266	UNESCO: AFRICAN MIGRATION MEETING WITH ADG PIERRE SANE [...] An informal consultative meeting was held Wednesday, 17 January 2007 at UNESCO to discuss the issue of African Migration, in connection with the Executive Board resolution number 57, initially put forward by Senegal. 2. The meeting chaired by Pierre Sane, UNESCO's Assistant Director General [...]	2007-01-23 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL SOCI SMIG
07PARIS321	UNESCO: SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Summary: Ref A calls for posts to supply the names of influential women to be included in a roster of women leaders worldwide. We at the U.S. Mission believe that UNESCO can act as an effective multiplier on global issues, including those involving women's empowerment. End Summary. 2. [...]	2007-01-26 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KWMN PHUM PREL
07PARIS424	UNESCO REACTS TO UN HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS [...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura is engaging member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." In a recent standing-room-only information session attended by UNESCO staf [...]	2007-02-02 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS598	USUNESCO: INDIAN RESOLUTION ON RUMI INVOLVES US, IRAN, [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission was invited by the Indian delegation to a preview of a film by the Indian Film Director Muzaffar Ali on the prose of Mawlana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi Rumi, 12th century writer and mystic. In [...]	2007-02-15 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO KPAO PREL
07PARIS634	UNESCO REFORM: SECRETARIAT AND EXPERTS SPLIT ON WAY FORWARD [...] Summary: In recent weeks, there have been a number of meetings relating to the ongoing review of the Natural Sciences and Social and Human Sciences sectors. The panel itself met January 9-12. During that week, the Indian Ambassador held a January 10 dinner where guests included some panel ex [...]	2007-02-16 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
07PARIS779	JERUSALEM ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The excavation work at the Temple Mount site in Jerusalem has prompted calls at UNESCO by six Arab states for a rare special session of the Executive Board. Based on the its interpretation of a resolution negotiated between the Palestinian observer and the Israeli Ambassador i [...]	2007-03-01 05:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS915	USUNESCO - ADEQUATE MISSION STAFFING [...] I am very concerned about this mission's continuing ability to support the Secretary's program of transformational diplomacy after the departure this fall of our remaining reporting officer, Nancy Cooper. At that point the only Foreign Service Officers on my staff will be the DCM and the PAO. [...]	2007-03-09 13:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	APER UNESCO
07QUITO1680	CORREA LEGALIZES "INCIDENTAL" SHARK FISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20 President Rafael Correa signed a declaration legalizing the sale, transport and export of shark "caught incidentally in the catch of other fish." Political observers have called the move an effort to shore up votes from coastal fishermen in the upcoming September el [...]	2007-07-27 14:36:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS PHSA PGOV UNESCO EC
07QUITO2124	ECUADORIAN CONGRESS CENSURES ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 13 the Ecuadorian Congress censured Environment Minister Ana Alban in absentia when she failed to appear at a previously-scheduled hearing -- the second of Correa,s cabinet members to be censured in recent weeks. Despite a government statement of "total" support for [...]	2007-09-14 21:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV UNESCO EC
07QUITO2131	ECUADORIAN CONGRESS CENSURES ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 13 the Ecuadorian Congress censured Environment Minister Ana Alban in absentia when she failed to appear at a previously-scheduled hearing -- the second of Correa,s cabinet members to be censured in recent weeks. Despite a government statement of "total" support for [...]	2007-09-17 13:10:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV UNESCO EC
07RIGA593	LATVIA OPEN BUT NONCOMMITAL ON UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] PolEconOff delivered reftel points August 2 to the MFA's Gints Jegermanis, Head of Policy Planning Unit and Ambassador at large, and Aiga Liepina, Director of the Department of International Organizations and Human Rights. Both responded that the GOL is open to the reftel resolution to explore [...]	2007-08-03 15:56:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO LG
07ROME1584	ITALY WILL CONSIDER UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 16:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO IT
07SANJOSE1399	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] On July 25, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Director of the United Nations Organizations desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to Gisella Sanchez Castillo, Human Rights Director at the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA. 2. They [...]	2007-07-25 21:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS PREL UNESCO
07SANJOSE1503	COSTA RICA ENDORSES UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 21:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO CS
07SANSALVADOR1533	EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT UNESCO HOLOCAUST [...] (SBU) On August 9, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mario Rivera, MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs. Rivera noted that it had co-sponsored UN Resolution 61/255 and strongly condemned all forms of Holocaust denial. 2. (SBU) Rivera said that El Salvador would support the reftel UNESCO [...]	2007-08-09 23:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO ES
07SINGAPORE1880	SINGAPORE MOVES FROM OBSERVER TO MEMBER OF UNESCO [...] (U) Singapore rejoined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) October 8, after pulling out of the organization 22 years ago. Singapore became a full member of UNESCO in 1965 but withdrew from the group in 1985 citing unfair dues calculations and unhappines [...]	2007-10-10 09:37:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI CUL UNPAR UNESCO
07SINGAPORE1906	SINGAPORE TO SUPPORT UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 10:06:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI UNESCO SN
07SINGAPORE1919	SINGAPORE TO SUPPORT USG ELECTION TO UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 03:44:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI UNESCO SN
07SKOPJE612	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 17:05:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNESCO MK
07STATE32192	RESEND: MARSHALL PLAN 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6 & 7. 2. (U) The year 2007 marks the 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, arguably the most significant American diplomatic and economic initiative towards Europe in our nations, history. In the aftermath of World War II, the Marshall Plan r [...]	2007-03-14 16:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN FR KPAO SCUL UNESCO
07TALLINN496	ESTONIA SUPPORTS UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 12:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PHUM EN
07TBILISI1765	GEORGIA: UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 05:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO GG
07THEHAGUE1387	NETHERLANDS/UNESCO: SUPPORT FOR HOLOCAUST [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 08:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO NL
07TOKYO3452	HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED, JAPAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL JA
07TOKYO3508	JAPAN WILL SUPPORT HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL JA
07USUNNEWYORK496	UN INTERRELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) The UN has seen a number of initiatives recently to grapple with the "clash of civilizations" notion and the aftermath of last year's violence over Dutch cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. The initiative with the most wide-spread backing is the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC),whi [...]	2007-06-19 20:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KISL UNESCO UNGA
07VIENNA717	AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 21 to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the acting head of the Austrian MFA's Middle East Bureau. (The international organizations bureau referred us to their regional colleagues as the action office on this issue.) Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-le [...]	2007-03-21 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL UNESCO AU
07VILNIUS533	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS UNESCO ADDRESSING HOLOCAUST [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 13:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO PHUM SCUL LH
07WELLINGTON406	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR LOUISE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Louise Oliver to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from June 21 - July 2, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is [...]	2007-05-31 06:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA UNESCO NZ
07WELLINGTON544	NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE REQUEST: HOLOCAUST REMEBERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 03:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO
07ZAGREB734	HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 12:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNESCO HR
08ABUJA2140	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN CLONING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO NI
08ALGIERS1324	ALGERIA: FAROUK HOSNI UNESCO CANDIDACY THE TIP OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Algeria will likely adhere to the position adopted in an October 25 Algiers meeting of pan-African culture ministers endorsing the candidacy of Egyptian Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Secretary General. Ambassador told MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelha [...]	2008-12-22 11:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL PREL AG
08ALGIERS1326	ALGERIA: FAROUK HOSNI UNESCO CANDIDACY THE TIP OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Algeria will likely adhere to the position adopted in an October 25 Algiers meeting of pan-African culture ministers endorsing the candidacy of Egyptian Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Secretary General. Ambassador told MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelh [...]	2008-12-22 16:09:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL PREL AG
08AMMAN2147	JORDAN FEELS STYMIED ON MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Jordan, though it took a relatively conciliatory approach to the Mughrabi Gate Ascent issue at the recent meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Quebec, remains concerned that its equities are being ignored and that Israeli unilateralism will lead to a negative backlash. Note: Per ref [...]	2008-07-17 10:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG
08AMMAN2453	JORDANIAN FM CONVENES P5 AMBASSADORS ON HARAM [...] (C) Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, in a meeting convoked with less than a day's notice on August 21, convened the P5 Ambassadors in his office to convey Jordan's great concern that Israel was preparing - within the next month - to take unilateral steps to begin construction of a new ascent [...]	2008-08-21 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG
08AMMAN2483	MFA SEES ISRAEL AS NONRESPONSIVE ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) PolOff spoke on August 25 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Planning and Research Director Omar Nahar, the MFA's pointman on the subject of a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate. The conversation took place days after Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir's convocation of the P5 and ot [...]	2008-08-25 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG
08AMMAN2632	KING: JORDAN MAY BRING MUGHRABI GATE TO [...] (C) King Abdullah voiced his concerns to Ambassador on September 7 about Israel's plans for a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif. Repeating and emphasizing points that Jordanian officials have raised with increasing urgency over the past few weeks (re [...]	2008-09-10 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN2965	IMPLEMENTING MUGHRABI GATE PROJECT REMAINS [...] (C) The MFA's Director of Policy Planning and Research, Omar Nahar - Post's primary GOJ contact on the matter of planned construction of a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount - gave PolOff a readout of the GOJ's latest views on October 21. The meeting [...]	2008-10-28 11:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3354	UNESCO DG ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JO
08AMMAN3389	JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...]	2008-12-30 04:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO

08AMMAN3390	JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...]	2008-12-30 04:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08ANKARA2173	TURKEY/UNESCO: STILL UNDECIDED ON DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Cultural Affairs Section Head Orhan Cetinel December 24. Cetinel does not expect Turkey to decide on a UNESCO DG candidate until shortly before the Executive Council meets later in 2009, but observed that Turkey's criteria for a DG are broadly [...]	2008-12-24 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO TU
08ANTANANARIVO729	MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN CLONING [...] (SBU) On October 29, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Mialy Andrianaivo, Chief of Political and Security Affairs, and currently Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Andrianaivo was informed on the issue, having worked on the 2005 declaration, altho [...]	2008-10-31 05:25:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO UNESCO PREL MA
08ANTANANARIVO847	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MADAGASCAR HESITANT ON UNESCO [...] (C) On December 17, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation Harifera Rabemananjara. She reported that the GOM had received a request to support the Egyptian candidate, Farouk Hosni, as well as a Moroccan candidate (NOTE: Press reports indicate that the [...]	2008-12-18 13:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO MA
08ATHENS1706	GREECE: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 09:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR AMGT AORC APER UNGA UNESCO GG
08ATHENS1707	GREECE/UNESCO: POINTS DELIVERED ON UNESCO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on the UNESCO Director-General election on December 16 to Emmanuel Papadoyorgakis, Counselor for UN issues of the Greek MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Papadoyorgakis remarked that it would be "difficult" to find a [...]	2008-12-22 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO GR
08BAMAKO957	MALI: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 14:25:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO ML
08BANGKOK1027	THAI MFA FIELD TRIP SEEKS TO EXPLAIN PREAH VIHEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 01:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL TH CB
08BANGKOK1486	PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE: THAIS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama intended to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple during a May 14 trip to Cambodia. According to a Thai MFA official, Noppadon hoped to discuss with the RGC in general terms a possible joint statement on the management of the [...]	2008-05-15 02:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1818	PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE: THAI GOVERNMENT REVIEWS NEW [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata told Poloff on June 11 that, after completion of an ongoing survey by the military and the Royal Thai Survey Department, the RTG would formulate a position on the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map recently presented to the RTG in Paris. [...]	2008-06-13 07:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1877	THAI CABINET APPROVES CAMBODIAN MAP OF PREAHVIHEAR [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Cabinet approved the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map of Preah Vihear Temple, following approval by the National Security Council on June 16. MFA Second Secretary Suttamon Wiriyadamrong told us that MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata flew to Phnom Penh [...]	2008-06-18 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1878	THAI CABINET APPROVES CAMBODIAN MAP OF PREAH [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Cabinet approved the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map of Preah Vihear Temple, following approval by the National Security Council on June 16. MFA Second Secretary Suttamon Wiriyadamrong told us that MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata flew to Phnom Penh [...]	2008-06-18 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2167	THAIS DENY MILITARY INCURSION INTO CAMBODIA AFTER [...] (SBU) On July 15, a senior monk and two other Thais crossed into disputed territory between Thailand and Cambodia in protest of Preah Vihear temple's World Heritage status. Tempers flared on both sides when Cambodian and Thai press reported that large numbers of Thai troops had entered Cambodi [...]	2008-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2207	PREAH VIHEAR: TENSION, DIALOGUE, AND EMBASSY [...] (C) Tensions in the Thai-Cambodian border area remain high, with an influx of Thai soldiers to the area close to Preah Vihear temple. The Royal Thai Air Force is standing by to evacuate Thais from Cambodia should bilateral relations deteriorate dramatically before a Thai-Cambodian meeting of [...]	2008-07-18 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2233	PREAH VIHEAR: GBC TALKS END IN STALEMATE [...] (C) Thailand derived no definitive results from the July 21 General Border Committee (GBC) meeting with Cambodia, according to our MFA and military sources. The highest levels of the RTG were discussing possible next moves, an MFA official told us, although he declined to elaborate on what th [...]	2008-07-22 11:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2242	PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS URGE NO UNSC ACTION [...] (C) Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called in the Ambassador on July 23 to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple. Virasakdi explained he was meeting separately with the Chiefs of Mission of all UNSC member states to explain Thailand's opposition to Cambodia's reque [...]	2008-07-23 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS UNSC TH
08BANGKOK2259	PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS EXPRESS STRONG APPRECIATION [...] (C) In several telephone conversations with us July 24, senior Thai Foreign Ministry officials expressed deep thanks for what they perceived as strong U.S. support July 23 in the UNSC for Thai efforts to keep attempts to resolve the Preah Vihear dispute with Cambodia in a bilateral track. They [...]	2008-07-24 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS ETRD
08BANGKOK2260	PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS CLAIM JULY 28 MINISTERS' [...] (C) In the late afternoon of July 24, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi called the Ambassador and informed him that Prime Minister Samak had just called him (Virasakdi) to explain that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed that their Foreign Ministers would meet on July 28 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, t [...]	2008-07-24 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2294	PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA ON JULY 28 TALKS, DAO VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Bangkok's Defense Attache visited the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple on July 28; the atmosphere was calm, and there were no signs of a significant military build-up on the Thai side. The Foreign Ministry described the atmosphere of the July 28 Thai-Cambodian talks on Preah Vi [...]	2008-07-29 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2303	PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA BRIEFS ON TALKS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 30 briefing, a Thai senior MFA official discussed with a select group of diplomats the Thai-Cambodian dialogue on the Preah Vihear temple. (DCM and Poloff attended.) The Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand was present and, in a show of harmony, echoed many of the Thai p [...]	2008-07-30 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2359	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LAO HMONG, BURMA, SOUTH, AND [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on National Security Council Secretary General Surapol Puanaiyaka on August 4, in advance of Surapol's participation in the upcoming POTUS visit. Surapol appeared receptive to points the Ambassador made on Lao Hmong migrants, Burmese refugees, Prea [...]	2008-08-05 04:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SCUL UNESCO UNGA BM TH CB
08BANGKOK871	THAILAND'S VIEW OF THE PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Thailand supports UNESCO's inscription of the Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage Site as long as Thailand's territorial rights are preserved; the temple sits in Cambodian territory at a point where the Thai-Cambodian border is not demarcated. As MFA Deputy Director General for Eas [...]	2008-03-19 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL TH CB
08BEIJING4544	CHINA ON UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE [...] (C) PolOff on December 15 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Specialized UN Agencies Division Deputy Director Luo Xiaobo and Ministry of Education UNESCO Affairs Office Program Officer Ge Siying reftel points informing China of U.S. concerns over the candida [...]	2008-12-15 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO CH
08BEIRUT696	LEBANON: GOL REQUESTS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Elie Mekhael, Secretary General of the Council for Children at the Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) on May 7. Mekhael said he was very interested in attending the UNESCO Conference on the Counterradicalization of Youth being held in Bahrain June 15-17 [...]	2008-05-15 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC PGOV PREL PTER SOCI UNESCO LE
08BUDAPEST1208	HUNGARY'S VIEW ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:27:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO HU
08BUJUMBURA646	BURUNDI WILL CONSIDER DELAYING SUPPORT FOR UNESCO [...] (C) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, agreed that strong managerial skills and competent leadership are essential for the Direcor-General of UNESCO. He said Burundi would consi [...]	2008-12-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO BY
08CAIRO1050	EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF CULTURE'S ANTI-ISRAELI REMARKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF UNESCO EG IS
08CAIRO2584	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL - NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni's candidacy to be Director General of UNESCO will likely create a serious irritant in our bilateral relationship with the Egyptians, as well as a public diplomacy challenge here and in other Arab states. We have made clear our position an [...]	2008-12-30 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG
08DUBAI186	OIC SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER STRESSES UAE/US COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: On May 1 Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber visited Dubai to brief UAEG officials on his OIC mission and to encourage US/UAEG partnership on outreach efforts to the Muslim world. During his meeting with Minister of State for Cabinet Affai [...]	2008-05-14 12:04:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	OIC KISL UNESCO AORC PREL PGOV PHUM AE
08FREETOWN223	ENCOURAGING SIERRA LEONE PARTICIPATION IN JUNE [...] (SBU) On May 8, DCM met withwith Sierra Leone MFA Director General Ambassador Umaru Wurie to encourage Sierra Leone participation in the UNESCO Conference, and noted the particular interest in having Sierra Leone attend. DCM also shared a copy of the invitation letter from UNESCO Director Gen [...]	2008-05-13 16:09:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SL
08FREETOWN591	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed fully the candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Hosni for the post of UNESCO Director General with Acting Foreign Minister Vandi Minah on 12/18. 2. (C) Minah was attentive to our concerns, especially the issue of a stymied free press or burning of books. The idea [...]	2008-12-18 16:56:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL PINR SL
08GABORONE1128	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 14:54:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO BC
08ISLAMABAD1783	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL PHUM OXEM SOCI UNESCO
08KABUL1214	AFGHAN ATTENDANCE AT UNESCO CONFERENCE: YOUTH AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) The Afghan Ministry of Education nominated Kabul University Acting Chancellor Professor Mokamel Alkozai to participate in the UNESCO conference in Bahrain June 15-17: Youth at the Crossroads - A Future without Violent Radicalization (R [...]	2008-05-18 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC PREL SOCI UNESCO AF
08KIGALI856	DEMARCHES ON UNESCO, IRAN, SOMALIA, KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral and Bilateral Relations Director Kato Ninyetegeka on December 15. On the UNESCO candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Kosni (ref B),Ninyetegeka reacted immediately to the information on Kosni' [...]	2008-12-16 16:44:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNESCO PHUM KPKO PARM RW
08KINSHASA716	PODCASTING HITS THE CONGO [...] Summary: Embassy Kinshasa introduced a dozen radio journalists to the concept of podcasting, focusing on IIP's French website (http://www.America.gov/fr). Media representatives made a number of useful suggestions about how this multimedia tool can be used in the Congo and were clearly intere [...]	2008-08-29 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
08KINSHASA767	DRC PRESS MINISTER BANS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 10, 2008 Press Minister Emile Bongeli signed a decree shutting down five Kinshasa TV stations for allegedly running afoul of national media laws. A local human rights group depicts the ban as unsubstantiated and an attack on freedom of speech targeting opposition [...]	2008-09-16 10:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
08KUALALUMPUR1091	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 08:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI UNESCO MY
08KUWAIT1201	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOSNI LIKELY TO BE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNESCO KU
08LISBON2791	PORTUGAL: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 10:41:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO PO
08LISBON286	PORTUGAL: CY 2007 STAFFING LISTS AND BUDGETARY [...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Smale, [...]	2008-02-04 12:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO
08LONDON3132	HMG SHARES USG CONCERNS ON UNESCO DG [...] (C) William Gatward of the FCO's International Organizations Department (Specialized Agencies Team) told Poloff that HMG was not in favor of Egypt's nomination of Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for Director General (DG) of UNESCO, but had made no official decision. Gatward said that Hosni is "not [...]	2008-12-15 17:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNESCO UK
08MADRID1365	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (U) Econoff spoke with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization (WTO),on December 30 to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. As in prior years, Molina expressed regret that she was unable to provide the information requested since th [...]	2008-12-30 13:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POL UN UNESCO
08MADRID90	SPAIN: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 07:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN APECO UNESCO SP
08MANAMA12	BAHRAIN OFFERS TO HOST UNESCO CONFERENCE TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa on January 8 to discuss a proposed UNESCO conference aimed at countering extremist influence among young people worldwide. The conference would address problems ranging from the recruitment of child soldiers in Africa, to [...]	2008-01-14 10:59:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UNESCO KISL BA
08MANAMA288	VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER TO BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-04 12:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KV SA BA
08MANAMA472	UNESCO CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PROACTIVE APPROACHES [...] (U) Bahrain hosted a U.S.-funded UNESCO conference under the title "Youth at the Crossroads: A Future Without Violent Radicalization" June 15-17 in Manama. The conference brought together over 100 representatives of community-based and national youth programs from around the world to focus on [...]	2008-07-16 13:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KISL PHUM UNESCO BA
08MOSCOW3199	RUSSIA INTERIM RESPONSE: UNESCO MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 13:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO RS
08MOSCOW3650	RUSSIAN POSITION ON HUMAN CLONING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 03:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO RS
08MOSCOW3685	RUSSIA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION ON THE UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO EG RS
08NASSAU896	BAHAMAS: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points regarding the UNESCO Director-General election to Marilyn Zonicle, Under Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 15. Ms. Zonicle took down the details but made no reply. Later, speaking on another matter, she told PolOff that, having [...]	2008-12-18 20:07:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO BF
08NEWDELHI1264	GOI INTENDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNESCO YOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OEXC SOCI UNESCO IN
08NEWDELHI2009	WHILE GOI STILL MIFFED AT UNESCO DEFERMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 8 UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec, the International Council on Museum and Monuments (ICOMOS) advised the committee to defer India's nomination -- the River Island of Majuli in Assam -- because of questions surrounding its authenticity, safety, and [...]	2008-07-22 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
08OSLO672	NORWAY FLOATS IDEA OF NORDIC ALTERNATIVE UNESCO DG [...] (C) Deputy Director of the UN section of the Norwegian MFA, Lars Petter Henie, has raised concerns abut the UNESCO candidates independently before with poloff. Norway is very unhappy with the prospect of "an anti-Semite keen on burning Israeli books" (Henie's words) as DG of UNESCO. In respon [...]	2008-12-17 08:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO NO
08PARIS1029	UNESCO SPRING EXECUTIVE BOARD: POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's April 1-17 Executive Board was a success for the United States. On the whole, we enjoyed good working relations with countries in other geographic groups. Regional voting blocs and economic and other groupings, such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G-77 initi [...]	2008-05-30 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU IR KPAL KV PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO VE XF
08PARIS1054	UNESCO - ISRAEL AMBASSADOR'S VISIT 28 MAY [...] (U) Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO Kornbluth met with Ambassador Oliver on May 28 to review possible issues of concern that might be raised during the upcoming World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec next month. Negative Sites on the World Heritage List 2. (SBU) Ambassador Kornbluth b [...]	2008-06-03 13:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL KPAL XF FR IS JO
08PARIS1073	WORLD HERITAGE WORKING GROUP ON ELECTION OF MEMBERS - PARIS [...] (U) Summary: The second session of the Working Group meeting to examine issues concerning the election of members of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) made little progress, as expected, but advanced on defining the key points to consider. End summary. 2. (U) The open-ended Working Group [...]	2008-06-04 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
08PARIS1172	THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. agencies, including those involved in international trade agreements, need to keep a careful eye on the efforts of the government of Belgium's French-speaking community to enlist UNESCO -- in an unhelpful way -- in the fight against fly-by-night diploma mills in Africa and [...]	2008-06-23 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL ETRD ECA BE XA
08PARIS1177	UNESCO - UPDATE ON HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION NEXT STEPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Warning that Washington's end of fiscal year budget priorities will be finalized soon, the US again asked UNESCO's education sector for details on the recommendations it will present to the upcoming Executive Board on Holocaust education. ADG Education Burnett promised to deliver [...]	2008-06-23 14:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
08PARIS1418	UNESCO BRIEFING ON THE NOVEMBER 2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary: On June 27, 2008, UNESCO briefed Member States on the organization of the November 2008 International Conference on Education (ICE) sponsored by UNESCO's Bureau of International Education (IBE) to be held in Geneva. The topic of this conference is "Inclusive Education: The Way of the [...]	2008-07-24 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL BE
08PARIS2229	FRENCH MFA IN A BIND OVER EGYPTIAN UNESCO CANDIDACY [...] (S/NF) IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman, expressing a personal view that she suggested many colleagues shared, conceded to Pol M/C that the candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Director-General (DG) was a "shocking nomination" but she stressed France was in awkward st [...]	2008-12-09 18:25:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	UNESCO FR
08PARIS2266	IBC MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING [...] The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of UNESCO met October 28-29, 2008, followed, October 30-31, by a joint meeting of the IBC and the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC),to discuss what the IBC should recommend to the Director General on possible action by UNESCO with respect [...]	2008-12-15 14:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO
08PARIS2304	GOF STRUGGLES OVER EGYPTIAN UNESCO CANDIDATE; [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S-Equivalent Berman confirmed December 11 to IO A/S Hook, CDA and Pol M/C the grave reservations at the MFA about the Egyptian candidate for UNESCO Director-General, whom she labeled an anti-Semite. She spoke frankly of the difficulties stemming from Sarkozy's 2007 commitme [...]	2008-12-19 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KPKO FR
08PARIS403	MAKING THE KOREAN DMZ A WORLD HERITAGE SITE [...] The Belgian Embassy assembled United States, Canadian, Australian, Luxembourg, and South Korean diplomats March 3 to listen to a proposal by Baron Simon-Pierre Nothomb, head of Belgium's association of Korean War Veterans. Nothomb suggested that a fitting memorial to the Korean War dead would b [...]	2008-03-05 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL TBIO KS KN
08PARIS438	UNESCO: MEETING WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's Deputy Director, Marcio Barbosa, expressed his pride regarding UNESCO's role in the technical discussions on the Mughrabi Gate; his efforts to improve UNESCO's visibility and communications, and his work in relation to the Science sector review. He also spoke about nex [...]	2008-03-11 10:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL IS
08PARIS529	UNESCO - GROUP I MEETING PRE-EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] Summary: The US candidate for the IPDC Bureau was endorsed by Group I at its first Israeli-chaired meeting. Other candidates for IPDC and IFAP were also approved by the Group. Norway briefed the Discussion Group on Executive Board issues, with special mention regarding procedures for the ele [...]	2008-03-19 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
08PARIS568	UNESCO - DECENTRALIZATION AND THE ONE UN [...] Summary: Briefing Member States on UNESCO's progress regarding decentralization and the "One UN", D-G Matsuura indicated he is pleased with the efforts made to date to integrate UNESCO into the concept, and that he will work to improve issues of concern like staff rotation and program coordin [...]	2008-03-26 13:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
08PARIS570	UNESCO - PREAH VIHEAR TECHNICAL MEETING PARIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Without the Thai or American experts present, UNESCO's Culture Sector organized a two-day technical meeting on Preah Vihear in Paris March 25-26. It was clear that there are many serious issues that have not been thought through by the Cambodians. These will require agreement w [...]	2008-03-26 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
08PARIS669	UNESCO - WORLD HERITAGE BANDARIN DEBRIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: Preah Vihear and Jerusalem were the key subjects in an hour-long discussion with World Heritage Director Bandarin, noting several issues that could provide difficulties during the World Heritage Committee meeting in July. End summary. 2. (SBU) State Department IO Deputy Assis [...]	2008-04-10 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
08PARIS674	FRANCE OFFERS VIEWS ON FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA AND WIPO [...] (SBU) IO DAS Gerry Anderson met with MFA Deputy Director for United Nations and International Organization Affairs Marc Giacomini and several staffers April 10 for a tour d'horizon of a number of current IO issues, including financing, reform and upcoming elections at FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA [...]	2008-04-11 14:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FAO UNESCO UNDP IAEA WIPO FR
08PARIS877	UNESCO - ISRAEL AMBASSADOR'S VISIT 5 MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO DG Matsuura is planning a trip to Israel and Ramallah in mid-June. It will be the DG's first visit to Palestine. The Israelis have asked the DG to send Deputy DG Barbosa to Quebec in July to assist with the World Heritage Committee negotiations on World Heritage sites i [...]	2008-05-06 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL KPAL XF FR
08PARIS889	UNESCO - Internationalized Domain Names [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNESCO held a May 6, 2008 Information Meeting on Internationalized Domain Names (IDN),entitled "Using Your Script to Access the Internet." Assistant Director General (ADG) for Communication and Information (CI) Abdul Waheed Khan (India) hosted, with the Latvian Ambassador to U [...]	2008-05-09 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KPAO EAID EINT ETRD
08PARISFR1185	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: The race to succeed UNESCO Director-General Matsuura (Japan) is on in earnest, even though UNESCO's General Conference will not make the final selection until October 2009. Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Husni was the first to enter the race, but he has hurt his chances with a s [...]	2008-06-24 09:54:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNESCO EG MO BU BR LH CO
08PARISFR1500	PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY REVISITED [...] Summary. UNESCO briefed member states on July 16 on its new publications policy. The Director of UNESCO's Bureau of Public Information, Nino Munoz Gomez (BPI),explained to member states the measures taken to ensure the quality of UNESCO's publications. He met some considerable skepticism, m [...]	2008-08-01 13:27:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC SCUL
08PARISFR1944	JERUSALEM - MUGHRABI GATE AT UNESCO'S 180TH EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: At its autumn (180th) session, UNESCO's Executive Board had great difficulty achieving consensus on a decision regarding the proposed Mughrabi ascent to Jerusalem's Temple Mount. For the first time Jordan and the Palestinians insisted on involving the Chairman of the Executive B [...]	2008-10-23 12:33:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL KPAL JO IS
08PARISFR1945	UNESCO SETS DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION PROCEDURES [...] UNESCO's Executive Board at its session ending October 21 established the procedures for electing Director-General Koichiro Matsuura's successor when the latter's term expires November 2009. The Board settled on the following steps: A) Immediately after the conclusion of the Board's autumn 20 [...]	2008-10-23 13:37:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL PREL
08PARISFR1993	INFORMATION MEETING - WORLD CONFERENCE ON HIGHER [...] (U) UNESCO held an information meeting on Tuesday, 28 October, concerning next year's World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE),which will take place at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, July 5-8, 2009. 2. (U) Director-General Matsuura opened the session with a few comments on the importanc [...]	2008-10-30 12:06:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
08PARISFR1999	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD BODY PLANS TO TEST NEW CONSTRAINTS [...] Summary. Strong U.S. leadership was needed at the UNESCO Executive Board's September 30-October 17, 2008 session in order to vindicate the right of any Executive Board Member State to "observe" the private meetings of any subsidiary body of the Board, even if that Member State is not a formal [...]	2008-10-31 08:23:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PHUM
08PARISFR2007	BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES AT UNESCO'S AUTUMN 2008 [...] Summary: UNESCO's Executive Board at its autumn 2008 Executive Board meeting (September 30-October 21) set in motion the process of preparing the program and budget for the 2010-2012 biennium. In this regard, the Board merely took note of the Director General's plea for a Zero Real Growth (ZRG [...]	2008-11-03 09:35:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO AORC
08PARISFR2103	DG CANDIDACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As instructed, Ambassador Oliver met with the Ambassador of Egypt to UNESCO to inform her that the U.S. would be unable to support their candidate for the position of the next Director General of UNESCO. Ambassador Oliver also had conversations on this matter with the UNESCO Amba [...]	2008-11-14 16:48:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO AORC
08PARISFR2105	UNESCO HOSTS EDUCATION CONFERENCE ON IRAQ [...] Summary: On October 30 - November 1, 2008 UNESCO and the First Lady of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, hosted the International Conference on the Right to Education in Crisis-Affected Countries entitled "Stop Jeopardizing the Future of Iraq" in Paris. Director General Matsuura op [...]	2008-11-14 17:44:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC UNESCO KEDU FR IZ QA JO USAID
08PARISFR2106	UNESCO'S AUTUMN 2008 EXECUTIVE BOARD: Category 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: At UNESCO's autumn 2008 Executive Board, the U.S. clashed with a coalition of developing countries over Category 2 institutes - independent institutes that are paid for by their host countries but are under the aegis of UNESCO. Led by India and South Africa, these countries res [...]	2008-11-17 06:36:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL SCUL NI BN SF IN
08PARISFR2119	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE: OBTAINING FRENCH SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of France (GOF) does not want the Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to become UNESCO's next Director General and are looking for a way to escape from President Sarkozy's informal statements of support made to President Mubarak in the autumn of 2007. Reiteration [...]	2008-11-18 18:20:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO FR EG
08PARISFR2144	LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Ambassador to UNESCO has asked for meetings with the Japanese and French Ambassadors to UNESCO to find out if the Government of Japan (GOJ) and the Government of France (GOF) are supporting the Egyptian candidate for the next Director General of UNESCO. The results o [...]	2008-11-21 16:00:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL FR JA EG IS NO
08PARISFR2153	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE - COMMENTS BY JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with UNESCO'S Japanese Ambassador, UNESCO's Egyptian Ambassador learned that the Government of Japan will insist on supporting the strongest candidate for the UNESCO position of Director General, regardless of where that individual comes from. End Summary. [...]	2008-11-25 12:23:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL EG JA
08PARISFR2202	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL SUCCESSION: CONVERSATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Mexican and Swedish UNESCO Ambassadors told Ambassador Oliver that their respective countries will oppose the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni for the position of Director General of UNESCO. The Mexican Ambassador also expressed misgivings about the pos [...]	2008-12-04 17:01:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL FR SW MX BR
08PARISFR2209	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL SUSSESSION: CONVERSATIONS [...] (C) Summary: UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Africa told Ambassador Oliver that he does not believe that African countries will endorse Egypt's candidate for Director General of UNESCO Farouk Hosni at the African Union Conference in mid-January. Ambassador Oliver also discussed the [...]	2008-12-05 15:09:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL FR CH SP PK KU
08PARISFR2220	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: BELGIAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Ambassador to UNESCO told Ambassador Oliver December 5 that Belgium does not support the candidacy of Egypt's Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, for UNESCO's next Director General (DG). The Belgian Ambassador also speculated on the possibility that Ingrid Bettancour [...]	2008-12-08 16:58:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO BE IT CO
08PARISFR2227	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: JORDANIAN AND INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Ambassador Oliver, the Jordanian Ambassador to UNESCO said that Egypt will move ahead with its candidate for the next Director General (DG) of UNESCO unless it decides that its candidate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, would have serious difficulty gettin [...]	2008-12-09 16:39:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JO FR EG IN CU VE BR RS AR
08PARISFR2260	HFAC STAFFER KILLION MEETING WITH UNESCO ADG EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: ADG Burnett expressed his hope that the U.S. will continue to play a key role in education at UNESCO. While not getting out in front of the DG, he let us know that he intends to keep Mrs. Bush involved in literacy, and will be extending an invitation to Mrs. Biden regarding her p [...]	2008-12-12 17:36:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL UNESCO
08PARISFR2261	KILLION MEETING WITH DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO KOICHIRO [...] (C) Summary: Director-General Matsuura stressed his desire to maintain a strong American connection to UNESCO's work in education, despite the upcoming change in administration, by telling us that he planned to invite Mrs. Bush to a 26 January high-level meeting on literacy, and would be askin [...]	2008-12-12 17:36:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL UNESCO AORC PREL
08PARISFR2263	KILLION MEETING WITH PERUVIAN AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO HARRY [...] (C) Summary: Offering a possible Latin solution to bring new candidates into the DG race, Peru's Ambassador to UNESCO suggested that journalist, author and essayist Vargas Llosa has expressed interest in running. He also discussed the problems posed by the rift within the Latin American elec [...]	2008-12-15 07:13:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO PE
08PARISFR2265	UNESCO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION [...] Summary: Approximately 153 UNESCO member states attended the 48th session of the International Conference on Education hosted by UNESCO's International Bureau of Education in Geneva November 25-28, 2008. Held every four years, the IBE conference brings together Ministers of Education, repres [...]	2008-12-15 14:43:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC UNESCO AID SCUL ECA
08PARISFR2268	HFAC STAFFER MEETS ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Kornbluth said that he would maintain a low-profile stance regarding Egypt's DG candidate Farouk Hosni, but provided new quotes to bolster the case against the Egyptian. On Mughrabi gate, Kornbluth said that no matter how far they bend in trying to find a conci [...]	2008-12-15 15:01:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO IS
08PARISFR2270	KILLION METING WITH UNESCO DDG [...] (C) Summary: Noting Brazil's reluctance to lose another international election, DDG Barbosa explained that when he feels there is adequate support, President Lula will throw Barbosa's name into the DG race hat. End summary. 2. (C) Senior U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Comm [...]	2008-12-15 16:35:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO AORC
08PARISFR2313	A/S HOOK'S MEETING WITH UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: DG Matsuura called for vigilance by Member States regarding UNESCO's future, to lock in the gains made during his tenure. He also expressed appreciation for the U.S.'s role in literacy efforts, and was pleased Mrs. Bush would continue her work for UNESCO beyond January 2009. En [...]	2008-12-23 10:33:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO IS JO
08PARISFR2314	A/S HOOK'S MEETINGS WITH CZECH AND JAPANESE AMBASSADORS TO [...] (C) Summary: Both the Japanese and Czech Ambassadors to UNESCO clearly signaled to A/S Hook their opposition to Egyptian Culture Minister Hosni's candidacy for UNESCO Director General. The Czech Ambassador pushed for opening the race to new candidates and stressed the need for a top-level co [...]	2008-12-23 10:34:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EZ JA
08PARISFR2315	A/S HOOK'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UNESCO SECRETARIAT STAFF [...] (C) Summary: IO Assistant Secretary Hook raised the DG election problem as well as the Mughrabi Gate issue in meetings with UNESCO Deputy Director and Chief of Staff. Both were concerned at the prospect that Egypt's Culture minister might succeed Director General Matsuura and put at risk man [...]	2008-12-23 10:35:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
08PARISFR2332	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] Begin Summary. During its week-long second ordinary meeting, the 24-member Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions ("the IGC" or "the Committee") took decisive action on each of the items on its agenda, although two items (prefere [...]	2008-12-29 12:12:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO USTR WIPO WTRO KIPR
08PHNOMPENH578	PREAH VIHEAR: TENSIONS STILL HIGH AS FACE-OFF [...] (C) Cambodian sources seemed increasingly anxious about continued tension along the Thai-Cambodian border July 17. A Cambodian official told the Ambassador that the RGC is seeking a face-to-face meeting early next week. A senior armed forces (RCAF) official text messaged the acting Defense [...]	2008-07-17 10:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB

08PHNOMPENH581	PREAH VIHEAR: TENSION UNLIKELY TO DISSIPATE [...] (C) Summary: Reftel A provides a solid update on the evolving situation along the Thai-Cambodian border near Preah Vihear temple. Embassies Phnom Penh and Bangkok had a number of good exchanges during the course of the day to double-track information coming from Thai and Cambodian sources. C [...]	2008-07-18 13:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH631	PREAH VIHEAR: GAG ORDER? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cambodian government circulated the same summary of Monday's Siem Reap meeting as provided by the RTG to Embassy Bangkok (Ref A.) Throughout this busy, post-election week, Cambodian officials have been notably silent on the subject of Preah Vihear. Prime Minister Hun Sen t [...]	2008-07-31 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08PORTAUPRINCE1742	HAITI ON THE UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 17:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO HA
08PORTLOUIS375	MAURITIUS NOT ATTENDING BIOETHICS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 12:05:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO UNGA MP
08PRAGUE802	CZECHS PREFER WAITING FOR BETTER UNESCO D-G [...] (C) Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Department officer Milan Kunar commented that the Czechs have serious reservations about Egypt's anticipated candidate for UNESCO Director-General, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni. Like the USG, the GOCR does not believe he is the right person for the jo [...]	2008-12-23 13:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EZ EUN
08QUITO1156	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 16 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on December 18 when she returned from travel. Puma stated that the MFA had not yet decided who it would support, and would only [...]	2008-12-19 17:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO EC
08RABAT1191	MOROCCO UNDERSTANDS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UNESCO [...] (C) Poloff relayed U.S. concerns regarding the potential candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the position of UNESCO Director-General to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Candidatures and Contributions for the United Nations and International Organizations Ms. R [...]	2008-12-24 07:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO MO
08RABAT418	MOROCCO CONSIDERS PARTICIPATION IN UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO MO
08RABAT572	MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT573	MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:22:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08ROME1587	ITALY SHARES CONCERN OVER HOSNI CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO IT
08SANSALVADOR1389	EL SALVADOR HAS NO OPINION YET ON UNESCO DG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 20:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO ES
08SANSALVADOR561	EL SALVADOR HOPES TO ATTEND UNESCO CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 19:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO ES
08SANTIAGO1109	CHILE EAGER FOR INFORMATION ON UNESCO CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 18:15:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO CI
08SEOUL2268	DEMARCHE ON RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 07:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PRES KS
08SEOUL2428	UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 06:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL KS
08STOCKHOLM436	STOCKHOLM: REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT - OPENING SESAME STILL [...] (U) Summary: On June 9 and 10, 2008, Sweden hosted the Twelfth Meeting of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) project. The main expected benefits are closer cooperation in the Middle East, advances in science geared toward regional issu [...]	2008-06-16 13:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO SW
08TBILISI2419	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON DIRECTOR-GENERAL UNESCO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on December 17. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]	2008-12-18 09:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1131	HONDURAS LIKES THE IDEA OF A LATIN AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AR BB BR CI EC MX PE PREL UNESCO VC
08TELAVIV1285	ISRAEL EXPECTS TO RELEASE EQUIPMENT FOR WAQF [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel points, MFA Acting Director for International Organizations Eli Ben-Tura told PolOff June 16 that the GOI expects to release "in the very near future" the shipment of technical equipment destined for use by the Jerusalem Waqf to preserve Islamic-era manuscripts. Ben- [...]	2008-06-16 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL KWBG JO IS
08TELAVIV2581	UNESCO: GOI REQUESTS URGENT CONSULTATIONS TO [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organizations Tibor Shalev-Schlosser approached poloff on the margins of an unrelated meeting to convey what he called an urgent message about the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni to be the next Director-General of UNESCO. According to [...]	2008-11-20 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EG IS
08THEHAGUE507	NETHERLANDS/UNESCO: UNABLE TO PRODUCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 16:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	NL UNESCO
08WARSAW1264	UNESCO MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 13:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO UNESCO PL
08YEREVAN1012	ARMENIA TO BACK EGYPT'S CULTURE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on December 16 to Tziunik Aghajanian, Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aghajanian said Armenia has long committed to supporting the candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to be the next [...]	2008-12-16 16:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO AM
09ABUDHABI995	UNESCO Eternalizes the Tango at Intangible Cultural [...] (SBU) Summary. UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage named the first intangible cultural heritage elements at its fourth extraordinary session in Abu Dhabi September 28 to October 2. Ambassador Richard Olson attended the opening ceremony [...]	2009-10-22 11:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL UNESCO KPAO AE
09ABUJA1615	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche with U.S. views on the race for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Director-General to Nigerian Foreign Ministry Second United Nations Division Director Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim on August 27. 2. (C) Without prompti [...]	2009-09-01 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNESCO UNSC NI EG BN TZ
09ADDISABABA1955	ETHIOPIA UNDECIDED ON UNESCO ELECTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mesfin Midekssa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Specialized International Agencies, on August 11. Mesfin stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) had not yet decided which candidate to support in the UNESCO Director-General race, but that [...]	2009-08-12 06:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO ET
09AMMAN2126	MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN SET TO REMAIN OBSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With the standoff over Mughrabi Gate as intractable as ever, Jordan is again opting for a strategy of obstructionism. Prior to his departure for the UNESCO meetings in Paris, MFA Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber again indicated that Jordan would not respond to Israeli overture [...]	2009-09-16 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IS JO KWBG PREL UNESCO
09AMMAN638	JORDAN NOMINATES TAYSEER AL-NOAIMI FOR UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 07:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO JO
09AMMAN669	STRIDENT GOJ LANGUAGE WITH U.S. ON MUGHRABI GATE, [...] (C) Summary: While Jordanian fears that Israel will unilaterally rebuild the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif have cropped up periodically since the original ramp was damaged by heavy rains in 2004, over the past year the matter has been raised in increasingly strident [...]	2009-03-16 11:21:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL UNESCO IS JO
09ASHGABAT1045	AN IRANIAN UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE'S VIEW FROM THE [...] (C) On August 13, Public Affairs Officer hosted UNESCO Educational Program Officer, G. Reza Samarbakhsh for a discussion of joint programming opportunities. Samarbakhsh, an Iranian citizen, works out of the UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office, but has oversight of UNESCO educational programs in Afg [...]	2009-08-18 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX UNESCO
09ASHGABAT1182	IRAN: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? XXXXXXXXXXXX DIPLOMAT SHARES HIS PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX's advised in a recent conversation with Ashgabat Iran Watcher that the U.S. would be ill-advised to begin talks with Iran, that it would be great disappointment to Iranians who have found hope in President Obama's message of change. He called Iran's leadership "untrustwort [...]	2009-09-16 11:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX UNESCO
09ATHENS1429	Demarche Delivered: UNESCO Director-General Election [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 14:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO GR
09BANGKOK2019	UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED; THAI MFA SHARES ITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UNESCO UN TH
09BANGKOK2599	THAI CANDIDACY FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TH UNESCO
09BEIJING2355	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE [...] (SBU) PolOff August 14 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Specialized Agencies Division Deputy Director Qiao Huijun reftel points on U.S. views with regard to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Director-Genera [...]	2009-08-14 07:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO CH
09BELGRADE950	SERBIA WILL SUPPORT EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO HEAD [...] (SBU) Following through on a commitment from President Tadic to President Mubarak, Serbia intends to support the Egyptian candidate in the September 17 vote for the next Director-General of UNESCO. Given the nature of the promise, and its willingness to spurn Russia's candidate in favor of t [...]	2009-08-26 10:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SR
09BOGOTA2612	COLOMBIA BACKS AUSTRIAN FOR UNESCO DG [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO CO AORC
09BRATISLAVA121	SLOVAKIA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR UNESCO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 14:13:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UNESCO LO
09BUENOSAIRES817	ARGENTINE CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO SEEKS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daniel Filmus, Argentina's former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, is now running for President of UNESCO 35th Conference. He seeks U.S. support for his candidacy. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The Argentine MFA hosted a meeting for chiefs of mission on July 8 to pro [...]	2009-07-13 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL AORC UNESCO AR
09BUENOSAIRES938	ARGENTINA STILL UNDECIDED ON UNESCO [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns raised reftel points with Argentine MFA International Organizations Directorate Christian Hotton and asked if Argentina had decided which candidate it would support in the September elections for UNESCO Director-General. Hotton indicated that Argentina had not yet decid [...]	2009-08-14 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL AR
09CAIRO1912	CORRECTED COPY - UNESCO VOTE INCITES PRESS, GOE READY TO MOVE ON REF: A. PARIS 1301 B. CAIRO 1804 CAIRO 00001912 001.3 OF 002 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 14:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG
09CAIRO217	GOE RESUMES PRESS FOR HOSNY UNESCO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG
09CONAKRY553	GOG REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNESCO CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Embassy is in receipt of a diplomatic note from the Guinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs notifying the U.S. Government of Guinea's intent to present itself as a candidate for membership to the following UNESCO organs: - Council for the Bureau of International Education (BIE) - Intergov [...]	2009-09-11 14:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNESCO GV
09DARESSALAAM265	TANZANIA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] (U) MFA Director of Multilateral Cooperation Begum Taj advised Poloff April 17 that Tanzania had just announced its candidate for Director General of UNESCO and sought US support. The diplomatic note formally introducing the candidate, Professor Sospeter Muhongo, has been forwarded to AF/E. [...]	2009-04-24 07:59:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO TZ
09DJIBOUTI1203	DJIBOUTIAN CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Djibouti requests USG support for its candidacy for the UNESCO Executive Board. According to UNESCO's website, the election of Members of the Executive Board will occur on October 14, with ballots distributed the evening of October 13. Post strongly recommend [...]	2009-10-13 16:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO DJ FR XA
09HANOI534	VIETNAM SEEKS POSITION ON UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] Post is relaying the unofficial translation text of GVN Diplomatic Note No. 272/NG-VHDN-UNESCO. Originals will be sent via email and pouch. 2. Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam presents its compliments to the Embassy of United States of Amer [...]	2009-06-10 06:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNESCO VM
09KAMPALA913	DEMARCHE: GOU UNDECIDED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:38:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO UG
09KINGSTON481	JAMAICA RESPONSE TO 2009 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION [...] (U) The following is Post's response to questions listed in reftel regarding staffing and employee data at International organizations. 2. (U) Staff of the International Seabed Authority are listed below by name, title, nationality, category and level: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL --- [...]	2009-06-16 20:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO JM
09KINGSTON606	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 15:31:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO JM XL
09KINGSTON669	JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 27, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/141/3) "Ref. No. 50/141/3 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica p [...]	2009-09-02 19:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SOCI PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON86	JAMAICA: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 13:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN UNESCO JM XL
09KINSHASA762	DEMARCHED DELIVERED TO GDRC ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points August 13 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy expressed understanding and appreciation for our promotion of the UNESCO Director-General candidates from Austria, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Lithuania, and Tanzania. [...]	2009-08-18 14:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNESCO CG
09KUALALUMPUR664	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 00:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO MY
09KUWAIT797	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK TO SUPPORT HOSNI FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel points on the September 17 UNESCO Director-General elections, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Counselor Jasem Al-Najem told PolOff on August 11 that Kuwait plans to vote for Egyptian candidate Farouk Hosni. 2. (C) Al-Najem added that the A [...]	2009-08-13 08:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KU
09LISBON444	PORTUGAL ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] (U) Poleconoff delivered reftel points on August 12 to Frederico Nascimento of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Nascimento thanked us for our input and said Portugal's preferred candidate will be decided in early September. 2. (C [...]	2009-08-13 14:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL PO
09LISBON51	PORTUGAL: CY 2008 STAFFING LISTS AND BUDGETARY [...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Smale, [...]	2009-01-26 14:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO
09LUSAKA649	MORE ON ZAMBIAN PREPARATIONS FOR UNGA, UN HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. The Zambian Government (GRZ) is inclined to call for measures to address human rights problems in Burma, North Korea, and Sudan at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council. A senior Foreign Ministry official voiced some displeasure with Zambia's tendency to engage in bloc [...]	2009-09-22 08:44:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC UNESCO KV CU BM ZA
09MADRID821	SPAIN: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 11:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO SP
09MEXICO741	MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACIES TO [...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note dated February 20, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, has advised us that Mexico is seeking election to the following subsidiary organs of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the elections schedu [...]	2009-03-12 22:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL USUN UNESCO MX
09NEWDELHI1886	UNDECIDED INDIA MAY FOLLOW NAM CONSENSUS ON UNESCO [...] (C) MEA's Joint Secretary for UN Economic and Social Division Taranjit Sandhu told PolCouns on September 4 that India had not yet made a commitment to any of the nine candidates running for UNESCO's Director-General post. According to Sandhu, the GOI is waiting for Non-Aligned Movement member [...]	2009-09-10 10:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	AU EC EG PREL UNESCO IN
09OTTAWA67	ITALIAN AMBASSADOR SEEKS UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Italian Ambassador to Canada Gabriele Sardo met with Charge d'Affaires on January 21 to sound out the U.S. response to himself as a candidate for Director-General of UNESCO. Ambassador Sardo, who noted he had served as Italy's Ambassador to UNESCO from 1998 to 2002 and as First Counselor [...]	2009-01-23 16:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO CA IT
09OUAGADOUGOU170	BURKINA FASO REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR WORLD HERITAGE SITE [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. On February 16, 2009, Post received a dipnote officially requesting U.S. support for Burkina Faso's request to name the Loropeni Ruins in Western Burkina Faso as a UNESCO World Heritage Site during the upcoming June World Heritage Commi [...]	2009-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OPDC UNESCO UV
09PARIS216	WORLD HERITAGE WORKING GROUP ON ELECTION OF MEMBERS - PARIS [...] (U) Summary: The third meeting the Kondo working group on the reform of procedures for election to the World Heritage Committee (WHC) ended leaving several loose ends to deal with in May, and some recommendations that will guarantee future debates on the subject of equitable representation on t [...]	2009-02-12 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL
09PARIS961	IO A/S BRIMMER REVIEWS UN AGENDA WITH FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Assistant Secretary Dr. Esther Brimmer discussed the campaign to select a new UNESCO Director General, the Human Rights Council (HRC),UNSC Reform, and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding operations with her MFA counterpart Sylvie Bermann and separately with MFA Special Advisor Eric Ch [...]	2009-07-17 06:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM UNESCO FR
09PARISFR1137	UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE ENTERS THE LAST LAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Farouk Hosni leads the pack in the race to be UNESCO's next Director-General. He appears to have 20-25 votes of the 30 needed to obtain the endorsement of UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board. Notably, he has recently picked up support from India which, added to Brazil [...]	2009-08-18 15:26:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO EG AU EC BU LH RS BN
09PARISFR1301	BOKOVA WINS JOB AS UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Bulgaria's Irina Bokova defeated Egyptian Farouk Hosni to become UNESCO's first woman Director-General in a 31-27 vote in the final round of voting held on September 22. The defeat was a major shock to Egypt, given President Mubarak's personal efforts to ensure a Hosni victory. [...]	2009-09-24 06:40:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1373	HONDURAS: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Committee (Bureau) of UNESCO's 35th General Conference was unable to reach consensus as to whether the draft resolution on Honduras (see text paragraph 8) should be added to the agenda for the General Conference. The President, therefore, opted to forward the issue [...]	2009-10-09 13:13:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1382	HONDURAS: Item Inscribed/Working Group Formed [...] (U) Summary: The Plenary of the General Conference today approved inscription of a Honduran item on the General Conference's agenda after extensive negotiations led by General Conference President Hepburn. The item was immediately referred to a working group charged with preparing a resolution [...]	2009-10-13 06:18:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1397	UNESCO: Executive Board Election Results [...] (U) The election of members of the Executive Board took place on Wednesday, 14 October 2009. The names of the Member States elected to the Executive Board were announced at the plenary meeting by Mr. Khamlihne Nhouyvanisvong (Laos),Chairperson of the Nominations Committee. 182 Member States we [...]	2009-10-15 14:33:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1406	UNESCO Subsidiary Bodies - Election Results [...] Summary: Elections for UNESCO's subsidiary bodies were held on 16 October 2009 during the organization's General Conference. The U.S. was elected to the Legal Committee, the IHP (Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme),and the IBE (Council of the UNESCO Intern [...]	2009-10-19 06:08:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1407	HONDURAS: LANGUAGE ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The working group dealing with the Honduras draft resolution agreed to language acceptable to both sides October 15, after lengthy negotiating sessions led by Ambassador Killion. The resolution was adopted under an agenda heading entitled, "Impacts on the Education system and f [...]	2009-10-19 06:08:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1452	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: NATURAL SCIENCES [...] Summary. A Ministerial Round Table on Oceans and UNESCO's Natural Sciences Commission met October 12-16 as part of UNESCO's 35th General Conference. The Ministerial focused on ocean governance, ocean monitoring and climate change. The Natural Sciences Commission primarily focused on existin [...]	2009-10-29 14:55:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1454	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: CULTURE COMMISSION [...] The 35th session of UNESCO's General Conference was held in Paris October 5-23. This is the first in a series of messages which will report on the deliberations of the seven General Conference Commissions. 2. Summary. The Culture Commission of UNESCO's 35th General Conference met October [...]	2009-10-29 14:56:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO AJ AM IS JO KWBG
09PARISFR1455	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary: Program and External Relations Committee (PRX) meetings October 9-13 held the line on the budget and rejected constitutional changes suggested by outgoing General Conference President George Anastassopoulos. Two minor draft resolutions were approved. End Summary. 2. The Progr [...]	2009-10-29 14:56:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1458	WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...]	2009-10-29 15:38:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1474	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: EDUCATION MINISTERIAL AND [...] Summary: At UNESCO's 35th General Conference, approximately 70 Education Ministers and Vice-Ministers participated in the Ministerial Roundtable October 9-10 to discuss education policy issues. The Education Commission met October 13-15 and considered the UNESCO education sector's budget for [...]	2009-11-03 12:19:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO HO
09PARISFR1481	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: SOCIAL AND HUMAN [...] Summary: The October 16-21 meeting of the Social and Human Sciences Commission was the scene of some of the most heated debates at UNESCO's 35th General Conference. The Commission began its work by discussing whether to initiate negotiation of a proposed "Universal Declaration of Ethical Pri [...]	2009-11-04 17:41:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY PREL PHUM UNESCO
09PARISFR1483	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: COMMUNICATIONS AND [...] Summary: The Communication and Information (CI) Commission, chaired by Venezuela, met from October 13-15. The agenda included close to 40 draft amendments to the budget and program, almost half of them from Cuba and Egypt. The proposed amendments with the most potential for damage, such as on [...]	2009-11-05 08:36:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO HO
09PARISFR1489	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: REVIVING CULTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: A draft resolution asking the Secretariat to plan a new "Culture of Peace" program was put forward by Morocco and Guatemala in the final days of the 35th General Conference. Concerns were raised regarding the potential cost of any new program, which resulted in amendments to th [...]	2009-11-05 17:19:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1490	CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE ANTI-DOPING CONVENTION [...] Summary. The Second Session of the Conference of Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport met at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from October 26-28. The Conference elected the Minister for Sports of Spain as its Chairman and exchanged views on ways to promote the conventio [...]	2009-11-06 11:51:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KTIA UNESCO FR
09PARISFR1595	1954 HAGUE CONVENTION AND SECOND PROTOCOL STATES PARTIES [...] SUMMARY: THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES OF THE 1954 HAGUE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT HELD THEIR EIGHTH MEETING IN PARIS ON NOVEMBER 23. THE UNITED STATES, WHICH RATIFIED THE CONVENTION IN MARCH, PARTICIPATED AS A PARTY FOR THE FIRST TIME. TH [...]	2009-11-30 12:35:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNESCO PREL SCUL
09PARISFR1640	SECOND MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE [...] SUMMARY: THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE (CONVENTION) MET DECEMBER 1-2 AT UNESCO HEADQUARTERS. THE PARTIES ELECTED A SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY BODY, DECIDED TO SET UP AN "UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND", AND ESTABLISHED A WORK [...]	2009-12-04 13:20:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AORC UNESCO PREL
09PARISFR1676	MEETING OF SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY. The Subcommittee of the Inter-governmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Country of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation (Subcommittee) (ICPRCP) met at UNESCO Headquarters, November 18-20, to negotiate draft rules of mediation an [...]	2009-12-10 15:01:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNESCO
09PARISFR1685	THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION AND [...] SUMMARY. The Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (Committee) met in Paris from December 7-10. Established under the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (Convention),the Comm [...]	2009-12-11 17:45:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AORC UNESCO KTIA
09PARISFR200	GAZA RELIEF EFFORTS AT UNESCO BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Promising to coordinate closely with UN system sister agencies, UNESCO held an information meeting on February 6 to lay out its plans to lend assistance in Gaza, concentrating on education but also including protection of journalists. Fundraising for Gaza relief efforts will be [...]	2009-02-10 09:36:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL PHUM MARR KWBG KAWC IS
09PARISFR201	IO ACTING A/S WARLICK'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH UNESCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Director-General (DG) Matsuura and IO Acting A/S Warlick discussed on February 6 ways in which UNESCO could reach out and engage the new U.S. Administration, with the DG considering invitations to First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden. Acting A/S Warlick warned that figures [...]	2009-02-10 09:51:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL AORC KWBG ZL
09PARISFR211	MUGHRABI GATE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Tension over Middle East issues is high at UNESCO, due in part to the emotions aroused by the Gaza conflict. Deputy Director General Barbosa feels this will make it all the harder to manage the Mughrabi Gate issue (reftel). There has been no change in the situation since the is [...]	2009-02-11 14:55:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
09PARISFR219	DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: BRAZIL SEEKS VIEW OF THE NEW [...] (SBU) Brazil's UNESCO Ambassador Joao Carlos de Souza-Gomes asked to see Charge urgently February 11 to discuss the UNESCO Director-General race. Ambassador Souza-Gomes had a copy of the talking points in our December demarche on this issue (reftel) and wanted to know whether the assessment in [...]	2009-02-12 12:54:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO BR
09PARISFR318	MULTILINGUAL INTERNET - PROPOSAL TO DRAW UNESCO AND ICANN [...] Summary: On February 2, Latvian Ambassador to UNESCO and France Janis Karklins met with CDA and PAO to seek U.S. support for a proposal that would bring UNESCO's Communications and Information (CI) sector and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in closer partnership [...]	2009-03-04 16:26:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT UNESCO KPAO ETRD
09PARISFR319	JERUSALEM TAKES DECISION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: The Jerusalem Planning Commission has taken a decision approving design plans for the reconstruction of the Mughrabi Gate, according to Israel's Ambassador to UNESCO. While appeals to the High Court in Israel are possible, the decision, once made public, will guarantee the start [...]	2009-03-04 17:09:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
09PARISFR368	WORLD HERITAGE EMBLEM MEETING [...] (U) UNESCO held an expert meeting on the World Heritage emblem on February 24. The session was one of three meetings held at UNESCO headquarters (24-27 February) in an attempt to prepare the ground for the upcoming World Heritage (WH) Committee meeting in Seville, June 22-30, 2009(septels). T [...]	2009-03-13 09:40:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR369	WORLD HERITAGE BUDGET MEETING [...] (U) Summary. In conjunction with meetings on the Future of the World Heritage (WH) Convention and on the WH emblem (septels),UNESCO convened an experts meeting on the WH budget on February 24. Discussion consisted largely of a review of familiar ideas with little progress made. WH Chair Amba [...]	2009-03-13 09:40:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL UNESCO
09PARISFR370	FEBRUARY 2009 FUTURE OF WORLD HERITAGE EXPERTS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: A disconnect between theory and reality marked the February 2009 experts meeting on the World Heritage Convention's future. With the WH List continuing to grow at a rapid rate, resources static, and the conservation of WH sites, d the Convention's prime purpose, alm [...]	2009-03-13 09:41:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR380	U.S. PRESENTS TO UNESCO DEPOSITARY ITS INSTRUMENT OF [...] On Friday, March 13, 2009, U.S. Mission Charg d'Affaires, a.i., Stephen Engelken presented the U.S. instrument of ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict to the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, in his capa [...]	2009-03-16 15:06:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL KTIA
09PARISFR48	SEOUL MEETINGS ON THER RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY TO ITS [...] Begin Summary. From November 26-28, two international meetings were held in Seoul, South Korea to address the issue of the return of cultural property to its country of origin. On November 26, independent Experts met under the auspices of the Korean Government to review selected case studies [...]	2009-01-14 17:37:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO KPAO KS FR JA
09PARISFR670	UNESCO'S APRIL EXECUTIVE BOARD: DIRECTOR-GENERAL (DG) [...] Summary: As the May 31st deadline for the nomination of candidates to become UNESCO's next Director-General approached, UNESCO's Executive Board reviewed and modified some of the procedures followed in previous elections, in part, to give Member States more opportunity to hear the candidates' [...]	2009-05-18 14:10:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR693	UNESCO 181ST EXECUTIVE BOARD: FIRST STEPS TOWARD NEW [...] UNESCO's Executive Board at its 181st session in April 2009 took a decisive step toward future adoption of a new UNESCO Recommendation (or non-binding standard-setting instrument) on conservation of the historic urban landscape. The Board proposed that the 35th session of UNESCO's General Con [...]	2009-05-26 12:14:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
09PARISFR695	KONDO WORKING GROUP - FINAL MEETING ON WORLD HERITAGE [...] Summary: The open-ended Working Group on the Reflection on the Procedures for the Election of the Members of the World Heritage (WH) Committee, chaired by former Japanese Ambassador to UNESCO Seichi Kondo, met for its final session on 19 May 2009. Kondo won agreement to a three-tiered electi [...]	2009-05-26 16:31:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
09PARISFR705	GROUP ONE MEETING 20 MAY 2009 [...] Summary: The May 20 meeting of UNESCO's regional electoral Group I (Western Europe and North America) laid bare some of the horse-trading that occurs in obtaining seats connected to the various committees, commissions, and Conventions at UNESCO. Italy proposed that Group I trade with Group I [...]	2009-05-27 16:02:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SCUL UNESCO

09PARISFR718	UNESCO: 181ST EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES LAUNCHING OF A [...] Uruguay first proposed a network of national authorities against racism and xenophobia modeled on an existing network of city authorities during the Spring 2007 Executive Board, depicting it as an offshoot of UNESCO's "Integrated strategy to combat racism, discrimination, xenophobia and relate [...]	2009-05-29 09:07:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNESCO
09PARISFR730	OFFICIAL LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 31 deadline for nominations to succeed Koichiro Matsuura (Japan) as UNESCO's next Director-General has passed. UNESCO's Executive Board will have nine candidates from which to choose when it meets next September. After many months in which there were only four candida [...]	2009-06-02 15:18:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR734	WORLD HERITAGE EMBLEM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] Summary: A brief pre-Seville meeting to continue to review the use of the World Heritage emblem ended with no decisions taken, other than the need to request the WH Committee to authorize funding (US$30,000) for a study on good practices and trade marking the logo. The key decision, accordin [...]	2009-06-04 08:37:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
09PARISFR76	GAZA/JERUSALEM DOMINATE UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD INFORMATION [...] Summary: Middle East issues dominated the information session for Executive Board members held by UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura on January 16. Arab states repeatedly urged Matsuura to be more active in protecting educational and cultural facilities in Gaza. The latter undertook to [...]	2009-01-20 15:32:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL KWBG IS EG JO
09PARISFR760	PROPOSAL FOR A NEW UNESCO STANDARD-SETTING INSTRUMENT ON [...] Summary. UNESCO's Executive Board at its 181st session adopted a decision that ignored three of its previous decisions that had set the holding of an experts' meeting and a consultation with indigenous peoples as key pre-conditions for further consideration of a possible new UNESCO standard-s [...]	2009-06-08 15:31:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO PREL CU VE
09PARISFR766	MUGHRABI GATE: FROM UNESCO'S EXECUTIVE BOARD TO THE SEVILLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ARAB STATES ARE LIKELY TO RAISE ONCE AGAIN AT THE JUNE 22-30 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE MEETING IN SEVILLE ISRAEL'S PLAN TO RECONSTRUCT THE ASCENT TO THE MUGHRABI GATE ON JERUSLAEM'S TEMPLE MOUNT. THE DECISION ADOPTED AT UNESCO'S APRIL 2009 EXECUTIVE BOARD REQUESTS THAT THE DESIGN [...]	2009-06-09 13:06:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
09PARISFR767	UNESCO AVOIDS IGNITING A ROW OVER CULTURAL PROPERTY [...] Summary. At its 181st session in April 2009, UNESCO's Executive Board barely averted a dramatic and politically damaging showdown over the issue of cultural objects displaced in connection with the Second World War (WWII). At the core of the dispute was whether the Board should adopt or endo [...]	2009-06-09 14:35:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO JA CH IN
09PARISFR990	DEMARCHE RE UNESCO ACTIVITIES IN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The French Ambassador joined us July 21 in pressing UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Culture Francoise Riviere for a status-neutral approach and greater cooperation with the authorities on the ground in Kosovo. The U.S. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) also complained of UNESCO' [...]	2009-07-22 15:06:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO KV FR
09PHNOMPENH406	CAMBODIA PREPARES PREAH VIHEAR PLAN FOR UNESCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of his participation in the 33rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Seville, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An asked to see the Ambassador June 16 to outline progress by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in develo [...]	2009-06-17 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL KTIA KJUS UNESCO EAID TH CB
09PHNOMPENH505	CAMBODIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR BID TO JOIN UNESCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Long Visalo July 20 appealed for United States support of the bid by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to join the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC). Cambodia will stand in an election for the one open East Asia and Pacifi [...]	2009-07-21 13:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIA SCUL UNESCO CB
09PHNOMPENH689	CAMBODIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Sok An formally announced his government's intention to seek a seat on the World Heritage Committee (WHC) and sought international support for its candidacy. Sok An cited Cambodia's deep cultural heritage and experience on the Angkor Wat International Coordinating [...]	2009-09-10 00:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIA SCUL UNESCO DB
09QUITO344	FM FALCONI ON POSITIVE TACK IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 7 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Falconi offered to assist in reaching agreements on USG cooperation with specialized Ecuadorian police units, seeking tax exemptions for vehicles the U.S. Forward Operating Location will donate to local charities, and concluding a bilat [...]	2009-05-12 17:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MARR ETRD SCUL UNESCO EC
09RABAT118	CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM THE [...] Summary and introduction: The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Director General, Dr. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, has sent a letter of congratulations to President Obama. The January 23, 2009 letter praised President Obama's commitment to engage the Islamic [...]	2009-02-06 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI KISL UNESCO OIC MO
09RABAT694	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (U) On August 13, Charge and A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nasser Bourita. Bourita discussed the relative merits of several of the candidates, and expressed the sentiment that [...]	2009-08-14 12:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO MO
09ROME163	ITALY DOES NOT HAVE A CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO DG [...] (C) Italy has not, and does not intend to, put forward a candidate for director general of UNESCO, according to Barbara Bregato, director of the MFA office of multilateral cultural cooperation. Bregato told Poloff February 11 that there had been some tentative discussions about the possibilit [...]	2009-02-11 14:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO CA IT
09ROME940	ITALY'S VIEWS ON UPCOMING UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 09:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNESCO IT
09SANSALVADOR747	GOES FAVORS ECUADOR IN UNESCO DG ELECTION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Officers Felix Ulloa and Egriselda Gonzalez on August 11. Gonzalez said the MFA has not yet decided its vote for UNESCO Director General, but that it is leaning toward support for the Ecuadoran candidate, [...]	2009-08-13 21:56:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO ES
09SANTIAGO770	CHILE SUPPORTS EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jorge Ossa, Deputy Director of Elections in the Bureau of Multilateral Affairs. Ossa told Poloff that Chile has already declared its support for Egyptian candidate Farouk Hosni. Ossa added that Chile's decision to support Hosni is based entirely on t [...]	2009-08-12 21:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO CI
09SANTIAGO865	Chilean FM on Honduras, Salitre Military Exercises, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Fernandez told PDAS Kelly that Chile strongly supports the San Jose Accord to resolve the crisis in Honduras, but noted disagreements in the international community about the most constructive way forward. Chile is trying to ease tensions with Peru, in particula [...]	2009-10-06 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	PREL PHUM MOPS UNESCO UNHRC CI HO
09SEOUL1311	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-16 22:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KS
09SOFIA447	BULGARIA: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 15:26:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	BU UNESCO PREL
09STATE119803	INSTRUCTION: UNGA 3C RESOLUTION "HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] Department anticipates that the EU will call a vote on the UN Third Committee Resolution "Human Rights and Cultural Diversity." Department authorizes USDEL to vote "NO" on this resolution. CLINTON [...]	2009-11-19 23:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SCUL UNESCO UNGA
09STATE63696	INSTRUCTION ON KOSOVO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, 33RD [...] (U) Mission is instructed to take action as follows regarding World Heritage Committee Agenda Item 7A - Addendum - Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (Serbia) (C724 bis). 2. (U) During the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain, from June 22-30, 2009, Mission is in [...]	2009-06-19 13:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO PREL UNESCO KV
09TOKYO1873	JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JA
09TOKYO29	JAPAN TO WAIT FOR OTHER UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (C) Japan has stated it will wait before declaring support for a candidate for the UNESCO Director-General position. According to Yoshio Ando, Director of MITI's Multilateral Cultural Cooperation Division, Japan hopes that a candidate will be chosen who can continue the reform efforts undertak [...]	2009-01-07 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JA
09TUNIS169	TUNISIAN CANDIDATE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] (U) In diplomatic note number 945 sent to the Embassy on March 16, 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us that Cherif Sammari will be its candidate for Vice President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and C [...]	2009-03-25 16:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO TS
09TUNIS359	TUNISIAN CANDIDATE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] (U) In diplomatic note number 1684 sent to the Embassy on May 12, 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated its request for US support for Cherif Sammari, the GOT candidate for Vice President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Organization for [...]	2009-06-11 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO TL
09UNESCOPARIS1536	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 24 VISIT OF IO DAS ANDERSON [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's new Director-General Irina Bokova is under great pressure to come to decisions on appointing her team and reorganizing UNESCO's organizational structure. In doing so, she would like to take account of U.S. views (as well as others),but she must act fast or risk findi [...]	2009-11-19 12:11:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO AORC
09UNESCOPARIS1680	UNESCO AND ICANN SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT [...] On December 10, UNESCO and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),based in the U.S., signed an agreement to create internationalized domain names in non-Latin scripts. This is the first private partnership agreement signed by new Director-General Irina Bokova. ICANN [...]	2009-12-11 08:53:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1312	MUGHRABI GATE AT UNESCO 182ND EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time in recent memory, the issue of the reconstruction of the ascent to the Mughrabi Gate of Jerusalem's Temple Mount registered only as a minor blip on the radar screen during the just completed 182nd Executive Board at UNESCO. Although the Jordanians arrived see [...]	2009-09-25 11:23:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO JO IS SCUL KWBG
09UNESCOPARISFR1407	HONDURAS: LANGUAGE ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The working group dealing with the Honduras draft resolution agreed to language acceptable to both sides October 15, after lengthy negotiating sessions led by Ambassador Killion. The resolution was adopted under an agenda heading entitled, "Impacts on the Education system and f [...]	2009-10-19 06:08:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1455	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary: Program and External Relations Committee (PRX) meetings October 9-13 held the line on the budget and rejected constitutional changes suggested by outgoing General Conference President George Anastassopoulos. Two minor draft resolutions were approved. End Summary. 2. The Program [...]	2009-10-29 14:56:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1458	WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...]	2009-10-29 15:38:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1476	AZERBAIJAN BRINGS NAGORNO-KARABAKH ISSUE TO UNESCO [...] Summary. After a series of acrimonious exchanges with Armenia in the General Debate at UNESCO's 35th General Conference, Azerbaijan won a small victory by including wording in the 2010 Program and Budget calling for the "implementation of necessary measures to safeguard and preserve cultural [...]	2009-11-03 14:43:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO AJ AM
09UNESCOPARISFR1587	183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS [...] Summary: UNESCO's newly reconstituted Executive Board for the 2009-2011 term met for a one-day meeting on November 23, where the principal business on the agenda was the election of a new Chairman and members of the Board's subsidiary committees and commissions. End summary. 2. UNESCO's [...]	2009-11-25 15:28:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1590	183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DG'S SPEECH [...] (U) Summary: UNESCO's one-day Executive Board, held November 23, served as the "clean-up" meeting following the biennial General Conference held last month, and provided the opportunity for newly installed Director-General, Irina Bokova, to address Board members and set some direction for the [...]	2009-11-27 08:31:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1639	GOOGLE AND UNESCO BEGIN COLLABORATIVE ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Google and UNESCO announced an alliance to provide virtual visits to nineteen World Heritage sites. While these initial sites are all in Western Europe, in 2010 Google intends to expand to sites in the United States, Australia, South Africa, Japan and other countr [...]	2009-12-04 12:31:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1651	APPLICANT FOR DIRECTOR OF UN OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT [...] (SBU) Reftel requests post's assessment of UNESCO Comptroller Getachew Engida who is among the applicants for director of the UN Office of Internal Oversight. Post deals with Engida occasionally on matters regarding payment of our assessed contributions and has seen him in action when speakin [...]	2009-12-07 11:51:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PINR UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1666	U.S. OPPORTUNITIES AT UNESCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A window of opportunity has opened for the United States at UNESCO. With the election of Irina Bokova, the U.S. has a favorably disposed Director-General who is looking for new ideas. Rather than being on the defensive, the U.S. should be making programmatic proposals to help [...]	2009-12-09 11:10:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL SOCI TPHY UNESCO
09VIENNA1089	GOA BELIEVES FERRERO-WALDNER COULD WIN UNESCO RACE [...] (SBU) MFA SecGen Kyrle told the Ambassador August 27 that he does not believe Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will draw enough votes to win the race for the UNESCO Director General position on the first ballot. Kyrle said he expects Austria's Benita Ferrero-Waldner to finish second to [...]	2009-08-28 14:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO EG AU
09VIENNA1188	AUSTRIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON FERRERO-WALDNER'S [...] (U) In a Sept. 14 meeting with Econ/Pol Counselor and Poloff, Austrian MFA Director for International Organizations Peter Huber expressed "some optimism" about Austrian candidate Benita Ferrero-Waldner's chances. Given that she was the last to declare, Huber thought the GOA had done reasonabl [...]	2009-09-16 09:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EG AU
09VIENNA631	DOMESTIC AND EU POLICY COMPLICATIONS DELAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 12:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNESCO AU
09VILNIUS47	BALTIC STATES PRESENT THEIR CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] Summary: Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas on January 21 presented Lithuania's UNESCO Ambassador Ina Marciulionyte as the three Baltic states' common choice to become UNESCO's next Director General, and sought support for her candidacy from foreign ambassadors resident in Vilnius. End summary. [...]	2009-01-23 13:29:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNESCO LH
10ASHGABAT189	IRAN: UNESCO REPORTS ARREST OF TWO JOURNALISTS [...] (C) The Tehran Cluster Office of UNESCO informed Iran Watcher by email today that two journalists, employed by their office a part of a school journalism project, were detained upon arrival at a Tehran school. (Our contact was writing from his UNESCO account as Gmail has been blocked in Iran fo [...]	2010-02-10 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL UNESCO
10BERLIN225	Berlin Response to Annual Request for Data on UN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN UNESCO GM
10KINSHASA42	UPDATE ON NYAMULAGIRA VOLCANO NEAR GOMA: SPECIALIST SAYS [...] Summary: On Thursday January 7, USAID/OFDA Rep and Goma-based POLOFF attended a special briefing by Dario Tedesco, an Italian volcanologist with extensive experience analyzing Goma's volcanoes and Lake Kivu. Tedesco said that although lava flows were not headed toward any populated area, the [...]	2010-01-12 12:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SENV UNESCO ECON EPET PREF CG
10MADRID138	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (U) ECON sent fax and left repeated voicemail messages with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization, to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. After multiple non-responsive inquiries, ECON is forced to assume that as in prior years the [...]	2010-02-04 11:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POLUN UNESCO SP
10MANILA187	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 01:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD APECO UNESCO RP
10PARISFR184	U.S. ATTENDS FIRST COUNCIL MEEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) The U.S., represented by PAO and Dr. Larry Wexler, Director in the Department of Education's Special Education Programs, attended its first International Bureau of Education (IBE) council meeting in Geneva January 27-29. (The IBE is a UNESCO Category I institute specialized in providing e [...]	2010-02-17 13:58:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPAO UNESCO SCUL
10PARISFR185	PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY ZERHOUNI BRINGS MESSAGE OF SCIENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Presidential Science Envoy Dr. Elias Zerhouni inaugurated his first official trip with a stop at UNESCO, where he met with key ambassadors, secretariat staff and the director general to promote President Obama's agenda of enhanced scientific and technological coop [...]	2010-02-17 13:58:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPAO UNESCO SCUL
10PARISFR204	UNESCO-OBIANG PRIZE FOR LIFE SCIENCES [...] In October 2008, UNESCO's Executive Board approved creation of the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences. The action was controversial. EU members with support from the United States delegation objected to naming a prize after a noted human rights [...]	2010-02-22 10:23:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC PHUM UNESCO XA EK
10PHNOMPENH89	CAMBODIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR PREAH VIHEAR INTERNATIONAL [...] ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 9. 2. SUMMARY: During a meeting designed to brief Ambassadors from seven nations on the status of the World Heritage site of Preah Vihear, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An welcomed their participation in an International Coordinating Committee (ICC) to help guide the p [...]	2010-02-05 09:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIA SCUL UNESCO DB
10TELAVIV434	D/Sec Lew Discusses Assistance Cooperation with MFA and [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew met February 21 with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and separately with MFA Director General Yossi Gal and MASHAV (Israel's foreign aid agency) head Haim Divon to discuss bilateral cooperation in development assistance and Israel's OECD access [...]	2010-02-24 07:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA
10UNESCOPARISFR148	SERBIAN AMBASSADOR COURTESY CALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbia's new ambassador to UNESCO, Dr. Zorica TOMIC, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Killion today, 8 February, at the US Mission offices. Tomic wasted no time in hitting her number one issue, World Heritage sites in Kosovo, and asked that the United States support Serbian e [...]	2010-02-08 14:56:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO YI
10UNESCOPARISFR165	UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S INFORMATION SESSION [...] Summary: At UNESCO Director-General Bokova's first information session for member states on February 4, the Director-General reiterated her intention to protect cultural property in Haiti and help rebuild that country's educational system. Bokova also reaffirmed her intention to work on girl [...]	2010-02-11 14:47:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO SCUL SENV AORC HA
10UNESCOPARISFR187	HAITI EARTHQUAKE: UNESCO MEETING ON SAVING HAITI'S [...] Summary. UNESCO, February 16, convened a meeting to bring together Haitian government officials, representatives of museums and cultural experts and representatives of other UNESCO member states to discuss the impact of the January 12 earthquake on Haiti's cultural heritage. The Haitian Minist [...]	2010-02-17 17:19:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPKO HA PREL SCUL UNESCO
10UNESCOPARISFR197	HAITI EARTHQUAKE: DISCUSSION WITH UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] Ambassador met UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova February 19 to review issues stemming from the Haiti earthquake. Bokova began by discussing her plans to visit Haiti March 9-10. She said she planned to visit cultural sites on March 9 (accompanied by the Canadian Governor),spend the night [...]	2010-02-19 16:36:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPKO HA PREL SCUL UNESCO
10UNESCOPARISFR226	FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Covering a wide range of subjects, Israel's new ambassador to UNESCO and the OECD, Nimrod BARKAN, said that his main goal at UNESCO is to integrate Israel into the organization by sharing its technical expertise, and keep it from being seen as a one issue country in connection [...]	2010-02-24 16:54:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO IS
10UNESCOPARISFR231	ELECTORAL GROUP ONE MEETING RAISES THORNY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The first Electoral Group I meeting of the year raised several issues that have the potential to complicate Director-General Bokova's agenda at UNESCO. Another unexpected problem for the U.S. also popped up with Turkey announcing its intention to run for the Executive Board. T [...]	2010-02-25 12:58:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO IS
10UNESCOPARISFR51	TFHA01 UNESCO STAFF IN HAITI [...] (U) UNESCO has set up a task force to deal with the crisis in Haiti and to determine the well being of its 14 person staff in Port au Prince. As of last evening, all four members of UNESCO's international staff in Haiti were accounted for - safe and sound: one Italian, one French, one from Ivo [...]	2010-01-14 15:33:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AORC EAID UNESCO HA
10UNESCOPARISFR87	UNESCO ASKS US TO PROTECT HAITI'S MUSEUMS [...] Summary. UNESCO contacted U.S. Mission UNESCO and the Department, January 25, seeking help to protect and preserve Haiti's cultural artifacts. Citing the large U.S. military presence in Haiti, the UNESCO Culture Section asked whether some U.S. troops could be deployed to protect cultural sit [...]	2010-01-27 07:41:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPKO SCUL HA PREL UNESCO

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