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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08NAIROBI1227 | EXPANDED KENYAN CABINET MIGHT COST EXTRA $600 MILLION A [...] (SBU) The new 92-person Kenyan Cabinet represents 42% of Parliament and is the largest, most expensive in Kenya's history. The Grand Coalition Cabinet and government could cost Kenyan taxpayers up to $5.82 billion/year, about $594 million more than the previous one. This extra cost is probably [...] | 2008-05-13 07:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB KE |
08NAIROBI1318 | KENYA'S INFLATION SOARS HIGHER IN APRIL [...] Summary: Overall inflation continued accelerating in April 2008, with prices an average of 26.6% higher than in April 2007 (YOY). Seasonally adjusted inflation reached 14.8%, driven mainly by food, transportation and fuel prices. The Nairobi lower income group experienced the highest inflation [...] | 2008-05-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EAGR KE |
08NAIROBI1414 | KENYA LAUNCHES CHILD HELPLINE TO FIGHT CHILD ABUSE, LABOR [...] Summary: The Ministry of Gender and Children's Affairs and Childline Kenya officially launched the 116 Child Helpline joint initiative on May 31, 2008. Children and others can call toll-free on any landline or cell phone to report cases of child abuse, labor or trafficking and receive counseli [...] | 2008-06-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KE |
08NAIROBI1456 | KENYA INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] Summary: Forced labor is insignificant in Kenya in the production of manufactured goods. There is virtually no child labor in the formal manufacturing sector. The number of child workers in Kenya dropped by over 47% in five years, from 1.9 million in 1999 to 1 million in December 2005. Over [...] | 2008-06-16 04:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI192 | KENYA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN ELECTION MAKES [...] (U) Summary: In a stunning reversal from consensus predictions that the December 27 general election would not affect Kenya's growing economy, allegations of vote rigging led to inter-tribal violence and looting that temporarily paralyzed the country's transportation system, scared away tourist [...] | 2008-01-17 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI2522 | The "One-Two" Punch to Kenya's Economy [...] (SBU) Still recovering from the blow of post-election violence, the Kenyan economy is now being hit by the global financial crisis. This "one-two" punch spells trouble for Kenya's economic prospects at least over the short-term. Indicators of less than optimal growth include declining remitta [...] | 2008-10-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR KE |
08NAIROBI2605 | KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES [...] (SBU) GOK MOVES APACE ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS 2. (SBU) CIVAIR AUTHORITY RAMPING UP FOR FAA CATEGORY 1 3. (SBU) ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CONCEDES WEAKNESSES 4. (SBU) KENYA RAILWAYS: STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON TRACK 5. (SBU) MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS SUGGEST SLUGGISH GROWTH 6. (SB [...] | 2008-11-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR EAIR ASEC |
08NAIROBI2715 | KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: LATE NOV/EARLY DEC '08 [...] (SBU) CENTRAL BANK PREPS FOR ECONOMIC HEADWINDS 2. (SBU) DEMAND FOR KENYAN TEA FALLS SHARPLY 3. (SBU) TEA WORKERS GET PAY HIKE; GOK FORMS LABOR BOARD 4. (SBU) INTERPOL-KWS MAKE PROGRESS ON POACHING 5. (SBU) PM CONTINUES PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT 6. (SBU) CORRUPTION: FORMER FINANCE [...] | 2008-12-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR |
08NAIROBI2872 | KENYA'S STAGNATING ECONOMY [...] (U) Economic growth registered 2.1 percent in the third quarter, falling over one percent from the second quarter rate of 3.4 percent. Continuing double-digit inflation (particularly for food and fuel),declining agricultural production, and a struggling tourist sector (still recovering from [...] | 2008-12-24 07:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
08NAIROBI353 | KENYA: PRIVATE SECTOR SAYS THE ECONOMY WILL SHRINK IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The private sector is warning that the Kenyan economy will likely shrink in 2008, having already lost tens of billions of shillings in January, and with losses that could reach Ksh260 billion (over $4 billion) and 500,000 jobs in the first half of the year. Claims by Government [...] | 2008-02-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE |
08NAIROBI383 | KENYAN CEOS CALL FOR PEACE, RECONCILIATION, REFORMS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 300 CEOs from firms employing 12 million Kenyans met on February 5 to issue a strong statement on the need for peace, security, reconciliation, reconstruction, and reform for Kofi Annan to deliver to Government-ODM negotiators. Although the final text (para 8) of the CEO su [...] | 2008-02-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE |
08NAIROBI447 | KENYA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TOO OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan newspapers disregarded the sugar-coating in Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Njuguna Ndung'u's claims that the impact of post-election violence would most likely be confined to the first quarter. They highlighted his admissions that there could be a major slowdown, th [...] | 2008-02-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EINV KE |
08NAIROBI472 | KENYA PRIVATE SECTOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenya Private Sector Alliance met with foreign mission reps on February 6 to brief them on the February 5 CEOs statement to politicians, and to ask the European missions to clarify their public position on aid cutoffs and to revise their travel advisories. They confirmed the [...] | 2008-02-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ELAB ETRD EIND EINV KE |
08NAIROBI521 | BEEF, BREAD, AND BUTTER GETTING SCARCER AND PRICIER IN [...] (U) Summary. Agricultural analysts predict that Kenya may suffer food shortages by late 2008 if post-election violence does not stop. Government stockpiles of corn will suffice for the next seven months, but observers note that many farmers in the upper Rift Valley have been unable to work t [...] | 2008-02-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD ELAB PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI763 | KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...] | 2008-03-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI811 | SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...] | 2008-03-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG KE |
08NAIROBI812 | SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...] | 2008-03-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KE |
08NASSAU193 | THE BAHAMAS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) As requested in reftel, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------- Para 27 -- OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A: Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...] | 2008-03-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BF |
08NASSAU591 | LABOR UNREST ROCKS BAHAMAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Labor unrest broke the summer lull on three Bahamian islands in the past week and brought the capital,s central avenue to an unexpected standstill mid-morning August 11. A union-sanctioned strike at Morton Salt on Great Inagua August 8 caused management to cease operations inde [...] | 2008-08-14 22:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB BF |
08NASSAU765 | TOURISM LEVELS DROP IN BAHAMAS FOLLOWING ECONOMIC [...] Summary: Tourist numbers in The Bahamas have decreased following the recent economic downturn in the U.S. Newly released visitor arrival numbers show a 9.6% drop in overall numbers for the first half of 2008. The economy of The Bahamas is dependent on tourism, which accounts for nearly 70% [...] | 2008-10-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB BF |
08NASSAU796 | ATLANTIS RESORT LAYS OFF 800 EMPLOYES [...] (U) The tlantis Resort on Paradise Island, The ahamas, largest private employer, laid off 800 employees on 12 November. In public statements, President and Managing Director of Kerzner International Bahamas George Markantonis said the company had no choice but to reduce staff by 10%, given th [...] | 2008-11-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB BF |
08NASSAU832 | HOTEL LAYOFFS CONTINUE AS TOURIST ARRIVALS REMAIN LOW [...] (U) Summary: Tourism levels in The Bahamas have dropped to near post-9/11 levels and led to a wave of layoffs in well-paying hotels jobs - some 800 positions at the premiere, U.S.-owned Atlantis Resorts in Nassau two weeks ago and another 150 terminated at other hotels since then. With the e [...] | 2008-11-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB BF |
08NASSAU863 | TOP IMMIGRATION STAFF OUT AFTER SHAKE-UP [...] (C) Six top administrators, including the deputy director, in the Department of Immigration were unexpectedly offered retirement packages in apparent response to long-standing allegations of inefficiency and corruption by the Minister of Immigration appointed after the cabinet reshuffle in Ju [...] | 2008-12-09 21:04:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ELAB BF |
08NEWDELHI3015 | NAGPUR'S SEX TRADE AND CHILD LABOR: CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Gayatri Patel and poloffs met NGO workers, government officials, and trafficking victims in Nagpur, and found there is no consensus on the prevalence of trafficking in persons. Law enforcement remains weak sinc [...] | 2008-11-28 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB IN KCOR KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM SOCI |
08NIAMEY231 | NIGER GSP PETITION: INTERIM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) DCM on February 20 made ref A demarche with Labor Ministry Secretary General Assane Harouna, National Commission against Forced Labor and Discrimination director Issa Dan Azoumi and the head of the Labor Ministry's child labor division, Dounama Abdou. They noted that the slavery study [...] | 2008-02-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD SOCI USAID PREL NG |
08NIAMEY951 | NIGER: APPLYING LETTER OF THE LAW TO [...] (C) Summary. USAID Country Manager attended a donors' meeting to discuss the current working environment for NGOs. The tense relationships between the Government of Niger (GON) and two NGOs, Medecins Sans Frontier/France (MSF/F) and Agence Contre le Faim/Espagne (ACF/E),after the NGO operati [...] | 2008-09-11 08:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELAB PREL PGOV EAGR NG |
08NICOSIA110 | CYPRUS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] Per Ref A request, the Embassy submits one (1) proposal for an anti-trafficking in persons project to be funded from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations; details have been sent via e-mail to appropriate Department personnel (Ref B). The request is for a film entitled "Lullaby," by Cypriot fi [...] | 2008-02-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG CY |
08NICOSIA180 | TURKISH CYPRIOT-ADMINISTERED AREA -- EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2007 - March 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Amy E. Dahm, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3345, Fax: (357) [...] | 2008-03-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CY |
08NICOSIA181 | REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2007 - March 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Amy E. Dahm, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3345, Fax: (357) [...] | 2008-03-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CY |
08NICOSIA32 | CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...] | 2008-01-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
08NICOSIA424 | NO EVIDENCE OF FORCED OR CHILD LABOR IN CYPRUS [...] In response to a Department of Labor request associated with the 2005 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (Reftel),Post canvassed government, labor union, human rights NGO, and immigrant/refugee advocacy contacts for evidence of forced and/or exploitative child labor in the pr [...] | 2008-06-05 11:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CY |
08OTTAWA1257 | CANADA-EU TRADE PROPOSAL MAY RIVAL SCOPE OF NAFTA...OR NOT. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EIND EFIN ELAB CA EU |
08OTTAWA346 | CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...] | 2008-03-07 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA |
08OTTAWA767 | LABOR SECRETARY CHAO ATTENDS NORTH AMERICAN AGREEMENT OF LABOR COOPERATION MEETING IN OTTAWA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 21:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD PREL CA |
08OTTAWA778 | CANADA AND COLOMBIA CONCLUDE FTA TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 12:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EINV ELAB SENV CA CO |
08OTTAWA85 | CANADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (u) Per reftel instructions, post has updated the Investment Climate Statement for the 2008 Country Commercial Guide. 2. (u) Begin Text of ICS Update Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude Strong economic fundamentals, proximity to the U.S. marke [...] | 2008-01-15 22:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
08OUAGADOUGOU318 | BURKINA FASO: MILITARY RETIREES SURPRISE GOVERNMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Beginning in October 2007, a group of retired and soon-to-be retired Burkinabe soldiers participated in unauthorized demonstrations to argue for increased benefits and retirement ages. The Government offered to reemploy retired military as civil servants and provide a fund for i [...] | 2008-04-20 16:28:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR ELAB UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU348 | BURKINA FASO: UNIONS PLAN MAY 1 MARCH; MORE STRIKES MAY [...] (U) Key Points: -- On May 1, national union leaders in Ouagadougou and across the country will hold a march, followed by meetings and rallies, to commemorate International Labor Day and reinforce their protests against the rising cost of living and perceived Government (GOBF) inaction. -- [...] | 2008-04-30 14:35:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ECON PHUM EFIN UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU424 | BURKINA FASO: GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST THE RISING COST OF [...] Key Points: - Burkinabe unions expressed satisfaction with their nationwide strike on May 13-15 to protest the rising cost of living. - Participation was light in most cities and there were no incidents of violence. Between 6-8,000 peacefully participated in a May 14 rally in Ouagadougou. [...] | 2008-05-19 17:04:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ECON EFIN PHUM PINS UV |
08PANAMA103 | *PANAMA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CALLS FOR [...] (C) Asserting that Panama need "reinvention," Panamenista presidential nomination contender Marco Ameglio said he would call for a constitutional assembly (constituyente) during the first 18 months of his presidency to "redefine the republic." "Today, I am issuing a 20-month plan, not a 60-mon [...] | 2008-01-31 22:14:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ENRG ELAB SNAR KCRM PM |
08PARAMARIBO118 | OLD CAMPAIGN PROMISES HAUNT GOVERNMENT COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary. A 2004 agreement between the Government of Suriname (GOS) and a Chinese company to set up a palm oil plantation in the eastern District of Marowijne still has not been implemented due to the GOS's inability to overcome local villagers' opposition to key aspects of the plan. The [...] | 2008-03-20 18:11:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV NS |
08PARAMARIBO244 | Minor Springtime Strikes Plague Government, Minus Fall [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Spring 2008 saw an outbreak of several strikes in Suriname. Contractors at Suralco (owned by U.S. aluminum giant Alcoa) went on strike in April, followed by a high school teachers' strike, a demonstration by retired civil servants, and blockades by fishermen. Similar events [...] | 2008-06-04 19:05:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIS PGOV NS |
08PARAMARIBO390 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following three (3) participants from Suriname's Ministry of Justice and Police, who have been nominated for the ILEA Training in San Salvador, El Salvador, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has conducted l [...] | 2008-09-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR SMIG ELAB PHUM NS |
08PARAMARIBO42 | SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] (U) Post submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) has identified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a key element in achieving sustainable development. In its 2006-2011 [...] | 2008-02-04 16:42:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR 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 |
08PARIS141 | FRANCE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...] | 2008-01-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR |
08PARIS1513 | ECONOMIC AND LABOR REFORMS THAT WILL CHANGE THE [...] (SBU) The French National Assembly has adopted four key economic and labor reforms that will ease many services and labor market constraints, boost purchasing power, promote entrepreneurship, and allow individual firms to negotiate overtime hours with their employees. The fours laws in questi [...] | 2008-08-04 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
08PARIS228 | THE ATTALI REPORT: A NEW PATH TO REFORM AND GOVERNING [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy on January 23 pledged to enact -- with three exceptions -- recommendations for spurring economic growth devised by a commission headed by Jacques Attali, former political adviser to Socialist President Mitterrand. These proposals range from boosting competition in the r [...] | 2008-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
08PARTO20501 | Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 10:45 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...] | 2008-02-05 22:26:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB |
08PARTO20502 | Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian Anti-TPA [...] (U) January 24, 2008; 6:15 p.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William R. Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representa [...] | 2008-02-05 23:07:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB |
08PARTO20503 | (SBU) Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 2:15 p.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William R. Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representa [...] | 2008-02-05 23:16:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB |
08PARTO20504 | Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian Pro-FTA [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 8:15 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William R. Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representa [...] | 2008-02-05 23:25:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB |
08PARTO20505 | Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 3:30 p.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...] | 2008-02-05 23:23:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB |
08PARTO20506 | Secretary Rice's Meeting with Medellin Mayor [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 10:00 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...] | 2008-02-05 23:36:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB |
08PHNOMPENH1022 | CAMBODIA: ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HIGHLIGHTS REMAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Given the bleak global economic outlook, labor union leaders, garment manufacturers and other stakeholders are concerned that Cambodia,s critical garment sector may face factory closures and possibly more layoffs in coming months. Labor union leaders complain about difficultie [...] | 2008-12-24 09:28:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB |
08PHNOMPENH103 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TOUT MEASURED PROGRESS, HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Civil society leaders presented a "glass half full" picture of Cambodian progress on a variety of political, economic, and human rights issues to Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel during his January 16 [...] | 2008-01-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB CB CM VN |
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 |
08PHNOMPENH503 | WORKING CONDITIONS IMPROVED, BUT LABOR UNIONS STILL [...] Summary: Even as a recent report touted Cambodia's low labor costs, labor union leaders and employers report that working conditions and respect for the labor law and regulations have continued to improve in Cambodia's garment sector in recent years due largely to the USG-funded Better Factor [...] | 2008-06-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
08PHNOMPENH861 | EMBASSY PHNOM PENH'S NOMINATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN [...] Embassy Phnom Penh is proud to nominate Sam Sreymom for the International Woman of Courage Award. Charge d'Affaires Piper Campbell oversaw the nomination process which proved to be difficult this year considering the number of Cambodian activists that have received regional and international a [...] | 2008-10-27 05:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PREL PHUM ELAB |
08PHNOMPENH96 | CAMBODIA: MARCH IN HONOR OF SLAIN UNION LEADER PROGRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 22, about 100 union leaders, rights activists, workers and teachers marched in honor of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of union leader Chea Vichea. In speeches at the event, union leaders, opposition politicians, and human rights activists urged the rele [...] | 2008-01-23 01:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB CB |
08PODGORICA166 | DISPLEASED BY TIP RANKING, GOM BITES BACK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MW |
08PODGORICA218 | COALITION EXPLOITS OPPOSITION BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENT BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's Parliament wrapped up its latest session on July 31, with the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) - Social Democratic Party (SDP) coalition taking advantage of the opposition's ongoing boycott of plenary meetings (reftel) to pass a raft of legislation before [...] | 2008-08-21 12:41:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB MW |
08PODGORICA75 | MONTENEGRO-EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Post's submission of the draft Anti-trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for Montenegro follows. Beginning with Section I - Overview of Country Activities, responses are keyed to reftel. EMBASSY PODGORICA CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy Podgorica POC for anti-trafficking is Human Rights Offi [...] | 2008-03-04 16:38:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW |
08PORTAUPRINCE328 | RESPONSE TO TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] In response to reftel, post nominates Mballe M. Nkembe. He is an American direct-hire, economic-coned officer in post's combined Political/Economic section. (Note: Post does not have a Labor Officer. End note.) Mr. Nkembe, who is currently updating the Department of Labor's (DOL) Foreign [...] | 2008-02-27 19:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM |
08PORTAUPRINCE336 | HAITI'S SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensetive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF HAITI'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of [...] | 2008-02-28 19:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB HA KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF |
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 |
08PORTLOUIS316 | WHERE'S THE TUNA? LEHMAN BROTHERS' BANKRUPTCY AND PIRATES [...] SUMMARY: Concerns over the state of the Seychelles tuna industry rose in the wake of news of more piracy in the Indian Ocean and the bankruptcy announcement of Lehman Brothers, a shareholder in one of Seychelles' largest seafood operations. While recent pirate attacks have everyone's attention [...] | 2008-09-17 10:12:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIS ELAB PGOV SE |
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 |
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 |
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 |
08PRETORIA115 | NEW CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY HEAD OUTLINES SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary. South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) CEO/Commissioner Colin Jordaan discussed safety oversight and compliance with international aviation safety standards during his first interviews with the South African media. Jordaan alerted all airlines during the interviews that [...] | 2008-01-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ELAB 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 |
08PRETORIA1387 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-06-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA1595 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-07-22 07:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA1624 | Safety in South African Mines - a Moral Imperative [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Persistent fatalities in South African mines (increasing to 221 in 2007 from 199 in the prior year) have galvanized industry, government, and labor into taking a harder look at the way safety is communicated and implemented on mines. Both Anglo American and Gold Fields, the thi [...] | 2008-07-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA1856 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-08-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA1959 | Platinum Group Metals - Rising Star at Risk [...] (SBU) Platinum has been the star performer in the South African mining industry for a number of years. South Africa is the world's number one producer of the platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, rhodium, ruthenium and iridium, while Russia supplies the bulk of the world's palladium. The co [...] | 2008-09-04 12:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF ZI |
08PRETORIA2005 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-09-10 08:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA2128 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-09-26 09:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA217 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-02-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA2402 | COLUMBUS STAINLESS STEEL AND ASME NUCLEAR STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy supported the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nuclear Codes and Standards Workshop in Johannesburg, which successfully promoted Westinghouse's bid for significant new nuclear build in South Africa (septel). Delegates visited Columbus Stainless L [...] | 2008-11-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF |
08PRETORIA2404 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-11-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA2556 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-11-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA2730 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-12-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA381 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-02-26 10:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA565 | Gold's Glitter is Fading in South Africa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African gold mining industry has not been able to fully capitalize on record gold prices during 2007-2008. Gold mining was disrupted by a number of events, which have cost millions of dollars in lost production and export revenues. First, a power crisis came to a head [...] | 2008-03-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF |
08PRETORIA609 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-03-25 09:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA724 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-04-07 15:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRETORIA77 | 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2008 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2008 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2008 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The [...] | 2008-01-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF |
08PRETORIA972 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-05-08 08:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
08PRISTINA128 | KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART ONE OF TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. (Note: On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared Kosovo to be an independent state. On February 18, 2008 the United States recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with [...] | 2008-03-12 16:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM ELAB |
08QUITO1124 | ECUADORIAN RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary. Falling oil prices will pressure Ecuador's balance of payments and government finances, although it currently enjoys sizeable international reserves and a budget surplus. On November 18, the Government of Ecuador unveiled a package of measures, including tariff increases on over [...] | 2008-12-05 17:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ELAB PGOV EC |
08QUITO307 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY'S BUSY, SEMI-PRODUCTIVE 4TH [...] (C) Summary: During its fourth month of work, the Constituent Assembly actively engaged in drafting constitutional articles on the judiciary, the electoral function, and fundamental rights, among other topics, but failed to approve a single article. Assembly members spent much of their time d [...] | 2008-04-01 19:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PTER ECON EC CO |
08QUITO315 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: WORLD CLASS GOLD DEPOSIT, [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Mining Developments ------------------- 2. (U) The press reported for the first time on March 14 that Aurelian Resources (Canada) had discovered the wo [...] | 2008-04-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ELAB EINV EC |
08QUITO402 | ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY PICKS UP THE PACE [...] (SBU) Summary: During the last month, the Constituent Assembly managed to approve its first 17 constitutional articles, as well as a committee report on Colombia-Ecuador tensions and the alleged U.S. role in the March 1 attack. While President Correa,s Proud and Sovereign Fatherland movement [...] | 2008-05-06 16:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB MARR PTER ECON EC |
08QUITO588 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: RICE PRICE CONTROLS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Rice Price Controls Supplement an Export Ban -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On May 31, President Correa extended a September 2007 [...] | 2008-07-03 12:53:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAGR ELAB PGOV EC |
08QUITO883 | American Business Committee Sees Both Good and Bad under [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of the U.S. business community in Ecuador provided the Ambassador an overview of the business climate in Ecuador. They reported a mixed picture, with some highlighting the difficult investment climate created by the uncertain direction of economic policy, while [...] | 2008-09-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ELAB 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 |
08RABAT265 | MOROCCO TRADES SUBSIDIES FOR STABILITY IN THE FACE OF PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Like other countries in the region, Morocco has been buffeted by rapidly escalating international commodity prices. Internal factors such as the 2007 drought have compounded the problem. While official indexes do not yet reflect these price pressures, the exploding budget of th [...] | 2008-03-26 14:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO |
08RABAT280 | MOROCCO'S ROAD CARNAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of a multi-year national campaign initiated in 2004 to decrease road fatalities, Morocco suffered an increase in the number of killed and seriously injured in 2007, with on average, more than 10 people killed and 240 seriously injured on Moroccan roads each day. The ca [...] | 2008-03-31 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON ELAB MO |
08RABAT289 | TOURISM: ENGINE TO PROGRESS [...] Summary: In 2007, Morocco posted its highest tourist numbers on record, attracting 7.4 million visitors, a 13 percent increase over 2006. Morocco is on track to achieve its goal of 10 million visitors by 2010, in line with the target of its Vision 2010 program for the sector. In addition to [...] | 2008-04-04 16:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | ELTN EINV ELAB EAIR MO |
08RABAT524 | MOROCCO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 4, the Ambassador telephoned Minister of Social Development, Families, and Solidarity Nouzha Skalli, who was traveling, of Morocco's new status as a Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Tier 2 country. The Ambassador also shared basic recommendations and promised to follow up with conc [...] | 2008-06-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV KCRM KPAO KWMN MO |
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 |
08RANGOON113 | BURMA INKS NEW TIP NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOB on February 4 signed a new five-year National Action Plan against Trafficking in Persons, showing renewed commitment to combating TIP in Burma. The five-year plan, which lays out GOB priorities for 2007-2011, was then approved by both the Cabinet and Senior Generals on [...] | 2008-02-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM |
08RANGOON125 | NEGOTIATIONS ON FORCED LABOR AGREEMENT CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. The ILO continues to negotiate with the Burmese Government on the renewal of the ILO-GOB Forced Labor Mechanism Agreement, which will expire on February 26. The ILO is willing to extend the current agreement with no changes, providing the GOB meets certain conditions, including [...] | 2008-02-15 09:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON127 | BURMA: MORE ACTION NEEDED ON FORCED LABOR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. According to ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall, the Burmese Government must take additional steps to address forced labor issues, particularly child soldier cases. The Ministry of Defense does not adequately punish recruiters of child soldiers, and the government places an unf [...] | 2008-02-19 09:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON14 | ILO FRUSTRATED WITH BURMESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. Although the ILO had a good working relationship with former Deputy Labor Minister Aung Kyi, (now both Minister of Labor and Minister of Relations. i.e., the regime's liaison to Aung San Suu Kyi),new Deputy Labor Minister Brigadier General Tin Tun has increased restrictions on [...] | 2008-01-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON168 | ILO AND GOB RENEW FORCED LABOR MECHANISM AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On February 27, the ILO and Burmese Government signed an agreement extending the ILO-GOB Forced Labor Mechanism Agreement for an additional year. During meetings with ILO Executive Director Kari Tapiola, the Burmese Government agreed to allow the ILO travel around Burma withou [...] | 2008-03-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON286 | BURMA: ILO TO RAISE FORCED LABOR WITH THE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. Forced labor is a significant problem in Burma, and the military, who are the worst perpetrators, are not held accountable. While the ILO Liaison Office primarily works with the Ministry of Labor, it recently sought to expand its mandate to include the military. Seeking to imp [...] | 2008-04-24 11:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV BM |
08RANGOON424 | BURMA: PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL ILO CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Although the Burmese Government has taken steps to address forced labor and child soldier issues, forced labor continues to be a significant problem in Burma, ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall told us. During the annual ILO Conference, ILO members should question the GOB's com [...] | 2008-05-28 09:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON425 | BURMA: ILO LOOKING TO EXPAND ROLE AFTER CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which devastated Burma on May 2-3, International Labor Organization officials are looking to expand the organization's mandate in Burma so it can address cyclone recovery issues, particularly the use of paid labor instead of forced labor during rec [...] | 2008-05-28 09:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON517 | BURMA: ILO TO START CASH FOR WORK PROGRAM IN DELTA [...] (C) Summary. International Labor Organization (ILO) officials plan to start a cash-for-work program by August to assist the most vulnerable populations affected by Cyclone Nargis. Under the program, the ILO will empower local residents in poverty-stricken villages to participate in infrastr [...] | 2008-06-27 10:56:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON519 | NO EVIDENCE OF DELTA FORCED LABOR; CHILD SOLDIER [...] (C) Summary. Although the ILO Burma office has not received any formal complaints of forced labor in the Irrawaddy Delta after Cyclone Nargis, it continues to closely monitor the situation. ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall reported an increase in child soldier cases - his office now recei [...] | 2008-06-30 16:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON530 | BURMA: NO EVIDENCE OF LAND SEIZURES IN DELTA [...] (C) Summary. Officials from various UN agencies, NGOs, and the private sector have confirmed that the Burmese Government has not seized land from farmers in the Irrawaddy Delta, despite rumors and news reports to the contrary. According to Burmese law, the government is the sole property own [...] | 2008-07-02 08:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BM |
08RANGOON575 | BURMA: ENCOURAGING COOPERATION ON TIP WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Recognizing that the majority of Burmese trafficking victims cross Burma's long, porous borders into China and Thailand, the Burmese Government, in conjunction with several international NGOs, is working with the Chinese and Thai Governments to establish bilateral liaison offices [...] | 2008-07-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM |
08RANGOON584 | ILO SAYS NO COMPLAINTS OF FORCED LABOR IN DELTA [...] (C) Summary. Although the exile press continues to report on forced labor in the Irrawaddy Delta after Cyclone Nargis, the ILO Liaison Office has yet to receive any specific forced labor complaints or evidence of forced labor in the delta. According to ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall, th [...] | 2008-07-22 06:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON619 | BURMA: CRACKING DOWN ON TRAFFICKING FROM THE DELTA [...] (C) Summary. Aware that the conditions in the Irrawaddy Delta have deteriorated since Cyclone Nargis hit, making more people vulnerable to trafficking, the Police Anti-Trafficking Unit (ATU) has stepped up its monitoring of human trafficking and smuggling into neighboring countries. In June, [...] | 2008-08-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM |
08RANGOON822 | BURMA: NEED TO IMPROVE LABOR RIGHTS AWARENESS [...] (C) Although the International Labor Organization (ILO) and GOB in February 2007 signed a Supplementary Understanding (SU) on Forced Labor, establishing a mechanism for Burmese citizens to file forced labor complaints, most Burmese remain unaware of the SU and their labor rights. The ILO has [...] | 2008-10-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON875 | BURMA: GOB ARRESTS FORCED LABOR COMPLAINANTS [...] (C) ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall reports that the Burmese Government arrested three forced labor complainants and one NLD facilitator who filed a forced labor case on behalf of 63 farmers in mid-October. The ILO has raised this issue with the Ministry of Labor, emphasizing that the GOB' [...] | 2008-11-10 10:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON884 | BURMA: PREPARING FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY [...] (C) According to ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall, forced labor continues to be a significant problem in Burma, despite limited GOB actions to address forced labor and child soldier issues. He encourages ILO members during the upcoming ILO Governing Body Meeting to question the GOB delega [...] | 2008-11-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
08RANGOON957 | BURMA: ENHANCING TIP COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (C) On December 22, the Burmese and Chinese Governments opened a second bilateral liaison office (BLO) on the Burma side of the border in Lwe Je, Kachin State. The GOB had planned to open three additional BLOs along the Thai-Burma border in 2008-2009, but this plan is now on hold until the [...] | 2008-12-23 08:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG 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 |
08REYKJAVIK125 | ICELAND RATIFIES PALERMO ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) On May 28, the Icelandic Parliament, the Althingi, passed a parliamentary resolution on the ratification of the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organize [...] | 2008-07-01 11:47:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIA IC |
08REYKJAVIK36 | EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 12 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM (FE-OC) 1 h [...] | 2008-03-07 12:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC |
08RIGA339 | Continued high wage growth in Latvia and its effect on [...] According to the Latvian Central Statistics Bureau, the average gross monthly salary in Latvia in Q1 grew by 28.1% year-on-year. In absolute figures this translates into an increase from LVL 354 to 453 (USD 787 to 1007). Gross salaries grew by slightly more in the private sector than in the pub [...] | 2008-06-12 12:31:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AFSN AMGT ELAB 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 |
08RIGA715 | LATVIAN BUSINESSES SEE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS, INVEST ANYWAY [...] Summary: Businesses in Latvia recognize the recession they are in, but remain surprisingly confident. In recent meetings, business owners and managers noted sharp increases in job seekers and continued low productivity of labor, though the clear signs of reduced consumption were not as unifo [...] | 2008-11-21 12:18:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND ETRD ELAB LG |
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 |
08RIYADH894 | SAUDIS ON TIP REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, post delivered demarche regarding the release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to Saudi MFA via diplomatic note on June 4, with a subsequent meeting by Acting Political Counselor with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director Abul Aziz al [...] | 2008-06-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA |
08RIYADH925 | CODEL RAHALL IN SAUDI - DISCUSS OIL, IRAQ AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Rahall on a visit to Riyadh met with various senior Saudi officials including Governor of Riyadh Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (MBN),Assistant Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salma [...] | 2008-06-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET IR KCRM KPAO PGOV PHUM |
08ROME126 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, economic reforms or other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate have been modest. Recent positive developments include passage of a more efficient bankruptcy law and the incorporation of the EU T [...] | 2008-01-29 10:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
08SANAA87 | PART ONE OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, part one of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This first section covers openness to foreign investment, conversion and transfer policies, expropriation and compensation, dispute settlement, performance requirements and ince [...] | 2008-01-15 11:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM |
08SANAA88 | PART TWO OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, part two of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This second section covers protection of property rights, transparency of the regulatory system, efficient capital markets and portfolio investment, political violence, corrup [...] | 2008-01-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM |
08SANJOSE125 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] One of Costa Rica's biggest challenges continues to be the trafficking of persons for the purposes of labor and/or sexual exploitation. Costa Rica is a source, transit and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for those purposes. Given the GOCR's resources and many other [...] | 2008-02-15 14:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG CS |
08SANJOSE286 | COSTA RICA: TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with ADCM and Poloffs on April 16, Vice Minister Duran painted a mixed picture of the GOCR's anti-TIP efforts. She described new training initiatives for law enforcement personnel, which might reach 500 officials over the next year, and legislative initiatives which [...] | 2008-04-17 22:36:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CS |
08SANJOSE429 | ADDITIONAL COSTA RICA PROPOSAL: G/TIP FY 2008 ESF [...] Per Ref A, Post submits a second Costa Rican proposal for funding from G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds on behalf of Rahab Foundation. We understand that the review committee has not yet convened, and we appreciate the opportunity for this additional submission. This proposal is in ad [...] | 2008-05-22 17:58:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG CS |
08SANJOSE479 | COSTA RICA: PROPOSALS FOR 2008 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] Please find below Embassy San Jose's submission two projects for the 2008 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. Post provided full texts of the proposals to Kate Pongonis, PRM/ECA, in April. 2. PROJECT 1 DESCRIPTION: USD 14,992 to local NGO "International Advisors and Consultants Association" (AC [...] | 2008-06-05 20:39:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL ELAB EAID CS |
08SANJOSE490 | COSTA RICA RESPONSE: TIP DOWNGRADE TO "TIER 2 [...] (SBU) On June 3, we informed Vice Minister of Public Security Ana Duran of Costa Rica's placement on the TIP Tier 2 Watch List, and we highlighted the specific recommendations for Costa Rica. Duran also heads the National Anti-Trafficking Coalition, comprised of government and NGO players. She [...] | 2008-06-10 22:10:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO CS |
08SANJOSE504 | COSTA RICAN 2008 NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate CitiGroup (hereafter Citi) in Costa Rica for the multinational enterprise (MNE) category of the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). Citi is headquartered in the United States and operates in over 100 countries around the world. Cit [...] | 2008-06-12 20:20:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB 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 |
08SANJOSE56 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FY2007 CAFTA-TCB FUNDING [...] Ref A requested confirmation of Post action on this issue. Pol/C delivered Ref B demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on December 20, 2007. The MFA was to distribute the demarche to relevant government contacts on labor (and environmental) issues. In addition, Poloff sent the [...] | 2008-01-25 20:09:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ENIV ETRD SENV |
08SANSALVADOR253 | VISIT TO COFFEE FARM REVEALS CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: On January 11, LabOff and three USAID Officers visited Los Cedros, a Salvadoran coffee plantation located 20 minutes outside San Salvador. The plantation has been certified for compliance with Rainforest Alliance's labor and environmental standards. While working conditions for [...] | 2008-02-29 22:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PGOV ELAB |
08SANSALVADOR316 | EL SALVADOR: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is post's response to Reftel. The text directly tracks reftel Paragraph 27-30 and relevant subsections. 2. (SBU) Responses to checklist items follow. Note internal paragraph numbering. --------------------------------------------- --------- Paragraph 27 - Overview of ac [...] | 2008-03-13 21:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ES |
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 |
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 |
08SANTIAGO1115 | CHILE ACCEPTS INVITATION TO MARCH 9-20, ILEA LATIN AMERICA [...] Post delivered reftel invitation to GOC officials Jorge Chocair, Director of International Cooperation, Public Ministry (national prosecutors) and Jorge Vio, advisor to Deputy Ministry of Interior and head of the GOC Inter-Ministerial Task force on TIP. Both confirmed GOC acceptance of the in [...] | 2008-12-18 18:10:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM 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 |
08SANTIAGO28 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ECONOMIC THEMES WITH NOBEL PRIZE WINNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted Dr. Robert Solow -- 1987 Economics Nobel Prize winner -- and Central Bank President Jose De Gregorio at the residence on January 8 to discuss economic issues in Chile. The conversation focused largely on the distinctive elements that make Chile and its econ [...] | 2008-01-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV 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 |
08SANTIAGO645 | CHILE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING FILM DRAWS LARGE CROWD [...] On June 24 the Embassy presented the movie "Human Trafficking," in cooperation with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and Chile's Investigative Police (PDI). The film was shown at the Police Academy as part of the PDI's annual anniversary activities. The audience consisted of [...] | 2008-07-09 19:58:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SNAR ASEC OPRC |
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 |
08SANTODOMINGO1456 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, [...] Open Skies Agreements with Panama and Canada 2. U.S. Company Purchases Airport Operations 3. Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld 4. Venezuela: Scandal Over Houses Donated to Storm Victims 5. Unions Press for Wage Increase  [...] | 2008-09-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV VE PM CA 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 |
08SANTODOMINGO208 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SOLICITATIONS FOR [...] Per REFTEL, following are Embassy rank-ordered solicitations from a variety of sources for G/TIP managed FY-2008 ESF and INCLE funds. Full proposals to follow via e-mail. a) Name: International Organization for Migration Requested funding: 310,275 USD (all federal) Project title: [...] | 2008-02-12 20:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB SMIG PHUM KCRM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO212 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION FOR [...] The Dominican government has requested that it be allowed to submit a proposal for G/TIP managed FY-2008 ESF and INCLE funds beyond the February 12 deadline established in REF A. Three other timely submissions from various NGOs were made in REF B. 2. Embassy forwards information regarding t [...] | 2008-02-13 18:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB SMIG PHUM KCRM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO261 | NOMINATION FOR TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] Post nominates the following individual for the upcoming conference/training on forced labor and child labor in Washington DC from April 10-11,2008. Jose D. Silva Political Officer (Human Rights and Labor) TED July 2008 2. Post will not be able to cover participant's expenses. The follo [...] | 2008-02-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM |
08SANTODOMINGO350 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] Please find the following information keyed to reftel questions. -------------------------------- Overview of Dominican Activities -------------------------------- PARAGRAPH A ----------- -- Summary: The Dominican Republic is a country of origin for women trafficked internationally to [...] | 2008-03-10 18:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG DR |
08SANTODOMINGO371 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PROSECUTION SEGMENT FOR 8TH [...] Please find the following information in response to REF A questions regarding prosecution of human traffickers in the Dominican Republic. This information completes Embassy's 8th Annual TIP Report, initially submitted in REF B. --------------------------------------------- Investigations, [...] | 2008-03-13 20:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG DR |
08SANTODOMINGO414 | MEDICAL DOCTORS AND OTHER GROUPS CALL FOR MORE STRIKES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Doctors Union (CMD) organized a march to the Presidential palace on Wednesday, March 12, to demand a salary increase for medical doctors employed by the state. However, the press reported the National Police aided by the National Investigation Department (DNI) disp [...] | 2008-03-26 18:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV 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 |
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 |
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 |
08SAOPAULO227 | SOARING FOOD PRICES WOLDWIDE AND FOOD INFLATION IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil has suffered less from skyrocketing world food prices than other emerging markets. As a net global food supplier, Brazil's agricultural exports earnings are climbing. However, rising global inflation - particularly higher oil prices, which affect both the cost of fertili [...] | 2008-05-09 09:17:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND EAGR ENRG KTDD EINV 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 |
08SAOPAULO268 | BRAZILIAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY INCREASES GOB'S HOLD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government announced on May 12 a new industrial policy intended to stimulate economic growth with a goal of growing GDP by five percent per year from 2008 to 2010. The Productive Development Policy incorporates financing and tax breaks to achieve four main object [...] | 2008-05-30 17:24:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KTDD EINV BR |
08SAOPAULO276 | CONTACTS FEAR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Brazil's trafficking in persons (TIP) dilemma presents a growing challenge to the law enforcement community and NGOs assisting with TIP victims. Brazil is home to some cases of agricultural forced labor as well as urban textile sweatshops where Bolivian migrants work in precarious condi [...] | 2008-06-03 16:59:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SMIG BR |
08SAOPAULO292 | ORGANIZED LABOR DOING WELL WITH LULA [...] (SBU) A year and a half into his second term, President Lula has won back the approval of many in organized labor who had expressed disenchantment with him during his first term. By signing legislation granting legal recognition and government funding to the large labor Centrals while vetoing [...] | 2008-06-10 15:46:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON BR |
08SAOPAULO324 | Mandatory SWT Report Shows 98.7 Percent Return Rate [...] (U) SUMMARY. Results of a mandatory end-of-season report from Brazilian Summer Work Travel (SWT) agencies show that 98.7 percent of participants had returned to Brazil or changed visa status legally in the U.S. by the end of the program. 1.2 percent of students overstayed their visa status, m [...] | 2008-06-23 11:48:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD OEXC ELAB SMIG BR |
08SAOPAULO412 | G/TIP LAGON VISIT TO SAO PAULO REVEALS BOTH PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Mark P. Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),visited Sao Paulo on June 26-27 as part of a multi-city trip to Brazil. Ambassador Lagon met with both federal and state-level members of the judicial and la [...] | 2008-07-30 15:33:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR |
08SAOPAULO432 | SUGAR, ETHANOL, CHARGES OF SLAVERY, AND TIP STRATEGY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 16:32:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB EAGR ENRG BR |
08SAOPAULO678 | SAO PAULO STATE ORGANIZES TIP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The State of Sao Paulo and the Secretary of Justice and Citizen Defense organized a broad-based meeting for NGOs and government agencies dedicated to fighting Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Sao Paulo on December 16. Panelists stressed their commitment to "institutionalizing" th [...] | 2008-12-19 17:05:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR |
08SARAJEVO398 | BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2008 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: Po [...] | 2008-03-03 06:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
08SEOUL1010 | ROK CHURCH FOUNDATION HELPING NORTH KOREANS START [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an effort to provide essential job training and employment for North Korean refugees who have been resettled in South Korea, a local church group formed the "Merry Year Foundation" in 2007. The Foundation is funded by donations from congregation members who generously donated [...] | 2008-05-16 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF ELAB KS KN |
08SEOUL1347 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post was unable to find any new media or NGO reports about child labor in South Korea, nor do there seem to have been any high-profile cases involving child labor. According to Ministry of Labor statistics, in 2007 there were 551 violations against child labor laws. [...] | 2008-07-08 00:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV KS |
08SHANGHAI18 | SHANGHAI MAGLEV - A LONG HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai's magnetic levitation train (Maglev),has not only been costly in financial terms but is now costing the city the support of many of its residents. On January 13, Shanghai residents staged a large-scale demonstration against the proposed extension of the Maglev train [...] | 2008-01-16 08:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ELTN KIPR ELAB PHUM CH |
08SHANGHAI239 | LIANYUNGANG - ENTREPOT FOR JIANGSU'S LESS DEVELOPED NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's June 12-13 visit to the city of Lianyungang in northern Jiangsu Province, Mayor Xu Yiping extolled the virtues of Lianyungang's strategic location, noting the city has received a large amount of attention and financial support from the Provincial and [...] | 2008-06-25 05:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH |
08SHANGHAI29 | YANGTZE RIVER DELTA TEXTILE MAKERS FEAR RMB APPRECIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese textile manufacturers in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) say that they face significant challenges that threaten their businesses in the coming year. Their main concern is the ongoing renminbi (RMB) appreciation that makes their exports more expensive and less competitive. [...] | 2008-01-24 11:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV ELAB SENV CH |
08SHANGHAI298 | NANJING LEADERSHIP SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. During the Consul General's July 30 visit to Nanjing, Mayor Jiang Hongkun and Vice Mayor Jin Daoqiang pushed for an increased U.S. commercial and diplomatic presence in Nanjing. A U.S. Consulate in Nanjing would be useful in deepening cultural and economic ties said Mayor Jian [...] | 2008-08-01 09:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH |
08SHANGHAI306 | TAIWAN ENTREPRENEURS IN HANGZHOU CONCERNED ABOUT MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: At an August 1 roundtable, members of the Hangzhou Taiwan Compatriots Investment Enterprise Association voiced concerns about the Mainland business environment, and wished for better access to national-level Chinese officials. Rising costs, a slowing global economy, the new Labor C [...] | 2008-08-05 05:50:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
08SHANGHAI313 | ZHEJIANG'S YIWU: BEARING THE BRUNT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Zhejiang's Yiwu is home to one of the largest wholesale markets in the world. During a July 21 visit, the Consul General discussed the impact of global economic trends on Yiwu with Yiwu Party Secretary Wu Weirong and Mayor He Meihua. In addition, the CG visited Huahong Home D [...] | 2008-08-08 05:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD KIPR ENRG CH |
08SHANGHAI320 | ZHEJIANG LEADERS CONFIDENT IN TRADE TIES WITH UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Zhejiang Province enjoys a good relationship with the United States built on a foundation of strong trade ties, provincial and local officials told the Consul General on his farewell trip to Hangzhou, Zhejiang's provincial capital on August 6-7. Zhejiang officials remain concerned that t [...] | 2008-08-13 05:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EINV ENRG CH |
08SHANGHAI326 | NINGBO'S ECONOMY - OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW [...] (SBU) Summary. During an August 4 farewell visit to Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, the Consul General (CG) discussed Ningbo's economy and development plans with Mayor Mao Guanglie and Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office Director Kong Weiwei. The two officials said Ningbo aims to "upgrade" its econo [...] | 2008-08-14 07:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD KIPR CH |
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 |
08SHANGHAI364 | DOL SECRETARY CHAO'S AUGUST 27 MEETING WITH SHANGHAI PARTY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 lunch meeting with Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Elaine L. Chao, Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng described challenges facing Shanghai, such as relocating residents out of poor housing blocks, providing adequate social services to migrant workers, and sh [...] | 2008-08-28 08:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PINR |
08SHANGHAI449 | ANHUI OPTIMISTIC IT WILL WEATHER ECONOMIC STORM [...] (SBU) Anhui Provincial officials told visiting Congenoffs on October 14-15 that the global economic slowdown has affected the province but not as severely as in coastal provinces. The most significant impact of the economic situation is likely to be felt by Anhui's rural-to-urban migrants work [...] | 2008-10-21 02:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EIND EINV CH |
08SHANGHAI467 | YIWU: MIXED PICTURE FOR CHINESE EXPORTERS, MANY SHIFTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang Province's Yiwu, home to one of the world's largest wholesale commodity markets, has experienced a general downturn in its export-oriented economy. However, local government officials remain cautiously optimistic, saying the global economic crisis "presents a threat a [...] | 2008-10-29 10:01:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EFIN EINV 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 |
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 |
08SHANGHAI522 | (C) ZHEJIANG: FACTORY CLOSURES RAISE SOCIAL STABILITY [...] (C) Social and political analysts in Zhejiang Province said the province's economy may recover from the current financial crisis (Refs A and B),but factory closures could result in social unrest, particularly as Lunar New Year approaches. Zhejiang-based observers worry that the Central Governm [...] | 2008-12-05 08:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PHUM CH |
08SHANGHAI526 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HURTING TAIWAN BUSINESSES IN KUNSHAN, [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan entrepreneurs in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, said the global economic downturn has severely impacted their businesses, with orders for electronic components, the mainstay of Kunshan's Taiwan manufacturers, down at least 20 percent this year. Several large Taiwan factories i [...] | 2008-12-08 07:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN CH TW |
08SHANGHAI558 | REAL ESTATE WEBSITE OFFERS WINDOW ON SOCIAL STABILITY [...] (C) Summary. Public aggravation with housing issues that in recent months has sometimes boiled over into street protests in East China can be gauged by chatroom activity on the nationwide Soufun.com website, according to a contact in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The Public Security Bureau (PS [...] | 2008-12-18 01:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV |
08SHANGHAI571 | SHANGHAI COFCOM DG: SHANGHAI'S ECONOMY ON SOLID GROUND, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call with Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (Shanghai COFCOM) Director General Sha Hailin, the Consul General discussed a wide range of economic and business-related issues, including Shanghai's response to the financial crisis, the city's long-term pl [...] | 2008-12-23 02:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB EAIR CH |
08SHANGHAI572 | LEADING INDIAN IT COMPANIES IN SHANGHAI IMPACTED BY GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Indian IT outsourcing firms in Shanghai said their China businesses have been hit hard by the global economic downturn, as multinational and domestic clients cancel or defer projects. The boom of recent years has come to a screeching halt, with revenue growth falling short [...] | 2008-12-23 06:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH IN |
08SHANGHAI574 | SHANGHAI GM RELATIVELY IMMUNE FROM GM FINANCIAL WOES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Consul General (CG) met with Shanghai General Motors (GM) Executive Vice President Robert Socia and other top executives to discuss the effects of the economic downturn, general business environment issues and the local fall-out from GM's financial troubles. [...] | 2008-12-23 07:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND KIPR ELAB WTRO CH |
08SHENYANG138 | SUBJECT: CHINA,S SUCCOTASH SECURITY-PLENTY OF CORN [...] (C) Summary. Jilin Grain, a key enterprise in China,s drive for grain security, sees continued price pressure in soy beans and oil. Jilin and other corporate entities in China are taking major steps to increase the amount of China-controlled soy plantation both in China and around the world. [...] | 2008-09-29 06:44:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON PREL EIND EINT ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV |
08SHENYANG16 | CASH FINANCING MAINTAINS HOUSING BOOM IN NORTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. Similar to the early days of the boom in other parts of China, housing developers in Northeast China raise cash chiefly through high-return, advance purchase agreements without recourse to the banking system and are thus immune from tighter credit controls. The current glut o [...] | 2008-01-25 03:30:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH |
08SHENYANG169 | Labor Contract Law Slows Hiring and Investment in China's [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Labor Contract Law has had an uneven impact on major foreign and domestic businesses in Northeast China. While many of the results are seen as beneficial to labor, the law has had some unintended consequences detrimental to workers interests. Both companies and their em [...] | 2008-11-26 05:08:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL HK CH |
08SHENYANG36 | "SLAVE LABOR" SCANDAL HITS CHINA AGAIN: 33 FORCED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Authorities in Heilongjiang Province announced yesterday that they discovered 33 migrant "slave laborers" held captive and coerced to work--some for as long as three years--in a suburb of the provincial capital. Initial reports claim the captors "systematically" targeted vulnerabl [...] | 2008-03-20 10:14:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELAB GTIP KCRM ECON CH |
08SINGAPORE1014 | SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE FM GEORGE [...] (U) August 30, 2008; 11:30 a.m.; Crowne Plaza Hotel. 2. (U) Participants United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold, Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui, Dr. James Chao, Jennifer Coxe, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, Office of Public [...] | 2008-09-18 07:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN |
08SINGAPORE1015 | SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE PM LEE [...] 1. (U) August 29, 2008; 1:30 p.m.; the Istana (the Palace). 2. (U) Participants United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold, Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui, Dr. James Chao, and DCM Daniel Shields (notetaker.) Singapore Prime Mi [...] | 2008-09-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN |
08SINGAPORE1016 | SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE LEE KUAN [...] (U) August 29, 2008; 5:00 PM; the Istana (the Palace) 2. (U) Participants: United States: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold Dr. James Chao Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui E/P Chief Ike Reed (notetaker) GOS: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew P [...] | 2008-09-18 07:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN |
08SINGAPORE1017 | SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE ACTING [...] (U) August 29, 2008; 3:00 P.M.; Ministry of Manpower. 2. (U) Participants United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold, Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui, Dr. James Chao, Alden Sanborn, Special Assistant to the Secretary, and Senior Polit [...] | 2008-09-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN |
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 |
08SINGAPORE34 | SINGAPORE - 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: Singapore 2008 [...] | 2008-01-10 07:27:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
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 |
08SKOPJE66 | MACEDONIA: NEW ERA IN LABOR RELATIONS [...] (SBU) The GOM and the Federation of Free Trade Unions (KCC) signed a collective bargaining agreement for public sector workers on January 16. The agreement will not directly increase civil servants' wages or benefits, since the GOM is already providing public employees with a 34 percent wage [...] | 2008-01-28 11:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ECON EAID PGOV 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 |
08SOFIA124 | BULGARIA: 2008 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen a significant energizing o [...] | 2008-02-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU |
08SOFIA174 | 2008 BULGARIA NOMINATIONS FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING HEROES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post submits two recommendations for anti-trafficking heroes: Nedyalka Georgieva Popova, an accomplished prosecutor in trafficking cases; and Svetoslav Tanev, Section Chief for the Border Police, a pioneer in increasing cooperation between the police and NGOs. Both have signifi [...] | 2008-03-25 14:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU |
08SOFIA44 | BULGARIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 09:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU |
08STATE10011 | BANGLADESH GSP PETITION: REQUEST FOR INTERIM [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USTR-led Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) subcommittee accepted a 2007 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) GSP petition against the government of Bangladesh (GOB) for [...] | 2008-01-31 17:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PREL |
08STATE10106 | NIGER GSP PETITION: REQUEST FOR INTERIM DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The USG is presently continuing to review a 2006 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) petition from the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF),which alleged Niger's failure to comply with GSP eligib [...] | 2008-01-31 19:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM PREL |
08STATE10115 | UZBEKISTAN GSP PETITIONS: REQUEST FOR INTERIM [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The USG is presently continuing to review two petitions against Uzbekistan under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The first petition, dating to 1999, alleges Uzbekistan's failure to [...] | 2008-01-31 20:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KIPR ECON PREL |
08STATE10273 | PHILIPPINES GSP PETITION: REQUEST FOR INTERIM [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The USG is presently reviewing a 2007 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) petition from the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF),which alleged the Philippines fails to comply with GSP eligibility [...] | 2008-01-31 22:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM PREL |
08STATE117469 | DOL HOSTS SIXTH U.S.-VIETNAM LABOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Under Secretary of Labor for International Affairs (DUS) Charlotte Ponticelli hosted the sixth annual labor dialogue with Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) on October 17, 2008, in Washington. MOLISA Vice Minister Nguyen Thanh Hoa led the [...] | 2008-11-04 20:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD EINV WTRO VM |
08STATE123907 | REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] All Posts/American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) worldwide should respond with their 2009 Investment Climate Statements via front channel cable and unclassified email by January 15, 2009 This tasker has been cleared with regional bureaus, S/ES, and interagency. 2. In the context of U.S. bilat [...] | 2008-11-21 20:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV |
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 |
08STATE127526 | VIETNAM LABOR DELEGATION VISIT TO WASHINGTON: [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) participated in a series of informal meetings organized by the Hanoi-based USAID-funded Support for Trade Acceleration Project (STAR),in the Washington area from October 20 to 22. The meet [...] | 2008-12-03 22:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD WTRO EINV ECPS VM |
08STATE132759 | PREPARING THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 12-29. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department t [...] | 2008-12-19 03:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF |
08STATE2731 | PREPARING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] This an action message for all posts. See paras 17-30. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement regarding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions to the Department's eighth annual TIP report. The Department is required by the Trafficking Vi [...] | 2008-01-09 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XX |
08STATE61447 | TWELFTH UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s quadrennial conference took place in Accra, Ghana, April 20-25. On balance, its outcome document, the 221 paragraph Accra Accord represents progress for developed countries and UN reform, and can be used as a reference doc [...] | 2008-06-07 00:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD ECIN EFIN EINV TSPL SMIG PREL ELAB |
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 |
08STOCKHOLM711 | BALTIC SEA STATE COUNCIL: A KEY PLAYER DURING [...] On October 20, Acting Economic Counselor attended the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) 10th anniversary of the establishment of its Secretariat in Stockholm, Sweden. The CBSS was founded in 1992 to handle environmental, economic and labor issues in the Baltic Sea region. CBSS could ass [...] | 2008-10-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET ENRG ETRD ELAB PHUM KNEI KOCI |
08SURABAYA132 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: AS LAPINDO'S POCKETS EMPTY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 11 meeting with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, (ESDM),the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) reported that the global financial crisis has caused a near stoppage of mudflow mitigation efforts. BPLS Operational Vice Head Hardi Prasetyo told the [...] | 2008-11-18 22:40:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ID EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC |
08SURABAYA138 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: US TECHNICAL ADVISOR BEGINS WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: US Technical Advisor for the Sidoarjo Mudflow, Dr. Van Williams arrived in Surabaya on December 18 following a November survey of the mudflow site, and discussions with the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS),the Center of Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation and the Departmen [...] | 2008-12-18 09:47:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
08SURABAYA47 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMMABLE GAS BUILDUP CAUSES [...] (U) Summary. Five residents of a village near the Sidoarjo mudflow fell unconscious after exposure to high concentrations of gas in their neighborhood. Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) spokesperson Ahmad Zulkarnain confirmed to the local press that a buildup of methane and hydrogen sul [...] | 2008-04-14 09:04:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
08SURABAYA52 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SIDOARJO REGENT PUTS PRIORITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: As the May deadline for final compensation payments near, tempers are rising among those displaced by the disaster. An estimated 1,000 staged a demonstration April 28, protesting Lapindo's decision to end food ration payments to those living in the Porong Market on May 1. On Ap [...] | 2008-04-28 09:17:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV ELAB PGOV ASEC ID |
08SURABAYA66 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: TWO YEARS OF MUD, GEYSERS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since mud and noxious fumes began surging from the ground on May 29, 2006, there has been little progress in recovery and rebuilding. Threatening major highway and rail links, the mudflow has had a major economic and social impact, but the political consequences remain unclear. [...] | 2008-05-30 10:49:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
08SURABAYA68 | EASTERN INDONESIA: AFGHANS BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA DETAINED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Local police arrested seven Afghan nationals near Kupang, West Timor, for immigration violations. According to the police, the Afghans claimed they felt threatened in Afghanistan and intended to enter Australia via boat from Roti Island. All seven reportedly entered on valid In [...] | 2008-06-03 10:16:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN ID |
08SURABAYA99 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: 98TH GEYSER APPEARS AMID PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: As river levels rise due to increased sedimentation, local residents forced the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) to stop pumping mud slurry into the Porong River. BPLS estimates that the added pressure could cause dike failure within several days, although the dikes' tole [...] | 2008-08-25 10:14:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
08TAIPEI1612 | Taiwan Takes Steps to Boost Employment [...] (SBU) The Executive Yuan has approved a two-part, USD 300 million plan to create almost 56,000 temporary jobs over the next eight months. The program will fund 36,000 new, temporary positions within Taiwan's official ministries, as well as contribute between NTD 10,000 (USD 312) and NTD 17,600 [...] | 2008-11-13 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB TW |
08TAIPEI1648 | TAIWAN'S NATIONAL IMMIGRATION AGENCY STRENGTHENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan is taking concrete steps to strengthen anti-trafficking efforts, including, for example, implementing measures to protect victims and allow them to obtain temporary work and residency permits, emphasize National Immigration Agency (NIA) officials. Moreover, Taiwan's Exec [...] | 2008-11-24 08:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB TW |
08TAIPEI191 | 2008 G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSALS: TAIWAN [...] Summary: Per G/TIP instructions, AIT submits five trafficking in persons project proposals for ESF and INCLE funding. One proposal is from a Taiwan university, three proposals are submitted by Taiwan non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and one proposal is submitted by the Department of Just [...] | 2008-02-12 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG ASEC TW |
08TAIPEI399 | PART TWO - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part two of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through 3 [...] | 2008-03-20 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW |
08TAIPEI400 | PART THREE - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part three of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through [...] | 2008-03-20 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW |
08TAIPEI401 | PART ONE - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part one of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through 3 [...] | 2008-03-20 22:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW |
08TAIPEI773 | TAIWAN ACCEPTS TIP RANKING, PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (C) On June 4, AIT delivered the Taiwan TIP Report narrative and related non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of North American Affairs Harry Tseng. Tseng welcomed the report, and promised to disseminate it to relevant agencies as soon as the embargo was lifted. Tseng no [...] | 2008-06-05 07:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM PGOV KPAO SMIG TW |
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 |
08TALLINN26 | 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA [...] (U) The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...] | 2008-01-14 13:17:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC USTR |
08TALLINN71 | OECD SEC-GEN GURRIA COMES TO ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During his first official visit to Estonia February 11-12, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria urged the Government of Estonia (GOE) to address labor market inflexibility, but said the country will likely accede to the OECD by 2010. The GOE hopes that membership will bring acc [...] | 2008-02-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP ELAB OECD EN |
08TALLINN91 | ESTONIA - EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's Anti- Trafficking Report for Estonia. Responses are keyed to the checklist (Ref A). Post's points of contact on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) are Political Officer Alamanda Gribbin (Email: GribbinAL@state.gov; tel: +372-668-8291) and Political Assistant [...] | 2008-03-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EN |
08TASHKENT101 | Part 1 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] With an estimated population of 27.3 million, Uzbekistan has the largest population in Central Asia. Rich natural resources such as gold, gas, and cotton offer potentially attractive opportunities for investors. Uzbekistan is the world's fourth largest cotton producer and second largest cotton [...] | 2008-01-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ |
08TASHKENT102 | Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
08TASHKENT209 | NOMINATION FOR TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 12:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM |
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 |
08TASHKENT270 | UZBEKISTAN: SUBMISSION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. Per reftel, this information covers the period from April 2007 to March 2008. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the Government of U [...] | 2008-02-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
08TASHKENT984 | UZBEKISTAN: INTERIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GSP [...] (SBU) On August 22 Econoff delivered the interim Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) demarche per reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to pass the information to the appropriate officials. On child labor, Fayzullaev repeated the Uzbek co [...] | 2008-08-26 06:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV KIPR UZ |
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 |
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 |
08TEGUCIGALPA928 | ZELAYA ENDS TEACHERS STRIKE WITH PROMISES TO PAY [...] Summary: Honduran President "Mel" Manuel Zelaya ended the latest teacher strike over unpaid back-wages by promising to pay over 300 million Lempira (USD 15.8 million) to the teachers by year,s end. Protests this year have cost over 2.5 million primary and secondary schoolchildren nearly two [...] | 2008-10-10 19:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SCUL HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA935 | ZELAYA ENDS TEACHERS STRIKE WITH PROMISES TO PAY [...] Summary: Honduran President "Mel" Manuel Zelaya ended the latest teacher strike over unpaid back-wages by promising to pay over 300 million Lempira (USD 15.8 million) to the teachers by year,s end. Protests this year have cost over 2.5 million primary and secondary schoolchildren nearly two [...] | 2008-10-14 20:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON SCUL HO |
08TELAVIV1322 | HISTADRUT THREATENS NATIONAL STRIKE OVER REPEAL OF [...] Summary: The Israel national labor federation Histadrut has threatened a national strike to begin on June 30 if Finance Minister Ronnie Bar-On does not rescind his proposal to cut tax exemptions for long-term savings plans for training programs. Previous finance ministers have attempted to [...] | 2008-06-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB 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 |
08TELAVIV2833 | ISRAELI ECONOMIC CRISIS PLANS [...] The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has recently come out with several plans to deal with a serious economic slowdown in Israel caused by the global financial crisis. The first plan introduced by the MOF is aimed at accelerating economic growth, with a primary emphasis on investment in infrastructur [...] | 2008-12-17 15:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS |
08TELAVIV347 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV SUBMISSION FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following four anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. 2. High priority. NAME OF APPLICANT Center for International Migration and Integration REQUESTED FUNDING AMOUNT $126,88 [...] | 2008-02-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
08TELAVIV548 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08THEHAGUE285 | WALKING THE BEAT IN THE HAGUE'S RED LIGHT DISTRICT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a March 5 briefing and tour of the red light district in The Hague, Henry Koper, the coordinator of The Hague regional police prostitution and child pornography unit, provided an overview of Dutch police efforts to combat TIP in the regulated prostitution sector. Koper s [...] | 2008-03-26 12:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL |
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 |
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 |
08TIRANA469 | GOA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Ambassador Withers demarched Foreign Minister Basha on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report findings (Ref A) and DCM and Poloff delivered the same to Minister of Interior Nishani, Deputy Minister Zajmi, and Director of Police Prenci on June 3. Foreign Minister Basha was the first to rec [...] | 2008-06-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AL |
08TOKYO1008 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1014 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1020 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1024 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO103 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/08 [...] A bill becomes a law on passage by both Houses, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution. 2. A bill which is passed by the House of Representatives, and upon which the House of Councillors makes a decision different from that of the House of Representatives, becomes a law when passed a [...] | 2008-01-11 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1030 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1032 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-16 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1043 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1048 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 00:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1061 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1065 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1072 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO108 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/15/08 [...] On the high seas (Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf) 2. Territories of other countries (limited to cases where there are concurrences of countries concerned regarding Japan's refueling support activities) TOKYO 00000108 012 OF 015 Definitions  [...] | 2008-01-15 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1082 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1096 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1101 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 06:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1109 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1115 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1122 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1124 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1134 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1143 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1153 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1159 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO116 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1170 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1177 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1182 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1185 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-01 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1190 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-01 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO120 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1200 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1216 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1226 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 04:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1230 | SCENESETTER FOR G-8 LABOR MINISTERS' MEETING MAY [...] (SBU) Japan's economy is in its longest postwar expansion, but for many it does not feel that way. Japanese consumers are pinched by rising commodity prices and stagnant wages, and the country is facing long-term fiscal and demographic challenges. Reform, particularly in the labor market, wou [...] | 2008-05-07 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV OVIP JA |
08TOKYO1233 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1241 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 05:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1252 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/08 [...] The governments of Japan and China (hereinafter called "both sides") recognized the need to make efforts together hand-in-hand and to cooperate on climate change, a common threat facing human beings. 2. Both sides confirmed the goals and the principles promised in the "United Nations Framew [...] | 2008-05-09 02:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1253 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 02:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1264 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO127 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO128 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1280 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1288 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1296 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 00:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1308 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1311 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1321 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1324 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1335 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO134 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1342 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1348 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO135 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 01:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1357 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1364 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1367 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1379 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1386 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 02:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1398 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 21:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1402 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1409 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1412 | G-8 LABOR MINISTERIAL FOCUSED ON JOBS, PLUS REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL ETRD OVIP JA |
08TOKYO1419 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 01:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1434 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1438 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1447 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO145 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1451 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1463 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1471 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1474 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1479 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1492 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1497 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1504 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1513 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1516 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1519 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 02:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO152 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1526 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1532 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1538 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1543 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1551 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1558 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1573 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1574 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 06:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1583 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1588 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1595 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1600 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1609 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO161 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1613 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1620 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1628 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1638 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1643 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1653 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO166 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1667 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1679 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1683 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1694 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1699 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1707 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1717 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 04:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1719 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO172 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1726 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1735 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1746 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1753 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 02:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1763 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1772 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1774 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1783 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 06:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1791 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1795 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO180 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1802 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1808 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1821 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1824 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08 [...] Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...] | 2008-07-03 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1828 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1844 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 03:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1859 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1864 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1878 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1882 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1887 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO189 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1895 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO19 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1909 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1915 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO193 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1934 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1942 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1952 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1963 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1971 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1978 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1988 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO1991 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2000 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2006 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2018 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2021 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 06:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2030 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 22:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2036 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 01:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2045 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 22:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2047 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 03:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2054 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2058 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO206 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 09:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2065 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2067 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 01:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2071 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2075 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2085 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2089 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO21 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 03:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2107 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2112 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2120 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2123 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 01:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2129 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2135 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 01:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO214 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2144 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2149 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 01:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO215 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2159 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2163 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2176 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2179 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 02:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2185 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2196 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2201 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2209 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 01:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2215 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO222 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-29 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2221 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 00:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2225 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2229 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2242 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 22:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2244 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 06:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2259 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-17 22:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2264 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 00:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2273 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2277 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-19 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2285 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2288 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 00:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO229 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-29 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2293 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2301 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 00:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2307 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2308 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 00:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2316 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 07:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2323 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-25 00:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2330 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-25 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2332 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2339 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 07:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2342 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2351 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 07:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2357 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO236 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2364 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2369 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2378 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2380 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 03:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2392 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2405 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2415 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2418 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2428 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2431 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 03:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2442 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2451 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-08 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2457 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2460 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO247 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/08 [...] Submit an independent, lawmaker-sponsored bill on matters pertaining to national and local tax revenues for road projects. 2. The legislative branch will finish thoroughly discussing the fiscal 2008 budget bill, the government-sponsored tax bills, and the lawmaker-sponsored bill at the same ti [...] | 2008-01-30 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2474 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2476 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2495 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2499 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO250 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2505 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2507 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2523 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2531 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2538 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO255 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08 [...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...] | 2008-01-31 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2555 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2564 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2576 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2581 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 03:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2594 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO26 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-06 05:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2601 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2613 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2614 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO262 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2620 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2629 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2638 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2646 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2653 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/08 [...] Voting on Oct. 26 if talks between both camps collapse before start of deliberations If the new cabinet receives high public support and sees the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other opposition parties unwilling to cooperate in enacting the extra budget bill, the government would dissol [...] | 2008-09-25 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2655 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2678 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2682 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2708 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 23:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO271 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2711 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2727 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2735 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 01:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2742 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2747 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2754 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2760 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2771 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2775 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2779 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO278 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 01:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2785 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2798 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO28 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2802 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2810 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2813 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2817 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2824 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2834 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2843 | CITING FINANCIAL TURMOIL, UNIONS SEEK HIGHER WAGES [...] (C) Financial turmoil in the United States is exacerbating the downturn in Japan's real economy, a top trade union official told Emboffs, and the effects are likely to continue to put downward pressure on the Japanese economy into 2009. In response to workers' subsequent feelings of economic i [...] | 2008-10-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO2849 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 06:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2859 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-2 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2869 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO287 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2875 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2877 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2879 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2890 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 03:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2896 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2904 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO291 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2920 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2924 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2934 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2938 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2953 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2956 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2963 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2969 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2978 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2983 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2997 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3000 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3008 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3010 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3018 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3023 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 05:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3033 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3035 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO304 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3051 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3065 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
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 |
08TOKYO3070 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO308 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3080 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3083 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3088 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3090 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3094 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3099 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3109 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3124 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 00:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3126 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3138 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3139 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08 [...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...] | 2008-11-12 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3143 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3146 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3150 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3164 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-16 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3166 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3175 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3180 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3188 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO319 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3194 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3202 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO321 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 01:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3211 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-20 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3218 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3222 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3233 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3235 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 01:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3244 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3251 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3253 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3264 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3272 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3279 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 00:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3285 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3288 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3300 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3305 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 02:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO331 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3314 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3318 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3323 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3327 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO333 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 02:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3334 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3339 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3341 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3345 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 00:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3357 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3361 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3370 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3373 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3383 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 00:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3388 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3402 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/08-2 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3409 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3419 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/08 [...] In the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and the APEC Summit held earlier, strong statements were issued regarding the WTO Doha Round trade talks. Despite these statements, a ministerial meeting has been put off and a modalities agreement is unlikely to be reached by the end of [...] | 2008-12-16 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3427 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3439 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 23:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3441 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3447 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO345 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3453 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3466 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3470 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3483 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3492 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO35 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3500 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 04:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3508 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3518 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3521 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3534 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3538 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO354 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3541 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 03:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO364 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO371 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 01:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO385 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO39 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO394 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO400 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO409 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO413 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO423 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO429 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO433 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO444 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO454 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO465 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO469 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO473 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO483 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO491 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO495 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 01:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO5 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 07:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO505 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 00:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO508 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO520 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO522 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO528 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO538 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO54 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO543 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO550 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO559 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO56 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO567 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO571 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO576 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO584 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO597 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO601 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO610 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 07:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO616 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO627 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO628 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO648 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 23:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO65 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO656 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 05:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO665 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO669 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO67 | PARTIES VIE FOR LABOR SUPPORT [...] (U) Political turnout was impressive at the Japanese Trade Union Confederation's (JTUC-Rengo) annual new year's party January 7. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa both attended and addressed hundreds of guests, as did Minister of He [...] | 2008-01-09 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV JA |
08TOKYO677 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO68 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO683 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO692 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO697 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO7 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 04:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO707 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO713 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 00:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO722 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO730 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 01:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO748 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO754 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO760 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO765 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO782 | JAPAN SUBMISSION FOR TIP REPORT [...] Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 608 hours researching trafficking issues, conducting awareness-raising campaigns, drafting [...] | 2008-03-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF SMIG JA |
08TOKYO783 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO785 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO803 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO809 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO82 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/10/08 [...] Include all major greenhouse gas emitters to reduce gases emitted from the entire world beyond the timeframe set in the Kyoto Protocol. 2. Make a flexible and diversified framework, giving consideration to each country's circumstances. 3. Give priority to both environmental preservation and [...] | 2008-01-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO823 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO826 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO835 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO837 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO846 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO849 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO858 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO86 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 00:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO868 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 06:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO876 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO881 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO888 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO894 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO898 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO905 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO913 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO920 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO929 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO933 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO944 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO948 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO959 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO967 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO975 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO979 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO989 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO994 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TORONTO123 | Canadian Auto Sector Adjusting to North American Market [...] (U) Summary: Despite being labeled the world's most expensive auto manufacturing jurisdiction, for the fourth straight year in a row, Ontario is North America's top automobile-assembly site by volume (2.542 million light vehicles in 2007),surpassing Michigan (2.295 million). However, Ontario [...] | 2008-04-24 16:27:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA |
08TORONTO130 | Canadian Auto Workers Strike Deal with Ford [...] (SBU) The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union has tentatively agreed with Ford Canada to freeze wages and reduce vacation pay in their new three-year contract, which will enter into force on September 17, 2008. The agreement enables the union to avoid the two-tiered wage system introduced in the [...] | 2008-04-29 13:57:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA |
08TORONTO134 | Ontario Mayors Seek Federal Auto Sector Investment [...] (SBU) Summary: As Ontario's economy shows continued signs of slowing, mayors from Ontario's auto manufacturing jurisdictions met at General Motors in Oshawa, Ontario, on April 25 to discuss the health of the automotive sector in Ontario. Because of the huge capital costs required for automoti [...] | 2008-05-01 19:47:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA |
08TORONTO165 | ONTARIO AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) has been working more effectively to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in the Greater Toronto Area. Law enforcement contacts within the TPS Sex Crimes Unit tell us initiatives to increase awareness of TIP related issues hav [...] | 2008-05-28 19:32:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KCRM PHUM CA |
08TORONTO175 | PLANNED GM PLANT CLOSURES PROVOKE FURIOUS REACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: General Motors' (GM) June 3 announcement to close its pickup truck plant in Oshawa, Ontario, in 2009 provoked a blockade of the company's headquarters by Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union members on June 4 and 5. Criticism of GM's decision from provincial and federal governments wa [...] | 2008-06-05 20:46:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA |
08TORONTO227 | Canadian Auto Workers Union Gets New Leader [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ken Lewenza, current president of the CAW shop in Windsor, has been formally endorsed by the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) executive board, by other senior officers and staff, and most importantly by outgoing President Buzz Hargrove to replace Hargrove, who has announced that he will [...] | 2008-07-15 17:00:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PGOV PINR CA |
08TORONTO32 | Ontario Auto Stakeholders Seek More Government Assistance [...] (U) Summary: Canada has become the world's most expensive auto manufacturing jurisdiction according to some auto executives. Canadian-based auto assemblers and parts manufacturers are struggling to stay competitive in the face of a strong Canadian dollar. We expect the Detroit Three to press [...] | 2008-02-05 19:34:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PGOV CA |
08TORONTO73 | Canadian Truckers Squeezed By Higher Costs and Slowing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian truck transportation services employ close to 400,000 people and generate over C$60 billion in revenues annually. The Canadian trucking industry is being squeezed by slowing export volumes (due to the appreciation of the Canadian dollar and the slowing of the U.S. econ [...] | 2008-03-17 16:37:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PBTS CVIS CA |
08TORONTO88 | Ontario Budget Focuses on Economic Stabilization [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's 2008 budget, unveiled on March 25, represents a concerted attempt by Premier Dalton McGuinty to take an active role in stabilizing and growing the Ontario economy. Against the wishes of the federal government, which has waged an on and off war of words with Ontario pr [...] | 2008-03-27 18:21:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ELAB CA |
08TRIPOLI336 | LIBYA PREPARED TO FINALIZE - BUT NOT SIGN - A TIFA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Economy-equivalent said the GOL has resolved two key internal debates related to a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and is prepared to finalize the accord with the U.S., provided a final face-to-face meeting of technical experts - an important polit [...] | 2008-04-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB LY |
08TRIPOLI937 | LIBYA'S NASCENT BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAMS A POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, experts at Libya's Economic Development Board (EDB) described their nascent Business Incubator Program to a visiting U.S. Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) specialist. The Libyan program seeks to support existing businesses and to create [...] | 2008-12-10 10:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ELAB EPET EMIN KIPR PGOV BBSR LY |
08TUNIS1015 | TUNISIA'S UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, A FORUM FOR [...] (SBU): Following the August 10 elections for the regional and union members of Tunisia's Chamber of Advisors, President Ben Ali appointed 20 other new members. Included among Ben Ali's appointments was Mohamed Chandoul, a senior leader of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT),who agre [...] | 2008-09-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PINR TS |
08TUNIS126 | TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION - PUPPET THEATER? [...] (C) The January 14, 2008 evolution of the Tunisian Journalists Association in favor of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists was viewed by some observers, including the General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, as "historic reform." To other observers, the new [...] | 2008-02-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL 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 |
08TUNIS206 | TUNISIA -- 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 2 hrs FE-MC, 2 hrs FE-OC, 2 hrs FS-01, 50 hrs FS-02. ----------------- THE LOCAL CONTEXT ----------- [...] | 2008-03-06 10:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC TU |
08TUNIS362 | GOT CRACKS DOWN ON MINING REGION PROTESTS [...] (SBU) After several months, and the March replacement of the regional governor, the GOT took police action to disrupt economic protests in south-central Tunisia. Demonstrators, including labor activists and the unemployed, organized in January to protest high unemployment, inflation and a lack [...] | 2008-04-11 11:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM TS |
08TUNIS394 | MINING REGION CALM BUT SURROUNDED [...] (C) Summary. Following months of protests, which erupted into violent confrontations between residents and security forces in early April, the southwestern mining town of Redeyef appeared calm during EmbOffs' April 18 visit. Residents reported that while large scale protests are unlikely to c [...] | 2008-04-22 06:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM 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 |
08TUNIS596 | UNEMPLOYMENT PROTESTS SPREAD TO NEW TOWN [...] (C) Following several weeks of relative calm, demonstrations have again broken out near the Tunisian border with Algeria, this time in Feriana. There have been periodic demonstrations in the region since January, stemming from poverty, high levels of unemployment, and claims of governmental [...] | 2008-06-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS668 | LABOR NEGOTIATIONS INCH FORWARD [...] (SBU) On June 11, the latest effort to restart stalled labor negotiations between the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) and the Tunisian Union for Industry, Commerce, and Handicrafts (UTICA -- Tunisia's employers' union) got underway. After a series of 35 meetings over the last three m [...] | 2008-06-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON TS |
08TUNIS69 | TUNISIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Tunisia's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 12 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 17 -- Expropriation and Compensation 18 -- Dispute Settlement 21 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 30 -- Right to Pri [...] | 2008-01-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS |
08TUNIS761 | TUNIS: MAKING POLITICAL HAY FROM UNREST IN REDEYEF [...] (C) A month after the latest demonstrations in the phosphate mining town of Redeyef in Gafsa province near the Algerian border, the government continues to maintain a high police and security presence in the area. The police have been rounding up suspected agitators and several people have be [...] | 2008-07-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV ELAB PHUM PINS 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 |
08TUNIS835 | TUNISIAN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS: TOUGH SLOG AHEAD [...] (C) In a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Secretary General of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Abdessalem Jerad said: -- there is no end in sight to the ongoing "social negotiations"; -- the UGTT is prepared to use strikes and all other legal levers to secure its goals, mos [...] | 2008-07-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINS TS |
08TUNIS841 | BEN ALI ACKNOWLEDGES GAFSA UNREST -- FROM AFAR [...] (C) For the first time, President Ben Ali has publicly acknowledged the unrest that has been troubling the southwestern mining region of Gafsa since January 2008 (reftels). In July 16 remarks to members of the Gafsa governing council, the President blamed the difficulties on improper recrui [...] | 2008-07-24 16:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
08TUNIS894 | GOVERNORS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON YOUTH, JOBS [...] (SBU) At a July 22-23 meeting of Tunisia's 24 governors, GOT officials promised to increase recruitment of Tunisians with college degrees, with a goal of creating more than 200,000 private and public sector jobs for university graduates over the next five years. Also announced was the creati [...] | 2008-08-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PINS TS |
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 |
08VALLETTA129 | MALTA: SUMMARY INFORMATION FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Embassy Valletta received one proposal for funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESC appropriation. Per reftel instructions the full proposal was forwarded via separate email. Post believes the submitted proposal will help Malta move towards Tier One status by addressing key components of Malta's TI [...] | 2008-03-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MT |
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 |
08VALLETTA303 | MALTA INVESTIGATES TRAFFICKING CLAIMS AMONG [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, DCM and PolOff met with a GOM interagency group on trafficking to discuss reports from representatives of NGOs based in Malta that four Nigerian women being trafficked to Italy had ended up in a Maltese detention centers after being rescued at sea. After an animated [...] | 2008-07-21 13:19:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MT |
08VIENNA1287 | Red Ink Permeates Austrian Campaign, Marking Break with [...] SUMMARY: Economists are concerned about pre-election spending proposals which combined with a proposed tax cut could drive up Austria's budget deficit from near balance to 2.5% of GDP (near the Maastricht limit). Parliament might even enact large spending increases before the September 28 ele [...] | 2008-09-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
08VIENNA1484 | SOBER OUTLOOK FOR AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY IN 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Austria's economy started to weaken in the second quarter in reaction to the international downturn, now reinforced by the current financial crisis. Austria's two leading economic institutes downgraded their 2008 GDP growth forecasts to 2.0%. Austria's economy is still driven by expo [...] | 2008-10-03 14:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
08VIENNA23 | AUSTRIA'S 2008/2009 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK - GROWTH SLOWING, BUT [...] Austria's leading economic institutes - the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) and the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) -- have announced that in 2007 Austria's GDP grew at a rate of 3.3-3.4%. However, with a slowdown in the fourth quarter and with slower global growth on the [...] | 2008-01-04 18:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
08VIENNA513 | AUSTRIA'S GROWTH SLOWING AS CONCERN ABOUT INTERNATIONAL [...] Based on continuing uncertainty in international financial markets, Austria's two leading economic institutes have recently slightly reduced GDP growth forecasts for 2008 to 2.1%. Exports will remain the driving force behind growth, as consumer spending remains sluggish. Projections for 2009 [...] | 2008-04-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
08VIENNA61 | 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...] | 2008-01-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU |
08VIENNA954 | INFLATION AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS DAMPEN [...] Austria's economy is starting to feel the impact of the international financial crisis and the high inflation resulting from continued raw materials and energy price hikes. Due to a still strong first quarter performance, Austria's two leading economic institutes recently upgraded GDP growth [...] | 2008-07-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
08VIENTIANE145 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS [...] (SBU) Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country, with some domestic trafficking victims in the commercial sex trade. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thai [...] | 2008-02-29 05:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL LA |
08VIENTIANE168 | ATTENDANCE AT TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ELAB LA OTRA PHUM |
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 |
08VIENTIANE97 | LAOS: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS GRANT PROPOSALS FOR FY2008 [...] Embassy Vientiane recommends funding of the four proposals (two ESF and two INCLE) summarized in paragraph three, all of which address deficiencies identified in the Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Laos and the Interim Assessment. Only four proposals were submitted for this gran [...] | 2008-02-12 07:46:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA |
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 |
08VILNIUS438 | 2008 TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO LITHUANIAN OFFICIALS [...] Darius Staniulis, head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGO division, was pleased to learn that Lithuania remained in Tier 1 when we shared the 2008 TIP report with him on June 4. He noted that both police and NGOs noticed a considerable decrease in identified victims over the last two years and [...] | 2008-06-06 05:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KPAO OSCE LH |
08WARSAW1334 | GOVERNMENT ACTS QUICKLY TO AVERT POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Poland's two coalition parties -- Civic Platform (PO) and the Polish People's Party (PSL) -- acted quickly to resolve what Prime Minister Tusk characterized as a "misunderstanding" between himself and Labor Minister Jolanta Fedak (PSL). Controversy erupted November 17 when Fedak unexpec [...] | 2008-11-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ECON PL |
08WARSAW285 | POLAND: EIGHTH ANNUAL (2008) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Andrea Gorog (telephone: 48-22-504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GorogA@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one political [...] | 2008-03-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL |
08WELLINGTON9 | 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE FOR NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is Post's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. 2. Begin text of ICS submission: 2008 Investment Climate Statement - New Zealand Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Foreign direct inve [...] | 2008-01-14 05:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NZ |
08WELLINGTON91 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2/2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 00:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD NZ |
08WINDHOEK302 | NAMIBIA'S LABOR PAINS [...] (C) Namibia's leading labor union federation, the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW),has long argued that its close relationship with the ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) party ensures workers' concerns are considered when the Namibian government (GRN) crafts and [...] | 2008-09-29 12:12:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB WA |
08YAOUNDE1033 | CAMEROON: EXPECTATIONS FROM MINING INVESTMENTS FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing sluggish economic growth, declining oil reserves and under- and unemployment that have rendered the population volatile, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) has hitched its economic development to a series of ambitious mining projects. Recent visits to the East, Adamaoua, [...] | 2008-10-21 06:41:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON ELAB CM |
08YAOUNDE187 | EMBASSY YAOUNDE TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde informs the Department of specific tripwires Post is monitoring in light of the recent civil unrest and widespread rioting in Cameroon. Today, February 27th, various neighborhoods in Yaounde have reported gunfire, tire burning, destruction of small shops, stores, and ston [...] | 2008-02-27 13:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO |
08YAOUNDE190 | CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE, [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...] | 2008-02-27 16:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
08YAOUNDE191 | CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...] | 2008-02-27 19:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
08YAOUNDE192 | CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...] | 2008-02-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
08YAOUNDE193 | CAMEROON: BIYA'S SPEECH OUT OF TOUCH AND UNHELPFUL [...] (SBU) President Paul Biya addressed the Cameroonian people February 27 on the recent violence in Cameroon. He minced no words, blaming opposition politicians (whom he labeled "demons") for manipulating the country's youth to "obtain through violence what they were unable to obtain through the [...] | 2008-02-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO ASEC CM |
08YAOUNDE194 | Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...] | 2008-02-28 16:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO |
08YAOUNDE195 | Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...] | 2008-02-28 17:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO |
08YAOUNDE197 | Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...] | 2008-02-28 17:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO |
08YAOUNDE199 | CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE, [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...] | 2008-02-29 06:46:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
08YAOUNDE209 | CAMEROON'S ECONOMY: BACKDROP TO A WEEK OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic outlook portends continued tepid growth despite high oil prices, reflecting low levels of investment, poor execution of the budget, and the reduced competitiveness of agricultural exports. Recent conversations with IMF and World Bank officials underscore [...] | 2008-03-04 13:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON EFIN EIND EMIN PGOV EINV ELAB PINR |
08YAOUNDE211 | CAMEROON: STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS...WHAT NOW? [...] (C) Summary. On February 25-27, Cameroon experienced its worst period of violence since the early 1990s. Violent protests and looting left major property damage and 16-17 dead (according to government estimates; nonofficial estimates are much higher). The causes were a mix of political and e [...] | 2008-03-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL MARR ECON ELAB CM |
08YAOUNDE259 | YAOUNDE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS REVERSE TRIPWIRES [...] (SBU) Embassy Yaounde expanded Emergency Action Committee met on March 17 to discuss the security situation and reverse tripwires following recent violent civil unrest in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the DCM and in attendance were RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, CONS, PA, HU, MGMT, GSO, CLO and Peace C [...] | 2008-03-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM |
08YEREVAN100 | ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...] | 2008-02-08 03:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM |
08YEREVAN243 | ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...] | 2008-03-20 03:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
08YEREVAN244 | ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...] | 2008-03-20 05:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
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 |
08ZAGREB182 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit the Annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons Report for 2007. Croatia has previously been ranked as a Tier Two country. As detailed below, Post believes Croatia has made successful efforts to meet Tier One requirements under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, [...] | 2008-03-03 10:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR |
08ZAGREB310 | UNION PROTEST SEEKS HIGHER PAY, GENERAL ECONOMIC [...] On April 12, labor unions staged one of Croatia's largest ever worker demonstrations on Zagreb's main square, under the slogan "Together for Higher Pay." Police and media estimated the turnout at 35,000-40,000 people, while the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (UATUC),the largest [...] | 2008-04-16 06:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB HR |
08ZAGREB35 | PRICE RISES CONFRONT NEW GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Although Croatia's average annual inflation rate for 2007 was 2.9%, slightly below the 2006 rate, the year-on-year rates in October, November and December were the highest since 2000 and 2001 at 4.3-5.8%. The Croatian National Bank expects inflation for 2008 to be as high as 4.5%. Th [...] | 2008-01-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV |
08ZAGREB49 | CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR |
08ZAGREB50 | CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART I) [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...] | 2008-01-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR |
08ZAGREB93 | SUMMARY INFORMATION (CROATIA) FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Embassy Zagreb has received one proposal for funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Per instruction in REFTEL the full proposal will be forwarded via separate email. Post believes the submitted proposal will help Croatia move towards Tier One status by addressing one of the three ke [...] | 2008-02-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG HR TRAFFICKING |
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 |
09ABIDJAN382 | GBAGBO INTERVENES TO STOP PORT STRIKE [...] (U) Summary. A three-week-long strike at the Port of Abidjan ended June 17 after President Gbagbo promised to resolve all of the striking dock workers' grievances and ordered the release of workers who had been jailed. The strike resulted in some violence and a major disruption of port opera [...] | 2009-06-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EWWT ECON PGOV 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 |
09ABUDHABI1010 | UAE LABOR MINISTER ON TRAFFICKING, SPONSORSHIP, AND STATE OF [...] (C) Summary. Addressing a group of foreign business leaders and diplomats on October 27, UAE Minister of Labor Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash discussed the country's problem with trafficking in persons, its fragmented labor market, the challenges of Emiratization, and high unemployment rates a [...] | 2009-10-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM KTIP AE |
09ABUDHABI1070 | UAE'S HIGH PROFILE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary. In the five months since the State Department released its annual trafficking in persons(TIP) country reports, the UAE government has taken highly visible steps to crack down on human trafficking through enhanced measures of prevention, protection, and prosecution. Immediate re [...] | 2009-11-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP KCRM AE BG CH IN NP PK RP |
09ABUDHABI1086 | 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR UAE [...] (SBU) Post presents the following update in response to reftel request for a summary of UAEG progress on selected anti-trafficking issues. 2. (SBU) In October, the Dubai Attorney General announced the creation of a permanent task force to handle human trafficking cases. The task force is a [...] | 2009-11-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG AE |
09ABUDHABI1096 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S VISIT TO UAE [...] (SBU) Summary. During his November 9-11 visit to the United Arab Emirates, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with senior federal and emirate-level officials, and toured government and foreign shelters. UAE officials said they [...] | 2009-11-22 04:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG AE |
09ABUDHABI202 | UAE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) The Embassy's point of contact for the Trafficking in Persons Report is: Kundai Mashingaidze Tel: +971 2-414-2621 Fax: +971 2-414-2639 Email: mashingaidzek@state.gov Number of hours spent on th [...] | 2009-02-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG AE |
09ABUDHABI243 | UAE TIP SHELTER OPTIONS INADEQUATE BUT THERE IS HOPE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: UAE shelter options for victims of domestic abuse and trafficking (sexual or otherwise) remain limited. In Dubai, there is only one officially recognized facility of whose existence the wider Dubai co [...] | 2009-03-13 17:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE |
09ABUDHABI244 | UNOFFICIAL TIP SHELTER OPTIONS IN UAE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE's main urban hubs, unofficial shelters have been established over time to accommodate the immediate needs of vulnerable groups (one of the more active being run by [...] | 2009-03-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE |
09ABUDHABI269 | UAEG THOUGHTS ON NON-OFFICIAL TIP SHELTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed MinState Gargash to support the principle of unofficial TIP shelters in the UAE. Gargash noted that such institutions could not be exempted from strict oversight and would preferably not be associated with diplomatic missions. End summary. 2. (C) In [...] | 2009-03-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB IR AE |
09ABUDHABI271 | THE DILEMMA OF EMIRATI JOB SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB ECON KDEM SCUL AE |
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 |
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 |
09ABUDHABI603 | UAEG DISAPPOINTED WITH TIP RANKING [...] (C) In giving advance notification of the TIP Report as instructed Ref A, Ambassador was told by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and National anti-TIP Committee chair) Dr. Anwar Gargash that the U.S. decision to downgrade the UAE in spite of ongoing and significant efforts to tackle the [...] | 2009-06-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KTIP ELAB 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 |
09ABUDHABI622 | UAE: STATE DEPARTMENT TIP REPORT "DISAPPOINTING AND [...] (U) Summary: Following release of the TIP report in Washington June 16, the UAEG's official news agency WAM issued a sharply-worded statement condemning the UAE text as "disappointing and distorted." The UAEG accused the report of "changing the goal posts", lacking objectivity in evaluating t [...] | 2009-06-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KTIP ELAB AE |
09ABUDHABI626 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT ON [...] Summary: Media coverage by UAE Arabic and English daily newspapers of the State Department's Trafficking in Persons report generally did not extend beyond reprinting the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) release. The release quoted Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs and [...] | 2009-06-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL AE OIIP KMDR |
09ABUDHABI634 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT ON [...] Summary: UAE reaction to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons report was limited to one report and one op-ed piece by a UAE writer. The report, in the Dubai-based English-language daily "Gulf News" 6/21, cited UAE officials in the field of law and welfare describing the report as disappointing and [...] | 2009-06-22 04:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL AE OIIP KMDR |
09ABUDHABI77 | UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AE |
09ABUDHABI871 | UAE FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS MFA PREPARED TO ENGAGE WITH US ON [...] (C) During a 31 August meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ),Ambassador pressed the UAE to engage with the US on Trafficking in Persons issues, urging that the issue not be left unaddressed. (NOTE: the UAEG was shocked by the publication of the annual TIP report, and it [...] | 2009-09-01 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIP ELAB AE |
09ABUJA1064 | NIGERIA: 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel country narrative of the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). NAPTIP's Director of Investigations and Monitoring, Muhammed Babandede, and Executive Secretary, Simon Egede, [...] | 2009-06-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KMWN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
09ABUJA1076 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-14, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Political News --Delta Incidents --Oil and Gas ECONOMIC NEWS ------------- 2. (U [...] | 2009-06-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI |
09ABUJA1117 | NIGERIA: LABOR RALLY IN KANO ACHIEVES BETTER [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other state labor leaders conducted a rally in Kano on July 16, protesting the GON's lack of leadership and action on deregulation of the petroleum sector, minimum wage, and electoral reform issues. The Kano demonstration is the second in a [...] | 2009-06-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1191 | NIGERIAN ORGANIZED LABOR: THIRD STRIKE, BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other state labor leaders conducted a large rally in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, on June 23, protesting the GON's deregulation of the petroleum sector, and lack of action on minimum wage and electoral reform issues. The Borno demo [...] | 2009-06-29 15:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1212 | NIGERIA: LABOFF CONVEYS IMPORTANCE OF TRIPARTITE [...] (U) Summary: LabOff was a "Guest of Honor" for the Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Senior Staff Association's (FOBTOB) 11th Annual National Delegates Conference in Jos, Plateau State, on May 30. As one of Nigeria's largest private sector trade unions, FOBTOB used its annual Delegates Conference a [...] | 2009-06-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1258 | NIGERIA LABOR MINISTER AND DELEGATION TO VISIT U.S. [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Minister of Labor and Productivity Prince Adetokunbo Kayode and a delegation of high-level Nigerian labor sector officials will travel to the United States on July 25 for the Minister's first labor orientation t [...] | 2009-07-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID PGOV PHUM PREL NI |
09ABUJA1289 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 15-30, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 15-30, 2009 political/economic highlights, which was delayed in transmission and did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Oil and Gas --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS [...] | 2009-07-16 05:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI |
09ABUJA1307 | NIGERIAN LABOR DISCONTENT BECOMING CONTAGIOUS, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Frustration and discontent in the labor sector was at its most contagious state during the week of July 6-10, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates led demonstrations -- and inspired others to do so -- within education, health, and media institutions across the [...] | 2009-07-20 08:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1357 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-23, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-23, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Narcotics News --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS -------------- Â [...] | 2009-07-27 05:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI |
09ABUJA1412 | NIGERIA: TREASURY DELEGATION MEETS WITH GON AND NGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Senior Advisor Ian Solomon and Senior G-20 Policy Advisor Robin Ritterhoff visited Abuja from July 12-15 to meet with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Minister of State for Finance, representatives of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initi [...] | 2009-08-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON SENV PREL ENRG PGOV ELAB NI |
09ABUJA1438 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON GRAB BAG [...] (U) The Following is an Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of July 23 through August 7, 2009 political/economic highlights not previously reported. ECONOMIC -------- 2. (SBU) GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MOVES TO CHECK E-WASTE DUMPING: On July 20, addressing an international conference on [...] | 2009-08-06 08:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI |
09ABUJA1497 | NIGERIA: THE GON TEMPORARILY TAKES OVER FIVE BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank of Nigeria fired the senior management of five banks following a financial viability audit that indicated the banks faced collapse due to excessive non-performing loans and over-exposure to capital markets and the downstream oil and gas sector. The CBN injected [...] | 2009-08-18 16:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV ELAB EPET NI |
09ABUJA1514 | NIGERIA: CONCURRENCE ON E.O. 13126 LIST [...] (U) In response to reftel, U.S. Mission Nigeria concurs with the Department of Labor's draft update to its list of products that have been "mined, produced, or manufactured using forced or indentured child labor" pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13126, as specifically related to Nigeria. MCCUL [...] | 2009-08-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1520 | NIGERIA: NAMES OF DEFAULTERS PUBLISHED; INDUSTRY SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Banking contacts say CBN Governor Sanusi's firing of five bank heads has made the banking sector stronger, more transparent, and indicates that the sector is open for new domestic and international investors, including foreign banks. The public naming of defaulters like Aliko Dango [...] | 2009-08-20 07:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD NI |
09ABUJA1540 | NIGERIA: POL-ECON GRAB BAG [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political and economic developments not reported elsewhere. -------------------------------------------- DANGOTE ELECTED NEW STOCK EXCHANGE PRESIDENT -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Aliko Dangote gained [...] | 2009-08-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EIND ELAB EPET NI IZ |
09ABUJA1591 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- AUGUST 28, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments in Nigeria not reported elsewhere. ------------------------ Oil Production Increases ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Petroleum Resource Minister Rilwan Lukman announced August [...] | 2009-08-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL OREP ELAB EFIN PINR NI |
09ABUJA1645 | NIGERIA: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY STRIKE CONTINUES [...] (C) Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members told LabOff August 29 in Ibadan of their determination to continue a two and one-half month strike until the Nigerian Government (GON) met all their demands. The GON has pulled out of negotiations and threatened to ban the professors from [...] | 2009-09-04 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM NI |
09ABUJA1651 | MORE WOES FOR NIGERIA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION [...] (C) On September 4, Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) General Secretary John Odah told LabOff that NUT (an NLC affiliated union) was on the verge of shutting down the public primary and secondary education system over GON failure to honor its 2008 agreement on a 27.5 percent salary increase for all [...] | 2009-09-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL KISL EAID NI |
09ABUJA1684 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments, not mentioned elsewhere in formal reporting. --------------------------------------------- -- ARREST WARRANT FOR YAR'ADUA'S PRIVATE SECRETARY --------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-09-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD ELAB NI |
09ABUJA1760 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA -- AGAIN [...] (C) Nigerian President Yar'Adua traveled again to Saudi Arabia September 22, apparently for medical reasons. This trip, the second to Saudi Arabia within three months (ref A),replaces his scheduled visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (C) Presidential Speci [...] | 2009-09-23 17:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP ELAB PINR UNGA UNSC NI |
09ABUJA1916 | PRESIDENT'S OFFICE DENIES RUMORS OF IMMINENT [...] (C) The GON has again denied recurring rumors of Cabinet changes, but when and if a reshuffle does come, those apparently most at risk are the controversial and widely derided Ministers of Justice, Education, and Labor. END SUMMARY. ----------------------------------------- ATTORNEY GENERA [...] | 2009-10-23 08:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM ELAB PINR NI |
09ABUJA1949 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 23, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ------------------------- ELECTORAL REFORM HEARINGS ------------------------- 2. (C) The Senate Constitutional Review Subcommittee held public hearings [...] | 2009-10-23 18:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB PINR SCUL NI |
09ABUJA2006 | NIGERIAN LABOR PROTESTS AGAINST DEREGULATION [...] (SBU) Some 15,000 members of national and state unions, civil society organizations, and political parties marched on October 29 to the National Assembly to protest the GON's proposed deregulation of fuel prices and the lack of action on minimum wage and electoral reform issues. The Nigerian [...] | 2009-11-02 18:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EAID ENRG PREL NI |
09ABUJA2007 | NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY UNIONS SUSPEND FOUR-MONTH [...] (SBU) The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),Non-academic Staff Union (NASU),and Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSAU) officially suspended their four-month long strike October 26. During the strike, the ASUU, NASU, and SSAU strikes effectively shut down almost all public [...] | 2009-11-02 18:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
09ABUJA2014 | NIGERIA: BORNO STATE RESIDENTS NOT YET RECOVERED [...] (C) The Boko Haram attacks clearly left a deep impression on Maiduguri residents, who still appeared shocked by the magnitude of the violence which ultimately killed some 700 individuals. Most interlocutors asserted that the state and federal government responded appropriately and, apart from [...] | 2009-11-04 08:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM ELAB KISL KCRM NI |
09ABUJA2100 | S/CIEA GOLDWYN MEETS WITH NIGERIAN PETROLEUM UNIONS [...] (C) U.S. State Department Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) David Goldwyn met with leaders of Nigeria's two largest petroleum unions met with on November 11 to discuss union perspectives on GON efforts to reform the petroleum sector, specifically plans for downstream deregul [...] | 2009-11-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET INV ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM EAID NI |
09ABUJA219 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 16-31, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of January 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economy --Agriculture --Environment --Aviation --Elections --Labor --Corruption --Delta Incidents --Oil, Gas, a [...] | 2009-02-06 09:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA259 | (C) NIGERIA: SHELL BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON OIL GAS ISSUES, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Shell's regional executive vice president for Africa Ann Pickard and government relations representative Peter Francis met with the Ambassador on January 27 in Abuja and provided an update on problems in the oil and gas sector. Pickard said that things were going from bad to worse, [...] | 2009-02-10 16:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ELAB PINR ECON SENV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA262 | (C) NIGERIA: NEW PETROLEUM MINISTER LUKMAN PLANS TO REVAMP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's February 3, 2009 meeting with the new Minister for Petroleum Resources Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, the Minister highlighted his intention to revamp the country's energy sector with both short-term and long-term plans. As an example, he said that the current Master G [...] | 2009-02-11 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ELAB ECON ETRD SENV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA265 | NIGERIA: LABOR UNIONS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION NGOS [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs from U.S. Mission Nigeria met with labor union representatives and anti-corruption NGOs in the Lagos area January 14-15. The NGOs were unanimously critical of the GON's leadership and warned that, if the GON continues to ignore their issues, they foresee a dramatic negati [...] | 2009-02-11 08:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA290 | NIGERIA: 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 9th Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. The main sources of available information are the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffi [...] | 2009-02-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09ABUJA316 | NIGERIA - BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economy --Politics --Agriculture --Environment and Health --Aviation --Elections --Corruption and Crime --Oil, G [...] | 2009-02-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA480 | NIGERIA: OIL UNIONS TO STRIKE MARCH 25-27 [...] (U) According to our recent conversations the week of March 16-20, the strike reported in reftel para 3 by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),will take place on March 25-2 [...] | 2009-03-19 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ENRG NI |
09ABUJA483 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 14-28, [...] (U) HOUSE OF REPS COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL DONORS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS INAUGURATED: On February 10 Poloff, EconOff, and Econ Specialist attended the Inauguration of the House of Representatives Committee on International Donors and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). In her addre [...] | 2009-03-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA501 | OIL CHIEF REQUESTS DIALOGUE ON ENERGY, CLIMATE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is requesting that USG officials visit Abuja in the near future to commence a dialogue on energy and climate policies, includ [...] | 2009-03-24 06:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET SENV PREL ELAB ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NI |
09ABUJA526 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MARCH 1-14, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of March 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Northern Nigeria --Southern Nigeria --Delta Incidents Economic News -------------- [...] | 2009-03-26 15:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA609 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BUILDING BRIDGES [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, the Ambassador (with LabOff, notetaker) met with the new Minister of Labor and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, to identify his ministry's priorities as well as acquire an understanding of his strategy for working with organized labor. Kayode is from Ondo Stat [...] | 2009-04-09 16:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA611 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR March 15-31, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of March 15-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economics --Politics --2011 Elections --Labor --Education --Environment and Health --Aviation --Elections --Cor [...] | 2009-04-10 09:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA714 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APRIL 1-17, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-17 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Politics --2011 Elections --Human Rights and TIP --Labor --Environment and Health --Corruption and Crime --Oil, Gas, [...] | 2009-04-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA743 | NIGERIA FUEL TANKER STRIKE INDICATIVE OF LARGER [...] (U) Summary: On April 21, the Petrol Tanker Drivers Union (PTDU),an arm of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),ended its three-day strike over the seizure of members' trucks and alleged harassment, intimidation, and extortion of tanker drivers by the Lagos State [...] | 2009-04-29 11:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA790 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APRIL 18-30, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of April 18-30, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Political News --2011 Elections --House of Representatives Economic News --------- [...] | 2009-05-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET SENV EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA809 | NIGERIA'S FIRST NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SUMMIT: A [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, the Ambassador participated in Nigeria's First National Employment Summit, which focused on the theme, "Meeting the Employment Challenges of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis." According to the Minister of Labor Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, the Summit's purpose w [...] | 2009-05-07 12:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA821 | NIGERIA: LABOR LEADERS CRITICIZE GON, ANNOUNCE [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) jointly organized a 2009 National May Day rally on May 1 in Abuja, which included organized labor representatives from across the country, as well as a small contingent of high-level government officials. The d [...] | 2009-05-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA830 | LABOR PROTEST MARCH CONFIRMED FOR MAY 13 [...] (U) Post confirmed on May 12 from Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress representatives that they have not canceled their planned protest march in Lagos on May 13. The protest march will begin at 1000 hours at the National Stadium and proceed to the governor's office in Ikeja. The [...] | 2009-05-12 17:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA950 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 1-15, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of May 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economics --Politics --Environment and Health --Oil, Gas, and Power Economics --------- 2. (U) U.S. PARTICIPATES [...] | 2009-06-02 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN NI |
09ABUJA968 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Environment --Political News ECONOMIC NEWS ------------- 2. (U) FG TO REVIEW CBN' [...] | 2009-06-04 14:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN NI |
09ACCRA1327 | CHILD TRAFFICKING ON LAKE VOLTA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff and Democracy and Human Rights Program Coordinator (DHRC) spent December 1-3 in fishing villages on Lake Volta with the West Africa Regional Director for the NGO Free the Slaves and the Director of the Ghanaian NGO Challenging Heights following children believed to have be [...] | 2009-12-15 16:53:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KTIP XY 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 |
09ACCRA182 | ACCRA 2009 ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Ghana (GoG) continued to make progress during the reporting year toward combating trafficking in persons. The Ghana Police Service (GPS) was involved in several rescues, particularly of children; during July and August of 2008, nearly 200 children were rescu [...] | 2009-03-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB KTIP KCRM KFRD 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 |
09ACCRA821 | ACCRA RESPONSE RE UPDATE OF E.O. 13126 LIST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ref A seeks Embassy concurrence for the Department of Labor's listing of Ghanaian cocoa and tilapia as products produced with forced or indentured child labor, which would trigger certification requirements per E.O. 13126. Post [...] | 2009-08-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB 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 |
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 |
09ADDISABABA2314 | MONITORING REPORT ON ETHIOPIA G/TIP PROGRAM [...] (U) This cable provides monitoring information, requested ref A, to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) to evaluate the effectiveness of G/TIP's USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI). PCI's used the funds to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE [...] | 2009-09-28 05:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP SMIG PHUM ASEC ELAB KWMN PREL EAID ET |
09ADDISABABA2423 | USAU: AFRICAN LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS LEADERS [...] (U) On October 1, U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Michael Battle, A/DCM, and PolOff attended the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Labor and Social Affairs Commission held at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The conference theme was "Impact of the Global Crisis [...] | 2009-10-09 07:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB ECON AU |
09ADDISABABA2648 | G/TIP VISIT REVEALS PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) continues to take steps to curb the international trafficking of Ethiopian citizens, but is challenged by economic realities, limited law enforcement capacity, and ever-changing trafficking patterns. To combat international trafficking, the GoE passed a [...] | 2009-11-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID DJ SU ET |
09ADDISABABA2770 | INCREASE IN TCN IMMIGRANT VISAS CAUSES CONCERN IN ADDIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consular section in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has noted a substantial increase in the number of third country national immigrant visa cases. From FY08 to FY09, post recorded a 13 percent increase in the total number of immigrant visa cases scheduled. Over the same period, post [...] | 2009-11-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID |
09ADDISABABA386 | ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact until March 1: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV After March 1: Deputy Pol/Econ Chief Dante Parad [...] | 2009-02-13 06:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC |
09ADDISABABA47 | G/TIP FY07 PROGRAMS: MONITORING REQUEST - ETHIOPIA [...] (U) Per reftel, this cable provides monitoring information for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons' (G/TIP),USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI) to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the identification, rescue, assistance to and referral of tra [...] | 2009-01-12 10:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN KTIP 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 |
09AITTAIPEI181 | CEPD CHAIRMAN SURVEYS BLEAK ECONOMY IN FEBRUARY 18 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 18 meeting with the Director, Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Director Chen Tain-jy said exports will be a key indicator in determining when Taiwan's economy has bottomed out, and noted that recent upticks in short term export orders may be a hop [...] | 2009-02-18 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR ELAB EFIN TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI271 | Taiwan's February Trade Figures Show Continued Weakness in [...] (U) Taiwan exports again took a tumble in the first two months of 2009. Although the decline in February (28.6% y-o-y) was substantially less than the 44.1% drop in January, this is largely due to the fact that the week long Lunar New Year holiday fell in January 2009 rather than in February [...] | 2009-03-12 03:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SENV ELAB EPET TW |
09AITTAIPEI528 | TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MULLING NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is consulting with other agencies to prioritize Taiwan's international space needs and develop recommendations on next steps now that Taiwan has been invited to observe at this year's World Health Assembly. MOFA International Organizati [...] | 2009-05-01 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ELAB EPA ILO IMO IO KJUS PGOV PREL |
09ALGIERS1148 | ALGERIA'S 2010 DRAFT BUDGET [...] Algeria's 2010 draft budget, approved by the government and parliament, boosts public spending to 1 trillion Algerian dinars (about USD 14.1 billion, at the exchange rate of 71 dinars to USD 1),or to more than 12 percent of GDP. Falling oil prices have depressed revenues and will produce a la [...] | 2009-12-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV AG |
09ALGIERS164 | ALGERIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's population of roughly 35 million, its energy wealth, and growing demand for modern infrastructure and consumer products have generated broad interest in this market from companies around the world. But an often difficult business regulatory environment, symbolized by [...] | 2009-02-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPOC PGOV USTR AG |
09ALGIERS177 | ALGERIA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The TIP Officer for Embassy Algiers is Ryan Campbell; tel. (213)-(0)770-08-20-00, ext. 2264; fax (213)-(0)21-60-73-35; unclassified email: campbellrt@state.gov. Number of hours spent by rank: 1 hour FE-MC, 2 hours FE-OC, 2 hours FS-02, 15 hours FS-03, 25 hours FS-06, 10 hours FSN. SUMM [...] | 2009-02-23 17:02:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
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 |
09ALGIERS563 | ALGERIA OPEN TO DISCUSS TIP LAW IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel non-paper and the 2009 TIP Report country narrative for Algeria to MFA American Affairs Director General Fatiha Selmane the afternoon of June 15. Selmane said the government took seriously USG recommendations for Algeria contained in the 2008 TIP Report, and under [...] | 2009-06-16 07:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
09AMMAN1176 | UNRWA WORKERS IN JORDAN STAGE ANOTHER STRIKE OVER [...] (C) UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees in Jordan went on strike from May 12 to May 15 to demand pay increases to compensate for the decline in the value of UNRWA's pension funds. UNRWA Jordan's already tight operational budget will be trimmed further in the coming year and may forc [...] | 2009-05-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ELAB KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1179 | Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI) in [...] (SBU) Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI),an Emirati-owned garment factory in Ad-Dulayl Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ),is currently under liquidation after suffering significant financial losses. Since a strike in September 2008 (ref A),MRAI had been having financial difficul [...] | 2009-05-21 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO |
09AMMAN1339 | PARLIAMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah called for an extraordinary session of parliament to start on June 11. The extraordinary session will deal with a crowded slate of political and economic measures, including a revised tax law, amendments to the penal code, amendments to the controversial law on as [...] | 2009-06-15 06:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM ELAB JO |
09AMMAN134 | JORDAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] In the nearly ten years since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertak [...] | 2009-01-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO |
09AMMAN1424 | JORDAN: LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS NOT INCLUDED ON [...] (C) Summary: Amendments to Jordan's labor law to give foreign workers the ability to more freely join unions and bring the law in line with international standards were unexpectedly left off of parliament's extraordinary session agenda. The cabinet had already approved the amendment package a [...] | 2009-06-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP JO |
09AMMAN1749 | AQABA PORT STRIKE LEADS TO SECURITY CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Summary: Gendarmerie forces in the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba used violence to break up a sit-in by workers at the general cargo port on July 31. Despite intense negotiations to end the dispute, an agreement has proven elusive. Sixty-five protesters were taken into custody and th [...] | 2009-08-04 08:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM ELAB 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 |
09AMMAN2074 | JORDAN: RANGE OF OPINIONS EXPRESSED DURING [...] (U) In an effort to engage students on the issues of domestic worker abuse and human trafficking, the Embassy recently hosted three viewings of the documentary "Maid in Lebanon II." The documentary, produced by a Lebanese filmmaker, depicts the lives of domestic workers in Lebanon, details th [...] | 2009-09-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB JO |
09AMMAN2254 | JORDAN: WIDE DISMAY OF "GARMENTS" INCLUSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts strongly and quickly voiced dismay and disapproval of "garments from Jordan" placement on the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) List of Goods Made with Forced Labor. There is near unanimous agreement in Jordan that labeling the entire garment s [...] | 2009-10-08 07:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB JO |
09AMMAN230 | Update on Labor Issues in Jordan [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has continued to take measures to strengthen its institutional capacity to identify and correct labor violations, in part by hiring 60 new inspectors in 2008. Inspectors for the International Labour Office's (ILO) Better Work Jordan program have [...] | 2009-01-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO |
09AMMAN2339 | JORDAN: JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON [...] For the first time, Jordan's judges and prosecutors are being trained on international and local legislation related to trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and best practices in investigating and prosecuting TIP cases. The training, being implemented in two phases, was developed by Post in coordinat [...] | 2009-10-21 11:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS ELAB KWMN JO |
09AMMAN2459 | Proposed Agenda for the U.S. Jordan FTA Joint Committee [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Secretary General of Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Montasser Oklah reconfirmed to EconCouns on November 10 that Jordan is prepared to host the December 15-16 U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee (JC) meeti [...] | 2009-11-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON ELAB EFIN JO |
09AMMAN2663 | Scenesetter for the U.S. - Jordan FTA Joint Committee [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (U) Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) will host the December 15 U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee (JC) meeting in Amman. This JC occurs on the eve of the FTA coming into full force in January 2010. T [...] | 2009-12-09 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON ELAB EFIN EAID JO |
09AMMAN392 | QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES: JORDANIAN-ISRAELI BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two garment factories in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) have continued to show strong business links to Israel, despite public calls in Jordan during events in Gaza to boycott American and Israeli goods (ref B). The Al-Methaliah factory plans to begin in March sat [...] | 2009-02-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB PREL KTEX IS JO |
09AMMAN429 | Complete Text of Jordan's New Anti-TIP Law [...] (U) Jordan's Upper House of Parliament endorsed on February 4 the anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Law. The law was previously endorsed by the Lower House on January 25 and now moves forward for the King's signature and publication in Jordan's Official Gazette. The law would come into effect [...] | 2009-02-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO |
09AMMAN459 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan demonstrated a strong commitment to and made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Progress includes the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law, an increase in forced labor cases being investigated and sent forward for [...] | 2009-02-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09AMMAN706 | LABOR MINISTER ASSURES FOCUS ON PROMOTING LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Labor Ghazi Shbeikat promised a strong focus on promoting labor rights and combating trafficking in persons (TIP) during a March 10 courtesy call with the Ambassador. The Minister expects that the remaining 36 amendments to the labor law, including a revised articl [...] | 2009-03-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX JO |
09AMMAN856 | DK Garment Factory Shuts Down After Strike and Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 93 Bangladeshi employees at DK Textiles Company in Al Hassan Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) went on strike in January 2009 after an altercation between a Bangladeshi supervisor and Bangladeshi employee. The strike led to financial problems that caused DK to clo [...] | 2009-04-12 04:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO |
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 |
09ANKARA1343 | TURKEY: CHILD LABOR REPORT RUFFLES GOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered the points in reftel to appropriate officials in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOT's response ranged from moderately negative to baffled. Even though the USDOL report on Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL [...] | 2009-09-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1512 | LABOR UPSET THAT GOT WILL USE UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Turkey passed a law last August that will allow it to dip into a fund for unemployment insurance and transfer payments for "infrastructure development" projects, primarily in the Southeast. The law is unpopular with labor unionists because while the fund is not [...] | 2009-10-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB TU |
09ANKARA1562 | CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS THREATEN NOVEMBER 25 STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: Civil service workers intend to strike November 25 to protest the lack of a legal framework for them to collectively bargain or strike. Estimates vary on the reach of the strike but as many as 2.4 million workers may participate. Turkey's lack of legislation to provide these ri [...] | 2009-10-27 17:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ECON AMGT TU |
09ANKARA1708 | TURKEY: MIXED REVIEWS ON NOVEMBER 25 STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The nationwide strike by civil service workers November 25 drew more participants than expected and reduced the traffic flow in the country's main urban centers as many workers stayed home. Ankara airport was chaotic in the morning but ghostly quiet by late afternoon. Union l [...] | 2009-12-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1789 | TURKEY: NEW NATIONAL PROJECT TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) MFA Department Head for Migration and Asylum Berlan Alan told us December 10 his ministry is spearheading a multi-agency effort to create a comprehensive plan for addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey. The plan will propose legislation that, if approved, would empower the Mi [...] | 2009-12-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TU |
09ANKARA1829 | PRIVATIZED TOBACCO WORKERS CONTINUE ANGRY PROTESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thousands of workers who face losing their benefits and right to organize under Turkey's privatization of its tobacco industry entered their ninth day of raucous protest in Ankara December 23 while union leaders and the government discuss ways to address their concerns. Extraordi [...] | 2009-12-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB TU |
09ANKARA273 | TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: TIP SITUATION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to ref A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hours [...] | 2009-02-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09ANKARA274 | TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel questions. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Article 80 of the Turkish Penal Code ( [...] | 2009-02-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09ANKARA275 | TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to ref A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS ------------------------------------ A. (SBU) The GOT provides witness protection in practice. Fo [...] | 2009-02-20 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09ANKARA320 | TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: SUPPLEMENTAL: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This cable is a supplement to the three-part response (refs A, B, C) to ref D questions, for which some GOT data was still outstanding at the time of submission. Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 9 [...] | 2009-02-27 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09ANKARA462 | TURKEY SIGNS COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION ON HUMAN [...] (U) On March 19 Turkey signed the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. As the convention is already in force, Turkey attached no reservations. MFA Section Head for Asylum and Illegal Migration Nilufer Kaygisiz reminded us March 26 that Turkey had partici [...] | 2009-03-26 12:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09ANKARA711 | TURKEY: RESPONSE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS' EFFECT ON [...] (SBU) The following is Turkey's response to reftel information request. Answers are keyed to the questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) B.1. To date, the drop in remittances to Turkey -- most of which originate in Western Europe -- following the onset of the economic crisis has not had a noticeable [...] | 2009-05-15 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG TU |
09ANKARA98 | TURKEY/TIP: SENIOR RESEARCHER PREVIEWS DEMAND STUDY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leading Turkish academic previewed for us her recently concluded, GOT-commissioned study on the demand for trafficked persons in Turkey. The study will report that the market for trafficked victims is driven largely by upper middle-class and wealthy Turks' demand for commercial [...] | 2009-01-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09ANTANANARIVO141 | MADAGASCAR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Madagascar is not a confirmed source or destination for internationally trafficked men and women, during the year there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values, poverty, corruption, lack of funding and capacit [...] | 2009-03-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09ASHGABAT1471 | TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT HOSTS REGIONAL UN [...] (U) The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a three-day, regional conference on human trafficking in Ashgabat this week. OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) also sponsored the event, intended to promote cooperation and information and intelligence sharing between [...] | 2009-11-17 04:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM DPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
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 |
09ASHGABAT611 | TURKMENISTAN ADOPTS A NEW LABOR CODE [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedow signed a new Labor Code to bring provisions of Turkmenistan's labor legislation into compliance with international norms and practices of the International Labor Organization, which Turkmenistan joined in 1993. The new Labor Code provides legal norms for [...] | 2009-05-13 12:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB TX |
09ASHGABAT641 | TURKMENISTAN: TRADE UNIONS PROMOTE STATE PRIORITIES; FAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Having inherited the Soviet-era trade union structure, the Government of Turkmenistan has made trade unions part of its mechanism for maintaining social and political stability. Independent trade unions do not exist, to the detriment of workers' rights. Besides providing minor [...] | 2009-05-22 07:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON 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 |
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 |
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 |
09ASTANA1033 | KAZAKHSTAN: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE URANIUM MINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10-11, Energy Officer met with senior managers from Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and KAP's foreign partners in Almaty to discuss the impact of the Prosecutor General's ong [...] | 2009-06-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1034 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 24-JUNE 6 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Reorganization in Response to Five-Year Plan -- Banking Sector News -- Samruk-Kazyna Establishes New Direct Investment Fund -- May Inflation -- Critic Suggests Revising [...] | 2009-06-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB CH KZ |
09ASTANA1035 | KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, Energy Officer met separately with a Western manager from the U.S. oil services company Baker Hughes and an American partner with the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, both of whom shared experience [...] | 2009-06-17 10:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ECON EPET EINV ELAB SMIG CH KZ |
09ASTANA112 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, below is Post's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Kazakhstan. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Kazakhstan 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Kazakhstan Openness to Foreign Investment Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy sinc [...] | 2009-01-22 00:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR 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 |
09ASTANA1205 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 5-18 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- State Will Fund Shymkent Oil Refinery Modernization -- KazMunaiGas To Acquire Pavlodar Oil Refinery -- Kazakhstan Seeks To Reduce Kashagan Project Costs -- Karachaganak [...] | 2009-07-21 07:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB 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 |
09ASTANA1302 | KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK OFFERS TO RESTRUCTURE ITS DEBT [...] SUMMARY: On July 24, BTA Bank, one of Kazakhstan's largest commercial banks, declared a moratorium on interest payments. This follows the bank's decision in April to cease debt principal payments. BTA's external debts are valued at $13 billion, of which the bank said it will repay $3 billio [...] | 2009-08-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ |
09ASTANA1355 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 19-AUGUST 1 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Refinancing Rate is Reduced Again -- Amendments to Currency Control and Currency Regulation Law Approved -- National Bank's Comments on New Currency Law -- Banking Sector [...] | 2009-08-06 07:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09ASTANA198 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER MASIMOV REQUESTS CLEAR MESSAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Karim Masimov told the Ambassador on February 3 that he needs a clear message from the United States that Kazakhstan is welcome in the WTO in order to "slow down" the Russian-Belarus-Kazakhstan custom [...] | 2009-02-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB EPET AF 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 |
09ASTANA199 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 17-30 [...] 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: NO OPTION BUT TO BOYCOTT 2. National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) head Zharmakhan Tuyakbay, Azat Party Gen [...] | 2009-02-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA209 | KAZAKHSTAN'S URANIUM MARKET: KEY PLAYERS, PLANS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15-16, Energy Officer met with top managers of Kazakhstan's state nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP) and its foreign partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan's commercial hub. They discussed the role of internati [...] | 2009-02-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP 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 |
09ASTANA218 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT DEVALUES TENGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Kazakhstan allowed the country's currency, the tenge (KZT),to devalue on February 4 from its exchange rate of approximately 122 to the dollar. Announcing that it would abandon it [...] | 2009-02-06 03:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELAB KZ |
09ASTANA238 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 18-31 [...] SUMMARY: The information in this Kazakhstan economic and energy update is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani media and has not been further verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Labor Market Update -- Energy Ministry Asks Government to Support Subsoil Users -- Prime Minister [...] | 2009-02-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ELAB EPET RS 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 |
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 |
09ASTANA480 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 2-13 [...] 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." ALMATY MASLIKHAT ELECTIONS 2. Bi-elections for the Almaty maslikhat (local legislature) will take place on March 29. According t [...] | 2009-03-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA943 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES AND CHARGES AT KAZATOMPROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, former Minister for Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik replaced Mukhtar Dzhakishev as head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP). On May 22, the 45-year old Dzhakishev was arrested on [...] | 2009-06-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |