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08OUAGADOUGOU600 | BURKINA FASO: STUDENT DISTRUBANCES LEAD TO CLOSURE OF [...] Summary: On June 28, the University of Ouagadougou canceled classes, postponed final exams, suspended all student services and dismissed students from its residence halls until further notice. According to university authorities, the student demonstrations that took place on the university cam [...] | 2008-07-03 17:57:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UV |
08PANAMA151 | PANAMA WIREC DELEGATION [...] (U) On February 14, 2008, Post provided the GOP's Energy Secretariat, National Environmental Authority, and its OAS SIPDIS delegation with the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) registration information in reftel. 2. (U) On February 13, 2008, Post received a lett [...] | 2008-02-20 22:33:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY PM |
08PARAMARIBO17 | SURINAME SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY OF PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER [...] (U) DCM met with the Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 14 to deliver demarche in response to REFs (A) and (B),seeking Surinamese support for the U.S. candidate for the January 17 election of members to the Committ [...] | 2008-01-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI XL XR NS |
08PARAMARIBO323 | BOUTERSE LAWYER DELAYS TRIAL THROUGH USE OF BIAS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 25, the "December Process" murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse and his co-defendants was temporarily suspended due to two motions, including an accusation of bias against Judge Cynthia Valstein. Valstein referred the motions to the High Court for thei [...] | 2008-08-14 17:36:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI NS |
08PARAMARIBO33 | NATIONAL INTEREST FUELS FRENCH EXPANSION OF [...] (C) Summary. The Government of France (GOF) will significantly expand its development assistance to Suriname, particularly in its economically depressed eastern district, Marowijne, which borders French Guiana. This aid will be provided mainly by the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD). [...] | 2008-01-30 18:47:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL ENRG SOCI NS |
08PARIS1187 | FRANCE -- INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] (U) Post conferred with French Ministry of Labor officials who track allegations of forced labor and child labor. They confirmed (ref (A) para 2) that, in France, "there is no record of forced labor or child labor in the production of goods." Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: htt [...] | 2008-06-24 10:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI FR |
08PARIS1868 | France's Societal Preferences Trade Initiative - [...] (SBU) Summary: French initiatives to incorporate societal preferences into European trade policy were the theme of a lunch we hosted with agriculture, econ and commercial counterparts from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil, The friendlies have been watching recent developments with c [...] | 2008-10-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR SENV SOCI EU |
08PARIS2309 | STAFFDEL WEIL MEETINGS IN PARIS ON PUBLIC OUTREACH [...] Lynne Weil, Communications Director for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, received a comprehensive overview of Embassy Paris' active Muslim and diversity outreach programs in a series of meetings with embassy, government, NGO and media representatives December 8-10. Public Affairs progra [...] | 2008-12-22 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI FR |
08PARIS766 | PRIME MINISTER FRANCOIS FILLON'S VISIT TO U.S. MAY [...] (C) France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon will travel to the U.S. May 1 - 2. The current focus of Fillon's visit is the international economy -- and how it affects France's domestic reform program. He is set to meet with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Bernanke, Secretary of the Treasury P [...] | 2008-04-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PTER PGOV PINR ECON EUN FR |
08PHNOMPENH307 | HIGH INFLATION SPARKS CALLS FOR LARGE PROTEST, GARMENT [...] (U) Summary: Dramatic increases in inflation have led the opposition Sam Rainsy Party to call for a large anti-inflation march to be held April 6 and have netted garment sector workers a 12 percent inflation bonus. While the government reports that annual inflation reached nearly 19 percent [...] | 2008-04-07 01:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM PGOV ELAB EAGR KTEX CB |
08PHNOMPENH353 | PRIME MINISTER OUTLINES BULWARKS AGAINST [...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen took his economic battle plan to the airwaves April 23, outlining the causes of Cambodia's increasing inflation, enumerating policies the government has enacted in recent years to create a robust economy, and listing possible future steps to further combat inf [...] | 2008-04-30 10:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV EAGR ELAB CB |
08PHNOMPENH398 | CAMBODIA'S EMERGING MINING SECTOR: FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: International interest in northeastern Cambodia's mining potential has increased sharply in recent years with a number of large, well-respected international firms joining smaller domestic and international companies in the search for gold and bauxite. While no major discoveri [...] | 2008-05-12 06:41:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN PGOV SENV SOCI PHUM CB AS |
08PHNOMPENH922 | INFORMATION ON CIVIL SOCIETY IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Post's response to questions posed in reftel are as follows: A. NGOs 1) (U) WHAT IS THE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR LOCAL NGOS OR ASSOCIATIONS, INCLUDING THE LENGTH OF TIME, THE GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES RESPONSIBLE, AND ANY DIFFERENCE IN REGISTRATION FOR PARTY ORGANIZATIONS? Prospect [...] | 2008-11-14 08:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CB |
08PHNOMPENH977 | PEACEFUL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCH IN CAMBODIA [...] (U) For the second year in a row, a peaceful, well-attended Human Rights Day march and rally were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The December 10 march of approximately 1,000 participants began near the city's centrally located Independence Monument, filed along a major Phnom Penh thoroughfare [...] | 2008-12-10 08:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV CB |
08PHNOMPENH990 | CAMBODIA - NEW CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Summary: On December 12, 2008, the Cambodian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of laboratory-confirmed H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in a 19-year-old male from Kandal Province who also worked in Kampong Speu Province. The patient is currently hospitalized in Phnom Penh but is clinically [...] | 2008-12-13 02:18:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC CB |
08PODGORICA120 | PRISON CONDITIONS IN MONTENEGRO [...] SUMMARY: PolOff and PolAsst visited the Spuz Prison in Podgorica on March 24 and the Bijelo Polje Prison in northeastern Montenegro on March 31 to examine conditions in Montenegro's only two prisons. PolOff and PolAsst found that conditions are substandard in terms of overcrowding and somewh [...] | 2008-04-07 11:20:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM SOCI MW |
08PODGORICA128 | CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY IN MONTENEGRO [...] SUMMARY: On April 8, International Roma Day, the Embassy organized a roundtable discussion on issues that face the Roma population in Montenegro, which was held in a refugee camp in Podgorica. Ambassador, local and refugee Roma, and representatives of the government and international organiza [...] | 2008-04-11 16:10:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KWMN MW |
08PODGORICA213 | MEMORIES OF BUKOVICA WAR CRIMES STILL FRESH 15 YEARS LATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23, the Ambassador traveled to Montenegro's remote Bukovica region to meet with Muslims who survived a campaign of ethnic cleansing in 1992 and 1993. Bukovica is one of five war crimes cases that occurred on Montenegrin territory or that involved Montenegrin citizens. S [...] | 2008-08-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC MW BK |
08PODGORICA248 | MONTENEGRO'S SLOW BUT FORWARD PROGRESS IN WAR CRIMES CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro is beginning to confront its role in the Balkan wars of the 1990's. Until recently, it had done little to address the four pending war crimes cases committed on its territory (Kaludjerski Laz, Morinj, 1992 deportation of Muslims, and Bukovica). However, investigations [...] | 2008-09-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KAWC SOCI XH MW |
08PORTAUPRINCE1127 | NEW PM GIVES FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE, BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: In her first press conference as Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis broadly outlined her goals for the next government, which include addressing problems of national production, health, education and security, and moving quickly to attend to the high cost of living, delayed Se [...] | 2008-08-07 17:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1180 | HAITI CORRECTIONS AND PRISONS UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: 227 new corrections officers graduated from the Police Academy on July 18 under a cloud of controversy and amid an on-going investigation of recruitment practices. Changes in personnel at the Me [...] | 2008-08-19 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1240 | HAITI NERVOUS ON THE EVE OF BACK TO SCHOOL [...] (C) Summary: As the new government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis continues to seek confirmation in a precarious political climate, Haiti is facing economic and security challenges that could flare up in the near term, bog down the new government, and potentially caused renewed unres [...] | 2008-09-04 18:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KDEM HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1414 | PRIME MINISTER PIERRE-LOUIS ON HAITI'S URGENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. HAITIAN PRIME MINISTER MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS (MPL) GAVE ME A CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF HER FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE DURING OUR BREAKFAST MEETING OCTOBER 2. SHE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE ASSISTANCE HAITI HAS RECEIVED IN THE WAKE OF THE HURRICANES, AND FOR US SUPP [...] | 2008-10-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID SOCI EAGR HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE147 | PREVAL PROVINCIAL SWING A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Preval recently made the first public tour outside the capital since assuming office. He spent two days in Haiti's Central Plateau, stopping to inaugurate a new hospital with U.S. p [...] | 2008-01-30 19:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CU ECON HA KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI |
08PORTAUPRINCE1533 | PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH CORE FOUR AMBASSADORS [...] (C) At our request, Haitian Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis (MPL) met with the Brazilian, Canadian, French and U.S. Ambassadors, as well as UNSRSG Hedi Annabi, on October 27. The PM acknowledged that she has yet to satisfactorily organize her office, and remains very much a prisoner of he [...] | 2008-10-31 17:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EAID HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE198 | PETIT GOAVE POSTCARD: HARBINGER OF POLITICAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The coastal city of Petit Goave (West Department),historically the vanguard of major uprisings in Haiti, is now largely calm - both politically and with respect to crime. Former sworn politica [...] | 2008-02-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC SOCI HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE644 | HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE RESPONSE TO RECENT CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of civil unrest that led to looting and vandalism, the Haitian National Police (HNP) is looking at lessons learned and planning for future such events. The HNP response to the crisis in April revealed progress made in developing a professional police force but a [...] | 2008-05-03 15:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI HA |
08PORTLOUIS187 | MAURITIUS: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION [...] The incidence of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods is insignificant in Mauritius. The types of work known to have been carried out by children in Mauritius, such as agricultural, domestic, and commercial, are not considered "exploitative" as defined in the I [...] | 2008-06-02 05:41:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MP |
08PORTMORESBY119 | INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] Summary: Papua New Guinea is a developing country with an agricultural-based economy. Its key export commodities are in the forestry (logging),minerals (copper, gold),oil and gas, agricultural (tea and coffee),fisheries and tourism sectors. Because Papua New Guinea lacks an establishe [...] | 2008-07-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI |
08PORTOFSPAIN106 | COP PARTY PLANS TO STAY VIABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Congress of the People (COP) Winston Dookeran February 27 in a discussion that focused on the opposition leader's efforts to keep his party relevant despite it failing to secure seats in last November's parliamentary vote. Dookeran, who has been under s [...] | 2008-03-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN204 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN23 | CRIME PROBLEM ROILS NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: With a record number of 388 homicides in 2007 and 14 new homicides by January 8, 2008, crime remains a front burner issue. The media misquoted National Security Minister Martin Joseph in early January as stating the GOTT had failed in all its efforts to combat crime, setting off [...] | 2008-01-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN257 | HURRICANE SEASON PLANNING - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] Embassy Port of Spain primary and alternate Mission Disaster Relief Officers are as follows: Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) --------------------------------------- John Ries Economic Chief Tour Ends: July 2009 Tel: (868) 822-5940 Tel: (868) 633-2623-home Cell: (868) 684-2205 [...] | 2008-06-12 11:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI SENV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN398 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-JULY THROUGH [...] Inflation reaches 11.7 % - a 14-year high 2. S&P raises T&T's long-term currency credit rating to 'A' 3. Hindu Credit Union's Assets frozen; investigation ensues 4. 1,000 Dengue Cases, GOTT Insists "No Major Crisis" 5. Security breached at Trinidad's Airport 6. USTDA awards US$390,572 gra [...] | 2008-09-02 17:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN444 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-AUGUST THROUGH [...] US$2.3 billion plastics deal signed with Europeans 2. Hill International wins $285 million project 3. T&T faces labor shortages 4. GOTT increases infrastructure borrowing authority 5. NGC benefiting from high Methanol Prices 6. GOTT gives CAL tax exemption 7. Yachtie fuel crisis resolve [...] | 2008-09-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SENV ENRG KIPR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN493 | UPDATED MDRO CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] Embassy Port of Spain primary and alternate Mission Disaster Relief Officers are as follows: Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) --------------------------------------- John Ries Economic Chief Tour Ends: July 2009 Tel: (868) 822-5940-work Tel: (868) 633-2623-home Cell: (868) 684-2 [...] | 2008-11-06 14:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI SENV TD |
08PRAGUE405 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO SIGNIFICANT FORCED LABOR IN THE [...] The Czech Republic (CR) does not have significant incidence of forced labor or child labor in the production of goods. The number of North Korean workers in the CR, who were employed in textile workshops, decreased from 132 in March 2008 to 15 in May 2008. Czech NGOs (Czech Helsinki Committee [...] | 2008-06-27 08:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD ECON PHUM SOCI EZ |
08PRAGUE707 | 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, [...] Summary: Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. While the overall number of drug users in the country is relatively stable, the rates of use for marijuana, Ecstasy, and methamphetamines are among the highest in Europe. Marijuana, grown locally a [...] | 2008-11-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ELAB PHUM SOCI EZ |
08PRAIA147 | CAPE VERDE RESPONSE TO DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 15:32:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU CV |
08PRETORIA1057 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, April 2008, Volume 3, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- EMBASSY PRETORIA AND PARTNERS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY -- POWER SWITHCHED OFF [...] | 2008-05-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA1061 | POLICE UNABLE TO CONTROL XENOPHOBIC AND ETHNIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Though South Africans have perpetrated sporadic, but infrequent xenophobic attacks throughout the country in recent years, the frequency and intensity of the attacks in the past several weeks against not only foreigners, but also those of different South African ethnicities, ha [...] | 2008-05-19 18:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC PREF PHUM SF ZI |
08PRETORIA1088 | XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO SPREAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deadly xenophobic and inter-ethnic violence continued in Gauteng province on the night of 20 May and into the early morning hours, with more people seeking shelter at police stations, churches, and community shelters. Violence also has spread to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, though [...] | 2008-05-22 09:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI ASEC CACS SF |
08PRETORIA1222 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, May 2008, Volume 3, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- CT INSTALL SOLAR GEYSERS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE -- GREEN SCORPIONS' CEME [...] | 2008-06-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA1226 | ACE Nomination from AMEMB Pretoria for Johnson & Johnson, [...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria is pleased to nominate the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies South Africa (J&J/SA) for the Secretary's ACE Award for Corporate Excellence in the multinational enterprise (MNE) category. J&J/SA's groundbreaking work to establish the Johnson & Johnson Burn Center (B [...] | 2008-06-09 05:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD AMGT SOCI TBIO SENV SF |
08PRETORIA1227 | ACE Nomination from AMEMB Pretoria for Eli Lilly and [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission in Pretoria nominates Eli Lilly and Company, South Africa (Lilly SA) for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence in the multi-national enterprise (MNE) category. Lilly SA's pioneering initiative to fight the rapidly growing threat of multi-drug resistant tube [...] | 2008-06-09 05:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD AMGT SOCI TBIO SENV SF |
08PRETORIA1426 | KWAZULU NATAL - THE GREENING OF A PROVINCE [...] Summary. The Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot, a floristic, climatic and geologically complex area, runs throughout KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. EST Officer met with KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) Environmental Services (South Region) Manager Sharon Allan, [...] | 2008-07-01 08:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI SF |
08PRETORIA1453 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, June 2008, Volume 3, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- GLOBE PROGRAM BRINGS 500 STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCIENTISTS TOGETHER IN CA [...] | 2008-07-03 12:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA1474 | Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in [...] Summary. EST Officer met with KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) Environmental Services (South Region) Manager Sharon Allan to discuss climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation within KZN province, with an emphasis on the eThekwini Municipal [...] | 2008-07-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI SF |
08PRETORIA1483 | NEDBANK - SOUTH AFRICA'S GREENEST BANK [...] Summary. Environment, Science and Technology FSN met in mid-June with Nedbank Group Executive Chief of Governance and Compliance Advocate Selby Baqwa and Senior Manager Briggete Burnett in June 2008 to discuss Nedbank's environmental and sustainability programs. The officials advised that Ne [...] | 2008-07-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA1506 | Anglo-American Targets Workers' Families to Tackle HIV in [...] Summary: Anglo American Plc (Anglo) has approved a country-wide expansion of its employee HIV and anti-retroviral treatment program (ART) for AIDS to encompass the families of its 75,000 workers. South Africa's Business Times reported that this is the first time a major South African company ha [...] | 2008-07-11 08:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO ECON EMIN EAID KHIV KSCA ZU SF |
08PRETORIA1634 | Donor Coordination on Health Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Manto Tshabalala Msimang (Minister) at a recent high-level Annual Donor Consultation Meeting stressed that the national Department of Health (DOH) must coordinate donor efforts in the health arena in order to ensure equitable allocation of resources across provi [...] | 2008-07-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA SF |
08PRETORIA2007 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, August 2008, Volume 3, Number 8, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- AFRICAN PENGUINS ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION -- DEAT LAUNCHES PLAN T [...] | 2008-09-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA2181 | MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION REMAINS A SERIOUS [...] (U) Inadequate math, science and technology (MST) education remains a serious problem in South Africa. The Department of Education (DOE) and non-government education experts agree that there are multiple causes for the lack of MST skills, including under-qualified teachers, minimal resources, [...] | 2008-10-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA2274 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, September 2008, Volume 3, Number 9, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- RHINO POACHING INCREASING IN KRUGER PARK -- NON-GMO MAIZE SHORTA [...] | 2008-10-17 14:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA2501 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, October 2008, Volume 3, Number 10, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS FIGHT SOUTH DURBAN PETROLEUM PIPELINE -- S [...] | 2008-11-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA2628 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, November 2008, Volume 3, Number 11, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- US EMBASSY AND UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA INAUGURATE U.S. SCIENCE R [...] | 2008-12-03 14:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA2666 | CISCO ADDRESSES ICT SKILLS SHORTAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA ONE [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM),Commercial Counselor, Economic Counselor and ICT Officer attended the graduation of the inaugural class of Cisco Global Talent Acceleration Program on November 28. The DCM provided the key-note address at the graduation ceremony. Cisco executives outlined [...] | 2008-12-09 05:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI TINT USTR SF CH |
08PRETORIA269 | SOUTH AFRICA ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS, [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Newsletter, January 2008, Volume 3, Issue 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- HI-TECH PRAWN FACILITY OPENED IN SA -- SA TO ROLL-OUT GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS -- PO [...] | 2008-02-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
08PRETORIA279 | GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL [...] (U) Summary: During his January 25 visit to Pretoria, Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul emphasized that PEPFAR represents a transformation in donor aid from a donor/recipient mode to an equal partnership with host countries. He also highlighted the importance of prevention, part [...] | 2008-02-11 13:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV PREL SF SOCI |
08PRETORIA280 | GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL [...] (U) Summary: During his January 25 visit to Pretoria, Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul emphasized that PEPFAR represents a transformation in donor aid from a donor/recipient mode to an equal partnership with host countries. He also highlighted the importance of prevention, part [...] | 2008-02-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV PREL SF SOCI |
08PRETORIA756 | Explosive Growth of Dual TB-HIV Infection in South Africa [...] (U) Summary: South Africa (SA) is experiencing explosive twin epidemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). The HIV epidemic in SA is fuelling the rise of an exploding TB epidemic since individuals infected with HIV are much more susceptible to TB and other serious infections. Poor diagnosi [...] | 2008-04-10 13:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA ZU SF |
08PRETORIA998 | Alarming AIDS Statistics, But Are They Valid? [...] (U) Summary: South African media reported on Sunday May 4 that new HIV statistics attributed to the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) revealed that 2 million more South Africans are HIV-infected than present estimates show. The report also claimed that these statistics are more reliabl [...] | 2008-05-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA ZU SF |
08PRISTINA46 | KOSOVO: BELGRADE AND NORTHERN HARDLINERS RATCHET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indications are growing that Belgrade and the hard-line Kosovo Serb leadership in the north are increasing the pace of plans to expand and strengthen parallel government structures for Kosovo Serbs in the event of Kosovo's independence. Although UNMIK appointed Serbs to the mun [...] | 2008-01-29 16:58:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KV UNMIK |
08PRISTINA51 | KOSOVO: BELGRADE-ALIGNED GORANI ETHNIC GROUP POSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Gorani, a small Slavic Muslim community that resides in the isolated mountains of southern Kosovo's Dragash municipality, retain close ties with the Serbian government. Serbian funding for a parallel education system is one such strong link, as are subsidies, jobs, and pensio [...] | 2008-01-30 18:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK |
08PRISTINA61 | KOSOVO: SERBS MOSTLY WANT TO STAY, BUT UNHCR HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: From our contacts with Kosovo Serb leaders -- and barring the outbreak of violence -- it appears that most of Kosovo's Serbs will stay here after independence is declared. There are several factors influencing this: the lack of better options for Kosovo Serbs outside Kosovo, th [...] | 2008-02-07 13:58:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
08PRISTINA62 | KOSOVO: GOVERNMENT PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and USOP/USAID team met February 8 with the PM Thaci, Deputy PM Kuci, Finance Minister Shala, and other members of the government, including the Kosovo Serb ministers, to discuss measures the Kosovo government could take to provide support to the Serb community. Chief amon [...] | 2008-02-08 18:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
08PRISTINA97 | KOSOVO PROPERTY AGENCY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) is continuing its work adjudicating property claims cases, mostly involving displaced Kosovo Serb owners, but still struggles with enforcement and funding issues. In a meeting with us, KPA head Rosandhaug also mentioned that KPA activity in the S [...] | 2008-03-04 11:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI PINR KV UNMIK |
08QUITO1005 | ECUADOR AVIAN FLU PREPARATIONS AND DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) Summary: The GOE has given considerable thought to the risks of avian flu and has programs for prevention and crisis response. GOE representatives expressed interest in attending the Ministerial Conference on October 25-26 in Egypt, but expressed concerns that funding limitations will not [...] | 2008-10-23 22:35:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KFLU EAGR ETRD SOCI TBIO EC |
08QUITO225 | ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RAINS AND FLOODING TOPS $125 MILLION [...] (U) Summary: Following a month of heavy rains in Ecuador, agricultural losses due to extensive flooding now total nearly $91 million. Repairing roads will likely cost more than $35 million. The Ecuadorian and U.S. weather services estimate the rains will continue through at least mid-March, [...] | 2008-03-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EAID ELTN SENV SOCI EC |
08QUITO366 | URBAN POLLUTION IN ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: Like many Andean nations, Ecuador is experiencing problems with pollution. The level of hazardous organic compounds in Quito's air are twice that recommended by the World Health Organization and exceed EPA norms, and studies indicate that Quito residents suffer from an elevated [...] | 2008-04-24 14:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SOCI EC |
08QUITO369 | CLIMATE CHANGE IN ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: For years Ecuador has been experiencing symptoms of climate change such as glacial melting. This year, erratic weather is also leaving its mark on the country. Studies of the country's glaciers show a retreat of at least 28% in the last ten years. Scientists are concerned bec [...] | 2008-04-24 19:59:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SMIG SOCI EC |
08QUITO543 | CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REVIEWS CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] (U) Summary: A delegation from the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology led by Brian Baird (D-WA) visited the Galapagos Islands from June 13-16, 2008. The group met with scientists and officials to learn more about global climate change and invasive species on the Isla [...] | 2008-06-19 22:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SOCI EC |
08QUITO913 | RIGHTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN ECUADOR'S NEW [...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's proposed constitution contains possibly significant changes in the area of environment, generally centralizing management while expanding the basis for conservation and enforcement. Nature, or "Pachamama" (a Quechua-Spanish hybrid word for "earth mother"),is given ex [...] | 2008-09-23 18:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SOCI PGOV EC |
08RABAT157 | DAS PATTON VISITS MOROCCO [...] (U) Summary: DAS Kent Patton and MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Casablanca and Rabat January 16-19 to discuss post's democracy reform activities, introduce the new Democracy Working Group program, and meet with Moroccan contacts from both the government and civil society. Patto [...] | 2008-02-19 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KMPI ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI MO |
08RABAT250 | POWER TO THE PEOPLE - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION [...] Summary. The Government of Morocco's (GOM) ambitious program to expand rural electrification throughout the country is nearing completion - two years ahead of schedule. By the end of 2008, the Programme d'Electrification Rurale Global (PERG) will reportedly bring electricity to every village [...] | 2008-03-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SOCI MO |
08RABAT458 | GOM BRIEFED ON CUBAN SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (SBU) Fouad Yazourh, Director of American (Western Hemisphere) Affairs at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs met Polcouns on May 16 and received a summary of USG interest in Cuban Solidarity Day. Yazourh stated that the Moroccan Government has had no diplomatic relations with the Cuban [...] | 2008-05-20 11:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU MO |
08RABAT461 | U/S BURNS' LETTER TO ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] On May 19, Poloff delivered reftel letter, covered by a transmittal letter signed by Ambassador Riley, to Zoheir Merchaoui, AMU Counselor for Political and Information Affairs. Merchaoui received the text with enthusiasm. Taking note of the proposal to convene all AMU member state Foreign Min [...] | 2008-05-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PTER ECON SOCI SMIG XI MO MR LY |
08RABAT72 | MOROCCO: HEALTH MINISTER DESCRIBES A CRISIS OF [...] (C) In the course of a courtesy call on Morocco's new Health Minister, Yasmina Baddou, she told the Ambassador that corruption, not capabilities or resources, was the primary reason for Morocco's substandard level of health care provision. She said that fighting graft was her top priority, f [...] | 2008-01-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SOCI ELAB MO |
08RABAT743 | AMBASSADOR'S EMPOWERMENT FUND [...] Mission Morocco's initial USD 100,000 funding allotment for the Ambassador's Empowerment Fund (AEF) was disbursed in early FY-07 and has achieved great benefits for the communities that received grants. The program allows the Ambassador to identify deserving organizations and provide them wit [...] | 2008-08-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI MO |
08RANGOON278 | THE CHALLENGES OF COMBATING TB IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Tuberculosis is a growing health concern in Burma, with more than 130,000 new cases of TB diagnosed a year. The WHO estimates that more than 40 percent of Burma's population could be infected with the disease. The Burmese Government, through its National TB Program (NTP) is w [...] | 2008-04-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM |
08RANGOON279 | BURMA: LACK OF TB DRUGS A LOOMING PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Summary. Burma is one of 22 tuberculosis high-burden countries in the world. The Government's National TB Program (NTP),active in all of Burma's 324 townships, reported a case detection rate of 95 percent of all infectious cases and had a treatment rate of 83.6 percent in 2006. The [...] | 2008-04-22 10:38:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM |
08RANGOON282 | BURMA: COMBATING MDR-TB IN RANGOON AND MANDALAY [...] (SBU) Summary. Tuberculosis is a growing concern in Burma, with the Ministry of Health ranking it as the second priority disease after HIV/AIDS. As the TB prevalence rate increases throughout the country, the risk of multi drug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) TB also inc [...] | 2008-04-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM |
08RANGOON308 | 3D FUND ANNUAL REVIEW SHOWS POSITIVE RESULTS, IDENTIFIES CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 10:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM |
08RANGOON309 | BURMA: MONITORING THE 3D FUND [...] (C) Summary. The 3 Diseases Fund (3DF),the largest and newest donor in Burma's health sector, has taken steps during the past year to improve the administration of its programs. Aware that monitoring and evaluation (M/E) of its programs are key to securing future funding from donors, the 3D [...] | 2008-05-02 10:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
08RANGOON379 | BURMA: HEALTH SITUATION IN IRRAWADDY DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),health conditions in the Irrawaddy Delta continue to deteriorate, as hundreds of thousands of people lack access to food, potable water, shelter, and medicines. Shipments of water were beginning to reach the delta and a senior [...] | 2008-05-14 11:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM |
08RANGOON531 | BURMA: TRACKING TB CASES IN THE DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary. Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma May 2-3, destroyed much of the Irrawaddy Delta, including more than 125 many public and private health facilities. Consequently, many tuberculosis (TB) patients living in the delta lost access to their medications and stopped treatment. Offi [...] | 2008-07-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM |
08RANGOON577 | BURMA: DELTA HEALTH CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UN and NGO officials working in the Irrawaddy Delta, the health situation in the delta after Cyclone Nargis continues to improve. While there have been no disease epidemics, health NGOs report cases of dengue, diarrhea, and acute respiratory infection throughout t [...] | 2008-07-18 07:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV BM |
08RANGOON764 | BURMA TO REAPPLY FOR GLOBAL FUND [...] (C) The Burmese Government will again apply for assistance under the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM),three years after the GFATM withdrew from Burma due to GOB travel and operational restrictions. Ministry of Health officials have coordinated with the UN, but less so [...] | 2008-09-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV BM |
08RANGOON786 | GLOBAL FUND'S PROPOSAL TO RETURN TO BURMA: A [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Charge conveyed, point-by-point, USG concerns and conditions regarding Burma's potential application for Round Nine of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM at an October 2 meeting in Rangoon to select a donor representative to the Country Coordin [...] | 2008-10-03 09:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV BM |
08RANGOON797 | BURMA EYES A GLOBAL FUND APPLICATION [...] (C) The Burmese Government held its first Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) meeting on October 7, revising its existing oversight mechanism for health assistance on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB),and malaria with an eye toward a Global Fund Round 9 application. UN, NGO, and donor representa [...] | 2008-10-09 10:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
08RANGOON842 | BURMA: NGOS, UN IN FAVOR OF GLOBAL FUND RETURN [...] (C) International NGOs and UN agencies active in Burma have been approaching us, seeking USG support for the Global Fund's possible return to Burma, citing their perception of an urgent humanitarian need for increased health assistance and their experience that they can achieve life-saving a [...] | 2008-10-29 09:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
08RANGOON844 | BURMA: ANALYZING 3D FUND'S OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Three Diseases Fund (3DF),the single largest health donor in Burma, has successfully worked for the past 18 months to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB),and malaria, according to 3DF Manager Mikko Lainejoki. The 3DF's mandate prevents it from f [...] | 2008-10-29 09:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
08RANGOON846 | DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S GLOBAL FUND APPLICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 05:49:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
08RANGOON867 | BURMA HOSTS SECOND CCM MEETING FOR GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) chaired the second Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) meeting in Nay Pyi Taw October 31 in preparation for its planned Round Nine Global Fund Application. During the meeting, participants reiterated the humanitarian need for a Global Fund application, a [...] | 2008-11-07 08:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV BM |
08RANGOON879 | INFORMING BURMA OFFICIALS ABOUT USG VIEWS ON [...] (C) As authorized (Ref A),Embassy Rangoon has conveyed USG views to the regime on a potential Burma Round 9 Global Fund (GF) application. In conversations with Minister of Health Dr. Kyaw Myint, Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Mya Oo, and MOFA Americas Director Yin Yin Oo, the Charge relayed R [...] | 2008-11-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
08RANGOON888 | STAFFDEL GROVE'S NOVEMBER 8-10 VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) Staffdel Grove visited Burma November 8-10 to monitor USG Cyclone Nargis assistance, assess the current political climate, and discuss the future of USG humanitarian assistance to Burma (see septel). During Mr. Grove's trip to the Cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta, villagers expressed gra [...] | 2008-11-17 05:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON SOCI BM |
08RANGOON889 | BURMA: STAFFDEL GROVE ON STATE/AID PROPOSALS [...] (C) Embassy discussed the State/AID proposals for additional assistance for cyclone-recovery activities ("Element 2") and a new mechanism for civil society support ("Element 1") with Senate Appropriations Committee Minority Clerk Paul Grove during his November 8-10 visit to Burma. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-11-17 05:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID SOCI BM |
08RANGOON920 | BURMA MEETING ON TB DRUGS; BIG PUSH FOR GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) Pledged donor funding for anti-tuberculosis drugs in Burma will decline in 2009 and fall off sharply thereafter. At a GOB-convened meeting December 1 to address this gap, the Health Minister committed to increase government funding for anti-TB drugs to 3 percent of the 2010 requirement [...] | 2008-12-03 07:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
08RANGOON96 | 3D FUND PROMOTING HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. After getting off to a slow start, the 3 Diseases Fund (3DF),run by UNOPS, has started moving: 26 implementing partners are fulfilling 38 health contracts worth $21 million in 300 townships throughout the country. 3DF activities target the most vulnerable and under-served po [...] | 2008-02-08 06:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
08RECIFE34 | NORTHEAST BRAZIL: LANDLESS MOVEMENT TRIES TO RE-INVENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Just as in southern Brazil (reftel),the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST),and their fellow travelers in the always-disadvantaged northeast region, seem to be changing tactics; with confrontation less appealing, they appear to be re-positioning themselves and trying to get o [...] | 2008-05-28 00:57:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI BR |
08RIGA279 | LATVIA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE FOLLOW-UP [...] Per reftel, Post confirms that the Department-provided op-ed was placed under Ambassador Larsons' name in a local Russian-language newspaper, Telegraph, on May 21. 2. In addition, the MFA issued the following statement on May 20 (informal embassy translation): "Foreign Minister Urges Supp [...] | 2008-05-22 10:28:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO SOCI CU LG |
08RIGA424 | LATVIA: NO REPORTED CASES OF FORCED OR CHILD LABOR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI LG |
08RIGA468 | JEWISH PROPERTY RESTITUTION PROCESS SLOW TO [...] (C) Summary: The GOL says that it intends to move forward on Jewish claims to pre-holocaust communal property, but has sent mixed signals about chances for rapid action. GOL also advised against a unified effort from foreign embassies to push for resolution. Both the Ambassador and American [...] | 2008-08-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI LG |
08RIGA87 | ANDRIS GRUTUPS AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LATVIA [...] (C) Summary. Andris Grutups is a prominent lawyer and closely connected to one of Latvia's most influential people - former PM Andris Skele. He is also often not far from the scene when charges of anti-Semitism are raised in Latvia. For example, in a late November 2007 interview with local p [...] | 2008-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI LG |
08RIODEJANEIRO144 | Rio de Janeiro Pol-Econ Round-Up April-May 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of April-May 2008. - Rio's Former Governor Indicted, Former Police Chief Arrested - Militias Torture Journalists - Brazil Plans for More Nuclear Power Plants - Rio Official [...] | 2008-06-12 15:16:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EIND EAIR ECON PGOV PHUM KCRM KOCI SOCI SNAR BR |
08RIODEJANEIRO172 | AMB. LAGON VISITS RIO DE JANEIRO TO DISCUSS TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) visited Rio de Janeiro on June 21-23 as part of a multi-city trip to Brazil. He consulted with various members of the NGO and academic community on the sexual exp [...] | 2008-07-01 12:05:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BR |
08RIODEJANEIRO215 | Rio de Janeiro Sets Up Municipal Election Task Force to [...] Summary. In advance of the October municipal elections, a new trend has emerged involving the use of intimidation to organize and deliver massive voter blocks from favela communities to candidates willing to align themselves with drug traffickers and militias. The Brazilian Federal Police, [...] | 2008-08-11 11:14:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV SOCI BR |
08RIODEJANEIRO239 | Rio de Janeiro Pol/Econ Round-Up, July/August 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of July-August 2008. - GOB Considers Privatizing Rio International Airport - Armed Forces Deployed to Rio for Municipal Elections - Former Rio Governors Indicted for Corrupt [...] | 2008-09-09 18:59:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KPLS SNAR SOCI BR |
08RIYADH121 | ASHURA IN THE EP: A TALE OF TWO CITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Falling on January 19, 2008, this year's Ashura commemorations in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia continued the trend of the recent past; Qatif-area Shi'a enjoyed increased freedom of expression while the Al-Ahsa community was strictly forbidden from any public commemoration [...] | 2008-01-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI SA |
08RIYADH1480 | DANCING IN THE STREETS: SAUDI NATIONAL DAY [...] (C) Summary: Saudi National Day was observed September 23 with unprecedented celebration in the Kingdom. Unlike previous years, which saw a more somber observance of the day, this year's anniversary of the unification of the Kingdom was a joyous display of nationalism, particularly among the [...] | 2008-09-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWMN PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO SOCI SA |
08RIYADH1620 | NO INDICATION SAG HAS CHANGED POLICY ON TAIF [...] (S) In an October 27 meeting with Saudi Assistant Minister for National Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MBN),Charge Rundell raised the issue of the Taif Christians (ref A). MBN reiterated previous assurances that the deportation orders in question had been rescinded. Nevertheless, [...] | 2008-10-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF |
08RIYADH1690 | TAIF CHRISTIAN "DEPORTATION" ISSUE RESOLVED [...] ZFR CANCEL///ZFR CANCEL///ZFR CANCEL//// CABLE WILL BE RETRANSMITTED UNDER DIFFERENT MRN WITH NEW PRECEDENCE. PLEASE DESTROY ALL COPIES. ZFR CANCEL///ZFR CANCEL///ZFR CANCEL//// RUNDELL [...] | 2008-11-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF |
08RIYADH1691 | TAIF CHRISTIAN "DEPORTATION" ISSUE RESOLVED [...] (S/NF) DEPORTATIONS RESCINDED: On November 9 and 10, two contacts confirmed to Poloff that the Makkah Governorate's orders to deport 13 Taif Christians (Ref A) have been rescinded. Reji Johnson (strictly protect) asserted that the situation had been definitely resolved thanks to a higher ord [...] | 2008-11-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF |
08RIYADH1708 | SAUDIZATION REQUIREMENTS HAMPER BUSINESS [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Dhahran Consul General Kenny, Abdulrahman Ali al-Turki, a leading business person in the Eastern Province (EP) of Saudi Arabia, candidly spoke out against a government quota system that requires a percentage of a company's workforce to consist of Saudi nationals. [...] | 2008-11-17 15:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ELAB KWMN PGOV SA SOCI |
08RIYADH367 | AND THE ENVELOPE PLEASE: SAUDI'S FIRST EVER FILM [...] (C) SUMMARY: From May 20 through May 24, the first ever Saudi film festival will be held in Dammam, Eastern Province. Organizers hope the event will usher in a period of greater cultural freedom and expression for the Saudi artistic community. While public SAG recognition is lacking, the fe [...] | 2008-03-05 04:56:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV SA SCUL SOCI |
08RIYADH42 | AL-FAQIH ORGANIZES DAMMAM PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2007, immediately following the end of Friday prayer, an estimated 150 to 200 people protested outside of the al-Forqan mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, chanting the slogans "God is great" and "Death to the al-Saud." Organized via broadcasts on the al-Islah radio [...] | 2008-01-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC KISL PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SA |
08RIYADH625 | PROFILE IN REFORM: NASCENT WOMEN'S RIGHTS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Founded by Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Ayouni in August 2007, the Society for Protecting and Defending Women's Rights (the "Society") has quickly become one of the most active and important rights advocacy groups in Saudi Arabia. Coordinating campaigns in the local community [...] | 2008-04-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI SA |
08RIYADH66 | SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER: FLOTUS VISIT HELPED END [...] (S) In a December 2007 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal commented that Saudi Arabia was "meaningfully impacted by First Lady Laura Bush's visit" to the Kingdom in October 2007 and that her actions went a long way in affecting the "attitude of women [...] | 2008-01-15 13:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PHUM PGOV SA SOCI TBIO |
08ROME1192 | VELTRONI TO REMAIN CAPTAIN--FOR NOW, BUT PD IS [...] (C) Having led the Democratic Party (PD) into defeat in national and local elections this spring, Walter Veltroni is proving no more adept in opposition. Veltroni has lost much of his support within the party and has until next spring's European Parliament elections to salvage his position and [...] | 2008-09-24 08:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI IT |
08ROME263 | ITALIAN ACTIONS TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS [...] Summary. A GOI action plan pre-dating the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB) is advancing the implementation of most of ItalyQs commitments under paragraph five of the Declaration. Italy also has significantly increased its contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis a [...] | 2008-03-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO EAID SOCI AF IT |
08ROME655 | POST RESPONSE: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND [...] (U) Child and forced labor is rare in Italy, and the GoI investigates and prosecutes the few cases of apparent forced labor when they arise. Minors aged 14 and above can be legally employed. According to the latest government statistics, 275,000 people aged 15 to 19 were employed in 2003. [...] | 2008-05-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELF EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI IT |
08ROME657 | ITALY/CUBA: ACTIVITIES FOR THE DAY SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) Summary: Per ref A-C requests, Post engaged in a robust effort to mark May 21's "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People." We placed the Cuba Solidarity op-ed May 20 in leading center-right daily Il Giornale. Lobbying by the Ambassador convinced Senate President Schifani, Chamber of Depu [...] | 2008-05-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU IT |
08ROME954 | DESIGNATION OF MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER AND [...] (U) Below is the contact information for the Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and the MDRO Alternate. The Alternate, as recommended, is an FSN who works closely with the MDRO. 2. (SBU) MDRO Name: Christopher P. Curran (effective 29 August) Title: Economic Officer [...] | 2008-07-30 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID SOCI IT |
08RPODUBAI42 | IRAN IVLP ALUMNUS JAILED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 06:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL IR |
08RPODUBAI48 | IRAN'S BAZAAR STRIKES HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. According to press reports, merchants feared that the in [...] | 2008-10-23 09:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD SOCI IR |
08SANAA1918 | YEMEN'S STARVING CHILDREN [...] A National Symposium on Child Poverty held November 24-25 in Sana'a reported that half of Yemeni children under the age of five are moderately to severely underweight. Infant mortality in Yemen is ten times the U.S. rate, and according to the World Food Program's (WFP) Jutta Neitzel, food exp [...] | 2008-11-29 13:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI YM |
08SANJOSE1005 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S RETURN VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Secretary Leavitt and his delegation. Since the Secretary's March 2007 visit, the Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably completing requirements to join the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repu [...] | 2008-12-31 18:00:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL PGOV SOCI OSCI OTRA OVIP CS |
08SANJOSE15 | COSTA RICA INVITATION TO WIREC CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 15:03:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS EAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI |
08SANJOSE197 | COSTA RICA: REQUEST FOR DOD HUMANITARIAN AIRLIFT [...] (U) Post requests DoD assistance to provide two helicopters to lift 160,000 pounds of construction materials which will be used to construct five suspension bridges to support indigenous communities in the Talamanca region of Costa Rica. This is an important humanitarian mission, supported by [...] | 2008-03-13 15:35:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS PGOV SOCI CS |
08SANJOSE401 | JTF-B HELICOPTERS LIFT 180,000 POUNDS OF BRIDGE [...] (U) On May 14, two JTF-B Blackhawk helicopters completed a humanitarian assistance airlift of 180,000 pounds of suspension bridge material for Costa Rica's indigenous population in the remote and mountainous Talamanca area. The mission began on May 7 and was to conclude in four days, but due [...] | 2008-05-16 00:28:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS PGOV SOCI CS |
08SANJOSE406 | COSTA RICAN ASSEMBLY AND MEDIA PLAN DAY OF [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post contacted media and key community leaders active on Cuban issues to promote the Day of Solidarity observance. Planned activities include the following: -- Four members of the National Assembly will speak for a total of 20 minutes during the May 21 plenary session [...] | 2008-05-16 18:56:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CU CS |
08SANJOSE432 | COSTA RICA: MAY 21 DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] The Costa Rican National Assembly, local media, Post and others observed the Day of Solidarity with Cuban People on May 20-21. Post contacted key representatives from each of these groups in the lead-up to May 21 and suggested possible commemorative activities and statements. Post also provided [...] | 2008-05-23 00:43:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO CU CS |
08SANJOSE519 | COSTA RICA RESPONSE: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] SUMMARY: In response to Ref A, the Costa Rican Ministry of Labor, UN agencies and NGOs reported no new information regarding exploitative child labor (Ref B) and only sparse, anecdotal information regarding forced labor in the production of goods. Agricultural production on family farms and sma [...] | 2008-06-16 22:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ILO CS |
08SANJOSE551 | U.S. ARMY ENGINEERS BUILD COSTA RICAN BRIDGE [...] (U) Following up on an official GOCR request, from June 18-22 five U.S. Army engineers built a Bailey-type metal bridge just south of Quepos, Costa Rica, over the Guabo River. The SOUTHCOM-allocated engineers also re-surveyed bridges and/or bridging sites located throughout the country that h [...] | 2008-06-25 20:50:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS PGOV SOCI CS |
08SANJOSE800 | COSTA RICA: MEDRETE TREATS NEARLY 1000 PATIENTS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 25-27 September 2008, Honduran-based Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Costa Rican medical personnel conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Costa Rica's remote Punta Burica region on the south eastern border with Panama. The Embassy coordinated the event [...] | 2008-10-07 17:21:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MASS SOCI CS |
08SANJOSE947 | COSTA RICA: FIRST U.S. NAVY OFFICIAL SHIP VISIT IN [...] (SBU) From November 19-22, the USS Underwood (FFG-36) visited the Pacific coast port of Golfito, making the first official port call by a USN warship to Costa Rica in nine years. The Ambassador led an Embassy-supported VIP visit to the ship on November 21, which included members of the nation [...] | 2008-12-04 22:08:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV MASS SOCI CS |
08SANSALVADOR699 | EL SALVADOR: REPORT ON FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN [...] (U) Summary: This cable is in response to the Department of Labor request for information regarding the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in El Salvador as mandated by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (ref A). Post notes [...] | 2008-06-12 22:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ES |
08SANSALVADOR826 | El SALVADOR 2007 CENSUS PUBLISHED, SHOWS 19% FEWER PEOPLE [...] Summary. El Salvador's 2007 Census, published in May 2008, reduced the number of inhabitants of El Salvador by 19.2%, from previous projections of 7,104,999 to 5,744,113. This reduction in population increases per capita GDP from $2867.40 to $3547.21, raising El Salvador almost to an upper midd [...] | 2008-07-10 15:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI ETRD EINV ES |
08SANSALVADOR844 | FMLN ANNOUNCES PROPOSALS TO ADDRESS FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The leftist opposition FLMN presented a $450 million legislative package on July 9 to address the food crisis in El Salvador. Their proposals claim to promote increased agricultural production, return unproductive land to use, provide subsidies to the poor, redefine social progr [...] | 2008-07-15 15:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SOCI ES |
08SANSALVADOR866 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY AND VISITS [...] (U) SUMMARY. During a June 24-25 visit to San Salvador, El Salvador Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt hosted a Central American Product-Safety Forum, met bilaterally with President Saca, and visited a clinic to follow-up on the recent humanitarian mission of the USS Boxer. [...] | 2008-07-21 21:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAGR ETRD ECON ES |
08SANTIAGO1025 | CHILE: PUBLIC WORKERS' STRIKE ENDS AFTER 4 DAYS OF [...] The four day strike of Chilean public workers ended November 20 with an announcement of a 10 percent salary increase. The strike had halted the work of 70 percent of public employees. The Chilean Senate approved the 10 percent adjustment in a night session on November 20, and the Chamber of [...] | 2008-11-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI PGOV ECON CI |
08SANTIAGO1062 | CHILE: Progressive Political Leader Hopes for Obama-Style [...] (SBU) Summary: Claudio Orrego, the popular and recently re-elected mayor of one of the Santiago area's most diverse communities, told the Ambassador Nov. 25 that Chile is still looking for "the spirit of Obama" and needs to mobilize a new generation of voters. Orrego expressed disappointment [...] | 2008-12-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO1144 | CHILE'S NEW MINISTER OF LABOR HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] Summary: Maintaining political equilibrium in her cabinet, President Bachelet chose Claudia Serrano, a Socialist (PS) from the "New Left" faction, as Chile's new Labor Minister. Former Minister Osvaldo Andrade stepped down on December 10 to pursue a parliamentary position in next year's elec [...] | 2008-12-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI |
08SANTIAGO1151 | CHILE'S LABOR CHALLENGES: COMBATING UNEMPLOYMENT, [...] SUMMARY: Chile's new Labor Minister, Claudia Serrano, faces pressing challenges in creating--or at least maintaining--jobs despite the economic slowdown, resolving a public policy dispute about Sunday and holiday pay, and implementing ambitious reforms to Chile's pension system. The private [...] | 2008-12-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI |
08SANTIAGO118 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS HELP ON INDIGENOUS [...] (S) Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador February 6 that he is concerned about the potential radicalization of Chile's indigenous population, including funding from foreign terrorist groups and/or Venezuela. The GOC would like to draw on U.S. experience in addressing indigenous issues. [...] | 2008-02-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO293 | CAN SHE DUCK THE LAME TAG?: BACHELET AT MIDPOINT [...] (C) President Michelle Bachelet marked the halfway point in her four year term on March 11, a milestone perhaps become millstone, an anniversary freighted with the weight of unmet expectations. Bachelet swept into office two years ago, Chile's first female president, promising a new style of polit [...] | 2008-04-02 20:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PINR PREL SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO480 | BACHELET'S STATE OF THE UNION: EDUCATION AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bachelet gave her third State of the Union address and announced increased social spending of USD 222 million. Highlights of her lengthy address include announcements on education, science and technology, labor, political and electoral reform, and Chile's internationa [...] | 2008-05-23 20:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI |
08SANTIAGO73 | EMBASSY SANTIAGO'S RESPONSE REGARDING TRAVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 18:58:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI |
08SANTIAGO767 | WHAT WE GOT HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE: [...] (SBU) Photos of burned out farms and menacing masked gunmen, as well as strings of editorials bemoaning the GOC's failure to resolve the "Mapuche conflict," signal the recent return to the headlines of Chile's long-simmering "indigenous issue." Unlike in neighboring Peru and Bolivia, Chile's [...] | 2008-08-22 20:50:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SCUL SOCI CI |
08SANTIAGO852 | UNASUR'S ROAD AHEAD AFTER EMERGENCY BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. A senior Chilean diplomat characterized UNASUR's meeting this week to deal with the crisis in Bolivia as an important early victory for the new organization and for its President Pro-Tempore, Chile. According to MFA Planning Subdirector Patricio Pradel, UNASUR is still defining [...] | 2008-09-17 20:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI MARR BL CI |
08SANTIAGO931 | ECONOMIC WOES AT CHILE'S NORTHERN BORDER [...] SUMMARY: Arica, Chile's northernmost city, faces multiple economic challenges, including the 2000 kilometers that separate it from Santiago and competition from cheaper Peru, which is just a short drive north. This city, once part of Peru, has the highest unemployment rate in Chile and pove [...] | 2008-10-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND PGOV ELAB SOCI EWWT EAGR EFIS CI PE BL |
08SANTIAGO942 | NORTHERN CHILE: CORRUPTION AND LOW-LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Chile's northernmost city, Arica, relations between the indigenous Aymara community and the overwhelmingly non-indigenous local political leadership are somewhat strained. Nonetheless, the indigenous community has successfully fought central government decisions that they [...] | 2008-10-21 19:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM KCOR SCUL CI |
08SANTIAGO98 | INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, SOCIAL ISSUES, ENERGY SHORTAGES [...] (C) Secretariat General of the Presidency Minister Viera Gallo told the Ambassador January 30 that the GOC - and Chilean society - are only belatedly taking seriously a growing problem with Chile's indigenous (largely Mapuche) population, which has never been fully integrated and is becoming increa [...] | 2008-01-31 20:14:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CI |
08SANTODOMINGO1028 | ICMEC EXPLORES AREAS OF COOPERATION WITH GODR TO [...] Summary: Guillermo Galarza, a Program Director of the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC),an NGO, visited the DR to raise awareness of the global issue of child sexual exploitation and to meet with local government officials to explore areas of cooperation and aid. [...] | 2008-06-25 20:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CVIS PHUM SOCI DR |
08SANTODOMINGO151 | DOL VISIT HIGHLIGHTS U.S. FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14 and 15, Department of Labor Deputy Undersecretary Charlotte Ponticelli traveled to the Dominican Republic to attend the launch of the second phase of a DOL-funded child labor project, meet the Secretaries of Labor and Education, civil society and business leaders as [...] | 2008-01-31 11:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR |
08SANTODOMINGO428 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA [...] The UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) does not grant any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia or has subsidiaries or member organizations that [...] | 2008-03-28 17:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI DR |
08SANTODOMINGO55 | SCENESETTER FOR DOL DEPUTY UNDERSECRETARY [...] The Dominican Republic has become a reliable supporter of democracy in the sometimes difficult and always strategic Caribbean. Our close relationship is exemplified by Dominican ratification of the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement, and our friendship is cemented by a history of strong economic [...] | 2008-01-10 22:44:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR |
08SANTODOMINGO769 | POLICE KILLINGS - A CAUSE OF CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent spate of police killings in Santo Domingo and Boca Chica highlight a disturbing trend of deaths at the hands of police, often attributed to "exchanges of gunfire." In both incidents, police demonstrated improper adherence to police and judicial procedures and used ex [...] | 2008-05-19 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM PGOV SOCI DR |
08SANTODOMINGO884 | ASSESSING LABOR AFTER ONE YEAR OF CAFTA-DR: [...] Summary: In a series of meetings with labor unions, NGOs and officials from the Ministry of Labor (SET),our contacts highlighted some of the successes and continuing problems in labor rights since the entry-into-force of CAFTA-DR in the Dominican Republic in March 2007. Positive improvements [...] | 2008-06-04 15:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DR |
08SANTODOMINGO887 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESPONSE: FORCED LABOR AND [...] This is in response to a Department of Labor request for a list of goods that may have been produced with child or forced labor in the Dominican Republic as mandated by the Trafficking in Victims Protection Act. 2. Post reports that the following goods, listed in paragraph four, are alleged [...] | 2008-06-04 18:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DR |
08SAOPAULO117 | BRAZIL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) Despite the mostly encouraging news regarding Brazil's rapid economic growth, new trade and industry development is increasingly coming into conflict with the country's indigenous communities. The demarcation of indigenous lands allows for a degree of legal protection; however, even wh [...] | 2008-03-10 14:34:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID ELAB ECON BR |
08SAOPAULO119 | QUILOMBO COMMUNITIES SERVE AS MODERN-DAY REMINDER OF [...] (SBU) As Brazil enjoys economic prosperity and growth, the plight of the Brazilian quilombos highlights that racial and income inequality persists. Although founded centuries ago, these communities of Afro-Brazilian slave descendants still serve as an important part of the country's legacy of [...] | 2008-03-11 12:37:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL SOCI BR |
08SAOPAULO129 | BRAZIL'S WORKERS' CENTRALS GAIN LEGAL RECOGNITION, [...] (SBU) On March 11, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies passed a bill giving legal recognition to Brazil's labor Centrals. Although they have been playing an important role in Brazilian political life for many years, the Centrals have not been considered part of the national labor system, but rather [...] | 2008-03-14 15:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN ECON BR |
08SAOPAULO170 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...] | 2008-04-02 12:52:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO171 | REFORMING SAO PAULO'S JUVENILE CORRECTION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo's juvenile correctional system continues to battle its image as a network of uncaring staff and unsanitary facilities that turns young petty thieves into hardened criminals. Observers agree that sustained growth and development depend on Brazil's investing in its youth, especia [...] | 2008-04-03 13:00:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM BR |
08SAOPAULO177 | INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ABUSES INCREASE IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's indigenous population faces some of the harshest conditions among the native populations of Brazil. Government officials and landowners deny the extent of human rights abuses occurring in the state, but activists and the indigenous themselves recount stories of land [...] | 2008-04-04 10:10:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR |
08SAOPAULO248 | MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...] | 2008-05-16 09:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO38 | GOVERNMENT EXPANSION OF "BOLSA FAMILIA" BENEFITS DRAWS [...] On the last working day of 2007, President Lula expanded the scope of Bolsa Familia, the federal monthly stipend benefiting some 11 million poor families, to include an additional payment for each child aged 16 and 17. Opposition politicians called the action unethical and possibly in violati [...] | 2008-01-28 18:39:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI EAID EFIN ECON BR |
08SAOPAULO39 | BRAZIL: NEGLECTED INDIGENOUS FACE LAND RIGHTS CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) According to a range of Sao Paulo-based contacts, the Brazilian Government does not respect fully the territorial and cultural rights of indigenous peoples, leaving communities to subsist in squalid urban slums or neglected rural territories that represent a fraction of the lands the ind [...] | 2008-01-29 09:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR |
08SAOPAULO56 | POOR SAO PAULO PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO POSE SERIOUS [...] (SBU) Although state authorities emphasize that they are working hard on introducing new plans to address deficiencies in Sao Paulo's penitentiaries, reputed to have Brazil's best-organized and well-run jails and detention centers, local prison watchers tell us that conditions are in an abysma [...] | 2008-02-08 10:46:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO66 | POOR PRISON CONDITIONS FUEL GROWTH OF PCC CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based public security analysts, poor prison conditions in the state are a major contributing reason for the expansion of the First Capital Command (PCC) network into one of the most powerful gangs in Sao Paulo's criminal world. While state authorities argue that a [...] | 2008-02-15 08:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO87 | SAO PAULO STATE SLOWLY ADDRESSES PRISON CONDITIONS (3 OF 3) [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo State officials candidly admit that a host of challenges exist within the state penitentiary system but tell us they are working hard on addressing the prison network's shortcomings. According to state authorities, the cash-strapped Secretariat for Prison Administration (SAP) [...] | 2008-02-22 12:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI ASEC BR |
08SAPPORO31 | JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA STRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 09:54:00 | Consulate Sapporo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
08SARAJEVO532 | BOSNIA - DODIK FORCED TO WITHDRAW PROPOSAL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The international community and civil society groups scored a victory this week in blocking a move that would have walked back a key democratic gain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This came on March 19, when Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik withdrew a proposal to eliminate the [...] | 2008-03-21 17:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI ECON BK |
08SARAJEVO910 | BOSNIA - DRAFT SALARY LAW THREATENS TO UNDERMINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During its May 14 session, the House of Representatives postponed voting on a problematic draft law which, while intended to harmonize civil servant salaries, would also eliminate Bosnia's independent judicial salary structure and cause salaries for state law enforcement officers [...] | 2008-05-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KJUS PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC |
08SARAJEVO971 | BOSNIA - A GOOD DAY IN PARLIAMENT FOR RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 4 session, the BiH House of Representatives (HoR) voted on three initiatives of interest to our rule of law and political-military agendas. It passed a Law on State Salaries that protected U.S. investments in state-level judicial and law enforcement institutions [...] | 2008-06-06 09:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC KJUS |
08SEOUL1020 | UK AMBASSADOR TO DPRK: NORTH KOREA IS CHANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Ambassador to Pyongyang, John Everard, told the DCM and Poloffs on May 16 that the there has been slow but noticeable change in North Korea during the two years that he has been serving there. North Korean elites were more openly flaunting their wealth in Pyongyang where it w [...] | 2008-05-20 01:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KNNP EAID KS KN |
08SEOUL1319 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - June 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD SENV SOCI KS KN |
08SEOUL1570 | VISIT TO RURAL DPRK: AGRARIAN, ORDERLY, QUIET [...] (C) During a June 30-July 5 visit to North Korea to evaluate the beginnings of the U.S. food aid program (ref A),Poloff and USAID officers spent three days in Pyongyang and also traveled to two port cities to the southwest--Nampo and Songrim--and four agricultural towns farther north--Hyangsan [...] | 2008-08-10 23:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI ELTN MARR |
08SEOUL881 | NORTH KOREA STRUGGLES WITH SHORTAGE OF MEDICINE AND [...] (SBU) Famine, natural disaster, mismanagement, a lack of safe drinking water, and shortages of essential drugs and vaccines have left the population of the Democratic Peoples' Republic (DPRK) vulnerable to infectious diseases, despite the existence of an adequately-trained corps of medical per [...] | 2008-04-30 01:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID PINR ECON SOCI KN |
08SHANGHAI103 | SHANGHAI EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIGRANT [...] (SBU) Summary: As in many other large Chinese cities, the Shanghai Municipal Government is exploring ways to improve the quality of education for migrant children. The Shanghai Education Commission (SEC) in January 2008 announced plans to increase the proportion of migrant children in Shanghai [...] | 2008-03-21 08:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SMIG PGOV SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI134 | SOCCER DIPLOMACY IN SHANGHAI [...] (U) Summary: In late March 2008, North Korea played South Korea in a World Cup Qualifier that ended in a draw. The mostly South Korean crowd gave each team a standing ovation at the end of the match. In Early March, the Los Angeles Galaxy played the Chinese All-Star team, although Chinese fan [...] | 2008-04-02 05:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI OEXC OIIP KPAO CH KS KN |
08SHANGHAI144 | RURAL REFORM AND NGO ACTIVITIES IN ANHUI PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and political assistant traveled to Anhui Province on April 7-8 to meet with Zhang Deyuan, the deputy director of the China San Nong Problem Research Center at Anhui University in Hefei, and to observe a rural poverty alleviation project in Yuexi County sponsored by the NGO [...] | 2008-04-11 09:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI159 | THE EVE OF CIVIL SOCIETY'S ARRIVAL: NPI PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Director of the Shanghai Pudong-based Non-Profit Incubator (NPI) Simon Lu, the Pudong District Government began to "outsource" some social services to local non-government organizations (NGOs) as a part of its comprehensive coordination pilot reform program approved [...] | 2008-04-29 03:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM CH |
08SHANGHAI165 | AUTHORITIES IMPLEMENT MEASURES IN ATTEMPT TO BOOST CHINA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: TDY Econ Officer solicited views on China's equity markets, particularly in light of recent measures to boost market performance, which highlight authorities' continued efforts to manage the domestic equity markets. Two measures were implemented during the week of April 21, a [...] | 2008-04-30 09:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI174 | ZHEJIANG PROVINCE'S WENZHOU: CHINA'S ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER [...] (U) Summary: During an April 23-24 visit to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, local officials and entrepreneurs said that many of Wenzhou's export-oriented enterprises are under pressure from increasing raw material prices, renminbi (RMB) appreciation and U.S. economic changes. In response, local [...] | 2008-05-13 03:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PGOV KIPR SOCI CVIS CH |
08SHANGHAI20 | TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL/USA PRESIDENT BOSWELL'S LUNCH [...] (C) Summary: During a January 15 lunch, Transparency International/USA President and CEO Nancy Boswell engaged representatives of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) and an academic specializing in NGO development on ways of improving transparency in the budget process, organizing [...] | 2008-01-16 09:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SOCI ETRD KPAO CH |
08SHANGHAI234 | SHANGHAI-BASED "NGO" DEMOCRACY BUILDING EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. In the past five years, Shanghai-based Harmonious Committee Institute (HCI),a non-profit organization, has been working to promote democracy through strengthening homeowners associations and educating homeowners of their property rights. According to HCI General Manager Liu She [...] | 2008-06-23 08:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI |
08SHANGHAI246 | SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE: RECENT VOLATILITY, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Shanghai financial services industry participants identify last year's stock market bubble as the primary source of the Shanghai Stock Exchange's most recent volatility. Poor economic performance in certain sectors has also fueled volatility, with inflation and softening real [...] | 2008-06-27 08:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI254 | SHANGHAI BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CONCERN ABOUT COMPETITION [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 26 meeting with ConGenoffs, newly appointed Shanghai Bar Association (SBA) President Liu Zhengdong expressed his concerns about the increase in the number of foreign law firms operating in Shanghai in direct competition with local Shanghai firms. He acknowledges, ho [...] | 2008-07-02 06:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI256 | COUNTDOWN TO CROSS-STRAIT FLIGHTS: VIEW FROM SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shanghai is watching closely as China and Taiwan prepare to implement a recently negotiated agreement launching weekend cross-Strait charter flights and opening Taiwan to Mainland tourists. Local travel companies Shanghai Airlines and Shanghai CYTS Tours seem positive on the [...] | 2008-07-03 02:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL ECON SOCI CH TW |
08SHANGHAI337 | VOLUNTEERISM IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite ample opportunities for people to volunteer, local volunteer organizations still have problems attracting people. Interlocutors blamed the lack of interest in volunteering to the absence of legislation on volunteers, the lack of a system to track someone's volunteer exp [...] | 2008-08-18 00:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB CH |
08SHANGHAI371 | CHINESE PROTESTANT SEMINARY IN NANJING SLATED FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Nanjing Union Theological Seminary is on track for a major expansion in facilities and student capacity, according to Dean Reverend Ambroise Aiming Wang. The Seminary's new campus in the Nanjing suburbs, scheduled to open next year, as well as a new cathedral, have both been m [...] | 2008-09-04 06:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH KIRF PGOV PINR SOCI |
08SHANGHAI374 | NANJING'S AMITY PRINTING COMPANY WORLD'S LARGEST BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: With its recent move to a larger facility, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing will increase its production of Bibles to over 12 million volumes annually, cementing its position as the world's largest Bible publisher. Among other successes, Amity Printing was commissioned by Bei [...] | 2008-09-05 08:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
08SHANGHAI407 | SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN OPTIMISTIC ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin (JIN Luxian) told the Consul General that he is generally satisfied with the situation of Catholics in China, favorably contrasting present freedoms against the Mao Zedong era. The 92-year-old Bishop said he was unaware of any bishops presently incarcer [...] | 2008-09-22 07:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
08SHANGHAI408 | SHANGHAI HOUSE CHURCH LEADER SAYS OLYMPIC CLAMPDOWN TO [...] (C) A prominent Shanghai house church leader said local police clamped down on house church activity during the Beijing Olympics, and the increased scrutiny has shown no signs of abating in the month since the Games concluded. The leader stated that he believes the local government fears the r [...] | 2008-09-22 07:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI443 | EAST CHINA ACADEMICS ON CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS: ASO WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Japan experts in Shanghai and Nanjing believe new Japanese Prime Minister Aso, consumed by domestic political and economic challenges, will adopt a pragmatic approach to China regardless of his past anti-China rhetoric. Aso will attend the ASEM meeting in China in late October, b [...] | 2008-10-17 06:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH JA PREL SOCI |
08SHANGHAI450 | STONES FROM OTHER HILLS SERVE TO POLISH THE JADE: SUZHOU'S [...] (U) Summary: Suzhou Mayor Yan Li invited Shanghai-based diplomats, business people and sister city reps to a two-day event Sept. 26-27 showcasing the city as a model of investment-friendly and harmonious development. Although billed as a an opportunity for the city to seek advice from outside [...] | 2008-10-21 04:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV PGOV PREL ETRD ECON SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI491 | SERVICE PROVIDER OR A SUPPLEMENT TO GOVERNMENT: A [...] (SBU) Scholars at an international conference on social welfare in Nanjing said strengthening service-oriented non-government organizations (NGOs) would be a stable and secure strategy for NGO development in the future but would have limited influence in China's political system and promotion o [...] | 2008-11-12 05:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI493 | U.S.-CHINA INTERNET INDUSTRY FORUM EMPHASIZES COOPERATION; [...] (SBU) The Internet Society of China (ISC) and Microsoft co-hosted the 2nd U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum November 7-8 in Shanghai, encouraging more bilateral cooperation on Internet issues. Chinese participants highlighted technological advances and the patriotic virtues of the Internet, w [...] | 2008-11-14 04:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM TINT KIPR ETTC KPAO OIIP SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI494 | SHANGHAI: THE PARTY SECRETARY IS ONLINE [...] (SBU) Shanghai CPC Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng participated in his first webchat on November 6, fielding questions from Shanghai residents on economic and social issues. Netizens took advantage of the opportunity to raise concerns about economic development, infrastructure projects, housing [...] | 2008-11-14 06:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM EFIN TINT ETTC SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI496 | THE OLYMPICS AND NATIONALISM: VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Interlocutors in Shanghai and Nanjing believe rising Chinese nationalism in the months preceding the Olympics was mainly a reaction to Western criticism and "bias" against China during the Tibet crisis. Although China is more confident after a "successful" Olympics, the interlocu [...] | 2008-11-14 07:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI505 | LUWAN DISTRICT OFFICIAL RETURNS TO SHANGHAI AFTER MYSTERIOUS [...] (C) An official from Shanghai's Luwan District returned home earlier this month after mysteriously disappearing during a business trip to France in October. It is unclear why the official vanished, or why he returned, but media reports have focused on corruption as the likely cause. Public sc [...] | 2008-11-20 08:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI506 | SHANGHAI MAYOR ADDRESSES TAXI CONCERNS [...] (C) Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng met with taxi drivers and other public transportation representatives on November 18 to discuss upcoming reform plans. The mayor's meeting with taxi drivers comes on the heels of highly publicized work stoppages by taxi drivers in Chongqing and Hainan, and one cont [...] | 2008-11-20 08:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI513 | SHANGHAI: MILK NOT DOING THE BODY POLITIC ANY GOOD [...] (C) Public reaction to the recent milk scandal remains muted in Shanghai even as local stores have faced difficulties stocking an adequate supply of imported milk. Observers say Shanghai residents are angry about the food safety lapse, but the situation has not led to social instability in lar [...] | 2008-11-25 03:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON EAGR CH |
08SHANGHAI518 | (SBU) ZHEJIANG SEEKING TO RESTRUCTURE AS ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Zhejiang Province is not likely to suffer a long-term economic downturn as a result of the global financial crisis, agree several Consulate contacts, but Zhejiang officials are seeking to use the current challenges to encourage firms to gradually restructure away from export de [...] | 2008-11-26 11:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
08SHANGHAI527 | HANGZHOU CONTACTS ON INTERNET FREEDOM IN EAST CHINA [...] (C) The case of a blogger from Jiangsu Province about to go on trial for libel is being watched closely in East China, according to contacts in neighboring Zhejiang Province. Journalists and intellectuals told Poloff they see internet freedom as a critically important issue, particularly given [...] | 2008-12-08 08:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI TINT CH |
08SHANGHAI552 | SHANGHAI LEGAL EMPLOYMENT MARKET HIT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Expansion of Shanghai's legal employment market appears to have come to a sudden halt. Partners at Chinese and international law firms report a hiring freeze, but they said their firms have not yet begun layoffs. Law students express frustration trying to find legal employment. Profess [...] | 2008-12-17 00:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHANGHAI562 | (C) SHANGHAI LAWYERS SAY THEY ARE TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai attorneys say the Shanghai Bar Association informed its members to stay away from sensitive cases related to melamine and residents displaced by proposed Maglev construction (reftels). Many of the lawyers expressed concern that rule of law in East China is threatened by [...] | 2008-12-18 10:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON PREL CH |
08SHANGHAI580 | O HOLY NIGHT: FOREIGN PROTESTANTS PACK CHURCHES AT [...] (C) Foreign Protestants packed church services for Christmas celebrations in Shanghai, taking advantage of recent indications that the Municipal Government is willing to provide more opportunities for expatriate Protestants to meet corporately in the city. With the growing number of foreigners [...] | 2008-12-30 08:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF SOCI CH |
08SHENYANG13 | PRC: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM A MIXED PICTURE IN YANBIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Religious freedom is enjoying modest improvement in a key ethnic minority enclave of Jilin Province, near the PRC-DPRK border. Christianity is making inroads among local Chinese, migrant workers, and North Korean border-crossers. "House churches," many with links to official chu [...] | 2008-01-24 01:25:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG134 | NORTHEAST CHINA: CORRUPTION SCANDALS SNARE JUDGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption scandals in northeast China over the past year have reached levels in seniority unseen for several years. Jilin Province quietly sacked ten of its High Court judges, but legal contacts say the Party prevented a thorough investigation. Attorneys report that judicial co [...] | 2008-09-26 05:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHENYANG135 | NORTHEAST CHINA: CORRUPTION SCANDALS SNARE JUDGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption scandals in northeast China over the past year have reached levels in seniority unseen for several years. Jilin Province quietly sacked ten of its High Court judges, but legal contacts say the Party prevented a thorough investigation. Attorneys report that judicial co [...] | 2008-09-26 05:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
08SHENYANG3 | PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: YAO FUXIN ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Health problems continue to beset imprisoned Liaoning labor activist Yao Fuxin, whose case has triggered high-level USG attention since his initial arrest in 2002. In a letter to his daughter he recently managed to have smuggled out of prison, Yao for the first time described sev [...] | 2008-01-07 07:43:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI CH |
08SINGAPORE332 | SINGAPORE'S FY2008 BUDGET: RECORD SURPLUS FUNDS MORSELS [...] (U) Summary: Coming off a year of record-setting revenues and a fiscal surplus of 14.8 percent of GDP, the GOS budget disappointed analysts by providing a package of only S$1.8 billion (US$ 1.28 billion) in "giveaways" for lower and middle income groups, and leaving the personal income tax ra [...] | 2008-03-17 05:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI KTDB SN |
08SKOPJE307 | MACEDONIA: INFORMATION ON FORCED OR CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 07:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MK |
08SKOPJE725 | Teachers Strike Hits at VMRO's Weak Spot [...] (SBU) Summary: A nationwide teachers strike has dragged on for more than a week and closed schools throughout the country, though a settlement may be near. Union leaders have accused the GoM of hardball tactics and outright lies in dealing with the strike; the GoM has countered that the strike [...] | 2008-12-02 18:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ILO PHUM SOCI PGOV MK |
08SOFIA107 | BULGARIA: WIREC DELEGATION LIST [...] (U) The Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and Energy informed us February 20 that the Bulgarian delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference will consist of the following officials: Mr. Petar Dimitrov, Minister, Ministry of Economy and Energy; Ms. Galina Tosheva-Grigor [...] | 2008-02-21 05:48:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EAID SOCI TRGY PGOV BU |
08SOFIA1411 | 2008 BUDGET CONTINUES CONSERVATIVE FISCAL POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Bulgaria's 2008 state budget continues the Socialist-led ruling coalition's tradition of conservative fiscal planning. Targeting realistic revenues and expenditures and GDP growth of six percent, the budget envisions a three percent surplus and introduces a 10 percent flat tax [...] | 2008-01-04 05:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV SOCI BU |
08SOFIA243 | INTEREST IN AWASH INITIATIVE HIGH, ABILITY TO PAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO SOCI |
08SOFIA7 | BULGARIA: WIREC INVITES DELIVERED [...] Per reftel, post delivered WIREC Invitations to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivailo Kalfin with copies to Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov, Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply Nihat Kabil, and Minister of Environment and Waters Dzhevdet Chakarov on January 7, 2008. Post will [...] | 2008-01-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA BU |
08STATE116623 | USAID/DCHA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: This cable provides guidance to all posts concerning support from USAID/DCHA's office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) before, during, and after the occurrence of natural and complex disasters abroad in Fiscal Y [...] | 2008-10-31 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | REF SOCI EAID |
08STATE11870 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister [...] | 2008-02-06 15:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY AE |
08STATE125369 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UN RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE,S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Department requests Embassy Malabo to reach out to appropriate interlocutors to convey USG concern with the findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak. The Department recognizes the [...] | 2008-11-26 15:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EK |
08STATE127448 | REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE [...] This is an action request. Please see summary paragraph (para) 2 and paras 6 through 11 for specific information requested. 2. Summary: This is a request for information to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are im [...] | 2008-12-03 19:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
08STATE130109 | IRAQ ECONOMIC RECOVERY: ROLE OF SCIENCE & [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 14:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EAID SOCI OEXC PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08STATE130227 | IRAQ ECONOMIC RECOVERY: ROLE OF SCIENCE & [...] (U) Summary: To accelerate Iraq's economic recovery, a roundtable of U.S. experts, convened by the Department, has offered to help Iraq establish and develop its own National Science Foundation (NSF). Science and technology (the application of science) has long been a vital engine of economic [...] | 2008-12-11 16:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EAID SOCI OEXC PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08STATE13442 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister- [...] | 2008-02-08 18:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY BH |
08STATE14169 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister- [...] | 2008-02-11 20:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY BH |
08STATE14252 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: Ambassador or appropriate senior officials at Embassy Kigali is requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister-level head of offi [...] | 2008-02-11 22:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY RW |
08STATE14490 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister [...] | 2008-02-12 17:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY AJ |
08STATE14563 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: Ambassador or appropriate senior embassy official is requested to deliver the text in paragraph 4 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's designated Minister-level head of official delega [...] | 2008-02-12 19:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY TS |
08STATE14866 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: Consul General or appropriate senior consulate official is requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the Palestinian Authority Foreign minister or, if known, the PA's designated Minister-level head of official delegatio [...] | 2008-02-13 17:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY KPAL |
08STATE15502 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that the Maldives and Mauritania are interested in attending WIREC and given that the conference is now only two weeks away, and the delegates will need to make their travel arrangements urgently, we are [...] | 2008-02-14 20:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MR |
08STATE15551 | SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...] | 2008-02-14 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA |
08STATE15566 | SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...] | 2008-02-14 21:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XB |
08STATE15599 | SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...] | 2008-02-14 21:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XB |
08STATE15608 | SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...] | 2008-02-14 22:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MR |
08STATE17307 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that Monaco is interested in attending WIREC and given that the conference is now less than two weeks away, and the delegates will need to make their travel arrangements urgently, we are asking post to [...] | 2008-02-20 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MN |
08STATE18041 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that Mongolia is interested in attending WIREC and given that the conference is now less than two weeks away, and the delegates will need to make their travel arrangements urgently, we are asking post t [...] | 2008-02-22 16:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MG |
08STATE2033 | VISAS FOR WIREC 2008 DELEGATES [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will be held in Washington DC March 4 - 6. (See reftels D and E for background on WIREC 2008). The participatio [...] | 2008-01-08 20:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG |
08STATE51536 | FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (U) This is an action message; see paras 3-9. 2. (SBU) Per reftels, Embassies have been asked to undertake activities and encourage host governments and NGOs to undertake activities for a day of solidarity with the Cuban people on May 21. For post information only, President Bush is expec [...] | 2008-05-15 00:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU |
08STATE521 | FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE [...] Action Requests: Ambassador or appropriate senior embassy official is requested to deliver the text in paragraph eight as a letter from Secretary Rice to either the host government's SIPDIS foreign minister or, if known, the host government's designated Minister-level head of official de [...] | 2008-01-03 17:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA |
08STATE559 | FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE FOR NON-MEM [...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter from Secretary Rice to either the host government's foreign SIPDIS minister or, if known, the host government's designated Minister- [...] | 2008-01-03 18:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO |
08STATE563 | FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE FOR NON-MEM [...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter from Secretary Rice to either the host government's foreign SIPDIS minister or, if known, the host government's designated Minister- [...] | 2008-01-03 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO |
08STATE5835 | DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING [...] Department requests that country team determine whether post has program or discretionary funds which may be used to help defray travel costs, including per diem, for appropriate member(s) of host country,s official delegation, sub national government representatives, or civil society whose p [...] | 2008-01-18 15:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA |
08STATE5837 | DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING [...] Department requests that country team determine whether post has program or discretionary funds which may be used to help defray travel costs, including per diem, for appropriate member(s) of host country,s official delegation, sub national government representatives, or civil society whose p [...] | 2008-01-18 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XM |
08STATE5963 | DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING [...] Department requests that country team determine whether post has program or discretionary funds which may be used to STATE 00005963 002 OF 006 SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING HOST COUNTRY ATTENDANCE AT WASHINGTON INTERNATION help defray travel costs, including per [...] | 2008-01-18 19:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA |
08STATE60300 | NGO COMMITTEE -- INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACTION ON [...] World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ). ACTION REQUEST. Action in the NGO Committee on a complaint against the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) has been deferred until tomorrow, June 5. Mission is instructed to continue to use vigorous efforts to seek an outcome favorable to [...] | 2008-06-05 00:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN SOCI NGO |
08STATE66284 | SUDAN - ABYEI MEETING IN LONDON AND NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. Background - Convening of International Partners ------------- 2. (U) Michael O'Neill, Special Envoy to Sudan for the United Kingdom, convened a gathering of capital-based representatives on Friday, June 13 to discuss the current si [...] | 2008-06-19 20:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PGOV PREL SOCI UNSC AU SU |
08STATE72005 | JOINT LETTER TO G8 ON MATERNAL HEALTH AND INFANT [...] (C) Summary: Norway,s Charge d,Affaires Aud Kolberg met EEB PDAS David Nelson July 2 to present a letter (text in para 7) from leaders of Norway and six other countries to Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda urging Japan to lead the G8 in devoting greater attention and funding to combating materna [...] | 2008-07-03 21:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BR CI EAID EINV ENRG ETTC JA LI MZ NO SG SOCI TZ |
08STATE84902 | U.S.-RUSSIA DIALOGUE ON AREAS OF RULE OF LAW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests Post relay the proposal in para 7 to the Russian government to establish a government-to-government dialogue on areas of rule of law relevant to anti-corruption and law enforcement with the Russian [...] | 2008-08-07 17:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV RS SOCI |
08STATE9413 | REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 9. --------------- SUMMARY --------------- 2. Summary: This message provides background information on how national governments can make voluntary pledges to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. These national pledges, as [...] | 2008-01-30 14:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XL |
08STATE9421 | REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 9. --------------- SUMMARY --------------- 2. Summary: This message provides background information on STATE 00009421 002 OF 006 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY PLEDGE TO ADVANCE THE UPTAKE OF RENEWABLE EN [...] | 2008-01-30 14:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA |
08STOCKHOLM458 | NO SWEDISH FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI SW |
08STPETERSBURG135 | PANDEMONIUM ERUPTS AT PUBLIC HEARING ON OKHTA CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 27th public hearing on the proposed construction of the Okhta Center degenerated into chaos shortly after its start. An estimated 75% of the audience was recruited by authorities in order to stage enthusiastic public support of the project. Civic and political activi [...] | 2008-07-02 11:14:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM RS ECON PGOV |
08SURABAYA13 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: POSO FEELING SECURE, BUT WORRIED ABOUT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On a January 18-20 visit to Central Sulawesi, Surabaya Pol/Econ officer spoke with NGOs, journalists, academics and local residents about the current state of post-conflict recovery in Poso. All agreed that the outlook is positive overall; however there is an equally clear conse [...] | 2008-01-31 11:10:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO EAID SOCI PTER |
08SURABAYA131 | EAST JAVA: RAZOR THIN VICTORY IN RUN-OFF ELECTION SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the November 4 run-off election to select East Java's governor, low turnout and a lack of party discipline saw former Provincial Secretary Soekarwo squeak out a narrow (less than 1%) victory over East Java's first female gubernatorial candidate Khofifah. Although early exit [...] | 2008-11-14 10:28:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KISL ID |
08SURABAYA51 | EAST JAVA -- SOME LISTEN TO ALLAH, SOME TO THE POLLS; [...] (SBU) Summary: What role will the world's largest Muslim organization play in the run up to Indonesia's 2009 Presidential election? The East Java governor's race could provide a preview of the declining role of large Muslim organizations like Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),with some 40 million member [...] | 2008-04-23 09:27:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KISL ID |
08SURABAYA54 | ALUMINI GRANT BRINGS ENGLISH TEACHER TRAINING TO NEW [...] (U) Summary: ConGen Surabaya's PAO recently traveled to remote regions of South Sulawesi to attend English Teacher Training Workshops organized by a participant in the Secondary School Educators 2005 program. Ratna Haris from the Secondary Educators State Alumni Association is using a $13,500 [...] | 2008-04-30 08:45:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI SCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV ID |
08SURABAYA61 | EAST JAVA: PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO OPENS EDUCATION DAY AMID [...] (U) Summary: President Yudhoyono visited East Java May 12-13 May for National Education Day opening ceremonies at Airlangga University in Surabaya. The President was greeted by small-scale student protests calling for reduction in fuel and food prices, expulsion of foreign oil companies and a [...] | 2008-05-14 09:09:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI SCUL KPAO OEXC OIIP PGOV ID |
08SURABAYA74 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: LOCAL VIEWS OF POST CONFLICT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Former sites of extreme violence between Muslim and Christian communities throughout the Central Sulawesi city of Poso are now safe, although physical signs of the conflict remain. Residents of the Poso and NGO leaders told visiting Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer that economic devel [...] | 2008-06-19 09:13:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ID KISL PTER EAID PREL SOCI SCUL |
08SURABAYA88 | EAST JAVA GOVERNOR'S ELECTION: WEAK PARTY LOYALTY LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on quick count results, it appears likely East Java governor's election will go to a second round after no candidate garnered 30% of the vote in a five ticket race. Soekarwo-Syaifullah Yusuf -- supported by the National Mandate Party (PAN),Party Democrat (PD),and the Pro [...] | 2008-07-25 10:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KISL ID |
08SURABAYA94 | EAST JAVA: THE TANGLED WEB SURROUNDING THE SOLE FEMALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: East Java's female candidate for governor, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, succeeded in reaching the second round of the election, but faces strong criticism from women's issues activists in Surabaya. While her critics acknowledge that the Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) [...] | 2008-08-01 08:13:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN KDEM SOCI KISL PREL ID |
08SUVA174 | TONGA: PLOTTING THE FUTURE AFTER THE PEOPLE [...] (C) Most everyone in Tonga accepts an April 24 election signaled the vast majority want rapid democratic reform. Prime Minister Sevele was shocked by the result. He thought an onslaught of ads tying veteran People's Representatives (PRs) to a riot in November 2006 would sway voters. He was w [...] | 2008-05-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS PHUM SOCI KJAN TN FJ |
08SUVA450 | OUTCOMES OF THE 38TH SPC CRGA MEETING IN NOUMEA, NEW [...] Summary: Institutional growth and change were the dominant themes of this year's annual SPC meeting in New Caledonia where members endorsed the SPREP Meeting decision on regional institutional restructuring and discussed other sweeping changes, including creation of a new Public Health Division [...] | 2008-12-01 03:09:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID PHUM EFIS SOCI XV SPC |
08TAIPEI1548 | FOOD SAFETY ASSUMES IMPORTANT ROLE IN CROSS-STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In advance of his November 3-7 visit to Taipei, the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin made an October 27 written apology (ref a) and an October 30 verbal apology for the distress caused by exports of Chinese-manufactured taint [...] | 2008-11-03 09:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA ETRD TW CH |
08TAIPEI284 | CAN TAIWAN ERADICATE ITS TB PROBLEM? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tuberculosis has been recorded in Taiwan since the early 20th century and successive administrations have tried to control this scourge. TB infects about 15,000 persons per year in Taiwan and 1,300 people die from it every year. Treatment is a major challenge, given the rig [...] | 2008-03-03 08:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TW |
08TALLINN164 | ESTONIA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU EN |
08TALLINN186 | ESTONIA: NO FORCED LABOR OR CHILD LABOR IN [...] Estonia has been a member of the European Union since 2004, and complies with all relevant EU and ILO treaties and standards regarding labor and working conditions. Post has no evidence of any forced or child labor in the production of goods in Estonia. DECKER [...] | 2008-05-27 13:21:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EN |
08TALLINN233 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EUROPEAN HEALTH MINISTERS MEET IN [...] On June 25-27, Estonia hosted the World Health Organization (WHO) European Ministerial Conference on health systems in Tallinn. This was the largest high-level event Estonia has ever hosted. Health ministers, other senior health officials and finance ministers from 53 countries participated. [...] | 2008-07-08 08:51:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EN |
08TALLINN241 | THE DECLINE OF ESTONIA'S ETHNIC RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although ethnic Russians make up about one-third of Estonia's population, they have failed to achieve any significant influence over Estonian politics. Support for Russian parties continues to decline, with most Russians supporting the mainstream Center Party. The small Russia [...] | 2008-07-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN |
08TALLINN57 | WIREC: ESTONIAN PARTICIPANTS [...] (U) Per reftel A, on February 7, we sent the official WIREC invitation letters under the Charge's signature to Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Communication Juhan Parts and the Minister of Agriculture's (MOA) Deputy Secretary General for Agriculture and Trade Policies, Andres Oopkau [...] | 2008-02-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG |
08TALLINN69 | UPDATE ON ESTONIAN PARTICIPANTS AT WIREC 2008 [...] (U) As of Tuesday, February 20, post has received the following information from the GOE regarding the composition of Estonia's delegation to WIREC 2008: - Minister of Economy Juhan Parts and Minister of Agriculture Helir-Valdur Seeder will not/not be able to participate in WIREC due to othe [...] | 2008-02-21 10:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG |
08TALLINN82 | IMPLEMENTATION OF BERLIN DECLARATION - ESTONIA [...] As requested by REFTEL the following is Estonia's report on the status of implementation of the Berlin Declaration. 2. Estonia signed the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis on October 22, 2007. On February 20, 2008 the Minister of Social Affairs approved the "National Tuberculosis Respon [...] | 2008-02-28 11:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO KHIV EN |
08TASHKENT1012 | UZBEKISTAN: THE MANGO ROAD TO NORTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) Dr. Khalid M. Chaudhry, a Pakastani national who is General Director of Classic International, has been a regular visitor to the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent for many years. One of the founders of the American Chamber of Commerce branch in Tashkent in the 1990s, Dr. Chaudhry is best known at [...] | 2008-08-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1024 | UNICEF PLANS INFORMAL CHILD LABOR ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: On August 27 Charge and poloff met with UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan Mahboob Shareef to discuss plans to assess the extent of child labor during the cotton harvest season as well as the agenda for the upcoming September 16-18 Executive Board Meeting in New York. Shareef re [...] | 2008-09-03 05:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1052 | UZBEKISTAN: WATER CRISIS DELAYED BUT NOT AVERTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Uzbekistan the drought of 2008 has not produced the dire consequences that were predicted. In a wide range of meetings with Uzbek officials, we were told that the shortage was predicted in time and that adequate conservation measures were taken. The cotton harvest is predi [...] | 2008-09-12 07:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG KTIA PGOV SENV SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1086 | GOVERNMENT ADOPTS NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Uzbek government recently adopted a National Action Plan on implementing two International Labor Organization (ILO) anti-child labor conventions. According to contacts and press reports, the Prime Minister also warned regional governors not to mobilize schoolchildren to pic [...] | 2008-09-19 12:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1138 | UZBEKISTAN: PROTESTANT RELEASED; ACTIVIST GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: In the past week, Uzbek authorities have dropped religious extremism charges against Protestant Aimurat Khayburahmanov and issued an exit visa for human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva to receive medical treatment abroad. Forum 18, which first reported Khayburahmanov's release [...] | 2008-10-06 12:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1149 | UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST DETAINED AFTER PROVIDING TOUR [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan on September 29 - October 3, G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Hall met with human rights activists monitoring the use of child labor during the annual cotton harvest in Syrdarya province. Despite the government's rec [...] | 2008-10-08 05:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1156 | UZBEKISTAN: UNICEF DISCUSSES CHILD LABOR ACTION [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day visit to Uzbekistan, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rachel Waldstein met on September 23 with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Child Protection Officer Siyma Barkin to discuss the government's recent adoption of a National Action Plan on child labor. Barkin [...] | 2008-10-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1163 | UZBEKISTAN: JOURNALIST RECEIVES 10-YEAR SENTENCE [...] (C) On October 10, a court in Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan convicted journalist Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov of possessing narcotics with the intent to distribute (criminal code article 273) and sentenced him to ten years' imprisonment. His lawyer Rustam Tulyganov told polo [...] | 2008-10-10 09:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1188 | UZBEKISTAN: INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES THAT ACTIVIST [...] (U) On October 14, a court in Karakalpakstan announced that an investigation had determined that the health of human rights activist Akzam Turgunov did not suffer as a result of a police officer pouring boiling water on his back during pre-trial detention. Turgunov was originally arrested in [...] | 2008-10-16 09:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1200 | UZBEKISTAN: THREE POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: On October 20, sources reported that three political prisoners in Uzbekistan have been recently released: human rights activist and opposition party member Dilmurod Mukhiddinov; human rights activist Mamarajab Nazarov; and independent journalist Jamshid Karimov, the nephew of Pre [...] | 2008-10-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1204 | UZBEKISTAN: COTTON STILL KING AT 4th [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Fourth International Uzbek Cotton Fair and Fourth International Cotton and Textile Conference took place in Tashkent on October 14-15, 2008. The conference and exhibition highlighted Uzbekistan's continued strong position as a leading producer and exporter of cotton. It a [...] | 2008-10-21 06:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT1217 | UZBEKISTAN: SANJAR UMAROV'S WIFE DESCRIBES PRISON [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with poloff at the Embassy on October 21, Indira Umarova - the wife of imprisoned political oppositionist Sanjar Umarov (and a recently naturalized AmCit) - described her visit to her husband in prison and his poor health condition. What Umarova told poloff roug [...] | 2008-10-21 10:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1222 | UZBEKISTAN: KARAKALPAKSTAN'S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 2, Deputy Chairman Abdijaliev of Karakalpakstan's Council of Ministers discussed conditions in Karakalpakstan--Uzbekistan's only autonomous republic--with us in Nukus. The Deputy Chairman repeatedly asserted Karakalpakstan's "sovereignty," citing a series of its own in [...] | 2008-10-22 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI SENV PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT1225 | UZBEKISTAN: OFFICIALS CITE AREAS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day visit to Uzbekistan, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rachel Waldstein met on September 22 with the Human Rights Ombudsman, the National Human Rights Center director, and Ministry of Interior officials. The officials emphasized legal reforms the government had undert [...] | 2008-10-24 03:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1227 | KAZAKHSTANI NGOS DISCUSS LABOR MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan on September 29 - October 3, G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Hall met with Kazakhstani NGOs to discuss labor migration, human trafficking, and child labor issues. The president of an anti-trafficking NGO in Shymkent [...] | 2008-10-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ELAB KWMN KCRM SOCI KZ UZ |
08TASHKENT1234 | UZBEKISTAN: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (SBU) Post is honored to nominate human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva from Uzbekistan for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (ref A). A fearless and unfailing critic of human rights abuses in Uzbekistan, Tadjibayeva was imprisoned for speaking out against the gove [...] | 2008-10-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1235 | UZBEKISTAN: MEDICAL COMMISSION TO EXAMINE [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, the Ambassador met with Indira Umarova, the AmCit wife of imprisoned political oppositionist Sanjar Umarov, who described her recent visit to see her husband in prison on October 17 and his deteriorating health condition (reftel). Afterwards, the Ambassador drafte [...] | 2008-10-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC ICRC PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1255 | UZBEKISTAN: A PRIVATE CONSULTANT'S VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of a private Uzbek consulting firm gave us his views on the current state of agriculture and water resource management in Uzbekistan. Confirming what we have heard from other sources, he told us that Uzbek farmers have little choice in choosing what to grow, with the [...] | 2008-10-30 07:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV SOCI EAID PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT1256 | UZBEKISTAN: UNICEF SHARES RESULTS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with foreign diplomats, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Tashkent announced that an informal assessment of child labor conducted by its employees found that students were still being mobilized for the cotton harvest, despite the governm [...] | 2008-10-30 08:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1257 | UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS' [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, a court in Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan sentenced human rights activist Akzam Turgunov and another defendant to ten years' imprisonment on politically motivated charges of extortion. Turgunov's trial had been temporarily interrupted following [...] | 2008-10-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1258 | UZBEKISTAN: POLICE OFFICERS ON TRIAL FOR DEATH IN [...] (U) In two recent articles from October 20 and October 27, the independent Uznews.net website reported that a trial has begun at the Tashkent regional criminal court for four police officers charged with beating and killing Muzaffar Tuychiyev, a 30-year resident of the town of Angren in Tashk [...] | 2008-10-31 04:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1259 | UZBEKISTAN HOSTS CONFERENCE ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 15-16, Uzbekistan's Foundation for Regional Policy (FRP)--an "NGO" with close ties to the Presidential Apparat--hosted an international roundtable entitled "Elections to Representative Bodies and Issues of Increasing the Political Culture of the Electorate" in Tashkent. [...] | 2008-10-31 05:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT1266 | UZBEKISTAN: "THE MAHALLA," PILLAR OF UZBEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mahallas are a uniquely Uzbek social unit that serves as an intermediary between government and citizen. In a recent meeting the chairman of the Charitable Fund "Mahalla" described the role of the mahallas in Uzbek society and the work of his non-governmental fund. Both a ch [...] | 2008-11-03 09:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT1269 | UZBEKISTAN: IMPRISONED ACTIVIST REPORTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, the Deputy Chairman of the Ezgulik human rights group confirmed internet reports of the alleged suicide attempt by imprisoned Ezgulik member Abdurasul Khudoynazarov. According to the Deputy Chairman, Khudoynazarov attempted suicide after enduring frequent mistreat [...] | 2008-11-04 05:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1288 | "WHIRLPOOL OF DEATH:" UZBEK TV REPORTS ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Uzbek state-controlled television broadcasted a 20-minute program claiming that members of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization had recruited Uzbeks in the town of Khonobod in Andijon province and facilitated their travel to Pakistan to train in militant camps. [...] | 2008-11-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER KIRF KISL PINR PGOV PREL SOCI PK UZ |
08TASHKENT129 | UZBEK MIGRANTS EYE VISA-FREE TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: On January 13 poloff, who previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bukhara, learned that his Uzbek former counterpart teacher was departing immediately -- and possibly forever -- for Turkey. Having been frustrated at recent attempts to find work abroad in Russia, Cyprus, a [...] | 2008-01-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS KCRM KWMN ECON SOCI TU UZ |
08TASHKENT1304 | UZBEKISTAN: AUTHORITIES TO OPEN REHABILITATION [...] (U) On November 11, the state-controlled UzReport.com website reported that - in line with a resolution of President Karimov's from November 5 - the Ministry of Labor will open a national rehabilitation center in Tashkent to assist and protect human trafficking victims. According to the webs [...] | 2008-11-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KTIP KWMN KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1305 | UZBEKISTAN: EX-POLICE OFFICERS JAILED FOR [...] (C) Summary: In three recent cases, government officials have been punished or tried for alleged wrong-doing. On November 10, the state-controlled Uzbek Television First Channel reported that a group of six former Uzbek police officers from Tashkent were recently convicted of kidnapping a loc [...] | 2008-11-13 11:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM PGOV SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1306 | UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES STILL ENDURE [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Tashkent reports that Afghan refugees with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate status in Uzbekistan continue to face harassment and occasional deportation at the hands of authorities. According to U [...] | 2008-11-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF TI UZ |
08TASHKENT1307 | UZBEKISTAN: THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) sets overall policy and coordinates the financing of regional programs in the Aral Sea Basin. Tashkent IFAS office head Usman Buranov insists the question of regional water management now is exclusively political and is in [...] | 2008-11-14 00:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV EAID SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1314 | UZBEKISTAN: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KTIP KWMN KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1322 | UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY HOSTS ROUNDTABLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: While the atmosphere in Uzbekistan's majority Muslim community has improved somewhat over the past year, some smaller Christian evangelical groups - particularly those which are unregistered and have ethnic Uzbek members - continue to endure frequent raids, harassment, and the de [...] | 2008-11-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1323 | UZBEKISTAN: A STEP AWAY FROM COTTON? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 20 the President of Uzbekistan signed a decree reducing cotton planting areas in favor of food crops. The decree is a response to the challenges created by this year's water shortage and the growth of food prices on world markets. Beginning in 2009 raw cotton prod [...] | 2008-11-18 10:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV SOCI EAID PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT1325 | UZBEKISTAN: FORMER OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Furkat Sidikov (a former official who remains affiliated with the Government of Uzbekistan) discussed a range of political and security issues with Poloff and expressed interest in developing bilateral cooperation. Sidikov asserted that Uzbekistan is curious about [...] | 2008-11-18 10:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PINS PTER PHUM SOCI AF UZ |
08TASHKENT1356 | UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS LAND OF THE "HUNGRY STEPPE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY.Ambassador Norlandmade a day trip to the Syrdaryo Region on November 14. The next province west of Tashkent, Syrdaryo is one of Uzbekistan's poorerregions. Known as the "Hungry Steppe" because of the absence of natural watersources, this predominantly agriculturalprovince is strug [...] | 2008-11-25 05:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI EAGR EAID UZ |
08TASHKENT1379 | UZBEKISTAN: NEW LEGAL CLINICS TO OPEN, BUT BAR ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Tashkent Legal Clinic Director reported that authorities have approved the opening of three new legal clinics in Uzbekistan and have granted a six-month Uzbek visa to the AmCit American Bar Association (ABA) office director in Almaty, who is currently in Uzbekistan attending tr [...] | 2008-11-26 12:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1380 | UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON TIP AND LABOR MIGRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a November 22 article, BBC Monitoring reported that Uzbekistan's state-controlled media has launched a human trafficking awareness campaign, which tracks with poloff's observation that over the past few months, human rights-related articles have appeared in the state-controlled [...] | 2008-11-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI KZ UZ |
08TASHKENT142 | WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER OPENS IN BUKHARA WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Bukhara province on January 10 and 11, the Ambassador visited the "Oydin Nuri" ("Moonlight") Women's Crisis Center for victims of domestic violence, which recently opened in November 2007 with support from an Embassy Democracy Commission grant. During his visit [...] | 2008-02-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1454 | UZBEKISTAN: ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY IMPROVING FOR ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: In the past weeks, independent human rights activists have held two human-rights related events attended by government officials. On November 28, the independent Ezgulik human rights group held a conference evaluating the government's recent legal reforms with several other indepen [...] | 2008-12-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1473 | UZBEKISTAN: FOUR POLICE JAILED OVER FATAL TORTURE [...] (U) On December 12, the Tashkent provincial Criminal Court sentenced four police officers to between eight and 17 years' imprisonment for torturing to death Muzaffar Tuychiev in the town of Angren in March, according to a December 16 article by Agence France Presse (refs A and B). The article f [...] | 2008-12-17 11:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1480 | UZBEKISTAN: NEW LAW ENHANCES RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS, LAWYERS, [...] (C) Summary: In December, Uzbekistan's Parliament adopted a new law on defense attorneys which significantly increases protections for defendants, their lawyers, and witnesses. The former Chairwoman of the Tashkent Bar Association, who provided poloff with a copy of the law, described it as "r [...] | 2008-12-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1536 | UZBEKISTAN: IMF ROSY ON UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 18 Sena Eken from the IMF told the Tashkent diplomatic community that the Uzbek economy had performed strongly with 9.4 percent GDP growth in the first nine months of 2008. Although Uzbekistan is not immune from the world financial crisis, the IMF predicts that its [...] | 2008-12-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT1539 | UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCUSED OF FRAUD [...] (U) On December 31, Radio Free Europe's Uzbek-language Ozodlik.org website reported that Ezgulik human rights activist Karim Bozorboev has been accused of fraud by law enforcement officials in Gulistan in Syrdarya province. According to the article, Bozorboev was accused of swindling a 60-year [...] | 2008-12-31 09:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT174 | SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland and Emboffs met with the Executive Committee of the Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on January 31. Executive Committee officials provided a rundown on the structure, responsibilities, and key officials of th [...] | 2008-02-08 07:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER SNAR PGOV PBTS PINR SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT20 | MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) on December 4 to discuss counterterrorism issues. After an overview of the history of counterterrorism efforts in Uzbekistan, the officials outlined the MVD's priorities and responded to Poloff's questions, oft [...] | 2008-01-07 10:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS PREL MCAP SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT234 | UNICEF LAYS OUT IDEAS FOR UZBEKISTAN TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The new head of UNICEF in Uzbekistan told the Ambassador that the Uzbek Government is concerned about international accusations regarding child labor in the cotton industry and has asked UNICEF and the International Labor Organization (ILO) for advice in addressing the problem. [...] | 2008-02-21 10:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT266 | ICRC PRESIDENT TO VISIT UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni and Deputy Head Raffaello Muller requested a meeting with the Ambassador on February 28 to discuss ICRC's new agreement with the Government of Uzbekistan to resume prison v [...] | 2008-02-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ASEC MCAP SOCI ZK AF KG |
08TASHKENT290 | JIZZAKH PROVINCE -- THE "FARGO" OF UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day trip to Jizzakh province on February 29, the Ambassador met with the acting provincial Hokim (governor) Musa Anarbaev, toured a battery production plant operated by an U.S.-Uzbek joint venture, had lunch with alumni of US government exchange programs, and visited [...] | 2008-03-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PBTS PHUM SCUL SOCI TI UZ |
08TASHKENT295 | UZBEKISTAN GSP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Over the past five weeks, post has demarched Uzbek officials from relevant ministries on the concerns raised ref C. We have informed Uzbek officials in the Ministries of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs, as well as in the Republican Copyright Agency, of the impending June [...] | 2008-03-07 09:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT313 | FORMER MUFTI: RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST THREAT WEAKENING [...] (C) Summary: Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf, the former Mufti of Uzbekistan and Central Asia, received pol-econ chief and poloff at his Tashkent home on March 4. Muhammad Sodiq shared his view with Emboffs that religious extremism in Uzbekistan has become less of a threat now than before, whic [...] | 2008-03-13 11:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIPR KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT365 | UZBEK LOWER HOUSE ADOPTS INTERNATIONAL LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, a state-controlled website reported that the lower house of Uzbekistan's Parliament adopted International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 (Minimum Age for Employment) and ILO Convention 182 (Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labor). In separate conversation [...] | 2008-03-26 13:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT370 | GENERAL MOTORS UZBEKISTAN TAKES OFF [...] (C) Summary: General Motors Uzbekistan, a joint venture between General Motors and the state-controlled company UzAvtoSanoat and the largest auto plant in Central Asia, officially opened on March 20 at a gala affair attended by senior GM executives and Deputy Prime Minister Sanakulov. GM repr [...] | 2008-03-28 02:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN SOCI PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT385 | US-UZBEKISTAN WORKING GROUP REVIEWS AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Uzbekistan Joint Working Group (JWG) met on March 19 to review implementation of projects funded by U.S. Food for Progress programs. Ministry of Finance Deputy Minister Tursunov repeatedly apologized for delays in the financing of ten projects and assured the U.S. side [...] | 2008-04-01 04:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ECIN SOCI PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT400 | GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN WOULD WELCOME RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: Senior officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Commission for Drug Control told U.S. officials on April 2 that their respective agencies as well as the National Security Service would welcome the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's return to Uzbeki [...] | 2008-04-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT441 | UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (A/DAS) Pamela Spratlen, Ambassador Norland and Emboffs participated in a series of meetings with high-ranking Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials March 28-31 in Tashkent and Bukhara. GOU authorities agreed to all requested meetings [...] | 2008-04-16 05:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON UZ |
08TASHKENT442 | PRESIDENT KARIMOV SIGNS LAW RATIFYING ILO [...] (C) On April 8 President Karimov signed the law ratifying the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Convention 182 on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The information appeared in state-controlled press on April 14 and was also posted on official government websites. As r [...] | 2008-04-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT445 | UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly two hours. Norov covered a wide range of topics from human rights to security and economic issues. He welcomed an invitation for his D [...] | 2008-04-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON EINV SOCI SNAR AF UZ |
08TASHKENT459 | UZBEKISTAN VEHEMENTLY DENIES RUMORS OF SEPARATIST [...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials directed MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev to deliver a statement to Poloff on April 16 refuting press reporting on separatist sentiment in Uzbekistan's autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, and warning that U.S. Embassy i [...] | 2008-04-17 12:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT464 | DENMARK DELIBERATING A CARROT VERSUS STICK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Danish First Secretary Ulrik Birk-Petersen met with the Ambassador and poloffs on April 16 to discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. The Moscow-based Birk-Petersen was in town to gather current information ahead of the EU's April 28 sanctions debate. He opin [...] | 2008-04-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI DA UZ |
08TASHKENT465 | DENMARK DELIBERATING A CARROT VERSUS STICK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Danish First Secretary Ulrik Birk-Petersen met with the Ambassador and poloffs on April 16 to discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. The Moscow-based Birk-Petersen was in town to gather current information ahead of the EU's April 28 sanctions debate. He opin [...] | 2008-04-18 13:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI DA UZ |
08TASHKENT469 | SAMARQAND GOVERNOR THE LATEST TO GET SACKED AS [...] (C) Summary: State-controlled press reported on April 16 that President Karimov traveled to Samarqand, where he relieved Provincial Governor (Hokim) Azamkhon Bakhromov of his duties, appointing the Bukharan-born Uktam Barnoev in his place. This is the fourth provincial governor to be fired s [...] | 2008-04-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT577 | TASHKENTERS QUIETLY SEETHING OVER FATE OF ORPHANS [...] (SBU) Summary: A statue commemmorating the adoption of orphans from the Western front during World War II was removed from a prominent Tashkent square in the dead of night on April 12. The move rankled ethnic Russians, who viewed the move as an assault on the city's history. Even ethnic Uzb [...] | 2008-05-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PINR RS UZ |
08TASHKENT578 | IOM QUIETLY MAKING NEW EFFORT TO REGISTER IN [...] (C) Summary: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission in Kazakhstan Mahmoud Naderi met with poloff on the margins of a major international workshop on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Tashkent on May 14-15. Naderi confirmed that IOM executives in Geneva have discreetly a [...] | 2008-05-21 08:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT580 | INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TIP WORKSHOP IN TASHKENT SETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) co-sponsored a major international anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) workshop on May 14-15 in Tashkent. Visiting American participants included a Congression [...] | 2008-05-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT589 | SIGN OF BETTER TIMES? LAND BORDER CROSSING FROM [...] (C) In contrast to the land border crossing experience of poloffs traveling from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan last year (reftel),on April 26 a poloff on an unofficial trip in a personal vehicle encountered only pleasant, efficient service from Uzbek border guards and customs officials. Whereas p [...] | 2008-05-23 04:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KZ UZ |
08TASHKENT591 | IMF MILDLY UPBEAT ON UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15 Sena Eken, Assistant Director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, briefed a select group from Tashkent,s international community on the conclusions reached by her IMF team during two weeks of Article IV consultations with Uzbek Government officials. [...] | 2008-05-23 11:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT608 | UZBEKISTAN: GRANT SUBMISSIONS FOR FY 2008 TAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post solicited and received two submissions for the FY 2008 Taft Fund for Refugees (formerly the Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees) announced in reftels, one from the International Professional Education Development Assistance Center (PROFED) proposing to assist Afghan and Tajik re [...] | 2008-05-30 12:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT629 | ANTI-TIP MOMENTUM CONTINUES WITH WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia sponsored an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) workshop on May 30-31 in Tashkent, following up on a UNODC anti-TIP workshop co- sponsored with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur [...] | 2008-06-05 12:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT632 | UZBEKISTAN: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post is providing the following information on the use of child labor and forced labor in the production of specific goods in Uzbekistan. Numerous credible sources report the widespread use of child labor in Uzbekistan during the annual cotton harvest, a practice [...] | 2008-06-06 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT7 | NURMUHAMMEDOV SISTERS DESCRIBE BROTHER'S TORTURE [...] (C) Summary: On December 24, poloff met with Ranoh and Danoh Nurmuhammedov, the sisters of Takhir Nurmuhammedov, one of three inmates at Andijon prison T-1 who were allegedly tortured to death in November (ref A). The sisters described the abuse their brother suffered in prison and probable [...] | 2008-01-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT748 | TRANSPORTATION AID PROVIDES CRITICAL LIFELINE TO [...] (C) Summary: Humanitarian supplies delivered through transportation programs funded by the Office of the Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) continue to fulfill critical needs of NGOs and other institutions in Uzbekistan that serve many of the country's most vulnera [...] | 2008-06-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT771 | UZBEKISTAN: SPECTER OF CORRUPTION STIFLES [...] (C) Summary: On July 1 poloff met with an affluent, well-connected young acquaintance from Bukhara whose extended family has successfully established a syringe-making factory. The family is also planning to diversify and start another factory to manufacture diapers. The young man wants to st [...] | 2008-07-03 08:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON BTIO EPET SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT777 | FERGHANA VALLEY ACTIVISTS AND IMAMS REPORT LESS [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff met with several human rights activists and religious leaders who reported that religious extremist organizations like Hizb ut-Tahrir have become less active (or at least less visible) in recent years. While [...] | 2008-07-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT792 | UZBEKISTAN: AUTHORITIES MOVING TO DEPORT [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited Birlik opposition political party Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport, at his family's estate in Andijon province. Akhunov [...] | 2008-07-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT793 | UZBEK AUTHORITIES DEVELOP PLAN TO IMPLEMENT CHILD [...] (C) On July 8, International Labor Organization (ILO) representative Svetlana Rakhimova (protect) provided poloff with a copy of the government's draft national action plan on implementing ILO child labor Conventions 182 (Worst Forms of Child Labor) and 138 (Minimum Age of Employment),which th [...] | 2008-07-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT794 | UZBEKISTAN: LARGE EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN TOWN NEAR [...] (SBU) Several Embassy contacts reported a series of explosions occurring in or near the town of Kagan, about 15 kilometers away from Bukhara, during the early morning of July 10. Preliminary reports are sketchy, but it appears that some type of accident occurred at an army depot used to store [...] | 2008-07-10 05:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT797 | ACTIVIST REPORTS MISTREATMENT AT NAVOI PSYCHIATRIC [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: On July 2, Bukhara-based human rights activist Shukhrat Ganiev reported visiting a psychiatric hospital in Navoi province and discovering that 12 teenagers, approximately between the ages of 13 and 16 years, were at the hospi [...] | 2008-07-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB OEXC PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT80 | AMBASSADOR RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHILLY BUKHARA [...] (C) Summary: Despite frigid temperatures outside, the Ambassador was warmly received by the hokim (governor) of Bukhara province during a trip to the province on January 10 and 11. The Ambassador also visited the Naqshbandi Sufi Shrine and met with Bukharan Jewish community leaders at a local [...] | 2008-01-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT821 | UZBEK AUTHORITIES REJECT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, the Ambassador and DCM met with Bible Society Director Sergei Mitin, who reported that Uzbek authorities ordered the return of a large shipment of Christian literature that the Bible Society attempted to import into Uzbekistan in May. The authorities did not provide a [...] | 2008-07-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT865 | AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Uzbekistan on May 29 - 30, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with a variety of religious leaders, scholars, and human rights activists. On May 30, Hanford met a local Jehovah's Witnesses community representative, historian a [...] | 2008-07-25 07:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT878 | BUKHARA ACTIVIST: BETTER-TRAINED IMAMS FENDING OFF [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Bukhara on July 15 - 16, poloff discussed the current state of the region's Muslim community with a prominent local human rights activist and imams at Sunni and Shiite mosques. The activist, Shukhrat Ganiev, observed that that Muslim religiosity, especia [...] | 2008-07-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EG SA RS UZ |
08TASHKENT879 | DAS KROL MEETS UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER NOROV IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov in Tashkent. The atmosphere was warm and cordial, and Norov framed his remarks in the context of President Karimov's positive July 22 meeting with the A [...] | 2008-07-30 03:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR PINR KTER ENRG UZ |
08TASHKENT890 | UZBEKISTAN: DAS KROL MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan on July 24 - 25, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia George Krol participated in an Embassy roundtable with human rights activists and the Director of the Bible Society of Uzbekistan, and had separate meetings with two human r [...] | 2008-08-01 05:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT891 | DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH UZBEK NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Murod Ataev in Tashkent. Ataev spoke at length about the recent munitions depot explosion in Kagan, thanking the U.S. government for [...] | 2008-08-01 05:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR MARR PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT924 | FREEDOM HOUSE TRIES TO UNITE LAWYERS AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26-29, poloff observed an offshore Freedom House training conference for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers in Istanbul, the first to be conducted under Freedom House's new USAID grant. The conference sought to encourage greater cooperation bet [...] | 2008-08-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI TU UZ |
08TASHKENT926 | UZBEKISTAN: PUBLIC DEFENDER CENTERS IN NEED OF [...] (C) Summary: During a July 26-29 Freedom House conference in Istanbul for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers (septel),poloff had the opportunity to meet with several lawyers who work at Public Defender Centers supported by the American Bar Association Rule of Law [...] | 2008-08-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KJUS PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT947 | JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST, AND PROTESTANT FACE TRIAL IN [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day visit to Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan on August 7, poloff met with acquaintances of journalist Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov (ref A),human rights activist Akzam Turgunov (ref B),and Protestant Aimurat Khayburahmanov (ref C),all of whom remain i [...] | 2008-08-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT949 | EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS CHILD LABOR ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Summary: On August 11, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy on child labor in Uzbekistan in conjunction with representatives from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The roundtable was also attended by the Charge, the [...] | 2008-08-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT951 | UZBEKISTAN: COST OF LIVING SOARS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Official GOU figures continue to show robust macroeconomic growth, but the benefits of this growth are slow to be seen in the economic lives of Uzbek citizens. Although gross national income per capita is growing, the official consumer price index of 6.5 percent stands in sha [...] | 2008-08-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID EINV KCRM SOCI UZ |
08TBILISI1405 | USAID/DART GEORGIA COMPLEX EMERGENCY SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] In early August, heightened tension led to armed conflict involving Georgian and Russian armed forces and a South Ossetian separatist group, affecting populations along the Georgia-Russia border and areas within Georgia, including South Ossetia, parts of Abkhazia, and the town of Gori. While [...] | 2008-08-21 04:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF SOCI GG |
08TBILISI2313 | GEORGIA: GEORGIA MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY WITH EVENTS [...] (U) Summary: USAID funded STI/HIV Prevention Project (SHIP),in partnership with the Department of Social Public Health of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, organized a well-received public awareness campaign and series of events in Batumi on December 1 to mark World AIDS Day. The Minister o [...] | 2008-12-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI GG |
08TEGUCIGALPA1002 | TREMEMDOUS HONDURAN INTEREST IN U.S. ELECTION [...] Summary. Hondurans have been extremely interested in the outcome of the U.S. election. All major Honduran media outlets followed the campaigns closely from the primaries through the election November 4. Election results were front page news in all major dailies and television news programs [...] | 2008-11-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL KCOR KEIM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1021 | SUPREME COURT ROLLS BACK 2001 CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruled on November 14 to turn back 2001 reforms to the Constitution that established the office of the Vice President. The case effectively abolishes the office and returns Honduras to a system with three presidential designates. Those candidates running for pre [...] | 2008-11-14 20:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1023 | GOH SIGNS ALBA DOCUMENT CONGRATULATING FSLN ON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Legal Advisor Milton Jimenez announced on November 13 that the GOH had signed the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas' (ALBA) document regarding the Nicaraguan elections. In a telephone call initiated by the Ambassador, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya explained hi [...] | 2008-11-14 21:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI KJUS NU HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1034 | VICE PRESIDENT ELVIN SANTOS RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Elvin Santos announced his resignation on November 18, in an attempt to circumvent suspected efforts by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and the Congress to legally bar him from running for President. Santos has thwarted these efforts, for now, by jumping ship, [...] | 2008-11-18 20:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1040 | CONGRESS REFUSES TO CONSIDER VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Congress refused to accept Vice President Elvin Santos' resignation on November 18 reportedly because Santos had not submitted a valid reason for resigning. These events were orchestrated to put an end to Santos' presidential aspirations, but may backfire and strengthen his prim [...] | 2008-11-19 19:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1054 | HONDURAN TEACHERS DEMANDING PAYMENT OF BACK WAGES [...] (C) Teachers unions are threatening to close polling stations, mostly located in schools, for the November 30 primary elections due to an ongoing pay dispute with the government. While President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya gave into demands of the teachers unions on October 13, promising to pay over [...] | 2008-11-21 22:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1064 | ZELAYA CONSULTS WITH AMBASSADOR ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya for a one-on-one lunch at the Residence on November 21 where they covered a number of issues, including the upcoming primary elections, Zelaya's proposal for a constitutional referendum, the impact of the global economic crisis o [...] | 2008-11-25 19:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN ECON VE HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1072 | ALL SET FOR THE KEY HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The primary elections of November 30 are a critical event in Honduras. Our Mission had been intimately involved with supporting democracy and the primary election process in Honduras for months. We have worked through our Democracy Working Group, in conjunction with the Group of [...] | 2008-11-28 20:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI EFIN HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1073 | PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF HONDURAN PRIMARIES: LOBO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran voters from the two main parties (National and Liberal) went to the polls November 30 to elect the candidates from their respective parties. The election process was smoothly run, with all observers and the press describing them as a clear success. At this point, they a [...] | 2008-12-01 02:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1079 | UPDATE ON HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results confirm that Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo won in a landslide in the National Party primary election and Vice President Elvin Santos' stand-in Mauricio Villeda won a decisive victory over President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti in the Liberal Party primary election, [...] | 2008-12-02 18:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1115 | SICA ANNOUNCES STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH GLOBAL [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Central American leaders announced a 59-point regional strategy at the 33rd summit of the Central American Integrated System (SICA) in San Pedro Sula December 5 covering a range of topics from security and financial cooperation, to tourism, environment and migration. In r [...] | 2008-12-10 22:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KINL PREL SOCI SNAR PBTS PNAT |
08TEGUCIGALPA1127 | POLITICAL MOMENTUM INDICATES ELVIN SANTOS WILL [...] C) Summary Although powerful political figures tried their hardest to keep Vice President Elvin Santos from running for President, he was still able to win the primary elections with a stand-in candidate. Pundits and political rivals like President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and President of the Cong [...] | 2008-12-15 23:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1136 | HONDURAN CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez, the most respected person in Honduras, reviewed the current political situation with the Ambassador during a December 11 courtesy call. Rodriguez said that he was completely surprised with the results of the primaries and the transparent way the p [...] | 2008-12-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV KDEM EFIN SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1149 | HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...] | 2008-12-19 23:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1152 | HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...] | 2008-12-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA123 | ARRESTS IN CASE OF MURDERED HONDURAN LAWYER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran police arrested two suspects on January 31, 2008, for the killing of human rights lawyer Dionisio Diaz Garcia on December 4, 2006. The two are accused of shooting the lawyer from a motorcycle while the victim was driving a vehicle on his way to prepare a case against th [...] | 2008-02-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA216 | LABOR PAINS BEGIN FOR THE NEW HEALTH MINISTER: [...] (C) Summary: The February 29 decision to privatize a cleaning contract at a public hospital in Tegucigalpa triggered a series of gradually strengthening protests by the 7800-member hospital workers union, SITRAMEDHYS. Nationwide protests ended March 6 after late night negotiations led to a t [...] | 2008-03-07 20:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA295 | DEADLY CATCH: DIVING FOR LOBSTER OFF THE MOSQUITO [...] (U) Summary: At least 258 divers have been killed and 850 injured diving for lobster on the Honduran North Coast over the last two decades. The Honduran Fisheries Association states that Honduras has among the highest rates of lobster diver casualties in the world. Dangerous diving proced [...] | 2008-03-31 20:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS ELAB ETRD SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA395 | HONDURAN LABOR LEADER GUNNED DOWN IN APPARENT HIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran Labor Leader Rosa Altagracia Fuentes was gunned down in an apparent assassination in the early hours of April 24. Several thousand dollars' worth of cash and jewelry were left in the vehicle. Also murdered in the car were Yolanda Sanchez, director of the governmental I [...] | 2008-04-24 20:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ASEC ALOW PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KJUS HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA438 | PROSECUTORS, STRIKE REACHES 33 DAYS: CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. The prosecutors' strike has now reached day 33 (ref a). It has become clear that the strikers (with the support of President Manuel Zelaya) are not negotiating in good faith, as they reject every proposal and make new demands. Even Zelaya has been publicly accused of this after [...] | 2008-05-09 15:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR PHUM PREL SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA458 | NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY OF NATIONAL STRIKES: [...] (C) Summary. Hondurans gathered around the country yesterday in the fifth day of national strikes since the occasionally violent demonstrations on April 17th. Unlike the incidents on the 17th and the disorganized efforts since, the events yesterday had positive results: the prosecutors end [...] | 2008-05-15 20:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR PHUM PREL SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA459 | PRESIDENT JOSE MANUEL ZELAYA ROSALES: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS OF AMBASSADOR FORD REF: OFFICIAL BIOS ON FILE [...] (S) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya Rosales is a throwback to an earlier Central American era, almost a caricature of a land-owner &caudillo8 in terms of his leadership style and tone. Ever the rebellious teenager, Zelaya,s principal goal in office is to enrich himself and his [...] | 2008-05-15 20:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM ENRG EFIN |
08TEGUCIGALPA6 | HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER MILTON JIMENEZ REMAINS [...] (U) Despite press reports to the contrary, Honduran Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez remains in his position according to a diplomatic note sent to the Embassy and other foreign missions accredited to Honduras on January 4, 2008. The press initially reported that President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya [...] | 2008-01-04 20:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA659 | HONDURAN ELECTION SEASON KICK-OFF [...] (C) Summary: July 15 marks the official beginning of Honduran election season when leaders of political party factions turn in their slates to the party councils. By August 24, the names of the official primary candidates will be known. The two main parties are the Liberal Party and the Nat [...] | 2008-07-14 18:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI SCUL ECON KCOR HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA662 | HONDURAS' CHORTI INDIANS TAKE OVER COPAN [...] (U) Summary: June 22 at 2:00 a.m., 3,000 Indians from the Maya Chorti tribe took over the archeological ruins of Copan demanding that promises made to the tribe by previous governments, including lands and bilingual education, be fulfilled. After two days of negotiations with both local and n [...] | 2008-07-15 19:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA671 | MADAME VICE PRESIDENT: HONDURAS' FIVE MAJOR [...] (C) Summary. In accordance with the law, on July 15, five Presidential candidates (two National Party and three Liberal Party) submitted their slates to their respective party headquarters in order to compete in the primary elections of November 16. All five candidates chose female running ma [...] | 2008-07-17 17:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KWMN HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA682 | POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...] | 2008-07-23 17:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA684 | POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...] | 2008-07-23 21:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA813 | PEPE LOBO'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE A POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns met with Porfirio Lobo's (National Party) vice presidential candidate Maria Antonieta Guillen de Bogran to discuss her candidacy and the Lobo campaign strategy. Guillen said she believes deeply in Lobo and his ability to make positive changes in Honduras, and said the c [...] | 2008-09-03 18:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA832 | VP ELVIN SANTOS' MARCH GARNERS MORE SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Vice President and current Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos led a march to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on September 8 that garnered the support of over 20,000 people. Santos was protesting the fact that the TSE disqualified him as a candidate (see reftel). He tol [...] | 2008-09-09 23:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA833 | NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIO [...] (C) Summary: National Party presidential candidate Mario Canahuati paid a courtesy call on Charge on September 9. He accused National Party rival Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of pressuring the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to accept two other National Party candidates (to split opposition) and of genera [...] | 2008-09-09 23:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA863 | CAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE FOLD? [...] (C) Summary: Zelaya is a contrarian with a chip on his shoulder who has nonetheless made it to the pinnacle of Honduran politics. We think his move to the left was in part prompted by his group of leftist advisors, his declining popularity, increasingly shrill personal attacks on him by the c [...] | 2008-09-19 18:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EFIN EAID ECON SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA959 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON THE SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) who informed him that things were progressing positively and that they felt well prepared for the upcoming primary elections on November 16. The TSE magistrates detailed their plans for both international [...] | 2008-10-24 11:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA977 | ZELAYA CALLS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced October 29 that he would call major political actors and civil society together in two meetings on October 30 to seek consensus to delay the November 16 election, due to flooding in the country. In addition, he announced that he would not a [...] | 2008-10-30 02:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA982 | ZELAYA CONVINCES POLITICAL PARTIES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya convened two meetings on October 30 to build consensus for a postponement of the primary elections, regularly scheduled for November 16, to give the country time to recuperate from the floods. The first meeting included hand-picked civil society groups [...] | 2008-10-31 15:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA996 | HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES POSTPONEMENT OF [...] (U) In an emergency session called on November 4 by the President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti, the Honduran Congress approved postponement of the primary elections from November 16 to November 30, by amending article 113 of the Electoral Law. As was agreed in the meetings of the politi [...] | 2008-11-05 20:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI EAID HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA998 | HONDURAN HUMAN RIGHTS GAINS ABETTED-BY STRONG [...] Over 20 non-governmental organizations (NGO) met with the Ambassador on October 28 to discuss the challenges and opportunities they currently face in Honduras. The meeting offered a chance for the most well known organizations that deal with issues related to Human Rights to meet the new Amba [...] | 2008-11-05 21:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO |
08TELAVIV1081 | MOUNTING TENSIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL'S ARAB AND JEWISH CITIZENS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Over the past few years, Israel has witnessed a slow but steady worsening of relations between its Jewish and Arab citizens. Populist and in some cases extremist rhetoric from leaders in both communities has inflamed passions and become an increasingly acceptable d [...] | 2008-05-22 08:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI IS |
08TELAVIV1704 | Peace programs in the Ministry of Education [...] SUMMARY: On July 29, Poloff met with Anat Zohar, Director of Pedagogic Affairs in the Ministry of Education, to discuss efforts to build a culture of peace in Israeli schools. Zohar described peace education initiatives as ad hoc and inconsistent, driven by principals and NGOs at individual sc [...] | 2008-08-07 09:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI IS |
08TELAVIV2330 | YOM KIPPUR RIOTS IN THE MIXED CITY OF AKKO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, at the beginning of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, the drive of an Arab resident of the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Akko (Acre) into the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of "Ben Gurion" became the proximate cause for riots between the two communities for more t [...] | 2008-10-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PINR SOCI CASC IS |
08TELAVIV2578 | HISTADRUT THREATENS NATIONAL STRIKE [...] Summary. The Histadrut Labor Federation threatened November 19 to call a national strike to protest the lack of a pension safety net in the economic stimulus plan (Septel) the Government announced earlier that day. Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini, who did not announce a specific strike date, ca [...] | 2008-11-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB IS PGOV SOCI |
08TELAVIV2839 | ISRAELI ISLAMIC MOVEMENT GAINING INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The official goal of the Islamic Movement in Israel is to bring Muslims living in "Palestine of 1948" back to Islam. The Movement has focused its efforts on three primary fronts -- the social, the religious, and the political. While efforts on the political front have been limi [...] | 2008-12-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF SOCI IS |
08THEHAGUE183 | NETHERLANDS/WIREC: TIMMERMANS TO LEAD DUTCH [...] (U) In separate discussions February 20, Dutch officials Femke Smeets, Policy Officer, Directorate for Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),and Femke Hoogeveen, Senior Policy Officer, Economic and Ecological Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Econ [...] | 2008-02-26 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA KPAO ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KGHG |
08THEHAGUE38 | NETHERLANDS/WIREC: DUTCH FORMING DELEGATION [...] Post forwarded on January 7 ref A letter for the Dutch to attend WIREC to Minister of Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeven. Post also received and delivered on January 8 ref B invitation for van der Hoeven to serve on WIREC's Bioenergy Feedstocks Panel. 2. On January 10, Econoff spoke w [...] | 2008-01-14 15:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KPAO ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KGHG |
08THEHAGUE563 | NETHERLANDS: NO RECORD OF FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NL |
08THESSALONIKI48 | THESSALONIKI: KIDNAPPING OF PROMINENT INDUSTRIALIST STUNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 09, three gunmen abducted the chairman of the Federation of Northern Greek Industries and CEO of Alumil S.A. Giorgos Milonas outside his home in Thessaloniki. Media have reported that the family has received a ransom demand for 30 million Euros. The victim is a prominen [...] | 2008-06-11 16:04:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PTER ASEC GR |
08THESSALONIKI50 | THESSALONIKI: UNIVERSITIES BLAME GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 6, the heads of Greece's universities called for the creation of an "Education Committee" comprising representatives of all political parties, following violent student protests at Thessaloniki's two largest universities. Political leaders have condemned the incident, [...] | 2008-06-13 08:21:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ASEC GR |
08THESSALONIKI51 | DESPITE CONTINUING PROTESTS, THESSALONIKI PORT'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A prolonged and controversial competition to identify a private company to upgrade and run the container terminal at the Port of Thessaloniki is nearing completion. Striking port workers have delayed the privatization process, which the Greek government hopes will modernize the [...] | 2008-06-25 15:48:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI CH HK GR |
08THESSALONIKI53 | NORTHERN NOTES - JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) On June 23, the chairman of the Federation of Northern Greek Industries and CEO of Alumil S.A. Giorgos Milonas was released after being held hostage for 13 days (Reftel A). The industrialist appeared before the national media shortly afterward, looking remarkably relaxed, stating that h [...] | 2008-07-09 12:21:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG CH HK |
08THESSALONIKI54 | THESSALONIKI: "DECAPITATION" OF GREEK HEROES' BUSTS RAISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The busts of two heroes of the "Greek Macedonian Struggle" were vandalized by unknown persons on July 10 in the village of Karidia in northwest Greece. Local residents reacted angrily to the incident, which media have tried to link to the Macedonian name and minority issues. Th [...] | 2008-07-18 11:07:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI GR MK |
08THESSALONIKI58 | NORTHERN NOTES JULY 2008 [...] On July 23, the Port of Thessaloniki announced that the Hutchison-Alapis consortium (Hong Kong-based) submitted the highest bid for the management of Thessaloniki port's cargo station and was therefore declared tentative winner of the competition, pending parliamentary approval (Ref A). Hutch [...] | 2008-08-04 13:12:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SMIG CH MK TU HK |
08THESSALONIKI60 | NORTHERN NOTES [...] On August 26, the Board of Directors of OLTH (Thessaloniki Port Authority) approved the transfer of the management of port's cargo station from the state to the partnership of Hutchison Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Investments, Alapis and LYD. Ioannis Tsaras, Managing Director of OLTH, stated [...] | 2008-09-04 14:41:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG GG GR |
08THESSALONIKI66 | THESSALONIKI POLICE ARREST NOTORIOUS "ROBIN HOOD" CRIMINAL; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The arrest of notorious criminal Vassilis Paliokostas for the highly publicized kidnapping of a prominent northern Greek businessman has boosted the morale and public image of northern Greece's often criticized police. Police recovered an impressive cache of weapons in the arr [...] | 2008-09-19 10:48:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER SOCI PGOV GR |
08THESSALONIKI67 | NORTHERN NOTES [...] A scandal over trading of large plots of land between the GoG and the Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos (a semi-autonomous peninsula in N. Greece, administered by Orthodox monks) dominated northern Greek news (ref A). Media and post contacts have characterized the scandal, in which Vatoped [...] | 2008-10-08 03:57:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SMIG GR |
08THESSALONIKI80 | NORTHERN NOTES - OCTOBER 2008 [...] For a second month, the scandal involving controversial land swaps between the GoG and Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos was a dominant story (Ref A.) Media and post contacts speculate the scandal could claim more GoG officials beyond the two ministers it has already claimed, as a Parliame [...] | 2008-11-06 06:05:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI SMIG GR MK BK BU MW AL HR |
08THESSALONIKI81 | HOLY MOUNTAIN" MONASTERY REAL ESTATE SCANDAL TARNISHES IMAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The scandal involving land exchanges between Vatopedi Monastery and the Greek government (reftels) has led to the resignation of two high-profile ministers and shaken public confidence in the Greek Orthodox Church. The GoG and Vatopedi have tried to limit damage by proposing me [...] | 2008-11-10 12:37:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
08THESSALONIKI84 | NORTHERN NOTES - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) On November 7, a Rodopi First Instance Court issued a decision that was originally rendered, but immediately suppressed, in 2003, which ruled that Vistonida Lake and its surrounding area do not belong to Vatopedi Monastery but rather, to the Greek state. Vatopedi reportedly made a profit [...] | 2008-12-04 14:39:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR GR |
08TIRANA373 | ALBANIA: THE UN'S BRAIN GAIN PROGRAM -- TARGETED AT HIGHER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Albania's higher education system has undergone major changes since the fall of communism. Reforming it has been a priority of every government since, though each has devoted varying levels of resources and effort toward improving this vital societal foundation. The brain drain p [...] | 2008-05-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI UN AL |
08TIRANA403 | ALBANIA: USE OF CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AL |
08TIRANA416 | POSTCARDS FROM ALBANIA: ALBANIA'S 21ST CENTURY GOLD RUSH [...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These cables are prepared by our locally engaged staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Pol-Econ staf [...] | 2008-06-03 14:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON PGOV AL |
08TIRANA60 | CONSUMERS FLOCKING TO SHOPPING MALLS AS ALBANIA'S ECONOMY [...] The opening of modern shopping malls in Tirana is a sign of Albania's economic development and growing affluence. The retail economy is beginning to transition away from small family-owned stores with limited product lines to large, Western-style shopping centers. These new shopping outlets [...] | 2008-01-24 06:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV SOCI AL |
08TIRANA7 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 28, 2007- [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL [...] | 2008-01-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI PHUM AL |
08TOKYO1022 | JAPAN'S FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION RESPONSE [...] Embassy Tokyo was unable to find any evidence that United Nations University (UNU),or any of its affiliates, grant official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia or has subsidiaries or member organization [...] | 2008-04-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC SOCI JA |
08TOKYO1071 | JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period from April 1 to April 17. GOJ Responds to South Korean Bird Flu Outbreak --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) In response to the current H5N1 AI outbreak in South K [...] | 2008-04-18 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
08TOKYO1214 | JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of April 18 to May 2, 2008. H5N1 Detected in Wild Swans in Northern Japan --------------------------------------------- 2. As reported in ref D, Japan's National Institute of Animal Health confirmed [...] | 2008-05-02 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
08TOKYO1380 | TOKYO'S RESPONSE TO DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Public Affairs and Political Officers met May 20 with MOFA Mexico and Central America Division Director Takahiro Nakamae to follow up on the Deputy Secretary's May 9 request to FM Koumura that Japan make a public statement in support of Cuban democracy. Japan shares the U.S [...] | 2008-05-20 08:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU JA |
08TOKYO1739 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POLIO ERADICATION IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered points in ref to MOFA Global Issues Cooperation Division Senior Coordinator Takehiro Kano June 23. Kano said the GOJ supports sending a clear message to Nigeria on the need to improve its polio eradication efforts, but noted other countries must be careful a [...] | 2008-06-25 04:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV SOCI KISL JA NI |
08TOKYO1782 | JAPAN'S GENERIC DRUG MARKET - SMALL NOW BUT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. With public debt nearly double GDP and upward pressure on national health insurance expenditures due to Japan's aging society, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) hopes to increase generic drugs' market share from 17% to 30% by 2012, saving the healthcare system an [...] | 2008-06-30 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD JA PGOV SOCI |
08TOKYO1948 | SOLAR POWER IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Solar photovoltaic (PV) power is poised to become a centerpiece of Japanese Government renewable energy initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gases and meeting energy needs. Increased PV use figures prominently both in the vision PM Fukuda publicly announced June 9 (ref) an [...] | 2008-07-15 04:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA |
08TOKYO246 | JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period September 27, 2007 to January 30, 2008. --------------------------------------------- ------ MHLW: No action in response to 100th Indonesian AI death ------------------------------------------ [...] | 2008-01-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
08TOKYO275 | WIREC -- PROPOSED SUBNATIONAL PANELISTS FROM JAPAN [...] (SBU) In response to request in ref A, propose the following individuals as potential panelists for the WIREC 2008 Subnational Sessions: Dr. Hideaki YUKAWA Director, Microbiology Research Group Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) Visiting Professor, University [...] | 2008-02-01 09:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY ECON SOCI JA |
08TOKYO2893 | JAPAN'S ANNUAL REPORT ON HIV/AIDS FOR 2007 [...] Summary: Japan reported a record 1,082 new HIV-positive cases and 418 new AIDS cases during 2007, bringing the cumulative totals to 9,426 and 4,468 respectively at the end of 2007. As in previous years, Japanese males accounted for the majority of new HIV and AIDS cases in 2007 and sexual co [...] | 2008-10-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI KHIV AMED KSCA JA |
08TOKYO2940 | JAPAN'S IMPERFECT TRAINEE VISA PROBLEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Surveys show that most of the participants in Japan,s Trainee Visa Program are satisfied with their situations. However, the high debt burdens these trainees owe to brokers, and the fact that for the first "trainee" year they actually work full-time for room and board and a small [...] | 2008-10-22 02:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AADP KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG SOCI GTIP JP |
08TOKYO3068 | POVERTY, INEQUALITY TRENDS TAP ECONOMIC ANXIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan has the fourth-highest poverty rate among the 30 OECD members, with poverty among the elderly roughly 50 percent above the OECD average, according to a report issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, according to a Japanese ex [...] | 2008-11-04 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI JA |
08TOKYO3221 | HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) As the world's second largest economy, Japan remains a strong ally and a key partner for the U.S. in global health efforts. During its G8 presidency, Japan has shown leadership on import [...] | 2008-11-21 10:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI TBIO KSTH ECON PREL KFLU JA |
08TOKYO3465 | JAPAN RELEASES UPDATED PANDEMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) released a draft of the GOJ's updated action plan for pandemic influenza November 28. The revised action plan, according to MHLW officials, incorporates recommendations by the ruling coalition's project team in the Diet on pandemic inf [...] | 2008-12-19 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
08TOKYO519 | JAPAN'S OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO WIREC [...] (SBU) In follow up with GOJ contacts as requested in ref, post has confirmed the following members of Japan's official delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008): Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) -------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-02-27 06:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET SOCI JA |
08TOKYO83 | WIREC: FORMAL INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) As requested in ref, EMIN met with MOFA Director-General for Economic Affairs Yoichi Otabe January 10 to deliver the Secretary's formal invitation to Foreign Minister Koumura to attend the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Otabe appreciated t [...] | 2008-01-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO |
08TOKYO882 | JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of January 30 to March 31 2008. Japanese research team develops a new PI vaccine. --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. A Japanese research team has developed a new vaccine [...] | 2008-04-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
08TOKYO925 | TOYOTA SEES AN ALL HYBRID FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Toyota plans to more than double hybrid vehicle sales by 2010, apply hybrid technology across powertrain types, and integrate hybrid systems into long-term R&D programs to develop clean diesel, synthetic fuel, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, according to executives at a Toyo [...] | 2008-04-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA |
08TRIPOLI307 | MFA DISCOURAGES IDEA OF SOFT POWER PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN LIBYA REF: A) TRIPOLI 120, B) TRIPOLI 278 TRIPOLI 00000307 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SOCI KISL |
08TRIPOLI635 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: A CASE STUDY IN LIBYAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | BTIO ECON EIND EINV SENV SOCI PGOV LY |
08TRIPOLI679 | SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI CALLS FOR FURTHER REFORM, THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy, much-anticipated speech at an annual youth forum gathering, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, implicitly criticized past decisions of his father's regime, called for dramatic changes to Libya's system of governance, claimed that much of his program of s [...] | 2008-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KPRV LY |
08TRIPOLI889 | TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI LY SU |
08TRIPOLI921 | LIBYA SEEKS TO DOWNPLAY TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent response to persistent reports by opposition and international media about tribal violence in Kufra, an oasis town located in southeastern Libya, the Government of Libya (GOL) recently staged a meeting in which tribal leaders pledged loyalty to Muammar al-Qadhafi and or [...] | 2008-11-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI KPAO LY |
08TRIPOLI970 | HIV INFECTION RATES IN LIBYA MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent televised interview, Libya's leading HIV/AIDS prevention official said the number of Libyans infected with HIV could be as high as 70,000 individuals, representing some 1.13 percent of the total population. Previous estimates had put the number at .6 percent (about 3 [...] | 2008-12-19 15:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI AMED SMIG LY |
08TUNIS130 | BEYWATCH: TUNISIAN BLOGGERS CENSORED BY STATE AND [...] (U) While blogging may have lost its novelty (though not its popularity)in the United States and much of the rest of the world, it is still a nascent phenomenon in Tunisia. Only in the past year or so has the Tunisian "blogosphere" begun to take shape, and its creators and contributors seem to [...] | 2008-02-12 08:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO SOCI TS |
08TUNIS131 | UNEMPLOYMENT SPARKS PROTESTS IN TUNISIAN SOUTHWEST [...] (SBU) Summary. Since January 5, Tunisian residents of the south-central region of Gafsa have been protesting high unemployment rates and unfair labor relations with Gafsa Phosphate Company, the largest regional employer. Residents of the region, which has an official unemployment rate of over [...] | 2008-02-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PTER |
08TUNIS160 | S/CT AMB. DAILEY PRESSES GOT TO COMBAT FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) During his February 10-12 visit to Tunisia, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Ambassador-at-Large Dell Dailey urged the GOT to take steps to prevent the flow of Tunisian foreign fighters into Iraq. Several senior GOT officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affa [...] | 2008-02-20 13:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MARR PGOV PREL SOCI KISL TS |
08TUNIS420 | TUNISIA: NO FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-29 08:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI |
08TUNIS43 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS USG SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary. During his January 7 visit to the Governorate of Nabeul, the Ambassador highlighted USG financial and public support for Tunisian government and civil society efforts to promote the integration of handicapped youth through local educational initiatives. The Ambassador visited t [...] | 2008-01-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV PREL TS |
08TUNIS679 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA: WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE [...] (S) According to Transparency International's annual survey and Embassy contacts' observations, corruption in Tunisia is getting worse. Whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Ben Ali's family is rumored to covet it and reportedly gets what it wants. Bey [...] | 2008-06-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | ECON KCOR PGOV EINV EFIN SOCI TS |
08TUNIS68 | MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH SEEKS EXPERTISE AND [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's January 17 courtesy call, recently appointed Minister of Public Health Mondher Zenaidi said that Tunisia is seeking more cooperative projects between the United States and Tunisia in the health care field. Specifically, the minister would like to see more resear [...] | 2008-01-22 16:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR SOCI TS |
08TUNIS75 | 2006/2007 TERROR CELL IN TUNISIA: WHAT HAPPENED [...] (S/NF) A new narrative is emerging about the chain of events culminating in the December 2006/January 2007 disruption by Tunisian security forces of a terror cell in the southern suburbs of Tunis (Reftels). The new information derives from the public "Soliman trial," in which 30 Tunisians wer [...] | 2008-01-24 15:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SOCI PINR TS |
08TUNIS769 | YOUTH IN TUNISIA: DREAMING ABOUT A FUTURE FAR FROM [...] (SBU) For all the advantages Tunisia seems to offer, Tunisian youth are leaving the country at a significant rate -- both legally and illegally. A recent study revealed that 41 percent of Tunisian youth hope to leave Tunisia. They leave in search of more money, better jobs, excitement, and o [...] | 2008-07-11 15:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SOCI ELAB ECON PGOV SMIG TS |
08TUNIS78 | EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: FERTILE GROUND? [...] (S) This is the first cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses the forces behind increasing popular support for violent ideologies. Tunisia's general trend toward increased religious identification and conservatism has been marked over the past year by a relative incre [...] | 2008-01-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS |
08TUNIS79 | EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: GETTING AT THE ROOTS [...] (S) This is the second cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses GOT efforts to combat rising extremism, what threat it represents, and how the USG should respond. The GOT regularly points out that it has been fighting terrorism since the 1980s and note it has invested [...] | 2008-01-25 11:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS |
08TUNIS910 | MAHMOUD ABBAS ATTENDANCE AT RULING PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. At a lunch on August 11, Palestinian Ambassador Salman el-Herfi said PA President Mahmoud Abbas had visited Tunis recently primarily to participate in the opening of the RCD party congress. Abbas' participation, el-Herfi said, underscored the strong and growing relations betwee [...] | 2008-08-12 15:56:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KPAL IS TS |
08ULAANBAATAR11 | Trains, Planes and Congressional Exchanges: Ambassador [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 4, the Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on new Minister of Roads, Transportation and Tourism R. Rash. During the cordial hour-long meeting, Rash emphasized the importance of the rail sector to the country's economy and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) C [...] | 2008-01-08 06:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EAIR PREL ETRD SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR124 | MFA STATE SECRETARY BEKHBAT PREVIEWS TRIPS BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Secretary (and soon to be Ambassador to the U.S.) of Mongolia's Foreign Ministry, Kh. Bekhbat, told the Ambassador that President N. Enkhbayar will attend a business forum on the Chinese island of Hainan in April and head to New York in October to attend the UN General A [...] | 2008-03-21 08:55:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR128 | TB Rates Climbing in Mongolia [...] SUMMARY: Mongolia's tuberculosis rate has steadily risen since the early 1990s, in spite of government efforts to contain its spread. Statistics show an increase of 177% since 1991. Health officials concede that a steady climb in case numbers make meeting Millennium Development Goals to revers [...] | 2008-03-24 08:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MG |
08ULAANBAATAR13 | Poisoned Vodka Continues to Plague Mongolia [...] (SBU) As of January 9, 2008, the death toll from the New Year's holiday episode (reftel) has risen from 11 to 14 people and over 70 remain hospitalized out of the 130-plus persons affected by drinking methanol-tainted vodkas produced by "Aziin Chono" or Asian Wolf (AW) Company. Six local polic [...] | 2008-01-10 00:31:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PGOV CASC MG |
08ULAANBAATAR17 | For Mongolia's Green Party, Hope Springs Eternal [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Green Party hopes for a political resurrection in upcoming parliamentary elections, after more than 15 years of disappointments. The party's new co-chair, successful businessman Dr. D. Enkhbat, feels the Greens could finally benefit from widespread anger at the major [...] | 2008-01-14 06:55:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID SOCI SENV MG |
08ULAANBAATAR170 | PREPARATIONS PROCEEDING FOR MONGOLIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) Mongolia's General Election Commission (GEC) indicated on April 21 that its preparations for the June 29 Parliamentary elections are coming along smoothly, and announced that registered voters can now look up their registration information at the Commission's website. Post confirmed that [...] | 2008-04-21 08:29:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR182 | UNHCR REP: MONGOLIA WILL NOT/NOT FORCE REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR's Regional Rep for China and Mongolia, Veerapong Vongvarotai, visited the Embassy on April 24 and said UNHCR has appealed to the South Korean Government to reconsider its refusal to admit three North Korean refugees currently in Mongolia. Veerapong said it is "not possible" [...] | 2008-04-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR198 | Mongolia's Southwest Part 2 of 3: Gobi Altai: Vast, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Charge's April 21-23 visit to Gobi Altai province, Vice Governor Erdenbat said the province's future hopes include food processing, especially canned beef for Russia, light industry (once the nearby hydropower plant comes online this summer),tourism, and mining. On [...] | 2008-05-01 03:12:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV PREL EMIN SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR205 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (SBU) 1. SUMMARY: Prices of Mongolia's chief staples have risen more than 33% over the last year, with flour spiking nearly 45% year-on-year. As most of these staples are imported, Mongolia has suffered from inflation related to rising energy and related transport costs. Other factors exacerb [...] | 2008-05-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG |
08ULAANBAATAR209 | Mongolia's Southwest Part 3 of 3: Bayanhongor Pins Hopes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge visited Bayanhongor province April 23/24 on the third and final stop of a three city swing through southwestern Mongolia. The province is home to 90,000 people, of whom 28,000 live in the provincial capital, of the same name. The province depends on herding and agricult [...] | 2008-05-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR SENV PREL KDEM EMIN SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR219 | MONGOLIA'S ACTIVE CAMPAIGN SEASON OPENS "OFFICIALLY"; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The campaign season formally opened on May 14 for Mongolia's Parliamentary elections, and the independent General Election Commission (GEC) confirmed that the elections would be held on June 29. Up for grabs are all 76 seats in Parliament; a close contest is expected between the [...] | 2008-05-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR234 | MONGOLIA LAUNCHES FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Calling 2008 the "Year of Food Supply and Safety," the Mongolian Government has launched a new program to improve food-handling procedures, raise awareness of food-quality issues, and decrease the country's dependence on imported food. The program, which comes in response to sky [...] | 2008-05-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV PGOV EAGR SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR246 | ULAANBAATAR HOSTS INT'L SYMPOSIUM ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS [...] SUMMARY: Leading American and Mongolian authorities on infectious diseases gathered in Ulaanbaatar on May 15 and 16 to take part in an international symposium on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Twenty-six scientists made presentations at the symposium, which was facilitated by Post and which att [...] | 2008-05-28 00:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU PREL AORC EAGR TBIO SOCI PGOV EAIDMG |
08ULAANBAATAR263 | NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD FORCED LABOR OR CHILD LABOR IN [...] SUMMARY: There is no evidence of significant or widespread forced labor or child labor in the production of goods in Mongolia, although anecdotal evidence suggests the practice may exist to a limited extent within artisanal mining communities. Out of economic necessity, children and adults o [...] | 2008-06-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR275 | DAS CHRISTENSEN VISITS MONGOLIA; DAYS LATER, NSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Christensen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 29 with Mongolia's President, Speaker of Parliament, Minister of Industry and Trade, and Vice Defense Minister to discuss Mongolia's role in Iraq and Afghanistan and mining sector developments, among other issues. Christe [...] | 2008-06-10 08:46:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ECON SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR282 | NGO Reports 1/3 of Mongolia's Urban Households Lack Access [...] SUMMARY: A recent Mercy Corps study has found that one third of Mongolia's urban households are "food insecure," meaning they do not have access to enough sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Poverty and unemployment are key contributing factors. Residents of prov [...] | 2008-06-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG |
08ULAANBAATAR285 | OUT OF STEPPE: DISABLED MONGOLIANS STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disabled Mongolians face serious obstacles to full participation in society, despite advances in special education and societal awareness. Many of these obstacles are infrastructure-related. The elation that many disabled Mongolians felt in August 2007, when Parliament passed n [...] | 2008-06-13 01:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV KOCI KGLB AMED SCUL ECON MG |
08ULAANBAATAR315 | CHINESE VICE PRESIDENT XI VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Xi Jinping, Vice President of the People's Republic of China, paid an official visit to Mongolia June 19 to 21. He met with the President, Speaker of Parliament and Prime Minister. Thirteen bilateral agreements were signed during the visit, highlighting expanding economic ties [...] | 2008-06-25 01:08:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MN CH |
08ULAANBAATAR320 | MONGOLIAN DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: PARTIES MULL JUNE 29 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolian voters head to the polls on Sunday, June 29, to elect all 76 members of its parliament. This will be the fifth election since Mongolia peacefully cast aside its authoritarian, communist system in 1990/91, beginning its democratic transformation. With public frustration [...] | 2008-06-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SOCI MARR PGOV MG |
08ULAANBAATAR351 | VOTE ON GOVERNMENT DISSOLUTION FAILS [...] (SBU) The parliamentary vote demanded by the Democratic Party (DP) for the dissolution of Prime Minister S.Bayar's government failed on July 18. Following a long plenary discussion of the post-election violence on July 1, the demand was put to a vote. Of the 53 MPs making up the quorum, 16 vo [...] | 2008-07-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KMCA SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR353 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR355 | Candidate Profile: On the Campaign Trail--The Mongol Way [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade, S.Otgonbat (strictly protect) shared his experience as a campaign manager for J. Enkbayar, an upstart Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) businessman in his 30's and a candidate in Mongolia's remote southwestern [...] | 2008-07-21 00:17:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM KCOR PGOV KMCA SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR361 | MONGOLIA'S OPPOSITION MPS WALK OUT OF FIRST PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolians elected to Parliament in the contested June 29 elections gathered at Government House on July 23 for Parliament's opening session. But after energetically criticizing the head of the General Election Commission (GEC),members of the opposition Democratic Party left th [...] | 2008-07-24 00:17:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM ENRG SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR373 | ONE MONTH AFTER MONGOLIAN RIOTING, POLITICAL IMPASSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One month after post-election violence left five people dead, hundreds injured and the ruling party's HQ destroyed, Mongolia's two biggest parties remained locked in a stalemate over election results and the legitimacy of the new Parliament. Allegations of fraud against the rulin [...] | 2008-08-04 00:23:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR SENV EMIN ENRG SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR381 | DISAGREEMENT CRESTS BETWEEN MONGOLIAN PARTIES OVER [...] (SBU) Over five weeks have passed since violent protests left five dead and hundreds injured, landed nearly 200 protesters in detention without being charged, and burned the HQ of the Mongolian People,s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The political situation has not moved far beyond allegations st [...] | 2008-08-07 10:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR EMIN SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR5 | Mongolian Vice Foreign Minister Formally Conveys [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Enkhmandakh confirmed to the Ambassador January 3 that Mongolia would deploy a full 9th rotation of troops to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and that the troops would depart for Iraq sometime the following week. The Ambassador expres [...] | 2008-01-03 08:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL ETRD EPET SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR64 | MONGOLIAN WOMEN SEETHING OVER QUOTA ELIMINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's activists have filed a complaint with Mongolia's Constitutional Court following Parliament's scrapping of a requirement that at least 30 percent of any party's candidates for national elections be women. The complaint, filed on January 31, argues that in eliminating the [...] | 2008-02-05 00:28:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR7 | Ambassador Pays Initial Call on Prime Minister Bayar [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's initial official courtesy call January 4 on Prime Minister Bayar, Bayar said he hoped to make already excellent U.S.-Mongolian relations even better. He reiterated President Enkhbayar's invitation to President Bush to visit Mongolia, and he reconfirmed Mo [...] | 2008-01-04 08:51:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ETRD SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR73 | NEW MONGOLIAN SHELTER FOR DPRK REFUGEES UP AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean refugees at a new Mongolian Border Force shelter are receiving adequate treatment while being processed for resettlement. On February 5 we visited the Nalaikh shelter, which opened in late October 2007 and is located one hour outside Ulaanbaatar. We were joined by M [...] | 2008-02-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KREF EAID SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR79 | The Soviet Hangover: Alcoholism Threatens Mongolia's [...] (U) SUMMARY: Alcohol, including fermented mare's milk, has traditionally been part of Mongolian culture. But the economic chaos that followed Russia's hasty withdrawal in the early 1990s resulted in skyrocketing rates of addiction to vodka and other hard spirits. This Russian legacy continues [...] | 2008-02-14 01:31:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV CASC MG |
08ULAANBAATAR8 | Ambassador Calls on Chief Cabinet Secretary N. Enkhbold [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call January 7 on Chief Cabinet Secretary N. Enkhbold, who, until recently, served as Mongolia's Foreign Minister. The Ambassador thanked Enkhbold for the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) recent decision to send a 9th full troop rotation to [...] | 2008-01-08 00:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ETRD SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR97 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REFUSES TO HEAR COMPLAINT OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Constitutional Court has declined to hear a complaint over Parliament's controversial elimination of a requirement that at least 30 percent of any party's candidates for national elections be women. A court official communicated this decision on February 19 to J.Zanna, [...] | 2008-02-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI MG |
08USUNNEWYORK1054 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] On November 11, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee took action on the following draft resolutions: A/C.3/63/L.56, entitled "Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;" A/C.3/63/L.17/Revision 1, entitled "Indigenous issues;" A/C.3/63/L.21, entitled "Regional arrang [...] | 2008-11-12 16:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1111 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE ICESCR [...] SUMMARY: On November 18, the UN General Assembly Third Committee took action on five draft resolutions, adopting four by consensus, including a draft resolution on the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Russia's draft resolution on racism [...] | 2008-11-25 16:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1121 | UNGA TAKES ACTION ON GLOBAL HEALTH; AND UN [...] On November 26, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted by consensus the following draft resolutions: A/63/L.28, entitled "Global health and foreign policy;" A/63/L.38, entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community" (CARICOM); and A/63/L.40, entitled, "Cooperation [...] | 2008-12-01 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK436 | DEMARCHE TO UNFPA ON 6TH CHINA COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] ECON Minister-Counselor Hagen met May 14 with UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid, her deputy Mari Simonen, and Asia-Pacific Deputy Director Neelakanthi Jayaratnam. In response to the demarche in reftel, Obaid said UNFPA's Executive Board would discuss the issue of access to audits at its [...] | 2008-05-14 23:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN KUNR PREF SOCI PHUM |
08USUNNEWYORK458 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES POST-CONFLICT [...] SUMMARY: With a May 20 open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding led by UK Foreign Minister David Miliband, the UK used their Security Council Presidency to launch a re-examination of UN support for post-conflict countries. Common themes in statements by Council members included: 1) support [...] | 2008-05-21 22:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SOCI UNSC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK477 | U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED [...] (SBU) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council May 27 on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In addition to members of the Security Council, 21 other member states participated in the public discussion. Most voiced sup [...] | 2008-05-29 23:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UNSC XA UN PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK541 | ARRIA FORMULA MEETING ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: As part of a US-led initiative to bring more attention to the problem of sexual violence in armed conflict, the UK hosted a meeting on June 11 to bring together members of the Security Council, NGO representatives and UN officials to discuss the role of peacekeepers in protecting [...] | 2008-06-19 16:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI UNSC KWMN |
08USUNNEWYORK583 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION [...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...] | 2008-07-01 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI UNSC KWMN |
08USUNNEWYORK822 | UN TO RATIONALIZE ITS WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MECHANISMS [...] (SBU) Summary. The high-level panel on UN System-Wide Coherence underlined, in its 2004 report, the need for reform in the gender sector, and the Member States have agreed that the UN's approach to gender/women needs to be rationalized and strengthened. Deputy Secretary-General Migiro present [...] | 2008-09-15 20:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK930 | UNDP AND UNFPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, SEPTEMBER [...] This cable reports on the Executive Board session of the UN Development Program (UNDP) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA),September 8-12, 2008 in New York. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Board accepted a management "roadmap" to discuss the resumption of UNDP operations in North Korea. [...] | 2008-10-11 00:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNDP UNFPA EAID SOCI |
08VALLETTA177 | MALTA: NO KNOWN CHILD OR FORCED LABOR ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MT |
08VALLETTA213 | EMBASSY VALLETTA MARKS DAY OF SOLIDATIRY WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO MT CU |
08VATICAN10 | HOLY SEE: SECRETARY OF STATE BERTONE DISCUSSES CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. Holy See Secretary of State Bertone previewed his February trip to Cuba with Ambassador, and also discussed Israel and the Pope's spring visit to the United States. Bertone hopes to see Fidel and Raul Castro, to deliver a speech at a Cuban university, to inaugurate a monument to Po [...] | 2008-01-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI OVIP CU IS VT |
08VATICAN18 | CHINA: CARDINAL ZEN ON HOLY SEE'S CHINA DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: According to Cardinal Zen, the Holy See's lack of China expertise within its top ranks has resulted in an ineffective relation with the Government of China (GoC) that fails to take advantage of the window of opportunity afforded by Beijing's preoccupation with its international im [...] | 2008-01-31 07:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT |
08VATICAN31 | HOLY SEE SECRETARY OF STATE TALKS ABOUT CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Cardinal Bertone told the Ambassador that Raul Castro is a practical man, and asked the US to consider dropping sanctions against Cuba to encourage change at this crucial political time on the island. The Ambassador underlined the need for the Cuban government to free political [...] | 2008-03-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KIRF CU VT |
08VATICAN40 | CUBA SOLIDARITY - EMBASSY VATICAN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Vatican reports that Ambassador Glendon hosted an important and well-attended conference this month commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the crucial role of Latin American countries in creating that document. W [...] | 2008-05-16 16:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU VT |
08VATICAN47 | EMBASSY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN AND CATHOLIC [...] Summary. Ambassador Glendon recently hosted a substantive and well-attended conference commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the critical contributions of Latin American countries and Catholic social teachings to the creation of that documen [...] | 2008-07-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF SOCI XM XL CU VT |
08VATICAN90 | SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER ASKS VATICAN TO BROADEN [...] (C) Summary: During a November 19 visit to Rome, US Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber urged the Holy See to broaden Catholic-Muslim dialogue to include all schools of Islam, in order to reduce Saudi Arabia's and Iran's ability to claim they speak for [...] | 2008-12-05 18:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SA IR VT |
08VIENNA267 | WIREC 2008 - AUSTRIAN DELEGATION AND PLEDGE INFO [...] On February 21, EmbOff contacted Elfriede More from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, to discuss the Austrian delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008. More, who is Austria's inter-ministerial coordinator for WIREC, confirmed t [...] | 2008-02-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU |
08VIENNA50 | WIREC 2008 - INVITATION DELIVERED [...] On January 9, Post delivered reftel invitation to the WIREC conference to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, and sent copies of the letter to the Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Energy. We understand from the discussions [...] | 2008-01-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
08VIENTIANE202 | PLANNED CHINESE DEVELOPMENT IN VIENTIANE GENERATES [...] (C) Summary: A public controversy -- a rare thing in Laos -- is brewing over government plans to give a Chinese firm a large 1600-hectare concession near the revered That Luang monument close to the Vientiane city center. Although originally described as a location for 2,000-3,000 workers ( [...] | 2008-03-31 10:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV SOCI LA CH |
08VIENTIANE246 | Education in Laos, Part I: The Primary Years [...] Summary. This cable is the first in a series examining the education system in Laos, from elementary through university and technical/vocational schools. Future cables will examine the problems faced by secondary schools, the limits of tertiary education, and the growing role of private scho [...] | 2008-04-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI LA |
08VIENTIANE365 | LAOS: REVIEW FINDS NO GOODS PRODUCED WITH FORCED [...] SUMMARY: According to Lao government and industry as well as international organization and NGO sources, there is no evidence of forced or exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Laos. END SUMMARY 2. In response to reftel, the Embassy contacted Government of Laos (GOL) off [...] | 2008-06-27 09:50:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD ECON PHUM SOCI LA |
08VIENTIANE4 | Avian Influenza Update [...] Summary: There have been no new cases of avian influenza in humans or birds since the February-March 2007 outbreak. Progress in enhancing the GOL's laboratory diagnostic capacity continues. The GOL has reiterated its commitment to sharing viral isolates. A PACOM-supported training exercise [...] | 2008-01-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KPAO SOCI ECON SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC |
08VIENTIANE461 | LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao National Assembly (NA) approved a new law on the roles and responsibilities of the media during its July session by a vote of 101 to 2. The new media law codifies the powers of the Ministry of Information and Culture's Mass Media Department. It remains to be seen whethe [...] | 2008-08-21 10:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO LA SOCI SCUL |
08VIENTIANE465 | LAO OFFICIALS PREPARE TO ISSUE DECREE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao Public Administration and Civil Service Authority (PACSA) is currently drafting a new decree on non-profit association (NPA) registration. The decree is expected to be submitted to the Prime Minister,s Office by the end of August. The creation of a standardized legal [...] | 2008-08-26 03:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL LA SOCI SCUL |
08VIENTIANE579 | LAOS TO HOST REGIONAL RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE; NGO, DRL VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parallel visits by the Department's first Ambassador for Religious Freedom and a key DRL staff member helped promote the issue of religious freedom in Laos this past week. AMB (ret.) Robert Seiple brought an invitation from an NGO now headed by his son for Laos to host an intern [...] | 2008-10-27 10:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI LA VM |
08VIENTIANE658 | FIRST DIPLOMATIC ACCESS TO HMONG RECENTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pressure from the U.S. and like-minded members of the international community on the GOL to allow independent access to Hmong repatriated from Thailand has finally resulted in a significant step forward. On December 10, the MFA arranged for the Ambassador and other diplomats and [...] | 2008-12-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PHUM PREF PREL SOCI TH |
08VIENTIANE68 | CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN LAOS ABATING [...] (U) Summary: The cholera outbreak in southern Laos that began in mid-December (reftel) appears to be abating. The director of the World Heath Organization's (WHO) office in Laos expressed appreciation for USG interest in assisting but said that no additional resources are necessary at this [...] | 2008-01-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS SOCI PREL AMED EAID LA |
08VILNIUS235 | Bloggers, Officials React to Sanctions, Diplomatic Row [...] (SBU) Post has monitored the Belarusian public's reaction to recent events in the country including Belneftekhim sanctions, Belarus' recall of its Ambassador to the U.S., GOB demands for American Embassy staff reductions and the resulting suspension of some consular operations, and a spurious [...] | 2008-04-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ASEC CMGT BO |
08VILNIUS339 | LITHUANIA: NO REPORTS OF FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] There are no reports of child labor or forced labor for the production of goods in Lithuania, according to NGOs and the relevant GOL agency that post consulted. There were reports of violations of the labor law that affected children in service industries, but most violations were not severe. [...] | 2008-05-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI LH |
08VILNIUS388 | BELARUS: BLOGGERS REACT TO DIPLOMATIC CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Post has been monitoring the Belarusian public's reaction to the recent escalation in diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and the GOB. As the series of threatening public statements by the GOB culminated in the May 3 departure of eleven U.S. diplomats declared personae non gratae, ther [...] | 2008-05-20 12:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR PHUM SOCI BO |
08VILNIUS408 | BELARUS: OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY SANCTIONS IMPACT [...] (U) A number of GOB officials commented in the media on the May 15 designation of three Belarusian firms by the U.S. Treasury Department, dismissing any significant impact. They claimed that subsidiaries of the Belarusian energy conglomerate "Belneftekhim" had already converted financial tran [...] | 2008-05-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO |
08VILNIUS697 | LITHUANIAN CITIES REJECT EC'S TOLERANCE TRUCK [...] Summary. The mayors of Lithuania's two largest cities, Vilnius and Kaunas, denied permission for the European Commission's "For Diversity, Against Discrimination" truck to set up its event in public squares. Instead, the pro-diversity campaign was relegated to a supermarket parking lot in V [...] | 2008-08-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI LH |
08WELLINGTON55 | CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA STRESSES USG SUPPORT FOR PACIFIC; STRONG [...] (U) Summary. Codel Faleomavaega visited New Zealand from January 31 to February 7. In Auckland, the Codel met with ConGen staff to discuss consular issues and traveled to Whangarei for the Waitangi Day celebrations on February 5-6. On February 4, the Codel held meetings in Wellington with M [...] | 2008-02-21 01:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NZ |
08YAOUNDE266 | CAMEROON PRESS FREEDOM AT RISK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI OPRC CM |
08YAOUNDE762 | CAMEROON: GOV'T OFFICIALS ON IMPENDING BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) is not well-positioned to understand or deal with on-going violence in Bakassi and likely will not be so until well after the planned August 14 handover, according to meetings the Ambassador had with GRC officials and others during the week of J [...] | 2008-07-30 06:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI MASS |
08YAOUNDE877 | CAMEROON ILL-PREPARED FOR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Public health threats in Cameroon include the possibility of meningitis, cholera, or polio outbreaks, and cases of these diseases are recorded every year. While not currently present in Cameroon, ebola and Avian Influenza (AI) are also considered threats. The Government of C [...] | 2008-09-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM KHIV PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU |
08YEREVAN106 | ELECTION SEASON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (JANUARY-FEBRUARY) [...] (SBU) In light of the current presidential election in Armenia, scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, this issue of Yerevan's Human Rights Round-up is exclusively dedicated to reported and alleged election-related violations. Reports are organized chronologically. This issue's headlines: [...] | 2008-02-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM KPAO KJUS KWMN AM |
08YEREVAN364 | ENERGY PRICES - THE TICKING TIME BOMB UNDER THE [...] (C) With the imminent expiration of gas subsidies and a large expected price increase in its upcoming GazProm contract, Armenia faces the likelihood of a doubling of gas prices between now and the start of 2009. This threatens to create a serious crisis for Armenia's new President in a countr [...] | 2008-04-29 12:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV SENV SOCI GG RU IR |
08YEREVAN829 | NEW SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY COVERS GOAM TALKING [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on the Secretary of Armenia's National Security Council, Artur Baghdassarian echoed almost verbatim points raised a day before by National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian. Baghdassarian demonized the opposition led by Levon Ter-Petrossian. He em [...] | 2008-10-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN864 | NEW SPEAKER TO AMBASSADOR: GOVERNMENT INNOCENT, [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador, new National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian blasted the opposition for blackening the image of Armenia, and asked the Ambassador to use U.S. influence to moderate the opposition. He also asked that the Ambassador end the limited funding suspensi [...] | 2008-10-29 06:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SOCI KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN880 | AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF EDUCATION DISCUSS PRIORITIES [...] On October 27, the Ambassador and the Minister of Education and Science discussed priority areas of access and quality for all and concurred on the necessity of cooperation to promote development of Armenian society through educational reforms. The Minister stressed the role of education as a [...] | 2008-11-05 06:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN882 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY VISIT WITH MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (C) During their introductory meeting on October 27, Minister of Labor and Social Issues (MLSI) Arsem Hambardzumian thanked the Ambassador for the significant amount of development assistance provided by the USG to the Armenian people. Hambardzumian stated the MLSI's two main priorities for th [...] | 2008-11-05 13:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LAB SOCI AM |
08ZAGREB153 | CROATIA'S UNBEARABLE PENSION BURDEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With a quarter of its population receiving pensions, Croatia's pension expenditures amount to 11% of GDP and a third of the proposed 2008 state budget. The ratio of pensioners to contributors, currently 1:1.4, is expected to improve slightly over the next decade as employment lev [...] | 2008-02-27 13:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB SOCI HR |
08ZAGREB585 | DESIGNATION OF MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI HR |
08ZAGREB812 | NIKE REPRESENTATIVE DESCRIBES COUNTERFEIT GOODS [...] Summary. Nike's brand protection manager for Croatia met with Econ and FCS officers at the American Chamber of Commerce in Zagreb in late November to discuss patterns of counterfeit goods smuggling and quality of enforcement as it faces growing demand for smuggled counterfeit apparel through [...] | 2008-12-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI HR |
092OF5 | CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...] | 2009-12-11 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI |
09ABIDJAN125 | ABIDJAN: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (U) In response to reftel A, Embassy submits the following assessment of Cote d'Ivoire's need for increased law enforcement and judicial training. Point of contact for this report is ARSO Marc Trahan (phone: 225.2249.4448 IVG 783). 2. (U) Cote d'Ivoire's non-military security forces face bo [...] | 2009-02-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV SOCI KCRM IV |
09ABIDJAN166 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT POSTPONES HANDOVER OF [...] (C) Summary: Just hours before it was to take place, Minister of Interior Desire Tagro forced the postponement of a March 4 ceremony marking the handover of administrative powers by the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in Bouake to civilian government authorities. He said that without mixed brigades (j [...] | 2009-03-10 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR SOCI EAID IV |
09ABIDJAN171 | CORRUPTION ARTICLE PROVOKES DESTRUCTION OF [...] (U) On February 28, the "Nouveau Reveil," a newspaper closely affiliated with former President Henri Konan Bedie's PDCI political party, announced it would publish an article on the theft of 4 billion CFA (approximately 8 million USD) by government officials with ties to President Gbagbo. Th [...] | 2009-03-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN175 | IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION EXTENDED [...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process has been extended until March 30 in some regions and until early April for those persons affected by the reconstitution of civil registries. Identification/voter registration of Ivoirians living in 19 foreign countries began on Marc [...] | 2009-03-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KDEM PREL SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN186 | MALNUTRITION IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE UNDERSCORES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of a functioning government in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and ongoing insecurity in the west are having increasingly negative effects on the resident populations. A SMART survey conducted in July 2008 revealed that the global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate in northern [...] | 2009-03-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL EAGR SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN223 | TEACHERS' STRIKE IN COTE D'IVOIRE REFLECTS FRAYING SOCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI ECON KPAO IV |
09ABIDJAN250 | MEDIA REACTION: DEPARTMENT STATEMENT ON COTE D'IVOIRE'S [...] Summary: Local press reported positively on the State Department's March 30, 2009, press statement urging Cote d'Ivoire to maintain its economic and political reform commitments under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Most of the dailies, including pro-government a [...] | 2009-04-20 11:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL KPAO IV |
09ABIDJAN277 | WORKERS' PARTY SAYS OPA DEFUNCT [...] (C) Summary. Francis Wodie, president of the small Ivoirian Workers' Party (PIT),told Ambassador that the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) is defunct and that a National Forum should be held to identify durable solutions to the country's political crisis. End Summary. PIT Says OPA De [...] | 2009-04-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN300 | UPDATE ON THE IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The "catch up" identification/voter registration process has been extended once again. It will end in Abidjan on May 10, but has not even begun in other areas of the country. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) will set up approximately 1500 registration centers nation [...] | 2009-05-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN309 | MODEL ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN SOUTHEASTERN COTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GoCI)has implemented a robust and comprehensive program to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the southeastern part of the country, with technical and financial assistance from the German development agency GTZ. The southeast is a major tra [...] | 2009-05-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM SOCI PGOV IV |
09ABIDJAN311 | UPDATE ON THE IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The "catch up" identification/voter registration process has been extended once again. It will end in Abidjan on May 10, but has not even begun in other areas of the country. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) will set up approximately 1500 registration centers nation [...] | 2009-05-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN346 | IVOIRIAN WOMEN HELD BACK BY SOCIETY, POVERTY AND [...] (U) Summary. Ivoirian jurisprudence puts women on an equal footing with men and protects their rights. However, these laws are infrequently enforced due to ignorance of the law or societal pressures. Ivoirian women from diverse sectors of society told Emboffs that Ivoirian women, especially [...] | 2009-06-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN SOCI KJUS IV |
09ABIDJAN36 | COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (C) Embassy Abidjan believes Cote d'Ivoire should be deleted from the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list, prepared under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA),for production of gold using child labor. 2. (C) Gold production is concentrated in the northern, sav [...] | 2009-01-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP IV |
09ABIDJAN37 | REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] The information in this cable is in response to the questions under points A through E in paragraph 9 of reftel. 2. A. Cote d'Ivoire has ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 regarding the minimum age for employment and ILO Convention 182 regarding the worst forms o [...] | 2009-01-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID IV |
09ABIDJAN391 | IVOIRIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy has informed the Ministry of Family that Cote d'Ivoire will face sanctions in 2011 if the country continues to remain on Tier 2 Watch List status. Representatives of both the Ministry of Family and the National Committee to Fight Trafficking told Poloff that they are ham [...] | 2009-06-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN402 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REVIVES ROLE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Badini (the Facilitator's representative in Abidjan) believes that Cote d'Ivoire is entering a critical phase as the identification process ends and compilation of the electoral list begins. He anticipates a hard fought battle among the political parties that could get [...] | 2009-07-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN457 | GOCI LAUNCHES REMEDIATION PROGRAM TO COMBAT CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 06:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SOCI PGOV PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN49 | GOVERNMENT CUTS GAS PRICES [...] The Government of Cote d'Ivoire announced on January 14 a 4 to 8 percent reduction in the price of gasoline and lamp oil. This measure, which went into effect at midnight on January 16, reflects the decrease in the price of oil on the international market (USD 36.43 a barrel on January 14). [...] | 2009-01-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN640 | RENEWED SKIRMISH OVER NATIONALITY DELAYING [...] (C) Summary: Publication of the provisional electoral list remains stalled; key Ivorian leaders cannot agree on how to deal with 1.9 million cases in which names on the list have not been matched with a historical record. President Gbagbo reportedly favors immediate publication of a list that [...] | 2009-10-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN666 | DISPUTE OVER PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL LIST RESOLVED [...] (C) Summary: The three main political parties (the FPI, RDR, and PDCI) have apparently resolved their dispute, allowing publication of the provisional electoral list to move forward. An agreement to downplay nationality questions and deal "administratively" with the one million registrants who [...] | 2009-11-09 11:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN675 | ELECTIONS OFFICIALLY POSTPONED, NO NEW DATE SET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 11, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced that presidential elections will not take place on November 29. The provisional voters' list has been printed, however, and the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has begun distributing it. Acco [...] | 2009-11-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN687 | YOUTH VIOLENCE FEARED DURING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: International NGOs working on election issues, as well as Ivoirian civil society institutions are concerned about the potential for violence in the run up to elections, particularly among impoverished and unemployed youth, who have attached their economic hopes to their respe [...] | 2009-11-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN722 | ELECTION DATE PASSES WITH MINOR, PEACEFUL PROTESTS [...] (SBU) November 29, the date scheduled for presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire, came and went with little fanfare. The GOCI made no official announcement on the postponed elections, leaving the November 11 statement (ref a) by Robert Mambe, the President of the Independent Electoral Comm [...] | 2009-12-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN92 | PRESIDENT FIRES SECRETARY AS FIRST STEP IN [...] (U) On February 4, the President's spokesperson issued a communique, which he read on television, announcing that one of the President's secretaries, Emilienne Blehon Gome, was charged in court with using her position to extort 65,542,610 CFA (circa USD 131,000) from a mobile telephone company, [...] | 2009-02-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KDEM ECON SOCI IV |
09ABUDHABI367 | LACK OF EDUCATION AND SKILL HINDERS EMPLOYMENT FOR UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: With 80 percent or more of its residents expatriates, the UAE Government is very concerned about providing sufficient jobs for Emiratis, who face increasing employment challenges. Recent studies show that lower education, skill and experience hinder the "Emiratization" process [...] | 2009-04-13 06:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI AE |
09ABUDHABI437 | UAE WOMEN PREFER NOT TO DEFINE SUCCESS BY GENDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Much has been written about the (relatively) progressive UAE attitude towards women and the great successes of Emirati women academically and professionally. Female Emirati contacts report they are pleased with the development of women in the UAE but still feel constrained by [...] | 2009-05-05 12:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI AE |
09ABUDHABI493 | PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE QUIETLY RELEASED FROM PRISON IN UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights organizations this week celebrated the revelation that two political prisoners in the UAE were quietly released in May without serving their full sentences. The UAEG has not issued any official statement on the release of these two men. End summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-05-14 14:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AE |
09ABUDHABI568 | THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FROM THE CONSULAR WINDOW [...] (SBU) Summary: As business and financial circles debate the extent of the economic downturn in the United Arab Emirates (reftels),Consular Section patrons have a decidedly negative outlook. Rising numbers of Americans in the UAE are reporting job losses and economic hardship, and many expect [...] | 2009-06-08 07:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CASC CVIS ELAB PGOV SOCI AE |
09ABUDHABI609 | THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FROM THE VISA WINDOW [...] (SBU) Summary: As business and financial circles debate the extent of the economic downturn in the United Arab Emirates (Ref B and C),Consular Section patrons have a decidedly negative outlook. Beyond the impact on private Americans (Ref A),rising numbers of third country national (TCN) visa [...] | 2009-06-16 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CASC CVIS ELAB PGOV SOCI AE |
09ABUDHABI674 | UAE REAL ESTATE: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: That the UAE experienced a real estate boom through early 2008 is well known. Equally well know is that the Emirates experience a subsequent bust driven in part by the world financial crisis. In response, UAE federal and local governments strengthened much needed real estate re [...] | 2009-07-02 10:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI737 | UAE AFFIRMS SUPPORT DURING ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 18. 2. (C) Summary. On July 15, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with UAE Government and finance officials to discuss developments in the global economy, review U.S. measures to address the financial crisis, and stress the importance o [...] | 2009-07-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ECON CVIS SOCI AE |
09ABUJA1333 | NIGERIA: POST'S FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH AND [...] Summary: Following President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, Mission Nigeria has engaged audiences throughout Nigeria with various outreach activities, including meetings with journalists, government officials, civil society organizations, and traditional religious leaders. Post has also com [...] | 2009-07-22 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCHUL ESENV SOCI |
09ABUJA1377 | NIGERIAN ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS LAUNCH ATTACKS IN 4 [...] (C) Summary: According to Mission Nigeria contacts and local press reporting, violent clashes erupted in four Nigerian towns between Nigerian police and supporters of an Islamic extremist group from July 26 to 27. The attacks specifically targeted police stations, most likely as retaliation [...] | 2009-07-28 07:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1379 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST ATTACKS CONTINUE INTO NIGHT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy contacts, other reporting channels, and local news reporting, additional extremist attacks were carried out on police stations and government buildings throughout the night of July 27-28 in Maiduguri, Borno state, following three days of similar attacks in th [...] | 2009-07-28 15:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1392 | NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT QUASHES EXTREMISTS, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy contacts, other reporting channels, and local news reporting, Nigerian military stormed extremist strongholds in Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, and Kano states on July 28, effectively neutralizing Boko Haram, its followers, and its leader Mohammed Yusuf. Minimal violen [...] | 2009-07-29 16:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1398 | NIGERIAN MILITARY COMBING FOR EXTREMISTS, BOKO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 17:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1402 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...] | 2009-08-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1403 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...] | 2009-08-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1404 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...] | 2009-08-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1405 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...] | 2009-08-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1943 | JOS, NIGERIA INTERFAITH DAY OF SERVICE [...] On October 17, DCM led a group of 30 inter-agency volunteers to Jos to refurbish sports facilities in fulfillment of the President's call for an Interfaith Day of Service (ref A). This event was one of three community service activities undertaken by the Mission, which included the renovation [...] | 2009-10-23 12:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SOCI KPAO NI |
09ABUJA1957 | ELECTORAL REFORM DEBATE PROGRESSES BUT KEY CHANGES [...] (C) Senate hearings produced vigorous debate on the comprehensive proposals produced by the Electoral Reform Commission. While there is a consensus for relatively minor steps like financial autonomy for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),views differed on a ban on office ho [...] | 2009-10-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI NI |
09ABUJA1996 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 30, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ------------------------------------------ PLATEAU JUDICIAL COMMISSION SUBMITS REPORT ------------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) The Plateau Sta [...] | 2009-10-30 19:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EPET SOCI NI |
09ABUJA2187 | GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE QDDR [...] (U) Ref A requested input from the field regarding the global section of the QDDR. Mission Nigeria's answers pegged to Ref A para 4 follow: A) TO WHAT DEGREE WILL/CAN TECHNOLOGY EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, OR CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE HOST COUNTRY, TO EXERCISE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE? In t [...] | 2009-12-03 18:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI EAID ECON |
09ABUJA2218 | NIGERIA CELEBRATES WORLD AIDS DAY WITH FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS [...] (SBU) Nigeria commemorated World AIDS Day on December 1 with a symposium on bridging the gap between the current coverage of 11 percent and its target of achieving 80 percent in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Nigeria has a 4.6 percent HIV/AIDS prevalence rate. It has [...] | 2009-12-08 06:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
09ABUJA222 | NIGERIA: GOVERNORS PROMISE TO KEEP THEIR STATES POLIO-FREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sustained engagement by the Ambassador and other senior staff has yielded positive results in the battle to eradicate polio in Nigeria. The Ambassador's advocacy with Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki has led the Governor's Forum to give polio eradication a priority and to eng [...] | 2009-02-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
09ABUJA2332 | NIGERIA'S KATSINA STATE HAS POSITIVE VENEER THAT [...] (C) Katsina, the home state of President Umara Yar'Adua in Northern Nigeria, provides a positive, initial impression to visitors -- with the state's emphasis on infrastructure development, particularly in the education and health sectors. Interlocutors from the government, ruling People's Dem [...] | 2009-12-24 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM NI |
09ABUJA448 | NIGERIA: USG-GON RAPID RESPONSE STEMS ACUTE RENAL FAILURE [...] (SBU): SUMMARY: Following reports of an unusually high number of cases of acute renal failure (ARF) among Nigerian children between November 2008 and January 2009, the USG dispatched a team of experts which assisted with conducting epidemiological investigations, developing and launching an e [...] | 2009-03-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID KIPR ECON SOCI ETRD NI |
09ABUJA600 | NIGERIA'S NON-MILITARY SECURITY CHALLENGES AND [...] (U) The following is U.S. Mission Nigeria's collective response to questions posed in reftel regarding the assessment of law enforcement and judicial training needs of the non-military security apparatus of the Government of Nigeria (GON). Given the poor performance of Nigeria,s top anti-graf [...] | 2009-04-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR KCOR KTIP KJUS KTFN KIPR |
09ABUJA618 | NIGERIA USES WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY TO BRING FOCUS TO THE [...] (U) Post provides the following response per reftel request. 2. (U) Summary: In commemoration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) held a press conference on March 24, 2009 and briefed the media on Nigeria's TB challenges, efforts underway to combat [...] | 2009-04-14 16:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID AMED SOCI KPAO NI |
09ABUJA890 | NIGERIA: TWO NORTHERN MUSLIM VIEWS ON SHARI'A'S [...] (C) Summary: Visiting State Department Nigeria Desk Officer traveled with PolOff and PolSpecialist to Kano, Zaria, and Kaduna on May 10-13. During several meetings with academics, politicians, and civil society leaders, they discussed the impact of Shari'a law in Nigeria. Barrister Muzzamil [...] | 2009-05-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF KWMN SOCI PINR PHUM PREL KISL NI |
09ABUJA926 | NIGERIA SIGNS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH GE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador joined General Electric (GE) Vice President John Rice at the State House on May 26, 2009 for a 30-minute courtesy call with President Yar'Adua and to witness the signing of a landmark Country-to-Company Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)agreement between the government [...] | 2009-05-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG ELTN EAIR ETRD SOCI TPHY NI |
09ACCRA131 | ACCRA RESPONSE: ASSESSMENT ON THE NEED FOR LAW [...] (C) Ghana's law enforcement and judicial sectors have a wide range of training needs, from basic criminal investigation to intelligence and surveillance techniques. In September 2008 post hosted a State/INL interagency team which assessed to Ghana's counter-narcotics capabilities. The Mission's res [...] | 2009-02-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ASEC KCRM SNAR GH |
09ACCRA144 | GHANAQS 2009 UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following updated information on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor ("WFCL") in Ghana. POC for this report is Paul Stevenson (StevensonPW@state.gov). A) Laws and regulations proscribing the WFCL --------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-02-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB ECON GH |
09ACCRA525 | GOVERNMENT OF GHANA INCREASES RHETORIC ABOUT CHILD [...] (U) The GoG has increased its rhetoric about eliminating child prostitution, and the new Chief Executive of Accra (also called the Mayor) has pledged to demolish Soldier Bar, a brothel known to have employed children, within the next two weeks. He sees the issue as part of overall economic and [...] | 2009-06-05 10:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM SOCI KTIP XA XY NI TO IV GH |
09ACCRA574 | CHILDREN WORKING ON COCOA FARMS IS DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Removing children as workers on Ghanaian cocoa farms encompasses a number of social and economic issues more far ranging than simply that of child labor. While few would disagree with the premise of improving access to basic education, encouraging children to attend school rather [...] | 2009-06-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAGR PHUM SOCI XA XY IV GH |
09ACCRA964 | DEMARCHE ON CHILD LABOR GOODS [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the information to the Minister of Women and Children's Affairs and the Minister of Employment [...] | 2009-09-16 16:10:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI |
09ADANA79 | TURKEY: BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES IN GAZIANTEP, ADANA AND MERSIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Douglas Silliman, accompanied by Adana PO and DPO, held three business roundtables in Gaziantep, Adana and Mersin to discuss President Obama's Cairo speech and the upcoming Summit on Entrepreneurship. During the roundtables, business leaders from Gaziantep, with their can [...] | 2009-12-23 13:26:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI TU |
09ADDISABABA2072 | ETHIOPIA'S ECONOMY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE URBAN [...] (SBU) The rising cost of fuel and imported goods, as well as the power shortages that have plagued Addis Ababa for several months, are having a sharply negative impact on families and livelihoods of the urban poor. Over a two-week period, EconOff visited several of Addis Ababa's poorest neigh [...] | 2009-08-26 07:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM ELAB PGOV ET |
09ADDISABABA2096 | CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN ETHIOPIA REACHES ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Since the emergence of initial reports of cholera cases within Addis Ababa around August 10 the number of cases has risen sharply. As of August 26, 2,592 cases and four deaths were reported in Addis Ababa to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The number of cases continues to increase, althou [...] | 2009-08-31 13:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO CASC SOCI KHIV ET |
09ADDISABABA97 | ETHIOPIA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Per reftel, this cable provides information on the child labor and the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia and the Government of Ethiopia's (GOE's) efforts to address these problems for the period March 2008 to present. A. Laws and Regulations ----------------------- 2. Ethiopia's co [...] | 2009-01-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET |
09AITTAIPEI1468 | CONTROVERSIAL COMPUTER-ANIMATED NEWS SERVICE LAUNCHED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taiwan's mass-circulation "Apple Daily" newspaper has come under fire following the launch of its computer-generated graphic motion news service in mid-November. The sensational and make-believe content and graphic animation have been criticized more for depicting violence and [...] | 2009-12-11 11:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO TW |
09AITTAIPEI457 | LEVERAGING U.S.-TAIWAN GLOBAL ISSUES COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. As advanced-economy democracies, the U.S. and Taiwan already cooperate closely on a broad range of global issues. In addition to the many benefits inherent in our bilateral cooperation, the expansion of cross-Strait ties (septel) gives us new options for reinforcing U.S. global i [...] | 2009-04-15 02:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SOCI EAID TW CH |
09ALGIERS1085 | ALGERIA CANDIDATES, PD STRATEGY FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] Embassy submits the following candidates for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: Issad Rebrab - Conglomerate Magnate ----------------------------------- Rebrab is one of Algeria's industrial titans. Born in 1944 near Tizi Ouzou, the largest city in the Berber area of Northern Alger [...] | 2009-12-07 15:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI AG |
09ALGIERS158 | ALGERIA: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] (C) As Algeria is in the process of implementing an ambitious 2006-2010 increase in its police forces, Embassy Algiers' Mission Strategic Plan reflects priorities and associated training aimed at boosting ourlD J"QQQEQY7W&rganized crime cooperation with law enforcement entities. Such non-mili [...] | 2009-02-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC |
09ALGIERS247 | PROMISES, PROMISES: BOUTEFLIKA BETWEEN CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A week before the official start of the 2009 presidential campaign, President Bouteflika and his government have already chalked up a sizable list of promises and largesse -- a list that exceeds traditional levels of election-year munificence. In addition to a USD 150-million d [...] | 2009-03-11 17:09:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ECON AG |
09ALGIERS252 | FOR THE DISENCHANTED, A FACEBOOK PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the lack of political space in Algeria's real society, some young Algerians are going online, creating an informal political party and engaging on Facebook with someone they believe to be President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Bouteflika's campaign workers tell us "Facebook [...] | 2009-03-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO SOCI AG |
09ALGIERS274 | ISLAMOFASHION: VEILED BODY, VEILED MIND? [...] SUMMARY: Less than a decade after a bloody civil war fought to keep Islamic extremists at bay, more Algerian women than ever are wearing the hidjab (veil or headscarf). The phenomenon is only partly due to religion, as the hidjab has become both a social trend as well as a tool Algerian women [...] | 2009-03-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KISL PGOV AG |
09ALGIERS349 | 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: The absence of reliable statistics makes it difficult to assess the extent of child labor in Algeria, especially the worst forms of child labor. The Algerian government did not update existing legislation concerning child labor during the past year. In January 2009, however, the Alg [...] | 2009-04-08 09:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AG |
09ALGIERS447 | THE RESILIENT CHRISTIANS OF TAMANRASSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Some 2000 kilometers south of Algiers in the heart of the Sahara, a small group of Catholics continue to hold small, discreet services, despite the restrictions local officials have placed on their activities. Each week, 20-30 Christians attend services in a tiny sand and mud chur [...] | 2009-05-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI PINR KISL AG |
09ALGIERS492 | DESPERATELY LOOKING NORTH: THE MIGRANTS OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The cities of Tamanrasset and Djanet in the Algerian south have become extended transit hubs for thousands of illegal migrants from sub Saharan Africa who are looking north to seek opportunity. With 130,000 residents, Tamanrasset is the largest population center in southern Alger [...] | 2009-05-20 18:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PINR PINS SOCI ML NG AG |
09ALGIERS543 | ALGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 17:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KISL SOCI AG |
09ALGIERS66 | ISLAMOFEMINISM: FINDING A FEMINIST AUDIENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recent American Bar Association (ABA) seminars on sharia law held in Algiers and Oran featured lectures using the theological tenets of Islam to support arguments in favor of gender equality. The lectures, by Islamic feminist scholar and Richmond University law professor Ha [...] | 2009-01-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN KISL SOCI SCUL AG |
09ALGIERS717 | ALGERIA: ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING PRESIDENT'S CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President's June 4 speech in Cairo was closely watched by a generally receptive Algerian public, as was his July speech in Ghana. Our Algerian contacts appreciated the President's effort at Muslim outreach -- epitomized by opening the speech with "assalaamu alaykum" -- and [...] | 2009-07-28 17:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OEXC ECON EINV SCUL SENV SOCI TSPL KISL |
09AMMAN1157 | USG ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKSHOP IN AMMAN LEADS NATIONS TO [...] (U) The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),the Department of Justice's Office of International Assistance (OIA),and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) recently delivered in Amman the workshop "Addressing the Challenges of Corruption" to explore and discuss method [...] | 2009-05-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PGOV PINS SOCI SNAR XF |
09AMMAN1202 | JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 1: LOYALTY, [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Jordan's social contract is based on tribes pledging loyalty to the King in exchange for access to the resources of the state. The tribes exercise influence through both national po [...] | 2009-05-27 06:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KPAL KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1203 | JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 2: SHEIKHS [...] Summary: This cable is the second of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Sheikhs are the backbone of the tribal community, acting as informal mediators, employment agencies, moral guides, and the state's eyes and ears in the community. Sheikhs rise to leade [...] | 2009-05-27 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KDEM KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1318 | JORDAN: TEN HONOR KILLINGS TO DATE IN 2009; [...] (S) Summary: Recent honor killings continue to spark efforts to end the practice and adequately prosecute perpetrators. Outraged by the recent killings, the King has stated he will push for legislative changes to strengthen judicial sentencing. A new book on honor crimes raises awareness on [...] | 2009-06-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL KWMN SOCI JO |
09AMMAN137 | DELAYED END OF RENT CONTROL HIGHLIGHTS HOUSING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government is currently drafting amendments to the Tenants and Landlord Law which was set to end Jordan's de facto rent control as of December 31, 2010, by cancelling and requiring the renegotiation of all rental contracts. The amendments, which are backed by the King and PM [...] | 2009-01-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1509 | JORDANIAN LEADERS REVEAL DIVISIONS ON HONOR CRIMES [...] (S/NF) Summary: The issue of honor crimes was a central theme in the parallel visits of Codel Schiff and a Nodel of Congressional staffers sponsored by the MFA in late June. King Abdullah noted his deep concern with the issue, but blamed poor leadership in the judiciary for lack of action. F [...] | 2009-07-06 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KWMN KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1558 | HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN: THE TRIBAL PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tribal leaders have a unique perspective on the issue of honor crimes in Jordan. In their role as mediators of community disputes and exemplars of morality, sheikhs frequently prevent domestic squabbles from escalating into honor crimes. The tribal leaders we talked to criti [...] | 2009-07-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1664 | USG AML WORKSHOP FOR JUDGES IN AMMAN RAISES AWARENESS OF [...] (U) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently delivered four, two-day workshops in Amman on "Adjudicating Money Laundering and Related Financial Crime Cases" to 86 Jordani [...] | 2009-07-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1676 | EMBASSY AMMAN'S FOLLOW UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in refs D and E, the President's June 4 speech in Cairo was generally well received in Jordan. Most Jordanian audiences focused on language related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but they nevertheless expect and look for increased engagement stemming from the [...] | 2009-07-27 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1689 | JORDANIAN SOCCER GAME HALTED AMIDST ANTI-REGIME [...] (S) Summary: Anti-Palestinian hooliganism and slogans denigrating the Palestinian origins of both the Queen and the Crown Prince led to the cancellation of a July 17 soccer game between the rival Faisali and Wahdat clubs, who traditionally represent the East Banker and Palestinian communities, resp [...] | 2009-07-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KDEM SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1746 | JORDAN: GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT TORTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian government, with assistance from several European donors, has embarked on an extensive reform program designed to root out torture in the prison system. The reform plans are impressive and include a wide range of initiatives including placement of the prison system [...] | 2009-08-03 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CACS KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1867 | Boycott Planned to Protest Rising Meat Prices; GOJ Takes [...] (SBU) The private Jordanian Consumer Protection Society (JCPS) has called for a week-long national boycott of the purchase and consumption of red meat in protest of what it described as the "unjustified rise in red meat prices." Historically, food prices in Jordan rise during the run-up to th [...] | 2009-08-19 04:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1886 | JORDAN: OFFICIALS WARN JOURNALISTS AGAINST RUMORS [...] (SBU) In recent days and in the wake of King Abdullah's August 4 speech against rumor-mongering (reftel A),two top Jordanian officials have publicly called on journalists to stop reporting on potentially divisive issues. On August 13, PM Nader Al-Dahabi warned chief editors of Jordanian daili [...] | 2009-08-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM KPAL JO |
09AMMAN189 | 2008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has taken some positive steps recently to combat child labor, including the development of a national strategy to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A number of existing laws seek to prevent child labor and provide punishments for those who ex [...] | 2009-01-22 09:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID JO |
09AMMAN1896 | TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN AJLOUN SPARKS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: The murder of a man by a rival tribesman led to a series of riots in the northern city of Ajloun on August 21 and 22 after efforts by tribal leaders to mediate a compensation agreement failed. The violence prompted security forces to establish a cordon around Ajloun and the Int [...] | 2009-08-24 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1943 | USG WORKSHOP FOR MILITARY JUDGES PROMOTES PROSECUTING AND [...] (U) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently delivered two, two-day workshops in Amman on "Prosecuting and Adjudicating Terrorism Finance Cases" to 38 Jordanian State Sec [...] | 2009-08-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1985 | JORDAN'S CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DROPS; CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (U) The consumer price index (CPI) in Jordan dropped 0.1% over the first seven months of 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008, according to Jordan's Department of Statistics (DOS). The DOS figures show that the drop in CPI for the first seven months of 2009 is due to a drop in prices [...] | 2009-09-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2018 | JORDAN: POST FIGHTS FOR BAHA'I BIRTH CERTIFICATE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The approximately 1,000 Baha'i in Jordan face several forms of official discrimination, including the non-recognition of their faith and assembly, inability to register schools and places of worship, and difficulties in obtaining official documentation. One of the Baha'is immed [...] | 2009-09-03 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2141 | A New Strategy to Curb Rising Food Prices: GOJ to Enter [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ has announced a three-part strategy to confront increasing commodity prices: amending laws, directly entering the market with a government trading company, and a public awareness campaign on curtailing consumption. Commodity traders were skeptical that the GOJ strategy [...] | 2009-09-17 04:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAGR SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2351 | JORDAN: KING'S INTERVIEW WITH HAARETZ DRAWS [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's October 6 interview with the Israeli Haaretz daily has drawn praise in Jordan. Public commentary focused on the substance of the King's remarks and, in particular, on his pointed call for Israel to stop unilateral actions in Jerusalem that threaten to destabilize [...] | 2009-10-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2404 | JORDAN: NSC DELEGATION DISCUSSES CAIRO INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) A five-member delegation led by NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy visited Jordan from October 6-9 to discuss initiatives laid out in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. The delegation also included representatives from the Secretary's Policy Planning Staf [...] | 2009-11-01 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2451 | JORDAN: RIOTS IN EAST AMMAN HIGHLIGHT LARGER [...] (S) Summary: Riots broke out in the Haj Al Tafaileh neighborhood on November 8 upon the death of Saddam Sa'ud, who died as a result of injuries sustained during a beating while he was in police custody. The Public Security Department (PSD) announced that two police officers have been arreste [...] | 2009-11-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2490 | JORDAN: TRIBAL CLASHES WITH POLICE ERUPT IN MA'AN [...] (C) Summary: In response to the death of a local resident due to police abuse, rioters fired upon policemen and set ablaze police property in the East Bank tribal town of Ma'an on November 14. Ma'an is viewed as a bellwether for East Bank opinion and has a history of riots in protest of gover [...] | 2009-11-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2492 | JORDAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ELECTIONS BRING [...] (U) Summary: Jordan held its first elections for chambers of commerce since 1998 in early October, choosing board members for 17 commerce organizations: 16 local chambers and the nationwide Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC). The results swept activist members into the Amman Chamber of Commerc [...] | 2009-11-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI KDEM PINR JO |
09AMMAN2517 | JORDAN: USAID Global Engagement Follow-up [...] This cable is the fourth of four cables following up on the October visit to Amman of NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy. It outlines aspects of Embassy Amman's efforts to advance goals emphasized in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. 2. USAID/Jordan is activ [...] | 2009-11-18 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM ECON SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2523 | JORDAN: CONTROVERSIAL RELIGIOUS SIGNS APPEAR ON AMMAN'S [...] (U) Controversial religious signs with statements, such as "know that you will die", "headscarf or suffer" and "never look at women," have appeared throughout Amman during Autumn 2009. The signs are posted in areas with heavy traffic and can be found on electricity poles, traffic lights, and [...] | 2009-11-19 13:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2559 | THE APPLE HILL STRING QUARTET RETURNS TO JORDAN AND REACHES [...] SUMMARY: PAS Amman hosted the award-winning ensemble, the Apple Hill String Quartet, in a series of concerts, performances, and musical workshops in Aqaba, Ma'an and Amman, engaging a diverse audience of more than 1,000 with their inspiring renditions of classical and contemporary chamber musi [...] | 2009-11-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO JO XF XI OEXC OIIP SOCI |
09AMMAN2768 | Controversial Landlord and Tenants Law Comes into Force; [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Landlord and Tenants Law came into effect on December 1 which will increase landlord rights and establish a mechanism with which to base future increases in rents. The law also includes termination dates for old leases. Critics expect the new law to hit hardest lower-inc [...] | 2009-12-22 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI AMGT ABLD JO |
09AMMAN471 | ANOTHER LENIENT SENTENCE FOR "HONOR" CRIME IN [...] (U) A three judge panel at the Criminal Court sentenced a 19-year-old man on January 28 to six months in prison for killing his sister for walking alone at night with a male Syrian acquaintance. The man was immediately released as he had already served over six months. The court amended premed [...] | 2009-02-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI JO |
09AMMAN977 | IRAQI REFUGEES IN JORDAN TALK REPATRIATION - [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers attended a focus group of Iraqi refugees in Jordan organized by an international NGO on the topic of repatriation. The Iraqis acknowledged that security in Iraq was improving, and most expressed the desire to return to Iraq in the future. However, attendees una [...] | 2009-04-29 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SOCI PREL IZ JO |
09ANKARA1093 | Iranian Applicants Intimidated Yet Hopeful [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This week's visa applicants representing a spectrum of Iranian society updated CONOFF regarding the unrest in Iran. In line with earlier reporting from Ankara, all expressed shock that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the election and expressed hope that the situation in Iran would chan [...] | 2009-07-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA1185 | Iran Election Outrage Muted For Time Being [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A broad range of Iranian visa applicants interviewed in the past two weeks expressed that the public unrest in Iran has calmed, but hope outrage over the recent election in the long run will force Mahmoud Ahmadinejad out of office. As one Armenian middle aged couple stated, "thi [...] | 2009-08-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA119 | TURKEY: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] Turkey continues its efforts to eliminate all forms of child labor, with a special emphasis on eliminating all instances of worst forms of child labor, to include increasing access to basic and vocational education to improve the prospects of children currently working, and withdrawing them f [...] | 2009-01-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUS SOCI USAID TU |
09ANKARA1370 | IRANIAN ELECTION PROTESTER'S TORTURE ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. CONOFF spoke with Ebrahim Sharifi (please strictly protect) on Thursday September 17 concerning his involvement in Iran,s recent election and post election activities as well as his detainment, torture, and sodomy by government authorities. Sharifi discussed his efforts to expose [...] | 2009-09-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA1520 | IRAN ASYLUM SEEKER ALLEGES TORTURE AND SIGNS OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On Monday October 19th, CONOFF and LEGATT interviewed Ebrahim Ali MEHTARI (strictly protect),an Iranian asylum seeker in Ankara, regarding MEHTARI's claims that he saw writing by Robert LEVINSON at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) detention center during MEHTARI' [...] | 2009-10-21 12:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SOCI TU |
09ANKARA1560 | Major Iranian Protest Expected Next Wednesday [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This week a variety of immigrant (IV) and non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants told CONOFF that major national student-led protests are planned for Wednesday, November 4. It is unclear who the leaders of the protests are, but participants plan to use "student's day" as a cover t [...] | 2009-10-27 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA1695 | TURKEY: RESPONSE FOR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE [...] (U) This cable responds to the information request in reftel. This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in the host country, to exercise a more active role in public life? Are hos [...] | 2009-11-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL SOCI TU |
09ANKARA1733 | TURKEY'S F-TYPE PRISONS: MOVING AWAY FROM "MIDNIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent Embassy visit to one of Turkey's high-security "F-type" prisons found a clean, modern facility housing inmates who appeared to be well-fed, well-behaved, and well-treated. The prisoners, incarcerated for crimes related to terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking [...] | 2009-12-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER SNAR SOCI TU |
09ANKARA1744 | Iran Student's Day Protest Feedback [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Tuesday December 8th, CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants regarding the December 7th "Student's Day" protest in Iran. The protests were described as better organized and larger than the November 4th demonstrations. Reactions to the present political c [...] | 2009-12-08 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA1753 | Iran Students Vow Protest Will Continue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Wednesday December 9, CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants regarding the Monday, December 7 and Tuesday, December 8 protests in Iran. According to applicant reports, students vowed to continue their protests until the dean of Tehran University, a hard- [...] | 2009-12-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA1847 | Iranians Unchanged By Ashura Protest [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFFs surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants following the Sunday, December 27, 2009 Ashura protests in Iran. None of the applicants participated in the protests nor did any have contact with protest participants. Most applicants were sk [...] | 2009-12-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA226 | ELDERLY AMERICAN SMUGGLED OUT OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary: American citizen Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi appeared in the Ankara Consular section around noon on January 9, 2009. Mr. Vahedi, age 75, told Conoff he had paid smugglers $7500 to take him across the Iranian/Turkish border after having been held against his will in Iran for seven month [...] | 2009-02-11 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SNAR SOCI IR |
09ANKARA238 | ANTI-REGIMC O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000238 [...] (C) Summary: In mid January CONOFF interviewed XXXXXXXXXXXX, an anti-regime constitutional monarchist, for an immigrant visa. Soltani was repeatedly jailed and released by the Government of Iran for subversive activities and narrowly escaped re-imprisonment prior to his visa interview. XXXX [...] | 2009-02-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI TR |
09ANKARA365 | "BLONDE BRIDE" DOCUMENTARY STIRS PUBLIC OUTCRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish-Armenian community, Turkish Historical Foundation, the national teachers' union, human rights activists, and liberal journalists have condemned the distribution of a documentary film on the events of 1915 to Turkish primary schools; the father of one student is suing [...] | 2009-03-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI AM TU |
09ANKARA521 | Religious Minorities in Iran: From the Privately Content [...] (SBU) Summary: In a continuation of Embassy Ankara's vignette reporting based on interesting insights from Iranian visa applicants, we interviewed a number Iranians recently from various religious minorities in Iran, including from the Jewish, Armenian, Baha'i and Zoroastrian communities, as [...] | 2009-04-08 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANTANANARIVO142 | CHINESE MALARIAL RESEARCH IN MADAGASCAR AND [...] (U) Summary: Chinese researchers have targeted several small islands: Nosy Be, Madagascar and Moheli, Comoros, to conduct drug trials of a new treatment with the hopes of eradicating malaria. Because malaria is among the top three causes of death and disease, especially among young children, [...] | 2009-03-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO EAID CN MA |
09ANTANANARIVO73 | MADAGASCAR: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] SUMMARY: The battle against child labor in Madagascar is being fought on several levels, with the GOM, civil society, and the international community working to coordinate policy, develop capacity, and get children out of work and into school. While the situation on the ground is still rather [...] | 2009-02-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MA |
09ANTANANARIVO76 | DISASTER DECLARATION - SIGNIFICANT DAMAGES AND POPULATION [...] This is an Action Cable. See Paragraphs 9 and 10 below. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Intense Tropical Cyclone Fanele, a category three tropical cyclone, hit a populated area on the west coast of Madagascar in the Morondava region on the morning of January 20, 2009 and headed westward [...] | 2009-02-03 11:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SENV SOCI MA |
09ANTANANARIVO775 | MADAGASCAR'S CRISIS TAKES A TOLL ON BASIC EDUCATION [...] The on-going political and economic crisis in Madagascar is taking a toll on the basic education system and prospects for continued gains in improving education for 4,400,000 primary school children. Available resources from the government and donors have diminished and parents are being expect [...] | 2009-11-13 09:28:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID SCUL MA |
09APIA7 | FIJI COUP 2009: A SAMOAN VIEW [...] Summary: Samoa, and those in Samoa, have a keen interest in Fiji, observing events there through a Polynesian prism-when a member of the Pacific family acts out, other family members can and should be the most critical, "outsiders'" criticisms are considered less valid (and perhaps also less v [...] | 2009-04-17 23:20:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI PINR WS |
09ASHGABAT1000 | TURKMENISTAN: INTRODUCING BAIL SYSTEM AS [...] (C) On August 6, poloff met with the OSCE Ashgabat Center's Human Dimension Officer Begona Pineiro Costas for a readout on a series of recent seminars on human rights standards in the field of criminal justice. The seminars, which took place consecutively in the four outlying provincial capit [...] | 2009-08-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1007 | TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev provided his commentary on the Turkmenistan section of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. While acknowledging that more needs to done to fight TIP, he took issue with the report's failure to recognize the [...] | 2009-08-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIP PHUM SOCI SCUL TX |
09ASHGABAT1010 | TURKMENISTAN: INL-FUNDED EQUIPMENT PRESENTED TO COUNTER [...] SUMMARY: On August 6, the Charge presented two light vehicles and twenty drug identification kits to the State Counter Narcotics Service of Turkmenistan. The donation was part of the ongoing INL counternarcotics project. SCNS officials praised our bilateral cooperation and expressed gratitu [...] | 2009-08-11 06:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM SOCI SNAR TX |
09ASHGABAT1016 | TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALIST REMAINS [...] (C) On August 11, Political Officer met with local environmentalist and social activist Andrey Zatoka to discuss his current situation and activities. Zatoka, who lives in Dashoguz, was in Ashgabat for a few days to assist at a training-for-trainers seminar organized by unregistered NGO "Civi [...] | 2009-08-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI SENV TX |
09ASHGABAT1018 | TURKMENISTAN: COMMANDER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A commander of a military Unit in Tejen Etrap (District) was reportedly arrested last week for drug smuggling. While the Defense Ministry was embarrassed by the case, officers from the same military unit commen [...] | 2009-08-13 03:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1024 | TURKMENISTAN: ONE GROUP'S GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO [...] (C) On August 11, Political Officer attended a training-for-trainers seminar organized by Natalya Shabunts and her NGO, "Civic Dignity." The two-day seminar, which was conducted in the living room of Shabunts' apartment located in a Soviet-era highrise, was led by Shabunts and involved eight [...] | 2009-08-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1030 | TURKMENISTAN: POST NONCONCURRENCE ON UPDATE OF [...] This is post's response to Ref A request for input regarding the inclusion of Turkmenistan on the Executive Order 13126 list of goods produced by child labor. Ref B provided post's findings on the issue of the use of child labor during the cotton harvest, which were compiled during the proce [...] | 2009-08-14 13:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1031 | TURKMENISTAN : PRESIDENT MIFFED AT UNAUTHORIZED CARWASH; [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the last weekend, a staff member of the Cabinet of Ministers made a working visit to the "Turkmenistan Airlines" National Civil Aviation Agency, whose activity he oversees in his Cabinet capacity. After [...] | 2009-08-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1036 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 14, Post conducted training for officers of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) on the use of recently donated narcotics field testing systems. The training included demonstrations of various [...] | 2009-08-17 11:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1048 | TURKMENISTAN: FOOD PRICES REMAIN HIGH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the government's attempts to reduce food prices, including short-lived price caps for meat, eggs and some other basic food staples, prices for basic food items have not changed since April and remained s [...] | 2009-08-19 03:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1049 | TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DENY EXIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOTX continues to create roadblocks for students traveling to Kyrgyzstan, including students of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA). The Minister of Education told parents and AUCA students on August 18 that the decision to not permit students to study in Turkmenis [...] | 2009-08-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1057 | TURKMENISTAN: WILL "ADALAT" CONTINUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On July 31, Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) newspaper published an article by Jumamyrat Achylov, Judge of Azatlyk Etrap (district) Court, reporting that two Ashgabat residents, Meylis Durdyev and Nurberdi Bayramov, bot [...] | 2009-08-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1065 | TURKMENISTAN: WOMEN PASTORS "NEED NOT APPLY" AS [...] (C) On August 22, Politcal Officer met with Word of Life Church Pastor, Elena Stryukova, and church member, Anna Joratova, to discuss the church's attempts to become registered. There are currently three Word of Life/River of Life church groups in Turkmenistan located in Ashgabat, Turkmenbash [...] | 2009-08-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1066 | TURKMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO EDUCATES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the past few years, an unregistered civic group in the town of Hazar, on the Caspian coast, has organized summer ecology camps for children from disadvantaged families. The group was unable to registe [...] | 2009-08-24 12:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM SOCI SENV TX |
09ASHGABAT1070 | AUCA STUDENTS AND PARENTS FACE INCREASED PRESSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmen authorities are ratcheting up pressure on the students of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA) and their parents. Several parents have either been fired or forced to resign after publicly questioning Ministry of Education (MOE) officials. Additionally, the [...] | 2009-08-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1074 | TURKMENISTAN RESPONDS TO LETTER FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Nor for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev called in DCM on August 26 to discuss a letter Representative Joseph Pitts had sent to President Berdimuhamedov on the topic of religious freedom in Turkmenistan. Hajiyev said that w [...] | 2009-08-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL TX |
09ASHGABAT1076 | OSCE SPONSORED TIP SEMINAR FOR TURKMEN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent OSCE-organized seminar on combating trafficking in persons (TIP),held in Ashgabat, brought together Turkmen officials and international experts for an overview of the TIP problem. Topics covered included the definition of TIP and the global scope of the problem, the r [...] | 2009-08-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PGOV SCUL SOCI OSCE TX |
09ASHGABAT1079 | TURKMENISTAN: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON BULGARIAN [...] (U) Action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Post has been working with the Department, ACCELS, American University in Central Asia (AUCA),and American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) to transfer the AUCA scholarship students, who have been blocked by the Turkmenistan government from stud [...] | 2009-08-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1106 | MINISTER OF EDUCATION UNHELPFUL ON STUDENTS EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 31, CDA Richard Miles met with Minister of Education, Gulshat Mammedova, to discuss the ongoing imbroglio with students attempting to study at the American University in Central Asia (AUCA). The Minister was unhelpful and stuck to the now tired excuses of trying to pr [...] | 2009-09-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1109 | HAZING PERSISTS IN THE TURKMEN ARMY [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Inherited from Soviet times, the practice of hazing still occurs widely in the Turkmen army. Recruits are usually hazed because of their ethnicity or tribal affiliation. As it can involve violations of human [...] | 2009-09-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MCAP KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT111 | TURKMENISTAN: EBRD EXPLAINS WHAT IS WRONG WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office Head, Neil McKain (please strictly protect),explained barriers in the domestic lending industry, such as bureaucracy and loan terms that are unprofitable for banks and untenable for borrowers. By offering [...] | 2009-01-23 07:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON EIND SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1111 | TURKMENISTAN: A WOULD-BE EDUCATION NGO FORCED TO OPERATE AS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 27, the Director of "Soltan Dag" Educational Center briefed Embassy Political Assistant on the activities and background of the organization. Soltan Dag provides foreign language and computer literac [...] | 2009-09-02 07:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM SOCI SCUL TSPL TX |
09ASHGABAT1116 | UPDATE ON INTERNET ACCESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the first half of 2009, Internet access in Turkmenistan increased significantly, along with the number of Internet subscribers. Government-owned Turkmen Telecom remains the main provider of Internet service t [...] | 2009-09-02 12:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PGOV ECPS ECON SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1120 | TURKMENISTAN: "MAYBE" ON STUDENT EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev met with the Charge on September 3 to offer a response to Assistant Secretary Blake's letter regarding recipients of USG scholarships, who have been blocked from leaving the country. Hajiyev explained this all came about because Turkmenistan w [...] | 2009-09-03 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1123 | TURKMENISTAN: CHEMICALS SHIPMENT SNAFU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A shipment of chemicals that arrived in February under the auspices of Post's INL- funded DOJ/ICITAP project with the Ministry of Interior (MVD) has finally reached its destination at the Interior Ministry's Cr [...] | 2009-09-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1128 | TURKMENISTAN: A DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to its deputy chairman, one of the primary roles of Turkmenistan's Council on Religious Affairs (CRA) is to explain legal requirements related to religious activity, especially the registration process. The revision of the current law on religion, adopted in 2003, is [...] | 2009-09-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1143 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC EVALUATED IMAMNAZAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 4, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Chief of Mission Ercan Saka hosted an evaluation meeting for its Strengthening Turkmen- Afghan Border project, particularly construction of Imamnazar border crossing che [...] | 2009-09-09 12:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1146 | TURKMEN GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS ON STUDY ABROAD [...] (C) At the September 8 Tajik Independence Day reception, diplomats from other embassies commented that the Turkmen government had blocked Turkmen students from leaving Turkmenistan for studies in their countries. The German Charge d'Affaires noted that four of eight students that had been aw [...] | 2009-09-09 13:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1147 | TURKMENISTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...] | 2009-09-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX |
09ASHGABAT1148 | TURKMENISTAN: KYRGYZ AMBASSADOR ON DENIAL OF EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...] | 2009-09-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX |
09ASHGABAT1149 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GOODS PRODUCED BY FORCED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1161 | TURKMEN PRESIDENT PARDONS 1,284 PRISONERS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the recent session of Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, on the occasion of holy "Gadyr Gijesi" (Night of Omnipotence) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on the pardoning of prisoners. [...] | 2009-09-11 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1188 | WILL BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S "NEW REVIVAL" PUSH [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Niyazov era was characterized by the official "Golden Age" ideology, whereby Niyazov promoted himself as the "Father of Turkmen Nation." His long deceased parents and brothers were recruited to become role models [...] | 2009-09-17 10:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1194 | IS RFE/RL LOSING ITS TURKMEN AUDIENCE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: RFE/RL journalists continue to work despite ongoing government harassment. An Ashgabat-based reporter thinks the Prague-based staff is under pressure from the Turkmen security service to moderate its reporting. As a result, the reporting has weakened, and RFE/RL is losing its [...] | 2009-09-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL KDEM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1203 | TURKMENISTAN: ENTREPRENEURSHIP ALIVE AND WELL IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mary province appears to contain a thriving small business sector, and many local residents have taken advantage of the post-Soviet era regulations allowing private ownership to build or make improvements to their homes and businesses. They are interested in studying business, ma [...] | 2009-09-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1208 | TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS GROUP INELIGIBLE TO [...] (C) On September 20, poloff met with Turkmenbashi-based Pastor Timur Muradov of the unregistered Word of Life Church. He was in Ashgabat prior to heading off the next day to a church conference in Moscow. Muradov's group had submitted an application for registration to the Council on Religio [...] | 2009-09-24 05:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1209 | TURKMENISTAN: INL COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS EXTEND TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the invitation of Department's INL Bureau, Post hosted the visit of Travis Birney of DEA's International Training Division from 14-18 September. The visit was arranged to prepare for two one-week Basic Drug E [...] | 2009-09-24 09:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1225 | COUNTERFEIT TURKMEN CURRENCY DISCOVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Quantities of counterfeit Turkmen currency, the "manat," reportedly have been printed in the past few months and are circulating in the country. Warnings were distributed in government agencies to check the genui [...] | 2009-09-28 07:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1228 | AUCA STUDENTS WAITING AND WORRYING IN TURKMENABAT [...] (C) On September 22, poloff met informally with six American University of Central Asia (AUCA) students during a drop-in visit to the American Corner in Turkmenabat, the capital of Lebap Province in eastern Turkmenistan. The students were recipients of scholarships from the Open Society Insti [...] | 2009-09-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1229 | TURKMENISTAN: REF/RL JOURNALIST'S FAMILY [...] (C) On September 23, poloff met with RFE/RL journalist Osman Hallyev at his home about 15 miles outside of Turkmenabat in eastern Lebap Province. Hallyev said he had faced no new pressure from the authorities since March, the only incident occurring during a visit to Turkmenabat by President [...] | 2009-09-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI PREF TX |
09ASHGABAT1232 | TURKMENISTAN'S MUFTI REPLACED; IMAMS RESHUFFLED [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On September 26, Turkmenistan's Mufti since 2004, Rowshen Allaberdiyev, was relieved of his positions as the nation's Mufti and as the Chief Imam of the largest mosque in Turkmenistan, following a resolution by the Coun [...] | 2009-09-29 03:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1258 | TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC LOSING PATIENCE WITH FREQUENT ROAD [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Road closures in Ashgabat to provide security for the president and his VIP foreign guests have become a frequent practice. While VIP visitors no doubt appreciate the gesture, locals are becoming increasingly [...] | 2009-10-02 09:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1269 | TURKMENISTAN: MODERN HEALTH FACILITIES LACK DOCTORS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two months ago, the Turkmen government commissioned two major medical hospitals in Ashgabat, but the facilities remain closed due to a shortage of qualified medical personnel to staff the hospitals. The serious [...] | 2009-10-05 11:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO TSPL SOCI EIND TX |
09ASHGABAT1271 | TURKMENISTAN: A VISIT WITH A DASHOGUZ DEPUTY HAKIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28, 2009 PAO met with a Dashoguz province Deputy Hakim (Deputy Governor) Gurbanjemal Atabayeva during a regional visit. The meeting was initially cold and reserved until talk turned to the recent visit by US Fulbright Scholar Melda Yildiz. Atabayeva expressed a des [...] | 2009-10-07 03:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1274 | TURKMENISTAN: UNDP AND EU LAUNCH SWEEPING HUMAN [...] (SBU) On October 2, the Turkmen government's Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) hosted the opening ceremony for the joint EU, UNDP and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) project "Strengthening the national capacity of Turkmenistan to promote and protect hum [...] | 2009-10-08 09:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KDEM EUN UNDP UNHRC TX |
09ASHGABAT1280 | U.S. EDUCATORS DISCOVER REALITY OF TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nine professors and professional educators from different institutions of higher learning in the United States attended the International Education Conference held in Turkmenistan during September 8-10. Several met with Turkmen governmental officials or spoke with their counte [...] | 2009-10-09 03:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1281 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CRITIC FEELS THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of criticizing the Turkmen government in interviews on RFE/RL and through writings distributed on the Internet, a former lawyer and deputy school director is feeling the consequences of official displeasure. He recently lost his job and his son was barred from leavi [...] | 2009-10-09 09:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1282 | TURKMENISTAN: RECENT DRUG CRIME REPORTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 18th, the Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) reported that a 40-year old, unemployed resident of Ak Bugday village in Ahal Province, Gurbanberdi Charyev, had been arrested by State Counter- Narcotics Service (S [...] | 2009-10-09 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1294 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT INDIFFERENCE IMPEDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen people are making ends meet by creativity in business and supporting family within the tribal system, but with little help from their government. The EU TACIS Program Advisor in Turkmenistan said that traditional assistance programs allow the government to take a cut o [...] | 2009-10-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1301 | TURKMENISTAN: AN APPARENT DECREASE IN THEFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Theft is the second most common type of crime in Turkmenistan, drug crime being the most common. Although former President Niyazov sentenced many criminals, including the heads of criminal networks, to death [...] | 2009-10-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1308 | TURKMENISTAN'S TRIBES INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen tribes Yomut and Tekke, although, rivals in the past, were promoters of common Turkmen identity, national unity, and nationhood in the early 20th century. Former president Niyazov balanced the tribes in his "d [...] | 2009-10-15 10:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT1329 | TURKMENISTAN: RESPIRATORY ILLNESS APPEARS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy local staff and Embassy contacts are talking about the large numbers of students who are sick this third week of October, with what they are calling the flu. Some have said that this is just the annual flu season, brought on by the changing weather and the temperature diff [...] | 2009-10-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT1352 | TURKMENISTAN: HOSPITALS SWAMPED WITH SICK CHILDREN [...] (C) Post's Foreign Service Health Practitioner and locally employed medical officer received more information on 23 October about the spread of upper respiratory illnesses in schoolchildren in Turkmenistan. Doctors at the Turkish-run Central Hospital, considered the country's best health faci [...] | 2009-10-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT1354 | GOTX RATCHETS UP PRESSURE OF TASP STUDENTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past two days, several students from the Turkmen American Scholarship Program (TASP) have reported increased pressure from the GOTX. The students, after being denied exit first to the American University in Central Asia (AUCA) and then to the American University in Bulga [...] | 2009-10-23 14:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1370 | TURKMENISTAN: FLU SPREADING TO ADULTS [...] (C) The flu that was affecting mostly children throughout Turkmenistan the week of October 19-23 (reftel) has spread to adults as well, as of October 26. Local employees at Post report that large numbers of people (some reports say as many as 50%) in Dashoguz province in northern Turkmenistan [...] | 2009-10-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT1371 | TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATION LAGGING IN MATH AND SCIENCES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The former Turkmen president's education policies resulted in poor quality secondary schools and insufficient professional education. The current president has reinstated the final year of secondary school and spent m [...] | 2009-10-29 03:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TSPL TX |
09ASHGABAT1384 | TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Six law enforcement officers graduating from Post's INL-funded English Language training (ELT) courses gave presentations on various subjects in English on October 19 before their classmates, language instructors, [...] | 2009-10-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT139 | ECONOMIST DESCRIBES BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROJECT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Fulbright alumna said that 70 current and aspiring entrepreneurs are taking part in her business incubator project, which offers classes in basic entrepreneurship and English. Alumni of U.S. programs such as Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX),International Visitor Progra [...] | 2009-01-29 07:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1390 | TURKMENISTAN: INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLDS LITTLE JOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Independence Day holiday in Turkmenistan lasted from October 26-28 and included concerts, fireworks, and a massive parade. As part ofthe festivities, government workers were required to attend the events, which seemed to sap the excitement and happiness out of the holiday. No [...] | 2009-10-30 11:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1391 | TURKMENISTAN: REPORTS OF DEATHS CAUSED BY FLU [...] (SBU) Cases of the flu, probably H1N1, are still widespread in Turkmenistan and Embassy local employees have heard about several deaths. A lawyer from the local government of the area where many embassy employees live, who was reportedly around 30 years old, died the last week in October. In [...] | 2009-10-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1398 | TURKMENISTAN: "THE SANDPIT GENERALS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, President Berdimuhamedov conferred the rank of the Major General (MajGen) to the Minister of Defense (MOD) and the Chief of the State Border Service (SBS). S [...] | 2009-11-02 06:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1399 | TURKMENISTAN: NGO HOLDS SEMINAR ON MASS MEDIA AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local NGO recently held a public seminar on the role of mass media in the democratization of society. Topics covered included an overview on the legal sphere of mass media activity, a comparative analysis of [...] | 2009-11-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1400 | TURKMENISTAN: USAID TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 10, USAID and its implementer, Project HOPE, held a conference to mark the completion of their second five-year tuberculosis (TB) program. From 2000 to 2009, this program cooperated with the Ministry [...] | 2009-11-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1404 | TURKMENISTAN: NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM FLU RISING [...] (C) Many local employees and Embassy contacts on November 2 had stories about someone they knew having died from the flu. A 26 year-old pregnant woman, the neighbor of a local guard, died this weekend. An Embassy officer's housekeeper said that three children in her son's kindergarten class h [...] | 2009-11-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1414 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF HEALTH "BANISHED" TO [...] (C) USAID staff was told last week by a colleague at an international organization that the Minister of Healthcare and Medical Industry (MOHMI),Ata Serdarov, is sitting in Archman (110 km from Ashgabat) to supervise the reconstruction/renovation of the town,s sanatorium. The reported "banis [...] | 2009-11-04 12:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KFLU TX |
09ASHGABAT1416 | TURKMENISTAN: FAMOUS POP STAR IMPLICATED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A popular Turkmen female singer was reportedly detained with drugs and sent into internal exile. The report could not be officially confirmed, but several sources provided details. Drug use has been a traditi [...] | 2009-11-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1421 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL ABOUT PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers estimate that the number of deaths in Turkmenistan has risen sharply since mid-October, but the Turkmen Government denies that there is H1N1 in the country. The government has reportedly given instructions that people are not allowed to wear masks and pharmacies [...] | 2009-11-05 14:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1424 | ZATOKA RELEASED FOLLOWING APPEAL; PLANS TO DEPART [...] (C) On the morning of November 6, the Dashoguz appellate court judge changed Andrei Zatoka's sentence from five years in prison to a 1,000 manat (USD 353) fine, with immediate release upon payment of the fine. Embassy's Public Affairs Officer, who was present at the court building in Dashoguz, [...] | 2009-11-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1426 | TURKMENISTAN: COTTON STILL MOSTLY HAND PICKED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers visited all five provinces of Turkmenistan in the fall to monitor cotton harvesting. Based on what they saw, the government appears to be serious about its ban on the use of child labor during the cotton harvest. While the Turkmen have replaced some hand picking [...] | 2009-11-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1429 | THE FAST AND FURIOUS RELEASE OF ANDREI ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andrei Zatoka's release and departure to Russia was planned and executed within eight days of his initial conviction. After a brief and surprisingly open meeting with KNB officials the evening of November 3rd, Evgeniya and Andrei Zatoka agreed to renounce their citizenship and we [...] | 2009-11-09 11:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1442 | TURKMENISTAN: "PATH TO HEAVEN" STARTS IN ASHGABAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A new unregistered Protestant religious group, "Path to Heaven," has begun meeting in Ashgabat and Mary. Its founder, who previously attended Word of Life and Baptist churches in Ashgabat, is leading a group with no denominational ties and focused on the believer's freedom from [...] | 2009-11-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1443 | NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SAPARLYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 10 Charge met with Deputy Chairman for Education, Health, Sciences, and Religion Hydyr Saparlyev. They discussed ongoing problems with TASP, the Peace Corps, and other educational exchange programs. Saparlyev indicated a desire to resolve the various problems while adh [...] | 2009-11-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1444 | TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH RASPBERRIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, a Turkmen state-run newspaper published two articles about methods for treating and preventing flu. The Turkmen Government appears to have changed its approach slightly by using the word "flu" for the first time publicly, but the natural remedies they recommend gi [...] | 2009-11-10 13:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX UP |
09ASHGABAT1446 | TURKMENISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' WOES CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Four Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors are currently in prison. Their families will exhaust all means of appeal, after which the Jehovah's Witnesses will bring the cases to international fora for further attention. Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses has increased in rec [...] | 2009-11-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1469 | TURKMENISTAN: UNDP WORKS TO BUILD ANALYTIC SKILLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project to develop analytic capacity among government employees in Turkmenistan seems to be making progress toward its goal of improving policy planning skills at the Institute of Strategic Planning and Economic Development. In a Novemb [...] | 2009-11-17 04:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP TX |
09ASHGABAT1493 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF INTERIOR PUBLICLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov last week publicly reprimanded the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD),Ingender Mulikov, citing "shortcomings." Mulikov was appointed to the position six months ago and received a promo [...] | 2009-11-23 13:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1497 | HEAD OF TURKMEN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his visit to Ashgabat, DAS Krol met the GOTX's Head of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights Shirin Akhmedova. The meeting focused on the Institute's adherence to directives by President Berdimuhamedov and a long list of laws the GOTX is working on related to democr [...] | 2009-11-24 05:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1500 | TURKMENISTAN: DAS KROL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 17, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to discuss a variety of issues of bilateral interest, including Afghanistan, the Peace Corps, the former students at the American University of Central Asia, humanitarian overfligh [...] | 2009-11-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM ECON ENRG TX |
09ASHGABAT1506 | TURKMENISTAN: BOUNDARIES OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) According to a local environmental activist who works for the Kopetdag nature preserve, there is a government plan to make the entire Archabil nature site off-limits to the public. The Archabil nature site is on the southe [...] | 2009-11-25 10:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1528 | GOVERNMENT CENSORS ARTISTS TO "ENHANCE" THE IMAGE [...] (C) Poloff recently spoke with a graphic artist about his current project illustrating a new edition of poetry by the classical Turkmen poet Mollanepes. The artist graduated from Moscow's prestigious Poligraphic Institute during the Soviet era, and his work has been the subject of numerous awa [...] | 2009-11-27 11:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1541 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED HARVEST [...] (U) Turkmenistan celebrated its annual harvest holiday on the last Sunday of November. The festival was a state-centric event, with the booths focused on promoting Turkmenistan's national industries. There were booths dedicated to sheep and wool products, Ahal-teke horses, cotton, and wheat [...] | 2009-12-03 11:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PREL SOCI TX JA |
09ASHGABAT1551 | TURKMENISTAN: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ANNOUNCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, USAID received a letter dated November 19 from Head of Mission- Turkmenistan for Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) announcing its intentions to end its operational presence in Turkmenistan. MSF had [...] | 2009-12-04 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1569 | TURKMENISTAN: A LOOK INTO THE FEAST OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) During November 28-30, Turkmen celebrated Gurban Bayram, or the Feast of the Sacrifice. Gurban Bayram is the Turkmen version of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha, and is widely celebrated across the country. The three- [...] | 2009-12-07 09:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KIRF TX |
09ASHGABAT1578 | GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZED PILGRIMAGE TO TURKMEN SHRINES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to alleged concerns about the spread of the H1N1 virus, the Turkmen government decided to skip sending pilgrims to the Hajj ahead of Eid al Adha (Gurban Bayram) holiday, for the first time since 1993 (Ref [...] | 2009-12-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT16 | TURKMEN AUTHORITIES GRADUALLY EXPAND PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been signs over the past year that the Turkmen government intends to expand public access to the Internet for citizens. In December, Ashgabat residents began reporting success in getting connected. Howev [...] | 2009-01-07 04:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS ECON ETRD SOCI RU TX |
09ASHGABAT1603 | TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: From December 1-3, the PD Section co-sponsored with UNESCO, UNICEF, the Turkmen Academy of Sciences, and Ministry of Education (MOE) a three-day conference on education, science, and the use of information communication technologies (ICT) in these spheres. The conference was ope [...] | 2009-12-11 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1607 | TURKMENISTAN: STATELESSNESS MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent conference on statelessness in Central Asia, participants from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan exchanged ideas on best practices for identifying people without citizenship documentation and for preventing future cases of statelessness. None of th [...] | 2009-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG SOCI UN ZK TX |
09ASHGABAT1613 | TURKMENISTAN: LOSSES AT POULTRY FARM DRIVE UP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A large private poultry complex, which started working a year ago and enjoyed support from President Berdimuhamedov, is experiencing a serious problem. The poultry complex is losing a large number of chickens to a [...] | 2009-12-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1625 | GOVERNMENT WORKERS SLEEPLESS IN ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Long working hours are the norm for Turkmen government employees. Few agencies compensate their staff for overtime. Some higher-level officials bring bedding from home for the long nights at the office. On the [...] | 2009-12-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT1626 | TURKMENISTAN: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES AT AVAZA [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen Government media depict the newly developed Avaza resort on the Caspian Sea as a popular, year-round vacation spot. However, the climate on the Caspian is not conducive to winter seaside vacations. In the absenc [...] | 2009-12-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT1630 | TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ASSISTANCE PROMOTES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) has a wide range of programs in Turkmenistan, including healthcare, education, law enforcement, agriculture, and tourism. The TIKA Turkmenistan country representative described the agriculture and tourism project [...] | 2009-12-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SOCI TU TX |
09ASHGABAT1635 | TURKMENISTAN: PROJECTS TO HELP REFUGEES STILL NEEDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) On December 16 the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA),briefed a donors meeting about achievements from the project "Improvement of the Quality of Reproductive Health and Socia [...] | 2009-12-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1645 | TURKMENISTAN: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS STILL [...] (SBU) We met December 21 with Tim Baerwald and Silvia De Weerdt, Head of Mission and Medical Coordinator, respectively, for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders). Baerwald and De Weerdt are in Ashgabat for a six week-period to try to conclude negotiations on an agreement on [...] | 2009-12-22 12:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1647 | TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS INAUGURATE NEW SCHOOL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 22, President of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev visited Ashgabat to hold bilateral talks with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and to attend the opening ceremony for the new [...] | 2009-12-23 03:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI RS TX |
09ASHGABAT1648 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Ashgabat held its last 2009 law enforcement coordination meeting on December 18th. Ministries and agencies members of the National Drug Control Committee f [...] | 2009-12-23 06:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1660 | TURKMENISTAN: LOCALS STRUGGLE ON SMALL SALARIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) Despite Turkmenistan's widely published wealth from hydrocarbon sales, the average salary in Turkmenistan is estimated to be about $200 per month. The average retirement pension is $50-$60 per month, and the average welfare ben [...] | 2009-12-24 07:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1666 | TURKMENISTAN AND THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent by the city of Ashgabat each year to decorate the Turkmen capital for New Year's celebrations. Locals have observed that this year there are more l [...] | 2009-12-29 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1670 | TURKMENISTAN: RESTAURANTS AND CAFES ORDERED CLOSED [...] (C) Private restaurants and cafes in Ashgabat have been closing their doors, reportedly at the unwritten order of Turkmen government officials. Embassy staff have reported that most restaurants in downtown Ashgabat are closed, during what is usually the busiest time of the year for restaurants [...] | 2009-12-30 08:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR TX |
09ASHGABAT1671 | TURKMENISTAN: NEARING END OF STUDENT SAGA? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TX |
09ASHGABAT1673 | TURKMENISTAN: ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT RESTRICTION ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Traffic police posted in Ashgabat's southern outskirts reportedly have instructions to prohibit cars from entering the city if the drivers cannot produce a title for the car with their name on it. Many drivers do not have le [...] | 2009-12-30 10:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1675 | DRUGS IN TURKMENISTAN: BURN, BABY, BURN [...] (SBU) On December 24, Poloff attended a drug burning ceremony run by the Turkmenistan State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS) in cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Turkmenistan conducts these ceremonies twice a year, and, according to government officials, burns all the [...] | 2009-12-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI UN TX |
09ASHGABAT170 | FACULTY EXCHANGE PROGRAM: MEETING WITH THE RECTOR OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para. 8. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Agriculture University Rector, Gurbandurdy Mammedgulyev, agreed to arrange classes for Faculty Exchange Program-sponsored University of Nevada, [...] | 2009-02-04 03:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT197 | POLIMEKS IN TURKMENISTAN WOULD BE A HARD ACT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The largest Turkish construction firm active in Turkmenistan, Polimeks, has set up a communications subsidiary -- Policom. The company's General Manager said that these companies begin work on projects without contracts, and made it clear that this is possible because Polimek [...] | 2009-02-09 12:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND EAID ETRD SOCI ECON TX TU |
09ASHGABAT2 | : TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the visit of Lieutenant General John Allen, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command [...] | 2009-01-05 06:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX |
09ASHGABAT209 | TURKMENISTAN: ALL EYES ARE ON THE RED CAYENNE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) The first Porsche Cayenne V8 SUV, with a reported purchase price of $93,000, has been seen cruising the streets of Ashgabat the past few weeks, attracting much attention. It is the first privately-owned vehicle of its kind - [...] | 2009-02-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT211 | TURKMENISTAN: THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE UNDER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government has introduced a service-for-fee scheme in the medical industry with a view towards gradual commercialization of the public healthcare sector. It is attempting to keep the free health servi [...] | 2009-02-11 07:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT239 | TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC BUSES IN MARY AWAIT PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Two hundred brand-new Russian buses sit parked in a Ministry of Transportation parking lot in Mary Province awaiting President Berdimuhamedov's official "inauguration" before they can be put into service. The Preside [...] | 2009-02-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT254 | TURKMENISTAN: RESIDENTS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN MARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Food processors from around Mary province told Economic Officer that they need capital to increase their manufacturing capacities. Accepting Turkmen Government equipment would force them to hand over all food production to the Government, thus severely reducing their profits. Th [...] | 2009-02-24 11:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EAID BTIO SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT272 | GERMAN FIRM WORKING WITH TURKMENISTAN -- ALLEGEDLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German consulting firm Goetzpartners is advising the Government of Turkmenistan on economic development and strategic planning. Sectors of focus include tourism, textiles, education, and infrastructure. The German Ambassador claimed that he doesn't know anything about the ag [...] | 2009-02-27 13:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON TRD SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT289 | TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS BOOMING FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The deputy director of a growing Turkmenabat privately-held company attributed its success to the founder's technical savvy and the stability of its workforce. Engaged in a wide range of activities, most prominent [...] | 2009-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT292 | TURKMENISTAN: TRAFFIC POLICE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) In 2008, the Turkmen government purchased 200 Mercedes-Benz vehicles for use as patrol cars, each costing EUR 70,000. The cars were equipped with law enforcement-related equipment by the State Road Patrol Service unde [...] | 2009-03-04 07:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT295 | TURKMENISTAN: ROUNDTABLE ON IMPROVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: TurkmenistanQs first seminar on the QImprovement of Penitentiary LegislationQ was held in Ashgabat on March 2. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Institute for Democracy and [...] | 2009-03-05 03:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT299 | TURKMENISTAN: UNEMPLOYMENT STILL THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Unemployment is still a major problem in Turkmenistan. President Berdimuhamedov's mandates, such as ending reductions in personnel in order to pay for wage increases and the reinstatement of ten years of schooli [...] | 2009-03-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT306 | TURKMENISTAN: FEMALE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES RECEIVE CASH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Women in Turkmenistan have been given 40 manats ($14) each as a gift on the occasion of the forthcoming International Women's Day on March 8. The tradition of presenting women with monetary gifts was introduced by former Pre [...] | 2009-03-06 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT315 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory meeting with the Charge on March 9, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) Director, Shirin Ahmedova, highlighted the "positive and constructive" relations it enjoyed with USAID and [...] | 2009-03-10 09:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM TX |
09ASHGABAT330 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...] | 2009-03-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI EAID TX |
09ASHGABAT331 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...] | 2009-03-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI EAID TX |
09ASHGABAT332 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...] | 2009-03-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI EAID TX |
09ASHGABAT333 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...] | 2009-03-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI EAID TX |
09ASHGABAT374 | TURKMENISTAN OFFICIALS INVITE COOPERATION IN CARTOGRAPHY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, a geographic specialist with the Office of the Geographer met with officials of the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Issues under the Ministry of Oil and Gas, and the Institute of Mapping and Cartograph [...] | 2009-03-24 08:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PBTS TX |
09ASHGABAT382 | TURKMENISTAN: LAWYERS ASSOCIATIONS EVOLVE FROM SOVIET [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Registered by Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice as a public organization, Lawyers Associations provide legal consultations and legal services to the public. Fees are flexible and geared towards the client's a [...] | 2009-03-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KCOR ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT405 | TURKMENISTAN: BIG BROTHER ON THE STREETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The presence of undercover security agents on the streets is nothing new in Turkmenistan. People have grown accustomed to seeing them standing on nearly every street corner of the capital, purportedly to ensure " [...] | 2009-03-31 09:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT416 | TURKMENISTAN: A TALE OF TWO NON-REGISTERED NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, a civic organization is required to register with the Ministry of Justice ("MOJ") in order to operate legally. In 2008, one independent, non-government-affiliated civic organization was registered, the first since 2005. Despite these restrictive legal conditions [...] | 2009-04-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT429 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC LAW ENFORCEMENT DONOR COORDINATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 3, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted the Law Enforcement Donor Coordination meeting in Ashgabat. It was the first of four such events this year. Representatives of internationa [...] | 2009-04-06 13:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT431 | TURKMENISTAN: DOLLARS NOT WANTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Problems exchanging US dollars for Turkmen manat have been observed for the past week, due to the rumors that the Government plans to depreciate the official exchange rate to an even one manat for one dollar. (NOTE [...] | 2009-04-07 04:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI EFIN TX |
09ASHGABAT47 | TURKMENISTAN'S GRAIN PRODUCTION: THE GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008 Turkmenistan produced 920,000 tons of grain. This is much lower than the amount required for domestic consumption. In order to improve grain and also cotton production, President Berdimuhamedov announced [...] | 2009-01-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT475 | TURKMENISTAN: LACK OF PROGRESS IN EDUCATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A local economist and a member of Ashgabat's international banking community told a Eurasian Foundation of Central Asia delegation that change, while not happening as fast as some people would have liked, is taking place in Turkmenistan. The economist said that it will take d [...] | 2009-04-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID EIND EFIN SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT479 | TURKMENISTAN: BENEFITS OF CIVIL SOCIETY REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the head of an organization that provides training and resources to civic groups, the current registration difficulties reflect government uncertainty about the benefits of NGO activity. Apparent bureaucratic roadblocks could be instantly dissolved by top-level inter [...] | 2009-04-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT508 | LEGAL NGO SUPPORTS CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES BY OFFERING [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Six months after reports of questionable business practices (reftel),Post checked in with local NGO "Bosfor" for an update on its activities. The NGO carries out youth outreach and provides legal services, in [...] | 2009-04-21 05:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT512 | TURKMENISTAN: USG CONTRACTORS ARE THE INTERIOR MINISTER'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A technician from the Tashkent office of the Agilent Technologies was dispatched to Ashgabat under the auspices of Post's INL-funded DOJ/ICITAP project with the Ministry of the Interior in order to repair a gas ch [...] | 2009-04-21 09:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT513 | TURKMENISTAN: TAKING ON THE DRUG SUPPLIERS [...] (U) Another drug-related crime story was reported in the April 17th edition of Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) newspaper: According to Adalat, a 40-year old resident of Serdar (Balkan Province) identified as Yazgeldi Ayimov, had previously been convicted and imprisoned on drug charges, but t [...] | 2009-04-21 10:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT514 | TURKMENISTAN CAN BE A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR [...] (C) Visiting Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia representatives recently met with UNICEF's acting Representative, Abdul Alim, to discuss the prospects for an international NGO seeking to initiate a program in Turkmenistan. Alim said the first step is to assess government interest in the propo [...] | 2009-04-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT519 | TURKMENISTAN: PRICE CONTROLS ON FOOD REMAIN IN PLACE; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent price check in local markets revealed that, compared with December 2008, posted prices reflected a 26 percent average decrease for basic imported food items, and a 17 percent average decrease for locally [...] | 2009-04-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT557 | TURKMENISTAN: "TRUST" NGO HELPING FILL SOCIAL SERVICE GAP [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Political Assistant met with NGO Chairperson Lyudmila Petuhova to learn about the NGO Ynam's ("Trust") activity. The NGO provides legal, psychological and reproductive health consultation services and [...] | 2009-05-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT567 | TURKMENISTAN REVISES LAW ON FOOD QUALITY AND TIGHTENS BABY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 28, the official newspaper, "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," published two revised laws that impose new measures to ensure the safety of baby food and other food products and that outline the government's responsibilities to assure that imported foods, in particular, are safe [...] | 2009-05-05 10:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT568 | TURKMENISTAN: CHILD MURDER SHOCKS RESIDENTS OF ASHGABAT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local staff member learned about the details of two alleged child murders that reportedly happened in the eleventh microdistrict on the east side of Ashgabat in April. A knife-wielding attacker murdered a you [...] | 2009-05-05 10:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT574 | TURKMENISTAN: DEA DRUG IDENTIFICATION TRAINING COURSE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 4, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent conducted a Drug Identification training course for newly recruited officers of Turkmenistan's State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) at the SCNS Trai [...] | 2009-05-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT597 | NGO CHARITY WITHOUT BORDERS SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, Post Political Assistant met with Selbi Akmuradova, leader of the public organization, Charity Without Borders (CWB),to learn about their activities. The NGO carries out charitable activities, an [...] | 2009-05-12 01:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT605 | TURKMENISTAN COMMEMORATES VICTORY DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 9 Victory Day commemorations in Ashgabat focused on the fact that it has now been 64 years since the end of World War II. Russian representatives held some special events marking the heroic roles pl [...] | 2009-05-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX RS |
09ASHGABAT617 | TURKMENISTAN: IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW CAPTURES HALF [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed that the international financial crisis has not affected Turkmenistan because of the country's limited integration in international financial markets. [...] | 2009-05-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EFIN EIND EINV EPET ETRD SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT627 | ONE PERSON ALLEGES TURKMENISTAN IS READY TO LOOK [...] (C) In a meeting on May 13, Europa House Co-Coordinator, Theo Hensels (please protect),said that in addition to Turkmenistan's search for political support following the gas pipeline explosion on April 9 (reftel),the Turkmens' "eyes are opened and they now have a strong will to go for diver [...] | 2009-05-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EU SOCI TX RU XG |
09ASHGABAT629 | TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN THE ISOLATED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently thought of as a disease of the turn of the last century, tuberculosis (TB) has once again reared its ugly head. While, in modern times, TB is mostly associated with HIV infection in developing countries, [...] | 2009-05-19 03:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ |
09ASHGABAT64 | FOREIGN BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES HOW TO DO BUSINESS [...] (C) Indian businessman, George Jacob, (strictly protect throughout) told econoff at a meeting on January 8 that success in business in Turkmenistan depends on three things: building good relationships, having contacts with the right people, and understanding the system. Jacob became an entre [...] | 2009-01-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT649 | TURKMENISTAN: NGO FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED FACES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The local NGO "Dayanch" provides moral support and technical assistance to visually impaired and blind people by publishing audio books and organizing reading sessions for them. Despite its affiliation with the [...] | 2009-05-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT654 | TURKMENISTAN: STREET PRICE OF HEROIN REPORTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) On May 22, the Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) published an article by Ulugbek Amankulov, Judge of Hojambaz Etrap (district) Court of Lebap province, reporting that a resident of Olam village named Azat Abdyrahmanov purcha [...] | 2009-05-27 09:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT66 | TURKMENISTAN: UNICEF OFFICIALS HAVE NO PROOF OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, poloff met with local UNICEF officials to discuss UNICEF's findings on the issue of child labor in Turkmenistan. Prior to 2005, child labor in the cotton harvest was a widespread practice in Turkmenistan, but a 2005 presidential decree banning the practice and subs [...] | 2009-01-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP TX |
09ASHGABAT664 | TURKMENISTAN: DAUSTR LILIENFELD DISCUSSES TIFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, Claudio Lilienfeld, visited Turkmenistan as part of a five-country tour through Central Asia to discuss the future of TIFA -- the U.S. Government's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the five Centr [...] | 2009-05-29 01:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR ENRG EFIN EIND EINV ETRD EPET SOCI |
09ASHGABAT671 | TURKMENISTAN: TRADITIONS OF NOHUR CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nohur, a remote settlement of about 5,000 people located in a mountainous area near Iran in the Western part of Ahal province, is notable for its traditional culture and animalistic-superstitious variant of Islamic belief. Living conditions are primitive and the economy is based [...] | 2009-06-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS SCUL SOCI EAGR TX IR SA TC |
09ASHGABAT672 | TURKMENISTAN: LOCALS RECOUNT LIVES MARRED BY DRUG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In conversations with Iran Watcher, two Turkmen women candidly described how addiction to heroin and opium, the drugs of choice for Turkmenistan's addicts, has affected members of their own families and communities. The two women, of differing socioeconomic backgrounds, both a [...] | 2009-06-01 10:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT678 | TURKMENISTAN: PHYSICIANS' ARREST FOR SELLING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Twenty employees of a prison hospital in Mary were reportedly arrested two weeks ago for selling drugs to prisoners who were being treated at the hospital. The Minister of Internal Affairs was held responsibl [...] | 2009-06-02 09:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT679 | TURKMENISTAN: MIGRATION OFFICIALS DO NOT [...] (SBU) On May 27, Political Officer met with Senior Inspector of the Central Apparatus of the State Migration Service, Mekan Hojayev, and Acting Head of the Visa Department, Dowran Kurbannazarov, to discuss the situation of freedom of emigration in Turkmenistan. Hojayev stated that according t [...] | 2009-06-02 11:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PGOV PHUM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT680 | TURKMENISTAN: THEOLOGICAL TRAINING REMAINS UNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Theological training in Turkmenistan takes place at the State University in a department that is part of the History Faculty. The theology professors were trained by Turkish theologians during the post-Soviet era. The admissions process is overseen by the Mufti, and the number [...] | 2009-06-02 11:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT690 | TURKMENISTAN: DEPORTED TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of illegal Turkmen migrant workers deported from Turkey due to the violations of the visa regime has reportedly increased significantly in the past year. Failing to find jobs in their hometowns in Tu [...] | 2009-06-04 10:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PMIG PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT691 | TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE REGISTRATION, KRISHNA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two leaders of the Society for Krishna Consciousness described the registered religous group's situation in generally positive terms, but mentioned many restrictions and uncertainties that hinder the group from attracting new members and becoming better established. Members are [...] | 2009-06-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT701 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FORENSICS OFFICIALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting DOJ/ICITAP Forensic Advisor and DEA Chemist met with section chiefs of the Turkmen Prosecutor General's Office. The purpose of the meeting, the first between U.S. forensics experts and the prosecutor's [...] | 2009-06-08 10:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT712 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting DOJ/ICITAP Forensic Advisor and DEA Chemist recently met with section chiefs of the Turkmenistan State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) to discuss possible cooperation between the USG/ICITAP and SCNS on [...] | 2009-06-09 06:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT723 | TURKMENISTAN: NONDENOMINATIONAL PROTESTANT GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Pastor Vladimir Tolmachev, his registered Greater Grace Church encounters numerous government hindrances, despite its legal status. Religious literature, youth camps, property ownership, registration of branches, and invitations for foreign visitors all need govern [...] | 2009-06-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT737 | TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: ASHGABAT RESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT738 | TURKMENISTAN: DETENTION OF TWO JEHOVAH'S WITNESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jehovah's Witness leaders recently provided details about the imprisonment of two Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors who had previously received suspended sentences for refusing to enlist in the milit [...] | 2009-06-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT747 | TURKMENISTAN: NAVY ONI MARITIME SMUGGLING TECHNIQUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, a regional analyst from the United States Navy Counter Narcotics Division conducted a Maritime Smuggling Techniques training course to the newly recruited officers of the State Counter Narcotics Service [...] | 2009-06-12 10:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT753 | SABIT COORDINATOR BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator of the Central Asia office of the U.S. Department of Commerce Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) program met with Turkmen government officials to promote the program. She focuse [...] | 2009-06-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET SOCI |
09ASHGABAT765 | TURKMENISTAN: "DRUG GODMOTHER" ARRESTED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The acting Chief of the State Counter- Narcotics Service (SCNS) reported at the June 12 session of the Cabinet of Ministers about a recently identified group of drug traffickers led by a female resident of Dasho [...] | 2009-06-18 03:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT767 | TURKMENISTAN RE-ESTABLISHES ITS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree re-establishing the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan as the country's premier scientific institution. It marked the end of the Supreme Council for Science an [...] | 2009-06-18 06:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL PGOV TPHY SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT768 | UNICEF OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TURKMEN RELUCTANCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A UNICEF official said that Turkmenistan lacks the motivation to supply education statistics necessary to be considered for Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funds. In addition, Turkmenistan's gross domestic product per capita income most likely puts it in the middle-inco [...] | 2009-06-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT790 | TURKMENISTAN: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) In preparation for the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Post highlights the following areas in which the Government of Turkmenistan fails to implement its OSCE commitments with respect to human rights and fundamental freedoms. Improvement in many of these areas would [...] | 2009-06-24 05:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KIRF OSCE KDEM TX |
09ASHGABAT794 | TURKMENISTAN: MILITARY CADETS ARRESTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Two senior cadets of the Military Institute were arrested on June 14 for making and distributing counterfeit bus passes. The Deputy Defense Minister promised to prosecute all those who were involved. The cadets, [...] | 2009-06-24 11:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT797 | AVAILABILITY OF QURAN IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A survey of bookstores in central Ashgabat to check the availability of the Quran, the holy book of Muslims, revealed that the book was practically unavailable in state stores except for rare cases of second- [...] | 2009-06-25 07:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV SOCI SCUL TX |
09ASHGABAT800 | TURKMENISTAN: TWO JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES DETAINED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jehovah's Witness leaders recently provided details about the June 19 detention of two Jehovah's Witnesses in Turkmenbashi. The two women were picked up on the street, although it is not clear whether they were proselytizing or simply walking somewhere. They have been held in [...] | 2009-06-25 12:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT802 | TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON PENTECOSTALS IN ABADAN; [...] (C) On June 24, Political Officer met with Pentecostal pastor, Ruslan Atajanov, the leader of a small unregistered group located in the town of Abadan outside Ashgabat. Atajanov's group has been waiting three years since first applying for registration. During Political Officer's last meeting [...] | 2009-06-25 12:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF SCUL SOCI PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT808 | TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATIONAL CORRUPTION EXPENSIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-connected local said that all students in Turkmenistan's institutions of higher learning are enrolled because their parents paid bribes of up to $70,000, with few exceptions. While some who accept bribes for university places work directly in the institution, some are si [...] | 2009-06-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT812 | TURKMENISTAN: TANKER FIRE AT LOCAL GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 25, a spark caused a gasoline tanker truck fire at a gas station near the 11th Microdistrict of Ashgabat. More than 15 tons of gasoline (approximately 4,995 gallons) was drained from the burning tanker to [...] | 2009-06-30 02:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT818 | TURKMENISTAN: THE TURKMEN SCNS AND MEMBERS OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 26, the Turkmen State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) and members of several foreign missions participated in a symbolic drug burn that took place at a border guard installation in the rural area of the c [...] | 2009-06-30 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT824 | TURKMENISTAN MARKS PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S 52ND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 29, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov turned 52. The country celebrated its leader's birthday by various festive events and inauguration ceremonies of a number of facilities, includi [...] | 2009-07-01 12:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT825 | TURKMENISTAN: DRUG DEALING VILLAGERS DIG MOATS TO [...] (SBU) On June 27 at 07:00am, a local contact riding in an SUV saw a resident of the village Gysa in Ruhabat district outside of Ashgabat parked in an old car. As the contact's SUV approached, the driver of the old car started his car and sped off quickly. Post's contact was not surprised, b [...] | 2009-07-02 03:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT838 | TURKMENISTAN: SMALL PENTECOSTAL GROUP FACES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite a long history of Pentecostalism in Turkmenistan dating back to the 1940s, the current Full Gospel Church is a small, scattered group that meets in its members' homes. Registered since 2004, the group is currently in the process of re-registering due to changes in its l [...] | 2009-07-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT843 | THE OUTLOOK FOR TURKMENISTAN'S 2009 WHEAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The wheat harvest in Turkmenistan is in full swing. Provincial governments expect to report their final production figures by the end of July. As in the past two years, the government has not released official s [...] | 2009-07-07 02:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT845 | NOHUR TRIBE DOMINATES TRADE AND SERVICES IN ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nohurs, members of a tribe from southwest Turkmenistan, have been flourishing in trade and restaurant businesses in Ashgabat since 2004, when former Minister of National Security Ashyrmuhammedov, a member of [...] | 2009-07-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI SCUL PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT858 | TURKMENISTAN: FREE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTI-DRUG BROCHURES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Red Crescent Society's Drug Demand Reduction Project (DDRP) recently conducted several public activities dedicated to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking. Among the public acti [...] | 2009-07-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT883 | TURKMENISTAN: DEA SPECIAL AGENT COMPLETES A LONG TERM TDY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From March 10, 2009, through July 25, 2009, a DEA special agent conducted a long-term TDY in Ashgabat. The agent was involved in various activities with the Turkmen State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) in order [...] | 2009-07-15 08:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT92 | TURKMENISTAN: POST FINDINGS ON COTTON CHILD LABOR [...] This is Post's response to Ref A's request for information concerning child labor in the cotton fields and forced labor in Turkmenistan. According to local UNICEF representatives, reports about the widespread use of child labor in the cotton harvest in Turkmenistan predate the government's 2 [...] | 2009-01-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI KTIP TX |
09ASHGABAT920 | TURKMENISTAN: GTZ RULE OF LAW PROJECT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) On July 21, poloff discussed GTZs (German Society for Technical Cooperation) Supporting Legal and Judicial Reform in Central Asia Program with Head of Program Hirbod Aminlari, based in Tashkent, and its local Legal Coordinator Alexander Jumayev. Aminlari stressed that the program focuses o [...] | 2009-07-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID SOCI KCOR TX |
09ASHGABAT923 | TURKMENISTAN: MOST GOVERNMENT WORKERS CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's decree of January 2008 offered long-term mortgage loans to Turkmen citizens to buy elite apartments and family houses. In a populist move, Berdimuhamedov's decree extended a fifteen-year loan term, established by his late predecessor, to thirty years. [...] | 2009-07-23 09:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT925 | TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL IWPR REPORTER MAINTAINS LOW [...] (C) On July 22, poloff discussed conditions for independent journalists in Turkmenistan with local Institute for War and Peace Reporting ("IWPR") contributor Svetlana Mamedova. Prior to 1999, Mamedova worked 24 years as a correspondent and editor for State Radio and Television. Her ability t [...] | 2009-07-24 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT926 | TURKMENISTAN: NO SURPRISES EXPECTED IN UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Central Election Commission and Mejlis officials recently outlined highlights of the upcoming July 26 Gengesh (local council) elections that will be held in rural areas across Turkmenistan. The electoral process for the gengeshes was similar to the process used during the 2008 [...] | 2009-07-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT928 | TURKMENISTAN: GENGESH ELECTION DAY VISIT TO [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Gengesh (local council) elections in Turkmenistan's villages and rural areas took place on July 26. A visit to three polling stations in villages outside of Ashgabat indicated that, [...] | 2009-07-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT933 | CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite Turkmenistan's huge hydrocarbon wealth and the government's multimillion dollar, lavish construction projects, there are many residential areas in Ashgabat and elsewhere that lack normal roads, street l [...] | 2009-07-28 04:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT938 | TURKMEN STUDENTS PREVENTED FROM EXITING COUNTRY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Institute of Education, an office within the Ministry of Education, must now approve the foreign post-high school study of all Turkmen students. This new requirement is in direct opposition to President Berdimuhamedov's stated goals of increasing foreign education possibi [...] | 2009-07-28 11:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT941 | TURKMENISTAN: CIVIC ACTIVIST FOLLOWS "PARTISAN [...] (C) On July 27, poloff met with civil society activist Natalya Shabunts to discuss her activities and the current situation for rights activists in Turkmenistan. Shabunts has long had ties with the Embassy, including her participation in a 2000 International Visitors Program on civil society, [...] | 2009-07-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT950 | THE MINI PENSIONER REVOLT OF 2006 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January 2006, then President Niyazov enacted pension reform, which left a third of pensioners without a pension and decreased the remaining pensions by 20%. Pensioners in Dashoguz province mobilized to protest t [...] | 2009-07-30 07:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT953 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT'S TOUTED CRACKDOWN ON THE DRUG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's local press continue to report an increase in arrests and convictions of drug dealers. Ashgabat residents, however, are skeptical about the government's so-called "rigorous measures" to crack down [...] | 2009-07-30 09:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT965 | PRINCE ANDREW DISCUSSES ENERGY DURING JUNE 27-28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy of Great Britain on the issues of International Trade and Industry Prince Andrew, Duke of York, visited Turkmenistan July 27-28. Prince Andrew's talks with President Berdimuhamedov and Foreign Minister Meredov centered almost exclusively on energy issues. Andrew a [...] | 2009-07-30 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT974 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW COUNTER NARCOTICS CHIEF BROUGHT FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 29th, President Berdimuhamedov replaced the Acting Chief of the State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) of Turkmenistan with the Deputy Minister of National Security. No background information is yet ava [...] | 2009-07-31 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT975 | PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA RESPONSE - TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, there have been no officially documented cases of H1N1 in Turkmenistan. However, it appears that the country would be unprepared, if there was an outbreak. Primary health care is limited in the capital a [...] | 2009-07-31 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU PREL AEMR CASC PINR AMGT SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT990 | TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATION NGO "GIVES UP" ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. After seven attempts to register since 2007, the director of a nongovernmental education association said it is useless to continue re-applying until the Turkmen government changes its NGO policy. Even the presence of many of the organization's alumni in high government posts ha [...] | 2009-08-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT991 | TURKMENISTAN: EBRD MOVING AHEAD ON SME GREEN FIELD [...] (SBU) On August 4, Poloff met with a visiting EBRD Small Business Development Mission, Senior Banker Oksana Pak and Senior Investment Officer Marie-Paule Claes, and local Head of Office Neil McKain to discuss EBRD's proposed start-up bank project. The concept to establish a privately held ba [...] | 2009-08-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EBRD PGOV EFIN SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT992 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...] | 2009-08-05 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX |
09ASMARA105 | RADIO ASENA IS THE NEW OPPOSITION VOICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition website assenna.com recently launched Radio Asena, airing hour-long broadcasts on Mondays and Wednesdays in Tigrinya and on Fridays in Arabic. ("Asena" means "good" in the congratulatory sense). The station, found on 9610kHz, reports on a variety of topics including [...] | 2009-04-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PROP SOCI PGOV ER |
09ASMARA126 | STRENGTHENING EASTERN SUDAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) is concluding its fifth USG-funded workshop for eastern Sudanese NGO leaders. The week long workshop invited 29 participants from the four previous workshops to attend a final session on "training the trainers." Embassy offic [...] | 2009-04-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM SOCI EAID SU ER |
09ASMARA141 | FORMER ERITREAN PRISONER TO PRODUCE MOVIE ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Eritrean detainee, Semere Kesete, is in the process of filming a movie about the G-15, the fifteen high-ranking Eritrean party officials that stood up to the President in 2000 and have been jailed since. Semere is the former student body president of the now-defunct Unive [...] | 2009-04-30 09:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL ER |
09ASMARA142 | POST'S PD EFFORTS HELP ERITREAN STUDENTS STUDY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite poor bilateral relations and Eritrea's fledgling education system, Post's PD efforts regularly assist hundreds of Eritreans interested in educational opportunities in the United States. Post operates an educational advising system that provides students with materials on [...] | 2009-04-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL KPAO ER |
09ASMARA146 | PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ANTI-REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Eritrea, only the elderly and pro-regime individuals are allowed passports and exit visas to travel abroad. The regime closed the University of Asmara in 2005 and conscripts almost all young adults into open-ended national service, which borders on indefinite forced labor. Per [...] | 2009-05-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV SOCI PREF ER |
09ASMARA220 | MASS ARREST OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN ASMARA [...] (C) Eritrean police arrested a group of 22 Jehovah's Witnesses in Asmara in late June and detained them in Police Station 4. The group consisted mostly of women as authorities had targeted men in earlier round-ups. According to a close embassy source, police detained four children between th [...] | 2009-07-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI PGOV ER |
09ASMARA221 | OPPOSITION TV LAGS BEHIND RADIO/INTERNET COUNTERPARTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition website www.assenna.com and its sister radio station have seen considerable success over the past few months and have continued to expand both audience and programming. Assenna's sotries stimulate much discussion around Asmara, but its consumers are not discrimin [...] | 2009-07-13 05:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL ER |
09ASMARA25 | MASSAWA'S ECONOMY DWINDLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs traveled to Massawa January 14-15 for a Public Diplomacy engagement (septel) and observed a more hollow, destitute city than we saw in April 2008. Although the city's vice mayor remained optimistic about the city's situation, the evidence on the ground suggested a more b [...] | 2009-01-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PGOV ER |
09ASMARA290 | ERITREAN YOUTH: "I'M FLEEING... AND HERE'S WHY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with several young Eritreans who have all mentioned their plans to flee the country. The reasons range from avoiding national service to anger at the Eritrean government (GSE) for its dictatorial practices. This cable highlights the story of one particular Er [...] | 2009-08-26 05:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV ECON CPAS ER |
09ASMARA295 | ERITREA'S FRUSTRATED FORMER FIGHTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 95,000 veterans of Eritrea's 30-year war for independence made huge sacrifices for their country's independence and for the opportunity for better lives. Many "former fighters" (as they are known) are growing increasingly embittered with Isaias' continued brutal dictatorship [...] | 2009-08-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS SOCI PINS ER |
09ASMARA394 | ERITREA TO NATIONALIZE MEDICAL CLINICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 13:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED SOCI PGOV ECON AMGT ER |
09ASMARA397 | ERITREA'S MFA ISSUES RARE APOLOGY [...] (SBU) MOI ATTEMPTS TO HALT THE AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION --------------------------------------------- --------------- The Eritrean MFA told Embassy Asmara in August to suspend PD outreach activities until further notice (ref). On November 9 MFA informed post in writing that scheduled PD activ [...] | 2009-11-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KPAO ER |
09ASMARA398 | EASTERN SUDAN OUTREACH CONCLUDES FIRST WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) successfully concluded the first week of a five-part workshop series for eastern Sudan civil society leaders. A total of 24 participants traveled to Asmara to take part in the 10-day workshop, hosted by Dr. Taisier M. Ali, an exiled [...] | 2009-11-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PGOV SU ER |
09ASMARA40 | ERITREAN MUSLIMS NOT EXEMPT FROM GSE ABUSE [...] (C) Mohammed Salih (protect),an Eritrean working as the information officer for a UN agency in Asmara, provided insight on the government's recent spate of Muslim arrests. According to Mohammed, the Eritrean government is using the threat of radical Islamism to justify a country-wide sweep an [...] | 2009-01-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF PHUM ASEC SOCI ER |
09ASMARA41 | GSE REVIVES ITS GRAIN REGULATION POLICIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent interview, President Isaias mentioned a defunct grain regulation policy that has taken effect once more in Eritrea. The result is a visible tightening on the selling of grain in the marketplace as well as greater government control over the movement of grain between [...] | 2009-02-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV SOCI ER |
09ASMARA426 | ENGAGING THE ERITREAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Eritrean diaspora is a complex mixture of asylum seekers who fled during the Liberation War, political outcasts who were shunned during the country's formative years, Eritrean youth (some of whom have never seen Eritrea and others who visit mainly during the summer),and cur [...] | 2009-12-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER |
09ASMARA427 | GSE ARRESTS 27 WOMEN FOR PRAYING [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) arrested 27 women praying together in Asmara on December 6, according to multiple embassy sources (Note: although numerous media outlets report 30 arrests, local sources contend it to be 27. End Note). The women were members of the Faith Mission Church, a [...] | 2009-12-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER |
09ASMARA429 | ERITREA’S SQUABBLING COLONELS, FLEEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Things are getting worse and worse in Eritrea. The regime is facing mounting international pressure for years of malign behavior in the neighborhood. Human rights abuses are commonplace and most young Eritreans, along with the professional class, dream of fleeing the country, even to [...] | 2009-12-15 11:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PGOV MOPS SOCI PREF ER |
09ASMARA56 | ERITREA 2008 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Per reftel the following provides the answers for the Department of Labor to complete the Worst Forms of Child Labor Report. Sections are keyed to questions posed in reftel para 9. Eritrean officials routinely fail to provide basic statistical information. The answers will also be sent vi [...] | 2009-02-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SOCI PGOV ER |
09ASMARA57 | 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) ERITREA'S TIP SITUATION: --------------------------------- --A. Information on trafficking in persons was scarce during the reporting year. The government remained elusive to requests to provide information for this report and published neither data nor statistics regarding TIP. Vari [...] | 2009-02-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP SOCI PREF PGOV ER |
09ASTANA1002 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech has received overwhelmingly positive press coverage in Kazakhstan. Official "Khabar TV" broadcast President Nazarbayev's welcoming comments about the speech, and daily "Liter" published an in-depth, analytical story on the address. The overall coverag [...] | 2009-06-12 02:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA1028 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 PRESS CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador gave a press conference on June 11, in which he highlighted President Obama's Cairo speech, reported on his participation in Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's visit to the United States, and answered journalists' questions on hot-button political topics. Thi [...] | 2009-06-16 11:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA1042 | KAZAKHSTAN TIP REPORT -- ONLY FRIENDS CAN TELL EACH OTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Per reftel, on June 16, Post delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Kazakhstan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Elvira Azim [...] | 2009-06-19 09:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA109 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM REFORM PROJECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank's five-year project for reforming Kazakhstan's outmoded health-care system is progressing but faces considerable difficulties. Planned reforms include health financing and budget planning; health-car [...] | 2009-01-21 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI SENV KZ |
09ASTANA1090 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS REMARKS AT EVENT [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to Semey on June 18 to participate in a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the cessation of Soviet nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site. President Nazarbayev's speech at the event received heavy media coverage. He highlighted Kazakhstan's decisi [...] | 2009-06-29 08:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MNUC SOCI KNNP KPAO KMDR RS KZ |
09ASTANA1177 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JUNE 29 - JULY 12 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TUYAKBAY APPEALS TO NAZARBAYEV 2. On July 1, opposition National Social Democratic Party leader Zharmakhan Tuyakbay addr [...] | 2009-07-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA1196 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE CONFLICTED POST-SOVIET MIND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a regional official who was assigned as the Ambassador's "minder" during a two-day visit to Aktau interfered with the Ambassador's meeting with NGO representatives, the same official spoke frankly in private about Kazakhstan's post-Soviet history, NGOs, and democracy. Thou [...] | 2009-07-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1206 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN COMPLETED [...] SUMMARY: INL funded an information campaign conducted by a local NGO to increase public awareness of the risks of human trafficking, targeting in particular those at risk when seeking jobs in-country or abroad. The campaign was conducted concurrently with the Ministry of Interior's anti-traff [...] | 2009-07-21 07:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA1207 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN AKTAU [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador travelled to Aktau on July 15-16. Aktau, located in Mangystau oblast (province) in western Kazakhstan, is a small city known primarily for its oil production and as Kazakhstan's only operational port on the Caspian Sea. While in Aktau, the Ambassador met with Askar Nu [...] | 2009-07-21 07:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA1210 | KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL UIGHURS CONCERNED ABOUT UNREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media outlets, think tanks, and interest groups are expressing concern that Uighur-related unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) may negatively affect Kazakhstan because of Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-07-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA1215 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinating Committee of the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) held its second meeting on July 17 in Astana. During the meeting, the PPEPI Secretariat summarized the initiative's progress to date. The meeting revealed that there are obstacles and imp [...] | 2009-07-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1252 | KAZAKHSTAN: STILL UNDECIDED ON ECOSOC BUT OPEN TO OUR VIEWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On July 24, we raised reftel demarche asking Kazakhstan to support our position on the accreditation to ECOSOC of two NGOs with Zhanar Kulzhanova, the deputy director of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. [...] | 2009-07-24 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA1255 | KAZAKHSTAN: LAWYER FOR FORMER KAZATOMPROM HEAD RETAINS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 22, the Almaty Bar Association rejected a motion filed by the Committee for National Security (KNB) to disbar Daniyar Kanafin, the lawyer hired by the family of Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former head of sta [...] | 2009-07-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA1266 | KAZAKHSTAN TAKES FURTHER STEPS TO PROTECT INVESTORS [...] SUMMARY: On July 14, President Nazarbayev signed legislation that will toughen and improve general reporting requirements for joint stock companies (JSCs) as well as certain business transactions of JSCs. The new provisions will also require disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by m [...] | 2009-07-27 04:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1292 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNHCR, UIGHUR ACTIVIST HAVE RECEIVED NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A UNHCR official told us on July 28 that UNHCR has received no reports that Kazakhstani authorities have deported Chinese Uighurs back to China. However, he was aware of several cases of Uighur refugee activists being detained by the Almaty police for several hours, which he bel [...] | 2009-07-30 07:07:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA1320 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, July 27-31 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-08-04 07:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1339 | KAZAKHSTAN: "NEWSWEEK" GOT IT WRONG ON KIMEP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an on-line article appearing August 1, "Newsweek" magazine accused the Kazakhstani government of suppressing Western-oriented education at what is arguably the country's most prestigious university. The articl [...] | 2009-08-05 07:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA134 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AT EDITOR'S CLUB [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 21, the Ambassador attended a meeting of the Astana Editors-in-Chief Club. Though this organization has been in existence for some time, it has recently risen in profile through increased government ties [...] | 2009-01-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1348 | KAZAKHSTAN REDUCES BURDENSOME BUSINESS INSPECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Inspections of business enterprises in Kazakhstan have traditionally served as disincentives to entrepreneurs due to their intrusive and burdensome nature. Recognizing this as a drag on business development and economic diversification, President Nazarbayev ordered a moratorium on i [...] | 2009-08-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1365 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS BOEHNER CODEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, Prime Minister Karim Masimov briefed a U.S. Congressional delegation led by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) on a wide range of economic and energy issues. Masimov said Kazakhstan is showing signs of recovery from the global economic and financial crisis, an [...] | 2009-08-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAGR EPET ECON EFIN EINV SOCI |
09ASTANA139 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 17-23 [...] The following is another of the weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. UPROAR LEADS TO RETENTION OF NATIONALITY IN PASSPORTS 2. On January 5, Kazakhstan began issuing new, electronic passports. Complying with international conventions, the new documen [...] | 2009-01-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA140 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA PRAISE INAUGURATION OF "PRESIDENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media's reaction to President Obama's inauguration has been overwhelmingly positive and laudatory. The coverage has ranged from detailed accounts of the inaugural speech to human interest stories on [...] | 2009-01-26 03:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1415 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, AUGUST 3-7 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-08-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1428 | KAZAKHSTAN STEPS CLOSER TO SUPPORT FOR A SINGLE-WINDOW FOR [...] SUMMARY: Since 2007, the USAID Regional Trade Liberalization and Customs Project, in cooperation with the German International Development Agency (GTZ),has encouraged the Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan to implement electronic single-window systems to simplify the proce [...] | 2009-08-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1429 | KAZAKHSTAN: WHY TO PAY SERIOUS ATTENTION [...] (S/NF) During USCENTCOM CDR General David Petraeus' August 13 meetings in Astana, senior Kazakhstani officials made more clear than ever that President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants an enhanced relationship with the United States and is offering us a logistics/transit facility for U.S. and Coali [...] | 2009-08-25 04:36:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SOCI KNNP KDEM AF |
09ASTANA1432 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES FILES FOR ARBITRATION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 10, U.S. power company AES notified the government that it will go to international arbitration to appeal more than $200 million in fines assessed for allegedly monopolistic behavior. This action would be the final step in a long, public, legal battle between the co [...] | 2009-08-26 00:15:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1450 | KAZAKHSTAN: IN VINO VERITAS [...] (C) On August 28, I hosted a reception at Embassy Astana's Chief of Mission Residence in honor of USNAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper and his team. Deputy Minister of Defense Rear Admiral Ratmir Komratov attended as the senior-most Kazakhstani military official, and stayed [...] | 2009-08-31 05:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1454 | KAZAKHSTAN: "WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, A POLICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) While the Ambassador was getting a haircut on September 1 at a Turkish-owned unisex salon in Astana, the client in the next chair was cracking up the stylists with a high-volume, endless stream of jokes about how people avo [...] | 2009-09-02 04:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KISL KZ |
09ASTANA148 | KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF INFORMATION ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] SUMMARY: Per retel A, this cable provides updated information on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. The cable updates reftels C, D, E, and F. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kazakhstan's continu [...] | 2009-01-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1498 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE BOLASHAK REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) At a September 8 dinner in honor of the UK Minister for Europe, Baroness Glenyth Kinnock of Holyhead, the Ambassador was seated next to the deputy head of Prime Minister Masimov's office, Dauren Toleukhanov. Before moving to the Prime Minister's apparat, Toleukhanov was a diplomat, hav [...] | 2009-09-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA1530 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, on September 11, Post spoke with Committee on Control and Social Protection Chairman Serikkali Bissakayev in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. Chairman Bissakayev informed EconOff of the [...] | 2009-09-16 11:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1546 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO "REFLECTION" WORKS INSIDE [...] SUMMARY: The environmental organization/NGO Otrazhenie (Reflection),physically located in one of 22 "eco-schools" in Kazakhstan, engages in community service projects, works closely with the Temirtau city council, and serves as the city's environmental information center. The school and NGO [...] | 2009-09-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1547 | KAZAKHSTAN: TEMIRTAU IS "AIDS CAPITAL OF KAZAKHSTAN" [...] SUMMARY: Home to AcelorMittal, Kazakhstan's giant steel plant, Temirtau is known as the "AIDS capital of Kazakhstan." An "explosion" of new HIV/AIDS cases peaked in 1997, then dropped, and has since held steady. The local AIDS Center believes that financial difficulties and layoffs followin [...] | 2009-09-21 06:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI SNAR KHIV KZ |
09ASTANA1617 | KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ |
09ASTANA1618 | KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner for more than 20 prominent Muslim community members, including the Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstani Muslims' Spiritual Board Muhammad Alsabekov, many Kazak [...] | 2009-09-23 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ |
09ASTANA165 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FOR [...] SUMMARY: The following is a summary of local media reports on human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan from July to December 2008. END SUMMARY. LABOR EXPLOITATION 2. December 2, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda: In October, an oblast-level court in Karaganda increased a lower court's sentence from [...] | 2009-01-28 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM RU UZ KZ |
09ASTANA1694 | KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER FOR CENTRAL [...] SUMMARY: The Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC),founded in 1998 by the five countries of Central Asia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),and the European Commission (EC),has a mandate to promote regional dialogue and cooperation across a wide range of envir [...] | 2009-09-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1696 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SCIENCE STRATEGY FACES CONSTRAINTS [...] SUMMARY: In a new strategic plan, Kazakhstan's Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Education and Science identified future scientific research priorities in the areas of energy, biotechnology, mining and metallurgy, renewable energy, information technology, and agriculture. To achieve it [...] | 2009-09-28 10:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV SOCI KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA172 | KAZAKHSTAN: COMMENTS ON DOL DRAFT LIST OF GOODS MADE WITH [...] Per reftel A, this cable provides Embassy Astana's comments on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods that are allegedly produced by child labor or forced labor. DOL's findings on such goods produced in Kazakhstan coincide with reports and studies post has received from local and inter [...] | 2009-01-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ELAB EAGR EIND ETRD SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA173 | KAZAKHSTAN: KOREANS SHARE U.S. VIEWS ON MADRID COMMITMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss political and cultural relations between Kazakhstan and South Korea. South Kore [...] | 2009-01-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SCUL KDEM KIRF KS KZ |
09ASTANA1761 | KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST DISCUSESS "HAWKS AND DOVES" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent political analyst XXXXXXXXXXXX believes that the elites surrounding President Nazarbayev are split into two camps -- the "hawks" and the "doves." The hawks, or the "old guard," believe that the international community can do little but accept Kazakhstan "as is" becaus [...] | 2009-10-02 05:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1768 | KAZAKHSTAN: FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Embassy Astana submits the following proposals for FY 2009/2010 FSA funding for counter-narcotics, border security, drug-demand reduction, and anti-trafficking in persons programs. Responses are keyed to paragraph 19 of the reftel. 2. All projects proposed directly respond to targets estab [...] | 2009-10-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA1771 | KAZAKHSTAN: GRASS-ROOTS DEMOCRACY AT WORK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leader of the local non-governmental organization "Shanyrak," Asylbek Kozhakhmetov, described on September 29 the situation of internal migrants and his organization's efforts to assist them. Primarily focused at [...] | 2009-10-05 08:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1773 | KAZAKHSTAN: GREEK TRAGEDY OR SIMPLY SAGA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Power games and distrust among the elite seem to have increased somewhat in recent months (reftels). Although there is no one straight-line trend to point to, there does seem to be a sense that all's not as well as it could be. This sense of unease might be the result of Nazarb [...] | 2009-10-05 09:09:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA1776 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO "GREEN SALVATION" TAKES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The environmental NGO Green Salvation, one of the oldest NGOs in Kazakhstan, defends the environmental rights of citizens including with lawsuits, if necessary. It monitors implementation of the Aarhus Convention that grants citizens access to information concerning the enviro [...] | 2009-10-06 03:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SENV SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1810 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES GROWING ROLE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 23, Parliamentarian Daria Klebanova spoke about the growing role of the Parliament and anticipated domestic violence legislation. Also an active journalist, she contradicted recent negative reports b [...] | 2009-10-07 01:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA1816 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES -- ZHOVTIS' CASE DISCUSSED ON [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Almaty, Kazakhstan's "southern capital." For this edition, we review how the local media and civil society have reacted to the conviction of leading human rights activist [...] | 2009-10-13 02:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1853 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev would like to meet in Washington the last week of November with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to seek linkages between the National Institutes of Health and Kazakhstan's new national university. We encourage this meet [...] | 2009-10-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OEXC SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1856 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE AGENCY? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 14, Talgat Kaliyev, head of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new policy planning staff, told the DCM that with FM Saudabayev's endorsement, he is exploring plans to establish a bureau within [...] | 2009-10-16 02:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI AF KZ |
09ASTANA187 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 24-30 [...] The following is part of a series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. KARAGANDA DISABLED: "SEX PLEASE" 2. A disability rights group in Karaganda called on the government to legalize prostitution and to provide disabled people with special "card [...] | 2009-01-31 02:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EPET SOCI KDEM KCRM KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA1902 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman met Mangystau Oblast Akim (governor) Krymbek Kusherbayev to discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani energy and non-proliferation projects in western Kazakhstan. Ponem [...] | 2009-10-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC SOCI KNNP AJ RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA1915 | KAZAKHSTAN: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DECREE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The anti-corruption decree signed by President Nazarbayev six months ago tasked the government with drafting legislation to improve anti-corruption measures. A series of high-profile corruption investigations may s [...] | 2009-10-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA193 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA MAYOR TASMAGAMBETOV DETAILS PLANS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Astana Akim (Mayor) Imangali Tasmagambetov told the Ambassador on January 28 that government assistance is facilitating a recovery of Astana's construction sector. He maintained that signature projects in the city' [...] | 2009-02-03 01:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1977 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan February-April 2009. Septel will summarize media May-July 2009. TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN 2. February 2, Interfax; February 3, "Liter," February 5 Novosti, February 6 "Kazpravda": A 28-year-old Ru [...] | 2009-11-06 09:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ |
09ASTANA1978 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS CASE -- LEGAL OPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable summarizes the legal options available to Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Zhovtis' next legal step is to request a review by a judicial panel, which could order a new trial or dismiss the case entirely if it finds procedural irregularities in the case. The Supreme Court cannot r [...] | 2009-11-06 10:23:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1985 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRAFFICKING AWARENESS CAMPAIGN COMPLETED [...] SUMMARY: INL's anti-trafficking information campaign, including 10 performances of the play "Night Stars," a roundtable, and press conference, received unanimously positive responses. "Night Stars," based on true-life stories of former victims of trafficking, was performed in Astana by the Kok [...] | 2009-11-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EAID SMIG SOCI KTIP KCRM KWKN KZ |
09ASTANA2006 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your November 17-18 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent region. Although Ka [...] | 2009-11-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2026 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mud, oil, gas, and ambition blend to form the strange clay that molds the Western Kazakhstani city of Atyrau. In a three-day visit from November 5-7, DCM, Energy Officer, and local staff met with the Deputy Gover [...] | 2009-11-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET EAID SOCI KDEM KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2083 | KAZAKHSTAN: FBI-PROSECUTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert S. Mueller III and Kazakhstani Prosecutor General Kairat Mami signed a Memorandum of Understanding on law enforcement cooperation in Astana, whi [...] | 2009-11-24 00:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2095 | KAZAKHSTANI UIGHUR GROUPS REFUSE TO SING AND DANCE IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following unrest in July and August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs -- one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and an important political force -- criticized the Chinese government and staged a large prote [...] | 2009-11-25 11:30:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA2098 | KAZAKHSTAN: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] In response to ref A, Post submits the following nomination for the International Woman of Courage award: NAME: Galina Morozova TITLE: President ORAGANIZATION: NGO Feminist League DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15-Apr-1949, Russia ID NUMBER: 000813104 LANGUAGES: Russian ADDRESS: 107, Lubov She [...] | 2009-11-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KPAO KTIP KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA210 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW DIRECTORS NAMED FOR TWO INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Karaganda Legal Institute of the Ministry of Interior (MVD) and the MVD Academy in Almaty swapped directors. General Major Serik Yerkenov is the new director of the Legal Institute and General Dzhan Kenzhetayev is the new director of the MVD Academy. INL has c [...] | 2009-02-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SNAR KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA2101 | KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS IN KOKSHETAU - NGO [...] SUMMARY: During a November 12-13 visit to northern city of Kokshetau, the DCM reviewed efforts to fight trafficking in persons (TIP). She met with a local NGO, visited its shelter for victims of trafficking, and opened the anti-trafficking play "Night Stars" and a trafficking-prevention train [...] | 2009-12-01 04:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA211 | KAZAKHSTAN: "MONEY THROWN TO THE WIND" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, the Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan hosted a roundtable on the effectiveness of social projects funded by oil companies operating in the country. The roundtable featured the premier of a 30-minute d [...] | 2009-02-05 03:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2110 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your December 9 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security and law enforcement partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent regi [...] | 2009-12-04 04:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SNAR SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2129 | KAZAKHSTAN CLOSES IN ON EITI VALIDATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From November 23-December 2, independent validators based in the UK interviewed government officials, non-government organizations, energy executives, and diplomatic representatives to assess Kazakhstan's progress [...] | 2009-12-08 01:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2146 | KAZAKHSTAN: VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert Mueller, III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, visited Kazakhstan November 17-18 and met with the Committee on National Security, Prosecutor General, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Chief of [...] | 2009-12-14 09:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2153 | KAZAKHSTAN: PENITENTIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the DCM met with Meiram Ayubayev, Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, to discuss Zhovtis' November 13 statement, in which he alleges pressure to sign a contract to work in a penal colony enterp [...] | 2009-12-15 09:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2157 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...] | 2009-12-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2159 | KAZAHKSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HEARS REALISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake and the Ambassador found that civil society in Kazakhstan is alive and well during a roundtable with democracy and human-rights leaders on Decem [...] | 2009-12-18 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2160 | KAZAKHSTAN: DFM UMAROV DETAILS HIS DISSIDENT PAST TO A/S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Robert Blake concluded his successful three-day visit to Kazakhstan with an elegant but relaxed dinner hosted by Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on December 15. Umarov revealed in great detail his person [...] | 2009-12-19 03:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KNNP SOCI OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2168 | KAZAKHSTAN: HU JINTAO'S PIPELINE DIPLOMACY SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to Chinese President Hu Jintao's December 12 visit to Kazakhstan, the media touted Kazakhstani and Chinese positive expectations for the visit, as well as reports of a demonstration in protest of a Chinese i [...] | 2009-12-22 01:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI CH RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA2201 | KAZAKHSTAN: INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON BILATERAL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Kazakhstan for the inauguration of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) (septel),Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Davi [...] | 2009-12-23 05:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR KCRM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2205 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW POLITICAL PARTY, PIPE DREAM, OR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani functionary with an intriguing resume says he wants to found a Green Party of Kazakhstan. We are unsure if he is a sincere big dreamer, or if he might possibly have ties to others who want to chall [...] | 2009-12-24 02:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA222 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LAW SHOULD BOLSTER PROTECTION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A new Special Social Services Law came into force in Kazakhstan at the beginning of 2009 and will pave the way for state funding of a full range of services -- including medical, psychological, and legal services -- t [...] | 2009-02-06 08:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA2232 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENDER RIGHTS ADVANCE WITH PASSAGE OF TWO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev signed into law legislation on domestic violence and gender equality. The gender-equality law introduces for the first time the legal concept of gender and outlaws gender-based discrimination. [...] | 2009-12-24 04:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2234 | KAZAKHSTAN: HOT DEBATE ON PRIVACY PROTECTION LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Kazakhstan co-hosted an "expert meeting" roundtable on December 15 with the Majilis (lower house of the parliament) to discuss recently-signed legislation on protection of [...] | 2009-12-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2238 | KAZAKHSTAN: MOJ SUSPENDS PARTY'S REGISTRATION, AGAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) suspended the registration of the opposition party "Alga" for the second time, alleging irregularities with the party-member lists. Alga's first registration application was [...] | 2009-12-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2255 | KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN MARITIME TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This report summarizes international donor efforts to promote Caspian maritime trade and transportation, including projects to bring Kazakhstan's maritime legislation in line with international standards, improve [...] | 2009-12-30 05:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA232 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 6 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citiz [...] | 2009-02-09 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAIR SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA235 | KAZAKHSTANI ACADEMICS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH CHINA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In December, PolOff met with several academics from one of Kazakhstan's most prestigious universities, Al-Farabi National University in Almaty. PolOff's interlocutors stressed the importance of Kazakhstan's balan [...] | 2009-02-10 01:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA236 | KAZAKHSTANI STUDENTS DISCUSS BORAT AND OBAMA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of our Public Diplomacy Outreach program, PolOff recently gave a talk on American culture and U.S.-Kazakhstan relations with students at one of Astana's elite high schools. In general, the students had ve [...] | 2009-02-10 05:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA249 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES EXTREMISM, CAUTIOUSLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 6 meeting, Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Absasttar Derbisali told the Ambassador that Islam is undergoing a renaissance in Kazakhstan. He shar [...] | 2009-02-12 01:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA250 | KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST SEES INTRA-ELITE WARFARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, Kazakhstani political analyst Dosym Satpayev said that the recent state take-over of two leading banks is part of a larger trend of increased government contro [...] | 2009-02-12 01:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA260 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL RULES RELIGION LAW IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, Kazakhstan's Constitutional Council ruled that the proposed amendments to the country's religion law are inconsistent with Kazakhstan's Constitution. Before arriving at its decision, the Council st [...] | 2009-02-13 01:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA262 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 7 - 13 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to ci [...] | 2009-02-13 07:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA267 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, the Ambassador met for the first time with new Minister of Health Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev, and further reinforced the strong partnership that exists between the United States and Kazakhstan in the area [...] | 2009-02-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA269 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 7-13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The reported closure of Manas Airbase in neighboring Kyrgyzstan continues to make news in Kazakhstan, spurring a number of stories about regional politics and the announcement of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Rapid Response Force. Both the closure decision and [...] | 2009-02-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PROP EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA270 | KAZAKHSTAN: USAID PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM PRODUCES [...] SUMMARY: The 2006 HIV outbreak among children in southern Kazakhstan is a painful reminder to Kazakhstani families of the vulnerabilities in their health-care system. However, as a result of the outbreak, a USAID exchange program conducted in September 2007 contributed to the recent establis [...] | 2009-02-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA280 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOWS IN CENTRAL ASIA: SURVIVING AND [...] (U) English Language Fellows across Central Asia are making solid contributions to English departments and communities despite the multiple challenges of living and working in Central Asia. Having visited all the Fellows at their sites during the past 18 months, the Regional English Language [...] | 2009-02-17 10:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO PGOV SOCI KZ TI UZ TX KG |
09ASTANA296 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 13 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION-ORIENTED ECONOMISTS CRITICIZE DEVALUATION 2. The devaluation of Kazakhstan's national currency, the tenge, dominated t [...] | 2009-02-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA306 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 14 - 20 [...] NOTE: This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might intere [...] | 2009-02-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA307 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 11-18 [...] SUMMARY: A perceived delay in the final decision on closing Manas airbase triggered speculation on whether the Kyrgyz Government's announcement on closing the base was simply an attempt to try to squeeze a few more dollars out of the United States. The U.S. stimulus-package legislation also [...] | 2009-02-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA308 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUSTICE MINISTER BALIYEVA EXPRESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Justice Zagipa Baliyeva expressed appreciation for U.S. government assistance to her ministry and asked for further support. She noted in considerable d [...] | 2009-02-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA309 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADORS AGREE CIVIL SOCIETY IS WEAK, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent lunch in honor of visiting Dutch Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Arjan Hamburger, several Astana-based Ambassadors exchanged views on Kazakhstan's democratic trajectory. All agreed that the recen [...] | 2009-02-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA311 | KAZAKHSTAN: ONCE "SECRET" BIOWEAPONS CITY STILL IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently accompanied several U.S. scientists on a trip to Stepnogorsk. Once a secret "closed" Soviet city dedicated to research on biological weapons, Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and cha [...] | 2009-02-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EINV SOCI TBIO KNNP RS KZ |
09ASTANA345 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT LAW WOULD EXPAND STATE REGULATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis -- i.e. the lower house of Kazakhstan's parliament -- is currently considering a draft package of amendments that would, if passed in its current form, greatly increase state regulation of Internet co [...] | 2009-02-25 06:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA350 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER MASIMOV BECOMES COUNTRY'S MOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprising development, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov recently posted an edition of opposition paper "Respublika" on his government blog. This is the latest move in Masimov's blogging experiment, [...] | 2009-02-25 23:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA351 | KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON CASES OF YESERGEPOV, ATTACKED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Several cases recently reported in local and international media have raised concerns about increasing pressure against journalists in Kazakhstans. Three journalists were the victims of physical attacks fro Decem [...] | 2009-02-27 01:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA353 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI'S OFFICE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to the Ambassador's recent discussion with Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Abasasttar Derbisali (see reftel),Regional English Language Office [...] | 2009-02-27 01:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO EG KZ |
09ASTANA358 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...] | 2009-02-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA359 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FOR [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan for January 2009. UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS 2. January 27, Interfax, Aikyn: Two businesswomen attempting to recruit women from Kyzylorda to work as prostitutes in Astana were arrested by undercover po [...] | 2009-02-27 09:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ |
09ASTANA366 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 21 - 27 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-02-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA368 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FOR [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan for January 2009. UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS 2. January 27, Interfax, Aikyn: Two businesswomen attempting to recruit women from Kyzylorda to work as prostitutes in Astana were arrested by undercover po [...] | 2009-02-27 09:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ |
09ASTANA369 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...] | 2009-02-27 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA371 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 21-27 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 21-27, the Kazakhstani media continued to speculate about the regional ramifications of Kyrgyzstan's decision to close the Manas airbase, as well as about the future of both the U.S. dollar and the Kazakhstani tenge amidst the continuing global economic cr [...] | 2009-02-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA372 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of a very frank conversation on February 26, Presidential Advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador that he supports early parliamentary elections and establishing a dialogue between the government and opposition. He explained he favors a two-party system [...] | 2009-03-02 06:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI KDEM RS KZ |
09ASTANA380 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 17 - 27 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE THE ELECTION LAW 2. On February 18, four opposition parties -- Azat, the National Social Democratic P [...] | 2009-03-03 07:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA410 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE EAGER TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his March 4 introductory call on Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuymebayev, the Ambassador raised U.S.-Kazakhstani cooperation in the field of education, including on the Bolashak program and reg [...] | 2009-03-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TBIO KNNP KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA412 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN TOKAYEV PROMISES EXPEDITIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senate Chairman Tokayev promised the Ambassador on March 5 that the Senate would take swift action to pass the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) agreement as soon as it receives the legislation from the Majilis. H [...] | 2009-03-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA415 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...] | 2009-03-06 09:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA417 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...] | 2009-03-06 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA418 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 6 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-03-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EAGR SOCI KISL KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA425 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV FOCUSES SOLELY ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev delivered his annual address to Parliament on March 6. The entire address was devoted to the economy and overcoming the global economic crisis. He claimed that many governments have come to unde [...] | 2009-03-06 12:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA433 | KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TELLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial March 10 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, the Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Saginbek Tursunov explained that his organization's primary role is to provide advice on and [...] | 2009-03-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA434 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LEGAL INSTITUTE DIRECTOR LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 24, INL representatives met with General-Major Serik Yerkenov, the new director of the Ministry of Interior's Karaganda Legal Institute, to discuss his plans for the Study Center on Combating Illegal Mi [...] | 2009-03-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ |