Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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00HANOI1615 | AVERAGE VIETNAMESE COMMENT ON ECONOMIC CHANGE IN TWO POOR HANOI NEIGHBORHOODS [...]SBU) SUMMARY. OUTLYING DISTRICTS OF HANOI ARE ATTRACTING LARGE NUMBERS OF "IMMIGRANTS" FROM DEPRESSED RURAL AREAS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.[...] |
2000-07-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV PREL ECON VM |
00HANOI2441 | VIETNAM -- PEASANT DEMONSTRATIONS AT PARTY HQ SYMBOLIZE CONTINUING DISPUTES OVER USE DECISIONS AND COMPENSATION [...]MMARY: IN A RECENT PROTEST AGAINST UNRESOLVED LAND DISPUTES, 100 FARMERS FROM THREE PROVINCES CAMPED OUT OVERNIGHT IN FRONT OF PARTY [...] |
2000-11-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EAGR VM DPOL |
00HANOI2777 | BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S FORUM: PROFOUND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE "TWO VIETNAMS" [...]) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). SUMMARY ------- ¶2. (C) THE DRAMA [...] |
2000-12-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB PINR VM DPOL |
00HARARE1842 | MUGABE CONFERRED STATUS OF A CARICATURE OF AN [...]C) ZIMBABWE'S INCREASINGLY DESPERATE RULING PARTY, ZANU-PF HAS RESORTED TO VIOLENCE, BOTH RHETORICAL AND PHYSICAL TO COMBAT ITS ERODIN[...] |
2000-04-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI MARR ZI |
00HARARE3348 | CHILD LABOR IN ZIMBABWE [...]) REFTELS (A) AND (B) REQUESTED POST'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO CHILD LABOR PRACTICES IN ZIMBABWE. THIS CABLE, IN CONJUNCTI[...] |
2000-06-21 09:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ZI |
00HARARE5624 | U.S. - E.U. COOPERATION ON HIV/AIDS, MALARIA [...]MMARY: DONOR COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION IN ZIMBABWE IS A CORE COMPONENT OF THE U.S. MISSION'S RESPONSE TO THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS [...] |
2000-10-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI KHIV TBIO ZI |
00HARARE7068 | AMBASSADOR COMMISSIONS HIV/AIDS WALL IN HARARE [...]N DECEMBER 13, THE U.S. MISSION HELPED CELEBRATE THE ROLLING OUT OF A NEW HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE IN ZIMBABWE. THE "AIDS WALL: HEALING TH[...] |
2000-12-15 09:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL SOCI ZI |
00HOCHIMINHCITY1121 | SCIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND CHARITY IMPROVE LIVES IN VIETNAM'S MEKONG DELTA IN BIG AND SMALL WAYS [...]MMARY. IN POOR POCKETS OF THE MEKONG DELTA, AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, VIETNAMESE AND FOREIGN, WHO [...] |
2000-07-11 04:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO PGOV SOCI ENRG EWWT EAID KIPR ETRD VM KDTB |
00HOCHIMINHCITY1176 | STOCK MARKET OPENS IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...]IETNAM'S FIRST OFFICIAL STOCK MARKET, THE HO CHI MINH CITY SECURITIES TRADING CENTER (STC), OPENED JULY 20 WITH GREAT FANFARE. ALTHOU[...] |
2000-07-21 09:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL VM PGOV SOCI CIVS FINREF |
00HOCHIMINHCITY838 | AMERASIANS SHOW SIGNS OF ASSIMILATION INTO VIETNAMESE SOCIETY [...]UMMARY: IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE VIETNAM WAR, VIETNAMESE SOCIETY SHUNNED AMERASIANS AND CONSIGNED MANY OF THEM TO LIVE ON THE STREET[...] |
2000-05-17 08:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV SOCI CA VM PCUL |
00KINSHASA8362 | FOOD SUPPLIES ADEQUATE BUT EXPENSIVE AT YEAR END [...]) Summary: Food supplies in Kinshasa's markets are adequate as we approach the end of the year, and last year's experience of short su[...] |
2000-12-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SOCI CG |
00KINSHASA8363 | LOCAL IMPORTER SUSPECTED OF CRIMINALITY [...]BU) Summary: Many long-standing Kinshasa businesses are complaining about Congo Futur, an importer that has expanded rapidly since it [...] |
2000-12-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SOCI CG |
00THEHAGUE1794 | CHILD LABOR STUDY: REPORT ON THE NETHERLANDS [...]HILD LABOR IS ILLEGAL IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE COUNTRY HAS COMPREHENSIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK.[...] |
2000-06-16 13:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND PHUM ETRD SOCI NL |
01ABUJA1007 | OAU HIV/AIDS SUMMIT IN ABUJA [...]irty-five African heads of state attended the Extraordinary OAU Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases[...] |
2001-05-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PREL SOCI OAU NI |
01ABUJA1133 | KANO HOTEL BURNED BY SHARI'A ENFORCERS [...]) Summary: In a recent crackdown, the Government of Kano State authorized the quasi-vigilante enforcement of the State's new liquor l[...] |
2001-05-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI EAID NI ASEC |
01ABUJA1156 | NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO WCAR DEMARCHE (ROUND TWO) [...]SBU) In the absence of the Charge from Abuja, Acting Polcouns delivered the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) demarche on the pro[...] |
2001-05-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI NI UNHRC |
01ABUJA1449 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS SOKOTO STATE: OFR [...]U) In his first trip to the Northwest, Ambassador Jeter travelled to Sokoto State on June 19 and 20 to hold meetings with Governor Baf[...] |
2001-06-22 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KISL NI |
01ABUJA2253 | NIGERIA TURNS ZIMBABWE AROUND ON LAND SEIZURES [...]C) Summary: President Obasanjo and Nigeria played the critical role in extracting GOZ commitment to stopping land seizures at the Abu[...] |
2001-09-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PINR NI ZI UK |
01ABUJA2797 | NIGERIA'S RISKS IN SUPPORTING US ON AFGHANISTAN [...]) Since September 11, the Obasanjo Administration has lent unequivocal diplomatic support to USG anti-terrorists efforts, including co[...] |
2001-11-02 07:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PTER ETTC SOCI PINS PREL NI |
01ABUJA2857 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF CHILD LABOR PROVISIONS FOR [...]e to severe staffing shortages, particularly the prolonged vacancy of Post's Labor officer position, Embassy Abuja and Consulate Lagos[...] |
2001-11-09 17:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NI EING |
01GABORONE3514 | A GRASS-ROOTS LOOK AT HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA [...]URING OUR RECENT TRAVELS UPCOUNTRY, THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY STAFF LOOKED AT COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AID[...] |
2001-11-01 05:42:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID SOCI MASS PHUM BBG BC |
01HANOI2591 | IMPACT OF VHRA DEBATE ON PROTESTANTS [...]) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, REASON: 1.5 (D) ¶2. (C) SUMMARY. REACTION IN VIETNAM TO THE VIETNAM [...] |
2001-10-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2949 | CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE [...]) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) ¶2. (C) SUMMARY. EVIDENCE OF CATHOLIC LI[...] |
2001-11-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HANOI2962 | NHAN DAN ON FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...]U) A SIGNED COMMENTARY UNDER THE HEADLINE OF "NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE" IN NHAN DAN, THE LEADING PARTY DAILY NEWSPAPER, ON NO[...] |
2001-11-14 01:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2963 | PROVINCIAL EDUCATION: DOING THEIR BEST BUT. . . [...]) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) ¶2. (C) SUMMARY. PROVINCES BETWEEN HO CHI MIN[...] |
2001-11-14 01:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV VM |
01HANOI3086 | LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE [...]U) SUMMARY. ROUTE ONE IS BEAUTIFUL DRIVE BUT A SURPRISINGLY POOR NATIONAL ARTERY LINKING THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. THERE [...] |
2001-11-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PINS PGOV ETRD VM |
01HANOI313 | LARGE-SCALE PROTESTS END IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, 20 DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED [...]) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: REPORTS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] |
2001-02-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HANOI3173 | PEACEFUL PROTEST OUTSIDE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...]U) A FEW DOZEN INDIVIDUALS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF HANOI FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON DECEMBER 3 FOR WHAT APPEARED TO U[...] |
2001-12-03 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM SOCI VM DPOL |
01HANOI3259 | CAMPAIGN 2001 ON DISABLED PERSONS [...]SAID AND ITS GRANTEES ARE PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN SUPPORTING A LANDMARK EVENT IN HANOI DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 10: CAMPAIGN 2001, [...] |
2001-12-14 03:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PHUM VM LABOR |
01HANOI3302 | THE ROLE OF BOARDING SCHOOLS IN MINORITY INTEGRATION [...]UMMARY: BOARDING SCHOOL EDUCATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EFFORTS OF PHU THO AND TUYEN QUANG PROVINCES IN NORTHERN VIETNAM TO [...] |
2001-12-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM ETMIN |
01HANOI396 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS APPEAR CALM; VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES MONITORING CLOSELY [...]) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: THE CAPITALS OF THE TWO KEY CENTRAL [...] |
2001-02-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HANOI598 | DIFFERENT VIEW OF HIGHLAND EVENTS [...]) CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS G. HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASONS: 1.5 B AND D. ¶2. (C) SWEDISH DCM TOLD CHARGE SHE BELIEVED TH[...] |
2001-03-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
01HARARE1751 | ZIMBABWE COUP PLOT REPORT TOUCHES A RAW NERVE [...]C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE HAS VIGOROUSLY DISPUTED A MAY 29 ARTICLE IN THE BRITISH "GUARDIAN" NEWSPAPER THAT STATES THAT Z[...] |
2001-05-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR SOCI PHUM PREL ZI |
01HARARE2971 | ZIMBABWE CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE FOR TRADE [...]UMMARY: THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR, SUCH AS CHILD SWEATSHOPS AND CHILD PROSTITUTION, ARE NOT WIDELY PRACTICED IN ZIMBABWE. STRONG[...] |
2001-10-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ZI |
01HARARE502 | ZIMBABWE REMARKS ON WCAR PREPCOM MEETING IN [...]C) ON JANUARY 23, POST DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO ALFRED MUTIWAZUKA, THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) IN THE INTERNA[...] |
2001-01-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI ZI |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1042 | ACTING CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH NEW HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRWOMAN [...]MMARY: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL OFFICER AND ACTING CONSUL GENERAL SHARON WHITE MET AUGUST 27 WITH HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRWOMAN HUYN[...] |
2001-09-06 00:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR SOCI VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY648 | DOMESTIC NGOS IN HCMC [...]MMARY: AFTER 1975, VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT CLOSED OR TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOLS, ORPHANAGES, HEALTH FACILITIES, A[...] |
2001-05-30 03:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PHUM PGOV KIRF KHIV VM |
01RIYADH1771 | THE AL SAUD AND CHALLENGES TO STABILITY [...]) AT PRESENT, SAUDI ARABIA ENJOYS AT LEAST SUPERFICIAL STABILITY. THERE IS NO DEBILITATING DISUNITY AMONG SENIOR AL SAUD PRINCES, REG[...] |
2001-06-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI SA |
01VATICAN1286 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...]THE FEBRUARY 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 0[...] |
2001-03-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KMDR SOCI TBIO IR IZ IS AM EG IT VT MEPP VTPREL |
01VATICAN1555 | OPUS DEI TRIES TO CLARIFY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...]) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02[...] |
2001-03-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS PROP SOCI PU VT |
01VATICAN1615 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...](U) THE MARCH 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - SOUTH KOREAN ARCHBISHOP LIKES[...] |
2001-03-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI IS GR KN KS VT MEPP VTPREL |
01VATICAN1744 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...]THE MARCH 24 - 30 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED[...] |
2001-03-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR SOCI BU IT VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN1745 | VATICAN CONDEMNS CLONING BUT PROTECTS THE CLONES [...]CHARGE AND POLITICAL ASSISTANT MET MARCH 23 WITH THE POPE'S THEOLOGIAN, FRENCH-BORN DOMINICAN MONK GEORGES UNCL[...] |
2001-03-30 10:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT |
01VATICAN3571 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...](U) THE JUNE 30 - JULY 06 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - G8: GENOA'S ARCHBISHOP RE[...] |
2001-07-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON EAID TBIO SOCI KN VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN4202 | VATICAN VIWS ON WCAR [...](U) CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AND MEMBER OF THE U.N.'S "EMINENT PERS[...] |
2001-08-09 12:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SOCI VT |
01VATICAN4483 | VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO [...]C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATI[...] |
2001-08-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR |
01VATICAN4605 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...]THE AUGUST 25 - 31 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VA[...] |
2001-09-04 09:25:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI SF VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN5566 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...]THE OCTOBER 20-26 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 [...] |
2001-10-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG MARR MCAP AF CH IS WE VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN6121 | VATICAN CONDEMNS CLONING EXPERIMENT [...]THE VATICAN HAS REITERATED ITS UNEQUIVOCAL CONDEMNATION OF HUMAN CLONING FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY ADVANCED CELL TECHNOLOGY THAT I[...] |
2001-11-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT |
02ABUJA1347 | NIGERIA: FPOTUS CARTER AND BILL GATES, SR. VISIT [...]OTUS Jimmy Carter and Bill Gates, Sr. and staff from The Carter Center and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation paid a very successfu[...] |
2002-05-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TBIO SOCI KWMN NI HIV AIDS |
02ABUJA14 | NIGERIA: COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE [...]) Summary: December 30-31 communal violence in Plateau State has resulted in numerous deaths and scattered property damage. Death es[...] |
2002-01-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI CASC NI |
02ABUJA1850 | NIGERIA: A RETURN TO REGIONAL ELECTORAL POLITICS [...]) Summary: A current snapshot of presidential electioneering shows two contesting strategies, one devised by the President's camp, the[...] |
2002-06-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
02ABUJA2267 | NIGERIA: METHODIST ARCHBISHOP TOUTS OBASANJO -- [...]mmary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Methodist Archbishop Sunday Mbang felt Obasanjo was performing well and woul[...] |
2002-08-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
02ABUJA2326 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM CHEVRON NIGERIA: ESCRAVOS [...]bassador Jeter received the following letter from Chevron Nigeria Limited, signifying the end of the occupation of Chevron's Escravos [...] |
2002-08-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV EPET SOCI NI |
02ABUJA2506 | NIGERIA: LOCAL SHARI'A COURT DENIES APPEAL OF [...]) Summary: The upper Shari'a court in Fantua, Katsina State August 19 denied the appeal of Amina Lawal, convicted of adultery and sent[...] |
2002-08-23 11:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI |
02ABUJA2542 | NIGERIA: AUGUST VISIT TO IKEJA UXO [...] August 2, Ambassador Jeter, Consul General Hinson-Jones, A/PAO, and ConOff visited the Ikeja Military Cantonment in Lagos to observe [...] |
2002-08-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREF SOCI KHDP NI |
02ABUJA2651 | NIGERIA: HIV/AIDS [...]UMMARY: This cable summarizes the strategies and activities undertaken by USAID and CDC to build national and local capacities to all[...] |
2002-09-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID SOCI NI |
02ABUJA2674 | SUBJECT: CODEL DASCHLE CODEL: TOWARD A BETTER [...]) Summary: On August 31, Codel Daschle met attorney Hauwa Ibrahim (strictly protect) for a brief on the Amina Lawal case (reftel) and [...] |
2002-09-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI |
02ABUJA2675 | NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION BEGINS SLOWLY [...]) Summary: Voter registration began in Abuja September 12 with little fanfare and not much of a turnout. Previously postponed in July [...] |
2002-09-13 18:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
02ABUJA2712 | NIGERIA: FORMER HEAD OF STATE BUHARI--PRESIDENTIAL [...]) Summary: Disaffection with President Obasanjo has placed three words into the lexicon of Northern politicians: "Northern Consensus C[...] |
2002-09-20 08:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
02ABUJA2736 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S IMPEACHMENT DRAMA [...]) SUMMARY: Once dismissed as another hollow threat by a feckless National Assembly, the ongoing impeachment drama is now the central p[...] |
2002-09-24 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
02ABUJA2739 | NIGERIA: INEC CLOSES REGISTRATION; MANY UNABLE TO [...]C) SUMMARY: INEC wrapped up the ten-day (plus one) voter registration period without resolving the most important complaint against th[...] |
2002-09-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
02ABUJA2788 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S THREATENED IMPEACHMENT -- [...]) SUMMARY: Efforts to impeach Obasanjo seem to be losing steam, but the ultimate outcome still remains uncertain. Many protagonists ma[...] |
2002-10-03 19:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
02ABUJA2932 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN IN JOS; PART OF A [...]BU) Summary: Communal violence continued to plague parts of Plateau State, including areas of the capital Jos. Initial reports from Am[...] |
2002-10-25 18:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
02ABUJA2976 | NIGERIA: UPDATE OF THE CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...]aws and Regulations Proscribing the Worst Forms of Child Labor: In 2002, President Obasanjo signed the instruments of ratification fo[...] |
2002-11-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI NI AID |
02ABUJA304 | NIGERIA: GON ASSISTANCE REQUEST IN WAKE OF LAGOS [...]) This is an urgent action request; see para 9. ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, Ambassador Jeter offered condol[...] |
2002-01-31 13:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS EAID PREF SOCI NI |
02ABUJA3179 | NIGERIA: PROTESTS IN ABUJA AFTER JUMA'AT [...]UMMARY: A demonstration that began at the Abuja National Mosque after Juma'at prayers today (about 1500 Abuja, 0900 EST) turned violen[...] |
2002-11-22 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI CASC NI |
02ABUJA32 | NIGERIA: MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN KADUNA [...]) On January 3, a man recently convicted of the July 2000 murder of a woman and her two children by a Shari'a court in Katsina was ha[...] |
2002-01-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI NI |
02ABUJA3256 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO SUPPORTS CODE OF [...]) SUMMARY: During a November 20 meeting with USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios and Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo endorsed an a[...] |
2002-12-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI |
02ABUJA3296 | NIGERIA: PROTESTS AND PRAYERS IN KATSINA [...]U) Peaceful protests have been taking place recently in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, reportedly sponsored by the "Shi'ite" Musli[...] |
2002-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KISL PGOV PINS PINR KPAO NI |
02ABUJA3297 | NIGERIA: ENGAGING THE AMERICAN PRIVATE [...]UMMARY: On October 21, Ambassador Jeter, assisted by USAID Mission Director Liberi, National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) [...] |
2002-12-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON NI |
02ABUJA3309 | AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NIGERIAN [...]ummary. Interest in Afghanistan and USG actions in rebuilding the country is low among Nigeria's southern journalists. There is more[...] |
2002-12-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI AF |
02ABUJA3313 | NIGERIA--AN IMPEACHMENT POST-MORTEM [...]) Summary: Roughly a month has passed since the impeachment threat against Obasanjo was effectively shelved; however, its repercussion[...] |
2002-12-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NI |
02ABUJA3346 | NIGERIA: MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES [...]BU) On December 16, Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by USAID Acting Director, USAID HIV/AIDS Officer and CDC/Nigeria Statistician, [...] |
2002-12-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA OPDC OSCI PREL SOCI TBIO TSPL KHIV NI |
02ABUJA3372 | NIGERIA: DECEMBER POLITICAL UPDATE [...]U) This periodic update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition i[...] |
2002-12-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI |
02ABUJA38 | NIGERIA: SOKOTO STONING SENTENCE FOCUSES ATTENTION [...]) Summary: The death sentence imposed against Safiya Husseini has generated international and domestic attention, lending her case po[...] |
2002-01-08 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI |
02ABUJA959 | NIGERIA: READOUT ON SOKOTO APPEALS COURT HEARING [...]) Summary: Media reports indicate that the Sokoto Sharia appeals court on March 25 reversed a lower court stoning sentence, clearing S[...] |
2002-03-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI NI |
02AMMAN2432 | SENIOR ISLAMIC FIGURES PRAISE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM [...]C) The Chief Justice of the Sharia Court and the Mufti of the Kingdom recently expressed to us their strong condemnation of Israeli v[...] |
2002-05-16 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI IS JO |
02AMMAN3253 | STATUS OF SIHAM QANDAH CHILD CUSTODY CASE [...]) SUMMARY. Post has reviewed the case of Jordanian widow Siham Qandah and her children. At issue are the custody of the children, t[...] |
2002-06-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV PHUM SOCI |
02AMMAN3726 | AND THE SURVEY SAYS . . . GOJ POPULAR [...]) On June 23, 2002, the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan released the most recent iteration of its opini[...] |
2002-07-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL SOCI IS JO |
02AMMAN4820 | Jordanian Youth and the Future of Jordan [...]BU) The following cable was drafted by an FSN member of the Embassy staff. We thought it was particularly interesting as a descriptio[...] |
2002-08-25 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PHUM JO |
02AMMAN5168 | SEPTEMBER 11 ONE YEAR LATER IN JORDAN: SYMPATHY [...]) A year after 9/11, many Jordanians still make a point of expressing sympathy for the victims of the attacks and condemnation for tho[...] |
2002-09-11 05:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI XF JO |
02AMMAN6095 | UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...]s requested in reftel, Post is providing updated information on child labor in Jordan. Post has informed GOJ that we are compiling t[...] |
2002-10-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JO |
02ANKARA8993 | TELLING THE STORY OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION IN [...]st appreciates message of sustained interest in telling the story of US efforts in Afghan reconstruction. Turkey has a long historical[...] |
2002-12-16 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AF PREL SOCI TU |
02BOGOTA3159 | FARC RESUMES ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIAN POPULATION [...]) SUMMARY: FARC ACTIONS AGAINST THE MILITARY, THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, AND COLOMBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE FLARED DURING A THREE-WEEK PERIOD[...] |
2002-04-08 23:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINR SOCI CO |
02COLOMBO1736 | Peace process update: Positive response to [...]C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Kickoff of peace talks in Thailand engenders highly [...] |
2002-09-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PINS SOCI CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1856 | GSP CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR SRI LANKA [...]efs (B) and (C) contain comprehensive information on child labor in Sri Lanka. Below is an update. ¶2. Responses keyed t[...] |
2002-10-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID |
02COLOMBO2133 | Tigers gradually expand network of control in [...]C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Sri Lanka's Eastern Province on November 12. On the surface, the situation in Batticaloa and Ampa[...] |
2002-11-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ECON SOCI CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2285 | Colombo, City of Lights [...]UMMARY: Colombo is lit up this holiday season, with electric lights draped all over the city. The GSL is sponsoring the effort in a [...] |
2002-12-11 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI CE |
02COLOMBO2329 | Normally placid Maldivian political scene seems [...]C) SUMMARY: The normally placid Maldivian political situation is stirring a bit with the approach of the 2003 presidential election. [...] |
2002-12-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI MV |
02HANOI1199 | ELECTIONEERING IN THE PROVINCES [...]U) SUMMARY. WELL-ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN RALLIES IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01199 01 OF 03 14[...] |
2002-05-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI1222 | RELIGIOUS REGULATION STRUCTURE IN VIETNAM [...]U) SUMMARY: RELIGIOUS REGULATION IN VIETNAM IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN EVOLVING BUREAUCRATIC AND LEGALISTIC APPROACH. WHILE THE SRV CON[...] |
2002-05-15 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI1274 | ACTIVISM OVER RELIGIOUS PROPERTY COMPLAINTS [...]U) CLASSIFIED BY SCOTT BELLARD, POL/C; REASON 1.5(D) ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO ONE CRITIC, LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN SO[...] |
2002-05-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI1286 | ELECTION DAY IN HANOI [...]U) SUMMARY. AIDED BY UNRELENTING GOVERNMENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01286 01 OF 02 2010[...] |
2002-05-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI1454 | EVANGELICAL PASTOR'S VIEWS ON HOUSE CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS [...]) PASTOR NGUYEN HONG QUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE MENNONITE CHURCH AND MEMBER OF THE VIETNAM EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF HOUSE CHURCHES (VEF), [...] |
2002-06-06 04:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI1485 | TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED OFFICIALS SUSPENDED [...]) SUMMARY: TWO HIGH-RANKING GVN OFFICIALS, ONE THE NUMBER TWO PROSECUTOR AND ANOTHER A CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER, HAVE BEEN S[...] |
2002-06-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI156 | TEACHING THE PARTY ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...]UMMARY. A HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER AT THE MAIN PARTY SCHOOL HAS FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS BEEN UNDERTAKING A UNIQUE EFFORT TO EDUCATE OFFICI[...] |
2002-01-24 02:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI VM DPOL HUMANR |
02HANOI1653 | RESEARCHING RELIGION AT THE PARTY SCHOOL [...]U) SUMMARY. A SEVEN YEAR-OLD CENTER AT THE MAIN PARTY SCHOOL FOCUSES ON THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN VIETNAMESE HISTORY AND PRESENT, AND [...] |
2002-07-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI VM RELFREE DPOL HUMANR |
02HANOI1794 | DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT [...]U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO WRITE O[...] |
2002-07-16 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI VM DPOL HUMANR |
02HANOI1795 | CENTRAL COMMITTEE OUSTS TWO MEMBERS [...]U) SUMMARY: AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS SIXTH PLENUM ON JULY 15, THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) CENTRAL UN[...] |
2002-07-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI2078 | UPDATE ON DETAINED DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...]U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02078 230926Z[...] |
2002-08-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2079 | BITTER AFTERLIFE OF GENERAL TRAN DO'S FUNERAL [...]U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02079 230926Z[...] |
2002-08-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI2090 | DAK LAK PROVINCE UPDATE ON RELIGIOUS [...]C) SUMMARY: A PROTESTANT PASTOR FROM DAK LAK PROVINCE RECENTLY MET WITH CONGENOFFS TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION THERE, WHICH HE [...] |
2002-08-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PINS PREL KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI2209 | VIETNAM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION [...]U) SUMMARY. THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) IS ONE OF VIETNAM'S KEY DONORS AND AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PARTNER. HUMAN RIGHTS IS [...] |
2002-09-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON XG XH VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2345 | VIETNAM'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...]U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02345 01 OF 04 270[...] |
2002-09-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM DPOL HUMANR |
02HANOI2390 | ASEM IV - THE VIEW FROM HANOI [...]U) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE FOURTH ASIA-EUROPEAN MEETING (ASEM) AS A "SUCCESS." VIETNAM'S MAIN GOAL WAS TO ADVANCE E[...] |
2002-10-03 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON VM |
02HANOI2598 | ORGANIZING THE MASSES: WOMEN AND YOUTH [...]U) SUMMARY. VIETNAMESE "MASS ORGANIZATIONS" FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY CHANGING THEIR FOCUS AWAY FROM BEING ONE-WAY [...] |
2002-10-28 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI VM TIP |
02HANOI2600 | ADDITIONAL 2002 AMNESTIES [...]U) ON OCTOBER 18, VIETNAMESE STATE PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG OFFICIALLY GRANTED AMNESTY TO 3,069 INMATES FROM U[...] |
2002-10-29 03:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM |
02HANOI2607 | PRISON BEATINGS [...]U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ACCORDING TO UNUSUAL MEDIA REPORTS, HOANG TIEN PRISON IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF HAI [...] |
2002-10-29 07:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2612 | VIETNAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...]) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02612 01 OF 02 3002[...] |
2002-10-30 02:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2694 | ETHNIC MINORITIES MINISTER ON LAND, US NGOS [...]U) SUMMARY. THE MINISTER FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES DENIED HAVING SEEN ANY DRAFT BANNING US NGOS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND, BUT INDIRECTL[...] |
2002-11-06 10:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM ETMIN |
02HANOI2777 | ANOTHER MINISTERIAL-LEVEL VICTIM OF NAM CAM [...]U) OFFICIAL VIETNAMESE MEDIA (REF A) AND FOREIGN MEDIA HAVE CARRIED REPORTS OF THE NOVEMBER 15 DISMISSAL OF VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC S[...] |
2002-11-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS SOCI VM |
02HANOI2845 | SEX AND THE CITY -- HANOI STYLE [...]U) SUMMARY. THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) AND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) ADMIT THAT PROSTITUTION IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE [...] |
2002-11-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV KHIV VM HIV AIDS TIP |
02HANOI2885 | EDUCATING ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS IN THE NORTH [...]U) SUMMARY. THE GVN HAS MADE, AND CONTINUES TO MAKE, CONCERTED EFFORTS TO EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION, NO[...] |
2002-12-03 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV PINS PHUM VM ETMIN |
02HANOI2913 | GOING AFTER MORE CORRUPT OFFICIALS [...]U) SUMMARY. CONTINUING ITS EFFORTS TO DEMONSTRATE SERIOUSNESS IN AN ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE, THE GVN HAS FIRED A PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S C[...] |
2002-12-05 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI2975 | WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE ETHNICS [...]SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM'S MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY REMAINS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02975 01 OF[...] |
2002-12-15 23:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PINS PGOV VM ETMIN |
02HANOI3018 | VIETNAM: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LEGAL ENVIRONMENT [...]U) SUMMARY: AT A NATIONAL SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP), GVN AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANTS CONCLUDED THAT TI[...] |
2002-12-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL PREF EAID ELAB SMIG SOCI VM TIP |
02HANOI3055 | THE DILEMMA OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...]U) THIS IS A JOINT EMBASSY/CONGEN MESSAGE. ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: THE REAL STORY OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS IS A LONG-TERM STR[...] |
2002-12-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
02HANOI528 | VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: WHAT DID WE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A 2.5-DAY VISIT TO DAK LAK, GIA LAI, AND KON TUM PROVINCES, CONGENOFFS MET WITH MONTAGNARD RETURNEES FROM CAMBO[...] |
2002-03-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV PINS SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI559 | USCIRF MEETINGS WITH RELIGIOUS FIGURES IN [...]U ) CLASSIFIED BY RAYMOND F. BURGHARDT, AMBASSADOR; REASON 1.5(D) ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: THE COMPLEX AND EVOLVING INTE[...] |
2002-03-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
02HANOI573 | POVERTY AND REMINDERS OF WAR IN CENTRAL VIETNAM [...]U) SUMMARY: DIVIDED BY THE OLD DMZ, QUANG TRI AND QUANG BINH ARE UNITED IN POVERTY NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF WAR'S DESTRUCTION, BUT BEC[...] |
2002-03-14 04:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON PHUM EAID PGOV VM |
02HANOI579 | HOW NOT TO MAKE FRIENDS [...]U) CLASSIFIED BY RAYMOND F. BURGHARDT, AMBASSADOR; REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 H[...] |
2002-03-14 05:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
02HANOI589 | VIETNAM'S INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...]U) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS MOVED STEADILY TO INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTILATERAL FORA SINCE THE COMMUNIST PART[...] |
2002-03-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI EAID ECON VM UN HUMANR APEC ASEAN |
02HANOI652 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: NO PUNISHMENT FOR MOST [...]) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EMI LYNN YAMAUCHI, HO CHI MINH CITY, FOR REASONS 1.5 (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: A RELATIVELY MOD[...] |
2002-03-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HARARE1376 | USG ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS IN ZIMBABWE [...]SBU) Corruption at the official level in Zimbabwe has increased markedly in the last several years as the Government has systematicall[...] |
2002-06-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KSEP SOCI ZI |
02HARARE2192 | ZIMBABWE: GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS [...]U) The US Embassy, HHS/CDC and USAID have had a series of discussions on coordinating the US Government response to the HIV and AIDS c[...] |
2002-10-01 11:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV TBIO SOCI PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2342 | MIDLANDS PROVINCE: A PROVINCE OF COOPERATION [...]) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Political Officer visited Midlands province October 17 and 18 to meet with USAID, CDC, and WFP beneficiaries[...] |
2002-10-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PHUM SOCI ZI |
02HARARE2871 | MATABELELAND: FOOD ACCESS REMAINS TENUOUS [...]MMARY: (U) Ambassador, USAID Officer, State Zimbabwe Desk Officer and Political Officer visited Matabeleland North province December 3[...] |
2002-12-30 10:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR SOCI ZI |
02HOCHIMINHCITY1140 | HOA HAO MONK DEFIES GOVERNMENT ORDER AND CLIMBS A [...]SBU) ON NOVEMBER 7, CONTROVERSIAL HOA HAO MONK NAM UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01140 110628Z [...] |
2002-11-11 03:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY117 | HCMC OFFICIALS CAN NOW RUN THE CITY [...]UMMARY: IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TEST CASE FOR VIETNAM'S MAJOR CITIES, THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS DEVOLVED SOME SIGNIFICANT POWERS TO [...] |
2002-02-05 07:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI ETRD VM |
02HOCHIMINHCITY1270 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR FREEDOM FROM IT, IN DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES [...]BU) SUMMARY. DURING A RECENT TRIP TO DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH THEIR RESPEC[...] |
2002-12-11 04:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY131 | "DEGA PROTESTANTISM" AND THE U.S. CONNECTION [...]BU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY LEADER FROM GIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00131 01 OF 02 0[...] |
2002-02-08 05:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY203 | VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: REFUGEES WHO [...]) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1-3 TRIP TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, CONGENOFFS MET WITH VILLAGERS IN TWO DAK LAK COMMUNITIES AND VISITED A P[...] |
2002-03-04 16:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY336 | ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES -- REALITY SETS IN [...]BU) SUMMARY: SIX WEEKS AFTER THEIR UNHCR REPATRIATION AND THE ONSET OF REALITY, ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES HAVE OPENLY ARTICULATED THE[...] |
2002-04-06 02:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY39 | CHRISTMAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION FOR ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS [...]BU) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO ETHNIC MINORITY LEADERS, ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ENCOUNTERED A MIXTURE OF T[...] |
2002-01-15 14:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY390 | CROSSES, CADRES, AND CONVERSATIONS IN THE [...]BU) SUMMARY: PLAIN WHITE CROSSES DREW THE ATTENTION OF CONGEN OFFICERS AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCE OF DAK LAK. [...] |
2002-04-16 08:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY394 | EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL [...]BU) SUMMARY: AN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PACKED THE COMPOUND OF A 90-YEAR-OLD WOODEN CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY CATHOLIC W[...] |
2002-04-17 09:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY55 | GIA LAI PROVINCE HEALTHCARE: LEPROSY AND HIV/AIDS [...]UMMARY: IN A DECEMBER MEETING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE GIA LAI PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CALLED LEPROSY HIS MAIN PUBLIC HEALTH CONCE[...] |
2002-01-22 05:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV PREF VM HIV AIDS |
02HOCHIMINHCITY759 | PROTESTANT PROBLEMS IN KON TUM PROVINCE [...]BU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANT PASTOR AND ONE OF HIS CONGREGATION MEMBERS TRAVELED TO HO CHI MINH CITY TO TELL CONGENOFFS [...] |
2002-07-29 06:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02KATHMANDU1336 | PRESS FREEDOM UNDER NEPAL'S STATE OF EMERGENCY [...]BU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the State of Emergency in Nepal, 123 journalists have been arrested, with 35 still detained, three[...] |
2002-07-10 03:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU1465 | NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FLOUNDERS [...]) Summary: A founding member of Nepal's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was suspended from the body on July 24 for "behavior[...] |
2002-07-29 01:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU2301 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL INDEFINITE SCHOOL STRIKE [...]e Maoist student arm, All-Nepal National Free Student Union-Revolutionary, called for an indefinite school strike (or bandh) in Kathma[...] |
2002-12-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER SOCI |
02KATHMANDU2307 | NEPAL: CHILDREN IN CONFLICT [...]mmary: Continued Maoist violence in Nepal has taken a severe toll on the country's children, both physically and mentally. More than [...] |
2002-12-05 08:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2442 | NEPAL'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DEVASTATED BY MAOISTS [...]mmary: The Nepali education system has suffered tremendously in the country's nearly seven years of ongoing Maoist insurgency. Privat[...] |
2002-12-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU333 | NEPALI PARLIAMENT CONVENES FOR WINTER SESSION [...]SBU) The Winter Session of Parliament convened Feb. 10 amid widespread expectations that the Lower House will ratify the state of nati[...] |
2002-02-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PGOV SOCI |
02KATHMANDU363 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REGULATE MADRASAS [...]BU) SUMMARY: A notice from the Home Ministry announcing that private Muslim schools must register with local authorities has drawn c[...] |
2002-02-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF SOCI NP |
02KATHMANDU498 | NATIONAL PARK CLOSED TO ALL BUT TOURISTS [...]BU) Summary. Deteriorating security conditions have all but closed Royal Bardiya National Park in western Nepal to researchers and co[...] |
2002-03-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ASEC CASC SOCI NP |
02KATHMANDU509 | MAOIST AMBUSH MARS ANNUAL RHINO RELOCATION [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents killed two Royal Nepalese Army soldiers near Royal Chitwan National Park on March 10 just hours after [...] |
2002-03-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PTER EAID ASEC SOCI NP |
02KATHMANDU685 | DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA [...]n response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assess[...] |
2002-04-05 04:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO |
02KUWAIT5418 | SADDAM'S SPEECH RALLIES KUWAITIS AGAINST HIM [...]UMMARY. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's December 7 speech to "the sons of the People in Kuwait" has inspired Kuwaitis to rally around[...] |
2002-12-17 08:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SOCI KU |
02RANGOON1648 | NGOS HARD AT WORK IN KACHIN STATE [...]BU) Summary: International NGOs (INGOs) are working well in Kachin State. Though few in number, they are providing urgently needed p[...] |
2002-12-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID SOCI ECON BM NGO |
02ROME1818 | SICHAN SIV ROME MEETINGS CONCERNING UNGASS ON [...]SBU) ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFFS, AMBASSADOR TO THE UN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 01818 111403Z [...] |
2002-04-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI IT EUN UNICEF UN |
02ROME3534 | NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN: SECTION 102 [...]UMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, THE U.S. MISSION/ROME HAS OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZA[...] |
2002-07-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN FAO WFP |
02ROME5750 | FIAT: WORKER PROTESTS CONTINUE; SICILIAN SOLUTION IN SIGHT? [...]BU) SUMMARY: FIAT AUTO, TRADE UNIONS AND THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONTINUE THEIR POSTURING AROUND THE AUTOMAKER'S PLAN TO CUT COSTS B[...] |
2002-11-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI IT |
02TEGUCIGALPA2916 | CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...]mmary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor uni[...] |
2002-10-18 23:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HO USAID |
02TEGUCIGALPA2928 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION PROTESTS COLUMBUS DAY, [...]) On October 11 approximately 100 peaceful demonstrators protested outside Embassy Tegucigalpa. The protesters included representativ[...] |
2002-10-22 23:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL PTER ETRD PHUM SOCI HO |
02TEGUCIGALPA2981 | HONDURAS ISSUES 2001 CENSUS FIGURES; POPULATION [...]) On October 18, National Institute of Statistics (INE) Director Magdalena Garcia presented the numbers from the 2001 census to Acting[...] |
2002-10-29 20:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI PHUM HO |
02TEGUCIGALPA2987 | POPULAR BLOCK AND TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE VIOLENTLY [...]) On October 24-25 several thousand demonstrators that included the loose political alliance known as the Popular Block, the labor uni[...] |
2002-10-29 23:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC HO |
02VATICAN1152 | SANT'EGIDIO THANKS UNCLE SAM AND CHIDES [...]U) ANDREA RICCARDI, FOUNDER OF THE SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY, HOSTED AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS 2/19 AT A DINNER IN RECOGNITION OF THE ORGANIZ[...] |
2002-03-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CO CU IT MZ PHUM PREL SOCI VT ZL |
02VATICAN2229 | HOLOCAUST ENVOY'S VATICAN FAREWELL CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES AMBASSADOR BINDENAGEL MET WITH VATICAN OFFICIALS APRIL 26 FOR [...] |
2002-05-08 12:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | FR GM IT KNAR PHUM PREL SOCI VT VTFR |
02VATICAN4217 | VATICAN PUTS PEOPLE FIRST AT SUSTAINABLE [...]EOPLE COME FIRST" WILL BE THE LEITMOTIF FOR THE VATICAN DELEGATION AT THE WORLD SUMMIT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. IN AN AUGUST 25 MES[...] |
2002-08-30 08:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI VT |
02VATICAN4247 | VATICAN ON UNGA PRIORITIES [...]T THE END OF A LONG ROMAN AUGUST WITH FEW HOLY SEE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04247 031213Z [...] |
2002-09-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI VT |
02VATICAN4470 | VATICAN IRE AT NEW RUSSIAN "NYET" TO ITS CLERGY [...]THE VATICAN HAS SHARPLY CRITICIZED THE RECENT EXPULSION OF TWO POLISH PRIESTS FROM RUSSIA. THIS BRINGS TO FIVE THE NUMBER OF CATHOLIC[...] |
2002-09-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PL RS VT |
02VATICAN4742 | HOLY SEE TO TAKE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONCERNS TO [...]) FOLLOWING THE HOLY SEE'S REBUKE OF RUSSIA BEFORE OSCE CHIEFS OF MISSION TO THE HOLY SEE FOR ITS SERIES OF EXPULSIONS AND VISA DENIAL[...] |
2002-10-01 11:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PL RS VT |
02VATICAN4909 | HOLY SEE: FM TAURAN REPLY TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON [...](SBU) IN HIS REPLY TO SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER REQUESTING A STRONG HOLY SEE STATEMENT REGARDING THE SAFETY OF U.S. BIOTECH FOOD ASSI[...] |
2002-10-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL |
02VATICAN5138 | THE POPE AND THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCH: REINFORCING [...](U) IN THE VATICAN, WHERE GESTURES AND SYMBOLS CARRY WEIGHT, POPE JOHN PAUL II PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS DURING ROMANIAN ORTHODOX PATRI[...] |
2002-10-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI RO VT VTPREL |
02VATICAN5167 | VATICAN BACKS U.S. BISHOPS' SEXUAL ABUSE POLICY, [...]) IN AN OCTOBER 18 LETTER TO THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, THE HOLY SEE CONVEYED ITS SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. BISHOPS' EFFORTS [...] |
2002-10-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VT |
02VATICAN5625 | AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON'S MEETING ON BIOTECH WITH [...]) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON HOLY SEE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EQUIVALENT LEONARDO SANDRI NOVEMBER 16 TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERN OVER TH[...] |
2002-11-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL |
03ABUDHABI1090 | UAE LABOR UNIONS WILL BE "FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL" [...]) An editorial published on March 3 by a well-regarded economic commentator lauded the recent Ministry of Labour draft proposal to for[...] |
2003-03-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1204 | WILDCAT STRIKE RESOLVED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE [...]) Local press prominently reported the resolution of a strike by forty laborers against a contracting firm on March 11. The employees [...] |
2003-03-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1240 | ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE [...]) Seventy five expatriate workers went on strike and refused to return to work until they were paid, reported the local press on March[...] |
2003-03-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1367 | UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UAE [...]) Local Arabic language press reported on March 15 that the official unemployment rate in the UAE was 2.6%, the lowest in the Arab wor[...] |
2003-03-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON SOCI TC |
03ABUDHABI1634 | UAE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL WORKERS FAILS TO [...]BU) SUMMARY: The UAEG's much-hyped amnesty program has thus far not been as successful as government officials had predicted. The amne[...] |
2003-04-06 10:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1754 | LABOR ATTACHES PAINT A RELATIVELY ROSY [...]BU) Summary and comment: In conversations with the Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Filipino Labor Attaches, Econoff was repeatedly[...] |
2003-04-13 10:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1794 | UAE INCREASES THE NUMBER OF WORK VISAS [...]) Local press reported on April 13 that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs issued more than 32,000 employee labor cards and 12,[...] |
2003-04-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1902 | UAE CREATES NEW LABOR INSPECTION PLAN OF [...]) Local press reported on April 18 that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has developed a new inspection and training plan cen[...] |
2003-04-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1935 | UAE HOPES TO IMPLEMENT LABOR UNION LAW BY [...]BU) UAE Labor Minister Matar Al-Tayer informed DCM on April 21 that the final draft of the new UAE labor law which permits the creatio[...] |
2003-04-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1946 | UAEG OFFICIALS OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON WHY THE [...]) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) In a conversation with the DCM on April 21, UAE &[...] |
2003-04-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI1983 | UAEG REACTS -- AND OVERREACTS - TO SARS [...]) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) The UAE Ministry of Health will install thermal &[...] |
2003-04-28 06:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI TC |
03ABUDHABI2083 | ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE [...]) The local press reported that three hundred expatriate workers at an Abu Dhabi-based construction company gathered at the Ministry o[...] |
2003-04-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI2175 | UAE EXTENDS AMNESTY [...]) The UAEG announced that it has extended the amnesty period for illegal aliens to depart the country without penalty an additional mo[...] |
2003-05-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI2274 | (SBU) INHERENT CONTRADICTIONS OF THE UAE [...]BU) In a recent address to the Indian Business and Professional Group, UAE Labor Undersecretary Khalid Al-Khazraji said all the right [...] |
2003-05-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI2323 | LABOR MINISTRY MEDIATES STRIKE IN DUBAI [...][...] |
2003-05-12 10:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI2670 | THREE MORE LABOR STRIKES RESOLVED [...]) In the last week, the local English dailies reported on three labor strikes, two in Dubai and one in Abu Dhabi. All three labor stop[...] |
2003-06-07 05:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI288 | UAE'S NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY REGISTERS 7,000 [...]U) Classified by A/DCM Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) Summary and comment: The UAE Ministry of L[...] |
2003-01-19 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KWMN SOCI TC |
03ABUDHABI2969 | UAE AMNESTY FAILS [...]BU) Summary: The UAEG's amnesty program failed to significantly reduce the number of illegal laborers in the UAE. Only 60,000 illegals[...] |
2003-06-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI3037 | UAE MEPI COUNTRY STRATEGY [...]MMARY: Following is the UAE's country strategy for MEPI, which has been developed by PA and coordinated with POL and ECON. This includ[...] |
2003-06-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ETRD SOCI SCUL BTIO EAID PGOV |
03ABUDHABI3200 | UAE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGES [...]) In a newspaper interview with a local English daily, the UAE Labor Undersecretary Dr. Khalid Al- Khazraji declared, in response to a[...] |
2003-07-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI3201 | UAE CONTINUES AMNESTY [...]) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van de Vate for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) The UAEG officially claimed that 100,000 [...] |
2003-07-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI3202 | UAE APPROVES ILO BIO-HAZARD RULES [...]) The UAE approved the recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on ccupational health and safety. The ILO agree[...] |
2003-07-08 13:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI3410 | UAE SUPREME COURT RULES SPONSORS CANNOT [...]) Local papers reported on July 17 that the Federal Supreme Court ruled sponsors cannot withhold the passports of their employees -- a[...] |
2003-07-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI3587 | UAEG BLACKLISTS FIRMS FOR VIOLATING LABOR LAWS [...]) Local press reported that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs blacklisted 375 companies in Abu Dhabi and 549 in Dubai and the [...] |
2003-08-02 17:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUDHABI4253 | EXPATRIATES TO GET ACCESS TO NATIONAL LABOR [...]) Local press reported that the UAE Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has drafted a law that will establish a national labor union [...] |
2003-09-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS |
03ABUDHABI4748 | UAE AND OPIC -- PERFECT TOGETHER [...]his is an action request; please see paragraph 3. ¶2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Post believes the time is ripe for a dia[...] |
2003-10-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
03ABUDHABI5076 | UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...]U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) This is the first in a serie[...] |
2003-11-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC |
03ABUDHABI941 | UAE DRAFTS LABOR UNION REGULATIONS [...]) The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs completed the final draft of a proposal permitting the creation of full-fledged labor unio[...] |
2003-02-26 08:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
03ABUJA12 | NIGERIA: PDP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES [...](U) The People's Democratic Party (PDP) held its so- called primaries during Christmas week 2002, producing few surprises. The select[...] |
2003-01-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NI |
03ABUJA1339 | THE ABUJA SULLIVAN SUMMIT WAS A SUCCESS [...]mmary: The Sixth Leon H. Sullivan Summit, convened July 12-17 in Abuja was momentous and successful. The overarching Summit theme wa[...] |
2003-08-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SOCI EINV XA NI |
03ABUJA1949 | Ramadan 2003 PD Strategy: Engaging Islam in Nigeria [...][...] |
2003-11-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SOCI |
03ABUJA1955 | KANO STATE GOVERNOR STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT POLIO [...]) During a November 3 courtesy call on Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, the CDA expressed concern about reports that polio vaccin[...] |
2003-11-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI NI AID |
03ABUJA404 | NIGERIA: ANPP/PDP FUELED VIOLENCE IN KWARA STATE [...]U) Kwara state is located on Nigeria's ethnic and religious divide and its divisive politics provide a study of the difficulties faci[...] |
2003-02-25 15:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NI |
03ABUJA727 | NIGERIA ELECTIONS -- THE VIEW FROM THE QUEUE [...]inding down Shehu Shagari Way in Abuja to an AP station opposite the Hilton is a fuel queue that varies between 300 and 1700 meters. [...] |
2003-04-22 20:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI NI |
03ADANA107 | RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION BY KURDS: [...]SBU) Summary: Mehmet Erbas, a junior faculty member at Mersin University, has conducted scholarly research about the migration [...] |
2003-04-15 12:17:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU ADANA |
03AMMAN1191 | QUOTA GUARANTEES WOMEN SIX SEATS IN PARLIAMENT [...]) A royal decree issued on February 19 formalized a quota system that guarantees six seats for women in the next Parliament. End Summ[...] |
2003-02-27 12:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN1336 | JORDAN SCHEDULES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR JUNE [...]) THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 27 THAT LOWER HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, POSTPONED THREE TIMES, WILL BE HELD ON J[...] |
2003-03-06 08:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN1530 | OUTSIDE AMMAN, MANY FEAR ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF [...]) Summary. In March 5 and 6 meetings in Salt and Aqaba with Poloff, a number of prominent Jordanian businessmen and politicians prov[...] |
2003-03-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI JO |
03AMMAN2402 | PM AFFIRMS GOJ INTENT TO HOLD ELECTIONS JUNE 17, [...]) PM Ali Abul Ragheb affirmed publicly on April 18 that the GOJ intends to proceed with parliamentary elections on June 17. However, [...] |
2003-04-22 04:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN2682 | JORDAN'S JUNE 17 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: TIMELINE [...]) Jordan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on June 17. This cable provides basic information regarding the legal requireme[...] |
2003-05-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN2822 | ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT ANNOUNCES LIST OF 29 [...][...] |
2003-05-13 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN2989 | JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES: ISLAMISTS, LEFTISTS, [...]) This cable provides background on Jordan's political parties participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on June 17. Jordan's[...] |
2003-05-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN3039 | JORDANIAN CAMPAIGNING AQABA STYLE; INSIGHT INTO [...]) PolOff attended a luncheon in Aqaba on May 15 hosted by Dr. Mohammed Badri, a former member of the parliament for the Aqaba Governor[...] |
2003-05-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN3420 | ZARQA ELECTION PRIMER [...]c) Summary: Mohammed Arsalan, a long-time Embassy contact and candidate for the "Chechen" seat representing Zarqa in the new parliam[...] |
2003-06-10 07:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO INRB |
03AMMAN4038 | Jordan MEPI Strategy [...]Following per State 126550 is the post's integrated MEPI strategy divided into the three MEPI Pillars: A) Economic Reform and Private [...] |
2003-07-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID BTIO PGOV SOCI KWMN PREL KDEM SCUL BEXP PHUM KPAO XF JO ETRO |
03AMMAN4538 | HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS: GOJ CREATES TWO NEW HUMAN [...]C) Over the past few months, the GOJ has created two new governmental human rights organizations -- the National Center for Human Rig[...] |
2003-07-23 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI JO |
03AMMAN4737 | JORDAN'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: CONTROVERSY, [...]C) Summary: Jordan's municipal elections concluded July 27 with little fanfare but some controversy. Despite the efforts of the Isl[...] |
2003-07-30 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN4764 | PARLIAMENT OPENS, ERRANT MP'S SWEAR PROPER OATH; [...]C) The just-begun special session of the Parliament will examine Parliamentary bylaws, consider a vote of confidence in the new cabin[...] |
2003-07-31 09:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO |
03AMMAN4831 | CPA SENIOR HEALTH ADVISOR HAVEMAN'S VISIT TO AMMAN [...]sbu) Summary: CPA Senior Health Sector Advisor Jim Haveman and a team of CPA staff visited Amman July 28-29 on a fact-finding and ap[...] |
2003-08-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PREL IZ JO |
03AMMAN4849 | POLL RESULTS REFLECT GROWING POPULAR DESIRE FOR [...]C) A Jordanian pollster who has conducted a number of studies in the country over the past several years believes that there is a gro[...] |
2003-08-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL JO |
03AMMAN4891 | JORDAN LOOKS TO REHABILITATE MUNICIPAL SECTOR WITH [...]U) In line with GOJ's new Municipal Elections Law, which empowers the GOJ to appoint all mayors and up to 50 percent of the seats in [...] |
2003-08-05 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN4894 | AMBASSADOR GNEHM DISCUSSES U.S.-GOJ ISSUES WITH [...]) Ambassador Gnehm visited newly elected Speaker of the Parliament, Saad Hayel Srour, and discussed issues related to the new Parliame[...] |
2003-08-05 09:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO |
03AMMAN5012 | LOWER HOUSE TRYING TO ROLL BACK ON WOMEN'S [...]) The Lower House of Parliament voted on August 3 to reject two of the 211 temporary laws passed since Parliament was disbanded two ye[...] |
2003-08-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO |
03AMMAN5115 | JORDANIAN WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY [...]) A group of Jordanian women conducted a peaceful demonstration at the gates of the Parliament August 10 to protest a recent Lower Hou[...] |
2003-08-12 16:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI JO |
03AMMAN5329 | GOJ CONDEMNS UN HEADQUARTERS BOMBING; PRESS, [...]) The GOJ reacted strongly against the August 19 bombing of U.N. HQ in Baghdad. Information Minister, Nabil al-Sharif, released a sta[...] |
2003-08-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN5339 | BIRTH OF A JORDANIAN "SUPERSTAR" -- AND SOME [...]U) Diana Corazan, a young Jordanian singing sensation, was declared the new "Superstar" of Lebanon's Future TV August 18 after winnin[...] |
2003-08-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM SY JO |
03AMMAN5698 | BAGHDAD BASED IRAQIS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL [...]) PolOff discussed with two Baghdad based Iraqis what their lives in Iraq are like post-Saddam, Iraqi expectations vs. current realiti[...] |
2003-09-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN5763 | CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE: JORDAN [...] requested in reftel, post is providing additional information on child labor in Jordan. Ministry of Labor (MOL) officials informed po[...] |
2003-09-09 07:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN5971 | GOJ CALLS U.S.-JORDAN-IRAQI FRATRICIDE INCIDENT AT [...]) Acting PM Faris Nabulsi stated that the September 12 U.S.-Jordan-Iraqi fratricide incident at Falluja, was "unintentional" and woul[...] |
2003-09-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN6027 | HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN ON THE AGENDA [...]U) Press reports have highlighted recent "honor killings," the reduction of a stiff sentence against one perpetrator, and the rejecti[...] |
2003-09-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KWMN PREL KMPI JO |
03AMMAN6122 | MODERATE IRAQI PARTIES SEEK CPA PARTICIPATION IN [...]) Jamal Rifai, member of Jordan's al Mustaqbel Party and freelance journalist, told us September 22 that there will be a conference Se[...] |
2003-09-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN6221 | IRAQI "EMBASSY" IN AMMAN SERVES TEA WHILE WAITING [...]) By their own admission, Iraqi Interests Section staff (six diplomats and six admin. staff) have been mostly idle since the end of th[...] |
2003-09-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN673 | THE VIEW OF A POTENTIAL FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR [...]C) SUMMARY. On January 21, PolOff met with Nadia Alool, a long-time human rights contact who is contemplating a bid for a parliamenta[...] |
2003-02-02 04:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN7340 | SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS HELP FOREIGN DOMESTIC [...]U) This cable contains an action request for G/TIP, see para 20. ------- SUMMARY ------- Â[...] |
2003-11-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB SMIG PHUM SOCI JO |
03AMMAN7804 | JORDANIAN ELITE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT, [...]SBU) A recent opinion poll showed that, despite falling confidence in government on the part of "ordinary" citizens, "opinion leaders"[...] |
2003-12-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM JO |
03AMMAN8044 | JORDAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION PROJECT WINS UN PRIZE [...]) On December 10, the UN General Assembly President will present the Family Protection Project Management Team of Jordan one of six 20[...] |
2003-12-10 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PHUM KWMN JO |
03AMMAN859 | ONE IRAQI HOPES FOR WAR WHILE JORDANIANS PROTEST [...]SBU) SUMMARY: During the weekend of January 31, which saw a large Jordanian anti-war protest (ref), political FSN spoke at length wi[...] |
2003-02-06 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ JO PHUM SOCI |
03AMMAN893 | SUPPORT FOR KING ABDULLAH SOLID, BUT CHANGING: [...]) This is the first cable in a series that will examine the stability of the Hashemite regime based on the support of its traditional [...] |
2003-02-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON KPAL JO |
03AMMAN967 | PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART II OF IV: THE EAST BANK [...]) Traditionally, the most important pillar of the Hashemite regime has been its East Bank constituency, including both Bedouin and non[...] |
2003-02-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI ECON KPAL JO |
03ANKARA1511 | TURKS MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CBW PROTECTIVE GEAR [...][...] |
2003-03-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL SOCI MCAP TU IZ |
03ANKARA5326 | CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE [...]) Summary: Turkey's new labor law, drafted to conform with European Union law, became effective June 10, 2003. It prohibits all emp[...] |
2003-08-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID TU |
03ANKARA6677 | Ambassador Discusses Iraq Reconstruction, [...]BU) In their first meeting, Health Minister Recep Akdag told the Ambassador that Turkey wanted to contribute to Iraq reconstruction by[...] |
2003-10-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ETRD KIPR SENV TU |
03ANKARA7492 | BLACK SEA STATES TO CREATE NETWORK TO COMBAT AIDS [...]ction Request -- See para 7. ¶2. Summary: The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), in cooperation with UN age[...] |
2003-12-05 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN KHIV SENV SOCI TU |
03BEIRUT5454 | LEBANON: ISLAMIC REFORM: THE BEGINNING OF A [...]C) Summary. Meeting in Beirut to address the misuse of Islamic endowments by extremist groups, the Executive Council of the Ministers[...] |
2003-12-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL KIRF SOCI EFIN LE SA |
03BRASILIA3122 | NEW DECREE TO FACILITATE IMPORTATION OF COPIED DRUGS [...]U) SUMMARY: The GoB has taken its latest step in laying the legal groundwork necessary to import copied versions of patented pharmaceu[...] |
2003-09-26 19:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR |
03BRASILIA3682 | BRAZIL'S PROSPECTS FOR A RETURN TO ECONOMIC GROWTH [...]UMMARY. Brazil's government, economists and media all now voice expectation of forthcoming relative economic relief. Hardly anyone di[...] |
2003-11-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL EINV SOCI BR |
03BRASILIA3813 | BRAZIL: MORE BUZZING AT BNDES [...]razil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) remains in media focus, with totally divergent forecasts as to the f[...] |
2003-12-03 09:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV EIND ETRD EAGR PGOV SOCI BR |
03BRASILIA3910 | LULA'S PENSION REFORM PASSES. WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? [...]fter seven-plus months of legislative tussle, Lula's pension-reform bill passed its required second Senate floor vote on December 11 b[...] |
2003-12-12 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR |
03BRASILIA3953 | LULA'S TAX REFORM PASSES: WHAT IT LEAVES TO BE [...]ULA'S TAX-REFORM BILL PASSED ITS SECOND SENATE VOTE ON DECEMBER 17 BY 64 VOTES TO FIVE AND WILL BECOME LAW WHEN PUBLISHED IN THE OFFIC[...] |
2003-12-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR |
03BRASILIA80 | BRAZIL'S PENSION ("PREVIDENCIA") PROBLEM: A BASIC [...]ula's GoB is set to tackle the abysmal fiscal problem of Brazil's pension system (current budget drain: five-plus percent of GDP.) Of[...] |
2003-01-09 09:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR |
03COLOMBO101 | Sri Lanka: Five things that upset Sinhalese [...]C) Always a lively crowd, Sri Lanka's Sinhalese extremists have been raising a ruckus over five issues of late. They have demanded, f[...] |
2003-01-17 05:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO1075 | In visit to central region, some interlocutors [...]C) SUMMARY: In a June 15-16 visit, Kandy, an important city in Sri Lanka's Sinhalese belt, was quiet and peaceful. Many interlocutor[...] |
2003-06-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO1253 | Political Islam in Sri Lanka and the Maldives [...]C) In response to Reftel action request, country descriptions of political Islam as a factor in Sri Lanka and the Maldives are contain[...] |
2003-07-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER PREL SOCI MV CE |
03COLOMBO1266 | Excitement over Maldivian economic growth [...]C) SUMMARY: During recent Embassy meetings in the Maldives, government and business interlocutors spoke about the positive social and[...] |
2003-07-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SOCI MV |
03COLOMBO1436 | SRI LANKA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...]llowing is information on Child Labor in Sri Lanka for GSP Trade and Development Act. ¶2. Responses are keyed to Reftel. [...] |
2003-08-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID |
03COLOMBO1466 | Sri Lanka's hill country: Strong support for [...]C) SUMMARY: During an August 18-19 visit to Sri Lanka's central highlands, interlocutors expressed strong support for the peace proce[...] |
2003-08-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI CE KWMM ECONOMICS |
03COLOMBO1471 | GSL reviewing proposed anti-conversion bill as [...]C) SUMMARY: In a recent development on the religious freedom front, a draft bill prohibiting the conversion of Hindus is being review[...] |
2003-08-22 05:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CE |
03COLOMBO1674 | During visit by U.S. team, southern Maldives [...]C) SUMMARY: A U.S. team visited the southern Maldivian island of Gan on September 23. With roughly a fifth of the population of the [...] |
2003-09-26 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MV ECONOMICS |
03COLOMBO1708 | Key Muslim Minister discusses peace process [...]C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 30 with Rauf Hakeem, Muslim party leader and Minister of Ports and Shipping. Asked for his [...] |
2003-10-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI EINV CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO1718 | Maldives appears calm in aftermath of recent [...]C) SUMMARY: The Maldives appears calm in the wake of the recent unrest in Male' that was triggered by a violent prison disturbance. [...] |
2003-10-02 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI MV |
03COLOMBO1789 | Ending a long-standing dispute, Parliament [...]C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Parliament passed a bill granting citizenship to over 160,000 tea estate Tamils on October 7. The bill ends [...] |
2003-10-09 01:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL CE IN LTTE |
03COLOMBO1819 | Maldivian President wins another five-year [...]C) SUMMARY: Maldivian President Gayoom handily won reelection for a sixth term in a national referendum held on October 17. In other[...] |
2003-10-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI MV |
03COLOMBO1832 | In Mission visit, Jaffna seems calm, but deep [...]C) SUMMARY: DCM and SA/INS desk officer visited Jaffna for one day of meetings with military, government, and NGO officials on Octobe[...] |
2003-10-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS SOCI PREF CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO1916 | President's moves place spotlight on deep [...]C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's dramatic November 4-5 moves against the UNP government have placed the spotlight on Sri Lanka's d[...] |
2003-11-05 13:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC SOCI CASC CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO1927 | Amid tentative signs that the President may [...]C) SUMMARY: As the dust begins to settle after President Kumaratunga's rapid-fire November 4-5 moves against the UNP government, spec[...] |
2003-11-06 12:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC SOCI CE |
03COLOMBO2010 | Sri Lanka's Sinhalese extremist Sihala Urumaya [...]C) SUMMARY: The Sihala Urumaya (SU) party is minuscule as an electoral force. The party packs a political wallop, however: its lead[...] |
2003-11-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI CE |
03COLOMBO2191 | Political Gleanings: President hits out at PM; [...]C) This edition of Political Gleanings for Sri Lanka reviews the following: -- In more bad news for cohabitation, President &[...] |
2003-12-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SOCI PINR ELTN CE |
03COLOMBO296 | Some Buddhist monks protest peace process, but [...]) SUMMARY: A small group of Buddhist monks aligned with the radical JVP party is regularly taking to the streets to protest the GSL's[...] |
2003-02-21 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR SOCI PHUM CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO364 | Government considering re-imposition of [...]) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government is considering whether to re-impose capital punishment, which remains on the books, but has not b[...] |
2003-03-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR ASEC CE |
03COLOMBO536 | Sri Lanka's Supreme Court rules that [...]) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ruled March 25 that the previous government violated the fundamental rights of numerous Tamils by[...] |
2003-03-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS SOCI CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO543 | In positive move for peace process, Tigers [...]C) SUMMARY: A March 27 meeting between Muslims and the Tamil Tigers has gone some way toward dealing with a long-standing dispute ove[...] |
2003-03-31 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ECON SOCI CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO613 | Action Request: Sri Lankan nominee for UN [...]U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (U) This message contains an Action Reque[...] |
2003-04-09 09:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PHUM CE UN |
03COLOMBO66 | Journey of a human rights activist: From a [...]C) SUMMARY: Father Harry Miller (AMCIT -- strictly protect), a Catholic priest and resident of Sri Lanka for almost 55 years, is chan[...] |
2003-01-10 06:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO994 | Domestic Politics Update: Meeting between PM- [...]C) This update of Sri Lanka's domestic political situation reviews the following: -- In meeting, prime minister and key presi[...] |
2003-06-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PHUM SOCI CE |
03FRANKFURT5937 | "RUSSIAN-GERMANS": IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...]SBU) Summary: The immigration and integration of ethnic Germans and their families from the former Soviet Union (Aussiedler) is a majo[...] |
2003-07-21 13:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG SOCI PGOV PREF PHUM GM |
03GUATEMALA1189 | SPURNED EX-PACS KIDNAP OFFICIALS, BURN PROPERTIES [...]mmary: Former civil patrol members (ex-PACs) on Guatemala's south coast rioted on May 5 to protest continued delays in promised GOG pa[...] |
2003-05-07 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI ASEC CASC GT |
03GUATEMALA1464 | AMCIT LAND DISPUTE IN ALTA VERAPAZ [...]ummary. "Finca Esmeralda," a coffee farm in Alta Verapaz province owned by Carlos Ardebol, and AmCit, has been occupied since Februar[...] |
2003-06-06 18:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ELAB PHUM SOCI GT |
03GUATEMALA1751 | GUATEMALA DEMARCHED ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES [...][...] |
2003-07-08 18:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI GT ECOSOC |
03GUATEMALA2108 | CHILD LABOR UPDATE: GUATEMALA [...]ummary: In response to Ref A, this cable provides update information to supplement Refs B (last year's Child Labor report, which othe[...] |
2003-08-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI GT USAID |
03GUATEMALA2630 | GUATEMALA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR AIDS PROGRAM [...]mmary: On October 9, the Ambassador attended a GOG presentation to elicit support for its latest attempt to secure funding from the Gl[...] |
2003-10-10 17:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO EAID GT UNDP UNESCO |
03GUATEMALA759 | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON LABOR ISSUES [...]ef A requests information about current or recently completed technical cooperation activities in the labor field. That information w[...] |
2003-03-21 18:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID KSUM ECON SOCI GT |
03HANOI1063 | NAM CAN BORDER OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...]U) SUMMARY. The Vietnam - Laos Nam Can border crossing in Nghe An province opened to foreigners in January 2003. There appears to [...] |
2003-05-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR SOCI PGOV ETRD ECON EAID LA VM CNARC |
03HANOI1144 | VIETNAM: Have Money? Get ESPN (and CNN)! [...]mmary: Although the Vietnamese government (GVN) regulates access to foreign television, particularly news channels, enforcement of re[...] |
2003-05-09 05:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM |
03HANOI1362 | Cadre Rotation - Grooming the next generation of [...]U) Summary: Vietnam is attempting to breathe new life into "cadre rotation" in order to train the next generation of leaders as well[...] |
2003-06-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
03HANOI1411 | TRAINING VIETNAM'S JUDGES: MORE WORK NEEDED [...]U) Summary: The low quality of professional skills among Vietnamese judges at all levels -- local, provincial and national -- is a w[...] |
2003-06-09 06:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI VM |
03HANOI1437 | VIETNAM: Ongoing evolution of the role of [...]U) Summary: The gradual process of judicial reform and development of a "rule-of-law" state in Vietnam have contributed to the rise [...] |
2003-06-11 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV SOCI VM |
03HANOI155 | DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN [...]SBU) Embassy understands that a recommendation from Ambassador Hanford to the Secretary on designation of Countries of Particular Conc[...] |
2003-01-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HANOI1554 | Khmer and Cham in Vietnam -- [...]U) Summary: The Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the Cambodian border is home to members of all of Vietnam's recognized religiou[...] |
2003-06-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI1555 | GVN Complains TIP Report Shorts Its Efforts [...]U) Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung complained to DCM during a June 20 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) tha[...] |
2003-06-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP |
03HANOI1671 | An Giang: TIP Problem Depends on Point of View [...]U) Summary: An Giang local government and mass organization officials do not agree on the seriousness of the Trafficking in Persons [...] |
2003-07-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC TIP |
03HANOI1687 | PROTESTANTS CLAIM MORE HARASSMENT [...]U) Summary. Unconfirmed reports continue to indicate efforts by local authorities to pressure ethnic minority Protestants in some lo[...] |
2003-07-03 07:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HANOI175 | Central Committee on minorities, religious, land [...]SBU) Summary. The second session of the 7th plenum of the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 9th Central Committee (CC) apparently f[...] |
2003-01-22 09:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE DPOL |
03HANOI1797 | NEW EFFORTS TO COMBAT PROSTITUTION IN VIETNAM [...]U) Summary. A new ordinance should strengthen efforts aimed at combating prostitution in Vietnam and its related effects. The most s[...] |
2003-07-15 07:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP |
03HANOI1805 | CPV WRAPS UP 8TH PLENUM -- DEFENSE, SALARY [...]U) The Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) Ninth Central Committee held its eighth plenum in Hanoi July 2-12, with major addresses by [...] |
2003-07-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL SOCI ECON VM DPOL |
03HANOI1840 | HANOI'S TOURIST LANDSCAPE AND POST-SARS TERRAIN [...]U) Summary. Tourism dropped significantly in Vietnam due to SARS -- at least 30 pct nationwide and as much as 90 pct in Hanoi -- in s[...] |
2003-07-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CASC SOCI VM |
03HANOI1932 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THRU THE LENS OF A DAK LAK VILLAGE [...]U) This is a joint Hanoi/HCMC reporting cable. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: On July 25, during an otherwise tightly con[...] |
2003-07-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI197 | VIETNAM: LAUNCH OF SMARTWORK LABOR COOPERATION [...]U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together (SMARTWork) project officially[...] |
2003-01-24 05:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
03HANOI2042 | WHAT'S (NOT) AVAILABLE AT HANOI'S BOOKSTORES [...]U) Summary: Government controls continue to ensure that both imported and locally printed books stay within acceptable bounds. Fictio[...] |
2003-08-11 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM |
03HANOI2047 | FAMILY PLANNING POLICY AND PRACTICE IN VIETNAM [...]U) Summary. A new ordinance on family planning enshrines individual choice of family size and timing, while "encouraging" small fami[...] |
2003-08-12 07:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV VM |
03HANOI2175 | KEEPING A FOCUS ON CORRUPTION [...]U) Summary. According to CPV officials and official media reports, corruption remains an endemic problem in Vietnam at all levels, b[...] |
2003-08-27 06:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
03HANOI220 | MORE SENTENCES FOR PUBLIC PROTESTS [...]U) An official of the Nam Dinh Provincial People's Court confirmed to emboff on January 28 the substance of media reports (ref a) abo[...] |
2003-01-28 09:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM PGOV SOCI VM |
03HANOI247 | Punishing Minor Crimes "Administratively" [...]U) Summary: The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) issued a new ordinance on "Administrative Violations" effective October 1[...] |
2003-01-31 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS ECON SOCI CASC VM |
03HANOI2532 | Vietnamese Catholics install new Bishop [...]U) In an open air ceremony in Son Tay town of Ha Tay province (adjacent to Hanoi), Vietnamese Catholics formally installed Father Ant[...] |
2003-10-01 09:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI2546 | Regulating religion [...]SBU) Summary. Vietnamese continue privately to debate the contents -- but not the merits -- of a new formal ordinance on religion th[...] |
2003-10-03 05:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI2996 | THE CPV TRIES TO RE-VET ITSELF; PR STUNT? [...]U) Summary. By Ho Chi Minh's 115th birthday anniversary in 2005, the CPV will in principle have re- certified the qualifications of [...] |
2003-11-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
03HANOI3156 | ANOTHER CORRUPTION CASE HITS SOME HI-FLIERS [...]U) Vietnamese media reported on December 3 the convictions of a former director of a real estate and marketing subsidiary of the Minis[...] |
2003-12-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
03HANOI3350 | 2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...][...] |
2003-12-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM |
03HANOI353 | DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS IN VIETNAM [...]U) SUMMARY: Vietnamese provincial drug treatment centers range from the most basic to relatively modern. Most suffer from a lack of p[...] |
2003-02-13 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC |
03HANOI549 | COMMUNITY DRUG TREATMENT IN VIETNAM: NOT MUCH TO IT [...]U) SUMMARY: Despite improved national guidance on community drug treatment as well as an increasing awareness among authorities of th[...] |
2003-03-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV SOCI VM HIV AIDS CNARC |
03HANOI551 | Reported attempts at forced renunciation of faith [...]SBU) A reliable contact within the Evangelical Church of Vietnam - North (ECVN) provided Embassy with copies of 13 handwritten letter[...] |
2003-03-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PINS SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI592 | Religion in Lao Cai and Yen Bai - Different Stories [...]U) Summary: Local officials in two mountainous, predominantly minority northwestern provinces appear to be taking differing approach[...] |
2003-03-12 03:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI619 | GVN CONCERNED OVER VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT [...]U) In a meeting with Charge on March 13, Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung, concurrently Director of the MFA's America's Dep[...] |
2003-03-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR |
03HANOI655 | SARS IN HANOI: CURRENT SITUATION AND REQUEST FOR [...]lease see action/guidance requests in paras 9 and 10. What Happened? -------------- ¶2. Hanoi is one of [...] |
2003-03-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED TBIO SOCI VM |
03HANOI669 | VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...]U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the futu[...] |
2003-03-19 02:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP |
03HANOI752 | Turning Highlanders into Rice Farmers [...]U) Summary: Many efforts to improve the living standards of highland ethnic minorities center on transforming their way of life from[...] |
2003-03-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR EAGR VM ETMIN |
03HANOI812 | THE ROLE OF THINK TANKS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...]U) SUMMARY: The GVN supports an extensive network of research institutes ("think tanks") under the National Center for Social Science[...] |
2003-04-02 03:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
03HANOI935 | Lay Assessors: More symbolic than useful [...]BU) Summary: "Lay assessors" in courts below the appellate level are Vietnam's rough equivalent of trial by jury. Officials describe[...] |
2003-04-15 09:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM |
03HARARE1130 | AFTER MUGABE: POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A U.S. [...]) Summary: While it is still uncertain whether President Robert Mugabe will depart in the next days or months, Post considers it prude[...] |
2003-06-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI EXIM |
03HARARE1185 | ASSISTING ZIMBABWE AFTER DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS [...]) Summary: This message provides recommendations for U.S. assistance to a reformist, democratically-elected government. These recomme[...] |
2003-06-11 12:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI |
03HARARE1712 | ZIMBABWE WAFFLING ON EFFORT TO CONTROL FOOD RELIEF [...]SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with House International Relations Committee Africa Subcommittee staffer Malik Chaka August 20-21, Minister [...] |
2003-08-28 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SA ZI |
03HARARE1731 | OPPOSITION SCORES WELL IN ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...]MMARY. (C) The MDC retained its parliamentary seat, won six out of seven mayoral races, and gained more than half of the urban counci[...] |
2003-09-02 17:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI |
03HARARE1805 | Tsvangirai Treason Trial Postponed Until [...]SBU) Lawyers for Morgan Tsvangirai advised the Embassy on September 12 that by mutual agreement of the parties, resumption of Tsvangir[...] |
2003-09-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI MDC |
03HARARE1861 | MINISTER OFFERS INSIGHTS ON ZANU-PF POSTURE [...]C) SUMMARY: Minister of Mines Edward Chindori-Chininga on September 11 spoke with Ambassador Sullivan on ZANU-PF succession issues an[...] |
2003-09-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE1935 | COURT DECISIONS CLOUD CIVIL RIGHTS, POLITICAL [...]SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme and High Courts of Zimbabwe this month have made several notable judgments that may shape the future of jur[...] |
2003-09-23 05:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI |
03HARARE1971 | MDC SHADOW MINISTERS PREVIEW PARTY'S ECONOMIC [...]SBU) SUMMARY: MDC shadow minister for economic affairs and MDC MP Tendai Biti on September 23 summarized to emboff the elements of the[...] |
2003-09-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI ZI MDC |
03HARARE2105 | VIOLENCE IN REDCLIFF [...]C) SUMMARY: Inter-party violence in Redcliff over the weekend reportedly left the homes of eight MDC members and two former ZANU-PF ur[...] |
2003-10-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2132 | POLICE STYMIE COURT JUDGMENT FOR DAILY NEWS [...]BU) SUMMARY: Following a ruling by the Administrative Court in its favor October 24, The Daily News (TDN) published a truncated Octob[...] |
2003-10-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2309 | RECUSAL OF JUDGE MUDDIES DAILY NEWS CASE [...](SBU) SUMMARY: Administrative Court Justice Michael Majuru recused himself from the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) [...] |
2003-11-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2454 | GOVERNMENT SHUTTERS DAILY NEWS -- AGAIN [...]SUMMARY: Armed riot police prevented The Daily News (TDN) from publishing following an administrative court ruling December [...] |
2003-12-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2455 | MDC CONSOLIDATES PLATFORM AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...](SBU) SUMMARY: Under the firm leadership of Party President Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC's national conference in Harare Dec[...] |
2003-12-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ZI MDC |
03HARARE967 | BUSINESS SLOW TO ACT ON HIV/AIDS [...]mbabwe has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world but the private sector has done surprisingly little to help stem the sp[...] |
2003-05-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI ECON ZI HIV AIDS |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1000 | UNITED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM: GENERAL SECRETARY [...]SBU) Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) General Secretary Thich Tue Sy told ConGen today that he has been placed SIPD[...] |
2003-10-14 13:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1009 | LEGAL PROTESTANTS HOLD UNAUTHORIZED MEETING: WANT [...]SBU) In violation of their own GVN-approved charter, approximately 400 legal pastors and another 400 "lay volunteers" of the Southern [...] |
2003-10-16 14:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1010 | STILL NO OFFICIAL DETENTION ORDERS FOR TOP UBCV MONKS [...]SBU) Continuing to work the few remaining telephones that haven't been cut off or rerouted, ConGen received confirmation today that Un[...] |
2003-10-16 14:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1059 | A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: LAM DONG [...]SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Lam Dong provincial authorities, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey expressed strong U.S. concern a[...] |
2003-10-30 11:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1080 | HCMC LAND PROTEST: POLICE TURN MOLEHILL INTO MOUNTAIN [...]SBU) SUMMARY. A protest against land expropriation drew extra attention after police attempted to remove ConGen personnel, who were o[...] |
2003-11-04 11:25:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1087 | AMBASSADOR HANFORD CALLS ON LOCAL OFFICIALS, LEGAL [...]BU) Summary: In an October 18 meeting with Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford, three leaders of the[...] |
2003-11-06 11:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1093 | MIXED PICTURE ON HOUSE CHURCHES IN AMBASSADOR HANFORD'S [...]BU) Summary: In meetings with several Protestant house church pastors and "victims" of religious oppression during his visit to HCMC,[...] |
2003-11-08 07:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1100 | BALANCING ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOC TRANG AND [...]BU) Summary: DCM (then Charge) and ConGen Poloff visited Soc Trang and Tra Vinh Provinces during October 1-3, to examine firsthand th[...] |
2003-11-10 07:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY111 | HCMC PASTORS: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED WITHOUT [...]SBU) Summary: Despite a stream of reports from U.S. sources proclaiming a new "crackdown" on Protestant worshippers in the Central H[...] |
2003-02-06 09:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1141 | CA MAU PROVINCE: AT THE END OF THE LINE, BUT BLESSED BY [...]SBU) SUMMARY. Lying at the southern tip of Vietnam, Ca Mau is one of the country's more isolated provinces. Heavily dependent upon a[...] |
2003-11-21 11:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON SOCI PGOV PREL EFIS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1142 | KIEN GIANG PROVINCE: PRACTICALLY PERFECT, IF NOT FOR THE [...]SBU) SUMMARY. The southern Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang faces significant challenges in attracting foreign investment and redu[...] |
2003-11-21 11:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1143 | AMBASSADOR HANFORD INVESTIGATES ABUSES IN THE CENTRAL [...]BU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford traveled to Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces from Octo[...] |
2003-11-24 11:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1215 | PROTESTANT POSSIBLY BEATEN, DETAINED FOR DISTRIBUTING [...]SBU) SUMMARY. At least one Protestant religious worker in Ho Chi Minh City was reportedly beaten and detained on December 9 for invol[...] |
2003-12-10 12:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1222 | SEA GAMES RELIGIOUS PAMPHLET INCIDENT FOLLOW-UP [...]SBU) SUMMARY. ConGenoffs met with Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang on December 11, 2003, to discuss the events of December 9-10 (reftel). Qu[...] |
2003-12-11 11:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1233 | FACE TO FACE WITH SMUGGLERS AND OFFICIALS ALONG THE [...]n Econ trip to the town of Chau Doc and the border area of An Giang Province revealed energetic levels of small time smuggling that is[...] |
2003-12-15 11:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ECON CB ETRD PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI CNARC TIP |
03HOCHIMINHCITY235 | A LONG TIME COMING: PROTESTANT SEMINARY OPENS IN HCMC [...]U) In keeping with longstanding GVN promises to allow the opening of a new Protestant seminary, the leaders of the Southern Evangelic[...] |
2003-03-11 11:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY251 | MENNONITES TURN UP THE VOLUME ON COMPLAINTS OF [...]SBU) In a flurry of conversations with ConGenoffs over the past week, a Mennonite church leader and several of his colleagues have lo[...] |
2003-03-18 03:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF MOPS SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY342 | HARASSED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE: DON DUONG AND FAMILY [...]SBU) Summary: Actor Bui Don Duong, his wife, and their two sons departed Ho Chi Minh City today on the first leg of their journey to [...] |
2003-04-10 00:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY412 | SHOTGUN WEDDING: UBCV AND VBS TOGETHER AT LAST? [...]SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on May 9, Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang s[...] |
2003-05-09 18:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY450 | KON TUM: STILL STRUGGLING..... AND GOING NOWHERE FAST [...]SBU) Returning to Kon Tum for the first time in a year, the Consul General found little changed in the poorest and least developed of[...] |
2003-05-20 13:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI ETRD EINV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE LABOR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY468 | THE YIN AND YANG OF THE SEA STAR CATHOLIC SEMINARY [...]SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Father Tran Thanh Phong, director of the Nha Trang Sea Star Seminary during a visit to Khanh Ho[...] |
2003-05-31 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY492 | NAM CAM TRIAL IN FINAL STAGES [...]U) Convening after a 10-day recess that capped a trial which ran from February 25 - May 24, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City gat[...] |
2003-06-05 02:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY496 | NAM CAM RECEIVES TWO DEATH SENTENCES, GVN OFFICIALS [...][...] |
2003-06-05 11:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV SOCI KJUS VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY499 | NAM CAM TRIAL: A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR [...]ummary. One day after the conclusion of the biggest trial related to corruption and organized crime in the history of Vietnam, the Vi[...] |
2003-06-06 18:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCRM PGOV PINR SOCI VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY520 | PROTESTANTS IN QUIET STAND OFF WITH POLICE OVER NEW HOUSE [...]SBU) A group of 50-100 Protestant believers has been working around the clock for two days to construct a new (unrecognized) branch c[...] |
2003-06-10 13:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY551 | POLICE QUESTION BUILDER AS CHURCH CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES [...]SBU) Mr. Le Van Dung, unofficial contractor for a Protestant house church currently under construction in HCMC's District 2 (reftel),[...] |
2003-06-17 11:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY572 | NEWEST HCMC VICE CHAIRMAN: BAD HABITS TO BLAME FOR [...]SBU) HCMC People's Committee's newest Vice Chairman, Nguyen Van Dua, discussed urban planning and quality of life issues with Consul [...] |
2003-06-23 11:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV SOCI PREL EINV |
03HOCHIMINHCITY585 | THICH QUANG DO -- HOW FREE AT LAST? [...]SBU) Summary: During a June 30 meeting with Consul General, recently "released" United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) deputy Thic[...] |
2003-06-30 17:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL EAID EINV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY604 | CAN THO AND AN GIANG UNIVERSITIES - SEEKING [...]SBU) Summary. During a recent trip to the Mekong Delta region, DCM met with the Vice-Rector of Can Tho University and the Rector of [...] |
2003-07-03 10:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAGR ECON OEXC VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY621 | HO CHI MINH CITY: COMPUTER RETAILING GETS MODERN - WITH [...]ummary. On a visit to Ho Chi Minh City's newest Computer and IT superstore, ConGen EconOff, accompanied by a Vietnamese assistant, sa[...] |
2003-07-10 09:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR SOCI VM IPROP |
03HOCHIMINHCITY65 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: THE VIEW THROUGH THE VISA [...]SBU) Consular associate recently interviewed a Korean missionary affiliated with the Global Mission Society of the Presbyterian Churc[...] |
2003-01-16 09:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY650 | Leader of the Hue Branch of the Outlawed United [...]BU) An influential leader of the Hue branch of the outlawed UBCV discussed his views with DPO and A/PAO on the current state of the B[...] |
2003-07-18 07:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY655 | REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AS A GATEWAY TO THE U.S.? [...]ummary: Recent advertisements carried in local Ho Chi Minh City newspapers for a real estate investment opportunity in Houston, Texas[...] |
2003-07-21 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CJAN ECON SOCI VM EINV |
03HOCHIMINHCITY670 | VIETNAM: THICH QUANG DO VISITS THICH HUYEN QUANG [...]SBU) The Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy Head of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), met with UBCV Patriarch Thich[...] |
2003-07-24 11:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY691 | SURPRISING REVELATIONS ON PROTESTANTS IN CENTRAL [...]SBU) Summary: While the official rhetoric seemed to focus on respect for religion and the importance of meeting the "spiritual needs[...] |
2003-08-01 00:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY710 | PROTESTANT CHURCH CAN STAY -- FOR NOW [...]SBU) Summary: The HCMC People's Committee has decided that an illegally constructed Protestant church in the Thu Thiem area of Distr[...] |
2003-08-06 12:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY766 | POLICE RAID "ILLEGAL" HOUSE CHURCH IN HCMC DURING A/S [...]BU) Summary: Just prior to the return of Assistant Secretary Eugene Dewey to Ho Chi Minh City from the Central Highlands on Monday, A[...] |
2003-08-21 12:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY770 | A/S DEWEY PRESSES HO CHI MINH CITY LEADERSHIP ON [...]BU) Summary. A/S Dewey raised issues of religious freedom during several official meetings in Ho Chi Minh City on August 19. Describi[...] |
2003-08-23 07:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF SOCI PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY777 | COFFEE AND COCOA IN DAK LAK PROVINCE -- THE POT [...]) Summary: Hopes for economic prosperity in Vietnam's Dak Lak province remain centered on agriculture, especially cash crop coffee. [...] |
2003-08-27 00:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EAGR SOCI VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY784 | MORMONS MAKE BID FOR A QUIET COMEBACK IN HCMC [...]BU) Summary: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has recently taken steps to reestablish a "branch" in HCMC, pendi[...] |
2003-08-27 12:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV VM KIRF HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY833 | A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: KON TUM [...]U) Summary: In a visit to Kon Tum Province, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Provincial People's Committee Chairwoman Y Veng an[...] |
2003-09-09 06:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY836 | POTENTIAL P1 REFUGEES TO STAND TRIAL FOR ESPIONAGE [...]BU) Summary: Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoa, Mr. Nguyen Truc Cuong and Mr. Nguyen Vu Viet -- the niece and nephews of jailed Catholic priest Fat[...] |
2003-09-09 13:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY842 | A/S DEWEY VISIT TO VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...]SBU) Summary: PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey visited Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands on August 16-17. His meeting with Provi[...] |
2003-09-10 08:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY933 | UNLICENSED PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH REPORTEDLY TORN DOWN [...]SBU) In what looks to be a replay of recent events surrounding an illegally constructed house church in District 11 of HCMC (reftels)[...] |
2003-09-26 10:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY942 | UBCV LEADERS MEET DESPITE GVN INTERFERENCE [...]SBU) Leaders of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) met September 18-20 in Binh Dinh Province, according to UBCV Dep[...] |
2003-10-01 01:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY949 | THE SEA-MY SIDE OF THE SEA GAMES: HCMC CRACKS DOWN ON [...]SBU) Effective September 30, 2003, Ho Chi Minh City authorities will round up and classify all street persons living and working in pu[...] |
2003-10-01 04:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PHUM PGOV VM LABOR HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY978 | POLICE DISRUPT TRAVEL OF UBCV LEADERS TO HCMC [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Police apparently stopped United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) leaders Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Thich[...] |
2003-10-08 13:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY993 | UBCV LEADERS IN LIMBO: INQUIRIES CONTINUE CONCERNING [...]SBU) ConGen has confirmed that UBCV leaders Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Thich Tue Sy were detained by police on October 9 i[...] |
2003-10-10 13:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03ISTANBUL1395 | SLIPPERY SLOPE TO SHARI'A?: ISTANBUL DEBATES AKP [...]bu) Summary: Ask anyone in Istanbul what's wrong with the Turkish education system and you are likely to get the same answer: overcrow[...] |
2003-09-19 12:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL SOCI TU |
03ISTANBUL349 | RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: CLUES FROM ISTANBUL [...]) Summary: In assessing the outlook for the new government to be led by Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Tayyip Erdogan, we l[...] |
2003-03-14 14:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL TK |
03ISTANBUL953 | SULTANBEYLI: A HIGHWAY RUNS THROUGH IT... AND [...]BU) Summary and Comment: A recent visit to Sultanbeyli, one of Istanbul's poorer Asian districts, highlights how Turkey's uneven econo[...] |
2003-07-09 08:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TK |
03JEDDAH828 | TWO SAUDI PROFESSIONALS: BET ON THE PEOPLE, NOT [...]C) ON APRIL 2, POLOFF MET WITH A LOCAL SAUDI LAWYER, DR. BASIM ALIM (STRICTLY PROTECT), TO DISCUSS HIS OPEN LETTER TO CROWN PRINCE ABD[...] |
2003-04-14 13:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL SA |
03KABUL1215 | Second update on USG support for the [...]ummary: The Commission for Reform of Justice and the Judiciary (CRJJ) continues to make strides in implementing elements of its Master[...] |
2003-05-11 11:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID SOCI AF SNAR |
03KATHMANDU1542 | NEPALI STUDENT LEADERS WARN OF MORE "AGITATION [...]n meetings with the Nepali Student Union and the Nepal National Student's Union-the two largest of Nepal's seven united student unions[...] |
2003-08-14 05:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NP |
03KATHMANDU185 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; [...]U) The Maoists issued a press release on February 2 cancelling the general strike, or "bandh," scheduled to commemorate the seventh an[...] |
2003-02-03 07:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC SOCI NP |
03KATHMANDU440 | NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENTS LOCK OUT UNIVERSITY [...]SBU) On March 9 members of the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) padlocked admin[...] |
2003-03-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SOCI PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU623 | NEPAL: CEASEFIRE SEES INCREASE IN TORTURE CLAIMS [...]) Summary: PolOff and USAID Mission's Deputy Director of Special Programs Office met with the program director of the USAID-supported[...] |
2003-04-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU723 | NEPALI MAOISTS POSTPONE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS WITH [...]C) Summary: Maoist negotiators have postponed the first round of "introductory" talks with their Government of Nepal (GON) counterpar[...] |
2003-04-21 10:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PTER ASEC |
03KATHMANDU80 | NEPAL COMPARES FAVORABLY IN CORRUPTION SURVEY [...] December 2002, Transparency International-Bangladesh (TIB) completed a citizen survey of five South Asian countries on the incidence [...] |
2003-01-16 10:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NP |
03KUWAIT1075 | FLOOD OF SUPPORT FROM KUWAITI POPULATION [...]t 7:45am March 25, Op Center Kuwait received a call from a Kuwaiti woman expressing support for our role in the military action in Ira[...] |
2003-03-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI MOPS PREL KU |
03KUWAIT1105 | (C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...]C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This me[...] |
2003-03-26 18:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU |
03KUWAIT1199 | SADDAM'S SECRET WEAPON: THE MIGHTY MENGASH! [...]mmary: The forced landing of a U.S. Apache attack helicopter behind Iraqi lines in the early days of the war, and the resulting implau[...] |
2003-04-01 15:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL IZ KU |
03KUWAIT1334 | REACHING OUT AT THE SHI'ITE FEAST OF AL-ARBA'EEN [...]) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. ¶2. (C) Both the people and the Government of Kuwait support [...] |
2003-04-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KISL PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
03KUWAIT15 | (U) GOK WINS SOCIAL SECURITY AND PENSION BATTLE, [...]BU) Summary and Comment: On December 30, the National Assembly defeated budget-busting amendments to Kuwait,s social security and pen[...] |
2003-01-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN SOCI KU |
03KUWAIT1927 | (C) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: SOURCE COUNTRY [...]) SUMMARY: Reftels reported on GOK's efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons, an issue on which it is increasingly [...] |
2003-05-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU |
03KUWAIT2276 | IRAQ'S SHIA HEARTLAND: PROMINENT SHIA SHARES [...]) Summary: One week after returning to Iraq, noted Shia leader Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum and his party are encountering an Iraqi populac[...] |
2003-05-28 06:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU IR |
03KUWAIT2949 | (U) MEPI 03-04: COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR KUWAIT [...](SBU) Post welcomes the opportunity to present this MEPI country strategy for Kuwait. As we consider how best to engage on these [...] |
2003-07-03 06:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD KPAO KU PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI |
03KUWAIT4071 | LACK OF NAJAF SECURITY THREATENS SHIA SUPPORT [...]) Summary: Reacting to the death of Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Hakim, prominent Kuwaiti Shi'is have again (reftels) warned the Embassy t[...] |
2003-09-03 13:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL SOCI KU IZ |
03KUWAIT4503 | (U) ISLAMISTS PROTEST SUPERSTAR CONCERT [...]) Summary: A small gathering of Islamists, members of the National Assembly among them, protested the Sept. 18-19 "Superstar" pop musi[...] |
2003-10-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI PGOV PINR KU |
03KUWAIT5343 | (C) SHAYKH SABAH'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...]) Summary: Poloffs met with Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. Am[...] |
2003-11-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PHUM KWMN KU |
03KUWAIT5561 | (C) MAID IN KUWAIT: DOMESTIC SERVANTS FACE [...]) SUMMARY: The estimated half-million or so domestic servants in Kuwait lack a well-developed system to protect their rights, monitor [...] |
2003-12-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI KU |
03KUWAIT5692 | (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...]C) Charge, accompanied by Acting DCM, delivered the Deputy Secretary's oral message (ref A) to MFA Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah D[...] |
2003-12-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SOCI KU IZ |
03LAGOS1196 | THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA: [...]Nigerian universities, once among the best in Africa, deteriorated badly under 30 years of military rule. Nor was their plight allevi[...] |
2003-06-12 10:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CMGT CVIS SOCI PGOV EAID ECON EINV |
03LAGOS1851 | SOWING THE BEANS OF HOPE [...]Summary: The Shagamus of Ogun State have for many years grown only kola nuts, and sold them only to Hausas in northern Nigeria. Dr. G[...] |
2003-09-04 13:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SOCI TBIO EAID NI |
03LAGOS2045 | THE SEX TRADE TO THE US AND EUROPE: MEETING WITH [...]) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Gerrit Van Hemert, Deputy Head of Mission for the Netherlands Consulate General in Lagos on 17 September to[...] |
2003-10-02 10:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG SOCI SNAR CVIS NI |
03LAGOS2060 | THE IMPENDING STRIKE: THE VIEW FROM LAGOS [...]SBU) The looming showdown between the unions and the GON over fuel deregulation in Nigeria is about more than the fuel price. Anecdot[...] |
2003-10-03 18:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI NI |
03LAGOS2081 | LASCO: NEW STRIKE, NEW PLANNING: NOT A REPEAT OF [...]BU) Summary: Chima Ubani, Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), told us that labor and civil society leaders m[...] |
2003-10-09 05:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EPET PHUM SOCI NI |
03LAGOS2200 | NIGERIA: TALK OF "MASS PROTESTS" ON FUEL [...][...] |
2003-10-24 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY |
03LAGOS2232 | ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: TEX-MEX MEETS EDO OGA [...]SBU) Summary: Chief Odidi of Edo State spent 18 years in the U.S., became a U.S. citizen, and made enough money to return to his nat[...] |
2003-10-29 14:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI NI |
03LAGOS2283 | EBONYI STATE: FIELD OF DREAMS [...]SBU) Summary: Making something out of Ebonyi state will be a challenge. It's in the middle of nowhere, and with Nigerian agricultur[...] |
2003-11-03 17:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI NI |
03LAGOS2330 | OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...][...] |
2003-11-10 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY |
03LAGOS2349 | OUT IN AFRICA: A VISIT TO EKITI STATE [...]) Summary. PolOffs made a one day familiarization visit to the tiny land-locked State of Ekiti. In April 2003, Ekiti, like its neigh[...] |
2003-11-13 12:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI NI |
03LAGOS2354 | FMR BIAFRAN PRESIDENT GENERAL OJUKWU MEETS WITH CG [...]BU) SUMMARY: Consul General and POLOFF (notetaker) met with former Biafran President General Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his[...] |
2003-11-14 10:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV PNAT SOCI EPET NI XY |
03LAGOS2363 | OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...]BU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institut[...] |
2003-11-17 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY |
03LAGOS2387 | FOUR WORN AND UNDER-UTILIZED REFINERIES FOR SALE [...]) SUMMARY. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has set November 14 as the deadline for investors to submit expressions of int[...] |
2003-11-20 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI NI |
03LAGOS239 | NIGERIA: AD PARTY - CONSENSUS OF YORUBA NATION? [...]) SUMMARY. Despite recent factionalization, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State presented the public with a face of party c[...] |
2003-01-30 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KWMN NI |
03LAGOS2464 | CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS RALLY AGAINST CHOGM AND [...]U) SUMMARY: The United Action for Democracy (UAD) held a rally in the Yaba district of Lagos on December 3 to protest President Oba[...] |
2003-12-05 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI XY NI |
03LAGOS2535 | A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...]SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by [...] |
2003-12-16 10:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI |
03LAGOS813 | NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST POLITICS UPENDED AS [...]U) SUMMARY. The April 19 gubernatorial and presidential election will be a remarkable test of incumbent power-players and ethnic poli[...] |
2003-04-18 08:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM ASEC CASC ECON NI |
03LAGOS886 | NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH ELECTION LOSERS PLAY WAITING [...]C) SUMMARY. In Nigeria's South-south, all six of the incumbent governors of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) had their reel[...] |
2003-04-28 12:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ASEC SOCI NI |
03MONTREAL4 | APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING [...]MMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMP[...] |
2003-01-03 21:27:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA |
03MONTREAL453 | Census Data Shows Quebec More Bilingual Since 1996, [...]MMARY: Statistics Canada (Statscan) has released several tranches of 2001 census data in the last four months regarding language usage[...] |
2003-04-02 18:07:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI CA |
03MONTREAL999 | YOUTH GROUP VISITS CONSULATE ON PLIGHT OF AFRO- [...]ummary. Two leaders of Black Youth in Action (BYIA), a Montreal NGO, paid a visit to the Consul General (CG) on Monday, July 21. Th[...] |
2003-07-30 13:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREF CA CO |
03NASSAU2421 | BISHOP ELLIS RELISHES ROLE AS POLITICAL [...][...] |
2003-12-09 18:04:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF PGOV PINR SCUL SOCI |
03OTTAWA1049 | WGSARS: Update 8 - Ontario SARS Health Emergency [...]tawa transmitting text of AmConsul Toronto. ¶2. Fatalities: As of COB April 9, no new SARS deaths have been reported, lea[...] |
2003-04-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CASC CA SARS |
03OTTAWA1876 | Update 44 - Ontario SARS (July 2, 2003): WHO [...][...] |
2003-07-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED SOCI TBIO ECON CASC CA |
03OTTAWA899 | Ontario Declares SARS Health Emergency [...]ummary: Late on March 26, the province of Ontario, faced with growing numbers of cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), &[...] |
2003-03-27 17:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED SOCI TBIO CASC CA |
03OTTAWA947 | CLONING AND STEM CELL BILL PROGRESSING WELL [...]ll C-13, "An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction," was introduced into the Canadian House of Commons on October 9, 2002. If en[...] |
2003-04-02 17:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PHUM TSPL SOCI KSCA CA |
03RANGOON1489 | EXPOSING RISKS OF HIV/AIDS IN BURMA [...]UMMARY: The Ministry of Health held Burma's second annual HIV/AIDS exposition in Rangoon, attracting 70,000 visitors, raising HIV/AID[...] |
2003-11-20 07:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PGOV EAID PHUM PREL BM NGO |
03RANGOON1564 | WORLD AIDS DAY IN BURMA [...]UMMARY: The GOB, close on the heels of its well-attended HIV/AIDS Exposition (reftel), on World AIDS Day held ceremonies and HIV/AIDS[...] |
2003-12-04 08:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TBIO EAID PHUM PREL SOCI BM NGO |
03RANGOON1598 | A VISIT TO CHINA'S BURMESE PROVINCE: MONGLA AND [...]) Summary: Some clear themes emerged from a trip to the Burmese corner of the Golden Triangle. The area's cities are relatively afflu[...] |
2003-12-15 04:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID SNAR ECON SCUL PHUM KHIV KWMN PREL PGOV BM CM NGO |
03RANGOON1606 | UN TRIES AGAIN TO MAP BURMA'S PROBLEMS [...]BU) Summary: A new UN resident representative for Burma is attempting to complete a humanitarian needs assessment and strategy report [...] |
2003-12-17 03:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI ECON PGOV BM |
03RANGOON194 | UN SEES LOOMING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN BURMA [...]) Summary: The UN country team in Burma has painted a stark picture of the nation's humanitarian situation. It has also forecast dire[...] |
2003-02-13 08:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID SOCI ECON BM |
03RANGOON261 | NEW HEALTH MINISTER PROGRESSIVE ON VCT [...]) This is an action request for EAP/BCLTV. Please see paragraph 7. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The COM had a productive courtesy [...] |
2003-02-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI ECON BM NGO |
03RANGOON433 | NEW FUNDING INITIATIVE: WHY NOT KEEP AN OPEN MIND? [...]) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. ¶2. (C) Summary: The language of the recent FY 2003-04 omnibus sp[...] |
2003-04-08 02:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID SOCI BM |
03RANGOON657 | UNFPA'S BURMA SCORECARD IS GOOD, SO FAR [...]BU) Summary: UNFPA, into the second year of its four-year "special program" in Burma, is encouraged by its successes. To help ensure [...] |
2003-06-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID SOCI BM UNFPA NGO |
03SANAA1559 | YEMEN'S MEPI STRATEGY [...])Summary: Embassy Sanaa presents the MEPI Strategy 2003/04 at para 2, prepared by the Embassy Development Team that includes Pol/Econ[...] |
2003-06-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KPAO EAID YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM |
03SANAA2464 | A/S BURNS IN YEMEN: MEPI AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS [...]) Summary: During his October 3-4 visit to Yemen, Assistant Secretary Burns experienced first-hand how development programs complemen[...] |
2003-10-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI YM MEPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
03SANAA672 | YEMEN: CURBING VOLUNTEERS FOR IRAQ [...]C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Yemeni volunteers are being discouraged by the ROYG from joining the Iraqis in fighting against the coalition, alth[...] |
2003-04-07 08:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI YM IZ |
03SANTODOMINGO4415 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...]e GODR is making progress in implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Updated informat[...] |
2003-08-22 21:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI |
03SANTODOMINGO5020 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NGO PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...]NSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with six NGOs. All six NGOs work to promote wome[...] |
2003-09-17 17:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI |
03SANTODOMINGO5118 | EARTHQUAKE SHAKES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - NO AMCITS [...] 12:45 a.m. on September 22, an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck the Dominican Republic approximately nine miles s[...] |
2003-09-22 21:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC DR EAIR EWWT SENV SOCI |
03SANTODOMINGO5330 | EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCKS AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT [...]ftershocks from the earthquake that hit the Dominican Republic on September 22 (reftel) continue to be felt in the northern region of [...] |
2003-10-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI EAIR EWWT CASC DR |
03SANTODOMINGO5392 | PROTESTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DRIVEN BY ECONOMIC [...]) Scattered demonstrations disrupted some peripheral neighborhoods in Santo Domingo and a few interior towns in the Dominican Republic[...] |
2003-10-02 21:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PGOV SOCI ECON PINS |
03STATE217991 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY'S MEETING WITH [...]) SUMMARY. A/S KELLY MET JULY 21 WITH COORDINATING MINISTER JUSUF KALLA, WHO SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO VYING FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIA[...] |
2003-07-29 12:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI ID |
03TEGUCIGALPA1085 | CHANGING THE POLITICAL PARADIGM-MUNICIPAL [...]MMARY: The Honduran Municipal Association (AMHON) preserved its political independence and nonpartisan character by selecting a munic[...] |
2003-05-08 22:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PREL SOCI PINR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1462 | ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST ANTICLIMACTIC [...]nly 100-200 protesters turned out on June 18 to voice their opposition to CAFTA negotiations, signaling that there is little focused, [...] |
2003-06-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD SOCI PREL ECON ELAB ASEC PINR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA185 | HONDURAS: INVENTORY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON [...]nduras is receiving the following technical assistance on labor issues. Sources for this information include the Honduran Ministry of[...] |
2003-01-22 21:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL EAID KSUM ECON SOCI TBIO HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2025 | CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...]mmary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor uni[...] |
2003-08-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PGOV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2222 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA [...][...] |
2003-09-18 21:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PREL PTER PHUM SOCI HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2544 | ARABS VIEWED AS ETHNIC COMMUNITY WITH MOST [...] recent survey conducted in Tegucigalpa of 200 people over the age of 18 indicated that the majority of those polled view Arabs as hav[...] |
2003-10-30 14:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI PHUM KIRF HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2765 | THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE: SETTING OBJECTIVES FOR A [...]ummary. On October 27, President Ricardo Maduro received the results of the National Dialogue which, by means of consensus, attempts [...] |
2003-11-25 16:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ELAB EIND PGOV SOCI HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2861 | AIDS DRUGS AND THE WTO: THE EXPERIENCE OF HONDURAS [...]BU) Summary and Action Request: The GOH has been seeking to be the first country to use the August 30 WTO decision on Access to Medici[...] |
2003-12-08 16:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD SOCI TBIO PGOV HO WTRO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2912 | CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF SERVICE; [...]n December 8, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez celebrated 25 years as a bishop (he has 33 years total in the priesthood). For his service, the[...] |
2003-12-16 20:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PHUM PGOV ETRD PINR KIRF HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2915 | HONDURAN TEACHERS UNIONS OPPOSED TO ANY REDUCTIONS [...]BU) Summary: Honduran teachers' unions are a key player in the ongoing effort by the GOH to complete the domestic requirements of a d[...] |
2003-12-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI ASEC HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2938 | HONDURAS INDICATES IT WILL SIGN UN ANTICORRUPTION [...]BU) Honduras was surprisingly absent among the 94 countries that gathered December 11 in Merida, Mexico to sign the United Nations Con[...] |
2003-12-18 21:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA KCRM KJUS EFIN ECON PHUM SOCI HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2970 | ACCUSATIONS OF WRONGDOING PLAGUE HONDURAN CHIEF OF [...]) On December 10, Aida Romero, Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, accused Chief of Police, Coralia Rivera Ramos, Commissioner Mirna [...] |
2003-12-23 21:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM SOCI PINR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA425 | DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEGUCIGALPA: FOCUS IS ON GOH [...]BU) Political demonstrations continue off and on in Tegucigalpa, led by various small organizations, the loose political alliance know[...] |
2003-02-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PINR SOCI ASEC CU HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA558 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FUTURE OF AMHON EXECUTIVE [...]) SUMMARY: Honduran Minister of Government and Justice, Dr. Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro, hosted a lunch at his home for Ambassador [...] |
2003-02-28 21:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL SOCI PHUM PINR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA754 | TFIZO1: ANTI-WAR PROTEST OUTSIDE EMBASSY SMALLER [...] March 24, from about 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., a demonstration against the war in Iraq took place outside the Embassy. The event was o[...] |
2003-03-26 15:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI IZ HO |
03THEHAGUE2128 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DUTCH ON GEORGIAN ELECTIONS [...]) DCM AND POLOFF MADE REFTEL POINTS TO DUTCH MFA OSCE TASK FORCE CHIEF AMB. DAAN EVERTS AND TASK FORCE STAFF IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS[...] |
2003-08-22 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KDEM GG NL OSCE DU |
03VATICAN1378 | VATICAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION TO [...][...] |
2003-04-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TBIO VT UN |
03VATICAN1508 | COMBATING AIDS IN MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR [...]) ROME'S SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY, A VATICAN-ENDORSED LAY CATHOLIC NGO WITH GLOBAL REACH, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY MEDIATED AN END TO MOZAMBIQU[...] |
2003-04-09 05:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO MZ VT VTPREL |
03VATICAN1880 | IRAQI CLERGY CALL FOR RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC [...]BU) LOOKING TO LAY DOWN SOME MARKERS ON IRAQ'S RELIGIOUS FUTURE, THE HOLY SEE FORWARDED TO POST UNDER DIPLOMATIC NOTE A COPY OF A [...] |
2003-05-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ PGOV PHUM SOCI VT |
03VATICAN2046 | HOLY SEE EXPRESSES MORAL SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN'S [...]) HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PAROLIN CONTACTED DCM APRIL 28 TO CONVEY THE VATICAN'S MORAL SUPPORT FOR TAIWANESE PARTICIPATI[...] |
2003-05-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI TBIO CH TW VT |
03VATICAN3917 | VATICAN PREPARING FOR NOVEMBER BIOTECH CONFERENCE [...]) FRANK DEWANE, UNDER SECRETARY OF THE VATICAN'S COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE TOLD CHARGE AUGUST 27 THAT THE COUNCIL'S RECENTLY [...] |
2003-08-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PREL SENV SOCI VT |
03VATICAN3971 | HIV/AIDS: Catholic NGO Sees Mozambique Anti- [...]) The Sant'Egidio Community's ambitious program to combat HIV/AIDS in Mozambique (reftels), has met with considerable success this pas[...] |
2003-09-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO MZ VT |
03VATICAN4090 | VATICAN CALLS ANTI-SEMITISM "A PLAGUE THAT MUST BE [...]) THE HOLY SEE HAS REEMPHASIZED THE NEED TO UPROOT DISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-SEMITISM IN A NEW DOCUMENT MARKING THE CELEBRATION OF JEWIS[...] |
2003-09-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI VT |
03VATICAN4461 | POPE SELECTS 31 NEW CARDINALS, REINFORCING [...]BU) Pope John Paul II's nomination of 31 new cardinals September 28 consolidates the group that will name his successor, reinforces Ch[...] |
2003-09-30 04:40:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR SOCI VT |
03VATICAN4570 | VATICAN MIFFED, REALISTIC ABOUT GEORGIAN ABOUT [...]) VATICAN AUTHORITIES WERE SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA'S DECISION NOT TO SIGN AN INTERSTATE AGREEMENT TH[...] |
2003-10-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | GG KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
03VATICAN4751 | JOHN PAUL II: 25 YEAR CHAMPION OF HUMAN DIGNITY [...]) Pope John Paul II marked the 25th anniversary of his Pontificate October 16 with over 70,000 well-wishers in St. Peter's square. Th[...] |
2003-10-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR SOCI VT |
03VATICAN5192 | VATICAN TO CONTINUE EFFORTS ON BANNING HUMAN [...]SBU) Holy See Acting Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin expressed disappointment with the UN decision to postpone a vote on competing res[...] |
2003-11-17 11:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TBIO VT UN |
03VATICAN5427 | HOLY SEE -- WORLD AIDS DAY [...]UMMARY: CARE AND TREATMENT FOR SUFFERERS OF HIV/AIDS AND FIDELITY AND ABSTINENCE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE WERE THE HOLY S[...] |
2003-12-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TBIO SOCI VT |
03VATICAN5521 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW IRAQI CHALDEAN PATRIARCH [...]) IN TWO MEETINGS WITH THE AMBASSADOR, THE NEWLY ELECTED PATRIARCH OF THE CHALDEANS AND FORMER BAGHDAD AUXILIARY ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL-K[...] |
2003-12-10 13:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL VT SOCI PGOV IS |
03YEREVAN2891 | Yerevan's commemoration of World AIDS Day [...]UMMARY: Per reftels, Yerevan participated in several activities focused on raising AIDS awareness in Armenia, including an online chat[...] |
2003-12-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID KPAO SOCI TBIO KSCA AM |
03ZAGREB213 | IMPLEMENTATION OF USAID POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ON [...]MMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, USAID/CROATIA IS CURRENTLY FUNDING TWO ACTIVITIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) AND ONE FOR HIV/AIDS[...] |
2003-01-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI HR |
03ZAGREB306 | TRIPS MORATORIUM: CROATIA WILL JOIN CONSENSUS, HAS [...]HIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 6. ¶2. WE SENT USTR ZOELLICK'S LETTER ON THE U.S. TRIPS MORATORIUM TO MINISTER OF ECO[...] |
2003-02-12 06:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR SOCI HR |
04ABUDHABI1016 | UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...]U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) The "Talk About Town" [...] |
2004-04-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC |
04ABUDHABI1289 | UAE LABOR CONDITIONS UPDATE [...]MMARY: Following is an update of UAE labor issues in March and early April. Topics include: an update of the proposed labor law; disc[...] |
2004-04-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
04ABUDHABI1436 | LABOR CONDITIONS REPORT DELIVERED TO PRESIDENTIAL COURT [...]MMARY: The UAE Ministry of Labor has submitted a new 14- point recommendation report on workers' rights to the office of the Presiden[...] |
2004-05-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
04ABUDHABI163 | UAE LABOR MINISTRY REGISTERS 13,000 UNEMPLOYED, [...]U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) Summary and comment: Th[...] |
2004-01-14 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KWMN SOCI TC |
04ABUDHABI1809 | UAE TO REBUT ICFTU CAMEL JOCKEY REPORT AT ILO GENEVA [...]MMARY: During this week's ILO 92nd Session in Geneva, the UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs will rebut allegations that the UAE[...] |
2004-06-02 06:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
04ABUDHABI1985 | LABOR UNIONS [...]E Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mattar Humaid Al- Tayer has confirmed that the Cabinet of Ministers will approve a new law this[...] |
2004-06-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
04ABUDHABI2131 | UAE - MANDATORY SUBMISSION OF JOB OFFERS ALONG [...]) STARTING OCTOBER 1, 2004, THE UAE MINISTRY OF LABOR WILL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO SUBMIT JOB OFFERS STATING THE SALARY AND JOB TITLE OF [...] |
2004-06-29 03:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
04ABUDHABI2154 | UAE CABINET APPROVES SETTING UP LABOR UNIONS [...]) THE UAE'S CABINET OF MINISTERS ON JUNE 28 APPROVED A MEMO SUBMITTED BY THE MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS CALLING FOR THE ESTA[...] |
2004-06-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
04ABUDHABI3210 | LOCAL VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR UAE [...]) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶2. (U) This message was jointly drafted by Embas[...] |
2004-09-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KDEM KMPI TC SA |
04ABUDHABI498 | LABOR CONDITIONS IN THE UAE [...]MMARY: THE UAE GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO STRICTLY REGULATING AND ENFORCING LABOR LAWS. THIS CAN BE WITNESSED BY ITS ONGOING E[...] |
2004-02-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
04ABUDHABI932 | OPIC VISIT READOUT [...]MMARY: A delegation from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited the UAE February 27 to 29 to assess progress on la[...] |
2004-03-31 12:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
04ABUJA1132 | THE STATE OF PLAY: POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...]U) Summary: The international media is reporting a surge of polio cases in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. In response, and with t[...] |
2004-06-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NI |
04ABUJA116 | NIGERIA: POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE AND DS/HHS [...] This cable highlights recent dialogue between USAID and other donors intended to develop and implement a new strategy to address the[...] |
2004-01-22 13:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NI AID |
04ABUJA1164 | CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT AT ABUJA'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL: [...]) CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. ¶2. Summary: The GON's decision to terminate International Hospital Group's (IHG) managem[...] |
2004-07-01 07:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR TBIO SOCI NI |
04ABUJA1185 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...]t is still anticipated that Kano will begin catch-up immunization programs this summer and rejoin the nationwide schedule when it resu[...] |
2004-07-07 04:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID SOCI NI |
04ABUJA1186 | NIGERIA: NEXT STEPS: POLITICAL ACTION TO RESTART [...]C) Summary. As the World Health Organization (WHO) pressures Kano State to resume the polio vaccination campaign, the National Coordi[...] |
2004-07-07 04:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NI |
04ABUJA1258 | POLIO: A NIGERIAN SOLUTION [...]) SUMMARY: The Kano State Governor termed the new polio vaccines safe at a July 15 meeting held in Kano. A prelude to a public anno[...] |
2004-07-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NI |
04ABUJA1289 | POLIO: VACCINATION PROGRAM RAMPING UP? [...]) SUMMARY: Kano Governor Ibrahim Shekarau issued a statement authorizing the resumption of the polio vaccination program on July 16,[...] |
2004-07-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NI |
04ABUJA133 | NIGERIA: POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE AND DS/HHS [...] This cable highlights recent dialogue between USAID and other donors intended to develop and implement a new strategy to address the[...] |
2004-01-27 04:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NI AID |
04ABUJA1391 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADORS GIRLS' SCHOLARSHIP [...]is is a reply to the action cable STATE 111151 ¶2. The Nigerian Mission applauds the laudable work AFR/SD/ED has accomplis[...] |
2004-08-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI KHIV NI AID |
04ABUJA2152 | NIGERIA: BASICS II CONTRIBUTION TO CHILD [...]Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS), both I and II, has been the flagship child survival program of USAID/Nig[...] |
2004-12-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID SOCI NI HUMANRIGHTS |
04ABUJA363 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...]This cable highlights the current situation related to polio eradication in Nigeria. ---------- BACKGROUND --[...] |
2004-03-02 03:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NI AID |
04ABUJA524 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION [...]This cable provides an update on the current situation related to polio eradication in Nigeria, including actions in process and to be[...] |
2004-03-26 03:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI SOCI KHIV AID |
04ABUJA553 | KANO STATE GOVERNOR ON POLIO, ELECTIONS [...]BU) SUMMARY: Charge Roberts took advantage of Kano Governor Ibrahim Shekarau's applying for a U.S. visa to meet with him on March 30 [...] |
2004-03-31 04:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI NI AID |
04ABUJA731 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION [...]is cable provides an update on the current situation related to polio eradication in Nigeria, including actions in process and to be u[...] |
2004-04-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NI KHIV AID |
04ABUJA734 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION [...]This cable provides an update on the current situation related to polio eradication in Nigeria, including actions in process and to be[...] |
2004-04-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NI KHIV AID |
04ABUJA971 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION [...]) The GON has agreed with the Kano State government on terms to re-start polio immunizations. Kano will begin catch-up immunization pr[...] |
2004-06-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SOCI NI |
04ACCRA1720 | GHANA: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...]is cable responds to the action in reftel to provide information on child labor for mandatory DOL reporting requirements. The informat[...] |
2004-08-24 08:16:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI GH AID |
04ACCRA266 | FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER IN GHANA FEBRUARY 3-5: [...]BU) Former President Jimmy Carter and members of the Carter Center visited Ghana February 3-5 to rally support to eradicate the last o[...] |
2004-02-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OVIP SOCI GH |
04AMMAN1918 | IRAQI BUSINESSMAN "CAUTIOUSLY" OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...]) Summary. An Iraqi businessman who operates a small office supply factory in Baghdad told us that he is cautiously optimistic about [...] |
2004-03-13 07:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SOCI JO |
04AMMAN2071 | Monitoring and Evaluating the International Rescue [...]s requested ref, regional refcoord and Embassy Beirut poloff monitored PRM-funded activities at Association Najdeh on March 10. Assoc[...] |
2004-03-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI KPAL KWMN LE JO |
04AMMAN277 | U.S.-FUNDED ILO CHILD LABOR PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY [...]) The Ministry of Labor announced on January 5 the commencement of a one milion USD ILO project to combat child labor in Jordan. To be[...] |
2004-01-13 06:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SOCI PGOV JO |
04AMMAN2789 | DEMARCHE ON BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: JORDAN [...][...] |
2004-04-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI JO OSCE |
04AMMAN3225 | ABU MAHJOOB MEETS BART SIMPSON AND NEMO [...][...] |
2004-04-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO US JO |
04AMMAN3907 | IRAQ FY 05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...]AME: MS.AMAL UMRAN AL RUBAIEE TITLE: MANAGER, WOMENS'S CENTER COUNCIL PROJECT: RP: "YOUNG LEADERS," JULY 7-JULY 22, 2005 N[...] |
2004-05-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE |
04AMMAN4625 | FY'05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM NOMINATIONS [...]E FOLLOWING IS MISSION'S REVISED LIST OF FY 2005 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINEES AS DETERMINED BY THE IV SELECTION COMMITTEE. [...] |
2004-06-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE |
04AMMAN6951 | QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES IN JORDAN: STITCHING A NEW [...]BU) SUMMARY: Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) in Jordan have created thousands of semi-skilled industrial jobs, attracted foreign i[...] |
2004-08-18 05:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ETRD PREL KTIA ECON ELAB IS JO |
04AMMAN6977 | CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE: JORDAN [...]st has contacted appropriate ministries, international organizations and NGOs as requested in reftel to update the Department of Labor[...] |
2004-08-19 05:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI JO |
04AMMAN9226 | ZARQAWI'S HOMETOWN [...]) SUMMARY: Zarqa, Jordan,s second-largest city, is the home of the bulk of Jordan,s heavy industry and infamous terrorist Abu Mus,ab A[...] |
2004-11-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SENV EINV ETRD SOCI JO IZ |
04AMMAN979 | IRAQI GC MEMBER AND FRIENDS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAQ [...]) Summary. Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member, Dr. Rajaa H. Khuzai (please protect), and a group of female Iraqi Shi'a, Sunni and C[...] |
2004-02-09 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SOCI IZ JO |
04ANKARA1007 | OUTREACH TO MUSLIM AUDIENCES IN TURKEY [...]hile Turkey's 20th century history is completely different from other countries in the Greater Middle East, the issues we are dealing [...] |
2004-02-21 07:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI KISL TU |
04ANKARA1151 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN [...]U) Regional Environment Officer briefed Health Ministry officials on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, per instructions [...] |
2004-02-27 07:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV PREL SENV SOCI TU |
04ANKARA152 | CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOLOCAUST [...]As requested reftel, post contacted Curriculum Board (Board of Education) officials at the GOT Ministry of Education, which determines[...] |
2004-01-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TU |
04ANKARA4870 | 2004 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...]U) In response to reftel A, Embassy Ankara submits this report to update its August 2003 report on child labor in Turkey. [...] |
2004-08-26 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TU |
04ANKARA6213 | A GLIMPSE OF URBAN POVERTY IN TURKEY [...]bu) Summary: With the USG about to disburse $9 million to supplement a social welfare project providing cash payments to poor mothers [...] |
2004-11-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI TU |
04ANKARA6490 | LABOR UNION OPPOSITION TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT PLANS [...]C) Summary: International financial institutions recommend the transfer of Ministry of Labor and Social Security hospitals to the Min[...] |
2004-11-19 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI TU |
04BAGHDAD531 | SHAHRISTANI COMMENTS ON NAJAF [...]) SUMMARY. In his call on Ambassador Negroponte, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani was critical of the Iragi Interim Government's (IIG) handl[...] |
2004-08-17 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM KISL SOCI IZ |
04BEIRUT3300 | LEBANON: THE "BEIRUT DECLARATION" -- BACKGROUND, [...]C) Lebanese authorities inadvertently gave the "Beirut Declaration" -- a ringing denunciation of Lebanon's political status quo covere[...] |
2004-06-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SY LE |
04BEIRUT3713 | LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...]C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this[...] |
2004-07-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY |
04BEIRUT408 | LEBANON: BERRI EMPHASIZES AL-SISTANI'S IMPORTANCE [...]C) IN A JANUARY 15 CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER NABIH BERRI SAID HE AND HIS AMAL MOVEMENT FOLLOWERS LOOKED [...] |
2004-01-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR SOCI LE IZ |
04BOGOTA112 | NOTES FROM THE FIELD: VALLEDUPAR AND CESAR [...]) Politics and economics in the northern department of Cesar are heavily influenced by the interests of a small number of prominent fa[...] |
2004-01-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PINS MCAP ECON SNAR SOCI CO |
04BOGOTA3913 | FOUR CASE STUDIES OF LABOR VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA [...]) During a meeting with four participants in a USDOL-funded exchange program for at-risk trade unionists, we learned that paramilitari[...] |
2004-04-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PTER ELAB SOCI CO |
04BOGOTA3943 | PRM'S A/S DEWEY'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...]) PRM Bureau's Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey visited Colombia March 7-10. Most interlocutors agreed that there has been a significan[...] |
2004-04-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI CO |
04BOGOTA3944 | PRM'S A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES DISPLACEMENT, PEACE [...]BU) As part of his March 7-10 visit to Colombia, PRM Bureau's Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey met with PRM partner organizations that p[...] |
2004-04-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI CO |
04BRASILIA1000 | BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART III: LAND DISPUTES AND [...]) This is Part III of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable discusses current land disputes. Part I (ref B) provid[...] |
2004-04-27 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP |
04BRASILIA1055 | BRAZIL'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIMER - PART I [...]is is Part I of a two-part series on Brazil's October municipal elections. This cable describes the structure and implementation of t[...] |
2004-05-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI ECON BR |
04BRASILIA1076 | BRAZIL TO GET A NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE [...]) SUMMARY. Mauricio Correa, Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal, will step down May 9 when he reaches the mandatory re[...] |
2004-05-04 18:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1098 | BRAZIL'S 2004 BUDGET BLUES [...]U) A high debt-service burden and extensive earmarking leave Brazil's federal government with little room for maneuver in its Reals 41[...] |
2004-05-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI PREL BR |
04BRASILIA1144 | LULA SUFFERS TWIN SETBACKS IN CONGRESS [...]) On May 5, two developments starkly demonstrated the Lula administration's reduced authority in Congress and the weakness of the coal[...] |
2004-05-11 19:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1218 | DEATH BY A THOUSAND BITES: MUNICIPAL LEVEL [...]SBU) Introduction and Summary: In recent months, Brazil's press has focused intently on municipal-level graft and corruption. Many of[...] |
2004-05-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1275 | AFTER 500 DAYS, THE QUESTION IS: CAN LULA GOVERN? [...]) SUMMARY. Lula's man-of-the-people rhetoric and heartfelt commitment to social progress quickly captured imaginations inside Brazil [...] |
2004-05-25 17:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG PREL SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1450 | BRAZIL'S PRISONS IN STATE OF CRISIS [...]UMMARY. The three-day rebellion in Benfica Prison in Rio de Janeiro ended May 31, taking place six weeks after the gruesome rebellion[...] |
2004-06-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM BR |
04BRASILIA1533 | MAKING ENDS MEET IN BRASILIA [...]UMMARY. Notwithstanding all its ministry buildings, rigid urban design and untypical (for Brazil) physical separation from slums and [...] |
2004-06-22 17:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON BR |
04BRASILIA1560 | LULA FINALLY GETS A BREAK - CONGRESS SUPPORTS HIS [...]BU) SUMMARY. Brazilian President Lula da Silva broke his losing streak on June 23 when the Chamber of Deputies voted to ratify his Pr[...] |
2004-06-23 20:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1635 | ACAUA TRIP REPORT: THE POLITICS OF HUNGER IN [...]UMMARY. Acaua is a modest municipality of 5,430 people in northeastern Brazil that was selected as one of two pilot communities for P[...] |
2004-07-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON BR |
04BRASILIA1670 | BRAZILIAN JUDGE OPENS NEW EXCEPTION TO ABORTION BAN [...]BU) SUMMARY. On July 1, a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court issued a temporary ruling allowing pregnant women whose fetuse[...] |
2004-07-07 13:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1750 | REVIEW OF A TOUGH SEMESTER AS THE BRAZILIAN [...][...] |
2004-07-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1756 | LULA'S INTERNATIONAL HUNGER INITIATIVE BANKS ON [...]) Summary: Brazil, in coordination with France, Chile and Spain, is preparing for circulation this month a set of proposals for new m[...] |
2004-07-14 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID SOCI PREL BR UN |
04BRASILIA181 | LULA FINALLY MAKES HIS BIG CABINET SHUFFLE [...]BU) SUMMARY. Thirteen months into his term, Brazilian President Lula da Silva on January 23 announced his long-awaited first cabinet[...] |
2004-01-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ECPS SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1832 | MERCOSUL/EU TALKS BREAK-OFF: NOT JUST A BRAZILIAN [...]) Top GoB negotiators on Wednesday July 21 abruptly broke off EU/Mercosul trade talks in Brussels and returned to Brazil leaving only [...] |
2004-07-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN |