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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' GRO | ||||