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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HANOI2605 |
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY AMERICAN CITIZENS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (SBU) DURING RECENT WEEKS, CITIZENS/RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR ACTS DESIGNED TO DISRUPT AND CHALLENGE THE CONTROL OF SOVEREIGN STATES -- VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA -- WHICH ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE GOAL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR THE O [...] |
2000-11-30 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAO CB VM CTERR |
| 01HANOI2152 |
STAFFDEL MEETING WITH ETHNIC MINORITY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DQAFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS DESCRIBED TO STAFFDEL REES THE FEBRUARY/MARCH UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE IN CAMBODIA, NOTED GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO SOLVE [...] |
2001-08-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI3049 |
TIME REPORTER ON FREE VIETNAM MOVEMENT [...] CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) A TIME MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENT INFORMED CHARGE ON NOVEMBER 19 THAT SHE RECENTLY INTERVIEWED BOTH VO VAN DUC AND NGUYEN HUU CHANH. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INTERVIEWS, BOTH MEN REPORTEDLY DISCUSSED THE OB [...] |
2001-11-20 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CB VM |
| 01HANOI3186 |
PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE. WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03186 01 OF 02 041041Z THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARIL [...] |
2001-12-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR |
| 01HANOI702 |
MFA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT HIGHLANDERS IN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN AMERICAN SAMOA [...] SUMMARY: AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ASKED AMBASSADOR TO MEET AFTERNOON OF MARCH 26 TO RAISE VIETNAMESE CONCERNS ABOUT A GROUP OF HIGHLANDERS WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CAMBODIA AND TO REITERATE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES TO REMOVE ALL VIETNAMESE WORKERS FROM AMERICAN SA [...] |
2001-03-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB CB VM |
| 01PHNOMPENH1740 |
CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WINS LIBEL CASE AGAINST [...] SUMMARY: A RECENT DEFAMATION/LIBEL CASE AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, THE CAMBODIA DAILY, HAS JOURNALISTS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OR POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE USE OF ANTI-DEFAMATION LAWS AND PLIANT COURTS TO INTIMIDATE JOURNALISTS AND PREVENT THEM FROM PU [...] |
2001-10-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM OIIP CB |
| 02HANOI102 |
VIETNAM: SRILA POLASKI BRIEFS GVN OFFICIALS ON [...] SUMMARY: STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS (SRILA) SANDRA POLASKI BRIEFED VIETNAMESE TRADE AND LABOR OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LABOR PROVISIONS OF THE U.S.-CAMBODIA TEXTILE AGREEMENT. BECAUSE NEITHER THE U.S. NOR VIETNAM HAS YET MADE [...] |
2002-01-15 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM VM CB LABOR |
| 02HANOI1502 |
UNHCR/VIETNAM RELATIONS: "NEVER SO BAD" [...] (SBU) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE JAHANSHAH ASSADI BRIEFED CHARGE AND POL/C JUNE 10 ABOUT HIS MEETING EARLIER THAT DAY WITH THE MFA'S NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, BUI DINH DINH. ACCORDING TO ASSADI, DINH SPENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI [...] |
2002-06-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM CB HUMANR |
| 02HANOI528 |
VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: WHAT DID WE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A 2.5-DAY VISIT TO DAK LAK, GIA LAI, AND KON TUM PROVINCES, CONGENOFFS MET WITH MONTAGNARD RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA AND WITH PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES. REFTELS A ARE THE DETAILED ACCOUNTS. THESE ARE OUR CONCLUSIONS. ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND LAND DISPUTES SEEM TO BE [...] |
2002-03-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV PINS SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HANOI652 |
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: NO PUNISHMENT FOR MOST [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EMI LYNN YAMAUCHI, HO CHI MINH CITY, FOR REASONS 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A RELATIVELY MODERATE PASTOR FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SAID THE GVN IS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES, ALTHOUGH PROBLEMS REMAIN. HE BELIEVES THE OVERWHELMING [...] |
2002-03-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HANOI762 |
HELPFUL GVN RESPONSE TO MONTAGNARD RESETTLEMENT: [...] (U) ACCORDING TO THE MFA SPOKESPERSON AND A VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY PRESS ARTICLE, MONTAGNARD "MIGRANTS" NOW IN CAMBODIA CAN "CHOOSE" RESETTLEMENT IN A THIRD COUNTRY OR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00762 010847Z REPATRIATION. IN HER MARCH 31 STATEMENT, THE MFA S [...] |
2002-04-01 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 02HANOI791 |
VISIT TO MONTAGNARD RETURNEES: THE OLD [...] (C) DURING A VISIT TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MARCH 30 - APRIL 3, I MET WITH MANY WHO HAD CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00791 01 OF 02 031025Z RETURNED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS IN CAMBODIA, BOTH UNDER UNHCR AUSPICES AND "SPONTANEOUSLY." AT THE TWO VILLAGES IN GIA LAI [...] |
2002-04-03 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CB VN ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY131 |
"DEGA PROTESTANTISM" AND THE U.S. CONNECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY LEADER FROM GIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00131 01 OF 02 080617Z LAI PROVINCE RECENTLY DESCRIBED TO POLOFF A COMPLEX WEB OF SHIFTING LOCAL ALLIANCES AMONG THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MIXING RELIGION W [...] |
2002-02-08 05:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY203 |
VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: REFUGEES WHO [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1-3 TRIP TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, CONGENOFFS MET WITH VILLAGERS IN TWO DAK LAK COMMUNITIES AND VISITED A PROTESTANT WORSHIP HOUSE IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS WERE ETHNIC MINORITY VIETNAMESE RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA -- TWO OF WHOM HAD RETURN [...] |
2002-03-04 16:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY336 |
ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES -- REALITY SETS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SIX WEEKS AFTER THEIR UNHCR REPATRIATION AND THE ONSET OF REALITY, ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES HAVE OPENLY ARTICULATED THEIR REASONS FOR LEAVING VIETNAM FOR CAMBODIA - LACK OF FARMLAND, AND TO A SOMEWHAT LESSER EXTENT, RELIGION. ALL SIX OF THE UNHCR RETURNEES WE SPOKE TO ON A RE [...] |
2002-04-06 02:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY39 |
CHRISTMAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION FOR ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO ETHNIC MINORITY LEADERS, ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ENCOUNTERED A MIXTURE OF TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT CHRISTMASTIME. THERE WERE ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF SEVERE POLICE ABUSE IN SOME VILLAGES, BUT IN OTHER VILLAGES, AU [...] |
2002-01-15 14:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY390 |
CROSSES, CADRES, AND CONVERSATIONS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PLAIN WHITE CROSSES DREW THE ATTENTION OF CONGEN OFFICERS AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCE OF DAK LAK. A COFFEE BREAK IN NHAN CO COMMUNE IN DAK LAP DISTRICT ALLOWED FOR CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS. LOCAL SECURITY OFFICERS KEPT INSERTING T [...] |
2002-04-16 08:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY394 |
EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PACKED THE COMPOUND OF A 90-YEAR-OLD WOODEN CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY CATHOLIC WORSHIPPERS FROM VILLAGES IN KON TUM PROVINCE IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE TWO-HOUR SERVICE, CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN ETHNIC LANGUAGES, INCORPORATED TRIBAL [...] |
2002-04-17 09:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02PHNOMPENH1361 |
BIO: ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR HOR [...] (S) INR/B BIO FROM 1998 REPORTS THAT HOR NAMHONG'S COLLEAGUES RESENT HIM FOR APPOINTING HIS RELATIVES TO KEY MINISTRY POSITIONS. IN 1992, INR/B DESCRIBED HIM AS AN OPPORTUNIST WHO LACKED HIS OWN POWER BASES, BUT GAINED POSITIONS BY SEEKING ALLIANCES AND DOING FAVORS FOR POWERFUL SOC LEADERS. [...] |
2002-06-06 02:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | SECRET | CB PINR |
| 02ROME4959 |
ITALY ON VIETNAMESE MONTAGNARDS: GIVE GVN PROMISE [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 10 AT THE MFA, POLOFF MET WITH TIZIANA MARINI, DEPUTY OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS, TO DELIVER REF A DEMARCHE ON PROTECTING VIETNAMESE MONTAGNARDS. AS HER PREDECESSOR RESPONDED TO THE PREVIOUS DEMARCHE ON THIS ISSUE (REF B), MARINI SAID THAT THE GOI WAS ACTIN [...] |
2002-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL VM CB IT UN |
| 03COLOMBO1850 |
Colombo Plan: Action Request regarding [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST -- please see Para Four. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Poloff attended a September 16 Colombo Plan meeting to discuss the postponed biennial Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM) of the Colombo Plan (CCM) (the CCM is the highest level meeting of the Colombo Plan). T [...] |
2003-10-27 09:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SNAR CE CB MG VM |
| 03HANOI2869 |
TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEFMIN GENERAL TRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense Minister Tra's meetings in Washington next week are unlikely to produce any surprises, but should put the full stamp of approval on better mil/mil ties and lead to a more active program of exchanges. Tra is keen to expand medical cooperation and also seeks more techn [...] |
2003-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TH CH CB VM |
| 03HANOI669 |
VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the future. Cross border smuggling of drugs and other goods as well as human trafficking have emerged as significant problems. Vietnam reportedly does not view the [...] |
2003-03-19 02:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY1059 |
A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: LAM DONG [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Lam Dong provincial authorities, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey expressed strong U.S. concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities and a lack of religious freedom for unregistered Protestant house churches. Lam Dong officials stressed that the pract [...] |
2003-10-30 11:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY1233 |
FACE TO FACE WITH SMUGGLERS AND OFFICIALS ALONG THE [...] An Econ trip to the town of Chau Doc and the border area of An Giang Province revealed energetic levels of small time smuggling that is largely tolerated by local authorities. That fat man on the motorcycle may simply have his clothing stuffed full of cartons of cigarettes, locals say, but th [...] |
2003-12-15 11:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ECON CB ETRD PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI CNARC TIP |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY833 |
A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: KON TUM [...] (U) Summary: In a visit to Kon Tum Province, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Provincial People's Committee Chairwoman Y Veng and with the province's Committee on Ethnic Minority and Religious Affairs. He also visited a village in Ia Sia commune where 15 UNHCR- repatriated ethnic mino [...] |
2003-09-09 06:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY842 |
A/S DEWEY VISIT TO VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey visited Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands on August 16-17. His meeting with Provincial People's Committee Chairman Ha was cordial, with a frank exchange of ideas on treatment of ethnic minorities and freedom of worship. Ha said that at le [...] |
2003-09-10 08:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
| 03OTTAWA1542 |
CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA |
| 03PHNOMPENH1990 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Hor Namhong December 1 on his recent meetings in Washington and California. The Ambassador addressed concerns the Foreign Minister had expressed about the activities of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, explaining that the case remained ope [...] |
2003-12-02 02:22:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CB |
| 03PHNOMPENH922 |
CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS RELEASE OF [...] (C) DURING A JUNE 4 MEETING ON THE CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION (SEPTEL), THE AMBASSADOR ASKED FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG TO WEIGH IN WITH THE SPDC TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI. OBSERVING THAT THE DETENTION OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE RE [...] |
2003-06-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BM CB |
| 03RANGOON1252 |
BURMA: SUMMIT FEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MOFA official told us that the GOB will host a "major" (by Burmese standards) summit the first week of November. Thai, Lao, and Cambodian heads of government will meet with their SPDC counterpart to pursue the Thai-led "Economic Cooperation Strategy (ECS)." According to MOFA s [...] |
2003-10-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM CB TH LA IN |
| 04BRUSSELS5392 |
CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING SCANDAL: EU RESPONSE [...] (SBU) We reviewed ref (A) points with Commission Cambodia desk officers Joao Ferreira and Tom Yorkie and urged the EU to continue pressing the RGC to take immediate action to locate and protect the missing women and girls. We thanked them for the December 10 EU statement but said that more wo [...] |
2004-12-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04HANOI2864 |
13 Montagnards Return to Vietnam [...] (SBU) UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son reported to us October 18 that the 13 Montagnards who had originally sought resettlement from Cambodia but ultimately decided to return to Vietnam -- with or without UNHCR's assistance -- had indeed returned to Vietnam. According to Son, t [...] |
2004-10-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 04HANOI3215 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR ASIA/PACIFIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 24 with Janet Lim, the new Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Describing an earlier meeting with VFM Le Van Bang as "very good," Lim said that VFM Bang had told her that the GVN wants to work [...] |
2004-11-29 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 04HANOI330 |
TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...] |
2004-02-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI3341 |
Charge Meets with UNHCR Regional Representative [...] (SBU) The Charge met December 17 with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son. According to Utkan, he had had a productive meeting earlier in the day with MFA Director General for Consular Affairs Bui Dinh Dinh and had focused on three iss [...] |
2004-12-20 07:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 04HANOI3392 |
GVN Warns of Christmas Unrest in the Central [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Foreign Minister and Americas Department Director General Nguyen Duc Hung called in the Charge December 24 to warn of a "plot" to cause unrest in the Central Highlands -- specifically the provinces of Dak Lak, Kon Tum and Gia Lai -- and encourage ethnic minorities to [...] |
2004-12-24 04:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF VM CB CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 04HANOI3424 |
MINISTRY OF SECURITY NEWSPAPER ACCUSES UNHCR OF [...] (SBU) An Ninh The Gioi (World Security), a newspaper published by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), printed a long article (excerpted below) on December 29 accusing two UNHCR employees - Westerner Katy Grant and ethnic Vietnamese Y Xuan - of having links with separatist groups and attemp [...] |
2004-12-30 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 04HANOI377 |
MFA GOALS FOR 2004 AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA Policy Planning Department Deputy Director General Bui Thanh Son, in a meeting with Pol/C on February 10, reiterated Vietnam's commitment to moving forward on U.S.-Vietnam relations "in all fields, including military" in 2004. He pondered about the possibility of a bilat [...] |
2004-02-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CH LA CB VM ASEAN |
| 04HANOI752 |
CONVICTION OF PHAM VAN TUONG AKA THICH TRI LUC [...] (U) In a brief trial on March 12, former Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) monk Pham Van Tuong (better known by his earlier religious name of Thich Tri Luc) was sentenced by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court to twenty months' imprisonment for "fleeing abroad with a view to opposing [...] |
2004-03-15 07:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL CB VM |
| 04PHNOMPENH1578 |
KING SIHANOUK ANNOUNCES "RETIREMENT" [...] (C) Summary. In a message from Beijing, King Sihanouk announced October 6 his desire to retire due to his ill health. His message referred to a letter from PM Hun Sen and Prince Ranariddh endorsing as his successor Prince Sihamoni, son of Sihanouk and Queen Monineath. On October 7, he inst [...] |
2004-10-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CB |
| 04PHNOMPENH1609 |
CAMBODIA HAS A NEW KING -- NORODOM SIHAMONI [...] (C) Summary: On October 14, the Cambodian Throne Council unanimously (9-0) elected Norodom Sihamoni as the new King of Cambodia. Sihamoni (51), a son of former King Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Monineath, has lived for years in France as a dancer and Cambodian Ambassador to UNESCO. He will [...] |
2004-10-15 12:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CB |
| 04PHNOMPENH1701 |
CAMBODIA'S MAN WHO WON'T BE KING -- RANARIDDH'S [...] (C) As Cambodia crowns King Norodom Sihamoni today, his half-brother, Norodom Ranariddh, is infuriating even supporters through childish and petulant behavior. Ranariddh is stealing local headlines from the solemn coronation ceremonies through a series recent missteps: -- On October 25, Ra [...] |
2004-10-29 08:22:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CB |
| 04PHNOMPENH1985 |
CAMBODIA'S BOHEMIAN KING - THE HONEYMOON IS NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Norodom Sihamoni continues to reach out to people across Cambodia, bringing a new sense of dignity to the royal house. Though most of his forays into the countryside are carefully scripted, on occasion he breaks the bonds and makes a solid connection with the crowds. His [...] |
2004-12-23 08:05:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CB PINR PREL |
| 04ROME1640 |
ITALY: WAIT AND SEE ON VIETNAM HIGHLANDS/REFUGEES [...] (C) MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA SOUTH EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR STATED THAT ITALY IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM AND HAS DEMARCHED BOTH THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR TO ITALY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA (REF B). HE ADDED THAT THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGED TWO CASUALTIES IN THE APRIL 10- [...] |
2004-04-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL VM CB IT |
| 04THEHAGUE3330 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/CAMBODIA: DEMARCHE ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Poloffs discussed reftel points December 21 with Eric Verwaal, Head of MFA's Southeast Asia and Oceania Department, and Hein Copper, desk officer. Verwaal clarified that the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok covers Cambodian issues since the Dutch have no Embassy in Phnom Penh. Verwaal was [...] |
2004-12-23 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL NL |
| 05ANKARA1307 |
AUSTRALIAN GROUP 2005 PLENARY: PROPOSAL DELIVERY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CB ETTC PARM PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA1577 |
AUSTRALIA GROUP: DELIVERY OF PAPERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CB ETTC PARM PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA1627 |
AUSTRALIAN GROUP(AG): U.S. PAPER ON ACTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CB ETTC PARM PREL TU |
| 05BANGKOK3333 |
THAIS CONTENT WITH LOCAL NEGOTIATIONS TO DEFUSE BORDER TENSIONS WITH CAMBODIA AT ANCIENT KHMER TEMPLE [...] Summary: Recent news stories about a dispute at a historically sensitive ancient Khmer temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia inaccurately reported increased Thai troop deployments and explosion of a landmine inside the temple. Tensions at this temple site, which flare periodically, app [...] |
2005-05-19 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL CB TH CAMBODIA |
| 05BANGKOK3744 |
GUIDANCE REGARDING TWO NORTH KOREAN SISTERS IN [...] (C) Per ref a request, on June 7 Refcoord told UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan that the U.S. would consider refugee referrals of the two North Korean sisters reportedly in Cambodia if UNHCR determines that it is in their best interest to travel to the United States. 2. (C) Utkan s [...] |
2005-06-07 08:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KN KS CB DPRK |
| 05BANGKOK3745 |
VOLUNTARY AND FORCED REPATRIATION OF MONTAGNARDS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In June 7 discussion with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan on other matters, Refcoord took the opportunity to pass along reftel guidance regarding U.S. policy on voluntary and forced repatriation of Montagnards in Cam [...] |
2005-06-07 08:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF VM CB CAMBODIA |
| 05BANGKOK6767 |
CAMBODIAN ACTIVISTS URGENTLY SEEK REFUGEE STATUS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 10:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CB TH CAMBODIA |
| 05BANGKOK6797 |
NO PROGRESS ON CAMBODIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Polcouns spoke to MFA refugee contact Dusit Manapan regarding the Cambodian activists and the UNHCR request to process them for immediate resettlement. Dusit said that, after receiving calls from several embassies regarding this case yesterday, he had consulted within the MFA on the ques [...] |
2005-10-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH CB CAMBODIA |
| 05BANGKOK6947 |
CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE MU SOCHUA PESSIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodian opposition figure Mu Sochua told Western diplomats on November 3 that the general political atmosphere in her country was worsening and that additional Cambodian political activists would likely flee to Thailand. End summary. 2. (SBU) Sam Rainsy Party member Mu Soc [...] |
2005-11-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CB TH CAMBODIA |
| 05CANBERRA1218 |
AUSTRALIA DOES NOT SUPPORT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On July 11, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN, Burma, and Cambodia Director Lynette Wood and Executive Officer Gillian Walker seeking to gauge Australian interest in establishing a Management Committee for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. [...] |
2005-07-18 06:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC CB AS |
| 05HANOI1184 |
UNHCR VISITS CENTRAL HIGHLANDS RETURNEES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son has begun a visit to ethnic minority returnees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. He reported to Poloff that he has been able to travel freely and met with many of the 35 individuals voluntarily returned from Cambodia. [...] |
2005-05-20 06:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
| 05HANOI157 |
UNHCR Regional Representative's January 11 Briefing [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan briefed representatives from concerned diplomatic missions in Hanoi on Montagnard issues and UNHCR relations with the Vietnamese Government. Utkan described the UNHCR's difficulti [...] |
2005-01-20 07:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI1940 |
INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's Vietnamese Chief of Mission returned from the Central Highlands where he met 30 of the 94 recently repatriated ethnic minority migrants. They are in good condition and being treated well, he said. The regional representative from UNHCR based in Bangkok will visit Ho Ch [...] |
2005-07-29 11:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI1972 |
VIETNAM MFA OFFERS THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer spoke with Embassy Poloff August 2 to offer the MFA's support for a USG visit to the Central Highlands to monitor the condition of returned ethnic minority migrants; advise that t [...] |
2005-08-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM HUMANR ETMIN |
| 05HANOI2040 |
UNHCR Bangkok rep visits Hanoi, debriefs [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan briefed the Ambassador August 5 on his recent trip with UNHCR's Hanoi Chief of Mission, Vu Anh Son, to Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands. Gia Lai is where nearly all of the 94 migrants recently deported from Cambodia arrived. [...] |
2005-08-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ASEAN ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI2055 |
UNHCR TO VISIT GIA LAI AGAIN, INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR will send a team of three representatives to Gia Lai Province August 22-26 to look into the status of ethnic minority returnees. The UNHCR team will also investigate possible Tripartite MOU-mandated micro-projects, for which UNHCR recently received USD 130,000 from the U [...] |
2005-08-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 05HANOI215 |
Memorandum of Understanding Signed by UNHCR, [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the UNHCR's Director of International Protection Erika Feller briefed interested diplomatic missions on the UNHCR-Vietnam-Cambodia tripartite meeting and the unexpected signing by the three of a Memorandum of Understanding on dealing with the 750 Montagnards curr [...] |
2005-01-25 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB UN HUMANR ETMIN |
| 05HANOI2245 |
UNHCR READOUT OF GIA LAI VISIT [...] (SBU) A UNHCR team visited two villages in Gia Lai Province August 23-25 to assess conditions in these locations and to interview returnees. They reported that conditions are generally fair and noted that there were no signs of systematic intimidation by local authorities. The UNHCR officials [...] |
2005-08-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 05HANOI2411 |
UNHCR ACCOMPANIES REFUSENIK RETURNEES TO PLEIKU [...] (SBU) On September 15, UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son reported to Poloff that, as agreed to by the GVN, he accompanied the six `refusenik' returnees from the Cambodian border to Pleiku on September 9. Son met the six at the border at 12:30 p.m. as planned and traveled with the [...] |
2005-09-15 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI2760 |
RECENT GVN SUCCESSES IN COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Vietnam, grimly aware of its humiliating status as a source country for trafficking in persons, continues to make a strong effort to combat the crime and has racked up an impressive number of trafficking prosecutions and convictions. Security officials have identifie [...] |
2005-10-20 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH CB VM TIP CVR |
| 05HANOI3114 |
UNHCR PLEASED WITH PROGRESS IN ETHNIC MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: UNHCR Asia/Pacific Director Janet Lim and other UNHCR representatives briefed the Ambassador November 21 on the current positive tone of UNHCR- GVN relations and the state of play of Vietnamese ethnic minorities in Cambodia. Although the GVN remains reluctant to al [...] |
2005-11-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB DPRK ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI507 |
(SBU) Exploring a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Post proposes exploring prospects for a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian Resettlement Program, the goal of which would be to help to mitigate the outflow of Montagnards to Cambodia. Post has informally raised the approach outlined below with PRM and EAP (Refs A [...] |
2005-03-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI671 |
MONTAGNARD RETURNEES ARRIVE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two groups of ethnic Montagnard returnees have arrived in Vietnam from Cambodia and returned to their home villages. These are the first to return under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Vietnam, Cambodia and the UNHCR in January (Reftel). Local authorities have [...] |
2005-03-18 10:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI772 |
GVN RESPONDS ON UNHCR MONITORING [...] (SBU) PolCouns and Poloff met with MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu April 1 to deliver Ref A demarche on UNHCR monitoring of Montagnard returnees and the placement of permanent international staff in the UNHCR office in Hanoi. Vu listened to PolCouns' points and [...] |
2005-04-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 05HANOI921 |
NO UNHCR VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; GVN CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNHCR's representative in Hanoi told us that he had not received permission to travel to the Central Highlands. A GVN official confirmed that the late April dates for the mid-review conference will not work for Vietnam. In the meantime, we continue to seek confirmation of [...] |
2005-04-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
| 05HANOI991 |
UNHCR BRIEFS ON MONTAGNARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told the Ambassador April 26 that the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (Ref A) is helping to speed the resettlement of asylum-seeking Central Highlanders currently in Cambodia. The UNHCR is still faced with the problems of [...] |
2005-04-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY811 |
UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE UTKAN VIEWS ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In HCMC before his August 2-4 visit to the Central Highlands, UNHCR Regional Representative Utkan, accompanied by Hanoi-based UNHCR representative Vu Anh Son, told ConGenOffs that cooperation with the GVN on issues related to the return of ethnic minority refugees from Cambodia [...] |
2005-08-02 11:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV CB VM |
| 05KINSHASA1678 |
NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR GDRC PARASTATALS [...] (C) PolCouns met in September with Ngoba Maloba, the former CEO of the Congolese electricity company SNEL, who was replaced in the August 5 realignment of the directors of most of the major Congolese parastatals. Although Maloba complained bitterly that he was the victim of &political deals,8 [...] |
2005-10-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EMIN KCOR CB |
| 05NEWDELHI2141 |
STRONG INDIAN VIEWS ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT [...] (C) In the strongest language we have heard so far from the GOI on the East Asia Summit (EAS), MEA Joint Secretary (Southeast Asia) Mitra Vashishta asserted that if India is left out, New Delhi will resort to "other means." Meeting with PolCouns and Poloff on March 17, she insisted on a stat [...] |
2005-03-21 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM CB LA VM IN ARF |
| 05PARIS4879 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR [...] (U) We provided reftel points July 8 to MFA IO Asia action officer Didier Gonzalez. Gonzalez told us July 9 that the GoF had no position on the establishment of a Management Committee. The idea, he said, would require some reflection. 2. (U) We also provided the points to MFA Cambodia d [...] |
2005-07-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC CB FR |
| 05PHNOMPENH1539 |
CAMBODIAN KING SIHAMONI DONATES $20,000 FOR [...] On September 13, King Norodom Sihamoni conveyed to Charge and USAID Mission Director his profound condolences and those of King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Mother Monineath for the destruction, suffering, and loss of life caused by Hurricane Katrina. King Sihamoni then provided a cash [...] |
2005-09-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US CB |
| 05RANGOON1198 |
ASEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BURMA: PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, like their ASEAN colleagues (ref A) encourage U.S. engagement with the Burmese regime, but share generally negative views on the current situation and prospects for progress in Burma. Of this group, only the Thai [...] |
2005-10-21 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN |
| 05THEHAGUE2023 |
NETHERLANDS/CAMBODIA: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-20 09:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL CB NL |
| 06BANGKOK194 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO BANGKOK FOR STAFFDEL STOPHER [...] (U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to STAFFDEL Stopher to travel to Thailand from January 17 to January 19, 2006, per REFTEL. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact (POC) David Marsden, Deputy Chief, SA. Work phone: 66-2-205-4988, Cell: 66-1-205-0474 Fax: 66-2-2 [...] |
2006-01-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM |
| 06BANGKOK253 |
REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION - STAFFDEL STOPHER [...] Reftel authorized disbursement of maximum USG per diem rate in USD equivalent, plus USD 50 for actual cost, local transportation, and other expenses for Staffdel Stopher/Ennis/Parker travel. Request authorization to pay each Staffdel officer one additional day lodging at USG per diem rate fo [...] |
2006-01-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM |
| 06BANGKOK5293 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret McKean, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, visiting August 30-31, 2006 to meet with Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel for Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Confirmation No. 283 [...] |
2006-08-29 09:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT TH CB |
| 06BEIJING7653 |
PRC/CAMBODIA: MFA GIVES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON [...] (C) MFA Asian Affairs Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Chen Dehai's April 20 readout to Poloff of Premier Wen's April 7-8 visit to Cambodia tracked closely with reftel. While calling the trip a "full success," Chen admitted that much of the results touted by the leader [...] |
2006-04-21 10:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH CB |
| 06HANOI188 |
Central Highlands: UNHCR, Protestant Pastor Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR representatives traveled to Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces January 17-20 to meet with local officials and ethnic minority returnees. In both provinces, UNHCR interviewed a number of returnees in private. There were no allegations of mistreatment by the authorities. Howev [...] |
2006-01-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB |
| 06HANOI1999 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) On August 1, UNHCR provided the Ambassador with a readout of recent Vietnmam-related developments. UNHCR is working to resolve the status of 9,500 Cambodians (Khmer Krom) living in southern Vietnam through a joint working group with the GVN and Government of Cambodia, though progress is [...] |
2006-08-07 08:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
| 06HANOI2397 |
UNHCR MONITORING VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) UNHCR recently completed its 13th monitoring mission to the Central Highlands and reported nothing out of the ordinary in terms of the well-being of the interviewed returnees. Significantly, the UNHCR team was able to meet with a returnee who had been tried and convicted of human smuggli [...] |
2006-09-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB |
| 06HANOI242 |
EAP A/S HILL MEETS SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) External Relations Commission Director Nguyen Van Son to discuss the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral relationship and regional issues of mutual interest. In addition to upcoming high-le [...] |
2006-02-06 06:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON CB KN VM |
| 06HANOI244 |
A/S HILL DISCUSSES BURMA, CAMBODIA, LAOS, CHINA [...] Summary: In a frank lunch meeting January 13 with visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, senior GVN diplomats said that Vietnam is worried about China's increasing influence in Southeast Asia, particularly Burma, Cambodia and Laos, and urged the United States to engage more wit [...] |
2006-02-06 06:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CB BM LA VM |
| 06HANOI249 |
EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnamese FM Nguyen [...] (SBU) Summary: During his meeting January 13 with Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill underlined the need for the United States and Vietnam to systematize their bilateral discussions on issues of mutual interest, such as Burma and Cambodia; expressed [...] |
2006-02-06 09:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV APEC ETRD PHUM CB CH BM KN VM |
| 06HANOI250 |
EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnam VFM Le Van Bang [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 13 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill underscored the importance of making progress in next week's WTO talks, urged Vietnam to improve its human rights situation and welcomed Vietnam's role in regional structures such [...] |
2006-02-06 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CB BM CH VM |
| 06HANOI3070 |
UNHCR: "NO GENERAL THREAT" IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; [...] (SBU) At a December 15 briefing to Hanoi-based diplomats, UNHCR highlighted that the overall environment for Vietnamese ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands was improving, despite an increase of arrivals to Cambodia in 2006. Refugee status recognition rates have dropped significantly in [...] |
2006-12-26 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM |
| 06HANOI584 |
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: UNHCR TO VISIT MARCH 22; UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary: A UNHCR team will visit Gia Lai Province March 22-23 to meet with the families of "double-backers." The team has also requested private meetings with two individuals who were allegedly mistreated by local authorities. The GVN has invited Assistant High Commissioner Erika Felle [...] |
2006-03-14 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB |
| 06HANOI992 |
UNHCR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) UNHCR's Assistant Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller visted Gia Lai Province April 26-27 and met Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh April 28. While in Gia Lai, she met with six returnees (including two individuals who were singled out by Human Rights Watch), who described their [...] |
2006-04-28 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY72 |
PROBLEMS WITH RETURNEE TREATMENT IN KONTUM PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: The visit of a joint Hanoi/HCMC team to Kontum Province's Sa Thay district revealed problems with treatment of at least some ethnic minority returnees from Cambodia. Although we were promised free access to returnees and their families in their homes, in practice the plainclothes [...] |
2006-01-20 06:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KIRF PREF CB VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY82 |
VIETNAM'S ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern and central Vietnam's 30,000- to 50,000-member Sunni Muslim community does not appear to face significant restrictions in its ability to worship. Unlike Vietnam's five other recognized religious organizations, the Muslim community does not have a national leadership to [...] |
2006-01-24 03:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KISL KIRF PGOV SOCI PREL SA CB LY EG VM ETMIN RELFREE |
| 06PHNOMPENH1036 |
WORLD BANK FINDS CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: A World Bank (WB) audit has found evidence of procurement fraud in seven out of nine WB programs investigated in Cambodia, involving kickbacks to Cambodian government (RGC) officials and rigged bidding. The WB estimates that 10-15% of $5.0 million already disbursed was skimmed. [...] |
2006-05-31 11:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1048 |
PROMISING CAMBODIAN UNION'S DECLINE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), which was once one of the country's most respected unions, has plummeted in stature following the dismissal of former union president Chhorn Sokha. Embassy persuasion has been required on several occasions t [...] |
2006-06-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1050 |
CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO ANNOUNCE FORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings with members of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs suggests the Cambodian body is prepared to announce in early September the formation of a Burma Caucus comprised of MPs from the ruling CPP, FUNCINPEC and opposition Sam Rainsy Party. As a [...] |
2006-06-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1057 |
CAMBODIA PARTICIPATION IN WHALING COMMISSION [...] On June 5, Nao Thuok, Director General of the Department of Fisheries within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, told Poleconoff that Por Try, Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, has been named as Cambodia's whaling commissioner. However, Na [...] |
2006-06-05 07:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1084 |
CAMBODIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-09 09:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1086 |
TONLE BASSAC LAND DISPUTE CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: A land dispute in the heart of Phnom Penh is emblematic of the increasing number of land conflicts in Cambodia. On June 6 and 7, local police evicted 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community. Another group of families with land documentation from the UNTAC days is being th [...] |
2006-06-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1088 |
CAMBODIA: ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS HIGHLIGHT TOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental leaders cited land degradation and encroachment on protected areas as Cambodia's most pressing environmental concerns during a June 7 roundtable discussion. Wildlife traffickers seem to operate in small, decentralized networks with Vietnam as either a destinati [...] |
2006-06-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PHUM ECON CB VN CN |
| 06PHNOMPENH1091 |
CAMBODIA: IRAN AND NAM STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Ouch Borith, Charge delivered demarche points contained in reftels. On Iran, Borith said the RGC would consider a public statement, and asked to see Secretary Rice's statement regarding the USG proposal, which the Embassy ha [...] |
2006-06-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1092 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES CAMBODIAN DPM ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Ambassador delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) demarche to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng noting the upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List. While praising Cambodia's progress during the previous year, he emphasized that law [...] |
2006-06-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN |
| 06PHNOMPENH1118 |
Inaugural Meeting of the Friends of the ECCC [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, the Japanese and French Ambassadors co-chaired the inaugural Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) meeting. Donors agreed that the Friends group would serve to disseminate information on the ECCC's progress, provide non-judicial adv [...] |
2006-06-15 00:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1124 |
CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT DRAMATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following several months of increased garment sector strikes, the number of working days lost to strikes reached 87,000 in May--more than four times typical levels. These strikes are largely the result of two irresponsible unions, but also reflect growing union rivalry, worke [...] |
2006-06-15 10:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1134 |
DCM DELIVERS TIP DEMARCHE TO CAMBODIAN POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 16, the DCM delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) demarche to Cambodian National Police Commissioner Hok Lundy. While praising Cambodian actions to earn the upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List, the DCM noted that arrests and prosecutions for TIP are down thi [...] |
2006-06-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN |
| 06PHNOMPENH1153 |
TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN PEDOPHILE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 20, accused pedophile Amcit Michael Pepe was charged with rape and debauchery at Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Four local accomplices were also charged. Three women were charged with human trafficking for allegedly supplying underage female victims to the Amcit. Two of [...] |
2006-06-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN ASEC |
| 06PHNOMPENH1163 |
DRUGS IN CAMBODIA: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Donors highlighted Cambodia's porous borders, rising rates of drug use, limited rehabilitation facilities, and limited government capacity during a June 20 roundtable discussion about Cambodia's drug problem. Several donor nations provide small-scale counternarcotics assistanc [...] |
2006-06-22 08:18:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1165 |
AUSTRALIAN PEDOPHILE CONVICTED DESPITE WITNESS WITHDRAWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Phnom Penh Appeals Court has upheld the conviction of an Australian pedophile despite the withdrawal of complaints against the accused by nine of ten witnesses. We are pleased that the Cambodian court relied on forensic evidence to uphold the conviction and did not let its [...] |
2006-06-22 10:32:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1169 |
GARMENT SECTOR WORRIES TARNISH GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY. Business leaders and government officials touted recent accomplishments in promoting economic development during the Private Sector Forum, held June 21. Despite predictions of 2.5% economic growth in 2005, Cambodia's GDP actually grew by 13.4%, thanks to a bumper rice crop and stron [...] |
2006-06-23 08:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB KTEX EAIR PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1174 |
CAMBODIA: AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN GARMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting, the Ambassador praised the role of labor unions, but also urged eleven union leaders to exercise restraint in conducting strikes, noting that a recent spike in garment sector strikes is threatening Cambodia's economic development. While strikes are valid [...] |
2006-06-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTEX ECON CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1176 |
CAMBODIA: GARMENT MANUFACTURERS BLAME UNIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a June 23 meeting, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) leaders acknowledged that garment factories sometimes fail to comply with the Labor Law, but blamed unions' rush to strike for much of the labor unrest in Cambodia's garment sector. This increased [...] |
2006-06-27 00:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTEX ECON CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1178 |
NGOS APPROVE OF CAMBODIA'S TIER UPGRADE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs applauded the decision to upgrade Cambodia to Tier 2 Watch List, based on the Cambodia's performance last year. However, AFESIP and IJM believe that cooperation so far this year has not matched last year's efforts. Mission officers are stressing in thei [...] |
2006-06-27 04:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PREL CB KWMN |
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SCREENED-OUT MONTAGNARD DEPORTED TO VIETNAM [...] (U) Cambodian Immigration police removed a screened-out Montagnard, Y Ngoan Nie, from UNHCR's Site 2 in Phnom Penh on June 27 and escorted him to the border for deportation to Vietnam. Y Ngoan Nie was one of the 31 persons denied refugee status that the embassy referred to the Department as [...] |
2006-06-27 07:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM |
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CAMBODIA: PROMISING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS FALTER, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Promising negotiations between the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) and the Free Trade Union (FTU) over FTU demands for a minimum wage increase faltered when FTU factory-level union leaders rejected the proposed deal on June 25. During a meeting with Polec [...] |
2006-06-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTEX ECON CB |
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CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE COULD PROVE POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The July 3 general strike threatened by the Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA) presents an already vulnerable Hun Sen with the conundrum of choosing between support for workers or the business elite. Hun Sen realizes that only Camb [...] |
2006-06-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB |
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CAMBODIA'S LABOR AND COMMERCE MINISTERS DOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During separate June 28 meetings with the Ministers of Commerce and Labor, the Ambassador relayed embassy efforts to encourage both unions and garment manufacturers to negotiate a resolution to the general strike threatened for July 3 and urged the government to do everything [...] |
2006-06-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX KIPR CB |
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UNION LEADERS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; THANK U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY. Union leader Chea Mony told the Ambassador today that he was calling off the general strike he had threatened to lead starting July 3. While his Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) have not yet reached a final agreement, they have [...] |
2006-06-29 12:03:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB |
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CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE CANCELLATION SETS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The June 29 postponement of a general strike scheduled to start just a few days later paved the way for an announcement by garment manufacturers and eleven union federations that they will begin collective negotiations in August. They have agreed to discuss wages, strikes, ar [...] |
2006-06-30 10:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV CB |
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CAMBODIA: 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: During the second quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police conducted 17 operations which resulted in the arrest of 26 traffickers and pimps as well as the rescue of 20 trafficking victims. Four foreign nationals, including an American citizen, were arrested for sex crimes against [...] |
2006-07-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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CAMBODIA: FELONY CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A labor dispute threatened to erupt into violence on July 6 after striking workers illegally blockaded the main gate at the Genuine garment factory and the garment factory had three union leaders arrested on trumped-up felony charges of human confinement, the first time unionis [...] |
2006-07-10 11:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV CB |
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PHNOM PENH OFFICE OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR [...] (SBU) The Phnom Penh office of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has done a good job of monitoring and publicizing human rights abuses in Cambodia. Its staff has for the most part been responsible and professional. In a sea of NGO and inter-governmental organiza [...] |
2006-07-11 07:28:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1362 |
KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BUILDING MOMENTUM [...] (U) Summary. Following initial criticism of a slow start, progress of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on a variety of fronts has picked up in July, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). OSJI believes the most significant new development is the court's adoption of the ICC Code o [...] |
2006-07-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
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REACTION TO KHMER ROUGE LEADER'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ung Choeun, widely known as Ta Mok, age 82, passed away on July 21 at a military hospital where he had been hospitalized since June 29. Since his passing, government officials, the media, and civil society leaders have discussed the impact of his death on the proceedings of t [...] |
2006-07-31 06:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1385 |
G/TIP VISIT PRESSES CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. G/TIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor,s July 25-26 visit to Cambodia provided an opportunity to press the Cambodian government to take additional anti-TIP measures. USG recommendations to RGC officials focused primarily on quicker action by police authorities, greater coopera [...] |
2006-08-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PREL KWMN CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1396 |
CAN CAMBODIA'S DEMOCRATIC FORCES UNITE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 30, FUNCINPEC President Prince Norodom Ranariddh called on all parties to unite in 2008 and form an Alliance of Nationalists. In practice, the weakened FUNCINPEC leader seeks to realign his party with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and other pro-democracy forc [...] |
2006-08-03 00:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1400 |
CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO INAUGURATE BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's National Assembly will launch its Burma Caucus on August 25, with 25 parliamentarians from the three political parties as members, according to organizing MP Son Chhay of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP). Other AIPMC (ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus) [...] |
2006-08-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1404 |
PROTESTORS DEMAND REOPENING OF CHEA VICHEA MURDER CASE -- A [...] (U) Summary: On August 1 (the first-year anniversary of the convictions), 20 armed police officers dispersed protestors who had gathered in front of the Phnom Penh prison holding the two convicted killers of Chea Vichea to demand that their cases be reopened. Protesters also appealed to King [...] |
2006-08-07 02:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PREL KJUS CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1405 |
CAMBODIAN COURTS FOCUS DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the spotlight of NGOs, the media, and the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), the Kompong Cham Provincial Court on August 2 handed down light sentences to three women accused of stealing waste rubber from the private plantation near their village. The women claimed that they were [...] |
2006-08-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1406 |
PHNOM PENH'S CHINESE SEX TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (U) Summary. Typically shrouded behind legitimate businesses, Phnom Penh's sex establishments catering to the Chinese operate relatively discretely. Generally, Chinese men come to Phnom Penh for business reasons, not for the purpose of sex tourism. Chinese clientele refrain from the low-e [...] |
2006-08-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS CB KWMN SNAR |
| 06PHNOMPENH1424 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 4, the Ambassador delivered the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan demarche to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, stressing the recommendations outlined in reftel. The Ambassador added that he was concerned that Cambodia would become complacent an [...] |
2006-08-09 07:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN |
| 06PHNOMPENH1426 |
CAMBODIA LAND DISPUTES, EVICTIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the June 6 and 7 evictions of 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community (refs), there was a large-scale eviction of 168 families from the grounds of a Phnom Penh hospital on June 29. Protests from civil society led to the postponement of another forced eviction, but [...] |
2006-08-09 10:25:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1445 |
CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT [...] (U) Summary. On August 8, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court initiated corruption proceedings against Touch Ngim, former Deputy Director of the MOI's Anti-TIP Department. Ngim confessed to taking bribe money to release brothel owners, but claimed that he was acting upon orders of his superior, [...] |
2006-08-15 08:34:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1452 |
LAND DISPUTES IN KANDAL PROVINCE LEAD TO VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent land disputes involving Kandal province have resulted in low-level violence. On August 7, 60 armed police officers clashed with a group of 200 hundred villagers from Kandal province who tried to enter Phnom Penh to protest a land dispute in their community. The en [...] |
2006-08-15 09:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CB |
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LEADING CAMBODIAN UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. Several significant events related to the Free Trade Union (FTU), Cambodia's most important pro-opposition union, occurred during the month-long hiatus in minimum wage negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers. The FTU formed a new confederation with long-time par [...] |
2006-08-17 08:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM CB |
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CAMBODIA'S RENEGADE POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, an arrest warrant was issued for Heng Pov, the powerful former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Interior, who reportedly was tipped off of the impending arrest and fled the country by the time the RGC moved to arrest [...] |
2006-08-24 01:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1519 |
CAMBODIA: POLICE CRACKDOWN ON POSSIBLE PEDOPHILE NETWORK [...] (U) Summary: Police from the Phnom Penh anti-Trafficking Unit arrested five individuals, including two German nationals, for their alleged involvement in the sexual exploitation of four underage girls. The German suspects are accused of debauchery; the others, one of whom is the mother of t [...] |
2006-08-24 09:17:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1529 |
CAMBODIA SEEKS APEC MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On August 22, the Ambassador and A/DCM met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith at the latter's request. Borith provided a letter to the Ambassador from DPM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong to the Secretary requesting USG support for Cambodia's bid for APEC membership. T [...] |
2006-08-28 01:22:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL CB |
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CAMBODIA'S LEGISLATURE LAUNCHES BURMA CAUCUS [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 25, Cambodia's National Assembly launched its Burma Caucus, which includes 26 members from Cambodia's three political parties. Members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC), diplomats, and NGOs participated in the inauguration ceremony, as did mem [...] |
2006-08-28 09:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL KDEM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1606 |
TIP MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN POLICE DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 5, the Acting DCM delivered the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan demarche to Lieutenant General Neth Savoeun of the Cambodian National Police, emphasizing the recommendations in the reftel. The A/DCM asked that Cambodian police consider the recommendations as a way [...] |
2006-09-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN |
| 06PHNOMPENH1607 |
POLICE ACTION AGAINST PROSTITUTION -- CAUSE FOR [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the police of Toul Kork district started a campaign against prostitution, rounding up 47 prostitutes from nine brothels and other venues in the area and referring them to NGO shelters. Twenty-seven customers and two facilitators were arrested during the operations, b [...] |
2006-09-07 00:08:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1613 |
CAMBODIA'S SEASON OF POLITICAL SILLINESS: NO [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, the Cambodian public has witnessed its National Assembly attempt to outlaw adultery as well as limit its members' freedom of speech in return for pensions and other financial benefits. This was followed by the PM vetoing any future Miss Cambodia beauty contests. Th [...] |
2006-09-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM CB |
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DISINFORMATION/INCITEMENT LAWS: NEW TOOLS TO SUPPRESS [...] (U) Summary: The government's legal means to suppress criticism has not been eliminated despite the partial decriminalization of defamation. Three recent cases, including those of two journalists and a former professor, illustrate that disinformation and incitement laws may be the new tools [...] |
2006-09-12 09:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CB KJUS |
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CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT: THREE [...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted and sentenced three police officers to five and seven years imprisonment for taking bribes, and ordering them to pay compensation of USD 9,000 to the plaintiffs - brothel owners who bribed the police to release them followin [...] |
2006-09-12 09:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB |
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AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECCC CO-PROSECUTOR; FUNDING [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 15, the Ambassador and A/DCM met with ECCC international co-prosecutor Robert Petit, who discussed latest developments of the Tribunal staffing as well as funding shortfalls. Specifically, the Tribunal lacks money for public outreach, a proper detention facility, [...] |
2006-09-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS EAID CB PREL |
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SLOW PROGRESS IN CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After two rounds of negotiations, unions and garment manufacturers have managed to reduce the gap between their proposed minimum wage increases only slightly. Unions--which entered the negotiations demanding USD 82--are now asking for USD 76, to be phased in over three years. [...] |
2006-09-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1694 |
A/S HARTY DISCUSSES ADOPTIONS, IVS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. RGC officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) told visiting CA A/S Harty that they support Cambodia's ratification of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and have added the Conventi [...] |
2006-09-19 01:31:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CASC PREL PREF CB VN |
| 06PHNOMPENH1700 |
CAMBODIA: MONTAGNARD UPDATE, RESPONSE TO NGO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...] |
2006-09-19 09:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CB VM |
| 06PHNOMPENH1723 |
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (PARA. 10): CAMBODIA: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...] |
2006-09-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CB VM |
| 06PHNOMPENH1755 |
CAMBODIA: WORST DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK SINCE 1998 [...] Summary. Cambodia is in the midst of its worst dengue outbreak since 1998, with 10,000 Cambodian children already infected this year. Phnom Penh's SOS Clinic, a popular choice among the expatriate community, reports 47 dengue cases so far this year, in contrast to 45 during all of 2005. Th [...] |
2006-09-27 08:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI AMED CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1757 |
CORRUPT CAMBODIAN UNION UNDER INVESTIGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Cambodian government has formed a commission to investigate the Khmer Youth Free Trade Union (KYFTU), a labor union notorious for extorting garment factory management and beating rival union leaders. If the commission can find sufficient evidence of illegal activities, the [...] |
2006-09-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCOR PGOV CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1799 |
CAMBODIA: PM SUPPORTS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary. The Cambodia government recently informed the Embassy that it would support Guatemala in the October 16 election for the GRULAC rotational seat on the UNSC. The Japanese Ambassador raised the issue with PM Hun Sen during an unrelated September 29 meeting. The RGC had hoped for [...] |
2006-10-03 01:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC UNGA CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1802 |
RSO/ICE/NGO MEETINGS ON COMBATTING CRIMES AGAINST [...] Summary. On September 26, the Regional Security Office (RSO) and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Bangkok Attachs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organized a meeting with NGOs to discuss the challenges facing NGOs in combating sex crimes against children. The RSO enc [...] |
2006-10-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN CB ASEC |
| 06PHNOMPENH1803 |
RSO/ICE/NGO MEETINGS ON COMBATTING CRIMES AGAINST [...] Summary. On September 26, the Regional Security Office (RSO) and the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Bangkok Attachs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organized a meeting with NGOs to discuss the challenges facing NGOs in combating sex crimes against children. The RSO enc [...] |
2006-10-04 00:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN CB ASEC |
| 06PHNOMPENH1806 |
UNHCR PICKS UP MONTAGNARDS IN MONDOLKIRI [...] (SBU) Following interventions from the Ambassador and A/DCM (Reftel), UNHCR was able to mount a joint expedition with representatives of MFA and MOI to the northeastern province of Mondolkiri to rescue 13 Montagnard asylum seekers. The September 27-30 journey was the first UNHCR visit to Mon [...] |
2006-10-04 02:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF VM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1821 |
FUNCINPEC'S POLITICAL PARALYSIS [...] (C) Summary. After nearly two months of continued removals of FUNCINPEC officials and criticism of party leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh by PM Hun Sen, Ranariddhhas sought to stave off further problems by underscoring that FUNCINPEC will remain a partner within the coalition government. The [...] |
2006-10-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1827 |
CAMBODIA: UNIONS THREATEN STRIKE AS GARMENT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than three hours of discussion on September 30, the third round of negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers ended with essentially no progress towards an agreement. Garment manufacturers agreed to add only 25 cents to their previously proposed minimum w [...] |
2006-10-06 09:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1828 |
CAMBODIA ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer delivered reftel demarche to Sun Suon, Director of MFA's International Organizations Department, on October 5, emphasizing that a North Korea armed with nuclear weapons was unacceptable to the U.S., that a nuclear weapons test would be "a grave miscalculation" on Pyongyan [...] |
2006-10-06 09:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1845 |
CAMBODIA'S ECCC MAKING GOOD PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 1-5 visit to Cambodia, S/WCI and INR officials met with a wide range of interlocutors concerning the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). ECCC officials from the office of Administration underscored budgetary gaps and unfill [...] |
2006-10-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1860 |
CAMBODIAN REACTION TO NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) On October 12, then-Charge and Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith to deliver reftel A demarche points as well as provide a copy of President Bush's October 9 statement. With respect to North Korean actions, Borith assured us that the RGC condemned the nuclear te [...] |
2006-10-12 07:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1871 |
CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN EFFORT TO FORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen opened a two-day meeting in Siem Riep September 26-27 by asking NGOs to draft legislation to create a national human rights commission in one year. Members of civil society, Cambodian lawmakers, government officials and foreign observers participated in [...] |
2006-10-16 06:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1891 |
THAI PM SURAYUD PROMISES CONTINUITY TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's one-day visit to Phnom Penh October 15 was intended to reassure the Cambodian government of Thailand's stability and that the Thai government (RTG) would continue to strengthen ties between the two countries despite the change in governmen [...] |
2006-10-18 08:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM ENRG CB TH |
| 06PHNOMPENH1893 |
CAMBODIA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY GROWING, BUT WILL IT [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's garment industry grew impressively since the Multifiber Agreement (MFA) ended, expanding by 13% in 2005 and 21% in the first eight months of 2006. While this increase has translated into a growing number of factories and workers, neither factory owners nor workers [...] |
2006-10-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1899 |
FUNCINPEC OUSTS RANARIDDH AS PARTY PRESIDENT [...] SBU) Summary. On October 18, a hurriedly convened FUNCINPEC party congress voted to remove Prince Norodom Ranariddh as party leader in favor of Keo Puth Rasmei, a relative by marriage to the royal family and most recently the RGC Ambassador to Germany. Ranariddh, who is currently outside t [...] |
2006-10-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1908 |
A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSSES BURMA, NORTH KOREA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron met separately with Cambodian PM Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong during an October 14-17 visit to Cambodia. The PM reassured the USG of Cambodia's decision to back Guatemala for the rotational Latin American UNSC seat. Lowenkron thanked Hun [...] |
2006-10-20 11:32:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1924 |
CAMBODIA WATER AND SANITATION ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Over the last decade, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has become a commercially viable public enterprise regarded as a model across Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, access to improved water supply in rural areas is severely limited and, throughout Cambodia, sanitation is [...] |
2006-10-23 10:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ESTH SENV EWWT CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1927 |
CAMBODIAN RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Chief raised the North Korean refugee issue with MFA Secretary of State Long Visalo on October 19. Visalo said that he would provide the copy of reftel non-paper to the Minister and brief him on the USG request. On the question of sensitivity to [...] |
2006-10-24 08:14:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ASEC PINR CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1928 |
GOVERNMENT PREEMPTS BILATERAL LABOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than a month of slow progress, the government preempted the final round of negotiations between garment factories and workers by increasing the minimum wage from USD 45 to USD 50 per month. After the fourth round of negotiations on October 13 left the two sides sti [...] |
2006-10-25 01:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1930 |
CAMBODIA ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, NAM RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel A and B demarches to MFA Director for the Department of International Organizations Sun Suon on October 11 and October 24, respectively. On the indigenous peoples demarche, there is no New Zealand Embassy in Cambodia and the Australian Embassy informed [...] |
2006-10-25 06:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1934 |
A/S LOWENKRON MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER SAM RAINSY [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16 and 17, A/S Lowenkron met with various leaders of Cambodia's civil society, union leaders and labor experts, and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy. Human rights leaders discussed impunity, the difficulties involved in the RGC's proposal to form a human rights [...] |
2006-10-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH1940 |
CAMBODIA: UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR [...] (U) Donor representatives met October 25 to review recent developments in efforts to help Cambodia learn to manage its oil revenue in a transparent manner that benefits the Cambodian people. A focus of the discussion was on public outreach to increase awareness of the revenue windfall that i [...] |
2006-10-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EINV CB |
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CAMBODIA: 3ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. From July through September 2006, the police arrested 24 suspects involved in human trafficking and pimping. Four foreign nationals, including an American, were arrested for sex crimes against children. Police rescued 27 victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. Six othe [...] |
2006-10-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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CAMBODIA REVIEWS DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS SINCE 1991 [...] (U) Summary. On October 21, the International Relations Institute organized a 15-year anniversary academic forum reviewing the successes and failures of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords and their implementation during the subsequent UNTAC period. Cambodian government officials dominated the li [...] |
2006-10-30 10:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM CB |
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CAMBODIA INCSR PART I SUBMISSION [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report as requested reftel. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary The number of drug-related investigations, arrests and seizures in Cambodia continued to [...] |
2006-11-01 09:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CB |
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STAFFDEL GILLEY VISIT EVALUATES USG OBJECTIVES IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Kristen Gilley, Deputy Chief of Staff for the House Committee on International Relations and Jamie McCormick, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, visited Cambodia on October 20-22 to discuss bilateral relations, USG assistance programs, and USAID partner conce [...] |
2006-11-02 07:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB |
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RECENT ECCC DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings concerning the Extraordinary Chambers have highlighted funding gaps and the need for additional support from donors. The role of the judicial police is looming as an issue requiring clarification and possible donor intervention with the RGC to ensure that the [...] |
2006-11-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PREL EAID CB |
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ECCC ISSUES DRAFT INTERNAL RULES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal's (ECCC) Rules Committee released the draft internal rules for public comment on November 3, providing two weeks for civil society and others to give feedback on the proposed rules. Informal soundings from sources within the ECCC, the diplomatic comm [...] |
2006-11-16 11:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS EAID CB |
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CAMBODIAN MFA OFFICIAL ON HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) On November 16, P/E Chief met with Sun Suon, Director of the MFA's International Organizations Department that handles UN affairs, to provide demarche points concerning the proposed Belarus resolutions (reftel a). Suon noted that normal practice is for the Cambodian Permrep in New York [...] |
2006-11-17 07:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA CB |
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NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE HELD IN MONDOLKIRI PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary. The Cambodian press reported on November 22 that Cambodian provincial police in Mondolkiri province arrested a North Korean man in the past week. According to press reports, a senior Cambodian police official confirmed the arrest, added the North Korean was deported to Vietnam [...] |
2006-11-22 10:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL KN VM CB |
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RIVAL UNIONS ORDER GENERAL STRIKE, END TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Pro-government union federation leader Chuon Mom Thol has told members of his federation to stop participating in bilateral negotiations with garment factory owners. The directive comes after several pro-government unions joined with independent and pro-opposition unions in c [...] |
2006-11-27 08:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
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CAMBODIA'S ECCC STUMBLES AND STALLS [...] (U) Summary. During the ECCC judges' plenary session from November 20-25, international and Cambodian judges were sharply divided over issues concerning the primacy of Cambodian law versus international law. News about the impasse leaked out and appeared on the Internet. Running parallel [...] |
2006-11-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS CB |
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CAMBODIAN VIEW OF ASEAN-CHINA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA official, the ASEAN-China Commemorative Summit held in Nanning, China on October 30 underscored ASEAN's desire for greater Chinese trade and development assistance. However, ASEAN reportedly remains unimpressed with the level of assistance/loans offer [...] |
2006-11-28 11:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN EAID CB CH |
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MFA ON USG-PROPOSED AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The MFA has told us that both the USG-proposed bilateral shipboarding and debt agreements remain under RGC consideration. The MFA has circulated among other concerned Ministries the shipboarding agreement and is awaiting comment. The bilateral debt agreement also remains un [...] |
2006-11-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL KTIA CB |
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CAMBODIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Phnom Penh submits the following submission as an interim assessment of Cambodia's progress in fighting Trafficking in Persons in 2006. Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) During the first nine months of 2006, the Camb [...] |
2006-12-04 08:08:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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DRUG PRECURSORS AND DEFORESTATION IN CAMBODIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In addition to being home to a multitude of endangered and threatened flora and fauna, the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia also contain aromatic trees being harvested and processed illegally to produce high quality sassafras oil, a substance used to produce methamp [...] |
2006-12-05 04:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ESTH PGOV CB VN |
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RGC RESPONSE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS [...] (SBU) On December 5, post received a preliminary response to the demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Cambodia's CWC status. The MFA said that in 2006, the RGC established through Royal Decree a National Authority to deal with chemical, biological, and other weapons of mass [...] |
2006-12-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CWC KTIA PREL CB |
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NRP Approved; Ranariddh Loses Assembly Seat [...] (U) Summary. The MOI formally recognized the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) on November 28. With approval for the Prince to form his own party, FUNCINPEC expelled Ranariddh from the royalist party, which means the loss of Ranariddh's National Assembly seat and parliamentary immunity. The Pr [...] |
2006-12-05 10:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM CB |
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PM'S BODYGUARD LEADS MONKS IN PATH TOWARDS HARMONIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Hing Bun Heang, the Commander of the Prime Minister's Personal Bodyguard Unit, was appointed in September 2006 as Supreme Consultant to a newly formed Monk Assembly, which is designed to investigate and resolve disputes involving monks across Cambodia. The Royal Government of [...] |
2006-12-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM CB |
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HUMAN RIGHTS DAY IN PHNOM PENH: MULTIPLE [...] (U) Summary. Post participated in three celebrations of International human Rights Day, two of which received partial funding from USAID. On December 8, the Cambodian senate organized its own celebration: focusing on the legislature's role in human rights and highlighting the needs of speci [...] |
2006-12-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
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CAMBODIA: LABOR UNREST TOPS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Dramatic increases in labor unrest, government interference in union affairs, labor violence, and a nearly universal disregard for the labor law topped the concerns raised at the Second National Industrial Relations Conference on December 18. The Ambassador's keynote address no [...] |
2006-12-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB |
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CAMBODIA: 2006 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Cambodia's ability to investigate potential terrorist activities is limited by a lack of training and resources. An absence of comprehensive domestic legislation to combat terrorism also hinders the ability to arrest and prosecute terrorists. However, Cambodia's political leadership demo [...] |
2006-12-21 01:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL CB |
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REACTION TO FINNISH VISA FOR CONVICTED CAMBODIAN COP [...] (SBU) Summary. While the Cambodian government has reacted angrily to the Finnish government's decision to offer a visa to convicted senior police official Heng Pov, Cambodian human rights NGOs and the political opposition are pleased with the decision. Following the announcement on December [...] |
2006-12-21 01:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KJUS PREF CB |
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CAMBODIAN UNIONS AND GARMENT FACTORIES AGREE ON [...] (SBU) A coalition of seven garment unions dropped its threat to hold a general strike after they reached a tentative deal with the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC). The agreement reached on December 19 -- which is not being disclosed publicly and is subject to agreement b [...] |
2006-12-21 01:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX CB |
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UPDATE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS [...] (SBU) On December 20, Acting DCM met with Lt. General Chau Phirun, Director General of the MOD's General Department of Material and Technique; Major General Chey Son, Chief of the Directorate of Chemical Protection, and his deputy, Lt. Colonel Yin Sothy. Acting DCM reviewed reftel B demarche [...] |
2006-12-21 01:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CWC KTIA PREL CB |
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HENG POV'S UNCEREMONIOUS RETURN TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Returned from Malaysia on December 21 by private charter plane, former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov is currently in Prey Sar prison outside Phnom Penh. The RGC tried to keep Heng Pov's arrival under wraps for as long as possible, but the media caught wind of the news in t [...] |
2006-12-22 01:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CB KJUS |
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CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT AND JAPANESE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings with the RGC Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF), the Japanese Embassy, and the IMF suggest that questions surrounding the relevant cut-off date for Cambodia's bilateral debt is creating misunderstandings and possibly preventing the Cambodian government from fina [...] |
2006-12-27 09:18:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON CB |
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CAMBODIA AND DRAFT UNSCR ON BURMA [...] (C) On December 27, the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith regarding reftel demarche. (Note: P/E Chief had met separately on December 15 with MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations So Soeung Ha and delivered reftel demarche points. At the [...] |
2006-12-27 09:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC CB |
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CAMBODIA CHILD LABOR REPORT UPDATE 2006 [...] Please find below post's update of the child labor report for Cambodia. An electronic version of the report, including updated footnotes listing sources, will be emailed to Tina McCarter. Begin Text: Cambodia Incidence and Nature of Child Labor Forty-five percent of children ages 5 [...] |
2006-12-28 06:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB CB |
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CAMBODIA AND THAILAND FOCUS ON BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Thailand and Cambodia agreed to survey and delimit their land border over the next year and resolve their maritime border claims by the end of 2007. Nearly 90 percent of Thai business claims arising from the 2003 anti-Thai riots have been addressed, but new Thai businesses are [...] |
2006-02-16 10:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CB TH |
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SAM RAINSY'S POLITICAL STRATEGY: PUSH HUN SEN, [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says that reconciliation with Hun Sen was the only way to improve his party's position in upcoming national elections and provide hope for the democratic future of Cambodia. Rainsy hopes that his continued ability to move the government towards des [...] |
2006-02-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB |
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WHITHER FUNCINPEC? DOWN BUT NOT YET OUT [...] (C) Summary. Since Hun Sen's outreach to opposition leader Sam Rainsy, the Prime Minister and his party have spoken about ruling coalition partner FUNCINPEC in increasingly negative and strident tones. Hun Sen recently criticized FUNCINPEC for being more interested in graft and less intere [...] |
2006-02-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CB |
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CAMBODIAN LAND DISPUTES MORE FREQUENT, MORE VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Land disputes--which often pit poor villagers against the powerful and wealthy--have affected 12% of Cambodians and are on the rise. The disputes take many shapes, including large economic land concessions on land claimed by indigenous groups in the northeast and a plethora of [...] |
2006-02-22 11:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB |
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CAMBODIA'S PRIME MINISTER: WORKING FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. During an hour and one-half February 23 meeting with Staffdel Grove, PM Hun Sen outlined his vision for moving Cambodia forward along the path to democratic reform in concert with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and civil society, claiming that his dramatic turnaround was [...] |
2006-02-24 04:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL CB |
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ANATOMY OF A LAND DISPUTE: TWO CASESQOM WESTERN [...] SUMMARY. Land disputes affect 45% of the population of the western province of Banteay Meanchey and 10% of the population in neighboring Battambang province, according to estimates by local NGO activists. During a Feb. 1-3 trip to the region, Econoff and Econ FSN learned that such disputes [...] |
2006-02-24 07:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB |
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PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY RESTORED TO THREE [...] (U) Summary: On February 28, the National Assembly reinstated parliamentary immunity for three opposition MPs, including opposition leader Sam Rainsy and approved replacement of a former opposition MP. Two nominees from FUNCINPEC were elected to be Senators. PM Hun Sen called on political [...] |
2006-03-01 10:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM CB |
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CAMBODIA'S NORTHWEST [...] (U) Summary: A four-day trip to the northwestern provinces of Cambodia revealed a decline in human trafficking due to RGC-NGO cooperation and increased effort to combat the problem. However, mistrust between NGOs and the police hampers anti-trafficking efforts in certain areas. Poverty con [...] |
2006-03-02 08:32:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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CAMBODIAN PM DISMISSES TWO CO-MINISTERS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the need for greater efficiency in Cambodia's bloated bureaucracy, Prime Minister Hun Sen removed two FUNCINPEC officials as co- ministers of Defense and Interior on March 2. (Since 1993, the PM's Cambodian People's Party and the Royalist FUNCNPEC party have shared co [...] |
2006-03-03 11:32:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM CB |
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CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION ON STATUS OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MP (and Sam Rainsy spouse) Saumura Tioulong -- please protect -- told us March 6 that PM Hun Sen recently offered to take opposition leader Sam Rainsy into the government as a deputy prime minister, possibly with broad authority over various ministries. Rainsy repo [...] |
2006-03-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CB |
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CAMBODIA'S ROYALIST PARTY LEADER RESIGNS FROM [...] (U) Summary: FUNCINEPC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh resigned March 3 as the President of the National Assembly following Prime Minister Hun Sen's dismissal of two FUNCINPEC senior officials from the royal government (reftel). Soon after the resignation, the Prince told FUNCINPEC officia [...] |
2006-03-07 10:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM CB |
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CAMBODIA: MORE ON RANARIDDH'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC Deputy Secretary General Ung Huot says that Prince Ranariddh's decision last week to resign as National Assembly President was based principally on a desire to concentrate more on strengthening the party, but Hun Sen's personal attacks and the danger that he might be [...] |
2006-03-08 09:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB |
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CAMBODIA'S LAND DISPUTE AUTHORITY: WILL IT WORK? [...] (C) Summary. The recently proposed national land dispute authority comprised of officials from ten ministries, representatives from the three political parties, and NGO representatives remains a work in progress and has already generated controversy. Three NGOs invited to participate have [...] |
2006-03-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAGR KJUS CB |
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2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2005 - March 2006. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (SBU) [...] |
2006-03-15 08:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD CB |
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CAMBODIA'S PM MEETS WITH NGOS TO DISCUSS LAND, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 15, PM Hun Sen met with representatives of 10 NGOs to discuss land disputes and women's issues. NGO oncerns regarding land issues centered on illegal government concessions of large tracts of land, lack of local community involvement in land development, slowness in [...] |
2006-03-17 08:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS CB |
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CAMBODIA: SRP'S INTERNAL REFORM EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior SRP officials recently discussed the challenges of reforming the Sam Rainsy Party, touching on internal elections of party leaders at the grassroots level, intraparty strife, the former Secretary General and Sam Rainsy's lack of consultation with the SRP's steering com [...] |
2006-03-17 09:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB |
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FUNCINPEC LEADER LEAVES COUNTRY, MANY QUESTIONS [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh left Phnom Penh for Paris on March 14, having appointed Prince Norodom Sirivudh, his half brother and the party's Secretary General, to act as the interim party leader in his SIPDIS absence. The Prince departed the country in the wak [...] |
2006-03-17 10:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CB |
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CAMBODIA: FACTORY MONITORING PROJECT PREPARES FOR [...] SUMMARY. Better Factories Cambodia, the ground-breaking garment factory monitoring project run by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and funded largely by the US government, has plans in place to ensure its sustainability once it becomes a fully independent organization in 2009. The [...] |
2006-03-20 10:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM CB |
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CAMBODIA READY TO DECRIMINALIZE DEFAMATION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen and Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana both expressed their willingness to decriminalize defamation, though actually moving defamation from the criminal code to the civil code is unexpectedly problematic. Ang Vong Vathana has proposed an acceptable if [...] |
2006-03-21 08:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CB |
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CAMBODIA: TIP ASSESSMENT VISIT [...] Summary: Representatives from G/TIP and EAP/RSP met with Cambodian government officials and NGOs on March 17 to gauge the Cambodian government's efforts to combat TIP. Anti-trafficking NGOs unanimously agreed that the government has significantly increased its efforts and NGOs are receiving [...] |
2006-03-21 09:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CB |
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Cambodia's National Assembly Approves Cabinet [...] (U) Summary: Cambodia's National Assembly on March 21 approved the Royal Government's nomination of CPP officials Sar Kheng and Tea Banh as Ministers of Interior and Defense respectively, and FUNCINPEC official Nhek Bun Chhay as a Deputy Prime Minister. The ballot also rejected the nominatio [...] |
2006-03-22 08:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CB |
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CONFIRMED BIRD FLU DEATH IN CAMBODIA [...] Cambodia's Ministry of Health, together with the World Health Organization and the Pasteur Institute, has confirmed that a three-year-old girl died March 21 from avian influenza. The girl, who lived in the Kong Pisey district of Kampong Speu province, about 30 miles west of Phnom Penh, had r [...] |
2006-03-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB |
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CAMBODIA/AI: THREE MORE HOSPITALIZED WITH AI-LIKE [...] One adult and two children with fevers and respiratory problems were admitted to Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh on Saturday. The three have been tested for avian influenza and results are expected by tomorrow. The three patients come from a neighboring village in the same district as the t [...] |
2006-03-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH585 |
CAMBODIA: FUNCINPEC'S ONGOING STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary. Senior FUNCINPEC official Serey Kosal told us March 23 about the reasons for Ranariddh's resignation from the National Assembly presidency, the struggle within the party to designate candidates for government positions, CPP's role in undermining the royalists, and actions that [...] |
2006-03-27 11:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH586 |
TENSIONS AMONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) leader Kem Sokha and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy are undergoing a period of tension that has the potential to undermine Cambodian democratic consolidation. Kem Sokha claims that Sam Rainsy is unnecessarily worried over Kem Sokha' [...] |
2006-03-27 11:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM CB |
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CAMBODIA/AI: THREE SUSPECTED CASES TEST NEGATIVE [...] Three persons hospitalized on March 25 with symptoms and exposure patterns consistent with avian influenza have all tested negative for the virus (ref B). Asymptomatic contacts of the hospitalized individuals also tested negative for avian influenza. Following extensive screening efforts, t [...] |
2006-03-29 01:03:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB |
| 06PHNOMPENH598 |
UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP BRIEFS COMS ON MARCH 18-28 [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Representative for Human Rights Yash Ghai met with COMs on March 24 to provide an outbrief of his meetings during his recent assessment visit. Ghai is not able to fully assess the political changes since his last visit but is willing to proceed on the assumption th [...] |
2006-03-29 11:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
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CAMBODIA: FOUR FUNCINPEC GOVERNORS SACKED, [...] (SBU) Citing incompetence and corruption, Prime Minister Hun Sen last week removed four FUNCINPEC provincial governors from their posts, and promised to remove any others who permitted illegal logging to continue in their provinces or who could not resolve land disputes. Additional pressure [...] |
2006-03-30 08:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB |
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CAMBODIA: UNIONIZATION EFFORTS STALL IN CASINO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Unionization efforts at a Thai-owned casino on the Cambodian-Thai border were met with alleged management intimidation and firing of union leaders. Management objected to an arbitral award calling on them to re-instate 11 of the 20 terminated workers, has refused to implement [...] |
2006-03-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON PREL CB TH |
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POSSIBLE CAMBODIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition parliamentarian Son Chhay, soon to be designated as the Chairman of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs, is prepared to promote a resolution on Burma in the National Assembly. Such a resolution would be in keeping with -- but a little more forwar [...] |
2006-04-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CB |
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CAMBODIA'S FM ON APEC, BURMA, AND [...] (C) Summary. During Ambassador's April 5 meeting with FM Hor Namhong, the FM raised the prospect of APEC membership, PM Hun Sen's desire to participate in the November APEC Summit meeting in Hanoi as part of the ASEAN leaders' meeting with President Bush, and the FM's interest in meeting wi [...] |
2006-04-05 11:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PHUM CB |
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CAMBODIA: GARMENT SECTOR STRIKES RISE SHARPLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than twice as many workers (16,000) were involved in strikes in February and March of this year than in the two previous months. The dramatic increase is probably due to a number of factors: resurgence of activism after months of economic and political uncertainty, lea [...] |
2006-04-07 03:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB |
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CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT HIGHLIGHTS TIP AT [...] Summary: On March 15, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) organized the fifth annual national seminar on law enforcement against sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking of women and children. The issue of human trafficking was the lead seminar topic at the Ministry of Justice's April 5 confer [...] |
2006-04-07 03:49:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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CAMBODIA: SEX AND SLAVERY IN SIEM REAP [...] Summary. PolOff traveled to Siem Reap to meet with NGOs, government officials, and conduct direct observations and interviews at commercial sex establishments to better assess the trafficking in persons (TIP) problem and the action that is being taken to combat TIP in the province. NGOs una [...] |
2006-04-07 09:02:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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TIP ON THE COAST OF CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. PolOff traveled to Cambodia's coastal regions to meet with anti-trafficking NGOs and government officials to assess the human trafficking problem and the efforts being made to combat TIP. NGOs in the port city of Sihanoukville report good cooperation with the government and [...] |
2006-04-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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CAMBODIAN THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING ASEAN FM MEETING [...] (C) Summary. According to MFA Secretary of State for ASEAN affairs Kao Kim Hourn, ASEAN has several options for moving foward on Burma: a visit to Burma by the Eminent Persons Group (EPG), a visit by the ASEAN Troika, or an invitation from the Philippines President to Than Shwe to attend t [...] |
2006-04-10 07:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CB |
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Cambodia's National Assembly Approves [...] (U) Summary. The National Assembly approved on April 7 internal reforms that will allow the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) to chair two of nine National Assembly commissions and to have one deputy Secretary General. The Assembly's internal rules were also modified to improve SRP partici [...] |
2006-04-11 07:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CB |
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CHINESE PM VISITS CAMBODIA, CHINESE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Cambodia April 7-8 as part of his tour of Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The PM announced an assistance package worth approximately USD 600 million, although some projects (the hydro-electric dam project in Kampot province finance [...] |
2006-04-12 09:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID CB CH |
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What a Difference a Decade Makes: Cambodia Sends [...] On April 12, Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over a ceremony for the 109 Cambodian peacekeeping troops being sent to Sudan to participate in UN sponsored demining operations. (Note: There are a total of 135 but 26 have already departed for the Sudan. End Note.) This is the first time Cambodi [...] |
2006-04-13 02:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CB |
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CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ON HUN SEN'S RECENT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told the Ambassador on April 12 that he remains encouraged by his interactions with Hun Sen on land issues and opposition inclusion in the National Electoral Commission, but the key test of the PM's willingness to implement meaningful reforms will b [...] |
2006-04-13 05:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCOR CB |
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SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S APRIL 30-MAY 2 [...] (SBU) Your visit will come at a time when things are looking better for Cambodia than they have in a long time and at a time when Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party are feeling comfortable about their performance. The political environment has turned around dramatically, the economy is up [...] |
2006-04-21 10:09:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CB |
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CAMBODIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE [...] (SBU) Cambodia is in the midst of making determinations regarding its support for candidates from all geographic blocs for the new Human Rights Council, according to Sun Suon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations. Pol/Econ Chief made demarche points in [...] |
2006-04-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AORC PREL PHUM CB |
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CAMBODIA: WORKERS MARCH DESPITE POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Labor Day march with more than 1,000 workers proceeded peacefully despite the brief and detention by police of union leader Chea Mony, police checkpoints at roads leading into the capital, and unconfirmed reports of isolated clashes between police and workers elsewhere in the [...] |
2006-05-01 10:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV CB |
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U.K., AUSTRALIA HOST COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] (U) The U.K. and Australian governments sponsored a seminar on counter-terrorism for Cambodian government (RGC) officials April 27-28. Intended to exchange information on strategies, arrangements and capabilities for meeting the terrorist threat in Cambodia, the seminar received high-level s [...] |
2006-05-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CB |
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CAMBODIAN ROYALIST PARTY IN TURMOIL -- BUT [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with FUNCINPEC royal family members and loyalists suggest that some royals, including FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh, are discussing the possibility of forming a new political party. Former Co-Minister of Interior Prince Norodom Sirivudh and Deputy PM [...] |
2006-05-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CB |
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LAND DISPUTE IN THE SHADOW OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. On May 2, local authorities began the eviction of a 1,367-family community of squatters living near the Tonle Bassac River near the new National Assembly building in Phnom Penh. The community is due to be relocated to a new site that is 22 kilometers from Phnom Penh and inadequa [...] |
2006-05-05 09:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CB |
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KRT JUDGES NAMED: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY [...] (C) Summary. On May 7, the Cambodian Government announced the names of the Cambodian and international judges selected by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and approved by the King. The results are a mixed bag of good, middling, and poor choices. Initial soundings within the diplomati [...] |
2006-05-09 09:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL CB |
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CAMBODIA: DAS JOHN'S REINFORCES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 discussion with visiting DAS Eric John, FM Hor Namhong lauded US-Cambodia bilateral relations and said Cambodia would seriously consider DAS John's request that the RGC support Guatemala's candidacy for the UNSC. The FM was open on Burma and prospects for democratic [...] |
2006-05-10 02:32:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM EAID CB |
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CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT, MANUFACTURERS PLEDGE CHILD [...] (U) During a May 4 International Labor Organization-International Program to End Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) event to publicize the ILO's second report on child labor, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) president Van Sou Ieng outlined GMAC's policy on child labor. He said that a [...] |
2006-05-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON CB |
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CAMBODIA: QUARTERLY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) Summary: In the first quarter, there were ten police operations and verdicts rendered in five court cases. Fifteen women and girls were either identified as victims of trafficking or removed from brothels; and eight human traffickers arrested. Among the five court cases, 11 human traf [...] |
2006-05-11 07:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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CAMBODIA/AI: WORLD BANK PLANS TO FUND [...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed in principle to a World Bank-funded effort to provide compensation for culling birds in areas affected by confirmed cases of H5N1 avian influenza. The proposed program would compensate small farmers approximately one dollar per bird; large commercia [...] |
2006-05-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED EAGR KFLU SENV CB |
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REGIONAL PROGRESS ON COMMIT PROCESS [...] SUMMARY: The Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) held the Fourth Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM 4) on human trafficking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 10-12, 2006. Over thirty senior government officials from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Governm [...] |
2006-05-23 06:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN CB |
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UN HIGH COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During her May 13-19 visit to Cambodia, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour's agenda focused on the consolidation of democracy and rule of law, as well as the independence of the judiciary. She defended the work of UNSYG Special Representative (SRSG) Yash Gha [...] |
2006-05-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
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CAMBODIA: DRUG SEIZURES AND ARRESTS UP [...] (U) SUMMARY: May 19 and 20 arrests of two Taiwanese nationals attempting to smuggle a total of nearly 7 kg of heroin to Taiwan highlight increased drug arrests and seizures in Cambodia. The quantity of heroin seized during the weekend airport busts is large by Cambodian standards--authoriti [...] |
2006-05-23 11:49:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV CB TW |
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Land Disputes Draw More Protesters to Phnom Penh [...] (SBU) Summary: In May, over 300 farmers gathered in front of the National Assembly in protest against those authorities alleged to be responsible for usurping their land. The protesters called on Prime Minister Hun Sen, the National Assembly and civil society to help in resolving their cl [...] |
2006-05-25 05:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV CB |
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CAMBODIAN LABOR REACTION TO NEW LABOR MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Cambodia's newly appointed Minister of Labor and Vocational Training (MOLVT), Vorng Sotr (CPP), replaces Nhep Bunchin (FUNCINPEC), who was removed from office pending a corruption investigation. The few labor observers who know Vorng Sotr from his previous position as MOLVT Sec [...] |
2006-05-25 08:08:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON CB |
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CZECHS IN ASIA: CONTINUED FOCUS ON CHINA, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic plans active engagement with East and South Asia in the first half of 2006, with most attention focused on China. During a visit to Prague in December, the Chinese PM closed an investment agreement that, according to critics, noticeably favors Chinese interests [...] |
2006-01-13 18:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EZ CH BM IN PK AF VM CB |
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AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT [...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...] |
2006-03-01 16:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA |
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ROK REGISTERS NO OBJECTION TO POTENTIAL REFUGEE [...] (C) On October 18, poloff conveyed reftel points on USG interest in processing North Korean asylum seekers on a case-by-case basis in Cambodia to Park Ji-hyun, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Inter-Korean Policy Division. Poloff said the USG sought confirmation that the ROKG would assist with bac [...] |
2006-10-20 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV KS KN CB |
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BRUNEI UNLIKELY TO JOIN VIETNAM PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAM [...] DCM DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS ON JUNE 28 TO HAKASHAH SAMAD, SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICER, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE (MOFAT). SAMAD HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED TO US THAT BRUNEI WOULD LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO SEND ANY PARTICIPANTS TO THIS PROGRAM. AS MOST KEY MOFAT TRADE OFFICIALS ARE IN CAIRNS F [...] |
2007-07-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR PREL ASEAN BX CB ID LA MY RP SN TH |
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THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: MICHAEL HEERSCHAP [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Heeschap and Sara Mayfield from May 1 through June 1, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, 494 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-254-1234 Fax: 66-2-254-6308 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and [...] |
2007-04-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT AINR TH CB JA KS LA |
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NEXT STEPS ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN PHNOM [...] (C) Per reftel, Refcoord contacted UNHCR on January 19 to encourage it to instruct UNHCR Phnom Penh to interview expeditiously the four North Koreans who have expressed interest in U.S. resettlement. UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Giuseppe De Vincentis responded that UNHCR expected to [...] |
2007-01-19 02:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CB KN |
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STAFFDEL KOGER - THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Koger from 23-26 August. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American breakfast included) and is within p [...] |
2007-08-08 09:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT AFIN CB ID HK JP TH SN ASEC |
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THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES CLINT WILLIAMSON AND S/WCI DEPUTY MILBERT SHIN [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Deputy Milbert Shin from December 6-7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Hotel reservations (confirmation numbers: 65621 and 656022) have been made at: -- Intercontinental Hotel Tel: 66-2-656-0444 Fax: 6 [...] |
2007-11-30 11:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KAWC TH JA CB NL BE KJUST |
| 07BRUSSELS3543 |
WAR CRIMES DEPUTY ASKS EU FOR HELP ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Summary: Milbert Shin, Deputy for War Crimes Issues, met with EU officials Dec. 12-13 to request EU assistance in facilitating U.S. agreements with European states to accept transferees from Guantanamo. While obtaining no commitments, he did receive assurances from officials in the Council [...] |
2007-12-28 10:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS CB EUN |
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NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES DEPART VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Four North Koreans who had taken refuge in the Danish Embassy in Hanoi left Vietnam for the ROK on July 27 via commercial air via Singapore without incident. UNHCR's Chief of Mission Vu Anh Son had met with the North Koreans, three women and one man, soon after they took refuge in the Da [...] |
2007-08-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB KN VM |
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UNHCR ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, STATELESS KHMERS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM |
| 07HANOI1651 |
UNHCR CLAIMS "BIG STEP FORWARD;" PLAN OF ACTION WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) In a new development, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has claimed a "big step forward" toward resolution of the 30-year old cases of more than 9,000 stateless Khmer persons in Southern Vietnam. According to UNHCR, in August, the Cambodian Government (GOC) informed [...] |
2007-09-14 16:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM |
| 07HANOI288 |
PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with representatives of UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Hanoi. In her UNHCR meeting, UNHCR officials discussed in familiar terms the organizat [...] |
2007-02-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KWMN SOCI VM CB |
| 07HANOI301 |
UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) In a February 12 meeting with the Charge, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan and UNHCR colleagues described their ongoing efforts to work with the GVN to resolve the situation facing several thousand stateless ethnic Cambodians, resident in [...] |
2007-02-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM |
| 07HANOI687 |
UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...] |
2007-04-12 00:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY1145 |
TIM SAKHORN SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON [...] (SBU) On November 8, 2007, defrocked Khmer Krom monk Tim Sakhorn was sentenced to one year in prison by the An Giang Provincial People's Court for "sabotaging national unity," as defined by Article 87 of the GVN criminal code. The one-year sentence includes time already served in detention, wh [...] |
2007-11-13 10:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY164 |
SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...] |
2007-02-15 09:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY733 |
EXPULSION OF ETHNIC KHMER MONK FROM CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Post has been seeking to confirm Ref A reporting that an ethnic Khmer monk, Tim Sakhorn, was allegedly forcibly deported from Cambodia to Vietnam. ConGen contacts in An Giang and Soc Trang provinces confirmed that Sakhorn is from Tinh Bien district in An Giang province. Chief Monk Chau [...] |
2007-07-09 08:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL KIRF SOCI CB VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY836 |
KHMER KROM MONK TIM SAKHORN RESURFACES IN VIETNAM COURTS [...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnamese newspaper Thanh Nien reported that Tim Sakhorn, the Khmer Krom monk believed to have been defrocked and deported by Cambodian officials (Refs A and B), is now being held in the southern Vietnam province of An Giang for "sabotaging the solidarity policy." In the re [...] |
2007-08-10 07:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY880 |
TIGHT LIPPED DEPORTEES IN GIA LAI [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 03:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM CB VM |
| 07LAGOS239 |
IMPROVING U.S. DIPLOMACY ON INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] This is a response to an action request or details on Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) in Nigeria. A septel will be sent assessing the GON's awareness of and commitment to reduce IAP. According to Ministry of Petroleum Resources, household kerosene is used 99 percent of the time as an energy sourc [...] |
2007-03-30 14:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EPA SENV TBIO AL AM BK CB CD CM CS CV |
| 07MANILA2519 |
REGIONAL ENDORSEMENT FOR FY08 1206 PROPOSAL FOR PACOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiefs of Mission of Embassies Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Colombo fully support the FY2008 regional proposal developed by U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). This year's $143 million package builds upon last year's submission to improve regional m [...] |
2007-07-27 06:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP BG CB CE ID |