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| 01ABUJA1437 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE ASKS ADVICE ON TAYLOR -- ANY GOOD [...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary. ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate invited Ambassador to his office June 18 to discuss President Taylor of Liberia and the regional response to Taylor's government. Kouyate suggested either an attempt at an "internal dial [...] |
2001-06-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI SL LI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1926 | KOUYATE ON LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate on July 27. Kouyate indicated that the SIPDIS effort to organize Liberian opposition and civil society leaders continues, and is intended as a precursor to a meeting with Charles Taylor. Careful steps need to be taken t [...] |
2001-08-02 10:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LI SL NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA2113 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES AFRICA ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to security assistance, UNAMSIL troop rotations, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels), the Ambassador and NSA discussed Nigeria's pe [...] |
2001-08-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL IV SU ZI LY CG LI NI |
| 01BANJUL327 | THE GAMBIA -- JAMMEH'S WEST AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT DEVELOPED A COHERENT STRATEGY FOR WEST AFRICAN REGIONAL SECURITY, PRESIDENT JAMMEH WANTS TO BE A MORE VISIBLE PLAYER IN SUB-REGIONAL DIPLOMACY. NEVERTHELESS, JAMMEH IS KEEN ON DEVELOPING A REPUTATION AS AN INFLUENTIAL PEACE BROKER. WITH EFFORTS IN THE CASAMAN [...] |
2001-05-29 15:21:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LI SN GA |
| 02ABUJA1191 | ECOWAS TO ARGUE FOR EASED LIBERIAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) During April 12 discussions on USG support for ECOWAS (septel) and plans for the future of peace support programs for Africa (reftel), ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary Chiekh Diarra told the visiting team that ECOWAS was working hard to reduce tensions in Liberia. The Secretariat was tryi [...] |
2002-04-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LI NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA1407 | NIGERIA: LIBERIAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Lamido, Ambassador Jeter delivered talking points to Special Presidential Advisor Ad'obe Obe. The Ambassador stressed the importance of keeping pressure on Taylor who remained unrepentant in practice notwithstanding the nice sounds he made in public. Inst [...] |
2002-05-06 18:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL LI SL NI |
| 02ABUJA1725 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: During two recent conversations with Ambassador Jeter, the last on May 24, ECOWAS ExeSec Chambas outlined the game-plan for Liberia developed at the May 17 Heads of State meeting in Yamoussoukro. Presidents Obasanjo and Wade were appointed to broker political reconciliation and a [...] |
2002-06-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
| 02ABUJA1805 | NIGERIA: DIVERGENT GON VIEWS ON LIBERIA [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with two senior GON officials reveal GON ambivalence on Liberia. Vacillating between two divergent philosophical approaches, Nigeria's position on Liberia is fluid and not fixed to any coherent strategy. One contending belief, championed by Special Advisor on Co [...] |
2002-06-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
| 02ABUJA1849 | NIGERIA RESPONDS TO MADAGASCAR DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria dislikes the way Ravalomanana came to power but likely will not oppose acceptance of his rule. Nigeria is not a member of the OAU Central Organ. End Summary. 2. (C) Because all GON officials (Presidency and MFA) able to discuss Madagascar were unavailable June 20, [...] |
2002-06-21 15:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MA NI LI OAU |
| 02ABUJA2016 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS REPORT WILL NOT CONTAIN FALSE [...] (C) During a July 3 meeting, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel points with ECOWAS Acting Executive Secretary (Deputy Executive Secretary for Economic SIPDIS Integration) Mame Sen, and Colonel Dixon Dikio, Military Advisor to the Executive Secretary. Both Executive Secretary Chambas and Deputy [...] |
2002-07-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
| 02ABUJA2565 | ECOWAS: LIBERIA CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) I managed to reach ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas before he left Sweden on August 31. Chambas will be traveling in Europe for the rest of this week and returns to Abuja over the weekend. 2. (SBU) The Executive Secretary confirms that ECOWAS is proposing a meeting of th [...] |
2002-09-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XY LI ECOWAS UN |
| 02ABUJA2566 | CORRECTED COPY: NIGERIA: EMBASSY REVISITS ISSUE OF [...] This is an action message; see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador again raised allegations of U.S./ UK support for Lurd in Liberia with ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary, General Cheick Diarra. After reiterating that the SIPDIS U.S. and UK do not support Lurd rebels in any way, the [...] |
2002-09-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS XY LI IV NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA2629 | NIGERIA: EMBASSY DELIVERS LETTER OF PROTEST TO [...] (C) On September 6, the Ambassador wrote to ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas regarding the circulation by the Liberian Government of an unauthorized ECOWAS military mission report alleging U.S./UK complicity and military support for the LURD. Dr. Chambas is scheduled to return to A [...] |
2002-09-12 08:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS XY LI NI |
| 02ABUJA2856 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS SECURITY ASSESSMENT REPORT: NEED [...] (C) During an October 9 conversation on Cote d'Voire (REF A), Ambassador Jeter reminded ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas of our request for a public statement clarifying ECOWAS' position on allegations in the draft military assessment team's report on Liberia. More specifically, he asked ECOWAS to con [...] |
2002-10-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NI LI |
| 02ABUJA3163 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS PROPOSES MEETING [...] (C) During a November 11 conversation on Cote d'Ivoire with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas proposed a meeting of the Liberia contact group in Dakar on December 2. 2. (C) Chambas also said Senegalese President Wade would travel to Liberia on November 23 and that Wade hoped to [...] |
2002-11-21 18:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NI LI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA622 | LIBERIA: JOHNSON SIRLEAF BELIEVES LURD THREAT IS [...] (C) Summary. During a February 22 meeting at my residence, Liberian opposition leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (EJS) told me the security situation in Liberia was difficult to read. While acknowledging the LURD's ability to disrupt and raid areas closer to Monrovia, she did not think the rebel gro [...] |
2002-02-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS LI NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA788 | ECOWAS: LEGAL DIRECTOR LALOUPO GIVES A LIBERIA [...] (U) PolMilOff and OIG Inspector Paul Tyson March 6 met ECOWAS Director of Legal Affairs Roger Laloupo. DAS Perry, accompanied by PolMilOff, also met Laloupo and his Deputy, Halima Ahmed, on March 7. 2. (C) Laloupo said the ECOWAS-sponsored Liberia meeting was still set for March 14-16, bu [...] |
2002-03-12 17:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LI NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA926 | NIGERIA: LIBERIAN RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE YIELDS [...] (C) Summary: Initially set for March 14, the Liberian reconciliation meeting finally opened March 15. The delay was due to an unsuccessful eleventh hour attempt by ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas to convince President Taylor to attend. Taylor declined but sent a 27-person delegation led by Agricultural [...] |
2002-03-20 16:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECOWAS MOPS MASS PHUM LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1078 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON LIBERIA: TAYLOR IS FINISHED; [...] (C) In two meetings on other issues during the past week, Ambassador raised developments in Liberia with President Obasanjo. Obasanjo said Taylor was "finished" as President of Liberia. Obasanjo said he, Ghanaian President Kufuor and others at the Accra talks had leaned hard on Taylor to ac [...] |
2003-06-19 11:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS LI SL NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA1084 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO SEEKING U.S. APPROVAL FOR GON [...] (C) On the afternoon of June 19, President Obasanjo summoned me and acting British High Commissioner, Charles Bird to the Statehouse for a discussion on Liberia. Also present were National Security Advisor LTG (ret.) Aliyu Mohammed and Presidential Advisor for International Affairs Ad'Obe Ob [...] |
2003-06-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM LI SL NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA1202 | NIGERIA -- PRESIDENT OBASANJO CONFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 afternoon meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo stated that, despite the concerns of his security staff, he was committed to travelling to Monrovia to confer with Charles Taylor. He saw Taylor's extraction from Monrovia as an essential cog in the evolvi [...] |
2003-07-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV MASS MOPS LI |
| 03ABUJA1240 | NIGERIA: LIBERIA DEMARCHE [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche July 18 to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Daniel Hart. Ambassador Hart said the USG position that the Nigerian contingent to be deployed to Liberia should be comprised of battalions trained under Operation Focus Relief (OFR) made "good sense." A/DCM [...] |
2003-07-19 11:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA1246 | NIGERIA: ABUBAKAR ON ECOWAS LIBERIA FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Kansteiner, former Nigerian Head of State General Abdulsalaam Abubakar discussed the proposed deployment of an ECOWAS force and the establishment of a transitional government in Liberia. Abubakar said Nigerian [...] |
2003-07-22 16:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA1247 | ECOWAS EXSEC CHAMBAS DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a July 12 side-bar meeting during President Bush's visit to Nigeria, A/S Kansteiner told ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas that the United States was still considering its policy options in Liberia. Chambas asserted United States troops were essential to the success of a sta [...] |
2003-07-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM NI LI |
| 03ABUJA1272 | NIGERIA:-TWO BATTALIONS CAN DEPLOY QUICKLY TO [...] (C) Summary. During a late evening July 19 discussion with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo decided Nigeria would deploy two OFR-trained battalions to Liberia. Obasanjo gave the green light to deploying one of the battalions currently in Sierra Leone and also a battalion currently in Nig [...] |
2003-07-25 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM NI LI |
| 03ABUJA1303 | NIGERIA: PLANNING FOR LIBERIA [...] (C) According to current GON planning, the 19th Motorized Infantry battalion (i.e. NIBATT 15 in UNAMSIL) and the 26th Infantry battalion from Sokoto will deploy to Monrovia. Combined manpower of the two battalions is 1,375 men. The GON had indicated a willingness to deploy OFR- trained NIBA [...] |
2003-07-30 17:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA1327 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S LIBERIA POLICY GETS MIXED [...] (S) President Obasanjo's policy of active diplomatic engagement on and military troop deployment to Liberia has the support of the many Nigerians who believe that their country's status as the sub- regional power requires an activist foreign policy. However, most Nigerians probably either oppo [...] |
2003-08-01 17:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MOPS LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1332 | NIGERIA: CHAMBAS BRIEFING ON LIBERIA [...] On August 6, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas briefed the diplomatic corps on the developments in the deployment of ECOMIL forces. Chambas informed the group that an open account had been established with ECOBANK in Accra, and that the account number would be circulated shortly. Paralleling ECOMICI, C [...] |
2003-08-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1355 | NIGERIA: GON STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT TAYLOR'S [...] (C) During an August 7 conversation with A/DCM, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs expressed concern that Charles Taylor may try to renege on his implied promise to leave Liberia on August 11. The Minister realized that Taylor had only expressly stated that he would step down on that date [...] |
2003-08-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA1356 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXSEC CHAMBAS SAYS OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 5 conversation with Charge, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas said President Obasanjo affirmed that Charles Taylor would be evicted from Liberia if he refused to leave willingly. However, Chambas characterized Taylor as conflicted, pulled by his expans [...] |
2003-08-08 18:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA1358 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXSEC CHAMBAS SAYS OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 5 conversation with Charge, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas said President Obasanjo affirmed that Charles Taylor would be evicted from Liberia if he refused to leave willingly. However, Chambas characterized Taylor as conflicted, pulled by his expans [...] |
2003-08-08 18:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA1367 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA1374 | NIGERIA: TAYLOR ARRIVES [...] (C) Former President Charles Taylor arrived in Abuja Monday evening August 11 at 2125 local time. He traveled with President Kufuor of Ghana and President Chissano of Mozambique, and was greeted by President Obasanjo. After spending several hours in Abuja, he and his entire contingent conti [...] |
2003-08-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA1497 | MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: APCS, WARRI, MPRI [...] (S/NF) CDA delivered REF A demarche on APCs for ECOMIL to Minister of Defense Kwankwaso on 29 August. Kwankwaso said he had not heard of Ghana's request that the GON provide APCs for the Ghanaian ECOMIL battalion. Kwankwaso and MOD PermSec Kaigama indicated the GON would consider the Ghanaia [...] |
2003-08-29 18:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MCAP LI ML SG GH NI |
| 03ABUJA1559 | PUBLIC REACTION TO TAYLOR ASYLUM AND LIBERIA [...] (U) The Nigerian press headlined President Bush's recent commendation of President Obasanjo's efforts in Liberia, and the Nigerian President, received a heroic welcome in Liberia early this week. Nevertheless, Obasanjo is still facing criticism at home for granting political asylum to Charle [...] |
2003-09-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1576 | MFA PERMSEC ON TAYLOR'S EXILE [...] (C) I took the opportunity of a September 9 courtesy call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Amb. Daniel Hart to convey USG concerns regarding Taylor's exile per reftel. I conveyed appreciation for Nigeria's leadership role to find a solution to the Liberian crisis, but o [...] |
2003-09-09 17:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1630 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY STATEMENT ON TAYLOR [...] (SBU) According to press reports, the Nigerian Presidential Spokesman, Mrs. Remi Oyo, told the press Tuesday evening September 26 that the GON was displeased with Charles Taylor. She is quoted as saying, "The GON has made it clear to Mr. Taylor that it will not tolerate any breach of these co [...] |
2003-09-19 07:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1649 | CHAMBAS: BLUE HAT ECOMIL; MODEL COOPERATING; [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas advocated to the Charge September 19 and in a meeting of COMs September 22 that ECOMIL should become part of the UN's peacekeeping force after the October 1 handover. Chambas also commented that recent conversations with MODEL leaders led him to believe the [...] |
2003-09-23 16:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LI NI |
| 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 |
| 03ABUJA1730 | NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON TAYLOR [...] (C) CDA took the opportunity of a meeting with Foreign Minister Adeniji October 7 to express appreciation for Nigeria's leadership efforts on Liberia and Guinea-Bissau, but also to express continuing concern over Charles Taylor's interference in Liberian affairs. Noting the GON's interest in [...] |
2003-10-08 17:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1937 | TAYLOR TO SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON believes it has performed a major service by taking a leadership role in arranging Taylor's departure from Liberia, and committing its own troops to participate in needed related follow-up peacekeeping efforts. Both have involved significant domestic political risk. Niger [...] |
2003-11-12 05:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1996 | TAYLOR: MIXED SIGNALS BREEDS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Permanent Secretary Hart told the CDA November 20 that the GON appreciated USG clarifications regarding Charles Taylor and the recent measure authorizing $2 million related to the SLSC indictment against him. Nonetheless, Hart observed the issue is getting a good deal of ongoi [...] |
2003-11-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LI NI |
| 03ABUJA503 | NIGERIA: RELOCATING LIBERIAN REFUGEES [...] I.A.D. Nuhu of MFA's Department of Consular and Legal Affairs March 6 confirmed to Poloff that he had met often with UNHCR representative Eusebe Hounsokou and that the GON was interested in accepting refugees from Cote D,Ivoire. 2. Nuhu referred to Nigeria,s existing refugee camps, poin [...] |
2003-03-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV NI IV LI |
| 03ABUJA662 | NIGERIA: CHAMBAS BRIEFING ON ECOWAS MINISTERIAL [...] On April 9, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas briefed the diplomatic corps on the April 7 ECOWAS Ministerial in Abidjan. The briefing was similar to the one he gave in Abijdan (REF B). Stressing the need for immediate funding to ensure ECOMICI's continued viability, Chambas stated that he would join a [...] |
2003-04-10 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINS IV LI NI |
| 03ABUJA997 | UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...] |
2003-06-05 19:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MASS LI NI |
| 03LAGOS519 | NIGERIA: UNHCR SEEKS USG HELP WITH NIGERIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR representative in Nigeria, updated Poloff on his efforts to relocate 5,000 Liberian refugees from Cote d'Ivoire to Nigeria (Ref B). Per UNHCR Geneva's information, Hounsokou advised the GON that, since the USG may take up to 10,000 Liberian refugees for [...] |
2003-03-12 06:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV IV LI NI |
| 03OTTAWA2181 | FORCES FOR LIBERIA: CANADA WOULD LIKE TO HELP, [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-31 21:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CD LI ML MR NG PGOV PHUM PREL XY CA UNSC |
| 03ROME4431 | A HUMANITARIAN LOOK AT COTE D'IVOIRE PAINTS A [...] The food security and nutritional situation in the northern and western areas of Cote d'Ivoire has been adversely affected by the events of the past year. The lack of civil administration, breakdown in health services, and fighting in the west has had a serious negative impact on the affecte [...] |
2003-09-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ LI PHUM WFP |
| 03ROME4435 | PLIGHT OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS IN WESTERN COTE [...] Nicla transit camp is currently home to 5,500-6,300 third country nationals (TCNs), most of whom are Burkinabe. The protection of the TCNs in the camp is a concern. The Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly recently visited Guiglo and talked with the local populations in an effort to ease t [...] |
2003-09-26 15:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ LI PHUM WFP |
| 03THEHAGUE1920 | LIBERIA: DUTCH WILL CONTRIBUTE EURO 500,000 FOR [...] (S) Summary: The GoNL plans to contribute euro 500,000 via ECOWAS to Mali to support Mali's military contribution to an ECOWAS force in Liberia. Such financial support will be dependent upon a "believable arrangement" that Taylor will leave country and will not be absolved of his war crimes [...] |
2003-07-30 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL CD LI ML MR NG XY NL UNSC |
| 03THEHAGUE2299 | DUTCH ON SUPPORTING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR LIBERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-12 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS LI NL |
| 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 |
| 03THEHAGUE2726 | STATUS OF DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: LIBERIA, [...] (S) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with the Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse (protect throughout) on October 29 to review the status of current and planned Dutch participation in international military operations in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. On Liber [...] |
2003-10-29 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV NL LI AF IZ BK |
| 03ZAGREB1854 | LIBERIA: CROATIAN SUPPORT FOR UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (U) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ACTING NORTH AMERICA DESK DIRECTOR ANDREA BEKIC ON AUGUST 21. BEKIC COMMENTED THAT THE GOC WAS REVIEWING HOW IT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW MISSION TO LIBERIA. SHE CAUTIONED THAT DEPENDING ON THE FINAL SCOPE OF THE GOC CONTRIBUTION, PARLIAMENTARY A [...] |
2003-08-25 12:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL LI HR UN |
| 04ABUJA1049 | CHARLES TAYLOR AND THE SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT [...] (C) Charles Taylor's status in Nigeria is unlikely to be affected in the short term by the recent Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) ruling that it has jurisdiction to try him for war crimes in Sierra Leone. As President Obasanjo told us in March (Ref B), he plans to allow Taylor to stay i [...] |
2004-06-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LI NI |
| 04ABUJA1152 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECOWAS EXECSEC, DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: June 28, Ambassador Campbell called on ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Ibn Chambas. Chambas believed the political process in Liberia was on track and thought the continued engagement of the ECOWAS Secretariat and member states would keep the process moving in the right dire [...] |
2004-06-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LI NI |
| 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 |
| 04ABUJA144 | NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO HEAD DELEGATION TO [...] The Foreign Ministry informed us today that Foreign Minister Adeniji will lead the Nigerian delegation to the Liberia Reconstruction Conference and associated meetings at the UN in New York February 5-6. Roberts [...] |
2004-01-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID LI NI |
| 04ABUJA312 | SHARING INFO ON CHARLES TAYLOR'S ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S/NF) February 23, CDA delivered reftel demarche on Charles Taylor's continuing efforts to influence events in Liberia to Minister of Foreign Affairs Olu Adeniji. Adeniji reiterated the GON's commitment to preventing Taylor from influencing events in Liberia, noting that the GON had warned [...] |
2004-02-24 08:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL IO LI SL NI |
| 04ABUJA445 | PRESIDENT OBASANJO ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (S) Summary: President Obasanjo told Ambassador at Large Prosper March 12 that Charles Taylor's stay in Nigeria was temporary, and would end when a "democratically elected Liberian Government" asked publicly for Taylor to go to the Special Court in Sierra Leone, or to Liberia, or anywhere els [...] |
2004-03-15 03:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PHUM LI SL NI |
| 04ACCRA1921 | UNHCR SIGNS REPATRIATON AGREEMENT FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the GOG, and the Government of Liberia signed a landmark agreement on September 22 in Accra, providing for the voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees living in Ghana. Unlike the flawed repatriation attempted during t [...] |
2004-09-23 16:47:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM GH LI |
| 04ACCRA2039 | A VISIT TO GHANA'S BUDUMBURAM REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ref Coord's visit on October 6 to the Budumburam refugee camp near Accra revealed an atmosphere of utter calm that debunked some press claims that its residents were huddled in a state of fear under "martial law." Most Liberian residents, who by all appearances are adequately [...] |
2004-10-15 09:46:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL GH LI |
| 04ACCRA2340 | INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP ON LIBERIA - GHANA [...] (C) On November 24, PolChief met with Mr. G.A.A. Saame, Ghana's Acting Director for African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and his Acting Deputy, Mrs. Abadoo, to deliver reftel points on the need for better local coordination and consensus within the International Contact Group [...] |
2004-11-30 17:27:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH LI PREL |
| 04AMMAN391 | INVITING JORDAN TO LIBERIA RECONSTRUCTION [...] PolCouns January 14 cover ref points with Basheer Zoubi, Officer in Charge of UN affairs in FonMin Mausher's Private Office. PolCouns encouraged Jordan, and a troop contributing country, to attend the Liberia reconstruction conference February 5-6. Zoubi said that Jordan would most likely a [...] |
2004-01-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID EFIN AORC LI JO |
| 04BRUSSELS2086 | EC MOVING FORWARD WITH AUDITORS FOR LIBERIA [...] Following receipt of reftel, USEU contacted DG Development Liberia Desk Officer Arend Biesenbroek for a status report on their funding of auditors to assist in the review of financial controls at six key government agencies. Biesenbroek reported that the terms of reference for this program ha [...] |
2004-05-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PGOV LI EUN IMF USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04MADRID650 | REQUEST FOR SECURITY SECTOR ASSISTANCE IN LIBERIA: [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-25 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL LI SP |
| 04MAPUTO197 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CHISSANO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL SL IV LI MZ ECOWAS |
| 04ROME4406 | CODEL LANTOS MEETINGS IN ROME ON LIBYA [...] (C) Summary. En route to Tripoli, Congressman Lantos met with Italian officials responsible for Libya, the Italo-Libyan Jewish community, and the Israeli Ambassador to Rome. Italians reaffirmed their commitment to abide by the EU code of conduct in selling equipment to Italy and expressed [...] |
2004-11-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM LI IT EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1142 | DUTCH CANNOT FUND SSR IN LIBERIA [...] (SBU) As reported in ref b, the Dutch are unable to provide any funding for security sector reform (SSR) due to political and financial commitments elsewhere in Africa. The Netherlands previously supported efforts in Liberia by stationing the Dutch Navy's LPD HrMs Rotterdam off the coast of [...] |
2004-05-10 11:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID MASS ASEC LI NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1200 | LIBERIA SSR - DUTCH TO MEET U.S. OFFICIALS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-14 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID MASS ASEC LI NL |
| 04THEHAGUE92 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On January 13, EconOff delivered ref demarche regarding the Feb. 5-6 Liberia reconstruction conference to Roel van den Veen of the MFA's West Africa Division. Van den Veen will share the points with colleagues from the MFA Directorate of Peacebuilding/Human Rights (which oversees the D [...] |
2004-01-14 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID ECON LI NL PREL |
| 04VILNIUS1477 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Post warmly welcomes Ambassador Michael Kozak and is pleased to grant country clearance for the period of December 3-6, 2004 to attend the "Advancing Europe Whole and Free: Challenges and Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation" conference. 2. Embassy point of contact for your visit is [...] |
2004-12-03 07:34:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT PGOV PHUM KDEM LI LH |
| 05ABIDJAN695 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ADDRESSING PROTECTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting training sessions for militia groups, as well as the National Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) and the Armed Forces of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the Geneva Conventions. [...] |
2005-04-27 08:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF IV LI PHUM WFP |
| 05ABUJA114 | CHARLES TAYLOR DEMARCHE [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche and talking points to MFA PermSec N.U.O. Nadibia-Anyanwu on January 19, and also sent a copy to National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. The PermSec responded that such fears of Taylor's influence had been investigated in the past and proved overblown [...] |
2005-01-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL LI NI |
| 05ABUJA1862 | NIGERIA:LIBERIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary. Despite sensitivities about the need in principle to support the legal structures of Liberia, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS agreed with U.S. concerns about the Liberian Supreme Court rulings. He said that the U.S. and ECOWAS share a common position on how to respond to those [...] |
2005-09-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LI NI ECOWAS |
| 05ABUJA1873 | NIGERIA/LIBERIA:GENERAL ABUBAKAR ON ECOWAS AND THE [...] (C) The Ambassador, with PolMilOff, met with CPA Mediator and former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar the evening of September 29 to deliver Ref A points, which were left as a nonpaper. Abubakar accepted the U.S. position and said that it is "in the line of our thinking." His response di [...] |
2005-09-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LI NI ECOWAS |
| 05ABUJA2188 | ECOWAS ON LIBERIA AND TOGO [...] In response to reftel, Charge met with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau on Friday, November 11. NSA said he would personally convey the contents of the message to President Obasanjo on the afternoon of November 11 on his return to Abuja. 2. PolMilOff called ECOWAS Exec [...] |
2005-11-15 06:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM NI LI ECOWAS |
| 05ABUJA743 | OBASANJO AND CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (S) Summary: In our May 13 meeting, President Obasanjo reiterated his familiar arguments against turning Taylor over to the Special Court in Sierra Leone. He showed no sense of urgency and made it clear that he did not want to engage. However, he agreed on the importance of continued dialog [...] |
2005-05-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL SU NI LI |
| 05ACCRA549 | GHANA'S RESPONSE TO SECRETARY RICE'S ECOWAS MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: D.K. Osei, Secretary to the President, told Emboffs that Ghana would support the U.S. on bringing Charles Taylor to justice, as addressed in Secretary Rice's recent letter to President Kufuor. However, the support "would not be very loud." The GOG is concerned that seeking ju [...] |
2005-03-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH LI OPDC PHUM PREL TO |
| 05ACCRA770 | REFUGEES IN THE GAMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Refugees in The Gambia comprise a disparate assortment of illiterate Senegalese farmers, Sierra Leonean professionals, and Liberians. While UNHCR provides for almost every imaginable need for the residents of Bambali Camp, urban refugees in Banjul struggle to eke out a meager [...] |
2005-04-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GA SL SE LI PREF |
| 05ACCRA943 | GHANA REFUGEE ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian refugees in Ghana recently pelted the camp manager's car with stones, causing UNHCR to withdraw all services to the Budumburam settlement for one week. Of the 224 newly arrived Sudanese refugees, 40% have now been interviewed and 3% have been favorably adjudicated. N [...] |
2005-05-12 17:09:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH LI SU TO |
| 05BUCHAREST258 | ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for State Department. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Major General Alexandru Grecu delivered January 26 to DAO a letter expressing GOR willingness to provide material assistance to the Liberian armed forces (Reftel). Grecu also provided a detailed list [...] |
2005-01-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MARR MASS PREL LI RO |
| 05CAIRO2682 | LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...] |
2005-04-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR |
| 05LAGOS765 | SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS PROVOKE PLEAS FROM [...] Summary: On a visit to Oru Refugee Camp, PRM regional refugee coordinator, PRM admissions program officer, and Lagos pol-off were greeted by a large crowd. The refugees complained of substandard housing and sanitation, both evident on a tour of the camp. They explained the barriers to local [...] |
2005-05-23 16:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL LI NI |
| 05OTTAWA1368 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR LIBERIAN SECURITY REFORM [...] (SBU) In response to ref a, poloff followed up with Andrew Armstrong, Manager of Fleet Policies and Standards at Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Headquarters. Armstrong stated that he would advise CCG management of our interest in using these boats as part of a nascent Liberian Coast Guard, but a [...] |
2005-05-06 12:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL MARR EAID LI CA FAC |
| 05PARIS3088 | FRANCE FAVORS RATIONALIZING WEST AFRICA UN [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher raised ref B points on authorizing the UNSYG to transfer peacekeeping units among existing missions in West Africa with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier and MFA IO DAS-equivalent Jean Pierre Lacroix on May 6. 2. (C) Barbier, while noting that IO had the le [...] |
2005-05-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO SL LI IV UK FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS439 | FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the last two years, France's Africa policy has, of necessity, been focused on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Two years after France hosted the Linas-Marcoussis and Kleb [...] |
2005-01-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR |
| 05PARIS6938 | PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...] |
2005-10-11 06:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR |
| 05PARIS8454 | FRANCE FAVORS LIBERIAN SANCTIONS RENEWAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL ETRD ETTC LI FR UNSC |
| 06ABIDJAN1212 | LIBERIAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Liberia from October 10-19 to discuss ongoing Liberian refugee repatriation efforts. UNHCR figures show that a total of 80,617 Liberian refugees returned between November 2004 and September 28, 2006 and th [...] |
2006-10-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM LI IV |
| 06ABIDJAN136 | MORE ON VIOLENCE IN GUIGLO AND VULNERABILITY OF [...] (C) The humanitarian community is still reeling from the violent attacks that took place mid-January in Guiglo against their offices and staff. Providing basic emergency assistance to the camps of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guiglo is the top priority, but security ov [...] |
2006-02-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM WFP IV LI |
| 06ABUDHABI715 | UAE SUSPENDS OPERATIONS OF BOUT FRONT COMPANY [...] (U) Summary. The Embassy notified the UAEG on 14 February that Irbis Air, a small air service operating out of Sharjah Internatioanl Airport, was a UN designated front company for international arms trafficker Viktor Bout. One week later, on February 21, the UAE closed the Irbis office and sus [...] |
2006-02-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SOCI ETRD PREL PTER LI AE |
| 06ABUJA491 | OBASANJO TAYLOR MEETING CONFIRMED [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador on Feb. 28 in Abuja asked Nigerian presidential spokesman Femi Fani Kayode about reports the President Met with Charles Taylor on Fberuary 26. The Ambassador said the USG wanted Taylor brought to justice and noted Obasanjo's repeated statements that Nigeria would ext [...] |
2006-02-28 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI LI |
| 06ACCRA248 | REFUGEES IN GHANA: STRENGTHENING UNHCR AND GOG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 23 meeting with Embassy officers, UNHCR Representative Luc Stevens welcomed USG support for his various refugee programs in 2006 and accepted our encouragement to work more closely with the GOG. Beyond money and staffing, his primary concern was the GOG wild card: [...] |
2006-01-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH LI PREF PREL TO |
| 06ACCRA547 | EMBASSY ENGAGES ON LIBERIAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] (U) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with Liberian Ambassador to Ghana von Ballmoos, Ambassador expressed USG support for the new GOL and for repatriation of Liberian refugees. Ref Coord echoed these themes in a speech to graduates of a skills training program at Budumburam Refugee Camp. [...] |
2006-03-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL GH LI |
| 06BANJUL450 | THE GAMBIA: TAIWANESE AMBASSADOR'S LIBERIAN [...] (C) We note reftel report of possible GOL contacts with Taiwan amidst the PRC's growing engagement in Liberia. We also note reporting in other channels of recent contacts between Liberian House Speaker Snowe and The Gambia-based Taiwanese Ambassador, Patrick Chang,who served as Ambassador to [...] |
2006-07-15 12:25:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GA LI CH |
| 06BEIJING24646 | CHINA OPPOSES LIBERIA RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF [...] (C) China's recent concerns about UNSC Resolution 1521 (2003) involving the renewal of Liberia sanctions are tied directly to Taiwan's participation in the Kimberley Process, Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong told the DCM December 19. Based on refs, DCM took advantage [...] |
2006-12-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LI TW CH |
| 06CONAKRY1711 | Mano River Union Conference: Consolidating Peace and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16-17, Guinea hosted the Conference for the Consolidation of Peace and Security in the Mano River Region. The event brought together delegations from Liberia and Sierra Leone with officials from various United Nations agencies, foreign governments, and diplomatic mi [...] |
2006-11-21 07:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PBTS EAID GV LI SL IV |
| 06DAKAR766 | SENEGAL: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWAC UNSC LI NI SG |
| 06DUBAI3675 | SHARJAH AIRPORT - IRBIS FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 13:13:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE |
| 06DUBAI4121 | IRBIS FOLLOW-UP - SHARJAH, RAS AL-KHAIMAH, AND FUJAIRAH [...] SUMMARY: (C) Poleconoff met with the directors of Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah (RAK), and Fujairah airports in June to follow-up on the closure of Irbis and other UN designated operations belonging to Viktor Bout. Sharjah and RAK airport directors gave assurances that all of Bout's operations had be [...] |
2006-07-05 12:54:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE |
| 06DUBLIN401 | IRELAND PLANNING A REDUCTION OF THE QRF IN [...] (C) Summary. On April 12th, POL/ECON Chief and DATT met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady and Deputy Director Brian Cahalane and separately with Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and Desk Officer Louise Hartigan regarding t [...] |
2006-04-13 18:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR NATO UN LI EI SW |
| 06DUBLIN530 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: GOI EXPECTS PRELIMINARY [...] (C) Summary: On May 11, Post delivered ref A pre-GAERC demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent, and, on May 12, further discussed ref A's Iran points with Stephen Dawson, DFA First Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. Dawson expected GAERC minis [...] |
2006-05-12 15:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI |
| 06FREETOWN360 | AMCIT DETAINED FOR PHOTOGRAPHING SPECIAL COURT, NO [...] (C) On May 2, AmCit Michael Chemidlin was arrested for taking photographs of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (reftel) where war crimes indictee former Liberian President Charles Taylor is incarcerated awaiting trial. Chemidlin was accompanied by two Sierra Leoneans who he said told him to [...] |
2006-05-05 17:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL SL LI |
| 06FREETOWN496 | Liberians Riot At Freetown UNHCR Office [...] On June 12, a small contingent of disgruntled Liberian refugees, including ex-combatants who were recently refused refugee status, led an assault on the Freetown UNHCR office. Police arrested 61 people, but only after approximately $50,000 worth of damage was done to UNHCR vehicles and ground [...] |
2006-06-19 17:01:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PINS ASEC SL LI |
| 06FREETOWN530 | LIBERIAN REFUGEES VOICE COMPLAINTS AT UNHCR WORLD [...] The June 12 riot at UNHCR offices in Freetown was addressed by several panelists at the World Refugee Day event on June 20. GoSL officials condemned the action and chastised supporters of the urban refugees that led the riot. An urban refugee representative responded to these comments with [...] |
2006-06-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PINS ASEC SL LI |
| 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 |
| 06LONDON4033 | (U) LIBERIAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's visit to London May 29-31 reflects the UK's increased commitment to Liberia as a key to stability in the sub-region. She met with the Queen, Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn and FCO Minister for Africa Lor [...] |
2006-06-07 11:11:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN LI UK |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 06NAIROBI5126 | THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE: KENYA [...] Summary. The Government of Kenya (GOK), represented by the Minister for Health, Mrs. Charity Ngilu, and Mr. Jackson Kinyanjui, External Resources Department, Ministry of Finance, are enthusiastic about the prospect of taking part in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Ambassador Rannebe [...] |
2006-12-01 09:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | BN ET GH KE LI MA ML ZA |
| 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 |
| 06PANAMA1719 | PANAMA TO CONSIDER TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 17:06:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AS BF BR CH CY EWWT GR JA LI NO PBTS |
| 06PARIS1706 | LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 13 described Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's March 7-10 official visit to France as a success. France's primary interest in supporting Johnson-Sirleaf and stability in Liberia is to promote stability in neighb [...] |
2006-03-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LI FR |
| 06PARIS2067 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...] |
2006-03-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR |
| 06PARIS2083 | FRENCH MFA OBJECTS TO CURTAILING NIGERIAN UNOCI [...] (C) Africa Watcher shared current U.S. thinking on how to reinforce the UN presence in both Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire during a March 29 meeting with AF Acting DAS-Equivalent Isabel Guisnel. Guisnel objected strongly to recalling the Nigerian mechanized company on loan from UNMIL to UNOCI. SC [...] |
2006-03-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO LI IV FR |
| 06PARIS2260 | FRANCE/WEST AFRICA: AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER'S MFA [...] (C) Summary: AF/W Director Carter clarified U.S. views on addressing security needs in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire in an April 3 meeting with MFA Acting A/S-Equivalent for Africa Affairs Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Foucher. Carter explained the significance in Monrovia of the Nigerian UNMIL com [...] |
2006-04-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KFLU GV NI IV LI FR |
| 06PRAGUE508 | CZECHS ON MAY 15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the May 15 GAERC, Czechs expect the focus will be on the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa. On Serbia, the Czechs agree with the EU decision to suspend accession talks for failure to comply fully with ICTY. They urge Montenegro to use the Czech-Slovak "Velvet Divorce" as a m [...] |
2006-05-12 08:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI |
| 06TOKYO5820 | EB DAS MOORE COVERS ECONOMIC AGENDA AT FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: EB DAS Chris Moore covered a range of issues with Ministry of Finance Senior Deputy Director General Rintaro Tamaki, including Central Asia, the recent G-7 and IMF meetings, the economic priorities of the new Abe administration, and possibilities for ongoing U.S.- Japan dialogue o [...] |
2006-10-06 04:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAGR ECON EFIN JA PK KZ LI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1196 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1683 ON LIBERIA [...] On June 13, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1683, which amends the arms embargo in Liberia. The new resolution allows the Government of Liberia to procure a limited number of weapons for vetted and trained security personnel. 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Security Council, [...] |
2006-06-13 22:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1244 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1689 ON LIBERIA [...] On June 20, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1689, which lifts timber sanctions in Liberia. If the Liberian Congress fails to pass necessary forestry legislation within 90 days, resolution 1689 expresses the Council's determination to reinstate the timber ban. The new res [...] |
2006-06-20 21:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2032 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS LIBERIA SANCTIONS [...] The UN Security Council, per resolution 1689, reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting October 20. Danish PermRep Ellen Loj (Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee) delivered a summary of committee discussions and the views of the Panel of Experts, which monitors sanctions impl [...] |
2006-10-23 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK209 | TEST CABLE MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-03 13:41:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | APER IMO JA LI PHUM PREF PREL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2294 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS UNSCR 1731 ON LIBERIA [...] On December 20, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1731, which extends diamond sanctions, the arms embargo, and the travel ban. The new resolution also amends the arms embargo to make it easier for Liberia to procure non-lethal military equipment. UNSCR 1731 highlights the [...] |
2006-12-27 21:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK622 | UNMIL RESOLUTION: EXPERTS MEETING [...] Summary: In expert level discussions on March 28, Security Council members expressed general support for extending UNMIL's mandate for six months as proposed by the U.S. However, all members, other than the U.S., also expressed strong backing for a French amendment that would authorize an e [...] |
2006-03-28 23:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LI IV |
| 06USUNNEWYORK833 | LIBERIA COMMITTEE CHAIR'S TRIP AND FUTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following her recent visit to Monrovia, the Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN and Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee Ellen Loj concluded the Security Council should send a positive signal to the new Liberian government during the Council's scheduled June revie [...] |
2006-04-24 13:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 06WARSAW2420 | POLAND: PKN ORLEN PRESIDENT WEATHERS A STORM [...] (C) Summary: PKN Orlen President Igor Chalupec has been under intense scrutiny over the past few months by the Polish government and press. Monthly press reports speculate that he will be replaced. Recent press articles include detailed accounts and biographies on potential replacements. C [...] |
2006-11-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PO LI PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN187 | TFGV01: UNHCR CONFIRMS REFUGEES IN GUINEA CAMPS [...] (SBU) Prior to the current crisis in Guinea, UNHCR had predicted that large-scale population displacements would not result from civil disturbances in Guinea. However, the dynamics of the crisis have UNHCR officials on edge and they remain vigilant should the situation change. UNHCR offices [...] |
2007-02-21 17:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL USAID GV LI CI |
| 07ABIDJAN263 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR CVT LIBERIA: [...] Summary: This monitoring and evaluation (M&E) report is based on Refugee Coordinator's (RefCoord) visits to the Center for Victims of Torture's (CVT) field offices in Liberia in October 2006 and January 2007. CVT is on target to meet its objectives in the PRM-funded program, "Promoting Com [...] |
2007-03-12 17:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM USAID UNHCR CI LI |
| 07ABIDJAN293 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNHCR PREPARING FOR JUNE DEADLINE [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled with Lou Mazel, DCM Monrovia, and Mohamud Osman, USAID/FFP Dakar, from February 25 to March 3 to visit WFP and UNHCR offices in Cote d'Ivoire (Tabou, Guiglo) and Liberia (Harper) and to meet with refugees and [...] |
2007-03-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID UNHCR SOCI LI IV |
| 07ABIDJAN557 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR CCF LIBERIA: [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa conducted a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) assessment of the PRM-funded NGO, Christian Children's Fund (CCF) during a visit to Liberia from May 4-11. RefCoord visited their offices in Monrovia and Zorzor and a CCF pr [...] |
2007-05-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN566 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR SEARCH FOR [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) conducted a monitoring and evaluation assessment of the PRM-funded Search For Common Ground (SFCG) project, "Mass Information in Support of Liberian Refugee Repatriation and Reintegration." SFCG's activities seem well conceived and f [...] |
2007-05-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN600 | THE ROCKY ROAD TO UNHCR'S JUNE 30 RETURN DEADLINE [...] (U) Summary: The Abijan-based Refugee Coordinator for West Africa (RefCoord), traveled by road from Monrovia to Abidjan from May 1 to May 17. RefCoord passed through Gbarnga, Voinjama, Macenta, Nzerekore, Danane, Duekoue/Guiglo, and Tabou during the trip. RefCoord visited a number of villa [...] |
2007-06-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM IV LI GU |
| 07ABIDJAN621 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR THE AMERICAN [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Liberia from May 1-11 to conduct a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) assessment of the American Refugee Committee's (ARC) PRM-funded project, "Supporting Sustainable Return, Reintegration and Stabilization of [...] |
2007-06-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN669 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR IRC LIBERIA: [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa conducted a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) assessment of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) PRM-funded project, "Integrated Protection and Assistance to Support the Reintegration of Displaced Liberian." RefCo [...] |
2007-06-25 12:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN865 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE'S OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN91 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LIBERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LI IV |
| 07ABUDHABI190 | UAE FOLLOW-UP ACTION: URGING SUPPORT FOR LIBERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-07 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL LI AE |
| 07ABUDHABI248 | UAE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE LIBERIA PARTNERS, FORUM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-14 08:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL LI AE |
| 07ABUJA1973 | GON WILL CONSIDER DEBT RELIEF FOR LIBERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2007 Ambassador Gribbin, accompanied by EconCouns and EconOff, delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of State for Finance, Aderemi Babalola. Babalola said the GON would consider the USG request that Nigeria forgive $44 million in arrears that Liberia owes t [...] |
2007-09-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET LI NI PREL |
| 07ACCRA1455 | PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield, head of the U.S. delegation to the 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, held bilateral meetings on the margins of the Summit with the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Botswana, as well as with the Presidents of Lib [...] |
2007-07-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | BF BO ER ET GH JA LI PREL RW SO SU TZ UG |
| 07ACCRA1523 | LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA FACE MAJOR CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The mood at Budumburam Refugee Camp, 25 miles west of Accra, is somewhat tense, as the June 30 deadline for repatriating to Liberia with UNHCR assistance has passed. A last-minute surge resulted in over 1,000 refugees signing up to repatriate, but change is coming even for tho [...] |
2007-07-11 21:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH LI TO |
| 07ACCRA569 | WEST AFRICAN REFUGEES ON HOLD FOR MATERIAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Accra is home base for the Regional Refugee Coordinator Office, which has responsibility for refugee resettlement in 21 countries in West and Central Africa, one of only two such offices in sub-Saharan Africa. We take refugee resettlement issues very seriously and appreciate the [...] |
2007-03-13 17:59:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH SL LI |
| 07ACCRA654 | REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES WILMAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra hereby refers Tetee Janjayamars Wilson and Wilmah Martha Jacobs to the U.S. Resettlement Program, together with Wilmah's son, Tetee's daughter, and four foster children whose mother was brutally murdered in June 2006. They have presented evidence of fear of persecu [...] |
2007-03-22 17:05:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GH LI |
| 07ACCRA708 | REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR SUSIE WEAH [...] (C) Embassy Accra hereby refers Susie Weah (DPOB: 15 JUL 1985, Harper, Liberia) to the U.S. resettlement program. In Liberia, Weah's father worked as a chauffeur for the school superintendent for Maryland County. After rebels threatened to kill Weah's entire family, Weah fled from Liberia to [...] |
2007-03-29 16:53:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM GH LI |
| 07ACCRA709 | THE FUTURE OF LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Aida Haile Mariam told Ref Coord on March 14 that refugees were becoming more serious about repatriation, with the deadline for returning to Liberia with UNHCR assistance only 3-1/2 months away. A preliminary headcount at Budumburam Camp completed on March [...] |
2007-03-29 18:49:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH LI TO |
| 07ACCRA850 | LIBERIAN GRACE MINOR WANTS OFF THE SANCTIONS LIST [...] (U) This is an action message - see para 5. 2. (C) On April 12, Ambassador met with former Liberian Senator and alleged former handler of Charles Taylor's investments Grace Minor at her request. Minor said she had come to Ghana four years ago because of an illness that could not be treated [...] |
2007-04-19 12:49:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GH LI |
| 07CONAKRY40 | Liberia Partners Forum -- Guinea [...] On January 9, Poloff delivered demarche on the Liberia Partners Forum (Ref A) to Ambassador Mamady Traore, Political Counselor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Traore saluted the U.S. efforts to support rebuilding Liberia but cautioned that any instability in the region would stymie progre [...] |
2007-01-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PPOL PREL PBTS EAID GV LI SL |
| 07CONAKRY480 | Mano River Union Summit Unites Presidents But Produces No [...] (SBU) Summary. From April 27-30, Guinea hosted the Summit of Chiefs of State and Governments of the Mano River Union (MRU). The primary stated goals of the meeting were to consolidate peace, security, and stability in the MRU; resolve border issues; and revitalize the Secretariat of the MRU [...] |
2007-05-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PINS GV LI SL IV |
| 07DAKAR113 | SENEGAL WILL PROBABLY PLEDGE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS' [...] (U) On January 11, Acting Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Claude Absa Diallo told Charge that Senegal will participate in the Liberia Partners' Forum (reftel) and plans to make at least a symbolic pledge to underscore Senegal's support for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government. [...] |
2007-01-12 16:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL IV LI PU SG |
| 07DUBAI333 | RAS AL KHAIMA TO CONFISCATE ABANDONED VIKTOR BOUT AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-16 14:40:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE |
| 07FREETOWN112 | TFG01: SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT KABBAH SAYS CONTE'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Sierra Leone President Kabbah on February 15. Kabbah was eager to discuss the situation in Guinea. Kabbah emphasized that the United States has great credibility in Guinea and agreed that Conte must cede power to a transitional civil authority in line with [...] |
2007-02-15 20:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL GV LI |
| 07FREETOWN122 | TFG01: SIERRA LEONE ISSUES STATEMENT ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: Presentation of Ref A demarche requesting a Sierra Leonean statement on Guinea to President Kabbah's private secretary on February 20 and to the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the following day was overtaken by the Sierra Leonean and Liberian Presidents' visi [...] |
2007-02-21 20:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | GV PREL SL LI |
| 07FREETOWN459 | FREETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RACHEL M. [...] Freetown welcomes the visit and grants country clearance for political officers, Rachel M. Conway, Cheryl O. Igiri, and Leslie A. Payne to travel from August 09 through August 13, 2007 for consultations with embassy officials. Visitors are urged to read the entire contents of this telegram, a [...] |
2007-07-30 18:33:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA LI IV SL |
| 07HELSINKI13 | 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] (U) In response to reftel action request, post contacted Sirpa Maenpaa, Director for the Unit for Eastern and Western Africa in the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) urging Finland to attend the Liberia Partners Forum on February 13-14, 2007. Maenpaa said Finland would most likely not [...] |
2007-01-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PREL ECON FI LI |
| 07KHARTOUM235 | ELIASSON, SALIM: POLITICAL PROCESS TAKING OFF [...] (C) The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and the Africa Union's Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim briefed ambassadors near the conclusion of their February 12-17 visit to Sudan. Despite the deteriorating humanitarian situation, they underscored the renewed willingness of the Su [...] |
2007-02-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LI US |
| 07KUWAIT170 | KUWAIT MFA "UNAWARE" OF LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] (SBU) On February 4, Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for Africa and Asia Ambassador Mohammed Al-Bader to discuss the scope and purpose of the upcoming Liberia Partners' Forum (reftels) and to encourage high-level Kuwaiti attendance at the conference in Washington o [...] |
2007-02-05 10:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN LI PREL KU |
| 07LJUBLJANA730 | SLOVENIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO IMF'S REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In a letter dated November 19, 2007, Andrej Kavcic, Head of the Ministry of Finance's International Finance Department, responded to the joint letter from U/S Jeffery and U/S McCormick (reftel) by forwarding a joint letter to the IMF from Minister of Finance Andrej Bajuk and Bank of Slo [...] |
2007-11-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID LI SI |
| 07MANILA2259 | PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With over 600 soldiers, police officers, and military observers currently deployed to seven countries, the Philippines remains an important contributor to international peacekeeping efforts. These deployments highlight the government's continuing policy of supporting UN peace [...] |
2007-07-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP MARR IV LI HA AF YI SU TT RP |
| 07MONROVIA1012 | LIBERIA: REPORTS OF ARMS CACHES - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (U) Recently there have been a slew of headlines in Liberian papers and in some international dailies on "arms caches" being discovered in Liberia and weapons being delivered through the airport. The press accounts have also linked the discoveries of the alleged arms and weapons deliveries to [...] |
2007-08-15 17:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV MCAP LI |
| 07MONROVIA1033 | LIBERIA: REQUEST FOR AIRPORT SURVEY AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since signing an Open Skies agreement with the United States in February 2007, the Government of Liberia (GOL) is eager to initiate direct air service between the United States and Liberia. However, the security, safety, systems, and immigration shortfalls at the Robertsfiel [...] |
2007-08-22 17:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV FAA LI |
| 07MONROVIA1070 | LIBERIA: FISHERIES SECTOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Liberia's fisheries sector is seeking to improve regulatory oversight and enhance monitoring and surveillance capacity following years of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities that have damaged the fishing industry and raided Liberia's abundant marine resources. Des [...] |
2007-09-04 17:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ECON ETRD ASEC EAID PGOV LI |
| 07MONROVIA1071 | LIBERIA: LEGISLATURE DELAYS RECESS TO ADDRESS CRUCIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian National Legislature has delayed its annual "agricultural break" by one month, to September 30, at the request of the President in order to deliberate several bills introduced at the end of the regular session. Bills before the Senate include acts to create a Legislative [...] |
2007-09-05 09:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON LI |
| 07MONROVIA1085 | LIBERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER MATTHEWS AND TWO OTHER [...] Veteran Liberian politician and former Foreign Minister Gabriel Bacchus Matthews died September 7, 2007 at a hospital in Monrovia. Regarded as "the father of multi-party democracy" in Liberia, he fell in and out of favor with successive Liberian leaders. The GOL is expected to announce a state [...] |
2007-09-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PHUM LI |
| 07MONROVIA1090 | LIBERIA: FORESTRY / TIMBER SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has missed key deadlines in the chain of deliverables necessary for the resumption of commercial logging in Liberia. Much of the legal framework for the forestry sector is in place and the FDA has made substantial strides towar [...] |
2007-09-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EINV EAID SENV LI |
| 07MONROVIA1109 | LIBERIA - ICGL MEETING OF AUGUST 31 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL KPKO LI |
| 07MONROVIA1135 | LIBERIA: RESULTS REPORT: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KIMBERLEY [...] SUMMARY: UN Sanctions on the Liberian diamond sector were lifted in April of this year following the Kimberley Process 3rd Expert Review Mission findings that Liberia met the minimum requirements of the KPCS. The mission report detailed further preparations necessary to ensure that internal con [...] |
2007-09-27 16:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON PGOV EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA1139 | LIBERIA: RELATIONS WITH SIERRA LEONE INCREASINGLY WARM [...] (SBU) Summary: Sierra Leonean President Ernest Koroma used the opportunity of his first official visit to Liberia to strengthen ties between the neighboring democracies. End Summary. 2. (U) On his first foreign trip since taking office, Sierra Leone's newly-elected President Ernest Bai Ko [...] |
2007-09-28 15:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SL LI |
| 07MONROVIA1181 | DEMARCHE: POSSIBLE AFRICOM SITE [...] (S) As instructed in reftel, Ambassador contacted President Sirleaf on October 5 to confirm whether or not Liberia is still interested in being considered as a possible host country for AFRICOM. President Sirleaf confirmed without any hesitation that Liberia remains enthusiastically intereste [...] |
2007-10-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Monrovia | SECRET | MARR PREL LI |
| 07MONROVIA1190 | LIBERIA: GRAPPLING WITH THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Easing the dire shortage and addressing the cost of electricity is a top priority of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government but balancing speed with a prudent strategy is a challenge. The GOL believes the best solution is developing Liberia's abundant hydroelectric pot [...] |
2007-10-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA1201 | LIBERIA: AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS 2008 [...] Following is the text of Embassy Monrovia's AGOA recommendations. The text has also been e-mailed to AF/EPS and USTR. Country: LIBERIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/N [...] |
2007-10-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD LI |
| 07MONROVIA1210 | LIBERIA: IN TEST OF SEPARATION OF POWERS, AUDITOR GENERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Auditor General John S. Morlu, III took the Liberian Senate to the Supreme Court over a LD$4,999.99 (less than US$100) fine the Senate imposed on him for refusing to obey an order to reinstate 78 employees dismissed by the General Auditing Commission (GAC). In response, the Supr [...] |
2007-10-12 13:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB LI |
| 07MONROVIA1293 | LIBERIA: REHABILITATING A TROUBLED BUT PROPITIOUS MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian maritime sector has a unique and vibrant past, but years of war and neglect have taken a toll on the fishing industry (ref A), the port (ref B), and overall maritime control and security inside Liberia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although Liberia's U.S.-based [...] |
2007-10-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI |
| 07MONROVIA1297 | LIBERIA PLANS TO INCREASE MANO RIVER UNION COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Liberia has assumed the chairmanship of the Mano River Union (MRU) and will promote economic integration in addition to the traditional focus on security. The GOL plans to encourage Cote d'Ivoire to become a full member of the union, and will propose a free trade zone along the MRU bo [...] |
2007-10-29 16:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON LI |
| 07MONROVIA1302 | LIBERIA WILL NOT ATTEND INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR LI |
| 07MONROVIA1319 | LIBERIA: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 07:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN LI |
| 07MONROVIA1321 | LIBERIA: MOJ PLANS TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATION [...] SUMMARY: After the mass prison break in 2006 and the riot at Monrovia Central Prison (MCP) on October 20 (reftel) the Ministry of Justice is taking a hard look at reducing the prison population to improve security. This will be done through increasing resources, having a well-trained staff and [...] |
2007-11-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS PREL PHUM LI |
| 07MONROVIA1322 | LIBERIA: FIRST ANNUAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS SHOW POSITIVE [...] (U) GOL efforts to stem leakage of government revenue are showing results. In the first full-year fiscal accounting for President Sirleaf's administration, revenues increased 75 percent over the previous year to USD 148.34 million. In a significant step toward transparency, the government pub [...] |
2007-11-06 16:50:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN LI |
| 07MONROVIA1348 | LIBERIA: MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED; GOL EAGER FOR THRESHOLD [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered Liberia's MCC scorecard and reftel points to Minister of Commerce and Industry Frances Johnson Morris during an introductory call. There has been press reporting here on President Sirleaf's appeal, during her recent meetings with the President and others in W [...] |
2007-11-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD KMCA MCC PHUM LI |
| 07MONROVIA1354 | COM NSDD-38 RESPONSE TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) The Chief of Mission does not at this time approve the establishment of the GG-10 Intelligence Technician position requested in reftel. The COM does not disagree with DIA,s assessment of DAO Monrovia,s staffing growth needs nor with the value this new position would provide. However, Emba [...] |
2007-11-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | AODE KMRS AMGT LI |
| 07MONROVIA1359 | LIBERIA: GOL AND UNMIL RESPOND QUICKLY TO LAC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Executive Mansion has called the murder of Liberian Agriculture Company (LAC) General Manager Michael Bruno "unacceptable" and vowed to find and prosecute the perpetrators as soon as possible in order to protect Liberia's investment climate. The Mansion also expressed concer [...] |
2007-11-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC AMGT EAGR PTER LI |
| 07MONROVIA1368 | EMBASSY DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS WITH GOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Conoffs discussed problem areas in international adoptions and made recommendations to strengthen adoption procedures in Liberia during a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador for senior GOL officials and the UNICEF Officer-In-Charge. After an animated and frie [...] |
2007-11-27 16:21:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOCI CASC CVIS LI |
| 07MONROVIA1375 | FORMER REBEL LEADER DENIES HARBORING FIGHTERS [...] (C) Summary: Former MODEL rebel group leader and NTGL foreign minister Thomas Nimely Yaya rejected accusations that he was training 150 Burkinabes at his family plantation in Grand Gedeh County. He told Ambassador that he has no political designs whatsoever, and supports the Sirleaf governme [...] |
2007-11-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LI |
| 07MONROVIA1393 | LIBERIA: LEGISLATORS KEEN ON LIBERIA HOSTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador briefed Senators and Representatives serving on key legislative committees on the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), and responded to their questions. The legislators expressed overwhelming support for the initiative and reiterated President Sirleaf's request tha [...] |
2007-12-06 07:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AMGT ASEC PHUM LI |
| 07MONROVIA1411 | FORDER CHILDREN REPATRIATION CASE: [...] (SBU) Robert Forder, the adoptive father of the seven children repatriated from Liberia 7 December, has told conoff that he intends to remain in Liberia for, at least, several more months. 2. (SBU) Forder, who had been up country for several weeks, finally came to the embassy 11 December at [...] |
2007-12-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KOCI LI |
| 07MONROVIA1417 | LIBERIA: IN WELL-RUN ELECTION, UNITY PARTY AND [...] SUMMARY. Unity Party candidate J.S.B. Theodore Momo and independent candidate Armour Kanie Wesso will advance to round two of the Gbarpolu County by-election to replace the late Senator Samuel Tormetie on December 18. Two Embassy teams, along with UNMIL and several NGOs, observed round one D [...] |
2007-12-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA1423 | LIBERIA'S POSTAL SYSTEM GETTING BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Liberia's Postal system is struggling to reconstitute itself after being totally destroyed during the 14-year civil war. There is strong commitment by the Director General of Posts to improve service and the just-announced replacement of the Minister of Post and Telecommunicat [...] |
2007-12-20 13:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL OTRA LI |
| 07MONROVIA1424 | LIBERIA: GOL CONSULTS CITIZENS ON POVERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Liberians want roads, healthcare, and education, and they still don't feel secure. The GOL held two-day consultations with stakeholders in each of Liberia's 15 counties as part of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process. For the first time, Liberians nationwide had a chanc [...] |
2007-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PRGOV PREL EAID EFIN ECON LI |
| 07MONROVIA1431 | LIBERIA: UNITY PARTY GAINS SENATE SEAT IN GBARPOLU [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Unity Party has gained a Senate seat following candidate J.S.B. Theodore Momo's win in the December 18 Gbarpolu County by-election, President Sirleaf's party now has six seats in the 30 member Senate. Two Embassy teams, along with UNMIL and several NGOs, observed the second r [...] |
2007-12-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA1438 | VICE ADMIRAL MOELLER'S DECEMBER 18-19 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a successful visit December 18-19, AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations (DCMO) Vice Admiral Michael T. Moeller attended the activation of the first companies of the new Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) formed since the AFL was disbanded and restructured two [...] |
2007-12-28 10:50:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PGOV LI |
| 07MONROVIA1439 | LIBERIA - SUPREME COURT RULING ENDS FIRESTONE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Firestone employees ended their occasionally violent two-week strike and returned to work December 22 following a Supreme Court ruling that settled an internal union leadership dispute. The Court upheld the July 7 election of new leadership for the Firestone Allied Agricultural [...] |
2007-12-28 11:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV LI |
| 07MONROVIA221 | LIBERIAN LEGISLATIVE CRISIS: SPEAKER SNOWE RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Edwin Snowe resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives February 15, but retained his position as a member of the House. At a press conference announcing his resignation, Snowe urged the international community and the Council of Churches to investigate allegations of bri [...] |
2007-02-16 17:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV LI |
| 07MONROVIA238 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 21 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Poloff also gave Fahnbulleh a copy of Embassy Conakry's press statement (See Reftel B). Fahnbulleh said he would advise the Minister of Foreig [...] |
2007-02-21 15:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | SECRET | PGOV PREL LI GV |
| 07MONROVIA252 | LIBERIA: UNITY PARTY CANDIDATE WINS NIMBA COUNTY [...] (U) The candidate of the governing Unity Party (UP), Evans V. Koah, won the February 20 by-election runoff for the House of Representatives seat representing Nimba County's District 6. The first round of the by-election was held February 6 (See Reftel A). Koah garnered 71.4 percent of the vot [...] |
2007-02-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM LI |
| 07MONROVIA279 | LIBERIA: 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCR 1737 [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Poloff provided Fahnbulleh with a copy of the U.S. 60-day report. Fahnbulleh had no substantive comment. Booth [...] |
2007-03-01 09:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY LI |
| 07MONROVIA280 | LIBERIA: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Fahnbulleh had no substantive comment. Booth [...] |
2007-03-01 09:14:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR LI |
| 07MONROVIA282 | LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 1 VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Liberia for a one-day visit February 1. According to Chinese Embassy Political Counselor Gou Hao Dong, it was the first visit by a Chinese head of state to Liberia since the two countries first established diplomatic relations in 1977. Gou to [...] |
2007-03-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL LI CH |
| 07MONROVIA289 | LIBERIA: US/CHINA DIALOGUE ON AFRICA [...] (C) In general, Chinese assistance to Liberia tends to be well-publicized one-off contributions of goods, technical assistance, infrastructure, and exchanges, rather than sustained donor engagement in strengthening specific institutions or sectors. Since 2003, China has provided peacekeepers [...] |
2007-03-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL CH LI |
| 07MONROVIA469 | LIBERIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM: SUPPORT BY RADIO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: John Langlois, Senior Media Advisor for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) visited Liberia from February 28 - March 21, 2007. The purpose of his visit was to follow up on OTI media-related activities and to assess OTI's media strategy in light of new Chinese involvem [...] |
2007-04-20 17:19:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV SCUL PINR LI PREL CH |
| 07MONROVIA491 | LIBERIA: UPDATE ON HIGH PROFILE CORRUPTION [...] (U) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 24 on a motion filed by attorneys for former National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) Chairman Guyde Bryant arguing that Bryant cannot be tried for "economic sabotage" (See Reftel A) because he enjoys immunity under Article 61 of the C [...] |
2007-04-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM KJUS LI |
| 07MONROVIA496 | LIBERIA STUMBLES IN EFFORT TO PASS TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are indications that comprehensive but flawed legislation to regulate Liberia's telecommunications market is close to a final vote. The late inclusion of a few, but significant, anti-competitive measures raises concern that the Act may have an immediate impact on current GS [...] |
2007-04-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON PGOV ETRD EINV LI |
| 07MONROVIA559 | LIBERIA: SPAIN TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN HEALTH AND [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires and Poloff (notetaker) met May 14 with Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, Assistant Director for Cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez-Gil was accompanied by Spain's Honorary Consul in Liberia Manuel Cuenca, Carolina [...] |
2007-05-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SP LI |
| 07MONROVIA571 | LIBERIA ISSUES PRESS STATEMENT ON KEY U.S. [...] Acting Minister of Health S. Mohammed Sheriff called Poloff May 15 to alert Embassy to the Ministry of Health's issuance of a press release along the lines of the U.S. objectives at the annual World Health Assembly. The press release appeared in the May 15 "Inquirer" newspaper. 2. Text of p [...] |
2007-05-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO LI |
| 07MONROVIA579 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Fofana said he would brief Minister of Foreign Affairs George Wallace on the demarche. 2. (SBU) Fofana requested the full text of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC [...] |
2007-05-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE LI |
| 07MONROVIA580 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Emboff promised to send Fofana the texts of UNSCR resolutions 1267 and 1735. Fofana said he would brief Minister of Foreign Affairs George Wallace on the demarche. Mazel [...] |
2007-05-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LI |
| 07MONROVIA590 | LIBERIA DEMARCHE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 AND [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 18 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Fofana had no substantive response. Mazel [...] |
2007-05-18 15:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR LI |
| 07MONROVIA591 | LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR HDAC CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the May 31-June 2 visit of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) congressional delegation. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a democratically elected government that has been in office a year and a half. [...] |
2007-05-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI |
| 07MONROVIA599 | LIBERIA'S CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATIVE AUTONOMY ACT [...] (SBU) The Senate introduced a bill entitled "An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the Legislative Law to Provide Financial Autonomy to the Legislature," which it passed on April 23, 2007. The House of Representatives passed the bill on April 24, 2007. (See text of Act in paragraph 5). The j [...] |
2007-05-21 18:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON LI |
| 07MONROVIA610 | SHIP "STOLEN" FROM LIBERIAN WATERS NOT AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, unknown assailants "stole" the Saint Vincent-flagged M/V "Tahoma Reefer" from its anchorage in Liberian waters and proceeded to tow the vessel towards the Ivory Coast. United Nations Police (UNPOL) and the Liberian National Police (LNP) arrested two individuals (one o [...] |
2007-05-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT LI PGOV PHSA |
| 07MONROVIA617 | LIBERIA: SIGNS OF HOPE IN LOFA COUNTY [...] SUMMARY. On a three-day trip through Lofa County, May 16-18 Poloff and UK representative visited International Rescue Committee (IRC) projects funded by the USG and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). After visiting numerous communities, villages, and towns, it became clea [...] |
2007-05-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PHUM KWMN KDEM SOCI LI |
| 07MONROVIA620 | GOL PRESENTS DRAFT BUDGET TO THE LEGISLATURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 16, 2007, President Johnson Sirleaf presented the draft Fiscal Year 2007/08 National Budget to the National Legislature. The draft budget amounts to US$183 million and reflects a 40 percent increase in revenues compared to the 2006/07 budget. The increase in the budget refle [...] |
2007-05-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LI |
| 07MONROVIA623 | LIBERIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION MOVES [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two months, the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has been working with the international community to put policies and practices in place that will instill donor confidence and permit resumption of funding of the TRC's activities. Many strides have [...] |
2007-05-24 17:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA638 | LIBERIA: UPDATE ON LABOR LAW REFORM [...] Summary. A revised version of section 1508.3 of the Liberian labor code, which regulates dismissal without cause, will go back to the Liberian legislature for debate. Passage of the amended code was stalled in October 2006 after the Ministry of Labor decided to make further revisions. The new [...] |
2007-05-31 08:21:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EINV ELAB LI |
| 07MONROVIA665 | LIBERIA: DEATH OF M. MOUSSA CISSE AND RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) M. Moussa Cisse a/k/a Mamadee KAMARA, former Chief of Presidential Protocol for former President Charles Taylor, who was an individual subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 of Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia, has died in Liberia. JFK Hospital Medical [...] |
2007-06-06 08:19:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LI |
| 07MONROVIA666 | CODEL PRICE VISIT TO LIBERIA [...] Summary. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives David Price (D-NC), Chairman of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NEB), and Gwen Moore (D-WIS), visited Liberia May 31-June 2. Their visit followed up on a July 2006 visit to the Liberian Congress by U. [...] |
2007-06-06 09:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OREP KDEM EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA736 | USG-FUNDED PROGRAMS RAISE AWARENESS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT (USG)-FUNDED PROGRAMS IN LIBERIA HAVE STRENGTHENED COORDINATION, RAISED AWARENESS, AND PROVIDED STANDARDIZED INVESTIGATIVE AND REPORTING TOOLS TO THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE (SEA) IN LIBERIA. 2. USAID' [...] |
2007-06-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID KWMN UNMIL LI |
| 07MONROVIA745 | LIBERIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES ACT RESTRICTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberia's House of Representatives passed the National Technical Committee (NTC) Act on June 19, and has sent it to the Senate for concurrence. According to the Act, the NTC would have the exclusive administrative authority to supervise the award of all government related constr [...] |
2007-06-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA863 | LIBERIA: CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE WEAH AND CDC [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, George Weah, leader of the Coalition for Democratic Change and unsuccessful Presidential Candidate in 2005, met with the Ambassador to discuss his views of the current government led by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He spoke at length about problems the CDC has with the Sirle [...] |
2007-07-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI LI |
| 07MONROVIA864 | LIBERIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA887 | LIBERIA: NEW UNION LEADERSHIP AT FIRESTONE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAGR PGOV KDEM PHUM LI |
| 07MONROVIA889 | LIBERIA LEGISLATURE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO PASSING [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 18 the House of Representatives passed the draft 2007/2008 National Budget and forwarded the document to the Senate for concurrence. Senate President Pro Tempore Isaac Nyanabo suggested the budget debate could continue at least another week. The budget passed by the House [...] |
2007-07-23 16:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV LI |
| 07MONROVIA896 | LIBERIA: INDEPENDENCE DAY TO MARK THE ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: In advance of celebrations marking the 160th anniversary of Liberian Independence on July 26, Emboffs traveled to Grand Bassa county on July 6-7, visiting the capital of Buchanan, Liberia's second largest port, and the Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC), the second largest rubber pl [...] |
2007-07-24 16:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | AID ECON LI PGOV |
| 07MONROVIA902 | VISIT TO LIBERIA BY DAS TODD MOSS - JULY 11 - 17, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Todd Moss visited Liberia July 11-17, and met with leaders from the Government of Liberia (GOL), business and banking representatives, members of the legislative opposition, UNMIL and international partners, and directors from key se [...] |
2007-07-25 18:50:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ENRG EWWT LI MAS MCAP |
| 07MONROVIA910 | LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the August 16, 2007 visit of the Congressional delegation led by Representative Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a d [...] |
2007-07-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI |
| 07MONROVIA960 | LIBERIA ECONOMIC BRIEFS -- August 2007 [...] (U) Following is a summary of recent economic and commercial developments in Liberia. ---------------------- PRESIDENT SIGNS BUDGET ---------------------- 2. (U) President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed into law the FY2007-08 national budget on July 31. The US$199.3 million budget is ov [...] |
2007-08-02 16:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ETRD EINV EFIN ASEC EAID LI |
| 07MONROVIA961 | LIBERIA: GOVERNMENT REVOKES DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-03 10:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CVIS PREL PTER LI |
| 07MOSCOW126 | RUSSIA: LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel points to the Foreign Ministry's Africa Department Director Igor Labuzov. He said that a Russian delegation would likely attend the Liberian Partners' Forum in Washington [...] |
2007-01-17 07:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL RS LI XY |
| 07NDJAMENA251 | AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador presented points in ref to Foreign Minister Allam-mi in a meeting on March 20. 2. (S) The Foreign Minister responded that the United States will require Libya's approval for the request for overflights even before Chad's. He said Chad prefers to solve its problems wit [...] |
2007-03-21 16:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | MARR PBTS PINR PREL GR LI SU CD |
| 07OSLO91 | NORWAY OPEN TO QUICKLY CLEARING LIBERIA'S ARREARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Norway wants to see a quick clearing of Liberia's International Financial Institution (IFIS) arrears and is open to solutions. However, Norway is concerned about custom deals setting precedents that could ultimately damage IFIS financial health. Norway is willing to compensate [...] |
2007-02-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LI NO |
| 07OTTAWA16 | LIBERIA FORUM: CANADA MAY ATTEND AT LOW LEVEL, NO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-04 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID ECON EFIN LI |
| 07OTTAWA249 | CANADA: NO POSITION YET ON LIBERIA'S ARREARS, WILL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-08 22:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN LI |
| 07PARIS1710 | FRANCE: DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES G8 ISSUES, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Xavier Musca, DG for Economic Policy, April 27 to discuss G8 issues, Iraq, Iran and Liberia. Musca indicated concerns that European-led sanctions would lead to a vacuum to be filled in Iran by China and Russia. He promised to look into [...] |
2007-04-27 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR LI |
| 07PARIS3739 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY NEA ADVISER ON THE "COLOSSAL [...] (C) In the course of a September 6 meeting largely devoted to Lebanon (septel notal), French Presidency adviser on NEA issues Boris Boillon spoke briefly about France's role in securing the release of Bulgarian "medics" from Libyan custody. Boillon stated that he was one of only three people [...] |
2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR LI |
| 07PARIS3740 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY NEA ADVISER ON THE "COLOSSAL [...] (C) In the course of a September 6 meeting largely devoted to Lebanon (septel notal), French Presidency adviser on NEA issues Boris Boillon spoke briefly about France's role in securing the release of Bulgarian "medics" from Libyan custody. Boillon stated that he was one of only three people other [...] |
2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR LI |
| 07ROME264 | LIBERIA: ITALY EAGER TO HELP, BUT STILL CONCERNED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) reports Italy wants to be helpful on the question of clearing Italy,s World Bank (WB) arrears using internal resources, but Italy still seeks a "framework" solution to include Liberia, Somalia, and Sudan. Italy is concerned that using internal W [...] |
2007-02-08 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL LI IT |
| 07ROME307 | ORAL MESSAGE: CLEARING LIBERIA'S ARREARS TO [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message regarding Liberia's arrears to international financial institutions (ref A) to Minister of Foreign Affairs D'Alema February 8, 2007. FM D'Alema's staff acknowledged the message and stated that the FM would consider it. 2. (SBU) [...] |
2007-02-13 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PREL LI IT |
| 07STATE117303 | LIBERIA,S ARREARS TO THE NIGERIA TRUST FUND [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to seek a meeting with Finance Minister Usman and deliver the attached letter (see para 9, PDF version will be sent to the Embassy) from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as soon as possible, preferably before close of business Tuesday, August 21. [...] |
2007-08-21 16:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LI NI PREL |
| 07STATE151188 | (S/NF) SUBJECT: PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE FOR [...] (S/NF) Over the next few weeks, DOD and State will jointly visit Botswana, Gabon, and Liberia to discuss security cooperation with host countries in the context of AFRICOM. Visiting teams will also collect data on security and infrastructure parameters relevant to siting an AFRICOM element. P [...] |
2007-10-31 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MARR PREL BC GB LI |
| 07STATE86894 | LIBERIA: DEATH OF M. MOUSSA CISSE [...] (SBU) Department requests that Embassy send a letter to the JFK Hospital Administrator requesting a death certificate for M. Moussa Cisse a/k/a Mamadee Kamara, former Chief of Presidential Protocol for former President Charles Taylor, who was an individual subject to the measures imposed by par [...] |
2007-06-21 19:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LI ETTC |
| 07THEHAGUE222 | DUTCH ON CLEARING LIBERIA'S ARREARS TO THE IFIS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch agree that a multilateral solution is needed to address Liberia's arrears to the IFIs but also stress the need to guard against negatively impacting the financial integrity of all the IFIs. They worry that a [...] |
2007-02-06 12:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR LI NL |
| 07THEHAGUE234 | NETHERLANDS/LIBERIA: DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA [...] (U) As requested, Post conveyed ref A message from Secretary Rice to Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation SIPDIS van Ardenne. Post also followed up with officials from the Dutch ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs to emphasize the importance of the February 13-14 Liberia Partn [...] |
2007-02-07 16:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PINR PREL LI NL |
| 07THEHAGUE70 | Netherlands/Liberia: Dutch Embassy will cover [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch Embassy in Washington will send an officer to the February Liberia Partners' Forum. The Dutch are phasing out their humanitarian assistance to Liberia, citing lack of resources. Dutch development assistance is expected to continue at a modest level, but could increase [...] |
2007-01-16 17:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL EUN LI NL |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1190 | UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS [...] (C) Per resolution 1731 (2006), the UN Security Council reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting on December 14. Qatari PermRep and Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee Nassir al-Nasser delivered a summary of Committee discussions and the views of the Liberia Panel of Experts [...] |
2007-12-20 16:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC UNSC PGOV LI |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1192 | UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] On December 19 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1792 (2007) renewing the arms embargo and travel ban in Liberia until December 20, 2008 and the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts until June 20, 2008. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the resolution. 2. Text [...] |
2007-12-20 16:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 07USUNNEWYORK348 | SECURITY COUNCIL ENDS LIBERIA DIAMOND SANCTIONS [...] On April 27, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1753 (text in para 4), which terminated diamond sanctions in Liberia. The Security Council concluded that Liberia had met the criteria set out in resolution 1521 (2003) to create a transparent and internationally verifiable certifica [...] |
2007-05-03 13:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 07USUNNEWYORK731 | LIBERIA: SECURITY COUNCIL FOCUSES ON UNMIL DRAWDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIL SRSG Doss briefed the UN Security Council on progress on political and security fronts in Liberia, focusing most of his presentation on explaining the recommendations of the Secretary-General's August 8 report (S/2007/479) for a drawdown in UNMIL operations and personnel. [...] |
2007-09-07 01:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LI PGOV PREL |
| 07USUNNEWYORK957 | LIBERIA SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE ON MEETINGS WITH PA [...] (U) See action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Liberian Permanent Representative Milton Barnes met with AMB Khalilzad on November 11 to discuss President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's mid-November state visit to Israel. AMB Barnes said that the Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had instructed [...] |
2007-11-05 21:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS LI |
| 07VIENNA286 | FOLLOW UP TO AUSTRIA: FEBRUARY 13-14 LIBERIA [...] A/DCM met on February 6 with Carolina Gudenus, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Africa Director, to press U.S. objectives for the February 13-14 Liberia Partners Forum. We pointed out the high level of attendees, including the Secretary and President Sirleaf, and stressed Liberia's need SIPDIS [...] |
2007-02-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL LI AU |
| 07WARSAW1147 | POLAND'S NAIMSKI TELLS DAS BRYZA KRAKOW SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski told visiting DAS Bryza that the Krakow Summit had four important results: The governments reached a political decision that a Caspian-Odessa-Brody-Plock-Gdansk (COBPG) oil pipeline should be constructed and that an Intergovernme [...] |
2007-05-16 08:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL PO KZ UR LI AJ GG RS |
| 08ACCRA380 | Interior Minister Discusses Planned Deportation of Liberian [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 18 meeting with Ambassador Bridgewater, Interior Minister Kwamena Bartels said that the GOG is collaborating closely with UNHCR, the Ghana Refugee Board, and the Government of Liberia in implementing plans to revoke the refugee status and deport 659 Liberian refugees w [...] |
2008-03-19 16:41:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH |
| 08ACCRA383 | Update on Plans to Deport Liberian Detainees [...] (SBU) Following up on reftel discussions concerning the possible deportation of Liberian residents of the Buduburam refugee camp, Ambassador Bridgewater spoke March 20 with Interior Minister Kwamena Bartels. Bartels said that after consultations with UNHCR and the Liberian Government, Ghana is [...] |
2008-03-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH |
| 08ACCRA384 | Update on Plans to Deport Liberian Detainees [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH |
| 08ACCRA422 | Liberian Refugee Update: Ambassador's Meeting with UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, the Ambassador met with UNHCR Accra Representative Aida Haile Mariam, who provided UNHCR's perspective on the current crisis, including Ghana's efforts to return some Buduburam residents to Liberia. Mariam confirmed that UNHCR is now involved in screening the Liberi [...] |
2008-03-31 15:30:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH |
| 08ACCRA474 | Liberian Repatriation Suspended [...] (U) According to April 4 media reports, the Ministry of Interior has suspended temporarily the proposed repatriation of Liberian refugees until the announced Tripartite Committee (TC) establishes its procedures. Post will confirm and provide additional reports as information is available. [...] |
2008-04-04 12:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH |
| 08ACCRA475 | Liberian Refugee Update and Analysis [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 1 Minister of Interior Kwamena Bartels announced that Ghana would deport all 26,967 Liberian refugees in coordination with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), and that in the interim they will be dispersed to various locations to mitigate their thre [...] |
2008-04-04 12:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH |
| 08ACCRA497 | Liberian Repatriation Suspended [...] (U) Summary: Following habeus corpus lawsuits filed by two Ghanaian human rights NGOs that challenged the arrest and planned deportation of 23 Liberians, on April 8 the court of appeals has ordered the government to postpone the deportation of 23 Liberians scheduled for the same day. The cou [...] |
2008-04-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH |
| 08ACCRA545 | Court Rules that Liberians May be Deported [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 24 an Accra Court ruled that 23 unregistered Liberians detained by the Ghana Immigration Service since March 17 are living in Ghana illegally and may be deported to Liberia. The ruling could set a precedent for the treatment of the approximately 15,000 unregistered Lib [...] |
2008-04-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM LI GH |
| 08ACCRA723 | June 3 Liberian Refugee Repatriation Update: Ambassador's [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 3, the Ambassador met with UNHCR Accra Representative Aida Haile Mariam, who provided an update on the voluntary repatriation of Liberians from Ghana. Since April, 1,200 Liberian refugees in Ghana have returned to Liberia. UNHCR is working toward facilitating the repatr [...] |
2008-06-04 16:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH |
| 08BEIJING2840 | JULY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OLYMPICS AND FREEDOM, KUNMING [...] Key points at the July 22 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All athletes should promote friendship while in China, said the spokesmen when asked to respond to President Bush's comments that athletes should be ambassadors of freedom. -- The MFA continues to "urge all relevant department [...] |
2008-07-22 23:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KOLY PHUM KN VM ZI LI |
| 08BERLIN1300 | (S) RESULTS OF M/V ANTARES I COMPLIANT BOARDING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-22 11:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL SY LI KN GM |
| 08BERLIN915 | (S) GERMANY COMPLIMENTS THE U.S. HANDLING OF THE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (S) On July 11, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Deputy Head of Export Control Division Christof Pollmeier in regards to the U.S. boarding of the Antares I. Pollmeier expressed appreciation for the nonpape [...] |
2008-07-11 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL SY LI KN GM |
| 08BRATISLAVA395 | SLOVAKIA WILL NOT ATTEND DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS [...] Econoff delivered reftel points to Jozef Kudela, Africa Officer, Department of Development Cooperation, MFA. Kudela confirmed the GOS received the invitation to the Development Ministers Meeting in Monrovia, Liberia from September 5-6. Kudela said the Office of MFA State Secretary Olga Algayer [...] |
2008-08-26 09:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID LI GH PREL LO |
| 08COPENHAGEN459 | DANES WILL NOT ATTEND MONROVIA DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL LI DA |
| 08KUWAIT935 | KUWAIT NO ATTENDING LIBERIA DEVELOPMENT MEETING [...] (U) In an August 27 meeting with EconOff, Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development, Mr. Abdulatif Yousef Al-Hamad said that he had not received an invitation to the Development Ministers Meeting on September 5-6 in Liberia. 2. (U) Al-Hamad added that assistance to Liberi [...] |
2008-09-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL LI KU |
| 08LONDON1485 | UK AND LIBERIA/FRANCE: UK SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (C) The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) should be drawn down based "on conditions on the ground" and the current UN plan for a gradual down-sizing has the UK's full support, Peacekeeping Team Leader Nicola Murray said on May 28. The UK is "quietly positive" on UNMIL. While there ma [...] |
2008-05-29 11:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC XY LI FR UK |
| 08MONROVIA100 | DRUG SMUGGLING VESSEL BROUGHT TO MONROVIA [...] (SBU) On January 29, French navy vessel Tonnerre intercepted and boarded Liberian flagged merchant vessel Blue Atlantic in international waters approximately 500 kilometers south of Liberia. The French boarding party found the merchant vessel carried 2.4 tons of cocaine carried in 92 barrels [...] |
2008-02-01 18:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PRGOV ASEC LI |
| 08MONROVIA1003 | LIBERIA: GOL BANS EXPORT OF UNPROCESSED RUBBER [...] The GOL has announced a ban on export of unprocessed rubber to protect the local industry. The Ministry of Commerce says the ban, strongly supported by the rubber sector in Liberia and in the works for about two years, is intended to tackle the growing problem of rubber theft. To further sup [...] |
2008-12-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EINV ETRD PGOV ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA1005 | LIBERIA: SOLID IPR FRAMEWORK; NO ENFORCEMENT (YET) [...] Summary: The Liberia Copyright Office (LCO)plans to launch a national anti-piracy program and is requesting USG support. Liberia has a robust legal framework to support intellectual property protection but requires an effective law enforcement and judicial capacity to enforce it and broader p [...] |
2008-12-08 16:37:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EAID ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA1006 | LIBERIA: RECOMMENDATIONS ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] The Commissioner of Liberia's Bureau of Maritime Affairs, Binyah Kesselly, stated the GOL position on piracy at the recent session of the International Maritime Organization. He described the hijacking of the Liberian-registered SIRIUS STAR as part of "an international crisis of monumental pr [...] |
2008-12-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA1018 | NSDD-38-COM APPROVAL FOR DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-10 09:20:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | AODE KMRS AMGT LI |
| 08MONROVIA103 | "BLUE ATLANTIC" COCAINE DESTROYED [...] (C) Minister of Justice Philip A.Z. Banks told Ambassador February 4 that he personally oversaw the destruction of the cocaine February 1 seized from the merchant vessel "Blue Atlantic" (reftel). While he admitted that the destruction process was initially inefficient and hazardous, he was sa [...] |
2008-02-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV ASEC LI |
| 08MONROVIA1032 | LIBERIA: Minister of Commerce embraces reform [...] (U) Summary: Liberia's new Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) is embracing reform on all fronts. The Ministry's lawyer is coordinating top-to-bottom review of all commercial legislation and moving ahead with plans to institute alternative dispute resolution for commercial cases. The GO [...] |
2008-12-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EINV EAGR ECON PINR LI |
| 08MONROVIA1034 | POST REQUESTS AFRICOM ASSESSMENT ON REMOVAL OF WRECKS FROM [...] Embassy Monrovia reaffirms its request for DoD assistance in conducting an assessment on the feasibility of removing the primary vessels blocking access to the commercial wharf in the Port of Monrovia. Two wrecks, the Torm Alexandra and an adjacent pilot tender ship, are presently blocking one [...] |
2008-12-16 09:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL LI |
| 08MONROVIA1037 | LIBERIA: TAYLOR'S FORMER PARTY HOLDS 5000 PERSON [...] (SBU) Former President Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Party (NPP) organized a rally in Monrovia December 13 to solidify its membership base and begin preparations for its 2011 election campaign. An enthusiastic crowd of 5000 party leaders, members, and ex-combatants from the National Pat [...] |
2008-12-16 16:41:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LI |
| 08MONROVIA1041 | BAD TRAFFICKING PRESS CAUSES GOVERNMENT ACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent negative press in the international and local media about trafficking cases and the badly regulated adoption system has spurned government action. The Minister of Labor held a special anti-human trafficking taskforce meeting on November 29 to develop a new draft strategy, [...] |
2008-12-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS LI |
| 08MONROVIA1049 | LIBERIA: LEGISLATORS DIVIDED OVER SETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Contact Group on Liberia (ICGL) engaged the House and Senate leadership December 18 to press them to pass the legislation needed for preparations for the 2011 elections to begin (reftels). The Legislators were divided over how to choose a threshold population and [...] |
2008-12-19 12:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA1059 | LIBERIA: SUPREME COURT REINSTATES SUSPENDED SENATE [...] (U) The Supreme Court of Liberia issued an order December 18 calling for the immediate removal of Senator Lahai Lasannah as Acting Senate President Pro Tempore and the immediate reinstatement of Suspended Pro Tempore Isaac Nyenabo. The Senate suspended Nyenabo by simple majority vote on Augus [...] |
2008-12-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA1063 | LIBERIA: KENDEJA CULTURAL CENTER -- NO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The RLJ Kendeja Hotel construction is proceeding in anticipation of a March 2009 opening. Ref C reported some of the controversy surrounding the launch of the project, and Ref B requested an update on the status of relocation of the displaced Kendeja cultural center. During a December 1 [...] |
2008-12-29 17:38:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OPIC LI |
| 08MONROVIA1064 | LIBERIA: TRC SUBMITS FIRST VOLUME OF FINAL REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted a confidential copy of Volume I of its final report, including its key findings and recommendations, to the GOL December 19, meeting the recommended December 21 deadline to avoid potential legal complications. TRC C [...] |
2008-12-29 17:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA1067 | LIBERIA: Encouraging Investment? [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with the Ambassador, two top GOL officials confirmed that they expect the revised Investment Code to pass quickly after the legislature convenes in mid-January. President Sirleaf has called on her Cabinet to expedite major concession agreements, but investors [...] |
2008-12-30 15:55:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN OPIC LI |
| 08MONROVIA1072 | LIBERIA: GUINEAN JUNTA DELEGATION CALLS ON PRESIDENT [...] (U) A Guinean delegation headed by National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) vice president Brigadier General Mamadou Camara called on President Sirleaf in Monrovia December 30 in her capacity as chair of the Mano River Union. President Sirleaf used the occasion to press the junta [...] |
2008-12-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GV LI |
| 08MONROVIA116 | LIBERIA: ARCELORMITTAL INITIATES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The world's largest steel company, ArcelorMittal, announced in December 2007 that it is increasing its investment in Liberia by US$500 million to a total of $1.5 billion. ArcelorMittal's Liberian subsidiary, Mittal Steel Liberia (MSL), has initiated preparatory activities at it [...] |
2008-02-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EINV LI PGOV |
| 08MONROVIA117 | LIBERIA STUMBLES IN AUCTION OF TWO NEW IRON ORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) has struggled - if not stumbled - in efforts to award the first two iron ore concessions tendered since the Contracts and Concessions Review of 2006 and the arrival of the Sirleaf administration. The President announced during her January 28 An [...] |
2008-02-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV EMIN PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA130 | LIBERIA G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-13 17:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LI |
| 08MONROVIA139 | LIBERIA: ENERGY FROM RUBBER WOOD CHIPS? [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOL continues to pursue medium-term power sources but is stymied by indecision. Buchanan Renewable Energy (BRE, a Canadian firm) has proposed using chips from rubber trees to provide 17-34 MW of energy in Monrovia, with the possibility of similar smaller scale biomass power [...] |
2008-02-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAGR EAID EINV SENV ECON OPIC LI |
| 08MONROVIA154 | LIBERIA: PESTS and AGOA: SPS STRUCTURE ESSENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOL is counting on agricultural exports, including timber projects, to jump-start the economic recovery. In meetings with GOL officials, USDA and APHIS regional representatives made it clear that an effective and internationally recognized sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) s [...] |
2008-02-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD LI |
| 08MONROVIA165 | LIBERIA: NASCENT TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Most of Liberia's communications infrastructure was destroyed in the 14-year civil war. Cell phones are ubiquitous but there are no land line phones. Internet access is expensive and bandwidth is limited. All electricity in Monrovia is privately generated except 2.5 MW (soon t [...] |
2008-03-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AORC LI |
| 08MONROVIA242 | LIBERIA: GOVERNMENT RATIFIES AMENDED FIRESTONE CONCESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Liberian Legislature ratified March 27 the Amended and Restated Concession Agreement signed by the Government of Liberia (GOL) and Firestone Liberia on February 22. The new Agreement concludes extended negotiations between the GOL and Firestone to modify a concession extensi [...] |
2008-03-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EIND ETRD EINV LI |
| 08MONROVIA248 | LIBERIA: TRC BRINGS SOME RECONCILIATION TO COUNTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recently concluded one-week public hearings in five of Liberia's fifteen counties, and will head out again to the remaining counties after a two-week break. The hearings were positively received and the traditional leaders of eac [...] |
2008-04-01 16:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID ECON PREL LI |
| 08MONROVIA249 | LIBERIA: PORT SECURITY REMAINS A PROBLEM IN MONROVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Port Security remains deficient in Liberia and the Port of Monrovia is unlikely to reach compliance with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code anytime soon, but technical and financial assistance could accelera [...] |
2008-04-01 16:22:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA252 | LIBERIA: INITIAL TIMBER CONTRACTS MARK MILESTONE BUT RAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberia has marked another step towards the resumption of legal commercial logging by awarding new timber concessions for the first time since United Nations timber sanctions were imposed in 2003. The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) held a bid opening ceremony February 29 t [...] |
2008-04-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EINV SENV LI |
| 08MONROVIA255 | LIBERIA: AGOA Workshop Roaring Success, but a lot to do [...] Summary: The first-ever Africa Growth and Opportunity (AGOA) workshop held in Monrovia March 20-21 attracted strong participation by members of the business community, GOL officials, members of civil society organizations, and the press. The presentations by the inter-agency USG delegation, [...] |
2008-04-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID EINV ELAB EAGR EFIN ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA30 | LIBERIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOL Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) opened public hearings January 8 for the first time in its history. This round of hearings will continue through July 31 and carries the theme "Confronting our Difficult Past for a Better Future." President Sirleaf called on a [...] |
2008-01-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA32 | LIBERIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of san [...] |
2008-01-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTBD OPIC USTR PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA325 | LIBERIA: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 60% of Liberians are estimated to live below the poverty line and price increases hit hard. Liberia is heavily reliant on imported food, of which rice is the most important. Imported rice supplies over half of domestic consumption and prices at the retail level are up as [...] |
2008-05-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA336 | LIBERIA: 21 REFORMS TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL has announced 21 reforms to improve Liberia's ranking in the IFC "Doing Business" index by enhancing the business climate. The rapid progress reflects President Sirleaf's commitment and the productive collaboration between the GOL and the business community to target r [...] |
2008-05-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD ECON KMCA LI |
| 08MONROVIA345 | LIBERIA: U.S. FIRM SHOWS INTEREST IN AIRPORT INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-based aerospace and advanced technology firm Lockheed Martin (LM) is developing a proposal to manage civil aviation assets in Liberia. The Liberian Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) invited an LM team to visit Liberia in February and April, 2008, to assess the scope of a po [...] |
2008-05-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV FAA LI |
| 08MONROVIA377 | LIBERIA: ONGOING POWER STRUGGLE WITHIN CDC PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A month-long power struggle inside Liberia's most popular opposition party, the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), was not resolved at National Elections Commission (NEC) hearing, and the case has been sent to the Supreme Court. If there is no solution before the CDC's 2009 [...] |
2008-05-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA407 | LIBERIA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: KENDEJA HOTEL [...] (U) The following response to reftel is based on information gleaned during the May 19-23 visit of OPIC officers Kenneth Angell and Barbara Gibian, on post's interaction with the Kendeja project prior to that meeting, and on information gleaned from Liberian officials and others who either supp [...] |
2008-05-27 07:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN OPIC LI |
| 08MONROVIA409 | LIBERIA: DRAFT BUDGET CONTINUES ON RIGHT TRACK [...] (U) Liberia's $277 million draft budget for 2008-09 provides a 38.8% increase over last year, with the focus on supporting poverty reduction and specific emphasis on boosting civil service salaries and funding education. (Note: All amounts are in US dollars. End note.) It is divided into a [...] |
2008-05-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA417 | LIBERIA: HOME USE ONLY CD-ROM FOR LES [...] This is to confirm that there are no local laws or regulations restricting the importation and distribution of anti-virus software to LES. 2. Information requested in para 7 of reftel is detailed below: DCM Brooks Robinson Economic-Commercial Officer Lucy Abbott IMO Lloyd Cammel Numb [...] |
2008-05-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVIR AADP ACOA ASEC AMGT OIIP KRIM KPAO KSEP LI |
| 08MONROVIA427 | LIBERIA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES [...] (SBU) The possibility of electricity generated from abundant locally-available fuel is tremendously appealing. The BRE/MacBain team presents a compelling case, but there are some assumptions and uncertainties that do not yet appear to have been resolved. 2. (SBU) Econoff participated in a Fe [...] |
2008-05-29 16:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN OPIC LI |
| 08MONROVIA430 | LIBERIA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one claim of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Liberia (GOL; under the National Transitional Government of Liberia - NTGL). a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. In late 2003 and spring 2004, a locally incorporated [...] |
2008-06-02 11:38:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIDE LI |
| 08MONROVIA435 | LIBERIA: CELL PHONE COMPANIES FEND OFF REGULATOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since passage of the Telecommunications Law a year ago (ref B), the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has demonstrated a lack of sophistication in regulating the sector. The Embassy, with other international partners, has raised concerns with the GOL regarding LTA's he [...] |
2008-06-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV ECON AORC LI |
| 08MONROVIA446 | LIBERIA: CRIME RATE STEADY BUT PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian public has grown uneasy about a rumored increase in violent crime since the beginning of 2008. While crime continues at a high rate, UN crime statistics do not indicate a sharp increase. The public perception continues, however, because of frequent media coverage [...] |
2008-06-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA466 | LIBERIA: RECENT CLASHES HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The rising pattern of violence over land is emerging as a serious threat to the stability of Liberia. Land disputes have been occurring since the end of the civil war, but it appears that attacks between factions are becoming more organized and more deadly. The open use of autom [...] |
2008-06-17 19:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA476 | LIBERIA'S PRS: PEACE AND SECURITY PILLAR - A [...] (C) Summary: The Liberian National Security Strategy, upon which the security section of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is based, has not yet been made public, but the GOL is moving ahead on the basis of the strategy. The PRS process has forced the Liberians to begin to plan long-term, [...] |
2008-06-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PRGOV ASEC MARR MASS CJAN KJUS LI |
| 08MONROVIA477 | SUBJECT: LIBERIA'S PRS: GOVERANCE AND RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sustainable peace and poverty reduction in Liberia require an unambiguous break from the poor governance and disrespect for the rule of law that led to Liberia's crippling civil war. The Governance and Rule of Law (GRL) Pillar of the GOL's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is ch [...] |
2008-06-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA48 | LIBERIA: THIRD SESSION OF 52ND LEGISLATURE OPENS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Senate and House of Representatives of Liberia opened the third session of the 52nd Legislature January 14 with two separate ceremonies. Though the ceremonies were largely procedural and did not outline much regarding the 2008 legislative agenda, every speaker expressed than [...] |
2008-01-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA487 | FALLOUT FROM CHUCKIE TAYLOR INVESTIGATION [...] (S/NF) For the past 10 days a team from FBI and the AUSA have been in Liberia in connection with the prosecution in Florida on torture charges of Chuckie Taylor, the son of former Liberian head of state Charles Taylor. The team has taken photos and made measurements of several sites witnesses [...] |
2008-06-25 17:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ASEC LI |
| 08MONROVIA50 | LIBERIA: GIRL'S DEATH REVEALS STRAINS WITHIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Around 150 students peacefully demonstrated outside of Embassy Monrovia January 11, calling for the USG to pressure the Government of Liberia (GOL) to reinvestigate the suicide of 13-year-old Merideh "Angel" Togba. The girl was found hanging in her guardians' bathroom November 30 [...] |
2008-01-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KJUS LI |
| 08MONROVIA51 | LIBERIA'S COMMERCE MINISTER AND TIFA/AGOA UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Commerce is committed to progress under TIFA and is already planning for the AGOA workshop and an AGOA Resource Center. Plans are underway for a standards lab in Monrovia that will permit sanitary and phyto-sanitary tests. The Minister supports establishment of [...] |
2008-01-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EAGR ECON EAIR OPIC USTR PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA52 | LIBERIA'S COMMERCE MINISTER AND TIFA/AGOA UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Commerce is committed to progress under TIFA and is already planning for the AGOA workshop and an AGOA Resource Center. Plans are underway for a standards lab in Monrovia that will permit sanitary and phyto-sanitary tests. The Minister supports establishment of [...] |
2008-01-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EAGR ECON EAIR OPIC USTR PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA528 | HDAC CODEL ENGAGES LIBERIAN LEGISLATURE ON ETHICS [...] SUMMARY. In a successful visit to Liberia June 29-July 1, the U.S. House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC), led by U.S. Representative David Price (D-NC), held six workshops for the Liberian Legislature in the newly renovated Capitol building. The CODEL visited the port city of Buchanan, [...] |
2008-07-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON KCRI LI |
| 08MONROVIA567 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-22 17:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR LI |
| 08MONROVIA578 | TRC ENTERS THEMATIC HEARINGS PHASE, REQUESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recently completed individual public hearings in all fifteen counties and has now entered its "thematic public hearings" phase. The various themes include: women, children and youth, economic crimes, religious and traditiona [...] |
2008-07-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA591 | LIBERIA: THE BUDGET, LEGISLATORS, MOF, AND GEMAP, [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Bureau of the Budget (BOB), Augustine Ngafuan, expects the budget to pass this week assuming the full House accepts decisions made by the relevent legislative committees. If it does not pass this week, the GOL will be "in a state of crisis." He shared c [...] |
2008-07-31 17:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA592 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-QAIDA-AFFILIATED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR LI |
| 08MONROVIA607 | LIBERIA: EMBASSY UNVEILS PLAQUE IN HONOR OF SLAIN AMCIT [...] SUMMARY: The Charge unveiled a plaque July 30 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral in Monrovia in honor of five American nuns who were killed in 1992 during Liberia's civil conflict. The unveiling ceremony was attended by approximately 150 people including the Catholic Apostolic Administrat [...] |
2008-08-06 12:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM EAID ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA608 | LIBERIA: FINAL PASSAGE OF 2008-2009 BUDGET SHOWS TREMENDOUS [...] (U) The Senate passed a $298 million 2008/2009 fiscal budget August 4, which is $21 million higher than the initial submission by the executive branch and $116 million more than last year's initial budget (REF C). However, when last year's supplemental budget and actual (rather than projected [...] |
2008-08-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA612 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT TURNS TO YOUNG TECHNOCRATS FOR NEW [...] (U) President Sirleaf has promoted Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee (LRDC) Coordinator Natty B. Davis to Minister of State Without Portfolio to oversee overall coordination of economic policy. She also has nominated two young American-educated officials to build her new economi [...] |
2008-08-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR LI |
| 08MONROVIA613 | LIBERIA POLICE STRUGGLES TO REFORM, NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberia National Police (LNP) faces numerous challenges as the Government of Liberia (GOL) increasingly looks to its security agencies to counter internal threats, most recently via an anti-crime campaign. The LNP leadership finds itself called upon to provide an effective po [...] |
2008-08-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM MASS PHUM PREL LI |
| 08MONROVIA618 | LIBERIA: FIRESTONE LIBERIA CONCLUDES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING [...] (U) Firestone Liberia concluded a labor agreement August 6 with the Firestone Allied Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAAWUL). The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) covers over 4,000 workers and provides wage increases of 24% for rubber tappers (from a little over US$3 to just under [...] |
2008-08-11 18:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA619 | LIBERIAN SENATE SUSPENDS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Pro Tempore of the Senate Isaac Nyenabo was suspended for six months by a simple majority motion, after a resolution calling for his removal from office failed to get the necessary two-thirds vote. He is accused of allowing the Senate to be a puppet of the Executive Br [...] |
2008-08-11 19:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA63 | LIBERIA: MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER ON USG ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian Finance Minister Antoinette Sayeh is grateful for USG, especially Treasury, support for the GOL's multilateral debt-relief efforts. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) will assess the best use of USG assistance in the debt management strategy, and welcomes the rapid respons [...] |
2008-01-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ASEC PGOV KCRM EWWT LI |
| 08MONROVIA647 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT WAIVES TAXES FOR LOW-SALARIED WORKERS [...] (U) The GOL announced an Executive Order August 14 that waives income tax for salaried workers earning less than US$70 a month. The GOL statement explained the action was necessary "to address the increased need to mitigate economic shock and hardship, a consequence of the global increase in t [...] |
2008-08-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA649 | LIBERIA: POWER PROJECT PREVAILS IN THE FACE OF [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Buchanan Energy's John MacBain informed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and other top officials August 14 that the OPIC Investment Committee's approval of a US$112 million loan for their proposal to generate electricity from rubber wood chips (Ref B) made at OPI [...] |
2008-08-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ENRG PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA650 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN LI |
| 08MONROVIA674 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON RESPONSE TO MAURITANIAN COUP [...] PolOff met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that the GOL had draft language in clearance to publicly condemn the coup in Mauritania but decided not to do so after [...] |
2008-09-02 19:31:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA676 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON EGYPT'S MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that the Sirleaf Administration takes pandemic influenza very seriously but that the issue often falls below other pressin [...] |
2008-09-02 19:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL LI |
| 08MONROVIA677 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that to his knowledge there had been no internal GOL discussions as of yet on formulating a position with respect to Russia [...] |
2008-09-03 08:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID RS GG LI |
| 08MONROVIA694 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh September 10 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh, who was confirmed by the Liberian Senate September 9 to be Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said he would ha [...] |
2008-09-10 17:47:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL LI |
| 08MONROVIA70 | LIBERIA: ELECTRIC COMPANY REQUESTS PARTNERSHIP WITH TVA; [...] (SBU) Harry Yuan, the Managing Director of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC, the state-owned electricity provider) visited the Ambassador January 17 to request his assistance in arranging an association with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). He proposed a partnership between TVA and [...] |
2008-01-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID BEXP AMGT ABLD ASEC OPIC LI |
| 08MONROVIA701 | STAFFDEL SMITH LOOKS AT RULE OF LAW AND SECURITY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Shannon Smith (Biden) and Sarah Margon (Feingold) visited Liberia August 20-22. Their visit, which focused primarily on rule of law and security issues, included meetings with the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary G [...] |
2008-09-12 18:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA742 | LIBERIA HOLDS RULE OF LAW RETREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than a year of rancor between Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis and Minister of Justice Phillip A.Z. Banks III over issues of separation of powers, the two came together to hold Liberia's first rule of law retreat September 15-16. In a mostly cordial atmosphere, the Judic [...] |
2008-09-24 16:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA753 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN LIBERIA (UPDATE) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to the Chinese Embassy, China has committed $88,347,400 in assistance to Liberia since 2006, contributing to all sectors of Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) except Governance and Rule of Law. We understand that China was uncharacteristically outspoken during [...] |
2008-09-26 17:00:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY LI |
| 08MONROVIA765 | LIBERIAN WAR CRIMES COURT ADVOCATE DETAINED FOR [...] (SBU) The National Security Agency (NSA) arrested Mulbah Morlu, leader of the "Forum for the Establishment of a War Crimes Court in Liberia," September 27 for calling President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf a "rebel" on local television September 26. Morlu was held at NSA headquarters until the Presi [...] |
2008-10-01 17:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM LI |
| 08MONROVIA772 | LIBERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/November 2005. The government has moved to exert its authority throughout the country but security still depends on the 12,000-strong UNMIL deployment. The first 2,000 [...] |
2008-10-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD LI |
| 08MONROVIA793 | SCENESETTER FOR LIBERIA FOREST INITIATIVE RETREAT [...] SUMMARY: In the next few months, the GOL intends to award the last timber concessions on some of the largest tracts of the nation's forests for a generation. The revenue and employment these long-term timber concessions will provide is urgently needed. Regrettably, resumption of commercial ti [...] |
2008-10-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EINV EAID SENV LI |
| 08MONROVIA87 | LIBERIA: PROGRESS ON DEBT, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia's fiscal picture is rosier in 2008 but there are still challenges. The July-September first quarter of FY 2007-08 saw revenue increase more than 50% from the same period the previous year, thanks to the Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program (GEMAP). The [...] |
2008-01-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA891 | LIBERIA: GOL SUBMITS PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL submitted a comprehensive Public Financial Management (PFM) Act to the Legislature August 28 that consolidates public financial management, and supports the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). The PFM Act governs management of Liberia's public finances and provides the le [...] |
2008-10-31 17:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
| 08MONROVIA896 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIBERIA UNGA VOTING RECORD [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to President Sirleaf October 31, stressing that while the USG is appreciative of Liberia's support on some critical votes at the UNGA, Liberia in fact has voted with the U.S. only 15% of the time overall. The Ambassador noted that with the impending ar [...] |
2008-11-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA LI |
| 08MONROVIA906 | LIBERIA: IMF PREVIEWS ARTICLE IV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting IMF mission leader Robert Powell told Ambassador October 30 that Liberia was on track to reach HIPC Completion Point (CP) in mid-2010. The schedule for the CP is largely dependent upon implementation of the PFM Act (ref A) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ref C) for [...] |
2008-11-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
| 08MONROVIA91 | LIBERIA: EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) does not currently have the will or resources to fight drug-trafficking. Liberia is not presently a major transshipment point for cocaine bound for Europe, but is likely to become so as infrastructure improves and UNMIL draws down. A small number [...] |
2008-01-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM EAID SOCI LI |
| 08MONROVIA914 | LIBERIA: CHANGES IN THE SENATE: ONE PARTY CHANGE AND ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disputed Acting Senate President Pro Tempore Lahai Lasannah has resigned from the National Democratic Party of Liberia (NDPL) and joined the Liberty Party of Charles Brumskine. Suspended Pro Tempore Isaac Nyenabo is also a member of the NDPL. The case of who is the legitimate le [...] |
2008-11-14 12:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM LI |
| 08MONROVIA916 | SRSG SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN UNMIL TROOP [...] (C) Summary: SRSG Ellen Loej is concerned that UNMIL's ability to respond to threats will be impaired if the peacekeeping force is drawn down further than agreed to by the UNSC on September 29, and is seeking continued USG support for maintaining current troop levels for the foreseeable futur [...] |
2008-11-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ASEC MARR LI |
| 08MONROVIA931 | LIBERIA: FIRESTONE WORKERS' LEADERSHIP IN CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: Firestone workers have accused the leadership of the Firestone Agriculture Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) of failing to account for over US$150,000 of their dues. FAWUL leaders deny the allegations and the Ministry of Labor has instructed the union to resolve the matter through th [...] |
2008-11-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EINV EAID ETRD PGOV ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA936 | LIBERIA: GOL AUDITS REVEAL PROBLEMS BUT ALSO DEMONSTRATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an important display of improved economic governance, Liberia's independent General Accounting Commission (GAC) completed and published the first audit reports of GOL institutions since the re-establishment of the GAC in 2005. Audits of several other key government institution [...] |
2008-11-19 17:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
| 08MONROVIA952 | ANOTHER LAND DISPUTE TURNS VIOLENT [...] (U) According to several sources, violence broke out November 18 between two adjacent towns in the Tapeta District of Nimba County, Dumpa Town and Zoaplaye, over disputed communal farm land. The Tapeta District is primarily Gio whereas Dumpa Town is predominantly Mano. For some time the resi [...] |
2008-11-21 17:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC LI |
| 08MONROVIA963 | LIBERIA TO SOFTEN ITS VOTING PRACTICES ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOL will likely change some or all of its "yes" votes on resolutions with anti-Israel bias to "abstain" or be absent. It will support the resolution on compliance on nonproliferation, arms limitation, disarmament in the plenary (Japan lobbied heavily for Liberia's vote in th [...] |
2008-11-25 17:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL MNUC PARM IAEA PA LI |
| 08MONROVIA964 | LIBERIA: LAWMAKER CAUSES STIR AT TRC HEARING, COMMISSIONER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Margibi County lawmaker Saah R. Gbollie accused TRC Commissioner John H.T. Stewart of being a cause of the Liberian crisis at the ongoing Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearing. Representative Gbollie, testifying before the TRC, denied that he had committed any atrocit [...] |
2008-11-25 17:37:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS LI |
| 08MONROVIA965 | LIBERIA: TAYLOR CONFIDANT MAURICE COOPER DIES [...] (SBU) Maurice Cooper, a confidant and informal advisor to former President Charles Taylor, died on August 10, 2008 and was buried at Cooper Farm, Cinta, Margibi County on August 20, 2008. Maurice Cooper's name has been on the UN Travel Ban List concerning Liberia since 2001 as an "associate of [...] |
2008-11-25 18:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UN LI |
| 08MONROVIA970 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSIONS PREP FOR 2011 RACE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the National Elections Commission (NEC) November 28 to discuss preparations for the 2011 presidential election. NEC shares our view that a free, fair, and on-time election is a crucial milestone in Liberia's democratic transition, but remains concerned any fur [...] |
2008-11-28 17:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID LI |
| 08MONROVIA976 | LIBERIA: 2008-09 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Attached is the text of Liberia's 2008-09 INSCR report. The text has been e-mailed as instructed reftel. Monrovia POC is economic officer Lucy Abbott abbottlk@state.gov. (Note: URLs exceeding 55 characters have been removed but are included in the text sent via e-mail. End note.) 2. B [...] |
2008-12-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA977 | JAILBREAK AT MONROVIA CENTRAL PRISON [...] A reported 135 prisoners escaped from the Monrovia Central Prison (MCP) December 1. Liberia National Police (LNP) immediately set up roadblocks and searched neighborhoods around the MCP and up to 68 prisoners have reportedly been recaptured. The LNP Emergency Response Unit has been deployed [...] |
2008-12-01 17:25:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV LI |
| 08MONROVIA98 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT'S 2008 ANNUAL MESSAGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. In her Annual Message to the Legislature January 28, President Sirleaf called corruption Liberia's "number one enemy" and asked the Legislature to pass the draft bills establishing the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Code of Conduct for Public Servants soon. She also asked th [...] |
2008-02-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR EAID ECON LI |
| 08MONROVIA986 | CALM RETURNS TO MONROVIA CENTRAL PRISON AFTER [...] (SBU) Calm has returned to the Monrovia Central Prison following a jailbreak December 1 (reftel). UNMIL Police (UNPOL) Commissioner Henrik Stiernblad told Emboffs December 2 that a total of 202 prisoners escaped the prison. A total of 64 people were arrested in the ensuing search, but in fact [...] |
2008-12-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KCRM LI |
| 08MONROVIA993 | LIBERIA: LEDFC AT ONE -- LESSONS LEARNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OPIC-funded Liberia Enterprises DevQopment Finance Company (LEDFC) is faltering but can probably be salvaged. Both the recently-resigned LEDFC General Manager and current CHF International caretakers cite the lack of adequate business service support and mentoring as a facto [...] |
2008-12-05 11:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON OPIC LI |
| 08MONROVIA999 | LIBERIA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY PRESENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her new economic management team hosted a well-attended roundtable discussion on the impact of the global financial crisis on Liberia. Although Liberia's economic isolation and lack of debt service requirements buffer the economy, the GOL expect [...] |
2008-12-05 11:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID EINV ECON LI |
| 08NIAMEY1110 | NIAMEY - LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Niamey participated in a two-day Crisis Management Exercise (CME) from September 8 - 9, 2008. The exercise on September 8 centered around a PowerPoint presentation designed to inform the Locally Engaged Staff (LES) about how an Embassy might go about resolving or responding to a [...] |
2008-11-21 05:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NG AEMR AMGT CASC ML UV LI |
| 08OSLO337 | NORWAY'S LIBERIA POVERTY REDUCTION PLANS AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable details the composition of the Norwegian delegation to the June 26-27 Liberia Poverty Reduction Forum in Berlin, as well as Norway's expected and prospective aid to Liberia. Norway does not plan to make any announcements of new aid pledges at the Forum. End Summary. [...] |
2008-06-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN LI NO |
| 08OSLO94 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW NORWEGIAN JUSCANZ GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AA IS KS LI NZ PHUM PREL SZ NO |
| 08OTTAWA1144 | CANADA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS [...] (U) On August 22, Econoff delivered reftel points to Jean-Yves Bourque, Program Officer, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Bourque stated that Canada does not have an aid program with Liberia and therefore is unlikely to attend the September Development Ministers meeting in Mo [...] |
2008-08-28 17:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL CA LI |
| 08OTTAWA821 | CANADIAN PARTICIPATION AT LIBERIA POVERTY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN CA LI |
| 08PRETORIA937 | DOT DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 12-16, [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Admiral Thomas Barrett led the U.S. delegation to the first African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Transport and Trade Forum in South Africa April 12-16. The delegation met with a wide range of transport sector officials and industry represent [...] |
2008-05-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EAIR ELTN EWWT EIND EINV SF LI KE |
| 08ROME772 | ITALY: ITALIAN ASSISTANCE OFFICIAL TO ATTEND LIBERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-18 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN LI IT |
| 08SEOUL336 | NO CHANGE IN ROK POSITION ON FULL ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SZ AA IS KS LI NZ |
| 08STATE102941 | RENEWAL OF MANDATE OF UN MISSION IN LIBERIA: [...] The Security Council is scheduled to vote on September 29 for a resolution that will renew the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), slightly accelerate the pace of military drawdown, and add two formed police units (240 officers) to the mission's authorized strength. USUN is authoriz [...] |
2008-09-26 00:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MARR LI |
| 08STATE107534 | REQUEST FOR HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL DEMARCHE BY [...] This is an action request for the Ambassador or Charge. OBJECTIVE --------- 2. The U.S. is engaged in a targeted effort to engage 17 countries who share close bilateral relations with the U.S., and whose UNGA voting records do not reflect that partnership, to raise awareness at the hi [...] |
2008-10-07 22:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA LI |
| 08STATE109267 | USUN INSTRUCTION: UPDATE LIBERIA SANCTIONS LISTS [...] This is an action request; see para 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The UK Mission to the United Nations in New York has bilaterally expressed its desire to propose updates to the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee's lists of individuals subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 [...] |
2008-10-10 23:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN UNSC LI |
| 08STATE113232 | USUN INSTRUCTION: CHARLES BRIGHT FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to inform the Focal Point that the United States has no objection to the delisting request for Charles BRIGHT. We do not consider Charles BRIGHT to pose an ongoing threat to peace and stability in Liberia and the subregion. Mr. BRIGHT appears to [...] |
2008-10-23 23:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN UNSC LI |
| 08STATE118603 | USUN INSTRUCTION: JENKINS DUNBAR FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to inform the Focal Point that the United States has no objection to the delisting requests for Jenkins DUNBAR. While Mr. DUNBAR's request only concerns removal from the travel ban list maintained by the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee, the Unit [...] |
2008-11-06 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KTFN LI PGOV PREL PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE119300 | USUN INSTRUCTION: TALAL EL'DINE FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to inform the Focal Point that the United States has no objection to the delisting request for Talal EL'DINE. If delisted by the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee, Mr. El'Dine (DOB: 14 April 1955) would no longer be subject to the travel ban impose [...] |
2008-11-08 00:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KTFN LI PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 08STATE126458 | SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ROOMS IN MONROVIA MARCH 1-10, [...] Embassy Monrovia requests that Washington pass the following cable as an ALDAC. 2. Embassy Monrovia advises travelers that due to numerous events scheduled by the Government of Liberia, hotel rooms during March 1-10, 2009 will be extremely limited and only Mission essential country cleara [...] |
2008-12-01 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA LI |
| 08STATE135291 | USUN INSTRUCTION: OBJECT TO FOCAL POINT DELISTING [...] This is an action request. Prior to the No Objection Deadline on 2 January 2009, USUN is requested to object to the focal point delisting request for Benoni Urey. Urey should continue to be listed as subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 of UN Security Council resolution 1521 (2003) [...] |
2008-12-30 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE37244 | UNSC 4/14/08 CONSULTATIONS ON LIBERIA: GUIDANCE [...] (U) USUN may draw from the points from para 2 below during consultations on Liberia scheduled for April 14. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I would like to thank Ambassador Loj for her briefing, the first time she has addressed the Council since she took up her post in Monrovia in January. We [...] |
2008-04-09 22:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO LI |
| 08STATE48545 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See talking points in paragraph 6 and questions and answers in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and [...] |
2008-05-07 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV GA GH GV LI MI ML MR MP |
| 08STATE60579 | USUN INSTRUCTIONS: BLOCK SALAME FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to block the focal point delisting request for Mohamed Ahmad SALAME (SALAMI). SALAME (DOB: 22 Sep 1961; Nationality: Lebanese; Lebanese PPT: 1622263) should continue to be listed subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 of UN Security Council [...] |
2008-06-05 17:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LI |
| 08STATE63176 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA PANEL TECHNICAL ROLLOVER [...] USUN is requested to introduce to the UNSC the resolution in para 2 regarding the Liberia Panel. 2. BEGIN RESOLUTION The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions and statements by its President on the situation in Liberia and West Africa, Welcoming the sustained progress [...] |
2008-06-12 00:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LI |
| 08STATE64266 | LIBERIA - GUIDANCE FOR JUNE 16 MEETING OF UN [...] Mission may draw on the following for use in the June 16 Meeting of the UN Security Council on Liberia. 2. Begin Text. We thank the Panel of Experts on Liberia Sanctions for their report, which demonstrates their dedication and thorough work on Liberia-related sanctions; the arms embargo, [...] |
2008-06-13 23:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LI |
| 08STATE65303 | USUN VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: LIBERIA PANEL OF [...] USUN is authorized to vote in favor of a UNSC resolution rolling over the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts (text in paragraph 2). The Security Council is scheduled to vote on June 18. 2. BEGIN RESOLUTION The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions and statements b [...] |
2008-06-18 02:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LI |
| 08STATE72005 | JOINT LETTER TO G8 ON MATERNAL HEALTH AND INFANT [...] (C) Summary: Norway,s Charge d,Affaires Aud Kolberg met EEB PDAS David Nelson July 2 to present a letter (text in para 7) from leaders of Norway and six other countries to Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda urging Japan to lead the G8 in devoting greater attention and funding to combating materna [...] |
2008-07-03 21:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BR CI EAID EINV ENRG ETTC JA LI MZ NO SG SOCI TZ |
| 08STATE73774 | (S) M/V ANTARES I: SUCCESSFUL COMPLIANT BOARDING [...] (S) Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials to express our appreciation for a recent successfully concluded compliant boarding of the M/V ANTARES I. Posts may draw from objectives, background, and talking points/non-paper below, as appropriate. The vessel is Li [...] |
2008-07-09 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GM KN LI MNUC PARM PREL SY |
| 08STATE80112 | USUN INSTRUCTIONS: LIBERIA ARMS EMBARGO EXEMPTION [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia an exemption to the arms embargo on Liberia established by the Security Council. 2. BEGIN LETTER TO THE CHAIR OF THE 1521 (LIBERIA SANCTIONS) COMMITTEE: [...] |
2008-07-24 23:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE86598 | USUN INSTRUCTION: REQUEST DELISTING IN LIBERIA [...] This is an action request. USUN is to submit to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia one individual for delisting. 2. BEGIN LETTER TO THE CHAIR OF THE 1521 (LIBERIA SANCTIONS) COMMITTEE: The United States requests that M. Moussa CISSE (Alias: M [...] |
2008-08-12 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE95744 | UN MISSION IN LIBERIA: MANDATE RENEWAL AND [...] USUN is requested to circulate to concerned missions the draft text for a Security Council resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), slightly accelerating the pace of the drawdown of UNMIL's military component, and raising the authorized level of UNMIL's police con [...] |
2008-09-08 12:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC LI |
| 08STATE99667 | M/V ANTARES I: RESULTS OF COMPLIANT BOARDING [...] (S//REL Germany) On 13 June 2008, a boarding team from the USS Bulkeley boarded and searched the M/V ANTARES I, a Liberian-flagged, German-owned cargo vessel, on 13 June in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The boarding was conducted in accordance with our bilateral Proliferation Security Initi [...] |
2008-09-17 21:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL GM LI KN SY |
| 08THEHAGUE726 | NETHERLANDS: DEVELOPMENT MINISTER WILL ATTEND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-28 06:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL NL LI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK311 | UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: LIBERIA SEEKS END TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: USUN PolOff met with Liberian PermRep Milton Barnes on March 12 at his request to discuss Liberia's view of the way forward on the Liberia sanctions regime. Barnes said Liberia is seeking to remove individuals from the sanctions list and to terminate the mandate [...] |
2008-04-07 22:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK537 | LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS [...] On June 18, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution 1819 (see text in para 2), which extends the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts for six months. 2. BEGIN RESOLUTION: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions and statements by its [...] |
2008-06-18 19:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC UNSC PGOV LI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK599 | NY PROPERTY TAX: LIBERIA NEAR FINAL SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | LI OFDP PREL |
| 08USUNNEWYORK813 | LIBERIA: UNMIL DRAWDOWN - GETTING THE PACE RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on September 9, a majority of Security Council members favored the Secretary-General's recommendation for a modestly accelerated drawdown of the military component of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the additional deployment of two formed police units (FPUs [...] |
2008-09-10 22:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC LI |
| 08USUNNEWYORK864 | AT UN, HEADS OF STATE BEGIN 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Debate opened on September 22 with several heads of state taking the floor. Most speakers mentioned the global food crisis, and many spoke on peace-building, energy issues, global warming, the financial crisis, and human rights. UN reform was another commo [...] |
2008-09-25 22:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON BR US FR RP QA LI TU AR MA |
| 08WARSAW245 | POLISH FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON PM'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: Polish PM Donald Tusk's February 8 trip to Moscow accomplished little in concrete terms, but the political symbol of renewed dialogue with the Russians was viewed positively by the majority of Poles. FM Radek Sikorski briefed foreign mission representatives February 19 on Tusk' [...] |
2008-02-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PL PREL ENRG ETRD RS LI LO |
| 08WELLINGTON271 | DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING, MONROVIA: GNZ [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of New Zealand has confirmed that it cannot send a representative to the Development Ministers Meeting to be held in Monrovia, Liberia September 5-6. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In response to Reftel request regarding host nation participation in the Development M [...] |
2008-08-28 23:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LI PREL NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON58 | NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT SUPPORT ISRAELI MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (C) DCM David Keegan presented reftel demarche February 21 to Carolyn Forsyth, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) responsible for international organization issues. After DCM reviewed U.S. concerns and our assessment of the importance of Israel into full membe [...] |
2008-02-21 18:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AA IS KS LI NZ PHUM SZ |
| 09ACCRA70 | Ghana Refugee Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16, 2009, PRM (Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration) Africa Office Director, PRM/AFR West Africa Program Officer, and Accra Refugee Coordinator and Refugee Assistant visited the Krisan Refugee Camp and the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in the company of UNHCR [...] |
2009-01-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH SL |
| 09DOHA150 | EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE [...] Qatar hosted February 16-18, 2009 the Fourth Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), attended by 400 delegates from 80 countries. The conference was officially opened by Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiya [...] |
2009-03-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV EMIN EAGR QA AJ CH IN JA LI |
| 09LAGOS6 | LIBERIAN AUTHORITIES ORDERED THE EXPULSION OF [...] On January 7, Liberian National Security Agency (NSA) Director Fombah Sirleaf contacted DEA Lagos and advised that they arrested Nigerian national Sunday Okoli, a major drug trafficker. Okoli was arrested with undetermined quantities of cocaine. According to Sirleaf, the NSA and National Secur [...] |
2009-01-08 07:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR LI |
| 09LONDON1373 | WEST AFRICA: UK RESOURCE CRUNCH MEANS PROGRAM CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Budget cuts in the UK's Conflict Prevention Program (CCP) have hurt the UK's programming in West Africa "more than most" regions (reftel A), new Foreign Office West Africa team leader Paul Welsh told Poloff June 9. On Sierra Leone, Welsh and Sierra Leone Desk Officer Simon Day [...] |
2009-06-10 16:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PINR KPKO EFIN SL LI XY UK |
| 09MONROVIA102 | LIBERIA: GENERAL AUDITING COMMISSION REAFFIRMS [...] (U) Summary: During an introductory call by the Ambassador, Auditor General (AG) John Morlu II praised President Sirleaf's commitment to anti-corruption and reaffirmed his support for her efforts to improve transparency and accountability in government in the face of frequent resistance. Morl [...] |
2009-02-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PINR LI |
| 09MONROVIA103 | LIBERIA: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MONROVIA (FOR [...] (SBU) The American International School of Monrovia (AISM) was established in 2007 with the strong encouragement and support of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The GOL provided the land and building, and sees AISM as an essential element in creating a climate that will facilitate foreign inve [...] |
2009-02-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON OPIC LI |
| 09MONROVIA118 | LIBERIA: SENATOR ACQUITTED IN MURDER TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Margibi County Junior Senator Roland Kaine was acquitted of murder by Criminal Court "B" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia on February 5. Senator Kaine was accused along with 15 others of murdering 21 youths in Grand Bassa County on June 7, 2008 in a land dispute. Six of the a [...] |
2009-02-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KRCM ASEC CASC PREL PHUM LI |
| 09MONROVIA119 | LIBERIA: GOL ANNOUNCES PRICE CUTS AND TAX CUTS [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ministry of Commerce lowered price ceilings on rice, petroleum and cement on January 29. The cuts come three days after the President announced a decrease in business and personal tax rates during her annual "State of the Nation" address January 26 (ref A). The President [...] |
2009-02-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON EAGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA125 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TESTIFIES AT TRC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After postponing several times, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf testified behind closed doors to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on February 12. Her testimony was subsequently broadcast on local radio stations. Sirleaf admitted being an early sympathizer of Charle [...] |
2009-02-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL LI |
| 09MONROVIA13 | QADHAFI VISITS LIBERIA [...] (U) Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi met with President Sirleaf January 3 in what the Executive Mansion termed a "transit stopover" at Roberts International Airport. According to press accounts, the two discussed "a wide range of issues, including bilateral relations between the two countries, th [...] |
2009-01-05 17:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV LY LI |
| 09MONROVIA134 | LIBERIA: MONROVIA'S NEW MAYOR CLEANING UP CITY FAST [...] (SBU) President Sirleaf appointed her friend and trusted confidante, Mary Broh, as Mayor of the City of Monrovia on February 6. As Mayor, Broh replaces the political placeholder Ophelia Hoff-Saytumah, wife of Minister of State for Economic and Legal Affairs, Morris Saytumah. The appointment [...] |
2009-02-17 18:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ABLG SOCI LI |
| 09MONROVIA142 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR [...] (C) The Ambassador met with former First Lady and current Senior Senator from Bong County Jewel Howard Taylor February 10, at the Senator's request. Taylor remarked that she has not been invited to the Embassy since 2000 or 2001 because of her inclusion on the UN Travel Ban List, and said she [...] |
2009-02-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA147 | LIBERIA: VOLUME I OF TRC REPORT PUBLISHED, ICGL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted Volume I of its Final Report to the GOL December 19 (reftel) and just recently made it public on its website (www.trcofliberia.org). The report included a list of the "most significant" warring factions (see paragraph 5) and [...] |
2009-02-20 16:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA160 | WHO WILL SUCCEED ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF? [...] (C) Summary: The next presidential elections in Liberia are almost three years away, and we sense that in many ways Liberian politicians are already gearing up for them. Potential candidates are building constituencies, keeping themselves in the press, and otherwise talking themselves up. Ho [...] |
2009-02-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA168 | CONTROVERSIAL POLICE APPOINTMENT OVERSHADOWS [...] (C) Summary: The recent appointment of former Police Director Paul Mulbah as "Advisor" to the Liberia National Police (LNP) has overshadowed several positive steps by the GOL to reform LNP operations. Human rights organizations have accused Mulbah of ordering torture and other human rights a [...] |
2009-03-03 17:26:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PHUM PGOV ASEC LI |
| 09MONROVIA169 | LIBERIA: UNITY PARTY SETBACK IN BY-ELECTION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a severe setback for President Sirleaf's Unity Party, its candidate, Liberia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Conmany Wesseh, lost a senatorial by-election run-off in River Gee County to Nathaniel Williams (Liberia Destiny Party), a River Gee Senator during the [...] |
2009-03-03 18:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID CASC LI |
| 09MONROVIA170 | RECRUITERS FOR GUARD FORCE IN IRAQ CAUSE STIR IN [...] (C) The Project Manager of Sabre International called on EmbOffs March 3 with two local sub-contractors to brief us on their efforts in Monrovia to recruit Liberians for armed static guard positions in Iraq. They said the recruitment was under the Theatre-Wide Internal Security Services progra [...] |
2009-03-04 07:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL ASEC IZ LI |
| 09MONROVIA186 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR TOURS RECOVERING LIBERIA PETROLEUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves outlined an ambitious strategic development plan during the Ambassador's tour of LPRC facilities on February 23. The state-owned petroleum import and storage monopoly has undergone impressive financial and [...] |
2009-03-10 11:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT ECON EINV PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA188 | PRO-TAYLOR ELEMENTS STILL A FORCE TO BE RECKONED [...] (C) Summary: The recent remarks by Special Court for Sierra Leone prosecutor Stephen Rapp suggesting Charles Taylor may go free because of budgetary reasons caused alarm within the GOL and has emboldened Taylor supporters. Communication inside the Taylor camp remains intact, and those in leadership [...] |
2009-03-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM KCRM LI |
| 09MONROVIA19 | LIBERIA: WEAK LEADERSHIP UNDERMINES COMMERCIAL FORESTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Weak leadership at the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has delayed resumption of commercial logging, placed millions of dollars of potential revenue at risk and jeopardized the success of the forestry reform program. The companies bidding on logging concessions consistent [...] |
2009-01-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV ECON EAID SENV LI |
| 09MONROVIA209 | LIBERIA: NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION REVOKES LICENSES OF [...] (U) Summary: The National Elections Commission (NEC) has revoked the licenses of ten political parties for violating the constitution and election laws of Liberia. The revocation came after persistent warnings that the parties were not in compliance with the law. Twenty registered parties rem [...] |
2009-03-20 11:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA218 | LIBERIA: 1200 DELEGATES ATTEND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Sirleaf and President of Finland Tarja Halonen convened the successful "International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security" March 7-8 at the Samuel K. Doe Stadium in Monrovia. The resulting "Monrovia Declaration" cal [...] |
2009-03-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO LI |
| 09MONROVIA219 | LIBERIA: IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS WORSENS [...] SUMMARY: Both the GOL and International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that the impact of the global financial crisis on Liberia may be more serious than previously expected (reftels). The IMF has revised Liberia's growth projections downward from 10.3% to 6% for 2009, and from 14.8% to 8% in 201 [...] |
2009-03-24 17:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
| 09MONROVIA22 | LIBERIA TO WORK WITH ECOWAS ON GUINEA ACCORDING TO [...] (C) National Security Advisor Dr. Henry Boima Fahnbulleh told Ambassador and Deputy UN SRSG Jordan Ryan January 8 that Liberia fully backs the ECOWAS initiative to press the junta in Guinea to hold elections as soon as practical (he mentioned November 2009 as a likely date) as a "middle way" b [...] |
2009-01-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GV LI |
| 09MONROVIA227 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, SEPTEMBER - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Liberia continues its gradual recovery from fourteen years of civil war. Limited parts of the capital city, Monrovia, have electricity and the city still lacks a functioning water/sewer system and telephone network; health care is substandard. Government institution [...] |
2009-03-30 16:09:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI |
| 09MONROVIA241 | LIBERIA: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security (IPS) Program country visit team reported March 27 that they will recommend that Liberia be found in compliance with the minimum International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code standards, at which time restrictions on ship [...] |
2009-04-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI |
| 09MONROVIA242 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR DEDICATES USPS-DONATED POST OFFICE [...] Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield formally dedicated over 2,000 post office boxes and other postal equipment at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) on March 27. The post office boxes and postal equipment were donated by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and delivered March 2008 as [...] |
2009-04-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EAID ECON LI |
| 09MONROVIA258 | LIBERIA: AIRPORT SECURITY DEFICIENCIES MAY DELAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: It remains unlikely that Roberts International Airport (RIA) will meet minimum standards for certification by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in time for Delta Airlines' scheduled inauguration of direct flights between the United States and Liberia June 8, despit [...] |
2009-04-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR ECON ETRD LI PGOV |
| 09MONROVIA26 | LIBERIA: PRS GOVERNANCE AND RULE OF LAW PILLAR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs Amara Konneh is frustrated with how the Governance and Rule of Law (GRL) Pillar of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is functioning and has asked the President to assign it to another Minister. According to Konneh, the agreement made at [...] |
2009-01-08 17:53:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA262 | LIBERIA: POWER PROJECT AND MINING CONCESSION RECEIVE [...] (U) The Liberian Legislature ratified two major concessions April 1: the $150 million Buchanan Renewable Power (BRP) plant to produce electricity by burning chipped rubber wood (Ref A), and the $2.6 billion China Union Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) to mine iron ore (Ref B). The two conce [...] |
2009-04-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
| 09MONROVIA289 | LIBERIA: RUBBER SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia's rubber sector provides 5.5% of its economic output, 85% of its exports and work for an estimated 50,000 Liberians. Roughly 40% of Liberia's rubber comes from small, Liberian-owned farms, with the remainder produced on large foreign-owned concessions. There has been l [...] |
2009-04-28 08:01:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA310 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON SHIP RECYCLING AND PIRACY [...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref B demarche regarding the May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly on May 1 and Ref A updated information and talking points on May 5. Commissioner Kesselly welcomed the me [...] |
2009-05-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA MARR PREL SENV LI |
| 09MONROVIA311 | LIBERIA: FISHERIES UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH [...] SUMMARY: The fisheries sector has great potential for increased production and employment, but Liberia continues to import roughly twice the amount of fish it produces. According to the 2008 Annual Report from the Bureau of National Fisheries (BNF), profit margins for fish production are rela [...] |
2009-05-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ECON ETRD PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA318 | SCENESETTER ON UN ISSUES FOR LIBERIA VISIT OF UN [...] (U) America has always had a special place in the hearts of Liberians and that esteem has grown since the end of the civil war. Thousands of Liberians found refuge in the United States during the war, and around 400,000 Liberians, from a population of fewer than four million, now call America [...] |
2009-05-08 13:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV ECON OVIP LI |
| 09MONROVIA33 | LIBERIA: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister of Post [...] (SBU) Summary: During an introductory call by the Ambassador, Minister of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) Jeremiah Sulunteh reviewed progress since the visit by former USPS Chief Inspector Lazaroff in 2007, which he termed "very significant for Liberia Post," and expressed appreciation for U [...] |
2009-01-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID ECON LI |
| 09MONROVIA352 | LIBERIA VOTES FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV LI |
| 09MONROVIA365 | LIBERIA: Census confirms population estimates; ignores [...] The final Census, released May 21, confirms a population of 3,476,608 Liberians. It notes a growth rate of 2.1% since the last census in 1984, and projects a doubling time of 33 years. There is no mention of the deaths (estimated at 250,000) or the massive emigration during the years of confl [...] |
2009-05-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA373 | LIBERIA: REFORMS BOOST INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Liberia continues to work at improving the business climate and moving up the IFC's "Doing Business" index. Eighteen new reforms, following up on 21 last year, simplify requirements for Starting a Business, Trading Across Borders, Registering Property, and Construction Permits. (See para. 5. [...] |
2009-05-29 11:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP ETRD EAID ECON KMCA LI |
| 09MONROVIA374 | LIBERIA:MAY 29TH MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (U) The May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) will be attended by Liberia. The following individuals plan to attend: * Margaret Ansumana, Deputy Commissioner and Delegation Leader, BMA *David Friesen, Head of Maritime Security, LISCR *Victor Do [...] |
2009-05-29 11:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA LI |
| 09MONROVIA375 | LIBERIA: DRAFT BUDGET IS BIGGER AND MORE DETAILED [...] (U) The GOL submitted its 2009-10 draft budget for legislative consideration on May 19. Despite the global financial crunch, the budget, at $347 million, shows a 16% increase over last year's and over 400% growth from the $80 million budget when the Sirleaf administration took office. It incl [...] |
2009-05-29 11:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA390 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the UN Security Council during their May 19-20 visit to Liberia, President Sirleaf expressed strong support for a continued UNMIL presence until Liberia can take over its own security. On several occasions, she called the peace "fragile" and easily able to be rever [...] |
2009-06-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO LI PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 09MONROVIA401 | LIBERIA: MEDIA REACTION: A NEW BEGINNING SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: On June 4, 2009, the Public Diplomacy Section delivered copies of President Obama's speech to Mosques and media houses throughout Monrovia. Liberians watched the speech live on CNN and BBC in cafes and restaurants. Radio stations replayed the speech several times that day. Newspapers p [...] |
2009-06-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO LI |
| 09MONROVIA402 | PROGRESS REPORT: THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE (GFSR) [...] SUMMARY: USAID/Liberia is pleased to respond to reftel with this brief progress report on the $10 million Supplemental funds received to enhance Liberia's food security. The funds have been programmed to build on the success of the existing USAID Liberia's agricultural programs and to launch a [...] |
2009-06-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID LI ECON |
| 09MONROVIA41 | PRESIDENT SIRLEAF'S POSITION AT ECOWAS SUMMIT [...] (C) President Sirleaf confirmed to Ambassador January 12 that she was "instrumental" in removing a provision in the draft ECOWAS communique on Guinea calling for sanctions (leaving in a condemnation of the coup, suspension of Guinea from ECOWAS, and a demand that the CNDD take immediate steps [...] |
2009-01-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV LI |
| 09MONROVIA415 | LIBERIA: BANKING SYSTEM STABILIZING DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although banking services remain concentrated in Monrovia, the number of banks is increasing and most are expanding their reach outside the capital. Indicators of financial soundness are improving, and there is competition to increase services beyond money transfers and fee-bas [...] |
2009-06-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA430 | LIBERIA: GOL RECEIVES TSA REPORT ON AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Econoff delivered TSA's report to Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) Director General Rich Williams on June 8, just after the announcement that TSA had not approved Delta's planned service to Monrovia that had been scheduled to start June 9. Williams said he had advised b [...] |
2009-06-16 18:12:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON LI |
| 09MONROVIA431 | LIBERIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one claim of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Liberia (GOL; under the National Transitional Government of Liberia - NTGL). a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. In late 2003 and spring 2004, a locally incorporated [...] |
2009-06-16 18:23:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA432 | LIBERIA: DELEGATION WILL ATTEND AU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-16 18:25:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PREL ECON AU LI |
| 09MONROVIA443 | LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES RAISES SUNKEN WRECK [...] On May 23, Buchanan Renewables (BR) removed the wreck of the Torm Alexandra, which sank at Monrovia Freeport pier while unloading in July 2001. After initial unsuccessful attempts to raise the ship, the owners had relinquished title to the Liberia National Port Authority. Two subsequent effo [...] |
2009-06-22 07:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT LI |
| 09MONROVIA46 | LIBERIA: NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ON OPIC PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new head of National Housing Authority has assured Post that the title granting 100 acres of land to the National Housing Authority for an OPIC-funded housing project is clear, and that title to the remaining 200 acres should be confirmed shortly. Post has asked the Ministr [...] |
2009-01-15 08:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON OPIC LI |
| 09MONROVIA469 | WITHDRAWAL OF SAUDI LOAN IMPERILS LIBERIA'S PORT REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Saudi Development Fund may be unable to fulfill its promise to provide a $50 million soft loan to renovate the Freeport of Monrovia, after Saudi Arabia and Liberia were unable to reschedule outstanding debt on terms comparable to the Paris Club. Without the Saudi loan, the [...] |
2009-06-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PREL LI |
| 09MONROVIA479 | LIBERIA INKS MORE TRANSPARENT DEAL FOR SHIP REGISTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) signed a new 10-year deal with the GOL June 30 to manage the country's lucrative "flags of convenience" business. Weary from years of haggling with the Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) over control of revenues, and spurned by specious [...] |
2009-07-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EINV LI |
| 09MONROVIA483 | NEW MAYOR CLEANS UP CITY HALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Mayor Mary Broh has begun working as Monrovia's mayor without confirmation by the Senate. She has taken on efforts to rationalize city operations with the same vigor she has shown to clean up Monrovia's streets, clear some of the corruption from the port and reorganize t [...] |
2009-07-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA487 | LIBERIAN PRESIDENT NAMED IN TRC REPORT FOR HER ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction to the of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report of the Liberian civil crisis is mixed but steadily growing several days after its June 30 release. The GOL did not publically respond to the report's recommendation that President Sirleaf be banned from pu [...] |
2009-07-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI |
| 09MONROVIA50 | LIBERIA: FOURTH SESSION OF 52ND LEGISLATURE OPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Liberian House and Senate held separate opening ceremonies January 12 to mark the beginning of the Fourth Session of the 52nd Legislature. About two-thirds of the Legislators were present, with some members still abroad after four months of recess. Vice President Boakai, a [...] |
2009-01-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA52 | LIBERIA: Donor Support Remains Essential As Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF remains cautiously optimistic about Liberia's economic outlook and we anticipate current USG assistance programs will be adequate to address the challenges of the financial crisis. Liberia's rubber exports are down (for domestic reasons), resumption of timber exports is [...] |
2009-01-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ECON LI |
| 09MONROVIA524 | LIBERIA'S FINAL BUDGET A STUDY IN WISHFUL THINKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the midst of anemic commodity prices, flagging interest from would-be concessionaires and reduced growth forecasts, Liberia's National Legislature has approved an amended budget for 2009-2010, adding almost $25 million in expenditures to the Ministry of Finance's proposed $34 [...] |
2009-07-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LI |
| 09MONROVIA532 | REACTION TO THE TRC REPORT -- A CALMER TONE [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the TRC report was released public opinion still does not appear to be fully informed of the content of the report. Debate centers around the most publicized aspects of the report, the banning of President Sirleaf from future public office and discussion of who was [...] |
2009-07-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI |
| 09MONROVIA533 | GOL VOWS THAT FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT AND DEFUNCT SAUDI LOAN WILL [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) has chosen to move forward with its search for a port management company to rehabilitate and oversee the Freeport of Monrovia. Saudi Arabia's withdrawal of a highly-concessional loan for port renovations (Ref A), and the recent revelation of an outstand [...] |
2009-07-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EWWT LI |
| 09MONROVIA540 | UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REPSONSE [...] In response to our request, the MFA provided the following information on Martin George: Name: Martin O. N. George Date of Birth: August 3, 1947 Place of Birth: Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Passport No.: Not available Parents: Rev. Coker A. J. George, Sr. (Deceased) Mrs. Etta Russel [...] |
2009-07-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI |
| 09MONROVIA547 | LIBERIA: SECURITY SITUATION STABLE; NO TARGETING OF [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. SUMMARY. Embassy requests that DRL transmit this information to Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The security situation in Liberia continues to improve and post has received no reports that individuals are being attacked or harmed f [...] |
2009-07-29 15:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM KDEM LI |
| 09MONROVIA549 | PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO TAYLOR,S ACCUSATIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Appeals for reconciliation in the wake of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report's release were amplified during events commemorating 162 years of independence. International visitors, including Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang and Economic Commu [...] |
2009-07-30 09:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR EG LI |
| 09MONROVIA550 | ECOWAS COMMISSION PRESIDENT ON TRUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission President Mohamed Ibn Chambas shared his concerns with Ambassador that if the GOL does not respond appropriately to the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) recommendations, the situation could degrade. [...] |
2009-07-30 16:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR GV LI |
| 09MONROVIA565 | LIBERIA: CAN LEDFC SALVAGE ITS FLOUNDERING BUSINESS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Short on cash and wracked by non-performing loans, the Liberian Enterprise Development Finance Company (LEDFC) will exhaust its operating capital and be forced to close by February 2010 if it cannot raise $1 million in additional funds. Questioning LEDFC's long-term viability, t [...] |
2009-08-04 17:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV LI |
| 09MONROVIA567 | LIBERIA: RULING PARTY EXECUTIVES HOLD EXTRAORDINARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over 100 executive members of the ruling Unity Party (U.P.), including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, attended a one-day extraordinary party conference on July 11. Party executives agreed to hold a national convention in October 2009 where all leadership positions will be con [...] |
2009-08-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM LI |
| 09MONROVIA569 | LIBERIA: NO TARGETING OF CHUCKIE TAYLOR SUPPORTERS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 7. 2. SUMMARY. Embassy requests that DRL transmit the following information to Department of Homeland Security (DHS). There have been no reports of threats or intimidation against former President Charles Taylor, his son "Chuckie" Taylor, thei [...] |
2009-08-05 17:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM KDEM LI |
| 09MONROVIA570 | LIBERIA: SUDDEN DEATH OF MONROVIA-AREA SENATOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Montserrado County Senator Hanna Brent of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) died in Monrovia on August 3. The cause of death has not been made public. Senator Brent is the sixth legislator to die since January 2006. The race to succeed her is expected to be i [...] |
2009-08-06 08:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA589 | LIBERIA: PROTESTERS CALL FOR OUSTER OF PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY. A group of about 50 people demonstrated peacefully at the Embassy on August 7, calling for the creation of a war crimes tribunal and the resignation of President Sirleaf. They also asked the USG to stop the GOL from harassing Mulbah Morlu. A second demonstration may occur on Augus [...] |
2009-08-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM LI |
| 09MONROVIA602 | TRANSITION FROM TRC TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has kicked off the establishment of Liberia's Independent National Human Rights Commission (INHRC) by handing the Senate a list of commissioner nominees for approval. This newest human rights commission iteration is the latest attempt by successive [...] |
2009-08-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM LI |
| 09MONROVIA609 | ARREST OF PAKISTANI MALAFIDE PASSENGERS LAYS BARE WEAKNESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The removal of two malafide Pakistanis from a Brussels Airlines August 12 flight to Brussels by airline officials, and the GOL's subsequent investigation, has brought to light a well developed smuggling operation using the Roberts International Airport (RIA) VIP Lounge as a way [...] |
2009-08-24 17:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR ECON KFRD CPAS PREL PGOV KCRM EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA612 | LOCKHEED MARTIN INKS MANAGEMENT DEAL FOR LIBERIA'S AIRPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lockheed Martin has signed a limited-liability six-month contract with the Ministry of Transport to manage Roberts International Airport (RIA), enhance safety and security procedures, and develop ancillary revenue streams. While the existing agreement promises limited profits fo [...] |
2009-08-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR LI |
| 09MONROVIA618 | CODEL BUTTERFIELD MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (U) August 17, 2009; Monrovia, Liberia. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Brooks Robinson Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO) Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) Representative Steven Cohen (D-TN) [...] |
2009-08-27 17:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON LI OVIP EINV ETRD EAIR EAGR EWWT |
| 09MONROVIA619 | MONROVIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES [...] (SBU) Charge raised Ref A demarche points with Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador William Bull in an August 27 meeting. Bull told Charge that he will discuss the Viktor Bout situation with relevant Liberian authorities. He noted the GOL's neutral position regarding the prosecution of former [...] |
2009-08-27 18:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PTER CO RS TH LI |
| 09MONROVIA626 | DESPITE SECURITY BREACH, BRUSSELS AIRLINES TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considering suspending operations of its Monrovia-Brussels flight following the discovery of a passport fraud ring and threats to its staff, Brussels Airlines has determined that it can shore up existing gaps in security, customs and immigration procedures and continue ope [...] |
2009-08-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR AMGT KFRD LI |
| 09MONROVIA628 | LIBERIA PASSES LONG-AWAITED PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-28 13:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
| 09MONROVIA646 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT SIRLEAF DISSOLVES MAYORAL TASK FORCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has dissolved a task force headed by Acting Monrovia City Mayor, Mary Broh, and apologized to members of the National Muslim Council after Broh and members of her task force were involved in a scuffle with Muslims at a mosque in Monrovia on August [...] |
2009-09-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI LI |
| 09MONROVIA661 | FLAWED THRESHOLD BILL LIKELY TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Liberian House of Representatives approved a Threshold Bill on September 3 that is the same as the one passed earlier by the Senate. The final bill will double the maximum population in a constituency to 40,000 with a proviso that no county shall have fewer than two seats in [...] |
2009-09-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA662 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES OIL COMPANY HEAD AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dismissed the head of the state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation (LPRC) on September 5, following a Ministry of Justice probe into the alleged acceptance of bribes in exchange for a USD 24.8 million concession. Sirleaf's sacking of a lo [...] |
2009-09-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA673 | LIBERIAN DOLLAR'S DOWNWARD SLIDE PRESENTS FRESH HARDSHIPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the past three years, the Liberian Dollar (LD) maintained relative exchange rate stability, weathering double-digit inflation, ever-increasing import prices, and delayed revenue from lucrative mining and timber contracts, thanks to cautious monetary and fiscal policy. Yet, [...] |
2009-09-16 17:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON LI |
| 09MONROVIA674 | LIBERIA SHOWS MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN WORLD BANK'S DOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberia moved up the scale of the World Bank's "Doing Business Indicators" for the third year in a row, jumping eight spots to 149th out of 183 countries. While Liberia implemented quick-win procedural improvements that garnered it a place among the top ten reformers of 2009, f [...] |
2009-09-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON LI |
| 09MONROVIA69 | LIBERIA: CDC CONVENTION FAILS TO HEAL RIFT IN PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), the largest opposition party in Liberia, has been fractured into two since April 2008 (reftel), with one faction supporting 2005 presidential candidate George Weah and the other against, arguing that the uneducated soccer star left Liberia [...] |
2009-01-21 08:32:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA691 | FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Chairman Jerome Verdier confirmed to us on September 17 that the TRC's final, edited report's release date, expected on September 1, has been pushed to at least mid-October, when 200 copies of the report will be available for government o [...] |
2009-09-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA695 | SIRLEAF VETO PUSHES THRESHOLD BILL BACK TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 17, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf exercised her line-item veto authority to reject the Threshold Bill segment guaranteeing each county a minimum of two seats in the House of Representatives. This followed a determination by the Solicitor General confirming the t [...] |
2009-09-29 10:17:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA698 | LIBERIA's OIL PROSPECTS INCREASE FOLLOWING DISCOVERY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An oil discovery September 16 at a deepwater exploration site in Sierra Leone along the Liberian border increases the prospects of unearthing oil along Liberia's geologically similar coast. The highly-publicized find coincides with the National Oil Company of Liberia's (NOCAL [...] |
2009-09-30 07:50:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA70 | LIBERIA: A NEW, ASSERTIVE BUREAU OF MARITIME AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently appointed Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Commissioner Binyah Kesselly is seeking to assert tighter control over the country's outsourced shipping registry and has embarked on an ambitious program to transform Liberia into a "maritime nation" by expanding BMA [...] |
2009-01-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI |
| 09MONROVIA720 | PRESIDENT SIRLEAF ON HER VISIT TO CONAKRY [...] (C) Ambassador met with President Sirleaf on September 28 to raise, among other issues, the situation in Guinea and her September 2 trip there with Senegal President Wade to meet with Moussa Dadis Camara. Sirleaf acknowledged that she had suggested to Wade that they make a trip to Guinea to pr [...] |
2009-10-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC GV LI |
| 09MONROVIA722 | PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TO CONTINUE TO PRESS DADIS; CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: President Sirleaf does not believe anohTer visit to Conakry would be useful, but will continue to work with Wade, Gbagbo and Ibn Chambas on pressing Dadis to step down. She suggested a "demonstration of force" would help limit the bloodshed. Liberian security services are picking [...] |
2009-10-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ASEC SG GV LI |
| 09MONROVIA724 | EMBASSY MONROVIA CONVENES EAC TO DISCUSS UNREST IN GUINEA [...] (U) On October 2, 2009, Embassy Monrovia convened the EAC to discuss the ongoing unrest in Guinea and its implications for security and stability in Liberia. 2. (S//NF) Ambassador recounted her conversation with the President of Liberia on September 28 (Ref B) and the president's Chief of [...] |
2009-10-05 08:57:00 | Embassy Monrovia | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PREL PHUM GV LI |
| 09MONROVIA725 | LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES DEAL STALLS OVER PRICE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia may back out of a power purchase agreement with Buchanan Renewables (BR), after a consortium of donors warned the President that unduly high tariffs could threaten the financial solvency of the Liberian Electricity Corporation (LEC) and deter small busi [...] |
2009-10-05 09:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EAGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA73 | LIBERIA: CHINESE FIRM WINS BID TO DEVELOP BONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The China Union Investment Company has won the bid to redevelop Liberia's Bong iron ore mining range. The $2.6 billion concession agreement is the most lucrative investment contract signed by the Sirleaf government and is expected to create over 10,000 direct jobs and rehabilitate [...] |
2009-01-21 17:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA731 | LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly October 6 to deliver reftel demarche informing GOL of USG intention to seek re-election to category "A" membership on the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). 2. (SBU) GOL thanked USG for th [...] |
2009-10-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA UK LI |
| 09MONROVIA751 | LIBERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/November 2005. The government has moved to exert its authority throughout the country but security still depends on the 10,000-strong United Nations Mission in Liberia [...] |
2009-10-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON LI ETRD |
| 09MONROVIA753 | DESPITE PORT AUTHORITY ROADBLOCKS, PORT REFORM CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Internal disputes within the GOL and second thoughts about the merits of private management at the Freeport of Monrovia present fresh challenges for the Port Sector Reform Program (PSRP), but are unlikely to derail a two-year process that enjoys Presidential and unified donor sup [...] |
2009-10-14 17:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA76 | LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of sanctions open [...] |
2009-01-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI |
| 09MONROVIA760 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LIBERIA, MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-16 13:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LI |
| 09MONROVIA763 | LEGISLATURE SENDS ELECTORAL REFORM AMENDMENTS TO EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Legislature has passed a constitutional amendment law that sets in motion reforms needed before the 2011 elections. The "Electoral Reform Law" was drafted with input from the law reform commission and civil society. It seeks to amend sections of the Liberian consti [...] |
2009-10-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI |
| 09MONROVIA773 | PRESIDENT SIRLEAF ON GUINEA AND NIGER [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on President Sirleaf on October 19 upon the president's return from the October 17 ECOWAS summit in Abuja and her October 18 visit to Niamey as part of a high level mission. GUINEA ------ 2. (C) Sirleaf said that she has decided to take a stronger, more active sta [...] |
2009-10-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECOWAS NG GV LI |
| 09MONROVIA775 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION QUELLS TURF WARFARE AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Less than a month after Lockheed Martin inked a deal to manage Roberts International Airport (RIA) (Reftel) the President was forced to intervene to clarify the respective roles of the Liberian Civil Aviation Authority and Lockheed Martin. As de facto airport manager, Lockheed M [...] |
2009-10-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC LI |
| 09MONROVIA776 | MONTSERRADO SENATE BY-ELECTION A PRECURSOR TO 2011 VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Elections Commission (NEC) will conduct a by-election on November 10 to elect a replacement for Montserrado Senator Hannah Brent who died on August 3. The official campaign period is October 14-18. Ten candidates have been approved and one disqualified. The by-el [...] |
2009-10-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI |
| 09MONROVIA785 | ETHIOPIAN AIRWAYS TO FLY TO MONROVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Airways (EA) will begin flights to Roberts International Airport (RIA) October 25, expanding its service in West Africa by linking Monrovia to Addis Ababa through Accra. EA's entrance will meet the need for more avenues from Liberia into Africa, Europe and the United S [...] |
2009-10-26 08:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA786 | FLAWED TIMBER CONCESSIONS PASS LEGISLATURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Legislature ratified four new Forest Management Contracts (FMCs) in a closed-door session September 23, despite civil society objections and a ruling from the Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) overturning the concessions on technical grounds. Polit [...] |
2009-10-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA799 | LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE [...] Following is the text of a dipnote dated October 5 and received at U.S. Embassy Monrovia on October 27, 2009 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responding to our note of October 5 on the U.S. candidacy for the IMO. The note repeats Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Chairman Kessely's respons [...] |
2009-10-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA UK LI |
| 09MONROVIA801 | FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA802 | 52ND LIBERIAN LEGISLATURE CONCLUDES FOURTH SESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The 52nd National Legislature has concluded its fourth session, recessing until the fifth session begins in January 2010. Despite the fact that several key laws were passed and concession agreements ratified, the Legislature failed to pass crucial measures related to meeting Lib [...] |
2009-10-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI LI |
| 09MONROVIA804 | IMF THINKING ON LIBERIA'S HIPC COMPLETION POINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Resisting political pressures to hasten Completion Point under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative before the end of 2009, an International Monetary Fund team led by Africa Director Antoinette Sayeh, Liberia's former Finance Minister, estimated that Liberia may achieve [...] |
2009-11-02 08:38:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ECOM LI |
| 09MONROVIA809 | HEAD OF CONCESSIONS COMMISSION MURDERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Keith Jubah, chairman of the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission and President of the Rubber Planters Association, was shot to death November 1 outside his home at the Morris Farm near Kakata. Although police have identified three suspects, reports against them remain [...] |
2009-11-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR CASC ASEC KCRM PREL PGOV LI |
| 09MONROVIA81 | LIBERIA: DISASTER ADVISORY ON MOTH AND CATERPILLAR [...] SUMMARY: This is a DISASTER ALERT cable to report widespread infestation of crops by caterpillar moths (presumed by some to be 'army worms') in central and northern Liberia. The Liberian Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced January 20 a state of emergency in 50 villages of central Liberia [...] |
2009-01-23 15:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF WFP IZ LI PHUM |
| 09MONROVIA82 | LIBERIA: GOL SIGNS CONTRACT POWER PLANT FUELED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian firm Buchanan Renewables (Monrovia) Power, Inc. (BRP) signed January 21 a concession agreement with the Government of Liberia (GOL) and a power purchase agreement with the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) for the construction of a 35-megawatt power plant to provide [...] |
2009-01-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV ETRD OPIC LI |
| 09MONROVIA822 | GOL AGREES TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ACCEPTING DEPORTEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a productive meeting on October 27, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice confirmed that the GOL is prepared to receive 28 deportees in January 2010, and agreed to the drafting a Memorandum of Understanding with the USG outlining procedures for the return of deporte [...] |
2009-11-12 07:25:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM LI |
| 09MONROVIA83 | LIBERIA: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs (MPEA) Amarah Konneh, who has been in office five months (ref B), thanked the USG for the "quick win" of the MCC threshold program and described his plans to take on the challenges of a historica [...] |
2009-01-23 18:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PINR LI |
| 09MONROVIA833 | LIBERIA - SENATE BY-ELECTION RESULTS IN RUN-OFF [...] SUMMARY. Voter turnout was low in the November 10 Montserrado Senate by-election, with just 20 percent of voters participating. None of the ten candidates took an absolute majority of votes, so the two leading candidates, Geraldine Doe-Sheriff of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and [...] |
2009-11-17 16:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI LI |
| 09MONROVIA838 | FISCAL SQUEEZE SPARKS CALLS FOR BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the global downturn could be expected to impose some constraints on Liberia's 2009-2010 budget, the Ministry of Finance's admission that revenue collection fell a full 25 percent short of planned expenditures in the first quarter alone has raised questions about the efficac [...] |
2009-11-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LI |
| 09MONROVIA841 | LIBERIA - LARGEST PARTIES PREPARE FOR RUN-OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on Montserrado County Senate run-off candidates in separate November 18 meetings where she encouraged the Congress for Democratic Change's (CDC) Geraldine Doe Sheriff and Unity Party's (UP) to prevent the inciting of voters in the final November 24 round of the [...] |
2009-11-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM LI |
| 09MONROVIA844 | CHINESE SOLICIT PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. FOLLOWING SHARM EL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and the attendant promises of new Chinese investment in Liberia, the Chinese Embassy approached the USG to explore future possibilities for greater U.S.-Chinese cooperation in foreign assistance. The Chinese Embassy is particularl [...] |
2009-11-23 08:49:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR LI |
| 09MONROVIA863 | LIBERIA: JOHN MORLU'S CANDIDACY FOR HEAD OF UN OFFICE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Inspector General John Morlu is passionately committed to public financial management, and has transformed a moribund General Auditing Commission (GAC) into an independent and vocal mechanism for fighting corruption in Liberia. While Morlu's reputation for integrity is unimpeachab [...] |
2009-12-01 17:47:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN PREL AMGT LI |
| 09MONROVIA87 | LIBERIA: HOUSE SPEAKER ALLEGEDLY ORDERS BEATING OF FORMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former lawmaker in the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA) Prince Toe has accused Speaker of the House Alex Tyler of ordering his bodyguards to beat him after Toe's pickup nearly collided with a vehicle in Tyler's convoy January 18. The Monrovia Magisterial Court i [...] |
2009-01-28 09:21:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM LI |
| 09MONROVIA877 | LIBERIA: OPPOSITION WINS SENATE BY-ELECTION RUN-OFF [...] (U) SUMMARY. The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) convincingly won the Montserrado County senatorial by-election in a second crucial test for the National Elections Commission (NEC). The ruling Unity Party (UP) lost the election despite heavy financial backing and support from f [...] |
2009-12-03 19:26:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI KPAO LI |
| 09MONROVIA894 | FATE OF BUCHANAN RENEWABLES REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS GOL WAVERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While President Sirleaf feels tremendous political pressure to expand electric services in Monrovia, fulfilling public promises to secure 10 megawatts of power in the capital by the end of 2010, her energy advisors have been unable to proffer the definitive guidance that would e [...] |
2009-12-11 11:25:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EGAR ENRG LI |
| 09MONROVIA90 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONTINUED REFORM IN THIRD [...] (U) SUMMARY. In her third State of the Nation Address before a joint session of the National Legislature January 26, President Sirleaf summarized the achievements of her government in 2008 and called for Liberia to "sustain this progress" in 2009. She vowed to continue the fight against corru [...] |
2009-01-28 18:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EINV KCRM CACS LI |
| 09MONROVIA906 | LIBERIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES DISCUSSES TRC PROCESS [...] SUMMARY. The members of the Liberian Council of Churches (LCC) told Ambassador that healing and reconciliation are more important than a harsh application of justice in dealing with perpetrators from the civil war. They fear that calls for prosecution will lead to renewed strife. Election [...] |
2009-12-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM LI |
| 09MONROVIA93 | LIBERIA: DISASTER DECLARATION ON MOTH AND CATERPILLAR [...] This is an action request. Please See para 14. 2. Summary: This is a disaster declaration cable to request assistance from OFDA for immediate humanitarian relief related to the impact on water supply, sanitation, health and livelihoods related to widespread infestation of crops by caterpi [...] |
2009-01-29 19:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL WFP PHUM LI |
| 09MONROVIA936 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TO SECRETARY CLINTON ON COP [...] Following is the text of a letter from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Secretary Clinton on the Liberian President's views on climate change and gender, and on U.S. leadership on addressing climate change. The letter came under cover of a dipnote dated December 15 and received at U.S. Emba [...] |
2009-12-16 17:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EENV LI |
| 09MONROVIA937 | LIBERIA: FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT RELEASED AFTER MUCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After many delays, the final, edited version of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report was released on December 8. It contained few changes, mostly the addition of 17 names to lists of perpetrators and more statistical analysis. Implementing the recommendations is [...] |
2009-12-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI EAID LI |
| 09MONROVIA949 | PUBLISHER ARRESTED FOR SEDITION [...] (U) The Government of Liberia has brought charges of sedition and "criminal libel against the President" against the publisher and printer of the Liberian newspaper "The Plain Truth" after printing an article on December 9, from supposedly Guinean intelligence sources, that the Liberian governm [...] |
2009-12-22 17:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PREL KJUS GV LI |
| 09MONROVIA952 | LIBYA INVESTS $30 MILLION IN LIBERIAN RICE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOL and the Foundation for African Development Aid's (ADA) $30 million concession for large-scale commercial rice production, funded through Libyan African Investment Portfolio, is the first large scale domestic rice program in a country that imports over 55% of all its rice -- [...] |
2009-12-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAGR ASEC LI |
| 09MONROVIA98 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR RECEIVES DRIVER'S LICENSE DURING [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Jackson Doe clarified that in addition to land, sea and air transport, MOT has jurisdiction over the National Port Authority, meteorology and hydrology functions, and over all insurance firms. The GOL is working on plan [...] |
2009-01-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EAIR EWWT EFIN LI |
| 09PARIS982 | UNSC LIBERIA AND DRC SANCTIONS: FRENCH HAVE NO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CG LI FR |
| 09STATE109024 | OSCE: RESPONSE TO LITHUANIAN FM USACKAS [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the October 22, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We warmly welcome you to the Permanent Council, Mr. Minister. As Chairman of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, you have see [...] |
2009-10-22 00:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV LI |
| 09STATE11914 | USUN INSTRUCTION: OBJECT TO LIBERIA FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. As soon as possible, and prior to the No Objection Deadline of 13 April, USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting request for: - Richard Chichakli (DOB: 29 March 1959; POB: Syria; Citizenship: U.S.) - Airbas Transportation FZE - Chichakli & Assoc [...] |
2009-02-10 00:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
| 09STATE12334 | USUN INSTRUCTION: OBJECT TO LIBERIA FOCAL POINT [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is requested to block the Ukrainian request to delist Valeriy Naydo. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) Valeriy Naydo, a Ukrainian national, has been described as Viktor Bout's number two man in South Africa. He was a former pilot for Bout and one [...] |
2009-02-11 00:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
| 09STATE128274 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to lift the USG hold on the Focal Point delisting request for Ali Kleilat, who was listed by the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia. Kleilat should not remain subject to the travel ban [...] |
2009-12-15 23:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC |
| 09STATE18884 | USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request. Prior to the No Objection Deadline of 4:00 PM, 2 March 2009, USUN is requested to object to Liberian Senator Jewel Howard Taylor's travel ban exemption request, as it does not meet the criteria for a travel ban exemption. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. S [...] |
2009-02-28 01:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LI |