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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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02ROME1230 | GOI SUPPORT FOR USG FRY PRIORITIES [...] (C) ON MARCH 7, POLOFF DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO MFA FRY DESK OFFICER ANDREA POMPERMAIER. AFTER CONSULTING WITH HIS SUPERIORS, POMPERMAIER TOLD POLOFF ON MARCH 8 THAT THE GOI APPRECIATED USG EFFORTS TO PUSH THE FRY ON THE VARIOUS ISSUES OUTLINED REFTEL. THE ITALIAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE HAD [...] | 2002-03-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL SR KAWC UN |
02ROME3119 | APPREHENDING GENOCIDAIRES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE [...] (U) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS DR. JENDAYI FRAZER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (ROC),DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, ON JUNE 13 IN ROME, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING A [...] | 2002-06-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS KAWC CG CF RW IT ICTR |
02ROME4963 | CROATIA/ICTY: GOI SUPPORTS STRONG PRIVATE, NUANCED [...] (C) DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, POL MC ON OCTOBER 4 UNDERLINED TO DIRECTOR OF MFA BALKANS OFFICE MAURIZIO MASSARI USG'S VIEW THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA SHOULD COMPLY IMMEDIATELY AND IN FULL WITH THE INDICTMENT BY THE ICTY OF GENERAL BOBETKO. HE UNDERSCORED THE SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS OF NON [...] | 2002-10-11 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL PGOV HR IT UN EUN |
03ABUJA1654 | NIGERIA: CONCERNED ABOUT TAYLOR, WANTS MISBEHAVIOR [...] (C) President Obasanjo is still out of the country and FM Adeniji will not return to Nigeria from the U.S. until after October 1, so CDA used a courtesy call on MFA MinState Samaila to reiterate our concerns about Charles Taylor (Ref A). The discussion also covered Guinea-Bissau (septel). CDA [...] | 2003-09-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS LI NI |
03ANKARA2135 | IRAQI WAR CRIMES: DEMARCHE TO GOT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC IZ TU |
03ROME1387 | TFIZ01: ITALY ECHOING OUR MESSAGE ON IRAQI WAR [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 31, POL MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO CLAUDIO BISOGNERO, THE MFA'S DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR. ON APRIL 1, ECON MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ANTONIO BADINI AND LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS AND THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, RESP [...] | 2003-04-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KAWC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03TEGUCIGALPA824 | TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR URGES HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met April 1 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso to discuss a wide range of issues, with a focus on Iraq and combating terrorism. Ambassador urged the GOH to make stronger public statements on Iraq, including on Iraqi war crimes, and criti [...] | 2003-04-02 21:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO KICC |
03TEGUCIGALPA862 | TFIZ01: HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO GIVES AMB LETTER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 7 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso at the FM's request. Perez-Cadalso gave Ambassador a letter offering to provide Honduran troops for post-war humanitarian needs in Iraq, contingent on congressional approval of such a deploy [...] | 2003-04-08 23:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO |
03THEHAGUE1806 | ICC: A CAUTIOUS BEGINNING WITH MIXED SIGNALS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Public documents of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and conversations with diplomats from friendly states parties to the Rome Statute and other members of The Hague international law community have given Embassy legal officers an early glimpse into the formative activities [...] | 2003-07-15 12:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC |
03THEHAGUE1827 | ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON URGES USG TO OPPOSE DEL [...] Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Daniel R. Russel for reason 1.5 (d). 2. (C) Summary. President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with the Ambassador on July 16 to convey his serious concerns about the performance of Chief Pro [...] | 2003-07-17 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | HR KAWC KJUS NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
03THEHAGUE1837 | ICC: PROSECUTOR FOCUSES ON CONGO, DISCLAIMS ANY [...] (U) Summary: On July 16, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),Luis Moreno-Ocampo, held a press conference in The Hague to discuss information his office has received from around the world about possible areas for ICC inquiry. During the ICC's first year, the Office [...] | 2003-07-18 13:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC |
03THEHAGUE1858 | ICTY: DEL PONTE PUSHES BACK;SEEKS MEETING WITH SG [...] Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),is seeking an urgent meeting with UN Secretary General Annan, perhaps as early as tomorrow, [...] | 2003-07-23 05:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY ICTR |
03THEHAGUE2107 | ICTY: CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND PRESIDENT PUSHING IN [...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, for reasons 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte and President Meron are pressing for competing changes in the draft ICTY/ICTR Security Council [...] | 2003-08-21 11:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
03THEHAGUE2563 | ICTY: PREVIEW OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S AND [...] (C) Summary. Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and President Theodor Meron of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will present the Security Council with a difficult dilemma during their reports to the Council on October 9. Del Ponte will report that she intends to seek [...] | 2003-10-07 05:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
03THEHAGUE2597 | DUTCH PUSH FOR TAYLOR TO FACE SPECIAL COURT FOR [...] (C) Dutch Prime Minister Jan Balkenende approached Nigerian President Obasanjo on the margins of the UNGA in New York. The GoNL strongly maintains that former Liberian President Charles Taylor must face his indictment at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and Balkenende encouraged Obasanjo to [...] | 2003-10-10 08:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC LI NL |
03THEHAGUE2769 | ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...] | 2003-11-04 11:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
03THEHAGUE2779 | ICC: CHIEF PROSECUTOR ON COOPERATION; CONGO/ITURI [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to a regular monthly gathering of diplomats resident in The Hague on October 27, International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo outlined his main objectives, largely repeating statements he has made since taking the job last spring. Ocamp [...] | 2003-11-05 09:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC CG |
03THEHAGUE2867 | ICTY: LORD OWEN'S TESTIMONY A MIXED BAG FOR PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from Lord David Owen the first week of November. As an international negotiator, Lord Owen insisted that the Trial Chamber call him as a neutral witness rather than being cal [...] | 2003-11-14 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
03THEHAGUE3043 | ICTY: THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OFFERED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard from three key witnesses in November offering unique perspectives on the role Milosevic played. During the week of November 10, historian Robert Donia resumed his testimony concer [...] | 2003-12-11 05:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
03ZAGREB1037 | ICTY/CROATIA: IMPROVING GOC COOPERATION, RAJIC CASE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) ICTY ZAGREB RESREP THOMAS OSORIO TOLD US MAY 5 THAT THE GOC HAS IMPROVED COOPERATION IN THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF OTP CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE TO ZAGREB. THE GOC LARGELY HAS FULFILLED OUTSTANDING DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND APPEARED SOMEWHAT MORE PROACTIVE IN THE GOTOVINA CASE -- IT IS [...] | 2003-05-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL UNSC ICTY HR |
03ZAGREB1296 | CROATIA'S DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] (C) So far, 2003 has not been a good year for our bilateral relationship with Croatia. On issue after issue, whether Iraq, intellectual property rights, unblocking of assets of the Former Yugoslavia, or now our proposed Article 98 agreement, the GOC not only has failed to deliver, but has ant [...] | 2003-06-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PREF KAWC HR EVN NATO |
03ZAGREB1297 | ICTY/CROATIA: GOC AGAIN BACKSLIDING ON COOPERATION? [...] (C) ICTY Zagreb ResRep Thomas Osorio told us June 5 that the GOC is failing to deliver on a number of commitments PM Racan gave Chief Prosecutor del Ponte during her mid-April visit to Zagreb. Census information was incomplete, assistance to gain access to bank records on GOC financial suppor [...] | 2003-06-06 16:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC HR ICTY UN |
03ZAGREB1342 | CROATIA/ICTY: PIFWC ANTE GOTOVINA GOES PUBLIC [...] (U) In an undated interview published June 10, ICTY fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina reportedly told Ivo Pukanic, editor of Croatian newsmagazine "Nacional," that he acknowledged the authority of the Hague Tribunal. Gotovina said that he was willing to surrender to the ICTY on the condition that [...] | 2003-06-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL BH HR UN UNSC |
03ZAGREB14 | MEDIA REACTION - ANNOUNCEMENT OF S/WCI AMB. [...] THE JANUARY 2 ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE CROATIAN PRESS OF THE UPCOMING VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE PROSPER SPARKED A USEFUL RENEWAL OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON CROATIA'S STANDING WITH ICTY. PRESS COMMENTARIES WERE MIXED. AT ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM WAS CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR PUTTING INTE [...] | 2003-01-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR |
03ZAGREB1402 | ICTY/CROATIA: GOTOVINA DISCUSSION CONTINUES [...] (C) POLITICAL OBSERVERS IN ZAGREB BELIEVE THAT CONDITIONS MAY SOON BE CREATED WHEREBY ICTY PIFWC ANTE GOTOVINA COULD SURRENDER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR FURTHER TRANSFER TO THE HAGUE. THE LOCAL ICTY REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US JUNE 18 THAT RECENT MOVES TAKEN BY GOTOVINA HIMSELF AND PRESIDENT MESIC [...] | 2003-06-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL BH HR USUN |
03ZAGREB1722 | CROATIA USING "UNCOMFORTABLE" BACK-CHANNEL TO [...] (C) The Croatian government is using an unusual back-channel in an attempt to create conditions in which PIFWC Ante Gotovina would surrender for transfer to ICTY. The GoC's urgency and unorthodox approach is derived from the UK's refusal to ratify Croatia's Stabilization and Association Agree [...] | 2003-08-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV UK HR ICTY |
03ZAGREB1887 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON KEY BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C): With the political class returning from the Dalmatian coast, the Ambassador had separate tour d'horizon meetings this week with Foreign Minister Picula, Deputy Foreign Minister Simonovic, and Croatian Ambassador to the U.S. Grdesic to re-energize work on some key issues that have lain lar [...] | 2003-08-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC HR NATO |
03ZAGREB1898 | ICTY PUSHES CROATIAN COOPERATION IN NON-PAPER [...] (SBU) ICTY representative Thomas Osorio provided us on September 1 a copy of the non-paper (text para 3) which he had just delivered to the GoC. Osorio told us that this paper was part of the Prosecutor's strategy of providing maximum transparency to Croatia on outstanding issues in advance o [...] | 2003-09-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
03ZAGREB2041 | FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA SEEKS USG COMMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: THE AMBASSADOR MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO DISCUSS KEY BILATERAL ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF HIS AND PRESIDENT MESIC'S TRIP TO NEW YORK FOR THE UNGA (IRAQ TROOP CONTRIBUTION COVERED SEPTEL). ASKED BY THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT THE STATUS O [...] | 2003-09-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR NATO |
03ZAGREB2170 | DEL PONTE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON CROATIA'S [...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic corps in Zagreb following her October 6 meetings with PM Racan and President Mesic. Del Ponte was pleased with the GoC's new-found capacity to fulfill requests for assistance from the OTP. As expected, she was harshly critical [...] | 2003-10-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PHUM HR ICTY |
03ZAGREB2642 | CROATIA WILL SOON BE READY FOR AMBASSADOR PROSPER [...] (C) Prime Minister-Designate Ivo Sanader and his new-look HDZ will take office in late December following their strong showing in the November 23 parliamentary elections. Although the HDZ's voter base still includes many hard-line nationalists, Sanader's pro-European / pro-U.S. campaign inclu [...] | 2003-12-17 15:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
03ZAGREB305 | DOES THE OTP HAVE A STRATEGY FOR CROATIA? [...] (C) THOMAS OSORIO, HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US THAT OTP SPOKESPERSON FLORENCE HARTMANN'S FEBRUARY 5 STATEMENT CRITICIZING THE GOC FOR FAILING TO APPREHEND ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA AND FOR FAILING TO MEET ICTY INFORMATION REQUESTS REPRESENTS THE OPENING SALVO OF A NEW OTP BID TO PR [...] | 2003-02-11 17:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY RV |
03ZAGREB470 | OTP BOMBAST ON GOTOVINA / CROATIAN NON-COOPERATION [...] (S) THOMAS OSORIO (STRICTLY PROTECT),HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US MARCH 4 THAT RECENT STATEMENTS BY OTP SPOKESPERSON HARTMANN AND OTP POLITICAL ADVISOR JORIS LAMBASTING THE GOC FOR ITS FAILURE TO CAPTURE ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA WERE "UNPROFESSIONAL." OSORIO TOLD US THAT HE HAS S [...] | 2003-03-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY |
03ZAGREB48 | CROATIAN MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH S/WCI AMBASSADOR [...] PER REFTEL, ZAGREB REPORTED ON REACTIONS IN THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00048 091550Z CROATIAN PRESS ON THE JANUARY 2 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE UPCOMING VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE RICHARD PROSPER'S VISIT TO THE REGION. TWO MAJOR CROATIAN DAILIES ON JANU [...] | 2003-01-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR KPAO KAWC PREL PGOV KMDR |
03ZAGREB617 | PATTEN IN CROATIA: DOUBTS OVER ICTY PRESSUE; WAY AHEAD ON CROATIA'S APPLICATION [...] (C) LOCAL EUROPEAN COMMISSION HOM WUNENBURGER TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT COMMISSIONER PATTEN, DURING A MARCH 13 VISIT TO ZAGREB, EMPHASIZED THE GOC'S NEED TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON ICTY COOPERATION, REFUGEE RETURNS, JUDICIAL REFORM AND MEDIA LEGISLATION. MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KE [...] | 2003-03-18 15:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ECIN PREF HR SR EUN |
03ZAGREB669 | TFIZ01: CROATIA'S PM DISCUSSES GOC IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) PRIME MINISTER RACAN "INVITED THE AMBASSADOR FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00669 01 OF 03 251246Z COFFEE" MARCH 24 TO CLARIFY THE GOC'S REASONS FOR ADOPTING A POSITION NOT ALIGNED WITH OURS ON IRAQ. (THIS GOC POSITION HAS BEEN PLAYED OUT UNHELPFULLY [...] | 2003-03-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV MARR HR IZ |
03ZAGREB680 | CROATIA WAR CRIMES: GOSPIC CASE ENDS IN CONVICTION [...] (C) ON MARCH 24, THE RIJEKA COUNTY COURT FOUND FORMER CROATIAN ARMY GENERAL MIRKO NORAC AND TWO CO-CONSPIRATORS GUILTY OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MURDER OF OVER 50 ETHNIC SERBS AND CROAT CIVILIANS IN THE TOWN OF GOSPIC IN 1991. THE LANDMARK VERDICT, WHICH THE SUPREME COUR [...] | 2003-03-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL HR HRICTY UNSC |
03ZAGREB790 | ASSISTING CROATIA TO STRENGTHEN DOMESTIC WAR [...] (C) MINISTER OF JUSTICE ANTICEVIC-MARINOVIC TOLD US ON APRIL 2 THAT THE GOC IS COMMITTED TO PASSING QUICKLY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF CROATIAN COURTS TO PROCESS WAR CRIMES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE MINISTER'S ASSURANCES, OTHER KEY PLAYERS -- INCLUDING THE DRAFTER OF THE MOST CU [...] | 2003-04-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL EAID HR UNSC ICTY |
03ZAGREB925 | WHO SHIELDED ICTY PIFWC IVICA RAJIC? [...] (C/NF) CROATIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THEY HAVE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF A SYSTEMATIC, CLANDESTINE EFFORT OF THE FORMER HDZ GOVERNMENT TO SHIELD ETHNIC CROAT PIFWCS -- INCLUDING IVICA RAJIC -- FROM JUSTICE. THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TO UPROOT THAT SUPPORT NETWORK AND I [...] | 2003-04-28 05:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC KJUS PREL HR UNSC ICTY |
03ZAGREB927 | CROATIA/ICTY: DPM GRANIC SHOOTS GOC IN FOOT AS [...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM GRANIC'S RASH CRITICISM THIS WEEK OF THE ZAGREB DIPLOMATIC CORPS -- INCLUDING THE U.S. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00927 01 OF 02 280635Z AMBASSADOR -- EMBARRASSED THE GOC AND OVERSHADOWED AN OTHERWISE SOLID ATTEMPT TO SENSITIZE THE CROATI [...] | 2003-04-28 06:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL PGOV PHUM HR UNSC ICTY |
04ABUDHABI1878 | UAE - ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TC |
04ABUDHABI2329 | COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TC |
04ABUDHABI3617 | DEMARCHE TO UAE: US NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-13 05:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM UNGA TC |
04ABUDHABI4182 | COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC AF TC |
04ABUDHABI4297 | NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-30 08:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KAWC TC |
04ABUJA1158 | NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS RHETORIC KNOCKS GON ON [...] (U) June 30, local print media reported that during a June 29 address to union leaders in Calabar, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomole threatened that union members would hold a "mass rally" in Calabar to protest the GON's failure to extradite former Liberian President Cha [...] | 2004-06-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC ELAB LI NI |
04AMMAN4693 | REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY COMBATANTS AT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-09 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
04AMMAN8073 | MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...] | 2004-09-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO |
04AMMAN8591 | US NOMINATION OF JUDGE THEODOR MERON: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA |
04AMMAN9092 | JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. NOMINATION OF JUDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA |
04AMMAN9915 | NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC JO |
04ANKARA3162 | ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU |
04ANKARA6133 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: TURKS INFORMED OF FINAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU |
04ANKARA6237 | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded to Embassy Ankara a diplomatic note confirming that Turkey plans to support Mr. Theodor Meron for re-election as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the November 18, 2004, elections in New Y [...] | 2004-11-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM XH TU |
04ANKARA6370 | GUANTANAMO: TURKS CLAIM TURKISH CITIZENSHIP FOR [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 3. 2. (C) On November 10, Togan Oral of MFA's Directorate for Intelligence handed PolMilOff a copy of a Turkish national registration document for Mesut Sen. According to the Turks, this is the same Mesut Sen (US9BE-00296DP) who is currently [...] | 2004-11-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU IZ |
04ANKARA794 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | BK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI |
04BRATISLAVA1076 | SLOVAKIA SEEKS "BALANCED" EU POSITION ON CROATIA [...] (C) POLEC Chief delivered reftel demarche to the MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on November 30. Rehak said the MFA had sent its delegation in Brussels "a different instruction" on November 29. Slovakia thinks the draft language being circulated on ICTY conditionality is "too strong [...] | 2004-11-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC EU HR LO ICTY |
04BRUSSELS1783 | COMMISSION'S POSITIVE "AVIS" ON CROATIA'S EU [...] (C) In issuing its positive recommendation April 20 for opening of accession negotiations with Croatia, the Commission has tried to stress that Croatian cooperation with ICTY "must continue" and the Croatia must "take all necessary steps to ensure the remaining indictee is located and transfe [...] | 2004-04-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID NL KAWC HR ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4874 | EU COUNCIL RESPONSE ON QUINT ICTY DEMARCHE [...] (S/NF) We delivered reftel points to Stefan Lehne of High Rep Solana's office on November 15. Lehne noted that, since this was a Quint initiative and there was no agreed position from the EU at 25, the Council Secretariat could not participate in an external representation of this sort. This [...] | 2004-11-15 17:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04COLOMBO2023 | MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT'S QUESTIONS ON TRANSFER OF DETAINEE [...] (C) The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) has responded by diplomatic note, dated December 20, to the Embassy's diplomatic note advising that the U.S. is prepared to transfer Maldivian detainee Ibrahim Fouzee to GORM control upon agreement to the transfer terms conveyed reftel. T [...] | 2004-12-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR MV |
04DUBLIN1605 | IRISH TO SUPPORT MERON IN ICTY ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM UNGA |
04DUBLIN1735 | IRISH RESPONSE TO CROATIA/ICTY DEMARCHE [...] (C) On November 30, Post delivered reftel talking points to Martina Feeney, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Division First Secretary for European Affairs. Feeney said Ireland expected that the December 17 EU Council decision on Croatia would be consistent with the conclusion rea [...] | 2004-12-01 11:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY |
04DUBLIN1854 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ICTY |
04GUATEMALA2637 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 18:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA |
04GUATEMALA2869 | GUATEMALA OFFERS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On November 12, the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry informed us that Guatemala is willing to support the candidacy of Judge Theodor Meron for reelection to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia provided that the USG support [...] | 2004-11-12 19:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA |
04HELSINKI1444 | SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: FINLAND [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche November 10 to Anu Laamanen-Ryter, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laamanen-Ryter said that Finland would like to find a way to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) if it can. The GoF would hope to find some area in w [...] | 2004-11-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ FI |
04KINSHASA1972 | DEMARCHE TO GDRC ON JUDGE THEODOR MERON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Djoli Eseng Ekeli, Deputy Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on October 22, 2004. Ekeli replied that Judge Meron had impressive credentials and had done an excellent job at the ICTJ. He said that he would recommend GDRC support for his candidacy. MEEC [...] | 2004-10-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM CG UNGA |
04KUWAIT1334 | (C) GUANTANAMO: PROPOSED KUWAITI DELEGATION TO [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received diplomatic note number 20040895 dated April 21, 2004 from MFA, formally proposing May 3 (vice April 26 in reftel) as the date for a GOK delegation to visit Washington, DC/Ft. Belvoir to discuss the Kuwaiti nationals det [...] | 2004-04-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT1904 | (S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT198 | (C) S/WCI AMB. PROSPER DISCUSSES IRAQI SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK pressed for special attention to be given to prosecuting crimes of the Saddam Hussein regime committed against Kuwaitis. At S/WCI Amb. Prosper's suggestion, the GOK agreed to work on putting together a team of investigators to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal in its in [...] | 2004-01-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS IZ KU KAWC |
04KUWAIT2152 | (C) GUANTANAMO: GOK SEEKS CLEARANCE FOR LAWYER, [...] (U) THIS IS REVISED VERSION OF REFTEL, WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY SENT INCOMPLETE. Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, both marked "secret." According to the first (number 2004145 [...] | 2004-07-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT2771 | KUWAITI RESPONSE TO PROPOSED TRANSFER OF [...] (S) The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry responded to reftel requests regarding the transfer of one Kuwaiti national from Guantanamo to Kuwait and has agreed to all prisoner transfer conditions. The following is an unofficial Embassy translation of the text of the MFA diplomatic note received on Augu [...] | 2004-08-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT2900 | (SBU) AMB PROSPER DISCUSSES GTMO, SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre-Richard Prosper met with a Government of Kuwait (GOK) delegation on August 26 to discuss Kuwaiti detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) and the trial of Saddam Hussein. The delegation acknowledged receipt of post's notificatio [...] | 2004-09-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS KU |
04KUWAIT3371 | IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER PROMISES INCREASED [...] SUMMARY. The recently appointed Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, Bakhtyar Amin, attended the 46th meeting of the Tripartite Technical Sub-committee held in Kuwait on 7 September under International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) auspices. This marks the first time that a member of the IIG [...] | 2004-09-27 04:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KPOW IO IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3511 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3892 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON ICTY NOMINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL KAWC PHUM KU UNGA |
04KUWAIT765 | (C) IRAQI WAR CRIMES: GOK STRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (C) Ambassador met March 6 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah (other topics septels). During the meeting, the Minister asked about Saddam Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid ("Chemical Ali"). The Ambassador explained that Saddam is in solitary confinement and being interviewed; [...] | 2004-03-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS IZ KU |
04LJUBLJANA1080 | SLOVENIA FIRM ON MAINTAINING ICTY CONDITIONALITY [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to the Head of the Western Balkans Department at the MFA, Peter Reberc. Reberc is recently returned from eight years in Rome first at the Slovene Mission to the Holy See and then the bilateral Mission. He explained that the Government of Slovenia is [...] | 2004-11-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV ICTY |
04LJUBLJANA1121 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: SLOVENIA [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and list to MFA International Security Department staffers Bostjan Jerman and Maja Zuzek on 17 December. Jerman and Zuzek received the information gratefully and said they would pass it on directly to representatives at the Bank of Slovenia, Off [...] | 2004-12-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | KAWC PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC SI ICTY |
04MADRID1201 | SPANISH RESPONSE: PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1534 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL SP UNSC UN |
04MADRID2484 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30. Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group on M [...] | 2004-07-01 09:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY |
04MADRID4382 | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR YUGOSLAVIA: [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM SP UNGA |
04MADRID583 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: SPANISH POLICE SEEK ACCESS [...] (C) The Spanish National Police (SNP) have officially requested via the Embassy that the USG authorize Spanish police access to interview two Guantanamo detainees. SNP seeks to develop information regarding the two detainees' training, recruitment and deployment into Afghanistan. The two detainees [...] | 2004-02-20 05:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP |
04MANAMA1476 | BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST [...] (C) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A combatant status review tribunal request for assistance September 22 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar said that he would initiate action to try to locate the [...] | 2004-09-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
04MANAMA1528 | BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief October 4 delivered Refs A and B information regarding Guantanamo detainee Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Al Khalifa's request for witness testimony to MFA Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa. He listened carefully to the points and reconfirmed that the United Sta [...] | 2004-10-05 10:38:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
04MANAMA1571 | BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF [...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Ambassador October 16 delivered reftel demarche concerning the final determination of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) for four Bahraini detainees to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, noting tha [...] | 2004-10-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
04MANAMA1594 | BAHRAIN: U.S. NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche October 12 concerning Judge Theodor Meron's nomination for reelection as permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to MFA Director for International Organizations Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho responded tha [...] | 2004-10-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM PREL BA UNGA |
04MANAMA1611 | BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN [...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per Ref B, Pol/Econ chief discussed with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 18 possible options for Bahraini witnesses to deliver testimony on behalf o [...] | 2004-10-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PTER PHUM PINR BA |
04MANAMA1612 | BAHRAINI SECURITY TEAM DATA FOR GUANTANAMO VISIT [...] (C) This is an action message; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per reftels, the GOB requested approval for a security team to visit Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo. State agreed to process the request pending receipt of bio data for the members of the proposed team. Post received an offi [...] | 2004-10-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
04MANAMA1664 | BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (S) Pol/Econ chief October 31 passed reftel information concerning upcoming Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings for detainees Adil Kamil Al Wadi and Salah Al Balushi to MFA First Secretary Shaikh Turki Al Khalifa. (Note: Shaikh Turki is responsible for the detainees issue in the ab [...] | 2004-11-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KAWC BA PETER |
04NEWDELHI7063 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON JUDGE MERON'S ICTY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-05 10:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM IN UNGA GOI |
04NEWDELHI7084 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN ON JUDGE MERON'S ICTY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-05 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM BT UNGA |
04NEWDELHI7152 | FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON ICTY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 10:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM IN UNGA GOI |
04ROME2555 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV - ITALIANS SUPPORT GOALS, [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR ANDREA ORIZIO TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 30 THAT ITALY FULLY AGREED THAT TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WITH SPECIFIC ACTIONS, SUCH AS TRAVEL/VISA BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS WAS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES TAKEN BY THE OHR, AND FOR ACHIEVING OUR [...] | 2004-07-01 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC IT ICTY EUN |
04ROME4793 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V - ITALY ON BOARD WITH VISA [...] (S) MFA Balkans Office Director Andrea Orizio told Poloff on December 17 that Italy was "on board" with USG view that imposing travel entry/travel bans and freezing assets of PIFWC's and their material supporters are important tools for achieving our shared objective to stabilize the region. I [...] | 2004-12-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK IT ICTY EUN |
04ROME549 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III - ITALY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT ITALY WAS "ON BOARD" WITH USG VIEW THAT IMPOSING TRAVEL ENTRY/TRAVEL BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS OF PIFWC'S AND THEIR MATERIAL SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING OUR SHARED OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE THE REGIO [...] | 2004-02-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ZL IT ICTY EUN |
04SANAA2003 | YEMEN: ROYG NOTIFIED OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief notified Deputy Director of the Yemeni National Security Bureau Ammar Saleh of the enemy combatant determination of Yemeni national Mahdi, Fawaz Na'aman Homoud Abdullah. Saleh expressed concern should the detainees nationality become a press item, saying, "Obviously we do no [...] | 2004-08-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2047 | AMBASSADOR NOTIFIES MFA OF YEMENI ENEMY COMBATANT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2388 | NOTICE OF TWO YEMENIS COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-08 05:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2486 | NOTIFICATION OF ENEMY COMBATANT REVIEW - TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2542 | ROYG NOTIFIED OF TRANSFER TO GITMO OF YEMENI [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 06:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2696 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US NOMINEE TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-17 12:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM YM UNGA DEMARCHE |
04SANAA2698 | CSRT AND ARB NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED, ROYG REQUEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Notifications of Combatant Status review Tribunal (refs A-C),and Final Determination of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Notifications (refs D and E) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on October 16. 2. (C) As in the past, Noman accepted notification o [...] | 2004-10-17 13:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2771 | NOTICE OF GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2837 | CSRT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ENEMY COMBATANT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2936 | COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...] | 2004-11-24 10:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2938 | COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...] | 2004-11-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANTODOMINGO5672 | U.S. NOMINEE FOR ICTY - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-15 18:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6238 | U.S. NOMINEE MERON FOR ICTY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] The MFA deputy director for UN affairs, Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, informed us November 15 that the Dominican Republic will support Judge Theodor Meron's candidacy for reelection as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). HERTELL [...] | 2004-11-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM DR |
04STATE265884 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 7, 2004 MEETING [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) DECEMBER 7, 2004, 4:40 P.M., IN THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. - THE DEPUTY SECRETARY - EAP A/S JAMES A. KELLY - EAP DAS MARIE T.HUHTALA - AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES [...] | 2004-12-13 23:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUST PHUM PREL USUN TT ID JA NZ PO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2524 | HONDURAS WANTS TO TRADE VOTES FOR ICTY CANDIDACIES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the Honduran Foreign Ministry in response to Post's diplomatic note regarding the candidacy of Theodor Meron for re-election to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (IC [...] | 2004-11-08 18:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KAWC AORC HO UNGA |
04THEHAGUE1016 | ICC: OTP, STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, LOOKING AT [...] (C) Summary: The International Criminal Court (ICC) remains very much in a nascent stage even as the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) considers whether to open formal investigations of situations in northern Uganda and the Congo, based on referrals from Kampala and Kinshasa (refs). The lack of [...] | 2004-04-22 13:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC |
04THEHAGUE1033 | ICTY: KRSTIC JUDGMENT SETS ASIDE GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) set aside a trial chamber's 2001 judgment that Radislav Krstic, commander of the Drina Corp immediately under Ratko Mladic during the Srebrenica massacres of July 1995, perpetrated genoci [...] | 2004-04-23 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1163 | ICTY: SAM MINISTER OF JUSTICE SEES PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, visited the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, following his appearance at the provisional release hearing for indictees Frenki Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic. Earl [...] | 2004-05-11 16:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1565 | ICTY: COURT REJECTS ONE THIRD OF ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) crossed two key mileposts last week. On June 16, the Trial Chamber issued its decision on the amici curiae,s (friends of the court) motion seeking the dismissal of num [...] | 2004-06-23 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1592 | ICTY: PREVIEW OF DEL PONTE JUNE 29 ADDRESS TO UN [...] (C) Summary: In her June 29 oral report to the UN Security Council, Carla del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),will highlight several issues from her written report submitted to the Security Council in May. In addition to the e [...] | 2004-06-25 11:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1599 | ICTY: PREVIEW OF JUNE 29 MERON PRESENTATION TO [...] (C) Summary. In his June 29, 2004 address to the Security Council, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, will focus on the two competing sides of the completion strategy: on the one, the Tribunal,s heavy workload and his in [...] | 2004-06-25 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1657 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...] | 2004-07-01 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
04THEHAGUE1715 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC'S POOR HEALTH TRIGGER'S "RADICAL" [...] (C) Summary: The trial chamber hearing the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) postponed the July 5 commencement of the defense case due to the Accused,s poor health. During the hearing, Milosevic accused the Tribunal of [...] | 2004-07-08 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE176 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...] | 2004-01-26 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE1885 | ICC: GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: The next few months will see the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin formal investigations into serious charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Africa. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) recently opened its first investigation in the Democratic Republic of t [...] | 2004-07-27 10:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC |
04THEHAGUE1918 | ICTY: A PUNISHING WEEK FOR OTP [...] (SBU) Summary: It was a punishing week for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On July 28, a trial chamber ordered the provisional release of two of the highest-ranking members of Slobodan Milosevic's inner circle, Jovica [...] | 2004-07-30 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2201 | ICTY: COUNSEL IMPOSED ON MILOSEVIC [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated, Trial Chamber Three of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) decided on September 2 to assign counsel to assist in the defense of Slobodan Milosevic. The court decided that the counsel should be the amici curiae (friends of the Cou [...] | 2004-09-02 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2382 | UNGA 59/EAST TIMOR ACCOUNTABILITY - DUTCH SUPPORT [...] (SBU) The Dutch "fully support" the idea of the UN Secretariat forming a Commission of Experts (COE) to evaluate SIPDIS the work of the Ad Hoc Tribunal and Serious Crimes Unit and report on next steps regarding accountability for the 1999 atrocities on East Timor. However, Indonesian relu [...] | 2004-09-20 09:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM NL |
04THEHAGUE2494 | ICTY - MILOSEVIC TRIAL ADJOURNS IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary. The defense phase of Slobodan Milosevic,s trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) stumbled into a new set of obstacles during the week of September 13. The trial chamber abruptly transformed the defense from one led exclusively by Milosevi [...] | 2004-09-30 12:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2678 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on October 12 after a one-month hiatus, the bulk of its time devoted to a status conference in which assigned defense counsel Steven Kay updated the court on his o [...] | 2004-10-15 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE271 | ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...] | 2004-02-03 16:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2711 | ICTY: DEMARCHE ON BEHALF OF MERON CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 11:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2736 | ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?" [...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...] | 2004-10-22 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2792 | ICTY - MILOSEVIC REGAINS SOME CONTROL OVER DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was recessed again because of a lack of witnesses during the week of October 24, but that did not stop the case from making news. In particular, Steven Kay, imposed defense [...] | 2004-11-01 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2793 | ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...] | 2004-11-01 17:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2869 | ICTY - APPEALS CHAMBER RETURNS LEAD IN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the Milosevic trial chamber,s decision to impose counsel on the accused but reversed the trial chamber,s decision to give assigned counsel a lead role in the case. [...] | 2004-11-05 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2932 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER FOCUSES ON APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial chamber in the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continued to deal with defense counsel issues during the week of November 8. Its three days of hearings -- a full schedule for this case -- were [...] | 2004-11-12 17:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2989 | DUTCH STUDYING REQUEST TO SUPPORT IST [...] (SBU) Embassy political counselor passed reftel demarche to MFA Director for Gulf Affairs Adri van Loopik on November 10. Van Loopik was noncommittal and suggested that he and his colleagues in the MFA Legal Division would need to study the request. In a follow-up conversation with Olivia S [...] | 2004-11-17 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE3133 | NETHERLANDS/CROATIA: EU ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is "no daylight" between the USG and Dutch national position on Croatia and its obligation to cooperate with the ICTY, Alle Dorhout (MFA European Integration Department Croatia officer) confirmed to Poloff and Legaloff when discussing reftel points November 30. The Dutc [...] | 2004-12-01 11:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV NL TU HR ICTY EUN |
04THEHAGUE3210 | ICTY - PROSPER WARNS THAT TRIBUNAL MAY CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper met with officials from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). During the meeting, and later with the press, Prosper emphasized that a l [...] | 2004-12-08 16:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC PHUM ICTY PREL SR |
04THEHAGUE3255 | ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...] | 2004-12-14 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE3301 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (S) Poloff and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to Klaas van der Tempel, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief and Pauline Diepenbroek, MFA Bosnia Desk Officer on December 17. Van der Tempel said the GONL was pleased with High Rep Ashdown's actions, and viewed U.S. actions as supporting th [...] | 2004-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE3323 | ICTY: TRIBUNAL RESISTS UN/GC EFFORT THAT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) told Embassy legal officers on December 21 that the UN Secretariat is resisting his efforts to appoint two ad litem judges to trials in dire need of immediate appointments. Meron shared [...] | 2004-12-22 14:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE347 | ICTY: KRAJISNIK TRIAL OPENS SMOOTHLY [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Momcilo Krajisnik before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened smoothly for the prosecution on Feb. 3. Krajisnik, who is being tried on eight counts including charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, held many prominen [...] | 2004-02-10 16:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE382 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...] | 2004-02-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
04THEHAGUE498 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION LIMPS TO CLOSE ITS CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Milosevic Prosecution team of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closed its case in the anti-climactic form of a motion to Trial Chamber III on February 25. The recent melodrama of the Milosevic prosecution -- the rancorous internal debates [...] | 2004-02-26 17:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE783 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC REFUSES TO GIVE CONSENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, convened a special hearing on March 25 in order to determine whether Slobodan Milosevic would consent to the continuation of the trial with a new judge, an as-yet appointe [...] | 2004-03-25 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE813 | ICTY: OTP PAPER SAYS BELGRADE FAILING TO COOPERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a paper circulated among key diplomatic representatives in The Hague and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) late on March 26, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserts that Belgrade's cooperation with [...] | 2004-03-30 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE825 | ICJ - PRESERVATION OF NUREMBURG TRIAL ARCHIVES [...] (U) Summary. The Archives of the Nuremburg International Military Tribunal (NIMT) in the custody of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are facing two preservation threats. First, the obsolete nature of the equipment on which the proceedings were recorded risks this material becoming ina [...] | 2004-03-31 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL AORC ICJ USUN |
04THEHAGUE975 | ICTY: DEL PONTE DEFENDS POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),vigorously defended her positive assessment to EU officials of Croatia,s cooperation with the Tribunal. She based her decision on Croatia,s cooperation in recent weeks wit [...] | 2004-04-19 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE985 | ICTY: SENIOR FORMER USG OFFICIALS ON MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Slobodan Milosevic -- in one of his first filings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) -- submitted to the trial chamber on April 13 a confidential document describing the witnesses he may call during his upcoming defense case. While the list [...] | 2004-04-20 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04WELLINGTON876 | NEW ZEALAND: ICTY CANDIDATE MERON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 03:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM NZ UNGA |
04YEREVAN2458 | ARMENIA WILL SUPPORT MERON FOR ICTY JUDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 07:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM AM UNGA |
04ZAGREB1025 | DEL PONTE SAYS CROATIA FULLY COOPERATING WITH ICTY [...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic community on June 4 on her day and a half visit to Zagreb. Del Ponte said that although Croatia's cooperation with the tribunal was the best of any country, she had warned the GoC leadership that she could change her assessment a [...] | 2004-06-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL HR |
04ZAGREB1033 | URGENT NEED FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS EAID PREL PGOV HR |
04ZAGREB1228 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: CROATIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) ON JUNE 30, WE PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ANDREA BEKIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICA'S DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. BEKIC WELCOMED THE NEWS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, AND USG ACTION TO TARGET THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF PIFWCS. BEKIC SAID SHE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FORWARD THE [...] | 2004-07-01 17:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK HR |
04ZAGREB1277 | DAS STEPHENS REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP, URGES CROATIA'S [...] (C) During her June 28-30 visit to Zagreb, EUR DAS Kathleen Stephens reviewed developments in our bilateral relationship. Satisfaction with the NATO Istanbul Summit was an important theme. Government interlocutors agreed that progress on refugee returns and the search for Gotovina must cont [...] | 2004-07-13 05:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN MASS KAWC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1483 | COURT REJECTS NOTORIOUS LORA PRISON ACQUITTAL, [...] Overturning a 2002 acquittal, the Croatian Supreme Court has called for a retrial of eight Croatian military police accused of the torture and murder of ethnic Serb civilians and soldiers at Lora Prison. The international community praised the ruling as Croatian recognition of the original t [...] | 2004-08-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
04ZAGREB149 | CROATIAN JUSTICE MINISTER AFFIRMS JUDICIAL [...] (C) In an introductory call on new Minister of Justice Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, Ambassador Frank welcomed the Minister's positive statements on cooperation with the ICTY and urged quick resolution of the Gotovina case. The Ambassador praised achievements in reforming the State Prosecutor's office [...] | 2004-01-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREF PREL KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB1576 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ralph Frank per reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) The British government will send a senior diplomat to Zagreb in the near future with four key requests for the Croatian government related to fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina and other intelligence and police matt [...] | 2004-09-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR KAWC PREL UK HR |
04ZAGREB1595 | PROSECUTOR,S COOPERATION PLAN DRAWS ICTY SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Patrick Lopez-Terres, Chief of Investigations in the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor, has expressed enthusiastic support for Croatian Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic,s initiative to pursue bilateral cooperation agreements between the state prosecutors of the countrie [...] | 2004-09-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB1661 | ARMY TO DROP ICTY FUGITIVE'S WIFE FROM PAYROLL [...] (C) Clearly surprised and embarrassed by press revelations that fugitive war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina's wife had been granted a new position within the Croatian Armed Forces Joint Staff, Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on September 16 that the Ministry of Defense will "s [...] | 2004-09-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB1675 | ICTY: SURPRISE OVER CERMAK/MARKAC, NO FANFARE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian government officials and political leaders expressed surprise and disappointment at the ICTY trial chamber's September 14 decision against provisional release of Generals Mladen Markac and Ivan Cermak, particularly in the wake of their voluntary surrender to t [...] | 2004-09-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB1678 | CROATIAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM UNITED AGAINST TROOPS [...] (SBU) President Bush's widely publicized written reply to Ambassador Neven Jurica on Jurica's presentation of credentials has united and solidified Croatia's diverse political parties in opposition to sending troops to Iraq or signing an Article 98 agreement with us. Although some commentator [...] | 2004-09-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KAWC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1717 | CROATIA,S INTEL SERVICE SHAKE UP EXPECTED TO [...] (S) With the confirmation of Veselko Grubisic as new Director of the Croatian Intelligence Agency (OA),the GoC is asserting positive control over the intel services. Along with new chief of Counterintelligence Agency (POA) Josko Podbevsek, (named earlier this year),Grubisic should be more w [...] | 2004-09-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR PREL KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB1749 | GOTOVINA SEARCH SEPTEMBER UPDATE [...] (U) The ongoing GoC search for ICTY fugitive Ante Gotovina hit the Croatian news last week with the arrest of four persons suspected of being part of Gotovina's support network and the retirement of Gotovina's wife, Dunja Gotovina, from the Croatian Armed Forces. Minister of Justice Vesna Ska [...] | 2004-10-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
04ZAGREB181 | FM ZUZUL COMMITS TO FULL ICTY COOPERATION, [...] (C) FULL COOPERATION WITH ICTY: ON JANUARY 28, FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL GAVE AMBASSADOR FRANK A READ OUT OF HIS CONVERSATION IN STOCKHOLM EARLIER IN THE WEEK WITH AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE PROSPER. ZUZUL SAID THAT HE HAD COMMITTED THAT THE GOC WOULD "COMPLETELY COOPERATE O [...] | 2004-01-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
04ZAGREB1842 | CROATIA SUPPORTS MERON RE-ELECTION TO ICTY [...] (U) The GOC has announced that it will support the re-election of Theodor Meron to the post of permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). When Poloff delivered reftel points October 14, MFA's director of UN affairs Ranko Vilovic highlighted the GO [...] | 2004-10-22 07:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB2001 | A/S JONES WELCOMES CROATIAN CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN [...] (SBU) During their November 11 meeting, A/S Beth Jones and Prime Minister Sanader discussed steps to improve regional relations, current and possibly additional Croatian contributions to resolve international crises, and the possibility of signing an Article 98 Agreement. PM Sanader stressed [...] | 2004-11-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KAWC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB2060 | (S) PM SANADER ASKS AMBASSADOR TO INTERVENE WITH [...] (S) Summary: PM Sanader and FM Zuzul asked Ambassador Frank and UK Ambassador Ramsden December 1 for assistance in persuading President Mesic to suspend seeking the dismissal of head of the Croatian Counter-Intelligence Agency Podbevsek, stating that his work was critical to the hunt for PIF [...] | 2004-12-01 17:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB2140 | NEW CROATIAN INTEL CHIEF WANTS GOOD COOPERATION [...] (C) The scandal (reftels) surrounding the Counter Intelligence Agency (POA) has peaked with President Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader agreeing to fire POA Chief Josko Podbevsek and nominate Tomislav Karamarko as his replacement. Prior to his successful confirmation hearings and official ins [...] | 2004-12-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB300 | CROATIA TRYING TO CONVINCE UK IT IS COOPERATING [...] (C) THE UK MAY BE EASING THE CRITERIA BY WHICH IT WILL MEASURE CROATIA'S COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY). IN ADVANCE OF A FEBRUARY 11 VISIT BY FM ZUZUL TO LONDON, A BRITISH EMBASSY OFFICER INFORMED US THAT IF PM SANADER MAKES A CLEAR PUBLI [...] | 2004-02-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC HR UK |
04ZAGREB380 | CROATIAN PRESS REPORTS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS [...] (SBU) THE CROATIAN PRESS IS WIDELY REPORTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA HAS RECEIVED NEW SEALED ICTY INDICTMENTS FROM THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. THE GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO COMMENT, BUT THE PRESS CITES THAT SANADER AND OTHER HDZ LEADERS ARE WORKING HARD TO MANAGE POLITICAL FALLOUT BEFORE [...] | 2004-03-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC |
04ZAGREB425 | CROATIA'S NEW ICTY PIFWCS DEPART VOLUNTARILY FOR [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 11, AS EXPECTED, RETIRED CROATIAN GENERALS MLADEN MARKAC AND IVAN CERMAK DEPARTED VOLUNTARILY FOR THE HAGUE TO FACE WAR CRIMES INDICTMENTS. PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT MARKAC AND CERMAK WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY UPON ARRIVAL IN AMSTERDAM. ICTY ISSUED A STATEMENT WELCOMING CROATI [...] | 2004-03-12 05:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB456 | ZAGREB AWAITS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS FOR BOSNIAN [...] (C) Croatia is expecting the imminent arrival of new indictments from ICTY against a series of Bosnian Croats for their actions in BiH in 1993-94. According to the press, Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt met with likely indictees Milivoj Petkovic and Slobodan Praljak during the evening of [...] | 2004-03-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR BK |
04ZAGREB488 | ICTY INDICTMENTS OF BOSNIAN CROATS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zuzul told the Ambassador on March 22 that the GoC would do everything it could to ensure Croatian citizens indicted by ICTY for crimes in Bosnia were transferred to The Hague, but could not guarantee that the process would go as smoothly as in the cases of Cermak and Mar [...] | 2004-03-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV BK HR |
04ZAGREB598 | CROATIA SENDS SIX TO ICTY [...] (C) On April 5, the Government of Croatia put six new Bosnian-Croat ICTY indictees onto a regularly scheduled commercial flight to Amsterdam. Notwithstanding a minor misunderstanding regarding the late notice given the GoC regarding one of the six, ICTY Head of Office Thomas Osorio describes [...] | 2004-04-07 04:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
04ZAGREB71 | CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...] | 2004-01-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO |
04ZAGREB781 | CROATIAN FM DOWNPLAYS SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON [...] (U) THE SECRETARY'S BRIEF MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL ON THE MARGINS OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE ON ANTI-SEMITISM RECEIVED VERY LITTLE COVERAGE IN THE CROATIAN PRESS. ACCORDING TO VECERNJI LIST, CROATIA'S TOP-CIRCULATION MASS-MARKET DAILY, SECRETARY POWELL TOLD THE FOREIGN MINISTER THAT [...] | 2004-04-30 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KPAO HR NATO |
04ZAGREB817 | FM ZUZUL SEEKS UNDERSTANDING ON GOTOVINA [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER MIOMIR ZUZUL SOUGHT A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR FRANK TO EXPRESS HIS DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE U.S. POSITION CONDITIONING SUPPORT FOR CROATIA'S NATO ENTRY ON THE ARREST OF ICTY FUGITIVE ANTE GOTOVINA (REFTELS). AMBASSADOR FRANK RESPONDED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SURP [...] | 2004-05-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB964 | ICTY INDICTS NORAC: CROATIA PREPARING FOR CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: On May 25, the ICTY announced the issuance of an indictment against Croatian retired General Mirko Norac for his role in the Medak Pocket case. ICTY Head of Office Thomas Osorio (protect) told us that the Tribunal intends to transfer this case to Croatia for prosecutio [...] | 2004-05-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
05ABUDHABI2179 | GUANTANAMO ISSUES - ARB AND KORAN DESECRATION [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on May 14 and discussed ref A information regarding the Administrative Review Board's (ARB) assessment of UAE detainee Abdullah Al Hamiri, and the allegation that the Koran had been desecrated at the U.S. Naval Station at Gu [...] | 2005-05-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KISK TC |
05ABUJA1178 | DARFUR PEACE TALKS UPDATE: OBASANJO MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo met with the leaders of the Darfur rebel movements on June 30 and urged them to be flexible over the remaining points of contention on the Declaration of Principles. He also encouraged them to continue the negotiations, and above all, be patient. A [...] | 2005-07-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
05ABUJA1986 | SLM CONFERENCE: CHADIAN/FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) On the margins of the Ninth Session of the Joint Commission (for the Cease-fire in Darfur) held in Ndjamena October 13-14, both SLM Chairman Abdelwahid Nur and France's Special Representative Ambassador Henri de Coignac had private meetings with Chadian President Deby touching on the Darf [...] | 2005-10-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
05ABUJA2008 | ABUJA: ROUND SIX [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Round of the Darfur talks at Abuja, held from September 15 - October 20, were hindered by controversy within the SLM/A, poor planning, and a perceived lack of serious approach by the GOS and the JEM/SLM. The African Union did not provide the stern leadership needed [...] | 2005-10-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
05ABUJA59 | OBASANJO ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL CONCEPT [...] (C) Ambassador presented the Sudan Tribunal Concept demarche to the Foreign Ministry and National Security Advisor, and then to President Obasanjo, on January 14. After explaining where he was going on the Darfur talks (below),Obasanjo asked how it would be decided who would be prosecuted by [...] | 2005-01-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU NI DARFUR |
05ALGIERS1867 | UPDATE ON ALGERIANS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE FROM [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on other issues, Ambassador pressed FM Bedjaoui for an early, favorable response conveying Algeria's readiness to accept the return of Algerian nationals scheduled for release from Guantanamo. Ambassador explained that the Embassy had raised this issue with the Mini [...] | 2005-09-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC AG |
05ALGIERS2057 | AMBASSADOR RAISES GUANTANAMO DETAINEES WITH MFA [...] (C) During an October 3 meeting on other issues, Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief raised with MFA Secretary General Lamamra the U.S. desire to repatriate some Algerian detainees at Guantanamo. Ambassador, noting an earlier conversation with FM Bedjaoui on the same subject (Ref A) and expressing [...] | 2005-10-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC AG |
05ALGIERS2155 | MEETINGS IN ALGIERS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Ron Miller, Senior Adviser to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, held meetings with officials from the MFA, Ministry of Justice, and Presidency officials October 18 on issues related to the detention and repatriation of detainees held at Guantanamo who claim to be Algerian. Mi [...] | 2005-10-23 05:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL AG |
05ALGIERS2162 | INFORMATION PASSED TO GOA ON TRANSFER AND RELEASE [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolEc Chief, delivered reftel talking points October 24 to MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane. Ambassador also passed the proposed diplomatic notes that would be required in advance of the transfer of Algerian detainees from U.S. to Algerian co [...] | 2005-10-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC AG |
05AMMAN2687 | NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-31 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN316 | NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-13 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN3957 | DECISION ON RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANTS: JORDAN [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points on May 17 with Foreign Minister Qasrawi and pressed for a quick resolution of the issue. Qasrawi replied that he would discuss this as soon as possible with the Minister of Interior to provide a complete response to our requests. The one outstanding issue, he [...] | 2005-05-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN4521 | NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-07 05:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC JO |
05AMMAN4620 | REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN4630 | JORDAN: NOTIFICATION OF DETERMINATION BY [...] (C) On June 8, PolOff delivered reftel information to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office regarding the Administrative Review Board's decision that here is a need for continued detention of Jordanian Zaid Muhammad Sa'ad Al-Husayn. He agreed to share the information with th [...] | 2005-06-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN4897 | UPDATE ON JORDANIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER KAWC JO |
05AMMAN5555 | GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RETURN OF JORDANIAN DETAINEE [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and de facto head of the security services Mohammad Dhahabi in separate meetings over the past week concerning the return of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab (refs). In the final meeting on July 12, Dhahabi offered authoritat [...] | 2005-07-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN5674 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN TO JORDAN OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN5839 | GUANTANAMO NLEC ABDUL WAHAB RETURNED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER KAWC PINR JO |
05AMMAN623 | NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC JO |
05AMMAN7212 | NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC JO |
05AMMAN7955 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05AMMAN9580 | NGOS FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM [...] Post has identified five NGOs that are providing assistance to the victims of the November 9 hotel bombings in Amman (Ref B.) None of these groups were established to specifically provide support or services to victims of terrorism and their families. Instead, they are private charitable and [...] | 2005-12-12 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC KPAO JO |
05ANKARA1169 | USG ICTY POLICY [...] We delivered reftel talking points concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to GOT MFA Balkans officials Kasim Cavusoglu and Gizem Sucuoglu. Both said that Turkey had been following this issue for a long time and agreed with the U.S. position, saying that peop [...] | 2005-03-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI TU |
05ANKARA1210 | GUANTANAMO: TURKS INFORMED OF FINAL DETERMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU |
05ANKARA1485 | INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 3. 2. (C) Embassy appreciates DoD's offer to lead an interagency team to Ankara to discuss Guantanamo issues with Turkish officials. However, Turkey has only two detainees at Guantanamo, and per refs b and c we understand one of these will be [...] | 2005-03-15 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU |
05ANKARA1671 | ENCOURAGING EU CONDITIONALITY ON GOTOVINA [...] (C) On March 17 we presented reftel Gotovina demarche to MFA EU Political Affairs Officer Ege Turemen, who agreed that Croatia should cooperate with the ICTY. Turemen expressed concern over press articles that suggested the criticisms against Croatia could spill over and affect Turkish EU ac [...] | 2005-03-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC HR TU |
05ANKARA5319 | TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH |
05ASUNCION1294 | PARAGUAY ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] (U) On 10/14, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to MFA North America Desk Officer Luis Sosa. Sosa advised that he would forward the points to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ambassador Ceferino Valdez. 2. (C) According to Sosa, there is no kn [...] | 2005-10-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR PA |
05CAIRO3687 | RELEASE OF EGYPTIAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) As instructed ref A, Embassy has gone back through liaison channels to reiterate to the GOE the Department's points on the cases of Sami Abd El Aziz Salem Allaithy and Allah Muhammad Saleem, Egyptian detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. We have asked that the GOE expedite their response. [...] | 2005-05-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC EG |
05CAIRO9086 | WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 05:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC KPAO |
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 |
05COLOMBO1353 | FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUESTS LOST DOCUMENTS [...] (U) Maldivian national Ibrahim Fauzee, detained in Pakistan in May 2002, was returned to Maldives from Guantanamo on March 12, 2005 after it was determined that he had no connection to terrorism and posed no threat to the US. Maldivian Government passed a request from Mr. Fauzee for return o [...] | 2005-08-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PREL MV |
05COLOMBO1522 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN [...] (C) Charge' raised reftel situation of Uighur Guantanamo detainees with Foreign Ministry Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara August 31 and asked SIPDIS for Sri Lankan assistance. Palihakkara replied that "we'd like to do it," but that accepting the Uighurs would "create problems with our Chine [...] | 2005-08-31 05:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CE |
05COLOMBO1870 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 06:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR MV |
05COLOMBO291 | MALDIVIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE ON THE RETURN OF [...] (S) In late January, the Embassy received the following diplomatic note from the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GoRM),building on their preliminary response contained in Ref A, in response to our diplomatic note, drawing from Ref B, which laid out the USG view regarding the return [...] | 2005-02-07 05:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER KAWC PREL PINS MV |
05COLOMBO358 | MALDIVES CLARIFIES POSITION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) Maldivian Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Zakariyyah called DCM February 15 to SIPDIS advise that, after the DCM's February 3 conversation with the Maldivian Attorney General, the GoRM had further considered its position on the return of Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fo [...] | 2005-02-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER KAWC PREL PINS MV |
05COLOMBO445 | NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] (C) The Embassy on March 1 forwarded to the Maldivian government a diplomatic note, drawing from the relevant portions of reftel, advising that Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fauzee has been determined to no longer be an enemy combatant and thus approved for release. DCM also called [...] | 2005-03-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL MV |
05COLOMBO463 | MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PREL MV |
05COLOMBO849 | MALDIVIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IBRAHIM FAUZEE [...] (SBU) The Maldivan government has advised the Embassy that, according to Maldivian national Ibrahim Fauzee who was returned to Maldives from Guantanamo March 12, when Mr. Fauzee was detained in Pakistan his Maldivian passport and several "educational certificates" were seized. They were not [...] | 2005-05-09 02:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PTER PREL MV |
05DARESSALAAM149 | Interim Response: Sudan Tribunal Concept [...] (C) Senior Foreign Ministry officials are accompanying a visiting British Minister, and are unavailable for meetings on January 25. We do not believe that we can most effectively present the Sudan Tribunal demarche to the relatively junior officer who is available for meetings on January 25. [...] | 2005-01-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU TZ |
05DARESSALAAM155 | Tanzania to study Sudan Tribunal Concept [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires Christopher Stillman, accompanied by Poloff, met January 26 with the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula. Ambassador Mulamula listened carefully to the concept for a Sudan Tribunal outlined in Reftel. Ambassador Mulamula said [...] | 2005-01-26 12:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU TZ |
05DARESSALAAM253 | British and French Sound Out Tanzanians on [...] (C) The French Deputy Chief of Mission in Tanzania raised the alternative proposals for a Sudan Tribunal during a February 3 courtesy call at the US Embassy. Apparently acting on instructions, French DCM Terence Wills asked Poloff what position we thought Tanzania was likely to take in the Sec [...] | 2005-02-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU TZ |
05DARESSALAAM374 | TANZANIAN VIEWS ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL, AU COURT [...] (U) Charge met on February 18 with Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, to deliver ref A demarche on the Sudan tribunal. Both the Foreign Minister and Deputy Minister were traveling outside of Dar es Salaam and unavailable. Charge left a copy of ref [...] | 2005-02-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ |
05DARESSALAAM381 | TANZANIAN VIEWS ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL, AU COURT [...] (U) Charge met on February 18 with Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, to deliver ref A demarche on the Sudan tribunal. Both the Foreign Minister and Deputy Minister were traveling outside of Dar es Salaam and unavailable. Charge left a copy of ref [...] | 2005-02-22 08:41:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ |
05DARESSALAAM439 | TANZANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Charge met on February 25 with Foreign Minister Jakaya Kikwete to reiterate ref C demarche on Darfur, and to underline our support for an AU/UN Darfur tribunal that could utilize the existing ICTR infrastructure in Arusha. Kikwete, who had just returned from two weeks of travel, appeared [...] | 2005-03-01 07:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ |
05DUBLIN1255 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT GITMO UIGHURS [...] (S) In a private meeting October 7, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Dermot Gallagher, Secretary General of the DFA. Gallagher frankly told the ambassador that Ireland would not accept GITMO Uighurs because of their bad experience with the Church of the Nativity occupier they had ac [...] | 2005-10-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05DUBLIN321 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON MARCH 16 GAERC [...] (U) On March 11, post delivered ref A demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. On March 14, post followed up with Keown on points in refs B, C, and D on China, Croatia, and Iran. China: Increased U.S-EU Dialogue Useful --------------------------------- [...] | 2005-03-15 17:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KPAO ETTC PTER KPAL EUN ICTY |
05HELSINKI947 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: FINLAND DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra said that the GOF would be disinclined to consider resettlement of any of the Uighurs from Guantanamo to Finland. Finland grants third-country resettlement only to cases referred through the UN H [...] | 2005-09-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR FI |
05KABUL5042 | EMERGING AFGHAN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO MANAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. USDOJ and CFC-A representatives briefed a delegation of Afghan officials on the fundamentals of an interagency process. The GOA officials are to become the working group that will decide the form of the process Afghanistan will use to receive detainees transferred by the USG. [...] | 2005-12-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC AF |
05KINSHASA123 | APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES [...] (U) Information requested reftel follows. Status of Rewards for Justice Program ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Rewards for three informants involved in the May 2004 arrest of indictee Yusuf John Munyakazi are still pending Department action. (Comment: In 2004 local press [...] | 2005-01-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS CG RW ICTR |
05KINSHASA221 | CONGO/B: APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES [...] (U) Post continues to follow the Awards for Justice programs very closely and the Ambassador engages President Sassou on the issue at every opportunity. Although, the ROC government turned over two genocidaires in 2003, there continue to be reports that Protuis Mpinaya travels regularly betw [...] | 2005-02-08 18:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS ICTR |
05KINSHASA646 | THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION [...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...] | 2005-04-15 11:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG |
05KUWAIT1075 | UPDATE ON FORMER GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR PREL PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1078 | INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (C) Embassy Kuwait would welcome the visit of a senior-level interagency team provided that team is empowered to answer direct questions on the 11 Kuwaitis currently detained at Guantanamo. The Kuwaitis have an active legal team in Washington and are familiar with U.S. policies. They would [...] | 2005-03-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL PGOV PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT215 | KUWAIT MFA ON DETAINEES: IF WE CAN'T HAVE THEM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S/NF) Pol Chief delivered January 8 background on the 12 Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo (ref a) to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis welcomed the information and confirmed that preparati [...] | 2005-01-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KAWC PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT3394 | TRANSFER OF KUWAITI DETAINEES: GOK PROMISES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (S/NF) PolChief delivered ref A demarche July 31 to Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware that several Kuwaitis were under considerat [...] | 2005-07-31 13:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PREL KAWC KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT362 | PROPOSED DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON DETAINEE ABDELRAHAM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Post continues to receive requests from the Government of Kuwait for information on the status of Kuwaiti nationals detained in Iraq. Post seeks approval to deliver the below diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on S [...] | 2005-01-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4142 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON KUWAITI DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4426 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRANSFERRING KUWAITI DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KAWC OPDC PTER KU |
05KUWAIT926 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) Political Chief delivered 6 March ref A demarche on the proposed Administrate Review Board (ARB) Proceedings for the ten Kuwaiti nationals currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Co-ordination and Follow-Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware [...] | 2005-03-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC KU |
05MADRID1881 | DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TO [...] (C) Poloff advised MFA Deputy Director General for North America Manuel de la Camara on May 16 regarding the USG's readiness to transfer Moroccan national Lahcen Ikassrien to the Spanish authorities, contingent upon Spain's agreement to the conditions established in reftel. De la Camara had no [...] | 2005-05-17 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP |
05MADRID2132 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO [...] (C) On June 3, post received note verbale number 67112-Ext-04 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating the Government of Spain's acceptance of USG terms for the transfer to Spain of Guantanamo detainee Lahcen Ikassrien (ref A). Attached to the note verbale was a notification from the C [...] | 2005-06-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP |
05MANAMA1165 | BAHRAIN: SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel talking points concerning detainee operations at Guantanamo to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa August 10. In presenting the points, the Charge emphasized that capturing and detaining enemy combatants is a national [...] | 2005-08-10 13:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KISL PGOV PREL BA |
05MANAMA1280 | BAHRAIN: CHANGES TO PROCEDURES OF MILITARY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL BA |
05MANAMA1446 | GOB SEEKS INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO HUNGER STRIKE, [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (SBU) The Embassy received a diplomatic noted dated October 2 regarding the hunger strike of detainees at Guantanamo. The note requests, in light of information received from the Embassy (reftel) and other sources about the hunger strike, tha [...] | 2005-10-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA |
05MANAMA1447 | TRANSFERRING BAHRAINI DETAINEE AL WADI [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador, in separate conversations October 5, advised Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar that the United States, after evaluating the written assurances receive [...] | 2005-10-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA |
05MANAMA1462 | TRANSFER OF SECOND BAHRAINI DETAINEE [...] (C) The Ambassador contacted Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 8 to advise him that the United States was prepared to transfer from USG control to Bahrain custody and control Bahrain national Abdullah Al Noaimi. Ambassador reviewed ref a talking points [...] | 2005-10-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PHUM PINR BA |
05MANAMA1468 | BAHRAIN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-11 09:07:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PTER MOPS PREL KAWC BA |
05MANAMA1503 | TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI DETAINEE AL NOAIMI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KAWC OPDC PTER BA |
05MANAMA1547 | HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PROTESTS GTMO, REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 7. 2. (C) Five members of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) called on the Ambassador October 16 to protest the detention of six Bahrainis in Guantanamo and to request the Embassy's assistance in arranging meetings for a BHRWS del [...] | 2005-10-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PHUM PREL BA |
05MANAMA1553 | ARTICLES ALLEGE SEXUAL HUMILIATION, HUNGER STRIKE, [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (U) Sister newspapers Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej and English daily Gulf Daily News October 19 and 20 published two articles alleging the sexual humiliation of Juma Al Dossary and the advanced hunger strike of Issa Al Murbati, both B [...] | 2005-10-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PTER ASEC PREL KPAO BA |
05MANAMA1563 | NOTICE OF ARB FINAL DETERMINATION - BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
05MANAMA1578 | TRANSFER OF THIRD BAHRAINI DETAINEE [...] (C) Ambassador advised Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national, Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa, from Guantanamo to the exclusive custody of the Government of Bahrain on the basis [...] | 2005-10-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA |
05MANAMA1594 | MFA GOES PUBLIC ON IMPENDING TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI [...] (U) Unidentified "sources" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Bahraini press on October 30 that some of the six Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo would return to Bahrain shortly, possibly over the upcoming Eid holidays. This story became a lead front-page news in both the English and A [...] | 2005-10-31 13:20:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA |
05MANAMA1620 | BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE SUICIDE REPORT GETS [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (U) All Bahraini newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage November 2 to the November 1 Washington Post story describing the reported October 15 suicide attempt by Bahraini Guantanamo detainee Juma Al-Dossary. The reporting in the Bahrain [...] | 2005-11-02 13:31:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA |
05MANAMA1627 | THREE BAHRAINI DETAINEES ARRIVE, RELEASED AFTER [...] (C) Three Bahraini Guantanamo detainees, approved for transfer back to Bahrain, arrived in Bahrain at 9:15 AM November 5 via USG transportation. Upon arrival at the airport, the three -- Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Ali Al Khalifa, Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi, and Abdullah Al Noaimi -- wer [...] | 2005-11-05 10:20:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PREL PHUM PINR BA |
05MANAMA1635 | MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON REPORTED GTMO SUICIDE [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, dated November 2, noting newspaper reports of the attempted suicide by Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Juma Al-Dossary (reftel),and requesting that the Embassy inquire into the veracity of this report and advise the Min [...] | 2005-11-07 11:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA |
05MANAMA1686 | MFA REPORT ON THREE RETURNED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] After the Bahraini citizens Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Awadhi, Abdulla Majid Al Noaimi, and Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa were returned, they were presented to the Public Prosecutor for the necessary legal procedures. 2. After the procedures completed, the detainees were rele [...] | 2005-11-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA |
05MANAMA1704 | REPLY TO BAHRAINI DIPNOTE ON DETAINEE SUICIDE [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note on Bahraini detainee Juma Al-Dossary to the Foreign Ministry on November 20. In discussing the note with the Ambassador, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar commented on the recent Washington Post article quoting American l [...] | 2005-11-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KAWC OPDC PTER BA |
05MANAMA229 | GULF DAILY NEWS ARTICLE CLAIMS TORTURE OF BAHRAINI [...] (C) While there have been previous press reports on the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo, their "imminent" release, and complaints about conditions there, a February 10 article in the English-language Gulf Daily News is perhaps one of the more detailed and widely disseminated "expose" pie [...] | 2005-02-16 14:51:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PTER MARR BA |
05MANAMA390 | RECEIPT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES [...] (U) Embassy received diplomatic note number 11/231/2-39138 concerning Bahraini detainees at GTMO from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs March 16. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: 11/231/2-39138 March 14, 2005 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the [...] | 2005-03-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC OPDC BA |
05MANAMA392 | BAHRAIN: INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post welcomes DOD's offer to lead an interagency team to discuss the status of the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo (reftel). Senior government officials regularly raise the detainees in meetings with the Ambassador and EmbOffs, most recently today, March 16, and the press covers the [...] | 2005-03-16 13:33:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
05MANAMA505 | BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) The Ambassador informally raised the issue of the upcoming Guantanamo Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on the sidelines of an event last week. PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs As [...] | 2005-04-06 12:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC BA |
05MANAMA558 | STATUS OF BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO [...] (S) Post delivered Ref A message on the status of Bahraini detainees at GTMO to the MFA via diplomatic note number 098 on April 11. Pol/Econ chief met with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa April 13 to discuss the note and t [...] | 2005-04-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KAWC OPDC BA |
05MANAMA621 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARDS [...] This is an action message; please see para 2. 2. The Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 19/1/5-41677 of April 19, 2005 from the MFA covering information to be included in the GTMO Administrative Review Boards for Bahraini detainees Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Issa Al Murbati, Juma [...] | 2005-04-26 11:17:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PTER ASEC PREL OPDC BA |
05MANAMA790 | REPLY TO BAHRAINI SUGGESTION OF DETAINEE WORKING [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel reply to the Bahraini suggestion to form a detainee working group to the MFA via diplomatic note number 152 on May 31. 2. (S) Pol/Econ chief delivered a copy of the diplomatic note to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Az [...] | 2005-06-01 12:55:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KAWC OPDC BA |
05MANAMA84 | NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 09:21:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
05MANAMA880 | VISIT OF AMERICAN LAWYERS STIRS UP GTMO ISSUE [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Two Amcit attorneys from law firm Dorsey and Whitney, which represents on a pro bono basis the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo, visited Bahrain June 13-15 to meet with family members, MPs, activists, and government officia [...] | 2005-06-20 09:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL BA |
05MANAMA921 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON GTMO DETAINEES [...] (U) The Embassy received the following diplomatic note number 19/1/5-46123 dated June 26, 2005 from the MFA. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents it complements the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honor to re [...] | 2005-06-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PTER BA |
05MAPUTO128 | MOZAMBIQUE: FM SIMAO ON A SUDAN TRIBUNAL AND IRAQ [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the demarche on the Sudan tribunal concept (ref A) in the early afternoon of January 26, in a meeting with Foreign Minister Simao. The Foreign Minister responded to the demarche by pointing out that work toward any tribunal "would be difficult" at this juncture bec [...] | 2005-01-26 15:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC MZ ICC |
05NDJAMENA1377 | SALIM ON THE NEXT ROUND OF DARFUR PEACE TALKS, SLM [...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Chad for consultations over September 8-9, the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, shared his views on the upcoming round of peace talks. Salim is committed to starting the talks on September 15, but acknowledges that members of [...] | 2005-09-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1378 | EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...] | 2005-09-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1412 | WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS: SLM CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wall met with members of Mini Minawi's camp of the Sudan Liberation Movement on September 12 to discuss their views on the recently held Joint Commission, their conference plans, and the Abuja talks. The high-level group explained the importance the field commanders [...] | 2005-09-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1487 | CHAD PROTESTS CROSS-BORDER ATTACK FROM SUDAN [...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, AF/PD. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Chad has told the Government of Sudan to close its consulate in Abeche and announced the withdrawal of its consulate from El Geneina, Sudan after a cross-border jandjaweed attack killed over 36 civilians o [...] | 2005-10-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1547 | NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...] | 2005-10-17 11:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA260 | PRESIDENT DEBY DOUBTS AFRICAN UNION'S CAPACITY ON [...] (C) Summary. The African Union (AU) is not up to the task of establishing a tribunal on Darfur, but the decision on how to proceed should reflect whatever AU consensus is reached, President Deby told the Ambassador February 18. In the meeting held to convey the Secretary's letter to him on [...] | 2005-02-18 17:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPKO PHUM PREL KAWC SU CD |
05NDJAMENA261 | DEBY HOSTS HEADS OF STATE MEETING ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir agreed to stop aerial activity over Darfur and implement a unilateral ceasefire during the N'Djamena Summit on Darfur held on February 16. Bashir also told the heads of state of Chad, Gabon, Congo, representatives of Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, the [...] | 2005-02-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA262 | SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...] | 2005-02-20 12:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA263 | RUMORS OF REFUGEES RETURNING TO SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Per Ref A, P/E officer met with UNHCR officials, representatives of the National Movement for Reform and Democracy (NMRD),members of the Chad mediation team on Darfur, African Union (AU) officials responsible for Darfur, and members of the African Union Ceasefire Commission to [...] | 2005-02-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA281 | ICRC OPERATIONS IN CHAD [...] Summary. In addition to ICRC's traditional activities in Chad (e.g. detention visits and international humanitarian law dissemination),ICRC is playing a key role in eastern Chad in assisting refugee populations and local communities. ICRC's work with refugees specifically focuses on family [...] | 2005-02-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA282 | REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM/USAID VISIT TO TREGUINE, [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange and USAID/FFP (DART) Suzanne Poland traveled to the Adre region of Eastern Chad from February 16-18 to visit the refugee camps of Treguine, Bredjing, and Farchana and to meet with staff from UNHCR, WFP, IFRC, Chadian Red Cross, MSF, Secadev, CORD, and CARE. Camp po [...] | 2005-02-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU USAID |
05NDJAMENA283 | REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR officer reviewed protection issues, provision of basic services, vacant staff positions, and the relocation of Oure Cassoni refugee camp during a visit from February 11-13. As the result of Oure Cassoni's close proximity to the Sudanese border, large numbers of young men mo [...] | 2005-02-23 10:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA542 | SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD REPORT ONGOING VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees crossing the border into eastern Chad say violence continues to rage in Darfur, a claim backed by workers from international and non-governmental organizations and African Union monitors based in Chad and Sudan. Refugees described combined attacks involving S [...] | 2005-04-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA543 | RIFTS IN REBEL RANKS PLAY OUT IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Over the past month, several important developments that could affect cohesion and direction of the Darfur rebel movements have played out in Chad. As previously reported, Chadian officials invited members of the Sudan Liberation Movement SLM to N'Djamena to hold organizationa [...] | 2005-04-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA555 | DARFUR REBEL DEMARCHE: HARIR AND SHOGAR ON SLM'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered points in ref A to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) members Dr. Sharif Harir and Adam Shogar on April 4. Both SLM leaders praised USG efforts on behalf of the three recently passed U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also reaffirmed their commitment [...] | 2005-04-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA791 | SLM PLANS FOR DARFUR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) appears to be moving ahead with its plans to hold a meeting of its members in Darfur to make leadership changes. The long-awaited meeting may take place in three weeks time. SLM members from Asmara and Nairobi began arriving in N'Djamena to [...] | 2005-05-16 10:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA814 | REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: MALNUTRITION RATES AND [...] Summary: PRM Office Director for Assistance to Africa Margaret McKelvey and Program Officer Hazel Reitz visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to monitor the operations on behalf of the Sudanese refugees in the east of Chad. This cable, one of three reporting on the visit, focuses on efforts to unders [...] | 2005-05-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA834 | REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I) [...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...] | 2005-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA835 | REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART II) [...] (C) Summary: Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Officers Margaret McKelvey and Hazel Reitz traveled to Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of protection and assistance efforts in eastern Chad. This is the third of three cables from the visit. (Refs A and B). Some [...] | 2005-05-24 06:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA884 | SENATOR BIDEN MEETS REFUGEES AND REBELS, URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Joseph Biden delivered a strong message of U.S. support for the resolution of the crisis in Darfur, tempered by a frank discourse on the USG limitations, during his visit to Chad from May 31 to June 1. Biden traveled to Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp near Bahai, where he m [...] | 2005-06-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU VIP |
05NDJAMENA933 | CHADIAN MEDIATION TEAM VIEWS ON ABUJA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Chad's non-attendance for the opening days of the peace talks in Abuja stems from the mediation team's misgivings over the preparedness of the rebel movement delegations to negotiate and suspicions of Libyan maneuvering to close a deal outside the Abuja process. Ambassador Wall [...] | 2005-06-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NEWDELHI8188 | UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT: GOI UNLIKELY TO RESPOND [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar told the Charge on October 15 that the GOI would consider the US request for assistance in resettling Uighur detainees, but suggested that the answer would be no. "You know why," he added. Comment ------- [...] | 2005-10-21 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR IN |
05OTTAWA3065 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] (S) On October 12, 2005 POL M/C raised the Uighur resettlement issue with Michael Small, Acting ADM (Assistant Deputy Minister) for Global Affairs at Foreign Affairs Canada. Small, who is also Director General for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, had been briefed by FAC,s Senior Adviso [...] | 2005-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | KAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR |
05OTTAWA3638 | FOLLOW-UP TO REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (S) Polmiloff met with Senior Advisor for Migration and Refugees Kathy Porter on December 9 to discuss Uighur resettlement. Other meeting participants were China and Mongolia Senior Political Officer Walter Bernyck, and U.S. Relations Politica [...] | 2005-12-09 22:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA |
05OTTAWA3656 | CANADA: RESETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN REFUGEES [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (S) On December 13, Political Minister Counselor and polmiloff raised the matter of Uighur resettlement with Tony Burger, Assistant Secretary of the Global Affairs Secretariat at the Privy Council Office (Burger reports to Jonathan Fried, Senio [...] | 2005-12-13 22:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA |
05OTTAWA3695 | CANADIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS NEGATIVE ON [...] (S) Pol Minister Counselor and polmiloff met with two Assistant Deputy Ministers (Operations and Policy) at Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on December 15, to follow up on USG's request that Canada consider resettlement of Uighurs from Guantanamo. In a cordial but candid exchange, A/D [...] | 2005-12-16 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR CA |
05OTTAWA944 | LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Secretary Rice's letter to Foreign Minister Pettigrew regarding Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was delivered by polmiloff on March 30 through the Foreign Intelligence Division (ISI) at Foreign Affairs Canada. ISI staff subsequently confirmed hand-delivery of the letter to the Foreign Mini [...] | 2005-03-31 18:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PTER KAWC PHUM PINR CA |
05PARIS1039 | DARFUR ACCOUNTABILITY: AMB. PROSPER'S DISCUSSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains committed to referring those responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The USG proposal for a hybrid UN/AU tribunal raises French concerns over universal standards of justice, [...] | 2005-02-17 18:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KAWC SU FR |
05PARIS1304 | FRENCH INFORMED OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-01 17:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL FR |
05PARIS1527 | FRANCE WILL ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT REACTING TO ICTY [...] (C) On March 8, POL M/C delivered reftel demarche encouraging press statements on the ICTY indictment of Ramush Haradinaj to Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for Russia, the former Soviet space, and the Balkans. Terral agreed with the necessity of issuing a press statement, and shared a co [...] | 2005-03-08 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI FR ICTY |
05PARIS1711 | FRANCE: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 12:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTIA KAWC PHUM PINR OPDC PREL FR |
05PARIS1797 | FRANCE: INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL FR |
05PARIS2034 | EX-GTMO DETAINEES UPDATE: 6 IN PRETRIAL DETENTION [...] (C) The Paris Court of Appeal on March 25 ordered ex-GTMO detainee Ridouane Khalid imprisoned pending investigation of charges of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise." Returned to France on March 7, Khalid had been released on March 11, though he remained under judicial watch. [...] | 2005-03-25 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR PTER KJUS KAWC |
05PARIS2110 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OSLO DONORS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF Assistant Secretary Joubert on March 29 said that Xavier Darcos (Minister-Delegate for Cooperation, Development, and Francophonie) would likely lead the GOF delegation to the April 11-12 Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan (reftel),although no final decision had been made. [...] | 2005-03-30 14:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON KJUS KAWC SU FR |
05PARIS433 | FRENCH NOTIFIED OF LATEST ENEMY COMBATANT STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-25 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL FR |
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 |
05PARIS6333 | RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...] | 2005-09-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR |
05PARIS6887 | FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE [...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...] | 2005-10-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR |
05PARIS8386 | WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] France's leading NGO dedicated to the support of terrorist victims and their families is S.O.S Attentats - S.O.S. Terrorisme. It was founded in 1986 by Franoise Rudetzki, herself a victim of terrorist attack. Its aim is to seek monetary compensation, psychological and medical care and judic [...] | 2005-12-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC SOCI FR |
05PARIS8426 | FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR |
05PARIS8683 | GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF |
05SANAA1331 | NOTIFICATION OF RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANT [...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) notification to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi regarding the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A). Ambassador asked Qirbi to confirm the ROYG's willingness to accept this individual, as well as other Yemen [...] | 2005-05-18 11:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM PREF PINR KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA1346 | FM DISCUSSES KORAN DESECRATION, PRESS LAW, SALEH [...] (C) Summary. On May 18 Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi. Discussions centered on the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A),ROYG response to Koran desecration allegations, Ambassador's canceled meeting with Yemeni journalists, and Saleh's proposed visit to Washi [...] | 2005-05-23 11:10:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PHUM KMPI ECON |
05SANAA2123 | ROYG UNWILLING TO ACCEPT RETURN OF GTMO DETAINEES [...] (C) DCM delivered ref A and B notifications of Yemeni GTMO detainees scheduled to come before the Administrative Review Board (ARB) on August 2 to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman, along with ref C demarche points "speaking out about GTMO and detainees." ---------------------------- NE [...] | 2005-08-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA2365 | DFM ADMITS ROYG VIOLATED SOMALI ARMS EMBARGO [...] (S/NF) Summary: On August 10, DFM Noman briefed Ambassador on a UNSC investigation into allegations of ROYG infractions against the Somali arms embargo. MOI Alimi followed up on August 14, underlining ROYG concerns that Somalia will be over-run by Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups unless Yus [...] | 2005-08-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER KAWC PINR SO YM |
05SANAA2377 | DFM DISCUSSES SALEH VISIT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 14, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi and Ambassador discussed cooperation ahead of President Saleh's scheduled visit to Washington in November and current ROYG efforts to combat corruption. End Summary. ------------------------------ Saleh's Visit: What Ca [...] | 2005-08-16 08:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM COM |
05SANAA2425 | PUSHING FOR TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES, DEMARCHE [...] (C) GTMO detainees continue to be an important issue for ROYG officials and the Yemeni public in general. Securing ROYG approval for the transfer of GTMO detainees is a post priority. Ambassador has recently engaged the ROYG on several specific issues including the upcoming transfer of one no [...] | 2005-08-22 12:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA2530 | ARAB LEAGUE, IRAQI CONSTITUTION, AND TERRORISM [...] Poloff delivered reftels on the Arab League meeting, support for the Iraqi Constitution, the Convention Against Terrorism, changes to military commissions, and amendments to the Safety of Maritime Navigation Convention (SUA) to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Post will report any substanti [...] | 2005-09-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KAWC PARM YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA2791 | FM QIRBI DISCUSSES IRAN, SALEH VISIT, CT ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: In a September 18 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi discussed potential IAEA action against Iran and Saleh's November visit to Washington. Discussions also focused on several counter-terrorism issues, including support for the extradition of an Iraqi form [...] | 2005-09-20 12:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER KNNP KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA2880 | YEMENIS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT GTMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh and his Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Interior have made clear in recent meetings that the ROYG will not accept repatriation of detainees from Guantanamo Bay who are designated as "enemy combatants." Yemeni officials have stated that the ROYG has enough probl [...] | 2005-10-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA3093 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On October 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi on the continued detention of eleven Yemenis. Al-Dhabi accepted the names without comment. Krajeski [...] | 2005-10-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA3232 | CDA DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF YEMENI [...] (C) On November 14, CDA delivered ref A points to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi on seeking an exchange of diplomatic notes between the USG and the ROYG to ensure that Yemeni detainees eligible for transfer will not pose a continuing threat to the interests of either government. C [...] | 2005-11-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA3442 | DCM PRESSES MFA ON GTMO DETAINEE TRANSFER AND [...] (C) DCM called on Deputy FonMin Mohy al-Din al-Dhabi on December 10 to press for an answer to Embassy's November 21 diplomatic note proposing the transfer of 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen (ref A). Al-Dhabi reiterated FonMin Qirbi's assurance to DAS Gordon Gray on December 3 that the [...] | 2005-12-12 04:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA421 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-01 04:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA926 | NOTICE OF GTMO ARB PROCEEDING DELIVERED TO ROYG. [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANSALVADOR2661 | EL SALVADOR DECLINES REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN DETAINEES FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) After repeated Embassy attempts at various MFA levels, El Salvador replied on September 23 regarding the resettlement of the Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. The MFA officially replied that "at this time, it will not be possible to help with the referenced request". Butler [...] | 2005-09-23 22:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PHUM PREF PTER KAWC PINR |
05STATE183800 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 5 - 6. 2. (C) Background. There are 22 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity under USG control at Guantanamo. DoD has determined that 15 of the 22 are no longer of intelligence/law enforcement value, and have been approved for release. [...] | 2005-10-04 00:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05TAIPEI4092 | TAIWAN MOFA AGREES TO CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT [...] (S) AIT Deputy Director met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Victor Chin October 5 to request assistance in resettling the Chinese Uighurs who have been approved for release. Using the talking points provided reftel, DDIR summarized the situation; he [...] | 2005-10-05 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TW |
05THEHAGUE2023 | NETHERLANDS/CAMBODIA: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-20 09:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL CB NL |
05THEHAGUE2444 | NETHERLANDS/UIGHURS: DUTCH WANT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) On September 2, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche regarding the possible resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Anneke Adema, Head of the Dutch MFA's Office of Human Rights Affairs. Adema said that she would circulate the request to the relevant Dutch ministries and provi [...] | 2005-09-08 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MOPS KAWC NL |
05TRIPOLI285 | GUANTANOMO DETAINEES: LIBYANS PROVIDE DIPNOTE RESPONSE [...] (S) We received a draft MOU in response to reftel dip note regarding the proposed transfer of Libyan national, Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin,also known as Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita to the exclusive custody and control of the Government of Libya, under circumstances satisfactorily confirmed [...] | 2005-11-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PTER KAWC LY |
05VIENNA2893 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU |
05WELLINGTON666 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is willing to consider taking in Uigher refugees from Guantanamo, but would at a minimum need a request from the UNHCR to start the process. Both Minister of Foreign Affairs Goff and Immigration Minister Swain will make the final decision of whether to admit the Uighe [...] | 2005-08-31 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR NZ |
05ZAGREB1254 | OSIJEK WAR CRIMES - DELAYED JUSTICE, PRIMITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A preliminary investigation into killings of dozens of ethnic Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991-92 is serving as a test of the capacity of the criminal justice system and the GoC's political will to prosecute war crimes perpetrated by Croatians. Chief suspect in the in [...] | 2005-07-29 12:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV PREL HR |
05ZAGREB1441 | PETRAC ARREST SEEN AS PROGRESS TOWARD GOTOVINA [...] (SBU) The August 31 arrest in Greece of fugitive Croatian businessman and organized crime figure Hrvoye Petrac is widely perceived in Croatia as another step in the GoC's plan to put pressure on war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina. As a close Gotovina associate, Petrac is thought to have fina [...] | 2005-09-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL HR |
05ZAGREB1553 | WAR CRIMES: CROATIA PROSECUTING ITS OWN [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The GoC welcomed the September 14 decision by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (IChY) to refer the war crimes case against Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac to the Croatia, saying it shows the credibility of the country's judiciary. Recent domest [...] | 2005-09-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV PREL HR |
05ZAGREB173 | REHN STRIKES A NERVE IN ZAGREB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn's January 31 statement casting doubt on a March 17 start for Croatia's EU accession talks due to lack of full cooperation with The Hague elicited several statements from the political leadership designed to show a united front and [...] | 2005-02-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KAWC PREL PHUM HR |
05ZAGREB1930 | ICTY FUGITIVE GOTOVINA ARRESTED [...] (SBU) According to media reports December 8, Spanish Authorities on the Canary Islands arrested ICTY Fugitive Ante Gotovina on December 7. ICTY Head of Office in Croatia Thomas Osorio confirmed for us that Gotovina had been arrested. The Croatian State Prosecutor's Office told us that they e [...] | 2005-12-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL HR |
05ZAGREB418 | GOTOVINA HUNT BRINGS FAR RIGHT OUT OF THE WOODWORK [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As March 17 looms and pressure to apprehend Gotovina builds, Croatia's small but vocal far right-wing has again found its voice, loudly protesting what it sees as foreign interference in domestic issues. The several recent poster campaigns supporting the fugitive gene [...] | 2005-03-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC HR |
05ZAGREB429 | ICTY PREDICTS NO PROBLEMS IN BOSKOSKI TRANSFER [...] (C) Thomas Osorio, head of the ICTY Liaison Office in Zagreb, told PolOff March 16 the court expects no problems with the transfer of Ljube Boskoski, former Macedonian Minister of Interior, from detention in Croatia to The Hague. The GoC's Office for ICTY Cooperation confirmed for Post that t [...] | 2005-03-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC MK HR |
05ZAGREB475 | BOSKOSKI TRANSFERRED TO THE HAGUE [...] (U) Croatian authorities today transferred Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljubo Boskoski to the custody of the ICTY in The Hague. Croatian authorities had been holding Boskoski in a Pula prison since August of 2004 on charges stemming from the murder of seven Pakistanis in Macedonia in [...] | 2005-03-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL MK HR |
05ZAGREB76 | CROATIAN POLITICIANS DERIDE LATEST GOTOVINA LEGAL [...] (U) Croatian political leaders from President Mesic to HDZ presidential candidate Jadranka Kosor and Minister of Justice Skare-Ozbolt roundly condemned a January 5 letter sent by ICTY Fugitive Ante Gotovina's lawyer, Luka Misetic, to the Luxemburg EU Chair and recently leaked to the press. In [...] | 2005-01-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PREL HR |
05ZAGREB926 | ICTY'S DEL PONTE ON CROATIA: COMMITMENT BUT NOT [...] (C) At the close of her short visit to Croatia, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed that she was convinced that GoC efforts to arrest fugitive Ante Gotovina are sincere but that commitment does not equal full cooperation with the Tribunal. She indicated that by September she would [...] | 2005-06-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
06ABUDHABI948 | NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) On March 11, DCM delivered to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan reftel message that OARDEC is in process of scheduling a UAE national, currently under USG control at GTMO, for ARB proceedings. Asst U/S maintained that person named, Abd Al Sattar, Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal, ISN [...] | 2006-03-13 07:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL AE |
06ADDISABABA3418 | RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT. [...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...] | 2006-12-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ |
06ADDISABABA3419 | RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT. [...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...] | 2006-12-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ |
06ALMATY1703 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan insists on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the U.S. in order to accept the return of Guantanamo detainees. The MFA is willing to meet with U.S. experts in Astana to discuss the issue. See request for guidance, para. 4. End summary. 2. (SBU) On May 2, Poloff [...] | 2006-05-15 02:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1946 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES; [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov to stress that it is not appropriate to link the return of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo to the conclusion of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT),as the two matters are not [...] | 2006-06-01 16:58:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2399 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 29 meeting regarding the possible transfer of Kazakhstani citizens detained at Guantanamo, an MFA Consular Services representative stated that the GOK could give no guarantees that the transferred detainees would never again engage in terrorism, asked for the backgrou [...] | 2006-07-07 01:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2549 | KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff followed up on Ref A discussion of the transfer of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo. Poloff passed requested information about the background of the three Kazakhstani detainees approved for transfer (Ref B),explained t [...] | 2006-07-13 15:21:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2872 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA UNWILLING TO RECEIVE TRANSFER OF [...] (S) Summary: In an August 2 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff again discussed the issue of transferring the Kazakhstani detainees held at Guantanamo to Kazakhstan. Poloff informed his counterparts that only intelligence and law enforcement personnel were allowed to visit the detaine [...] | 2006-08-10 00:49:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2889 | KAZAKHSTAN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF KAZAKHSTANI [...] (S) Post appreciates receipt of ref B information on Kazakhstani citizen Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev, ISN US9UZ-000084DP, and will pass it to the GOK soonest. Additionally, in response to reftel A approval for the transfer of Batayev from DoD custody to Kazakhstan, post notes that the Kazakhst [...] | 2006-08-12 03:09:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY3086 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...] | 2006-08-31 11:11:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY3245 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AGREES TO THE TRANSFER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. The Government of Kazakhstan has agreed to receive the transfer of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov. Post requests Department guidance on the mechanism [...] | 2006-09-15 01:15:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY335 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF ARB REVIEWS [...] (C) EBO Astana principal officer delivered Ref A demarche on January 26 to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department. The demarche concerned the upcoming ARB review of GTMO detainee Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev. Konurbayev noted that when Kerimbakiev first came up for ARB review (Re [...] | 2006-01-30 12:12:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY336 | KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING TRANSFER OF DETAINEES [...] (SBU) This cable contains a request for guidance, para. 5. 2. (C) EBO principal officer delivered Ref A demarche to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department on January 26 (re: proposed transfer of GTMO detainee Abdullah Tohtasinovich Makrubov). Konurbayev confirmed that his [...] | 2006-01-30 12:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KZ |
06ANKARA1570 | PM ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, DELIVER [...] (SBU) MFA Under Secretary Uzumcu told Ambassador that PM Erdogan will be visiting Khartoum March 28-29 for the Arab League summit. PM Advisor Ali Yakital, (who just returned 3 months ago as Turkish ambassador in Khartoum),confirmed Erdogan was invited as a guest of the Arab League in his ca [...] | 2006-03-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KAWC PHUM PREF SU TU |
06ANKARA2805 | TURKEY NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GE |
06ANKARA3434 | GTMO: TURKEY PROVIDES PAPER ON DETAINEE [...] (C) On June 9, MFA Head of Section for Security Affairs Huseyin Ozdemir passed us the GOT's submission regarding Turkey's lone detainee at GTMO: Murat KARNAZ. Per ref a, Ozdemir requested the document be passed to the Administrative Review Board (ARB) for its consideration of Karnaz's case. [...] | 2006-06-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GM |
06ASTANA502 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASSURANCES FOR RETURN OF KAZAKHSTANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has agreed to the return of three citizens held at Guantanamo, and has provided written assurances regarding human rights and security issues. End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Poloff met with Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov, Head of the MFA's Division of Europe and A [...] | 2006-11-08 02:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ASTANA795 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION ON RETURN OF DETAINEES [...] (S) On December 5, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the proposed return of three Kazakhstani detainees to Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department. Saginkhanov appeared surprised at the proposed mid-December time frame. Saginkhanov said that he would send the information up t [...] | 2006-12-08 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ASTANA924 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES [...] (S) On December 16, three Kazakhstani detainees were transfered to the custody of Kazakhstan. Poloff and Embassy Astana DAO officer met with Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department at the Almaty international airport to facilitate the transfer. Five individuals who declined to [...] | 2006-12-26 01:37:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06BAGHDAD1025 | COR MEMBERS ALLEGE DISPLACEMENT CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shia Council of Representatives (CoR) members report more displacements of Shia families under threat of violence. Shia Coalition member Hassan Radi al- Sari (Missan Governorate) and Iraqiyya List member Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Mehdi al-Shemari (Wasit Governorate) told PolOffs March [...] | 2006-03-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PTER KDEM KISL KAWC IZ |
06BANJUL778 | THE GAMBIA: EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (C) In response to reftel, Ambassador convened EAC meeting December 29 to review the security posture of the Embassy and the private Amcit community in light of the anticipated execution of Saddam Hussein. EAC members agreed that Hussein's execution was not/not likely to generate much interes [...] | 2006-12-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ GA |
06BELGRADE1509 | MONTENEGRO ASSURES COOPERATION ON WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Williamson, Special Envoy for War Crimes Issues, met on September 14 with PM Djukanovic, President Vujanovic, the Chief State Prosecutor, the head of the security service, and a private lawyer handling claims for compensation of war crimes. The meetings went well, with [...] | 2006-09-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW |
06BERLIN1376 | GERMANY NOTIFIED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) EMIN delivered ref demarche and information concerning MURAT KARNAZ (aka KURNAZ) to Lothar Freischlader, Diplomatic Advisor to the Federal Interior Minister, May 19. Freischlader had no immediate reaction, but noted he was familiar with detailed discussions that had taken place in Washingt [...] | 2006-05-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PINR PREL GM IZ |
06BUENOSAIRES411 | TRANSFER OF ITCY WAR CRIMES INDICTEE MILAN LUKIC [...] Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Milan Lukic was transferred to the ICTY from Argentina on February 20. Lukic had been detained in Buenos Aires on August 8, 2005, by Argentine authorities after meeting with his wife and youngest child in a local restaurant (reftels). Argentine Federal Judge [...] | 2006-02-21 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC ICTY KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL BK SR AR |
06CAIRO5619 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO ARB [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL EG |
06DHAKA4743 | BANGLADESH: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED ON FRAMEWORK [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 09:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BG |
06DHAKA5653 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANSFER OF [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Morshed Khan. Khan said that the MFA met with the Home Ministry, confirmed the identity and nationality of detainee Mubaruk Hasheem, and plans to have interministerial meetings on the procedures to hand over the i [...] | 2006-09-05 10:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG |
06DHAKA6190 | STATUS OF FRAMEWORK FOR RELEASE OF BANGLADESHI [...] (C) We continue to engage with Foreign and Home Ministry officials to create an acceptable framework for the repatriation from Guantanamo of Bangladeshi national Mubarrak Hussain bin Abul Hashem. 2. (C) On September 25, MFA Americas Director Mahbub Saleh affirmed to poloff that Hashem is in [...] | 2006-10-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG |
06DHAKA6390 | BANGLADESH GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) PolOff spoke with MFA Director of the America and Pacific Wing Mahbub Saleh on October 22 to discuss the BDG's October 16 diplomatic note (ref a) regarding the Bangladesh detainee. Saleh acknowledged the note did not expressly respond to the conditions in the Embassy's July 31 diplomatic [...] | 2006-10-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG |
06DILI112 | TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS PUSH FOR ACCESS TO SCU [...] (C) The bilateral Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) has made a surprise request for full access, with necessary redaction to assure witness confidentiality, to the files of the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU). After Prosecutor-General Longuinhos Monteiro refused the request, [...] | 2006-03-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS KAWC PHUM KPKO TT |
06DILI18 | EX-MILITIA MEMBERS KILLED IN CLASH WITH EAST TIMOR BORDER [...] (U) Summary: Three alleged members of 1999-era anti-independence militias were shot dead by officers of East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU) on Friday, January 6. One of the three, Jose Mausorte, was a prominent member of the Halilintar militia and had been accused of involvement in several [...] | 2006-01-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHUM ASEC KAWC TT ID |
06DILI203 | DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...] | 2006-05-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
06DILI210 | DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ALKATIRI [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboff, met with Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on May 3. DAS John congratulated Alkatiri on the many things that the Government of East Timor (GOET) is getting right, such as their work with the Millennium C [...] | 2006-05-04 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
06DILI84 | INDONESIAN TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS ARRIVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The five Indonesian members of the bilateral Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) arrived in Dili on Sunday to commence a weeklong program. The program is to include meetings with high-level Government officials, site visits, meetings with victims of violence in 1999, and a fo [...] | 2006-02-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL JKUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
06DUSHANBE669 | TAJIKISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov agreed to designate a government point of contact to help resolve the issue of transferring Tajik citizens from Guantanamo to Tajikistan (reftel). In a 40-minute meeting April 6, Nazarov listened carefully as the Ambassador explained the assurances necessar [...] | 2006-04-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PROP PTER ECON KAWC RS TI |
06DUSHANBE903 | TAJIKISTAN: MFA SUBMITS GUANTANAMO DIP NOTE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note from Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreeing to accept four Tajik Guantanamo detainees. The dip note is likely the result of the meeting of LTC Ron Miller, Military Advisor to the [...] | 2006-05-18 03:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TI |
06FREETOWN409 | RE-ARRESTED: AMCIT ACCUSED OF TREASON [...] (C) On May 16, one day after a magistrate judge released American Citizen Michael Chemidlin and three Sierra Leoneans held on charges of conspiracy and treason for taking photographs of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, police re-arrested Chemidlin and two of the three Sierra Leoneans. The m [...] | 2006-05-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PINS KCRM PREL PHUM KDEM KAWC SL |
06FREETOWN460 | NEW SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT FAVORS TAYLOR [...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador and PolOff met with the new presiding judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Appeals Chamber (and President of the Special Court),Justice George Gelaga King, who just took up a one-year term of office. King thanked the Ambassador for the U.S. financial contribut [...] | 2006-06-05 17:46:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SL NL |
06FREETOWN484 | SPECIAL COURT WANTS MORE MONEY, SUPPORT [...] (C) On June 9, visiting AF/W Director Phillip Carter and PolOff met separately with three principal officials at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL): Registrar Lovemore Munlo, Acting Chief Prosecutor Christopher Staker, and Principal Defender Vincent Nmehielle. There appeared to be cons [...] | 2006-06-13 12:56:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SL NL |
06FREETOWN500 | CHARLES TAYLOR DEPARTS FREETOWN FOR THE HAGUE [...] (C) At 0941 on June 20, a UN-chartered Airbus departed Lungi International Airport in Freetown with former Liberian President Charles Taylor onboard. 2. (C) Taylor departed the Special Court compound via helicoptor at 0900 enroute to Lungi under heavy security. Armored vehicles and UNMIL Ir [...] | 2006-06-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KAWC SL NL |
06FREETOWN617 | SPECIAL COURT REGISTRAR DISCUSSES COMPLETION OF [...] (U) Special Court for Sierra Leone Registrar Lovemore Munlo met with Ambassador and PolOff on July 26 to discuss a number of issues the Court faces, including its completion strategy (discussed in reftel). Munlo stood by the draft completion calendar forwarded to the Management Committee that [...] | 2006-07-31 14:40:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SL SG |
06ISLAMABAD14910 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON UPCOMING GOP VISIT TO [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On July 31, Poloff met with MOI LtCol Imran Yaqoob, who said that only two GOP officials plan to travel to Guantanamo to visit detainees of Pakistani nationality -- himself and MOI Operations Officer, Major Khalid Mahmood Khan. Yaq [...] | 2006-08-02 02:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD15302 | CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO [...] (S) On August 4, poloff delivered Ref A points in separate meetings with National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) Operations Director LTC Imran Yaqoob and MFA (Americas) Hameed Abdul. 2. (S) LTC Imran said that poloff's points track with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) understanding [...] | 2006-08-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC |
06ISLAMABAD17261 | GOP RESPONSE ON DETAINEE REPATRIATION AND READ-OUT [...] (C/NF) On August 25, PolCouns met LTC Imran Farooq, MoI/National Crisis Management Cell Operations, to solicit his assessment of his visit to the detention facilities at Guantanamo (GTMO). LTC Imran said that interviews with the Pakistani detainees went well. The Pakistani delegation left [...] | 2006-08-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD18012 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SPEECH ON GWOT DETAINEES, [...] (C) On September 7, 2006, PolCouns presented Ref A points to MFA (Americas) Director Mansood Khan. Khan appreciated the briefing and requested additional information on draft to establish military commission and the timeline for Congressional action. DCM also presented the same points to Fo [...] | 2006-09-12 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD22026 | GOP REQUESTS REPATRIATION OF GTMO AND BAGRAM [...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) In early November, POL received a copy of an MFA note verbale dated 12 October 2006 requsting the repatriation of six (6) Paksitani nationals currently in custody in the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay [...] | 2006-11-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD3195 | GOP WILLING TO ACCEPT RETURN OF PAK GITMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 06:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PK PREL PTER |
06JAKARTA2112 | INDONESIA-ET TRUTH/FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION FACES [...] (C) Indonesia's senior bureaucrat responsible for human rights in a February 8 meeting described the Indonesia-East Timor Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) as "stagnant," due to East Timor's presentation of its human rights report to the UN, the shooting of three Indonesians on the East [...] | 2006-02-16 11:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID |
06JAKARTA2532 | SENATOR FEINGOLD'S FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Introduction and Summary. In a February 23 meeting with Senator Russell Feingold, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda expressed optimism that Indonesia's historic experience with Islamic fundamentalism would eventually lead to success in stemming the current threat posed by Muslim extrem [...] | 2006-02-24 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP PTER PGOV KAWC KNNP IR TT ID |
06JAKARTA3298 | SUPREME COURT ORDERS EX-MILITIA LEADER TO JAIL FOR [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Supreme Court on March 13 upheld the conviction of former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres and reinstated his ten-year prison sentence. Prosecutors said they would immediately jail Guterres, who has remained free pending his appeal. The politically well-connected G [...] | 2006-03-15 03:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID |
06JAKARTA5789 | ASD RODMAN'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman met Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Imron Cotan on April 12. Both expressed strong interest in expanding military ties. Imron pressed for USG training for Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus); [...] | 2006-05-09 06:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS MARR PHUM KDEM KAWC TT BM TW |
06KABUL1667 | GOA DETAINEES LEGAL WORKING GROUP MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) The Afghan Inter-Ministerial Legal Working Group met on April 5 to discuss the development of a legal framework that would form the basis for transfer of detainees from U.S. custody as well as for the disposition of individuals taken off the battlefield in future. Due to a confusion on [...] | 2006-04-12 12:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS KAWC PGOV AF |
06KABUL4066 | GOA NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the notifications in reftels A and B on September 10 to National Security Council staff member Jamil Bahramy. Mr. Bahramy had no comment upon receiving the notifications. NEUMANN [...] | 2006-09-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PREL KAWC AF |
06KABUL418 | AFGHAN DETAINEE TRANSFER TEAM READY TO TRAVEL TO [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS: SEE PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 BELOW. 2. (C) THE INFORMAL KABUL DETAINEE AFFAIRS WORKING GROUP MET ON JANUARY 26, ATTENDED BY CFC-A, OSC-A, DOS (INCLUDING VISITING WASHINGTON DESK OFFICER),AND DOJ (ARG) REPRESENTATIVES. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE TOP PRIO [...] | 2006-01-30 14:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC MOPS PREL AF |
06KABUL429 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO BAY JAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see action request in paragraph 2. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches regarding Guantanamo Bay-held detainees to Jamil Bahramy, an NSC official, on 31 January. Poloff also reviewed talking points in refs A and D and left them behind as a nonpa [...] | 2006-01-31 13:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PREL AF |
06KABUL4965 | SECOND TRANSFER OF AFGHAN DETAINEES INTO THE [...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel message on October 8 to Jamil Bahramy, an official of the Afghan National Security Council. Bahramy was aware of the impending transfer, thanked polmiloff for the confirmation, and acknowledged GOA responsibilities under the August 2005 exchange of diplomatic no [...] | 2006-10-11 03:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL AF |
06KABUL5082 | NOTIFICATION OF SIX AFGHAN DETAINEES CLEARED BY [...] (S) On October 6, Afghan PTS point-of-contact Khadigal Hamdard, Chief of Inquiry, Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Interior, informed CSTC-A Director of Detainee Affairs Colonel William Hart that the GOA approves the transfer of the individuals listed in paragraph 2 to Afghanistan and the [...] | 2006-10-19 06:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PINS PTER KAWC AF PHUM |
06KABUL5777 | NOTIFICATION TO GOA OF TRANSFER OF 7 DETAINEES [...] (S/REL GOA) Polmiloff delivered reftel A message on December 10 to Wakil Shakir and Mohammad Zia Salehi, who are now handling detainee affairs at the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) related to the Takhim e-Solh (Peace Through Strength) PTS reconciliation program. In a discussio [...] | 2006-12-11 04:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF |
06KABUL5958 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Charge, A/Polmilcouns, and Polmiloff met on 26 December with Deputy National Security Adviser (DSNA) Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada to follow up on his agreement (reftel A) to convene GOA representatives to identify which Afghan laws could provide the legal basis for detention and prosecuti [...] | 2006-12-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF |
06KHARTOUM1015 | DARFUR: WHO WILL APOLOGIZE? [...] (C) Introduction by Cameron R. Hume, CDA Embassy Khartoum. Everyone with an interest in Darfur should read this message. It is written by Ron Capps, the Foreign Service Officer who has the most comprehensive knowledge of Darfur. He is now completing with great distinction a tour as the deput [...] | 2006-04-28 11:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO KAWC UN AU SU |
06KHARTOUM1025 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, SITREP 3, MAY 1 [...] (SBU) As previously reported, analysis of a human tissue sample conducted by U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Number 3 (NAMRU-3) in Khartoum on April 22 found no evidence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. Despite NAMRU-3's sustained efforts to support the Government of National Unity's ( [...] | 2006-05-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1026 | Sudan's GNU Extends GMO Waiver for Six Months [...] Background: Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) requires certification that U.S. food assistance to Sudan does not contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). The primary food commodities affected by this requirement are U.S. donations of wheat and corn-soy blend (CSB). Though U.S [...] | 2006-05-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1060 | Sudan: Kosti Wharf Update [...] On April 17, 2006, a USAID IDP advisor visited Kosti, White Nile State, to monitor progress of IDP returns through the Kosti wharf with USAID implementing-partner Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). At the time of the visit, ADRA estimated that the Kosti wharf was operating at ha [...] | 2006-05-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1061 | Sudan - Humanitarian Assessment of the Eastern [...] A USAID team visited the eastern part of the Nuba Mountains from April 11 to 17, 2006, to monitor USAID- funded projects and assess local conditions for IDP returns. The eastern Jebels host approximately 60 percent of the population of the Nuba Mountains. Save the Children-U.S. (SC/US) is U [...] | 2006-05-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1062 | Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority [...] On April 19, 2006, a USAID food security representative met with Badawi El Khair, Director General of Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority (SCRA),and Ahmed Mardas, head of the SCRA marketing section, to discuss the agency's ongoing efforts to maintain food security in Sudan. The SC [...] | 2006-05-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1072 | Sudan - Humanitarian Challenges in the East [...] A USAID team visited Kassala from April 20 to 23, 2006, to assess the humanitarian situation in eastern Sudan. A disagreement between the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) concerning implementation of the U.N. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is pr [...] | 2006-05-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1088 | Eastern Sudan Poverty Alleviation and Peace [...] From April 30 to May 1, 2006, the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) convened an eastern Sudan poverty alleviation and peace-building conference in Port Sudan, Red Sea State. The conference was attended by donors, U.N. agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs),community based organizations [...] | 2006-05-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1089 | Sudan - Avian Flu Sitrep No. 4, May 8, 2006 [...] (SBU) On May 4, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Khartoum received positive test results from the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) in Italy which confirm that the recent outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in Sudan is indeed the highly pathogenic H5N1 str [...] | 2006-05-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1110 | West Darfur - Assaults Targeting Aid Agencies [...] (U) Over the past several weeks, a spate of attacks targeting aid agencies in West Darfur has left a number of non-government organizations (NGOs) searching for options to counter the region's mounting security threats. Even before these recent attacks, humanitarian emergency relief programs [...] | 2006-05-11 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1126 | Darfur Livelihoods Assessment [...] From April 12 - 27, 2006, USAID/OFDA Livelihoods Advisor Courtney Brown visited North and South Darfur to monitor and evaluate USAID-funded livelihood activities. The USAID livelihoods advisor met with partners and visited project sites near El Fasher, North Darfur, and Nyala, South Darfur, t [...] | 2006-05-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1127 | Sudan - Darfur Water and Sanitation Assessment [...] From April 29 to May 2, 2006, OFDA Water and Sanitation Specialist Peter Wallis traveled to North and South Darfur to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing USAID-funded programs and make recommendations concerning future support of water and sanitation humanitarian interventions in Darfur. I [...] | 2006-05-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1133 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5 [...] (SBU) On May 10, 2006, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed donors attending the weekly meeting on Avian influenza (AI) that the results received from the laboratories in Rome confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza in Sudan. [...] | 2006-05-15 03:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1134 | Sudan - Cattle Rustling, Emerging Government, [...] From May 3 to 8, 2006, a USAID/DCHA program officer visited Eastern Equatoria State (EE) to assess humanitarian conditions in Southern Sudan. The greatest driver of conflict in EE is cattle rustling and retaliatory violence between tribes. Though all EE counties are absorbing returning inte [...] | 2006-05-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1149 | Sudan - Operational Constraints Related to [...] (SBU) Summary: Any U.S. government (USG) initiatives linked to the support of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) must take into account the operational realities of the region. The experience of USAID's humanitarian operation provides insight into the challenges that will face any new USG ope [...] | 2006-05-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1181 | Darfur Health Assessment [...] Since the escalation of the conflict in Darfur in 2004, coordinated efforts within the humanitarian community have resulted in substantial improvement in the overall health and nutrition situation of conflict- affected communities. These advances are evidenced by a declining trend in crude m [...] | 2006-05-18 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1228 | Sudan - Avian Flu Sitrep No. 6, May 24, 2006 [...] On May 21, 2006, the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Khartoum convened the second Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Sudan. Though the Government of National Unity (GNU) has acknowledged the presence of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of AI in S [...] | 2006-05-24 08:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1262 | Sudan/Darfur - Minni returns to Darfur; meets [...] In a meeting with Roger Winter, Kate Almquist, and Brian D'Silva on Friday, May 26, First Vice President Salva Kiir reported that he had invited Abdul Wahid to meet with him somewhere in southern Sudan before May 31 to reiterate and urge Wahid to sign the DPA. Kiir also extended a meeting in [...] | 2006-05-30 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1344 | DARFUR - NRC RETURNS TO KALMA CAMP, SOUTH [...] On May 31, 2006, the South Darfur State Security Committee approved an agreement to permit the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to resume camp coordination responsibilities at Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and food security programs in South Darfur for one year. NRC staff imme [...] | 2006-06-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1361 | DARFUR - SLA HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR'S ARREST [...] On May 20, the Minni Minawi faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) faction allegedly arrested former SLA humanitarian coordinator Sulayman Jamus for the second time since February 2006. Initial conflicting reports on his arrest and speculation on his current situation are a main topic [...] | 2006-06-08 10:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1369 | SUDAN - USAID VISIT TO BLUE NILE STATE [...] USAID/Sudan representatives from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA),Office of Food for Peace (FFP),and Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) visited Damazin, Kurmuk, and Bukori in Blue Nile State from April 19 to 24, 2006. Factors affecting stability in Blue Nile State [...] | 2006-06-11 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1395 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 7 - June 12 [...] On May 29, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened the third Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Khartoum, but with poor attendance by key members. More than one week had passed with no new cases of AI reported in Sudan. Khartoum State has taken me [...] | 2006-06-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1422 | DARFUR - POLICE OFFICIAL CONVICTED FOR RAPE [...] (SBU) On May 3, 2006, West Darfur's El Geneina General Court convicted a Central Reserve Police Officer for the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The judge sentenced the felon to three years imprisonment and 100 lashes. While the verdict and proceedings illustrate the ability of West Darfur's cou [...] | 2006-06-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1481 | WEST DARFUR - INTERAGENCY COOPERATION TO [...] Strict enforcement of a new policy designed to curtail the illegal production, sale, and consumption of alcohol in Riyad camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs),near El Geneina, West Darfur, resulted in an 80 percent reduction in alcohol production and a decline in the number of protect [...] | 2006-06-25 09:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1561 | SUDAN,S RESPONSE ON NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ARB [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on July 3 to Magdy al-Mufaddal, Acting Deputy Director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Magdy replied that he would forward the information to the MFA'S Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, as well as the national intell [...] | 2006-07-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR KAWC US SU |
06KHARTOUM1755 | SUDAN - ROGER WINTER'S VISIT TO UPPER NILE AND [...] (SBU) Roger P. Winter, Special Representative of the Deputy Se Xcretary of State for Sudan, traveled to Upper Nile and Southern Blue Nile from June 26 to 30 to assess progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Winter met the governors of Upper Nile and Unity states; the [...] | 2006-07-23 09:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1791 | SUDAN RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, post received on July 23 a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) The text of the document is as follows: (Begin text) Sudan Preparedness to Receive the Sudanese Citizen Sami Mohy Eldin Muhammed Al hajj 1) The family of the Sudanese [...] | 2006-07-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU |
06KHARTOUM1814 | SUDAN Q USAID MONITORING TRIP TO SOUTHERN [...] From July 5 to 9, three USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials traveled to the Nuba Mountains in Southern Kordofan, El Obeid in Northern Kordofan, and Kosti in White Nile to monitor four projects funded by USAID/OFDA. In Southern Kordofan, the team visited Lagawa a [...] | 2006-07-30 12:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1900 | SUDAN - STATUS OF THE BORDER COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Implementation Modalities call for the establishment of a Technical ad hoc Border Committee to demarcate the January 1, 1956 North-South Sudan border. This committee, which was established in November 2005, has met three times to deal with primaril [...] | 2006-08-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1980 | SOUTHERN SUDAN - IDP RETURNS UPDATE [...] The returns season, which has witnessed a fairly active spontaneous return movement to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas - Abyei, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile - has come to an end with the onset of the rainy season and will restart in October or November 2006. According to the Federal Mi [...] | 2006-08-20 06:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2120 | SUDAN - UPDATE ON THE NORTH-SOUTH TECHNICAL AD HOC BORDER [...] (U) In a meeting on August 16, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) Power Sharing Working Group Coordinator reported to the group that, according to the National Congress Party (NCP) Chair of the Technical Ad hoc Border Committee, the committee has made significant progress on the b [...] | 2006-09-05 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2590 | DARFUR - EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION ASSESSMENT [...] Preliminary results of the third Darfur Emergency Food Security and Nutrition Assessment (EFSNA) conducted in September 2006 show child malnutrition rates holding steady and mortality rates decreasing for three consecutive years. Stability and improvement were attributed to a combined effort o [...] | 2006-10-31 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2696 | SUDAN - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE 12 [...] On November 5, 2006, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened a Technical Task Force (TTF) meeting on Avian Influenza (AI). FAO and the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Federal Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries (FMARF) are to finalize, in coordination with all stak [...] | 2006-11-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU KFLU |
06KHARTOUM2709 | Darfur - UN USYG Egeland Warns of Worsening Situation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the strong efforts of the non-governmental organization (NGO) community and the commitment of the donor community, the humanitarian situation in Darfur is poised to deteriorate, according to Jan Egeland, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Re [...] | 2006-11-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM PREF SOCI PGOV KAWC UN SU |
06KHARTOUM272 | Darfur: 2005 Protection Year in Review - [...] In analyzing protection trends in 2005, it is striking to note how many issues remained similar when compared with 2004 (reftel A). The large-scale humanitarian needs in Darfur have been the result of widespread human rights violations, including the attacking and killing of civilians, rape [...] | 2006-02-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM288 | DARFUR SITUATION UPDATE AND RECENT TRENDS [...] From April 2004 to November 2005, the number of people affected by the Darfur crisis has risen from 1.1 million to more than 3.5 million. While the response of the international humanitarian community has been successful in meeting critical humanitarian needs and saving lives in Darfur, the [...] | 2006-02-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM290 | SUDAN - World Bank Holds Preparatory Meeting for [...] On February 7, The World Bank convened a meeting to brief donors on the progress toward preparing the Sudan Consortium meeting in Paris on March 8 and 9, 2006. Charge and USAID rep attended. The meeting was co-chaired by the Norwegian Ambassador, the Joint National Transition Team (JNTT),a [...] | 2006-02-07 14:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM291 | Sudan: Government-Imposed Impediments to [...] Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in Darfur are becoming increasingly frustrated by Sudanese government Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) procedures on reporting, hiring, permits, and visas. The Technical Coordination Committee, which was formed to monitor the implementation of t [...] | 2006-02-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2920 | SUDAN: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] (C) On December 27, Pol/Econ Counselor delivered subject demarche regarding Guantanamo detainees to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi. 2. (C) Al-Sanosi understood the issue, and promised to relay the information to those responsible in the Government of Natio [...] | 2006-12-28 15:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM308 | Darfur: Overview of Protection Trends in 2005 - [...] This cable represents the second in a series of three to review the protection situation and humanitarian response in 2005. Over the course of the year, it became increasingly evident that the problems in Darfur could be characterized as a complex political and human rights crisis. The sit [...] | 2006-02-09 09:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM424 | Darfur: Overview of Protection Trends in 2005 [...] This cable represents the third and final in a series to review the issue of protection and the related humanitarian response in 2005. In the Darfur crisis, humanitarian protection - defined as efforts to mitigate the risks of violence, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of vulnerable groups [...] | 2006-02-18 11:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM454 | NRC EVACUATES FROM SOUTH DARFUR [...] On February 21, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) evacuated international staff members working in South Darfur. NRC international headquarters made the determination to remove staff in response to weeks of Sudanese government warnings that the safety of NRC staff could not be guaranteed. [...] | 2006-02-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM474 | DISPLACEMENT TRENDS IN DARFUR [...] After a relative lull in fighting and displacements for most of 2005, November and December marked an increase in the size and frequency of population movements within Darfur that has yet to subside. Many movements have resulted, in large part, from struggles for territory and influence betw [...] | 2006-02-23 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM491 | Sudan/Unity State: Sources of Fragility [...] USAID staff visited Rubkona/Bentiu from February 19- 22, 2006. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has significantly improved security as the militia groups that dominated the area during the war have integrated into the SPLA. However, a number of factors threaten the uneasy peace: a di [...] | 2006-02-27 06:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM583 | SUDAN: NOTIFICATION OF 2ND ROUND GTMO ARB [...] (SBU) This is an action request ) see para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Americas desk officer Magdi el-Mofadi on March 1 to discuss the case of Yakub Mohammed per reftel. Poloff asked that the Sudanese Government, within 30 days, confirm the nationality of Yakub Mohammed, notify any kno [...] | 2006-03-07 08:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU |
06KHARTOUM607 | SUDAN - IRC CEASES HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) The IRC has decided to end cross-border operations from Eritrea serving the eastern enclave of Hamesh Koreib following government and UN-OCHA pressure. Samaritan's Purse, however, continues to work in the area. The SPLM is scheduled to depart Hamesh Koreib over the next three months, po [...] | 2006-03-08 17:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM619 | WEST DARFUR - ZALINGEI UPDATE [...] In mid-February, a USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) protection officer visited Zalingei in West Darfur. Zalingei town has generally been calm throughout the Darfur crisis, although the Zalingei "corridor," which includes Garsila and Mukjar (septel),was the site of brutal janjaweed attacks in [...] | 2006-03-09 06:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM620 | WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - SOURCES OF FRAGILITY [...] A team of USAID staff and key USAID partners visited Wau town in Western Bahr el Ghazal State and Aweil town in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State from February 22 to 26. The trip was part of a series of visits to areas of USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DC [...] | 2006-03-09 06:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM637 | NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - SOURCES OF FRAGILITY [...] A team of USAID staff and key USAID partners visited Wau town in Western Bahr el Ghazal State (Ref a) and Aweil town in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State from February 22 to 26. The trip was part of a series of visits to areas of USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance [...] | 2006-03-11 06:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM639 | RETURNEES ARRIVING IN HUGE NUMBERS TO WESTERN [...] The USAID/Khartoum Senior Humanitarian Advisor and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Specialist visited Unity State from February 19 to 23 to review the IDP returns situation and examine sources of fragility. As reported reftels, the USAID Khartoum IDP Specialist also traveled with a USAID [...] | 2006-03-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM687 | SUDAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - STILL NO CASES [...] Despite the spread of the avian influenza virus to some African countries, including neighboring Egypt, no cases of avian influenza have been reported in birds or humans in Sudan. The Government of National Unity's (GNU) preparations to date have mainly consisted of the formation of committe [...] | 2006-03-18 06:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM688 | KOSTI WHARF - BURSTING AT THE SEAMS [...] On March 9, the USAID/Khartoum Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Officer conducted a one-day visit to Kosti to investigate reports of huge crowds of returnees to Southern Sudan stranded at Kosti wharf for weeks. The 1,400 returnees at the wharf exceed its capacity of 750. USAID partner Adve [...] | 2006-03-18 06:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM694 | WEST DARFUR - GARSILA AND MUKJAR UPDATE [...] This is the second in a series of three USAID cables giving an overview of the humanitarian situation in West Darfur State. In early March, two USAID Field Officers visited Beja, Deleig, Garsila, and Mukjar in the Zalingei - Mukjar corridor of West Darfur. The purpose of the trip was threef [...] | 2006-03-19 03:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM697 | Nuba Mountains - Where are the Peace Dividends? [...] This is the first of two cables prepared by a USAID team that visited South Kordofan State and Abyei from February 26 to March 8, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to a) monitor USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) programs, b) assess the returns [...] | 2006-03-19 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM700 | ACUTE WATERY DIARREHA AND OTHER POTENTIAL [...] From February 18 to March 3, 2006, a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Public Health Advisor traveled to Juba, Southern Sudan, to meet with USAID/OFDA health partners and assess the response to the Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) outbreak in Juba and surrounding areas. [...] | 2006-03-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM701 | IDPs in Central and Eastern Equatoria: USAID [...] In February, two officials from the USAID Sudan Field Office (USAID/SFO) in Nairobi traveled to Juba, Kajo- Keji, Nimule, and Lobone in Central and Eastern Equatoria States of Southern Sudan. The USAID team met with government officials and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to discuss plan [...] | 2006-03-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM720 | KHARTOUM IDPS - CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE [...] On March 14, the Consultative Committee on Khartoum internally displaced persons (IDPs) met with Khartoum State authorities to discuss the status of IDP relocations in Khartoum. The committee wished to gain assurances from Khartoum State authorities that agreed- upon procedures for relocatin [...] | 2006-03-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM728 | ABYEI REVISITED - POWER VACUUM REMAINS [...] This is the second of two cables prepared by a USAID team that visited South Kordofan State and Abyei from February 17 to March 8, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to a) monitor USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) programs, b) assess the returns [...] | 2006-03-23 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM741 | ACUTE WATERY DIARRHEA OUTBREAK - EARLY RAINS [...] The outbreak of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) continues in Southern Sudan. The U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the AWD outbreak derived from a single strain of cholera. WHO reported that between January 28 and March 22, 8,684 cases of AWD including 231 deaths had been [...] | 2006-03-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM751 | RETURNEES ARRIVING IN HUGE NUMBERS TO WESTERN [...] The USAID/Khartoum Senior Humanitarian Advisor and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Specialist visited Unity State from February 19 to 23 to review the IDP returns situation and examine sources of fragility. As reported reftels, the USAID Khartoum IDP Specialist also traveled with a USAID [...] | 2006-03-26 05:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM775 | USAID MEETING WITH FOOD SECURITY AND [...] On March 9 and 10, USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) and USAID Sudan Field Office (USAID SFO) staff met with USAID/DCHA food security and agriculture partners and USAID SFO livelihoods partners in Rumbek to discuss the current status of the sectors [...] | 2006-03-28 06:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM797 | KALMA CAMP - UPCOMING EXPIRATION OF NRC [...] On March 30, Charge, an Embassy Political Officer, and two USAID Darfur Field Office representatives met with the Sudan country director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). NRC serves as coordinator for Kalma camp in South Darfur. NRC sought a meeting with Embassy and USAID officials to [...] | 2006-03-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM935 | SUDAN - SUSPECTED AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, Sitrep 1 [...] (SBU) WHO contacted USAID on April 18 to alert us to possible outbreak of avian flu in Sudan. Today a rapid test by the Government of Sudan on nasal secretions and serum from affected birds revealed Strain A flu. 2. (SBU) A WHO outbreak investigation team is scheduled to arrive in Khartoum [...] | 2006-04-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM937 | Sudan - Visit to Port Sudan [...] Humanitarian conditions in Red Sea State have not changed much since 2005, when USAID last made an extensive visit to this northern state to visit programs in Mohammed Qol and areas north of Port Sudan. The GNU continues to limit humanitarian staff visits to the area, and now requires all hu [...] | 2006-04-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PINS EAID KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM939 | DARFUR: GEREIDA - AN UNEASY PEACE [...] On April 12, a USAID representative and colleagues from the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) Emergency Office visited Gereida, South Darfur, to determine what additional resources and partners are required to assist the Ge [...] | 2006-04-19 05:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM945 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, Sitrep 2, April 19 [...] (SBU) Sudanese and international press were full of articles in the last day regarding the possibility of H5N1 Avian flu virus in Sudan. Some press articles claimed that the virus had been confirmed. As of today, however, only the existence of H5 had been confirmed by special test kits brought [...] | 2006-04-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM949 | SUDAN/Humanitarian obstruction: Charge's call [...] (SBU) In a heated meeting with Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Hassibo, Charge and USAID Farnsworth raised the new NGO law, Egeland, NRC, fuel and the SOFA. Charge noted the contrast between the constructive work being accomplished in Abuja (with the energetic help of the USG),and Sudan's [...] | 2006-04-20 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM951 | DARFUR FOOD ASSISTANCE UPDATE [...] From April 11 to 13, 2006, a USAID team visited Nyala, Gereida, and El Fasher to evaluate food assistance programming in South and North Darfur. Ref A provides details on the humanitarian situation in Gereida, including updated information on food assistance activities. 2. Inadequate i [...] | 2006-04-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM954 | SUDAN: IDP RETURNS IN NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL [...] From April 10 to 12, a USAID representative visited Aweil town and Malualkon, located in Aweil East County in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, to assess the status of IDP returns. Overall, the U.N. is doing a good job coordinating the humanitarian response, monitoring sector coverage, and iden [...] | 2006-04-20 14:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM959 | UPDATE ON SUDANESE DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO AND [...] (C) On April 19, MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim met at his request with Pol/Econ Chief at the MFA to provide undated documents about Ref A demarche on Guantanamo detainees. 2. (C) The first document provides information about an Administrative Review Board f [...] | 2006-04-20 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC US SU |
06KIGALI1125 | RWANDAN RESPONSE TO FRENCH JUDGE'S ARREST WARRANTS [...] (U) In response to press reports that a French judge had requested arrest warrants for nine senior GOR officials allegedly involved in the downing of the Juvenal Habyarimana presidential jet on April 6, 1994, the GOR on November 21 formally denied its officials' involvement. "There is no ba [...] | 2006-11-22 16:11:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC RW |
06KIGALI1130 | RWANDA CONTEMPLATES BREAKING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE [...] (C) Ambassador Richard Sezibera (protect),Great Lakes Special Envoy for the Rwandan Government, called Ambassador early on the morning of November 24 to report that the GOR was "moving toward breaking relations with France," as a result of the French issuance of international arrest warrant [...] | 2006-11-24 11:11:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC RW |
06KIGALI1133 | FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON RUPTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 25, Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the diplomatic corps on the GOR decision to break relations with France and expel French diplomats from Rwanda. The decision by a French judge to issue international arrest warrants for nine senior Rwanda officials (re [...] | 2006-11-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC RW |
06KIGALI1142 | THE FRENCH LEAVE RWANDA [...] (U) Twenty-five French Embassy and other official personnel left Kigali on 27 November at 19:00 local time via a Rwandair Express flight to Entebbe. The atmosphere was somber in the airport VIP lounge, the French said final good-byes, took photos and shared chocolate. There was no press and [...] | 2006-11-28 16:01:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KAWC PREL FR RW |
06KIGALI716 | MILITARY PROSECUTOR DISCUSSES HIGH PROFILE CASES [...] (U) Summary. On 19 July poloff met with Major Christophe Bizimungu, Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) Chief Prosecutor, to discuss the status of three high profile cases currently being handled by his office. Bizimungu presented a detailed case against Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former head of the [...] | 2006-07-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS PGOV RW |
06KINSHASA516 | DRC: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 25 reftel a demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just prior to news of Taylor's capture being announced March 29. Djoli said that the DRC has enough problems with armed groups without Charles Taylor being [...] | 2006-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC LI NI KAWC XA XY CG |
06KUWAIT2020 | MFA OFFICIAL REQUESTS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) On May 29 PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow-Up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, ref A information on two Kuwaiti detainees currently being held in Iraq: Abdelrahman Mobarak Meshakhas Al-Bathali and Ali Awad Faraj Al-Harbi. Al-Maqamis re [...] | 2006-05-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM KAWC PINR KU IQ |
06KUWAIT2558 | SECRETARY'S LETTER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) The Charge delivered June 27 ref A letter from the Secretary to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary SIPDIS Khaled Al-Jarallah on the five Kuwaiti nationals detained at Guantanamo. (Senior MFA officials returned to work June 26 after accompanying the Amir on a 10-day trip to Asi [...] | 2006-06-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KAWC OPDC KU |
06KUWAIT3293 | GOK INFORMED OF ARB DETERMINATION; FM DISAPPOINTED [...] (C/NF) During an August 14 meeting, the Ambassador informed Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah of the recent Administrative Review Board (ARB) determination that detainee Fouzi Al-Awda continues to pose a threat to the interests o [...] | 2006-08-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KAWC KU |
06KUWAIT3484 | GOK ASKS AGAIN FOR DETAILS ON KUWAITI DETAINEES IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) In a 23 August meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow-up Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis expressed GOK frustration at the perceived continued lack of full disclosure by the USG re [...] | 2006-08-29 06:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KU IQ |
06LONDON4221 | (C/NF) LIBERIA/SIERRA LEONE: UK CONSIDERING [...] (C/NF) FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore told Poloff under questioning June 12 that HMG is considering UN Secretary General Annan's request that it agree to SIPDIS incarcerate former Liberian president Charles Taylor if he is convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). M [...] | 2006-06-13 15:39:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KAWC LI SL UK |
06MANAGUA755 | NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 20:37:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU |
06MANAGUA882 | NICARAGUA STILL CONSIDERING RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-21 23:34:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU |
06MANAMA1163 | FOREIGN MINISTER FLAGS HARM DONE BY GTMO ISSUE [...] (S) The Ambassador June 25 delivered Ref A diplomatic note concerning the proposed visit of Bahraini security officials to GTMO to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. The Minister thanked the Ambassador for the response and said he would get back to us on proposed travel det [...] | 2006-06-28 11:59:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KAWC PTER OPDC BA BILAT CTR OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA1193 | BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief July 2 delivered reftel notification of the second round of Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran said that he would pass the request for information about Bahraini detainee Isa Al Murbati to MFA Direc [...] | 2006-07-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1205 | FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS PUBLICLY THAT GTMO OBSTACLE [...] (U) All newspapers July 5 covered statements by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at a press conference in which he called for the release of the three remaining Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo and characterized the detention facility as an "obstacle" in bilateral relations [...] | 2006-07-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1326 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONTAINING REQUESTED INFORMATION [...] (C) Post received the following diplomatic note on July 17, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs providing the information requested reftel A. Attachments referenced in diplomatic note are being sent via classified email. 2. (C) Post's informal translation follows: Begin Text: 1 [...] | 2006-07-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1327 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-22 13:42:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1363 | GOB PROPOSED DATE FOR SECURITY DELEGATION TO GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) Post received the following diplomatic note July 25, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/5-72857 Date: July 25, 2006 Secret SIPDIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain pres [...] | 2006-07-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KAWC PTER OPDC CTR BILAT BA |
06MANAMA268 | PRESS, DIP NOTE PROTEST CONTINUED GTMO DETENTION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Bahraini newspapers February 22 reported that Bahraini detainee Juma Al Dossary would remain at Guantanamo for at least one more year following an Administrative Review Board (ARB) decision that he contin [...] | 2006-02-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL BA APDC BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA541 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON STATUS OF RETURNED GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KAWC PTER ASEC BA CTR BILAT |
06MANAMA63 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PTER ASEC PREL BA CTR BILAT |
06MANAMA694 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Post received the following diplomatic note from the MFA on April 17. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/5-65437 Date: April 15, 2006 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents it compliments to the Embassy of the [...] | 2006-04-23 08:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PTER BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA89 | DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO [...] (S) The Ambassador January 21 delivered Ref A diplomatic note concerning the health, treatment, and status of the three remaining Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa in a meeting covering several issues (septels). Shaikh Khalid asked about [...] | 2006-01-23 11:51:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KAWC PREL PTER ASEC OPDC BA OFFICIALS CTR BILAT |
06MAPUTO377 | MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC UNSC LI MZ NI SL |
06MASERU156 | FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel points on former Liberian President Charles Taylor March 28 to Acting Foreign Minister Mrs. Mpeo Mahase (Employment/Labor Minister). We emphasized the United States' and international community's desire for Charles Taylor to face the Special Court on Sierra L [...] | 2006-03-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KAWC LI LT |
06MOSCOW6464 | RUSSIAN MFA ON ICTY PIFWC LIKELY IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 19 to Andrey Kalinin of the MFA Legal Department. Kalinin and his superior, Department Section Chief Igor Panin (who was traveling at the time),are the only officials in the MFA with a thorough knowledge of the ICTY and the status of PIFWCs. Russia [...] | 2006-06-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM PREL ICTY KAWC PHUM BK SR RS |
06NDJAMENA460 | CHAD: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met acting MFA Europe-America officer Kama Dounia March 28 to make delivery (orally in French, written in English) of ref demarche urging Chad not to accept Charles Taylor if he attempted to flee to Chad, to cooperate fully with the UN and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and t [...] | 2006-03-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNSC CD LI NI KAWC XA XY |
06NDJAMENA700 | CHAD: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO REVIEW PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 17:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL CD |
06PRISTINA762 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to accompany Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson on consultations with mission, host government and international of [...] | 2006-09-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU HR |
06PRISTINA764 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR AT LARGE CLING [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Special Assistant Matthew Lavine to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission, host government and inte [...] | 2006-09-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU NL HR |
06RABAT1697 | MOROCCO: NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Poloffs met September 11 with MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer Karim Halim to notify the GOM of the start of the second round of Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings (reftel),which will include consideration of the cases of Moroccan nationals Ahmad Abdullah Al-W [...] | 2006-09-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC MO |
06RABAT85 | MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Post offers the following information on Moroccan non-governmental organizations that provide support or services to the victims and families of the Casablanca terrorist attacks on May 16, 2003, or are engaged in activities designed to blunt the appeal of Islamic ex [...] | 2006-01-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC KPAO MO |
06RIGA719 | LATVIA FIRM ON NEED FOR FULL SERBIAN COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-11 05:10:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SR LG |
06RIYADH4919 | REMAINS RETURNED, FAMILIES OF GTMO DETAINEES CALL [...] (U) Following the deaths of the three GTMO detainees, Abdulaziz Suleiman al-Rubaish, whose brother is currently detained at GTMO, contacted the Embassy and asked to meet with the Ambassador. PolMilOff met al-Rubaish at the Embassy front gate and accepted a letter addressed to President Bush f [...] | 2006-06-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWC SA XF |
06RIYADH5220 | 14 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TRANSFERED TO SAUDI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, 14 Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Saudi authority, including a non-Saudi citizen, Ahmad Sadik Turkestani. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has told EmbOffs that all of the detainees will be further incarcerated in the Kingdom until the SAG rules [...] | 2006-07-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL KAWC MOPS PTER SA XF |
06RIYADH5274 | MOI REQUESTS GTMO SUICIDE NOTES TO QUELL MURDER [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) has asked the USG for the suicide notes written by the two deceased Saudi Guantanamo detainees, Yasser al-Zahrani and Manie al-Otaibi. The MOI wishes to provide copies of these letters to the family members of the [...] | 2006-07-03 11:42:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER PREL KAWC SA |
06SANAA137 | YEMEN'S NATIONAL SECURITY BOARD "REVIEWING" GTMO [...] (C) Ambassador met briefly with National Security Board (NSB) Deputy Director Amaar Saleh and FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on the margins of a social event on January 24 and urged both to expedite the ROYG's immediate written response to post's November 2005 diplomatic note proposing the transfer o [...] | 2006-01-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
06SANAA1668 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) June 5, Poloff delivered ref A notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notifications without comment. 2. (C) Akwa did provide a response to ref B notificati [...] | 2006-06-06 04:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
06SANAA1765 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On June 13, Poloff delivered reftel notifications of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notifications without comment. Krajeski [...] | 2006-06-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
06SANAA1950 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On July 5, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Khoury [...] | 2006-07-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
06SANAA2230 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On August 2, Poloff delivered reftel notification of a Guantanamo Administrative Review Board decision to continue detaining eleven Yemenis to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...] | 2006-08-05 06:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
06SANAA226 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-01 12:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
06SANAA2519 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On August 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...] | 2006-08-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
06SANAA2570 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On September 4, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Marwan Noman, Diplomatic Attach, Foreign Minister's Office. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...] | 2006-09-04 13:10:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
06SANAA419 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-21 07:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
06SANAA440 | ROYG ACCEPTS THE RETURN OF GTMO DETAINEES [...] (C) On February 21, Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Akwa presented DCM with the ROYG's long-awaited response to the proposed transfer of 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay (ref A). In the diplomatic note, the ROYG agrees to accept 12 of the detainees proposed for transfer (ref B). [...] | 2006-02-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
06SANAA455 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
06SANAA578 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
06SANAA907 | RESPONSE TO STATUS OF TRANSFERS FROM GTMO [...] Summary. (S) This cable is post's response to reftel request for a Country Team assessment of the ROYG's ability and willingness to provide security and humane treatment for the 13 Yemeni GTMO detainees cleared for transfer. Regarding humane treatment, the ROYG provided adequate written as [...] | 2006-04-02 13:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
06SARAJEVO1279 | BOSNIA: STATE COURT BALANCES 2007 BUDGET, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On May 24 the BiH State Court Registry presented international donors with a realistic plan to balance the 2007 budget and keep the War Crimes Chamber going. This presentation came as a result of collective donor pressure on the Registry to face the fiscal reality that pledges at [...] | 2006-06-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC EAID PHUM PREL BK |
06SARAJEVO1773 | CORRECTED COPY: RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY [...] (U) This cable replaces Sarajevo 1751 (ref. A). This cable has been cleared by S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's office. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sa [...] | 2006-08-07 08:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KAWC PHUM PGOV PREL BK |
06SARAJEVO1774 | CROAT COMMANDER SURRENDERS SELF TO FACE WAR CRIMES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 08:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY KAWC PHUM PREL PGOV BG |
06SARAJEVO1776 | RS PREMIER DODIK MUSES ON SERBIAN AND BIH [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of July 28 discussions with RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on ICTY cooperation (REFTEL),Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and CDA Cefkin also raised Kosovo and asked about the upcoming Bosnian elections. According to Dodik, the Serbian pu [...] | 2006-08-07 08:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK ICTY KAWC PGOV PREL AL YI BK |
06SARAJEVO1852 | BOSNIA - OPERATION STORM STIRS UP A TEMPEST [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The airing of two videos allegedly documenting war crimes committed against Serbs during Operation Storm in 1995 has set off a political firestorm in Bosnia. The intensity of the political firestorm has been fueled in part by Serb accusations against a prominent Bosniak war he [...] | 2006-08-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC KJUS PGOV PINR PREL |
06SARAJEVO3069 | STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases underway in the State Court Special Section for Organized Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will be discussed septel. [...] | 2006-12-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK |
06SARAJEVO3070 | STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently bfore the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. his cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases unerway in the State Court Special Section for Organzed Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will b discussed septel. The [...] | 2006-12-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK |
06SARAJEVO3187 | BOSNIA - DELPONTE GIVES RS MINISTER CADJO 30 DAYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The HighRep on December 15 told the Ambassador that ICTY Chief Prosecutor had delivered an ultimatum to RS Minister of Interior Cadjo demanding action within 30 days against ICTY indictee Stojan Zupljanan. The HighRep indicated that he would be prepared to use his Bonn Powers to [...] | 2006-12-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | ICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK |
06SARAJEVO3203 | BOSNIA - HIGH REP PRESSES FOR "REAL ASSESSMENT" ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prior to the December 6-7 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Brussels, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rosemary DiCarlo meeting with High Representative (HighRep) Christian Schwarz-Schilling. Schwarz-Schilling urged the U.S. to support a "real review" about O [...] | 2006-12-20 06:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC BK |
06STATE16185 | THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH EAST [...] (U) Classified by EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) January 24, 2006, 4:30-5:00 PM, Secretary's Outer Office. 3. (U) Participants: United States: -------------- The Secretary A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees III Executive Assist [...] | 2006-01-31 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN PHUM PREL ID KEM KDEM UNSC KAWC PGOV |
06THEHAGUE1628 | OUTREACH ON DETAINEE POLICY MAKES INROADS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KJUS KPAO PHUM NL |
06TRIPOLI478 | CHARGE REVIEWS IRAN-NAM, LEBANON-SCR 1701, AND DETAINEE [...] (C) During a September 10 meeting with General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA) Under Secretary for the Americas Ahmed Al-Fitouri, Charge discussed Ref A points urging Libyan support for the full implementation of UNSCR 1701, and Ref B points urging tha [...] | 2006-09-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC LE IR LY |
06TUNIS2814 | GOT OUTLINES LEGAL ASSURANCES FOR S/WCI AMB. [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During his November 15-17 visit to Tunisia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met on November 16 with Tunisian Minister of Interior Rafik Bel Haj Kacem and on November 17 with Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari to discuss the repatriat [...] | 2006-11-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR PGOV TS |
06USUNNEWYORK1979 | ICTR RESOLUTION AND USUN VOTING IN NEW YORK [...] Per instructions (reftel) U.S. joined other SC members in supporting the draft resolution (reftel para 1),adopted (15-0-0) as Security Council resolution 1717 (2006). The resolution was requested by the Tribunal in order to extend the term of office of the Ad Litem judges until the end of [...] | 2006-10-16 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL RW TZ UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK2177 | SELECTION OF PROSECUTOR FOR SPECIAL COURT SIERRA [...] USUN Legal Adviser contacted UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Johnson on November 20 to raise the issues (reftel) pertaining to the selection of a new Prosecutor for the SCSL. Johnson confirmed that the UN has recommended a candidate to fill this position to the Government o [...] | 2006-11-22 00:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS SL USUN |
06USUNNEWYORK2253 | RESOLUTION CONDEMNING STATE SPONSORED EFFORTS TO [...] ACTION REQUEST:(C) USUN seeks concurrence from Department to submit a resolution (drafted in para. 9) directly to the General Assembly Plenary condemning state sponsored (Iran) efforts to deny the existence of the Holocaust as an historical event. USUN seeks to submit a resolution to the Gene [...] | 2006-12-14 18:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KAWC KUNR UNGA |
06VIENNA573 | DEMARCHE ON MULTILATERAL APPROACH TO CHARLES [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa; to Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division; and to Klaus Famira-Parcsetich, the MFA's Acting European Political Correspondent [...] | 2006-02-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC XY AU |
06WELLINGTON398 | NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCE ON GENOCIDE [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (C) On May 15, Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Valerie Meyer; Deputy Director; United Nations, Human Rights, and Commonwealth Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Meyer responded that representatives from her division [...] | 2006-05-24 22:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KAWC NZ |
06WELLINGTON698 | NEW ZEALAND: NO ONE FROM CAPITAL TO ATTEND [...] (U) On August 24, Poloff delivered to Gerard van Bohemen, International Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) the Department's responses to Ref A questions. 2. (SBU) van Bohemen responded on August 31 that due to "pressure on travel budgets and other commitments, Wellin [...] | 2006-09-05 05:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KAWC NZ |
06ZAGREB1 | TWO YEARS IN POWER: RESILIENCE AND STABILITY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his second year in office, PM Ivo Sanader led his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) through domestic difficulties and over critical Euro-Atlantic integration hurdles. At the same time, he sustained a government coalition whose unquestionable stability defies th [...] | 2006-01-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM PHUM PREF HR |
06ZAGREB1251 | CROATIA AND SERBIA TO EXCHANGE WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic signed a bilateral agreement in Zagreb October 13 on cooperation in war crimes prosecutions. Like the document Bajic signed with his Montenegrin counterpart in July (reftel),the a [...] | 2006-10-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV SR HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB1285 | JUDGE ORDERS GLAVAS DETAINED [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Zagreb County Court today ordered the detention of MP Branimir Glavas to prevent him from intimidating witnesses in an ongoing war crimes investigation that implicates him in the torture and murder of Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991 (reftels). Parliament, which e [...] | 2006-10-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB1352 | INTERNATIONALS SEE GLAVAS AS JUDICIAL TEST CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Observers in the international community are calling the war crimes investigation against MP Branimir Glavas (reftels) a test case of the maturity of the Croatian judiciary that will serve as an indicator of readiness for Euro-Atlantic integration. Glavas, now the sub [...] | 2006-11-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB1380 | DEBATE ON GLAVAS DETENTION DIVIDES PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks postponed a vote today that may have led to the release of MP Branimir Glavas from detention (reftels). The planned vote did not have PM Ivo Sanader's support and had sparked widespread public criticism. Glavas has been in detention [...] | 2006-11-17 16:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB1390 | CROATIAN PM SANADER ASSURES AMBASSADOR ABOUT GLAVAS [...] (C) Ambassador told PM Ivo Sanader November 20 that the USG was watching carefully the progress of the Glavas case (reftel) and how the parliament dealt with it. He encouraged Sanader to promote a solution that preserved the principles of rule of law and equality of all Croatians before the la [...] | 2006-11-20 16:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB1405 | PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS GLAVAS DETENTION [...] Parliament voted November 22 to confirm a committee decision to strip MP Branimir Glavas of his immunity from detention, allowing the court to keep him in detention based both on the gravity of the alleged crimes and the protection of witnesses (reftels). Glavas could face up to a year of inv [...] | 2006-11-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB1436 | SETBACK IN GLAVAS INVESTIGATION [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Zagreb County Court investigative judge Zdenko Posavec decided December 2 to release MP Branimir Glavas from detention and suspend further investigative hearings into his suspected involvement in war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991 due to his deteriorated health afte [...] | 2006-12-04 13:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB1466 | DECISION TO RELEASE GLAVAS OVERTURNED [...] A Zagreb County Court panel of judges on December 11 quashed the December 2 decision of investigative judge Zdenko Posavec to release MP Branimir Glavas from detention and suspend further investigative hearings into his suspected involvement in war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991 in the [...] | 2006-12-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB183 | NEW JUSTICE MINISTER INHERITS SOLID JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KAWC PGOV PREL HR |
06ZAGREB233 | GLAVAS: WINGS CLIPPED, BUT WATCH THE CLAWS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Branimir Glavas, the Slavonian strongman who broke ranks with PM Ivo Sanader and the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) last year (ref C),has been politically isolated and his power limited to Osijek and the surrounding county. While Glavas currently serves as th [...] | 2006-02-22 13:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR |
06ZAGREB294 | LORA RE-TRIAL VERDICT: CROATIAN JUDGES FIND [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Split County Court on March 2 found eight Croatian soldiers guilty of the torture and murder of ethnic Serb civilians at Lora Prison in 1992. Sentences ranged from six to eight years in prison. This decision reverses a notoriously biased 2002 acquittal thrown out by [...] | 2006-03-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB366 | ICJ CASES WEAVE DANGEROUS WEB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In light of recent local media reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina's case against Serbia and Montenegro before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and speculation regarding a possible future BiH case against Croatia, PolOff met March 15 with Professor Ivan Simonovi [...] | 2006-03-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL PGOV BK SR HR |
06ZAGREB461 | VPOTUS SCENESETTER: PUSHING CROATIA'S INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vice President Cheney will visit Croatia at a time of political optimism following the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union in October 2005, the arrest of war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina in December 2005, and the prospect of NATO membership growing [...] | 2006-04-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR |
06ZAGREB560 | GLAVAS: PROSECUTOR ASKS PARLIAMENT TO STRIP [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic asked Parliament on April 25 to strip Osijek strongman Branimir Glavas of his immunity as an MP in order to indict him on charges of war crimes against ethnic Serb civilians in 1991 (reftels). Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, wh [...] | 2006-05-03 11:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB588 | GLAVAS: PARLIAMENT LIFTS IMMUNITY [...] (U) Parliament voted on May 10 by an overwhelming majority to strip Osijek strongman Branimir Glavas of his immunity from criminal prosecution as a member of parliament. This opens the door for Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic to pursue an indictment against him on charges of war crimes ag [...] | 2006-05-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB823 | CROATIA SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During your July 9-10 stop in Dubrovnik for the conference "Completing Europe's Southern Dimension: The Values that Bind Us," you will witness firsthand the GoC's unshakable enthusiasm for promoting Euro-Atlantic integration. Still paddling on the wave of political op [...] | 2006-07-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR |
06ZAGREB871 | A/S FRIED MEETING WITH CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic exchanged views on the failure of Serbian PM Kostunica to acknowledge that independence was Kosovo's ultimate destiny. Grabar-Kitarovic suggested slowing down the Kosovo status process to avoid destabilizing the Kostun [...] | 2006-07-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC NATO HR SR YI |
06ZAGREB884 | GLAVAS: PROSECUTION SEEKS DETENTION OVER WITNESS [...] (U) Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic requested on July 20 that the Zagreb County Court order the detention of MP Branimir Glavas to prevent him from intimidating witnesses in an ongoing war crimes investigation that implicates him in the torture and murder of Serb civilians in 1991 (reftels) [...] | 2006-07-21 14:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB898 | NEW PAGE IN RELATIONS WITH SERBIA? [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: PM Ivo Sanader capped a recent surge in bilateral contact between Serbia and Croatia by opening the new Bajakovo-Batrovci border crossing with Serbian PM Kostunica on July 21 and traveling to Belgrade for meetings with both Kostunica and Serbian President Tadic. While [...] | 2006-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SR HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
06ZAGREB907 | GOC LEADERS CONDEMN ETHNIC ATTACK [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GOC swiftly responded to an ethnic attack in Biljane Donje in the Zadar region on 25 July in which four men stoned and set alight ethnic Serb returnee homes. The President and Deputy PM, along with ethnic Serb MPs, visited the families following the incident and [...] | 2006-07-28 10:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KAWC PREL HR |
06ZAGREB92 | GOTOVINA - SHIFTING FROM MANHUNT TO DEFENSE FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With the manhunt over, GoC attention has shifted to managing public expectations regarding the defense of ICTY indictee Ante Gotovina. While still unofficial, the GoC clearly intends to fund at least a portion of Gotovina's defense team, as he was acting in his capaci [...] | 2006-01-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL RGOV HR |
06ZAGREB941 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON: CROATIA MODEL FOR REGION IN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 31 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson welcomed Croatia's assistance on Serbia's Action Plan on ICTY cooperation and called on officials to continue their efforts to promote regional cooperation in addressing domestic war crim [...] | 2006-08-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY SR HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB943 | MARGETIC - CROATIANS ARREST JOURNALIST AT ICTY [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian authorities arrested journalist Domagoj Margetic on August 4 for contempt of court at the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after he published on his U.S.-based website a list of 102 protected witnesses from the tri [...] | 2006-08-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC KHJUS HR WAR CRIMES |
06ZAGREB948 | OPERATION STORM VIDEO - PROSECUTOR LAUNCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic has forwarded the war-time video recently aired on Belgrade's B-92 television to the Ministry of Interior and requested a full investigation of the crimes shown. After watching the video and reviewing an extensive analysis done by C [...] | 2006-08-10 08:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ADDISABABA1130 | AMIR MESHAL: STATUS OF DECISION [...] (S/NF) Per reftel, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum on April 13. FM Seyoum responded that the GOE would work in close consultation with the USG on this case in the coming days. MFA acting Director General for Europe and America Almaz Ameha said she would [...] | 2007-04-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | CASC EAIR KHLS KAWC PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA1131 | SOMALI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DETAINED FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an April 11 press conference in Addis Ababa, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdikarin Farah acknowledged that 41 suspected foreign terrorists had been captured in Somalia and were in Ethiopian custody, and that another 200 were being de [...] | 2007-04-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM KISL KAWC KJUS SO ET |
07ADDISABABA170 | ETHIOPIA SENTENCES DERGUE LEADERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia's 12-year trial of former Dergue officials concluded on December 12, 2006, with the conviction of dictator Mengistu Hailemariam and 56 other members of his Communist regime on charges of genocide and murder. A single defendant was acquitted. During their 17-year reign, the De [...] | 2007-01-23 05:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS ET |
07ALGIERS652 | ALGERIANS OFFER NEARLY ALL ASSURANCES NEEDED FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In April 21-22 discussions led on the Algerian side by Counselor to the President for Counterterrorism Issues Kamel Rezag Bara, the government of Algeria gave oral assurances to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson and an interagency delegation to establish the terms for the transfer of Al [...] | 2007-05-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KAWC PHUM AG |
07ALGIERS877 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RETURN STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY AMD COMMENT: On June 19, Algeria's major newspaper El Watan ran a story about the April 2007 discussions between the U.S. and Algeria that cited alleged American conditions for the release of Guantanamo detainees. The El Watan story also bitterly criticized the U.S. conditions as [...] | 2007-06-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PHUM PINR PTER ICRC KAWC AG |
07AMMAN4463 | JORDANIAN NATIONALS FROM GTMO TRANSFERRED TO GOJ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER KAWC JO |
07ANKARA709 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TU |
07ARAJEVO753 | BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...] | 2007-04-06 07:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
07ASTANA1644 | KAZAKHSTAN: TREATMENT OF RETURNED GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Post has no reason to believe that the three Kazakhstanis returned from Guantanamo Bay have been mistreated by Kazakhstani authorities. Based on the GOK's overall record of excellent counterterrorism cooperation, we judge that the GOK is capable of receiving the final detainee if he is a [...] | 2007-06-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
07ATHENS616 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel request for Greek assistance in detainee resettlement to Foreign Minister Bakoyannis March 26. Bakoyannis, who had just returned from a visit to the U.S., responded that she would discuss our request with PM Karamanlis. She promised a more comprehensive resp [...] | 2007-03-26 08:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC GR |
07ATHENS638 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In a March 27 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary General Rocanas stated that FM Bakoyannis wanted to respond helpfully to the U.S. request for Guantanamo detainee resettlement. However, there were a number of questions the GOG needed to have answered [...] | 2007-03-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC GR |
07BAGHDAD3062 | CDA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DISCUSS SULTAN [...] (S) Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim told CDA Butenis and PolCouns September 8 that there would be significant public outrage if Sultan Hashim, formerly Saddam Hussein's Minister of Defense, were executed -- especially without the approval of the Presidency Council. The Iraqi people, she no [...] | 2007-09-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PINS PREL PGOV KJUS KAWC IZ |
07BANGKOK6012 | 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 |
07BRATISLAVA195 | SLOVAKIA UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches March 23 to MFA Acting Political Director Anna Turenicova, MFA Director for the Department of Asia, Africa and the Middle East Marion Tomasik, and Deputy Director for the Security Policy Department Ivan Vano. All were interested in the information [...] | 2007-03-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LO |
07BRATISLAVA262 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES ICTY/R AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Bratislava on April 23-24, 2007 for meetings with MFA interlocutors to discuss the close out of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the upcoming election of a new ICTY Prosecutor, and th [...] | 2007-05-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LO |
07BRUSSELS1048 | ASKING BELGIUM TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) CDA IMBRIE DISCUSSED REF REQUEST FOR BELGIUM TO ACCEPT NON-BELGIAN DETAINEES AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT THEM WITH FM KAREL DE GUCHT ON 3/28/2007. HE OFFERED A FULLER BRIEFING (TO BE DRAWN FROM REFTELS AND DETAINEE INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT) AS DESIRED. 2. (C/NF [...] | 2007-03-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR KAWC BE |
07BRUSSELS1164 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL [...] (C/NF) CHARGE DISCUSSED ISSUE OF BELGIUM ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES WITH MFA DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF WALTER STEVENS ON 4/3/2007. 2. (C/NF) STEVENS ADVISED THAT THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, JUSTICE, INTERIOR, AND DEFENSE) DI [...] | 2007-04-05 09:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KAWC BE |
07BUCHAREST388 | ROMANIA’S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Deputy Polcons delivered per instructions reftel demarches (B-D) on April 4, to MFA Director for OSCE, Council of Europe and Human Rights Brandusa Predescu. In response to Predescu's inquiry, Deputy Polcons confirmed that this demarche was separate from earlier ones (ref a). Predescu said she u [...] | 2007-04-05 12:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC PHUM RO |
07BUDAPEST517 | HUNGARY: RESETTLEMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Embassy Budapest assesses the likelihood of a favorable response to reftel request to be highly remote. 2. (C) The GoH has discussed the resettlement of several dozen Cuban refugees from Guantanamo at the highest levels and is reportedly giving the proposal favorable consideration. M [...] | 2007-04-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL PHUM |
07DAKAR1966 | International Donor's Conference for the Habre trial [...] (SBU) The Government of Senegal had initially planned to hold a donor's conference for a future trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre on September 17 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Gadio and Minister of Justice Sy chairing it. That plan was abandoned and no new dates have been dete [...] | 2007-10-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KAWC SG CD |
07DHAKA167 | FORMER GUANTANANAMO BAY DETAINEE RE-ARRESTED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG |
07DHAKA365 | FORMER GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Police told embassy contacts that on February 28 former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mubarak Hussain was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail. The charge of violating Bangladeshi immigrations laws for entering the country without a passport is still pending. No trial date has been set. [...] | 2007-03-05 09:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG |
07DHAKA367 | FORMER GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Police told embassy contacts that on February 28 former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mubarak Hussain was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail. The charge of violating Bangladeshi immigrations laws for entering the country without a passport is still pending. No trial date has been set. [...] | 2007-03-05 23:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG |
07DILI338 | COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 06:51:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID |
07FREETOWN439 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE HANDS DOWN SENTENCES IN THE [...] (U) On June 20, the three judges of Trial Chambers II at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) found Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara, and Santigie Kanu, three former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) leaders, guilty of 11 of 14 counts of crimes against humanity (reftel). On Jul [...] | 2007-07-23 17:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN464 | SPECIAL COURT DELIVERS GUILTY VERDICT IN CDF TRIAL [...] (U) On August 2, Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa of the Civil Defence Force (CDF) were found guilty of war crimes committed during Sierra Leone's decade long civil war by a majority of the three judges of Trial Chamber I in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Fofana was convicted on f [...] | 2007-08-02 20:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN611 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE SENTENCES FOFANAH [...] (U) Summary: On October 9, the Special Court for Sierra Leone sentenced Moinina Fofanah and Allielu Kondewa, former leaders of the Civil Defense Force, to 6 and 8 years in prison, respectively. Time already served in detention was counted toward the sentences, meaning that Fofanah will comple [...] | 2007-10-10 18:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KAWC SL |
07FREETOWN615 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT SEEKING MORE MONEY AND [...] (C) Summary and action request: In a meeting with Ambassador and emboffs on October 10, Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, reviewed the budget and timeline for the Special Court. Rapp expects that the court will require at least an additional $49 million to contin [...] | 2007-10-11 16:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KDEM PHUM PINR PREL SL |
07HELSINKI250 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials in the MFA's Political Secretariat and Office for Human Rights about the possibility of resettling Guantanamo detainees in Finland. Finland has previously rejected several US requests to [...] | 2007-04-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR FI |
07ISLAMABAD333 | SIX PAKISTANI DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM BAGRAM [...] (S/NF) On January 8, 2007, CJTF-76 and Bagram's Task Force Guardian repatriated six (6) Pakistani nationals previously held at Bagram (Ref A). PolCouns and an ODRP officer were present for the detainees arrival at Chakala Air Base, Rawalpindi. Ministry of Interior/National Crisis Managemen [...] | 2007-01-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD872 | GOP INQUIRY INTO GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C//NF) During a January 26 lunch with visiting SCA DAS John Gastright, MFA officials queried emboffs regarding the prospects for the release of Pakistani detainees currently in custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention ce [...] | 2007-02-24 06:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PK PREL PTER |
07JAKARTA1227 | COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIEDNSHIP SESSION II [...] (C) Summary: The last two days of Session II (March 26-30) of the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timore Leste was a continued study in contrasts. Prominent Indonesian Generals, active and retired, postulated a description of events that at times almost seemed to mock the intent [...] | 2007-05-01 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID |
07JAKARTA908 | COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HEARINGS [...] (C) Summary: Following up on two days of hearings in Bali in February, the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) began a weeklong series of hearings March 26-30. Featuring both prominent (Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Belo and former Indonesian President Habibie) [...] | 2007-03-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID |
07KABUL1074 | GOA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C/REL GOA) At a meeting on detainee transfer issues on April 1, deputy polmilcouns and polmiloff informed Malik Quraishi (Director of Policy and Oversight),Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director),and Abdullah Popal (Director of Internal Policy) in Afghanistan's Office of the National [...] | 2007-04-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
07KABUL1078 | AFGHAN NATIONAL DETENTION FACILITY OPENS MARCH 25; [...] (SBU) This is an Action request. Please see paragraph 9. --------------------------------------- ANDF March 25 Opening, Press Reaction --------------------------------------- 2. (S/NF) The Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) in the Pol-e-Charkhi prison compound was opened formally [...] | 2007-04-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL1091 | FIRST 12 DETAINEES TRANSFERRED TO AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] (S/REL GOA) CSTC-A Detainee Operations has confirmed that the first 12 Afghan detainees were transferred on April 2 from Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) to Afghan Government custody at the Afghan National Detention Facility. Reuters carried a report today on the transfer citing the [...] | 2007-04-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL1093 | INTERVIEW WITH BAGRAM DETAINEE AHEAD OF POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (S/NF) Post scheduled our Refugee Coordinator to interview Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) detainee Abdul Aziz Rashid Al Muteri (US9SA-001816DP) on March 24. As requested in reftel, Refugee Coordinator consulted bef [...] | 2007-04-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR KAWC PINS PREL PTER AF SA |
07KABUL1220 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: PALACE CONVENES DETAINEE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post continues to encourage the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) to exert both executive and administrative leadership regarding detainee issues as we press for the remaining pieces of a legal framework. Post continues to explore ONSC and parliamentary views on in [...] | 2007-04-12 03:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL1456 | BAGRAM THEATER INTERNMENT FACILITY--PAKISTANI, YEMENI DETAINEE ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | AF KAWC MARR PINS PK PREL PTER |
07KABUL1558 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA OFFICIALS OUTLINE [...] (S/NF) Summary and Action Request: Please advise regarding Post's paragraph 9-13 suggestions on possible legal vehicles and next steps. Building on reftel efforts, Post has continued, ahead of and during the 1-3 May advance team visit of L/PM Attorney Adviser Eric Pelofsky and OSD Global Secu [...] | 2007-05-08 13:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL1577 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: REVIEW BOARD ON PLANNED [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Afghan Detainee Review Board (DRB) convened for its third regular session on May 8. The GOA advised that they plan to file charges next week against 10 of the first 12 detainees who were transferred from Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) to the Afghan National Deten [...] | 2007-05-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL1755 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: CHARGES OUTLINED AGAINST [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) legal adviser has now outlined charges to be brought against 10 of the first group of 12 detainees transferred to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF). NDS is waiting for information from provinces in the remaining two [...] | 2007-05-27 07:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL1779 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: NON-PAPER ON SECURITY [...] (S) On May 25, the Ambassador delivered the ref C non-paper on security detention to President Karzai in a one-on-one meeting. Karzai undertook to review the matter. On May 26, Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim told A/DCM that President Karzai had held an internal meeti [...] | 2007-05-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR NATO PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL2136 | DETAINEES: UPDATE ON TRANSFER-RELATED ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Transfers to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) resumed on June 3, and the ANDF now contains 56 detainees. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has relayed charges for the first 12 detainees transferred in April to the Attorney General's prosecutors, who have a [...] | 2007-07-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL231 | GOA APPROVES RELEASE OF TWO GUANTANAMO BAY [...] (S/REL GOA) CSTCA-A has advised Government of Afghanistan (GOA) approval for February release via PTS of two Afghan detainees in Guantanamo Bay: US9AF-000987DP Haji GHALIB and US9AF-001037DP Nazar GUL. 2. (S/REL GOA) CSTCA-A advises that the GOA does not concur with release of two other de [...] | 2007-01-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF |
07KABUL2370 | IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On July 18 polmiloff notified Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the three Afghan detainees listed in reftel A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO [...] | 2007-07-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
07KABUL2571 | IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On August 4 polmiloff notified Malik Quraishi, Director of Policy and Oversight in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the four Afghan detainees listed in reftel A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay ( [...] | 2007-08-06 07:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
07KABUL2647 | FIRST TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO [...] (S/REL TO IRoA) On August 9, the first transfer of Afghans from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to ANDF occurred. Without specifying where detainees would be transferred from, polmiloff alerted Zia Mohammed Salehi, Situation Room Director at IRoA's Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) beforeha [...] | 2007-08-09 12:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL2689 | DETAINEES: IROA PREPARES FOR FIRST TRIALS AT ANDF [...] (S/NF) Summary: Following July and August transfers from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and Guantanamo Bay (GTMO),more Afghans are in IRoA custody in the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) than remain at GTMO. Afghanistan's court system was reorganized in July, and the S [...] | 2007-08-13 06:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL3191 | IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C/REL to IRoA) On September 18 PolMilOff notified Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),that the seven Afghan detainees listed in ref A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) in approxim [...] | 2007-09-20 14:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
07KABUL3277 | SECOND TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO [...] (S/REL TO IRoA) On September 29, the second transfer of Afghans from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) occurred. PolMilOff alerted Malik Quraishi, Director of Policy and Oversight at IRoA's Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) beforehand that a t [...] | 2007-09-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL3495 | MORE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) At a meeting on detainee transfer issues on October 7, PolMilOffs informed Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director) in Afghanistan's Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the two Afghan detainees listed in reftel will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) pr [...] | 2007-10-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
07KABUL3604 | DETAINEES: RELEASE OF BTIF DETAINEE KHALED SAMI [...] (S/NF) This is an action cable--see paragraph two. This has been coordinated with Task-Force Guardian. 2. (S/NF) Action: Based on the Canadian assurances detailed in paragraphs three and four, we recommend the Deputy Secretary of Defense approve the release to Canada of Khaled SIPDIS [...] | 2007-10-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL3656 | DETAINEES: RUNUP TO FIRST TRIALS AT AFGHAN [...] (S/NF) Summary/Comment: On October 3, the first 12 detainees transferred to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) from Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) in April were arraigned before Afghan judges at the ANDF with defense counsel and the Attorney General's (AG) prosecutor pres [...] | 2007-10-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL369 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Afghan interagency national security, military, and legal experts have not arrived at a final position on how the GOA will deal with "security detainees" -- i.e., those individuals that the GOA is unlikely or unable to prosecute in the Afghan national security or criminal just [...] | 2007-02-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM AF |
07KABUL3768 | THIRD TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO [...] (S/REL IROA) On November 4, eight Afghans were transferred from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghanistan National Detention Facility (ANDF); IRoA officials were notified verbally on October 29 of the (then pending) transfer. On November 5, Emboffs met with Zia Mohammed Salehi, Director of the [...] | 2007-11-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL3960 | IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 20:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
07KABUL4112 | TRANSFER OF 13 AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO AFGHAN [...] (S) On 13 December, 13 Afghans were transferred from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghanistan National Detention Facility (ANDF); IRoA officials were notified verbally on November 14 of the (then pending) transfer. On December 10, Emboff met with Zia Mohammed Salehi, Director of the Situation [...] | 2007-12-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PGOV PINS PREL PTER AF |
07KABUL558 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: READOUT FROM FEBRUARY [...] (S) Summary: Afghan legal experts are still preparing the GoA's response to our request for a written description of the legal framework that the GoA would apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and Guantanomo (GTMO) to GoA custody at the Afghan Nati [...] | 2007-02-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL652 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA PROVIDES PART ONE [...] (S) As promised (reftel A),on February 19 the GOA provided a written description of the legal framework that will apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and later possibly from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to GOA custody at the Afghan National Detention Fac [...] | 2007-02-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL68 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (S) Summary: Deputy National Security Adviser Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada convened GOA representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Justice, and the National Directorate of Security on January 2 to discuss the legal basis for detention and prosecution of any detainees transferred [...] | 2007-01-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF |
07KABUL696 | EXPEDITING MEDICAL RELEASE/TRANSFER OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Per ref A, Canadian officials paid a first consular visit to detainee Khaled Samy Abdalla ISMAIL in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) on January 11 and advised that Mr. Ismail, who is a dual Canadian/Egyptian national, [...] | 2007-03-04 06:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | CASC KAWC MARR PTER CONS CA EG AF |
07KABUL722 | GERMAN MP REQUESTS TOUR OF BAGRAM THEATER [...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) In mid-February, German Ambassador to Kabul Dr.Hans-Ulrich Seidt wrote letters to Ambassador Neumann, COMISAF GEN McNeill, and CJTF-76 Commander MG Rodriguez on behalf of German parliamentarian Mrs. Elke Hoff of the Free Democra [...] | 2007-03-04 13:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER CONS GM AF |
07KABUL758 | GERMAN MP REQUESTS TOUR OF BAGRAM THEATER [...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) In mid-February, German Ambassador to Kabul Dr.Hans-Ulrich Seidt wrote letters to Ambassador Neumann, COMISAF GEN McNeill, and CJTF-76 Commander MG Rodriguez on behalf of German parliamentarian Mrs. Elke Hoff of the Free Democra [...] | 2007-03-05 15:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER CONS GM AF |
07KABUL791 | NOTIFICATION: TWO AFGHAN DETAINEES IN GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) This is an action request: Please pass paragraph two information to appropriate Department of Defense colleagues to begin the transfer process: 2. (S) COL Humdard of the Afghan Ministry of Interior advised CSTC-A Detainee Operations on March 5 that he approves release of the following [...] | 2007-03-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC PTER MARR AF |
07KABUL806 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA PART TWO RESPONSE [...] (S) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (S) Expecting to receive the remainder of the GOA response on the detainee legal framework that will apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) to Afghan custody at the Afghan National Detention Facil [...] | 2007-03-09 12:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KABUL956 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: REVIEW BOARD MEETS [...] (S) Summary: The GOA has been informed that the first transfer of 13 detainees to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) is scheduled for March 25, when the facility will be formally opened; the actual transfer will occur on April 2. Post passed evidentiary files for the first transfer [...] | 2007-03-25 03:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF |
07KHARTOUM73 | MFA RAISES GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (C) On January 17, MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi raised the matter of Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo with the DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor during a meeting to which they were summoned (other aspects covered septel). Al-Sanosi specifically requested an update on the status of Sani [...] | 2007-01-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM KAWC US SU |
07KHARTOUM97 | DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GUANTANAMO DETENTIONS [...] On January 23, the Government of Sudan sanctioned a peaceful demonstration to protest the continuing detention of Sudanese nationals at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Approximately 100 protesters took part in the march, which included a riot police escort. A smaller grou [...] | 2007-01-23 13:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PINR PHUM KAWC KPAO SOCI ASEC SU |
07KIGALI1069 | RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR [...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...] | 2007-11-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PHUM PGOV RW |
07KIGALI954 | ICTR PROSECUTOR ASKS FOR HELP IN POTENTIAL CASES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with Charge and pol/econ chief on October 17 to discuss potential cases against Rwandan officials and the importance of witness protection. [...] | 2007-10-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PHUM PREL RW |
07KUWAIT1120 | KUWAIT WAR CRIMES CASE IN HOLDING PATTERN AT IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Robert Monk of the United States Regime Crimes Liaison Office at the Iraq High Tribunal (IHT) told GOK officials on July 10 and 11 that the Kuwait war crimes case before the IHT would likely not be the next case heard by the tribunal despite being the case most ready to go to t [...] | 2007-07-16 06:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KJUS KAWC IZ KU |
07KUWAIT412 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR INTERAGENCY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Chris Camponovo (NSC),Alan Liotta (DoD),Marisa Porges (DoD),and Andrew Morrison, (DoS) to travel to post o/a March 23-25, 2007. The purpose of the interagency delegation's visit is to consult with Kuwait government officials o [...] | 2007-03-22 17:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT AFIN ABUD ASEC KAWC KU |
07LJUBLJANA186 | SLOVENIA CONCERNED ABOUT ITS ABILITY TO INTEGRATE [...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche points March 26 to Ambassador Roman Kirn, Director of the Division for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kirn listened carefully to our request for Slovenia to accept detainees ready for release, and remarked that this is an important developmen [...] | 2007-03-28 05:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC |
07LJUBLJANA230 | SLOVENIA DEMURS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PHUM PREL |
07LUXEMBOURG127 | RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING RESETTLEMENT OF TWO [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ chief delivered demarche points contained reftel A and B to the MFA Transatlantic Affairs Officer. There was no immediate response. 2. (C) COMMENT: We assess that we will not receive any response from the GOL until 17 April at the earliest because of the ongoing dis [...] | 2007-04-06 12:32:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL PHUM LU |
07MADRID596 | SPAIN ON TAKING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SP |
07NAIROBI944 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/WCI AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the [...] | 2007-02-27 16:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC APER KAWC KE |
07NDJAMENA623 | UNDER-AGE RECRUITMENT IN CHAD [...] SUMMARY: International media attention to under-age recruitment in Chad, stimulated by reports from Human Rights Watch and UN, has brought an indignant rebuke from the government spokesman, but, at the working level, it appears to have resulted in enhanced cooperation from the Ministry of De [...] | 2007-07-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MCAP KAWC PREL CD |
07NOUAKCHOTT88 | MAURITANIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO [...] The issue of the Mauritanians currently detained at Guantanamo receives a relatively low key, but fairly steady, drumbeat of attention in this country. The three, all claimed to be of Mauritanian nationality, are listed in the press as Mohamedou Ould Salahi, described as having been turned ov [...] | 2007-01-29 13:48:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KISL KJUS PREL MR |
07OSLO289 | NORWAY WILL CONSIDER REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR NO |
07PARAMARIBO323 | INACTION AS POLICY: ARTICLE 98 IN SURINAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the uniformed military, the Government of Suriname (GOS) appears to stick to its position that if it joins the International Criminal Court (ICC) it will also sign an Article 98 agreement. However, it will not be likely to [...] | 2007-06-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | NS PREL PGOV KAWC |
07PARIS1424 | FRANCE NOT INITIALLY ENCOURAGING ON RECEIVING GTMO [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarches March 22 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Security Pierre Thenard and, following the meeting, provided ref B points March 23 as an aide memoire. Recalling the MFA's reaction to a U.S. approach several months ago to accept Uighers as "completely negative," Th [...] | 2007-04-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG EUN |
07PODGORICA215 | MONTENEGRO ARRESTS PIFWC VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Montenegrin police arrested Hague indictee Vlastimir Djordjevic on June 17 in Budva. The arrest was executed in cooperation with Serbian police and the ICTY. Djordjevic was flown directly to The Hague on the afternoon of June 17. Local media reported he was working in construction [...] | 2007-06-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC KCRM MW SR |
07PODGORICA36 | MONTENEGRO AND WAR CRIMES [...] (U) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO HAS BEEN COMMENDED BY ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE FOR ITS COOPERATION WITH THE HAGUE. YET AS ONGOING COURT CASES DEMONSTRATE MONTENEGRO'S PAST IS NOT SPOTLESS. FOUR DISTINCT ACTIONS ARE THE SUBJECT OF ONGOING OR POTENTIAL LAW CASES END SUMMARY 1991 - YUGOSLAV [...] | 2007-02-14 08:34:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW |
07PODGORICA46 | MONTENEGRO WELCOMES ICJ RULING [...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S PRESIDENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE WELCOMED THE FEBRUARY 26 RULING BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) THAT ABSOLVED MONTENEGRO FROM LIABILITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S 1993 GENOCIDE SUIT AGAINST THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC SAID THE ICJ'S DECISION CONFIRMED [...] | 2007-02-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC KPAO MW SR |
07PRAGUE367 | CZECH RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DOUBTFUL [...] (C) DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Pojar on April 6 to request resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in the Czech Republic. Pojar thought it was "doubtful" the Czechs would accept the detainees, but agreed to consider the request. (The Czechs declined a similar request when it was posed by [...] | 2007-04-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC AU BE BU CA DA EN |
07PRISTINA68 | KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...] | 2007-01-25 18:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI |
07REYKJAVIK82 | ICELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) On March 26 Ambassador discussed resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in a meeting with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and MFA advisor Jorundur Valtysson. Sverrisdottir said she would welcome the eventual closing of the detention facility but her government would need to study clo [...] | 2007-03-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC |
07REYKJAVIK92 | ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC |
07ROME1163 | AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS, [...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona, Deputy Legal Advisor Valerio Astraldi, Director of the Great Lakes Office Orazio Guanciale and UN Coordinator Giamberto De Vito on May 21 to discuss the International Crimin [...] | 2007-05-29 08:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PREL PGOV IT |
07ROME634 | ITALY AND GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AMBASSADOR WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG IT |
07SANAA1145 | TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO YEMEN, JUNE 2007 [...] (S/NF) Post confirms that on 19 June at between 1900 and 2100 local (1600 - 1800Z) Pol/Econ Officer Jed T. Dornburg signed change of custody paperwork for the four GTMO detainees listed below who were then transferred to the control of the Yemeni Government through MFA official Hadi HAIDRA. [...] | 2007-06-20 14:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
07SANAA1360 | HUMANE TREATMENT OF GTMO RETURNEES VERIFIED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KAWC PHUM PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA1906 | FOUR GTMO DETAINEES RELEASED [...] (C) Yemeni online news outlets reported on October 9 and 10 that four prisoners who had previously been detained at Guantanamo Bay had been released. According to the pro-government website 26 September.net, the four, Fawaz Noman Hamoud, Ali Muhsen Nasser, Sadiq Mohamed Saeed Ismael and Han [...] | 2007-10-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
07SARAJEVO100 | BOSNIA - OBSTACLES AND OPENINGS FOR TRANSNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 11, the Charge and State Court President Meddzida Kreso discussed the possibility of Bosnia making judicial cooperation agreements with neighboring countries. The discussion was a continuation of the dialogue USG officials are encouraging among the Balkan countries ab [...] | 2007-01-16 17:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV BK |
07SARAJEVO1042 | BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC SIGNALS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE [...] (C) President Haris Silajdzic says that he views his trip to Washington the week of May 21 as a good opportunity to reach basic agreements on police and constitutional reform. Silajdzic said that the concurrent visit of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik to Washington would allo [...] | 2007-05-14 15:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO1068 | BOSNIA - THE STATE PROSECUTOR AND STATE COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica from July 11, 1995 has placed the issue of war crimes prsecutions near the top of the Bosnian political genda. The current political environment has highlghted criti [...] | 2007-05-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KAWC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO1211 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC SUGGESTS RAISING SREBRENICA AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Srebrenica Initiative Board announced plans to hold a public demonstration in front of parliament on June 11 in support if its demand for secession from Republika Srpska. Spokesmen for all three major Bosniak parties endorsed the demonstration. Earlier in the week, the Party [...] | 2007-06-01 15:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KAWC KJUS UN BK |
07SARAJEVO1317 | YOUR JUNE 13-14 VISIT TO SARAJEVO [...] (C) Your visit comes at a particularly troubled time in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a reemergence of nationalism and inflammatory rhetoric has elevated the political temperature to levels some say has not been seen since before the war. With Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Stojan Zupljanin re [...] | 2007-06-12 05:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC KJUS PREL ICTY BK |
07SARAJEVO1403 | AMB. WILLIAMSON DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON PIFWCS, [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Sarajevo, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson met with top Bosnian politicians, justice officials and members of international organizations to discuss improving Bosnia's justice system in advance of the ICTY's planned 2009 clos [...] | 2007-06-25 05:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY KJUS PGOV BK |
07SARAJEVO1503 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Only the second week into his tenure as High Representative, Miroslav Lajcak will use the Bonn Powers on July 10 to amend state-level legislation in order to strengthen Bosnia,s ability to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Lajca [...] | 2007-07-09 18:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO1529 | VISA INELIGIBILITY ON FOREIGN POLICY GROUNDS - [...] (U) Action request: see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On July 10, the High Representative Miroslav Lajcak dismissed Mr. Dragomir Andan from office for activities deemed to obstruct implementation of the Dayton Agreement. Andan is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the former Director of th [...] | 2007-07-13 05:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | CIVS KAWC ICTY PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO1547 | BOSNIA - SREBRENICA: AN ISSUE DEFLATED, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and representatives from the international community July 11 participated in events to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 1995 genocide that took place in Srebrenica. The commemoration followed a politically tense four months in Bosnia after the International Cour [...] | 2007-07-16 13:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO1570 | STATE COURT ACQUITS SERB WARTIME MINISTER OF WAR [...] (U) On July 18 the BiH State Court acquitted Momcilo Mandic on charges of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians during the 1992-95 conflict. The war crimes case against Mandic cited his role as Assistant Minister of Interior in the "Serb Republic of Bosnia" in 199 [...] | 2007-07-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO1624 | VISA INELIGIBILITY ON FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On July 16 the Office of the High Representative supplied Embassy with a list of 90 individuals who are currently under investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for suspected involvement in war crimes in conne [...] | 2007-07-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | CIVS KAWC ICTY PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO1625 | BOSNIA: DONOR CONSENSUS GROWS FOR BUILDING A STATE [...] (C) Summary: Radovan Stankovic's escape from Foca Prison in the Republika Srpska dramatically demonstrated the legal and physical shortcomings of housing convicted war criminals and other dangerous convicts in entity prisons. Stankovic's case has galvanized the international community to reex [...] | 2007-07-27 09:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO1663 | BOSNIA - THE NEW HIGHREP: A NEW STYLE, NEW HOPE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In his first few weeks on the job, new High Representative Miroslav Lajcak has moved quickly to take charge of OHR and improve its operations. He has also sent a clear signal to Bosnian political leaders and the Bosnian public that he will be a different kind of HighRep than hi [...] | 2007-08-01 14:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO1990 | BOSNIA - YOUTUBE, FORMER BOSNIAN COMMANDER DELIC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, a video clip of Rasim Delic, the highest ranking Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY),addressing mujahedeen surfaced. Delic is accused of not preventing war crimes committed by mujahedeen during the 1992-1995 war. [...] | 2007-09-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KAWC KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2046 | BOSNIA - BUGOJNO WAR CRIMES AND DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, the State Prosecutor,s Office confirmed indictments of two individuals in its ongoing investigation of war crimes committed by the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH) in and around Bugojno during the 1992-1995 war. Bugojno was the scene of heavy fighting betwee [...] | 2007-09-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS KCRM MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO2073 | BOSNIA - INITIAL MEETING OF WAR CRIMES RECOVERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Strategy for War Crimes Recovery Working Group met for the first time on September 19. The Working Group was established by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the wake of the February International Court Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide took place in and around Sreb [...] | 2007-09-28 16:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS MCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2082 | YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS [...] (U) On September 29, a user identified as Hattab 72 posted a nine-minute video clip on YouTube threatening President Haris Silajdzic, Islamic Community President Reis Ceric, and SDA President Sulejman Tihic with &political, moral, and religious assassination8 if they continue to support the [...] | 2007-10-01 18:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KAWC KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2201 | BOSNIA - WAR CRIMES AND JURISPRUDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict earlier this year and the deteriorating political situation have stirred renewed interest in the country,s fragmented judicial system and its ability to manage war crimes cases. The State Court,s potential war crimes workload has e [...] | 2007-10-16 08:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICTY KAWC PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2555 | BOSNIA- CHALLENGES FOR THE STATE COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past four years, the State Prosecutor,s Office and State Court have made important strides building Bosnia,s capacity to try war crimes cases. Preliminary information on likely future war crimes cases suggests a demanding workload and challenges for both the prosecutor an [...] | 2007-11-27 16:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO500 | BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM, [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...] | 2007-03-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK |
07SARAJEVO509 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S OFFICE WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their February 26-27 meeting, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors agreed to continue the OHR's mandate with the aim of closing it down by June 30, 2008. Russia refused to join the consensus, however, insisting on a footnote in the communique highlighting [...] | 2007-03-06 14:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS KAWC BK |
07SARAJEVO526 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP BALKS AT ANNULLING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph six below. 2. (C) High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling convened a special session of the Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) on March 7 to discuss the recently released decision by the Bosnian Constitutional Court calling on the Bosnian [...] | 2007-03-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC BK UN |
07SARAJEVO556 | BOSNIA - TENSIONS RISE AS BOSNIAKS CALL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the February 26 International Court of Justice Verdict (ICJ) that genocide was committed in Srebrenica, there have been growing calls for giving the municipality special status within Bosnia. This campaign has been stoked by Bosniak politicians, particularly Bosniak member [...] | 2007-03-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO579 | BOSNIA: SREBRENICA "SPECIAL STATUS" SESSION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a response to the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) finding of genocide in Srebrenica, Srebrenica Municipality Mayor Abdurahman Malkic hosted a meeting on March 12 to discuss proposals that his municipality seceed from the Republika Srpska (RS) and receive "special status" [...] | 2007-03-13 18:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO596 | BOSNIA - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON FINDING OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. U.S. Must Vote on Whether to Acknowledge Geneocide --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (C) At the March 12 Foundation of Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery Executive Board Meeting, ("Foundation") Amor Ma [...] | 2007-03-15 19:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KAWC BK |
07SARAJEVO607 | BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC CALLS FOR RADICAL SURGERY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 12 ad hoc meeting (ref A) on the status of Srebrenica, the Ambassador met with Bosniak (Muslim) leaders March 14 to urge calm and solicit their plans for Srebrenica in light of the February 26 International Court of Justice verdict on genocide in Srebrenica. [...] | 2007-03-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO651 | BOSNIA - NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, Bosnia's prospects looked brighter than they had at any moment since Dayton. Today, the accomplishments of post-war reconstruction have been placed in question. Externally, the drawdown of the international presence here, coupled with Europe's stupor over future en [...] | 2007-03-23 16:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO686 | BOSNIA - SREBRENICA'S CITIZENS LIKELIEST LOSERS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long ignored by state and entity politicians, Srebrenica Municipality is now the subject of a tug-of-war pitting political interests of the country's leading Bosniak politicians against those of Srebrenica's local community. In the wake of the ICJ verdict, calls for Srebrenica's s [...] | 2007-03-29 08:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO706 | BOSNIA - BOSNIAK LEADERSHIP DISMISSES WARNINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29, the Ambassador and High Representative Schwarz Schilling met with the Bosniak political leadership to express their concern about growing political tensions over Srebrenica. They stressed the international community's commitment to helping Srebrenica residents and ur [...] | 2007-03-30 12:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO753 | BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...] | 2007-04-06 07:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO754 | BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SREBRENICA TO CALM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and embassy staff traveled to Srebrenica April 3 to meet with local citizens and to discuss possible improvements to living conditions for municipality residents. Srebrenica has been the subject of a Bosniak political movement for secession since the February ICJ verdi [...] | 2007-04-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO807 | BOSNIA - BRATUNAC THE NEXT SREBRENICA? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 12, 2007, the Bosniak Association "Women of Podrinje" intends to bury 108 identified victims of the May 1992 Bratunac massacre in land owned by the Islamic Community. However, Bratunac Mayor Nedeljko Mladjenovic (SDS) and Serb delegates in the Bratunac Municipal Council [...] | 2007-04-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO863 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC CONTINUES TO PROVOKE POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since he returned to Bosnian politics during last year's elections, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Siladjic has actively worked toward creating a Bosniak Muslim rejectionist front that, in his words to the Ambassador, "will stand up to the Serbs and be as obstructionis [...] | 2007-04-20 17:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK |
07SOFIA474 | BULGARIA NON-COMMITTAL ON GITMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 16:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC BU |
07STATE11550 | DEPUTIES BRIEFING ON DETAINEE LEGAL [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. (S) The Deputies Committee (DC) tasked the State Department with the following action in its November 29 Summary of Conclusions (SOC): "Embassy Kabul will obtain from the Afghan Ministry of Justice its written articulation of the legal b [...] | 2007-01-30 17:06:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PINS PREL KAWC AF |
07STATE15302 | REAPPOINTMENT OF SCSL REGISTRAR [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Department shares concerns about Lovemore Munlo's performance to date as SCSL Registrar. Allegations by the SCSL's own representative on the UN Management Committee and an AmCit employed by the Registry in Freetown (protect sources) [...] | 2007-02-07 14:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KAWC UN SL |
07STOCKHOLM315 | SWEDEN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] (c) DCM accompanied by Polcouns met 3/23 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to urge Sweden to consider resettlement of Guantanamo refugees (refs A and B). Skoog said the GoS would study the request, and noted that Sweden had received and seriously considered (but ultimately declined) a p [...] | 2007-03-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SW |
07STOCKHOLM368 | SWEDEN SAYS NO TO ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (c) MFA Political Director Olof Skoog told Polcouns 4/5 that the GoS had carefully considered but could not agree to the U.S. request to accept Guantanamo detainees (refs A-D). Skoog said the request had been reviewed by all relevant elements of the Swedish government, and there were compellin [...] | 2007-04-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KAWC PTER XG SW |
07TALLINN215 | ESTONIA CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUEST [...] (C) On March 23, we delivered (Ref A) points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security and Arms Control, on the possibility of Estonia accepting Guantanamo detainees. The issue is currently under review by the MFA's Undersecretary for Legal Affairs, who is "seriously considering" our request. [...] | 2007-03-29 14:49:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC EN |
07TOKYO153 | JAPAN'S VIEWS ON WAR CRIME ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a series of meetings on December 21-22, 2006, Senior Advisor to the Office of War Crime Issues Milbert Shin met with academics, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank scholars, and government officials to discuss progress in the establishment of the K [...] | 2007-01-12 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC KJUS KLIG PHUM PREL AS ID JA KCRM |
07TUNIS1157 | SECURING VIABLE ASSURANCES TO RESUME DETAINEE [...] (S) Serious allegations have been made regarding the treatment by Tunisian authorities of one of the two transferred Tunisians formerly detained at Guantanamo Bay. Before we can resume the transfer of detainees, the Embassy needs to review the allegations with senior GOT officials and obtain r [...] | 2007-08-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS139 | GOT ASSURANCES ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) On January 30, Ambassador raised GOT assurances related to the transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo with MFA Secretary of State for the Americas and Asia Saida Chtioui. Ambassador thanked Chtioui for the MFA diplomatic note of January 11 and requested additional clarification r [...] | 2007-01-30 15:53:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR KAWC TS |
07TUNIS1425 | FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS [...] (C) Former Tunisian Guantanamo detainee Lotfi Lagha appeared before the Tunis Court of First Instance on October 24 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Lagha,s attorney plans to file an appeal. During Lagha's trial, the judge questioned Lagha and then allowed Lagha's attorneys to p [...] | 2007-10-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS |
07TUNIS1448 | TUNISIAN TRIAL FOR FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) Former Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar (al-Hajji) appeared briefly before Military Tribunal in Tunis on October 31. Due to his attorneys' request for access to additional information regarding Ben Omar's previous in absentia conviction, the judge agreed to postpone the case until [...] | 2007-10-31 17:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS |
07TUNIS193 | UPDATE ON PROPOSED DETAINEE TRANSFER [...] (S/NF) Post provides an update on latest efforts to obtain necessary assurances related to the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. As instructed in Ref B, Post has repeatedly engaged the GOT in an attempt to obtain confirmation of assurances related to the transfer of T [...] | 2007-02-08 07:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS236 | AMBASSADOR PUSHES GOT FOR DETAINEE ASSURANCES [...] (S/NF) During a February 13 meeting on other topics, Ambassador pressed Foreign Minister Abdallah for confirmation of GOT assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay (Ref D). Abdallah noted the request. 2. (S/NF) Ambassador later continued the convers [...] | 2007-02-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR KAWC TS |
07TUNIS257 | ICRC DIRECTOR SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT GOT TREATMENT [...] (S/NF) During a February 22 meeting, ICRC Regional Director Bernard Pfefferle (strictly protect) told Ambassador that the GOT has not granted ICRC access to Ministry of Interior detention facilities in Tunisia, in contravention of the 2005 GOT-ICRC agreement. Pfefferle characterized MOI treat [...] | 2007-02-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KAWC PGOV TS |
07TUNIS259 | MFA DIPNOTE ON DETAINEES: SAME ASSURANCES, POC [...] (S/NF) On February 26, Post received a MFA diplomatic note responding to Embassy's note of February 5 requesting specific assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay and information regarding detainee Lotfi Bin Swei Lagha. The MFA reiterated the position [...] | 2007-02-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS306 | MOI POC ON DETAINEES OFFERS NO ASSURANCES [...] (C/NF) On March 6, PolOff met with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Director of International Cooperation Tahar Fellous Refai to discuss the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo. Fellous was identified by the MFA (Ref A) as the GOT logistical point of contact on the proposed transfe [...] | 2007-03-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS42 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KAWC PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS461 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR OFFERS GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) SUMMARY. During an April 12 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President Abdelaziz Ben Dhia offered the most extensive and comprehensive assurances we have received to date on the repatriation of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. These assurances includ [...] | 2007-04-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS621 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BEN DHIA RESPONSE TO DEPUTY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today provided Ambassador with a letter from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia to the Deputy Secretary, in which Ben Dhia reiterates the GOT's willingness accept the three Tunisian detainees currently held at Guantanamo (reftels). The [...] | 2007-05-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS65 | TUNISIA RESPONSE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post delivered reftel dipnote regarding the transfer of Tunisian detainees currently at Guantanamo to the MFA on January 5. Post received the following response on January 11 (informal translation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United St [...] | 2007-01-12 07:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR KAWC PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS774 | TWO TUNISIAN DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) On June 18 at approximately 1300 local time, the Government of Tunisia accepted custody of two Tunisian nationals (Lufti Bin Swei Lagha (Partial ISN 660) and Abdullah Bin Omar (Partial ISN 721) formerly detained at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2. (S/NF) COMMENT. During [...] | 2007-06-18 13:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS |
07ULAANBAATAR655 | MONGOLIA SET TO BACK U.S. CANDIDATE IN UN CERD VOTE [...] (SBU) In response to a demarche (reftel) delivered by Post, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry informed us on November 21 that Mongolia "will be in a position to support" the re-election of the U.S. candidate, Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial [...] | 2007-11-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PHUM KAWC MG |
07USUNNEWYORK429 | INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the UN Legal Counsel, Amb Wolff again urged that the Secretary General delay filling the soon to be vacant ICTY Prosecutor's job in order to allow time to identify another suitable UN position for the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (U [...] | 2007-05-31 23:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS UN XT ZL XF |
07USUNNEWYORK439 | UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...] | 2007-06-01 21:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF |
07USUNNEWYORK470 | UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...] | 2007-06-12 16:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | BY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU |
07USUNNEWYORK473 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR [...] In response to reference (a),country clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson and Special Assistants Matthew Lavine and Brendan Doherty to meet with tribunal officials on June 18, 2007 and to observe the June 18 UNSC tribunal session. The June 1 [...] | 2007-06-12 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD BK KAWC OTRA UN |
07USUNNEWYORK499 | (ICTY) YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary: In a farewell call, ICTY Prosecutor Carla del Ponte described her work and plans for the months between now and September when her resignation from the Tribunal takes effect. Earlier she told the Security Council that, "the fact that four persons remain at large, in particular, [...] | 2007-06-20 15:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KAWC KJUS SR XH MW |
07USUNNEWYORK507 | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)- [...] Amb. Gerald Scott, USUN Senior Area Adviser for Africa,and USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson met on June 21 with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and the GOR's representative to the ICTR, Mutabingwa Alloys, at their request, to discuss Rwanda's role in the ICTR's completion strateg [...] | 2007-06-22 19:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS PREF PREL ZF RW |
07USUNNEWYORK554 | PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF PROSECUTORS FOR THE [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Nicolas Michel, informed USUN on July 6, that the Secretary General plans to take action to extend the terms of the current Prosecutors for the ICTR and ICTY. The Statutes of the Tribunal [...] | 2007-07-06 20:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK932 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR MEETS WITH [...] Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met, October 25, with Court Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. Rapp, in the U.S. on home leave, had just come from meetings in Ottawa after addressing the Canadian Bar Association. He had also given a speech at UCLA. Rapp reviewed progress on ongoing c [...] | 2007-10-30 21:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC NL PGOV PREL SL |
07USUNNEWYORK937 | MEETING WITH RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) PRESIDENT SIR [...] On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Ambassador Wallace and USUN Legal Adviser met with Judge Dennis Byron who was in New York to address the General Assembly. Byron was accompanied by Spokesperson of the Tribunal, Roland Kouassi G. Amoussouga. Recognizing the serious violations of humanitarian law [...] | 2007-10-31 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN UNGA KJUS KAWC ICTR |
07VATICAN96 | HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...] | 2007-06-13 14:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG |
07VIENNA858 | AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO PRISONERS [...] (C) Charge delivered refs (a) and (b) points on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, Secretary General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry. Charge stressed that governments -- like Austria's -- that have been urging the U.S. to close guantanamo could help us do just that by accepting a small number of pr [...] | 2007-03-30 14:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG AU |
07VIENNA970 | RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA WILL [...] (C) During an April 11 meeting with Acting Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff said the GoA would consider accepting one or two Guantanamo detainees. Trauttmansdorff cautioned that it would be a difficult and long process, but there was a certain level of politica [...] | 2007-04-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PTER PREL KAWC PHUM AU |
07VILNIUS247 | GUANTANAMO REFUGEES: LITHUANIA FAVORABLY DISPOSED [...] (U) This is an action request. See para five. 2. (C) Following up on his conversation with the Ambassador (ref a),MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis told CDA April 3 that the GOL has made the political decision to accept a small number of detainees from the Guantanamo facility as requested [...] | 2007-04-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LH |
07WARSAW764 | POLES PONDER ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Witold Waszczykowski, Under Secretary of State Polish MFA, indicated that Poland may be prepared to consider accepting Guantanamo detainees in response to DCM delivery of reftel demarche on March 28. Waszczykowski asked how many detainees we might want Poland to take and when. Without m [...] | 2007-03-30 06:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL |
07WARSAW797 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL |
07ZAGREB1000 | WITNESSES FAIL TO APPEAR AT WAR CRIMES ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The ICTY prosecutor's office (OTP) has sent a strongly-worded letter to the GOC's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) expressing concern about the progress of the Ademi-Norac war crimes case, which resumed again the week of October 29. To date, about 45 percent of witnesses for [...] | 2007-11-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KAWC HR |
07ZAGREB1052 | War Crimes Indictee Re-Elected, But Unlikely to Regain [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Right-wing parties suffered defeat at the polls last weekend with the loss of almost two-thirds of their seats in Parliament; however a side issue remains following the re-election of war crimes indictee and regional party leader Branimir Glavas to Parliament. The strong-man of [...] | 2007-11-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1074 | Ademi-Norac Trial Transferred from ICTY Continues, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The trial of Croatian Army Generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the only so-called 11 bis case transferred from the ICTY to Croatia, continued throughout November in Zagreb. The two are the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in do [...] | 2007-12-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB219 | CROATIAN ICJ STRATEGY AFTER BIH VERDICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the Croatian media reacted with outrage to the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling finding Serbia not responsible for genocide in BiH, official GoC reaction has been decidedly measured. While still waiting for the ICJ to accept its own genocide [...] | 2007-03-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB227 | ICTY SEES LOCAL NGOS AS CREDIBLE TRIAL MONITORS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian NGOs Documenta and the Center for Peace, Nonviolence, and Human Rights discussed their recently released annual war crimes trial monitoring report with judicial officials at a March 3 roundtable in Zagreb. Panelists, including a judge, a prosecutor, a law pro [...] | 2007-03-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB258 | CROATIA NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH MONTENEGRO [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since Montenegro's independence in 2006, Croatian leaders have moved quickly to normalize relations with Podgorica. This positive dialogue intensified in 2007 with official visits to Montenegro by PM Ivo Sanader and Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and was capped [...] | 2007-03-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC MW HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB372 | INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR 1991 MURDERS OF SERB CIVILIANS [...] (U) The Osijek County Office of the State Prosecutor issued a preliminary indictment April 16 against seven persons charged with war crimes (the murder of civilians on the banks of the Drava River in 1991, the so-called "Sellotape case"). The indictment charges Branimir Glavas, a far-right lo [...] | 2007-04-17 06:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
07ZAGREB551 | CROATIAN PM SEEKS CLOSURE OF ZAGREB OSCE MISSION, [...] (C) MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic gave Ambassador May 31 a "confidential" non-paper (text para 8) advocating closure of the Croatia OSCE mission and proposing a mechanism to ensure that war crimes trials are monitored. 2. (C) The non-paper commits the GOC to fulfill remaining obliga [...] | 2007-06-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE KAWC HR |
07ZAGREB602 | PROSECUTOR BACKS UP WAR CRIMES ARRESTS IN VUKOVAR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vukovar police arrested six ethnic Serbs June 5 on suspicion of involvement in the torture of soldiers and civilians in the village of Luzac in 1991. Local Serb politicians claimed the arrests were politically motivated and called on Post and others in the internati [...] | 2007-06-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB690 | ICTY PROSECUTOR AND PM AGREE ON TRIAL MONITORING [...] (U) In the 16 July letter below, Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte informs OSCE Chairman-in-Office of her recent discussions with PM Ivo Sanader regarding the future of the OSCE mission in Croatia and the monitoring of war crimes trials. Del Ponte notes what she calls the essent [...] | 2007-07-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV OSCE ICTY HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB768 | WAR CRIMES PROSECUTORS TO EXPAND REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prosecutors from Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) agreed on new forms of cooperation in war crimes cases at a private regional meeting on Brijuni Island July 11-13. Chief State Prosecutor Mlad [...] | 2007-08-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB853 | CROATIAN GENERALS' WAR CRIMES TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The case of Croatian Army Generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, whose trial began in the summer, continued this week. It is the first, and likely only, case to be transferred to Croatia by the ICTY (a so-called 11 bis case). As such, it is seen as a test of Croati [...] | 2007-09-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR CROATIA ICTY KAWC KJUS |
07ZAGREB908 | CROATIA SHOCKED BY ICTY VERDICT ON "VUKOVAR 3" [...] (U) SUMMARY: The ICTY ruling on 27 September against the so-called "Vukovar Three," former Yugoslav army officers accused of war crimes in Vukovar, caused widespread shock, disbelief, and anger in Croatia. One officer received 20 years imprisonment, but another, who personifies the crime for [...] | 2007-09-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC PREL HR ICTY |
07ZAGREB933 | GOC PLEDGES CONTINUED COOPERATION WITH ICTY; PM TO [...] (C) Parties from across the political spectrum in Croatia have denounced the ICTY's verdicts on the "Vukovar Three" (reftel) as "shameful", but only fringe groups have called into question Croatia's continued cooperation with the ICTY. Nonetheless, public frustrations continue to simmer, and p [...] | 2007-10-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB956 | REGIONAL PROSECUTORS MEET ON WAR CRIMES COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between 2-4 October, on the island of Hvar in Croatia, S/WCI and DoJ OPDAT hosted a regional conference on war crimes cooperation that gathered Chief State Prosecutors and their deputies from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, together with representatives of ICTY, [...] | 2007-10-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
08ASTANA1525 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING SUICIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KDRG PREL KZ |
08ASTANA2262 | KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL MEDIA FINALLY REPORT RETURN OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media did not report the return to Kazakhstan of Guantanamo detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev until one week after his arrival. The government made no announcement about the return. Several media outle [...] | 2008-11-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDRG KAWC KPAO KZ |
08BELGRADE1197 | HAGUE TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR VISITS SERBIA [...] (SBU) On his final visit to Serbia before completing his December report to the UN Security Council, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz told us on November 17 that Serbia's political will and operational capability had increased dramatical [...] | 2008-11-21 09:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC SR |
08BELGRADE765 | SERBIA: KARADZIC APPEAL PENDING WHILE PROTEST LOOMS, EAC [...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadzic remains in custody at the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade pending receipt of his extradition appeal, which his lawyer reportedly mailed to the Special Co [...] | 2008-07-28 19:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR |
08BELGRADE773 | SERBIA EXTRADITES FUGITIVE WAR CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Serbian government extradited Radovan Karadzic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, to The Hague in the early morning hours of July 30. Human rights NGOs, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),and other o [...] | 2008-07-30 18:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR |
08BELGRADE958 | SERBIA HOPES FOR REWARDS AFTER ICTY PROSECUTOR VISIT [...] (SBU) Serbian officials said they were pleased with the September 10-11 visit to Belgrade of Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz. They said they were confident they had demonstrated Serbia's willingness to capture the remainin [...] | 2008-09-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR |
08BERLIN1066 | GERMANY RELUCTANT TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Serbia, Silja Weibel, on August 1. PolOffs noted that a premature lifting of the travel ban on the Karadzic family could negatively impact OHR's removal of P [...] | 2008-08-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM |
08BERLIN1219 | GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SERBIA'S ICJ PUSH AND THE EULEX [...] (C) PolOff delivered points in ref (A) to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Kosovo, Dr. Michael Geisler, on September 2 to determine the level of German engagement to counter a Serb effort to seek an UNGA referral on Kosovo indepe [...] | 2008-09-04 10:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM KV |
08BRATISLAVA339 | PM FICO EQUATES KARADZIC ARREST WITH NEED TO [...] (SBU) While the Slovak MFA issued a predictably positive statement welcoming the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, PM Fico expressed a different personal opinion in a comment during a July 22 press conference. The MFA issued the following statement: "The Ministry of Foreig [...] | 2008-07-24 13:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KAWC LO |
08BRUSSELS1230 | EU POINTS FINGERS IN LIFTING KARADZIC TRAVEL BAN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: EU Council Bosnia official Sabina Stadler blamed the French Presidency for moving quickly to start the process to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family (reftel),while French Presidency Balkans working group chair Alix Everard speculated that the effort originate [...] | 2008-08-08 13:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY EUN BK |
08BUDAPEST784 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 4 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Zsolt Pataki, Head of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Department, and Dr. Attila Pinter, Coordinator for the Western Balkans and outbound Deputy Chief of Mission to Macedonia. Pataki stated that [...] | 2008-08-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KAWC PREL ETTC ICTY BK EU HU |
08DOHA416 | EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...] | 2008-06-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA |
08DOHA417 | EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...] | 2008-06-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA |
08DOHA527 | FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IN QATARI CUSTODY [...] (C) Former GTMO detainee Jarallah al-Marri was transferred to Qatari custody on Sunday, July 27 at 1230 hrs local time. Legatt met the USAF aircraft on arrival at Doha International Airport and witnessed al-Marri's transfer to officials of Qatar State Security. Qatari authorities brought al-Ma [...] | 2008-07-28 10:14:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO KAWC QA |
08DOHA838 | RELEASE AL-MARRI, EDITOR ASKS AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 11:04:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KAWC KPAO QA |
08DUBLIN566 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) EUR/WE Office Director Pamela Spratlen reviewed the status of Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's presentation to the Irish government on July 15, 2008, in which Williamson requested the Government of Ireland to accept one or more detainees from Guantanamo who coul [...] | 2008-10-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA KAWC EI |
08FREETOWN42 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SPECIAL COURT HONORABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloff met with Honorable Justice Benjamin Itoe, Presiding Justice of Trial Chamber I, on January 30. Justice Itoe expressed his appreciation for the support provided to the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL) by the United States Government, and reiterated his com [...] | 2008-02-01 12:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL SL |
08FREETOWN558 | FILLING THE VOID IN THE SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with a highly-placed source within the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on November 25 to discuss the implications of Justice Raja Fernando's death on the Appeals Chamber. Source commented that, beyond the legal issues themselves, members of the Chamber select the C [...] | 2008-11-26 15:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PHUM PINR SL |
08FREETOWN62 | SCSL MEETINGS: NEW HOPE FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloff met with Honorable Justice George Galaga King, President of the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL),and with Herman von Hebel and Binta Mansaray, Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the SCSL, respectively, on separate occasioQon February 7. While the SCSL rep [...] | 2008-02-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS UNSC SL |
08FREETOWN72 | SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER DELIVERS FINAL JUDGMENT IN AFRC CASE [...] SUMMARY: The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) handed down its first judgment on February 22, upholding lengthy sentences for three former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). The Court effectively dismissed all of the Defense grounds of appeal, [...] | 2008-02-25 17:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS PHUM SL |
08HELSINKI375 | FINLAND: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU FI |
08KABUL1453 | IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 13:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
08KABUL1454 | IROA NOTIFIED OF SUICIDE ATTACK BY FORMER [...] (S) Per reftel, on June 5, PolMilOffs informed Isaq Aloko (IRoA Detainee Commission Director) and Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director in Afghanistan,s Office of the National Security Council) that the USG has determined that a former Guantanamo Bay detainee participated in a coordinate [...] | 2008-06-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
08KABUL2473 | WILLIAMSON-HODGKINSON: MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (U) Summary: On September 6-7, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and DOD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Sandra Hodgkinson led a delegation to Afghanistan to discuss the way forward for a number of remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). End sum [...] | 2008-09-12 10:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER |
08KABUL2571 | IROA NOTIFIED OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-20 04:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC MARR PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
08KIGALI2 | ALLEGATIONS OF "GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY" IN SECONDARY [...] (C) Summary. In December allegations of "genocide ideology" surfaced regarding a number of secondary schools around Rwanda. A parliamentary Commission report criticized the Ministry of Education for its alleged lack of concern, and the Education Minister received heavy criticism herself at [...] | 2008-01-03 08:14:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KAWC RW |
08LJUBLJANA353 | SLOVENIA ON MAINTAINING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON THE [...] (C) On August 6, Emboff met with Leon Marc, head of the MFA's Division for Southeast Europe, to urge the Government of Slovenia (GOS) not to prematurely lift the EU travel restrictions on the Karadzic family and to coordinate with the USG and the OHR in Bosnia on any changes to the sanctions a [...] | 2008-08-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EUN SI |
08LONDON2028 | UK LIKELY TO JOIN EU CONSENSUS ON LIFTING KARADZIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 16:36:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU UK |
08LONDON2195 | SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSSIONS ON SUDAN - ICC ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 12:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KAWC SU UK |
08MADRID504 | SPAIN/RWANDA - PROSECUTOR DOWNPLAYS INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Post's Consular Legal Advisor (LES) met informally with Spanish National Prosecutor Blanca Rodriguez on May 5 to discuss the ongoing Spanish prosecution of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). According to Rodriguez (please protect),the judiciary undertook the investigation and subs [...] | 2008-05-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP |
08MADRID571 | S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON PRESSES SPAIN ON RWANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In consultations with Spanish interlocutors in Madrid May 19-20, Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) urged the Spanish government to reach out to the Rwandan government at the political level to try to ease tensions over the Spanish judiciary's indictment of 40 Rwandan officials in conn [...] | 2008-05-23 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP |
08MADRID882 | SPAIN WILL FOLLOW EU ON KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY SP BK |
08MOSCOW1239 | RUSSIA OPPOSES USE OF BONN POWERS FOR SREBRENICA [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly opposes use of the Bonn Powers by the High Representative to redress potential Serbian control of the Srebrenica municipal administration following elections in October. While recognizing the sensitivity of the issue, the MFA believes use of the Bonn Powers woul [...] | 2008-05-02 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK RS |
08NAIROBI1354 | JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON [...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...] | 2008-05-30 09:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO |
08PARIS1671 | SUDAN: FRENCH OFFER NO "DEAL" BUT BELIEVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidency official Romain Serman on September 4 said that Sudanese officials seemed to be acknowledging reality and the need for them to change their behavior following consultations in Khartoum that Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Joubert and Serman held on September 2 with [...] | 2008-09-04 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SU FR |
08PARIS1726 | SUDAN/ICC/SANCTIONS: "WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Sudan Helene Le Gal stressed on September 12 that "we are not negotiating with Sudan" concerning its recent discussion with the Khartoum regime during which the French explained to the Sudanese the things Sudan needed to do to improve its standing in the [...] | 2008-09-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SU CD FR |
08PARIS1761 | SUDAN: GATHERING FRENCH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with French presidential advisor Bruno Joubert in Paris on September 12 to discuss the results of Joubert's September 2 visit to Khartoum and gather support against Sudanese efforts to gain an Article 16 suspension in the UN Security Council ( [...] | 2008-09-22 09:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SU FR UN |
08PARIS1828 | FRANCE: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on September 12 to discuss human rights abuses in Georgia and the status of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR),the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Khmer Rouge Tribunal [...] | 2008-10-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PARIS1930 | IO DAS ANDERSON DISCUSSES UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO DAS Anderson discussed UN issues on October 10 with French MFA IO-DAS equivalent Marc Giacomini who expressed GOF support for the Immediate Plan of Action reform package being proposed at the FAO conference in Rome on November 19. He noted the importance of presenting a unifie [...] | 2008-10-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PARIS1979 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles met with French MFA Human Rights Director Jacques Pellet (Please Protect Throughout) in Paris on October 23 to discuss United Nations General Assembly Third Committee resolutions and other UN issues. The French agree on the need for a strong Iran resolution, [...] | 2008-10-28 18:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PODGORICA213 | MEMORIES OF BUKOVICA WAR CRIMES STILL FRESH 15 YEARS LATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23, the Ambassador traveled to Montenegro's remote Bukovica region to meet with Muslims who survived a campaign of ethnic cleansing in 1992 and 1993. Bukovica is one of five war crimes cases that occurred on Montenegrin territory or that involved Montenegrin citizens. S [...] | 2008-08-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC MW BK |
08PODGORICA248 | MONTENEGRO'S SLOW BUT FORWARD PROGRESS IN WAR CRIMES CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro is beginning to confront its role in the Balkan wars of the 1990's. Until recently, it had done little to address the four pending war crimes cases committed on its territory (Kaludjerski Laz, Morinj, 1992 deportation of Muslims, and Bukovica). However, investigations [...] | 2008-09-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KAWC SOCI XH MW |
08PRAGUE524 | PRAGUE COMMENTS ON KARADZIC, SERBIA AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Czech MFA Department of South and South East Europe official, Josef Zrzavecky, noted that the GOCR has been surprised by the speed at which the EU has taken up the potential lifting of the travel restrictions for the Karadzic family. Zrzavecky opined that the EU is likely to support a bla [...] | 2008-08-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC ICTY BK EZ EUN KAWC |
08PRETORIA643 | CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF ZIMBABWE POLICE FOR CRIMES [...] (SBU) The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has publicly called on the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to investigate and prosecute Zimbabwean security officials for crimes against humanity. According to Nicole Fritz, Executive Director of SALC, South Africa's Implem [...] | 2008-03-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SF ZI |
08RIGA462 | LATVIA: LOOK TO FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON CHANGES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU LG |
08SARAJEVO1036 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 24-25 PEACE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The June 24-25 Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will take place in the warm glow of Bosnia's June 16 signing of its Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. Though this fulfills one of the two conditions set by the PIC in February for closure of OHR. Prog [...] | 2008-06-18 16:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KAWC MARR ECON EAID EU |
08SARAJEVO1056 | BOSNIA - TIHIC THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND DURAKOVIC FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) announced that it would nominate Camil Durakovic, the notorious leader of the Srebrenica separatist movement and organizer of the Srebrenica tent settlement, as their candidate for mayor of Srebrenica. Several senior SDA members h [...] | 2008-06-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1087 | BOSNIA - WHERE WE ARE PROSECUTING THE SREBRENICA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As the thirteenth anniversary of the genocide that took place in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 approaches, we thought it would be useful to review the progress made and the challenges faced by the State Prosecutor's Office Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC) investiga [...] | 2008-07-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC PHUM BK |
08SARAJEVO1090 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are looking forward to your July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, and I am pleased that you will be able to join me on July 11 for the commemoration in Srebrenica of the 1995 genocide that took place in and around the municipality. Your participation in the event will signal, particularly [...] | 2008-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KJUS KAWC KCRM EAID BK EU |
08SARAJEVO1112 | BOSNIA-SDA MAKES LAST MINUTE SREBRENICA SWITCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 7, the deadline for registering candidates for the October 2008 municipal elections, the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) submitted Osman Suljic to be its candidate for the Srebrenica mayoral race. Following several days of discussions with SDA leadership, SDA President [...] | 2008-07-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1114 | BOSNIA - RUSSIS WALKS OUT OF PIC AND REFUSES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 24-25 Peace Implementation Council (PIC),PIC member states, except Russia, reiterated their commitment to a benchmarks-driven approach to determining OHR's closure date. PIC member states also underscored to Bosnian political leaders that they would consider national [...] | 2008-07-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KJUS KAWC KCRM RU BK |
08SARAJEVO1180 | BOSNIA - REACTIONS TO ARREST OF ICTY FUGITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of Radovan Karadzic is a critical milestone in the quest for justice for the victims of war crimes committed in Bosnia. It could also constitute an important step on the road to reconciliation in the country depending, in part, on how the International Criminal Tribun [...] | 2008-07-23 07:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS BK SR |
08SARAJEVO1202 | BOSNIA - OHR/EU POISED TO LIFT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph seven below. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik continued to make public statements about the July 21 arrest of Radovan Karadzic. Among other things, Dodik criticized attacks on the RS by leading Bosniak politicians in [...] | 2008-07-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KCRM CVIS BK |
08SARAJEVO1221 | S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S JULY 8-12 VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: (C) During a July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, met with key justice, political and international representatives to discuss war crimes issues. Officials working with the Bosnian State Court repeatedly expressed the need to exten [...] | 2008-07-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1236 | BOSNIA - COURT HANDS DOWN STIFF SENTENCES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 29, a first instance panel at the State Court convicted seven individuals accused of killing more than 1000 Bosniak men and boys in the Kravica Farming Warehouse Cooperative on genocide charges, but acquitted four other defendants due to insufficient evidence of their p [...] | 2008-07-31 13:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1287 | BOSNIA - THIS LIE HAS LEGS: MEDIA FRENZY OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Radovan Karadzic's claim of an alleged secret deal with Richard Holbrooke, which he outlined in a four-page written statement addressed to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),has dominated the news in Bosnia for the past seven days. Despite our d [...] | 2008-08-07 14:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1449 | BOSNIA -- A HOUSE DIVIDED: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign to register 1991 residents of Srebrenica to vote in municipal elections there has leveled the political playing field in the municipality for Bosniaks, whose demographic profile in Srebrenica reflects the genocide and ethnic cleansing that took place in and around the [...] | 2008-09-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KAWC KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1476 | BOSNIA - PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN WAR CRIMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Earlier this month, the State Prosecutor's Office publicly debuted its demographic analysis and new case selection criteria for war crimes cases. The demographic analysis identifies the timeframes and places in which significant numbers of people were killed during the 1992-199 [...] | 2008-09-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1484 | BOSNIA - SERBS AND CROATS ANGRY OVER DELIC VERDICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The September 15 decision by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to acquit Rasim Delic on several charges of murder and cruel treatment and to sentence him to just three years in prison received prominent press coverage in Bosnia. Delic was found guilty on [...] | 2008-09-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1510 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thirteen years after Dayton, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a deeply divided society. Dayton's division of the country into two entities - one overwhelmingly Serb (Republika Srpska - RS),and one divided between a Bosniak (Muslim) majority and a Croat minority (the Federation) - [...] | 2008-09-23 15:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1520 | BOSNIA - DODIK'S OPTIONS FOR BOSNIA: IT'S MY WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have reported, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has taken a number of actions over the last 12 months to undermine the Bosnian state, his most being his attacks on TRANSCO (Ref C) and in challenging the authorities of state-level law enforcement and judicial authoritie [...] | 2008-09-25 15:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KDEM BK |
08SARAJEVO1530 | BOSNIA - PIC SPLITS OVER DODIK CHALLENGE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) met on September 26 to discuss its response to the Republika Srpska (RS) government's conclusion that the RS administration and administrative organizations are not obligated to provide SIPA documents in conne [...] | 2008-09-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1531 | BOSNIA - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ATTACKS ON MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) authorities have taken a series of steps that undermine the ability of the state-level Missing Persons Institute (MPI) to locate, exhume, and identify victims of the 1992-1995 war. MPI was designed to search for missing individuals without regard to ethnicit [...] | 2008-09-29 09:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1536 | BOSNIA - DODIK APPEARS TO STEP BACK FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26, High Representative Lajcak issued a statement acknowledging written assurances from Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik that his government was willing to honor a subpoena presented by State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) in connection with an inves [...] | 2008-09-29 16:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1547 | BOSNIA - DODIK RENEGES ON PROMISE TO COOPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After promising publicly on September 28 that the Republika Srpska Government (RSG) would cooperate with state-level law enforcement institutions, RS PM Milorad Dodik informed the State Prosecutor's Office on September 30 that his government would not submit documentation requeste [...] | 2008-10-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1559 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1560 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 15:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1561 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1598 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR HIGHREP'S OCTOBER 20-21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak will visit Washington on October 20-21 as part of his consultations with Peace Implementation Council (PIC) capitals prior to the November 19-20 PIC. Lajcak's stop in Washington follows visits earlier this month to Quint capitals, Brussels, and [...] | 2008-10-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KDEM PHUM BK |
08SARAJEVO161 | ICTY LEGACY VISIT TO BOSNIA [...] (U) During a January 16-18 visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia Desk Officer Anna Stinchcomb, S/WCI Special Assistant Matt Lavine, Embassy The Hague's Deputy Legal Counselor Denise Manning, and S/WCI Regional FSN Dubravko Bolsec met with key justice officials, representatives from international organiz [...] | 2008-01-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1807 | BOSNIA - SNAPSHOT OF RECENT INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS [...] (U) The INL-funded programs implemented by OPDAT and ICITAP programs are critical to our efforts to strengthen rule of law in Bosnia, and more broadly speaking, the state. In keeping with the Embassy's priorities, much of this assistance is geared to state-level institutions (State Border Po [...] | 2008-12-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1810 | BOSNIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON SREBRENICA-RELATED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past several weeks, the State Court reached verdicts on two Srebrenica-related war crimes cases we have been tracking (Ref A). On November 6, a first instance panel found Mladen Blagojevic, a former member of the RS Military Police who had been deported from the U.S., g [...] | 2008-12-03 17:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO350 | BOSNIA - ONE YEAR POST ICJ VERDICT, MUCH PROGRESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 unleashed pent-up Bosniak anger about the 1992-1995 war. Bosniak political leaders exploited the verdict in order to advance their own narrow, nati [...] | 2008-02-21 18:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC KDEM PHUM BK |
08SARAJEVO466 | BOSNIA - DEMINING DIRECTOR PROVIDES LIST OF [...] (S) At his request, we met with Dusan Gavran, the Director of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center (BHMAC) on March 3. (Note: BHMAC is the lead government organization overseeing demining activities. End Note) Gavran told us that he believed there was "now an opportunity" to remove all [...] | 2008-03-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | MASS PREL MOPS PGOV PINR KAWC BK SI |
08SARAJEVO67 | BOSNIA: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL DOCUMENTS SEIZED [...] (U) Acting on a request from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),High Representative Lajcak early on January 10 ordered the seizure of travel and identification documents from Radovan Karadzic's immediate family. RS police carried out the order the same day [...] | 2008-01-11 17:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC PREL BK |
08SARAJEVO735 | BOSNIA - LOOMING POLITICAL CRISIS OVER SREBRENICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission (CEC) plans to announce on May 8 that municipal elections will take place on October 5. In Srebrenica, Bosniaks currently hold the mayoralty and majority of the 27 seats on the Municipal Assembly (17; Serbs hold the other 10 seats). There is a r [...] | 2008-04-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO747 | BONSIA - DODIK INTENSIFIES ATACKS ON STATE-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, as part of his wider campaign to undermine the state, has intensified his campaign to challenge state-level judicial institutions. The primary focus of his attacks has been the High Judicial and Pros [...] | 2008-04-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KAWC EFIN EID EU BK |
08SARAJEVO757 | BOSNIA - NO GOOD OPTIONS ON SREBRENICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint Ambassadors met with High Representative Lajcak on April 24 to discuss options for addressing concerns that the October 2008 municipal elections could put Serbs in control of the entire Srebrenica municipal administration. This outcome would likely spark another destabilizi [...] | 2008-04-25 11:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KAWC RU BK |
08SARAJEVO910 | BOSNIA - DRAFT SALARY LAW THREATENS TO UNDERMINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During its May 14 session, the House of Representatives postponed voting on a problematic draft law which, while intended to harmonize civil servant salaries, would also eliminate Bosnia's independent judicial salary structure and cause salaries for state law enforcement officers [...] | 2008-05-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KJUS PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC |
08SARAJEVO971 | BOSNIA - A GOOD DAY IN PARLIAMENT FOR RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 4 session, the BiH House of Representatives (HoR) voted on three initiatives of interest to our rule of law and political-military agendas. It passed a Law on State Salaries that protected U.S. investments in state-level judicial and law enforcement institutions [...] | 2008-06-06 09:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC KJUS |
08SKOPJE601 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MACEDONIAN LEADERSHIP AS [...] (C) In their first official meeting, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador Sept. 29 that NATO and EU membership remain the GoM's top strategic priorities, adding that despite their political differences he and President Crvenkovski have a similar strategic view of the name issue with Greece. Gruevsk [...] | 2008-10-01 18:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC ENRG MK GR KV SR MW RS |
08SKOPJE607 | MACEDONIA: RETURNED ICTY CASES THREATEN BOTH RULING [...] (SBU) Summary: The four war crimes case files recently returned to Macedonian jurisdiction by the ICTY are threatening to fracture the new coalition between the largest ethnic Macedonian party, VMRO-DPMNE, and its ethnic Albanian partner, DUI. One of the four cases has already proceeded to t [...] | 2008-10-06 06:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KAWC MK |
08SOFIA547 | BULGARIA: DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON KARADZIC FAMILY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 14:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU BU |
08STATE129977 | GUIDANCE FOR 12/12 UNSC ICTY/ICTR DEBATE [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the Security Council's December 12 consultations on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. Begin Points: The United States wo [...] | 2008-12-10 23:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL ICTY ICTR KAWC ZF ZL RW |
08STATE130271 | INSTRUCTION FOR UNSC RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ICTY [...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the Secretary-General to appoint additional ad litem judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, scheduled for consideration on December 12. 2. Begin resolution text [...] | 2008-12-11 18:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC ICTY KAWC ZL |
08STATE132546 | INSTRUCTION ON ICTY/ICTR PRST [...] The Department instructs USUN to join consensus on the following PRST on ICTY/ICTR due to be adopted on December 19, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Security Council recalls its resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993 which established the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [...] | 2008-12-18 18:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL ICTY ICTR KAWC ZF ZL RW |
08STATE133190 | INSTRUCTION ON DISMISSAL OF ICTY REGISTRAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The newly appointed President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),judge Patrick Robinson, recently informed ICTY registrar Hans Holthuis that he would not recommend that the Secretary General [...] | 2008-12-19 23:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC OTRA ABUD UN EU |
08STATE18784 | BOSNIA - ONE YEAR POST ICJ VERDICT, MUCH PROGRESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 unleashed pent-up Bosniak anger about the 1992-1995 war. Bosniak political leaders exploited the verdict in order to advance their own narrow, nati [...] | 2008-02-25 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC KDEM PHUM BK |
08TBILISI1522 | CLAIMS OF ATROCITIES IN GEORGIA MERIT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In advance of S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's September 8-11 visit to Georgia, the Embassy has compiled a preliminary list of the many reports we have received of "ethnic cleansing" and accusations of "war crimes" that have taken place in the conflict zones and areas [...] | 2008-09-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC RU GG |
08TBILISI1751 | GEORGIA: WAR CRIMES ISSUES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson visited Georgia September 10-11 to highlight USG concerns over war crimes and ethnic cleansing allegations from the August conflict and to stress the need to hold perpetrators accountable. Williamson frankly told GOG officials t [...] | 2008-09-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC RU GG |
08THEHAGUE556 | ICTY: WITNESS TROUBLES AT THE SESELJ TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Seselj trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is behind schedule and witness issues threaten to slow it further. Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Senior Trial Attorney (STA) Daryl Mundis claims to have evidence that Vojislav Seselj's sup [...] | 2008-06-27 17:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY SR BK HR KAWC PREL |
08THEHAGUE593 | ICC PROSECUTOR TO FILE A NEW APPLICATION IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 07:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV PREL |
08THEHAGUE595 | ICC PROSECUTION FILES APPLICATION FOR BASHIR'S ARREST [...] (U) The Prosecutor's Office has filed an application for an arrest warrant against Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad AL BASHIR. It is now up to the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) to decide whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that AL BASHIR committed one or more of the alleged crimes [...] | 2008-07-14 17:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PGOV PREL NL |
08THEHAGUE676 | NETHERLANDS: EU LIFTING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 16:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ICTY KAWC NL |
08TIRANA611 | ALBANIA AGREES TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT OF GITMO [...] (C) Summary: On 17 June 2008, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson met with Albanian government officials to encourage them to talk about their experiences in accepting detainees from the U.S. military base at Guantanamo. The GOA was very open to discussing their experience wi [...] | 2008-08-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH AL |
08USUNNEWYORK1148 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission Clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson, Deputy Milbert Shin, and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty to visit USUN on December 11-12. The purpose is to hold meetings on the margins of the ICTY/ICTR briefings to the UN Security Council, [...] | 2008-12-08 20:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS OTRA UNSC XA XH |
08VIENNA1133 | AUSTRIAN POSITION ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR [...] (C) Acting Econ/Pol Couns discussed reftel points August 6 with Thomas Schnoll, MFA Unit Chief for Southeast Europe. Acting Econ/Pol Couns stressed that it would be unwise to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family until more is known about the family's possible links to the suppor [...] | 2008-08-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU AU |
08VILNIUS536 | CONVICTED NAZI COLLABORATOR DAILIDE ESCAPES PRISON [...] On July 4, the Lithuanian Court of Appeals upheld the Vilnius District Court ruling of March 2006 that convicted but did not punish Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. Dailide had been found guilty of unlawful treatment of civilians during wartime but the judge ruled that he did not have to serve ti [...] | 2008-07-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KAWC LH |
08VILNIUS688 | LITHUANIA WILL CONSULT BEFORE EU CHANGES KARADZIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU LH |
08ZAGREB121 | ACTION AND FOLLOW UP REPORT FOLLOWING DOJ VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior DOJ/OIA Trial Attorneys Michael Dittoe and Teresa McHenry met with officials from the Croatian Ministry of Justice Directorate for International Legal Assistance, Office of the State Prosecutor and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss extradition issues between the [...] | 2008-02-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM KAWC HR |
08ZAGREB19 | WAR CRIMES INDICTEE AND MP GLAVAS RELEASED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: War crimes indictee and re-elected MP Branimir Glavas was released from custody on 11 JAN after the opening session of Parliament, following the Zagreb County Court determination that only Parliament can decide the status of his immunity from prosecution and detention after the s [...] | 2008-01-11 16:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR CROATIA KAWC PGOV WAR CRIMES |
08ZAGREB23 | WAR CRIMES PROSECUTION OF MP GLAVAS CONTINUES, BUT [...] (SBU) Subsequent to the Zagreb County Court's decision last week (REF A) that Branimir Glavas had re-gained parliamentary immunity due to his re-election to the Croatian Sabor, the Sabor's Mandates and Immunities Committee met on January 12 and overwhelmingly voted to again lift Glavas' immun [...] | 2008-01-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
08ZAGREB410 | CROATIAN GENERAL CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES, ANOTHER GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 30 May, Zagreb's County Court returned verdicts against Croatian generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in domestic courts. Both men were accused of commanding troops who killed 28 civilians and POWs and [...] | 2008-06-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB426 | VISIT OF S/WCI WILLIAMSON TO ZAGREB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Clint Williamson visited Zagreb on June 2. He met with Assistant Justice Minister Markotic to discuss the status of Croatian cooperation with the ICTY. Markotic defended Croatia against recent claims by the ICTY prosecutor that the GoC is only [...] | 2008-06-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB517 | ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 11 [...] (U) CROATIAN FM ATTENDS SIGNING OF NATO PROTOCOL: Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic attended the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol for Albania and Croatia in Brussels on July 9. Croatian press reports, with headlines such as "From Now On NATO Protects Us," featured Jandrokovic's prais [...] | 2008-07-14 09:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
08ZAGREB831 | CROATIA ARGUES IT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO COOPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia (GOC) has delivered a non-paper to all EU and NATO member states dated 03 December 2008 in which it describes the steps Croatia has taken to find the documents and archives requested by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's (ICTY [...] | 2008-12-05 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
08ZAGREB853 | CROATIA: UPDATE ON MISSING GOTOVINA DOCUMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian officials stress that the political will exists to resolve the issue of missing documents in the Gotovina case before The Hague, but are uncertain whether ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz can be persuaded that the GoC has done all that it can. Croatia's Chief State Prosecutor al [...] | 2008-12-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
08ZAGREB873 | AMERICAN CITIZEN ACQUITTED OF WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Mr. Zeljko Vrljanovic, an American citizen, was arrested in Germany in 2007 on the basis of an INTERPOL red notice and extradited to Croatia to stand trial for war crimes as a member of Serbian rebel unit responsible for the murder of a Croatian military officer, his wife and two small chil [...] | 2008-12-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN HR KAWC PGOV PREL |
09ABUJA325 | NIGERIA: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING JUDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PGOV |
09ACCRA524 | DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 10:36:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09ADDISABABA2639 | UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09ALGIERS210 | ALGERIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] We delivered reftel to MFA U.S. Desk Officer Ali Drouiche on February 28, asking for Algerian support for the nomination of Judge Mark Painter to the UN Appeals Tribunal. Drouiche gave no substantive comment, but was aware of the Tribunal and ongoing efforts to systemize responses to staff gri [...] | 2009-03-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09ALGIERS818 | DEMARCHE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-13 15:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AG |
09AMMAN1266 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO |
09AMMAN1561 | JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO |
09ANKARA807 | TURKEY UNDECIDED ON ICSC THIRD CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 05:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TU |
09ASHGABAT1389 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX |
09ASHGABAT251 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX |
09ASHGABAT675 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 13:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX |
09ASTANA1453 | KAZAKHSTAN: STILL MULLING OVER AMCIT CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 19, we followed up with Azat Matenov, Attache with the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on Kazakhstan's position on the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for the International Civil Service Commission ( [...] | 2009-09-02 01:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA KZ |
09ASTANA314 | KAZAKHSTAN: WRITTEN ASSURANCES OF HUMANE TREATMENT AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent the Embassy a diplomatic note confirming in writing that the Kazakhstani government will treat returned GTMO detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev (alias Abdul Rahim, partial ISN 521) humanel [...] | 2009-02-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDRG KAWC KZ |
09ASUNCION623 | PARAGUAY WILL SUPPORT LUCRETIA MYERS IN ICSC VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PA |
09ATHENS243 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: AMCIT NOMINATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN Directorate, on 23 February. Panagiotidis indicated that it would be given due consideration, but we have not yet received a response. MCCARTHY [...] | 2009-02-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR |
09BAGHDAD2600 | US MARSHALS SERVICE,S SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, the United States Marshals Service, Special Operations Group (SOG),ensured that Saddam and members of the regime remained in custody to stand trial for their crimes, worked to provide security for the nation,s judges a [...] | 2009-09-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KCRM IZ KAWC |
09BANGKOK1306 | THAILAND TO CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai on June 1 and conveyed reftel's points seeking support for Lucretia Myers' election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) during the upcoming 64th UN Gene [...] | 2009-06-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC |
09BANGKOK2806 | THAILAND WILL SUPPORT GERMANY, ITALY, AND GREECE [...] (C) PolOff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai November 3 to follow up a meeting we had October 28 with Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep to seek support for Lucretia Myer [...] | 2009-11-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC |
09BANGKOK483 | THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...] | 2009-02-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BANGKOK484 | THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...] | 2009-02-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BANGKOK485 | THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...] | 2009-02-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BANGUI115 | CARG TO VOTE YES FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On the 4th of June, 2009, POLOFF delivered the referenced demarche concerning Lucretia Myers' candidacy for the UN International Civil Service Commission to Central African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA),Ambrosine Kpongo. During the meeting, the DMFA said that the Ministry would [...] | 2009-06-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CT |
09BEIJING1620 | PRC: RELEASE OF UIGHURS TO BERMUDA VIOLATES [...] (S) The U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement had "seriously violated the legitimate sovereignty and national security interests of China" and China urged the United States to withdraw its plan to hand over Uighurs hel [...] | 2009-06-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH |
09BEIJING1650 | PRC: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL PROTESTS RELEASE OF [...] (S) China firmly opposed the transfer of Chinese citizen Uighur detainees at Guantanamo to a third nation, Chinese MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo informed the Charge during a strongly-worded demarche June 17. U.S. attempts to "justify itself" were not welcomed and continuing to appro [...] | 2009-06-17 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH PS UK |
09BEIJING3040 | PRC AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC; [...] (SBU) The PRC agrees to support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Liu Bing reported to PolOff November 4. In affirming PRC support for Myers' [...] | 2009-11-04 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CH |
09BELGRADE1092 | SERBIA: ACQUITTAL IN DEATHS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN BYTYQI [...] (SBU) On September 22, two Serbian police officers tried in the Serbian Special Court for War Crimes were acquitted of all charges related to the 1999 killings of three American citizens. The Presiding Judge explained that the prosecution's evidence did not support either the charge of depriv [...] | 2009-09-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC SR |
09BELGRADE1222 | SERBIA: WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) Ambassador Rapp has cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In meetings with President Tadic and other Serbian government officials on October 16, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp received updates on the search for International Criminal Tribun [...] | 2009-10-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KAWC SR |
09BERLIN230 | GERMANY WILL SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL NOMINATION [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel demarche, Michael Fabri-Weiland of the German MFA United Nations desk informed Econoff that Germany "will gladly support" the candidacy of Judge Mark Painter for a position on the UN Appeals Tribunal. Fabri-Weiland also requested U.S. support of German candidate [...] | 2009-02-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BERN260 | GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SWISS EAGER TO MOVE ON \ [...] (S) Summary: Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Dan \ Fried discussed prospective Guantanamo detainee resettlement \ cases on June 19 with Michael Ambuehl, State Secretary \ (Deputy Minister) of the Federal Department of Foreign \ Affairs (FDFA). Referring to the case files that the GoS \ alrea [...] | 2009-06-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | KAWC PHUM PREL PTER SZ |
09BERN91 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: LIECHTENSTEIN TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Liechtenstein: On February 27, acting POL/E Counselor followed up on the request for support for the U.S. UNAT candidate (reftels) with Ambassador Hubert Buechel, COM at the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Bern. Ambassador Buechel expressed understanding for the importance of the matter to [...] | 2009-02-27 17:52:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SZ LS |
09BOGOTA3016 | COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 19:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO |
09BOGOTA3265 | COLOMBIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO |
09BOGOTA674 | EMBASSY BOGOTA RESPONSE - UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] Post delivered all points in reftel on February 26 to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. On February 27, we received confirmation from MFA International Organizations official Alexandra Rivera that the GOC will support Judge Mark P. Painter during the upcoming UN Gener [...] | 2009-02-27 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO |
09BRATISLAVA99 | SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT JUDGE PAINTER UNAT CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BRUSSELS1485 | BELGIUM: MYERS CANDIDACY FOR THE UN ICSC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BRUSSELS1724 | SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION BRIEFS THE EU'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Briefing the EU Council Political and Security Committee (PSC) in Brussels on December 18, Special Envoy Scott Gration said that the U.S. seeks to end the conflict in Darfur, supports the North-South Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and wants to keep Sudan from becomin [...] | 2009-12-24 09:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINR PREF SMIG KAWC KPKO |
09BRUSSELS808 | BELGIUM:DEMARACHE ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION:ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 07:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KJUS KAWC KUNR PREL UNGA BE |
09BUDAPEST161 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref talking points on February 27 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Head of Section for International Organizations, GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Kollar said her office was unaware that there was an American candidate for the position, but said she would convey our messa [...] | 2009-03-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER UNGA |
09BUDAPEST412 | HUNGARY NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] (U) EmbOffs delivered ref talking points on June 5 to Eva Gergaly-Lukacs, Desk Officer in the Department of International Organizations, GOH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Gergaly-Lukacs did not give any indication of which candidates the GOH will support for election to the Commission, bu [...] | 2009-06-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER HU |
09BUDAPEST791 | HUNGARY TO SUPPORT US INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (C) On November 2, 2009, Embassy was informed by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations and Human Rights Department that Hungary would support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly elections for the International Civi [...] | 2009-11-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA HU |
09BUDAPEST801 | HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR AMCIT NOMINEE TO [...] (U) Post received the following Note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the candidature of Ms. Lucretia Myers for re-election to the International Civil Service Commission (ISCS). Full text follows: BEGIN TEXT: 15024/Adm/Kum/2009 Budapest, 4. November 2009 NOTE VERBA [...] | 2009-11-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA HU |
09BUJUMBURA269 | BURUNDI UNDECIDED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Adolphe Nahayo informed PolOffs June 1 that the GoB had not yet discussed the candidates for the UN International Civil Service Commission election. Nahayo stated that he must discuss the matter with the Minister of [...] | 2009-06-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA BY |
09BUJUMBURA414 | CONSULTATIONS ON TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE UNDERWAY; [...] (C) Summary: Burundi has started broad based popular consultations for a Transitional Justice mechanism to deal with the events of years of conflict. While consultations are will be completed at year's end, we are detecting concerns about launching a Truth and Reconciliation Commission or si [...] | 2009-08-18 17:12:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | BY KAWC PHUM PREL |
09CAIRO1625 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-23 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KUNR UNGA EG |
09CAIRO2065 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN INERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - SUPPORTINGAMCIT NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 17:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC AER UNGA EG |
09CHISINAU431 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MD |
09COPENHAGEN481 | DENMARK: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (SBU) On October 27, poloff delivered talking points and CV of AmCit ICSC nominee Lucretia F. Myers to MFA Acting Department Head Anders Ornemark, Department of Global Security and Economy. The discussion reiterated the importance we attach to the candidacy of Ms. Myers, a message that was [...] | 2009-10-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA |
09DARESSALAAM132 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION: TANZANIA UNRESPONSIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09DARESSALAAM573 | TANZANIA POSITIVE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 06:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TZ |
09DARESSALAAM815 | ICTR UPDATE: COMPLETION STRATEGY, KABUGA/KENYA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a briefing for Dar es Salaam-based diplomats November 19, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) officials said additional time and funding would be necessary for the Tribunal to handle new arrests and other cases that would spill into 2011. ICTR President Judge Den [...] | 2009-11-24 15:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PHUM UNGA RW TZ |
09DHAKA120 | PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR BANGLADESH WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL [...] (C) The new government must immediately take steps to try those suspected of committing war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence, said a resolution the Awami League-dominated parliament passed unanimously January 29. Those pushing for the establishment of a war crimes tribunal a [...] | 2009-02-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM PHUM KAWC KISL BD |
09DHAKA345 | GOVT SAYS WAR CRIMES TRIAL PROCESS BEGINS APRIL 8. [...] (C) The GOB intends to prosecute war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence (reftel) on the basis of legislation passed in 1973, which may not provide a current internationally-acceptable basis for war crimes prosecution. The Law Minister announced the process would beg [...] | 2009-04-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL KAWC PHUM |
09DHAKA372 | LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BANGLADESH: CAUTION AHEAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
09DHAKA394 | BANGLADESH'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTLINES AGENDA: [...] (C) New Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam, a barrister in private practice, recently detailed how the GOB was considering three adjudicative approaches (standard trials, war crimes tribunals, and military courts martial) to deal with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny during a recent meeting [...] | 2009-04-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
09DHAKA464 | A WAY FORWARD FOR MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND [...] (C) GOB's Law Minister Shafique Ahmed recently promised the government's full support for the development of a mutual legal assistance (MLA) program for Bangladesh, including the establishment of a Central Authority for MLA in the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The Law Minister also agr [...] | 2009-05-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR BG |
09DHAKA474 | PAKISTANI AND FRENCH ENVOYS CRITICIZE UN [...] (C) The Pakistani High Commissioner told the Ambassador May 10 he questioned the legitimacy of the UNDP Representative's interactions with the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) on the war crimes issues stemming from Bangladesh's 1971 War of Liberation. The French Ambassador indicated that the Gov [...] | 2009-05-12 05:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL PHUM KAWC BG |
09DILI284 | GOTL DEFENDS BERE RELEASE IN PARLIAMENT DEBATE, SURVIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The decision to release indicted war criminal Martenus Bere on August 30 continues to roil Timorese politics. Under pressure from the opposition parties in parliament, the governing coalition acceded to demands for a parliamentary debate and no-confidence vote on October 12. Pr [...] | 2009-10-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC ID TT |
09DJIBOUTI169 | MGSUO1: IGAD "DISSAPOINTED" WITH ICC INDICTMENT [...] Post received the following press statement from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretariat March 10. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF IGAD PRESS STATEMENT: PRESS STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF IGAD ON THE INDICTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF SUDAN The Executive Sec [...] | 2009-03-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CASC AEMR ASEC KAWC KPAO KJUS AMGT KFLO MARR |
09DOHA104 | EMBASSY CALLS ON NEW RESOURCES TO REVIEW AL [...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...] | 2009-02-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA |
09DOHA105 | EMBASSY'S NEW LINGUISTIC CAPABILITIES USED ON [...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...] | 2009-02-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA |
09DOHA113 | AL JAZEERA BOSS OFFERS SUPPORT FOR AMCIT KIDNAP [...] (C) Ambassador called on Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar on February 10 to discuss the network's recent airing of a hostage video involving New York Times reporter David Rohde (reftel) and Al Jazeera's sensational Gaza coverage (septel). Khanfar said he was pleased to cooperate wit [...] | 2009-02-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO KAWC AF QA |
09DUBLIN93 | IRELAND: JUDGE PAINTER STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff spoke with Bobby Smyth, desk officer for UN Coordination at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Smyth stated that he did not expect a final decision would be reached before close of business, but that Judge Painter was "very much still in consideration." FAUCHER [...] | 2009-02-27 15:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09FREETOWN148 | U.S. AND OTHER DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request for information on amounts and sources of contributions for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Court's Liaison Office provided up-to-date figures. In sum, the United States has contributed a total of USD 60,399,000 to date, amounting to 3 [...] | 2009-04-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC EAID SL |
09FREETOWN192 | CONVICTS' PRISON LOCATION STILL A CONCERN FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Herman von Hebel, Registrar of the Special Court, as well as Binta Mansaray, his Deputy, on 21 May to discuss his two main concerns regarding Court operations and proceedings. Mr von Hebel, who is leaving his post in Sierra Leone as of 22 May, also thanked the Ambassa [...] | 2009-05-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SL |
09FREETOWN445 | ATTORNEY GENERAL STAKES HIS CLAIM ON SPECIAL COURT [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, A/DCM and the British High Commissioner met with Attorney General Abdul Serry-Kamal to discuss issues related to the Special Court. Namely, the meeting was called to address an exchange of letters between the Special Court Management Committee (MC) and the Governme [...] | 2009-11-13 12:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN52 | SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR PERRY [...] (U) Summary: On February 9th, the President of the Special Court (SCSL),Justice Renate Winter of Austria, and the Sierra Leonean Deputy Registrar, Binta Mansaray, discussed with Ambassador Perry their recent visit with the Management Committee and ongoing court related issues. End Summary. [...] | 2009-02-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC KJUS PINR USUN SL |
09FREETOWN61 | DEFENDANTS GUILTY IN RUF TRIAL [...] The final Freetown-based trial for the Special Court for Sierra Leone concluded on February 25 with a judgment against three Revolutionary United Front defendants. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon, and Augustine Gbao all faced 18 charges during the five-year trial, including terrorism, collecti [...] | 2009-02-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KAWC PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN94 | SPECIAL COURT FUNDING ISSUES REACHES GOSL EARS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on March 16 to discuss a variety of pending bilateral issues. Bangura closed the conversation by stating that she had received a letter from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),informing her of a budgetary shortfall of USD 6 millio [...] | 2009-03-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SL |
09GABORONE460 | BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ICSC CANDIDATE [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche June 9 to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Department of Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff stressed Ms. Myers long experience in personnel matters, including her exemplary service on the ICSC. She also noted [...] | 2009-06-09 08:23:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA BC |
09GABORONE872 | BOTSWANA: NONCOMMITTAL RESPONSE TO ICSC DEMARCHE [...] Pol/Econ Chief met October 29 with Ms. Punkie Molefe, Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for the International Civil Service Commission. After listening to the points from the demarche [...] | 2009-10-30 11:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA KAWC KUNR APER AORC BC |
09GUATEMALA556 | GUATEMALA OPEN TO ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) On June 9, Emboffs delivered reftel points to Luis Carranza, Minister Counselor for Multilateral Policy at the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza was noncommittal but did say the GOG looks favorably upon candidates from the Western Hemisphere. He promised post a response a [...] | 2009-06-10 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA GT |
09HANOI158 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA VM |
09HANOI517 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 06:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA VM |
09HELSINKI217 | FINLAND: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA FI |
09ISLAMABAD1256 | PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...] | 2009-06-08 16:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK |
09JERUSALEM1712 | PA HEALTH MINISTER ISSUES PRESS RELEASE ON [...] (C) On September 20, PA Health Minister Fathi Abu Mughni issued a press release endorsing the recently-issued UN fact-finding report authored by Judge Richard Goldstone. Abu Mughni, according to the press release, called the report an "explicit condemnation" of Israeli combat operations in t [...] | 2009-09-22 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG KAWC IS |
09JERUSALEM1926 | PA PRESENTS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR WAR [...] (U) On October 16, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a press release noting that Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had received PA Minister of Justice Ali Khashan and an accompanying delegation in Geneva. The ICC's statement noted that the court would "carefully examine" the issues [...] | 2009-10-21 16:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PGOV PREL KAWC KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
09KAMPALA1265 | UGANDA: MYERS CANDIDACY TO ICSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KATHMANDU154 | NEPAL EXPECTED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) On February 27, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest in Judge Painter's candidacy for the UN Appeals Tribunal but did not commit the Nepalese delegation in New York to voting for him. Emboffs, as inst [...] | 2009-02-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KATHMANDU541 | NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidate, Ms. Lucretia Myers, for the UN International Civil Service Commission in t [...] | 2009-06-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NP |
09KHARTOUM1241 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH DR. GHAZI [...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting, U.S Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration discussed with influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin a brief list of possible resolutions to outstanding points of contention between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Pe [...] | 2009-11-04 06:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KAWC MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM309 | GENERALLY CALM REACTIONS TO ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Immediately following the March 4 announcement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Emboffs reached out to a range of contacts for a sampling of reactions. Most evin [...] | 2009-03-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPKO KDEM KAWC UNSC ASEC |
09KINGSTON146 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA |
09KINGSTON457 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche in support of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2009-06-09 19:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KINSHASA178 | DEMARCHED DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ngoy said the GDRC is inclined to support the USG candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal. He added that he would, however, need to consult with t [...] | 2009-02-26 06:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KINSHASA780 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING AMCIT NOMINATION [...] We met in June with Banza Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate, delivering ref B points supporting the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for election to the International Civil Service Commission. We subsequently presented Ngoy a French language translation of My [...] | 2009-08-25 07:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG |
09KINSHASA986 | DRC WILL SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 16:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG |
09KUALALUMPUR143 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 04:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KUALALUMPUR464 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA MY |
09KUALALUMPUR870 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 04:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC AORC APER MY |
09KUWAIT156 | SEEKING KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR JUDGE PAINTER IN UN [...] POLCOUNS on February 23 delivered reftel demarche and biographic materials encouraging Kuwait to support U.S. nominee Mark Painter for UN Appeals Tribunal to Dr. Jehad Mohammad Al-Hai, Counselor in the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response, Al-Hai said he would imme [...] | 2009-02-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU |
09KUWAIT324 | ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH: WOMEN VIE IN KUWAIT'S [...] (C) Summary. Kuwaiti women stand a fair chance of winning their first seat in parliament during the upcoming May 16 election. A female candidate fell only 886 votes short of winning a seat in 2008, an outcome that showed a marked improvement over women's results in 2006. Coordination, traini [...] | 2009-04-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU |
09LAPAZ319 | BOLIVIA NONCOMMITTAL TO PAINTER NOMINATION FOR UN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuri Arce, U.S. desk officer, and Estella Mendoza, Chief of American Affairs, February 27. Arce agreed Judge Painter was a qualified candidate, but would offer no pledge of support or hint of who Bolivia will support. URS [...] | 2009-03-02 11:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09LAPAZ845 | BOLIVIA LUKE WARM ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez June 4. Fernandez was noncommittal, but was responsive to reftel point that U.S. Caniddate Lucretia Myers was the only candidate from the Americas. URS [...] | 2009-06-09 19:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUST KUNR PREL UNGA BL |
09LILONGWE572 | MALAWI: AMCIT NOMINATION TO UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR MI PREL UNGA |
09LIMA267 | PERU RESPONSE: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 18:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA PE |
09LIMA821 | PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF LUCRETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 21:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PE |
09LISBON117 | PORTUGAL ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR PO |
09LISBON310 | PORTUGAL: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 14:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL PO |
09LISBON566 | PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poleconoff delivered reftel points on October 23 to Goncalo Silvestre of the Portuguese Ministy of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Post received on November 2 a note verbale from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that Portug [...] | 2009-11-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA PO |
09LJUBLJANA52 | SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] (C) Slovenia will support Judge Mark Painter in the March 2 vote on judges for the UN Appeals Tribunal. Mateja Stojanovic, in the MFA's International Organizations sector, told us on February 27 that the MFA would also deliver a diplomatic note confirming Slovenia's support. FREDEN [...] | 2009-02-27 14:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SI |
09MADRID1065 | SPAIN: UNITED NATIONS ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 08:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | USUN PREL SP UNGA AORC APER KAWC |
09MADRID60 | SPANISH PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALLEGED FORMER NAZIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In July 2008 the Spanish National Court, under the Spanish judicial concept of universal jurisdiction and pursuant to a request by private parties, initiated an investigation of four suspects who allegedly committed crimes against humanity while serving in Nazi concentration camp [...] | 2009-01-20 06:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL PHUM SP |
09MANAMA116 | UNAPPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MANAMA337 | BAHRAIN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA BA |
09MANILA1803 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (ICSC) [...] Emboff relayed reftel A demarche points to Director Leah Ruiz of DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) on August 21, and urged the Philippines to support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers for the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). Per reftel B, Post [...] | 2009-08-25 09:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC PREL UNGA RP KJUS KUNR |
09MANILA435 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel points with Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),urging the Philippine government to instruct its UN delegation to vote for Judge Painter in the United Nations Appeals [...] | 2009-02-27 08:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KJUS KUNR PGOV PREL RP UNGA KAWC |
09MASERU385 | U.S. CAN EXPECT LESOTHO'S NORMAL SUPPORT [...] Public Diplomacy, Economic, and Political Officer (PDEP) met with the Director of Europe and Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, October 26, to discuss reftels. Concerning ref A, we are advised that Lesotho "should be able to support our candidate." This is consistent with [...] | 2009-10-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA |
09MASERU45 | LESOTHO: MISSION "KNOWS THE WAY WE USUALLY VOTE" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA LT |
09MEXICO1670 | MEXICO ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC ELECTION [...] Poloff conferred with Blanca Mendez Oblea, Deputy Director of Candidacies at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),June 12 to convey USG preference for Ms. Lucretia F. Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (reftel). Post also sent a diplomatic note with the Curriculum Vit [...] | 2009-06-12 22:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MX |
09MEXICO530 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 23:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MONROVIA161 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MONROVIA162 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED (2ND REQUEST/FOLLOWUP): UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MONTEVIDEO313 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY REQUESTS MORE [...] On June 2, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission Candidate, Lucretia Myers, to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, and the MFA's Director of Political Affairs, Elbio Roselli. Charge requested Uruguayan support for the candidate. [...] | 2009-06-08 12:29:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY |
09MONTEVIDEO606 | URUGUAY: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [...] (C) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's Officer for International Candidates, Amelia Tedesco. Ms. Tedesco accepted International Civil Service Commission candidate Myers' curriculum vitae. Although she could not confirm support from [...] | 2009-10-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY |
09MOSCOW1456 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA RS |
09MOSCOW470 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MUSCAT151 | NOMINATION OF JUDGE MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 06:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL MU |
09MUSCAT153 | OMAN TO SUPPORT JUDGE MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL MU |
09NASSAU364 | BAHAMAS: U.S. NOMINATION FOR UN ICSC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA |
09NDJAMENA486 | CHAD: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON AMCIT NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CD |
09NEWDELHI2225 | INDIA SEEKS RECIPROCITY FOR SUPPORTING US [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA IN |
09NICOSIA153 | CYPRUS TIGHT-LIPPED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09NICOSIA354 | CYPRUS NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09NICOSIA683 | CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. [...] (SBU) On October 30, Poloff delivered Ref A points and a detailed curriculum vitae of the U.S. candidate to the International Civil Service Commission to Penelope Erotokritou, Counselor in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Erotokritou sai [...] | 2009-10-30 13:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09NOUAKCHOTT707 | MAURITANIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] In response to reftel please note that on November 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed PolOff that Mauritania will instruct its delegation to support Lucretia Myers' candidacy to the International Service Commission. BOULWARE [...] | 2009-11-03 09:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL MR KAWC KUNR |
09OSLO387 | NORWEGIANS HAVE NO POSITION YET ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Assistant Director General Lars Henie of the MFA UN section regarding reftel demarche, and provided Henie with the included biographical information. Henie said that he had forwarded the information to the Norwegian UN mission in New York, and received a response that th [...] | 2009-06-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO |
09OSLO654 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT MYERS FOR UN ICSC BOARD [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Per Selvaag, acting head of the the UN section at Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Selvaag had checked with Norway's UN delegation and they reported that Norway had promised to support one of the three other candidates, but supporting Ms. Myers candidacy for [...] | 2009-10-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO |
09OTTAWA383 | CANADA SECURES FIRST WAR CRIMES CONVICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada on May 22 secured a landmark first judicial decision under its 2000 Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (CAHWCA),convicting failed refugee claimant Dsir Munyaneza on all seven charges against him related to genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes during t [...] | 2009-05-22 17:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KAWC PREF RW CA |
09OTTAWA437 | CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE MYERS IN ICSC [...] (SBU) Canada will support the election of U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers in the upcoming election for the UN International Civil Service Commission, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's UN and Commonwealth Affairs Division Deputy Director Shannon-Marie Soni. Ms [...] | 2009-06-08 19:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KUNR KAWC UNGA APER CA |
09OTTAWA826 | CANADA: LIFE SENTENCE FOR RWANDAN WAR CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A Quebec court has sentenced D????sir???? Munyaneza, a failed Rwandan refugee claimant, to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 25 years for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes stemming from his participation in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The l [...] | 2009-10-29 19:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ICTR KAWC CA RW |
09PARAMARIBO176 | PARAMARIBO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Post delivered demarche as a non-paper to Juliette Redman, Acting Head of the International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had been unavailable for an appointment despite numerous Post's attempts since last week. Post's attempts to engage Redman via telephone have li [...] | 2009-06-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09PARIS1206 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM KOUCHNER ON UNESCO DG RACE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy Paris continued its on-going engagement with France on the UNESCO Director General race. The Ambassador raised it forcefully in a September 2 meeting with FM Kouchner, in which he urged the French to actively engage on preventing the election of Hosni and to help build [...] | 2009-09-03 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR AORC APER KAWC UNGA FR |
09PARIS1223 | FRANCE NOT READY TO COMMIT TO MYERS FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA FR |
09PARIS726 | IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...] | 2009-06-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC UN FR |
09PARIS956 | GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR [...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...] | 2009-07-16 09:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR |
09PARISFR200 | GAZA RELIEF EFFORTS AT UNESCO BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Promising to coordinate closely with UN system sister agencies, UNESCO held an information meeting on February 6 to lay out its plans to lend assistance in Gaza, concentrating on education but also including protection of journalists. Fundraising for Gaza relief efforts will be [...] | 2009-02-10 09:36:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO PREL PHUM MARR KWBG KAWC IS |
09PORTAUPRINCE221 | HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE555 | HAITI WILL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A points on the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for re-election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Azad Belfort, Director of International Organization Affairs at the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 10. Belfort said that Haiti's delegat [...] | 2009-06-12 19:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE903 | DEMARCHE UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [...] (U) Post delivered the International Civil Service Commission Demarche to Azad Belfort, Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 23. Belfort indicated that Haiti was inclined to vote for the US candidate, Ms. Myers, but would not confirm. He noted that U [...] | 2009-10-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA HA AORC |
09PORTLOUIS356 | MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT MYERS' CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 09:03:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MP |
09PRAGUE494 | UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION: AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 11:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KAWC KUNR PREL UN EZ |
09PRISTINA533 | KOSOVO: HITMAN'S CONFESSION SHAKES KOSOVO POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's political establishment has been shaken following allegations that Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) officials were involved in assassination plots during an effort to consolidate power from 1999 to 2003. A Democratic League of Dardania (LDD) member of parliament, Gani G [...] | 2009-12-01 19:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KAWC KV |
09QUITO461 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds too [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO462 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S CANDIDATE FOR UN'S [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds to [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC |
09REYKJAVIK194 | ICELAND TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On October 29, Nina Jonsdottir from the International Affairs Department at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) notified post that Iceland intends to support the U.S. candidate, Lucretia Myers, in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election that will take place [...] | 2009-10-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA IC |
09RIGA111 | LATVIA WILL SUPPORT JUDGE PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09RIYADH1106 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDIS UNDECIDED ON ICSC [...] (U) Poloff discussed the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission per reftels with MFA UN Department Director General Ambassador Adnan Baghdadi on August 26. Baghdadi said he was not currently aware of the Saudi position with respect to Ms. [...] | 2009-08-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA SA |