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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1776 |
DEMARCHE ON NO ANCHORING PROPOSAL [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, WE CONTACTED MARTEN KOOPMANS, SENIOR STAFFER IN THE DUTCH TRANSPORT MINISTRY'S TRANSPORT SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHO WILL HEAD THE DUTCH DELEGATION TO THE IMO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON SAFETY OF NAVIGATION (NAV). KOOPMANS TOLD US THAT THE U.S. PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP IN C [...] |
2000-06-15 09:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EWWT KSCA PHSA SENV NL |
| 02AMMAN6989 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON PROPOSED [...] (U) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in ref A regarding the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) convention and its protocol to Samer Naber, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. PolCouns also passed the full text of proposed USG changes to the SUA per ref B. 2. (SBU) [...] |
2002-12-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA AORC ASEC UK PTER EWWT PHSA JO |
| 02ROME5602 |
CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY. DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE. HOWEVER, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE [...] |
2002-11-19 07:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT MARITIME |
| 02ROME5662 |
CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY. DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE. HOWEVER, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE [...] |
2002-11-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT MARITIME |
| 03ABUDHABI4495 |
UAE: PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Polchief delivered the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles on September 7 and followed up with MFA interlocutors September 28 and 30. Polchief also made contact with other embassies that had received similar demarche instructions from their ca [...] |
2003-10-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT TC |
| 03AMMAN6255 |
PSI BACKGROUND AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff September 29 delivered ref a points on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director. PolCouns had previously delivered ref b text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) to Ayed on September 7. [...] |
2003-09-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT JO |
| 03AMMAN6934 |
RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-27 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA JO IMO |
| 03ANKARA1792 |
NOTMAR AND NOTAM DELIVERED TO GOT [...] Economic Officer delivered Reftel NOTMAR to MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Cagatay Erciyes, and reftel NOTAM to MFA Chief of Aviation Affairs Bekir Uysal on March 20. Uysal asked if the U.S. could provide coordinates to more specifically define "Eastern Mediterranean Sea." Both Uysal and Erci [...] |
2003-03-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS MARR XF EWWT PHSA EAIR |
| 03ANKARA2254 |
TURKS: RESOLUTION ON AEGEAN CLAIMS "NOT PRODUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. MFA's DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, Vakur Gokdenizler, convoked pol-mil counselor to tell us that Congress' adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 87 on Aegean claims would be a "symbol of deteriorating U.S.-Turkish relations." He asked that the USG do what it could t [...] |
2003-04-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA GR TU |
| 03ANKARA4656 |
Turkey Not Yet a Party to the ICCAT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-23 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS AORC PHSA SENV |
| 03ANKARA6306 |
Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel demarche seeking Turkish support for the U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category "A" to Orkun Ersoy, of MFA's Maritime and Aviation Department, on October 7. Ersoy r [...] |
2003-10-08 06:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU |
| 03ANKARA6375 |
Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. MFA followed up our October 7 demarche on elections to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council with a diplomatic note proposing mutual support for Turkish and U.S. candidacies. The text of the October 7 note is reproduce [...] |
2003-10-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU |
| 03COLOMBO1826 |
In meeting with the Ambassador, Defense [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Marapana related that based on what he understood the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) had inadvertently thwarted a recent attempt by the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) to intercept a suspected Tiger arms ship. In light [...] |
2003-10-21 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER PHSA KPAO CE NO |
| 03COLOMBO1845 |
President demands removal of chief monitor, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has requested that Norway remove the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) chief. In making this demand, the president complained that the SLMM had lost "objectivity." While the GoN reviews next steps, the SLMM is continuing its operations. The GSL is balk [...] |
2003-10-23 14:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PHSA CE NO LTTE |
| 03GUATEMALA1609 |
COUNTER-NARCOTICS MARITIME AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Ambassador Hamilton and Foreign Minister Gutierrez signed the bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement (reftels) in a ceremony at the MFA on June 19. Signature of this landmark agreement has been an important element in our dialogue with the GOG on counter-narcotics certification. T [...] |
2003-06-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2277 |
DECREE ENACTING COUNTERNARCOTICS MARITIME [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KTIA MOPS PHSA GT EWWT |
| 03GUATEMALA2527 |
GUATEMALA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION YET ON [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EAIR GT |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY713 |
Vietnam: Pirates in the Gulf of Thailand [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call on the Kien Giang provincial People's Committee, Ambassador Burghardt asked Chairman Bui Ngoc Suong and Vice Chairman Van Ha Phong for their views on reports of increasing maritime piracy in the Gulf of Thailand and the impact on Vietnamese fishermen. Noting that [...] |
2003-08-07 09:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHSA EFIS EWWT PTER PREL PGOV VM |
| 03KUWAIT482 |
GOK EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE EXTREMIST INFLUENCES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy PAO met January 27 with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Dr. Mus'aad al-Haroun, to discuss his ministry's efforts to reform the country's secondary school curriculum and the (false) reports of embassy interference in this process. Al-Haroun, who obtained undergraduate a [...] |
2003-02-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SCUL PGOV PHSA KU |
| 03MAPUTO558 |
INTERIOR MINISTER ENGAGED ON COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (U) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Almerino Manhenje described his plans to travel to Texas for a counter-terrorism conference the week of May 3. In addition, Manhenje described his goals of reducing vulnerability to terrorism, drug trafficking, traffick [...] |
2003-12-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC PHSA KPAO MZ KNAR SANR |
| 03OTTAWA2092 |
SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-22 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS AORC PHSA SENV |
| 03OTTAWA487 |
BEAUFORT SEA LEASE SALE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA |
| 03OTTAWA587 |
CANADA WILL SUPPORT ARF ANTI-PIRACY STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-03 21:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PHSA KTIA CA ARF |
| 03OTTAWA595 |
GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-04 19:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA |
| 03ROME3484 |
Progress Report on Ending the Italian Driftnet [...] Summary: On 25 July 2003, Department and Embassy Rome officers met with Italian Department of Fisheries Deputy Director Plinio Conte to discuss Italy's implementation of the 1999 US-Italy driftnet agreement. It appears that Italy has made significant progress towards ending the use of large [...] |
2003-08-01 07:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT EUN |
| 03SANAA2487 |
DEMARCHE OF YEMENI MFA OFFICIAL ON PSI BACKGROUND [...] (c) On October 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Americas Office Abdulsalem Qassim al-Awadhi to re-deliver and discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (refs a and b) and to review the questions and answers [...] |
2003-10-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT KNNP DEMARCHE |
| 03SANAA592 |
PMAT: MIDDLE EAST NOTICE TO MARINERS (NOTMAR) AND [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS MARR EWWT PHSA EAIR YM MARITIME SECURITY |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5275 |
STILL WAITING FOR GODR SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO PSI [...] (C) Per ref A, we again contacted GODR Deputy Director for the Americas, Roger Espaillat, to inquire if the GODR has any substantive comment on the Statement of Interdiction Principles adopted by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants. Espaillat replied that the GODR generally s [...] |
2003-09-30 15:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR |
| 03THEHAGUE1824 |
MARITIME COUNTERNARCOTICS AGREEMENT [...] With respect to reftel, Embassy's Global Issues Specialist asked the Dutch Foreign Ministry's about the status of the MOU, and was referred to Mr. Th. Sneek, deputy director for international and legal matters in the Defense Ministry. According to Sneek, there is no such MOU being drafted. [...] |
2003-07-17 12:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA SNAR PHSA EWWT EAIR JM NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2693 |
DUTCH POSTPONE ELIMINATION OF P-3 FORCE FOR ONE [...] (U) Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp has postponed the planned closure of Valkenburg Air Base and the elimination of the Royal Dutch Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft fleet based there until January 2005. He had previously planned to eliminate these assets in January 2004. In postponi [...] |
2003-10-24 09:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SNAR KCRM EAIR PHSA MOPS NL XL |
| 03ZAGREB1678 |
CROATIA DOES NOT SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] ON JULY 23 WE PROVIDED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO THE ANDREA BEKIC, DEPARTMENT FOR NORTH AMERICA, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND IVAN KATAVIC, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND AGRICULTURE IN CHARGE OF THE FISHERIES DIRECTORATE. ON JULY 25, KATAVIC TOLD US CROATIA DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CANDI [...] |
2003-07-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS AORC PHSA SENV HR ICCAT |
| 03ZAGREB1903 |
TENSIONS MOUNT OVER CROATIAN INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ [...] (C) Relations between Croatia and Slovenia have taken another downward plunge over Croatia's announced intention to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic Sea. The Slovenian ambassador to Croatia has apparently been recalled. The Croatian MFA presented the Croatian point of [...] |
2003-09-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR |
| 03ZAGREB1925 |
INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ ADDS NEW WRINKLES TO OLD [...] (C) On September 3, the Slovenian Charge called upon the DCM to deliver a fairly low-key pitch that the U.S. and EU help "create the atmosphere" for a resolution over the conflict over the Croatian intention to announce an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic. In a presentation that [...] |
2003-09-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV SI HR EUN |
| 03ZAGREB2173 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI [...] On September 18, at a meeting with representatives of embassies of all eleven PSI states, Croatia's Foreign Ministry made an informal declaration of support for PSI principles, but asked questions about the legal framework for PSI and about plans for PSI infrastructure (ref a). After receipt [...] |
2003-10-07 15:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2200 |
CROATIAN ELECTIONS PUT OUR BILATERAL ISSUES ON HOLD [...] (C) With the parliamentary campaign heating up, some bilateral issues have been put on hold until they can be addressed without political interference. In separate meetings, Presidential Foreign Policy Affairs Advisor Ivica Mastruko and MFA Asstant Minister for Non-European Affairs Drazen Mar [...] |
2003-10-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2227 |
TROUBLED WATERS OVER CROATIA'S ECOLOGICAL AND [...] (C) Croatia continues to have trouble with its neighbors and the EU over its economic zone waters. On October 3, the Croatia parliament approved the government's proposal to proclaim an ecological and fishing zone in the Adriatic. By scaling back its earlier plan to declare an exclusive eco [...] |
2003-10-16 07:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR |
| 04ABUDHABI1157 |
PRIORITY OF PSI SHIP BOARDING AGREEMENTS - [...] (C) Summary: Post concurs with Ref B statements about the Proliferation Security Initiative's (PSI) importance, and understands that concluding ship boarding agreements is a high priority. Senior UAE Government officials at the second round of Strategic Partnership talks in Abu Dhabi on March [...] |
2004-04-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KTIA TC |
| 04BRUSSELS4332 |
DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met External Relations Director General Eneko Landaburu October 1 in Brussels. Hutchinson told Landaburu that the EU and U.S. need to stand shoulder to shoulder even when we do not agree to show we are working tog [...] |
2004-10-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4334 |
DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met with Director General for Transport and Energy Francois Lamoureux October 1. Lamoureux briefed Hutchinson on the growing Commission program of airport inspection. Hutchinson committed to Lamoureux that DHS wo [...] |
2004-10-08 08:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04CARACAS1505 |
VENEZUELAN READINESS FOR ISPS IMPLEMENTATION [...] REFTELS REQUEST THAT POST INFORM THE GOV REGARDING USG ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT FACILITY SECURITY CODE (ISPS). 2. ON APRIL 29, THIS INFORMATION WAS FORMALLY CONVEYED TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DIRECTORATE GENERAL O [...] |
2004-05-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ENRG ETRD ECON PHSA PREL VE |
| 04COLOMBO1132 |
SUICIDE BOMBER HITS POLICE INSTEAD OF TAMIL MINISTER AMID AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN THE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 7, a suspected LTTE suicide bomber detonated herself at a local police station in Colombo. Four police officers were killed and at least 11 injured. The police station is located near the Chancery, but no Americans were injured, nor was the compound damaged. There is n [...] |
2004-07-07 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC CE LTTE PHSA PREL |
| 04GUATEMALA8 |
PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT ON HOLD PENDING NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA PARM MNUC KTIA GT |
| 04GUATEMALA985 |
ACTION PLAN FOR PSI AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA [...] (C) We discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and proposed ship-boarding agreement with the MFA in December 2003 (Ref B). We have been careful in following up to avoid distracting the Berger administration from our highest priority which is the achievement of an Article 98 agr [...] |
2004-04-22 22:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PHSA KTIA MNUC GT |
| 04HALIFAX188 |
U.S./CANADA SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE: UPDATE ON MACHIAS SEAL [...] SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing sovereignty dispute, Maine and New Brunswick fishermen are managing to fish side by side in waters off Machias Seal Island without any major incidents to date. However, Canadian authorities remain frustrated by the inability of local groups to conclude a complemen [...] |
2004-07-20 19:24:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PBTS PREL ETRD PHSA CA |
| 04LJUBLJANA92 |
SLOVENIA: IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY [...] (SBU) ON 04 FEBRUARY, ECON SPECIALIST FOLLOWED UP REF A INQUIRY WITH BRANKO MAHNE, STATE UNDERSECRETARY AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, DETERMINING THE GOS POSITION ON REF B POINTS AND DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A BALLAST WATER DISCHARGE STANDARD IN REGULATION D-2 OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE [...] |
2004-02-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA SENV SI IMO |
| 04MADRID2488 |
SPAIN: STILL REVIEWING PSI INFORMATION SHARING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2605 |
SPAIN: MARINE SECURITY PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we interviewed Spanish officials regarding marine security programs. No single GOS agency is responsible for marine security. Each regional port authority is responsible to assure that ports in its jurisdiction comply with International Ship and Port Facilities [...] |
2004-07-09 08:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG PARM PTER PHSA SP |
| 04MADRID2936 |
SPAIN: RESPONSE TO PSI INFORMATION SHARING REQUEST [...] (C) Spain concurs with the PSI proposal to share information with non-member countries, but Spanish defense officials continue to question its operational aspects and lessons learned. End Summary. 2. (C) Over the past few months, we have met with Marcos Rodriguez in the Office of Interna [...] |
2004-08-03 05:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP |
| 04MADRID4787 |
SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP |
| 04MANAMA1047 |
BAHRAIN CONFIRMS IMPLEMENTATION OF MARITIME [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-05 08:18:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG KSTC PARM PTER PHSA PREL BA |
| 04MAPUTO1321 |
STATUS OF MOZAMBIQUE PORT ISPS COMPLIANCE [...] On September 29, econ/poloff delivered reftel letter and Port Security Advisory (PSA) to Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Antonio Cuna. Mr. Cuna responded by saying that the Port of Maputo and the Port of Beira were in compliance with the International Maritime Organ [...] |
2004-09-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT KTIA PBTS PHSA PINS PREL PTER MZ ASEC |
| 04NASSAU1282 |
U.S.- BAHAMAS COMPREHENSIVE MARITIME AGREEMENT [...] On June 29, 2004 The Bahamas and the United States put into force the Comprehensive Maritime Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bahamian signatory, Minister of Foreign Affairs Frederick Mitchell and U.S. signatory, Charge d'Affaires, Robert M. Witajewski, gave brief remarks and met [...] |
2004-06-29 21:25:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PHSA PBTS PHUM KCRM SMIG EWWT EAIR SNAR BF |
| 04NASSAU2336 |
RIOT AND FIRE AT MIGRANT DETENTION CENTER [...] (C) Detained Cuban migrants set fire to a dormitory at the Carmichael Road Detention Center the morning of December 9, 2004, with three detainees temporarily escaping. Violence broke out between some of the migrants and the Bahamian personnel attempting to regain control of the situation. 11 [...] |
2004-12-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PREL PGOV PHSA CU BF |
| 04NASSAU2369 |
MIXED MIGRATION FLOWS: IOM/UNHCR CONFERENCE IN [...] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) co-hosted the second annual regional seminar in Nassau, The Bahamas on November 8-12, 2004. Entitled "Contingency Planning for Mixed Migratory Flows in the Caribbean: Effective Pr [...] |
2004-12-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA SMIG PHUM CU HA BF |
| 04NASSAU322 |
ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE PREPAREDNESS -- A ROOT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PBTS PHSA PINS PREF |
| 04NASSAU733 |
BAHAMIAN PERSPECTIVE ON CARICOM AND HAITI [...] (C) Charge hosted a lunch for the Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell, and Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary, Ms. Patricia Rodgers on March 29. A/DCM and Consular Section Head also participated. The discussion covered a number of topics: The dynamics of recently-completed Caricom h [...] |
2004-04-06 15:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA HA BF CARICOM |
| 04QUEBEC107 |
QUEBEC PORT AUTHORITY COMPLIES WITH ISPS CODE [...] Summary: The Port of Quebec announced significant investments to heighten security at its six harbor facilities hence fulfilling the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Shipping and Port Security Code (ISPS). With financial assistance from the federal government to help [...] |
2004-07-15 18:11:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT KCIP PHSA PTER PREL KCRM MARAD IMO |
| 04ROME1296 |
2003 driftnet enforcement data - no violations in [...] Summary: On January 22, Department and Embassy Rome officers met with Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for fisheries. The U/S was very familiar with the driftnet problem and urged his Fisheries people to pass the 2003 enforcement data to the [...] |
2004-04-01 14:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT |
| 04ROME667 |
IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] ITALY'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME AFFAIRS, COSIMO CALIENDO, AND HIS DEPUTY, DR. GIORDANO, WHO REPRESENTED ITALY AT THE FEBRUARY 9 MEETING, TOLD SCIENCE COUNSELOR FEBRUARY 17 THAT ITALY HAD BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE MEETING ON THE BALLAST WATER TREATY. THEY FELT THA [...] |
2004-02-23 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO |
| 04SANAA256 |
YEMEN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ON U.S. MILITARY [...] (s) Summary/comment: DCM and Acting Defense Attach delivered reftel b demarche and diplomatic note to Major General Ali Mohamed Saleh, Deputy Chief of Station for Operations at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) on January 27, with Pol/Econ Chief as notetaker. Major General Saleh had already recei [...] |
2004-02-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PBTS PHSA YM DEMARCHE |
| 04TAIPEI3152 |
TAIWAN TO INVESTIGATE SIGHTINGS OF POSSIBLE HIGH [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-08 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PREL PHSA SENV ESTH |
| 04TAIPEI3251 |
SUSPECT HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET VESSELS NOT TAIWAN [...] Fisheries Agency Deputy Director-General James Sha has provided AIT with a written response to the questions posed in Ref B regarding suspected high seas driftnet fishing vessels in the North Pacific. Mr. Sha indicates that none of the vessels listed in Reftels are Taiwan-flagged, but did pr [...] |
2004-10-19 08:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PREL PHSA SENV TW ESTH |
| 04TAIPEI3268 |
TAIWAN INVESTIGATES GEORGIAN FLAGGED HIGH SEAS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 06:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KTIA AORC EWWT GG PHSA PREL SENV |
| 04TAIPEI3537 |
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SHARKS, SEABIRDS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-10 01:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA SENV AORC ESTH |
| 04TAIPEI3671 |
TAIWAN NGOS PLAN TO ATTEND FAO SEA TURTLE [...] In response to Reftel, AIT ESTOFF discussed sea turtle points with Fisheries Administration Senior Specialist Huang Hong-yen on November 15. Huang informed AIT that he will represent the Taiwan NGO FDCI (Fisheries Development Council International) as an observer at the meeting. He further i [...] |
2004-11-18 00:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PHSA TW ESTH |
| 04THEHAGUE1684 |
DUTCH RESPONSE ON PSI INFORMATION SHARING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV KNNP PHSA PREL |
| 04THEHAGUE554 |
DELIVERY OF NONPAPER TO DUTCH ON PSI INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-04 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MNUC PARM PREL PHSA NL |
| 04WELLINGTON819 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GIBBONS-FLY, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Gibbons-Fly, Director, Office of Marine Conservation; Holly Koehler, Office of Marine Conservation; William Robinson, Regional Administrator, NOAA Fisheries; Charles Karnella, Pacific Island Area Office, NOAA Fisheries; and Raymond Clar [...] |
2004-09-24 00:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIS SENV PHSA NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON858 |
NIUE MARITIME BOUNDARY TREATY - U.S. [...] On October 8, POL/ECON Counselor presented Ref. A U.S. instrument of ratification to Hima I L Takelesi, the High Commissioner at the Niue High Commission in Wellington. The High Commissioner was extremely pleased to receive the document, and said he would ask some visiting Niuean government o [...] |
2004-10-13 04:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA KTIA US NE NZ XV |
| 04ZAGREB1718 |
CROATIA ORGANIZING FOR PSI PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section Drazen Hrastic on September 13 to discuss ref B guidance on how Croatia could enhance its participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GoC hopes to have its PSI interagency process and points of contact settled by the [...] |
2004-09-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KTIA HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1737 |
CROATIA FEARS POLITICKING OVER CROATIA-SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) As rhetoric on border questions between Slovenia and Croatia escalates before the October 3 Slovenian parliamentary election, Croatia calls for arbitration and rejects as blackmail recent Slovenian threats to use the EU card. The potential for violence is small, but each side will contin [...] |
2004-10-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL EFIS PHSA PGOV SENV SI HR |
| 04ZAGREB1741 |
CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DECOUPLE FISHING ZONE AND [...] (SBU) Croatia,s Fishing and Environmental Protection Zone (FEPZ) will enter into force in the Adriatic Sea on October 3. It will not apply to EU member states, thanks to a political concession Croatia made in the run-up to a decision on its EU candidate status in June (ref A). Despite GoC ef [...] |
2004-10-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS PREL SENV HR SI |
| 04ZAGREB1803 |
CROATIA STILL OPEN TO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Croatia remains open to a negotiated bilateral settlement on the Croatia-Slovenia maritime boundary despite press reports to the contrary. A much-hyped Slovenian proposal to avoid fishing incidents in the Adriatic has not yet been presented to the GoC. Two weeks after Slovenian parliamen [...] |
2004-10-15 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHSA SENV PREL HR SI |
| 05ABIDJAN1861 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP AND NEW [...] On October 7, econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to Seraphin Dedi Nadje, Director of Fishery Production, Ministry of Animal Production and Fishery Resources. 2. In response to ref A demarche, Mr. Dedi Nadje replied that Cote d'Ivoire would be interested in supporting Dr. Hogarth's ca [...] |
2005-11-09 10:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD PHSA SENV AORC IV ICCAT IATTC |
| 05ABUDHABI3008 |
ONE MORE CRACK IN THE GCC - UAE/SAUDI BORDER [...] (S) Summary. Tensions between UAE and Saudi Arabia over a border dispute have broad implications for intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relations and the long-term viability of the GCC. UAE officials view Saudi objections to a planned causeway to link the UAE and Qatar as Saudi Arabia's at [...] |
2005-07-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PBTS PREL PHSA EPET ENRG TC GCC |
| 05ADDISABABA4178 |
EUCOM J5 AND AU DISCUSS MARITIME SECURITY IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) takes maritime security seriously, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Bernard Zoba told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Mary Yates December 16. The AU is adopting a step-by-step approach to ensure member states receive the requir [...] |
2005-12-22 08:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA EWWT PTER AU XA |
| 05ALMATY1437 |
PSI: REQUESTING KAZAKHSTAN'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE [...] (C) POEC chief delivered reftel points and Internet link to Dastan Eleukenov, deputy director of the MFA's security affairs office, on April 6. 2. (C) Eleukenov promised to raise the matter for discussion within the MFA. He considered it important that Russia had already endorsed the Statem [...] |
2005-04-12 12:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1952 |
KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE ON REQUEST FOR ENDORSEMENT OF [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent diplomatic note 10/2-1-1205, dated May 17, to Embassy Almaty. Informal Embassy translation of the text follows: The Republic of Kazakhstan shares the goals of the Security Initiative in combating the prolife [...] |
2005-05-23 13:00:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL WMD |
| 05ALMATY4095 |
IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED; KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY [...] On November 16, Econoff delivered Reftel demarche and talking points on the United States' candidacy for Category A membership in the International Maritime organization (IMO) to Baurzhan Sarsenbekov of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Sarsenbeko [...] |
2005-11-17 06:06:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV EWWT KZ IMO |
| 05AMMAN3088 |
PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE OUTREACH IN [...] In response to reftel, PAO Amman, in consultation with Legal Attache, has made plans to exploit the following outreach opportunities to publicize the message of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Jordan. PAO will use material available on the Bureau of International Information Pro [...] |
2005-04-18 04:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KPAO OIIP PARM PHSA JO |
| 05AMMAN4075 |
PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE UPDATE: JORDAN [...] (C) On May 17, 2005, Charge briefed Jordanian Foreign Minister Qasrawi on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and encouraged active Jordanian participation in this effort. Qasrawi received the information favorably, as had Prince Faisal, whom Charge had briefed earlier on the PSI. How [...] |
2005-05-25 04:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KPAO PARM PHSA MNUC OIIP JO |
| 05AMMAN4303 |
PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KPAO PARM PHSA MNUC OIIP JO |
| 05AMMAN7288 |
JORDAN - SUPPORT FOR SUA AMENDMENTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT JO |
| 05AMMAN7953 |
OBTAINING JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR AMENDING SUA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV JO |
| 05AMMAN8460 |
JORDAN ENDORSES THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PHSA PREL ETTC KNNP KPAO OIIP JO |
| 05AMMAN8994 |
JORDAN: IMO ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he was unsure if Jordan would have representation at the 24th International Maritime Organization (IMO) assembly, and that he woul [...] |
2005-11-20 03:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA AORC EWWT KTIA US JO IMO |
| 05AMMAN9882 |
PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: JORDAN REQUESTS [...] (SBU) A DoD delegation led by Dr. David Cooper, OSD Director for Nonproliferation Policy, provided GOJ officials two informational briefings on operational aspects of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Amman December 14. The focus was on how Jordan could organize at the national l [...] |
2005-12-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PHSA PREL ETTC KNNP KPAO OIIP JO |
| 05ANKARA1805 |
CONVENTION FOR SUA: DEMARCHE TO MFA REQUESTING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-30 05:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV TU |
| 05ANKARA6733 |
QUID PRO QUO: TURKEY ALSO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. GOT MFA contacted us on November 14 to request USG support for their Category C candidate in the upcoming IMO elections. Per ref A, Econoff informed the GOT of the US's Category A candidate and requested GOT support. MFA attache in the [...] |
2005-11-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT AORC PHSA KTIA IMO TR |
| 05ASUNCION1223 |
PARAGUAY SUPPORTS SUA NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-27 21:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA |
| 05ATHENS799 |
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH [...] This is in response to reftel invitation of post's input on Greece's adoption of maritime security measures in accordance to the President's Maritime Security Policy. 2. Greece, as host of the 2004 Summer Olympics, has expedited implementation of many security plans including maritime sec [...] |
2005-03-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC EU GR IASA |
| 05BANGKOK5673 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION MEETING: [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Thailand will send a delegation to the September 7-8 International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in Jakarta on Malacca Strait security among littoral states. The Thai delegation will be led by Mr. Pornchai Danvivathana, Director of t [...] |
2005-09-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA KCRM PBTS PTER EWWT TH |
| 05BANGKOK6551 |
JOINT DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED IN THAILAND [...] (C) On October 14, in an attempt to prod Thailand into endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), the Ambassador joined a group of Ambassadors from PSI countries led by Australia and including COMs from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the UK in a joint demarche on MFA Deputy Perm [...] |
2005-10-17 03:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH PSI |
| 05BANGKOK7045 |
A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETINGS AT THE ARF SEMINAR FOR [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. delegation at the ARF CBM Seminar on Missile Defense, held in Bangkok October 6 and 7, was led by Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker. In the plenary session and side meetings with numerous participants, Rademaker stressed three ke [...] |
2005-11-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH ARF |
| 05BRASILIA2672 |
BRAZIL AND USG SIGN MARITIME TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] Summary. On September 30, after several years of negotiation, Brazil and the USG signed a Maritime Transport Agreement in Washington, DC. The agreement still must be ratified by the Brazilian Congress, which we do not anticipate will happen in the near-term. The signing was, nevertheless, o [...] |
2005-10-06 18:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD PHSA PREL ASEC |
| 05BRASILIA825 |
BRAZIL - COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON MARITIME [...] Maritime security issues are handled primarily by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache in Brasilia, Julio Velez. Maritime security issues are coordinated with the Economic Section, the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS), and the Defense Atta [...] |
2005-03-29 11:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC BR |
| 05BRATISLAVA27 |
SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 12 to Henrik Markus, Deputy Director of the Department for Disarmement, OSCE, and Council of Europe at the MFA, and Marek Smid, Deputy Director of the International Law Department at the MFA. Markus said the dual-use provision was in-line with the [...] |
2005-01-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT |
| 05BUENOSAIRES184 |
GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...] |
2005-01-26 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR |
| 05CAIRO2740 |
EGYPT: RAISING AWARENESS OF PSI [...] (SBU) Post appreciates ref A opportunity to consider how public diplomacy might raise awareness of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Egypt. Egypt is an influential leader in the non-proliferation (NP) community and Egyptian experts hold unequaled sway in international fora. Whi [...] |
2005-04-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2801 |
EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...] |
2005-04-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO3729 |
MARITIME PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egyptian officials responded positively to presentations by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer John Bowers in Cairo and Alexandria March 6 to 8, as he described the USCG plans to monitor foreign compliance with International Maritime Organization [...] |
2005-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PBTS PINR PHSA PTER OTRA EG |
| 05CAIRO4172 |
EGYPT COMFORTABLE WITH "NON-RESULT" OF NPT REVCON; [...] (C) Summary: In a June 1 conversation with a member of the Egyptian delegation to the NPT Review Conference, Poloff heard Egypt's view that the RevCon's inability to agree on a final document was a satisfactory outcome for Egypt. "We did your work for you" in preventing discussion of intrac [...] |
2005-06-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KSTC ETTC EG IAEA NPT |
| 05CANBERRA749 |
FM DOWNER MAY RAISE IDEA OF RICE/DOWNER JOINT [...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 27 Ref A talking points on activities related to the second anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Security Division Executive Officer Lucinda Bell. Bell expressed [...] |
2005-04-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP AS |
| 05DARESSALAAM2151 |
TANZANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) On November 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Division of Multilateral Cooperation and International Organizations. Mulamula said the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would send a strong recommendation to its de [...] |
2005-11-22 02:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ARC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA US TZ |
| 05DHAKA5636 |
BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-20 04:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA BG IMO |
| 05DJIBOUTI1139 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] Charge d'Affaires David W. Ball called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to inform the Government of Djibouti of and seek support for the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) in Category "A." [...] |
2005-11-17 07:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA IMO |
| 05DJIBOUTI259 |
REPORT OF ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) ConOff was approached March 10 by an officer from CJTF-HOA, informing her that CJTF-HOA had received a report that two private American sailboats had come under fire while sailing the Gulf of Aden on March 8. The source of the report, a third American sailboat, had contacted the military [...] |
2005-03-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI290 |
CLARIFICATION ON ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 7. 2. (U) ConOff followed up on the report of an attack on two American sailboats in the Gulf of Aden on March 8 (see ref) offering victims' assistance. Between 15 March and 21 March, she received multiple emails from each of the sailboats involved. They indi [...] |
2005-03-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ |
| 05DUBLIN1204 |
IRELAND SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS AS DRAFTED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA |
| 05DUBLIN1417 |
IRELAND EXPECTS U.S. RE-ELECTION TO IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EI IMO |
| 05DUBLIN50 |
IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-PROPOSED SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) On January 14, Post delivered reftel talking points to Declan Smith, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Legal Affairs and Director for Law of the Sea SIPDIS Issues. (Eoin Fannon of Ireland's Attorney General's office will participate in the EU's January 17 Law of t [...] |
2005-01-14 18:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT |
| 05DUBLIN944 |
NEW ANTI-TERROR SECURITY IN PLACE IN IRISH PORTS [...] Summary. On July 27, the GOI completed the installation of new anti-terror security measures at all Irish international sea ports, bringing Ireland into compliance with the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) code established in July 2004. These arrangements are aimed at preventing [...] |
2005-07-29 11:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EWWT PHSA KHLS |
| 05KINGSTON2220 |
INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY - 2005 (ELEVENTH) [...] (U) The Eleventh Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISBA) took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 15-26 August, 2005. The majority of the meeting's time was spent on the first detailed review of proposed regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobal [...] |
2005-09-23 18:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA TPHY JM |
| 05KINGSTON2587 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 17, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to Angella Brown, Assistant Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). In a follow-up cal [...] |
2005-11-22 17:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA JM IMO |
| 05KUWAIT4778 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY [...] (U) On November 16, Embassy delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA. Embassy will report on the results of the demarche as appropriate. ********************************************* Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ You can [...] |
2005-11-16 07:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KU US |
| 05LAGOS1778 |
NIGERIA: STILL FISHING FOR COMPLIANCE ON TURTLE [...] Summary. Fishing industry leaders claim product loss from the use of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) outweighs potential gains derived from renewed trade with the U.S. Without industry support, it will be difficult for the government alone - even if it intensifies efforts beyond their current [...] |
2005-11-23 06:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD EIND PHSA SENV NI |
| 05LAGOS1961 |
AQUACULTURE EXPERTS STATE NIGERIAN FISHING [...] (U) Aquaculture experts report Nigeria has consistently underperformed in meeting targeted fish production quotas. They blame the low productivity on lack of available commercial vessels and able seafarers, environmental pollution, poor enforcement of fishing regulations, lack of defined water [...] |
2005-12-30 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS ETRD EINV PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CH NI |
| 05LAGOS578 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) On April 12 AmEmbassy Abuja delivered text of reftel non-paper to the Nigerian Ministry of Transportation (MOT). AmConsul Lagos delivered the same non-paper to National Maritime Authority (NMA) Director General (DG), Engineer Festus U.C. Ugwu, and NMA Secretary and Legal Advisor, M.E. E [...] |
2005-04-17 16:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL |
| 05LIMA4023 |
DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-16 16:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PE |
| 05LIMA4889 |
PERU: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 18:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA PE IMO |
| 05LJUBLJANA39 |
SLOVENIA: LITTLE EU SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO [...] (C) As reported ref B, Pol-Miloff delivered ref A talking points on 12 January to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who serves as MFA's point person for non-proliferation issues. Jerman read through the points and issue paper with interest, remarked that UNSCR 1540 is see [...] |
2005-01-21 02:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA689 |
SLOVENIA: SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On September 28, PolMil Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Division staffer Maja Zuzek. Zuzek did not have any immediate comment and noted that Slovenia was not heavily involved in the SUA negotiations. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00689 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED [...] |
2005-09-29 03:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA795 |
SLOVENIA ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points 15 November to Ales Zabukovec of the Maritime Office in the Slovene Ministry of Transportation. In an official reply on 18 November, Zabukovec said that Slovenia would "do what is in its power" to support the U.S. candidacy. ROBERTSON NNNN [...] |
2005-11-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA799 |
SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO IMO [...] (U) The Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed 21 November to Econoff that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to category "A" in the IMO Council. Slovenia will be represented at the IMO Assembly by Iztok Mirosic (head of the delegation and Slovene Ambassador [...] |
2005-11-21 08:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI |
| 05MADRID113 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff discussed policy issue papers and reftel talking points concerning U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament [...] |
2005-01-12 16:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT |
| 05MADRID1346 |
SPAIN CONFIRMS NEED FOR DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE [...] (U) ECONCOUNS and ESTHOFF made reftel points April 7 to MFA International Economic Affairs Director General (A/S equivalent) Emilio Fernandez-Castano, urging Spain to not/not require a formal diplomatic clearance for 3U Technologies or other future U.S. commercial enterprise vessels operating [...] |
2005-04-07 10:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP |
| 05MADRID1892 |
U.S. COMMERCIAL VESSEL REQUEST TO MEET WITH OES [...] This is an action request for OES/OA -- see paragraph 7 2. SUMMARY: Mr. Chuck Collins, representative of 3U Technologies, requests to meet with OES/OA, L/OES, and other OES experts sometime between May 23-25 to discuss several options his company is considering pending resolution of its [...] |
2005-05-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP |
| 05MADRID4037 |
SPAIN ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-21 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SP IMO |
| 05MANILA1700 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...] (U) Post on April 8 provided maritime and nonproliferation officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Bureau of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) the non-paper (reftel) on the proposed amendments to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the [...] |
2005-04-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL RP |
| 05MAPUTO1522 |
MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA MZ |
| 05MUSCAT1027 |
CSI TARGETS PORT SALALAH FOR EXPANSION [...] (U) On June 17, at the request of Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, an assessment team for the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program arrived in Oman to meet with government contacts and officials from Salalah Port Services (SPS) to discuss Oman's potential p [...] |
2005-06-29 12:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PARM PHSA PREL MU |
| 05MUSCAT151 |
OIL SPILL CLOSES PORT SALALAH FOR 48 HOURS [...] (C) Three tons of oil spilled into the port of Salalah January 18 after a routine bunkering operation went awry. The immediate cause of the accident appears to be human error aboard the "Maersk Greenwich." Based on preliminary information regarding the actions taken by Port Salalah and the [...] |
2005-01-26 13:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EWWT PHSA ETRD EPET MU ESTH |
| 05MUSCAT322 |
OMAN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR JUDGE CANDIDATE TO LAW OF [...] This is an action request for OES/OA - please see para 3. 2. The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a circular to resident diplomatic missions on February 16 requesting support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The salient portions of the [...] |
2005-02-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA TPHY PREL PINR MU |
| 05MUSCAT833 |
OMAN WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY OF JUDGE TO LAW OF SEA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA TPHY PREL MU |
| 05NAIROBI4817 |
International Maritime Organization Demarche re [...] U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Diana Kiambuthi, First Secretary, International Organizations and Conferences Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kiambuthi indicated that Kenya has been approached by other nations seeking support for their candidacies for the IMO council [...] |
2005-11-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KE |
| 05NASSAU504 |
BAHAMAS DENIES ASYLUM AND REPATRIATES 29 CUBANS [...] (C) The Bahamian Department of Immigration repatriated 29 Cubans on March 15, 2005, including nine Cuban men who had claimed to be members of the "November 30 Frank Pais Party." Bahamian Immigration, upon the recommendation of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), denied the [...] |
2005-03-15 19:36:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG PHSA PREF PREL CU BF |
| 05NEWDELHI1764 |
SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...] |
2005-03-08 05:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN |
| 05NEWDELHI7421 |
BREAKING INDIA'S PSI LOGJAM [...] (U) This is an action request for Department L/LEI. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: To gain GOI support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) we should quickly respond to GOI concerns about the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) Convention [...] |
2005-09-23 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA KNNP IN UK PSI |
| 05NEWDELHI860 |
INDIAN INTEREST, AND HESITATION, ABOUT MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: Despite skepticism from some strategic commentators, the Indian government continues to express interest in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and other maritime security programs, but will not join PSI unless the matter of the Core Group is resolved. In the latest sign [...] |
2005-02-03 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHSA ETRD EWWT XD XO IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI9409 |
GOI INTERESTED IN US SPONSORED IMO DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA D/S (Disarmament and International Security) Naveen Srivastava, who commented that the Ministry of Defense had indicated interest in such a conference. 2. (C) PolCouns followed up with Joint Secretary (DISA) Hamid Ali Rao on December 14, who also [...] |
2005-12-14 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PBTS EWWT PTER GM IN KS |
| 05OTTAWA1869 |
CANADIAN REQUEST FOR TRANSIT RIGHTS THROUGH U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ottawa received a diplomatic note dated June 20, 2005 from Foreign Affairs Canada. The note provides details of Canadian plans to deploy three joint RCMP/Canadian Coast Guard vessels on the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence [...] |
2005-06-21 17:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL CA |
| 05OTTAWA1975 |
LETTER ON PSI CORE GROUP DELIVERED TO CANADA [...] (C) Undersecretary Joseph's letter was delivered on June 27 to Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Jim Wright, with a copy to Rob McDougall, Director of Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Division (IDA) at Foreign Affairs Canada. In a follow-up conversation on Ju [...] |
2005-06-29 17:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CA |
| 05OTTAWA2128 |
CANADIAN - U.S. DISCUSSION ON MARITIME TRANSIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. delegation headed by USCG Rear Admiral Sirois met July 11, 2005 with Canadian officials to discuss the US/Canada Great Lakes shiprider proposal and a recent Canadian request for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) vessels with armed RCMP officers embarked to transit US waters dur [...] |
2005-07-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL CA |
| 05OTTAWA3247 |
NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 20:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA SENV AORC CA |
| 05OTTAWA3483 |
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY [...] (U) Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) notified post transportation officer on November 23 that Canada will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A of the IMO Council. 2. (U) FAC indicated that Canada would similarly appreciate U.S. support for Canada's candidacy. Note: Canad [...] |
2005-11-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA CA IMO |
| 05OTTAWA970 |
CANADA ON SUPPORT FOR EXISTING DRAFT SHIP BOARDING [...] (U) Polmiloff discussed reftel B points with Catherine Boucher, in the UN, Criminal and Treaty Law Division (JLA) at Foreign Affairs Canada late on March 31. Boucher prefaced her comments by noting that Canada-U.S. consultations on this matter are on-going. In this regard, collaboration has b [...] |
2005-04-01 20:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV CA |
| 05PARIS1032 |
UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR LAUNCHES CAPACITY [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: SINCE THE U.S. RE-ENTRY, USDEL HAS ENCOURAGED UNESCO TO ASSUME A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROMOTING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS STRATEGY HAS MET WITH SUCCESS. IN A LETTER TO AMBASSADOR OLIVER, UNESCO NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR DIRECTOR ERDELEN ANNOU [...] |
2005-02-17 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO |
| 05PARIS2601 |
FRANCE SUPPORTS DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS285 |
SUA CONVENTION: FRANCE NOT FULLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (C) We delivered January 11 ref A points on proposed U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) January 11 to Veronique Vouland, MFA deputy director for disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation. Sh [...] |
2005-01-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS3024 |
USUNESCO -- UNESCO 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD: [...] Summary and Comment: The U.S. draft decision establishing a cross-sector capacity building program was adopted, to general acclaim, at the 171st meeting of UNESCO's Executive Board. The resolution, the first presented by the U.S. since reentry, was co-sponsored by twenty-one other member st [...] |
2005-05-04 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO |
| 05PARIS3488 |
UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR OUTLINES POTENTIAL AREAS [...] Summary: OSTP Officer Gene Whitney met on April 29 with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector. These discussions focused on the new capacity building unit (refs A and B), as well as on potential areas for U.S. engagement in the natural sciences, as follows: -- Assistant Director Gen [...] |
2005-05-20 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS EAID IHO KSI UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7151 |
DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO [...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...] |
2005-10-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS7587 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION [...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...] |
2005-11-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7725 |
NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP: [...] (U) On November 8, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Julien Turenne, Chief of the Bureau of Resources and International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish. Mr. Turenne understood the points delivered, and explained that GOF has no objection to Mr. Hog [...] |
2005-11-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA SENV AORC FR ICCAT |
| 05PARIS7844 |
FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR |
| 05PRAGUE1621 |
CZECH REPUBLIC'S CONDITIONAL SUPPORT TO U.S. [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations. The MFA responded that it would support USG re- election to the IMO Council in Category "A." However, the MFA said that support would be conditional upon the USG's support [...] |
2005-11-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EZ IMO ECIP |
| 05PRETORIA1111 |
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND [...] Per reftel, Post welcomes the opportunity to help improve the global maritime security framework. The Port of Durban is the largest of South Africa's seven ports and the busiest in Africa. Its container terminal is the largest in the southern hemisphere. In addition, it is uniquely situate [...] |
2005-03-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ETRD EWWT KSTC PARM PHSA PTER SF |
| 05PRETORIA4582 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SF |
| 05QUITO2244 |
ECUADOR OPEN TO SUA NON-PROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) MFA Director of Sovereignty Office Helena Yanes responded to RefTel points on September 30. Yanes said that Ecuador agrees in principle to the dangers related to high seas transport of dual-use items, but is not ready to commit regarding criminalization. That decision will likely be i [...] |
2005-09-30 19:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EC |
| 05QUITO808 |
ECUADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. SUA CONVENTION [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy April 12 transmitted non-paper and supporting talking points to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs subsecretariat. In a follow-up telcon with Poloff April 14, MFA officer Doug Martinez noted Ecuador had yet to formulate a position on the [...] |
2005-04-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EWWT MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EC |
| 05QUITO884 |
PSI SPAWNS LITTLE INTEREST IN ECUADOR [...] Regarding Reftel request for Embassy comment on the utility of various Public Diplomacy tools in winning Ecuador's support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), we consider that placement of USG-drafted articles in local print media the best weapon available. There simply is not s [...] |
2005-04-21 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KPAO OIIP PARM PHSA EC |
| 05ROME1660 |
ITALY TO COORDINATE AT EU LEVEL INTERNATIONAL [...] The Government of Italy has transmitted to the Embassy a diplomatic note dated May 5 in response to Embassy Rome's diplomatic note (ref A) requesting the GOI position on the IMO long-range information and tracking of ships proposal (ref B). Italy will coordinate its position with other EU Me [...] |
2005-05-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KTIA PHSA IT IMO MARITIME |
| 05ROME2001 |
LETTER TO ITALIAN OFFICIAL ON DRIFTNETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, Emboffs delivered letter in ref (A) to Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for Fisheries. Scarpa SIPDIS emphasized that as of 2002, the GOI had "solved and stopped" the driftnet problem, and strongly opposed any ille [...] |
2005-06-13 12:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT FAO |
| 05SANSALVADOR2682 |
DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-27 21:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT ES |
| 05SANTIAGO2324 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION CANDIDACY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche November 14 to Ximena Verdugo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Candidacies office. Verduga said that Chile's votes at the IMO are coordinated through Veronica Rocha at the Chilean Embassy in London. Verdugo noted it should be possible to arr [...] |
2005-11-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PHSA KTIA AORC US CI IMO |
| 05SANTIAGO2588 |
BLUE MARLIN AND SBX-1 TRANSIT UNEVENTFUL, CHILE [...] The Blue Marlin, carrying the SBX-1 radar array (ref D), cleared Chilean waters the morning of December 18. The passage was uneventful and occasioned no press coverage. On December 17, as it passed the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, the vessel offloaded the body of a Blue Marlin crewmember wh [...] |
2005-12-29 11:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PHSA CI |
| 05SANTIAGO615 |
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON [...] In response to Reftel, Post submits the following information regarding maritime security and coordination. 2. Maritime security issues are handled by Economic Officer Stephanie Acosta-Mikulasek (tel: 56-2-330-3394). Depending on the maritime issue, other agencies at the embassy are ofte [...] |
2005-03-21 20:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KSTC EWWT ECON ETRD PARM PHSA PREL PTER |
| 05TAIPEI1226 |
TAIWAN - MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, AIT/T offers the following information on maritime security issues in Taiwan. Taiwan's cooperation with the U.S. on maritime security issues is excellent, due in part to the importance of the shipping industry to the island's economy and Taiwan's exclusion from in [...] |
2005-03-22 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC |
| 05TAIPEI3835 |
TAIWAN TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE HIGH SEAS DRIFT NET [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. Per ref A, AIT ECONOFF discussed the reported sightings of high seas driftnet vessels with Taiwan Deep Sea Fisheries Deputy Director Chen Yu-Chen. AIT left a written copy of the questions posed in ref A, as well as the pictures sent by ema [...] |
2005-09-15 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PREL PHSA TW ESTH |
| 05THEHAGUE167 |
DUTCH MFA ON U.S. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Affairs Chief Paul Wilke and MFA Deputy Director of Juridical Affairs Liesbeth Lijnzaad on January 11 and followed up with Lijnzaad on January 21. As reported preliminarily ref B, Wilke said that in general, the Netherlands shares U.S. [...] |
2005-01-25 07:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT NL |
| 05THEHAGUE1855 |
PSI: DUTCH SUPPORT ELIMINATING CORE GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-30 12:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2675 |
NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTIVE ON SUA AMENDMENTS [...] Poloff discussed reftel points October 4 with Dr. Liesbeth Lijnzaad (Deputy Head, Legal Affairs Department, International Law Division, MFA), who will head the Dutch delegation to the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on October 10-14. 2. Lijnzaad said that she wou [...] |
2005-10-05 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA NL |
| 05THEHAGUE865 |
PSI: DUTCH ON AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-01 15:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV NL |
| 05VIENNA1064 |
GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF [...] (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would support the draft text that had emerged from the working group. 2. [...] |
2005-04-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU |
| 05VIENNA132 |
SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO SUA CONVENTION: [...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Multilateral Legal Affairs unit Michael Postl on January 12. Postl reiterated that the SUA convention is not the highest priority for Austria, given how few Austrian-flagged ships there are. Postl recalled the January 2003 me [...] |
2005-01-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3062 |
AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT SUA AMENDMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Acting Econ/Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothea Auer on September 7. Auer assured us that Austria supports the goals of the SUA amendments and would weigh in again in favor of them in MFA's internal discussions. 2. (SB [...] |
2005-09-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT KTIA PHSA AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3674 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -- AUSTRIA [...] Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Georg Woutsas, Counsellor in the MFA's Transport Department. Woutsas, along with Viktor Siegl from the Ministry of Transportation, will represent Austria at the November 21-December 2 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly. [...] |
2005-11-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA AU IMO |
| 05WELLINGTON243 |
NEW ZEALAND: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND [...] In response to reftel, following are details and a few observations on how post handles maritime security issues in New Zealand. 2. Post and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attach, based in Singapore, work closely to coordinate our approaches to the New Zealand government [...] |
2005-03-23 04:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ASEC ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER NZ ADM |
| 05WELLINGTON293 |
NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS THE EXISTING DRAFT SHIP [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is likely to oppose efforts to reopen the draft SUA 8bis text, and hopes the United States will support the Canadian text for Article 2bis. New Zealand strongly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), and feels the proof of the exercise's effectiveness [...] |
2005-04-08 02:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON310 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor on April 13 passed talking points (Ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Legal Division's Deputy Director Caroline Bilkey and new Legal Advisor Gerard Van Bohemen. Van Bohemen will formally start his position in June and will lead the New Zealand delegation t [...] |
2005-04-14 02:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON513 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel message and talking points to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Disarmament Division on April 26, 2005. Dell Higgie, Director of MFAT's Security Policy Division and Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism responded in a letter that the embassy recei [...] |
2005-07-05 03:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON748 |
NEW ZEALAND: CONFIRMING SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-28 02:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON82 |
U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] (C) Acting DCM conveyed reftel points on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and Scott Sheeran, an MFAT Legal Advisor. A/DCM said she was [...] |
2005-01-28 04:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON883 |
NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 03:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA US NZ IMO |
| 05WELLINGTON900 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S/REL NZ) Summary: The New Zealand government does not consider Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) to be an insurance company. Although MMIA is incorporated in New Zealand, the government says that it has advised the Japanese government that the company does not meet New Zealand [...] |
2005-11-21 03:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KN NZ |
| 05YEREVAN1298 |
ARMENIA DRAGS ITS FEET ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-20 10:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AM |
| 05YEREVAN865 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING ARMENIA'S [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-16 11:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AM |
| 05ZAGREB155 |
PSI: CROATIA SOON READY TO CONSULT ON OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff and DATT delivered reftel demarche to MFA North America Office Director Andrea Bekic and Multilateral Affairs Office Director Marina Vasilj on January 19. Bekic responded that the legal review of the draft bilateral shipboarding agreement was near completion and that interministeria [...] |
2005-02-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA PARM MNUC PHSA PREL HR NATO |
| 05ZAGREB1818 |
GOC LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. ICCAT [...] (SBU) Croatian Assistant Minister for Fisheries Ivan Katavic, Ministry of Agriculture, told Econoff on November 9 that the GOC supported Dr. Gerald Scott for chair of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) and that he expects Croatia to support Dr. Hogarth as well. Katavic [...] |
2005-11-14 11:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA SENV AORC ICCAT |
| 06ABUDHABI1268 |
TRANSIT OR TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-02 13:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA SO AE |
| 06ABUDHABI1520 |
UAE MAKES PRIVATE ENDORSEMENT OF PSI [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. (C) The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the UAE MFA April 15 endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and its Statement of Interdicting Principles. In response to our query about whether the endorsement was publ [...] |
2006-04-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE |
| 06ABUDHABI1644 |
UAE'S PRIVATE ENDORSEMENT OF THE PSI [...] (C) On April 22 Ambassador passed ref A points to UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan who expressed no objection to sharing UAE's private endorsement with the other government in the region that has privately endorsed PSI (Oman) and with other interested Gulf countries in order t [...] |
2006-04-24 10:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4225 |
PSI: LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH AND EXERCISE LEADING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Acting Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan under cover of a diplomatic note. Following up on delivery of the letter, PolChief discussed its content November 7 with our primary interlocutor on nonproliferation issues at MFA, Director for I [...] |
2006-11-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA MNUC AE |
| 06ABUDHABI852 |
PSI: SEEKING ENDORSEMENT BY THE UAE [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) and MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security David McCormick and Ambassador both urged that the UAE endorse the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles [...] |
2006-03-07 07:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE |
| 06ABUJA1144 |
NIGERIA: PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-16 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP NI |
| 06ADDISABABA2321 |
MOZAMBIQUE NOMINATES CHISSANO FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Post received a note verbale August 21 from the Embassy of Mozambique located in Addis Ababa indicating Mozambique's intention to nominate Miguel Alberto Chissano for a position on the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Authority of Ocean Floors. Note verbale requests USG sup [...] |
2006-08-22 07:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA SENV MZ |
| 06AMMAN1156 |
PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA ETTC KNNP MNUC JO |
| 06AMMAN1576 |
PAPERS FOR PSI PLANNING MEETING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-05 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA ETTC KNNP MNUC JO |
| 06AMMAN2572 |
NORTH KOREAN FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and Minister of Transportation Saud Nseirat of our position regarding any Jordanian o [...] |
2006-04-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KN JO |
| 06AMMAN3101 |
DEMARCHE ON PSI ASSISTANCE DELIVERED, DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-01 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP JO |
| 06AMMAN3111 |
SUA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KTIA JO |
| 06AMMAN8487 |
DPRK DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches and letter requesting GoJ cooperation on UNSCR 1718 to the Foreign Ministry's desk officer for the U.S., Asal al-Tal. Al-Tal said she would deliver the letter to FM Al-Khatib. She also undertook to provide any substantive response to the demarches onc [...] |
2006-11-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS JO |
| 06ANKARA2119 |
TURKEY PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Per ref a request, we met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Head Osman Yavuzalp on April 17 to urge Turkey to encourage the participation of 50 new countries in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Yavuzalp said Turkey would review the US request, but he expected a posit [...] |
2006-04-19 04:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TU |
| 06ANKARA2231 |
DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON RATIFICATION OF SUA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT |
| 06ANKARA4785 |
TURKS CONCERNED BUT STILL MAINTAIN NO KNOWLEDGE OF [...] (C) In separate meetings, MFA and Maritime Affairs Undersecretariat officials said they shared U.S. concern about the use of DPRK flags ships but said an internal investigation did not uncover any Turkish-owned vessels using North Korean flags. They explained that Turkish law does not require [...] |
2006-08-17 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP EWWT PHSA TU |
| 06ANKARA6385 |
PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA6522 |
PSI: TURKEY'S FORMAL REPLY TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER ON [...] Post received a formal reply to ref a letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Deputy U/S for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay on November 28. Original of the reply letter will be forwarded via diplomatic pouch. Text of reply follows. 2. Begin Text: Dear Ambassador Joseph, I have received your le [...] |
2006-11-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU |
| 06ASTANA438 |
KAZAKHSTAN FOCUSED ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KZ |
| 06ASUNCION491 |
PARAGUAY ON SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA |
| 06ATHENS3135 |
GREEK RESPONSE TO DECEMBER 7TH UNGA OCEANS DEBATE [...] (U) The Greek MFA, through its International Organizations department, informed us that in principle they are sympathetic to the U.S. position on the Torres Strait, as they appreciate the precedential value of the Australian action in other international waterways. Our MFA interlocutors told [...] |
2006-12-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | GR PHSA |
| 06ATHENS374 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MARINE BIODIVERSITY BEYOND [...] (U) Post delivered demarche as instructed in Reftel to the appropriate persons at both the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Greek Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Directorate on 9 February 2006. 2. (U) Post will advise on response from the GoG when available. RIES [...] |
2006-02-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA TPHY EFIS SENV TSPL GR |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN564 |
PSI UNSCR 1718 LETTER DELIVERED [...] (U) DCM delivered the letter requested reftel to Pg. Dato Hj Osman, Permanent Secretary for Regional Policy (coordinator for PSI) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT), care of Pg. Hj. Alihashim, Acting Director for Bilateral Affairs at MOFAT. Alihashim said that we would ensur [...] |
2006-11-02 07:02:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS BX |
| 06BANGKOK2190 |
PSI: URGING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of MFA. Charn said that the Thai government could not move forward towards endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative given that the current government is in caretaker [...] |
2006-04-17 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TH PSI |
| 06BANGKOK4446 |
PSI: ENCOURAGING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) Summary: MFA American Division Director General Nongnuth Phetcharatana said that Foreign Minister Kantathi would discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with the Indonesian and Malaysian Foreign Ministers at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur. She suggested that Thailan [...] |
2006-07-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP KPAO TH |
| 06BANGKOK5153 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING PROTECTION OF SUNKEN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 08:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PBTS PHSA SCUL TH |
| 06BANGKOK7330 |
THAILAND: DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA TH |
| 06BEIRUT1290 |
LEBANESE RESPONSE TO 2005 SUA PROTOCOLS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PTER UN LE |
| 06BEIRUT1380 |
MGLE01: PSI: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) On May 3 DCM raised with MFA Acting Secretary General Boutros as-Sakr reftel issues concerning Lebanese participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). as-Sakr said that the GOL had received an invitation for the senior-level PSI meeting in Poland in June, and replied that [...] |
2006-05-04 09:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA LE |
| 06BELIZE543 |
BELIZE: SHIP REGISTRY RESPONSE TO CURTAILING THE [...] (S) Following the demarche of March 30, the MFA referred questions (reftel) to the Belizean ship registry company, IMMARBE (International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize), which has provided post a copy of its reply to the MFA: BEGIN TEXT ---------- We refer to your fax transmission date [...] |
2006-06-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA BH |
| 06BOGOTA10581 |
INVITATIONS SENT FOR WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 12:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PHSA CO XL XK |
| 06BOGOTA3995 |
GOC SUPPORTS PSI IN THEORY; UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel points urging the GOC to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to MFA Coordinator for the U.S. and Canada Patricia Cortes on April 7. In a May 3 follow up meeting that included Coordinator for [...] |
2006-05-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CO |
| 06BRASILIA1804 |
TORRES STRAIT - DEMARCHE ON AUSTRALIAN COMPULSORY PILOTAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-28 18:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PHSA BR |
| 06BRASILIA2090 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVED FOR FISHERIES-RELATED VISIT TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William T. Hogarth, Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), U.S. Government Commissioner to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and ICCA [...] |
2006-10-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIS SENV PHSA BR |
| 06BRASILIA2570 |
UNGA OCEANS AND LAW OF THE SEA - BRAZIL WILL NOT MAKE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-07 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA KSCA SENV BR |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1140 |
DOMINICA MAY CEDE BIRD ISLAND TO VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominica has moved closer to abandoning its claim on Bird Island, a small piece of rock and sand located in the center of the Caribbean Sea that is also claimed by Venezuela. Following a June meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Sker [...] |
2006-07-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA PGOV PINR PREL EAID DO VE XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1640 |
DOMINICA HOPES FOR IMPROVED U.S.-CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer and Dominica Foreign Minister Savarin exchanged views on U.S.-Caribbean relations in a September 8 meeting in Bridgetown. Savarin explained that, in addition to Guatemala's claim on Belize territory, Guatemala's role in damaging the Caribbean banana industry is [...] |
2006-09-15 19:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PBTS PHSA DO CH VE XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN604 |
DELIVERED: CURTAILING THE USE OF NORTH KOREAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered by phone, fax, and mail the demarche on Curtailing the use of North Korean Flags to the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of St. Kitts and Nevis (Diplomatic Note No. 393) and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Diplomatic Note No. 394) on March [...] |
2006-04-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA KNNP SC VC |
| 06BRIDGETOWN605 |
DELIVERED: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche Urging Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Endorsement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 411), Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 412), Dominica (Diplomatic Note No. 413), St. Kitts and Ne [...] |
2006-04-07 12:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN635 |
WIN-WIN OR LOSE-LOSE: MARITIME BORDER DISPUTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 11, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague handed down its ruling finally establishing a single maritime boundary between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. The new border differs from those claimed by each of the parties in their pleadings, yet both countries a [...] |
2006-04-12 18:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS EWWT ETRD EPET PHSA TT BB GY VE XL |
| 06BUCHAREST981 |
ROMANIAN BLACK SEA FORUM: FIRST STEPS TOWARD A [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOR officials assert that they will use the momentum initiated by the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership" summit in Bucharest as a "launching pad" for further dialogue and cooperation in the Black Sea region. Romanian interlocutors have also expressed gr [...] |
2006-06-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ECIN PINS PHSA NATO PGOV AM AJ BU |
| 06COLOMBO212 |
DEMARCHE: PSI ENDORSEMENT BY THE 2/13 2006 ASTOP [...] (C) DCM joined Australian High Commissioner French, Japanese Ambassador Suda, British High Commissioner Evans and Canadian Charge' Shea in February 9 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) demarche (reftel) on Foreign Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara. French presented reftel points, focusing [...] |
2006-02-09 08:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XC CE |
| 06COLOMBO737 |
SRI LANKA HOPING FOR "POSITIVE RESPONSE" ON PSI [...] (C) The Ambassador presented reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on April 4 and raised it in a subsequent meeting with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara one day later. Palihakkara indicated that his Government was interested and said he hoped to have "a positive res [...] |
2006-05-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP PGOV PREL PHSA CE |
| 06DARESSALAAM600 |
TANZANIA SEES UN AS PROPER VENUE FOR PSI [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PRL KNNP TZ |
| 06DHAKA2221 |
BANGLADESH DELIVERED DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-20 06:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT BG |
| 06DJIBOUTI361 |
DJIBOUTI AND REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador conveyed to Mahmoud Ali Youssuf, Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs, substance of points provided in reftel during an urgent meeting at her request on March 23. She also converted the cable's instructions into a series of points which she left with the Minister as a non-p [...] |
2006-03-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ |
| 06DJIBOUTI383 |
DJIBOUTI RESPONSE ON SOMALI PIRACY SUSPECTS [...] (C) Ambassador met 3/26 with Acting Foreign Minister Badri Ali Bagoreh and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Bilateral Affairs Director Mohamed Ali Hassan as a follow up to reftel (B) request to the Government of Djibouti on the suspected Somali pirates. Bagoreh and Hassan advised Ambassador [...] |
2006-03-27 12:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ |
| 06DJIBOUTI558 |
DJIBOUTI ON PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 10 to Nasser Mohammed Hassan, the Assistant Director for Bilateral Affairs in charge of Europe and America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hassan said he could not make an official response, but said he would pass on the information to the Foreign Mi [...] |
2006-05-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP DJ |
| 06DUBLIN469 |
NO IRISH MOVEMENT ON SUA PROTOCOLS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EI |
| 06GUANGZHOU32144 |
U.S.-China Bilateral on Margins of Seventh North Pacific [...] (SBU) Vice Admiral Wurster, Commander of the Coast Guard's Pacific Area, told Deputy Director General Li Qingping of the Maritime Safety Administration (under the Ministry of Communications), at an October 25 bilateral meeting on the margins of the Seventh North Pacific Coast Guard Forum that t [...] |
2006-11-03 08:35:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA MARR CH |
| 06GUANGZHOU32146 |
U.S.-China Bilateral on Margins of Seventh North Pacific [...] (SBU) Summary: Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen and PRC Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei exchanged views October 25 on a variety of maritime safety and security topics, including `border security, search-and-rescue and disaster relief issues. The Admiral said that the U.S. was pre [...] |
2006-11-03 08:35:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA MARR CH |
| 06GUATEMALA1051 |
GUATEMALA: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) Following up on an April 29 working-level demarche with Foreign Ministry officials, the Ambassador presented reftel points to Foreign Minister Briz on May 24. Briz affirmed strong GOG support for PSI, and instructed his subordinates to see how an endorsement could be done in the quickest [...] |
2006-05-30 16:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GT |
| 06GUATEMALA1961 |
AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S SEPTEMBER 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27-28 visit to Guatemala, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS John Maisto promoted "relevant multilateralism" in a number of fora and discussed the Guatemala-Belize dispute with the Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala and with senior officials in the Guatemalan Foreign Mi [...] |
2006-10-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KDEM OTRA OAS GT BH HO |
| 06HANOI1135 |
VIETNAM CONSIDERING SUA PROTOCOL RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-12 04:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL VM |
| 06HANOI686 |
ARF SEMINAR: VIETNAM AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points March 24 to Phan Minh Giang of the MFA ASEAN Affairs Department. He reported that, in addition to himself, GVN attendees will be MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General (and delegation head) Le Hoai Trung and Ministry of Defense Se [...] |
2006-03-24 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP VM |
| 06HANOI782 |
VIETNAM: PSI ENDORSEMENT UNLIKELY SOON [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy Embassy pressure on the GVN has forced the issue of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) all the way to the Prime Minister's office, where we are told the decision has been made to authorize Vietnam's participation in PSI-related activities on a case-by-case basis, [...] |
2006-04-05 06:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL VM |
| 06HELSINKI1119 |
PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FI |
| 06HELSINKI355 |
HIGHLIGHTS OF ADMIRAL COLLINS VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (U) Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, visited Finland, March 28 - April 1, 2006. Finnish Chief of the Border Guard, Vice Admiral Jaakko Smolander, was the host of the visit. The Admiral's itinerary included meetings with senior GoF officials, briefings by the Finnis [...] |
2006-04-27 11:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHSA EWWT SENV IMO FI |
| 06HELSINKI889 |
NO FINNISH POSITION ON RECAPP - ASIAN ANTI-PIRACY [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Tapio Puurunen, Unit for Public International Law at the MFA about Finland's position on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAPP). Puurunen expressed that it was an interesting initiative and that Finland w [...] |
2006-09-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KRCM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL FI |
| 06HONGKONG4641 |
HONG KONG TO ATTEND PPAQC DEC. 13 - 15 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-05 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND EWWT PHSA SENV HK |
| 06ISLAMABAD7771 |
PSI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) See action request at para 5. 2. (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche in a meeting with MFA Director General for Disarmament Qazi Khalilullah and Director for Disarmament Kamran Aktar, urging that Pakistan endorse PSI Interdiction Principles as a precursor to participation in the Ju [...] |
2006-05-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD9703 |
GOP DECLINES PSI INVITATION...AGAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-25 11:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK PHSA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV |
| 06KHARTOUM2642 |
U.S. INTERCEPTS SUDANESE FERRY [...] (SBU) The Sudanese Arabic daily "Al Shari Al Syasi" reported on November 3 that U.S. naval forces had boarded a Sudanese ship in the Red Sea. Post has confirmed the interception, which has been reported through other channels. The newspaper has ties to the National Islamic Front (NIF), thoug [...] |
2006-11-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO EWWT MOPS PHSA PTER ASEC |
| 06KUALALUMPUR544 |
MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL AGREES TO MEET ON MARGINS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-24 10:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP |