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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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08HELSINKI91 | FINNISH VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION ON PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 07:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PBTS UN UNSC IMO SO XA XW FI |
08ISLAMABAD1033 | PAKISTAN AGREES TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE UNSCR ACTION [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with MFA Assistant Director Farhat Ayesha, Poloff drew on reftel points regarding concerns about piracy on Somalia's coast. Assistant Director Ayesha noted that Pakistan shared our concerns and welcomed a multilateral approach on the issue. Ayesha thanked Poloff for [...] | 2008-03-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN SO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1841 | LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UN |
08ISLAMABAD654 | PAKISTAN: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) On February 12, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan. Khan acknowledged USG and EU views, but indicated the Government of Pakistan (GOP) does not want to be one of the first countries to recogn [...] | 2008-02-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PK YI |
08ISLAMABAD767 | PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Mirza Afzal Mahmood, MFA Director of the European Division, PolOff drew on Ref A points to explain the U.S. decision to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. PolOff asked if Pakistan was considering recognizing Kosovo's independence, noting the MFA had re [...] | 2008-02-22 02:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN KV PK |
08JAKARTA1283 | PRESSING INDONESIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points related to recognizing Kosovo and participation in the Kosovo Donors Conference with GOI contact. Pol/C underscored that Indonesian recognition would help Kosovo on its positive path and noted that 43 countries had already taken that step since February. [...] | 2008-07-01 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KV ID |
08JAKARTA1637 | KOSOVO: URGING INDONESIA TO REJECT REFERRAL TO ICJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, poloff has urged GOI officials to reject a draft UNGA resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo independence. GOI interlocutors said they generally viewed questions of independence as political [...] | 2008-08-28 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN ID KV |
08JAKARTA323 | MGKV01 -- URGING INDONESIA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered latest Kosovo points to GOI contacts on February 19. Pol/C underscored the need for states to support Kosovo's independence publicly and in international fora. GOI contacts noted that Indonesia planned to continue its "wait and see" approach (see Para 7 for t [...] | 2008-02-19 07:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN ID YI |
08JAKARTA373 | BURMA -- GAMBARI OUTLINES STRATEGY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a discussion hosted by Ambassador Hume on February 22, UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari said he would press the regime to include the democratic opposition in the upcoming referendum. Indonesian interlocutors outlined their plans for enhanced regional efforts that [...] | 2008-02-25 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM UN |
08JAKARTA455 | BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO HELP WITH S/E [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding UN Special Envoy Gambari's visit to Burma with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). DEPLU contact told Pol/C that Indonesia was already doing just that: President Yudhoyono had sent a letter to Burmese regime leader Than Shwe urging [...] | 2008-03-06 02:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM UN |
08JEDDAH449 | SAUDI ARABIA MFA AND OIC OFFICIALS COMMENT ON [...] C) SUMMARY. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official states the significance of a high-level inter-faith dialogue being planned by Saudi Arabia to take place in New York in November with a key long-term goal of combating extremism. An OIC official denies a role in planning the event, but expres [...] | 2008-10-26 14:02:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL OVIP PREL SA UN XF |
08JEDDAH91 | OIC SYG ON KOSOVO, AMBASSADOR SWING, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Consul General met with OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and other OIC SIPDIS officials to deliver demarches regarding Kosovo independence (Reftels B, C) and support for Ambassador Swing's candidacy for Director General (DG) of the International Organization [...] | 2008-02-24 11:30:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK KISL YI EU KV SA |
08KAMPALA1451 | FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE: UGANDA ASKS FOR [...] Econoff delivered points in reftel to Laurence Kizza, Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and Arapta Mangusho, acting head of the Department of Multilateral Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both Kizza and Mangusho stated that the Ug [...] | 2008-11-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UG UN |
08KATHMANDU1254 | PM PLANS TO REQUEST UNMIN EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Representative Ian Martin briefed local P-5 representatives December 1 that PM Dahal intends to request soon an extension of the current UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) mandate, which expires on January 23. It was unclear whether or not the opposition Nepali Congress w [...] | 2008-12-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN NP |
08KATHMANDU1264 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting with Ambassador on December 4, Prime Minister Dahal confirmed that a request for a six-month UNMIN mandate extension would be lodged "tomorrow or the next day," despite the lack of consultation with opposition Nepali Congress leaders. Dahal also promised to [...] | 2008-12-04 09:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN NP |
08KATHMANDU1287 | NEPAL REQUESTS SIX-MONTH EXTENSION FOR UNMIN [...] (C) According to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),on December 12, 2008, the Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN, Madhu Raman Acharya, formally requested an additional six-month extension of UNMIN's mandate when the current mandate expires on January 23, 2009. The operative [...] | 2008-12-16 08:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN MARR NP |
08KATHMANDU144 | NEPAL STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP |
08KATHMANDU178 | NEPAL: CHARGE STRESSES RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 11, Charge conveyed reftel talking points to Nepalese Foreign Secretary Gyan Bahadur Acharya. Acharya was already aware of the looming declaration of independence, having spoken with EU diplomats earlier in the day. Acharya acknowledged USG views and some EU views, but indicat [...] | 2008-02-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU NP |
08KATHMANDU203 | NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NP |
08KATHMANDU308 | NEPAL: WORLD BANK PLANS PAYMENTS TO MAOIST [...] (C) On March 12, the World Bank Country Director for Nepal, Susan Goldmark, briefed the Ambassador on the World Bank's proposal to provide approximately USD 40 million in International Development Association (IDA) funding to the Government of Nepal (GON) for payments to Maoist combatants and [...] | 2008-03-18 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
08KATHMANDU492 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA UNSURE OF WAY AHEAD [...] (C) In a meeting on May 1 with Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, the Prime Minister said he expected some outcome within a few days to the ongoing discussions regarding a new coalition government. The PM was insistent that action needed to be taken about People's Liberation Army's weapons prior to [...] | 2008-05-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR UN NP |
08KATHMANDU534 | DEMARCHE ON INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN OSLO [...] (U) On May 8, Emboff and Defense Liaison Officer presented reftel concerns about the potentially negative impact that the proposed Oslo process treaty language regarding a ban on cluster munitions would have. They noted the possible harm to cooperation between states that join the new conven [...] | 2008-05-12 03:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NP |
08KATHMANDU70 | NEPAL YET TO FORMULATE POSITION ON KOSOVO'S FUTURE [...] (C) On January 9, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, who offered no comment. On January 14, Emboffs received more questions than affirmations during a follow-up meeting with Hira Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary fo [...] | 2008-01-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP |
08KATHMANDU705 | NEPAL: PARTIES MAKE PROGRESS, BUT NO NEW [...] (C) Senior political leaders told the Ambassador June 19 that the three major parties were close to a deal to break the deadlock over appointment of the President and vote in a new Maoist-led government. At close of business on June 20, however, Nepali Congress reservations to ending Prime Mi [...] | 2008-06-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
08KATHMANDU773 | NEPAL: NO RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO AT THIS TIME [...] (C) On July 1, the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (A/DCM) met with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya to urge the Government of Nepal (GON) to recognize Kosovo's independence. Acharya responded that recognition was a "very difficult issue." He indicated that the process by which Kosovo ha [...] | 2008-07-08 04:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KPKO UNMIK UN YI KV NP |
08KATHMANDU972 | NEPAL: MAOIST CADRES ALLEGEDLY TORTURE VICTIMS AT [...] (C) Cadres affiliated with the Maoists' youth wing over the past four or five months have allegedly tortured hundreds of current and recovering drug users in a "rehabilitation center" in Balaju on the northern outskirts of Kathmandu. Ekta Mahat (protect),a young former drug user and now an a [...] | 2008-08-28 07:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR KHIV UN NP |
08KHARTOUM100 | USAID-FUNDED TRANSITION PARTNER ACCUSED OF VIOLATING [...] (SBU) Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI),a USAID assistance partner, will close out its program in Sudan on January 31, 2008. After a week of negotiations with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) over disposition of assets, DAI was told by HAC that i [...] | 2008-01-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1012 | WORRIED GOSS INTENDS TO DISCUSS MILITARY PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng told CDA Fernandez July 8 that he will travel to Washington next week to discuss military planning with US officials, following up on the Defense White Paper that the US had pushed the GOSS to prepare (ref b). Biong Deng said [...] | 2008-07-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1021 | NCP INSIDER PLEADS FOR SE WILLIAMSON'S RETURN [...] (C) "We would like Special Envoy Williamson to come back," pleaded NCP negotiator Yahia Bebiker in a meeting with polchief July 6. "We are making progress on Abyei and on elections - all things that are important to you." Bebiker echoed others in the NCP leadership, speculating that SE Willi [...] | 2008-07-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1025 | BLOODY ATTACK ON UNAMID PATROL AT SHANGIL TOBAYA, [...] (SBU) According to reports from UNAMID, on July 8 at approximately 1530 armed fighters attacked a UNAMID joint patrol in a "forested and mountainous" area 65 kilometers south of Dare Salam, 6 kilometers from Gusajamatta, in North Darfur. The UNAMID joint military observer and police team from [...] | 2008-07-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1026 | SOUTHERN KORDOFAN - LACK OF INTEGRATION MAY SPUR VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. In a July 4 telephone conversation, Dr. Ahmed Saed, SPLM Minister of Finance for Southern Kordofan State told a USAID field officer that the security situation in the Nuba Mountains IQQ',H{&y=utee, and thus is charged with finalizing the recruitment and salary payment of ad [...] | 2008-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1030 | SPLM FEVERISHLY TRIES TO BROKER ILLUSORY "ICC [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) is trying to broker a "package deal" of political concessions on Darfur, CPA progress, and engagement with the International Criminal Court to blunt or mute the impact of pending new ICC indictments against senior officials of the Nati [...] | 2008-07-10 06:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1038 | CHADIAN REBELS SEEK NEGOTIATIONS WHILE WAITING FOR [...] (C) Chadian rebels are allegedly as strong and united as ever, but don't plan a major strike on Ndjamena until the next dry season, according to UFDD spokesman Mukhtar Yaya. In a meeting with polchief July 9 in Khartoum, Yaya claimed the UFDD is in control of two small towns in the northeast of [...] | 2008-07-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1039 | PREVENTING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL: NCP LEADER ON A [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Sudanese Presidential Advisor and NCP Parliamentary majority leader Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani July 10 to discuss the discomfiting possibility that a strong GOS response to ICC indictments will put CPA implementations on hold and affect US-Sudanese relations r [...] | 2008-07-10 15:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1043 | MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...] | 2008-07-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1044 | MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...] | 2008-07-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1045 | MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...] | 2008-07-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1051 | SPLM/GOSS PLOT AND PLAN FOR WORST-CASE GNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The specter of an ICC indictment of President Bashir seems to have sent SPLM leadership circles in Juba into overdrive, spinning predictions of, and planning for, unrest and government reprisals. According to SPLM contacts, National Intelligence Security Services Chief Salah Ghosh [...] | 2008-07-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1052 | UN PREPARES FOR THE WORST IN DARFUR [...] (S/NF) The UN is preparing for the worst in Darfur and has drawn up evacuation plans for all of UNAMID, should that be required based on the actions Khartoum takes in response to the ICC indictments. Special assistants to JSR Adada and SRSG Qazi told polchief July 12 that JSR Adada and FC Agwa [...] | 2008-07-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1059 | KIIR URGES BASHIR NOT TO OVERREACT FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: First Vice President Kiir and others have urged President Bashir to react calmly to the announcement of ICC indictments July 14, in hopes that the CPA and peace efforts in Darfur remain on track. Kiir is concerned at the prospect of a weakened GNU Presidency and notes that extremi [...] | 2008-07-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1060 | NHIAL DENG NHIAL: SPLM POSITION REMAINS WAIT AND [...] (C) CG officers met with SPLM National Liberation Council member and ex-Regional Cooperation Minister Nhial Deng Nhial July 13 to hear his perspective on SPLM preparations in response of an ICC indictment against President Bashir. Nhial had extensive one-on-one discussions with Kiir over the w [...] | 2008-07-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1061 | AFTER BASHIR INDICTMENT, SUDAN TAKES THE HIGH ROAD [...] (SBU) End summary: While keeping a steady drumbeat of negative media coverage, numerous but small and peace demonstrations, and slightly heightened security measures, the Khartoum regime reacted in a measured and careful way on July 14 to ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's announcement that h [...] | 2008-07-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1065 | DISAPPOINTED GNU INTENDS TO ENGAGE WITH ICC, WANTS [...] (C) Summary: The NCP plans to work with the SPLM to confront the ICC on legal grounds while simultaneously announcing a political initiative to solve the Darfur crisis, possibly naming FVP Salva Kiir to a committee that will develop and pursue the strategy. President Bashir is also sending FM [...] | 2008-07-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM107 | DDDC CONSULTATIONS ONGOING, BUT UNCOORDINATED [...] (SBU) Meeting with poloffs on January 23, Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) chair Abdul Mohamed painted a somber picture of the clumsy integration of UNAMID, the DDDC and the Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). According to Mohamed, no communications or administrative structure ha [...] | 2008-01-25 08:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1072 | UNAMID RECEIVES "FULL COOPERATION" FROM GOS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMID Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the GOS has been providing and pledged to continue to provide full cooperation on UNAMID deployment, despite the recent ICC indictment of President Bashir. With regard to the July 8 attack on UNAMID forces i [...] | 2008-07-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1074 | MAHDI PROPOSES "THIRD WAY" WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez met with Umma Party leader Sadiq al Mahdi July 16, only two hours before the two-time former Prime Minister was to meet with Sudanese President Bashir Mahdi said he is pushing the President and the NCP to moderate their response to the ICC indictments, and to u [...] | 2008-07-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1088 | NCP SENSITIVE ABOUT IMAGE PROBLEM, EAGER TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Summary: Just a few days prior to the announcement of the ICC indictment against President Bashir, on July 11 CDA and polchief met with senior NCP officials at the party headquarters in Khartoum to sound them out on possible solutions to Darfur and their impressions of relations with the U [...] | 2008-07-20 07:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1090 | SUDANESE HARDLINER: "WE NEED AMERICA'S HELP IN UN [...] (C) Summary: National Congress Party (NCP) hardliner Ali Karti said that Sudan feels let down by the United States not taking steps to prevent an ICC announcement of war crimes against President Al-Bashir, but seeks urgent American engagement on Darfur. Sudan is willing to entertain "any con [...] | 2008-07-20 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1092 | ICC INDICTMENT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC IN DARFUR; [...] (C) Since Abuja and the signing of the still-born DPA in 2006, Darfur experts have been puzzling for two years on how to change the dynamic in Darfur in order to enable a political process to gain traction. There was hope following UNSCR 1769 that deployment of UNAMID would improve the securi [...] | 2008-07-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1098 | ARAB LEAGUE NEGOTIATES FOUR-POINT PLAN WITH GOS ON [...] (C) In response to the ICC indictment of President Bashir, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa negotiated a four-point plan with GOS officials July 21 in Khartoum, according to AU Ambassador to Sudan Dr. Salah Halima and UNMIS polchief Muin Shreim. Halima told polchief and Shreim he is "o [...] | 2008-07-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1099 | SUDAN "FORMALLY ACCEPTS THAI AND NEPALESE UNITS," [...] (SBU) UN DSRSG for Humanitarian Affairs Amira Haqq and the entire UN agency team provided donor principals a comprehensive review on July 22 of the UN civilian presence on the ground in Darfur in the wake of their decision to go to Phase IV operations and draw down staff numbers as a precautio [...] | 2008-07-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1117 | PRESIDENT BASHIR DANCES THROUGH DARFUR TO A [...] (SBU) Summary: President Al-Bashir used a whirlwind visit to the capitals of Darfur's three states July 23-24 to highlight a total rejection of possible ICC indictments against him. He also offered his most inclusive and personal vision ever of a peaceful and united Darfur while freely admitti [...] | 2008-07-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1118 | RESPONSE CABLE: DEMARCHE TO GOSS ON SPLM PARTY [...] (C) CG Juba spoke with SPLM SG Pagan Amum regarding the proposed SPLM party leadership strategy session in Washington the week of August 18. Amum plans to present two proposals to SPLM Chairman Kiir and told us he should have a decision by the week of July 27. The first proposal would be for [...] | 2008-07-27 13:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM112 | DARFUR: THE PEACE PROCESS ON THE EVE OF THE AU [...] (C) Fifteen months after the Addis Ababa agreement of November 2006, the Darfur peace process has not advanced. Disarray within and among the rebel movements has confounded UN and AU mediators, alleviated any pressure on Khartoum to make political concessions, and stalled negotiations. No via [...] | 2008-01-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1129 | SPLM FORGES A STRATEGY ON ICC AND DARFUR [...] (C) In advance of the SPLM Political Bureau meeting in Juba July 26 and 27, CDA, DCM, and polchief met with SPLM D/SG Yasir Arman in Khartoum July 25. Arman said the Political Bureau would finalize a plan on Darfur that he and fellow SPLM Darfur Task Force leader Abdelaziz Helou had already d [...] | 2008-07-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1131 | NCP STRATEGIST ON THE REGIME'S PLANS FOR DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CDA and DCM met on July 27 with Dr. Sayed el Khatib, director of Khartoum's Center for Strategic Studies, the National Congress Party's (NCP) think-tank. Khatib, who played a key role in the NCP,s negotiation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) with the Sudan People,s [...] | 2008-07-29 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1133 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ISMAIL REFLECTS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, a sarcastic Sudanese Presidential Advisor and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mustafa Othman Ismail expressed his frustration with the failed U.S.-Sudanese bilateral discussions, claiming that S/E Williamson was ordered to end the nego [...] | 2008-07-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1140 | FM DENG ALOR ON ICC AND ABYEI INTRIGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 07:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1157 | EU SPECIAL ENVOY SEES OPPORTUNITY IN KHARTOUM'S [...] (C) The European Union's Special Envoy for Sudan, Torben Brylle, sees both opportunity and peril in what he described as "Khartoum's new flexibility" in the wake of an announcement by ICC Prosecutor Ocampo about indicting President Al-Bashir for war crimes. In a meeting with Charge Fernandez [...] | 2008-08-03 07:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1158 | UMMA PARLIAMENTARIAN TURABI URGES SAF-US DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Umma Party Parliamentarian Mudawi al Turabi claimed to have Presidential approval to initiate discussions for cooperation on civil affairs between the Sudeanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the U.S. Defense Department, including engineering proj [...] | 2008-08-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1164 | SUDAN COMPLAINS ABOUT USUN VOTE, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge Fernandez to formally complain about remarks made at USUN on July 31 which seem to imply that the United States is supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) bringing war crimes and genocide charges against President Al-Bashir. [...] | 2008-08-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1172 | ABYEI "BREAKTHROUGH" UNRAVELS THREE DAYS AFTER [...] (C) FM Deng Alor explained to CDA Fernandez late on August 3 that a potential Abyei "breakthrough" aimed at providing an interim administration for the troubled region had unraveled only 72 hours after he had informed us of the details (reftel a). Alor and National Congress Party (NCP) lead ne [...] | 2008-08-04 13:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1182 | SPLM LEADERS SEE "GOLDEN OPPORUNITY" TO DEAL ON ICC [...] (C) Summary: SPLM leaders meeting in Khartoum on August 4 outlined a possible way forward on the disputed region of Abyei. They also pressed the US to see the potential ICC indictment of President Al-Bashir as "an opportunity for engagement, not isolation" with Khartoum and outlined what they [...] | 2008-08-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1201 | FUR LEADERS CLEAVE TO SPLM, OUTLINE PRIORITIES [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met on August 7 with traditional Fur tribal leaders from Nyala in South Darfur, Ahmed Rajal (Maqdoum of the Fur) and Suleiman Ishaq just returning from an SPLM-organized conference in Juba of Sudan's marginalized people (including Darfuris, Easterners like the Beja, and Nubia [...] | 2008-08-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1203 | FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR URGES P-3 ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: FM Deng Alor requested an urgent meeting with CDA Fernandez August 6 to brief him on the latest developments on the ICC and Abyei. On the ICC, the SPLM has urged President Bashir to "engage with the ICC now" as well as with the P-3 in order to seek a possible deal on deferring th [...] | 2008-08-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1208 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH GOSS PRESIDENT SALVA [...] (C) Summary: The formation of the Abyei Interim Administration and the deployment of police to Abyei may allow IDPs to begin to return to the troubled region, once the Chief Administrator indicates that the time is right, GOSS President Salva Kiir told visiting Special Envoy Williamson August [...] | 2008-08-11 06:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1214 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH UMMA LEADER SADIQ AL [...] (C) Umma party leader and two-time former Prime Minister Sadiq al Mahdi invited the SE Williamson delegation to dinner at his home in Omdurman on August 9. Al Mahdi called the ICC indictment of President Bashir a "god-send" and expressed hope that the GOS response to the indictment will help [...] | 2008-08-12 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1215 | SE WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO ABYEI AND AGOK [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson visited Abyei and Agok on August 10. UNMIS security, civil affairs, and force protection officers based at UNMIS headquarters in Abyei town who were present during the heavy fighting in mid-May provided an account of events. They suggested that more troops and armo [...] | 2008-08-12 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1225 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 12 White House Special Envoy for Sudan (SE) Richard Williamson met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail. He was accompanied by the CDA, State/L Christine Sanford, SE Staff Assistants and Poloff (notetaker.) SE Williamson began the meeting by expressing app [...] | 2008-08-14 07:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1229 | KASSALA STATE- HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION AND CONCERNS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between August 3 and 5, USAID staff visited Kassala State in eastern Sudan. During the trip, the USAID team delivered mosquito nets requested by a local teaching hospital, and met with local implementing partners and UN agencies to discuss aspects of the humanitarian situation in [...] | 2008-08-14 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1238 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On 14 August Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson met with Dr. Awad Ahmed Aljaz, the Minister of Finance and close confidante of President Bashir. Aljaz dismissed SE Williamson,s concerns about oil revenue sharing as unfounded and asserted that all the real problems in Sudan [...] | 2008-08-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1239 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: On August 13 SE Williamson met with EU Ambassadors in Khartoum, at their request, to brief them on his latest visit to Sudan. Recounting details of his trip to Abyei, SE Williamson noted that he was encouraged by progress there, adding that a political solution there represented th [...] | 2008-08-15 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1241 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson and Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie agreed to consider a resumption in bilateral discussions, possibly with a "re-calibrated" focus. Williamson stated several times during the meeting that President Bush's primary concern in Sudan is humanitarian, stating that " [...] | 2008-08-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1248 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH OCHA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On August 14, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Chief, Mike McDonagh, briefed Special Envoy Williamson on the current state of affairs in Darfur and Abyei. Regarding Abyei, McDonagh noted progress with the pullout of the SPLM and SAF and the dep [...] | 2008-08-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1249 | US SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH THE NGO STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On August 13, SE Williamson met with the NGO Steering Committee to discuss the Committee's concerns regarding humanitarian aid programs throughout Sudan, particularly in Abyei and Darfur, as well as recent issues including the referral to the ICC for an arrest warrant against President Ba [...] | 2008-08-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1250 | SUMMER 2008: TRENDS ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: During July and August, USAID's field officers provided information and analysis on sector trends throughout Sudan. Examining the issues of safety and insecurity, food security, nutrition, health, returns, integration, and political process on a broader scale offers a chance [...] | 2008-08-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1272 | BEJA CONGRESS DISSIDENTS SLAM BEJA LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: On August 18 poloff met with two individuals claiming to be part of a Port Sudan-based dissident faction of the Beja Congress that had opposed the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They characterized the ESPA as a sham agreement that served only to improve relat [...] | 2008-08-20 08:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1278 | EASTERN FRONT: AMNA DIRAR DISCUSSES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On August 20 polchief and poloff met with Dr. Amna Dirar, Presidential Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Front. Dirar stated that she and other members of the Eastern Front had voted to suspend Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed because his decision to organize a conference for t [...] | 2008-08-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM128 | FREED DUP LEADER ALI HASSANEIN: DEMOCRATIZATION AT [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with CDA Fernandez on January 24 for the first time since his New Year's Eve release from prison, fiesty Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Secretary-General Ali Mahmoud Hassanein called for a SIPDIS democratic process in Sudan in which political parties abandon th [...] | 2008-01-29 12:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU AU PGOV UN |
08KHARTOUM1282 | EASTERN FRONT CHAIRMAN MUSA MOHAMED AHMED URGES [...] (C) Summary: On August 21 polchief and poloff met with Assistant to the President and Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed. Ahmed praised the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) for returning peace to the East, and noted that good progress was being made overcoming obstacles to its full [...] | 2008-08-22 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1283 | SPLM CONCERNED ABOUT BASHIR'S RHETORIC, REPORT [...] (C) During a meeting with A/CDA Asquino and polchief May 20, GNU State Ministers of Agriculture and Justice expressed their concerns about recent statements by President Bashir during his visit to Turkey. Specifically, they are concerned about Bashir's threat that he would expel UN peacekeeper [...] | 2008-08-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1289 | FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur. As of 1100 hours, implementing partners and the UN-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported ongoing fighting, fires, and undetermined casua [...] | 2008-08-25 12:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM129 | SPLM FORGES A STRATEGY ON ICC AND DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1298 | NCP EAGER FOR CONTINUED BILATERAL TALKS, FLEXIBLE [...] (C) During meetings with A/CDA Asquino and polchief August 25, two senior NCP regime insiders expressed a strong desire to resume bilateral discussions with the US. MFA U/S (and senior NCP official) Mutriff Siddiq told us that while the NCP would like another round of bilateral talks soon, th [...] | 2008-08-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1314 | GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN REQUESTS UN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Acting on direct orders from Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir Mayaradit, Vice President Riek Machar formally requested elections assistance from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) SRSG Qazi on August 16. This request allows UNMIS and UNDP to begin expedit [...] | 2008-08-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID KDEM UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1328 | INTERNATIONAL NGOS IN DARFUR FACE "SHRINKING HUMNATITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior UN humanitarian officials report that, despite improved cooperation with the Khartoum Government, international NGOs (INGOs) in Darfur are facing increased scrutiny and harassment from state authorities, possibly in connection with ICC prosecutor Ocampo's request that [...] | 2008-09-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1329 | REGIME INSIDER ACKNOWLEDGES KALMA CAMP MASSACRE, [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez called on MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq September 1 to discuss the Kalma Camp attack. CDA Fernandez told Siddiq that events in Kalma camp in South Darfur constituted a massacre of civilians, including many women and children, and urged the GOS to bring the perpet [...] | 2008-09-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID KPKO PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1337 | MORE DETAILS COMING OUT ABOUT KALMA CAMP ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As access improves to Kalma camp, GoS officials, and the Nyala hospital, more details are filtering out about what happened in the August 25 attack. The primary emergency care doctor at Nyala told poloff on August 30 that the injuries sustained by the IDPs were "massive" and i [...] | 2008-09-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1343 | RIZEIGAT ARAB LEADER PROPOSES GRASSROOTS CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez called on prominent Rizeigat Arab and civil society leader Dr. Waleed Madibbo Mousa September 2 to discuss the latest developments in Darfur. Madibbo stated that the NCP regime is incapable of solving the Darfur crisis, which is increasingly threatening to destabiliz [...] | 2008-09-03 12:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1344 | SPLM FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER DEMARCATING SUDAN'S NORTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bashir's August 27 public comments have put the North-South border demarcation issue at the center of the latest SPLM/NCP political impasse. Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Executive-Committee talks are concerned that border demarcation could spark unint [...] | 2008-09-03 12:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PGOV KDEM MARR ASEC UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1353 | "WE'VE DONE ENOUGH FOR ICC DEFERRAL," CLAIMS [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with Minister of Federal Rule Abdel Rahman Saeed on September 3. Saeed is an interesting figure in Sudanese politics. A career military man, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces) in 1989 when his subordinate, General (now Marshal) Omar Al-Bashir led a [...] | 2008-09-04 10:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1360 | DARFUR ARAB REBEL LEADER STILL VOWS HE'S RETURNING [...] (C) On September 3, Arab-rebel leader Anwar Khatir told poloff that "within days" he would return to Darfur to resume his activities. (Note: Khatir has been described by leading Darfur experts such as Julie Flint as "Darfur's emerging Arab leader." After the GoS jailed and tortured him and [...] | 2008-09-05 09:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1361 | BASSOLE: SUDAN SHOULD NOW MAKE THE FIRST MOVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 4, the UN/AU's Chief Mediator to Darfur, Djibril Bassole told CDA Fernandez that the Government of Sudan (GoS) should take the first step to solve the Darfur crisis. According to Bassole, a positive unilateral move by the government on any number of security and hu [...] | 2008-09-05 09:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1371 | MINNAWI: GOS OPERATIONS IN NORTH DARFUR ARE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 7, SLM Chairman and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told poloff that he considers GoS military operations in North Darfur to be a declaration of war. Minnawi specifically cited combined SAF, Arab militia, and janjaweed deployment surrounding SLM/MM cont [...] | 2008-09-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1374 | BASHIR TELLS FM "I HAVE DECIDED TO FIGHT ICC TO [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese President Al-Bashir told FM Alor on September 8 that he intends to confront rather than challenge the international community on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He also expressed displeasure with Alor and decided that VP Taha should make his case at UNGA. Deng Alor [...] | 2008-09-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1377 | DARFUR - NGOS AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE [...] (U) Between August 27 and 31, a USAID officer visited El Fasher and Nyala and met with partner organizations to discuss the current challenges facing the humanitarian organizations in Darfur. In the meetings, relief agencies reported a notable and concerning up tick in harassment and bureaucra [...] | 2008-09-09 04:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM138 | DPKO GUEHENNO's VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS successfully avoided senior-level meetings with DPKO U/S Guehenno during his visit to Sudan and continues to drag its feet on finalizing a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and other UNAMID-related issues. The AU Summit in Addis Ababa provides a good opportunity to press [...] | 2008-01-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1389 | CHADIAN REBELS CLOSE TO SELECTING SINGLE LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, UFDD/F spokesman Mouktar ben Yahya told poloff that the leaders of five Chadian rebel movements are currently meeting in Sudan and will choose a single leader of an allied force this week. Yahya vowed that without progress in the peace process, the rebels would s [...] | 2008-09-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM1391 | JANJAWEED DOMINATE NORTH DARFUR PUNITIVE CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Janjaweed and Arab militias have dominated the Birmaza and Deisa attacks in North Darfur, according to multiple contacts. One advisor to infamous janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told locally employed staff that SAF directed Arab militias to intentionally target Zaghawa strongholds i [...] | 2008-09-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1394 | SUDAN - NORWEGIAN IDEAS ON JOINT OIL-REVENUE [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: According to Norwegian oil advisor Hannevik, the NCP already appears on board to participate in talks to separate sharing of Abyei oil revenues from the . The SPLM seems more ambivalent, but still interested. He envisions focu [...] | 2008-09-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN UN |
08KHARTOUM1405 | "FM ALOR WARNS OF POSSIBLE, UNSPECIFIED "SUDANESE [...] (C) Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor told CDA Fernandez on September 15 that, despite his warning last week that Sudan intends to defy the ICC (reftel),the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Bashir is coyly keeping all its options open. Alor said that he had learned that an expensi [...] | 2008-09-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1417 | SUDANESE INTEL CHIEF WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: The GOS will be hard-pressed to control the actions of Islamic radicals in Sudan if the ICC issues an arrest warrant against President Bashir, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh told CDA Fernandez September 17. Ghosh clarified that he did not tell French Presidential Advisor Bruno Joubert th [...] | 2008-09-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1422 | "THIS TIME, THEY'RE SERIOUS?" - SUDAN MAKES UP [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his departure for UNGA, Sudanese VP Ali Osman Taha hammered out a reconciliation with disgruntled Darfur rebel leader Minni Minnawi, promising full compliance of the semi-moribund 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement and an end to recent fighting and bombing in Darfur. Taha a [...] | 2008-09-20 09:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1433 | NCP TIMELINE AND AGENDA FOR SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Within the next two to three weeks, the Sudanese regime will organize a conference on Darfur to seek consensus on its much-touted, but ill-defined, "Sudan People's Initiative," intended to bring peace to the troubled region, NCP Politburo chief Mandour al Mahdi and former South Da [...] | 2008-09-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1449 | TDRA OFFICIALS FEAR ZAGHAWA DOMINANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 23, the leaders of both the Compensation and Land Commissions in the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) told poloff that they fear the Zaghawa tribe's dominance in Darfur and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). Head of the Land Commi [...] | 2008-09-25 06:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM145 | MALLOCH BROWN ADVOCATES INCENTIVES TIED TO [...] (C) Summary: UK Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN Lord Mark Malloch Brown told CDA Fernandez January 30 that the UK would like to offer the Government of Sudan a package of incentives tied to milestones on peace in Darfur and CPA implementation, accompanied by a clear message of consequence [...] | 2008-01-31 07:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1450 | IFTAR WITH THE "JANJAWEED" [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise meeting, notorious janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told CDA that he was duped by Khartoum in his actions during the worst years of 2003-2005 in Darfur, he regrets his past, and has apologized in several tribal venues to Darfur's African tribes. He blamed Darfur's "excesse [...] | 2008-09-25 06:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1457 | GOS REINFORCES TROOPS AND MILITIA IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The GOS has "heavily reinforced" its positions, troops, and militias in Darfur in recent weeks, according to UNAMID's Joint Mission Analysis Center (JMAC) section chief Colonel Serge Kuhn (French). JMAC also reported that SLM/AW and SLA/U are coordinating and defending each other [...] | 2008-09-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1458 | DARFUR'S PROLIFERATING PEACE PROPOSALS - FORM IN [...] (C) Summary: Since the ICC crisis broke, the number of peace proposals and initiatives for solving Darfur have increased as the regime searches for a way out at minimal cost to itself. Observers and participants say that these proposals are long on rhetoric and, so far, short on substance. The [...] | 2008-09-28 14:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1469 | GOSS CONTEMPLATES RANSOM PAYMENT FOR TANKS [...] (C) Government of Southern Sudan Minister for Internal Affairs Paul Mayom Akec told CG Juba October 1 that the Government of Southern Sudan was preparing to pay a ransom to the Somali pirates holding the SPLA,s long-awaited arms shipment ) should there be a drop in price. &We are scraping the [...] | 2008-10-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1490 | NCP/SPLM DISCUSSIONS ON DARFUR AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The NCP and SPLM have been negotiating over the past few days on electoral issues as well as a package of concessions that the GNU could offer on Darfur as part of the Sudan People,s Initiative, NCP insider Yehia Bebiker told polchief October 6. Bebiker accompanied Vice President Taha t [...] | 2008-10-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM151 | MFA SAYS APPROVAL FOR WILLIAMSON VISIT REFERRED TO [...] (C) The question of whether or not to approve the visit of newly-appointed Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Williamson has been referred to the Presidency, according to MFA Americas Director Ambassador Abdel Al-Sanosi. Al-Sanosi told CDA January 31 that "the feeling here is very negative" abou [...] | 2008-01-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1510 | SE WILLIAMSON TELLS KHARTOUM TO MAKE A RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOS must make a radical adjustment in its approach to Darfur, SE Williamson told regime officials in Khartoum. Peace conferences and theatrics are fine, but what is urgently required is a deal with keys rebels, and implementation of that deal. Williamson blasted the NCP for [...] | 2008-10-13 07:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1521 | SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE SET TO START OCTOBER 16, [...] (C) The Sudan People's Initiative is scheduled to begin October 16 in Khartoum with speeches by President Bashir and other officials including First Vice President Salva Kiir, who has decided to attend, but will deliver a "tough message" on Darfur. Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Da [...] | 2008-10-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1530 | MINNAWI SEES NOTHING NEW IN BASHIR INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A skeptical Minni Minnawi will spend the next several days trying to get full GOS implementation of a September 2008 accord which sought to implement the May 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) at the same time that the much hyped but (so far) underwhelming Sudan Peoples' Initiative [...] | 2008-10-17 08:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1549 | SUDAN PEOPLES' INITIATIVE - DAY TWO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy attendance at day two of the ongoing and unprecedented dialogue by a wide range of Sudanese stakeholders, as part of President Bashir's Sudan Peoples' Initiative (SPI),revealed a credible process covering the right issues and incorporating a wide range of voices, includin [...] | 2008-10-20 06:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1556 | NCP CONTINUES CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary: The NCP is willing to negotiate directly with key rebels in advance of peace talks in Doha, expects that UN/AU Chief Mediator Bassole will direct the talks, and will sweeten the pot by releasing some Darfuri prisoners, but is not quite ready to release the JEM rebels who attacked t [...] | 2008-10-21 10:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1558 | CHADIAN REBEL REVEALS GOS SUPPORT, RELATIVE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 20, Abaker Tolli, a UFDD Khartoum-based representative told poloffs that Sudanese Intelligence summoned the leadership of all major Chadian rebel movements to Khartoum, threatening that the rebels must choose a single leader or the GoS will stop their material support [...] | 2008-10-21 13:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1559 | "THEY WANT TO CANCEL SOMETHING CALLED THE DPA" [...] (C) Summary: Minni Minnawi reported that since returning to Khartoum he has seen no progress on VP Taha's September 2008 commitments to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement's (DPA),and cast the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) as a distraction from the NCP's unfulfilled commitments on the DPA. [...] | 2008-10-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM156 | USAID-FUNDED PARTNER REQUIRED TO HAND OVER USAID PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) has been implementing a wide range of programming including civic education, protection, capacity building for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the provision of tangible peace dividends in Sudan over the past three years. The week of J [...] | 2008-02-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1569 | UN/AU OBSERVATIONS AT THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Discussions at the Sudan People's Initiative in Kenana were reportedly open, constructive, and sometimes combative, with rifts between NCP officials on display for all to see, JMST Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra told polchief October 21. Presidential Assistant Nafie ali Nafie took a [...] | 2008-10-22 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1572 | MINNAWI LAMENTS NCP "BROKEN PROMISES," BUT WILL [...] (C) Senior Advisor to the President and SLM leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on October 22 that the NCP is, not surprisingly, breaking their word to him given at a September 19 El Fasher meeting between him and VP Ali Osman Taha (reftel e). Minnawi spoke to Charge after a late night mee [...] | 2008-10-23 11:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1574 | PROUD CHADIAN REBEL CHIEF BOASTS OF INFLUENCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, the leader of UFCD Adouma Hassaballah Djadalrab, told poloffs that the leadership of five Chadian rebel movements are currently in Khartoum working towards unification and the selection of a single leader. Hassaballah denied Khartoum's involvement in this meeting [...] | 2008-10-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1584 | U/S KENNEDY MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy met October 26 with MFA Undersecretary Mutrif Siddiq. U/S Kennedy thanked Siddiq for his assistance in clearing the NEC containers, and for expediting the issuance of non-diplomatic license plates for US Embassy vehicles following the assassin [...] | 2008-10-28 06:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1586 | WEST DARFUR GOVERNOR:THE FUR TRIBE IS FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, former Darfur rebel and current Governor of West Darfur Abulgasim Imam told CDA Fernandez that the Fur tribe is defending itself against three hostile groups, the Government of Sudan, Arab militias, and the Zaghawa tribe. Imam acknowledged the failure of both the [...] | 2008-10-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1589 | DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: QATAR AND SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27 and 28, CDA Fernandez and polchief met with leaders from the Joint Mediation Support Team, National Congress Party, and other political parties to discuss the Sudan People's Initiative and potential negotiations in Qatar on Darfur. Contacts expressed conflicting m [...] | 2008-10-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1593 | CHADIAN REBELS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR A LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Abaker Tollimi, a UFDD Khartoum-based representative and second in command to Mahamat Nouri confirmed that the Chadian rebel leadership is under tremendous pressure from the Government of Sudan to unite, but internal division, personal ambition and a struggle for [...] | 2008-10-29 11:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1594 | GOS BLOCKS U.S. TRIP TO DARFUR AND FLIRTS WITH A [...] (SBU) On September 29, the Sudanese MFA finally informed CDA Fernandez that the GoS would not allow an embassy trip to Nyala and a joint UNAMID-USG trip to East Jebel Marra, Darfur scheduled for September 30. This denial came after a week of submitting three dipnotes, high-level discussions b [...] | 2008-10-30 05:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1597 | SUDAN WILL PROPOSE "REAL DARFUR CEASE-FIRE," [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Government has approved in principle, for the first time, US Embassy travel to rebel-held Jebel Marra. The GOS also will control the Sudan-Chad border between now and January and will not allow Chadian rebel attacks on Chad during that period. The Khartoum regime hop [...] | 2008-10-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1602 | SPI WILL BE ONE OF MANY FAILED PEACE INITIATIVES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, veteran Darfur administrator and member of the Sudan People's Initiative, Tayyeb Muktar, told CDA Fernandez that the Sudan People's Initiative will likely become just one of many failed Darfur peace initiatives. Muktar also asserted that the once peaceful Fur tri [...] | 2008-10-31 10:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1616 | CHADIAN REBELS: SELECTING A LEADER, MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 2, UFDD-F leader Abdoulwahid Aboud Makaye told poloffs that Chadian rebel leadership meeting in Khartoum will soon choose a leader by consensus, random selection, or a complicated multi-staged election. According to Aboud, the Chadian opposition does not fear the Gov [...] | 2008-11-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1617 | CHADIAN REBELS: SELECTING A LEADER, MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 2, UFDD-F leader Abdoulwahid Aboud Makaye told poloffs that Chadian rebel leadership meeting in Khartoum will soon choose a leader by consensus, random selection, or a complicated multi-staged election. According to Aboud, the Chadian opposition does not fear the Gov [...] | 2008-11-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1633 | CHADIAN REBELS: RFC'S ERDIMI SAYS IT IS HIS TURN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings on November 6 and 7, Timan Erdimi and his Secretary General of the Rally for the Forces of Change (RFC),Mahamat Hanno, both forcefully argued that Erdimi is the best leader for the Chadian rebels. Erdimi bashed rival UFDD leader Mahamat Nouri, and said [...] | 2008-11-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM1640 | SALAH GHOSH TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH KEY DARFUR [...] (C) National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Chief Salah Ghosh told UN/AU Darfur Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole that he will begin to meet quietly with key Darfur rebels in advance of peace talks in Doha, according to Bassole's senior staff. The first meeting will be with JEM's Khali [...] | 2008-11-10 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1649 | SLM/MM AND NCP CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON DPA FUNDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11 and 12, senior SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) and NCP officials separately told CDA Fernandez and poloffs that both parties are closer to agreement on outstanding DPA financial issues, though each party provided a different portrayal of the specific deal. Atta Al-Manan, a [...] | 2008-11-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1657 | DENG ALOR ON NCP INTRIGUE, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor said Egyptian President Mubarak, worried about Sudanese instability, delivered a grim message to President Bashir on November 10 counseling full and rapid compliance with ICC and Darfur issues. Both the Egyptians and Alor see increasing signs of an i [...] | 2008-11-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1680 | A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT TAHA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Vice President Ali Osman Taha November 3 in Khartoum, A/S Jendayi Frazer recognized progress in the deployment of UNAMID, but urged that there be a substantive basis for negotiations as a result of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI),implementation of the re [...] | 2008-11-18 06:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1682 | A/S FRAZER'S MEETINGS WITH NCP OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a round-table meeting followed by a dinner at the CDA's residence, several leading members of the National Congress Party told A/S Frazer that the GNU has made significant progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and pointed to Abyei as the only par [...] | 2008-11-18 07:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1689 | LOOKING PAST THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) has not lived up to its expectations by a long shot. Despite the latest 11th hour push to implement the agreement, the DPA is so far behind schedule that it may be impossible to revive fully. The DPA has not brought security to Darfur, lead [...] | 2008-11-20 15:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM169 | SPLM'S DEMOCRACY AND DARFUR PLANS TAKE SHAPE [...] (C) Summary: SPLM leader Yassir Arman reports that the party has received a greenlight from the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to intensify its efforts to secure peace in Darfur and improve relations with the United States. He outlined an ambitious program of SPLM political mobilization [...] | 2008-02-04 06:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1690 | LOOKING PAST THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) has not lived up to its expectations by a long shot. Despite the latest 11th hour push to implement the agreement, the DPA is so far behind schedule that it may be impossible to revive fully. The DPA has not brought security to Darfur, lead [...] | 2008-11-21 06:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1691 | UPSURGE IN FIGHTING IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (C) Rebel, UNAMID and NGO contacts confirmed fighting in and around Helif, North Darfur between November 18 and 20. SLA/AW commander Suleiman Marajane told emboffs that on November 20 his forces attacked a SAF position in Helif at 7:00 am. (Note: Helif was previously under the control of SLA/ [...] | 2008-11-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1694 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT AND PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNAMID will meet sixty-percent deployment by the end of 2008, but will not have increased its operational capacity even with the additional troops, until they can be deployed to the field. Eighty-percent deployment by March 31 is not possible, and UNAMID has backed away from prese [...] | 2008-11-23 12:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1697 | MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ WELCOMES US-LED CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq welcomed a USG offer to lead efforts to form an interim cease-fire monitoring mechanism for Darfur until UNAMID is prepared to take on the task, but cautioned that the GOS would need time to study both [...] | 2008-11-24 06:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1698 | SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF CALLS IDEA OF A US-LED [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Chief Salah Ghosh on 23 November to discuss the idea of a US-led independent Darfur Cease-fire Monitoring Team in response to Ghosh's past request for assistance in instituting a cease-fire monitoring mechanis [...] | 2008-11-24 06:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1702 | OIL EXECUTIVES DOUBT MINISTER'S CLAIM OF 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings from November 18-20, oil industry executives told econoff they were doubtful that Sudan could boost oil production from 500,000 to 600,000 barrels per day in 2009, as claimed recently by Minister of Energy and Mining Zubeir Al Hassan. While increasing production in [...] | 2008-11-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN ASEC KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1711 | GOS LEADERS TO CONSIDER US-LED DARFUR CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) On November 25, CDA Fernandez met with key Government of Sudan (GoS) regime strategist and de-facto regime shadow Foreign Minister, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, in order to inform him the idea of a US-led independent Darfur Cease-Fire Monitoring Team (ref d). CDA Fernandez t [...] | 2008-11-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1722 | FRUSTRATED MINNAWI TO PREP FOR "WAR OR PEACE" [...] (C) Summary: A deeply frustrated and worried Minni Minnawi warned on November 28 that the ruling National Congress Party's (NCP) ongoing game of obfuscation and delay will drive him eventually back to the field with his fighters and "eventually under the flag of self-determination for Darfur." [...] | 2008-11-30 07:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1724 | UNAMID SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ADADA MILDLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez briefed UNAMID Joint Special Representative Adada on the proposed U.S.-led Darfur-ceasefire monitoring mission on November 26 (reftel a). While Adada appeared mildly receptive to the idea initially, he urged that the U.S. work to get rebel movements to the negotia [...] | 2008-11-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1730 | NCP CONTEMPLATES PRESUMED ICC INDICTMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Recent contacts with ruling National Congress Party (NCP) officials reveal that they have resigned themselves to the reality that an arrest warrant against President Bashir is likely, and they discount overreactions by the regime ("we're not going to commit suicide") but they expr [...] | 2008-12-02 05:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1737 | DARFUR CEASEFIRE PLANS HAVE UNAMID FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2, Acting UNAMID Political Chief and head of the DDDC Abdul Mohammed and Sudan Scholar Alex DeWaal told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID has been frantically trying to throw together a proposal for a ceasefire commission in the last week. Mohammed promised to deliver UNAMI [...] | 2008-12-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1738 | FREED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DESCRIBES 'GHOST [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1 human rights activist Osman Hummida (protect) described to CDA Fernandez the four days of grueling interrogation, physical abuse and psychological torture that he was subjected to at the hands of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). From November 2 [...] | 2008-12-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1744 | UMMA PARTY LEADER TRYING TO STEER SUDAN AWAY FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Umma Party Leader Sadiq al-Mahdi believes Sudan confronts a choice between "hard and soft landings" as pressure grows on the ruling NCP from various quarters. Al-Mahdi said that Umma is attempting to engage moderates within both the NCP and the opposition to steer Suda [...] | 2008-12-03 10:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KDEM AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1751 | "DIVIDING DARFUR'S ARABS FROM GOS WILL DRIVE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Darfur Arab rebel leader Anwar Khater told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's Arabs have been marginalized, exploited by the Government of Sudan (GoS),and misrepresented by the international press. Khater emphatically stated that with support, Darfur's Arabs are ready [...] | 2008-12-04 09:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1752 | SUDAN - U.N. UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR [...] Summary: On November 29, U.N. Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community in Khartoum on his recent trip to Sudan, which included visits to all three Darfur states, the Three Areas, and Southern Sudan, as we [...] | 2008-12-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1758 | SOUTHERN KORDOFAN: MISSERIYA MIGRATION PROCEEDS [...] (SBU) The seasonal migration of the Misseriya Arabs and their cattle through Abyei to South Sudan has begun and is proceeding smoothly, Deputy Nazir of the Misseriya Sadig Babo Nimr told CDA Fernandez December 2. Nimr also reported that the Interim Administration is doing well and that the Mi [...] | 2008-12-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1768 | JSR ADADA DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE, IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada said that UNAMID continues to work on its plans for a ceasefire monitoring mechanism and asserted that UNAMID, not the UN/AU Chief Mediator, should take the lead with ceasefire plans. Adada also said that UNAMID needs [...] | 2008-12-11 05:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO UN AU-1 SU |
08KHARTOUM1775 | SLM/MM REQUESTS VISIT TO U.S., MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) leaders in Khartoum visited CDA Fernandez requesting U.S. support for a visit to Washington, medical treatment for Minni Minnawi, and discrete funding for a leadership or party conferen [...] | 2008-12-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ASEC KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1777 | PLOTTING FOR BASHIR EXIT INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary: According to senior SPLM officials, Sudan's NCP is trying to broker a quick and graceful removal of President Al-Bashir within the next few months, with the President going into exile in Saudi Arabia. Discussions on a transition, which should take place before an ICC arrest warran [...] | 2008-12-13 14:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM179 | TFCD01: SUDANESE DYNAMICS AS CHAD SITUATION UNFOLDS [...] (C) Reiterating its support for the government of Chadian President Idris Deby, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim has vowed to "repel any attack" by Khartoum-backed Chadian rebel movements, JEM representatives told Field Poloff on February 4. While refusing to discl [...] | 2008-02-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD LY |
08KHARTOUM1790 | SENATE STAFFDEL'S MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIFF [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Abyei is under control following intervention by a GNU (NCP/SPLM) delegation to the town on December 13, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told a visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffdel December 14. However, the regime remains concerned about a possible JEM incu [...] | 2008-12-15 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1817 | CONTINUED REPORTS OF REGIME LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM leaderhip continues to report that the NCP is considering replacing President Bashir with a suitable military figure with Islamist credentials, and that Bashir would be content to leave power and live in exile in Saudi Arabia. The SPLM believes that the leading candidate [...] | 2008-12-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1819 | MINAWI CONTEMPLATES VISIT TO WASHINGTON: ASKS FOR [...] (C) During a meeting with a visiting Senate Staffdel December 16, SLM leader, DPA signatory and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minawi said he is considering a visit to Washington "soon after the New Year." Minawi asked for guidance on what dates would be best and asked which officials he [...] | 2008-12-18 16:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1825 | CHADIAN REBELS - LEADERSHIP, GOS INFLUENCE, AND [...] (C) The following is a response to SECSTATE 129300. CHADIAN OPPOSITION: SUSTAINABLE COALITION OR FLAWED? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) "IS THE FINAL LEADERSHIP BODY OF THE UNITED CHADIAN REBEL FRONT (THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENTS, PARLIAMENT, MINISTERS) [...] | 2008-12-21 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1838 | MINNAWI REFUSES TO ACCOMPANY BASHIR TO EL FASHER [...] (C) Summary: In a December 22 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minnawi stated that he has refused to accompany President Bashir to Darfur on December 23 because the Presidency has not acceded to his demands for a defined role in the visit and the chance to speak at [...] | 2008-12-23 18:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM184 | UNAMID SOFA: AGREED BUT NOT YET SIGNED [...] (SBU) The UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Government of Sudan have finalized language for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada's Special Assistant, Rana Taha, told Poloff on February 6. Adada and Foreign Minister Deng Alor were schedu [...] | 2008-02-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1840 | SENATE STAFFDEL VISIT TO JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with a Senate staff delegation from December 17-19, senior SPLM officials urged deeper USG strategic coordination with their own party, as well as proactive engagement with the NCP, to produce a favorable outcome should there be an arrest warrant issued by the ICC ag [...] | 2008-12-28 06:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU EAID |
08KHARTOUM1841 | MFA PLEDGES SUPPORT TO US CEASEFIRE MECHANISM, [...] (C) A/CDA Asquino provided additional information on December 23 to MFA U/S Mutrif Siddiq regarding the US proposal to support a ceasefire monitoring mechanism within UNAMID, as requested in reftel. Siddiq reported that his government had made a decision to accept the US proposal to support t [...] | 2008-12-28 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1848 | MINNAWI'S POSITION ON THE DPA EVOLVES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Arko Minnawi stated that he has chosen not to travel to Washington in January because he anticipates significant political and/or military developments in Sudan and Darfur in the coming weeks. He acknow [...] | 2008-12-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM190 | TFCD01: UFDD/F OFFERS TO SWAP KHARTOUM ALLIANCE [...] (C) The United Force for Democracy and Development-Fondamental (UFDD/F) wants to end the tyranny of Chadian President Idriss Deby's regime, and in the absence of support from secular countries, its only option is an alliance with Sudan, UFDD/F Commissioner for Political Affairs and Human Right [...] | 2008-02-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN SU CD LY |
08KHARTOUM192 | UN JOINT MEDIATION SUPPORT TEAM STILL GROPING TO FIND A WAY [...] (SBU) UN JMST member Hideo Ikebe opined that neither Darfur's rebel groups nor the GoS are willing to seriously engage in a peace process, and organizational and leadership deficiencies within the UN's structures in Sudan continue to hamper its effectiveness. Without a long-term, clearly-articu [...] | 2008-02-07 10:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM194 | CHADIAN EMBASSY IN KHARTOUM REPORTS FRESH TROOPS AND [...] (SBU) On February 7, Embassy Khartoum received a letter from the Chadian Embassy claiming that the Sudanese government had dispatched forty-eight armed vehicles carrying Chadian rebels and members of the Sudanese Armed Forces across the border into Chad. The convoy is said to have left at five [...] | 2008-02-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM219 | WEST DARFUR: JEM VOWS TO PROTECT ITS AREAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader told FieldOff on February 10 that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had miscalculated in its February 8-9 attacks on the JEM-controlled West Darfur towns of Silea, Sirba and Abu Siruj. &JEM will come back to defend its areas,8 he vowed, [...] | 2008-02-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM225 | UNAMID STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT: SIGNED AND SEALED, BUT [...] (SBU) UNAMID and GoS officials finally signed a Status of Forces Agreement on February 9 in Khartoum. The SOFA is comprehensive in scope and contains all of the core provisions sought by the UN, including full freedom of movement, unimpeded use of communications, expedited procedures (visas, p [...] | 2008-02-14 06:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM239 | MORE BLUSTER FROM PARTY LEADER NAFIE [...] (C) Addressing a massive rally February 18 in Sodiri, on the Kordofan/Darfur border, Presidential Advisor and National Congress Party leader Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie lashed out at the US administration and said that Secretary Rice should "lick her elbow" (do the impossible) if she believes that Suda [...] | 2008-02-19 13:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SU AU PGOV UN |
08KHARTOUM246 | UNAMID COMMANDER: BUILDING UP WHAT WE HAVE SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: UNAMID Force Commander believes that the international community's efforts would be better spent beefing up existing units, in terms of personnel, transport and logistics, already on the ground in Darfur rather than focusing on units still not accepted by the Sudanese Government t [...] | 2008-02-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM266 | MFA CAUTIONED,"NEED TO ADVERT WEST DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CDA urged the Sudanese Foreign Ministry to take immediate action to prevent a burgeoning humanitarian crisis in West Darfur which is developing as a result of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) Darfur rebels supported by Chad. [...] | 2008-02-24 08:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM267 | DARFUR ARAB WARLORD BARGAINS WITH KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Arab militia leader Mohammed Hamdan (aka Hamati) has been negotiating with the Sudanese Government on his return to an alliance with Khartoum in recent weeks, according to two UN sources and an independent NGO with strong ties to Darfur's rebel movements. Hamdan defected from the Governm [...] | 2008-02-24 09:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM269 | WEST DARFUR: SAF AND JEM CLASHES WORSEN ALREADY FRAGILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since December 2007, renewed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in areas north of El Geneina, West Darfur, have increased insecurity, limited humanitarian access to the area, and displaced at least 56,000 residents, accord [...] | 2008-02-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM274 | UNAMID UNWILLING TO STOP WEST DARFUR CONFLICT BUT WILLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNAMID military component continues to monitor, despite limited access and visibility, recent fighting in West Darfur and movements of SAF troop concentrations in the region. The military Chief of Staff expects an escalation in hostilities in West Darfur, with operations pos [...] | 2008-02-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM276 | PAGAN AMUN TO S/E WILLIAMSON: "IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. GNU Minister for Cabinet Affairs and SPLM leader Pagan Amun warned S/E Williamson that if Abyei is not solved, Sudan could return to war. He described the NCP's non-implementation of the Abyei Protocol as the most "serious and challenging" remaining obstacle to the North-South pea [...] | 2008-02-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM279 | SE WILLIAMSON TO GHOSH: IMPROVED RELATIONS MEANS [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Williamson warned NISS Director Salah Ghosh that while the U.S. is willing to explore options towards improving relations if there is demonstrable change for the better in Darfur, such a possibility could be doomed before it starts if Sudan continues to allow violenc [...] | 2008-02-26 18:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL PTER UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM295 | "PANICKY" MUSA HILAL MAKING NEW OVERTURES TO THE [...] (C) In recent weeks, janjaweed leader and newly-appointed special advisor Musa Hilal has made both direct and indirect overtures to the Embassy in Khartoum. In mid-February, PolFSN was summoned to Hilal's Khartoum residence by one of Hilal's relatives for an impromptu meeting with the notorious [...] | 2008-02-29 13:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU AU UN |
08KHARTOUM296 | POTENTIAL ABYEI BORDER MOVES NORTH WITH SOME MAJOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM299 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY VISITS DARFUR, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson met with UNAMID political and military leadership in El Fasher to emphasize the importance that President Bush places on resolving the crisis in Darfur and the administration's willingness to commit significant additional financial and pol [...] | 2008-03-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM300 | SE WILLIAMSON TO PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR: WE DON'T [...] (C) Summary: In a positive, hour-long meeting with the Sudanese President, SE Richard Williamson clearly and concisely outlined American concerns on Darfur, CPA, Sudanese adventurism in Chad, and other bilateral issues while describing a possible way forward in improving relations based on spe [...] | 2008-03-02 11:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM310 | S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH RIEK MACHAR [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Special Envoy Williamson, Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar briefed the Special Envoy on GOSS efforts to improve stability and security in the South in the face of continued tensions along the North/South border and despite continued threats [...] | 2008-03-03 10:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM318 | "DARFUR PARTNERS GROUP" DISCUSS SUDAN CONSORTIUM, [...] (C) At a recent meeting of the Darfur Partners Group in Khartoum, Western Ambassadors discussed the possibility of adding sessions on Darfur and the Sudan-Chad conflict to the agenda for the Sudan Consortium tentatively scheduled for April in Paris. The UN/AU mediation team provided an update [...] | 2008-03-04 05:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPKO UN AU SU CD FR |
08KHARTOUM319 | HOW TO RESTRUCTURE A CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WITHOUT AN [...] (SBU) This cable provides an update on the most recent activities of the UNAMID Ceasefire Commission (CFC),impediments to its functioning and an analysis of measures the CFC Secretariat can take now to enhance its effectiveness if and when a genuine ceasefire takes hold in Darfur. The USG sho [...] | 2008-03-04 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM320 | OCHA TO SE WILLIAMSON: "CIVILIANS PAID PRICE FOR [...] (C) On February 29, UN OCHA (Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) Sudan Office Director Mike McDonagh (protect) provided SE Williamson with a graphic but balanced account of the violence that occurred in West Darfur in February 2008. In a discussion informed by his recent two fir [...] | 2008-03-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM323 | SIGNATORY AND NON-SIGNATORY REPS SIT TOGETHER WITH UNAMID [...] (SBU) UNAMID convened a meeting of Ceasefire Commission stakeholders - including UN civilian political representation and both DPA signatories and non-signatories - to provide an overview of CFC efforts and solicit the input of factions regarding their concerns and grievances. The CFC explaine [...] | 2008-03-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM333 | UNMAMID CIVIL AFFAIRS ATTEMPTING TO LAY GRASSROOTS [...] (SBU) UNAMID Head of Civil Affairs provided an overview of incipient efforts to strengthen civil society in North Darfur and its influence in an eventual peace process. UNAMID will hold a broad civil society workshop on land issues in mid-March, the first in a series that will focus on various [...] | 2008-03-06 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM345 | A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH SUDAN'S CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission will roll out its inaugural anti-corruption strategy with USG assistance in late March, 18 months after the Commission's establishment. Anecdotal evidence suggests that GOSS corruption will continue to seriously embarrass the SPLM as [...] | 2008-03-10 07:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM346 | AS UN REACHES JEBEL MOON, SPLINTER EMERGES WITHIN JEM [...] (SBU) After an earlier dispute between the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) over access to Jebel Moon, West Darfur, a UN team reached the area for a brief yet inconclusive visit to assess the humanitarian situation. UN sources report that the [...] | 2008-03-10 07:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM357 | LIBYA OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS TO RESOLVE DARFUR, CHAD [...] (SBU) The Libyan Government remains open to U.S. ideas for advancing the Darfur peace process and resolving the Sudan-Chad conflict, Libyan Consul General in El Fasher Naji Yousef told Poloff on March 10, 2008. While Tripoli continues to try to broker a peace settlement between the Darfur rebe [...] | 2008-03-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN AU SU LY CD |
08KHARTOUM358 | UNAMID FORCE COMMANDER ENGAGES WITH SLA-UNITYUNAMID UNABLE [...] (SBU) As part of his ongoing efforts to engage with all Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory factions, AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai traveled March 9 to Al Hosh (N 15 degrees 02'21.9", E 024 degrees 47'56.1"),North Darfur to hold introducto [...] | 2008-03-11 07:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU |
08KHARTOUM385 | NEW CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE BREWING IN WEST DARFUR [...] (C) A new attempt to overthrow Chadian President Idriss Deby's government is brewing in West Darfur, UN officials, humanitarian workers, and Chadian rebel commanders told Poloffs in El Geneina between March 11 and 13. Though predictions on the start date for the next attempt to topple Deby's [...] | 2008-03-16 10:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD FR |
08KHARTOUM386 | DESPITE DAKAR ACCORD, SPLM AND SLM BRACE FOR [...] (C) Recounting his efforts to press a diffident President Bashir to support the recent Dakar accord with Chad--including a mechanism to monitor violations--Foreign Minister Deng Alor remains concerned that Khartoum will continue to pursue regime change in N'djamena, he told Senior Assistant to [...] | 2008-03-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN AU SU CD UG |
08KHARTOUM39 | LOOKING AHEAD ON THE SUDAN AEC [...] (C) Norway's Ambassador to Khartoum, in his capacity as Interim AEC (Assessment and Evaluation Commission) Chairman called AEC working group chairs (US, UK, Norway, Italy, Netherlands) together to survey the way ahead for the Commission over the next few months. UK Ambassador reported on the [...] | 2008-01-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM392 | DARFUR - UNOFFICIAL SETTLEMENTS NEAR SEKELE PRESENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: New settlements near Sekele (near Nyala, South Darfur) originated in October 2007 as a result of GNU HAC efforts to relocate IDPs who fled Kalma camp following inter-tribal violence in that camp. While the GNU HAC completed the resettlement process, approximately 500 additional fa [...] | 2008-03-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM397 | CHAD: RFC'S ERDIMI PLANS LAND GRAB WHILE OTHER [...] (C) As other Chadian rebel factions conspire to topple President Idriss Deby, RFC leader Timan Erdimi plans to "occupy" as much territory as possible and then negotiate with a transitional government to achieve his political objectives, he told Poloff in Khartoum on March 15. Explaining that r [...] | 2008-03-17 06:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN AU SU CD FR |
08KHARTOUM408 | UNAMID ON POLITICAL AND SECURITY DYNAMICS IN WEST [...] (C) Instability is still prevalent in the corridor north of El Geneina, where fighting over the last month displaced thousands and has left the civilians who remain in the area vulnerable to looting and violence at the hands of Arab militias, the Sudanese military, and the Central Reserve Poli [...] | 2008-03-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM41 | AL-SAMANI: NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND POLITICAL ISSUE, NOT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a sometimes tense meting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Greenfield-Thomas on January 12, State Minister for Foreign Affairs al-Samani al-Wasila maintained that construction on the new embassy compound (NEC) had been blocked in response to political, bila [...] | 2008-01-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SU AU PGOV UN |
08KHARTOUM410 | THERE ARE NEITHER MODERATES NOR HARDLINERS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The NCP regime is unified and well organized despite its corruption, and the popular characterizations of regime "hardliners" versus "moderates" are overplayed, according to opposition observers who have known individuals in the NCP regime for decades. These opposition members als [...] | 2008-03-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM42 | FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR: NEW MARCHING ORDERS FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the newly sworn in Foreign Minister (FM) Deng Alor said President Bashir had personally tasked him with taking the lead in improving bilateral relations between Sudan and the United S [...] | 2008-01-13 16:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SU AU UN PGOV |
08KHARTOUM425 | BASHIR TELLS ADVISOR THAT THE DAKAR AGREEMENT IS [...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Minni Minawi told poloff March 22 that President Bashir had rejected Minawi's proposal to travel to Ndjamena in order to encourage negotiations between President Deby and Chadian rebel Timane Erdimi. Minawi had hoped that his own direct appeals to President Deby [...] | 2008-03-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM427 | USG ELECTIONS STRATEGY IN SUDAN [...] (C) Free and fair elections in Sudan are a top foreign policy objective for the USG, and it is therefore critical early on to define a policy framework and begin planning in earnest now for the 2009 Sudanese elections. Despite the constant demands for our attention from Darfur and the North-S [...] | 2008-03-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM429 | LRA PEACE TALKS TO RESUME IN JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Peace talks between the LRA and Government of Uganda will resume in Juba on Monday, March 24. Lead negotiator Riek Machar expects a final implementation agreement to be initialed no later than March 25, and he hopes for a final signing ceremony in Juba on Friday, April 4. End [...] | 2008-03-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU UG SU |
08KHARTOUM453 | REARRANGING DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: JMST [...] (C) Poloffs met March 25 with the UN Joint Mediation Support Team's (JMST) newly-appointed Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra to discuss the stalled Darfur peace process and JMST plans to restructure its operations and pursue modest "confidence building measures" with the parties in advance of a more [...] | 2008-03-27 08:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM466 | AEC TO URGE SPECIAL SESSION ON ABYEI [...] (C) Newly installed Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) chairman Sir Derek Plumbly met with AEC working group chairs (UK, Norwegian, Italian and Dutch Ambassadors plus CDA Fernandez) on March 30 to discuss a more aggressive AEC stance on political issues and to outline a common agenda fo [...] | 2008-03-31 07:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM474 | NAFIE COMPLAINS OF PERCEPTION PROBLEM IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Darfur is better than what is being reported, Presidential Advisor and NCP leader Nafie Ali Nafie told CDA Fernandez during a meeting March 31. Nafie blamed international NGOs for distorting the image of what is happening in Darfur said that if the international c [...] | 2008-04-01 05:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM480 | SUDANESE DEFENSE MINISTER: WE WANT A BETTER [...] (C) Summary: In a surprising conversation after a two year boycott, Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Rahim Hussein told CDA Fernandez that Sudan was strongly in favor of a better relationship with the United States. He gingerly accepted that "mistakes were made" in Darfur, called for greater Am [...] | 2008-04-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM481 | SUDAN - SURGE IN RETURNS EXPECTED PRIOR TO CENSUS [...] In a March 27 meeting in Khartoum, a UN Mission in Sudan Returns, Reintegration, and Recovery (UNMIS RRR) official identified a new and potentially troubling trend of return convoys organized by the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). According to UNMIS RRR, the first GOSS-organized movement [...] | 2008-04-01 15:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM485 | JMST'S SAM IBOK ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1 AU Chief Mediator of UNAMID,S JMST San Ibok briefed senior UNAMID representatives on the Darfur peace process as part of the two-day "UNAMID Brainstorming on DPA." Ibok highlighted that of the five major rebel movements, only two (SLA-Unity and the URF) have indic [...] | 2008-04-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM506 | LITTLE PROGRESS ON DEMOBILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (C) Summary: State Minister of International Cooperation (and SPLM member) Elias Wakoson told CDA Fernandez that Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) efforts have fallen short due to the availability of arms and the lack of dispute resolution alternatives. He said the lack of D [...] | 2008-04-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM52 | FINANCE MINISTER REFUSES TO RELEASE NEC CONTAINERS [...] (C) Summary: GOS Finance Minister Zubair Ahmed Al-Hassan told visiting PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield that he will not authorize the release of the containers for the New Embassy Compound unless the Embassy pays the customs duties and demurrage fees, due to the deteriorating relationship between [...] | 2008-01-15 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM529 | FM ALOR WARNS "THIS WEEK COULD BE DECISIVE" ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor warned that April 2 discussions on Abyei between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) regressed and the next meeting on April 9 could be decisive. He also warned of SPLM plans to aggressively challenge Northern [...] | 2008-04-07 06:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM53 | DSRSG ZERIHOUN ON ABYEI, DARFUR POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) Meeting with DCM Powers and SPG Director Lauren Landis on January 13, the UN's Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary-General Taye Zerihoun urged all parties to maintain focus SIPDIS on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) as it enters the third year of its six year transit [...] | 2008-01-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM536 | AHMED HAROUN, DENG ALOR, AND PAGAN AMUN NEGOTIATE [...] (C) CDA Fernandez and polchief entered Cabinet Minister Pagan Amun's office April 6 and encountered not only Amun, but also Foreign Minister Deng Alor and State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and ICC indictee Ahmed Haroun huddled over a map of the oil-rich contested Abyei region. Alor and [...] | 2008-04-07 08:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM537 | FORMER DARFUR GOVERNOR ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Former defense minister and former governor of North Darfur Ibrahim Suleiman Hassan told poloff that now is the time to push for peace in Darfur. Hassan believes peace is achievable if the U.S. pushes Sudan to reach deals with the Darfur rebels and Chad. He also said the U.S. s [...] | 2008-04-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM540 | ABYEI: GOSS-SPONSORED RETURNS UPDATE [...] On April 2, USAID staff visited a reception center in Abyei town that had received approximately 3,000 Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS)-sponsored returnees from Khartoum. According to UN Mission in Sudan Return, Reintegration, and Recovery (UNMIS RRR) staff, the returnees arrived with house [...] | 2008-04-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM543 | UNMIS GRANTED 14-DAY AUTHORITY TO PATROL OUTSIDE OF ABYEI [...] (U) On April 7, UNMIS Force Commander LTG Jasbiri Singh Lidder announced that both Sudan's National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) have granted UNMIS Authority to patrol freely within the Abyei area for 14 days. Previously, UNMIS had been restricted to th [...] | 2008-04-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU |
08KHARTOUM556 | SPLM ROLLS OUT BROAD DARFUR PLAN AND REQUESTS DONOR FUNDS [...] (SBU) The SPLM has developed a multi-track plan to effect resolution of the Darfur crisis. Though lacking in operational detail, the plan includes having SPLM representatives visit rebel groups and civil society in all three Darfur states, working with the NCP to develop a GNU approach to the [...] | 2008-04-10 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM563 | FM DENG ALOR ON ROME, ABYEI, AND "COLD" RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan is likely to make some concessions on UNAMID deployment at the bilateral talks in Rome, such as agreement on the Thai and Nepalese troop contributions, FM Deng Alor advised CDA Fernandez in a meeting April 10. However Alor cautioned that the ruling National Congress Party (N [...] | 2008-04-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM564 | MINAWI ON DIVIDED CHADIAN SUPPORT FOR REBELS, [...] (C) In a wide-ranging conversation on April 12, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi discussed the emergence of two competing streams of Chadian support for Darfur's rebel movements--one led by Dausa Deby and focused on recruiting SLM fighters to augment the URF--and another led by I [...] | 2008-04-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM616 | ROME TALKS - INITIAL NCP PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) "The Rome talks were useful and even though we didn't get much out of them, we're looking at the bigger picture," NCP negotiator Yahia Bebiker, who was present in Rome, told CDA Fernandez April 21. Bebiker said the NCP viewed the talks as a "good start" as long as the two sides begin to c [...] | 2008-04-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM630 | SOUTHERN KORDOFAN - HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (U) Begin Summary: From April 5 to 15, a USAID/OFDA program officer conducted site visits in Kadugli, Abu Gebeha, Talodi, and Kauda areas in Southern Kordofan State. The USAID/OFDA officer monitored USAID/OFDA-funded programs, particularly in the rural health sector, and met with humanitarian [...] | 2008-04-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM637 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ISMAIL ON ROME, CHAD/JEM, AND [...] (C) Summary: Sudan decided to keep its high-level delegation in Rome - despite the majority of the US delegation being "comprised of low-level officials", to demonstrate its seriousness - said Presidential Advisor Mustafa Othman Ismail. Ismail suggested that the second round of talks should o [...] | 2008-04-24 11:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM642 | UNAMID PUBLIC INFORMATION STRATEGY IN DISARRAY, ACCORDING [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with representatives from Albany Associates, a communications firm that has been hired by DFID to support UNAMID. Albany, which has an interest in getting its contract extended, warned that UNAMID is in disarray and has no communications strategy. The Albany r [...] | 2008-04-25 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM648 | DETERMINED UNHCR ENGAGES EXIGENT GNU [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent meetings between USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials and USAID/OFDA partner U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Khartoum and Nyala reveal that the Government of National Unity (GNU) has methodically challenged UNHCR in it [...] | 2008-04-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM653 | CLASHES CONTINUE ALONG NORTH-SOUTH BORDER, COURT CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Violent clashes continue to flare along Sudan's north-south boundary, centering on the Abyei region. On April 25, a skirmish between SPLA troops and a pro-NCP tribal force left a reported 20 casualties. On April 28, a murder in the town of Kharsana escalated into a battle tha [...] | 2008-04-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU |
08KHARTOUM654 | WFP TO REDUCE DARFUR FOOD AID RATIONS IN MAY [...] (U) On April 14, the UN World Food Program (WFP) informed key donors that in May it would be forced to nearly halve the general food aid ration distributed in Darfur, due to ongoing banditry against contracted commercial vehicles resulting in decreased commodity dispatches. WFP issued a press [...] | 2008-04-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM668 | SUDAN RELEASES NEC CONTAINERS, APPROVES ARMING [...] (C) The GOS has begun releasing long-delayed NEC containers and also approved the US Embassy's request to arm its local guard force, as long as the guards "remain inside Embassy premises," MFA U/S Mutrif Siddiq told CDA Fernandez and polchief April 30 (first containers with in Embassy hands on [...] | 2008-05-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM669 | MANSOUR KHALID ON SPLM PREPARATIONS FOR PARTY [...] (C) Everything is on track for the SPLM convention to go forward May 10, GOS Presidential Advisor and prominent SPLM northerner Dr. Mansour Khalid told CDA and polchief April 29. Khalid expects full support for Salva Kiir as Chairman of the party as "no one would dare stand against him." Khal [...] | 2008-05-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM70 | UNMIS DEPUTY RESIDENT SEES PROBLEMS AHEAD IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see para 5. 2. (C) Summary: UNMIS Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan David Gressly worries that poor governance and corruption risk derailing the potentially bright future of South Sudan while budget shortfalls could lead to pro [...] | 2008-01-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM716 | JEM REBELS ATTACK OMDURMAN, ALMOST REACH KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) JEM rebels attacked the sprawling Khartoum suburb of Omdurman May 10 and advanced within sight of one of the bridges leading to Khartoum. Although Sudanese Government forces prevented the rebels from crossing the Nile into the capital, JEM claims that it will launch another attack on the [...] | 2008-05-11 15:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM729 | SPLM'S SHIFTING RESPONSE TO JEM ATTACK [...] (SBU) The SPLM's reaction to the May 10 JEM attack on Omdurman has shifted from private glee to deep concern. Any admiration for JEM's ability to achieve what eluded the SPLA during 21 years of war with Northern Sudan Party has been muted by fears of a National Congress Party (NCP) backlash ag [...] | 2008-05-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM74 | ISMAIL: CHADIAN MILITARY ESCALATION RISKS PUSHING [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Mustafa Othman Ismail warned of growing Sudanese exasperation at what they see as Chadian military escalation on the Darfur border. He also expressed Sudanese frustration at obstacles to Sudanese diplomats performing their work in the U.S. and warned of possible counte [...] | 2008-01-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AU UN CD SU |
08KHARTOUM764 | MINAWI SAYS KHALIL IBRAHIM STRONGER AFTER OMDURMAN [...] (C) Summary: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim is stronger as a result of the attack on Omdurman, despite the short-term loss of fighters and vehicles, according to SLM leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi. Minawi believes an attack on Chad is imminent, despite comments from other [...] | 2008-05-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM769 | A "BILL OF RIGHTS" FOR DARFUR'S IDPS [...] (C) As the United States considers further discussions with Sudan on issues related to the conflict in Darfur, the challenge remains to comprehensively address all aspects of this bloody, complex and contradictory crisis. The Darfur crisis is unusual: some rebel commanders receive/received gen [...] | 2008-05-19 11:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID UN SU |
08KHARTOUM77 | HILAL APPOINTMENT AIMED AT KEEPING RESTLESS ARAB [...] (C) Summary: During their meeting January 20, CDA Fernandez told Presidential Advisor and NCP moderate Ghazi Salahudin that the GOS has a short window of opportunity to demonstrate that it is not the obstacle to peace in Darfur. Fernandez suggested a basket of initiatives that could break the [...] | 2008-01-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM778 | GOS WILL NEGOTIATE WITH CHAD, SEEK TO ISOLATE AND [...] (C) Sudan will not support Chadian rebels in another bid to unseat President Deby, but rather will seek multilateral sanctions against Khalil Ibrahim and JEM and will participate in the African Union mediation between Sudan and Chad, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told CDA May 20. Siddiq said that to t [...] | 2008-05-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM78 | DARFUR RIZEIGAT LEADER FEARS BEING PULLED INTO THE [...] (C) Over lunch with emboffs January 16, NGO activist and leading Rizeigat figure Waleed Madibbo expressed his frustration with the Wali of South Darfur over his refusal to allow a planned reconciliation conference to go forward. The conference, which Madibbo had previewed with CDA Fernandez la [...] | 2008-01-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SU AU UN |
08KHARTOUM807 | USAID ASSESSMENT OF ABYEI IDPS IN AGOK [...] Begin Summary: On May 24, a USAID team including officers from USAID's Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a one-day assessment of the humanitarian situation in and around Agok in southern Abyei Area. The Agok area is curr [...] | 2008-05-27 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM877 | SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - NORTHERN BAHR EL [...] Summary: From May 19 to 23, a USAID team, including officers from the Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),reviewed the humanitarian situation in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBEG). The team looked at the problem of malnutrition a [...] | 2008-06-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM894 | RULING PARTY STILL POSITIVE ON US-SUDAN RELATIONS [...] (C) MFA U/S and National Congress Party (NCP) insider Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez June 15 that Sudan remains positive about the prospects for improved US-Sudan relations despite SE Williamson's departure from Khartoum without reaching an agreement. Siddiq said the GOS plans to follow th [...] | 2008-06-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM90 | SUDAN: NARROW WINDOW FOR ACHIEVING U.S. OBJECTIVES [...] (C) After seven years of intense diplomatic focus, U.S. efforts to secure a peaceful, stable, and transformed Sudan have accomplished much - ended the bloodiest and longest running civil war on the continent, saved several million Darfuri Sudanese who rely on US humanitarian assistance, pushed [...] | 2008-01-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PTER UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM918 | 39 DARFURIS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MAY 10 ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese authorities formally charged 39 detainees in connection with the May 10 JEM attacks on the capital, although many more Darfuris remain in custody or are unaccounted-for. Khartoum-based Darfuri civil society groups have received significant moral support from political pa [...] | 2008-06-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD |
08KHARTOUM941 | ABYEI, SUDAN ON KNIFE'S EDGE, WARNS FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: FM Deng Alor described ongoing tensions on the June 8 Abyei road map while noting some progress in implementing its milestones. Back from a just concluded visit to several European capitals, he summarized increasing European pressure, especially from France, on the need for Sudane [...] | 2008-06-25 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM945 | ABYEI IDPS: HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] Begin Summary: On June 20 and 21, a team from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a follow-up assessment of Agok area, where an estimated 27,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abyei have been displaced to since mid-May. The USAID team reported a [...] | 2008-06-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM949 | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MINNI MINAWI (THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As reported in reftel, the location of Senior Presidential Assistant, SLM leader, and DPA signatory Minni Minawi has been the source of much speculation throughout Sudan over the past week. Other Darfur rebel factions confirm he crossed the border to Chad, where he had meetings [...] | 2008-06-26 06:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM95 | UN, AU ENVOYS PROVIDE UPDATE ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Briefing the Khartoum diplomatic corps on January 18, UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson and AU Special Envoy for Darfur Salim Ahmed Salim said that increased tensions between Sudan and Chad posed the greatest risk to the political process at present. They remarked that without an [...] | 2008-01-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU CD |
08KHARTOUM954 | CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER PAGAN AMUM SAYS HE WILL [...] (C) Summary: SPLM Secretary General and current GNU Minister of Cabinet Affairs Pagan Amum told CDA June 25 that he will leave his post as Cabinet Minister "within two weeks." Lam Akol is the candidate most likely to replace him, according to Amum, for lack of other good options in the SPLM. [...] | 2008-06-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM957 | "PRECARIOUS" DARFUR HUNGER GAP CALLS FOR URGENT US [...] (SBU) This is an action message. See para 5-6. 2. (SBU) On June 22 the United Nations country team in Sudan issued a statement on the increasingly precarious "hunger gap" this year in Darfur. The rainy season between May and October is always the toughest time of the year but this year it h [...] | 2008-06-29 08:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM962 | UNMIS SENDS DETAILED ABYEI REPORT TO SYG AND DPKO [...] (C) According to senior staff at the embattled peacekeeping mission, UNMIS sent a comprehensive report with recommendations to SYG Ban and DPKO Guehenno June 26 regarding the mid-May fighting in Abyei and the UNMIS response to it. UNMIS reportedly "did not pull any punches" and expects that t [...] | 2008-06-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM971 | DEFENSE WHITE PAPER ENERGIZES SPLA BUDGET PROCESS, [...] (SBU) This is an action cable, please see paras 10-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly,s (SSLA) long-expected, but very public, endorsement of the SPLA,s Defense White Paper (DWP) has had immediate impact on SPLA/SAF relations and the SPLA,s 2009 budge [...] | 2008-07-02 06:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM982 | APOCALYPSE SOON: SUDANESE PONDER POSSIBLE NEW ICC [...] (C) Summary: NCP officials are quietly warning the international community that cooperation on a variety of priority issues, from UNAMID implementation to CPA follow through and Sudan's slow move to democracy could be jeopardized by "politically motivated" indictments of the ICC of Sudanese o [...] | 2008-07-04 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM996 | SUDAN NEEDS AMERICAN HELP - ON MINNAWI AND ICC - [...] (C) Summary: Sudan wants US help in bringing former rebel leader and current Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi back from Darfur where he is encamped with his fighters and proposes a trilateral (NCP, Minnawi, US) discussion on implementing the moribund 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Su [...] | 2008-07-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
08KINGSTON159 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 18:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM XL |
08KINGSTON185 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY DELIVERED [...] On February 27, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Vilma McNish. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. JOHNSON [...] | 2008-02-29 12:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JM |
08KINGSTON765 | JAMAICA: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA; REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV JM XL |
08KINGSTON807 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 18:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN JM XL |
08KINGSTON838 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 20:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN JM XL |
08KINSHASA1073 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL UN CG |
08KINSHASA181 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: Kosovo Independence [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo declined to offer an official Congolese position on Kosovo independence. He expressed the DRC a [...] | 2008-02-20 13:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CG |
08KINSHASA211 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - UN Commission on Narcotic [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 29 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Matondo identified Minister Counselor Nduku of its UN mission as Congolese representative to the March 10-14 meeting of the UN [...] | 2008-03-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR AU UN CG |
08KINSHASA236 | GOMA NOTES 03/06/08 - GOMA PROCESS: BACK TO WRANGLING [...] Summary: The CNDP rejoined Goma process talks March 6 following meetings between AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortly and Nkunda in Kirolirwe. However, its delegation had not been briefed on the Shortly-Nkunda talks, and Vice Admiral Etumba, the GRDC delegation head, apparently presumed their retur [...] | 2008-03-09 19:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA237 | GOMA NOTES 03/07/08 - GOMA PROCESS: ABBE MALUMALU ARRIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma process talks resumed again March 7 in Goma with the full CNDP delegation present. No sooner had the CNDP announced it could proceed no further unless National Coordinator Abbe Malumalu was present, did Malumalu call to say he had stepped off a plane in Goma and agreed to [...] | 2008-03-09 19:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA238 | GOMA NOTES 03/08/08 - ABBE MALUMALU GOES TO THE MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Abbe Muholongu Malumalu, the newly-appointed National Coordinator for the Goma peace process, traveled March 8 to Kirolirwe to meet with Nkunda and find a way to move beyond the procedural wrangling that has prevented the establishment of the Joint Technical Committee on Peace a [...] | 2008-03-09 20:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA240 | GOMA NOTES 03/09/08 - GOMA PRCESS: BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary. Abbe Malumalu worked late into the night of March 8 with both the Mayi-mayi and CNDP to ensure agreement on his proposals for a revised structure of the Joint Commission to implement the Goma accords. Agreement was formalized March 9 at a meeting attended by most of the signato [...] | 2008-03-10 16:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA255 | GOMA NOTES 03/13/08 - TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: The international Facilitation for the Goma process faces a temporary leadership gap with the absence of two key members. MONUC has yet to identify a permanent solution for heading its participation in the process. MONUC's initial review of progress on its stabilization plan c [...] | 2008-03-14 08:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA258 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 12TH MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 7 meeting of the Nairobi process Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force went smoothly and professionally. Discussion of the minutes of the previous meeting took only about 20 minutes. Congo noted it had launched its FDLR "sensibilization" campaign March 1. FDLR lead [...] | 2008-03-15 18:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG RW EUN SF AU UN |
08KINSHASA265 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 13TH MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: The main agenda item of the March 14 meeting of the Nairobi process Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force was the DRC's plans for action against the ex-FAR/Interahamwe (ex-FAR/IH). FARDC and MONUC are planning to do something at some point in the coming months, but March 15 wi [...] | 2008-03-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA274 | SHORTLEY BRIEFS P3+2+MONUC FOLLOWING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley briefed P3 2 ambassadors March 7 in Kinshasa on his talks with Nkunda and Kigali the previous week. Shortley confirmed that Nkunda had agreed to rejoin the Goma process. Shortley stressed that the international community must treat Nkunda in a way [...] | 2008-03-19 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MARR MOPS CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA275 | UN independent human rights expert visits DRC [...] The UN Human Rights Council's Independent Expert on Human Rights in the DRC, Titinga Frederic Pacere, called for an end to insecurity and impunity at a press briefing following his March 12-14 visit to Kinshasa. He highlighted the lack of judicial capacity and the continuing violation of huma [...] | 2008-03-20 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CG UN |
08KINSHASA278 | GOMA NOTES 03/17/08 - VISIT TO COB TONGO (MASISI [...] (SBU) Summary: Lack of reliable cartography doomed an effort March 17 to delineate an "exclusion" (buffer) zone between PARECO and CNDP at Tongo in Masisi Territory. MONUC committed to following up with a proper meeting in Goma, with maps at hand. Tongo is a sensitive point at the intersecti [...] | 2008-03-21 07:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA281 | MBUSA SKEPTICAL ON RENEWAL OF MANDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CG |
08KINSHASA283 | GOMA NOTES 03/18-20/08 - WAITING FOR MALUMALU [...] (SBU) Summary: National Coordinator Abbe Malumalu is expected back in Goma March 22 prior to the hoped-for inaugural meeting the following week of the Joint Commission (JC) to implement the Goma accords. The list of pending JC business continues to grow in anticipation of a decree establishin [...] | 2008-03-21 11:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA285 | GOMA NOTES 03/21/08 - GOMA PROCESS: TWO OF THREE "EXCLUSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Goma process International Facilitation, CNDP and PARECO established two of three planned exclusion zones (where no armed men or men in uniforms are allowed, with the exception of MONUC patrols) in North Kivu during the week of March 15-21. This includes the sensitive zone of M [...] | 2008-03-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA287 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 14TH MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary. The March 21 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force session in Goma went reasonably smoothly, with little wrangling. Congo characterized its post-March 15 military plans against the ex-FAR/Interahamwe as a "progressive operation," not "classical war." Rwanda characterized as "positi [...] | 2008-03-24 07:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV KPKO CG RW SF UN EUN |
08KINSHASA301 | GOMA NOTES 03/26/08 - BRIEFING IN BENI [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC assesses the situation in North Kivu's Grand Nord region as much calmer than that further south near Goma. Combat is occurring only between PARECO and FDLR/RUD forces southwest of Lubero, with relatively limited disruption. There is a significant presence of foreign armed [...] | 2008-03-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PGOV SOCI KPKO CG UN UG |
08KINSHASA305 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 15TH MEETING OF JOINT [...] Summary. The March 28 meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force in Goma was again generally businesslike. The DRC claims to have captured Rwandan-national CNDP fighters, and the prisoners have alleged the presence of more. The DRC also claims to have captured a brigade-level FD [...] | 2008-03-31 09:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN EUN |
08KINSHASA345 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 16th MEETING OF JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: The 16th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force for the Nairobi communIque April 4 in Goma was punctuated by several unexpected exchanges. The FARDC's regional military intelligence chief implied that CNDP is an ally against FDLR. The Congolese delegation repor [...] | 2008-04-15 12:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN RW SF EUN |
08KINSHASA359 | GOMA NOTES 04/16/08 - GOMA PROCESS: BACK TO THE BUSINESS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Goma process Joint Technical Committee on Peace and Security debated and approved bylaws for the conduct of internal business in Goma April 15-16. The sessions were generally businesslike, in contrast to an earlier meeting April 12. Many of the most egregious passages had [...] | 2008-04-18 08:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA367 | DC-9 CRASH UPDATE - 45 CONFIRMED DEAD [...] Summary: Six days after the April 15 crash of a Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 at Goma airport (ref A),and in the absence of an official report, the toll of passenger and ground casualties stands at 121, with 45 dead and about 76 injured. Company and civil aviation officials say they have found the [...] | 2008-04-21 12:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAIR PGOV ECON KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA373 | GOMA NOTES: 04/12/08 - NORTH KIVU "GOMA" SPOILERS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the last few weeks, there has been ferment within and among the North Kivu armed groups, particularly among those best known for close ties to the FDLR. This message is based on reports of conversations between a MONUC military officer and some of these groups, and a talk b [...] | 2008-04-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA374 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 18TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: Rwanda told the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) during its April 18 session in Goma that it should be more active and consider meeting in the field as a matter of course, but drew no support. UN agencies led presentations on reducing negative impact on IDPs and retur [...] | 2008-04-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA382 | 30,000 NEW NORTH KIVU IDPS FOLLOWING FARDC CLASHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Reports indicate that recent skirmishing in North Kivu between the FARDC and FDLR and PARECO forces are responsible for 30,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs). UNHCR confirmed a halt in distribution of aid to the Kinyandoni I, Kinyandoni II, and Kiwanja camps near Rutsh [...] | 2008-04-28 17:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PREL KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA383 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON GAINS CONGOLESE SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with senior officials from the Congolese Government (GDRC),MONUC, NGOs and the diplomatic community during his April 9-12 visit to Kinshasa. He emphasized that his meetings were part of a broader Great Lakes visit [...] | 2008-04-29 06:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS SOCI PINR CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA386 | GOMA NOTES 04/21/08 - GOMA PROCESS: CNDP HARDLINERS ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The CNDP clung to hardline arguments April 18-19 linking the proposed calendar of activities for the Amani Program Joint Technical Committee on Peace and Security (CTMPS) to progress against the FDLR, but a weekend of pushing by National Coordinator Apollinaire Malumalu and the [...] | 2008-04-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA513 | GOMA NOTES 06/07/08: UN SECURITY COUNCIL VISITS GOMA [...] (SBU) Visiting UNSC ambassadors, including Ambassador Garvelink representing the U.S., listened with interest and appreciation June 7 to arguments advanced by Apollinaire Malu Malu, President of the Independent Electoral Commission and National Coordinator of the Amani Program, for support to [...] | 2008-06-10 07:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA520 | GOMA NOTES 06/05/2008: NAIROBI PROCESS - JMG TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The JMG Task Force traveled June 5 to Mwenga in South Kivu to observe actions being taken by the Congolese government against FDLR in the area. Three battalions consisting of 1,575 fighters are deployed throughout Mwenga town and district. Government representatives there insp [...] | 2008-06-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA521 | SENIOR ADVISER SHORTLEY'S MEETING WITH SRSG DOSS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: SRSG Alan Doss told AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley June 2 that international supervision will be necessary at brassage centers for ex-combatants from North and South Kivu. He and Shortley agreed that disarmament and relocation or repatriation of FDLR members will be important [...] | 2008-06-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA528 | UNSC GETS FIRST HAND LOOK AT DRC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Security Council ambassadors held meetings in Kinshasa and Goma June 7-8. Three themes emerged in their discussions in Kinshasa: democracy-building, the Goma and Nairobi processes, and sexual violence. President Kabila impressed the ambassadors with his command of issues [...] | 2008-06-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA534 | Shortley and van de Geer discuss eastern Congo programs [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of UN agencies briefed AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley and EU Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer on their programs in eastern Congo June 2 in Kinshasa. UN programs include opening strategic road axes, extension of state authority, refugee return and agricultural [...] | 2008-06-17 11:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA535 | GOMA NOTES 06/08/08: CONGOLESE DDR CHIEF BRIEFS [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese DDR chief Alphonse Ntumba Luaba briefed International Facilitation representatives June 7 and 8 on the ability of the GDRC's program to address Goma and Nairobi process DDR requirements. The program is budgeted at $75 million; Ntumba anticipates that the World Bank a [...] | 2008-06-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA537 | Meeting with Rene Abandi June 14, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID and OCHA representatives met with CNDP spokesman Rene Abandi June 14 to raise concerns regarding several recent developments, including a CNDP letter attacking NGOs, its demand for involvement in humanitarian decisions in its territory, withdrawal of its forces from the a [...] | 2008-06-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA553 | JUNE 19 MEETING OF STEERING GROUPS FOR AMANI AGREEMENTS, [...] A joint meeting of the steering committees for the "Amani Process" (or Amani Program),and the "Nairobi Process' met in Kinshasa June 19 at the Ministry of the Interior. The meeting was chaired by Interior Minster Denis Kalume. Presenting an update on the Amani Process was its coordinator, F [...] | 2008-06-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA555 | GOMA NOTES 06/13/08: NAIROBI PROCESS - 26TH MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 26th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, held in Bukavu June 13, featured a briefing on FARDC operations against the FDLR by General Patrick Masunzu of the 10th Military Region. Masunzu reported that four newly-deployed integrated and MONUC-trained battalions [...] | 2008-06-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA568 | DAY OF CELEBRATION: EMBASSY INAUGURATES SCHOOL [...] Summary: PolOff inaugurated a school May 27 in Buburu, Equateur which was rehabilitated by the FY2007 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. Local officials and the entire town of Buburu welcomed, with much fanfare, the arrival of the Embassy-UNHCR delegation. They visited UNHCR's Refugee Transit C [...] | 2008-07-08 13:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV CG UN CF |
08KINSHASA570 | DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR reports repatriation of over 10,600 Congolese as of June 2008. There are currently over 338,000 Congolese refugees in neighboring countries and over 176,000 refugees from other countries in the DRC. Repatriation of Congolese from Tanzania has recently halted, repatriati [...] | 2008-07-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG TZ UG ZA UN |
08KINSHASA584 | THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, NGO's and UN officials here have confirmed that a number of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) cases by MONUC peacekeepers are currently under investigation. The good news is that the monthly rate of SEA allegations has gone down since 2005. Also, ther [...] | 2008-07-14 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN CG |
08KINSHASA630 | GDRC receives surrender July 31 of RUD soldiers [...] (SBU) The recent surrender of 67 Rassemblement pour l'Unit et la Democratie (RUD) soldiers in a public ceremony in North Kivu on July 31 was a small but potentially significant victory for DDRRR. The ceremony took place in the vicinity of Luofu in Lubero district. In attendance were the DRC M [...] | 2008-08-05 06:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA683 | UNHCR EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN NORTH KIVU [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy's Political Officer in Goma spoke with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) leadership in Goma, Coordinator for the East Karl Steinacker and Head of Sub-Office Ibrahima Coly. After years of minimal involvement in North Kivu, UNHCR is ramping up programs in the c [...] | 2008-08-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA852 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: DRC UNDECIDED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points October 7 to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate, urging the GDRC to vote against the Serbian resolution to refer Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice. Kimpembe said the GDRC would take no [...] | 2008-10-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV CG |
08KINSHASA971 | DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent fighting between the CNDP and FARDC has displaced an estimated 250,000 IDP's since the end of August. Approximately 10,000 Congolese have crossed into Uganda over the last several weeks. UNHCR staff has just resumed operations in and around Goma. LRA activity has recen [...] | 2008-11-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN |
08KOLONIA27 | DEMARCHE RE KOSOVO [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard Pruett demarched the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Department of Foreign Affairs on the subject of reftels. In the absence of higher interlocutors he spoke with Henry Shrew, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of American and European Affairs. SI [...] | 2008-02-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU FM |
08KUALALUMPUR111 | MALAYSIA PUBLICLY "WELCOMES" KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 00:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR121 | MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL [...] (C) In the absence of the Ambassador and the Foreign Minister, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's acting Under Secretary for European Affairs Mahinder Singh, who is also Under Secretary for the Americas. Polchief praised Malaysia for its Febru [...] | 2008-02-25 00:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR224 | MALAYSIA NOT READY YET TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) With the unavailability of more senior Malaysian officials, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche on March 27 to Principal Assistant Secretary Zakhir, who is currently responsible for Kosovo issues in the Foreign Ministry's European Division. Zakhir responded that the Malaysia [...] | 2008-03-30 23:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR386 | MALAYSIA: DEMARCHE ON OSLO PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 08:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MY |
08KUALALUMPUR40 | MALAYSIA SYMPATHETIC TO KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 08:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR571 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHU AORC UN NGO MY |
08KUALALUMPUR779 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN [...] (C) In a September 4 meeting with MFA official Nur Ayuni Zainal Abidin, Poloff outlined U.S. priorities for the UNGA Third Committee,including the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, and possible initiatives on Zimbabwe. Poloff also urged that the GOM refrain from supporting no-a [...] | 2008-09-05 06:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN MY |
08KUALALUMPUR92 | MALAYSIA UNDECIDED ON TIMING OF KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 23:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUWAIT172 | KUWAIT LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 09:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU |
08KUWAIT196 | KUWAIT TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE "THE GCC [...] (C) Kuwait will recognize Kosovo independence; but according to the Prime Minister and MFA officials, recognition will be announced through a GCC collective statement. The timing of this statement is unknown, but likely to be within a week. End summary. Responses to Post's Urgings ------ [...] | 2008-02-19 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU |
08KUWAIT203 | LEBANON: KUWAIT DONATES USD 5 MILLION TO SPECIAL [...] (C) During a February 18 meeting with visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kuwait Prime Minister SIPDIS Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that Kuwait finalized the allocation of USD 5 million for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said that Kuwait set aside thi [...] | 2008-02-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN PREL PHUM KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT244 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN KU |
08KUWAIT258 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) On March 4, A/POLCOUNS delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations (IO) Counselor Dr. Hamad Bou Rahma. Lebanon ------- 2. (C) Bou Rahma agreed that SARG's allowing the Lebanese political stalemate to continue puts the upcoming Arab Summit in jeopardy. He also said [...] | 2008-03-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN SY KV KU |
08KYIV1999 | KOSOVO ISJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: UKRAINIAN MFA VIEWS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, on Serbia's resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the ICJ, to First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy on October 7. Khandogiy replied that Ukraine had not yet taken a position on the issue. [...] | 2008-10-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV UP |
08LAPAZ1352 | IRAN AND EVO: PUBLIC LOVEFEST; PRIVATE FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent public gestures, such as a Bolivian envoy meeting with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Bolivian Congress' Lower House endorsement of the 2007 Iran-Bolivia bilateral agreement, there is little evidence that Iran is on track to spend $1.1 billion in [...] | 2008-06-13 22:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR QA |
08LAPAZ314 | BOLIVIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Post decided not to deliver reftel demarche on Kosovo as it would be counterproductive to the goal of the demarche and would unnecessarily irritate already sensitive bilateral relations. In the current political climate, the Bolivian government would only use such a demarche to argue we ar [...] | 2008-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UN YI EU BO |
08LAPAZ836 | BOLIVIA AND THE MONTERREY CONSENSUS [...] (C) Post identified Graciela Toro, Minister of Planning and Development, and Javier Hurtado, Minister of Production and Micro Enterpise, as the two most important players in the Bolivian government regarding the Monterrey Consensus. Both were named to their ministerial positions in January 2 [...] | 2008-04-11 19:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV UN BL |
08LIBREVILLE436 | GABON: RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN GB |
08LILONGWE388 | MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) On July 2, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni informed emboffs that Malawi views itself as an Africa region representative to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),so although he [...] | 2008-07-08 07:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN NGO PHUM MI |
08LILONGWE534 | MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni and Deputy Director for Political Affairs Warren Gunda. Gunda is responsible for Malawi's preparations for Third Committee issues. Chiunguzeni commented that while Malawi certa [...] | 2008-09-12 09:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN MI |
08LILONGWE95 | MALAWI STILL QUIET ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On February 11, Ambassador requested a meeting through the principal secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss Kosovo independence. The principal secretary preferred that Minister of Foreign Affairs Joyce Banda, who was out of the capital, discuss the matter with the Ambassa [...] | 2008-02-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU MI |
08LIMA478 | PREUVIAN REQUEST FOR SUPPORT IN UNSC ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Post has recieved from the Ministry of Foreign Relations a diplomatic note dated February 20, 2008 requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy fo the UN Security Council term of 2018-2019. Post requests Department guidance on our response. 2. (U) Post will email the text of the diplo [...] | 2008-03-17 20:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN PE |
08LISBON149 | Portugal to Back CERD Candidate Prosper, Solicits U.S. [...] (U) In response to our demarche, Portugal sent a diplomatic note on January 17 confirming its support for U.S. Candidate Pierre Prosper to the Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The note goes on to request for the third time in as many months that the U [...] | 2008-01-17 16:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN PO |
08LISBON2035 | TFGG01: AS USUAL, PORTUGAL MILDLY SUPPORTIVE [...] (C/NF) Charge conveyed points to Diplomatic Advisors to the Foreign Minister and President. (On some controversial issues, the Presidency stakes out a position that differs from the MFA's.) 2. (C/NF) MFA: Diplomatic Advisor stated, "We totally share your concerns about the current state [...] | 2008-08-14 15:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS PT |
08LISBON2515 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU LINE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) Portugal's MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins said Portugal plans to coordinate its human rights agenda with other EU member states and vote on Third Committee measures as a bloc. The GOP approved draft text for Third Committee resolutions, but Martins said Portugal was still wait [...] | 2008-09-12 17:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PHUM PREL EUN PO |
08LISBON2628 | PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW EU AND ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UN PREL |
08LISBON2630 | PORTUGAL: LATEST KOSOVO RECOGNITION TARGET DATE IS [...] (C/NF) In an October 3 meeting Portuguese MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Nuno Brito said he "hopes" Portugal will formally recognize Kosovo on October 7, and that President Cavaco Silva told Serbian President Tadic it is time for Portugal to move on regarding the issue. Brito relate [...] | 2008-10-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA UN KV PO |
08LISBON2638 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE: FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 06:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN PO |
08LISBON286 | PORTUGAL: CY 2007 STAFFING LISTS AND BUDGETARY [...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Smale, [...] | 2008-02-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO |
08LISBON395 | PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO IN OSCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV UN YI EU PREL OSCE PO |
08LJUBLJANA113 | SLOVENIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) On March 5, Slovenia's Parliament convened in an extraordinary session and voted 57-4 to recognize Kosovo. It approved the Government's Conclusion on the Recognition of Kosovo, which the Cabinet had adopted on February 21 (ref A). The MPs supported the position of FM Rupel, who represente [...] | 2008-03-06 11:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PGOV YI EUN KV SI |
08LJUBLJANA205 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS LIMITED CHANGES TO OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) On May 8, EmbOff delivered reftel points to Robert Strazisar, MFA Security Policy Division official and a Slovenian delegate to the May 19 Oslo Process negotiating session in Dublin, urging that Slovenia not take any action relating to the Oslo Process that would have a negative effect on [...] | 2008-05-09 14:13:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN SI |
08LJUBLJANA395 | SLOVENIA WAITING FOR EU POSITION ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] (C) On September 2, DCM met with Ambassador Matjaz Kovacic, Head of International Organizations and Human Security Division in Slovenia's MFA, and Blazka Kepic, Minister Plenipotentiary in the MFA's Political Planning and Multilateral Policy Directorate, to encourage Slovenian opposition to Se [...] | 2008-09-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV SI |
08LJUBLJANA78 | SLOVENIA PREPARING TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 19, Charge met with an expansive FM Rupel to urge Slovenia to recognize Kosovo as quickly as possible, per reftel. Observing that Charge was "preaching to the choir," FM Rupel sketched out Slovenia's plans for recognition. According to Rupel, Slovenia's Cabinet will meet on F [...] | 2008-02-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI |
08LJUBLJANA82 | SLOVENIA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 21, the GOS announced that it intends to recognize Kosovo as an independent and sovereign nation. At a press conference following a meeting of the Cabinet, the PM's spokesperson announced that the government had adopted a Conclusion on the Recognition of Kosovo and had sent its [...] | 2008-02-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI |
08LJUBLJANA83 | SLOVENIA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 21, the GOS announced that it intends to recognize Kosovo as an independent and sovereign nation. At a press conference following a meeting of the Cabinet, the PM's spokesperson announced that the government had adopted a Conclusion on the Recognition of Kosovo and had sent its [...] | 2008-02-22 06:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EUN KV SI |
08LJUBLJANA94 | SLOVENIA TO DECIDE ON SOMALIA PIRACY AFTER EU PSC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SI |
08LONDON1135 | (C) AN UPDATE ON HMG EXPECTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Foreign Office's Zimbabwe section indicated on 21 April that time is running out for Robert Mugabe. Ineffective African mediation efforts may still yield positive results if all interested parties, including the African Union and the United Nations, coordinate with [...] | 2008-04-22 12:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UN UK EU SA CH ZI |
08LONDON126 | MDG CALL TO ACTION: MORE UK THINKING [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings at DFID and FCO, UK interlocutors raised PM Brown's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Call to Action. We were told the Call to Action is intended mesh with existing development initiatives, but bring in a private sector component that the others lack. More d [...] | 2008-01-14 18:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID UN UK |
08LONDON1562 | ZIMBABWE: UK CONTRIBUTION TO THE UN TRUST FUND FOR [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Team Leader Ben Llewellyn-Jones said June 5 the UK plans to contribute GBP 100,000 (approx. 200,000 USD) to the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Assistance and is likely to finalize the letter of commitment today (June 5). HMG had initially intended to contribute GBP 200,000, but upo [...] | 2008-06-05 11:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AA UN XA ZI UK |
08LONDON1566 | UK WELCOMES SEXUAL VIOLENCE DEBATE, BUT LEVEL OF [...] (U) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Michael Cotterall of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),who is the Head of the Peacekeeping Unit of the International Organizations Bureau. Cotterall said HMG is looking forward to working with the USG on the issue of Sexual Violence [...] | 2008-06-05 13:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM AORC KWMN UN UNSC UK |
08LONDON1595 | IRAN: UK EXPECTS A FOURTH UNSCR WILL BE NECESSARY [...] (C) Summary: FCO working level contacts in informal conversations argue the likelihood that Iran will not respond in a useful fashion to Javer Solana's scheduled offer June 14 on behalf of the P5 1 will make a fourth UNSC resolution on Iran necessary. FCO contacts argue that whether a fourth [...] | 2008-06-10 11:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC KNNP UN IR UK |
08LONDON1632 | UK "DISAPPOINTED" WITH USG DECISION ON POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The British Government is "disappointed with the USG decision to 'disengage'" with the UNHRC. Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Foreign Office Head of Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group Susan Hyland and Human Rights UN officer Paul Edwards. The British Gover [...] | 2008-06-16 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM UN UK |
08LONDON3038 | SOMALIA: UNDERSTANDING AND COUNTERING UK OPPOSITION TO A PEACEKEEPING OPERATION REF: A. STATE 127595 B. [...] (C/NF) Summary. At senior levels, HMG characterizes its opposition to a peacekeeping operation in Somalia as "realistic." It has two main strands of thought: one political regarding the peace process and one technical regarding peacekeeping operations. Sharing information about USG engagement with [...] | 2008-12-04 13:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO PHUM SO UN UK |
08LONDON823 | HMG AGREES WITH BURMA DEMARCHE ON REFERENDUM -- [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to Nick Alexander, head of Burma policy in the Foreign Office on March 19. Alexander said the UK is in complete agreement with points contained in reftel, underscoring HMG agreement that the Burmese "roadmap" as currently constituted is faulty. He shared UK talkin [...] | 2008-03-19 18:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM EU UN UK |
08LUSAKA883 | ZAMBIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 10:21:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN ZA |
08LUXEMBOURG236 | LUXEMBOURG ON BOARD WITH USG POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff communicated reftel points to MFA Kosovo Desk Officer Jacques Thill on 5 September. Thill was very receptive to the USG position, saying that Luxembourg shares the USG position "100%." Thill added, however, that he suspects broad sensitivities regarding the Internationa [...] | 2008-09-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UN UNGA KV LU |
08LUXEMBOURG241 | LUXEMBOURG ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA UN Desk Officer Olivier Baldauff briefed Poloff on 12 September in response to reftel demarche. As expected, and in line with Luxembourg's voting record from previous Third Committee sessions, Luxembourg can be counted on to vote in accordance with U.S. positions on the ma [...] | 2008-09-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN LU |
08LUXEMBOURG38 | LUXEMBOURG READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 07:09:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UMIK PGOV EU LU |
08LUXEMBOURG40 | LUXEMBOURG TO QUICKLY SIGNAL INTENT TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on 15 February regarding Kosovo's pending declaration of independence. Asselborn asserted that Luxembourg will announce on the evening of Monday, 18 February, its intention to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence, expected [...] | 2008-02-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU KDEM LU |
08LUXEMBOURG43 | LUXEMBOURG: FORMAL RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:52:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU KDEM LU |
08MADRID1060 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission Chacon spoke October 6 with Spanish MFA Director General for Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena to inform him of the U.S. intention to vote against Serbia's ICJ resolution regarding Kosovo. Fernandez de la Pena suggested Spain, which had been [...] | 2008-10-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV |
08MADRID1365 | ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (U) Econoff spoke with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization (WTO),on December 30 to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. As in prior years, Molina expressed regret that she was unable to provide the information requested since th [...] | 2008-12-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POL UN UNESCO |
08MADRID158 | SPANISH DISAPPOINTED ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN OSCE YI SP |
08MADRID162 | SPANISH DISAPPOINTED ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told Charge that Spain is disappointed that the U.S. did not agree to delay the timing of Kosovo's independence until after the Spanish elections. He said that Spain has not yet decided how it will respond in Brussels after the UDI, bu [...] | 2008-02-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN OSCE YI SP |
08MADRID175 | SPANISH POLDIR REQUESTS FULFILLMENT OF AOC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KISL UN SP |
08MADRID186 | SPANISH REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff Javier Sancho told DCM February 20 that it was politically impossible for Spain to support the Kosovar UDI at this time, and that this is the position of both the ruling PSOE government and the opposition Partido Popular (PP). Sancho said the Spanish have t [...] | 2008-02-21 09:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN PGOV YI EU KV SP |
08MADRID203 | FOLLOW-UP WITH GOS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since FM Moratinos' comment (repeated by President Zapatero) that Kosovo's declaration of independence was "illegal," the Ambassador and DCM have had numerous conversations with senior GOS officials including Deputy FM Bernardino Leon, National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana, [...] | 2008-02-22 18:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN YI KV SP |
08MADRID224 | SPAIN INTERESTED IN SOMALIA PIRACY UNSCR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito on February 27. Sanchez-Benedito thanked Poloff and expressed Spain's serious interest in a possible UNSCR on Somali piracy for two reasons. First, as a nation particu [...] | 2008-02-28 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SP |
08MADRID451 | SPAIN FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. ANTI-PIRACY INITIATIVE [...] (C) During an April 21 conversation on an unrelated matter, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told the DCM that Spain wished to express its full support for a U.S.-led initiative in the UN Security Council on combating piracy (ref. A). Referring to post's initial demarche on the [...] | 2008-04-22 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO SO SP |
08MADRID52 | FIRST FORUM OF THE UN ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre represented Secretary Rice at the opening ceremonies of the First Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) in Madrid January 15-16. UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, President Zapatero, President Erdogan of Turkey, and AoC High Representative Jorge Sampaio inaugurated th [...] | 2008-01-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ODIP UN SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF KPAL |
08MADRID863 | SPAIN DENIES COUNTERPRODUCTIVE ACTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with FM Moratinos August 5 to convey our concern regarding third country reporting that Spanish diplomats have lobbied against Kosovo recognition, sometimes opposing other EU diplomats who were seeking to promote recognitions. Moratinos reiterated Spain's policy as conv [...] | 2008-08-05 10:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK UN PREL KV YI SP |
08MADRID897 | SPAIN FOLLOWS EU LEAD ON GEORGIA CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS SP |
08MADRID956 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) On September 3, poloff discussed reftel points with Spanish Subdirector General for Central and Southern Europe Ramon Abaroa Carranza, stressing the potentially adverse consequences of the Serbian UNGA resolution requesting an ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. Abaroa agreed t [...] | 2008-09-04 06:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN SP KV |
08MADRID970 | SPAIN: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 16:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN |
08MANAGUA1146 | NICARAGUA: UNGA 63 THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, 2008 we met with Rene Morales, Director for American Affairs and Gregorio Torres from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry regarding the human rights agenda for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee and delivered the points as instructed per REF A. Morales [...] | 2008-09-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNGA NU |
08MANAGUA500 | NICARAGUAN MFA OUTLINES D'ESCOTO'S PLAN FOR UNGA [...] (C) In an April 18 meeting with us, Magda Enriquez Beitler, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),discussed Miguel d'Escoto Brockman's potential presidency of the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA). Before outlining his priority issues, Enriquez ackn [...] | 2008-04-24 23:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC UN UNGA NU |
08MANAMA106 | KOSOVO: BAHRAIN COORDINATING WITH GCC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK KV BA |
08MANAMA635 | BAHRAIN: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (C) A/DCM met with MFA Undersecretary for International Cooperation Ahmed Al-Haddad on September 16 to discuss reftel points in preparation for the UNGA Third Committee meetings. Al-Haddad noted that Bahrain had voted "no", supporting Iran, in years past, and would likely do so again when Canad [...] | 2008-09-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN BA |
08MANAMA674 | FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN DOHA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 11:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN BA |
08MANAMA98 | BAHRAIN WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 12:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK EU BA |
08MANILA208 | PHILIPPINE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI |
08MANILA2230 | PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloffs on September 26 delivered reftel points regarding U.S. priorities for the 2008 UN Third Committee to Director Josephine Reynante of the Office of UN and International Organizations (UNIO) at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Director Reynante thanked us for pr [...] | 2008-09-26 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RP UN |
08MANILA2530 | DEMARCHE ON RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, DPRK [...] Post discussed reftel points with UN and International Organizations Executive Director Grace Princesa of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),regarding the U.S. position that no-action resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea at the U.N. present serious problems for the UNGA because t [...] | 2008-11-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL RP UN |
08MASERU11 | LESOTHO: GOL INTERESTED IN KOSOVO QUESTION, WIREC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) On January 17, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas and Europe Desk Director Pitso Makosholo regarding the possibility of Lesotho's early recognition of Kosovo's independence and Secretary Rice's invitation for a delega [...] | 2008-01-17 11:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KDEM ENRG SENV TRGY YI LT |
08MASERU178 | LESOTHO TO ATTEND UN ZIMBABWE ROUNDTABLE, SEND 31 ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge spoke on June 18 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Tebollo Metsing, who, after conferring with Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa, said that "Lesotho would most certainly participate" in the UN roundtable on Zimbabwe (ref A). Lesotho's election monitor [...] | 2008-06-19 09:30:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM UN ZI LT |
08MASERU271 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES - MASERU [...] Ambassador Nolan delivered subject demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs at the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact Entry into Force launch on September 17, 2008. 2. The GOL assured the Ambassador of their continuing support on all issues raised in reftel A. [...] | 2008-09-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN LT |
08MEXICO1331 | SCENESETTER FOR USUNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE, MAY 6-8 [...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. We understand you would like to focus your visit on conveying U.S concerns as relate to Iran's failure to meet its obligations to the UN. You will find that Mexico shares our concerns but your visit should offer [...] | 2008-05-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM PARM UN IR MX |
08MEXICO1452 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CONFIRMS ITS REPRESENTATIVE [...] After weeks of rumors circulating about his imminent departure, Amerigo Incalcaterra, the Representative of the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights officially announced plans to leave Mexico. Liliana Valina, Deputy Representative at the UN High Commission told poloff May 9 that [...] | 2008-05-13 22:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UN MX |
08MEXICO1649 | U.S-MEXICO TALKS ON IAEA, DOMESTIC NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican Foreign Ministry officials meeting with the U.S. Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte conveyed general support for U.S. views on challenges facing the IAEA. Mexico shares our concern about Iran's nuclear activities [...] | 2008-05-29 21:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG TRGY IAEA UN IR MX |
08MEXICO2103 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] (SBU) On June 30, Political Minister Counselor contacted SRE's Office of Peace and International Security to urge once again that Mexico recognize Kosovo's independence. Polcons stressed the priority the U.S. attaches to this issue. The Office's Deputy Director General said the GOM appreciate [...] | 2008-07-09 21:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV MX |
08MEXICO2728 | MEXICO ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-06 00:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNGA KV MX |
08MEXICO2755 | DEMARCHE ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) On September 9, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister Counselor for the General Directorate of Human Rights Reyna Torres Mendivil at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),underscoring (per reftel points) the USG's commitment to multilateral efforts to protect and promote human rights [...] | 2008-09-09 22:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
08MEXICO2819 | MEXICO SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP BID [...] Mexico's Foreign Ministry has sent Post diplomatic notes seeking USG support for the GOM's bid to become a member of the following UN bodies: -- ECOSOC's Commission on Sustainable Development for the period 2010-2013 which apparently comes up for a vote in April 2009. Mexico touts its own [...] | 2008-09-18 22:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON UN MX |
08MEXICO964 | MEXICO CANDIDACY TO UNSC [...] Julian Juarez, the Deputy Director General of the Office of Peace and International Security in the Foreign Ministry's UN Office, advised Deputy PolCouns 4/2 that Mexico had secured GRULAC's support for Mexico's bid for a UNSC seat for the 2009-2010 term. Mexico appreciated the importance of [...] | 2008-04-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM UN MX |
08MONROVIA965 | LIBERIA: TAYLOR CONFIDANT MAURICE COOPER DIES [...] (SBU) Maurice Cooper, a confidant and informal advisor to former President Charles Taylor, died on August 10, 2008 and was buried at Cooper Farm, Cinta, Margibi County on August 20, 2008. Maurice Cooper's name has been on the UN Travel Ban List concerning Liberia since 2001 as an "associate of [...] | 2008-11-25 18:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UN LI |
08MONTEVIDEO112 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 12:01:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR AU UN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO18 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) A/DCM urged Uruguay to recognize Kosovo's independence once it is declared, per reftel instructions. The demarche was delivered on January 15 to the MFA's Director for Multilateral Affairs, Carlos Barros and his Chief of the International Organizations Department, Daniel Pareja. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-01-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU UY |
08MONTEVIDEO395 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Director general for Political Affairs Enrique Fischer told Ambassador that the situation in Kosovo today was the result of many historical decisions in which Uruguay did not participate, and that Uruguay preferred the issue of recognition of Kosovo be h [...] | 2008-07-11 20:33:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO504 | URUGUAY ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES IN UNGA'S [...] (C) Emboff raised reftel points with MFA Director of Human Rights Alejandra de Bellis September 4. De Bellis said that Uruguay would oppose any "no-action motions" raised in the Third Committee; would likely support country specific resolutions against Burma, the DPRK, Zimbabwe, Sudan, but wo [...] | 2008-09-04 19:21:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO75 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) A/POL Chief delivered reftel points on February 14 to MFA Americas Office Director Laura Dupuy. Dupuy confirmed that Uruguay would participate in the Olso Process following up on its participation in the regional meeting held in Costa Rica in September 2007. In addition to the other poi [...] | 2008-02-14 16:01:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO76 | KOSOVO: EARLY RECOGNITION UNLIKELY [...] (C) The MFA's Americas Office Director Laura Dupuy told A/POL Chief that Uruguay would be unlikely to make a quick decision to recognize Kosovo, especially in light of the current transition at MFA before the new Foreign Minister takes the helm on March 1 (ref A). If Kosovo declares independe [...] | 2008-02-14 17:43:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI UY |
08MONTEVIDEO83 | URUGUAY ON U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S [...] (C) On February 19, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Maria "Belela" Herrera, Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo and Political Advisor Federico Gomensoro. (Note: Embassy consciously chose not to meet with the anti-American Foreign Minister R [...] | 2008-02-20 17:19:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KVPR UNMIK UN YI EU UY |
08MOSCOW1569 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 2008 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 03:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1740 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19,2008, SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW1741 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19,2008, SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN KWMN PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW2472 | RUSSIA'S DRAFT UNGA RESOLUTION ON OUTER SPACE [...] (U) On August 19 MFA Department of International Security and Disarmament (DVBR) passed Embassy Moscow English and Russian versions of a draft UN General Assembly resolution on transparency and confidence-building measures (TCBMs) in outer space activities. DVBR told us they would like to sub [...] | 2008-08-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL TSPA UN RS |
08MOSCOW2689 | RUSSIA WILL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK UKRAINIAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) We delivered demarche on the U.S.'s human rights priorities at the UNGA Third Committee on September 5 to MFA Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights First Secretary Aleksey Goltyayev, who told us that Russia would continue to oppose country specific human rights resolut [...] | 2008-09-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL UN UK RS |
08MUSCAT130 | LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI MU |
08MUSCAT154 | OMAN UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Oman is not yet prepared to announce a decision on Kosovo independence, according to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. In a February 20 phone call with the minister, the Ambassador urged Oman to act quickly to recognize Kosovo's independence. Drawing on guidance [...] | 2008-02-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI KV MU |
08MUSCAT224 | OMAN DEFERS DECISION ON RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI KV MU |
08MUSCAT45 | RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS: OMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI MU |
08MUSCAT614 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: OMAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 13:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KV MU |
08MUSCAT659 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES: OMAN [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered relevant reftel points on September 14 to Sameh al-Amri, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. (Note: Sayyid Badr will head Oman's delegation to this year's UN General Assembly. End Note.) Al-Amri had no sub [...] | 2008-09-15 09:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN MU |
08NAIROBI1780 | GOVERNMENT OF KENYA HAS NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya has no immediate plans to recognize Kosovo. SLUTZ [...] | 2008-07-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV KE |
08NAIROBI2136 | ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (U) On September 9, Deputy Polcouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anthony Andanje, Head of the Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Until recently, Andanje served at teh Kenyan Mission to the UN as Kenya's representative to t [...] | 2008-09-10 05:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN KE |
08NAIROBI462 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 12, the Ambassador sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula urging the government of Kenya to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible after it declares independence. The mission followed up with a formal diplomatic note. 2. (C) Given the nature of the curre [...] | 2008-02-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
08NAIROBI518 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On February 21, the Ambassador raised the issue of Kosovo's independence directly to Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula. He urged Wetangula to recognize Kosovo's independence as quickly as possible. 2. (C) Wetangula and other Government ministers remain deeply engaged in negotiations wit [...] | 2008-02-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KE |
08NASSAU629 | BAHAMAS NOT INTERESTED IN KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C/NF) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points regarding Serbia's proposal to refer the question of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion to newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia R [...] | 2008-09-03 18:54:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV BF |
08NASSAU678 | UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered demarche points on UN General Assembly Third Committee human rights priorities (ref A)to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary and Head of International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle September 22, completing an introductory round of MFA meetings that urged c [...] | 2008-09-23 22:06:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN BF |
08NDJAMENA111 | NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) New MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo briefed ambassador 3/21 on progress since he arrived two weeks ago, especially signing a Status of Mission Agreement with the GOC, after having successfully for now resisted GO [...] | 2008-03-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA117 | HAVING DEFENDED DEBY, JEM/CL MOVES TO SOLIDIFY NEW UMBRELLA [...] (SBU) Summary. JEM/Collective Leadership fought on behalf of President Deby's government during the February rebel offensive in order to prevent Sudan from using Deby's collapse to "finish off" the Darfur conflict, JEM/CL Chairman Bahar Idriss Abu Gharda told Poloffs on March 25. Abu Gharda cl [...] | 2008-03-27 12:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA122 | JAMOUS: DEBY STRONG, ABDELWAHID AL NUR WEAK, AND DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to recent defections within two of the major Chadian opposition movements, President Idriss Deby's Government "faces no major danger" in the next year, SLA/Unity leader Suleiman Jamous told Poloffs on March 25. He nonetheless warned that Deby's overthrow at the instigation o [...] | 2008-03-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA124 | AMB BRIEFS U.S. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO DEBY ADVISOR; [...] (SBU) This message is an action request. See para. 5. 2. (SBU) Implementation of the Dakar agreement has not advanced and Khartoum continues to instigate violence in both Chad and Sudan, Presidential Advisor on International Affairs Yousef Abba Saleh told Ambassador Nigro on March 28, 2008. [...] | 2008-03-31 07:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA126 | CHADIAN INSIDER CONFIRMS RIFT WITH JEM, UNITY [...] (C) A rift has emerged between the Chadian Government and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),a businessman with close ties to President Deby and a prominent SLA/Unity commander, told Poloff. Verifying previous reports that SLA/Unity's leadership has ceased its infighting and coalesced a [...] | 2008-03-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PREL PGOV UN AU CD |
08NDJAMENA127 | DAUSA DEBY IMPLIES MORE DIRECT CHADIAN ROLE IN [...] (C) The international community is ill-suited to mediate the Darfur conflict without the assistance of the Chadian Government, Dausa Deby, the influential half brother of President Idriss Deby and long-time interlocutor with Darfur's rebel movements, told Poloff. Recalling Chad's success in b [...] | 2008-04-01 09:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA134 | JEM DEVELOPS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR TALKS AS UN/AU [...] (SBU) Viewing the UN/AU mediation for Darfur as "paralyzed," JEM is crafting a "framework agreement" that outlines its conditions for adherence to a cessation of hostilities and participation in negotiations with the Sudanese Government. If Sudan then rejects negotiations, JEM will return to a [...] | 2008-04-03 09:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA136 | UMMA PARTY ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE CHAD, SUDAN [...] (SBU) Ahead of Sadiq al Mahdi's upcoming visit to Chad, Sudan's opposition Umma Party is attempting to broker an agreement between Sudan and Chad for both governments to cease their support for rebel groups. A member of Al Mahdi's advance party confirmed rumors that Umma is in "serious talks" [...] | 2008-04-03 17:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA163 | SRSG ANGELO MULLS MINURCAT ROLE IN MILITARY BORDER [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN SRSG VICTOR ANGELO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR 4/16 THAT A UN FORCE OF 100-150 MILITARY OBSERVERS COULD BE PLACED RELATIVELY QUICKLY ALONG THE CHAD-SUDAN BORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE DAKAR PEACE ACCORD IF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) W [...] | 2008-04-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CD UN EU SU MARR MASS SE LY |
08NDJAMENA197 | REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO CHADIAN NATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE USG COULD SIGNIFICANTLY SUPPORT THE "OPENING" OF THE CHADIAN INTERNAL POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT PROCESS BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION SET UP TO SHED LIGHT ON EVENTS FOLLOWING THE FAILED REBEL ATTACK O [...] | 2008-04-30 13:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD UN PREF PHUM EU SU |
08NDJAMENA228 | NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The PRM Chad Program Officer met with UN Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) Police Commissioner Antero Lopes to discuss the status of MINURCAT,s deployment. The deployment has been delayed several months but seems to be finally picking up speed under the current [...] | 2008-05-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA259 | UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD, WHO IS RESIDENT AS HIGH COMMISSIONER IN YAOUNDE, SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO REINFORCE BOTH THE UN AND EU PKO MISSIONS HERE. A REGULAR VISIT BY UK AMBASSADOR WOULD SERVE USG INTERESTS BY DEMONSTRATING BROA [...] | 2008-06-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM UK EU UN CD |
08NDJAMENA275 | THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] Per reftel, Embassy N'Djamena assesses that UN efforts regarding SEA and TIP in MINURCAT in Chad have been completely successful and that MINURCAT has worked actively and effectively to prevent and respond to SEA and TIP in its area of responsibility in Chad. 2. Host government and popular p [...] | 2008-07-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN CD |
08NDJAMENA276 | SRSG SEEKS CHANGES TO MINURCAT MANDATE TO PREPARE -- FOR EXPANDED UN PKO TO REPLACE EUFOR IN CHAD, CAR. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Victor Angelo briefed UNSC member Chiefs of Mission July 3 on the upcoming report of the UNSYG on the UN Mission to Chad and CAR. He requested that UNSC member Chiefs of Mission alert capitals and PermReps of the changes [...] | 2008-07-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM UN EU LY CT CD SU |
08NDJAMENA292 | FORMIN FAKI SAYS GOC SEEKS BIGGER UN [...] (C) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador July 14 that although Chad was committed to the Dakar Accord process, the GOC was becoming less confident in the "practicability" of implementation of the process's key piece -- military observers along the Chad-Sudan borders to identify violations by governmen [...] | 2008-07-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR KPKO UN EU |
08NDJAMENA299 | MINURCAT - SRSG SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO KEEP IT IN [...] (U) This is an Action Message: See Para 6. 2. (C) SRSG Victor Angelo (PROTECT) asked me yesterday in confidence yesterday for USG assistance regarding the renewal of MINURCAT,s mandate, required before 25 September. Angelo asked for USG help (A) in overcoming reticence within the UN bure [...] | 2008-07-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MARR KPKO UN EU FR SU CD |
08NDJAMENA325 | SCENESETTER FOR SE WILLIAMSON VISIT TO CHAD [...] (SBU) CHAD UNDER PRESSURE: SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO N'DJAMENA COMES AS THE RAINY SEASON LULL MASKS CONTINUING TENSION ALONG THE CHAD-SUDANESE BORDER, AS CHADIAN REBELS WHO OPERATE FROM OF SUDAN SANCTUARIES ARE HAMPERED BY WEATHER AND TERRAIN UNFAVORABLE TO THE CHADIAN STY [...] | 2008-08-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON UN EU SU LY KPKO CD |
08NDJAMENA336 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI?S [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya?s recent ?Trilateral Initiative? to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...] | 2008-08-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UN EU SU LY FR CD |
08NDJAMENA381 | CHAD CHRONICLE: AUGUST 2008 [...] INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS: PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS HE WILL "FOLLOW UP" RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT. THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO PRESIDENT DEBY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. IN RECEIVING THE REPORT, PRESIDENT D [...] | 2008-09-02 17:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN IBRD PHUM UN LY CD |
08NDJAMENA411 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 8-12, 2008 [...] FOLLOWING SIGNATURE ON AUGUST 18, 2008 OF A PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE SIRTE ACCORD, 22 OFFICERS FROM THE REBEL "RASSEMBLEMENT DES FORCES DE CHANGEMENT" (RFC) ARRIVED IN NDJAMENA TO BEGIN REINTEGRATION INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE. THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY COLONEL ISAACK BACHAR TOGOU, RFC'S DEFENSE CO [...] | 2008-09-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA413 | ASMARA CONTACT GROUP MTG ON CHAD/SUDAN: READ OUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD LY KPKO ER SG UN |
08NDJAMENA416 | MINURCAT UPDATE [...] (C) SRSG Angelo reported that following the signing of the MOU last month, he anticipates the issuance, perhaps later this week, of the implementing decree that will assign and deploy Chadian police to the east. Meanwhile MINURCAT police personnel are deployed throughout the east in preparation [...] | 2008-09-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM CD SU UN |
08NDJAMENA438 | GOVERNMENT OF CHAD EASTERN RELIEF EFFORTS - SMOKE, [...] (C) The head of Chadian relief and multinational force coordination for the east advised that his priorities included smoothing the way for MINURCAT and EUFOR, plus helping IDPs return home. He thought that rebel recruitment in the camps would diminish as MINURCAT and Chadian policemen deploy [...] | 2008-09-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPKO REFPAN PGOV UN CD |
08NDJAMENA441 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 15-26, 2008 [...] THERE WAS MUCH PRESS DISCUSSSION DURING THE WEEK REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE BY AN EXPANDED UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE. DESPITE GIVING SPACE TO OXFAM CRITICISMS SAYING THAT NO IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECURITY SITUATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS OXFAM'S ALLE [...] | 2008-09-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA451 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 29 - OCT 3, 2008 [...] EDUCATION -------------- SCHOOLS RESUMED ON OCTOBER 01, 2008. HOWEVER, REGISTRATION IS VERY SLOW AND SOME CLASSROOMS ARE NOT READY FOR STUDENTS. REPORTEDLY MANY PARENTS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PAY SCHOOL FEES FOR CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO BUYING UNIFORMS AND SCHOOL MATERIALS. A GROUP OF UNIV [...] | 2008-10-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA460 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNGA CD |
08NDJAMENA461 | EUFOR - POISE AND PROMISE IN CHAD'S TROUBLED EAST [...] (C) Summary. The European Peace Keeping Force (EUFOR) in eastern Chad is operational and robust. Well equipped with APCs, tracked vehicles and helicopters, but even resorting to horses during te height of the rains, EUFOR patrols circulate egularly throughout the operational zone. Troopsassure [...] | 2008-10-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EU UN KPKO CD CT SU |
08NDJAMENA466 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 6-10 [...] ECONOMY ------------------------------------- TO CELEBRATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE CHAD/CAMEROON OIL PIPELINE, THE CHADIAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED A THREE DAY CONFERENCE DUBBED "CHAD INTERNATIONAL OIL, MINING AND ENERGY"(CIOME 2008) WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ATTRACTING INVESTOR [...] | 2008-10-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA477 | PEACEKEEPING IN CHAD: MINURCAT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CD SU UN |
08NDJAMENA481 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 13-17 [...] MR. ALAIN LE ROY, UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FOR PEACKEEPING OPRTATIONS, MET WITH PRESIDENT DEBY ON OCTOBER 14. SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE MEETING, MR. LE ROY DECLARED THAT THE AIM OF HIS VISIT WAS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE MINURCAT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER FROM EUFOR ON MARCH [...] | 2008-10-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA491 | SRSG ANGELO ON MINURCAT CURRENT AND FUTURE: [...] (C) UN SRSG Angelo told Ambassador October 21 that MINURCAT I was up to 750 of its authorized 900 personnel; that it was about to deploy the first of 450 Chadian police and gendarmes it has trained along with their UNPOL mentors to refugee camps in eastern Chad; and that Chadian President De [...] | 2008-10-23 13:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PKO MARR PINR SU LY FR EU CD |
08NDJAMENA494 | FRENCH SEE RESPITE FROM EARLY REBEL ASSAULT, [...] (C) The French here doubt that Chad rebels, discouraged and disunited, will attack in force before the New Year, and believe that of the rebel formations, only the Ouaddaian UFCD group led by Hassabalah was stronger than in February. Intra- Chadian diplomacy had undermined the Erdimi's Zaghaw [...] | 2008-10-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR UN SU LY FR ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA501 | SRSG BRIEFS ON MINURCAT II AND GROWING INSTABILITY [...] (C) SRSG Victor Angelo told AMB and DCM Oct 28 that his negotiations with the GOC regarding the composition and mandate for a reinforced MINURCAT II were progressing satisfactorily, but that he still needed to convince some in UN HQ in New York regarding his own conception of the reconfigured [...] | 2008-10-29 11:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MARR KPKO PINR PGOV UN SU CD |
08NDJAMENA516 | CHAD CHRONICLE: NOV 3-7 [...] US ELECTION 2008 --------------------------------------------- -------- --- "THE WHITE HOUSE PAINTED BLACK" SAID L'OBSERVATEUR NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA. SEVERAL ARTICLES FOCUSED ON HOW OBAMA WON THE ELECTION AND THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM. THE HEADLINE PIECE CONCLUDE [...] | 2008-11-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA517 | CHADIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES COMPLAIN GOC NOT [...] (SBU) The main association of Chadian opposition parties, the CPDC, complained to the Ambassador that the GoC is not implementing the August 13 Accord (the electoral reform agreement signed in August 2007) in good faith, and that therefore credible elections could not be held in 2009. They m [...] | 2008-11-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF EU FR AU UN CD |
08NDJAMENA519 | WORLD BANK ENDS CHAD VISIT ON HIGH NOTE, POINTING TOWARD [...] (SBU) The World Bank delegation finished its visit to Chad on a high note, if not the highest possible note, this week. In a presentation to the diplomatic corps November 7 by the GOC Ministers of Finance and Economy and the Bank delegation head, the visit was portrayed as "positive" and "co [...] | 2008-11-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EPET IBRD UN IMF PGOV FR CD |
08NDJAMENA521 | CHAD: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 11:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN CD |
08NDJAMENA524 | EU READOUT OF FIRST DAY OF DAKAR ACCORD TECHNICAL TALKS IN [...] (SBU) The EU Special Envoy for Sudan and Eastern Chad, AMB Torben Brylle, gave us NOV 13 a readout on the first day of the technical military experts talks that took place on NOV 12. We inform addressees of its content in paras 2-5, below. 2. (SBU) The NOV 12 meeting was cut short and s [...] | 2008-11-13 10:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LY SU KPKO UN AU EU CD |
08NDJAMENA526 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Nov 10-14 [...] CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- ----- ---CHAD AND SUDAN EXCHANGED AMBASSADORS DURING THE WEEK. 2008. CHADIAN AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN, BAHARADINE HAROUN, WENT TO KHARTOUM ON A LIBYAN FLIGHT AND SUD [...] | 2008-11-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA527 | MINURCAT-TRAINED CHADIAN POLICE AND GENDARMES [...] USAID OFDA Field Officer reported from Eastern Chad on the status of the deployment of the DIS (Integrated Security Detachments),the Chadian police and gendarmes trained by MINURCAT to provide security inside the refugee camps in Eastern Chad, to the field. 2. As of November 7, some 430 of [...] | 2008-11-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PHUM MARR KPKO UN CD |
08NDJAMENA530 | CHAD OPPOSITION, PESSIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) The leaders of the main opposition parties told AMB November 12 that they are increasingly pessimistic that legislative and communal elections will be held in 2009, primarily because, absent external pressure, they say that President Deby has no real interest in electoral reform or the ho [...] | 2008-11-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA533 | POTENTIAL VISIT OF MRS. CINDY MCCAIN TO CHAD [...] (SBU) Embassy N,Djamena has learned from AF/C that Mrs. Cindy McCain intends to visit Chad December 1-4, 2008 on a private, humanitarian mission. We would like some clarification so that we may be as supportive of this visit as possible. Below are questions to which we request answers. (a [...] | 2008-11-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PREF PHUM ASEC AMGT AFIN UN CD |
08NDJAMENA567 | CHAD - THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] This message responds to Ref A request for an update on measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personnel in Chad. 2. MINURCAT, the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, now has 863 personnel, of whic [...] | 2008-12-03 16:38:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PHUM UN CD CT |
08NDJAMENA582 | JEM "FOREIGN SECRETARY" COMMENTS ON ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Justice and Equality Movement's "Foreign Secretary" Bushara Suliman Nour, based in Ndjamena, labeled recent JEM military movements in Darfur as "routine" and "strictly within our areas," but later asserted that JEM could easily attack and control all three st [...] | 2008-12-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM MARR KPKO PINR PGOV AU UN SU |
08NDJAMENA583 | DEBY'S TONE MORE CONCILIATORY TOWARD SUDAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's December 10th speech marking Freedom and Democracy Day contained a more conciliatory tone toward the Government of Sudan and Chadian rebels than previously, even as he presided over a massive demonstration of the GOC's ongoing military rearmament campaign. De [...] | 2008-12-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MARR PINR EAID UN SU CD |
08NEWDELHI1825 | INDIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NO [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on "Kosovo recognition, donors conference, IMF and World Bank membership following UN reconfiguration" to External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on June 30. In a July 1 follow up with Kumar's staff, Americas Director Vani Rao [...] | 2008-07-02 06:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV IN |
08NEWDELHI2370 | INDIA CLINGING TO UNSCR 1244 REGARDING KOSOVO [...] (SBU) PolOffs delivered reftel demarche on the "Kosovo/International Court of Justice (ICJ) Resolution at UNGA" to Ministry of External Affairs Director (Central Europe) M. Sevala Naik on September 03. Naik responded by referring to India's "long-standing policy" on recognizing states based o [...] | 2008-09-04 06:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UN UNGA KV IN |
08NEWDELHI2558 | REES DELIVERS UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 5, visiting Special Representative for Social Issues Grover Joseph Rees delivered reftel points to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (UN - Economic and Social) Manjeev Singh Puri. Puri took all points on board; periodically rejoined by undersc [...] | 2008-09-22 14:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN IN |
08NEWDELHI2696 | INDIA: NO SUBSTANTIAL RESPONSE ON KOSOVO IJC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNGA KV IN |
08NEWDELHI454 | INDIA UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador urged Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 to join the U.S. and key European countries in recognizing Kosovo's independence as early as possible after its expected declaration (reftel). Recognition from India would indicate global solidarity and help stave off i [...] | 2008-02-12 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN |
08NEWDELHI502 | INDIA REMAINS UNCOMMITTED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Reporting on a joint UK-Germany demarche delivered February 14 to the Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West),Nalin Surie, British High Commission Poloff Simon Atkinson told Post that India remains uncommitted on the question of recognizing Kosovo's expected declaration of independe [...] | 2008-02-15 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN |
08NIAMEY1166 | NIGER: DETAILS AND UPDATE ON MISSING UNITED [...] (S/NF) Summary. The unexplained disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowler, Special Assistant Louis Guay and their unidentified driver remains a mystery. The Government of Niger (GON) initial reaction generally has been one of anger, placing blame on the SE for allegedl [...] | 2008-12-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL UN NG |
08NIAMEY1178 | DELIVERY OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] On December 24, Embassy Niamey provided subject demarche, in both French and English, along with the Department of State and Department of Treasury press releases pertaining to the designation of additional Iranian entities under E.O. 13382, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Direc [...] | 2008-12-24 11:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM KNNP UN US IR NG |
08NIAMEY689 | NIGER: UNITED NATIONS (UN) SECRETARY GENERAL [...] Summary. UN Secretary General SA on Conflict Prevention, Jan Egeland, made a June 5-6 visit to Niger to investigate the nexus between climate change issues and conflict. UN Development Program (UNDP) Senior Representative Khardiata Lo N'Diaye (concurrently the senior UN system official in Nige [...] | 2008-07-10 09:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS SOCI EAID PREF NG UN |
08NIAMEY974 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Whitaker briefed Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania Sani Nana Aicha Andia and Desk Officer for the Americas Aboubacar Danbarma on the subject of reftel on September 19. 2. Aicha Andia stated that the matter woul [...] | 2008-09-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UN KV NG |
08NICOSIA698 | CYPRUS IN FAVOR OF SERBIAN ICJ INITIATIVE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolChief on August 29 raised Reftel points to MFA Western Balkans Desk Officer Olympia Neocleous, emphasizing that Serbia's intention at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to seek an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence w [...] | 2008-08-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA UN KV CY |
08NICOSIA703 | CYPRUS: WHERE WE ARE AT THE START OF FORMAL TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At rock-bottom of a four-year impasse, few believed on January 1 that full-fledged Cyprus Problem negotiations would recommence during 2008. In the eight months since, however, Greek Cypriots dumped their intransigent leader and replaced him with freer-thinking Demetris Chris [...] | 2008-09-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN UNFICYP CY TU |
08OSLO119 | NORWAY UNYEILDING ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Norway continues to assert that the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions will be a success and is not swayed by arguments over interoperability. The GON is openly modeling the Oslo Process on the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and expects that the results will be similar, both in terms of forcin [...] | 2008-03-04 09:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NO |
08OSLO485 | NORWEGIANS SEE SERBS WITH NO GOOD SOLUTIONS ON ICJ [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Nils Kamsvaag, MFA Deputy Director General for Western Balkan Affairs. Kamsvaag said no decision had been made yet regarding where Norway would stand on the advisory opinion, but demonstrated great interest in our statement that there is ample UNGA precede [...] | 2008-08-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV NO |
08OSLO503 | NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HR STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloff met with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, to discuss reftel points. Norway shares all of our human rights concerns, but urges caution with respect to some of our initiatives. Merchant with attend two weeks of the Third Committee meeti [...] | 2008-09-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
08OSLO93 | NORWAY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) The Norwegian MFA informed Charge that Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere would announce Norway's intension of recognizing Kosovo's declaration of independence during a press conference at 12:00 on February 20. Formal recognition would occur after a cabinet meeting to be held next week, a [...] | 2008-02-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KV NO |
08OTTAWA1148 | CANADIAN RESPONSE TO KOSOVO ICJ DEMARCHE [...] (C) On August 28, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for East Europe and Balkans Jeremy Wallace expressed appreciation for ref A demarche, and said that his office had not yet decided its stance on the Kosovo ICJ resolution at UNGA. Wallace remarked [...] | 2008-08-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV CA |
08OTTAWA1199 | CANADA SUPPORTS US GOALS FOR UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Canada supports broadly U.S. goals for the UNGA Third Committee, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade human rights desk officer Cyndy Nelson. Nelson said however she could only offer a preliminary assessment, as Canada is in the middle of an election campaign. [...] | 2008-09-12 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CA |
08OTTAWA1297 | CANADIAN ABSTENTION LIKELY ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL [...] (C) In response to reftels, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia Relations Jeremy Wallace told pol/mil officer that Canada seems to be "moving toward an abstention" if there is a vote. DFAIT officials have not yet made a de [...] | 2008-10-03 18:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV CA |
08OTTAWA1552 | US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...] | 2008-12-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA |
08OTTAWA219 | CANADIAN QUESTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, the Cabinet Committee during the week of February 4 had agreed that Canada could not be in the first wave of countries to reco [...] | 2008-02-12 20:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CA |
08OTTAWA246 | CANADA STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO -- YET [...] (C) Ambassador has a call in to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, who is on an official visit to Colombia (followed by Haiti and South Korea) so Ambassador can convey ref a demarche. DCM discussed recognition of Kosovo with Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards on February 15, and Edwards reit [...] | 2008-02-19 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA331 | CANADA'S VIEWS ON COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada generally supports the aims of the resolution on Screening and Briefing intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) that the U.S. will present at the March 10-14 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting. However, as tr [...] | 2008-03-04 20:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC SNAR UN CA |
08OUAGADOUGOU799 | BURKINA FASO WILL NOT/NOT SUPPORT SERBIAN UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU887 | BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON SERBIAN UNGA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV UV |
08PANAMA126 | PANAMA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "I will consult immediately with the Foreign Minister," Acting FM Ricardo "Dicky" Duran told POLCOUNS on February 11 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. Initially viewing the demarche through actions that the might be taken on the UNSC, Duran noted that Panama's Ambassador to the U [...] | 2008-02-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM |
08PANAMA169 | PANAMA: KOSOVO STATEMENT RELEASED BY COUNCIL ON [...] (C) Panama "imposes upon itself a position of neutrality that favors dialogue between the parties," Panama's National Council on Foreign Relations (CONAREX) in its press release on February 25. First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador February 21 that he would convene this advisory council [...] | 2008-02-27 00:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM |
08PANAMA197 | PANAMA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 22:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO PM |
08PANAMA458 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON JUNE 2008 UNSC THEMATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN PHUM PREL UNSC UN PM |
08PANAMA532 | PANAMA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche to First VP and FM Samuel Lewis on June 30 on the margins of President Torrijos' farewell lunch in honor of the Ambassador. In addition to raising reftel points, Ambassador noted that Panama had previously indicated it would recognize Panama "soon, but [...] | 2008-07-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU PM |
08PARAMARIBO382 | SURINAME: UNGA ISSUES TO BE EXAMINED CASE-BY-CASE [...] (SBU) On September 12, per reftels A, Post delivered message and discussed with Chantal Elsenhout, acting head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Elsenhout said the GOS has not yet made any decisions, but that U [...] | 2008-09-12 16:44:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN NS |
08PARAMARIBO481 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Post was not able to get a meeting with any government official in the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance of the vote. Post noted that Suriname supported Serbia's resolution to refer the question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of in [...] | 2008-12-03 19:27:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV NS |
08PARAMARIBO56 | RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS: SURINAME POSITION [...] (C) DCM met on February 8 with Ms. Rosita Hubard, the Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss Kosovo independence. The MFA does not currently support independence for Kosovo. 2. (C) Prior to the meeting Ms. Hubard had co [...] | 2008-02-13 21:17:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NS |
08PARAMARIBO63 | ENCOURAGING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) As previously noted in reftel B, DCM met on February 8 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Head of the International Organizations Rosita Hubard, who indicated that the GOS does not support independence for Kosovo, citing "terrritorial integrity and unity of the state." Despited entr [...] | 2008-02-15 20:27:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU NS UN |
08PARAMARIBO79 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the demarche to Juliette Redman, representative of the International Organizations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 26. Redman had no immediate comment, but said she would contact Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Divi [...] | 2008-02-26 18:16:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL UN SO NS |
08PARIS1084 | FRENCH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNSC SWMN PHUM FR |
08PARIS1385 | FRANCE SUPPORTS SENDING HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN AORC |
08PARIS1446 | FRANCE PROMISES A "MORE VOCAL" EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: State DRL and IO officials met with French MFA International Organizations and Human Rights officials on July 17 to discuss upcoming resolutions, declarations and strategy for the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York. French International Organizations A/S-equivalent Sylvie Berman [...] | 2008-07-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN |
08PARIS155 | FRENCH MFA EMPHASIZES THAT IRAQ'S PROBLEMS ARE [...] (U) Action request at para 7. 2. (C) At the end of a January 25 briefing by visiting Washington analysts on transition/security issues in Iraq, French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet expanded on French reluctance to host the next meeting on the Iraq Compact [...] | 2008-01-29 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM FR IZ UN |
08PARIS1587 | TFGG01: FRENCH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Since President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner met with Secretary Rice on August 14, President Sarkozy has maintained high-profile efforts to implement the Russia/Georgia six-point cease-fire accord he negotiated in his capacity as EU President -- especially the main p [...] | 2008-08-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN |
08PARIS1600 | TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...] | 2008-08-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN |
08PARIS1601 | TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...] | 2008-08-21 10:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN |
08PARIS1616 | TFGG01: FRENCH VIEW OSCE MONITORS IN GEORGIA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, French Elysee Advisor Boris Boillon and MFA A/S for Eurasia Roland Galharague, who traveled with FM Kouchner to the region, provided us with a consistent interpretation of the arrival of OSCE monitors: the new monitors are responding to the emergency situation; they [...] | 2008-08-21 18:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN |
08PARIS1647 | FRENCH ON SERBIA: QUIET OPPOSITION TO ICJ, AND [...] (C) On August 28, MFA desk officer for Serbia Felix Buttin, along with Kosovo desk officer Herve Boisguillaume, provided updates in French thinking on the Serbian proposal for an ICJ resolution, progress in the EU's interim trade agreement with Serbia, and the lifting of the Karadzic family's [...] | 2008-08-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV FR |
08PARIS1696 | SARKOZY PLANS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT [...] (S/NF) Summary. In a September 5 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker, Francois Richier, the Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy, discussed EU plans for the September 8 meeting with Russian President Medvedev (other topics will be reported septel). Present for the Sep [...] | 2008-09-09 08:36:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS RU GG FR UN |
08PARIS1745 | MORE FROM EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA AND FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis Pierre Morel took a few minutes from intensive preparations for the EU/Central Asia forum to discuss his thinking about preparations for the mid-October Geneva meeting on Georgia. As noted in reftel, he plans to visit New York a [...] | 2008-09-17 17:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR FR GG RS EU UN |
08PARIS1761 | SUDAN: GATHERING FRENCH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with French presidential advisor Bruno Joubert in Paris on September 12 to discuss the results of Joubert's September 2 visit to Khartoum and gather support against Sudanese efforts to gain an Article 16 suspension in the UN Security Council ( [...] | 2008-09-22 09:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SU FR UN |
08PARIS1828 | FRANCE: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on September 12 to discuss human rights abuses in Georgia and the status of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR),the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Khmer Rouge Tribunal [...] | 2008-10-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PARIS1930 | IO DAS ANDERSON DISCUSSES UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO DAS Anderson discussed UN issues on October 10 with French MFA IO-DAS equivalent Marc Giacomini who expressed GOF support for the Immediate Plan of Action reform package being proposed at the FAO conference in Rome on November 19. He noted the importance of presenting a unifie [...] | 2008-10-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PARIS1978 | CHAD: FRENCH EAGER TO DISCUSS MINURCAT II [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials suggest a conference telephone call between the Department and the French MFA on Friday, October 31, at 4:00 pm Paris time (11:00 am EDT) to allow interested parties on both sides to discuss specifics con [...] | 2008-10-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MARR UN CD FR |
08PARIS1979 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles met with French MFA Human Rights Director Jacques Pellet (Please Protect Throughout) in Paris on October 23 to discuss United Nations General Assembly Third Committee resolutions and other UN issues. The French agree on the need for a strong Iran resolution, [...] | 2008-10-28 18:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PARIS362 | FRENCH VIEWS ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA is generally favorable to the notion of UNSC action on Somalia and piracy (reftel). However, the French would hope that a UNSC mandate would contain specifics setting forth clearly the legal basis of any resulting operation and the responsibilities of, and limita [...] | 2008-03-03 06:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO FR |
08PHNOMPENH818 | CAMBODIA'S RESPONSE TO KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) Emboff delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Europe Department Director Kao Samreth October 6. While not disclosing specifically whether the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia will support or oppose the Serbian resolution, Kao stressed that Cambodia [...] | 2008-10-06 10:00:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV CB |
08PHNOMPENH822 | CAMBODIANS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN FFD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to H.E. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce October 2, urging the direct involvement of Royal Government of Cambodia Commerce officials in the FfD negotiations. Pan indicated that he would share our message with H.E. Sok Sopheak, [...] | 2008-10-07 01:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN CB |
08PHNOMPENH826 | CAMBODIANS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN FFD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to H.E. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce October 2, urging the direct involvement of Royal Government of Cambodia Commerce officials in the FfD negotiations. Pan indicated that he would share our message with H.E. Sok Sopheak [...] | 2008-10-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN CB |
08PORTAUPRINCE102 | PREVAL TAKES ON IMPUNITY AS HIS NEXT CAUSE, ASKS [...] (C) President Preval has told us that he Haitian judicial system is in no position to mete out justice in the wave of so-called "blood crimes", notably kidnapping and murder, which have marked the Haitian landscape for the past few years. With more than 700 gang members in jail, Preval wants [...] | 2008-01-18 19:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HA UN |
08PORTAUPRINCE114 | SRSG ANNABI ON MINUSTAH'S EXPANDED MANDATE, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. During the past week, UN SRSG Hedi Annabi has outlined MINUSTAH's priorities for 2008 and his key objectives. Consistent with the broader MINUSTAH mandate approved in UNSCR 1780, the organization has moved swiftly to address border issues, deploying MINUSTAH forces at [...] | 2008-01-23 19:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL HA UN KPKO |
08PORTAUPRINCE240 | HAITIAN RESPONSE: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Renald Clerisme February 15 and delivered reftel demarche. Clerisme took note of the US concerns and indicated that any decision on recognizing Kosovo's independence would be made at the Presidential level. He stated that he would be [...] | 2008-02-15 19:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU HA |
08PORTLOUIS310 | MAURITIUS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE VOTES ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref demarche to Mr. Rabindranath Sawmy, First Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Cooperation on September 10. POLOFF noted Mauritius' low voting coincidence with USG in the UN, and presented human rights as the area of voting that has th [...] | 2008-09-12 09:36:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN MP |
08PRAGUE109 | KOSOVO: CZECHS WILL RECOGNIZE AFTER EU MAJORITY [...] (C) The Czech Republic has said they will recognize Kosovo, but not immediately. Following the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on February 18, Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, announced that "we will acknowledge Kosovo, as soon as a majority of other European countries do and as soon as [...] | 2008-02-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE303 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN EZ |
08PRAGUE312 | CZECH REPUBLIC RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) The Czech government, meeting in a cabinet session on May 21, officially recognized Kosovo. The Czech MFA released the following statement on May 21: The Czech Republic has recognized independence of Kosovo Following the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Government expr [...] | 2008-05-22 12:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI KV EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE416 | CZECH SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Czech MFA desk officer for Kosovo, Josef Zrzavecky, who just returned from the International Steering Group meeting in Kosovo, informed Emboff that the GOCR plans to actively engage at the July 11 European Commission-sponsored donors conference in Brussels on July 11. The Czechs plan to [...] | 2008-07-01 14:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI KPKO KV EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE584 | CZECHS AGAINST A KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNGA PREL UN KV EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE615 | CZECHS DISAPPOINTED USG UNGA PRIORITIES DO NOT [...] (C) Summary: Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy Gabriela Dlouha thanked us for sharing USG priorities on country specific resolutions as well as thematic items. She noted that the GOCR welcomed our planned efforts on Iran, Burma, and North Korea, although she registered disap [...] | 2008-09-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNGA UN EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE643 | CZECHS PLAN TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 10:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL UN KV EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE92 | KOSOVO/CZECH REPUBLIC - RECOGNITION LIKELY IN [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek told Ambassador that the Czechs are focused on Kosovo and the government will recognize independence. But he repeated what we have heard at the working level: the Czechs are not likely to be in the first round. Topolanek str [...] | 2008-02-14 15:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EZ EUN |
08PRAIA244 | CAPE VERDE DEMARCHED ON USG UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post delivered USG priorities for United Nations General Assembly Third Committee 2008 on Human Rights to the Prime Minister of Cape Verde and the Acting Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Ambassador presented reftel points to Prime Minister Jose Mar [...] | 2008-09-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Praia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN CV |
08QUITO190 | ECUADOR DEMARCH RESPONSE: SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 27. Puma noted that she was aware of the issues regarding piracy and Somalia, but that Ecuador had not yet developed a position on possible courses of action. 2. (SBU) PolOff stress [...] | 2008-02-27 21:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO EC SO |
08QUITO395 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) See Action Request in Para. 4. 2. (C) In February, although President Correa indicated that Ecuador would recognize Kosovo, Vice Foreign Minister Jose Valencia told the DCM that the GOE wanted to work within a Latin American consensus position and was attempting to consult with region [...] | 2008-04-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK EC KV YI |
08QUITO52 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RESOLVING KOSOVO'S [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA Under Secretary of Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Emilio Izquierdo SIPDIS Mino and Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma Puma on January 11. Ambassador Izquierdo said that they were not closely following the situation regarding K [...] | 2008-01-16 20:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EC |
08QUITO879 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - KOSOVO ICG RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5, emphasizing that Kosovo independence is a political issue, not a legal question, and therefore should be decided by political institutions, not by the courts. 2. (C) Puma quickly a [...] | 2008-09-11 20:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA UN KV EC |
08RABAT1154 | HARSTON ASSESSES MINURSO AND THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: MINURSO Head of Mission Julian Harston briefed the P-5 plus Spain on December 12. Harston believed that Morocco is finally ready to assent to Ambassador Christopher Ross' appointment as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG's) Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. Harston believes th [...] | 2008-12-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM PBTS UN WI MO |
08RABAT141 | DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray urged support for the upcoming independence for Kosovo February 8, during a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). FM Fassi Fihri declined to offer a f [...] | 2008-02-14 14:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV UNMIK UN YI MO |
08RABAT152 | MOROCCAN FM SPEAKS WELL OF VAN WALSUM TO S/CT [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri was cautiously positive on the Western Sahara peace process during a February 8 meeting with S/CT Dailey and NEA DAS Gray. Fassi Fihri was upbeat on Van Walsum, who recently told him he hoped for a solution based on non-independence, [...] | 2008-02-19 12:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO |
08RABAT190 | MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF USG PRIORITIES FOR UPCOMING [...] On February 29th, POLOFF provided Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Principal UN Offices Redouane Houssaini with small briefing, accompanied by a diplomatic note, on US priorities at the upcoming UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs being held March 10-14. 2. Mr. Houssaini thanked [...] | 2008-02-29 18:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR AU UN |
08RABAT420 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUEST FOR SHAPING OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 18:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MO |
08RABAT750 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING MOROCCO TO ACCEPT AN [...] PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita on July 22. Bourita responded positively but noncommittally, saying that the Government of Morocco (GOM) supported the idea in principle but still had concerns about the Office of the High Comm [...] | 2008-08-12 07:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN MO |
08RABAT830 | MOROCCO OFFERS MIXED SUPPORT FOR UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN MO |
08RABAT845 | MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH THE ARAB LEAGUE AND OIG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA MO |
08RABAT878 | FASSI FIHRI CONVOKES PERM 5 PLUS SPAIN TO COMPLAIN [...] (C) On September 16, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri convoked the Permanent 5 Ambassadors and Charges, plus the Spanish Ambassador, to bemoan the way in which Peter Van Walsum, the UNSYG's former Personal Envoy for the Western Sahara, was treated by the UN and to press for MINURSO [...] | 2008-09-16 17:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN AG WI MO |
08RABAT962 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Poloff discussed Serbia's resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Service of the Principle Bodies of the United Nations Redoune Houssaini on October 8. [...] | 2008-10-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV MO |
08RABAT983 | MOROCCO SEEKS TO BLOCK ALGERIAN-PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley, along with all other North and South American Ambassadors, was convoked by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the Government of Morocco's (GOM) objection to the latest Algerian-proposed UN resolution on Western Sahara. The MFA urged the [...] | 2008-10-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM WI AG UN MO |
08RANGOON179 | GAMBARI BACK IN BURMA [...] (C) The UN's Special Advisor on Burma arrived in Rangoon March 6 and met with the diplomatic community to gather their insights on the current situation. He informed the diplomats that the announcement of a referendum on a new constitution in May and elections for 2010 should be considered a [...] | 2008-03-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM UN |
08RANGOON5 | BURMESE REGIME "TOO BUSY" FOR GAMBARI [...] (C) Diplomats attending the annual Independence Day dinner in Nay Pyi Taw on January 4 heard from several different government officials that the Than Shwe regime was "too busy" to receive UN Special Advisor Gambari before the mid-April annual water festival. The Chinese Ambassador confirmed [...] | 2008-01-07 10:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM UN |
08RANGOON793 | RUSSIA IN BURMA: UN ROLES; NUCLEAR COOPERATION; [...] (C) Charge's Oct. 7 courtesy call on Russian Ambassador to Burma Mikhail Mgeladze included discussion of current UN efforts to influence events in Burma and a sketch of Russia's activities in country. Many political observers in Rangoon believe Russia has more access to influential Government [...] | 2008-10-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNUC UN RS BM |
08RANGOON98 | BURMESE LIAISON HAS NOTHING FOR ASSK [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Aung San Suu Kyi's doctor, Dr. Tin Myo Win aka Douglas, to get his assessment of the current state of any political dialogue. He last met with his patient on January 24, and offered her views of her most recent meeting with the government-designated liaison on J [...] | 2008-02-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM UN |
08REYKJAVIK173 | TFGG01: ICELAND ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) In discussion of the current situation in Georgia with Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir, the highest available MFA official, the Ambassador urged August 14 that Iceland press Russia to take the necessary steps detailed in reftel. Gunnarsdottir will raise the message with the Foreign [...] | 2008-08-14 17:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM NATO UN GG RS IC |
08REYKJAVIK199 | Iceland's Bid for the UN Security Council [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iceland's bid for one of two available WEOG seats on the UN Security Council in 2009-10 is rapidly drawing to a close. The campaign, hamstrung by a slow start and tepid support at home, has found its legs over the last year under the enthusiastic direction of Foreign Minister [...] | 2008-09-12 16:57:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UN AU TU IC |
08REYKJAVIK27 | KOSOVO: ICELAND MUDDLING ITS WAY TOWARDS RECOGNITION [...] (C) Ambassador contacted Permanent Secretary of State at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Gretar Mar Sigurdsson on 28 February to query the failure to make good the FM's pledge that Iceland would recognize Kosovo on February 22 (reftel). Sigurdsson pointed to the Foreign Minister's [...] | 2008-02-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN YI KV IC |
08RIYADH1033 | SAUDIS CONSIDER ATTENDING KOSOVO DONOR'S CONFERENCE [...] (C) Riyadh Political Counselor delivered Reftel A demarche to Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Affairs Director Ra'ad Krimley on July 2. Krimley informed us he was aware of the invitation for the SAG to attend the July 11 Kosovo Donor's Conference in Brussels, adding that the Kosovars [...] | 2008-07-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EU EUN KPKO PGOV PREL SA UNC YI UNMIK UN KV |
08RIYADH471 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: NEW SPECIAL [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on March 18, 2008 to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). There is no response from the SAG to date regarding a meeting request. Post will follow-up with a meeting with an appropriate official from the MFA and provide results via separate cable. FRA [...] | 2008-03-18 06:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN PHUM SA AF |
08RIYADH80 | SAUDIS OFFER TO ASSIST ON KOSOVO [...] (S) SUMMARY. In delivery of reftel demarche on Kosovo independence, the SAG expressed a possible willingness to engage the Russians and/or other governments to ensure a peaceful outcome should Kosovo unilaterally declare independence. Post requests guidance from the Department on what action [...] | 2008-01-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PNAT PREL SA YI EU UN UNMIK |
08ROME1087 | ITALY OPPOSES KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION, BUT IS WARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV IT |
08ROME1120 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN IT |
08ROME288 | ITALY ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY IN THE UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO IT |
08SANAA1520 | YEMEN: DELIVERY OF UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN YM |
08SANAA260 | KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV UN YI EU YM |
08SANJOSE119 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS [...] On February 12 we met with Carlos Cordero Madrigal, Director of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime Section of the MFA and conveyed reftel concerns and talking points. 2. Cordero indicated he will gladly convey our concerns to the GOCR mission in Geneva for consideration, as the [...] | 2008-02-13 17:57:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN CS |
08SANJOSE184 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS RENEWAL OF AMISOM MANDATE [...] On February 28 we contacted Randolph Coto, Foreign Policy Coordinator of the FMA and shared with him the issues contained in the reftel. 2. Coto indicated the GOCR was well aware of these piracy issues and of the impending end of the current mandate this month. 3. On March 4 we followe [...] | 2008-03-07 11:42:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO CS |
08SANJOSE471 | MFA NOTIFIED: "SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SITUATIONS OF [...] On June 3, per Ref A, we notified Viviana Tinoco, MFA Human Rights Desk Officer, that the U.S. draft resolution text was being circulated the same day to the GOCR UN Mission in New York. We also took the opportunity to reiterate Secretary Rice's invitation to FM Stagno to attend the June 19 me [...] | 2008-06-04 20:50:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM CS |
08SANJOSE472 | COSTA RICA URGES SUPPORT OF UNSC PRESIDENTIAL [...] Post received a diplomatic note, transmitted from the MFA on June 2, urging the U.S. to support a UNSC presidential statement on the International Criminal Court Prosecutor's Seventh Report to be issued on June 5. The note asked that the Embassy be the official conduit of the request to the De [...] | 2008-06-04 21:01:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UN AORC CS |
08SANJOSE501 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG AND THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On June 10, we delivered reftel points to Viviana Tinoco, MFA Human Rights Officer. Tinoco told us that Costa Rica affiliated as only an observer to the HRC upon its 2006 inception since Costa Rica's efforts and resources were then already focused on winning a UNSC seat. She had not heard abou [...] | 2008-06-12 15:40:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN CS |
08SANJOSE573 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS US EFFORTS ON KOSOVO BUT [...] We delivered Ref A demarche on July 2 to Deyanira Ramirez, MFA UN Desk Officer. She was pleased that Kosovo remained a top U.S. priority and that the U.S. was seeking wider recognition of Kosovo's independence, given that Costa Rica was one of the first nations to grant recognition (Ref B). H [...] | 2008-07-03 14:29:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV CS |
08SANJOSE730 | ARIAS INVITATION TO POTUS FOR NOVEMBER 19 UNSC DEBATE [...] On September 8, 2008, we received a diplomatic note from the MFA transmitting a letter from President Arias to POTUS, which invites POTUS to participate in the GOCR-hosted UNSC thematic debate during Costa Rica's November Security Council presidency. The debate will analyze the theme of streng [...] | 2008-09-09 21:45:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UN OVIP OPDC CS |
08SANJOSE761 | COSTA RICA SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON UNGA THIRD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 4, we delivered Ref A to the MFA's UN Desk Officer Deyanira Ramirez. Ramirez reiterated Costa Rica's commitment to human rights; told us that the GOCR opposes all no-action motions; and stressed that Costa Rica, as a matter of principle, did not cosponsor country-s [...] | 2008-09-22 17:42:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN CS |
08SANJOSE763 | COSTA RICA: AUGUST 28 UNSC BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Acting A/S Brian Hook's August 28 bilateral consultations with the MFA on UNSC matters were successful in bringing the U.S. and the GOCR to mutual understanding - if not agreement - on a range of UNSC issues. A/S Hook lobbied the MFA for greater cooperation on speed in the UN [...] | 2008-09-23 13:23:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ PGOV PINR PREL UNSC UN CS |
08SANJOSE883 | COSTA RICA TO VOTE WITH USG ON KEY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 13:47:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | CS IR KNNP PGOV PHUM PREL UN |
08SANSALVADOR1008 | GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post received August 15 a diplomatic note from the GOES soliciting our support for El Salvador's candidacy to the Commission on the Legal and Social Condition of Women for the 2010 ) 2014 term in the election that will take plac [...] | 2008-08-26 20:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN ES |
08SANSALVADOR1040 | EL SALVADOR: AWAITS ICJ KOSOVO DECISION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 20:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN UNGA KV ES |
08SANSALVADOR1069 | GOES RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO USG UNGA POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials responsible for multilateral affairs told us September 5 that El Salvador supports USG positions on all reftel UNGA issues. They undertook to share our concerns with the Salvadoran Mission to the UN in order to coordinate effectively in New York during the UNGA Third [...] | 2008-09-09 17:22:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN ES |
08SANSALVADOR1077 | GOES CONFIRMS FM ARGUETA WILL ATTEND WOMEN [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group on the margins of the 2008 UN General Assembly on September 25 at 8:00 AM. 2. Post provides the following information requested by reftels: Tit [...] | 2008-09-16 22:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PGOV ES |
08SANSALVADOR1190 | FOREIGN MINISTER ARGUETA ON UNGA VOTING DIFFERENCES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 20:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ES UN KV |
08SANSALVADOR182 | EL SALVADOR LEANS TOWARDS KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador will almost certainly recognize Kosovo's independence, but because of sensitivities concerning relations with Moscow, the GOES will not be among the first wave of countries to do so. End Summary. 2. (C) PolCouns delivered Ref (A) demarche to MFA officials February [...] | 2008-02-14 15:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN UNMIK EU ES |
08SANSALVADOR195 | CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 22:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV |
08SANSALVADOR231 | (C) FM: EL SALVADOR AND OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 22:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ES UN UNMIK YI EU KV GT HO |
08SANSALVADOR240 | EL SALVADOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSLO PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 20:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PGOV NATO UN |
08SANSALVADOR256 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 17:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ES SO UNSC UN PBTS KCRM IMO PREL |
08SANSALVADOR264 | DEMARCHE ON USG PRIORITIES FOR UNCND DELIVERED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Jose Roberto Trabanino, MFA Global Affairs Coordinator. Trabanino informed Poloff that the Salvadoran Ambassador in Vienna would be attending the meetings along with the Salvadoran National Ant [...] | 2008-03-04 22:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES SNAR AORC UN |
08SANSALVADOR274 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 15:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES UN KNNP MNUC PARM |
08SANSALVADOR421 | GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO THE UNITED [...] (U) Post received the following request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES asks that we support El Salvador's reelection to the United Nations Committee of Peace Consolidation (CCP) for the period 2008-2010. The election will take place in May 2008. 2. (U) Text follows: (NO [...] | 2008-04-07 22:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES UN |
08SANSALVADOR422 | GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO THE [...] (U) Post received the following request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES asks that we support its candidacy to the Board of Directors of the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Fund for Population Affairs (UNDP/ UNFPA). 2. (U) Text follows: (NON OFFIC [...] | 2008-04-07 22:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES UN |
08SANSALVADOR51 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON RESOLVING KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us on January 11 that the GoES will review the Kosovo independence issue and get back to us after completing their analysis and adopting a position. End Summary. 2. (C) On January 11, PolCouns and PolOff del [...] | 2008-01-18 20:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI EU |
08SANSALVADOR538 | EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO THE [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES will support the U.S. candidate, Susan McLurg, to the United Nations Advisory Committee in Administrative and Budget Issues (ACABQ). 2. (U) Text follows: (NON OFFICIAL TRANSLATION) MINISTRY [...] | 2008-05-06 21:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES UN |
08SANSALVADOR603 | SECRETARY'S LETTER REGARDING KOSOVO DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 22:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN PGOV KU ES |
08SANSALVADOR698 | EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF WILLIAM [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES will support the U.S. candidate, William Lacy Swing, for the position of Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 2. Text follows. No. 1023 MINISTRY OF FORE [...] | 2008-06-12 22:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN ES |
08SANSALVADOR836 | TALKING POINTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 21:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN NGO PHUM ES |
08SANTODOMINGO1085 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge d' Affaires, a.i. Bullen spoke with and presented Ref A demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols on July 2. Trullols took the Charge's comments on board, stated he will raise the issue with FM Morales when he returns to the country, and remained non-committal [...] | 2008-07-03 17:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1557 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Political Chief delivered Reftel talking points on the Kosovo ICJ resolution at UNGA to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols took our views on board and pledged to inform the Foreign Minister, but made no substantive reply. We will report any subseque [...] | 2008-10-07 17:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNGA KV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO231 | KOSOVO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 15, the Ambassador followed up previous demarches by Post and delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Morales. The Ambassador pressed for recognition of Kosovo as early as possible. Morales replied that the Dominican Republic would support the United St [...] | 2008-02-15 19:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK EU YI DR |
08SANTODOMINGO251 | KOSOVO: DOMINICAN PLANS FOR RECOGNITION ON HOLD [...] As reported in Ref A, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, the Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel T [...] | 2008-02-20 19:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO289 | KOSOVO: DOMINICANS PLEDGE DECISION BY FEBRUARY 25 [...] As reported in Refs A and B, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols told the Ambassador that fin [...] | 2008-02-22 19:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO295 | KOSOVO: DOMINICANS SEEK RIO GROUP CONSENSUS [...] (C) As reported in Refs A-C, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols told the Ambassador that fin [...] | 2008-02-25 19:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO490 | INSTRAW STAFFING AND BUDGET PROFILE [...] Staffing and budget data for the Dominican Republic-based UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) is as follows: Annual budget: 1.5 million USD Staff: 23 (9 fixed, 10 consultants on average, 4 interns on average). FANNIN [...] | 2008-04-08 18:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON POL UN DR |
08SARAJEVO1406 | BOSNIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on September 3 to Minister Counselor Sanja Kenig-Corovic, MFA Head of Department for the UN and other International Organizations. Ms. Kenig-Corovic informed us that her government would take a position on each of the human righs issues addressed by the UNGA Th [...] | 2008-09-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN BK |
08SARAJEVO1867 | BOSNIA - OHR URGES ACTION ON POST-OHR IMMUNITY [...] (C) On December 11 the HighRep and Deputy HighRep provided Quint Ambassadors with a non-paper outlining the need for OHR immunity following OHR's closure. The paper, which is contained in paragraph two below, describes the urgency of the problem and proposes several ways of addressing it; tho [...] | 2008-12-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN BK |
08SEOUL1141 | INVITATION TO CONFERENCE IN SEOUL ON UNITED [...] (C) MOFAT delivered a diplomatic note to Post on June 3 concerning a Letter of Invitation to the International Conference on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, titled, "United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Major Achievements and Implications for Policy Development," to be held in Seoul [...] | 2008-06-05 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PHUM UN |
08SEOUL1391 | ROKG INCLINED TO SUPPORT REVISITING HRF ECOSOC [...] (C) PolOff conveyed to MOFAT reftel talking points in support of according the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) ECOSOC consultative NGO status. The MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division responded that the ROKG did not have enough information about the HRF at this time to commit to suppo [...] | 2008-07-11 05:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV AORC UN NGO PHUM |
08SEOUL1818 | ROK SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT KOSOVO ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Korea shares U.S. concerns about the political implications of an Advisory Opinion (AO) from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the matter of Kosovo's declaration of independence, but is worried it will be difficult to keep the Serbia-introduced resolution off the UNGA ag [...] | 2008-09-12 05:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV KS |
08SEOUL292 | ROK WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, BUT UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 13 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe, the Ambassador stated that Kosovo would declare its independence very soon, and that the U.S. and its EU partners would recognize Kosovo within the first 24 hours of its declaration of independence. The Ambassado [...] | 2008-02-13 22:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KS |
08SEOUL330 | ROK REITERATES SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) The Ambassador noted that the U.S. had recognized Kosovo and again urged the ROKG follow suit as soon as possible in a February 19 telephone call with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe. Shim said that the ROK position remained unchanged: it supported Kosovo's independence and expected [...] | 2008-02-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV KS |
08SEOUL474 | NGO CONTACTS UNAWARE OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (U) Embassy contacts in Korea's NGO community were unaware of the UN Human Rights Council's new Universal Periodic Review special mechanism, and, consequently, did not submit input to the review. As noted in reftel, the deadline for Korean NGOs to participate has passed. VERSHBOW [...] | 2008-03-11 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL IO DRL KS UN |
08SHANGHAI523 | (C) HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PETITION TO CALL FOR POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in Hangzhou said they have joined a petition calling for more political reform in China, which they said would be posted on-line o/a December 10 to coincide with UN Human Rights Day. Both contacts said China's current social and economic environment provides an opportuni [...] | 2008-12-08 02:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH UN |
08SHANGHAI542 | (C) HANGZHOU POLICE QUESTION ONE CHARTER SIGNATORY BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Hangzhou activist Wen Kejian, who first informed Consulate Poloff about the "08 Charter" (reftels),was questioned by local police on December 10 and later released. Another Hangzhou activist told Poloff on December 11 that he has not been contacted by police despite being both a c [...] | 2008-12-11 08:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH UN |
08SINGAPORE1069 | DEMARCHE TO SINGAPORE ON MONTERREY CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) On September 29, Econoff met with Mr. Daryl Sng, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Directorate at Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and discussed negotiation of the Outcome Statement of the Financing for Development (FfD) Review Conference per reftel. Mr. Sng sai [...] | 2008-10-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN SN |
08SINGAPORE153 | AMBASSADOR URGES SINGAPORE TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador met with Singapore MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho on February 12 to urge Singapore to SIPDIS recognize Kosovo immediately after Kosovo declares independence. She delivered reftel points, emphasizing the high [...] | 2008-02-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU SN |
08SINGAPORE749 | SINGAPORE STILL UNCONVINCED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche, MFA Europe Directorate Director Lawrence Anderson told us July 1 that Singapore understood the points we had presented on the developing situation in Kosovo but thought that recognition remained a "complex" issue. He indicated Singapore is among "many coun [...] | 2008-07-03 09:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV SN |
08SKOPJE614 | MACEDONIA: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Ambassador Reeker made points in reftels to Foreign Minister Milososki on the evening of Oct. 6. DCM followed up with DPM Bocevski on Oct. 7. Macedonia will not support the resolution. Milososki and Bosevski indicated that although Macedonia had not yet made its final decision, it most l [...] | 2008-10-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV MK |
08SKOPJE616 | MACEDONIA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki informed Ambassador Reeker that Macedonia expects to formally recognize Kosovo in a joint announcement with Montenegro tomorrow (Oct 9). Milososki said there would be a session of Parliament beginning 1100 Oct 9, to discuss/recommend recognition; the p [...] | 2008-10-08 17:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV MK MT |
08SOFIA133 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON SOMALIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO |
08SOFIA595 | BULGARIA OPPOSED TO SERBIAN IJC RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 09:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UN BU KV |
08SOFIA601 | BULGARIA ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
08STATE104902 | SUBJECT: (C) A/S WELCH,S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL PGOV JO UN |
08STATE105096 | FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN MEETING AT THE UN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. A/S Richard Boucher, SCA AFGHANISTAN Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta AUSTRALIA Foreign Minister Stephen Smith CANADA Ambassador John McNee, Permanent Representative to the UN [...] | 2008-10-01 21:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNAMA UNGA KDEM EAID MARR MASS MOPS UN |
08STATE105808 | TARGETING NO-VOTES ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. THIS DEMARCHE SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEPTEL ALDAC LAYING OUT THE RATIONALE FOR U.S. OPPOSITION TO SERBIA'S RESOLUTION TO REFER A QUESTION ON THE LEGALITY OF KOSOVOS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTI [...] | 2008-10-03 01:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV |
08STATE110376 | DEMARCHE REQUEST TO DPKO ON UNMIK/EULEX [...] (SBU)This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Department requests that USUN demarche the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Secretariat at the highest appropriate levels expressing concern that the so-called "six point talks" the Secret [...] | 2008-10-15 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS UNMIK UN KO SE |
08STATE111267 | DAS KROL'S CONVERSATION WITH MIROSLAW JENCA OF THE UN CENTER FOR PREVENTATIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 15 telephone conversation with SCA DAS George Krol, Miroslaw Jenca, Director of the UN Center for Preventative Diplomacy in Ashgabat, noted the leaders of the five Central Asian states who met separately during the recent CIS summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan had manag [...] | 2008-10-17 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSUM UN TX UZ TI KZ KG EPET |
08STATE115034 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] The Department instructs USUN to vote against the resolution, "Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial, and Financial Embargo Imposed by the United States of America against Cuba," scheduled for consideration by the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, October 29. USUN should draw on the f [...] | 2008-10-29 02:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU |
08STATE121432 | INSTRUCTIONS - USUN VENEZUELAN DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) USDEL is instructed to work with like-minded delegations to seek to postpone action on this resolution and if unsuccessful, and it is presented for consideration in plenary, to call for a vote and to vote no. 2. (U) Background: The Venezuelan government has proposed the UN General A [...] | 2008-11-15 01:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON UN VZ |
08STATE129010 | FY 2011 MISSION STRATEGIC PLAN (MSP) GUIDANCE FOR IO MISSIONS [...] TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY - Para 2 BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS POLICY OVERVIEW AND GUIDANCE - Paras 3-9 MSP OVERVIEW AND GUIDANCE - Paras 10-32 FUNCTIONAL BUREAU GUIDANCE --Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) - Para 33 --Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Busi [...] | 2008-12-08 22:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AFIN KSPR ABUD UN |
08STATE133190 | INSTRUCTION ON DISMISSAL OF ICTY REGISTRAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The newly appointed President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),judge Patrick Robinson, recently informed ICTY registrar Hans Holthuis that he would not recommend that the Secretary General [...] | 2008-12-19 23:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC OTRA ABUD UN EU |
08STATE133691 | FFD CONFERENCE REAFFIRMS MONTERREY CONSENSUS - [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 29 - December 2 United Nations "International Conference to review implementation of the Monterrey Consensus" adopted the "Doha Declaration on Financing for Development" (FfD) that reaffirms the path breaking 2002 Monterrey Consensus. The economic uncertainty caus [...] | 2008-12-22 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID UN AORC |
08STATE134959 | REQUEST TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS FOR COST INFO [...] This is an action request. Please see para 3 below. 2. The USG has observed that voluntarily funded UN Funds and Programs often have a considerable presence on the margins of international conferences and major meetings. We understand that there are many such meetings and conferences that [...] | 2008-12-29 23:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON POL UN |
08STATE14285 | OSCE - DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 3) and responds to USOSCE's reftel request for guidance. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: We understand that Serbia intends to invoke the Berlin Mechanism immediately after an expected declaration of independence (DI) from Kosovo. We believe that Serbia's [...] | 2008-02-12 00:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE |
08STATE15117 | MONTERREY CONSENSUS: BACKGROUND AND 2008 REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. The 2002 Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development (FfD) was a marked accomplishment for the U.S. and other donor countries as it recognizes the importance of a balanced approach to development. It emphasizes [...] | 2008-02-14 01:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV UN |
08STATE16269 | PRESS GUIDANCE FOR KOSOVO DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to use the following points in responding to questions about Kosovo's declaration of independence. 2. (U) Background: Kosovo Prime Minister Thaci called a special meeting of the Assembly today, where parliamentarians voted to pass a dec [...] | 2008-02-17 15:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV |
08STATE18788 | PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Mirza Afzal Mahmood, MFA Director of the European Division, PolOff drew on Ref A points to explain the U.S. decision to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. PolOff asked if Pakistan was considering recognizing Kosovo's independence, noting the MFA had re [...] | 2008-02-25 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN KV PK |
08STATE33375 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is directed to send a letter to the Office of the Legal Advisor (OLA) at the United Nations. The letter should request OLA assistance with a Department of Justice investigation into whether an Indian company called Ranbaxy violat [...] | 2008-04-01 17:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN |
08STATE3728 | A/S WELCH'S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH LIBYAN FM [...] (U) January 3, 2008, 12:00 p.m., Washington 2. (U) Participants: United States A/S Welch Amanda Johnson, NEA/MAG (notetaker) Libya Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Shalgam Secretary for Americas Affairs Ahmed Fituri SIPDIS Ambassador Ali Aujali Director of Americas Affairs Mohamed al-Matri ---------- [...] | 2008-01-11 23:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KPKO MARR LY UN SU YI |
08STATE42613 | INFORMING THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ABOUT THE [...] This is an action request. USUN, please see para 2 below; Embassies Madrid and Ankara, please see para 3 below. 2. Department requests that USUN deliver the message in para 4 below from Acting Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker to the Alliance of Civilizations High Representative Jorge Sam [...] | 2008-04-22 21:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PREL SP TU OIIP |
08STATE42905 | US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the April 10 U.S.-EU-Canada trilateral meetings on Iran for the Slovenian EU Presidency, all three delegations agreed that Iran sought to undermine everything that the international community sought to achieve in the Middle East, and that its nuclear program and state spo [...] | 2008-04-23 16:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR |
08STATE4482 | GUIDANCE FOR ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS FIRST [...] (U) The First Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) Annual Forum will be held in Madrid, January 15-16. According to organizers, this event will be action-driven and will provide participants with a unique international platform to develop joint initiatives and forge partnerships in the area of i [...] | 2008-01-15 17:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UN KISL SP ODIP SCUL |
08STATE4569 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN CHILD ABUSE CASE [...] This is a sensitive action message. Post please see para 4. 2. Simon Taralala (DOB 3/27/93 in Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea) was taken into custody by the New York City Administration for Children's Services in January of 2007, following allegations of child abuse by his adoptive mother [...] | 2008-01-15 19:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL UN PP |
08STATE47433 | GUIDANCE: U.S. APPROACH TO THE MILLENNIUM [...] This cable is an action request for USUN (see para. 12) and is intended as a brief overview of current U.S. policy for other posts. More guidance is available on the State/IO Bureau intranet website (see para. 13). 2. Summary. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have gained increase [...] | 2008-05-05 19:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL UN |
08STATE53182 | BURMA - NEXT STEPS ON HUMANITARIAN RELIEF [...] (U) This is an action message requesting the Mission to meet with senior UN officials to follow up on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's meeting with donor, ASEAN and Security Council Permanent Representatives on May 14 to request recommendations for further UN engagement in and with Burma. [...] | 2008-05-19 18:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BM UN |
08STATE57100 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENGAGE UN ON PLACING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Background 2. (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM),which runs the Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) in Baghdad under contract to the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, has requested that IOM caseworkers [...] | 2008-05-28 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL UN IZ |
08STATE59132 | JUNE 2008 SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND [...] Security Council member states have been invited to participate at a ministerial level in a thematic debate on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict, to be chaired on June 19 by Secretary Rice (reftel A). USUN will introduce and circulate a draft resolution (reftel B) on this topic [...] | 2008-06-03 00:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM |
08STATE59140 | KUDOS FOR DEFT HANDLING OF GEORGIA ISSUES IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 00:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UN GE RU |
08STATE5979 | GUIDANCE FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE INFORMAL [...] (U) This cable is to provide guidance and instructions for the U.S. delegation to the informal Iraq donors meeting in Naples, Italy on January 23-24, 2008. Reftels give the composition of the delegation. 2. (U) With an eye toward achieving the goals of the International Compact with Iraq, a [...] | 2008-01-18 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON EU UN IT IZ |
08STATE60300 | NGO COMMITTEE -- INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACTION ON [...] World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ). ACTION REQUEST. Action in the NGO Committee on a complaint against the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) has been deferred until tomorrow, June 5. Mission is instructed to continue to use vigorous efforts to seek an outcome favorable to [...] | 2008-06-05 00:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN SOCI NGO |
08STATE62006 | GUIDANCE: CLARIFYING USG POSITION TOWARDS [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (C) Background: The Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) High Representative Jorge Sampaio sent the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN a letter on May 9 welcoming "the United States of America as an Observer to the Alliance of Civilizations G [...] | 2008-06-09 21:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PREL |
08STATE62009 | JUNE 2008 SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE -- [...] For Embassies Vienna and Monrovia: Please deliver the following letters to Foreign Minister Plassnik of Austria and Foreign Minister King-Akerele of Liberia. No signed originals will be forthcoming. Reftel gives details about the June 19 Security Council thematic debate on sexual violence i [...] | 2008-06-09 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM OPDC PREL |
08STATE65284 | URGENT DEMARCHE REQUESTED -- JUNE 19, 2008 [...] This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. Summary: Embassies Beijing, Moscow, Hanoi, and Jakarta are urgently requested to demarche host governments at the highest possible level to support consensus adoption on Thursday, June 19, of a U.S. resolution in the Security [...] | 2008-06-18 00:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN KWMN PHUM |
08STATE66840 | UN/ECOSOC COMMITTEE ON NGOS -- ACTION ON THE [...] At its June 2008 session, the UN NGO Committee of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) rejected the Human Rights Foundation's application for ECOSOC consultative status. Department concurs with USUN's recommendation that the United States should try to overturn the Committee's decisio [...] | 2008-06-21 00:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN NGO PHUM |
08STATE68780 | THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] This is an action request for response by July 8. Please see paragraph 8. 2. The Department is preparing its Congressionally mandated semi-annual report to Congress on measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personne [...] | 2008-06-26 16:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN |
08STATE70801 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION -- [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. BACKGROUND. In June 2008, the Committee on NGOs (CNGO) of the UN Economic and Social Council rejected the application for ECOSOC consultative status of a U.S. NGO called the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). Cuba -- with [...] | 2008-07-01 21:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN NGO PHUM |
08STATE72058 | GUIDANCE FOR CCW DELEGATION: JULY 7-25 [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: The U.S. delegation has participated actively in the first two rounds of negotiations (in January and April) on the issue of cluster munitions in the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to the Convention on Certain Convention Weapons (CCW). These two sessions resulted in [...] | 2008-07-03 23:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ARM PREL PGOV UN |
08STATE78542 | RENEWAL OF UNSC MANDATE FOR UNAMI: SUGGESTED TEXT [...] (C) Summary: The mandate for the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) was reauthorized and expanded by UN Security Council Resolution 1770 (2007) and will expire on August 10, 2008. According to Special Representative for the Secretary-General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura, UNAMI is satisfied [...] | 2008-07-22 15:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK UN IZ |
08STATE91372 | DAS KROL REQUESTS MEETINGS WITH UN OFFICIALS IN [...] (U) George Krol, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs responsible for Central Asia, requests mission's assistance in arranging a one - day program in New York during the week of September 8 primarily to meet with relevant UN and mission officials to discus [...] | 2008-08-25 22:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON UN TX KG TI KZ UZ |
08STATE93981 | ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has an ambitious agenda for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session and will need the support of capitals to win key votes, which include resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as possible initiativ [...] | 2008-09-03 00:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
08STATE95334 | CORRECTED COPY - DUE DATE, PARAGRAPH REFERENCES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has an ambitious agenda for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session and will need the support of capitals to win key votes, which include resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as possible initiative [...] | 2008-09-05 18:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
08STOCKHOLM321 | UPDATE ON ICI PROGRESS IN STOCKHOLM [...] (C) Summary: Belfrage said the main message to send out of the ICI is that Europe has turned the page on Iraq and is now looking forward. (He commented that while it might be difficult to get European FMs to say this publicly, their attendance would send the right signal.) At the April 29 GAE [...] | 2008-04-30 13:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UN EU IZ SE |
08STOCKHOLM761 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UN SW |
08SUVA185 | FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT SEEKS UN, COMMONWEALTH [...] (C) Fiji's President Iloilo has asked the UN and the Commonwealth for immediate help to create a forum to address reform of Fiji's electoral system in anticipation of elections in 2009. Iloilo seeks funds and expertise. He suggests names for eminent people to oversee the effort, and specific [...] | 2008-05-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CVIS UN FJ |
08SUVA365 | EMBASSY SUVA'S REPLY RE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to the five countries of accreditation (Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu) and requested further direct discussions with each country concerning the upcoming UNGA Third Committee meeting in New York. While no response from any of the governments has [...] | 2008-09-18 03:40:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN |
08TASHKENT1037 | UZBEKISTAN: NO COMMENT ON KOSOVO DEMARCHE [...] (C) On September 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Serbia's request for a UNGA resolution seeking an ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Chief, Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev stated that Uzbekistan has not recognized Kosovo's indepe [...] | 2008-09-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV UZ |
08TASHKENT233 | KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED, BUT UZBEKS ARE [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel A, on February 20 we delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. He listened to the points and undertook to forward the information to the appropriate officials, as did his superior Takhir Mamajanov last week during a sim [...] | 2008-02-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV UZ |
08TBILISI262 | HOW MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN GEORGIANS AND ABKHAZ IN [...] (C) The convergence of several developments -- the apparently increasing anger of the Abkhaz de facto leadership, the strong focus on engagement by new Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Yakobashvili, and most of all the coincidence of timing with the Kosovo decision -- makes for a deci [...] | 2008-02-15 12:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN GG |
08TBILISI339 | GEORGIAN RESPONSE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO KCRM SO GG |
08TEGUCIGALPA872 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] On Monday, September 22, Emboff delivered demarche per Reftel to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Lilian Juarez and Director for Multilateral Affairs Jose Lorenzana. LLORENS [...] | 2008-09-23 00:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN |
08TEGUCIGALPA927 | HONDURAS STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNGA UN YI HO |
08TELAVIV1488 | ISRAEL: NO KNOWN ISSUES OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND [...] Post is unaware of any sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) or trafficking in persons (TIP) issues with UNDOF peacekeepers, and we have seen no press reports of any issues. Post contacted three NGOs that are concerned with SEA and TIP in Northern Israel: Hotline for Migrant Workers, Isha L'Is [...] | 2008-07-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PHUM UN KCRM KWMN IS |
08TELAVIV1489 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department on July 3. Rav-Ner said that Israel is still not ready to recognize Kosovo, but wants to show its support for the people of Kosovo, with whom, he explained, Israel has long had good relationships [...] | 2008-07-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV EAID IS |
08TELAVIV170 | NEW UNSCO FOCUSED ON UN/ISRAELI RELATIONS AND GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, Ambassador Jones and EconCouns met with Robert Serry, the new UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). Mr. Serry is also the UN's representative to the Palestinians and the UN Quartet envoy. During the meeting, the Ambassador updated Mr. [...] | 2008-01-18 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAL KWBG UN US |
08TELAVIV1783 | ISRAELI-UNIFIL RELATIONS IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DAO Chere and A/POLC met with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command's Liaison Officer (LNO),LTC Sorrel Hershkovitz, on July 31 to discuss the IDF's relations with UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The LNO, who has served at Northern Command for nearly three y [...] | 2008-08-13 14:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UN LE IS |
08TELAVIV1810 | ISRAEL WANTS TO BUILD ON PAST SUCCESSES AT 63RD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Rony Adam, Director of the Department for UN Political Affairs at the MFA to discuss both UN voting practices (ref A) and Israeli participation at UNGA (ref B) on July 23, with a follow-up on August 5. Adam said that plans for UNGA are still tentative, but PM Olme [...] | 2008-08-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA OTRA OVIP KSEP UN IS |
08TELAVIV2247 | U.S./IS DIALOGUE ON LEBANON: SUPPORT MODERATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for NEA Jeffrey Feltman chaired an Embassy Tel Aviv-Washington interagency delegation participating in the first joint U.S./Israeli dialogue on Lebanon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Jerusalem. Overall, the Israelis [...] | 2008-09-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR IS LE SY IR UN |
08TELAVIV2310 | ISRAEL TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Pol Couns raised reftel points with MFA Deputy Director General for Multilateral and UN Affairs (IO A/S-equivalent) Eviatar Manor October 8, stressing U.S. opposition to the Serbian resolution and requesting Israel to vote no. Manor said the MFA had considered their position on this reso [...] | 2008-10-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV IS |
08TELAVIV2591 | US-ISRAEL CONSULTATIONS ON UN AFFAIRS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 28, Assistant Secretary Brian Hook and MFA Deputy DG for International Organizations Evyatar Manor led a bilateral consultation on United Nations Affairs with the Foreign Ministry. The discussions covered the Security Council role in the ongoing peace negotiations, Leb [...] | 2008-11-21 16:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL UNEP MOPS KPKO UN LE PA IS |
08TELAVIV2794 | LIVNI PUSHES EU RELATIONS UPGRADE AS SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8th, the European Union Council of Ministers announced an upgrade in its diplomatic relationship with Israel. The announcement received prominent coverage in both the Jerusalem Post and Ha'aretz, with Foreign Minister Livni calling it a "significant achievement." Dir [...] | 2008-12-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UN EU IS KPAL PHUM |
08TELAVIV2796 | ISRAEL: GAZA CROSSINGS UNDER FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, MFA Director for UN Political Affairs David Siegel updated PolOff on several issues Israel is pursuing at the UN, especially on humanitarian support to Gaza. Siegel showed PolOff the draft of a presentation the GOI is preparing for New York that demonstrates the [...] | 2008-12-15 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UN LE IS |
08TELAVIV2798 | UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS |
08TELAVIV2799 | UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS |
08TELAVIV381 | ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...] | 2008-02-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IS |
08TELAVIV382 | ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...] | 2008-02-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | REL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
08TELAVIV440 | ISRAEL POLICY ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: STUDYING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV IL |
08THEHAGUE144 | NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTS "LIKE-MINDED" STATES IN OSLO [...] (S) The GONL appreciated reftel points in preparation for the February 18-22 Oslo Process meeting in Wellington. MFA Head of Arms Control and Arms Export Policy Matthijs Wolters told polmiloff February 15 that the Dutch subscribe to the group of 17 "like-minded" countries participating in the [...] | 2008-02-15 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NL |
08THEHAGUE157 | NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: DUTCH WAITING ON CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, Ambassador delivered reftel A points to FM Verhagen, who said he expected the Dutch to recognize Kosovo's independence on March 7, contingent on Kosovo approving its constitution. Verhagen expressed concern that the International Steering Group (ISG) might not su [...] | 2008-02-21 10:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PREL PGOV NL KV |
08THEHAGUE200 | DUTCH RESPONSE TO CND DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Global Issues Officer delivered reftel points on USG priorities for the upcoming Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting separately to Ministry of Health Senior Policy Officer Marcel de Kort and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Departme [...] | 2008-02-29 14:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR UN NL |
08THEHAGUE367 | NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: AG MINISTER LIKELY REP TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EAGR EAID UN NL |
08THEHAGUE60 | NETHERLANDS/DARFUR: "50/50 CHANCE" FOR HOSPITAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UN SU NL |
08THEHAGUE605 | NETHERLANDS/ECOSOC: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 12:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN AORC PHUM NL |
08THEHAGUE623 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SANCTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect an insufficient Iranian response to the P5 1 proposal and the international community will need to move forward with additional multilateral sanctions. The Dutch continue to engage Iran on human rights despite strong differences of opinion within the Dutch gover [...] | 2008-07-23 10:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU UN NL IR |
08THEHAGUE757 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support USG priorities for human rights initiatives at the 2008 UNGA. Dutch priorities include resolutions on religious intolerance and violence against women, and an initiative on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In a Sept [...] | 2008-09-15 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PHUM NL |
08THEHAGUE904 | NETHERLANDS/UN: DUTCH VIEWS ON REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch want to see the UNSC reformed, even if only for a limited trial period. More generally, they believe UN reforms are progressing but are concerned greater pay flexibility may be needed to boost staffing for UNAMA (the Afghanistan aid mission). On the budget, the Dutch s [...] | 2008-10-29 11:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN NL |
08THEHAGUE932 | NETHERLANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EU UN NL IR |
08TIRANA373 | ALBANIA: THE UN'S BRAIN GAIN PROGRAM -- TARGETED AT HIGHER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Albania's higher education system has undergone major changes since the fall of communism. Reforming it has been a priority of every government since, though each has devoted varying levels of resources and effort toward improving this vital societal foundation. The brain drain p [...] | 2008-05-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI UN AL |
08TOKYO1820 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT KOSOVO DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the European Union-sponsored Kosovo donors conference July 11 in Brussels by its Deputy Chief of Mission from its Embassy in Belgium, according to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Deputy Director Akihiko Ishimoto. At this time, it is [...] | 2008-07-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UN UNMIK EU KV JA |
08TOKYO1877 | CUBA LOBBYING JAPAN TO REJECT HRF APPLICATION TO [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche July 7 to MOFA Global Issues Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Masatoshi Sugiura. Sugiura said that Japan is still in the "information gathering stage" of making a decision on the Human Rights Foundation's (HRF) appli [...] | 2008-07-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN NGO PHUM JA |
08TOKYO216 | PERMANENT DISPATCH LAW: POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) The government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party continue to lay the groundwork for passing a Permanent Dispatch Law that would allow Japan to send Self-Defense Forces units overseas in support of peacekeeping operations, according to Ambassador Toshiro Ozawa, head of Japan's Internation [...] | 2008-01-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UN JA |
08TOKYO230 | JAPAN AND PKO: ONGOING AND PROPOSED ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Japan currently has 53 Self Defense Forces and other personnel participating in three UN peacekeeping operations around the world, and contributes election monitors and in-kind assistance as part of its overall peacebuilding strategy. The subject of Japan's role as a "peacebuilding nation [...] | 2008-01-29 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UN JA |
08TOKYO2444 | JAPAN "NOT POSITIVE" ABOUT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA JA KV |
08TOKYO2783 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: Financing for Development Conference [...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation Bureau, Global Issues Cooperation Division official Shinsuke Okawa told Emboff October 1 the GOJ is ramping up its preparations for the Doha high-level FfD Review Conference in November (reftel). Okawa's division leads formulating the GOJ' [...] | 2008-10-06 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN JA |
08TOKYO386 | JAPAN WILL NEED TIME TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will need time to review the text of Kosovo's declaration of independence before it can recognize Kosovo, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM February 13 in response to reftel demarche. To [...] | 2008-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JA |
08TOKYO585 | PIRQY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JA |
08TRIPOLI122 | KOSOVO: LIBYAN RESPONSE ON UNSC DELIBERATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-17 11:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PREL YI LY |
08TRIPOLI14 | QADHAFI TELLS MUBARAK HE "MAY" SEEK TO ATTEND UNSC IN NEW YORK TRIPOLI 00000014 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, A/DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP UN PHUM AU SU EG LY |
08TRIPOLI141 | LIBYA LINKS POSITION ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE TO RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Americas Desk Director Muhammad Matari February 20, P/E Chief noted that there had so far been no official GOL reaction to Kosovo's recent announcement of independence and, echoing our previous demarches on the subject (refs B and C),urged the GOL to recognize Kosovo' [...] | 2008-02-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR EU YI UNMIK UN |
08TRIPOLI517 | LIBYA/UNSC: 1267, IRAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The CDA met with the MFA Director of UN Security Council affairs on June 30 to press for Libyan support for improvements to the UNSCR 1267 sanctions regime, call for increased Libyan diligence with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL),and reiterate stro [...] | 2008-07-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER PARM PINR UN LY KV IR |
08TRIPOLI538 | LIBYA FAVORS MORE TIME FOR AFRICAN MEDIATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. The GOL is "bound by the AU decision" to support a South Africa-led national reconciliation process in Zimbabwe and will not support a draft UNSC resolution calling for targeted sanctions on key Mugabe regime figures. Libya's top officials responsible for African affairs urged [...] | 2008-07-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI SU CD UN LY |
08TRIPOLI719 | LIBYA: TRI-LATERAL DIPLOMACY IS THE WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Ali Treiki, Secretary for African Affairs in the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent),is optimistic that Chad and Sudan can be brought to the table to make peace through Libya's tri-lateral efforts. Treiki said the "Gr [...] | 2008-09-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN CD SU LY |
08TRIPOLI799 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA -- LIBYA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNGA LY KV |
08TRIPOLI984 | LIBYA PROTEST'S ISRAEL'S STRIKES ON GAZA, CALLS FOR [...] (C) MFA Secretary for European Affairs and senior regime figure Abdulati Obeidi convoked P-5 chiefs of mission on December 28 to denounce Israel's airstrikes against the Gaza Strip. The meeting was filmed and televised by the state-owned Jamahiriya News Agency (JANA). Describing strikes by th [...] | 2008-12-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL UN IS LY |
08TRIPOLI988 | LIBYA'S VIEWS ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON GAZA [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Desk Director Ahmed Aoun on December 30. Aoun took our points on board, but stressed that while HAMAS' decision to break the ceasefire had precipitated Israel's military strikes in Gaza, the decision to execute rocket attacks had come against [...] | 2008-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM UN IS LY |
08TUNIS1108 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN TS |
08TUNIS1152 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri on November 12 to underscore the importance the United States attaches to the resolution on Iran, as well as the resolutions on Burma and North Korea. The Ambassador went through US views in detail with Khemiri. [...] | 2008-11-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN TS |
08TUNIS1175 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SEEK HELP IN [...] (C) PolOffs met with representatives of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on November 17 and 18. Both organizations echoed a common complaint in the diplomatic community: the GOT does not share information, restri [...] | 2008-11-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN TS |
08ULAANBAATAR418 | MONGOLIA ENGAGED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (C) On September 11, PolOff delivered to MFA Department of Multilateral Cooperation Deputy Director Gunaajav BATJARGAL reftel points urging Mongolia not to support "no-action" motions on country-specific resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee; to support anticipated resolutio [...] | 2008-09-11 09:00:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN MN UNGA |
08UNVIEVIENNA478 | FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TAKES SHAPE IN PREPARATORY MEETING [...] (U) Representatives from Afghanistan, France, Italy, U.K., and U.S. met at the Italian mission in Vienna on August 27 to discuss the structure and format of the proposed "Friends of Afghanistan" group. Charge delivered guidance points from reftel, which were well received across the board. [...] | 2008-08-27 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR UN AF FR UK IT CA AS NL GM DA NO TU RS PK |
08UNVIEVIENNA504 | TALIBAN TO BAN OPIUM IN AFGHANISTAN?? [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A talking points on eradication to UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on September 11. He urged Costa to clarify publicly UNODC's continuing support for a balanced, comprehensive eradication policy in Afghanistan. Ambassador also highlighted USG support to a [...] | 2008-09-12 14:42:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL NATO PTER AF UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA513 | UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP REVISES MODEL LAW ON PROCUREMENT [...] (U) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group I (Procurement) met in Vienna September 8-12, 2008 to discuss proposed reforms to the UNCITRAL model procurement law. For the past several years, the Working Group on Procurement has been engaged in an effor [...] | 2008-09-18 11:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA532 | IMPROVING FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE AT UNODC [...] (U) The open ended Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) of the UNODC will have its first meeting on October 7. This meeting is intended for member states to submit their position papers, which the chair (Namibia and Sweden) will use for developing a single paper that will be circulat [...] | 2008-09-29 10:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN AU |
08UNVIEVIENNA533 | WORKING GROUP REFORMS UNICTRAL MODEL ARBITRATION LAW [...] (U) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II on Arbitration met September 15-19, 2008 in Vienna to continue discussing proposed reforms to the UNCITRAL model arbitration law. The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules are considered one of the most successful U [...] | 2008-09-30 13:26:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA545 | IAEA/BOG: OCTOBER SESSION APPROVES DG ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 11:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNPP MNUC PREL UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA546 | IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3 [...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...] | 2008-10-09 14:38:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG |
08UNVIEVIENNA557 | UNODC FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING, OCTOBER [...] (SBU) At the first meeting of UNODC's Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) on October 7, delegations presented their position papers. The Secretariat distributed a paper on defining "core" activities, which the G-77 considered unsatisfactory. The G-77 and EU agreed on creating a for [...] | 2008-10-15 10:24:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN AU |
08UNVIEVIENNA558 | UNODC FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING, OCTOBER [...] (SBU) At the first meeting of UNODC's Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) on October 7, delegations presented their position papers. The Secretariat distributed a paper on defining "core" activities, which the G-77 considered unsatisfactory. The G-77 and EU agreed on creating a for [...] | 2008-10-15 10:47:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN AU |
08UNVIEVIENNA578 | UNODC FINANCIAL-GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Co-chairs of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Improving Governance and Financial Situation of the UNODC (FinGov) convened a two-hour informal meeting with key members on October 23 to discuss options of improving the financial stability of UNODC. The options included req [...] | 2008-10-30 14:20:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UN KCRM |
08UNVIEVIENNA581 | October 23 UNGASS CONSULTATIONS ON DRAFT ANNEX [...] (SBU) On October 23 Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, chair of the CND, briefed the WEOG group on the draft annex or Action Plan (emailed to Department previously). Prior to the briefing, a number of WEOG members met to discuss their reaction to the draft. There was general agreement [...] | 2008-10-31 15:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA585 | IAEA: PURSUING TERM LIMITS FOR THE DIRECTOR [...] (S) The IAEA is an outlier among most international organizations (IOs) which have instituted term limits for their directorships. Previous efforts to do so at the IAEA have failed due to G-77 opposition as they were seen as directed against DG ElBaradei. The DG election cycle presents an op [...] | 2008-11-04 14:22:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC KNPP IAEA UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA587 | IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - A BUDGET ISSUE THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has no clear policy on the application of Program Support Costs (PSCs) to extrabudgetary contributions. In recent months, however, the Secretariat has dabbled with implementing a universal fee of 7 percent. The U.S. and Australia have so far refused to pay the 7 perce [...] | 2008-11-06 15:23:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA |
08UNVIEVIENNA588 | SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR NOVEMBER 18 VIENNA FRIENDS OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador will host the second meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan group (Ref b) on November 18. (Note: List of Friends follows in para 5. End Note.) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa has been invited to give a presentation on UNODC's activities in Afghanistan, as well [...] | 2008-11-06 15:54:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN NATO AF |
08UNVIEVIENNA596 | UNCITRAL: SECURED TRANSACTIONS WORKING GROUP ADDRESSES [...] (U) UNCITRAL Working Group VI (Secured Transactions) at its 2008 session in Vienna, October 20-24, continued its work on the preparation of an annex to the 2007 UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions (hereafter "the Guide") on security rights in intellectual property (IP). The Un [...] | 2008-11-13 09:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA617 | UNODC on Afghanistan and Related Drug Issues [...] (SBU) Meeting in mid-November, UNODC Executive Director told Ambassador of the shocking level of amphetamine seizures in Saudi Arabia. He expressed surprise at the difference between USG and UNODC estimates of poppy cultivation in Pakistan, predicted a decline in Afghanistan poppy cultivatio [...] | 2008-11-21 13:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN CO PK IR SA |
08UNVIEVIENNA634 | GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PARIS PACT [...] (SBU) The upcoming December 15-16 annual meeting of the Paris Pact Consultative Group is a venue for USDEL to advance USG counternarcotics objectives in Afghanistan by expressing support the UNODC's "Rainbow Strategy." Specifically, the U.S. can use this forum to encourage donor contribution t [...] | 2008-12-02 15:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL AF IR CA PK UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA650 | UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW [...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate and [...] | 2008-12-11 13:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AU KCRM UNODC RUEHZO UK TZ DJ YM SO KE |
08UNVIEVIENNA659 | UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW [...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate a [...] | 2008-12-18 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE |
08UNVIEVIENNA664 | GENEVA GROUP MOVES TO IMPLEMENT IAEA RULES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: This is a guidance request (see paragraph 7). Geneva Group members have reached consensus to request the IAEA Secretariat to report in writing on the financial implications of resolutions introduced for consideration by the Board or General Conference. Such reporting conforms [...] | 2008-12-22 07:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL SZ |
08UNVIEVIENNA666 | UNODC MAJOR DONORS MEETING TACKLES UNGASS REVIEW, PIRACY [...] (SBU)INL A/S David T. Johnson led the USDEL to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Major Donors meeting, December 5. Discussion with the other 20 donor countries included (1) a proposal for UNODC action to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, (2) the funding situation of UNODC, and (3) [...] | 2008-12-22 13:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC AF SW SZ GM FR CA IN IT |
08UNVIEVIENNA668 | UNCAC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: REVIEWING IMPLEMENTATION [...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the week of December 15 to promote implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). During the meeting of the Review of Implementation Working Group on December 15 [...] | 2008-12-23 15:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR UNODC UN AU |
08USNATO254 | "FRIENDS OF KOSOVO" MEET IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Belgium hosted on July 18 a meeting of the "Friends Of Kosovo" bringing together key stakeholders, including NATO, EU, OSCE, UN and contributing nations. The meeting had no formal agenda but was designed to initiate a process of cooperation among the players. Speakers urged gre [...] | 2008-07-18 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN EU OSCE |
08USNATO320 | AFGHAN MOD WARDAK PUSHES ANA EXPANSION AT NAC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Defense Minister Wardak briefed the NAC with ISAF contributors on September 4 on the current security situation in Afghanistan, the rationale for expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA) and methods to reduce civilian casualties. He portrayed the security situation as [...] | 2008-09-05 16:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF UN |
08USNATO321 | UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO Allies, partners, EU representatives and the World Bank on September 3 on UNODC's 2008 Afghanistan Opium Survey report. Costa reported that poppy cultivation d [...] | 2008-09-05 17:22:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF |
08USNATO354 | A/S BOUCHER NATO VISIT, 17 SEP 08 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During September 14 meetings at NATO, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told NATO Perm Reps that NATO and the Afghans need to be more effective in holding territory, particularly with strengthened Afghan police, provincial and local governme [...] | 2008-10-01 12:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF |
08USNATO456 | NATO POST-MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUE READOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 10:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR ECON PGOV UN XG XA AF GG UP |
08USNATO99 | MESSAGE OF STRONG SUPPORT FOR SRSG DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Speaking at the informal weekly "coffee" gathering of the North Atlantic Council on March 11, Ambassador Nuland told Allies the U.S. welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as the Special Representative for the Secretary General in Afghanistan and intended to put together a series of high- [...] | 2008-03-17 13:56:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN NATO AF |
08USUNNEWYORK1010 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 31, 2008 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fo [...] | 2008-11-04 19:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1011 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING U.S. ASSESSMENTS [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note dated 10 October 2008 from the Secretary-General requesting payment of U.S. assessed contributions which remain outstanding. Amounts assessed but not yet paid are reflected in the attached sum [...] | 2008-11-04 19:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK1013 | UN FINANCE: INSTRUCTIONS REQUESTED FOR [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. USUN has received a note from USG for Political Affairs Mr. B. Lynn Pasco, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad dated 22 October 2008 notifying us that the Trust Fund for the Settlement of the Question of East Timor (TYA) will be closed. As of 30 S [...] | 2008-11-04 21:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK102 | OIC OBSERVER MISSION REQUESTS DIPLOMATIC [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note dated January 22, 2008 from the Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of the Islamic Conference requesting diplomatic recognition for the Mission. The request is made pursuant to the final communiqu of the annual coordination meeting of OIC Foreign [...] | 2008-02-05 17:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP OIC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1038 | UN FINANCE: INSTRUCTIONS REQUESTED FOR [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. USUN has faxed IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt a letter and attachments dated 17 October 2008 from UN Assistant Secretary-General, Controller Jun Yamazaki to Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad notifying us of the closure of the Trust Fund for the Police Assistance P [...] | 2008-11-07 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK1039 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2. USUN has faxed to IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt a note from the United Nations dated 1 October 2008 requesting payment in the amount of $338,541.00 for the third session of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties of the Treaty on the Non-Prolife [...] | 2008-11-07 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1040 | VENEZUELAN DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR UN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4 below. 2. (U) Mission received the following note from the Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, putting forward a draft resolution on the World Financial Crisis. Text of note from Venezuela follows: The Permanent Mission of t [...] | 2008-11-07 22:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1058 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ALCY R. FRELICK, [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants Mission clearance to Alcy Frelick, Chief of EAP/ANP, to participate in meetings with Pacific Island Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors, November 17 and November 18. Control officer is Jeff Reneau, who can be reached at office tel: 212-415-4361; cell: [...] | 2008-11-12 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1073 | UN SEEKS AGREEMENT FROM U.S. TO DEPOSIT BALANCES [...] This is an action request. See para. 4. 2. USUN has faxed to the Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt) a letter and attachments from Assistant Secretary General/Controller for Management Mr. Jun Yamazaki addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad, dated 10 November 2008 notifying USUN that balances fro [...] | 2008-11-17 15:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK1107 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 14:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1110 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 14:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK1123 | UNIFEM EVENT HIGHLIGHTS WIDESPREAD COMMITMENT TO [...] On November 25, UNIFEM hosted a high-level event at the U.N. headquarters entitled "United Voices Say NO To Violence Against Women." The event featured seven distinguished speakers, including SYG Ban Ki-moon and UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman. The event was held as part of UNIFEM's [...] | 2008-12-01 21:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM UN UNIFEM |
08USUNNEWYORK13 | CUBANS PROTEST DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MISSION [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note (No. NV-6237 of 12/19/07) from the Cuban Mission protesting a demonstration that occurred on December 10 directly across the street from that Mission. The note, text of which appears in paragraph 3 below, notes that the demonstration took place in an unaut [...] | 2008-01-07 17:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP CU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK14 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2008 REGULAR BUDGET [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note dated December 28, 2007 from the Secretary General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN regular budget for 2008 in the amount of $453,338,391. The note also refers to ou [...] | 2008-01-07 20:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK146 | VIETNAM UN MISSION/CONSULAR DUAL ACCREDITATION [...] Vietnamese PermRep Loung Minh Le has sent Ambassador Khalilzad an informal note requesting his support for the Vietnamese Government's decision to appoint two persons at its Mission to the UN to provide visa services. Attached to the informal note was a undated diplomatic note from the Vietn [...] | 2008-02-14 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP VN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK15 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF 2008 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated January 4, 2008 requesting payment SIPDIS of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2008 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note [...] | 2008-01-07 20:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN CMP AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK160 | UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] I have received a February 5 letter from Vijay Nambiar, SYG Ban's chief of staff, in which he asks me for assistance in arranging engagement between the UN and the USG "at the highest level" to ensure operational cohesion and "prudent planning in the event of a security crisis" presumably re [...] | 2008-02-20 14:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP AEMR AMGT UN |
08USUNNEWYORK179 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR THE [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated February 15, 2008 requesting payment SIPDIS of the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) for the period [...] | 2008-02-26 19:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK19 | SECOND CUBAN PROTEST REGARDING MISSION SECURITY [...] Paragraph 2 of reftel describes a December 26, 2007 incident in which a Cuban emigre threw a rock through a glass door at the Cuban Mission and was subsequently arrested by the New York Police Department. USUN has received a diplomatic note dated January 7, 2008 (text follows in paragraph 2 [...] | 2008-01-09 15:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP CU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK194 | CUBA PROTESTS DELAY IN OFFICIAL VISA ISSUANCE [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: USUN seeks Department's guidance in replying to Cuba's note verbale (text in paragraph 3) which protests the USG's delay in issuing a visa to Cuban government expert Jose Rufino Menendez Hernandez, who had made timely application to attend an official UN meeting [...] | 2008-02-29 21:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP CVIS CU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK196 | SECOND OIC REQUEST FOR DIPLOMATIC STATUS IN NEW [...] During a brief meeting on February 28, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Permanent Observer to the UN Ambassador Abdul Wahab handed Ambassador Khalilzad a letter in which he reiterates and expands upon an earlier request (see reftel) that his UN observer office be granted diplomati [...] | 2008-03-03 21:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP OIC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK20 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 16:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK207 | INDIA AND MONGOLIA WANT NY PROPERTY TAX ISSUE [...] Cypriot Ambassador Mavroyiannis, Chairman of the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country, has informed USUN that the Indian and Mongolian Ambassadors have asked him to convene an emergency meeting of the Committee with a view toward a General Assembly request to the International Court [...] | 2008-03-06 15:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP UN |
08USUNNEWYORK21 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 16:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK22 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 16:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK223 | NY PROPERTY TAX AND THE HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 17:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP IN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK23 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Nations dated November 30, 2007 confirming receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: Mission Receipt No. Amount ($) --------- ----------- ----------- UNIFIL B074342 92,000,000 B [...] | 2008-01-10 16:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK240 | INDIA AGREES TO BILATERAL TALKS ON PROPERTY TAX [...] As instructed reftel, Ambassador Wolff met with Indian DepPermRep Ajai Malhotra March 14 to deliver reftel talking points and ask that the Indian Mission consider engaging in bilateral talks on the issue of New York property tax rather than bringing the issue before the UN Committee on Relatio [...] | 2008-03-17 18:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL IN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK251 | CAMEROON PROPERTY TAX CASE: JUDGE WANTS PERMREP TO [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN has received an advance faxed copy of a diplomatic note from the Cameroon Mission expressing its concern at what it believes is the District Court's demand that the Permanent Representative or his designee appear [...] | 2008-03-19 18:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL CM UN |
08USUNNEWYORK252 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNITED [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated March 14, 2008 requesting payment of SIPDIS the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) for the period f [...] | 2008-03-19 21:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK320 | U.S. CITIZEN SPOUSE OF AFGHAN DIPLOMAT REPORTS [...] This message is unclassified but sensitive - please treat accordingly. 2. USUN Host Country Law Enforcement Coordinator was recently contacted by NYPD regarding a report of domestic violence it received from Lalla Khan-Amin, the U.S. citizen wife of Afghan Mission Second Secretary Wahidulla [...] | 2008-04-09 19:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP UN AF PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK321 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] USUN has received official receipts from the United Ntions dated March 24, 2008 confirming receipt of U.S. contributions for the following: Mission Receipt No. Amount($) ------- ----------- --------- UNOCI B075630 1,747,246 UNMI [...] | 2008-04-09 19:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK341 | CHILD OF TIMOR LESTE PERMREP REPORTS ABUSE [...] On April 8, 2008, the school teacher of the six year-old son of Timor Leste's PermRep, HE Ambassador Nelson Santos, noticed marks indicating abuse. In response to the teacher's inquiries about the marks, the child stated his father had hit him with a belt. The teacher reported this to the Ne [...] | 2008-04-11 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN TT PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK347 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary. A call for more information on implementation of the General Assembly Counter-Terrorism Strategy dominated a meeting hosted by the Egyptian Mission at which UN Assistant Secretary-General Robert Orr briefed on the activities of the Counter-Terrorism Task Force Working Groups. [...] | 2008-04-14 23:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER UN PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK382 | BULGARIAN MISSION DEMANDS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST [...] This message in unclassified but sensitive - please protect accordingly. 2. This is an action message for the Department - please see paragraph 3. 3. USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Bulgarian Mission regarding an incident during which Tsvetan Vasilev, the Mission's Chef, [...] | 2008-04-29 15:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL BU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK383 | CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE PRESIDENT: HAITI [...] (U) U.S. Mission, New York transmits this letter dated 22 April 2008 from UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon to President Bush regarding assistance for Haiti. BEGIN TEXT: Excellency: I am writing to seek your urgent assistance to address the situation in Haiti, where a rapid deterioration in socio-econ [...] | 2008-04-29 20:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON HA PREL UN |
08USUNNEWYORK388 | CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE PRESIDENT: MILLENNIUM [...] USUN received via fax on April 30 a letter dated 25 April 2008 from UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon and President of the General Asembly Dr. Srgjan Kerim to President Bush. The letter invites the President to a September 25, 2008 high-level event on the Millenium Development Goals. Text of letter follows [...] | 2008-05-01 19:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON PREL UN |
08USUNNEWYORK433 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL COMPLAINS ABOUT VISA DELAY [...] This is an action request for the Department. USUN requests guidance for a reply to UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel who sent Ambassador Khalilzad a letter complaining that the host country did not issue an official visa in time to permit UNIDO Legal Adviser Behrouz Moradi (an Iranian nationa [...] | 2008-05-14 16:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS UN |
08USUNNEWYORK436 | DEMARCHE TO UNFPA ON 6TH CHINA COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] ECON Minister-Counselor Hagen met May 14 with UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid, her deputy Mari Simonen, and Asia-Pacific Deputy Director Neelakanthi Jayaratnam. In response to the demarche in reftel, Obaid said UNFPA's Executive Board would discuss the issue of access to audits at its [...] | 2008-05-14 23:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN KUNR PREF SOCI PHUM |
08USUNNEWYORK439 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THREE [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 14, 2008 concerning the financing of three peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follow [...] | 2008-05-15 22:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK440 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 22:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK447 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH UN SYG ON BURMA [...] (S) On May 19, Ambassador Khalilzad met with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the latest developments concerning international assistance to Burma. The Secretary General is scheduled to depart for Burma on May 20. He will be accompanied by UN staffers and journalists from seve [...] | 2008-05-20 00:11:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | BM PHUM PREL UNSC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK456 | ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] USUN RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM JORGE SAMPAIO, UN HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS, IN RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM EUR A/S VOLKER (REFTEL). BEGIN TEXT Dear Assistant Secretary Volker Thank you for your letter dated 22 April regarding Sec [...] | 2008-05-21 19:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PREL SP TU OIIP |
08USUNNEWYORK458 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES POST-CONFLICT [...] SUMMARY: With a May 20 open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding led by UK Foreign Minister David Miliband, the UK used their Security Council Presidency to launch a re-examination of UN support for post-conflict countries. Common themes in statements by Council members included: 1) support [...] | 2008-05-21 22:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SOCI UNSC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK475 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 20:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK477 | U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED [...] (SBU) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council May 27 on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In addition to members of the Security Council, 21 other member states participated in the public discussion. Most voiced sup [...] | 2008-05-29 23:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UNSC XA UN PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK489 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JARED COHEN TO MEET [...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance to Jared Cohen of the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff (S/P) to meet with UN ASG Bob Orr on May 30 to follow-up on collaboration to build networks of victims of terrorism. 2. POC for Mr. Cohen is James Donovan, USUN (212-415-4300). Kha [...] | 2008-06-03 19:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV AMGT UN |
08USUNNEWYORK522 | GA COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY REVIEW - MEETING [...] (U) Summary. The "Facilitator" for the General Assembly Counter-terrorism Strategy Review told Amb. Wolff that he expects the September review will result in adoption of a resolution re-committing but not re-opening the Strategy. He summarized the views expressed during a series of consulta [...] | 2008-06-13 22:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER UN |
08USUNNEWYORK542 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI SPECIAL [...] (U) Mission clearance granted for S/WCI Special Advisor Joe Mellott to travel to New York on June 20 to accompany USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson to the Group of Interested States (GIS) meeting to discuss the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) budget proposal. 2. P [...] | 2008-06-19 20:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN OTRA |
08USUNNEWYORK550 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] Summary. Informal consultations on the General Assembly's Counter-terrorism Strategy follow-up focused on plans for the September review. Delegations struck a positive tone and comments were generally constructive. The current trend is toward a resolution reaffirming the Strategy. Some de [...] | 2008-06-23 19:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UN |
08USUNNEWYORK574 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK580 | ALGERIA COMPLAINS TO UN COMMITTEE OVER AIRPORT [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph 2. 2. Youcef Yousfi, Algeria's Ambassador to the UN, has written the Chairman of the UN's Committee on Relations with the Host Country to complain that Algerian diplomats accredited to the UN are singled out for additiona [...] | 2008-06-30 21:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL AG UN |
08USUNNEWYORK635 | DPM/FM KHIEM OFFERS "FAVORABLE CONDITIONS" ON [...] (C) During a meeting on July 16, Vietnamese DPM/FM Pham Gia Khiem requested that Khalilzad "work with the State Department" to grant Vietnam permission to buy property in New York for their permanent mission to the United Nations. According to Khiem, the USG was delaying the purchase until the [...] | 2008-07-17 16:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP PREL KREC VM UN |
08USUNNEWYORK65 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR SIX [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 18, 2008 concerning the financing of six peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fol [...] | 2008-01-23 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK655 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 21, 2008 concerning the financing of 14 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...] | 2008-07-23 17:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK66 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 14:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK669 | SWISS COUNTER-TERRORISM "PROCESS" CHALLENGES U.S. [...] (U) Summary. In November 2007, Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey launched a series of meetings described as the "International Process on Global Counter-terrorism Co-operation (Process)" (reftel). On July 24, they circulated a final document which states that the purpose of [...] | 2008-07-25 22:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UN SZ |
08USUNNEWYORK682 | A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...] | 2008-07-30 23:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK |
08USUNNEWYORK685 | A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...] | 2008-07-31 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK |
08USUNNEWYORK726 | SOMALI MISSION WAIVES INVIOLABILITY OF RESIDENCE [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Somali Mission to the UN waiving the inviolability of the PermRep's residence in New Rochelle so that the City can enter to make necessary repairs to mitigate the existing health and safety hazards. Text of the Somali note appears in paragraph 2 b [...] | 2008-08-13 16:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL SO UN |
08USUNNEWYORK736 | MAXIMIZING U.S. LEVERAGE IN THE 63RD UNGA [...] (C) Summary. The 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) offers an opportunity to maximize U.S. influence within the UN by promoting targeted initiatives and reducing, without compromising U.S. policies or principles, the number of resolutions where we vote in or nearly in isolation. This [...] | 2008-08-15 18:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON UN |
08USUNNEWYORK772 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated August 24, 2008 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...] | 2008-08-26 18:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK775 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 19:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK811 | JOINING CONSENSUS ON THE GA "CAUSES OF CONFLICT IN [...] Post notes that General Assembly plenary resolution A/62/L.47 "Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa" will come before the General Assembly for d [...] | 2008-09-10 14:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA UN |
08USUNNEWYORK822 | UN TO RATIONALIZE ITS WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MECHANISMS [...] (SBU) Summary. The high-level panel on UN System-Wide Coherence underlined, in its 2004 report, the need for reform in the gender sector, and the Member States have agreed that the UN's approach to gender/women needs to be rationalized and strengthened. Deputy Secretary-General Migiro present [...] | 2008-09-15 20:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK83 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE [...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 5. 2. USUN has emailed to department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and IO-EUR/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 25, 2008 concerning the financing of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory o [...] | 2008-01-29 14:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK832 | IRAN MISSION COMPLAINS OF ANTI-GOI "TERRORIST" [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Iranian Mission to the UN complaining that demonstrators linked to a terrorist group have been allowed to demonstrate in New York, The note requests the USG prevent further demonstrat [...] | 2008-09-18 13:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL IR UN |
08USUNNEWYORK880 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 15:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK881 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated September 26, 2008 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fol [...] | 2008-09-30 15:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK897 | SYG BAN'S SEPTEMBER 25 HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON THE FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the global food price crisis dominated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's September 25 high-level event on food security and climate change. Ban committed to providing leadership on the food crisis through the High-Level Task Force process, and stated that policy [...] | 2008-10-01 20:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV UN |
08USUNNEWYORK90 | MEETING WITH CUBANS ON MISSION SECURITY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. Following a meeting of the UN's Committee on Relations with the Host Country called by Cuba (septel) to complain that the host country was not taking the Cuban Mission's security concerns seriously enough, NYC Com [...] | 2008-01-31 15:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP ASEC CU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK903 | UNICEF ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 17:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AFIN AORC UNICEF |
08USUNNEWYORK904 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE ACKNOWLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 17:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
08USUNNEWYORK91 | UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE: AIRPORT PARKING FEES; [...] Summary: Security incidents and removal of NYPD presence from a fixed security post at the Cuban Mission, exemptions from New York State gasoline taxes and the unwelcomed and sudden decision by the Port Authority of NY and NJ (PANYNJ) to charge parking fees to diplomatic vehicles at area ai [...] | 2008-01-31 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP UN CU |
08USUNNEWYORK98 | NYC WANTS TO COLLECT PROPERTY TAX ON BULGARIAN [...] Unclassified - entire text. 2. Bulgarian Minister Plenipotentiary Branimir Zaimov called on USUN Host Country and Legal Officers to describe two meetings between his Mission and the City of New York, which wants to negotiate a settlement with the Mission on USD 35 million it says Bulgaria [...] | 2008-02-04 20:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP BU UN |
08USUNNEWYORK995 | UPDATE ON DOHA FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT (FFD) [...] (U) Summary. Delegations in New York have completed the first reading of the "zero draft" of the outcome document for the November 29 - December 3 Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha. The Egyptian and Norwegian co-facilitators for the FfD process hope to finalize the outcome [...] | 2008-10-31 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD UN |
08VALLETTA227 | MALTA: FOREIGN MINISTER PUNTS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a May 30 meeting, Ambassador asked new Minister of Foreign Affairs Tonio Borg for an update regarding GoM recognition of Kosovo. The Ambassador reminded the FM that he had earlier (Ref A) told us Malta could recognize Kosovo only after the FM had had a chance to brief Parliament,s Eur [...] | 2008-06-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK MT |
08VALLETTA270 | MALTA: LATEST ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (U) In a July 1 working unch with Foreign Minister Tonio Borg and the mebers of the Maltese Parliament's European and Foeign Affairs Committee, Ambassador Bordonaro drew n Ref A talking points to urge that Malta recognze Kosovo at the earliest opportunity. 2. (C) M Borg responded that Kosov [...] | 2008-07-03 13:12:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KPKO MT |
08VALLETTA294 | MALTA'S FM: KOSOVO RECOGNITION BY END OF JULY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KPKO MT |
08VALLETTA350 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DEMANDING RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On the afternoon of August 13, Ambassador Bordonaro raised reftel points with Maltese FM Tonio Borg, urging Malta to engage the Russian government about continued reports of Russian military activity around Gori, and to urge Russia to investigate and end any possible ongoing atrocities in [...] | 2008-08-18 05:31:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL RS UN MT |
08VATICAN38 | HOLY SEE HAS RECOGNIZED KOSOVO "DE FACTO", SAYS VATICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Holy See is not ready to formally recognize Kosovo but will continue to promote dialogue in a way that implicitly acknowledges and respects Kosovo's de facto independence. The Holy See's diplomatic objectives are to balance relations with Serbia and the Serbian Orthodox Churc [...] | 2008-04-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KIRF KJUS UN UNMIK YI EU VT |
08VATICAN42 | WHA A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES CUBA, PARAGUAY, BOLIVIA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Holy See wants a peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba and will continue to raise the issue of political prisoners with Havana, but believes that change will be slow. For the Holy See, social justice and addressing inequality are key to the success of democracy in the hem [...] | 2008-06-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF UN CU PA NU VT |
08VATICAN66 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED, UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] DCM delivered reftel demarche on US human rights priorities for the Third Committee meetings of the 2008 UN General Assembly to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, on September 9. 2. Additionally, Pol Chief discussed reftel points with Monsignor Christophe El [...] | 2008-09-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF UN VT |
08VIENNA1242 | AUSTRIA TO SEEK EU CONSENSUS ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] (C) Acting Econ/Pol Couns discussed reftel points August 28 with Franz-Josef Kuglitsch, MFA director for Southeast Europe. Kuglitsch said the GOA holds conflicting views regarding Serbia's proposal to refer the lawfulness of Kosovo's independence declaration to the International Court of Just [...] | 2008-08-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV AU |
08VIENNA1361 | AUSTRIAN POSITION ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 07:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN AU |
08VIENNA1501 | AUSTRIAN POSITION ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 06:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV AU |
08VIENNA676 | AUSTRIA ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLITICAL DRIVE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Despite serious concerns about interoperability in the armed services, Austria's Defense and Foreign Ministers are pushing for a robust, though not absolute, ban on cluster munitions. To achieve this, the MFA is prepared to discuss compromise definitions of CW and clarification [...] | 2008-05-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL NATO UN AU |
08VIENTIANE241 | AMBASSADOR RAISES FOOD SECURITY; CHINESE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Topics at an April 10 Informal Quarterly Donors Meeting co-chaired by the Ambassador included food security in Laos, focusing on poor governmental policy choices in the often rice-deficient uplands areas, and the Chinese-financed development project at That Luang marsh (ref A). [...] | 2008-04-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV UN LA CN |
08VIENTIANE508 | LAOS DEMARCHE: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Embassy Vientiane approached the French and German missions September 11 regarding reftel. Neither was aware of the Serbian proposal nor had they received any instructions to approach the Government of Laos (GOL) on the issue. On September 12 Econoff spoke with Deputy Director General of [...] | 2008-09-12 06:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KVIR UN LA |
08VILNIUS731 | LITHUANIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S ICJ RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN LH |
08VILNIUS732 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS STRONG U.S. ACTIONS ON HUMAN [...] Rita Kazragiene, head of the MFA's UN Division, told us on September 4 that the GOL was glad to see the USG take an active role on human rights at UNGA, particularly since the USG limited its involvement with the HRC. She said that the GOL is likely to support all the USG's human rights init [...] | 2008-09-05 13:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN LH |
08WARSAW1175 | POLAND TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poland will abstain on Serbia's UNGA resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ),according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. In response to reftel demarche, Sobkow, who is responsible for EU foreign policy an [...] | 2008-10-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV PL |
08WELLINGTON114 | PIF MINISTERIAL MEETING ON FIJI [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 26, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers met in Auckland to review the situation in Fiji, in particular to assess progress by the Interim Government (IG) towards meeting the commitments made by Commodore Bainimarama to PIF leaders in Tonga in October 2007. I [...] | 2008-03-28 02:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL FJ UN NZ XV |
08WELLINGTON44 | LOBBYING NEW ZEALAND ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) DCM presented the demarche reftel to Caroline Forsyth, MFAT Deputy Secretary for Multilateral and Global Affairs, on February 12. She responded that New Zealand has been following developments in Kosovo closely. GNZ has a long-standing established practice of not making declarations of rec [...] | 2008-02-13 05:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ UN YI EU UNMIK |
08WELLINGTON59 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary. Charge presented reftel demarche to MFAT Deputy Secretary Peter Hamilton who repeated Prime Minister Clark's earlier insistence that New Zealand has an established practice of not publicly announcing diplomatic recognition but allowing it to be inferred over time from its actions. [...] | 2008-02-21 18:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NZ |
08WINDHOEK291 | NAMIBIA'S RESPONSE TO UNGA HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. Shiweva stated that Namibia would, in all likelihood, vote on the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee Human Rights [...] | 2008-09-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN WA |
08WINDHOEK320 | NAMIBIA: UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION, BUT [...] (C) Charge d'affaires met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete to deliver reftel demarche on October 6. CDA was accompanied by poleconoff, while Nghiwete was joined by Deputy Permanent Secretary Hinyangerwa Asheeke and Deputy Director for Bi [...] | 2008-10-07 11:48:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV WA |
08YAOUNDE784 | CAMEROON: BIYA THANKFUL FOR USG ROLE, BUT WORRIED [...] (S) Summary. Although concerned by efforts within Nigeria to derail the Greentree Accords, President Biya is confident that Nigerian President Yar'adua is committed to an August 14 handover of the Bakassi Peninsula. In an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Biya was effusively appreciativ [...] | 2008-08-08 09:30:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS KCOR MOPS MARR NI UN CM |
08YAOUNDE800 | CAMEROON: BIYA PROMISES PROGRESS ON CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) Summary. In a jovial August 7 conversation with the Ambassador, President Biya said he planned to set up three key government institutions--an elections agency, the Senate, and the Constitutional Court--before the end of the year. Applauding USG efforts to fight corruption in Cameroon, Bi [...] | 2008-08-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ECON EINV ETRD UN CM |
08YAOUNDE881 | CAMEROON: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane appreciated the USG's solicitation of the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) priorities for UNGA and promised to share any information as it became a [...] | 2008-09-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM PHUM PREL UNGA UN |
08YEREVAN159 | ARMENIAN'S WAIT-AND-SEE SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (C) CDA delivered Ref A demarche to FM Oskanian February 21. We had earlier telegraphed the main substance, while awaiting the chance to see the FM during the hectic Armenian election period. CDA emphasized US view that Kosovo was a unique case and that its declaration of independence did no [...] | 2008-02-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UN UNMIK GG RU SR YI AM |
08YEREVAN704 | ARMENIA: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN AM |
08ZAGREB231 | NO RESPONSE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY, POSSIBLE [...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 06 March 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...] | 2008-03-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO |
08ZAGREB281 | KOSOVO, IRAN AND COUNTERTERRORISM DOMINATE A/S [...] SUMMARY: (U) Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg visited Croatia on March 17-18 to discuss United Nations Security Council issues. The A/S held working meetings with senior officials from the MFA and the Offices of the President and Prime Minister, as well a [...] | 2008-03-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KO UN |
08ZAGREB602 | TTGG01: CROATIA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered points from reftel to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on August 14. Matek stated that the points about engaging Russia would be communicated immediately to the appropriate officials in the GOC. He explained that hol [...] | 2008-08-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE NATO UN GG RS |
08ZAGREB626 | CROATIA ALSO OPPOSES SERBIAN EFFORT TO REFER [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel message to Neven Mikec, Chief of Staff at the Croatian Foreign Ministry, on August 28. Mikec noted that Croatia had received a letter from Serbian FM Jeremic describing Serbia's proposal to refer the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court o [...] | 2008-08-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV SR HR |
08ZAGREB639 | CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF US PRIORITIES IN UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN HR |
08ZAGREB700 | CROATIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV HR |
09ABIDJAN350 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. SRSG Choi held a press conference on May 27 to counter misinformation about the UN certification of Cote d'Ivoire's election. There has been confusion among both Ivoirians and the international community about how the certification will be conducted. Choi clarified the certific [...] | 2009-06-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM UN IV |
09ABIDJAN430 | UNOCI SAYS DDR UNLIKELY BEFORE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Ouaga IV (the fourth supplementary agreement to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA)) calls for disarmament of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) and dismantlement of the militias to be completed two months before the presidential election, currently scheduled to be held on Novembe [...] | 2009-07-16 14:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KPKO UN IV |
09ABIDJAN652 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] During the week of October 19 Ambassador Nesbitt met with Ivorian Ambassador to the UN Alcide Djedje to solicit GoCI for support for resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DPRK as outlined in reftel. In addition, on November 3, 2009 post delivered all elements of reftel demarche to Ambassador [...] | 2009-11-05 07:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN IV |
09ABUDHABI20 | UAE REMINDED OF PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (SBU) Post relayed ref B appeal for donations to UN-related relief agencies in separate conversations with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al Haidan. Dr. Gargash acknowledged the need and told the Ambassador [...] | 2009-01-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI34 | HUMANITARIAN AID THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC EFFORTS ON GAZA [...] (U) As local news outlets warn of escalation of Israeli military activity in Gaza, UAE citizens and residents are expressing solidarity, taking to the streets in calm, controlled (and relatively small) demonstrations while pledging donations in cash and in kind. Marching in solidarity ---- [...] | 2009-01-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI50 | GAZA AID CONFERENCE HELD IN ABU DHABI [...] As noted Ref A, UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, who is head of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Chairman of the UAEG's Foreign Aid Coordination Committee, called an emergency meeting of donor countries and international relief organizations to discuss Gaza on January [...] | 2009-01-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI513 | UAE AND UNICEF CONTINUE TO ASSIST REPATRIATED [...] (U) Summary: The effort to repatriate young foreign camel jockeys was the headline focus of the UAE's anti-TIP efforts just a few years ago; the follow-up continues unabated, with significant UAE effort and resource applied to the rehabilitation of prior jockeys. End summary. 2. (SBU) U [...] | 2009-05-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KTIP EAID MR SU BG PK UN AE |
09ABUDHABI755 | UAE INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE [...] (U) This message is a response to ref A request for information on initiatives taken by host countries to prevent torture and protect victims. The UAE is not a signatory to many of the international conventions to prevent torture nor does it include prevention of torture in its constitution. [...] | 2009-07-23 12:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN AE |
09ABUJA1458 | NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S REQUEST FOR [...] (U) Per reftel request, the Nigerian Constitution expressly prohibits all acts of torture and inhuman treatment. However, the constitution does not define torture, there is no body of case law, and there have been no prosecutions or convictions to date relating to the torture of any person. [...] | 2009-08-07 07:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL UN NI |
09ABUJA1673 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Staff from the Bureaus of International Organizations (IO) and Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) met in Abuja on September 8 with Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss resolutions, especially on Freedom of Expression (FOE),to be presented at the upcoming 12th sess [...] | 2009-09-11 12:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC |
09ABUJA1683 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Staff from the Bureaus of International Organizations (IO) and Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) met in Abuja on September 8 with Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss resolutions, especially on Freedom of Expression (FOE),to be presented at the upcoming 12th sessio [...] | 2009-09-11 15:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC |
09ABUJA642 | NIGERIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) On April 17, Poloff delivered reftel demarches and a copy of the United States Human Rights Commitments and Pledges to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department in the Second United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim e [...] | 2009-04-17 13:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC NI |
09ADDISABABA154 | USAU: SUPPORT FOR AMISOM FORTHCOMING [...] (U) Summary: At a meeting on January 17 at the African Union (AU),the U.S., EU, and other international partners voiced their support for AMISOM as well as for the joint Transitional Federal Government/Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (TFG/ARS) forces. The AU and its partners also e [...] | 2009-01-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN SO AU |
09ADDISABABA1747 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) During Ambassador Yamamoto's farewell call with African Union Chairperson Jean Ping on July 22, they discussed the desirability of commencing a U.S./AU political dialogue patterned after the consultations the AU has with the European Union. Starting with his attendance at the UNGA this fa [...] | 2009-07-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AU |
09ADDISABABA2902 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION, UNECA HOLD PARTNERS DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 1-2, the AU and UNECA hosted a Partners Dialogue in Addis Ababa, bringing together 15 donor nations and other entities to discuss how to create a more strategic and equitable partnership between the AU/ECA and donors. Key themes that emerged included: the need for a [...] | 2009-12-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN AU |
09ADDISABABA2909 | ETHIOPIA ON CANDIDATE FOR OIOS [...] (C) On December 8, Political-Economic Counselor met with the Director of the Directorate-General for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Grum, to deliver Reftel A points on the potential Ethiopian candidate for the Office of Internal Oversight Services ( [...] | 2009-12-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN PREL AMGT ET |
09ALGIERS1041 | POLISARIO AMBASSADOR SAYS RECENT MOROCCAN RHETORIC [...] (C) Polisario Front "Ambassador" in Algiers on November 17 portrayed the Moroccan government's tougher position on Western Sahara and its mistreatment of Sahrawi rights activists as a provocation designed to undermine UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross' efforts to restart talks, and he stated [...] | 2009-11-22 17:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1063 | POLISARIO ASKS U.S. TO RESPOND TO MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Poloff travelled on November 21 to Tindouf, Algeria, to meet with senior Polisario Front leaders to discuss the future of UN-led mediation efforts on the Western Sahara conflict and to observe the conditions of life in the Sahrawi refugee camps. Polisario officials reitera [...] | 2009-12-01 08:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1082 | NGOS IN TINDOUF ON HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: DCM on November 21 met with several UN officials working with the Sahrawi refugees near Tindouf, Algeria, to discuss the status of assistance and development programs. The groups included the UN peacekeeping force MINURSO, the World Food Program, and the UN High Commission for [...] | 2009-12-07 12:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1117 | POLISARIO RESTRICTS ACTIVITIES SEEN TO THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts with UNHCR and American NGOs working in the Polisario camps near Tindouf say that individual Sahrawis have been involved in smuggling activities, but the Polisario "government" severely punishes anyone caught trafficking persons or weapons that could aid terrorist [...] | 2009-12-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS421 | WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA POSITIVE BUT GUARDED [...] (C) MFA Director-General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the Ambassador on April 25 that Algeria had a very favorable opinion of new UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, and that it found the report of his initial impressions "balanced." However, Magramane also poi [...] | 2009-04-27 17:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS442 | WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA OPTIMISTIC, POLISARIO DOUR [...] (C) In response to ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the DCM on May 3 that Algeria's response to the MINURSO rollover resolution had been "measured and positive" and that Algeria supported Ambassador Christopher Ross. The Algerian government issued a stateme [...] | 2009-05-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS642 | WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS ROSS THAT ALGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSYG Personal Envoy Christopher Ross met with President Bouteflika on June 24 to discuss participation in "informal" talks between Morocco and the Polisario regarding the Western Sahara. After his meetings with Bouteflika in Algiers and later with Polisario leaders in Tindouf, R [...] | 2009-06-30 07:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS768 | ALGERIA'S VIEW OF VIENNA TALKS ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Algerian Minstate for Africa and the Maghreb Abdelkader Messahel, Algeria's representative at the Vienna informal talks on the Western Sahara, told us August 14 that the talks were generally civil and constructive, and that the parties to the dispute agreed to further meetings i [...] | 2009-08-23 10:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS781 | POLISARIO VIEWS VIENNA AS POSITIVE STEP, BUT NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polisario "Ambassador" Brahim Ghali praised the positive atmosphere of the Vienna talks and reiterated the Polisario's commitment to continue its cooperation with UNSYG Special Envoy Christopher Ross. Although the talks were a good opportunity for direct dialogue between the part [...] | 2009-08-27 17:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS988 | ALGERIA RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) P/E chief delivered ref A points November 4 to Abdelkedar Hedjazi, Director of the MFA's Office of the Arab Magreb and Arab Maghreb Union, emphasizing in particular the need to avoid UNGA resolutions related to the Goldstone report that could complicate the resumption of Palestinian-Israe [...] | 2009-11-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL AG IS UN |
09ALGIERS998 | ALGERIA'S THIRD COMMITTEE RECORD UNLIKELY TO CHANGE [...] We delivered reftel points November 4 to MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance Ahmed Saadi. Saadi said that Algeria, as a matter of principle, did not support country-specific resolutions in the Third Committee. Dialogue and engagement were more effective approache [...] | 2009-11-05 17:42:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN AG |
09AMMAN2072 | JORDAN NONCOMMITAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC |
09AMMAN2380 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 12:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN JO |
09AMMAN768 | JORDAN DEMARCHED ON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE; GOJ [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, Ambassador discussed Jordan's participation in the Afghanistan conference on March 24 with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi who said that LTG Prince Faisal, who is the King's brother and the special assistant to the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff [...] | 2009-03-26 07:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK IR UN JO |
09AMMAN829 | UNCC-funded Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program Takes [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC),through its Compensation Fund established to reimburse countries for losses and damages resulting from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, awarded $160 million to Jordan in 2005 for the Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program (BERP) [...] | 2009-04-06 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EAID ECON UN IZ KU SA JO |
09ANKARA1545 | 64TH UNGA, THIRD COMMITTEE: TURKEY'S POSITIONS [...] (C) Kaan Esener, head of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told us on October 26 that Turkey would support U.S. positions (REFTEL) on the 64th UNGA Third Committee's Burma and DPRK resolutions. He added that Turkey would co-sponsor and support the U.S. electoral [...] | 2009-10-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN TU |
09ANKARA1848 | DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER TU KTFN PREL SA YM UN |
09ANTANANARIVO139 | MADAGASCAR: COUNTING ON THE U.N. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following successive no-shows by each party, direct negotiations between President Ravalomanana and former Mayor Rajoelina are suspended and may well be over. However, UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, who met Thursday with Malagasy ministers in South Africa, is sending reinforcements to shore u [...] | 2009-02-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UN |
09ANTANANARIVO149 | MADAGASCAR: CLASHES CONTINUE AS NEGOTIATIONS LOOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Last week's failed negotiations between president and TGV have been followed by almost-daily protests in Antananarivo and in several provincial capitals, despite the appearance of weakening public support and an increasingly firm response by GOM security forces. The conflict has [...] | 2009-03-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO160 | MADAGASCAR: BACK TO THE BRINK -- BUT OF WHAT? [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, along with several other Chiefs of Mission, today again urged the former Mayor and the President to pursue dialogue, rather than violence, to find a resolution to the current political conflict in Madagascar. Reeling from an attack near and -- in his view -- on his [...] | 2009-03-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MEA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO166 | MADAGASCAR: RAVALOMANANA HANGING ON BY A THREAD [...] (C) Summary. The political situation in Madagascar is more fuild than ever after the Wednesday take-over of the military command structure by "the Colonels", but the crumbling security situation appears to have settled down in Tana -- at least for now -- as a result of their move. I have m [...] | 2009-03-12 10:45:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO201 | MADAGASCAR: ELECTIONS WITHIN SIX MONTHS? [...] (C) Summary: The St. Paddy's Day coup here ended the initial phase of Madagascar's political crisis, but the crisis itself is far from over; months of instability, often mascarading as normalcy, probably lie ahead for the long-suffering people of this extremely poor nation. In the wake of [...] | 2009-03-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO217 | MADAGASCAR: UN, AU, AND SADC ROLES, GOING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The UN, SADC, and AU are working to coordinate and harmonize next steps in resolving the Madagascar crisis. Elections within six months are their shared goal. SADC says it will not seat Ravalomanana at the upcoming SADC Summit, but TGV -- perceiving SADC bias in favor of his [...] | 2009-03-26 09:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO261 | MADAGASCAR: POLITICAL PROCESS MOVING HALTINGLY [...] (C) Summary: Malagasy political and civil society actors are moving haltingly forward toward a grand national dialogue, using separate but somewhat parallel processes that all attempt to address the same major questions before Madagascar: political reconciliation, constitutional reform, el [...] | 2009-04-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO270 | MADAGASCAR: TIME TO REGROUP AFTER TALKS COLLAPSE [...] (C) Summary: The collapse of weekend talks facilitated by the UN and AU between the four main Malagasy political "families" is being followed by a pause. Clarification of SADC's current position, especially as regards the possible return to Madagascar of Marc Ravalomanana, is needed before [...] | 2009-04-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO304 | MADAGASCAR INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP: PREPARING [...] (C) Later this week in Addis, the AU will convene and chair the first meeting of the Madagascar International Contact Group (MICG). While the meeting may primarily provide a procedural and ceremonial launch of the new MICG, it is also an opportunity to lay down some important markers about USG [...] | 2009-04-27 10:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MA UN AU |
09ANTANANARIVO336 | MADAGASCAR: PROGRESS TOWARD AN AGREEMENT, AS [...] (C) Summary: President Wade of Senegal has entered the fray in Madagascar, inviting the "four protagonists" -- TGV, Ravalomanana, Ratsikaka, and Zafy -- to Dakar this week to reach and sign a political agreement on the way forward to elections. The reaction here, among both the Malagasy th [...] | 2009-05-11 07:43:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA UN AU |
09ANTANANARIVO353 | MADAGASCAR: TGV RENEGES, AU TAKES OVER, AND EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Andry "TGV" Rajoelina now explicitly conditioning his decision not to run on Zafy, Ravalomanana, and Ratsiraka following suit, it is unclear whether this key provision of the "Transition Charter" under negotiation here is still viable. The EU "Political Dialogue" is schedule [...] | 2009-05-18 11:19:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO359 | MADAGASCAR: EU DIALOGUE AND TGV'S COMING TRAVELS [...] (C) The May 19 Madagascar-EU "Political Dialogue" appears to have helped sober up the HAT and its President about the possible realities that lie ahead for them. The EU, led competently by Czech Ambassador Petr Kopriva, promised that the "120 day clock" for article 96 consultations is about [...] | 2009-05-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MA UN EU AU |
09ANTANANARIVO439 | MADAGASCAR: TIME TO RE-ENGAGE WITH THE FRENCH? [...] (C) Summary: This is an action message for AF and possibly Embassy Paris (see para 7). With AU/UN/Francophonie-mediated negotiations here all but collapsed (reftel),the International Contact Group for Madagascar (ICG) -- which includes the USG -- should now regroup and consider alternate [...] | 2009-06-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UN MA |
09ASHGABAT1017 | TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 11, Fedor Klimtchouk, the Deputy Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA),briefed poloff on the Center's priorities, recent activities and plans for upcoming action. The Center has four priorities: fighting transborder crime, i [...] | 2009-08-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN ENRG ZK AF TX |
09ASHGABAT1053 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A six-year assistance framework agreement signed by the UN and the Turkmen government last week covers a broader range of areas for cooperation than the previous agreement, perhaps a further indication that the Turkmen Government is slowly opening up to the world. Although many [...] | 2009-08-20 12:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1252 | TURKMENISTAN: FOR BERDIMUHAMEDOV, PRAISE FROM ANY [...] (U) On September 26, on the front page of state-run newspaper "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," there was a photo of the certificate and medal that were presented to President Berdimuhamedov on September 24 when he was in the United States for the UN General Assembly. The certificate was for "faithf [...] | 2009-10-01 09:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TX UN |
09ASHGABAT1319 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PARTNERING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 09:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1333 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1485 | TURKMENISTAN: UN REGIONAL CENTER OUTLINES MOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Ashgabat with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, the Head of the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, talked about electricity and water resource problems, the conflict in Afghanistan, and border security. [...] | 2009-11-20 15:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PBTS PREL OSCE UN AF TX ZK |
09ASHGABAT1542 | TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL ASIAN DIPLOMATS ATTEND UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Ashgabat-based UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) conducted a seminar on preventive diplomacy for junior-level diplomats from the five Central Asian countries on November 3-6. Th [...] | 2009-12-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN ZK TX |
09ASHGABAT155 | TURKMENISTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although it has experienced its share of growing pains, the Ashgabat-based UN Preventive Diplomacy Center is playing an increasing role in promoting regional cooperation on a variety of issues shared by all the Central Asian states. Its director has made huge strides in gett [...] | 2009-01-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1574 | TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT-BASED UNAMA LIAISON [...] (SBU) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is re-deploying some of its 1,000 staff out of Kabul after the October attack on the UN building. Mr. Asoka Rasphone, who worked for UNAMA for three years in Afghanistan, has now been deployed to Turkmenistan and will continue [...] | 2009-12-08 08:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1580 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN UNGA TX |
09ASHGABAT1581 | TURKMENISTAN: POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a local media report on the government's efforts to implement its plan on national parks, Pol/Econ local staff member met with two environmental activists to discuss the issue. Both contacts confirmed the [...] | 2009-12-08 11:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1607 | TURKMENISTAN: STATELESSNESS MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent conference on statelessness in Central Asia, participants from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan exchanged ideas on best practices for identifying people without citizenship documentation and for preventing future cases of statelessness. None of th [...] | 2009-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG SOCI UN ZK TX |
09ASHGABAT1635 | TURKMENISTAN: PROJECTS TO HELP REFUGEES STILL NEEDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) On December 16 the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA),briefed a donors meeting about achievements from the project "Improvement of the Quality of Reproductive Health and Socia [...] | 2009-12-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1669 | TURKMENISTAN: DESERT INSTITUTE OPEN TO SCIENTIFIC [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 29 met with the director of the Turkmenistan National Institute of Deserts, Flora, and Fauna, one of his deputies, and a deputy minister of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Nature Protection to discuss possible future joint projects that might fulfill the goals of Presiden [...] | 2009-12-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID OSCI SENV TSPL PREL PGOV UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1675 | DRUGS IN TURKMENISTAN: BURN, BABY, BURN [...] (SBU) On December 24, Poloff attended a drug burning ceremony run by the Turkmenistan State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS) in cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Turkmenistan conducts these ceremonies twice a year, and, according to government officials, burns all the [...] | 2009-12-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI UN TX |
09ASHGABAT182 | TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS CHAIRMAN OFFERS LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent days, both the Charge and also Chevron's Country Manager met with Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tagiyev to get a better sense of Turkmen Government interest in working with large U.S. energy companies. Although both meetings were conducted in a positive atmosph [...] | 2009-02-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX |
09ASHGABAT230 | TURKMENISTAN: BRANCH OF RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ashgabat branch of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas has been operational for almost six months, but little is known about how it is functioning. Its continued development into a legitimate educational institution that will serve the needs of the energy sect [...] | 2009-02-17 10:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX |
09ASHGABAT255 | TURKMENISTAN: CULTURAL NORMS IMPACT BUSINESS [...] (C) The Amcit General Manager at Bertling Logistics in Ashgabat talked with Political Officers on February 18 about how foreign companies get their feet in the door with the Turkmen Government. He argued that having the support of high-level government officials from a foreign company's home [...] | 2009-02-24 11:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX TU |
09ASHGABAT351 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 06:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AF TX |
09ASHGABAT381 | TURKMENISTAN: MFA SHARES PERSPECTIVE ON A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev recently spoke to a U.S.-based scholar about Turkmenistan's goals in hosting the late April pipeline security conference. It is becoming more apparent that the Turkmen Government is laying the groundwork for the development of an international c [...] | 2009-03-25 06:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV TX UN RS AJ |
09ASHGABAT390 | TURKMENISTAN: REGIONAL EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL [...] (C) Carefully avoiding any reference to the term "conference," the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy (Center) held a two-day seminar in Ashgabat on March 11-12 entitled "Central Asia and Global Challenges." Iran Watcher got a read-out from Armands Pupols, a Political Officer with the Center [...] | 2009-03-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN ZK TX |
09ASHGABAT497 | CENTRAL ASIAN WATER DISPUTES HEATING UP; PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 16, Miroslav Jenca, the Head of Office of the Ashgabat-based UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, briefed Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher about the Center's work and conditions in the region. According to Jenca, t [...] | 2009-04-20 05:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN ENRG ZK AF TX |
09ASHGABAT598 | TURKMENISTAN: INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post learned that individual human rights case subject Bazargeldy Berdiyev has been missing sincQay 9 while in possession of a letter from an international court that obliges the Turkmenistan Government to pay him and his family $7 million in damages. The family had received t [...] | 2009-05-12 13:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TX UN |
09ASHGABAT608 | TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTRE FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A diplomat from the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy disputed press reports that the meetings of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea "broke down in bitter disagreement." He maintained that t [...] | 2009-05-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV TX UN ZK AORC |
09ASHGABAT721 | TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTER FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, plans to brief UN and U.S. officials on the activities of the Center during an upcoming visit to the U.S. The Center is working on some ideas to promote stability in Afghanistan and high-level regio [...] | 2009-06-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR SNAR UN TX AF |
09ASHGABAT771 | TURKMENISTAN: UNDP PUSHING ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with UNDP's Electoral Project Manager revealed that the project is moving forward very slowly, due largely to financial issues, in exposing this government to international standards and helping put them into practice. The manager has put significant hopes on the s [...] | 2009-06-19 08:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UN TX |
09ASTANA1536 | KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY TO BUZZ ON IRAN [...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, the Ambassador delivered the talking points (ref) urging Kazakhstan to send a strong private message to Iran about its nuclear program, possibly during a bilateral meeting at UNGA. Umarov agreed to pass [...] | 2009-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC AORC KNNP IAEA UN IR KZ |
09ASTANA1957 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON PRIORITIES FOR THE UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, the head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on U.S. priorities for UN General Assembly Third Committee session. Utegenova said th [...] | 2009-11-04 07:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN KZ |
09ASTANA2128 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7, PolOff met with Zauresh Gabdaulinova of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division to deliver reftel points on the "defamation of religions" resolution. Gabdaulinova said the Government of Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-12-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN KZ |
09ASTANA2139 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA TO HOST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani Ministry of Environment hosted the Advisory Council Meeting on Preparation for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) to be held in Astana in 2010. The MCED is held every five years, and the next Ministerial theme will be to adopt "green gro [...] | 2009-12-10 03:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SENV OSCE UN KZ |
09ASTANA2233 | KAZAKHSTAN SETS UP AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF POLLUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Environment recently hosted a round table on setting up an electronic register of emissions and pollution transmissions (PRTRs) with the participation of several environmental NGOs and the Organiza [...] | 2009-12-24 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV KDEM OSCE UN KZ |
09ASTANA421 | KAZAKHSTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER HEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Miroslav Jenca, Director of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA),met with the Ambassador on March 2 to discuss regional water and energy cooperation and a conference on those issues that will be held in Almaty April 19-21. Jenca said that Kaz [...] | 2009-03-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG SENV UN ZK |
09ASUNCION673 | PARAGUAY DEMARCHED ON UNGA DEFAMATION RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 18:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL PGOV UN PA |
09ATHENS1483 | AMBASSADOR AND FM FOCUS ON VWP, TURKEY, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking ahead to Foreign Minister Bakoyannis' meeting in New York with the Secretary, Ambassador Speckhard reminded the FM that the earliest the U.S. could announce approval of the Visa Waiver Program for Greece would most likely be the end of October 2009, encouraged Greek good [...] | 2009-09-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS KNNP GR TU UN IR OSCE |
09ATHENS1675 | Greek Response to DPRK Universal Periodic Review Demarche [...] (SBU) On December 4, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. views on the DPRK Universal Periodic Review with Elias Photopoulos, Director of the MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights. Photopoulos said Greece fully agreed with U.S. views and that he had instructed the Greek mission to the UN to ask s [...] | 2009-12-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN GR KN |
09ATHENS513 | GREECE SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On April 6, Poloffs delivered reftel points on the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Ambassador Tryphon S. Paraskevopoulos, Director of UN and International Specialized Organizations and Conferences at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and George Panagiot [...] | 2009-04-07 08:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GR UN |
09ATHENS657 | Re-Shaping the U.S.-Greece Relationship [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overwhelming positive attitudes of the Greek public toward the new Administration offers an opportunity to reshape U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, moving Greece from a reluctant to reliable and proactive partner. To achieve this, we need to move the focus of our relationsh [...] | 2009-04-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR PGOV NATO AF KNNP MK UN OSCE |
09BAGHDAD1052 | UNAMI WILL PROPOSE GOI-KRG "TASK FORCE" TO [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI's SRSG de Mistura, accompanied by POLMIN Ford and European representatives, will propose to KRG President Barzani April 17 the establishment of a high level "Task Force" to take concrete actions on Arab-Kurd issues identified in UNAMI's draft reports on Kirkuk and the other [...] | 2009-04-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1054 | UNAMI WILL PROPOSE GOI-KRG "TASK FORCE" TO [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI's SRSG de Mistura, accompanied by POLMIN Ford and European representatives, will propose to KRG President Barzani April 17 the establishment of a high level "Task Force" to take concrete actions on Arab-Kurd issues identified in UNAMI's draft reports on Kirkuk and the other [...] | 2009-04-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1338 | UNAMI SHARES ITS VIEWS ON DIBS, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) Andrew Gilmour met with the U.S. delegation led by U/S Burns and USD(P) Flournoy. They discussed the most pressing topics for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI),including advancement of UN [...] | 2009-05-21 16:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UN KDEM |
09BAGHDAD1367 | FINANCE MINISTER THANKS PRESIDENT FOR IMMUNITIES EXTENSION [...] In response to reftel demarche and the USG decision to renew the Executive Order that protects official Iraqi assets, Finance Minister Jabr sent a letter to President Obama thanking him for this action. The verbatim text of the letter is given below. 2. Begin text: Republic of Iraq Mi [...] | 2009-05-26 03:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EFIN IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1390 | PROGRESS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff Ambassador Srood Najib told the Embassy that he had reduced the number of outstanding Oil-for-Food (OFF) contracts from 130 to 80. He hopes to have all outstanding OFF accounts closed, and return whatever is left to the Development Fund f [...] | 2009-05-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR ECON PREL IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1487 | IMMUNITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, Ambassador Hill and other Embassy officials delivered the message on extension of immunities by Executive Order to relevant Government of Iraq officials. Ambassador Hill delivered the message verbally, and by letter (see text at paragraph 8 below). [...] | 2009-06-07 10:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOT ECON PREL IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1488 | FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET, ICI AND IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-07 10:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR EPET IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD163 | UNIDO'S PRESENCE IN IRAQ - REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paras 3-4. 2. (SBU) In recent conversations with Ambassador Crocker, UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura relayed that UNIDO's Representative on Iraq, currently based in Vienna, is interested in deploying to Baghdad. A permanent presence would enha [...] | 2009-01-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1927 | VP BIDEN DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION, DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 09:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ KDEM UN |
09BAGHDAD2441 | PM MALIKI, CODEL LEVIN DISCUSS FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Maliki told CODEL Levin Iraq faces interference from neighboring countries intent on fomenting sectarian discord, and Syria-based Iraqi Ba'athists and al-Qaeda in Iraq elements conspired to perpetrate the August 19 bombings. He expressed confidence in Iraqi Security Forces' (I [...] | 2009-09-10 06:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN KIRF IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2885 | CHAPTER VII DOMINATES AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki and FM Zebari seized upon Ambassador Rice's visit to express their dissatisfaction with the UN Secretary-General (UNSYG)'s decision to appoint a political official to gather information on foreign support for the perpetrators of the August 19 bombings. While [...] | 2009-10-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD2890 | IRAQ AGREES TO HOST UN SENIOR OFFICIAL AUGUST 19 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD323 | UNSYG BAN KI MOON IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial February 6 meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Odierno, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said he was deeply impressed by the progress Iraq has made since his last visit in March 2007. The international community, led by the U.S., has achieved much and the c [...] | 2009-02-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD657 | IRAQ REGIONAL STRATEGY - PRELIMINARY UNAMI [...] (C) The UN, like us, is in the process of formulating ideas on how best to promote Iraq's regional engagement. On March 11, Ambassador Gerard Sambrana, SRSG de Mistura's Special Political Advisor (and the senior UNAMI official most directly involved in the Neighbors Process),shared with us [...] | 2009-03-13 10:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU KU IR UN |
09BAKU939 | AZERBAIJAN: DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM UNGA AJ |
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN263 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Florence Chong, Director, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Particular emphasis was placed on cooperation with U.S. on human rights issues, OIC defamation of religion resolution, and improving UN voting coincidence. [...] | 2009-11-04 07:58:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN BX |
09BANGKOK1340 | THAI SUPREME COMMANDER ASSURES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary. Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra told the Ambassador that the Thai military was in the lead for security arrangements for the upcoming ASEAN ministerial meetings and assured that security would not be a problem during the visit of Secretary Clinton [...] | 2009-06-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO MOPS TH SU UN LA |
09BANGKOK2019 | UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED; THAI MFA SHARES ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 10:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC UNESCO UN TH |
09BANGKOK2518 | THAILAND DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sent a Diplomatic Note (Dipnote) to the U.S. Embassy September 15 announcing its decision to submit its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) from 2010-2013 in elections to be held in May 2010 and asking for U.S. support. The dipnote [...] | 2009-10-02 07:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN UNGA TH |
09BANGKOK3063 | THAILAND TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF UN DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel Defamation of Religions points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Chonvipat Changtrakul December 3, urging Thailand to reverse its initial vote in favor once the resolution reached the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) R [...] | 2009-12-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PHUM UNGA PGOV TH |
09BANGUI17 | CAR EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP AND SEA IN MINURCAT [...] (U) UN efforts regarding sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) in MINURCAT in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been limited but effective. MINURCAT currently operates with only several staff persons in an office in Bangui. It has worked to prevent and respo [...] | 2009-01-30 19:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT KPKO LE MO PREL SU WI UN |
09BEIJING1047 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: PRC [...] (C) PolOff conveyed diplomatic note and human rights pledge (ref A) on the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing on April 20. Xu referenced her MFA colleague's April 8 re [...] | 2009-04-20 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH |
09BEIJING1126 | PRC REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) China would like the United States to be elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Human Rights Division official Chen Yingzhu told PolOff April 27. Chen requested that the United States support China, and noted that China "thinks highly [...] | 2009-04-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH |
09BEIJING1172 | PRC: CHINESE SCHOLARS SUGGEST ACHIEVING NEAR-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese participants at a UK/France-sponsored seminar on UN Security Council Reform April 29 uniformly affirmed the need for UN Security Council reform, though none expressed any urgency in acting on this need. While offering generally positive views of the UK/France "intermedia [...] | 2009-04-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR UN CH JA RS |
09BEIJING1346 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ECOSOC NGO COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC PHUM NGO SOCI UN CH |
09BEIJING1349 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] (C) China recently donated USD one million for assisting Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs) and will likely provide more, MFA Asian Affairs Department South Asia Division official Xing Lei told PolOff May 19 in response to reftel points urging China to provide aid. Xing said China [...] | 2009-05-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PREF PHUM UN CH PK |
09BEIJING142 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) On January 16, PolOffs conveyed to MFA the U.S. intention to request that the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee add four al-Qaeda associates detained or formerly detained in Iran to its list of individuals associated with the Taliban, al-Qaida and/or Usama Bin Laden ( [...] | 2009-01-16 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK IR |
09BEIJING1752 | PRC THANKED FOR SUPPORT OF NOMINATIONS OF 3 PAKISTAN-BASED INDIVIDUALS FOR UNSCR 1267 DESIGNATION [...] (C) On June 25, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin U.S. appreciation for Chinese support of the designation of Arif Qasmani, Muhammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-a-Tul Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ameen al-Peshawari to the UN S [...] | 2009-06-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK AF |
09BEIJING2414 | PRC: INDIAN INFORMATION INADEQUATE TO WARRANT [...] (C) India has not provided sufficient information about the three Pakistan-based individuals it proposed to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to merit their listing as terrorists, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin told PolOff Au [...] | 2009-08-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK |
09BEIJING2616 | PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. UNHRC PRIORITIES [...] (U) On September 11, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Yao noted he [...] | 2009-09-11 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC CH |
09BEIJING299 | PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE UNSCR 1267 LISTING [...] (S) On February 5, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yin Yin told PolOff "upon instruction" that China "attached great importance" to the U.S. UNSCR 1267 listing request (Ref A),based on China's support of anti-terrorism efforts and U. [...] | 2009-02-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK |
09BEIJING3419 | PRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST [...] (S) On December 22, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Jiang Bo reftel points on co-sponsorship and pre-notification for the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and of its leaders Nasir [...] | 2009-12-22 05:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR PREL CH YM UN |
09BEIJING344 | UNSYG SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime's objective is to organize elections in 2010 that will be won by a military-based political party, UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the Charge and four other Beijing-based Western mission representatives February 10. Gambari added that [...] | 2009-02-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM IN UN |
09BEIJING379 | CHINESE POSITION ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: NO PRC [...] (C) China's position not to recognize Kosovo remains unchanged, MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Division Director Tian Yishu told PolOff February 13 in response to reftel points urging recognition of Kosovo. China was aware of the upcoming anniversary of Kosovo's declar [...] | 2009-02-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC ICJ CH YI UN KV |
09BEIJING396 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRC AGREES TO JOINT UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) On February 17, Chinese MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin informed PolOff that China agrees to proceed with the co-sponsorship of the separate UNSC Resolution 1267 listing request of Eastern Turkestan Islamic Party leader Abd [...] | 2009-02-17 08:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK |
09BEIJING535 | PRC RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, DURBAN [...] (C) The U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) during the March HRC session is "good news," MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing told PolOff March 2. Respon [...] | 2009-03-03 04:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH |
09BEIJING59 | CHINA URGED TO OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (C) PolOff January 9 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division Officer Tang Mengxiao reftel points urging China to oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board. Tang offered no immediate response but promised to convey U.S. [...] | 2009-01-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH |
09BEIJING65 | CHINA WILL NOT OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (C) China will not oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division officer Tang Mengxiao told PolOff January 9 in response to U.S. concerns raised by PolOff January 8 (reftels). According to Tang, [...] | 2009-01-09 08:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH |
09BEIJING690 | CHINA WILL ATTEND AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE, "STANDS [...] (C) China "stands ready" to cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan and intends to participate in the March 31 International Conference on Afghanistan, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Li Jun told PolOff March 17 in response to reft [...] | 2009-03-17 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF PK UN CH |
09BEIJING884 | RESPONSE ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] (C) China welcomed U.S. willingness to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told PolOff April 2 in response to reftel points on the U.S. decision to seek electi [...] | 2009-04-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH |
09BEIJING939 | PRC RESPONSE ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun delivered a formal response April 7 to our earlier demarche notifying China that the United States will seek election to the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). Yao said that since China and th [...] | 2009-04-08 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH |
09BEIRUT1104 | NAHR AL-BARID REMAINS CALM AWAITING DECISION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Relief and Works Agency Director (UNRWA) Salvatore Lombardo and Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, Director of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC),remain cautiously optimistic that the State Shura Council will decide on October 13 to permit resumption of reconstruction [...] | 2009-10-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KPAL PHUM JO IS LE UN |
09BEIRUT116 | LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. Similarly, UNIFIL officials told us that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel in 2008. UNIFIL staff officers continue to receive [...] | 2009-01-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT KPKO MO PREL SU WI UN PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1164 | UNSCOL CHIEF OF STAFF UNDERSCORES UNIFIL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNIFIL was not hindered in its investigation of the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Chief of Staff Jack Christofides asserted on October 21. He also said that the upcoming UNSCR 1701 report to the UN Security Council would reflect "cl [...] | 2009-10-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS UN KPKO IS LE |
09BEIRUT1180 | ROCKET FROM LEBANON HITS NORTHERN ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of October 27, one Katyusha rocket was launched from Lebanon into an uninhabited region near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) promptly retaliated with an artillery barrage into an uninhabited area. There were no reports of inj [...] | 2009-10-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS MCAP KPKO UN IS LE |
09BEIRUT967 | LEGAL CHALLENGE ADDS DELAYS TO NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) Two years after the near-complete destruction of the Nahr al-Barid Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, reconstruction efforts by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) are being thwarted by a legal challenge from Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun. On August 26, a Lebanes [...] | 2009-08-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KPAL UN LE |
09BEIRUT995 | UNIFIL-LED CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS TRAINING A [...] (C) The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) training program aims to develop the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) "soft power" in the form of better community relations and services. COL John Molloy, who heads the program, believes the optimal long-term goal of [...] | 2009-09-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL MARR KPKO UN IS LE |
09BELGRADE1268 | SERBIA: STILL UNDECIDED ON IRAN VOTES IN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic told Poloff on October 27 that Serbia has yet to decide whether it will support Canada's annual resolution in the UN General Assembly Third Committee condemning the human rights situation in Iran (reftel). Serbia also remains u [...] | 2009-10-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN SR |
09BELMOPAN463 | Demarche Delivered on "Defamation of Religions" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN UNGA BH |
09BERLIN1292 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TURKEY-ISRAEL, UNHRC, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Series of Bomb Attacks 3. (Turkey-Israel) Relations 4. (UNHRC) Goldstone Report 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (EU-U.S.) Dollar, SWIFT Â [...] | 2009-10-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PK TK UN EV EU |
09BERLIN1338 | GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) MFA Human Rights Department Desk Officer Dirk Sander informed Poloff October 26 that Germany agrees with the U.S. position to oppose no-action motions and intends to do likewise. He said that Germany intends to support the three country-specific resolutions (reftel): on Iran, Burma, an [...] | 2009-10-26 16:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN GM |
09BERLIN1354 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, UN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iraq) New Violence 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (UN) Karadzic Trial 7. (Germany) Murder Trial Against Man Who Stabbed Muslim Woman 8. (Germany) New Coalition Agreeme [...] | 2009-10-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ IR AF UN GM |
09BERLIN334 | BOTH GERMAN FM STEINMEIER AND SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Thomas Zahneisen on March 17, after coordinating with the Dutch Embassy, which briefed the MFA on their plans for the March 31 Afghanistan Conference the day before. 2. (C) Zahneisen warmly welcomed th [...] | 2009-03-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN382 | GERMANY: SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED AF/PAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials have been uniformly positive about the new U.S. Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy and largely supportive of our proposed deliverables for the NATO and U.S.-EU summits. The Germans are committed to covering almost all of the outstanding requirements in the north of Afghanis [...] | 2009-03-31 19:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN431 | NEW U.S. AF/PAK STRATEGY GENERATES GOOD WILL, BUT [...] (S) SUMMARY. The new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been warmly received in Germany and has engendered considerable good will, but it has thus far yielded only a few additional commitments from Berlin -- the chief of which is a contribution of 50 million Euros to the Afghan Nat [...] | 2009-04-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MARR ECON EAID NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN693 | GERMAN MFA SKEPTICAL ON IAEA BUDGET INCREASE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA, like the Economics Ministry, has strong doubts about the proposed increase in the 2010-2011 IAEA budget. The MFA prefers a zero-growth budget and believes the IAEA could fulfill its current mission and any additional responsibilities by simply being more efficien [...] | 2009-06-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN GM |
09BERLIN838 | GERMANY SUPPORTS EUMM BUT SEEKS REALISTIC GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany fully expects the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) mandate in Georgia to be extended for a year, despite some EU members' concerns that the mission was never envisioned as the sole international mission in the country. Although Germany supports extending the EUMM, some within [...] | 2009-07-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
09BERLIN869 | GERMANY HESITANT ABOUT U.S. ROLE IN EUMM [...] (C) Poloff followed-up with MFA Deputy Head of Division for the South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse regarding possible U.S. participation in the EUMM (ref a). Although Germany wishes to keep the U.S. "engaged in Georgia," the MFA is hesitant to accept U.S. involvement in the mission. [...] | 2009-07-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
09BERLIN886 | GERMANY'S VIEWS OF THE JULY 27-28 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects significant discussion of Iran before and during next week's EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),in addition to discussions of Somalia and Georgia. However, the EU plans to wait until September to begin a regular review of which Iranian in [...] | 2009-07-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN SO MOPS OSCE PHUM UN GG RS GM |
09BERLIN927 | GERMANY HAS FAR-REACHING SOCIAL AND LEGAL [...] (U) Summary: This cable is in response to reftel regarding initiatives to prevent torture. Germany has a variety of mechanisms in place to prevent torture domestically and abroad, as well as to assist victims of torture. Domestic laws regulate the immigration of torture victims and give Ge [...] | 2009-08-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM GM UN |
09BERN243 | SWITZERLAND NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IAEA BUDGET INCREASE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel message on June 4 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and the FDFA's point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Praz said that the GoS has a general policy of advocating [...] | 2009-06-05 16:51:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN SZ |
09BERN322 | SWISS INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel request July 27 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the Human Rights Policy Section in the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Heckner was encouraged by the recent USG response to the issue of torture, noting that the decision to close the detention center a [...] | 2009-08-03 06:10:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN SZ |
09BERN472 | 64TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY/THIRD COMMITTEE: [...] (SBU) Summary: Switzerland and Liechtenstein reject "no action" motions as a matter of principle, and they expect to support the UNGA Third Committee resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. They also plan to support the USG's biennial resolution on free elect [...] | 2009-11-04 16:55:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN SZ LS |
09BOGOTA2977 | COLOMBIA OK WITH MAJORS LIST DETERMINATION FOR [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Director for Multilateral Political Affairs Margarita Orozco and Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Adriana Maldonado on September 14. Deputy Polcouns stressed that the USG was committed to remaining engaged with Bolivi [...] | 2009-09-16 18:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR UN BL CO |
09BOGOTA3489 | COLOMBIA TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN COPENHAGEN; PROPOSES FORESTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Environment Minister Carlos Costa told the Deputy Chief of Mission that Colombia would support U.S. efforts at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the close coordination and openness of U.S. negotiators and indicated the USG could count on Col [...] | 2009-12-01 23:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UN CO |
09BOGOTA3511 | Copenhagen Climate Summit: Colombian Delegation, Priorities, [...] (U) Summary. At the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, Environment Minister Carlos Costa will lead the Colombian delegation, which includes the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Director of IDEAM (a NOAA-like institution),and other advisors. Per reftels, Colombia will continue to be [...] | 2009-12-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN CO |
09BOGOTA3517 | COLOMBIA DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 22:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN PHUM UNGA CO |
09BRASILIA1134 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BRAZIL TO TABLE [...] On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the MFA's Human Rights Division and provided him a copy of the text of the draft freedom of expression resolution. Souza will personally attend the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council and has also attended [...] | 2009-09-11 17:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KIPR ETRD ECON UN BR |
09BRASILIA1280 | BRAZIL RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] On October 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MRE). Poloff also provided nonpapers on: no-action motions, Iran, Burma, DPRK and the elections resolution. 2. NO-ACTION MOTIONS: Brazil opposes [...] | 2009-10-30 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1418 | BRAZIL: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) On December 2, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Glaucia Gauch, head of the Department of Human Rights and Social Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Poloff followed up by delivering a copy of the "Defamation of Religions" non-paper to Nathanael de Souza e Silva [...] | 2009-12-07 17:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN UNGA BR |
09BRASILIA698 | BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...] | 2009-06-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR |