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09UNVIEVIENNA152 | UNODC AND COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE AF-PAK POLICY [...] This is action request. Please, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on April 2, and discussed with him the Administration's new Af-Pak strategy and deployed the points in Ref A, highlighting our new regional emphasis and our interest in incorporati [...] | 2009-04-08 12:18:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF AS CA IR IT JA PK UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA153 | IAEA/TC: REQUEST FOR EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDING FOR AFRA [...] (U) Mission received a letter from the Permanent Mission of Tanzania on March 6, 2009 requesting USG extrabudgetary funding for seven specific programs under the IAEA's regional technical cooperation (TC) project for Africa, the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research Development an [...] | 2009-04-08 12:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KNNP PREL SOCI TRGY XA |
09UNVIEVIENNA154 | IAEA/RANF: ELBARADEI ENCOURAGES ENGAGING BRAZIL, [...] (C) This is an action message. Mission recommends that the President, should he conduct bilaterals, or Secretary Clinton at the Summit of the Americas reaffirm to Brazilian and Argentine interlocutors U.S. support for the development of multilateral nuclear arrangements (assured fuel supply; [...] | 2009-04-08 17:33:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA155 | IAEA/RANF: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON ASSURED FUEL SUPPLY [...] (SBU) The Russian Government and IAEA Secretariat have the proposal for a nuclear fuel assurance supply mechanism that is nearest to coming before the IAEA Board for action. The arrangement provides for an assured export license, fissionable material, a storage location, and revenue, and on t [...] | 2009-04-08 17:52:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY RS |
09UNVIEVIENNA156 | IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI IN, PETRIC AND OTHERS [...] (S) Summary: IAEA DG ElBaradei on April 8 privately expressed regret that the first round of the selection process for his successor had cut, as he saw it, along North-South lines. He said Spain had formally nominated OECD nuclear agency chief Echavarri, Slovenia's nomination of Chief Justic [...] | 2009-04-09 10:41:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA160 | CTITF: IAEA HQ ON PROPOSED WMD TERRORIST ATTACK [...] (U) Upon receipt of reftel Mission queried the IAEA office of External Relations and Policy Coordination (EXPO) about the post-incident response exercise proposed in New York and draft paper on "preventing and responding to WMD terrorist attacks." We asked how the initiative relates to the IA [...] | 2009-04-10 06:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PTER PARM PREL UNSC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA170 | AFGHANISTAN: PAKISTAN NOT A FRIEND, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to our Afghan embassy contact, Afghanistan does not want to invite Pakistan to the next Friends of Afghanistan meeting in Vienna,to be hosted by UK on April 28. The GOA is apparently concerned that inclusion of Pakistan could politicize the Group,and could be a precu [...] | 2009-04-17 10:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF CA IR IPK UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA172 | UNODC SUGGESTS COUNTERNARCOTICS VENUE FOR [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. On March 25, Ambassador and Msnoff met with UNODC Technical Cooperation Section Chief Roberto Arbitrio to discuss UNODC perspectives on cooperation with Iran and general Iran issues gained from Arbitrio's four and [...] | 2009-04-17 12:51:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KNNP AF PA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA173 | UNODC HIGHLIGHTS URGENT FUNDING NEEDS FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Presenting on the status of their programs in Iran on drug demand reduction, drug supply reduction, and rule of law efforts, UNODC officials on April 15 argued that most of their programs with Iran have been successful, but the overall program remains seriously underfunded, pu [...] | 2009-04-17 12:55:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KNNP PA SNAR AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA174 | IAEA BUDGET HAWKS MOBILIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA regional groups have begun clarifying their positions on the IAEA draft budget in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). Most Member States have criticized Director General ElBaradei's proposed increase of 23 percent, but there ar [...] | 2009-04-17 15:29:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA176 | IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT; [...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...] | 2009-04-21 16:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI |
09UNVIEVIENNA177 | IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT; [...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...] | 2009-04-22 07:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI |
09UNVIEVIENNA178 | IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY RE-ENTERS RACE, CHANGING THE [...] (S) The IAEA Secretariat confirmed that South Africa had officially submitted its re-nomination of Governor Abdul Minty for Director General April 21. Minty's performance in the first round proves he cannot win, but he has emerged as a standard-bearer for the "non-aligned" members of the IAEA. [...] | 2009-04-22 14:41:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA180 | IAEA/DG RACE: BELGIUM TO THROW HAT IN THE RING [...] (C) Following earlier reports (ref a) of a possible Belgian candidacy for IAEA Director General, the Belgian Mission confirmed April 24 that the nomination of Jean-Pol Poncelet, though not yet official, would be submitted either later the same day or early April 27 (the last day for nominatio [...] | 2009-04-24 11:44:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA182 | IAEA BUDGET: G-77 OPENS DOOR TO SAFEGUARDS, CLOSES [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States have refined their positions in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). There is growing support for a real increase, but Member States await a U.S. position to galvanize the discussion. Individual European hardliner [...] | 2009-04-24 13:31:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA189 | IAEA/DG RACE: FIVE CANDIDATES AT CLOSE OF [...] (S) As of the close of nominations April 27, there are five official candidates for IAEA Director General: Yukiya Amano (Japan),Abdul Minty (South Africa),Luis Echavarri (Spain),Jean-Pol Poncelet (Belgium) and Ernest Petric (Slovenia). No further candidates can join the race at this junct [...] | 2009-04-28 16:28:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA191 | IRAQ SEEKS IAEA/PACT PARTNERSHIP TO LAUNCH NATIONAL CANCER [...] In March 2009, after a five month lag, Iraq's Ministry of Health (MOH) resumed discussions with the IAEA Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) to create a short, medium, and long-term plan to implement a national cancer therapy program. After consultation with multiple IAEA offices that [...] | 2009-04-29 06:41:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA198 | IAEA/RANF: RUSSIA SEES PROGRESS; BEIJING [...] (SBU) Sumamry: Ambassador's recent bilateral exchanges in Vienna and Beijing on multilateral nuclear fuel arrangements included encouraging signs for pragmatic discussion in the June IAEA Board of Governors meeting, paving the way to positive Board action in September. Advancing the dialogue [...] | 2009-04-30 15:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA2 | IAEA/DG: NOMINATIONS DEADLINE CLOSES WITH ONLY [...] (C) At the close of the December 31 deadline, only Japan and South Africa had submitted nominations for IAEA Director General, Japanese Governor Yukiya Amano and South African Governor Abdul Minty. This ends all speculation about other candidates emerging in the first round of voting. The Boa [...] | 2009-01-05 15:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IAEA KNNP JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA20 | NEW AFGHAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FRIENDS GROUP, IAEA [...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met with new Afghanistan ambassador Abdul Shoogufan on January 16 to discuss the Friends of Afghanistan Group, and UNODC and IAEA issues. Shoogufan stressed that most of Afghanistan's problems have been imported from neighbors and spoke at length about the challenge o [...] | 2009-01-22 08:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR JA PK UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA201 | U.S. STIRS UP IAEA BUDGET TALKS, LEAVES THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paragraphs 15 - 17.) The U.S. delegation achieved its primary goal during budget negotiations at the IAEA this week to leave the door open to a "meaningful, real increase." While the U.S. was alone in its strong appeal for a budget incr [...] | 2009-05-04 15:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA209 | IAEA/DG RACE: ECHAVARRI MAKES A STRONG SHOWING [...] (C) Spanish DG candidate Luis Echavarri emerged the clear "winner" over Belgian candidate Jean-Pol Poncelet in a joint meeting of the two candidates with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) May 6. Drawing on his 25 years of experience in the nuclear field, Echavarri demonstrated solid [...] | 2009-05-07 16:39:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA218 | IAEA/EGYPT: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CITES [...] (SBU) The IAEA's Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR) for 2008, an annual report on safeguards worldwide, includes a country-specific section on Egypt citing for the first time an ongoing investigation of findings in 2007 and 2008 of HEU and LEU particles at the Inshas research center. The k [...] | 2009-05-08 15:34:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP IAEA MNUC EG |
09UNVIEVIENNA219 | IAEA BOARD CHAIR TAKES THE BUDGET IN HAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has developed a new budget proposal for 2010-2011 that takes the previous proposal of a 23 percent increase over two years and "stretches" it over four years. The effort is likely a face-saving measure that recognizes the reality of the global economic dow [...] | 2009-05-11 12:39:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA220 | IAEA/EGYPT: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CITES INVESTIGATION OF LEU/HEU PARTICLES FOUND AT INSHAS NUCLEAR CENTER [...] (SBU) The IAEA's Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR) for 2008, an annual report on safeguards worldwide, includes a country-specific section on Egypt citing for the first time an ongoing investigation of findings in 2007 and 2008 of HEU and LEU particles at the Inshas research center. The k [...] | 2009-05-11 14:16:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | EG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
09UNVIEVIENNA226 | UNODC/IRAN: SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. UNODC Head of the Europe and Central/West Asia Office Roberto Arbitrio on May 13 briefed Msnoffs on his trip the prior week to Afghanistan and Iran. Although the trip did not yield much substantive progress, it appears that joint counternarcotics cooperation under the Triangul [...] | 2009-05-13 15:39:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR IR PAK AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA227 | DEEPENING IMPASSE IN IAEA BUDGET TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States met on May 13 to "get down to business" on the budget. European hardliners have not relinquished their calls for a "revised" budget proposal based on zero growth. Nor has the G-77 progressed beyond general support for increases in technical cooperation and [...] | 2009-05-13 15:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA231 | IAEA: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE JUNE BOARD [...] (C) The June 15-19 IAEA Board of Governors meeting will take place against the backdrop of impasse over the 2010 budget and the ongoing race for IAEA Director General, with an election likely later in June. The politics of the DG race will distract from the regular June Board meeting's overlo [...] | 2009-05-18 11:11:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | ENRG PARM PREL KNPP IAEA IR KN IZ PK |
09UNVIEVIENNA24 | IAEA/RANF: PROGRESS WITH RUSSIA ON ASSURED FUEL [...] (SBU) The IAEA reports privately it is progressing toward concluding an agreement with Russia on the supply of LEU and on arranging the mechanics of an IAEA-administered fuel bank. IAEA Reserve at Angarsk Enrichment Center ----------------------------------------- 2. (C) The IAEA's he [...] | 2009-01-22 16:24:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY PREL IAEA RS |
09UNVIEVIENNA241 | IAEA/BOARD/GC:TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM had a generally positive exchange of views May 19 with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on priority issues for the June Board of Governors meeting and in anticipation of Egypt becoming the NAM Chair in July. The President's upcoming visit to Cairo and the perception that U.S.- [...] | 2009-05-27 11:11:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EG IAEA IR IS KNNP PARM PREL TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA242 | ITALIAN COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Msnoff met with an Italian counterpart, Marco Prencipe, who recently left a four-year post in Tehran to discuss the effectiveness of Iranian cooperation with the Italians on counternarcotics efforts. For the most part, cooperation has been successful, and Italy and [...] | 2009-05-27 12:52:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR AF PAK IR IT |
09UNVIEVIENNA244 | IAEA/DG RACE: BOARD MEETS THE FIVE CANDIDATES [...] (C) The five DG candidates each performed respectably at the informal Board session May 26 with no clear winner (full text of remarks emailed to Department.) Japanese candidate Amano tailored his intervention for G-77 consumption, highlighting that the IAEA should not be a nuclear watchdog bu [...] | 2009-05-27 16:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA249 | EVALUATING PARIS PACT ON AFGHANISTAN: OPTIMIZING THE NEXT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 14 briefing for donor and participant countries by the consultant UNODC hired to assess the Paris Pact emphasized inefficiencies in expert roundtable meetings, the unsustainable Pact footprint, the Pact's enduring political utility, and under-utilization of the ADAM system, [...] | 2009-05-29 14:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IR UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA252 | IAEA: GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] This is an action request for ISN/WMDT. Please see para 4. 2. In a joint approach with Russian and Dutch colleagues, Mission delivered points as requested per REFTEL to IAEA Office of Nuclear Security Director, Anita Nilsson, encouraging her participation in the Global Initiative to Comba [...] | 2009-05-29 16:21:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ENRG PARM KNNP PREL IAEA KGIC NL RS |
09UNVIEVIENNA258 | UNODC HEAD NOTES CHANGE IN IRAN,S TONE TOWARD U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on May 27 debriefed Ambassador Schulte on his trip the previous week to Iran to take part in a ceremony commemorating the completion of Iran,s physical border pr [...] | 2009-06-05 10:00:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL SNAR AF IR PAK |
09UNVIEVIENNA260 | IAEA/DG RACE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE FROM AMANO [...] (S) Taking stock in advance of the June 9 straw poll, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano provided Ambassador Schulte an update June 5 of Japan's world-wide wide campaign. The GOJ is pulling out all the stops on Amano's behalf, including contacts by PM Aso and at the FM level. Among the undec [...] | 2009-06-05 12:06:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA264 | IAEA/SYRIA: SECRETARIAT STILL SEEKING COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The Director General's report on nuclear safeguards implementation in Syria, issued in the run-up to the June 15-19, 2009 Board of Governors meeting, concludes that "Syria needs to be more cooperative and transparent." The report indicates that Syria has not adequately responded to the [...] | 2009-06-08 15:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA266 | IAEA/SYRIA: SECRETARIAT STILL SEEKING COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The Director General's report on nuclear safeguards implementation in Syria, issued in the run-up to the June 15-19, 2009 Board of Governors meeting, concludes that "Syria needs to be more cooperative and transparent." The report indicates that Syria has not adequately responded to the [...] | 2009-06-09 10:42:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA267 | LATEST IAEA PROPOSAL FRUSTRATES BUDGET HAWKS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget hawks (UK, Germany, France, et. al.) are frustrated and annoyed that the IAEA Secretariat has not submitted a revised budget based on Zero Real Growth (ZRG). To their dismay, Board Vice Chair Feruta circulated a third budget proposal June 5 featuring a 12.7 percent [...] | 2009-06-09 12:33:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA268 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO MAKES A STRONG SHOWING IN [...] (S) The results of the June 9 informal straw poll -- Amano 20, Minty 11, Echavarri 4, and Poncelet and Petric both 0 -- place Amano in good stead for the formal vote, which the Board Chair announced would be held over a two-day session on July 2-3. Certainly, the momentum is with Amano and man [...] | 2009-06-09 13:25:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA27 | IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - FORCING THE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) at the IAEA has become increasingly irksome. The IAEA's unpublished policy of charging 7 percent PSCs has grown to include even the cost-free experts on loan to the IAEA from Member States, while continuing to exempt donations to the T [...] | 2009-01-23 15:28:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL CN UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA272 | UNVIE IRAN INVITES FOR JULY 4 [...] (C) Per Ref A, Mission invited four Iranians to UNVIE,s July 4 celebration. Mission invited Iranian Permanent Representative to the UN Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Deputy PermRep Alireza Esmaeili, First Counselor Reza Pourmand Tehrani, and Third Secretary Rahim Saki, who works the counternarcotic [...] | 2009-06-12 09:22:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA275 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: BORROWING TO FUND IAEA [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary: Member States recognize the IAEA's infrastructure needs, but many are under instructions to reject the budgetary increases that would resolve them. As budget negotiations intensify, Canada, France, Germany, the [...] | 2009-06-15 12:54:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA276 | CODEL LOWEY AND WAXMAN,S VISIT WITH IAEA AND CTBTO [...] (SBU) Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) challenged IAEA DG ElBaradei's assessment of the threat Iran poses to Israel in a May 26 private meeting. ElBaradei used the opportunity to reiterate his views about international fuel banks, explain the IAEA's auth [...] | 2009-06-15 14:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MNUC PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP SY KN |
09UNVIEVIENNA279 | DG ELBARADEI FUELS THE BUDGET DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Director General ElBaradei intervened during a session of the ongoing Board of Governors meeting to deliver an impassioned plea in favor of a budget increase. ElBaradei said "two decades" of zero growth had restricted the IAEA's ability to do its job, and warned that Member [...] | 2009-06-17 14:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA280 | AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN FINDS IRAN POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. On June 10, Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on the current state of play in Iran on engagement, the nuclear issue, and the economy. Postl argued that the Iranian leadership is favorable on engagement with the U.S., but that it is [...] | 2009-06-17 16:52:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR AU EU |
09UNVIEVIENNA284 | KEY PARIS PACT MEMBERS URGE RESULTS RATHER THAN MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal June 9 meeting, key Paris Pact members agreed to continue their support for the Pact. They also agreed to use 2010 to review the implementation of recommendations from three past roundtables -- precursors, financial flows, and cross-border management. In addition [...] | 2009-06-18 09:11:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IT UK SW AS |
09UNVIEVIENNA286 | IAEA/ELBARADEI UNPLUGGED: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging intervention following Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh's customary diatribe at the conclusion of the Iran agenda item at the ongoing IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Director General (DG) ElBaradei took Iran to task amid the DG's "general reflections" on the health and [...] | 2009-06-19 06:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG MNUC IR IAEA PREL PINR KNNP KN SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA289 | IAEA/SYRIA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: CONCERN OVER NEW [...] (C) Summary: The June Board debate on Syria unfolded along largely familiar lines with many Board members calling on Damascus to cooperate with the Agency,s requests, while NAM and Arab delegations continued to focus on Israel,s misdeeds, rather than the need for Syrian cooperation. The debat [...] | 2009-06-19 15:59:00 | UNVIE | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA29 | IAEA: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DISCUSSES TEXT BUT NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, interested NSG Participating Governments (PGs) discussed the current "clean text" to revise paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Part 1 NSG Guidelines regarding conditions for approval of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology. [...] | 2009-01-27 16:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENR |
09UNVIEVIENNA296 | ASSESSING UNODC'S ANTONIO COSTA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),is scheduled to roll out UNODC's annual World Drug Report with the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske on June 24. Costa is an ambitious and energetic [...] | 2009-06-23 11:26:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK |
09UNVIEVIENNA3 | AFGHAN MINISTERS TALK COUNTERNARCOTICS IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Paris Pact meeting in Vienna on December 15-16, Ambassador and DCM met with Afghanistan's Minister of Counternarcotics General Khodaidad, Deputy Minister of Interior General Daud Daud, and other Afghan officials. The Ministers complained about the lack of countern [...] | 2009-01-09 08:26:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR CA GM JA PK SW UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA303 | UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 12:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA304 | UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 15 meeting, UNODC Deputy Director for Operations Bernard Frahi shared with us the terms of reference for his recent mission to Pakistan and UNODC's plans for its program there. (Mission report and terms of reference were emailed to the Department - IO/T, INL/PC, and SC [...] | 2009-06-25 14:20:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA306 | SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY EXPECTATIONS FOR IAEA, CTBT [...] (C) In anticipation of the Swedish EU Presidency, UNVIE held bilateral consultations June 24 with Swedish Mission counterparts to preview upcoming issues at the IAEA, UNODC and CTBTO; the Swedes also made a pitch for U.S. reentry into UNIDO. Sweden expects a difficult Presidency focused on ec [...] | 2009-06-26 15:03:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PTER SNAR EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA310 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO EYES NARROW VICTORY WHILE [...] (S) Entering the final days before the July 2-3 balloting, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano shared the same assessment of the race on June 29 as he has previously but tempered by some new concerns. Japan still calculates "around 20" commitments. Factoring in a 20-30 percent average margin f [...] | 2009-06-29 15:46:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA313 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: POSSIBLE IAEA BUDGET DEAL [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraphs 11-12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recognizing the deadlock in IAEA budget negotiations, the Board Vice Chair will present IAEA Member States with yet another budget proposal on July 1. This will be the fourth budget proposal since Director [...] | 2009-06-30 14:51:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EAIO UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA318 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO WINS NARROW VICTORY DUE TO ONE [...] (C) Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano narrowly won the required two-thirds majority in a final "confidence" vote July 2. One abstention in the final tally (23 "Yes" 11 "No" and 1 abstention) lowered the margin for victory to 23 votes. This completes the "Selection Stage" of the DG election [...] | 2009-07-02 15:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA319 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) With resounding and sustained applause, the Board of Governors appointed Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano as the IAEA Director General-designate July 3 by acclamation. More than three dozen statements of congratulations, including on the part of the G-77, NAM, EU, all regional groups, and [...] | 2009-07-06 12:21:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA320 | ACTION REQUEST: IAEA BUDGET TALKS HIT WALL, [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission is concerned that a months-long effort to achieve an increase in the IAEA budget is increasingly likely to end in failure. Hewing to a policy of zero growth, France and Germany have blocked Mission's effor [...] | 2009-07-06 16:12:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA321 | IMPACT OF AMANO "DOWRY" ON IAEA BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Now that Yukiya Amano has been elected to the post of IAEA Director General, many IAEA Member States expect Japan to flood the Agency with cash. There is some truth to this perception, thought the actual amounts may not amount to a "flood." Japan privately supports a budget inc [...] | 2009-07-07 15:11:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA323 | FINLAND SEEKS TOP UNODC JOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering naming its Director of International Affairs, Matti Joutsen, as a candidate to replace UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa, who is lobbying for an extension after his second term expires in May 2010 (Reftels). As several EU co [...] | 2009-07-08 15:28:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK FI |
09UNVIEVIENNA324 | BRIEFING TO COPUOS AND SIDE MEETING ON THE [...] (SBU) On June 9, 2009, Brigadier General Susan Helms, Director of Plans and Policy, J-5, United States Strategic Command, briefed the 52nd Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) on the February 2009 collision of the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites. Prior t [...] | 2009-07-08 15:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL PARM TSPA RS NASA CPUOS CDG |
09UNVIEVIENNA326 | IAEA/GC: BREAKING THE MIDDLE EAST LOGJAM - REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) New Zealand Ambassador Jennifer Macmillan, designated to be the 2009 IAEA General Conference (GC) President, sounded despondent July 1 about the prospects of breaking the logjam in the GC on Middle East issues. She warned Charge of a "poiso [...] | 2009-07-08 16:08:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA328 | IAEA BUDGET TALKS DISINTEGRATE AS EURO "HAWKS" [...] (SBU) Summary: The European position on the IAEA budget increase has hardened. They no longer describe funding for Safeguards and Security as "priorities," but merely "desirable." The G8 process has had no affect on their zero growth position. If anything, the "budget hawks" have gained mo [...] | 2009-07-09 16:01:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA33 | UNODC:Costa Welcomes Renewed Focus on Multilateral [...] (SBU) In a candid January 27 review of upcoming priorities, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa described for Ambassador his interest in finding ways to better address the "transmission belt" of organized crime and smuggling that moves illegal drugs from producers to the markets. Costa expl [...] | 2009-01-29 11:52:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM UN PGOV PREL AF KWMN PHUM SMIG |
09UNVIEVIENNA333 | IAEA GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR REVIEWS [...] (C) Having just returned from Tel Aviv consultations on IAEA General Conference (GC) Middle East issues, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli provided an assessment to Charge July 10 of this year's versions of the "Egyptian" Middle East Safeguards (MES) and the Israel Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolut [...] | 2009-07-13 15:19:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA335 | HCOC: EU WORKSHOP ON STRENGTHENING THE HAGUE CODE [...] Summary: In its role as European Union (EU) President, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a workshop in Prague on June 26 to promote further enhancement and improved functioning of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) against ballistic missile proliferation. The informal workshop broug [...] | 2009-07-15 08:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA |
09UNVIEVIENNA336 | TERRORISM PREVENTION BRANCH PERFORMING WELL, FACES BUDGET [...] (SBU) John Sandage, Officer-in-Charge of UNODC's Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB),briefed UNODC member states on July 7 on the Branch's mid-year 2009 Project Implementation, as well as its ongoing budget woes. Like many UNODC branches, Sandage said TPB will also suffer a funding shortfall i [...] | 2009-07-15 14:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM PREL AFIN UN AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA339 | IAEA BUDGET TALKS IN NEED OF SALVATION [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget negotiations in Vienna are seized up; a consensus outcome is readily imagined but key local players lack the authority to effect it. Germany and France have not budged from their zero growth positions, though French representatives told us they have recommended fle [...] | 2009-07-16 12:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA343 | IAEA/GC: ARAB GROUP APPEALS TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) A coterie of Vienna Arab Group Ambassadors (Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and the Palestinian Authority) and the local Arab League (AL) representative appealed directly to Charge July 16 for U.S. support, or at least "understanding," of their draft IAEA General Conference resolution on "Israeli [...] | 2009-07-17 14:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA350 | US-India Meeting on Arrangements and Procedures for [...] (U) A U.S. delegation from State (ISN and L) and DoE/NNSA met at UNVIE July 21-22 with Indian counterparts for initial exchanges on a prospective agreement addressing future Indian reprocessing of nuclear material pursuant to our bilateral Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of [...] | 2009-07-22 16:29:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL TRGY KNNP IN JP |
09UNVIEVIENNA353 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL AND EGYPT TALK ABOUT [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli briefed Charge July 22 on his consultations that morning with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on Middle East GC issues. Michaeli was encouraged that Fawzi agreed to receive Michaeli, who delivered a conciliatory message from capital on reengaging in negotiations. The [...] | 2009-07-23 15:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA357 | IAEA: CHARGE TALKS FUEL ASSURANCES AND BUDGET WITH [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires and MsnOff met with Director General-Elect Amano and two officers from the Japanese mission on July 24 to update Amano on U.S. positions on Fuel Assurances and the ongoing negotiations regarding the IAEA budget. The atmosphere of the meeting was warm throughout, with [...] | 2009-07-24 15:51:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA358 | Increasing Speculation on Future of UNODC Executive [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations in Vienna are starting to discuss more openly their position on a potential one year extension of Executive Director Costa's term, as well as the possibility of other candidates. In the past week Charge has been approached by Canada, Sweden, Australia and France, al [...] | 2009-07-27 12:21:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC PREL PTER EAID UN AF PK CA RU |
09UNVIEVIENNA360 | US-India Meeting on Arrangements and Procedures for [...] (SBU) The second day of the U.S.-India discussions (Wednesday, July 22) on the agreement for arrangements and procedures for reprocessing saw only a relatively brief, but productive, afternoon meeting. The Indian delegation first reported that it had met earlier in the day with the IAEA Depu [...] | 2009-07-28 06:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL TRGY KNNP IN |
09UNVIEVIENNA362 | IAEA BUDGET: FRAGILE CONSENSUS BUILDING AROUND [...] (U) This is an action request for IO; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: After five months of budget negotiations, IAEA Member States appear to be moving toward a consensus to increase the IAEA's Regular Budget by 5.4 percent from 2009 to 2010, a level that satisfies minimal U.S. objec [...] | 2009-07-30 12:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA368 | SUBDUED BOARD APPROVES IAEA BUDGET INCREASE, EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: Budget negotiations at the IAEA concluded successfully on August 3 with a Board of Governors' agreement to approve an increase of 5.4 percent. The dozen statements from a wide range of Member States mostly focused on their "disappointment" with the end result. They also previe [...] | 2009-08-03 14:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA37 | IAEA/IRAN: THINKING ABOUT THE BOARD AT THE P5+1 [...] (S) The February 4 PolDirs meeting in Berlin will be an important opportunity to address the IAEA investigation Iran continues to block and possible steps to break the impasse at the March 2-5 IAEA Board of Governors. It is important to reaffirm P5 1 unity in this first Board meeting under the [...] | 2009-01-30 14:38:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA371 | ABDUL MINTY SKETCHES AGENDA FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4 conversation with Charge, South African IAEA Governor Abdul Minty commented on U.S. priority issues for the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors and General Conference meetings, arguing that an objective for both sides should be healing the rift between developed and de [...] | 2009-08-04 14:08:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG IR SA |
09UNVIEVIENNA384 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ONGOING EFFORTS AT CONSENSUS [...] (C) Mission consultations with Israel, Egypt, France, the GC Presidency and others continue to reflect Arab League confidence that it can defeat a "no action motion" this year on its "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INC) resolution. For example, the Arabs claim to have prompted consensus within th [...] | 2009-08-12 13:58:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS XF |
09UNVIEVIENNA386 | WHITHER A U.S. VISION FOR FINANCING AND GOVERNING UNODC [...] Summary: Following a year of difficult negotiations surrounding its creation, the UNODC working group on finance and governance issues (FinGov) is poised to hold its first meeting before mid September. With Cuban Ambassador Norma Goicochea Estenoz as one of FinGov's co-chairs, the U.S. faces [...] | 2009-08-13 07:00:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM UNODC CU |
09UNVIEVIENNA399 | UNVIE Registers U.S. Intent on UNCITRAL with WEOG Chair [...] Per reftel action request, on August 24 UNA officers raised the issue of U.S. reelection to the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) with Harry Macdonald, from the United Kingdom (UK) Permanent Mission, which is current WEOG Chair in Vienna. UNA officers previewed our intent to [...] | 2009-08-24 15:19:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECIN ETRD PREL UN UNCITRAL |
09UNVIEVIENNA400 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: SUPPORTING THE GC PRESIDENT,S [...] (C) Like-minded Missions (Canada, U.S., Australia, Sweden, UK, France) meeting August 19 were generally supportive of GC President Macmillan's (New Zealand) effort to broker a single GC resolution on the Middle East. Sweden (EU Presidency) is cautiously optimistic that Egypt is open to the ide [...] | 2009-08-24 15:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA402 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ARAB GROUP REJECTS GC PRESIDENT'S GOOD OFFICES [...] (C) The Arab Group (Lebanon and Syria) flatly rejected General Conference President Macmillan's efforts toward a consensus single resolution on the Middle East, standing by the Arab League Ministerial directive for a separate resolution naming Israel. Although both Egypt and Israel were more [...] | 2009-08-26 15:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP PARM PREL XF |
09UNVIEVIENNA405 | NAS Officers' Consultations in Vienna: Keep Them Coming [...] Summary. UNVIE welcomed the opportunity to host incoming Embassy Dushanbe Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Officer Anne Carson for August 11-12 consultations with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). NAS Carson met with a range of UNODC experts involved in programs in Afghanistan and Cent [...] | 2009-08-27 07:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN KCRM SNAR OEXC |
09UNVIEVIENNA41 | IAEA: SEMINAR ON GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY DEPICTS A [...] (SBU) On January 26, the Permanent Mission of Japan in Vienna held a Seminar on Global Nuclear Fuel Supply. The seminar was attended by delegations from 63 countries including Canada, Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan and Australia, as well as numerous NGOs, academic and industry [...] | 2009-02-03 11:50:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETTC PREL TRGY KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA413 | IAEA/EGYPT/GC: TIME RUNNING OUT ON GC PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) During an introductory call on Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on August 31, Fawzi told Ambassador Davies that Egypt will circulate the text of its annual Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution "when Cairo is ready," and indicated he thought that could be as early as "this time next week." T [...] | 2009-09-01 06:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA414 | IAEA/SYRIA: LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR NONCOMPLIANCE? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Director General's report levies strong criticism of Syria "severely impeding" the safeguards investigation, and underlines Syria's legal obligations in this regard; this lays helpful groundwork for next steps by the Secretariat and/or the Board of Governors. Howe [...] | 2009-09-02 15:19:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA417 | IAEA/IRAN: JOINT P5+1 STATEMENT FOR IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) At a German-convened P5 1 meeting on September 4, Russian Ambassador Zmeyevskiy refused to discuss the German-proposed text for a joint P5 1 statement on the Iran issue at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting opening Monday, September 7. Over the course of nearly two hours, and seconded b [...] | 2009-09-04 15:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA418 | IAEA/GC: MIDDLE EAST MORASS [...] (C) The state of play on Middle East GC issues leading into the week of the September Board just before the IAEA General Conference is grim. GC President Macmillan's effort toward a consensus approach based on elements of a single resolution is on temporary life support, though she is not pre [...] | 2009-09-04 16:16:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA419 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - FEW VOICES LIKELY TO RISE IN [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat will not release a discussion paper on assurance of nuclear fuel supply in time for the September meeting of the BoG, and few Member States other than the U.S. appear troubled over this inaction. The Board Chair wishes to avoid a re-heated version of the Jun [...] | 2009-09-04 16:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY IAEA NAM |
09UNVIEVIENNA42 | IAEA/SYRIA: POINTS REBUTTING IAEA INSPECTOR [...] (S//NF) Msnoff met with a senior IAEA inspector involved in the Syria investigation on January 30, during which MsnOff provided reftel points on the Abushady interview in response to an earlier IAEA inquiry. The inspector said that he had been tasked to prepare an internal response to Abushad [...] | 2009-02-03 12:05:00 | UNVIE | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA422 | StaffDel Nunez-Neto Meeting with UNODC Terrorism Prevention [...] SUMMARY: At the request of Congressional staff delegation (staffdel) Nunez-Neto, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) officials provided the staffdel with background information on its findings related to the production and trafficking of illicit drugs and insurgency or terrorist activities. [...] | 2009-09-10 15:02:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR PTER UN AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA428 | NSC's Holgate Steers Vienna toward the Nuclear Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Laura Holgate, NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction, visited Vienna to explain and build support for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit in April (reftel). Holgate also laid the groundwork for the first "Sherpa Meeting" in the lead-up to the Summit, s [...] | 2009-09-15 12:40:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PTER KCRM IAEA ENRG TRGY UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA437 | ASSESSING EGYPT'S ROLE AT THE IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) Recognizing that avoiding deadlock would require a changed approach to the Middle East issues that have hijacked multiple IAEA General Conferences, I sought to make Egypt the linchpin of our diplomacy at last week's 150-nation gathering. I began the process the previous week by making a p [...] | 2009-09-23 08:31:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP IS EG |
09UNVIEVIENNA438 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST OUTCOMES: THE GOOD, THE BAD [...] (C) Arab Group and Iranian triumphalism over the narrow passage (49-45-16) of the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolution should not eclipse two major positive outcomes on Middle East issues at the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference: U.S.-EU brokered agreement between Israel and Egy [...] | 2009-09-23 11:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA EG IS IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA439 | DECEMBER 2009 WMD TERRORISM WORKSHOP IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) circulated an updated draft agenda for their 01-03 December 2009 workshop in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, entitled "Workshop for Central Asian Countries on Non-Proliferation and International Lega [...] | 2009-09-23 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN PTER KCRM TX |
09UNVIEVIENNA441 | IAEA/SYRIA: DG RECEIVES MIXED SUPPORT AMONG BOARD [...] (C) Summary. Despite a highly critical report by the Director General, Board members remained divided on the Syria agenda item at the September Board of Governors meeting. Like-minded countries' criticism of Syria for "severely impeding" the investigation and repeated calls for Syria to provi [...] | 2009-09-23 15:13:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA442 | THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPA MEETING IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Assistant to the President and U.S. Sherpa Gary Samore outlined the preliminary agenda of the Summit and solicited initial reactions from participants in a September 15 first Sherpa meeting. Samore explained to representatives of nearly all 37 Summit-invitee countries t [...] | 2009-09-24 07:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PTER KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA447 | IAEA/IRAN: INITIAL JUSCANZ REACTION TO QOM [...] (C) Ambassador Davies briefed JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) counterparts, joined by Board-member ROK, September 28 on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility and solicited views on next steps at the IAEA. He stressed the imperative for immediate access by the IAEA, and [...] | 2009-09-28 16:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA457 | IAEA/IRAN: CONSULTING BOARD MEMBERS ON QOM [...] (C) Following outreach to JUSCANZ (ref a) and EU Ambassadors earlier in the week, P-3 Ambassadors/Charges continued consultations on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility September 30-Ocotober 1 with the majority of Board members, the Egyptian NAM Chair and Malaysian Board Chair Arshad [...] | 2009-10-02 15:20:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA46 | HELPING UNODC TO HELP AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Among issues handled by the UN Organization for Drugs and Crime (UNODC),none looms larger in the U.S. national interest than the Afghan narcotics trade and its impact undermining stability and contributing to terrorist activity in the region. UNODC's Afghanistan strategy compliments an [...] | 2009-02-03 15:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA462 | UNODC OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IN IRAN TOUGHER AFTER [...] (C) UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Tehran Program Head Antonino de Leo emphasized recently that it is more difficult for him to carry out his job in Iran following the presidential elections. In addition to the challenges posed by international wariness regarding continued funding for [...] | 2009-10-08 07:38:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF PAK SNAR |
09UNVIEVIENNA47 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANK ASSURANCES: THORNY ISSUE IN [...] (C) Summary: The President and Secretary have publicly endorsed the establishment of an international nuclear fuel bank under the auspices of the IAEA, and advancing that goal is one of UNVIE's top priorities. A fuel bank would give the Agency the means in "last resort" circumstances to effe [...] | 2009-02-03 16:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA477 | TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR: PRC AMBASSADOR SAYS [...] (S) Summary: Chinese Ambassador Hu Xiaodi told Ambassador October 16 that China had expressed to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Baqeri its hope that the proposed IAEA deal to transfer Iranian LEU for further enrichment abroad and fabricate fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) would succ [...] | 2009-10-16 16:06:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | ENRG PREL KNNP AORC IR RS FR CH |
09UNVIEVIENNA478 | IAEA: AMANO READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (SBU) In several meetings with USG officials before he departed Vienna at the end of the IAEA General Conference, DG-designate Amano displayed remarkable congruence of views with us on conducting the Agency's missions in safeguards verification, nuclear security, and promoting peaceful uses of [...] | 2009-10-16 16:12:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA487 | IRAN/TRR: INITIAL REACTION FROM JUSCANZ AND OTHER [...] (C) Ambassador Davies reviewed the outcome of the pentagonal (Iran, Russia, France, U.S.) IAEA-led talks on refueling the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) and next steps in separate briefings with JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand plus ROK) October 22 and a subset of influential IAEA [...] | 2009-10-23 17:04:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IAEA KNNP IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA491 | OPPONENTS TO IAEA 2011 BUDGET GROWTH MOBILIZING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a speech October 21 at the U.S. Institute for Peace, Secretary Clinton implied USG support for a further increase in the IAEA's budget and authorities. Formal negotiations among Member States to determine the 2011 level will not begin until later this winter, but the UK and [...] | 2009-10-29 15:24:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA493 | IAEA/IRAN: SOUTH AFRICA,S MINTY SUGGESTS LEANING [...] (S) On October 15, South African IAEA Board Governor Abdul Minty shared his opinions on Iranian nuclear strategy with MsnOff. On the proposal to fuel the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR),Minty commented that it will be good if Iran's LEU "goes away," so he is supportive of the TRR deal as he u [...] | 2009-10-29 15:54:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA497 | MIXED EXPECTATIONS FOR SALEHI'S RETURN TO IAEA [...] (C) Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head, Ali Akbar Salehi, previously served in Vienna as Iran's Permanent Representative to the IAEA, thus many diplomats in Vienna already know him well. Although at least one IAEA official is optimistic that Salehi will bring greater cooperation from Ir [...] | 2009-11-03 14:48:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL AORC SA IR KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA5 | IAEA/RANF: DG CAUTIOUS ON NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo's ref (a) provides useful information on Japan's preparation of a full-day Seminar on Global Nuclear Fuel Supply, which will take place in the IAEA Board Room Monday, January 26. Mission provided the invitation and first notional program to DOS and DOE offices in mid-December [...] | 2009-01-09 15:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA50 | IAEA/GAZA/DEPLETED URANIUM: ISRAEL RESPONDS [...] (C) Following the IAEA's receipt of letters from the Arab group and from the Palestinians calling for IAEA assistance in the wake of alleged Israeli use of depleted uranium munitions (DU) in Gaza (see reftel),the IAEA Secretariat sent Israel a letter "inviting" Israel to submit "any comment [...] | 2009-02-05 16:03:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA506 | ANYTHING LEFT TO SQUEEZE FROM THE IAEA'S "FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Member States are looking forward - some with relief - to the final session of the year-long Future of the Agency (FOA) process on November 19 - 20. The Brazilian chair of the process will circulate and then formally submit a report to the March Meeting of the Board of Governor [...] | 2009-11-06 16:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA509 | IAEA BUDGET: DEPUTY DG SHARES VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Deputy Director General David Waller contributed his views on the 2011 budget process, focusing on issues of sequencing, financing capital investments, and building alliances among G8 countries. Waller described DG ElBaradei's recent meetings in Washington as "very positiv [...] | 2009-11-09 14:09:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA518 | HCOC: TWO REMINDERS TO PROVIDE REVIEW OF POSITION [...] (C) Summary. At two different meetings, diplomatic interlocutors recently inquired when the USG would complete the interagency review of its position on Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) reporting commitments (reftel, para 26). On both occasions, we replied that the review was still ongoing. Cont [...] | 2009-11-13 09:11:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA |
09UNVIEVIENNA52 | DOUBLING THE IAEA BUDGET? WHERE TO PUT THE MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Administration's stated aim of doubling the IAEA's budget has ignited high expectations within the IAEA Secretariat and high anxiety among most other Member States. Anticipating a change in U.S. approach, DG ElBaradei has instructed managers to build significant increases in [...] | 2009-02-06 14:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA521 | IAEA/SYRIA: TOUGH DG BOARD REPORT POINTS TO [...] (SBU) The Director General's Syria report (GOV/2009/75) notes that "essentially, no progress has been made since the last report to clarify any of the outstanding issues relevant to the implementation of safeguards." The most significant development is that Syria has provided new explanations [...] | 2009-11-16 16:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA526 | IAEA/BOARD: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 08:53:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA KNNP TRGY TU IR SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA527 | IAEA: URGENT RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Mission recommends Washington immediately instruct posts in selected IAEA Board capitals, consistent with Russian request, to try to secure co-sponsorship commitments for a resolution to approve the LEU reserve proposal to be considered by the IAEA Board of Gove [...] | 2009-11-20 15:48:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA53 | IAEA/MARCH BOARD: LIKE-MINDED PERSPECTIVES ON IRAN [...] (S) At an Australian-hosted meeting February 4, like-minded Ambassadors (EU3, U.S., Canada, Japan, New Zealand) saw little prospect of a Board resolution on either Iran or Syria. No one is advocating a March Board resolution on Iran so long as Russia and China's stances remain unchanged. Fra [...] | 2009-02-06 15:33:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PARM PREL AORC IAEA KNNP IR SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA531 | IAEA/NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE: RUSSIAN-U.S. JOINT [...] (SBU) Russian IAEA Governor Berdennikov and resident Ambassador Zmeyevskiy hosted Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, group meetings to discuss the IAEA Board agenda item "Establishment of a physical reserve of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) in Russia." Beside U.S. Ambassador Davies (both d [...] | 2009-11-23 13:51:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA539 | IAEA/SYRIA: DIVIDED BOARD REMAINS SEIZED OF THE [...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors November 27 formally addressed Syria for the fifth time in as many boards. Despite a critical report by the Director General noting no progress on the Dair Alzour investigation and mounting questions on uranium traces at the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor th [...] | 2009-12-02 15:08:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA54 | GUIDANCE DELIVERED ON UNGASS REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Charge delivered verbatim reftel points to CND chairperson Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi on USG support for needle exchange programs as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce HIV/AIDS. Per r [...] | 2009-02-06 15:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA540 | STAFFDEL KESSLER EXAMINES IRAN, SYRIA, AND [...] (S) Summary: HFAC staffers Richard Kessler and David Fite received from IAEA Secretariat November 10 information on the Iran case that tracked with the tone of the subsequent Director General's reporting on Iran to the Board of Governors. The STAFFDEL heard that contact with Iran over "possible mil [...] | 2009-12-02 17:17:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL KNNP AORC IR SY KN IN |
09UNVIEVIENNA541 | IAEA Budget Kick-Off Reveals Old Fissures, New Rifts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the Budget Working Group was short and perfunctory, but elicited four telling statements from the G-77, EU, U.S., and Canada. Subsequent conversations also revealed much about the issues facing Member States as they aim for intense budget negotiations Januar [...] | 2009-12-03 08:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA545 | IO A/S BRIMMER,S FIRST CALL ON DG AMANO AND [...] (C) IO A/S Esther Brimmer, accompanied by IO DAS Nerissa Cook, was among the first to welcome newly instated IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano on his first day in office December 1. She assured Amano of full U.S. support to make his tenure a success, for which Amano was grateful. Amano outl [...] | 2009-12-04 08:00:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA548 | Paris Pact Partners Launch Next Phase of Cooperation to [...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted from November 26-27 a meeting of the 7th Policy Consultative Group of the Paris Pact Initiative during which more than 50 Paris Pact partners agreed to launch in 2010 the third phase of cooperation to target trafficking and consumption of [...] | 2009-12-04 12:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN SNAR AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA55 | IAEA: DG RACE UPDATE [...] (S) Japanese IAEA Governor Amano told Ambassador Schulte February 4 he was "more optimistic" as to his ability to clinch the two-thirds vote required for election as Director General. With the Board Chair having nearly completed her consultations, 13 countries claimed to be undecided but among [...] | 2009-02-06 16:12:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA551 | RSA GAME TO PROMOTE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS, LATER; GUMBI [...] (U) Summary: Mission reached out to South African counterparts upon receipt of reftel and will continue efforts in Vienna to collaborate in recruiting further states to sign and implement Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements with the Additional Protocol or, as appropriate, to modify existing Sm [...] | 2009-12-07 15:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL TRGY KTIA SF XA IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA553 | AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAN DESCRIBES ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) Summary. On December 3, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on his final calls on Iranian officials as he left post. He noted that former Presidents Khatami and Rafsanjani both had extracted themselves from the normal political scene and [...] | 2009-12-09 13:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AU AORC KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA555 | IAEA: DG AMANO CITES SAFEGUARDS AND BUDGET [...] (S) U/S for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher, accompanied by Special Assistant Jim Timbie, pledged full U.S. support to newly instated IAEA Director General Amano in an introductory call December 4. Amano confirmed his planned trip to Washington January 11-12 and welcome [...] | 2009-12-10 08:39:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KNNP TRGY PREL UN JA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA557 | FUTURE OF THE AGENCY SPUTTERS BUT WON'T GO OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 19 final meeting of the Future of the Agency (FOA) broke no new ground, though it did provide yet another platform for Iran to bemoan "some Member States' insistence on politicizing the IAEA." The remaining time was dedicated to the question of Board composition an [...] | 2009-12-11 14:47:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA563 | IAEA: THE AMANO TRANSITION, SITREP 1 [...] (U) UNVIE will report in weekly to bi-weekly installments, or as events warrant, on the personnel and management transition at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under its new Director General. This is the first telegram in a series that will extend into early 2010. 2. (SBU) D [...] | 2009-12-15 12:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP JP AR |
09UNVIEVIENNA564 | GUIDANCE REQUEST ON MONGOLIAN NWFZ [...] (C) Following the November Board session in which Mongolia supported both the Board resolution censuring Iran and the Russian LEU bank resolution, Mongolian Ambassador Enkhsaikhan approached Ambassador Davies December 11 on the longstanding issue of the establishment of a Mongolian Nuclear Weap [...] | 2009-12-15 14:16:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA MG |
09UNVIEVIENNA57 | IAEA TO PROPOSE LARGE BUDGET INCREASE FEBRUARY 13 [...] (U) This a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Top officials at the IAEA have informed Mission they will propose a 20 percent increase in the IAEA budget when the 2010-2011 draft budget document is released on Friday, February 13 (strictly protect). Mission reques [...] | 2009-02-09 12:49:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA570 | 2010: VIENNA,S YEAR OF IRAN? [...] (C) This is an ACTION request. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) As we enter a new year in dealing with Iran across the UN organizations in Vienna, we thought it useful to take stock of where we stand at the end of 2009 and how that will affect the way forward [...] | 2009-12-16 16:49:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR SNAR AF |
09UNVIEVIENNA58 | IAEA/IRAQ: DISPOSITION OF IRAQI DOCUMENTS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Reflecting U.S. concerns regarding the sensitivity and security of old INVO documents, records and hardware still stored at the IAEA, the U.S. (DOE) recently funded U.S. expert Bill Domke (DOE/LLNL) to conduct a preliminary review of the records and provide a recommendation on [...] | 2009-02-10 14:31:00 | UNVIE | SECRET//NOFORN | AORC IAEA PARM PREL KNNP IZ |
09UNVIEVIENNA583 | AMANO'S METHODICAL, "SOFT" WAY FORWARD ON FUEL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: DG Amano told EU Ambassadors the process for further considering an IAEA-administered international nuclear fuel bank (INFB) should be transparent; decisions on how to move forward rested with the Board Chair and Member States. A Secretariat paper addressing implementation issu [...] | 2009-12-22 13:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA6 | PARIS PACT BREAKS NEW GROUND [...] (SBU) The Sixth Policy Consultative Group Meeting of the Paris Pact Initiative was held in Vienna December 15-16, 2008. African states participated in this annual meeting for the first time. Members reviewed the 2008 roundtables and approved three for 2009. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Mar [...] | 2009-01-12 12:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN AF FR IR CA PK UN RS ZK |
09UNVIEVIENNA60 | IAEA/IRAN: EU3 REACT TO DRAFT BOARD STATEMENT [...] (C) Charge shared a draft P5 1 Board statement with EU3 counterparts, who reacted cautiously. Although supportive in principle, the EU3 see no prospect of success in Vienna absent strong confirmation of PolDir agreement to pursue such a statement. Already the Russian PermRep has told German A [...] | 2009-02-11 16:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA61 | IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY PUSHING FOR JUNE VOTE [...] (C) Summary: With the date for an election of the next IAEA Director General still undecided, South African candidate Abdul Minty has told us that in line with his campaign plan he will push to defer any vote until June -- which would be too late to develop a new slate of candidates in the eve [...] | 2009-02-12 11:22:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA64 | ADVOCATING NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND MEDICATION-ASSISTED [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, Charge approached CND chair Ambassador Ashipala on Friday, Feb 6 to explain change in the USG position regarding the ongoing UNGASS review negotiations (Ref B). On the same day Missionoffs shared with Russia and Japan highlights of the new USG position: support fo [...] | 2009-02-13 15:49:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA65 | IAEA PROPOSES UNPRECEDENTED, 23 PERCENT BUDGET [...] (U) The IAEA released its biennial budget document on February 15, proposed an unprecedented, 23 percent increase. The increase would bring the IAEA regular budget from just under 300 million Euros in 2009 to 368 million in 2010 and 383 million in 2011. The proposed increase is split roughly [...] | 2009-02-17 13:14:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA68 | BEIJING CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PROMISES TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A brief conference update was presented by the IAEA and the Permanent Mission to China to showcase the upcoming International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy for the 21st Century in Beijing, China on April 20-22, 2009. A Chinese rep expanded upon conference logistics as [...] | 2009-02-18 17:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA7 | FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 22 [...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INL and SCA. Please see Para 8. 2. (U) The French Mission will host the next meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan Group (Ref A) on January 22. The draft agenda includes corruption, precursors, UNODC Independence Evaluation Unit report on Afgha [...] | 2009-01-12 14:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA71 | IAEA/SYRIA: DIRECTOR GENERAL REPEATS CALL FOR [...] (SBU) The Director General's February 19 report on Syria's undeclared nuclear activities is more categorical than his November report in re-focusing the Agency's nearly year-long investigation on Syrian noncooperation. Most importantly, the report debunks the Syrian red-herring allegation [...] | 2009-02-20 13:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA74 | IAEA BUDGET KICK-OFF LESS CONTENTIOUS THAN [...] (U) Summary: The IAEA opened 2010-2011 budget negotiations with an informal presentation on February 20. Most Member States expressed concern over the size of the proposed increase, but were not as aggressive as Mission had expected. Members of the G-77 took particular issue with the proposed [...] | 2009-02-20 14:54:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA75 | POLITICS SATURATE OPENING OF "FUTURE OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The initial meeting of the year-long, Future of the Agency (FOA) process got off to a disappointing - if predictable - start. Most Member States had not given thought to specific issues and their statements were overtly political and unconstructive. Only the U.S. and Canada offe [...] | 2009-02-20 15:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL |
09UNVIEVIENNA77 | CALLING COSTA ON UNODC REORGANIZATION [...] (U) Ambassador contacted UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on February 23 and delivered points in Ref A, noting in particular that the USG sought to maintain the current balance between the normative work of the Division of Treaty Affairs (DTA) and the programmatic work of the Division of [...] | 2009-02-23 15:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA8 | NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) Mission shared sanctions decision information with senior IAEA officials and disseminated the Department's media note to PA contacts. Ambassador reached Director General ElBaradei by phone to brief personally on the announcement. In response to the DG's questions, the Ambassador confirmed [...] | 2009-01-12 16:44:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EFIN PREL MNUC KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA80 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS AT [...] (SBU) This is a guidance request. Per reftel, the simmering issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) may come to the fore sooner rather than later. A Canadian contribution of nearly 4 million USD for the Nuclear Security Fund is on hold pending release of an official PSC policy, and there is so [...] | 2009-02-25 13:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA |
09UNVIEVIENNA84 | IAEA/SYRIA TECHNICAL BRIEFING: SYRIA REJECTS IAEA [...] (SBU) The IAEA's technical briefing on Syria, ahead of the March 2-6 Board of Governors meeting, reviewed the Agency's case for concerns of a nuclear reactor under construction at the Al-Kibar site. In a refreshingly unambiguous briefing, the IAEA presented new uranium findings, doubling the [...] | 2009-02-26 07:26:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA89 | SENIOR SENATE INVESTIGATOR WALKS THE HALLS OF [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senior Investigator Doug Frantz relied on his journalistic experience and extensive network of contacts to conduct an unconventional, one-man staffdel to Vienna February 9 - 13. Engaged by SFRC Chairman John Kerry (whom he knew in connection to t [...] | 2009-03-04 09:55:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL PARM TRGY JA |
09UNVIEVIENNA90 | NEW RUSSIAN MOOD MUSIC AT IAEA BOARD MEETING [...] (C) The just-concluded March 2 - 5 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors saw a striking improvement in the tone and content of US-Russian cooperation on our nonproliferation agenda. The most important result of this was the joint statement of the P5 1 delegations on Iran -- the first such st [...] | 2009-03-05 13:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA SY IR RU |
09UNVIEVIENNA92 | IAEA/SYRIA: SYRIA OFFERS NO FURTHER COOPERATION TO [...] (SBU) The March 4 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations on Syria broke down along similar lines as past Board discussion of this issue. Although the Director General and a majority of Board members (21 of 33 Board members) called for cooperation by Syria, NAM standard bearers Egypt, Cuba and [...] | 2009-03-06 14:13:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA94 | IAEA/MARCH BOARD: DG ELECTION SET FOR MARCH 26-27 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 14:59:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA97 | CND: MORALES TO REQUEST DELISTING OF COCA LEAF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 14:30:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAID PREL UN BL |
09USEUBRUSSELS1078 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered REF A points on August 4 to Jeremy Lester, head of the European Commission unit for the Horn of Africa, Eastern Africa, and the Indian Ocean. Lester agreed that the TFG is Somalia's best chance for stability and said, "If we were to deliver a demarche in Washington on [...] | 2009-08-06 14:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO MARR |
09USEUBRUSSELS1140 | THE MANY SIDES OF DATA PRIVACY: MANAGING RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European privacy and data protection concerns continue to jeopardize our commercial, law enforcement, intelligence and foreign policy objectives. Data privacy is an area of growing complexity and touches ever more U.S. interests, from the visa waiver program to e-commerce. We [...] | 2009-08-17 12:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT BEXP KJUS KTFN TINT PREL ETTC EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1182 | ARF DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 12:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ARF EAID MARR |
09USEUBRUSSELS1234 | SE WOLPE'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU 31 AUGUST - 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes, Howard Wolpe, met with development and humanitarian aid officials from the Commission, and security and defense officials at the Council Secretariat. He also met with the Secretariat's Africa Task Force and attended a lunch meeting [...] | 2009-09-11 15:52:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE |
09USEUBRUSSELS1283 | MEP ANGST OVER U.S.-EU TFTP/SWIFT DATA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 16, minority European Parliament (EP) parties (Greens and Communists) vehemently denounced U.S.-EU negotiations on an interim agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) once SWIFT, the Belgium-based global financial messaging company, relocat [...] | 2009-09-23 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS PINR KPAO |
09USEUBRUSSELS1343 | EURO-BURMA NETWORK ENCOURAGES PRESSURE ON EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives from the Euro-Burma Network during a September 29 meeting with the Charge, lauded the recent Burma policy review and encouraged the U.S. to continue to lead coordination with the EU. The delegation was concerned that the EU will now attempt to lift sanctions an [...] | 2009-10-02 14:23:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC BU EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1382 | EU INVITES U.S. TO DISCUSS CURRENT SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) The Swedish EU Presidency has convoked an October 16 meeting between EU Political and Security Committee Ambassadors and representatives of non-EU NATO Allies and EU accession candidates to discuss: -- EU counter-piracy operations; -- The EU police [...] | 2009-10-14 15:51:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1403 | Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue Annual Recommendations [...] (U) Summary: The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) recommendations for USG and EU engagement include increased effort on the financial crisis, climate change, upstream regulatory co-operation, and bilateral co-operation in various sectors. End summary. 2. (U) In advance of the October [...] | 2009-10-20 16:16:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN OEXC EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1404 | ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...] | 2009-10-21 05:30:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1420 | SCENESETTER FOR TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fourth meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council on October 27 will cover a solid agenda with our largest economic partner. The meeting will feature discussions on G20 commitments and our cooperation in financial reform, closer U.S.-EU regulatory cooperation in [...] | 2009-10-22 13:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1478 | EU RESPONSE TO S/CRS NON-PAPER ON CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 15:50:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1516 | ENERGY CHAPTER IS BOTTOM LINE FOR TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU stressed in a November 5 meeting that the opening of the Energy Chapter is a crucial step in Turkey-EU relations, and could pave the way for an agreement on the Southern Corridor. However, the inability of the EU to advance the a [...] | 2009-11-10 17:40:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL TU EUN XS |
09USEUBRUSSELS1569 | EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...] | 2009-11-23 14:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS |
09USEUBRUSSELS1681 | EUPOL COPPS LOOKING FOR EXPANSION AND GREATER USSC [...] (S/NF) Summary: The EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) implements police training and mentoring programs and serves as a clearing house for EU Member States, bilateral financial contributions to the Palestinian police. Begun in early 2006 as a 33-person financ [...] | 2009-12-18 06:46:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | KPMI WE EUN PREL PINS XF WBG |
09USEUBRUSSELS1738 | MONUC HEAD AND GREAT LAKES ENVOYS DISCUSS NEED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 18:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS CG |
09USEUBRUSSELS206 | WORKING WITH THE EU,S COUNTER-PIRACY HEADQUARTERS [...] (C//NF) Summary: USEU representatives visited the EU's counter-piracy Operational Headquarters (OHQ) on January 16, where interlocutors described the EU's operations and information sharing arrangements with the U.S. and NATO. To make maximum use of a limited force, the OHQ collects info [...] | 2009-02-12 19:18:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS PHSA EWWT EAID PTER XI XO XW |
09USEUBRUSSELS414 | EU/CHINA: FERRERO-WALDNER WILLING TO RAISE GAO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner plans to visit China during the week of March 30, and may be willing to raise the case of political prisoner Gao Zhisheng if asked by the United States to do so, acc [...] | 2009-03-23 18:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS423 | EU ENVOY REACHES OUT TO NEW U.S. ENVOY ON SUDAN [...] EU Special Representative for Sudan Torben Brylle welcomed the U.S. announcement of a new Special Envoy for Sudan and has asked that post transmit his letter of congratulations. Post understands that Ambassador Brylle has been in touch separately with AF/SPG regarding his request for a meeti [...] | 2009-03-24 15:33:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SU EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS466 | AFPAK: WHITE PAPER AND SUMMIT DELIVERABLES [...] (U) As instructed (REF A),Charge d'Affaires, Political Minister-Counselor, and Pol Off relayed points for the April 5 U.S.-EU Summit to Robert Cooper, Council Secretariat Director for Politico-Military Affairs; Marek Grela, Council Secretariat Director for Transatlantic Relations; Ivo Sramek, [...] | 2009-03-31 15:10:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS546 | JHA MINISTERS TASK COREPER AMBASSADORS TO PREPARE [...] (U) At their April 6 Council meeting in Luxembourg, European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers agreed to work towards an "EU response" to U.S. requests in Washington and at the Prague Summit for help in closing Guantanamo. They tasked EU Ambassadors in the Committee of Perma [...] | 2009-04-09 10:55:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KISL KAWL PTER EON |
09USEUBRUSSELS552 | ENGAGING THE EU ON DEFENSE ISSUES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As we prepare for the upcoming visit to Washington by the EU's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and Director General of the EU Military Staff Lieutenant General David Leakey, it might be useful to take stock of the EU's steady advance [...] | 2009-04-09 15:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EIND EU MARR MOPS PREL |
09USEUBRUSSELS554 | THIRD STATES LEVERAGING ESDP TO PURSUE THEIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 16:23:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS567 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to Brussels. The members of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) look forward to meeting with you April 22 and exchanging ideas on Israeli-Palestinian and broader regional peace. The President heard from EU heads of state/government in [...] | 2009-04-16 14:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP MITCHELL AMGT PREL EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS568 | GETTING THE EU TO EXTEND AND REINFORCE ITS [...] (C//NF) Summary. There is an emerging agreement among EU member states to extend the EU's naval operation off the coast of Somalia until December 2010. Discussions are moving beyond extending the mission to include addressing the root causes of piracy. We will have three opportunities in t [...] | 2009-04-16 15:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS587 | UPDATE ON EU COUNTER-PIRACY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C//NF) Diplomatic and military interlocutors from the UK Permanent Representation to the EU told PolOff on April 21 that if the U.S. wants NATO to take the lead for counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, we will have to do the "heavy lifting." Our UK contacts also confirmed th [...] | 2009-04-22 05:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS590 | FERRERO-WALDNER RAISED GAO ZHISHENG WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 12:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV |
09USEUBRUSSELS597 | THE FUTURE OF EU DECISION MAKING ON POLICE AND [...] (C/NF) With or without the Lisbon Treaty, we anticipate that major Treaty provisions affecting police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters will ultimately find their way into the EU decision-making and institutional frameworks. The Treaty's fate will determine how fast these changes ma [...] | 2009-04-24 18:21:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EON |
09USEUBRUSSELS622 | INTRODUCING THE EU, PART VII: EU-U.S. COOPERATION UNDER THE [...] (U) Policy consultation and coordination between the United States and European Union has grown enormously over the past decade, and in many respects now rivals the level of discussion we have with such key allies as the UK, Germany and Japan. Our policy relationship with the EU differs from [...] | 2009-04-30 13:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS628 | EU ON SRI LANKA IMF LOAN [...] (C) On April 29, Poloff shared reftel points with EU presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission officials responsible for relations with Sri Lanka. While IMF representation is a member state competency, the EU Council Secretariat has asked member states to communicate their position on S [...] | 2009-04-30 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON KDEM PHUM CE EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS642 | EU ANTI-PIRACY FORCE GROWING STRONGER, MAY EXPAND [...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy force off the coast of Somalia has grown to 12 ships and four maritime patrol aircraft, with Member States still pledging new forces and in some cases keeping their ships in the operation longer than originally planned. As p art of the operation's mid- [...] | 2009-05-06 08:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS681 | APRIL 28 U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS [...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) Cabinet Ministers engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of counter-terrorism, law enforcement, and border security issues at the April 28 U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministerial Troika meeting in Prague. The EU side welcomed the Attorney General's de [...] | 2009-05-13 15:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KCRM PTER EUM |
09USEUBRUSSELS692 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C//NF) Summary: On May 13, the European Commission committed to a 1.75 million euro program to support regional judicial capacity for pirate prosecutions in East Africa. The EU hopes this program, which will be implemented in concert with the UN, will allay the Government of Kenya's concer [...] | 2009-05-14 18:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS716 | EU MILITARY STAFF HEAD ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C//NF) Summary: On May 13, Lt. Gen. David Leakey, Director General of the EU Military Staff, briefed USEU's Charg and political officers on military aspects of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),and the outlook for NATO-EU relations. Leakey was pessimistic on the prospects f [...] | 2009-05-20 17:29:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS725 | EU FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS FOCUS ON RUSSIA, [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meetings May 18-19 brought together foreign, defense, and development ministers in a complex choreography of meetings in Brussels. During the meetings, foreign ministers laid plans for the June European Council [...] | 2009-05-26 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR RS BM IR BK XW XF CE EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS733 | EU RULE OF LAW MISSION IN IRAQ TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: USEU political officers were briefed May 27 by Stephen White, who heads the EU's Rule of Law mission for Iraq (EU JUSTLEX). White described the training undertaken in Europe since 2005 and the decision to undertake several pilot training programs in Iraq as a [...] | 2009-05-27 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN IZ KJUS MARR MOPS PINS PREL |
09USEUBRUSSELS751 | EU MEMBERS WELCOME NATO COUNTER-PIRACY MISSION, WITH U.S. FORCE COMMITMENT [...] (C//NF) Summary: Over the past few weeks, several EU-based diplomats and military officers from key Allies as well as EU officials have told USEU that they see room for both NATO and the EU to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. They add, however, that the NATO counter-piracy force, to [...] | 2009-05-29 17:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN EWWT MARR MOPS PREL XF XW |
09USEUBRUSSELS810 | EU CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL COUNTER-PIRACY ACTIVITIES [...] (C//NF) Summary: (C//NF) The EU is providing to the U.S. and other UNSC Perm Five and G-8 governments a copy of a letter that EU High Rep Javier Solana has sent to EU Foreign and Defense Ministers. The letter describes additional steps the EU can take to combat piracy off the coast of Soma [...] | 2009-06-11 10:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS839 | EU LENGTHENS COUNTER-PIRACY FORCE MANDATE [...] (C) On June 15, EU foreign ministers approved an extension of the EU counter-piracy Operation ATALANTA's mandate until December 13, 2010. According to the EU,s official public statement announcing the extension, the decision was taken with a view to facilitating future force generation for [...] | 2009-06-19 05:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS88 | DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S SEPARATIST REGIONS: EU [...] (C) Mission delegation, led by Charg, delivered Ref A points January 21 to Helga Schmid, Director of the EU Council Secretariat's Policy Unit. She responded that the EU was very much on board with respect to using "carrots" with Georgia to lure especially Abkhazia away from a Russian embrac [...] | 2009-01-23 18:35:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS894 | EU-U.S. LATIN AMERICA POLICIES CONVERGING [...] (C) Summary: During biannual consultations on Latin American issues June 24, U.S. and EU officials agreed to seek opportunities to work together with select countries or regions, including, potentially, on counternarcotics and biofuels development in Bolivia and citizen security and renewable [...] | 2009-06-30 08:34:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XM EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS910 | NEXT STEPS IN FURTHERING U.S. - EU CIVILIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 16:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRS PREL EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS948 | TEC STAKEHOLDERS PRAISE DAY-LONG OUTREACH EVENT [...] (U) Over 70 EU business, consumer group and European Commission representatives joined USEU staff June 29 for an energetic discussion of the Transatlantic Economic Council and Transatlantic Economic Framework(TEC/TEF),organized jointly by the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and USEU in [...] | 2009-07-08 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECIN EAGR EINV ETTC OECD PREL |
09USEUBRUSSELS994 | HIGH-LEVEL EUROPEAN UNION ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] According to a Council Secretariat contact, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will address the 64th UN General Assembly on behalf of the European Union. Reinfeldt's arrival and departure dates are to be determined. He will not travel with his spouse and does not require interpretation. [...] | 2009-07-20 15:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA |
09USNATO10 | NEW SYG SELECTION PROCESS TO BEGIN JANUARY 27 [...] (SBU) On January 12, Danish PermRep Per Poulsen-Hansen, acting in his role as Dean of the NATO PermReps, distributed a letter to colleagues proposing a meeting on January 27 to begin the process which will result in the selection of the next NATO Secretary General. (Note: Ambassador Volker wil [...] | 2009-01-14 16:45:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL |
09USNATO100 | NATO'S CIVIL BUDGET: AN EVEN HOLLOWER ALLIANCE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The NATO International Staff is projecting a shortfall of Euros 70 million in the NATO Civil Budget over the next five years. This shortfall is the result of the Alliance taking on an ever increasing number of activities--often at the urging of the U.S.--while also trying to [...] | 2009-03-16 09:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AFIN ABUD AMGT |
09USNATO105 | NATO'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE INFORMED OF U.S. PLANS [...] (C/REL NATO) In response to a direct question about Manas from the French representative, Deputy Political Advisor Baez deployed reftel points to brief colleagues at the March 16 meeting of NATO's Political Committee. Allies expressed their appreciation for this information, indicating their [...] | 2009-03-17 17:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
09USNATO106 | MARCH 6 VCC AND EXPERTS: EXPERTS SEARCH FOR 2009 [...] (C) Summary. During the March 6 VCC and meeting of experts, Allies echoed opinions expressed in Vienna -- that the 2009 AIAM was livelier than the previous year but still short on substance. Experts agreed that it was too soon to propose an agenda for work in 2009 based on the results of the [...] | 2009-03-18 15:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO109 | NATO CIVIL BUDGET: MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paras 5 and 6. 2. (C/NF) NATO is in the process of planning its civil budget expenditures over the next five years. As a part of this process the NATO International Staff has developed a draft Medium Term Financial Plan for 2010 to 2014 (MTFP). Th [...] | 2009-03-19 13:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AFIN ABUD AMGT |
09USNATO114 | RFG: NATO-BELARUS SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. The Issue --------- 2. (C/NF) Although Belarus signed a security of information agreement with NATO many years ago as a member of the Alliance's Partnership for Peace (PfP),the U.S. has blocked the certification of the agreement. [...] | 2009-03-20 15:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
09USNATO115 | MARCH 12 HLTF: NATO ALLIES PRESS U.S. TO LEAD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the March 12 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, three main themes emerged from Allies' comments on next steps regarding CFE: 1) Allied support for U.S. leadership in engaging Russia on CFE; 2) support for the Parallel Actions Package as the basis for engagement; and 3) [...] | 2009-03-23 17:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO121 | USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Brigadier General Errico and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on March [...] | 2009-03-25 13:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK |
09USNATO122 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 25, [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The U.S. said it was looking for Allies to take decisions this week on paramilitary policing and on melding the U.S. review and Alliance approach in order to show unity and progress at the Summit. Canada encouraged Allies to agree to sta [...] | 2009-03-25 15:56:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USNATO129 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 1, [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG reported the Election Support Force remains unfilled, with the most significant shortfalls remaining in RC-South. The SYG said he had met with UN SYG Ban Ki Moon on the margins of the March 31 meeting in The Hague on Afghanistan [...] | 2009-04-02 16:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USNATO131 | THE VICE PRESIDENT'S MARCH 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) March 10, 2009; 9:30AM-12:15PM Central European Time; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: The Vice President Ambassador Kurt Volker National Security Advisor to the Vice President Anthony Blinken Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy Lieutenant Genera [...] | 2009-04-02 16:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP MOPS NATO PGOV PREL KV AF PK |
09USNATO139 | NATO SUMMIT DECLARATION ON ALLIANCE SECURITY [...] (U) The following Delcaration on Alliance Security was approved and released by NATO Heads of State and Government following the April 3-4 Summit: BEGIN TEXT: 04 Apr. 2009 Declaration on Alliance Security Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the No [...] | 2009-04-06 05:35:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL PARM XG XS XD |
09USNATO142 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 14:16:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PARM PREL MCAP MNUC TSPA KN XE |
09USNATO145 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 8, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 10:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN |
09USNATO15 | NATO/IRAQ: NTM-I CORE COUNTRIES SHARE CONCERNS OF [...] (C) The backbone countries in the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) share similar concerns about the legal status of the NTM-I as Denmark and Portugal (Ref A),both of which are withdrawing from the mission (Denmark until the legal status can be clarified, but Portugal permanently.). Polan [...] | 2009-01-16 13:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
09USNATO156 | NATO EXERCISES IN GEORGIA - THE FACTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 16:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU |
09USNATO157 | TAKING THE NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL FORWARD IN STORMY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Alliance has made great strides in overcoming internal divisions over Russia and Europes East leading to an emerging consensus on how to take NATO-Russia relations forward. USNATO is working with Germany and the Czech Republic on non-papers that provide a roadmap for re-engageme [...] | 2009-04-21 17:56:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
09USNATO158 | COOPERATIVE AIRSPACE INITIATIVE: THE MODEL FOR NRC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Russia and a wide cross-section of participating/financing Allies, including Poland, strongly support the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI). Based on pledges of 75 percent of total NATO costs for [...] | 2009-04-22 16:09:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
09USNATO161 | LEAHY VETTING FOR NATO-RUSSIA COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: While Mission continues to support the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) counter-narcotics (CN) project, technical and logistical problems have prevented us from carrying out all required Leahy vetting. Already twice this year, UNODC [...] | 2009-04-23 13:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
09USNATO165 | ROGOZIN RAMBLES SOVIET-STYLE IN RESTART OF THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On April 29, the first formal NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ambassadorial meeting was held since the August 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Russian Ambassador Rogozin used the meeting to dissect and criticize the communiqu from NATO's recent 60th Anniversary Summit. Paying particular att [...] | 2009-05-04 17:45:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
09USNATO166 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ALIYEV BRIEFS ENERGY, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Appearing before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) for the first time in two and a half years, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev (joined by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov) briefed the Allies on Azerbaijan's role as a regional energy supplier, his commitment to resolve the Na [...] | 2009-05-05 08:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL AJ AM GG TU RS |
09USNATO169 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Estonia increased its election support contribution from a platoon to a company for Helmand. SHAPE continues to report Elections Support Force shortfalls, despite the U.S. and OEF partners, recent commitments. Canada expressed its hope t [...] | 2009-05-05 12:23:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USNATO173 | SUBJECT: APRIL 28 HLTF: NATO ALLIES KEEN TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the April 28 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and on the margins Allies welcomed the U.S. read out of Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller's April 24 luncheon discussion of CFE in Rome with Russian Security and Disarmament Director Antonov, including indications that Russia is [...] | 2009-05-05 15:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
09USNATO174 | CFE/VCC: APRIL 23 VCC AND EXPERTS--STATUS OF [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. non-paper on Status of VCC Experts (Ref A) was discussed in both the group of experts meeting and VCC. No one rejected the principle that experts receive their tasking from the VCC. Although they had only a brief opportunity to review the paper, preliminary comments from [...] | 2009-05-05 17:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO176 | RUSSIAN DCM: NRC MINISTERIAL POSTPONED, NOT [...] (C/REL NATO) During the May 7 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council's (NRC's) Preparatory Committee, Russian DCM Soltanovskiy said that Moscow had decided to postpone until a more appropriate time--not cancel--the planned NRC Foreign Ministerial. At the same time, he sharply criticized the Allia [...] | 2009-05-08 08:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS |
09USNATO177 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MAY 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 10:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN |
09USNATO178 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 12:14:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL OFDP OPRC CA RS |
09USNATO179 | CORRECTED: NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON [...] (U) On May 6 NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer released the following statement regarding Russian revocation of diplomatic status of two Canadian NATO diplomats in the NATO Information Office in Moscow: BEGIN TEXT: The Canadian Ambassador in Moscow, who provides the diplomatic statu [...] | 2009-05-08 14:39:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL OFDP OPRC CA RS |
09USNATO180 | RUSSIA MOVES TO CLOSE DOWN THE NRC RESETTLEMENT [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: Russian DCM Soltanovskiy confirmed on May 7 that Russia is terminating the Memorandum of Agreement for the NATO-Russia Resettlement Center, effectively ending the program. We should ask Luxembourg whether it would be willing to reprogram money it had pledged for the Cent [...] | 2009-05-08 16:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV MCAP RS |
09USNATO186 | AFGHAN GOVERNORS REMIND EUROPEANS WHY THEY ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. The governors of Afghanistan's Bamian and Farah Provinces visited Brussels 23-24 April on the final leg of a week long program sponsored jointly by USNATO, and Embassies Kabul, The Hague and Rome. Over the course of two days in Brussels, the governors gave first-hand accounts o [...] | 2009-05-13 13:33:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PREL |
09USNATO19 | JANUARY 8 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Experts deconflicted the CFE inspection schedule for the upcoming Treaty year (RY 14) and refined the deconflicted Vienna Document 1999 (VD 99) verification activities for 2009. Experts are close to agreement on the International Staff (IS) working paper outlining VD 99 coordin [...] | 2009-01-22 16:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO191 | ROGOZIN "SHOCKED" BY NATO EXPULSIONS OF RUSSIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador Volker, Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin spoke positively about resuming concrete work in the NATO-Russia Council even while complaining that the recent NATO expulsion of two Russian diplomats was unjustified. Ambassador Volker di [...] | 2009-05-14 14:24:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS RS GG |
09USNATO197 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 13,2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 15:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO AF XG |
09USNATO198 | NATO BEGINS BUILDING A BROADER RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO Heads of State and Government agreed at their 60th Anniversary Summit in April to build a broader political and practical relationship with Pakistan. NATO has begun implementing this decision, approving on May 15 the Terms of Reference for a NATO Contact Point Embassy (CPE [...] | 2009-05-18 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR PK AF |
09USNATO199 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN CONTINUES HIS ATTEMPTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Responding to presentations on Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at the May 13 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC),Russian Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin criticized NATO's efforts in Afghanistan as both repeating the Soviet Union's earlier mistakes and inve [...] | 2009-05-19 11:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV RS GG TU GM |
09USNATO2 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: REVIEW OF DEFENSE PLANNING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Based upon a tasking from Defense Ministers at their meeting in Vilnius in February of 2008, NATO has undertaken a fundamental review of the Defense Planning Processes in an attempt to harmonize all Alliance work towards meeting the Alliance's required capabilities. The goal [...] | 2009-01-05 10:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL |
09USNATO200 | POLES REQUEST ASSISTANCE BRINGING MONGOLIAN [...] (C/NF) During a May 18 introductory meeting with Ambassador Daalder, Polish Permanent Representative Winid requested U.S. assistance in the deployment of a Mongolian unit to Afghanistan where they would provide force protection for a Polish camp in Ghazni. The Mongolians would be brought in u [...] | 2009-05-19 18:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR MCAP PL MG AF |
09USNATO202 | RFG: U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATO COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See para 6. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: While the U.S. has been pressing hard for a long-term NATO role in counter-piracy, we have thus far been unable to answer Allied questions about what the U.S. commitment/contribution to such a mission would be. Without [...] | 2009-05-20 15:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS EWWT ZR SO XA |
09USNATO207 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 20,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: While initially objecting to a proposal to begin the committee work to formulate political guidance on the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan until the May 28 release of military advice on the subject, France and Turkey did ultimately agre [...] | 2009-05-22 17:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK |
09USNATO208 | NATO STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 05:42:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC MCAP NATO PREL PARM KN XE |
09USNATO216 | NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC [...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...] | 2009-05-28 18:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP |
09USNATO217 | NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC [...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...] | 2009-05-28 18:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP |
09USNATO221 | ARMENIA AND TURKEY DUKE IT OUT AT NATO [...] (U) This cable has been delayed due to ongoing transmission difficulties. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan appeared before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) to review the 2009 Assessment of Armenia's Individual Partnership Ac [...] | 2009-06-02 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV AJ AM TU |
09USNATO222 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL'S CRITICISM OF SOUTH [...] On June 2 NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer issued the following statement: BEGIN TEXT: NATO does not recognize the elections held on May 31 in South Ossetia. The holding of such elections does not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement of the situation in Georgia. Th [...] | 2009-06-02 16:12:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL RS GG |
09USNATO223 | LAVROV ON ALBANIA AND CROATIA'S NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On May 27 NATO Secretary General received the following letter from Russian FM Lavrov in response to his letter informing the FM of the accession of Albania and Croatia into NATO. BEGIN TEXT: Unoffcial translation from Russian Moscow, "25" May 2009 Dear Mr. Secretary General, [...] | 2009-06-02 16:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS |
09USNATO224 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 27,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the May 27 meeting of NATO North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Czech Charge reported that Afghan security forces had demanded to open the cargo on a Czech-charted flight at Kabul International Airport, leading to an 11-hour standoff. Allies discussed the possibil [...] | 2009-06-02 18:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO227 | ACTION REQUEST: NATO COUNTER-PIRACY: FISH OR CUT [...] (C/NF) This is an Action Request. See para 14. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the strong urging of the United States, NATO is moving forward with planning for a long-term counter-piracy operation. At the same time, Allies--including the U.S.--have been tepid in their willingness to actually contri [...] | 2009-06-04 15:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS EWWT PBTS ZR SO XA |
09USNATO230 | ACTION REQUEST: EAPC MEETING INVITATION TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) As instructed, USNATO delivered Ref A guidance in the June 4 meeting of NATO's Political Committee, explaining that it would be premature to move forward with the NATO-Belarus information security agreement, and that NATO should [...] | 2009-06-04 17:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BO |
09USNATO232 | KUWAIT FORCES NATO TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 3 meeting with the North Atlantic Council (NAC),representatives from the four Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) countries pledged to work both in and out of the ICI structure with NATO on issues of common concern, such as piracy. The Kuwaiti Ambassador argued that [...] | 2009-06-05 15:12:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL BA KU QA AE MU SA |
09USNATO235 | VCC MEETING JUNE 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. At the June 4, 2009 meeting of AC 319, the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC),Allies agreed that VCC experts should base their work on taskings from the VCC. Allies also agreed that the work of groups established to deal with continuing technical issues, such as the Da [...] | 2009-06-05 16:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO236 | RFG: USG POSITION ON POTENTIAL MEMBERSHIP OF SAUDI [...] (C) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, the Ambassador informed the SYG that a recent high-level Saudi delegation which visited NAT [...] | 2009-06-05 16:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL SA |
09USNATO237 | NATO ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador Daalder briefed NATO PermReps on the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE's informal Corfu Ministerial to launch a constructive dialogue on ways to enhance European security (reftel). While noting they were speaking on an uninstructed basis, Allies expressed strong initia [...] | 2009-06-05 18:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL XG RS |
09USNATO238 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 3,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: At the June 3 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, Allies discussed continuing disagreements over the scope of the proposed NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A). Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer stressed the urgency of reaching a [...] | 2009-06-05 19:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO242 | RFG: INVITING MAURITANIA TO NAC-PLUS-7 MEETING [...] (C) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) NATO has announced its intention to schedule on June 16 a North Atlantic Council (NAC)-plus-7 meeting to include the nations of the Mediterranean Cooperation Group (MCG) - Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Moroc [...] | 2009-06-08 15:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MR |
09USNATO247 | RFG: NOMINATION OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. ----------------------- The Call for Nomination ----------------------- 2. (C/NF) The Danish Representative to NATO, in his capacity as dean of the Council, passed a letter from Secretary General-designate Rasmussen to the Allies o [...] | 2009-06-09 17:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL |
09USNATO249 | RFG: NATO I.S. REFORM GUIDANCE NEEDED BY JUNE 11 [...] (SBU) Action Request: Please see para 5 for guidance request; response needed by noon Brussels time on Thursday, June 11. 2. (C/NF) NATO's Secretary General told PermReps at today's informal lunch that he intended to press Defense Ministers to approve changes in the allocation of senior I [...] | 2009-06-09 20:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL |
09USNATO253 | NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL: RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C/NF) SUMMERY: In a dramatic change in tone, the Russian Mission to NATO fully engaged in the June 9-10 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) negotiations on deliverables for the NRC June 27 Foreign Ministerial in Corfu. Prior to this week, the Russian Mission had insis [...] | 2009-06-12 04:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP |
09USNATO254 | NATO-KOSOVO: EUSR FEITH STRESSES NEED FOR U.S. AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Special Representative Feith told NATO Permanent Representatives on June 9 that, while he thought conditions were appropriate for a KFOR drawdown, a continued U.S. and NATO presence in Kosovo and the region would remain critical. He advised that KFOR should retain the ability t [...] | 2009-06-12 14:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK KV |
09USNATO256 | NATO COMES TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Political Committee met June 10 to discuss the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE Ministerial in Corfu to launch a positive, wide-ranging dialogue on European security. France and Germany used the meeting to present and solicit Allied input on previously existing n [...] | 2009-06-12 18:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL AORC XG RS |
09USNATO257 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 10,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the June 10 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General said that hoped NATO Defense Ministers would agree in principle at their June 11-12 meeting to SACEUR's proposed changes to the ISAF command and control structure, pending additional wor [...] | 2009-06-12 19:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO261 | INVITATION FROM NATO SECRETARY GENERAL TO [...] (U) USNATO has received an invitation from NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to Secretary Clinton to attend the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting at the Foreign Minister level in Corfu on June 27. The text of the letter follows. Original will be mailed via unclassified pouch. 2. [...] | 2009-06-17 13:53:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ODIP NATO |
09USNATO262 | ACTION REQUEST: MISSILE DEFENSE, NATO AND RUSSIA [...] (C) This is an action request - see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: As Washington considers missile defense options, discussions are underway within NATO on the form Alliance missile defense will assume. We believe it politically vital to involve Allies in the process of thinking through MD opt [...] | 2009-06-17 15:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL RS |
09USNATO264 | USNATO OPINION MAKER TOUR TO NATO HQ AND [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: USNATO announces its eighth multi-country opinion-maker tour for FY-09. The tour will begin in Brussels and follow-on to Washington DC to focus on the Obama Administration and its top security and foreign policy objectiv [...] | 2009-06-18 09:05:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO NATO OEXC OIIP PREL |
09USNATO267 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 17,2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-21 18:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO268 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 17,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the June 17 meeting of NATO's North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: AWACS deployment to Konya, Turkey, was proceeding. The first operational flight in support of NATO's ISAF mission was scheduled for June 23. After UK PermRep Eldon pressed for regular status reports on [...] | 2009-06-22 10:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO269 | SECRETARY CLINTON: YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (C) This is the first high-level NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting since the August 2008 Georgia crisis, when NATO suspended meetings of the Council. During the Foreign Ministerial last March, you succeeded in convincing your NATO colleagues to resume NRC deliberations - a decision subsequently rea [...] | 2009-06-22 14:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS RS GG |
09USNATO27 | RUSSIA SEEKS TO RENEW ENGAGEMENT IN THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Allies met with Russian Ambassador Dmitri Rogozin on January 26 for the first time since the Georgia crisis in August 2008. Welcoming the Ministerial decision to re-engage Russia in a phased approach, Allies emphasized that the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) is a tool for fair as w [...] | 2009-01-28 16:11:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
09USNATO270 | UNODC ASSURANCE ON LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S. FUNDS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Daalder received a letter dated June 16 from James Callahan, the Central Asia Regional Representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),regarding the distribution of USG funds within the NATO-Russia Council Counter Narcotics program. In the letter, Cal [...] | 2009-06-22 15:11:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL NATO SNAR RS AF ZK |
09USNATO272 | JUNE 19 NRC AMBASSADORIAL: MINISTERIAL PREP, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 19, NATO-Russia Council Ambassadors prepared for the June 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial in Corfu. They focused on three possible deliverables: a "way forward" paper for the NRC; a political mandate to restart military-to-military cooperation; and, Russian p [...] | 2009-06-23 16:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO RS GG |
09USNATO274 | PAKISTANI PRESIDENT ZARDARI MEETS THE NAC [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari assured the NAC that his government had taken ""political ownership"" of the war against extremists in Pakistan. Stressing the need to respect Pakistani sovereignty, he said that his forces needed to be the ones to fight the war [...] | 2009-06-24 07:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MCAP PK AF |
09USNATO276 | USNATO MULTI-COUNTRY PRESS TOUR TO KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraphs 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: USNATO PAA invites posts to nominate one print or broadcast correspondent for a Multi-Country Press Tour to NATO HQ with a follow-on tour to Kosovo. Tour dates are August 3-7, 2009. The tour objective is to give journalists f [...] | 2009-06-25 15:39:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO NATO OEXC OIIP PREL |
09USNATO277 | NATO-RUSSIA: LAVROV SAYS NO TO AN AGREED DOCUMENT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a letter to NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that he did not anticipate the adoption a joint document at the June 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial in Corfu. Consistent with Lavrov's letter, the Russian Mission on June 26 k [...] | 2009-06-26 18:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO28 | ACTION REQUEST: AMB. VOLKER'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Russian Ambassador Dmitri Rogozin has requested a meeting with Ambassador Volker on January 30. The Russian mission to NATO tells us that Rogozin wants to quickly build upon the positive spirit of the January 26 NATO-Russia C [...] | 2009-01-28 16:42:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
09USNATO286 | EAPC SECURITY FORUM TRIES TO MUSTER SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24 and 25 the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum met in Astana, Kazakhstan, to discuss Afghanistan and other regional issues and energy security. This was the first-ever EAPC event in a former Soviet state. Allied nations called on Partners to take [...] | 2009-07-02 12:03:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL MOPS XG ZJ ZK |
09USNATO287 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL ASSESSES MACEDONIA'S MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1 Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski told the North Atlantic Council (NAC) that Macedonia was committed to finding a mutually-acceptable solution to the name dispute and taking its place as as a NATO Ally. They also announ [...] | 2009-07-02 15:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR |
09USNATO288 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 1,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 1 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The NATO Senior Civilian Representative briefed the North Atlantic Council on the status of preparations for Afghanistan's upcoming elections, stressing that it was important that the international community [...] | 2009-07-02 19:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO292 | LITHUANIAN COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO U.S. NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 07:55:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC NATO KNNP KACT LT XG |
09USNATO299 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 8,2009 [...] (S/NF) Summary of the July 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: Allies were briefed on ISAF's revised tactical directive which emphasized the importance of population security. The Deputy Secretary General and Allies expressed frustration at not being notified by militar [...] | 2009-07-13 18:05:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO30 | READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 28, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 16:35:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | AF NATO PREL |
09USNATO302 | A/S'S GORDON AND GOTTEMOELLER DISCUSS MOSCOW [...] (SBU) This message has been cleared by EUR A/S Gordon and VCI A/S Gottemoeller. 2. (C/NF) Summary: On July 8, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Gordon and Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Gottemoeller exchanged views [...] | 2009-07-15 13:55:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KACT MNUC NATO EL EZ ZB |
09USNATO303 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES DIFFER ON RE-ENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies are united that PermReps should use the July 22 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC)to indicate to Russia that NATO is willing to engage across the entire spectrum of issues, but that Russia must also specify in what areas it would like to cooperate. Regardless of [...] | 2009-07-15 17:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS GG UP |
09USNATO304 | U.S. DEBRIEFS ALLIES ON THE MOSCOW SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon and Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller briefed the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on the outcomes of the recent U.S.-Russia summit in M [...] | 2009-07-15 17:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT MNUC NATO PREL RS EL EZ ZB |
09USNATO305 | SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS IN NATO'S ISAF AWACS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO's efforts to deploy AWACS aircraft in support of its ISAF operation in Afghanistan suffered a serious blow on July 15 when Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister indicated that overflight clearance would not be quickly forthcoming. In a meeting of the North Atlantic Council later [...] | 2009-07-15 18:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MARR AF AJ IO AE ZK XF |
09USNATO309 | JULY 9 MEETING REAFFIRMS NATO CONSENSUS ON CFE [...] (C) Summary: Keying off of U.S. briefings on CFE discussion at the U.S.-Russia Summit in Moscow and shared experiences at the June 9 Berlin CFE meeting and the Corfu Ministerials, Allies used a brief HLTF meeting to reaffirm a general consensus on next steps with regard to CFE. Allies reaff [...] | 2009-07-17 13:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO310 | AZERBAIJAN: MEMBER OF THE NATO COMMUNITY, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan's progress on its path to reform, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reported to PermReps at the July 15 North Atlantic Council that its relationship with NATO was "close and improving." Mammadyarov proudly reported that Azerbaijan had [...] | 2009-07-17 15:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PINR PREL AJ |
09USNATO311 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 15, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 15 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: Allies asked for a strategic assessment of the impact of the ongoing operation in Helmand province, particularly in light of the increasingly heavy casualties NATO forces are taking. The UK noted the firest [...] | 2009-07-17 18:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO314 | SCENESETTER FOR POTUS'S MEETING WITH OUTGOING NATO [...] (U) The following text is being transmitted for the President in memo format. 2. (C) Begin text: MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: Ambassador Ivo Daalder, US Mission to NATO SUBJECT: Scenesetter for Your Meeting with NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Mr President: This w [...] | 2009-07-20 17:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PINR PREL |
09USNATO315 | NATO AWACS IN THE UAE TO SUPPORT ISAF - LEGAL [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations Lawrence Rossin on July 20 briefed Allies in the Political Committee about difficulties and potential opportunities in his negotiations with the UAE regarding the potential of basing NATO AWACS at al-Ain airbase in support of the ISAF opera [...] | 2009-07-20 18:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS AE AF |
09USNATO316 | CFE/VCC: JULY 8 -- ALLIES ANTICIPATE IS DRAFT ON [...] (C) Summary: During the July 8 VCC, Allies engaged in debate over the future role of experts. With the discussion revolving around a handful of Allies espousing familiar positions, the IS announced it would draft new terms of reference for the VCC ad hoc group of experts to discuss at the ne [...] | 2009-07-23 06:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO317 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MEETING SHOWS COOPERATION WILL [...] (C) Summary: The first NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting since the June 27 Corfu Foreign Ministerial descended into a bitter exchange on issues across the board including Afghanistan, NATO enlargement, Georgia and Kosovo. The three-hour meeting began constructively, with Russia answering th [...] | 2009-07-23 17:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS GG UP |
09USNATO318 | RFG: DRAFT NATO-UAE AGREEMENT ON AWACS BASING [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/REL NATO) The NATO International Staff (IS) has distributed a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the United Arab Emirates and NATO for the basing of NATO AWACS planes, and the stationing of related NATO personnel, in the U [...] | 2009-07-23 17:59:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS AE AF |
09USNATO32 | RFG: TAKING FORWARD THE AFGHAN-PROPOSED MILITARY [...] (S) Summary and Comment: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, see Para 11. ISAF Senior Civilian Representative Gentilini briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on January 28. He argued that NATO should, with caution, view the draft military technical agreement on revised force procedures, proposed by [...] | 2009-01-30 11:05:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO AF |
09USNATO320 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 22, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 22 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC): -- AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: SACEUR, Admiral Stavridis, and COMISAF, General McChrystal, briefed the Council from Kabul via video teleconference, noting--among other things--that McChrystal was generally pleased with the [...] | 2009-07-24 18:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO323 | USNATO: SWEDISH FM BILDT STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt briefed the NAC on Sweden's goals for its EU Presidency. FM Bildt, with U.S. backing, emphasized the need for a true NATO-EU strategic partnership to confront common challenges. Ambassador Daalder called on the EU to do more in Afghanist [...] | 2009-07-28 15:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS BK KV EUN |
09USNATO329 | RETHINKING U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE [...] (SECRET NF) Summary: As the Department of Defense conducts its Quadrennial Defense Review, we want to raise serious questions about the consequences of further significant reductions to U.S. forces currently stationed in Europe. At issue are the envisioned reduction from four to two Brigade [...] | 2009-07-30 10:41:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG |
09USNATO330 | SERBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS MILITARY [...] (C) In a letter addressed to NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer, Serbian Minister of Defense Sutanovac requested a modification to the implementation of the Military Technical Agreement (MTA),arguing that modification was necessary in light of recent "terrorist attacks" in the south of S [...] | 2009-07-30 13:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO332 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 29, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 29 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC): -- AFGHANISTAN: Following the advice of the Military Committee and Senior Resouce Board, the NAC has been asked to approve changes to ISAF's upper command structure through a silence procedure which expires on August [...] | 2009-07-31 19:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO335 | NAC APPROVES ISAF UPPER COMMAND STRUCTURE CHANGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 18:27:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | AFDB MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
09USNATO336 | NEW SECRETARY GENERAL'S PRIORITIES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: New NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen used the August 4 North Atlantic Council meeting--his first as the Secretary General--to set out the priorities for his term, including: Afghanistan, NATO-Russia, the Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative par [...] | 2009-08-05 06:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO338 | ITALY PLANS COORDINATED REDUCTION IN KFOR [...] (C) In a letter addressed to new NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Italian PermRep Stefanini on August 4 said that Rome intends to decrease its participation in KFOR in line with KFOR's overall scale of reductions as it moves through the first gate on the path to a deterrent presenc [...] | 2009-08-05 16:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO342 | AFGHANISTAN: THE FOCUS OF THE AUGUST 4 NAC [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: In his first North Atlantic Council meeting as the Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen chaired a discussion of the situation in Afghanistan. Supreme Allied Commander Europe Admiral Stavridis termed the situation "hard, but not hopeless" and outlined four priorities [...] | 2009-08-07 20:37:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO346 | AUGUST 12 MEETING OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary of the August meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: NATO will release its media coordination plan for Afghan elections on August 12. PermReps requested information about ad-hoc community guards to be hired by the Afghanistan Ministry of Interior for ad [...] | 2009-08-13 17:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO349 | NATO SECGEN RASMUSSEN MAKES STATEMENT ON [...] (U) On August 16, Secretary General Rasmussen released a statement on casualties in Afghanistan. In the statement--which was posted on the NATO website--Rasmussen expressed sadness in the face of casualties, but argued that the "biggest tribute we can make to those who have lost their lives" [...] | 2009-08-16 14:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK UK XG |
09USNATO350 | COUNTER-PIRACY: WORKING WITH SOMALI OFFICIALS; [...] (C/REL NATO) As reported reftel, NATO has approved the Operational Plan for a long-term counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, to include supporting and contributing to regional capacity building with regional authorities connected with the deterrence and prevention of piracy. While [...] | 2009-08-18 05:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA |
09USNATO351 | COUNTER-PIRACY: WORKING WITH SOMALI OFFICIALS [...] (C/REL NATO) As reported reftel, NATO has approved the Operational Plan for a long-term counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, to include supporting and contributing to regional capacity building with regional authorities connected with the deterrence and prevention of piracy. While [...] | 2009-08-18 05:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA |
09USNATO353 | COUNTER-PIRACY: NATO BEGINS OPERATION OCEAN [...] (U) On August 17, NATO formally commenced Operation Ocean Shield -- the Alliance's long-term contribution to international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. In a statement posted to its website, the Allied Maritime Component Command Headquarters Northwood (MCC Northwood) said t [...] | 2009-08-18 14:34:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA |
09USNATO354 | COUNTER-PIRACY: NATO SUCCESSFULLY WORKS WITH THE [...] (U) Even before the August 17 commencement of Operation Ocean Shield, NATO's recently agreed long-term contribution to international counter-piracy efforts (reftel),NATO's efforts off the Horn of Africa have been yielding positive results. These results are often only possible because of the [...] | 2009-08-19 10:49:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA |
09USNATO355 | NATO ASSISTED RUSSIA IN ITS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING [...] (C) Following comments by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the August 19 meeting of the North Atlantic Council that he had been asked by Russia to assist in the strange case of the missing Russian ship "Arctic Sea," Poloffs met with NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Rober [...] | 2009-08-19 15:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EWWT PHSA MOPS MCAP RS |
09USNATO356 | NATO/IRAQ: NATO SECGEN CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS [...] (U) On August 19, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued the following statement condemning that day's terrorist bombings in Baghdad: BEGIN TEXT 19 Aug. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 119 Statement by the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, on the terrorist attacks in Baghdad [...] | 2009-08-20 06:48:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS NATO PREL PINS MCAP PGOV IZ |
09USNATO357 | FLAGS-TO-POST CONFERENCE FOR ISAF AFGHANISTAN: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 07:12:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | AFDB MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
09USNATO358 | NATO/IRAQ: NATO SECGEN CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS [...] (U) On August 19, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued the following statement condemning that day's terrorist bombings in Baghdad: BEGIN TEXT 19 Aug. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 119 Statement by the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, on the terrorist attacks in Baghdad [...] | 2009-08-20 09:22:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS NATO PREL PINS MCAP PGOV IZ |
09USNATO359 | SECGEN WRITES KARZAI ABOUT SHIA LAW CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 15:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NATO MOPS MCAP AF |
09USNATO360 | NATO SECGEN MAKES STATEMENT ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) On August 20, Secretary General Rasmussen released a statement on the elections in Afghanistan and took a few questions from journalist. Below is the text of the statement as well as a summary of the questions and answers. 2. (U) The full text of the Secretary General's statement foll [...] | 2009-08-20 18:01:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF |
09USNATO361 | AUGUST 19 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 19:51:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK UK XG RS |
09USNATO364 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL'S FIRST ASSESSMENT OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21 the Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) General Stanley McChrystal and NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Fernando Gentilini provided a post-election report to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in a special session via vi [...] | 2009-08-24 15:17:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO PTER PINR AF PK IN |
09USNATO373 | AUGUST 26 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: ALL [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary: This is a summary of the August 19 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC). -- AFGHANISTAN: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) urged continued Allied restraint against public reactions to preliminary Afghan elections' results. He announced the flags to post confe [...] | 2009-08-28 19:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK XG |
09USNATO374 | USNATO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (C/NF) You are visiting NATO at a time when the new NATO Secretary General, Allies, and non NATO partners are refining mission priorities and reviewing current resource commitments to align with planned commitments. The new NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is setting an ambitiou [...] | 2009-09-02 16:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PREL AF PK IK EUN |
09USNATO375 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: NATO'S SYG GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen used the September 2 meeting of the North Atlantic Council to advance his goal for increased NATO strategic policy coordination and guidance for political and military authorities involved in Afghanistan. Allies generally supported th [...] | 2009-09-03 17:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AFDB MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
09USNATO378 | PDUSDP MILLER CONSULTS WITH ALLIES ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) This message has been cleared by PDUSDP Miller. 2. (S) Summary: On July 16, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Miller met with Allies to consult on the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and related topics. Permanent Representatives (PermReps) expressed appreciat [...] | 2009-09-04 15:34:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL MNUC KACT NATO RS |
09USNATO379 | NATO PARTICIPATION IN BALTIC EXERCISES - REQUEST [...] (C/NF) The September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) will coincide with the commencement of "Zapad 09," a large scale Russian and Belarusian military exercise which will take place in close proximity to Baltic NATO Allies' territory. We predict that this event will prompt a NAC [...] | 2009-09-04 16:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RS EN LG LH BO |
09USNATO38 | RFG: TAKING FORWARD THE AFGHAN-PROPOSED MILITARY [...] (S) Summary and Comment: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, see Para 11. ISAF Senior Civilian Representative Gentilini briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on January 28. He argued that NATO should, with caution, view the draft military technical agreement on revised force procedures, proposed by [...] | 2009-02-01 10:56:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO AF |
09USNATO384 | STRATEGIC CONCEPT: GROUP OF EXPERTS MET WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the September 7 first meeting of the Group of Experts (GoE) with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on the NATO new Strategic Concept (SC) review, both the Secretary General (SYG) and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the GoE's chairperson, stressed the importance o [...] | 2009-09-10 17:06:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL MARR MOPS PK UK XG RS |
09USNATO386 | NATO SHOULD CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN EXERCISE BALTIC HOST 10 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Estonia, addressing the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, requested that NATO follow with interest the ongoing Zapad 09 Russian-Belarussian exercise with a view to providing a report to Allies. While Estonia co [...] | 2009-09-11 16:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RS EN LG LH BO |
09USNATO388 | SEPTEMBER 8 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary from the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: Afghanistan: At the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Secretary General Rasmussen told Allies that he expected to get the Commander of ISAF's strategic assessment of the situation in Afgh [...] | 2009-09-11 18:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS UN AF PK UK XG RS |
09USNATO390 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Foreign Minister, Sven Alkalaj, said in a courtesy call with Ambassador Daalder on September 11 BiH intends to submit its application to join the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the coming weeks, immediately after the United Nations General Assembl [...] | 2009-09-15 08:48:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PREL MOPS MCAT BK |
09USNATO392 | RFG: COMMANDER OF ISAF BRIEFS NAC ON ASSESSMENT; [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 10. 2. (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: At the September 16 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (COMISAF),U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, briefed NATO PermReps f [...] | 2009-09-16 18:27:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR MOPS UN AF PK |
09USNATO395 | ALLIES WELCOME INTER-AGENCY BRIEFING ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies received a September 17 briefing on the President's decision on the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Review positively, especially its linkage with NATO's missile defense plans. A number of Allies asked questions regarding possible missile defense cooperation with Rus [...] | 2009-09-17 21:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NATO |
09USNATO397 | THE 2009 AFGHANISTAN OPIUM SURVEY: UNODC COSTA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 16:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
09USNATO399 | KOSOVO SECURITY FORCE ACHIEVES INITIAL OPERATING [...] (SBU) On September 17, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen distributed to Allies a September 15 letter from the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Admiral Stavridis informing Rasmussen that the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) had attained Initial Operating Capability (IOC) on September 15. Stav [...] | 2009-09-18 19:45:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP NATO MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KV |
09USNATO4 | DECEMBER 17-18 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary: During meetings of Experts on 17 and 18 December, Allies de-conflicted the 2009 Vienna Document 99 Verification Schedule. In addition, the U.S. secured CFE quota inspections to Armenia and Ukraine, a Flank inspection to Ukraine and two Additional Paid inspections to Ukr [...] | 2009-01-06 15:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
09USNATO403 | CZECH PERMREP ASKS FOR GREATER U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The new Czech Ambassador to NATO has privately predicted a potentially unfavorable turning-point in the general direction of Czech foreign and security policy. He said challenges would result for Czech transatlanticists, due to the impact of the U.S. decision to retool missi [...] | 2009-09-22 14:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS RS EZ PL |
09USNATO405 | U/S TAUSCHER'S NATO VISIT SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (C) Summary: U/S Tauscher met with Acting Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero and WMD Center head Jacek Bylica September 1 to discuss arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation issues. She reassured both NATO officials that the U.S. would continue to consult extensively with Allies -- [...] | 2009-09-24 11:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL NATO |
09USNATO406 | NATO CHIEFS OF DEFENSE ON THE STRATEGIC CONCEPT [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: At the September 23 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee reported that NATO Chiefs of Defense expressed concern at their September 18-19 Lisbon meeting that a military voice was not represented in the Group of Experts appointe [...] | 2009-09-24 14:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MCAP MOPS |
09USNATO409 | NAC STRESSES THAT KFOR DRAWDOWN MUST REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 23 Council meeting in KFOR contributing nations format, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Di Paola highlighted the lack of national pledges to fill key intelligence and reserve requirements during the KFOR Force Shaping Conference on September 8. He [...] | 2009-09-25 14:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO410 | RFG: STAFFING THE NATO LIAISON OFFICE IN TBILISI [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 8. The Problem ----------- 2. (C/NF) Allies will discuss at the September 29 PermReps' lunch the inability of NATO to staff -- via Voluntary National Contributions (VNC) -- the NATO Liaison Office in Tbilisi, which Foreign Ministers agreed [...] | 2009-09-25 15:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MCAP GG |
09USNATO411 | SEPTEMBER 17 HLTF REAFFIRMS NATO SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: During the September 17 HLTF meeting and related consultations the previous day, Allies welcomed the U.S.'s detailed readout of A/S Rose Gottemoeller's September 3 discussion of CFE with Russian Disarmament Director Antonov and expressed interest in the new ideas that were inform [...] | 2009-09-25 16:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO413 | RFG: RESPONDING TO NATO SECRETARY GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR NATO RUSSIA COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 17:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO RS |
09USNATO421 | ALLIES RECEIVE FURTHER DETAILS ON BALLISTIC [...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency team consulted with Allies at a special October 1 NAC on the evolving nature of the ballistic missile threat, and on additional details of the Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European missile defense (MD) first briefed to them September 17 (reftel). Allies wer [...] | 2009-10-01 16:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NATO |
09USNATO422 | NATO/VCC: SEPTEMBER 21 VCC AND EXPERTS - ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: Experts reviewed implementation coordination procedures in accordance with para 11 of AC/319-D(2009)001(INV) and agreed that, for the purposes of coordinating verification activities in November/December 2009, Allies should continue to use the procedures contained therein. The VC [...] | 2009-10-01 16:05:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO424 | NATO-RUSSIA: AFGHANISTAN, ARMS SALES AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin used the September 30 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to press Moscow's agenda on Afghanistan and plug potential Russian military sales to NATO, while attempting to avoid comment on the mystery surrounding the MV Arctic Sea hijacking. [...] | 2009-10-02 16:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO AF RS |
09USNATO425 | NATO-RUSSIA: AFGHANISTAN, ARMS SALES AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin used the September 30 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to press Moscow's agenda on Afghanistan and plug potential Russian military sales to NATO, while attempting to avoid comment on the mystery surrounding the MV Arctic Sea hijacking. [...] | 2009-10-02 16:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO AF RS |
09USNATO427 | BOSNIA APPLIES FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) During an October 2 visit to NATO Headquarters, Zeljko Komsic, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),delivered a letter to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen formally applying for BiH's entry into NATO's Membership Action Plan. Rasmussen distributed the letter to [...] | 2009-10-05 12:09:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PGOV MCAP PHUM PINS PNAT BK |
09USNATO432 | RUSSIAN CANDOR IN THE NATO-RUSSIA PREPCOM [...] (C) A mid-level member of the Russian Mission to NATO struck a notable tone of candor by admitting that significant daylight existed between Moscow and the Russian Mission to NATO on improving the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) and focusing the organization on meaningful areas of cooperation. In r [...] | 2009-10-07 05:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO433 | KFOR DRAWDOWN: CONDITIONS MUST BE RIGHT TO MOVE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO International Military Staff Assistant Director for Operations Major General Li Gobbi and KFOR Military Civil Advisory Division Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Polimeno on October 2 briefed the KFOR Policy Coordina [...] | 2009-10-07 08:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO443 | NATO SYG CONDEMNS KABUL BOMBING [...] (U) On October 8, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement condemning the bombing in Kabul that happened earlier that day. He also made special mention of the two members of the EU police mission in Afghanistan who were injured in the explosion. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary [...] | 2009-10-08 14:04:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PTER NATO PREL AF |
09USNATO444 | AFGHAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE: I SUPPORT MCCHRYSTAL'S [...] (SBU) On October 6, NATO Secretary General Fogh Rasmussen distributed to Allies a letter he received from Afghan Minister of Defense General Wardak (ref). In the letter, Wardak expressed his "wholehearted support for the findings of General McChrystal's assessment of the situation in Afghanis [...] | 2009-10-08 16:07:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PINS PTER AF |
09USNATO446 | NATO SYG CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OBAMA ON NOBEL [...] (U) On October 9, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement congratulating President Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary General's statement (which can be found on the NATO website) has been reproduced below: BEGIN TEXT 09 Oct. 2009 Pre [...] | 2009-10-09 14:05:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO OPRC PHUM |
09USNATO447 | NATO SYG OFFERS SUPPORT TO KAI EIDE AND UNAMA [...] (U) On October 12, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a press statement expressing the Alliance's support for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. He also expressed his and the Alliance's confidence in Kai Eide, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. 2. (U) The f [...] | 2009-10-12 11:57:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO UN AF |
09USNATO448 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S.-GEORGIA EXERCISE [...] (C/NF) PolOff delivered reftel points at the October 12 meeting of NATO's Political Committee. Allies appreciated the information, but offered no substantive response to these points. DAALDER [...] | 2009-10-13 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS GG |
09USNATO449 | MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA MAP: A SNAPSHOT OF ALLIED [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministerial quickly approaching, Allies are beginning to seriously discuss whether and how to respond to the applications of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to join the Membership Action Plan process. While most Allies do not beli [...] | 2009-10-13 18:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL BK MW GG UP |
09USNATO453 | FRENCH BLOCK ISAF-RELATED AWACS FUNDING; DEFENSE [...] (C/REL NATO) At the October 14 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the Deputy Secretary General noted that the Senior Resource Board (SRB) had been unable to reach agreement on common funding to underwrite the short-term use of British AWACS planes based out of Oman to support NATO's ISAF m [...] | 2009-10-15 14:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PGOV AF MU |
09USNATO457 | NAC UPDATED ON THE NATO TRAINING MISSION-IRAQ [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard briefed Allies at the October 14 meeting of the North Atlantic Council on the results of his October 10-11 visit to Baghdad. He said that he was struck by how positively NATO was viewed by Iraqi officials. He repor [...] | 2009-10-19 09:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS NATO IZ |
09USNATO461 | NATO SYG WELCOMES AFGHAN ELECTION DECISION [...] (U) On October 20, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement welcoming the decision to hold a second round of elections in Afghanistan. He said the decision showed respect for the democratic process and institutions in Afghanistan. He indicated his hope that the second round would [...] | 2009-10-20 15:11:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO AF |
09USNATO462 | BRIEFING ALLIES ON "NATO-IZING" MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 15:34:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PARM MARR PREL NATO |
09USNATO463 | BRIEFING ALLIES ON "NATO-IZING" MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Daalder and RADM Macy consulted with Allies October 20 on the U.S. Phased, Adaptive Approach (PAA) to missile defense, offering additional details to previous briefings and how PAA might fit into a NATO territorial missile defense mission. Allied reaction was uniform [...] | 2009-10-20 16:46:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PARM MARR PREL NATO |
09USNATO464 | ACTION REQUEST: BALTIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING: SOME [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Leaders in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are pressing hard for NATO Article 5 contingency planning for the Baltic states. President Obama and Secretary Clinton are on record supporting such contingency planning for Allies. A [...] | 2009-10-20 16:58:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PREL NATO ZB RS |
09USNATO465 | MARCHING TOWARDS DECEMBER: NATO DISCUSSES THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen presided over an informal session of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 20 to discuss views on the Western Balkans in preparation for decisions to be taken at the December Foreign Ministerial, a discussion informed by a n [...] | 2009-10-21 17:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL MW BK YI GG UP |
09USNATO469 | RFG: RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR THERMAL SIGHTS [...] (C/NF) During an October 20 social dinner, Russian Ambassador to NATO Rogozin asked Ambassador Daalder for his assistance in securing the sale of U.S. thermal weapons sights to the Russian Federation for use by the Russian Federal Security Service's (FSB's) Alpha Group. He also handed Daalde [...] | 2009-10-22 12:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL MASS MCAP NATO RS |
09USNATO47 | THE ROAD TO THE NATO SUMMIT AND BEYOND: ISSUES TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During its first 70 days in office, the Administration will face a NATO-heavy calendar. Success will require the Administration to address quickly several key issues, among them: the war in Afghanistan, NATO's relationship with Russia and Europe,s East, and the search for a new [...] | 2009-02-02 18:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RS |
09USNATO483 | NATO SYG CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UN IN KABUL [...] (U) On October 28, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement condemning the attack earlier in the day against a UN guesthouse in Kabul. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary General's statement follows: BEGIN TEXT 28 Oct. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 154 Statement by the Secret [...] | 2009-10-28 15:41:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER NATO UN PREL MOPS AF |
09USNATO484 | RFG: NATO SYG DROPS BOMBSHELL IN ABU DHABI RELATING TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AND ALLIANCE POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 09:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KPAL IS AE |
09USNATO485 | NATO SYG CONDEMNS PESHAWAR BOMBING [...] (U) On October 29, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement condemning the October 28 bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary General's statement follows: BEGIN TEXT 29 Oct. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 156 Statement by the Secretary General on the [...] | 2009-10-29 11:22:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER NATO PREL MOPS PK |
09USNATO490 | NATO SPECIAL COMMITTEE ISSUES: WORK PLAN, [...] (S/REL NATO) SUMMARY: At the October 28 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Allies were briefed on the draft 2010 Work Plan for the NATO Special Committee. The Special Committee serves as an advisory body on espionage and terrorist-related matters. The incoming Chair of the Committ [...] | 2009-10-30 13:00:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PINR PINS PREL PTER PROP MOPS NATO RS CH AF |
09USNATO491 | NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA OFFERS LITTLE AT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) held an October 21 discussion on Afghanistan and Pakistan that saw the U.S. and Allies ask Russia to provide additional assistance to Afghanistan, while Moscow offered nothing concrete and reiterated its call for the Alliance to work with the Collect [...] | 2009-10-30 13:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF PK RS |
09USNATO492 | RUSSIA SAYS IT FACES FINANCIAL CONTRAINTS [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Second Asia Department Deputy Director Ali Mustafabeli told Deputy to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (D/SRAP) Paul Jones on October 21 that Moscow was considering additional aid to Afghanistan, but was limited by the difficult financial situat [...] | 2009-10-30 13:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF PK RS |
09USNATO493 | NATO SYG CONGRATULATES KARZAI FOR BEING DECLARED [...] (U) On November 2, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement congratulating Hamid Karzai for being declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election by Afghan Independent Election Commission. Rasmussen also said that NATO will continue to work in support of the Afghan gover [...] | 2009-11-03 08:55:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS AF |
09USNATO494 | SECRETARY GENERAL'S THOUGHTS ON REFORM [...] (NC) At the October 20 PermReps' lunch, Secretary General Rasmussen drew from the following speaking notes on NATO reform: BEGIN TEXT NATO REFORM NATO cannot stand still. We must adapt to make sure we are in the best possible shape to meet the challenges this Alliance faces. We shou [...] | 2009-11-03 14:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | ABUD AFIN APER NATO PGOV PREL |
09USNATO495 | SYG'S PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER FOREIGN [...] (SBU) At the November 3 informal PermReps' lunch, NATO Secretary General (SG) Rasmussen distributed his proposed schedule for the December 3-4 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. 2. (SBU) The text of the Secretary General's proposed schedule follows: BEGIN TEXT 2009 Autumn Foreign Min [...] | 2009-11-03 15:25:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO RS GG UP AF |
09USNATO496 | NEW GERMAN COALITION AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: On 29 October 2009 the German Representative to the Nuclear Planning Group Staff Group (NPG-SG) came with formal instructions from the German Ministry of Defense to emphasize that, while the new German coalition agreement calls for the active support of new disarmament and arms co [...] | 2009-11-03 16:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC NATO KNNP KACT |
09USNATO497 | NATO SYG PROPOSES REGULAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. NATO Secretary General Rasmussen hosted Ambassador Daalder for breakfast November 3 to discuss Alliance issues and improving coordination with the PermReps. Rasmussen was particularly interested in coordinating closely with the US and suggested regular one-on-one meetings with t [...] | 2009-11-03 17:22:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS MARR PREL PARM RU AF |
09USNATO498 | GERMANS PUSH NATO DEBATE ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (S) Summary: In his first meetings with two NATO counterparts and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is pushing his government's new policy to seek the withdrawal of U.S. nuclear weapons from German soil. In discussions with Dutch FM Verhagen, Belgi [...] | 2009-11-03 17:50:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MNUC PREL KACT NATO |
09USNATO501 | DUTCH SAY U.S. AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE MUST BE A [...] (C) Summary. In a November 3 meeting, Dutch PM Cabinet Director Richard van Zwol told USNATO Ambassador Daalder the Dutch were in a political deadlock over their Afghanistan contributions and the Prime Minister was attempting to unlock it. He urged the US to deliver a strong message privately [...] | 2009-11-05 09:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL AF |
09USNATO502 | NATO STATEMENT ON USG CONSULTATIONS WITH ALLIES [...] (U) NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement on the November 5 visit to NATO headquarters of a senior USG interagency team for consultations on Afghanistan with Allies and non-NATO troop contributing nations. (Note: The substance of the consultations will be reported septel.) 2. [...] | 2009-11-05 17:31:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MCAP MARR NATO AF |
09USNATO505 | U.S. TEAM CONSULTS WITH ISAF PARTNERS ON [...] (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 5, a senior level USG interagency team consulted with NATO Allies and non-NATO ISAF troop contributing countries on the way ahead in Afghanistan, including how to respond to GEN McChrystal's assessment and resource request. The U.S. team stressed that the Pres [...] | 2009-11-06 18:53:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF PK |
09USNATO506 | RFG: JOINT REVIEW OF NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 4. 2. (C) NATO Secretary General Rasmussen released on November 9 a draft Ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of common threats facing NATO and Russia, an initiative first laid out by the SecGen in his September 18 speech on NAT [...] | 2009-11-09 15:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO507 | SECURING ADDITIONAL ALLIED/PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Summary: When President Obama announces his decision on possible U.S. troop increases for Afghanistan, the impact could be far greater if other Allied and Partner leaders would announce increases of their own either simultaneously or in close succession. Several Allies and Partners have [...] | 2009-11-09 15:44:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO MCAP MARR AF |
09USNATO51 | NATO/IRAQ: ONE-TWO PUNCH MAY KO THE NATO TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal status and force protection challenges could strike severe -- if not fatal blows -- to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) at a time when the political will exists with our European Allies to expand their support for Iraqi Security Forces. First and most dangerous, [...] | 2009-02-04 17:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
09USNATO510 | SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO DEPLOY PRT TO PARWAN; SEEKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 10, South Korean Minister Counselor Kim Hong-Kyun demarched USNATO personnel, informing them of Seoul's strong preference to deploy its recently announced Provincial Reconstruction Team to Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Kim requested U.S. support in this matter, citin [...] | 2009-11-10 15:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF PK KS |
09USNATO511 | CORRECTED COPY: U.S. TEAM CONSULTS WITH ISAF [...] (S/REL ISAF) This cable is a corrected copy including additional comments by the Deputy Assistant to the President and the Vice President's National Security Advisor, Tony Blinken. 2. (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 5, a senior level USG interagency team consulted with NATO Allies and no [...] | 2009-11-10 16:37:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF PK |
09USNATO512 | UN REQUESTS NATO ASSISTANCE FOR CONGO MISSION [...] (SBU) On November 6, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard distributed to Allies a United Nations request for NATO assistance in the form of equipment and training aids for a unit of 200 Tanzanian trainers that will train the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of th [...] | 2009-11-10 17:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP MOPS MARR PINS PGOV UN NATO |
09USNATO513 | COUNTER-PIRACY: EXCHANGE OF MARITIME COMMAND FOR [...] (U) On November 9, Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) took over responsibility for NATO's counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2). SMNG1 is commanded by Portuguese Rear Admiral Jose Domingos Pereira de Cunha. 2. (U) The four ships cur [...] | 2009-11-11 14:48:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS EWWT PBTS PHSA MCAP MARR PREL SO XA XO |
09USNATO514 | NATO-RUSSIA: ROGOZIN SAYS MOSCOW REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin explained to NATO PermReps on November 9 his difficulty in dealing with Moscow's skepticism regarding cooperation with NATO, and how he intended to overcome this situation by inviting high-level Russian officials and experts to take part [...] | 2009-11-11 15:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO518 | NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA DELAYING NRC PROGRESS [...] (C) NATO International Staff on November 11 canceled the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee meeting scheduled for November 12 after the Chair determined that the meeting would have been "a waste of time" because the Russian Mission indicated that, once again, they would fail to hav [...] | 2009-11-12 11:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO519 | PAKISTAN: DISCUSSION OF A STRATEGIC ROLE FOR NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 4, the North Atlantic Council discussed progress in implementing the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit decision to build a broader political and practical relationship between NATO and Pakistan. NATO SYG Rasmussen said NATO would enhance the political dialogue, expand militar [...] | 2009-11-13 08:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF PK |
09USNATO52 | JANUARY 29 HLTF: ALLIES WILLING TO WAIT FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the January 29 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, two clear messages - pointedly directed at the U.S. - emerged. First, Allies continue to place high importance on a unified NATO strategy for retaining the CFE regime and getting it back on track. Many specifically not [...] | 2009-02-04 17:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO520 | HIGHREP INZKO PRESSES NATO ON MAP FOR BIH [...] (C) Summary: High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Inzko briefed the NAC on November 11. Inzko, supported by Ambassador Daalder and many other PermReps, provided a negative assessment of the situation in BiH and stressed the need to support the U.S.-EU "Butmir process." Inzko [...] | 2009-11-13 17:23:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS BK |
09USNATO521 | NATO-RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES AGREE NRC MUST FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 06:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PTER SENV NATO RS |
09USNATO522 | NOVEMBER 5 HLTF MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the November 5 HLTF, Allies welcomed the U.S. proposal to revise NATO's NAC Communique message on CFE to reflect the Alliance's growing concern about Russia's continuing suspension of implementation of CFE. Most Allies also agreed in principle to the U.S.'s specific suggestion [...] | 2009-11-16 15:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO523 | NATO-RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES AGREE NRC MUST FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 11 informal NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting on a Ministerial tasking to launch a Joint Review of 21st Century Security Challenges, NATO Allies argued that this initiative should proceed only if agreement was also reached on the "Taking the NRC Forward" paper and t [...] | 2009-11-16 16:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PTER SENV NATO RS |
09USNATO525 | COUNTER-PIRACY WORKING GROUP CHAIR CALLS FOR NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 9, the Chairman of Working Group One (WG1) of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Chris Holtby (UK),briefed the NATO Policy Coordination Group (PCG) on regional capacity-building and urged NATO to play a role in training. NATO Deputy As [...] | 2009-11-17 09:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR MCAP EWWT PBTS PHSA |
09USNATO526 | NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA PULLS THE PLUG ON NRC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Russia told the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee on November 17 that it was no longer interested in continuing six months of work on the reform document "Taking the NRC Forward," and urged the NRC to instead focus on the proposed Joint Review of common security cha [...] | 2009-11-17 17:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO527 | NATO SYG STATEMENT ON KOSOVO ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 17:57:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NATO KV |
09USNATO528 | NATO MISSILE DEFENSE: NEED TO PUSH SOME ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: Allies have welcomed the President's Phased, Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European missile defense, but some key Allies require additional USG attention on this issue before we can garner unanimous support in the December Ministerial communique. Some Allies question our push for [...] | 2009-11-18 16:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NATO |
09USNATO529 | NATO-RUSSIA: NO RESPONSE FROM ROGOZIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 16:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO530 | NATO ALLIES TELL BOSNIAN FM THAT REFORMS ARE [...] (C) Summary: Bosnia-Herzegovina's Foreign Minister failed in a November 17 informal meeting with NATO PermReps to push Allies towards consensus that Ministers should grant Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in December. Most PermReps rejected the FM's assertion that pro [...] | 2009-11-18 17:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO BK TU IT NO |
09USNATO531 | NATO SYG STATEMENT ON KARZAI INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 11:55:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF |
09USNATO532 | LITHUANIAN MOD DISCUSSES NATO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a November 17 meeting with Ambassador Daalder, Lithuanian Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene underscored the importance of NATO contingency planning to Vilnius and asked about the status of U.S. thinking on the subject. Ambassador Daalder said the issue was still being studied in [...] | 2009-11-19 15:35:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MCAP NATO LH ZB RS |
09USNATO534 | NATO SYG PRESSES HUNGARY AND ROMANIA FOR MORE ISAF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The U.S. Deputy Director of the Secretary General's Private Office Jeff Rathke (strictly protect) told us that Secretary General Rasmussen pressed Hungary and Romania on November 19 for additional troops for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. [...] | 2009-11-19 16:58:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR MASS NATO AF HU RO SP |
09USNATO539 | RFG: DRAFT DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 16:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS GG UP AF |
09USNATO540 | NATO-RUSSIA: ROGOZIN UNCLEAR ON WHY MOSCOW PULLED [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Mission to NATO has painted a picture of disarray within the Moscow interagency to explain Russia's decision to pull the plug on NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reform. The Mission proposed that at their December meeting, NRC Foreign Ministers issue a new tasking for refor [...] | 2009-11-20 17:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
09USNATO541 | RFG: DRAFT DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Attached is the initial draft of the statement for the NATO Foreign Ministerial to be held in Brussels December 3 and 4, 2009. Reflecting the Secretary General's desire to have much shorter, "punchier" document that only raises is [...] | 2009-11-20 17:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS GG UP AF |
09USNATO542 | SHAPE BRIEFS NAC ON NATO TRAINING MISSION - [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: At a November 18 NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan (NTM-A) briefing, Brigadier Simon Porter, Allied Command Operations Chief of Plans, told Allies and non-NATO ISAF troop contributors "real progress" has been made in standing up the mission. LTG William B. Caldwell wil [...] | 2009-11-20 18:55:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF |
09USNATO546 | NATO-RUSSIA: NAC DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MILITARY EXERCISES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 13:23:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS NATO RS |
09USNATO548 | NATO/VCC: NOVEMBER 16-17 VCC AND EXPERTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 12:18:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | KCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR XG ZK |
09USNATO549 | SERBIA WANTS MTA CHANGE; CONSIDERING IPAP FOR 2011 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Serbian MFA Director General for NATO and Defense Affairs Vujic told USNATO DCM Heffern on November 24 that Defense Minister Sutanovac would present Belgrade's ideas for changes to the Military Technical Agreement (MTA) to Secretary of Defense Gates when they meet on November 30. [...] | 2009-11-25 13:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
09USNATO550 | SYG'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY REGARDING THE [...] (SBU) On November 24, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen provided us with a copy of a letter to the Secretary regarding NATO's December 3-4 Foreign Ministerial (letter e-mailed to EUR/RPM). The text of the Secretary General's letter to the Secretary follows: BEGIN TEXT SG(2009)0932 24 N [...] | 2009-11-26 12:58:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO OVIP OPDC MOPS MCAP MARR XG RS AF |
09USNATO551 | NATO/VCC: NOVEMBER 16-17 VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (S/REL NATO) Summary: At the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC) and VCC meeting of Experts on 16-17 November, the U.S. secured Allied agreement to conduct one Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) evaluation in the Russian Federation and VD99 inspections in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Finland and Switze [...] | 2009-11-27 11:21:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | KCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR XG ZK |
09USNATO552 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S/NF) The following message for the Secretary is being transmitted in memo format: BEGIN TEXT November 27, 2009 MEMORANDUM For: Secretary Clinton From: Ivo Daalder Subject: Your Participation in the NATO Foreign Ministerial Madam Secretary: This ministerial may be one of ) [...] | 2009-11-27 12:38:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP PARM PINS OVIP AF |
09USNATO554 | TURKEY INVITING FOREIGN MINISTERS TO HAVE A [...] (C) Summary: Turkey intends to invite NATO Foreign Ministers to a separate meeting to discuss granting MAP to Bosnia. Unless directed otherwise USNATO will work to oppose this move. End summary. 2. (C) Turkey announced in a November 27 communique negotiation for the December 3-4 NATO Fore [...] | 2009-11-27 15:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO BK TU NO |
09USNATO555 | RFG: ISAF DECISION MAKING - INVOLVING NON-NATO [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Several non-NATO troop contributing nations to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, particularly Australia and New Zealand, have pressed for a larger role in the ISAF-related decision process at NATO [...] | 2009-11-27 18:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO AS NZ AF |
09USNATO556 | DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN AT THE NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 09:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO557 | NATO-RUSSIA: DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: During a November 25 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ambassadorial meeting, NATO Allies and the Secretary General expressed their frustration with the Russian decision to end work on the reform document "Taking the NRC Forward," and reminded Russian Ambassador Rogozin that this was part [...] | 2009-11-30 11:17:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO559 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES WANT RUSSIA TO SHOW ITS CARDS [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General appealed to Russia during a December 1 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) to approve a plan for NRC reform, and reminded Russia that failure to do so put at risk the entire package of deliverables for the upcoming NRC Ministerial. The Russian Ambassador to NATO said [...] | 2009-12-01 17:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO CA RS |
09USNATO560 | NATO SYG STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 08:18:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL NATO MARR MASS PGOV AF |
09USNATO561 | ACTION REQUEST: A DECISION ON NATO CONTINGENCY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: NATO contingency planning will be on the agenda during a December 16 meeting of Baltic and Polish leaders. It is also on the draft agenda of the Secretary General's December 10 meeting with SACEUR and the Chairman of the NATO [...] | 2009-12-02 11:14:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MCAP MARR LH LG EN PL |
09USNATO562 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES AGREE TO RUSSIAN PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to force Russia into a position where it must agree to cooperate with NATO or be exposed as unwilling, Allies agreed on December 2 to accept all of Russia's proposed changes to three key NATO-Russia Council (NRC) documents that are potential deliverables for the NRC Minis [...] | 2009-12-03 11:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO563 | RFG: HOW TO KEEP THE DUTCH IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance by OOB Brussels time on December 4. See para 7. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. On December 2, the U.S. Ambassador and NATO Secretary General (SYG) Rasmussen received a demarche from The Dutch PermRep to NATO, Frank Majoor, requesting options The Hague could pursue t [...] | 2009-12-03 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO AF |
09USNATO564 | CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT OF THE NATO-GEORGIA COMMISSION [...] (U) Following the December 3 meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) at the level of Foreign Ministers, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen -- in his role as Chairman of the NGC -- issued the following Chairman's Statement: BEGIN TEXT: 03 Dec. 2009 Chairman's Statement Meeting of t [...] | 2009-12-04 07:53:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO PBTS MOPS PINS GG AF |
09USNATO565 | NATO-UKRAINE COMMISSION: CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT FOR [...] (U) Following the December 3 NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, in his role as Chairman of the NUC, issued the following statement on his own authority: BEGIN TEXT: 03 Dec. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 188 Chairman [...] | 2009-12-04 08:46:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MASS MCAP MARR TBIO UP |
09USNATO567 | ISAF MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The following statement on Afghanistan was issued following the December 4 meeting in Brussels of Foreign Ministers from countries participating in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan: BEGIN TEXT: Statement on Afghanistan by Ministers of Foreign Affair [...] | 2009-12-04 14:00:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP MASS NATO AF PK |
09USNATO569 | FINAL STATEMENT OF THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (U) NATO Foreign Ministers issued the following statement following statement at the conclusion of their December 3-4 meeting in Brussels: BEGIN TEXT Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Foreign Ministers held at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, on 4 December 2009 Â [...] | 2009-12-04 15:03:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP MASS AF KV MW BK |
09USNATO57 | NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) held a Plenary meeting at NATO HQ on 14 Jan 09. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Joe Benkert of the U.S. (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs) and Mr. John Laugerud of the Norwegian MOD. Major items dis [...] | 2009-02-06 16:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO570 | HEADLINES OF A SUCCESSFUL FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 15:32:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP MASS NATO XG AF RS |
09USNATO571 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009 [...] (U) December 3, 2009; 1500; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Amb. Ivo Daalder EUR A/S Phil Gordon EUR Deputy A/S Robert Wood Special Assistant Amy Scanlon USNATO PolAd Kelly Degnan (notetaker) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen [...] | 2009-12-04 18:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO MARR MOPS BK |
09USNATO573 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assista [...] | 2009-12-08 12:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO UP RS |
09USNATO575 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 5:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder Brian Greaney (Notetaker) Georgia Foreig [...] | 2009-12-08 13:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO GG RS |
09USNATO579 | NATO-RUSSIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIA'S LATEST DRAFT TREATY LIMITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS ABROAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-09 08:22:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO RS |
09USNATO580 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 3, 2009; 8:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special As [...] | 2009-12-10 09:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO PGOV MOPS |
09USNATO581 | NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA "BRIEFS" NRC ON MILITARY EXERCISES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 10:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS NATO RS |
09USNATO585 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary: Allies agreed during a December 14 NAC that the Russian proposal for a new treaty with NATO was a non-starter and affirmed that the Russian initiative would not create divisions within the Alliance. There were differences over tactics: German, the SecGen and some other Allies w [...] | 2009-12-14 17:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO588 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S) The Polish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian PermReps, and Secretary General Rasmussen, welcomed the U.S. decision to support expanding the NATO contingency plan for Poland, EAGLE GUARDIAN, to include the Baltic countries. Ambassador Daalder, accompanied by German Ambassador Ulrich Brandenburg [...] | 2009-12-16 15:00:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR NATO |
09USNATO593 | NATO-RUSSIA: NUCLEAR EXPERTS CAUTIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) On December 17, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Nuclear Experts considered a proposed table top exercise (TTX) involving a response to an improvised nuclear device (IND) in 2010. The Chair proposed that the TTX could be a stand alone event or serve as an initial planning conference for a f [...] | 2009-12-18 13:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC MOPS NATO RS |
09USNATO595 | NATO-RUSSIA: SECRETARY GENERAL'S TRIP TO MOSCOW [...] (U) Below is a written summary provided by Secretary General Rasmussen of his December 15-17 visit to Moscow. The SecGen's schedule included meetings with President Medvedev, Premier Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, and Russian Parliamentar [...] | 2009-12-21 15:02:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO596 | WAY FORWARD ON SUPPORTING EUPOL EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We believe there may be an opportunity to enhance ISAF support for the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL). Turkey and EU officials have indicated privately that they might be open to engaging on such an initiative. Unless instructed otherwise, USNATO intends to work inform [...] | 2009-12-22 15:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV EUN MARR AF PINS |
09USNATO597 | POLES REQUEST SHORT DELAY ON CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S) Poland's NATO Deputy PermRep Adam Bugajski informed Charge December 22 that Warsaw plans to issue a non-paper on the proposed inclusion of the three Baltic countries in NATO's EAGLE GUARDIAN plan, which currently addresses the protection of Poland (reftel A). Bugajski requested the US rev [...] | 2009-12-22 15:15:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MCAP MARR PREL NATO PL |
09USNATO6 | NATO/IRAQ: ALLIES SEEK LEGAL PROTECTIONS SIMILAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Allies at the January 7 North Atlantic Council meeting expressed strong political support for the continuation of the NATO Training Mission ) Iraq (NTM-I),but grave concern about the ambiguities of the current legal status for the mission. Allies sought clarification as to [...] | 2009-01-08 17:43:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
09USNATO61 | NATO-GEORGIA COMMISSION EXAMINES NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the February 4 NATO-Georgia Commission Meeting, Allies were united in support of Georgia's territorial integrity. Allies also stressed their desire to see Tbilisi advance its domestic reforms and to make maximum use of the recently agreed Annual National Program process. G [...] | 2009-02-13 10:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PARM PINR PREL GG RS |
09USNATO62 | 5 FEB 2009 VVC AND EXPERTS: TURKEY NEARLY SCUTTLES 2009 VD 99 VERIFICATION COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 14:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
09USNATO63 | READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Discussion focused on scheduling strategic instructed dialogues prior to the Krakow Defense Ministers, meeting on the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, crafting an interim response to the Afghan-proposed military technical agreement, and Pa [...] | 2009-02-13 15:56:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NATO PREL |
09USNATO72 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: ISAF Senior Civilian Representative Fernando Gentilini said the Afghan constitution gives no clear guidance on who should govern during the period between the expiration of President Karzai,s mandate on May 22 and the elections on August [...] | 2009-02-19 16:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USNATO73 | ALLIES RECEPTIVE TO FRANK PRESENTATION BY PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary: General Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, held a well-received consultation with NATO Permanent Representatives on February 12. Allies were surprised by and receptive to his frankness. Petraeus reassured Allies that the U.S. will complete its Afghanistan strategic r [...] | 2009-02-20 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF |
09USNATO75 | FORGING A BROADER NATO-PAKISTAN PARTNERSHIP? [...] (S/NF) This cable provides food-for-though for the Afghanistan/Pakistan Strategic Review, as seen from USNATO, on whether and how NATO could respond to Pakistan's interest in a broader relationship with NATO. We would of course welcome in particular Embassy Islamabad and Embassy New Delhi vie [...] | 2009-02-24 10:56:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO MOPS PREL MARR MCAP ELTN KPAO PK AF IN |
09USNATO78 | MULTI-COUNTRY NATO TOUR FOR OPINION MAKERS, MARCH [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4-7 below. 2. SUMMARY: USNATO announces a multi-country opinion-maker tour which will be Brussels based and focus on the key topics of the April 3-4 NATO Summit. This is an opportunity for journalists to gain valuable insight on the most important i [...] | 2009-02-25 16:31:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO OEXC OIIP PREL KPAO |
09USNATO9 | NATO/IRAQ: DENMARK AND PORTUGAL TEMPORARILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark and Portugal decided to withdraw their NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) personnel from Iraq until the legal status of the mission can be clarified. The Czech Republic and Hungary may follow suit. NATO negotiators will meet with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Baghdad next week t [...] | 2009-01-14 16:30:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
09USNATO90 | NATO SECRETARIAT AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON [...] (C) The NATO Secretariat agrees with the United States that Slovenia must continue to do everything in its power to complete its ratification process in order to allow Croatia to join NATO in advance of the April 2-4 NATO Summit. NATO will continue to encourage Slovenia to find ways to complete [...] | 2009-03-06 17:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KTIA HR SI AL |
09USNATO97 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 15:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USOSCE1 | NEXT STEPS ON AN OSCE FIELD MISSION MANDATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Whether it was their full intention, Russian obstructionism at the OSCE in Vienna over the last few weeks has resulted in a planned closure of the OSCE Mission to Georgia starting o January 1. Despite a series of creative approahes by the outgoing Finnish Chairmanship to reset he [...] | 2009-01-01 10:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE GG PREL |
09USOSCE10 | CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...] | 2009-01-23 17:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE105 | OPEN SKIES APRIL 27: BIH CHAIRMANSHIP BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bosnia and Herzegovina began its chairmanship of the Opens Skies Consultative Commission with the first plenary meeting of the spring 2009 session on April 27. The chair of the Informal Working Group on Sensors reported progress on technical revisions to Decision 14. Russia re [...] | 2009-04-28 10:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE111 | OSCE: 2009 ANNUAL GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-six OSCE participating States, including Russia, provided worldwide information on their national military forces as part of the annual Global Exchange of Military Information, a confidence building mechanism originating in the 1992 Helsinki Document. End summary. 2. [...] | 2009-04-30 13:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE XG |
09USOSCE112 | FSC APRIL 29: GEORGIA TAKES THE CHAIR, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia got off to a good start with its Forum for Security Cooperation chairmanship, which will run to late July. The Georgian deputy defense minister, Giorgi Muchaidze, delivered uncontroversial opening remarks, mentioning problems related to the August 2008 war without provo [...] | 2009-04-30 14:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE118 | CFE/JCG: MAY 5 PLENARY - RUSSIA TRIES TO TURN [...] (SBU) Summary. During the U.S.-chaired May 5 JCG Plenary, Russia repeated MFA criticisms of the CFE text of the NATO Summit declaration and presented its Aide-Memoire to all CFE States Parties as Russia's official position on how to restore the viability of the CFE regime on the basis of the [...] | 2009-05-06 14:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE119 | FSC MAY 6: FSC SUPPORTS COMPROMISE ASRC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation supported its Georgian chair's letter to the Permanent Council endorsing the Annual Security Review Conference agenda, until recently the pretext of another Georgian-Russian disagreement. Germany introduced Food-for-Thought papers on review of [...] | 2009-05-07 07:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE122 | CFE/JCG: MAY 12 PLENARY - RUSSIA ADVOCATES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia cited chapter and verse of Article XVI of the CFE Treaty to support its contention that the JCG should fulfill its mandate by contributing more proactively to efforts to save the CFE Treaty. The Russian Chief Arms Control Delegate (Ulyanov) argued that the JCG historical [...] | 2009-05-14 11:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE123 | FSC MAY 13: STOCKPILE AND BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova and the OSCE proposed construction of new facilities to improve the safety of munitions storage facilities near Chisinau at the cost of 834,000 euros and requested participating State financial support. Tajikistan outlined its Border Security and Management Strategy and [...] | 2009-05-14 16:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD TI XG |
09USOSCE127 | REDESIGNING EUROPE'S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE - IT'S ALL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 13:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL |
09USOSCE128 | OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 06:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE129 | OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 08:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE13 | FSC JANUARY 28: RUSSIA CALLS OUT GEORGIA FOR VD99 [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia sharply criticized Georgia for its refusal of Russian requests for Vienna Document inspection and evaluation. Dismissing Georgia's defense of force majeure as insubstantial, Russia said Georgia had only itself to blame for the conditions it cited in refusing the inspect [...] | 2009-01-29 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE GG RS XG |
09USOSCE131 | CFE: CFE/JCG: MAY 19 PLENARY - NO SCHEDULE YET; [...] (U) Summary. During the May 19 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia objected to holding the first JCG meeting of the fall session on September 15 as proposed in a Draft Decision. Russia argued it should be on September 8, immediately following the opening meeting of the Permanent C [...] | 2009-05-20 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE132 | FSC MAY 20: RUSSIA RETURNS TO NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia again proposed naval CSBMs and asked that they be included on the June 3 working group agenda. Code of Conduct expert Alexander Lambert praised the updated Code questionnaire but lamented the "imbalance" caused by additional questions related to terrorism. The decision [...] | 2009-05-22 14:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD RS XG |
09USOSCE134 | FSC MAY 27: U.S.-MOROCCO SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Dialogue included an account of the U.S.-Morocco hosted seminar on conventional arms and regional security in Rabat, April 14-15. The U.S., Morocco, Spain, and France described the seminar, which sought coordinated regional responses to the proliferation of weapon [...] | 2009-05-28 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MO RS XG |
09USOSCE137 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 2: RUSSIA ACCUSES WESTERN STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 2 JCG plenary, Russia inquired whether delegations wished to comment on the Russian Aide-Memoire, "Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward," distributed to the JCG on May 5. The U.S. noted that the Aide-Memoire was not up for negotiation in the [...] | 2009-06-03 14:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE138 | FSC JUNE 3: ALLIES COOL TO RUSSIAN NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. reacted skeptically to Russia's renewed call for naval CSBMs in the OSCE "maritime area." The U.S. said the measures were unnecessary given Russia's ready access to naval exercises in international waters and the high level of routine coop [...] | 2009-06-04 15:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE14 | OPEN SKIES: JANUARY 26 PLENARY AND IWGRP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Chairman,s Statement on allowable video sensors was not adopted at its 26 January plenary because the Russian delegation lacked its final instructions from Moscow to join consensus. The Russians expect a green light for approval in [...] | 2009-02-02 06:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE140 | OPEN SKIES: JUNE 15: RUSSIA LAST HOLDOUT ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) on June 15 consensus continued to emerge supporting the draft decision on proposed dates for the U.S.-chaired Second Review Conference (June 7-9, 2010). Russia awaits a final go-ahead from Moscow, but assured USDel that it fully [...] | 2009-06-15 12:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09USOSCE141 | TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT A CHARTER FOR THE OSCE? [...] Many countries, led by Russia, have long argued that the legal status of the OSCE should be upgraded to that of a full-fledged international organization. Doing so would remove legal uncertainties hanging over the personnel, improve efficiencies and reduce costs. While there is a general c [...] | 2009-06-15 15:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE AORC PREL |
09USOSCE144 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 16: RUSSIA ACCUSES NATO OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 16 JCG plenary, Russia accused most of its CFE partners of demonstrating a distorted sense of the Russian position regarding CFE and the parallel actions package during the June 9-10 conventional arms control meetings in Berlin. Russia singled out Canada and the [...] | 2009-06-18 10:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE145 | FSC-PC JUNE 17: GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA; OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE, EU, and UN co-chairs of the Geneva talks on Georgia lauded the ongoing discussions, but called for concrete results and limited institutionalizing of the process with detailed agendas and regular meetings, particularly in light of the closing of UNOMIG and the OSCE Mi [...] | 2009-06-19 14:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE146 | SCENESETTER FOR CORFU OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Your decision to attend this first-of-its-kind informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu is a strong signal of your commitment to reinvigorate the OSCE. It marks a return to high-level American engagement at the OSCE after a four-year absence by the U.S. Secretary of State from ministerial-level [...] | 2009-06-19 14:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP OSCE XG XH |
09USOSCE147 | OSCE: LAVROV AT ASRC ADDS LITTLE ON NEW SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the opening session of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) June 23, Russian FM Lavrov ploughed familiar ground in terms of the rationale and outline of the Russian proposals to strengthen European security architecture. He attributed much of the deterio [...] | 2009-06-23 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE15 | CFE/JCG: 27 JANUARY PLENARY - AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the January 27 Joint Consultative Group plenary, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia clashed in another round of lengthy dueling statements. This followed charges last week by Azerbaijan regarding Russian CFE Treaty-limited equipment transshipped through Armenia into Nagorno-K [...] | 2009-02-02 10:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM |
09USOSCE151 | OSCE 2009 ASRC SESSION II, STATES WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Session II of the 2009 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) on June 24 centered on arms control and CSBMs--in particular the status of CFE, CSBMs, Russia's European Security Initiative and the value of expanded dialogue. The keynote speakers, Klaus-Peter Gottwald of the Germ [...] | 2009-06-29 10:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE153 | CFE/JCG:JUNE 30:RUSSIA REPEATS ACCUSATIONS OF NATO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a relatively lengthy JCG meeting, Canada refuted Russia's 16 June claim that Canada did not understand Russia's views on actions versus words. Russia commented on its Aide-Memoire, stating that the Parallel Actions Package requires considerable work to flesh out necessary d [...] | 2009-07-02 10:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE154 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 1 PLENARY AND WGS--MONDEM LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In the July 1 FSC Security Dialogue Montenegro Demilitarization Program (MONDEM) Chief Technical Advisor Surprenant recounted the progress on its munitions demilitarization and storage projects in Montenegro. MONDEM's mandate was extended until December 2010, after which, the G [...] | 2009-07-02 14:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE156 | CFE/JCG--JULY 7: RUSSIA INSISTS FLANK LIMITS MUST [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 7 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Belgium delivered a joint statement on behalf of 22 NATO states, criticizing Russia for not providing its supplementary flank data as of 1 July as required by the Flank Agreement. Using this segue, Russia (Ulyanov) referred to the [...] | 2009-07-08 16:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE157 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 8 PLENARY U.S. AND RUSSIA SHARE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 12:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE16 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 3 PLENARY - AZERI/ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 3 Joint Consultative Group heard another exchange of accusations between Azerbaijan and Armenia regarding excess holdings of Treaty-limited equipment. The JCG POET working group met briefly with little result. At the JCG-T, the Dutch provided a readout of the Ja [...] | 2009-02-04 16:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM |
09USOSCE164 | OSCE MINISTERIAL LAUNCHES "CORFU PROCESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever "informal" OSCE Ministerial debated European security issues on June 27-28, revealing a broad convergence among most delegations in support of the U.S. approach that current European security institutions remain sound (but could be improved),and that discussions on [...] | 2009-07-16 07:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS RU OSCE |
09USOSCE166 | CFE/JCG: 14 JULY PLENARY - RUSSIA RE-SETS OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of the 700th JCG Plenary, the Belarus Chair made some remarks highlighting the importance the JCG itself has played in the history of the Treaty. Russia said there were no grounds to be proud of the JCG during the last 10 years, and hopes the situation will imp [...] | 2009-07-16 14:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE167 | OSCE/FSC: 15 JULY PLENARY--1540 BEST PRACTICE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 17:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE168 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: JULY 13 PLENARY - SECOND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 13 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) agreed that the dates for the second Review Conference (RC) would be 7-9 June 2010 under U.S. Chairmanship. The draft decision on Rules of Procedure for the RC was circulated for adoption at the September plenary. USDel has [...] | 2009-07-17 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE169 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: CONTACT GROUP SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) met July 8 with the OSCE Personal Representative for Dayton Article IV (PR),Italian Brigadier General Costanzo Periotto and his staff, to discuss the PR's proposal for the ownership plan. This envisions a multi-year gradual transfer of t [...] | 2009-07-20 13:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
09USOSCE170 | CFE/JCG JULY 21: RUSSIA PROVIDES ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 21 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russia raised three issues which it urged delegations to reflect on over the summer recess: a response to the U.S. December 2008 document on the legality of Russia's "suspension"; the case for provisional application of A/CFE; and [...] | 2009-07-21 16:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE171 | CFE/JCG: JANUARY-JULY 2009, END OF ROUND: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 winter/spring round of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, juxtaposed with Russia's counter allegations of "gross NATO violations" and, after the Spring recess, a new focus on pres [...] | 2009-07-23 13:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE172 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 22 RUSSIAN "LESSONS LEARNED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the final plenary before the summer break of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),Russia made a lengthy statement outlining the lessons learned from the August 2008 war in Georgia. While Russia made what it considered to be a strong case that Georgian President Saakas [...] | 2009-07-24 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE173 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: JANUARY-JULY 2009 END OF ROUND; [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter/spring session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw initial preparation for the second Review Conference, incremental progress on the draft decision for digital sensors, agreement on a consolidated Cost decision, and discussion of airspace restriction [...] | 2009-07-24 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE18 | FSC FEBRUARY 4: EU MILITARY HEAD ON BOSNIA AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: French General Bentegeat, chair of the EU military committee, reviewed current EU military operations and the European Security and Defense Policy in the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 4. Bentegeat said EU cooperation with NATO and the U.S. was good. Belarus called [...] | 2009-02-05 14:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE181 | OSCE,S CORFU PROCESS COMES A BIT MORE INTO FOCUS [...] Summary: The OSCE,s Greek Chairmanship has assembled an outline for how it intends to proceed this autumn on a comprehensive review of European security, known as the Corfu process. Leading up to a possible declaration or decision at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial the Greek chairmanship [...] | 2009-08-05 14:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE RU |
09USOSCE182 | OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...] | 2009-08-05 15:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE183 | OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...] | 2009-08-06 07:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE184 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 27 - 31, 2009 [...] (U) A team of election experts from the OSCE/ODIHR Mission arrived in Kabul July 26 to support conduct of the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan. The 20 experts from the mission will assist election stakeholders in Afghanistan, including election administra [...] | 2009-08-06 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RU KZ GG KG MK BK |
09USOSCE187 | CHARGE FULLER MEETS KAZAKHSTAN DFM ZHIGALOV [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Fuller, Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov reiterated his country's priorities in anticipation of its 2010 role as OSCE Chair-in-Office (CIO),including focusing on frozen conflicts, the Corfu process, energy, transportati [...] | 2009-08-20 15:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KZ OSCE PHUM PREL |
09USOSCE188 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: U.S. CHANGES TO LETTER FOR [...] (C) The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) countries of Russia, Italy, Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. have confirmed full support for the U.S.-recommended changes (ref a) to the Contact Group letter to be sent to the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV. Inter ali [...] | 2009-08-21 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR OSCE PARM PREL SR |
09USOSCE195 | CFE/JCG: 2009 FALL OPENING OF ROUND--RUSSIA MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the opening session of the Fall round of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCG) on September 8, USDel underscored the U.S. commitment to CFE, noted that Russia's "suspension" left an ominous gap in CFE's unique transparency and predictability, observed that Russia had a [...] | 2009-09-09 12:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE198 | FSC/VD99: U.S. DELIVERS POINTS TO NORWAY, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, USDel (Neighbour and Meyer) delivered points (paras 29-33) to Norway, Belarus and Russia. Initial reactions are provided below: 2. (S) Norway--The new Norwegian military representative to the FSC (Colonel Terje Killi) said he was unaware that Norway had planned to partici [...] | 2009-09-10 09:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE199 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 1, Greek PermRep Marinaki reaffirmed the ChairmanshipQ,s intent to delay its decision on opening the proposed two-person Office of the Special Representative in Tbilisi until after the September 17 round of Geneva discussions. Marinaki said Athe [...] | 2009-09-10 13:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE200 | CORFU PROCESS GETS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: At the first informal meeting of the OSCE's Corfu Process on European security, PermReps reiterated their vision of the process and touched on the role of international law in the OSCE area. Most agreed that the process needed to remain firmly rooted in the OSCE, encompass the [...] | 2009-09-11 10:45:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE |
09USOSCE201 | OSCE/FSC:FALL FSC OPENS--1540 BPG TEE-ED UP; [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) opened on September 9 with a presentation by a British FCO official on the strategic relevance of FSC issues in the global security context. Meanwhile, the USDel drew attention to the draft UNSCR 1540 Best Practi [...] | 2009-09-11 15:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE203 | CFE/JCG:15 SEPTEMBER: 12 ALLIES CRITICIZE RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In the JCG on 15 September, Russia claimed to welcome elements of the U.S. opening of round statement last week and said it was open to U.S. overtures to work in the JCG on matters other than those simply technical in nature. Bulgaria noted Russia's refusal of an inspection and [...] | 2009-09-15 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE204 | SUBJECT: OPEN SKIES, OPENING OF ROUND: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S.-proposed decisions on Rules and Working Methods and on establishing an Informal working Group (IWG) for the forthcoming review conference were adopted by the Open Skies plenary on September 14. A highlight of reports on completed flights was the incident-free British- [...] | 2009-09-16 10:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE205 | FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE MOVES FORWARD UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: After two years, the 1540 best practice guide appears to be moving forward in the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). It is now under a silence procedure and should move to the FSC plenary for adoption as early as September 30. Meanwhile, on 16 September Deputy SACEU [...] | 2009-09-22 06:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE206 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...] | 2009-09-22 06:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE207 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...] | 2009-09-22 06:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE210 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 14 - 18, 2009 [...] (U) In her video greeting to the September 14 opening session of the 9th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, Secretary Clinton spoke of the personal, societal, and economic harm caused by human trafficking. She emphasized the "three Ps" of the anti-trafficking fight - prosecu [...] | 2009-09-28 07:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU KZ |
09USOSCE211 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 21 - 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 22, Greek PermRep Marinaki said High Commissioner for National Minorities Vollebaek intended to visit South Ossetia in the near future, and had agreed to travel from Vladikavkaz, reversing his long-standing demand for access from the south. Vol [...] | 2009-09-28 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE212 | FSC/SMALL ARMS REVIEW MEETING: FEW SURPRISES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Meeting to Review the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons broke no new ground and vacillated between those delegations looking to add more instrumentalities and mechanisms to the OSCE's work on SA/LW and those, such as the U.S., which advocated more effective [...] | 2009-09-29 11:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL KOMC |
09USOSCE213 | CFE/JCG: 29 SEPTEMBER - SHORT MEETING REGISTERS [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian Chairman (Iliev) adjourned the September 29 JCG meeting in near record time. During the short meeting, the U.S. (Neighbour) reported on Russia's latest CFE inspection rejection noting that all other CFE states continue to participate faithfully in inspections and informat [...] | 2009-09-29 14:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE214 | FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE DECISION AGREED [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The 1540 Best Practice Guide (1540 BPG) cleared without incident the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) on September 30. The FSC received a sobering update on the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina's political-military program from retired Briga [...] | 2009-10-02 11:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE219 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 6 PLENARY - RUSSIA RAISES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 16:10:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE220 | CFE/JCG OCT 13: RUSSIA RAISES MORE POINTS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 13 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia offered familiar comments on paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 of its aide-memoire of 5 May 2009, &Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward.8 The U.S. replied that discussions on the Parallel Actions Packag [...] | 2009-10-14 16:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE221 | FSC: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA EXCHANGE ON TAGLIAVINI [...] (SBU) Summary: The exchange between Russia and Georgia on the release of the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (IIFMCG or Tagliavini Report) dominated the October 7 FSC discussion. Russia underscored Georgia's responsibility for the outbrea [...] | 2009-10-15 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE223 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION IV: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT [...] (SBU) On October 13 the Corfu Process tackled new, globalized threats and met with a high degree of consensus on OSCE strengths and direction. Topics covered included terrorism, cybersecurity, border security and Afghanistan, WMD nonproliferation, and arms reduction. Besides a minor verbal [...] | 2009-10-15 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
09USOSCE224 | JOINT FSC-PC 14 OCTOBER: ISAF DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy ISAF Commander LTG Dutton appealed to the joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation and the Permanent Council (FSC-PC) for developing "expeditionary police" capabilities that would parallel those of the military for building capacity in Afghanistan. Dutton als [...] | 2009-10-16 13:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE225 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 9,2009 [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge Fuller at NATO HQ October 2, NATO international staff led by Deputy A/SYG Bob Simmons advised that NATO allies have agreed to postpone discussion of the Medvedev proposal of European Security Architecture until the conclusion of initial OSCE Corfu Process (CP) dis [...] | 2009-10-19 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE226 | OPEN SKIES: OCTOBER 19 PLENARY - 2ND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6 and 19, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held an extended plenary meeting. The October 19 session included two Review Conference preparation briefings on OSCE second dimension environmental issues. The OSCC also adopted the Annual Quota Distribution [...] | 2009-10-20 10:41:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE230 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 20: DELEGATIONS CONSIDER [...] (SBU) At the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary chaired by Denmark (Petersen),Turkey and Spain criticized the Russian Federation for refusing their respective October CFE inspection requests. Ten other delegations, including the U.S., supported the Turkish and Spanish statem [...] | 2009-10-21 16:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE231 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION V: IT'S THE CONFLICTS, STUPID [...] (SBU) The fifth session of the Corfu Process dialogue made clear that the OSCE,s ability to provide early warning and prevent, manage and resolve conflict is a key overarching theme in the Corfu process. Most delegations noted that the key stumbling block to the resolution of the protracted [...] | 2009-10-21 16:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
09USOSCE232 | OSCE/ODIHR RECOMMITS ELECTION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expects to deploy a seven-person election support team to Afghanistan in advance of the November 7 second-round presidential elections. The team will follow final election preparations, election day proceedin [...] | 2009-10-21 16:53:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF |
09USOSCE233 | OSCE/ODIHR RECOMMITS ELECTION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expects to deploy a seven-person election support team to Afghanistan in advance of the November 7 second-round presidential elections. The team will follow final election preparations, election day proceedin [...] | 2009-10-22 06:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09USOSCE234 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 13 - 16, 2009 [...] (SBU) During the October 9-12, 2009, Fall Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA),more than 200 parliamentarians from the OSCE participating States (pS) met in Athens to examine challenges to achieving energy security in the region. The United States was represented by Helsinki Commi [...] | 2009-10-22 06:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE235 | OSCE/FSC: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO REVIEW VIENNA [...] (SBU) In an informal meeting with a small group of delegations on the margins of the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russian Head of Arms Control Delegation Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov shared a draft proposal that would task the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) to conduct a revi [...] | 2009-10-22 14:14:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE239 | FSC: UNSCR 1540 TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia shared more detailed remarks in Working Group A about their Food-for-Thought paper on analyzing Vienna Document 1999 implementation, including its interest in targeting specific provisions to reflect more accurately the political-military environment. There were some mu [...] | 2009-10-23 13:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE242 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 19 - 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) In an October 20 meeting, the Russian delegation reportedly told the senior policy officer on the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center's Caucasus Desk that Moscow wanted a written proposal for the Chairmanship's "support team" and preferred a modified chain of command. The delegation sugges [...] | 2009-10-29 12:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE243 | KAZAKHSTAN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF OSCE: A SLIPPERY SLOPE [...] Following an October 21-25 visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, some of the participating nine OSCE Chiefs of Missions shared notes and perspectives. Although the consensus was that we must take steps to ensure "normality" during the Kazakh chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010, the group suspected [...] | 2009-10-29 15:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL KZ |
09USOSCE244 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 27: RUSSIA MOCKS ALLIED [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 27 JCG plenary, Romania supported by 13 other delegations including the U.S., criticized the Russian Federation for refusing a recent CFE inspection request. Delegations discussed a draft JCG political contribution to the Ministerial declaration proposed by De [...] | 2009-10-29 15:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE245 | FSC: TRYING TO MOVE RUSSIA ON VD99; GEARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a "sidebar" with the Russians ) and in a subsequent follow-up discussion ) Ulyanov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to "explore ways to strengthen current arms control and CSBM instruments, but not in exchange for specific language "to conduct a review of the [...] | 2009-10-30 13:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE247 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 26 - 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) A draft Ministerial Council decision on "Women,s Participation in Political and Public Life" was tabled at the October 28 Human Dimension Committee meeting. While Russia, Belarus, and a handful of other participating States said they lacked formal guidance, all expressed general support [...] | 2009-11-02 17:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE248 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 3: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TAKES [...] (SBU) The November 3 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary was brief even by recent JCG standards. The Spanish Chair (Sabadell) observed the draft decision on the duration of the present session had been circulated (JCG.DD/2/09). It would be approved at the next JCG unless any delegation [...] | 2009-11-03 17:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE249 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION VI: HUMAN DIMENSION [...] The sixth session of the Corfu Process dialogue October 27 was dedicated to the common challenges in the Human Dimension (HD),with a focus on human rights, democratic institutions, the rule of law, and the freedom of the media. Delegations catalogued ways in which HD commitments had fallen [...] | 2009-11-04 10:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE |
09USOSCE250 | THE OSCE'S CORFU PROCESS STARTS TO GROW LEGS [...] (SBU) Following seven out of ten sessions of informal but carefully developed dialogue among OSCE PermReps under the umbrella of the Corfu Process (CP),a consensus has emerged that the discussions have served a useful purpose, particularly in three areas. First, the CP provides a strong an [...] | 2009-11-05 09:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL RU OSCE |
09USOSCE251 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 4: U.S. APPEARS ISOLATED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to Russia's draft decision for Ministers to task a review of Vienna Document 1999 dominated the FSC plenary discussion. Most comments were favorable "in principle." Inter alia, Russia proposed presenting the results from a VD99 review to the next OSCE Ministerial m [...] | 2009-11-10 16:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE252 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...] | 2009-11-12 09:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE253 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...] | 2009-11-12 09:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE255 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 43RD SRCC: PARTIES AGREE TO [...] (U) Summary: The 43rd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, Montenegro, and the Republic of Serbia),met November 3-4, 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Five SRCC Decisions [...] | 2009-11-16 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
09USOSCE256 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...] | 2009-11-16 16:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE257 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...] | 2009-11-17 07:14:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE258 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 17: COMMEMORATING ISTANBUL; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 17 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Greece supported by 14 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusal to its recent CFE inspection request. The French Chair commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Istanbul Summit 19 [...] | 2009-11-17 16:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE259 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 2 - 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) At our weekly meeting with the CiO Nov 3, Greek Ambassador Marinaki told us the CiO's Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts, Christopoulus, would meet with his Kazakh-proposed successor, Nurgaliev, in Vienna on Nov 5 and they would participate in the informal "Five plus Two" m [...] | 2009-11-20 08:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE260 | FSC NOVEMBER 18: MUCH REMAINS IN PLAY BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: With barely a week to go before the OSCE Ministerial, many FSC issues under consideration for the OSCE Athens Ministerial Council December 1-2 remain open. Inter alia, there were animated exchanges in the FSC's Working Group B on the draft "Issues Relevant to the FSC" and the [...] | 2009-11-20 10:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE262 | SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) The November 24 Reinforced Permanent Council provided participating States a final opportunity to outline their expectations for the December 1-2 OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens and sum up accomplishments under the 2009 Greek Chairmanship. Although the comments by Delegations were ge [...] | 2009-11-25 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU PREL |
09USOSCE263 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG: OSCE [...] (C) We look forward to seeing you at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Athens. Your participation will help signal U.S. support for a revitalized OSCE and allow us to call for greater emphasis on democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. Your participation will also help cemen [...] | 2009-11-25 15:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU PREL |
09USOSCE264 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 16 - 20, 2009 [...] (C) At the weekly CiO meeting November 17, which included for the first time Kazakh Ambassador and future PC Chair Abdrakhmanov, Greek Ambassador Marinaki emphasized the Chair's desire to adopt a Political Declaration at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial. She acknowledged the Kazakh inter [...] | 2009-11-26 11:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE268 | OPEN SKIES: NOVEMBER 23--PLANS TO RE-CONVENE [...] (SBU): Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission plenary addressed Russian concerns over air navigation invoices; cleared the draft Chairman's letter and paragraph contribution to the Athens Ministerial Declaration; and called for reactivating the Working Group on Notifications and Form [...] | 2009-11-27 08:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE269 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 25: "ISSUES" AND OTHERS TO BE [...] (SBU) The Forum for Security Cooperation's Working Group B (WGB) preceded the plenary in order to determine whether any of the draft decisions intended to be presented to the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens could be moved forward. Of the four draft substantive items on the agenda only the F [...] | 2009-11-27 10:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE271 | OSCE, RUSSIA AND SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Since 2007, despite a request from Afghanistan, Russia has obstructed efforts to have the OSCE conduct training inside Afghanistan, citing weak internal security as the main reason. Privately, Russian officials told us interagency differences have prevented a green light from [...] | 2009-12-08 10:45:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | AF OSCE PREL RS |
09USOSCE272 | OSCE AND INCOMING CHAIR KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Kazakhstanis reiterate on every occasion their commitment to the principles of the OSCE "acquis" and swear to protect the third dimension during their 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE, their negotiating style at the OSCE Ministerial Conference in Athens December 1-2 [...] | 2009-12-08 11:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ OSCE PREL |
09USOSCE273 | OSCE, RUSSIA AND SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Since 2007, despite a request from Afghanistan, Russia has obstructed efforts to have the OSCE conduct training inside Afghanistan, citing weak internal security as the main reason. Privately, Russian officials told us interagency differences have prevented a green light from M [...] | 2009-12-09 08:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | AF OSCE PREL RS |
09USOSCE274 | FSC OF DECEMBER 9: WINDING DOWN 2009; WINDING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: At 2009's penultimate meeting of the FSC on December 9, the UK Chair (Cliff) reviewed the its accomplishments and reflected on the 2010 workload. There were no items for discussion in Working Group "B." Working Group "A" had a quick exchange on Ukraine's "Food-for-Thought" pap [...] | 2009-12-11 08:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE275 | OSCE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seventeenth OSCE Ministerial Council, held December 1-2, 2009 in Athens, focused mainly on the ongoing European security dialogue known as the Corfu Process. Although Russia,s proposed European security treaty (EST) dominated the headlines, the U.S. achieved its highest pri [...] | 2009-12-11 17:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE RS KZ GR PREL |
09USOSCE276 | DAS KROL MEETS WITH TAJIK AND KYRGYZ FOREIGN [...] (C) In a series of meetings on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens on December 1, SCA DAS George Krol met with the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as the Political Director from the Lithuanian MFA ahead of Lithuania's 2011 Chairmanship of the OSCE. Taj [...] | 2009-12-14 07:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KG KZ TI LH |
09USOSCE280 | SCA DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH OSCE INSTITUTION [...] (C) In a December 1 meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Director Janez Lenarcic expressed concern to SCA DAS Krol that incoming Chair in Office of the OSCE, Kazakhstan, aimed to solve the "problem" o [...] | 2009-12-15 13:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ |
09USOSCE281 | UZBEK CHARGE AT OSCE MEETS WITH USOSCE CHARGE [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Ravshanbek Duschanov of the Uzbek Mission to the OSCE, said the small size of his delegation meant Uzbek diplomats could not always engage on some OSCE matters. He defended Uzbekistan's role as spoiler of the Media Freedom decision at the [...] | 2009-12-16 07:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UZ |
09USOSCE282 | CFE/JCG DECEMBER 2009 MEETINGS - NATO, DON'T SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 8 and 15 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary meetings, Allies objected to three more cases of Russia refusing CFE inspection requests. Denmark, on behalf of NATO states, made a statement calling on Russia to provide its annual CFE Treaty information exchange d [...] | 2009-12-17 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE283 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) Cleared by Deputy Secretary Steinberg 2. (U) December 1, 2009; 5:30 pm; Athens, Greece. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon Jeff Hovenier, NSC Jim Kuykendall (Notetaker) OTHER COUNTRY Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu [...] | 2009-12-18 07:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH ZL NATO TU BK YI HR MW AM AJ IR |
09USOSCE284 | OSCE/FSC: DECEMBER 2009 - END OF FALL SESSION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: This message constitutes an end of fall 2009 session report on the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). The last FSC plenary on December 16 denoted not only the end of the United Kingdom's FSC Chairmanship but also a review of the FSC's accomplishments and prospects in [...] | 2009-12-18 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE285 | CFE/JCG: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 fall session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, Russia's continued focus on presenting and defending its May 2009 Aide Memoire, and preparations for the OSCE Ministerial Counci [...] | 2009-12-18 15:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE286 | OSCE/FSC: STRUCTURING WORK ON CSBMS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary and Guidance Request: As Washington reviews policy options and ways forward on many issues in the U.S.-Russia relationship at the end of 2009, USOSCE would recommend additional attention be focused on the "Vienna Document 1999" (VD99),the OSCE's landmark CSBM vehicle. In the ten [...] | 2009-12-18 15:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE287 | OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...] | 2009-12-18 16:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE288 | OPEN SKIES: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw adoption of the quota distribution decision for 2010, further preparations for the second Review Conference, and more progress on the draft decision for digital sensors. OSCC business continues to be positiv [...] | 2009-12-18 16:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE289 | OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...] | 2009-12-21 07:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE291 | LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR NEXT YEAR'S CORFU [...] (SBU) Summary. At the final session of the Corfu Process under the Greek Chairmanship participating States sought to identify ways in which the European security dialogue could advance next year under Kazakshstan's leadership. Most comments welcomed the constructive tone of the discussions [...] | 2009-12-22 14:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU OSCE |
09USOSCE292 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Staff in the OSCE Secretariat's Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) told PolOff December 8 that Special Representative Christopoulos and Special Representative-designate Nurgaliev intend to visit Tbilisi and Tskhinvali December 14 and 15 to revisit the idea of establishing a small team to s [...] | 2009-12-24 11:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM RU MD HR AF KZ |
09USOSCE293 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG MEETS KAZAKHSTANI [...] Summary: (C) In a December 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev repeatedly pressed for the U.S. to drop its opposition to Kazakhstani desires for an OSCE Summit in 2010. The Deputy Secretary ex [...] | 2009-12-30 07:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
09USOSCE30 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 PLENARY (CONF) [...] (SBU) Summary. Allies isolated Russia again with a series of interventions contrasting its rejection of inspection notices from Germany and Turkey with the continued implementation of the inspection regime by the 29 other States Parties. Russia in turn blamed the lack of progress in resolvin [...] | 2009-02-11 15:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE34 | FEBRUARY 11 JOINT FSC-PC: EU AND OSCE MISSIONS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of Georgia. Both Haber and OSCE Conflict Prevent [...] | 2009-02-12 11:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
09USOSCE35 | EURO SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: ALLIES AT OSCE STAND [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary. The NATO Caucus of the OSCCE on February 10 agreed that Allies attending Russian Chief of Arms Control Mikhail Ulyanov's meeting would attend in listening mode only, maintain a united front, and report back to all Allies. Allies also agreed to consolidate questions refle [...] | 2009-02-12 18:59:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE36 | CORRECTED COPY FSC-PC FEBRUARY 11: EU AND OSCE [...] (SBU) This corrected copy changes only the format. SUMMARY: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of [...] | 2009-02-13 10:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
09USOSCE38 | FSC-PC FEBRUARY 18: DFM GRUSHKO SHEDS LITTLE LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Offering what he said was more a "vision" than a proposal, Russian DFM Grushko told the February 18 joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the Permanent Council that "new realities" and mounting evidence of the weakness of existing institutions necessitate [...] | 2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE39 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...] | 2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE40 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...] | 2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE41 | OCE/FSC: BITE THE BULLET--SAFERWORLD REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the February 18, 2009 Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),two representatives from Saferworld provided an overview of a February 2009 report on preventing diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). The report notes the work accomplished by international organizatio [...] | 2009-02-19 12:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE44 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 24, 2008 JCG -- NIL REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 09:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE45 | OPEN SKIES: FEBRUARY 23 PLENARY AND IWGRP - [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission adopted the "Chairperson's Statement on Specifications for Allowed Video Sensors," and the "Prolonging the Work of the Informal Working Group on Sensors into the Year 2009" decision. The U.S., the UK, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Belgium [...] | 2009-02-24 14:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE46 | FSC FEBRUARY 25: EXPERTS SAY CFE-FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 25, international security experts from European think tanks agreed that NATO and Europe have been the victims of their own success in structuring a stable security environment for the last twenty years and, now, the security ac [...] | 2009-02-26 11:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE49 | AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (U) Note: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary: While the 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) was livelier than 2008, national positions remained largely unchanged. Russia conti [...] | 2009-03-06 10:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE50 | AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second part of a two-part cable reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. See reftel A for the first part. End note. ---------------------------------- Working Session 2: Other Documents ---------------------------------- Conventional [...] | 2009-03-06 11:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE51 | CFE/JCG: DELEGATIONS SUPPORT U.S. WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 10 JCG plenary, eight delegations supported the U.S. statement, which cited two recent examples of continued implementation of the CFE Treaty in contrast to Russia's continued refusal of inspection requests. Heavy Vienna morning traffic kept the Russian reps fro [...] | 2009-03-10 13:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE55 | FSC MARCH 11: UNSCR 1540 ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 11 Forum for Security Cooperation roundtable on UNSCR 1540 endorsed further work at the OSCE to implement the mandatory measures to prevent the proliferation of WMD to non-state actors. The speakers, including the director of counter-proliferation policy from the UK [...] | 2009-03-12 14:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE59 | OSCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: USOSCE has encouraged the OSCE's Office of Democratic and Human Rights (ODIHR) to respond positively to Afghanistan's request for OSCE assistance to its August 20 presidential and provincial counc [...] | 2009-03-23 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AF OSCE |
09USOSCE60 | OPEN SKIES: DECISION ON COSTS FINALLY ADOPTED; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary on March 23 agreed on two decisions: the long-awaited Distribution of Costs and a revision to active quotas to reduce Latvia's quota this year. The U.S., which joined consensus on both decisions, reserved the right to mak [...] | 2009-03-23 16:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE61 | CFE/JCG: MARCH 24: RUSSIA CRITICIZES, BUT U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 24 JCG plenary, Russia apologized for its having missed the March 10 JCG meeting due to heavy traffic. Russia also attempted, to no avail, to ensnare the U.S. delegation in a debate over who really was ready to resume negotiations on the parallel actions package. [...] | 2009-03-24 14:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE64 | OSCE/FSC: DAY ONE--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) Summary: More than 200 civil and military representatives gathered in Vienna, March 17 ) 18, in the first wide-scale FSC ef [...] | 2009-03-25 16:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE65 | OSCE/FSC: DAY TWO--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the second of a two-part cable reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Session 3: Private Users and Civil Society - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...] | 2009-03-25 16:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE66 | U.S.- RF CYBERSECURITY BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on March 16 before the start of the OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity (March 17-18, Vienna),U.S. and Russian Federation dels met to discuss their differing approaches to cybersecurity and to identify common ground if [...] | 2009-03-25 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE71 | FSC MARCH 25: RUSSIA CALLS FOR LIMITED REVISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian arms control delegation head Ulyanov told the March 25 Forum for Security Cooperation that half of the Vienna Document, last revised in 1999, was a "dead letter" and even its provisions for information exchange, inspections/evaluations, and contact visits were no longer [...] | 2009-03-26 15:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE73 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 42ND SRCC: PARTIES WANT OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 42nd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four Parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia),met March 16-19 in Split, Croatia. The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, res [...] | 2009-03-27 09:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE BK HR MW SR |
09USOSCE8 | FSC JANUARY 21: NEW ROUND, OLD AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter 2009 session opened with no surprises with many agenda items remaining from the autumn 2008 round. The new French chair proposed a straight forward work plan for 2009 that includes long-established topics: CSBMs, small arms (SALW) and conventional ammunition (SCA),t [...] | 2009-01-22 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE80 | CFE/JCG: MARCH 31: MORE PILING ON CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 31 JCG plenary Germany (supported by 9 delegations, including the U.S.) criticized Russia's latest act of noncompliance with the CFE Treaty. There was agreement to cancel the April 28 JCG plenary due to the HLTF that day. Germany's Colonel Wolfgang Richter, whose [...] | 2009-04-01 05:49:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE84 | FSC APRIL 1: CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MILITARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French chairmanship of the FSC ended with the adoption of the decision to update the Code of Conduct questionnaire to reflect new threats and missions for armed forces, after almost two years of negotiation, although three interpretive statements then followed. Denmark and [...] | 2009-04-02 08:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE85 | CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL IN VIENNA, A SPRING [...] (C) Summary: The OSCE spring recess provides a useful occasion to take stock of conventional arms control work in Vienna. The crisis in CFE continues to overshadow all else. Most states continue to faithfully implement the Treaty, but the impasse over Russia's suspension of CFE implementation [...] | 2009-04-07 14:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE86 | S/CRS AMB HERBST PITCHES RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] Summary: S/CRS Ambassador Herbst visited OSCE March 16 to explain evolving U.S. concepts and capabilities in reconstruction and stabilization (R&S) efforts for failed or failing states and to explore how OSCE's experience and regional role could facilitate the development of international p [...] | 2009-04-07 15:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OSCE PREL |
09USOSCE89 | U.S.-EU SPRING CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE: DETERMINING [...] (U) The EU hosted on March 6 a U.S. delegation, headed by USOSCE Charge Kyle Scott and EUR/RPM Office Director Bruce Turner, for the semi-annual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The discussions ranged over a variety of topics con [...] | 2009-04-08 13:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN |
09USOSCE9 | CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...] | 2009-01-23 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE95 | THE OSCE'S ROLE IN ADVANCING U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As efforts to press the reset button in our relations with Russia proceed, the OSCE can be a valuable forum to channel Russia's desire for a larger role in discussion of broad European security themes. With the London summit commitment to start a dialogue on security and stabilit [...] | 2009-04-14 10:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PHUM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE98 | CFE IMPASSE: HOW DID WE GET WHERE WE ARE? [...] (C) Summary: At the London Summit, Presidents Obama and Medvedev pledged to explore a comprehensive dialogue on strengthening Euro-Atlantic and European security. The CFE agreement has long been considered a "cornerstone" of Euro-Atlantic security, and at Strasbourg-Kehl, NATO reaffirmed the [...] | 2009-04-15 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USUNNEWYORK100 | MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: As requested by the United States, A/SYG Mulet briefed the Security Council on February 3 for the second time in less than a week on escalating violence in Darfur. Mulet reported that JEM forces had withdrawn from the vicinity of Muhajeriya, scene of much of the recent violenc [...] | 2009-02-10 02:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU |
09USUNNEWYORK1000 | UNGA/C-5: ICSC REPORTS ON COMMON SYSTEM: PROPOSAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 20 October, the Fifth Committee convened for a formal meeting to consider the report of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) pertaining to the U.N. Common System (Agenda item 139). The key issue pertained to the ICSC,s recommendation to introduce end-of-service sev [...] | 2009-11-06 20:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1002 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES ICPD+15 [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations held a plenary session of the General Assembly to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The October 12th session saw nearly forty countries speak on a variety of issues related to the explo [...] | 2009-11-06 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SMIG SOCI PREL PGOV PRM USAID |
09USUNNEWYORK1003 | U.S. RE-ELECTED TO UN'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL [...] The United Nations General Assembly held elections on October 16 to fill 18 vacancies on the UN's Economic and Social Council for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2010. All candidates have been endorsed previously by their respective regional groups and were uncontested. Elected were [...] | 2009-11-06 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA ECOSOC PREL GH CN ZA RW EG BG MG |
09USUNNEWYORK1004 | UNGA MEETS ON IAEA REPORT: ELBARADEI'S SWAN SONG, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary to discuss the Report of the International Atomic Energy (IAEA),hearing for the last time from its outgoing Director-General, Mohammad ElBaradei, who emphasized the importance of not isolating countries, using diplomatic means to address pr [...] | 2009-11-06 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA CU KN KS RS IS IR |
09USUNNEWYORK1007 | SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 6 [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Secretary-General Ban provided a second briefing to Security Council members following the October 28 attack in Kabul which killed five and injured nine UN Staff. Ban had recently returned from Kabul where he met with staff and initiated a comprehensive security re [...] | 2009-11-09 19:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP |
09USUNNEWYORK1008 | UNGA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary on November 4th and 5th to discuss the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the report on the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report). A draft resolution endorsing the report passed with 118 for, 18 against [...] | 2009-11-09 21:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN UNGA IS |
09USUNNEWYORK1009 | 64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 23 to 28. The issues of the illicit trade Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW),an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) for conventional weapons, and deve [...] | 2009-11-10 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK101 | UN REQUESTS 607 AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT AMISOM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On February 5, USUN received a letter from the UN Secretariat on logistical support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). The letter, which has been transmitted by email to the Department, requests agreement in pr [...] | 2009-02-10 02:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK1011 | USUN DISCUSSION WITH SPANISH MOD OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff met on November 9 with a delegation from the Spanish Ministry of Defense who were in New York to meet with the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to discuss Spain's candidate for the UNIFIL Force Commander position. Luis Cuesta, Secretary General of Defens [...] | 2009-11-11 21:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UN IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1012 | GEORGIA: U/SYG LEROY TELLS QUAD RUSSIA AND UN [...] (C) A high level Quad delegation underlined with UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy the need to preserve a strong and effective high-level UN envoy to replace Johan Verbeke when he steps down from the position of UN Representative to the Geneva Talks and the [...] | 2009-11-12 01:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GG RU |
09USUNNEWYORK1013 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH PALAU PR BECK [...] (SBU) During a meeting with Ambassador Rice, Palau PermRep Stuart Beck conveyed a message from Palau President Toribiong that his country will "never change its loyalty" to the United States. To illustrate the point, Beck raised Palau's support in the UN General Assembly, including the recent [...] | 2009-11-12 14:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN PREL MARR PS |
09USUNNEWYORK1014 | UNGA 5TH COMMITTEE REVIEWS 2010-2011 BUDGET: G77 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 29, the Secretary General introduced his 2010-2011 proposed budget in a formal meeting of the Fifth Committee which continued Friday, October 30th. Developing countries called for increased funds to address poverty and to reach targeted spending goals on development. [...] | 2009-11-12 14:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1015 | UNGA/C-5: UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETS ON OIOS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee formally convened to consider Item 140 on the Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and the annual report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC),and Agenda Item 141 on the implementation of GA resolutions 48/ [...] | 2009-11-12 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1016 | CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In various UN and USUN meetings recently on Guinea-Bissau, UN officials have discussed the challenges facing both the country and the follow-on UN mission there. In the Security Council on November 5, UN Peacebuilding Su [...] | 2009-11-12 15:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA |
09USUNNEWYORK1017 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on November 3 met with Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, to discuss the status of American citizens detained in Iran, Iran's internal political dynamics, and Iran's nuclear file. Leu said she visited the three detained American hikers before she left [...] | 2009-11-12 16:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC IR |
09USUNNEWYORK1018 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on November 3 met with Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, to discuss the status of American citizens detained in Iran, Iran's internal political dynamics, and Iran's nuclear file. Leu said she visited the three detained American hikers before she left [...] | 2009-11-12 16:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC IR |
09USUNNEWYORK1019 | NEW LIBERIAN PERMREP ASKS U.S. THOUGHTS ON A [...] (SBU) During her courtesy call on Ambassador Rice on November 2, new Liberian Permanent Representative Marjon Kamara expressed anxiety at the potential for an accelerated UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) drawdown. Kamara said she was concerned with Liberia's security sector, noting that rule of [...] | 2009-11-12 16:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI |
09USUNNEWYORK102 | ACTION REQUEST: DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Per Reftel instructions, Ambassador Rice along with Ambassadors of Croatia, France, Germany, and Russia ("Group of Friends") have achieved "ad referendum" agreement on the text of a Security Council resolution that would extend the mandate of the UN mission f [...] | 2009-02-10 02:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK1023 | SYG BAN AND AMB RICE DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: During a November 9 meeting with Ambassador Rice, UN SYG Ban said his recent trip to Afghanistan had been a good one and that President Karzai appears concerned about his own future, in particular his relations with the U.S. and other Western power; supports an increase in the in [...] | 2009-11-12 20:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1024 | ELECTIONS IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: U.S. ELECTED TO [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly held elections on November 3, 2009 to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs of the Assembly and other UN administrative and budgetary bodies: the Committee for Program and Coordination, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (U.S. was re-elected [...] | 2009-11-13 00:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1025 | UNSC: COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams and Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council in consultations on November 10 on the implementation of UNSCR 1701 over the last quarter. Both Williams and Mulet and the majority of member state [...] | 2009-11-13 00:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK1026 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams told Ambassador Wolff on November 10 that he favorably views the January 2010 transition in UNIFIL Force Commanders. Williams said he thought Spain would do a good job and its holding of the EU Presidency from January to June 2010 could [...] | 2009-11-13 00:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK1028 | 64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 18:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1029 | 64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 23 to 28. The issues of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SA/LW),an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and elements of the Convention on Certain Conven [...] | 2009-11-13 18:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1030 | 64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 23 to 28. Most delegations raised the issues of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SA/LW),an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and elements of the Conv [...] | 2009-11-13 18:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1031 | UNGA/C-5: G77 AND OTHERS ATTACK U.S. FOR ARREARS, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recently, Under Secretary General Angela Kane briefed the Fifth Committee during a formal session on Item 134: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations. Following this briefing, the Fifth Committee held another formal meeting to discuss this issue and received update [...] | 2009-11-13 19:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1032 | UNMIN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 20:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP |
09USUNNEWYORK1033 | AMB RICE MEETS SPECIAL ENVOY TO PAKISTAN RIPERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Maurice Ripert met with Ambassador Rice after returning from his initial trip to Pakistan in his new capacity as UN Special Envoy for Assistance. His opening words to Ambassador Rice: "It doesn't go well." He met with a weaker government and more dire security situation th [...] | 2009-11-13 22:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
09USUNNEWYORK1034 | UNGA/C-5 SUBSIDIARY BODY ELECTIONS: LUCRETIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee held elections on November 6 for appointments to several subsidiary bodies. Lucretia Myers of the United States won re-election to the International Civil Service Commission for a four year term (2010-2013). Along with Myers, candidates from Italy and Germany d [...] | 2009-11-13 22:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1035 | OBASANJO ON THE DRC, NIGERIA, AND AFRICAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-14 00:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC CG RW NI XA |
09USUNNEWYORK1037 | 64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on regional disarmament and security on October 21 and 22. Thirteen countries spoke about issues of regional disputes over territory, military build-ups and regional disarmament plans. 2. Malt [...] | 2009-11-16 16:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1038 | PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS: SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC [...] SUMMARY. The Security Council adopted a thematic resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at a high-level open debate on November 11, with the participation of 60 member states, the Secretary-General, U/SYG Holmes and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kang. The debat [...] | 2009-11-16 20:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK1041 | UN FERNANDEZ-TARANCO BRIEFS USUN REGARDING RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Ambassador DiCarlo met with UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, following his recent return from Baghdad. Fernandez-Taranco reported that Iraqi officials have accepted that Taranco's mission was not an investigation; howeve [...] | 2009-11-16 23:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SY |
09USUNNEWYORK1044 | THIRD COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELPOMENT, ADVANCEMENT OF [...] SUMMARY: The 64th UNGA Third Committee began October 5th with the discussion of Social Development. Speakers centered on women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, and indigenous peoples as related to reducing poverty and achieving social development. On October 12th, t [...] | 2009-11-17 18:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KOCI UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1045 | THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay, told the UN Third Committee of her priorities for the upcoming year and justified the controversial Goldstone Report on human rights violations in the Gaza Strip. END SUMMARY. 2. Following are summary points of the High Commissioner for Hu [...] | 2009-11-17 18:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA MY |
09USUNNEWYORK1046 | UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on November 2 - 3. The Commissioner General of UNRWA opened the debate [...] | 2009-11-17 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAL PHUM PREL PREF KWBG |
09USUNNEWYORK1048 | UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, [...] SUMMARY: On October 29 and November 10th the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on five resolutions, adopting all by consensus, and defeating an amendment to the Violence against women resolution which related to foreign occupation. The resolutions on the situations of huma [...] | 2009-11-17 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1049 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES U.N. SUPPORT FOR NEW OR RESTORED [...] On November 9, the General Assembly debated Agenda Item 11: Support by the U.N. system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Qatar introduced resolution A/64/L.12 which was later adopted by consensus without vote. 2. The interventions from [...] | 2009-11-17 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK105 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN CHARGE [...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting Ambassador Rice and Libyan Charge d'Affairs Ibrahim Dabbashi discussed Libya's goals as the head of the African Union, Muammar Qadhafi's desire to establish a "United States of Africa," and the Security Council's role in addressing the situations in S [...] | 2009-02-10 13:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF UNSC LY SO AU |
09USUNNEWYORK1050 | UNGA: U.S. CO-SPONSORED RESOLUTION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met in plenary to discuss the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security. A draft resolution, co-sponsored by the United States and over 90 countries, passed by con [...] | 2009-11-17 23:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV KPKO UNGA AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1051 | SRSG MELKERT BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNAMI [...] (U) Summary: On November 16 Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ad Melkert briefed the Security Council regarding UNAMI activities during the last quarter, emphasizing the recent successful passage of an election law while highlighting the work remaining to hold credible el [...] | 2009-11-18 15:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV UNSC IZ SY TY |
09USUNNEWYORK1052 | SIXTH COMMITTEE DELIBERATES OVER PRINCIPLE OF [...] Summary: The Sixth Committee finished general debate on Agenda Item 84: The Scope and Application of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction on October 21. Over forty-five delegations took part in the discussions with most agreeing that there exists no clear definition of universal jurisdic [...] | 2009-11-18 15:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1053 | UNGA DISCUSSES UNSC REPORT: MEMBER STATES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General assembly met on November 12 - 13 for a joint plenary debate on the annual Report of the Security Council (SC) as well as Security Council expansion (septel). The United States and more than 70 delegations delivered statements, with some noting improvements in the re [...] | 2009-11-18 17:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1054 | SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS CONTINUED UN ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) During Security Council consultations on November 17, UN Mediator Tiebile Drame welcomed the decision of all four major parties to form a transitional Madagascar government during a meeting in Addis Ababa on November 6-7. He noted that only three of the 31 government ministries had yet t [...] | 2009-11-19 00:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC MA XO XW |
09USUNNEWYORK1055 | UNGA: UNSURPRISING PLENARY DEBATE ON UNSC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly held its annual plenary debate on November 12-13 to discuss Security Council reform, as well as the annual report of the Security Council (reported reftel). Seventy-five delegations spoke and largely reiterated positions expressed during intergovernmental [...] | 2009-11-19 00:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK1056 | UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: TRENDS AND ANALYSIS OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Changes in the U.S. voting pattern on key resolutions on nuclear disarmament and conventional arms control highlighted the 2009 session of the UNGA First (Disarmament) Committee. In place of the ten negative votes it cast in isolation in 2008, this year the United States did no [...] | 2009-11-19 21:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1058 | GEORGIA: RUSSIA READY TO ACCEPT CONTINUING UN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Following Ref A discussion with Undersecretary-General (U/SYG) LeRoy and Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Mulet, Quad Ambassadors have sounded out Russian views on a replacement for UN Representative to the Geneva Talks an [...] | 2009-11-19 23:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK1059 | SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCREASED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs U/SYG Pascoe briefed the Security Council on November 17 in closed consultations on the UN's efforts to address the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). He said that the UN was improving its inter-mission cooperation and information sharing, and that the UN M [...] | 2009-11-20 00:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XA CG UG SU CT CD |
09USUNNEWYORK1060 | SINGAPORE ON MODERATE NAM MEMBERS AND NPT/NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-21 00:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CI CO GT JM MG PARM PREL SN |
09USUNNEWYORK1061 | UN STRESSES NEED FOR MONUC TO SUPPORT KIMIA II; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO A/SYG Mulet requested continued Security Council support for MONUC's assistance to DRC army's (FARDC) "Kimia II" operation against the FLDR. He said both military and political pressure were needed to address the FDLR threat, and outlined MONUC's plan to clear out the FDLR [...] | 2009-11-21 00:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY CG RW |
09USUNNEWYORK1062 | SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATES AND ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON [...] Summary: The Sixth Committee concluded debate on Agenda Item 78: Criminal Accountability of U.N. Officials and Experts on Mission with twenty-two Member States delivering interventions on the subject. The major issue boils down to whether an international convention is needed to ensure no ju [...] | 2009-11-23 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1063 | GENERAL DEBATE ON THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF [...] Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),addressed the General Assembly on October 29 and 30. Twenty-seven Member States addressed the General Assembly on the issue with Georgia exercising its right of reply. All of the interventions praised the ICJ for its [...] | 2009-11-23 15:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1064 | UNGA/C-5: FUNDING FOR AMISOM, CAPITAL MASTER PLAN, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee recently held a series of formal meetings on procurement, After-Service Health Insurance (ASHI),support for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),and the Capital Master Plan (CMP). The U.S. delivered a statement noting its support for AMISOM and cond [...] | 2009-11-23 19:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1065 | DPRK: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON SANCTIONS EXPERT PANEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The chair of the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, in particular noting its actions to respond to alleged sanctions violations and support the establishment of the Pa [...] | 2009-11-23 20:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK1066 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF AND INDIAN DEPUTY PERMREP PURI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wolff and a team from USUN met on November 18 with Indian Mission counterparts as a follow-up from the August 26 meeting to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. Topics covered included Security Council reform, the Comprehensive Conve [...] | 2009-11-23 20:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER |
09USUNNEWYORK1067 | UNSC LAUDS COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION, CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the status of the piracy problem off the coast of Somalia, emphasizing that the international community must build regional capacity and address root causes in conjunction with its s [...] | 2009-11-23 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO |
09USUNNEWYORK1068 | SOMALIA: FRIENDS GROUP TOLD CREDIBILITY OF UNSC AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah met with the Friends of Somalia on November 20 at the Norwegian Mission. (NOTE: The Friends group includes Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Germany, Iceland, I [...] | 2009-11-24 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR UNSC SO ER ET AU XA XW |
09USUNNEWYORK1070 | SUMMARY OF UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: [...] (U) Summary: During the October 5 - November 2 session of the UNGA First Committee (Disarmament and International Security),the U.S. policy of active engagement on multilateral disarmament and nonproliferation issues paid off. The United States sought to build on the vision President Obama [...] | 2009-11-25 00:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1071 | UNGA/C-5: REGULAR BUDGET/PKO SCALES: E.U. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee held informal meetings on November 20th on the Scales of Assessment for the Regular Budget and for Peace Keeping Operations. In the Regular - Budget scales debate, the G-77 proposed increasing the cap on assessments from 22 percent to 25 percent, while the Euro [...] | 2009-11-25 15:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1072 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES [...] SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko told the Security Council that BiH had made very limited progress in its effort to complete the agenda necessary for the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),citing actions by Republika Srpska that unde [...] | 2009-11-25 19:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BK |
09USUNNEWYORK1073 | UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING - LIBYA KEEN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat's briefing to the Security Council at its monthly meeting on the Middle East on November 24 focused on the current impasse in re-launching bilateral negotiations, given continuing Israeli settlement activity. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains troubli [...] | 2009-11-25 23:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1074 | DEBATE ON THE REVITALIZATION OF THE GENERAL [...] Summary: On November 19 and 20, the General Assembly debated agenda item 118: Revitalization of the General Assembly. Most of the over twenty-eight Member States who spoke agreed on the need for full implementation of existing resolutions, streamlining the agenda items and continuing themati [...] | 2009-11-30 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1079 | SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATES AND ADOPTS REPORT ON [...] Summary: On November 12, the Sixth Committee debated Agenda Item 164: Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country. Following the debate, the Committee adopted the resolution without a vote and recommended it to the General Assembly. End Summary. 2. Sweden, on behalf of t [...] | 2009-11-30 20:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1083 | ISRAELI PRACTICES IN THE WEST BANK, GAZA AND GOLAN [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 9 - 10 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (aka the Special Committee). The deb [...] | 2009-12-01 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK1086 | GENERAL COMMITTEE ADDS MORE ITEMS TO 64TH UNGA [...] On November 24, the General Committee of the General Assembly convened to discuss the organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items. President of the General Assembly Ali Treki presented the following four items for addition to the agenda of the 64th session of the Gen [...] | 2009-12-02 22:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1090 | UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS [...] SUMMARY: On November 19 and 20 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on 20 resolutions, adopting 14 by consensus and 6 by vote. Two resolutions, the Right to Food and the Rights of the Child, as the U.S. joined consensus for the first time, drew applause from the Third Com [...] | 2009-12-03 15:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1091 | THIRD COMMITTEE SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: As part of the annual discussion of human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, numerous Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues made presentations to the UNGA Third Committee. Below are summaries of the hour-long presentations by the Special Rapporteurs for Right to Health, Right [...] | 2009-12-03 15:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1092 | THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE RIGHT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: On November 12, the UNGA Third Committee took action on 16 draft resolutions, adopting 10 by consensus and 6 by vote. Despite efforts to persuade the OIC to reconsider running their resolution on Defamation of Religion, the OIC moved the resolution quickly to a vote, which was adopted [...] | 2009-12-03 15:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1093 | STATEMENTS BY HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS [...] SUMMARY: As part of the annual discussion of human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, numerous Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues made presentations to the UNGA Third Committee. Below are summaries of the hour-long presentations by the Special Rapporteurs for Torture, Myanmar, DPRK, [...] | 2009-12-03 15:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1094 | PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKS [...] SUMMARY. During its annual debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),Chairman Heraldo Munoz told the Security Council that the PBC had consolidated its core advisory role and had increased its support for countries on its agenda. Council members affirmed the need for earlier [...] | 2009-12-03 17:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK1095 | MBEKI TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON AUPD REPORT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. Summary: The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) mandated an AU High-Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD) which is chaired by former President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, to examine issues of accountability, combating impunity, peace and [...] | 2009-12-03 23:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1096 | UNAMID SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING: GOS RESTRICTIONS [...] Summary: A/SYG Mulet briefed the Security Council on November 30 on the Secretary General's report on the UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Joint Chief Mediator (JCM) Djibril Bassole updated the Council on political process talks. The Sudanese Perm Rep accused the UN of inaccur [...] | 2009-12-04 17:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1097 | UN U/SYG PASCOE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 3 meeting with Under-Secretary-General Pascoe, DAS Marciel conveyed reftel points, stressing the opportunity for the UN to leverage the Burmese Generals' desire for having the elections recognized as "legitimate" and speak out publicly on the need for dialogue ( [...] | 2009-12-04 23:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM |
09USUNNEWYORK1098 | AMB RICE MEETS PSIDS PERM REPS TO DISCUSS CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 30, Ambassador Rice met with the Permanent Representatives from the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) at their request to discuss the security implications of climate change, the upcoming Conference of Parties meeting in Copenhagen and the Global Enviro [...] | 2009-12-05 01:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGHG UNGA XV |
09USUNNEWYORK11 | U.S. EFFORTS TO REFORM UN HUMAN RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY: The recently concluded main session of the sixty-third United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on human resources management (HRM) reform that will result in significant changes in hiring mechanisms and conditions of service for field staff. The resolution (to be issued [...] | 2009-01-08 17:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK110 | REPORTING TO SECURITY COUNCIL AFTER SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: French and UK Mission legal officers, together with Legoff, met with Under Secretary-General Patricia O,Brien, Assistant Secretary-General Peter Taksoe-Jensen and other staff of the U.N. Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) on February 4 to discuss whether the Secretary-General will con [...] | 2009-02-10 16:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER UNSC PREL SY LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1102 | DPKO-UNIFIL JOINT TECHNICAL REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) hosted a meeting with Security Council Lebanon experts to share initial findings concerning the ongoing joint technical review of UNIFIL. DPKO's initial findings recommend the creation of a southern sector in UNIF [...] | 2009-12-08 01:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1103 | ICC PROSECUTOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] Summary: In his December 4 briefing to the Security Council, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo discussed positive and negative developments in the cases being pursued under UNSCR 1593, which referred the conflict in Darfur to the ICC. Ocampo characterized as positiv [...] | 2009-12-08 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1105 | ISRAELI MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL BRIEFS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met on December 7 with Israeli Military Advocate General Major General Mandelblit to discuss the Israeli government's investigation of allegations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations, as set forth in the Goldstone report and other sources [...] | 2009-12-08 22:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
09USUNNEWYORK1106 | MEETING OF USUN LEGAL ADVISER WITH ICTR PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMMARY: On Friday, December 4, USUN Legal Adviser Mary McLeod (filling in for Ambassador DiCarlo) met with International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) President Byron. Byron addressed three issues: witness protection, ICTR fugitive Felicien Kabuga, and the deadline for 11bis [...] | 2009-12-08 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS UNSC XA RW |
09USUNNEWYORK1107 | UN BELIEVES GOS BEHIND ATTACK ON UNAMID [...] (C) Under Secretary General for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Alain Le Roy told Ambassador Rice that the UN is convinced that the Government of Sudan orchestrated the December 4-5 two separate attacks on Rwandan peacekeepers in the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Le Roy [...] | 2009-12-09 01:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1108 | ICTR/ICTY JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS BRIEF SECURITY [...] Summary: The Security Council met December 3 for its biannual briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made statements, as did all Council members a [...] | 2009-12-09 14:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK1109 | CHAIRMEN OF 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Chairs of the 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, the 1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and the 1540 (Nonproliferation) Committee jointly briefed the UN Security Council on November 13. The Chair of the CTC issued a joint statement emphasizing the need for co [...] | 2009-12-09 17:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA UNSC PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK111 | DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR RICE'S PHONE [...] (C) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay told Ambassador Rice Feb. 9 that Iran and Syria inserted anti-Israeli language in the draft outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, but the rest of the OIC (including Egypt and Palestine) wants to "knock it out" and the Afri [...] | 2009-02-10 16:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
09USUNNEWYORK1113 | POLICE IN UN PEACEKEEPING: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2, 4, and 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Police Division officials asked member states on December 4 to assist in developing national follow-up plans to the Singapore Ministerial meeting on international pol [...] | 2009-12-11 21:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO KCRM SOCI CVIS SN |
09USUNNEWYORK1114 | SIXTH COMMITTEE RECONVENES ON OBSERVER STATUS ONLY [...] Summary: On December 9, the Sixth Committee reconvened to consider agenda items 169: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in the General Assembly and 171: Observer status in the General Assembly for the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. The [...] | 2009-12-11 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1118 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 1, Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Patrick Robinson, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the ICTY's Chef de Cabinet, Gabrielle McIntyre. Robinson addressed several issues including retention of the I [...] | 2009-12-14 17:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK1119 | AFTER SUSPENDING MEETING, CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 8 the Credentials Committee met to consider the credentials of delegations to the 64th session of the General Assembly (GA). Members of the Credentials Committee include Brazil, China, Jamaica, the Philippines, United States, the Russian Federation, Spain, Tanzania [...] | 2009-12-14 18:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA XA |
09USUNNEWYORK112 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR UPDATES [...] (U) Summary. The Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, provided the Management Committee with an update on the Charles Taylor case and other matters on February 4. End summary. 2. (U) On January 30, the Prosecution concluded the presentation of its evidence in th [...] | 2009-02-10 16:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL SL NL |
09USUNNEWYORK1120 | UNGA: NO SURPRISES IN FOURTH ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on December 7 and 8 for the first meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 52 delegations spoke on "all the positions and proposals by Member States." Most of the discussio [...] | 2009-12-14 19:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK1121 | SYRIA CALLS VOTE IN GA DURING CONFLICT DIAMOND RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted the conflict diamonds resolution on December 11, amidst rancor and confusion after Syria called a surprise vote on language referring to Israel in the text. The PGA failed to clearly articulate what the vote was about or whether it was procedurally corr [...] | 2009-12-15 14:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA XA XY |
09USUNNEWYORK1122 | UNGA/C-5: SCALES DEBATE FOR REGULAR BUDGET AND PKO [...] (U) SUMMARY: No consensus has been reached during recent informal meetings of the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the UN General Assembly on both the regular budget and peacekeeping (PKO) scales of assessments. On the regular budget scales, the EU proposal failed to gain any [...] | 2009-12-15 20:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1123 | UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Council met on December 14 in consultations to discuss the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) since its mandate expires at the end of the month. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council on the Secretary-General's six-month repor [...] | 2009-12-15 21:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY |
09USUNNEWYORK1124 | SINGAPORE ASSESSES NAM DYNAMICS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. A delegate with the Singapore Mission to the UN on December 14 provided USUN with a summary of a meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM),which was chaired by Egypt and meant to provide the Iranian delegation an opportunity to present its case before NA [...] | 2009-12-16 20:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SN EG |
09USUNNEWYORK1125 | SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE FOR THE 64TH [...] Summary: On December 14, the Sixth Committee concluded debate on agenda items 169: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in the General Assembly and 171: Observer status in the General Assembly for the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. Saudi [...] | 2009-12-17 13:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1126 | UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY, [...] SUMMARY: On November 23 and 24 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on the remaining 11 resolutions on the Committee's agenda, adopting 7 by consensus and 4 by vote. In an unusual usage of Third Committee rules of procedure, the Durban Review Conference resolution had to b [...] | 2009-12-17 15:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1127 | GA ADOPTS 6TH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AND CREDENTIAL [...] Summary: On December 17, the General Assembly took action on 16 resolutions recommended by the Sixth Committee on topics ranging from universal jurisdiction to rule of law to criminal accountability of U.N. officials and experts on mission. All of the resolutions were adopted without a vote. [...] | 2009-12-17 23:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1130 | 1267: COUNCIL SETS OUT BOLD REFORMS FOR AL QAEDA / [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1904 on December 17, setting out bold reforms of the sanctions regime concerning al-Qaida and the Taliban and extending the mandate of the 1267 Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team ("the Monitoring Team") for an add [...] | 2009-12-18 14:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK1131 | UNGA; REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH [...] (U) Gerald Scott has returned to advise the U.S. Delegation to the General Assembly on African affairs for the ninth year in succession. Following are his views of this 64th General Assembly and the performance of Delegations representing Africa Bureau states. Introduction and Summary --- [...] | 2009-12-18 16:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL UNGA XY ZF ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK1133 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH UNGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's speech was the high point of the UNGA's opening session. WHA and other delegations warmly welcomed his call for a "new era of engagement." One of the most striking expressions of this sentiment came later in the session when the Third Committee erupted into appl [...] | 2009-12-18 17:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM |
09USUNNEWYORK1136 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 1, Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Patrick Robinson, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the ICTY's Chef de Cabinet, Gabrielle McIntyre. Robinson addressed several issues including retention of the I [...] | 2009-12-19 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK1137 | UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on December 17, the UN Controller briefed on the recent International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) meeting, highlighting the Government of Iraq's (GOI) progress in developing a time-bound action plan to implement a comprehensive oil met [...] | 2009-12-19 00:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK1138 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES/ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON [...] Summary: On December 4, the General Assembly debated agenda items 76a: Oceans and the law of the sea and 76b: Sustainable fisheries, with over 42 Member States addressing the Assembly. Interventions focused mainly on combating piracy; stopping illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fis [...] | 2009-12-19 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK114 | SYG BAN BRIEFS ON AU SUMMIT, IRAQ, GAZA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on his recent travels in February 9 consultations. Ban recounted his personal intervention on the Muhajeria crisis in Darfur, described a long list of challenges in Afghanistan and relayed a new sense of optimism in Iraq in the [...] | 2009-02-11 01:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK |
09USUNNEWYORK1141 | UNGA64: EU AND EFTA MEMBER STATES WELCOME AND [...] (U) The EU-27 responded to new U.S. flexibility at UNGA64 by collaborating pragmatically on our top priorities, and by providing essential voting support. Ably led by Sweden's EU presidency, EU member states shared the burden on lobbying the G-77 regarding human rights resolutions. They stood firm [...] | 2009-12-21 11:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XT |
09USUNNEWYORK1146 | GA PLENARY: ANNUAL DEBATE: THE SITUATION IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met from November 30 - December 2 on the "Question of Palestine" and "Situation in the Middle East." The debate on the Question of Palestine included speeches from the President of the General Assembly, 42 countries and the Palestine Observer Mission. Most [...] | 2009-12-22 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK1147 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH UK PERM [...] (U) Action request for Department in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador Rice met on December 16 with UK Perm Rep Mark Lyall-Grant, at his request, to discuss Middle East peace efforts. Lyall-Grant asked about current U.S. thinking on the Middle East. He said that Foreign Secretary Miliband [...] | 2009-12-22 16:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
09USUNNEWYORK115 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH VIETNAMESE PERMREP LE [...] (C) During an initial meeting with Vietnamese PermRep Le on February 5, Ambassador Rice reviewed U.S. priorities and said we wished to try to amplify bilateral cooperation, especially on development and climate change. Le agreed, adding that the positive relationship between the U.S. and Viet [...] | 2009-02-11 01:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC VM |
09USUNNEWYORK1150 | UNSC: COUNCIL'S DECEMBER MEETING ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Serry briefed the Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on December 17. He highlighted the lack of progress in seeking the two parties' return to the negotiating table. While noting that Israeli Prime Minister Netan [...] | 2009-12-23 19:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1151 | PARAGUAY PR DOS SANTOS COURTESY CALL WITH RICE [...] (C) During a December 9 courtesy call with Ambassador Rice, Paraguayan PermRep Jose Antonio dos Santos said that Paraguay's priorities at the UN include peacekeeping and human rights issues. He commented that multilateralism is the "only way a small country like Paraguay can be heard." Within [...] | 2009-12-23 19:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PA XM |
09USUNNEWYORK1152 | CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER ASSESSES SOLID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Advisor Downer told the Security Council on December 9 that there had been "solid progress" in reunification negotiations, which was mainly due to the "clear commitment" of Greek Cypriot President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Talat to the process. Turkey called [...] | 2009-12-23 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNFICYP UNSC CY |
09USUNNEWYORK1153 | RICE AND KOUCHNER DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, GUINEA, [...] (S) SUMMARY. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told Ambassador Rice that France would not send additional troops to Afghanistan in the near term, but would take another look at its troop contributions following the outcome of the January 2010 London conference on Afghanistan. Kouchner [...] | 2009-12-23 20:29:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC AF CG GV ER |
09USUNNEWYORK1155 | SECURITY COUNCIL LAUDS BURUNDI'S PROGRESS, CALLS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 10 Security Council briefing on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB),Executive Representative and BINUB head Mahmoud gave a positive account of the status of both the peace process and electoral preparations, and underscored that BINUB will co [...] | 2009-12-23 21:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO BY ZF |
09USUNNEWYORK1156 | NORWAY PREVIEWS PM,S TOPICS FOR POTUS MEETING; [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Larsen previewed the topics that Prime Minister Stoltenberg will raise with President Obama during his upcoming visit to Oslo - an action plan for UN Millennium Development Goals Four and [...] | 2009-12-23 21:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UN AF CG SU |
09USUNNEWYORK1157 | SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES DRUG TRAFFICKING AS A [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council held an open debate on December 8 to discuss, for the first time, international drug trafficking as a threat to international peace and security with a focus on West Africa. UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa highl [...] | 2009-12-23 21:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNCND UNIDCP KTIA KCOR KCRM SNAR XA |
09USUNNEWYORK1158 | SECURITY COUNCIL RESPONDS TO AU REPORT ON DARFUR, [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 21 briefing on the Report of the African Union High-level Panel on Darfur, Secretary General Ban praised the Panel's work and called for continuing efforts to encourage both the Government of Sudan (GOS) and rebel movements to embrace the peace process. African [...] | 2009-12-24 17:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK1159 | MONUC EXTENDED 5 MONTHS; MANDATE CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously renewed MONUC's mandate on December 23 for 5 months, with the intention to further extend it an additional 12 months. During Council consultations on December 16, SRSG Doss said the "Kimia II" operations against the FDLR would end in December, an [...] | 2009-12-24 17:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM XA UNSC CG RW |
09USUNNEWYORK116 | UNIPSIL BRIEFING: CORRUPTION, DRUGS, AND YOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone's (UNIPSIL) ERSG Schulenburg told the Security Council that drug trafficking, corruption, and youth unemployment are the greatest threats to Sierra Leone's post-conflict recovery. He said the "Joint Vision" plan, agreed by all [...] | 2009-02-11 01:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC SL XY |
09USUNNEWYORK1163 | UNGA-C/5: SECRETARY GENERAL ADDRESSES THE FIFTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Secretary General came before the Fifth Committee on December 7th in order to further present his biennium budget, recognizing the need to scrutinize finances in the midst of the global economic crisis, while emphasizing that cuts should target operational costs and not tho [...] | 2009-12-29 13:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1169 | EU: AMBASSADOR RICE PRESSES PERMREPS TO PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice urged Permreps from the European Union on December 15 to consider moving to the endgame in their effort to reach a consensus with the G-77 over scales of assessment and the regular budget. (See Reftel for details on negotiations.) Rice said that the U.S. had so fa [...] | 2009-12-30 22:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UNGA EU |
09USUNNEWYORK117 | GEORGIA: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In closed consultations on February 10, all Security Council members except the Russian Federation identified a continuing need for a UN presence in Georgia, at least on an interim basis, which would ensure security and stability pending consultations on a comprehensive security [...] | 2009-02-11 01:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK1170 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: FM ALKALAJ SEEKS EARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj told Ambassador Rice on December 16 that early bilateral consultations on key Security Council matters would ensure that the Foreign Ministry has sufficient time to gain consensus among BiH's tri-presidency for Council acti [...] | 2009-12-30 22:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BK |
09USUNNEWYORK118 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Ambassador Rice met with Bangladesh PermRep Ismat Jahan to discuss shared priorities in development, climate change, security and governance. Ambassadors Rice and Jahan agreed that these priorities were linked and that all countries, from least developed to most de [...] | 2009-02-11 02:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM BG |
09USUNNEWYORK122 | U/SYG MALCORRA ON STAFFING, SUDAN, SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice paid a courtesy call on UN Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra on Wednesday, February 11. U/SYG Malcorra, who heads the UN's Department of Field Support (DFS),told the Ambassador that Amcit Tony Banbury was on a "one man shortlist" for the position of Assista [...] | 2009-02-11 23:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SU SO AF |
09USUNNEWYORK123 | GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Subsequent to USUN's Ref A Action Request, USUN has engaged in further negotiations with the Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, Croatia and Germany ("Group of Friends") on the text of a Security Council resolution that would extend the UN Observer Mi [...] | 2009-02-12 14:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK124 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT [...] (C) During an introductory call on General Assembly President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann on February 11, Ambassador Rice underscored U.S. priorities for renewed engagement with the United Nations, but cautioned the PGA against divisive actions. D'Escoto expressed his strong enthusiasm fo [...] | 2009-02-12 14:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG EFIN UNGA KGHG KPAL PINR |
09USUNNEWYORK125 | AMBASSADOR RICE COURTESY MEETING WITH GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. German PermRep Matussek told Ambassador Rice in their first meeting on February 3 that Berlin and the international community have high expectations about a U.S. policy of engagement with the Iranian leadership without precondition. Rice asked Matussek to help ensure that German [...] | 2009-02-12 17:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF IR GM |
09USUNNEWYORK126 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PERMREP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 19:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PARM AU XI |
09USUNNEWYORK127 | GEORGIA: AMBASSADORS RICE AND DICARLO URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian PermRep Alexander Lomaia expressed appreciation for the extension of UNOMIG, but warned that Georgia might not view another UNOMIG extension as worthwhile in June 2009. He complained that Russia had already begun to spin the draft resolution as a victory. Ambassadors Ric [...] | 2009-02-12 19:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK128 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met February 11 with Pakistan PR Abdullah Hussain Haroon. The Pakistani PR gave a lengthy presentation on Pakistan,s fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida, and insisted repeatedly that the only solution to defeating terrorism in the region was for the U.S. to equi [...] | 2009-02-12 19:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
09USUNNEWYORK129 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PR [...] (C) Summary. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, Egyptian PR Abdelaziz discussed Egypt's efforts to improve the atmosphere of the Durban conference; urged that the Security Council defer the imminent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir; agreed that UN peacekeeping operat [...] | 2009-02-12 19:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM EG SU |
09USUNNEWYORK13 | UN PREVIEWS PLANNED SUPPORT TO AMISOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two meetings on January 6, UN Under Secretary-General Malcorra and Department of Field Support (DFS) staff briefed USUN on the status of UN planning to implement the Secretary-General's proposed measures to strengthen the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). DFS is coor [...] | 2009-01-09 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK130 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM - INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Action request in paragraph ten. 2. (C) Summary: The President of the General Assembly will launch intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion in an informal plenary of the General Assembly on February 19, 2009. He will introduce a work plan with a schedule of meet [...] | 2009-02-12 21:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK132 | UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: 1718 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: On February 12, following a routine briefing of the 1718 Democratic People,s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee (an essentially inactive committee),the Russian delegation highlighted the Six Party Talks as a means by which to continue diplomatic negotiations on North Korean [...] | 2009-02-12 23:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK133 | AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSSES G-77 AND ICC WITH SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Sudanese Perm Rep Mohamad to discuss G-77 issues. Mohamad argued that more UN resources should be devoted to development and less to peacekeeping. Rice replied that both are essential. Mohamad raised the impending International Criminal Court (ICC) d [...] | 2009-02-13 00:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK137 | GENERAL SUPPORT FROM UNSC MEMBERS FOR 1540 WORKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-14 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK138 | SOMALIA: UN BRIEFS ON SECURITY SUPPORT, POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Malcorra briefed the Security Council on February 12 on UN plans to implement resolution 1863. Malcorra mentioned the need for a bridging arrangement with the contractor already on the ground and said that the UN planned to conclude its own lo [...] | 2009-02-14 00:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK140 | GEORGIA: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNOMIG MANDATE [...] The Security Council unanimously adopted an extension of the UNOMIG mandate until June 15, 2009 in a short meeting on February 13, 2009 (Res. 1866, see reftel for resolution text). Prior to the adoption, the Council held brief consultations and agreed that the resolution would be a presidenti [...] | 2009-02-14 00:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK141 | AU/ARAB LEAGUE LOBBY UNSC FOR ICC DEFERRAL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union and Arab League leaders met informally with Security Council members on February 12 to press their case for deferral of the ICC case against Sudan President Bashir. AU Commissioner Lamamra told Council members that the AU is making progress with the Government of [...] | 2009-02-17 13:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
09USUNNEWYORK142 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 introductory meeting with Afghanistan PermRep Zahir Tanin, Ambassador Rice emphasized U.S. commitment to Afghanistan and its desire to work in the mutual interests of both countries. She noted that the Administration,s top-to-bottom review of its Afghanistan poli [...] | 2009-02-17 14:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF |
09USUNNEWYORK143 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY DIRECTOR [...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants Mission Clearance for Mr. Chip Poncy, U.S. Treasury Department Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes Office Director, to travel to USUN on February 17, 2008 to brief the Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) on U.S. Treasury counter-terrorist finan [...] | 2009-02-17 14:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER OTRA PREL KTFN |
09USUNNEWYORK144 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NIGERIAN PERMANENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 initial call on Nigerian Permanent Representative to the UN Uche Joy Ogwu, Ambassador Rice pressed Ogwu on the need for Nigeria to expeditiously complete its preparations for deployment of a battalion to AMISOM in Somalia. Ogwu referred to difficulties in lo [...] | 2009-02-17 15:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA NI |
09USUNNEWYORK146 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH TRI-PARTITE DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Ambassador Rice met with the tri-partite delegation consisting of representatives from the African Union, Arab League and Qatar to discuss Sudan, Mauritania and Somalia. AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra headed the delegation, which included Amba [...] | 2009-02-17 17:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK147 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR AMISOM 607 NEGOTIATIONS [...] Mission clearance is granted for Tanaz Khambatta, Christina Sanford, Chris Tringale, Jimmy Salvino and Mike Skardon to visit New York on February 18 in order to begin technical negotiations with the UN on a 607 agreement for the African Union Mission to Somalia. 2. USUN POC is John Senior ( [...] | 2009-02-17 23:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK150 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH ROK PR PARK [...] (C) In Ambassador Rice's initial call with Republic of Korea PermRep Park on February 17, the latter discussed shared priorities and possibilities for further coordination on issues such as DPRK, G-20 coordination, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),disarmament, the environmental summit and [...] | 2009-02-18 19:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN |
09USUNNEWYORK151 | UNAMID CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO ICC DECISION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMID, U/SYG Le Roy emphasized that adequately equipping troops already on the ground in Darfur should become a priority. Le Roy also briefed the Council on the agr [...] | 2009-02-18 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
09USUNNEWYORK153 | JAPANESE-HOSTED BREAKFAST CONSIDERS MANDATE OF [...] (SBU) Action request in paragraph 3. 2. (C) On February 18 the Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu in his capacity as President of the UN Security Council for February hosted a breakfast to discuss Afghanistan, including the status of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). [...] | 2009-02-18 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF UNSC MARR |
09USUNNEWYORK154 | LIBERIA SANCTIONS: UN EXPERT PANEL LAUNCHES NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-reappointed Liberia Panel of Experts (POE) presented to the 1521 Liberia Sanctions Committee on February 13 a plan of attack for monitoring implementation of the Liberia sanctions measures, with a focus on assembling information on designated individuals and entitie [...] | 2009-02-18 23:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
09USUNNEWYORK155 | BAN KI MOON URGES POTUS PARTICIPATION IN CLIMATE [...] (C) During a small dinner at the UN Secretary General's residence the Secretary General pulled Ambassador Rice aside to again reiterate the importance he places on President Obama attending the proposed "mini summit" on climate change in March. Ban said he was concerned that as yet there had [...] | 2009-02-18 23:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV |
09USUNNEWYORK156 | UN: IRAQ ELECTIONS "WENT VERY WELL" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, DPA officials briefed USUN and UKUN on the UN's assessment of elections in Iraq, as well as on UNAMI-related issues. In general, the UN believes the elections went very well, despite initial concerns regarding the lower turnout. DPA is finalizing the UNAMI report [...] | 2009-02-19 00:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
09USUNNEWYORK157 | GENERAL COMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF [...] Summary. The UNGA General Committee met February 18 to consider inscription of two new items on the agenda of the 63rd General Assembly. The Committee decided to inscribe the item on financing activities related to SC resolution 1863 but deferred consideration of the Tanzanian request for a [...] | 2009-02-19 14:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA XA XG |
09USUNNEWYORK158 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory meeting on February 17, Ambassador Rice and Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata discussed Security Council Reform, Italy's 2009 G-8 chairmanship, climate change and human rights. On Security Council Reform, Ambassador Terzi hoped that the upcoming inf [...] | 2009-02-19 22:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IT |
09USUNNEWYORK159 | UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING: SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary General's Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, briefed the Council on the situation in Gaza and t [...] | 2009-02-19 22:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK160 | AMB. WOLFF MEETS WITH UNSCO SERRY ON GAZA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry met with Ambassador Wolff on February 18 to discuss Gaza. Serry was pessimistic on the chances for a durable cease-fire in Gaza given Israel's linking of the cease-fire to Israeli CPL Shalit's release and news [...] | 2009-02-19 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS EG |
09USUNNEWYORK161 | A/SYG MULET DISCUSSES ICC CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador DiCarlo met with Assistant Secretary General for the Department of Peace Keeping Operations Edmond Mulet on February 18 to discuss the UN's contingency plans after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues a decision on the request for an arrest warrant against Su [...] | 2009-02-19 22:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK163 | GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON BURMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Special Advisor Gambari outlined the main challenges to progress in Burma, including a fundamental division of the international community on the issue. He reviewed his goals for his recent visit and added that for different reas [...] | 2009-02-20 01:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK164 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: USG HOLMES BRIEFS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, briefed the Security Council on the current humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 17 following his visit to the country. He described a new dynamic created by recent coopera [...] | 2009-02-20 13:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC CG RW |
09USUNNEWYORK166 | RUSSIA RAISES 1267 SANCTIONS-RELATED HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-22 18:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL UNSC POL RU |
09USUNNEWYORK167 | BIH ACTION REQUEST: PERMREP SEEKS U.S. HELP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In a brief introductory call with Ambassador Rice, incoming Bosnia and Herzegovina PermRep Ivan Barbalic said his immediate focus is on preparing his mission to take on the extra workload that will come with Bosnia's likely Security Council membership in 2010-20 [...] | 2009-02-22 18:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BK |
09USUNNEWYORK168 | MADAGASCAR PERMREP'S CALL ON AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy of Madagascar paid an introductory call on Ambassador Rice on February 19. He offered no details on the ongoing political crisis in Madagascar but expressed a general hope that parties to the dispute could reach a compromise solution that "respected le [...] | 2009-02-23 15:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MA |
09USUNNEWYORK169 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SUDAN CENSUS MEETING [...] Mission clearance is granted for the following officers to visit New York on February 25 in order to attend a meeting of the UN Statistical Commission on the Sudan census and hold related consultations: a. Marti Alane Flacks, desk officer, Africa Bureau, Sudan Programs Group b. Andrea Karen [...] | 2009-02-24 18:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA UNSC SU |
09USUNNEWYORK170 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: In a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Rice, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay said of the Durban Review Conference, that although she was disappointed with the addition of unhelpful text in the draft outcome document and the politicized language used by some [...] | 2009-02-24 19:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK18 | GEORGIA/RUSSIA: GERMANS PROMOTE REVISED UNOMIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German Mission to the UN is advocating a beefed-up mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when the current mandate expires on February 15, 2009. Germany hopes Security Council members will corner Russia into agreeing to extend authorization for a military ob [...] | 2009-01-12 23:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK180 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: At its February 20 meeting, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Management Committee discussed the future STL Prosecutor's request for a change in the terms of his employment, to the equivalent compensation of a judge, to compensate for a decrease in his net earnings when he mo [...] | 2009-02-27 01:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PTER LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK182 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...] | 2009-02-27 02:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO |
09USUNNEWYORK183 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CANADIAN PERMREP MCNEE [...] (C) Summary. During an introductory meeting on February 18, Canadian PermRep McNee reviewed Canada's priorities with Ambassador Rice, including strengthening the UN mission in Afghanistan, ensuring UN responsiveness to peacekeeping operations' needs, and Security Council reform. He noted tha [...] | 2009-02-27 02:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CA |
09USUNNEWYORK184 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MAURA NICHOLSON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 02:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK185 | 1267 COMMITTEE LAUNCHES WORK ON MAJOR NEW TASKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council's 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions) has recently begun two workload-intensive tasks mandated in resolution 1822 (2008) to address deficiencies in the fairness and clarity of the Committee's procedures. The first task directed the Committee to compl [...] | 2009-02-27 10:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK189 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...] | 2009-02-27 16:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI UN |
09USUNNEWYORK19 | UNSC: COUNCIL SUPPORTS SYG TRAVEL TO REGION; URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: In closed-door consultations with the Security Council on January 13, the Secretary-General briefed the Council on the goals of his upcoming trip to the region. He stressed it was time for the violence to stop and called for a durable cease-fire and the implementation of UNSCR [...] | 2009-01-13 21:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS EG TU |
09USUNNEWYORK191 | JAPAN WANTS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION IF DPRK [...] (S) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice shared U.S. concerns regarding a potential DPRK missile launch with Japanese PermRep Takasu on February 26, and asked for Japan's support in publicly calling any launch a violation of SCR 1718. Takasu st [...] | 2009-02-27 18:00:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PGOV PREL UNSC PINR KN XB SU XA |
09USUNNEWYORK192 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SRI LANKA PR PALIHAKKARA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 26 meeting with Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara, Ambassador Rice urged his government to grant NGOs and USAID complete and full access to civilians in IDP camps. Palihakkara acknowledged that "there had been a problem," and said the visit of UN U/SYG for Humanitarian [...] | 2009-02-27 18:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNHCR |
09USUNNEWYORK193 | THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26, the Security Council held its quarterly debate on UNAMI and Iraq, with the participation of SRSG Staffan de Mistura and Iraqi PR Bayati. De Mistura reprised the major themes taken from the recent UN report on UNAMI/Iraq: successful Iraqi-led elections, increas [...] | 2009-02-27 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK196 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...] | 2009-02-27 23:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO |
09USUNNEWYORK197 | DPRK: RUSSIA AND JAPAN CONSIDER MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Wolff, Russian Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov and Japanese Perm Rep Takasu offered different approaches to responding to a possible Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch. Dolgov said that Moscow had sought to discourage the DPRK from this [...] | 2009-02-27 23:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK198 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF MEETS WITH UNIFIL COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wolff met with General Claudio Graziano, the Force Commander of UNIFIL, and discussed UNIFIL's operations, elections in Lebanon, and Israel's occupation of northern Ghajar. Graziano said the security situation in Lebanon will remain critical during the run-up to the L [...] | 2009-02-28 00:08:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR IS LE |
09USUNNEWYORK199 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council February 27 on the situation in northern Sri Lanka and his recent visit there. He said civilians in the LTTE-controlled area are in "very great danger" and there are strong anecdotal reports that they are b [...] | 2009-02-28 00:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PREF CE |
09USUNNEWYORK2 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 19:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC OTRA PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK200 | UN PEACEKEEPING: AMBASSADOR RICE ADDRESSES C-34 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) opened its annual session with a general debate on February 23-24. Ambassador Rice addressed the C-34 on February 24, delivering a message that the U.S. is ready to consider fresh peacekeeping approaches in cooperation [...] | 2009-02-28 00:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK201 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...] | 2009-03-02 20:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI EU UN |
09USUNNEWYORK202 | AMBASSADOR RICE AND UN DPKO USG LE ROY DISCUSS [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping USG Le Roy told Ambassador Rice on February 26 that India planned to withdraw its troops from MONUC. He asked for U.S. assistance in encouraging DRC President Kabila to support Indian troops, to help ave [...] | 2009-03-03 01:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN SU XA AF |
09USUNNEWYORK203 | DEPARTING SOUTH AFRICAN PR KUMALO AND RICE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Rice's introductory meeting with South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo on February 25, Kumalo said the Human Rights Council would "die" without U.S. participation. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Rice said bilateral relations had not gone as well as hoped and the U.S. wanted to [...] | 2009-03-03 01:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC SF |
09USUNNEWYORK206 | GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] SUMMARY. (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis told Ambassador Rice and Ambassador Wolff on February 26, that her current priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE were to find a consensus approach for engaging on Russia's proposals for a new European security architecture and to get [...] | 2009-03-04 22:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UNSC RS GG TU CY GR |
09USUNNEWYORK207 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (C) During a March 4 introductory meeting, Iraqi PR Hamid al-Bayati told Ambassador Rice that Iraq was eager for a "long-term strategic relationship with the U.S." He expressed his willingness to serve as an intermediary with the UN,s group of Arab Ambassadors, and also offered to help assist [...] | 2009-03-04 22:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK208 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU MEETS AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, asked Ambassador Rice on March 2 to help Kosovo obtain recognition from additional states, particularly from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and OIC members; and to help ensure that like-minded states, including non-European states, s [...] | 2009-03-04 22:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICJ UNSC SR KV |
09USUNNEWYORK209 | UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (SBU) At the request of Burkina Faso, the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) briefed the Security Council on March 3 on the events surrounding the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Vieira and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai. DPA Deputy Director for Africa J [...] | 2009-03-04 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC PU SG XY |
09USUNNEWYORK211 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Sha Zukang reviewed his department's development priorities during a March 2 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, focusing on a nine-page customized report reviewing DESA's cooperation with USG agencies and proposing areas for [...] | 2009-03-04 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KGHG SENV UN CH |
09USUNNEWYORK212 | SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS EXPERT PANEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee reviewed recent setbacks confronting the Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) that have resulted in the Panel being unable to travel to Sudan. According to the POE, Sudan remains unwilling to grant appropriate visas to all POE members and the UN Departmen [...] | 2009-03-04 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
09USUNNEWYORK218 | OSCE: CHAIRWOMAN-IN-OFFICE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY. Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Dora Bakoyannis, briefed the UN Security Council on February 27 on Greece's priorities for the OSCE. She called for a continued OSCE presence in Georgia as well as border security and policing projects in Central Asia and Afghanis [...] | 2009-03-05 22:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC OSCE |
09USUNNEWYORK219 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SAUDI ARABIAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: During their introductory meeting on March 3, Ambassador Rice and Saudi PermRep Khalid Al-Nafisee discussed Saudi Arabia's progress on the Interfaith Dialogue, the Lebanon Tribunal and Gaza, recognition of Kosovo, and relations with Iraq and Iran. Al-Nafisee was keen to emphasiz [...] | 2009-03-05 22:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XF ZP |
09USUNNEWYORK221 | 2009 MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] Summary: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters February 16-20, 23-25. The Committee focused [...] | 2009-03-09 14:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK222 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS MOROCCAN PERMREP LOULICHKI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and Moroccan PermRep Mohammed Loulichki on March 5 held their introductory meeting and discussed the Western Sahara, Human Rights Council, and Durban Review Conference. Loulichki spoke at length about human rights, insisting that the inclusion of human rights lan [...] | 2009-03-09 15:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XI XF KPAL WI MARR |
09USUNNEWYORK223 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) During a March 5 introductory meeting, Zimbabwe PermRep Chidyausiku told Ambassador Rice Zimbabwe wants to engage with the U.S. He noted the dramatic decline in health, education, infrastructure and quality of life in Zimbabwe and asked for the U.S. to lift its sanctions. Chidyausiku ex [...] | 2009-03-09 16:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC ZI ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK224 | ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BASHIR AND AID TO [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani began his March 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice by raising the International Criminal Court's (ICC) March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir. He reiterated the AL's position that the indictment is not a positive st [...] | 2009-03-09 18:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SU |
09USUNNEWYORK226 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM TASK FORCE REPORTS ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Orr convened an informal briefing on the status of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force's (CTITF) efforts to implement the UN Global Counter-terrorism Strategy (A/RES/60/288). Orr reported on the new Task Force office which has been [...] | 2009-03-09 23:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UN PARM |
09USUNNEWYORK227 | OCHA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON NGO EXPULSIONS FROM SUDAN [...] Summary: Libya began March 6 Security Council consultations on Darfur by noting that the African Union and Arab League would send a high-level delegation to brief the Council on regional organizations' unanimous opinion that the Council should defer prosecution of President Bashir by invokin [...] | 2009-03-10 00:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK228 | P-5 MEET WITH UN SYG BAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, UK Perm Rep Sawers hosted a P-5 lunch with Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to discuss Sudan, the DPRK, DRC, Somalia and the Middle East. Prior to the arrival of SYG Ban and U/SYG Pascoe, P-5 ambassadors and [...] | 2009-03-10 00:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK229 | HIGHLIGHTS OF 1267 MONITORING TEAM'S ANNUAL REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 1267 Monitoring Team, a UN-mandated group charged with documenting and reporting on the implementation of the UN sanctions on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, has issued its ninth annual report containing recommendations to improve the efficacy and fairness of this sanctions regime. T [...] | 2009-03-10 00:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK230 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 4 and 5 to begin the substantive phase of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. 80 delegations spoke during the day and a half discussion on "categories of membership." A core group of states suppo [...] | 2009-03-10 00:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK236 | 1267: INDIA EAGER TO MOVE ON PAKISTAN-RELATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Mission of India shared with USUN a list of individuals whom India intends to propose for designation to the 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban sanctions). These individuals are reportedly linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group and the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. [...] | 2009-03-10 23:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK238 | COUNCIL DISCUSSES SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 10, Austrian Perm Rep Thomas Mayr-Harting, Chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee (1591 Committee),briefed the Council on the activities of the Sudan Sanctions committee over the past ninety days, and highlighted the inability of the Panel of Experts (POE) to travel t [...] | 2009-03-11 00:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
09USUNNEWYORK239 | SPANISH PERMREP PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Spanish Permrep Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo reviewed Spain's UN priorities in a March 9 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice. He observed that the Second Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations set to take place in Istanbul on April 6-7 would coincide with President Obama' [...] | 2009-03-11 00:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MINURSO SP |
09USUNNEWYORK247 | PACIFIC ISLAND PERMREPS LAY OUT CONCERNS ON STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Rice's March 5 hosted lunch for her counterparts from 11 UN member states representing Pacific island nations, the islanders expressed optimism for the new U.S. Administration after feeling drift in recent years. They called for enhanced partnership with the U.S. w [...] | 2009-03-11 18:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SENV KGHG AORC UNGA EAID XV |
09USUNNEWYORK248 | UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Director for Asia and the Middle East Division Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber briefed the Security Council in consultations on the Secretary-General's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Both emphasized that the most [...] | 2009-03-11 21:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE SY |
09USUNNEWYORK250 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH SPECIAL COURT FOR [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador DiCarlo met on March 11 with Stephen Rapp, Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone to discuss the latest developments at the Court, including the Court's need for additional voluntary contributions. Anthony Triolo, the Court's liaison officer, and Legoff also [...] | 2009-03-12 16:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AOWC SL PGOV |
09USUNNEWYORK251 | SRSG FALL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON CAR [...] Summary: On March 10, the Council was briefed on recent developments in the Central African Republic (CAR) by SRSG Fall, along with Belgium Perm Rep Grauls, who chairs the Central African Republic (CAR) configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. CAR Perm Rep Poukre-Kono also addressed t [...] | 2009-03-12 17:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREF PREL UNSC CD CT SU |
09USUNNEWYORK254 | DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE HEARS CONCERNS OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11, the newly-appointed Group of Experts (GOE) briefed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee on its plan for monitoring implementation of the DRC sanctions measures. The GOE highlighted its concern over regional non-cooperation with the sancti [...] | 2009-03-13 13:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC AF ETTC KPKO |
09USUNNEWYORK257 | GEORGIA: PERMREP SEEKS US VIEWS ON FUTURE OF UNOMIG [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Permrep Alexander Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on March 12 that Georgia would like to see the UN presence in Georgia/Abkhazia continue. It should include a peacekeeping force to patrol a demilitarized zone, an executive policing component, and a concrete mechanism for [...] | 2009-03-13 18:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK26 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS:AUSTRIANS PLAN CAUTIOUS START TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts responsible for managing Austria's chairmanship of the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee plan to focus the committee on outstanding tasks leftover from 2008 and not immediately introduce any new initiatives. Noting Austria's role as a "defender of human rights," the [...] | 2009-01-15 23:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK262 | P-3 MEET TO DISCUSS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, French Perm Rep Ripert hosted a P-3 meeting with UK Ambassador Pierce and U.S. Ambassador DiCarlo to discuss future Council action regarding the humanitarian situation in Sudan. The P-3 agreed to request an additional briefing from the UN Office for the Coordinatio [...] | 2009-03-16 19:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK266 | GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: SRSG VERBEKE NON-PAPER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has circulated a Non-Paper to the U.S. and other key stakeholders, which outlines basic principles for a security regime for Abkhazia, Georgia. The Non-Paper also outlines elements of a future UN role in Geo [...] | 2009-03-16 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK267 | DRC: MOVING ON SECOND BATCH OF FDLR DESIGNATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) USUN met, at the request of its counterparts, with the UK, French, Belgian Missions to the UN on March 7 to discuss designating a second batch of FDLR names from the list of 19 names that the Rwandans had submitted in May 2008 to t [...] | 2009-03-16 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC AF ETTC KPKO MARR |
09USUNNEWYORK269 | AMBASSADOR RICE URGES UGANDAN PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) Summary: On March 16, Ambassador Rice spoke by phone with Ugandan President Museveni to urge him to speak with Sudanese President Bashir concerning the recent expulsion of 13 NGOs from Darfur. Rice said that, even if Uganda's position on the ICC indictment of Bashir differed from the U. [...] | 2009-03-17 14:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK270 | ITALY'S CHIEF OF COUNTER-TERRORISM, DIEGO [...] SUMMARY: Italy, as President of the G8, convened its first meeting of counter-terrorism (CT) experts from the G8 UN delegations on March 11. Diego Brasioli, Chief of the Counter-Terrorism Branch in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presided over the meeting and discussed the stand-a [...] | 2009-03-17 14:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK272 | P-3 PERM REPS DISCUSS UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 17 meeting called by Ambassador Rice, UK Perm Rep Sawers and French Deputy Perm Rep LaCroix discussed the humanitarian situation in Sudan created by the Sudanese decision to expel humanitarian NGOs. The group agreed to seek a second briefing from the UN Office of the [...] | 2009-03-18 00:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK273 | NYC COMMISSIONER TIVEN'S COURTESY CALL ON [...] New York City Commissioner for the UN, Consular Corps and Protocol Marjorie Bloomberg Tiven paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Rice on March 17. Ambassador Rice expressed gratitude for the assistance the City - particularly the New York Police Department (NYPD) - gives USUN in support of the [...] | 2009-03-18 12:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK278 | AMBASSADOR RICE AND UNMIL SRSG LOJ DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe Loj told Ambassador Rice she believed at least 8,000 troops should remain in Liberia through the 2011 election. Loj cautioned that the French and UK might attempt to [...] | 2009-03-18 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY |
09USUNNEWYORK28 | UN SANCTIONS IN CRISIS? ACADEMICS SAY YES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of academics has proposed a new international process to address what they consider to be unprecedented challenges to the legitimacy and effectiveness of UN sanctions. The threats that these academics highlighted to USUN included questions about the legitimacy of sancti [...] | 2009-01-16 20:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK280 | AMBASSADOR RICE PRESSES BURKINA FASO PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 17, Ambassador Rice spoke by phone with Burkina Faso President Compaore to urge him to speak with Sudanese President Bashir concerning the recent expulsion of 13 NGOs from Darfur. Rice also discussed seeking a Security Council resolution in the event Bashir did not rev [...] | 2009-03-18 23:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK282 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL MEETING WITH LIBYAN PR [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met March 18 with Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of March. Shalgham informed Ambassador Rice that Colonel Qadafi plans to visit New York the week [...] | 2009-03-19 11:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU LY PREF UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK283 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Francis Deng, the UN's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on March 16 to discuss current activities of his office and priorities for the future. Deng explained his efforts to engage three important constituencies on the work of his office in order [...] | 2009-03-19 13:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK284 | UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS [...] On March 16, 2009, Security Council President Dabbashi (Libya) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of March 4-10, 2009. Africa --Burundi (BINUB): Despite continued efforts within the framework of the Joint Verification [...] | 2009-03-19 15:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC MOPS KPKO |
09USUNNEWYORK285 | SUBJECT: UN - FINANCING AMISOM - RECENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 9-11. 2. (U) Summary: This cable reviews recent developments, previews upcoming action in the Fifth Committee (C5),and requests the Department's guidance on steps to be taken on a number of issues arising out of adoption of SCR 186 [...] | 2009-03-19 18:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA KPKO SO |
09USUNNEWYORK286 | SOMALIA/1267: UN OFFICIAL OFFERS INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nick Pyle, Special Adviser to Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, discussed a sanctions delisting request and political developments in Somalia with USUN on March 17. He described President Sharif as tolerating, but not embra [...] | 2009-03-19 19:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO SO MARR ETTC |
09USUNNEWYORK287 | BENEFITS FOR SAME SEX PARTNERS IN THE UN COMMUNITY [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 2 below. 2. Ambassador Rice has received a March 9 letter from the Chief of the UN's Human Resources Service requesting whether the UN should grant the male spouse of a male United States citizen staff member entitlements ( [...] | 2009-03-19 20:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL UN |
09USUNNEWYORK288 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 18 introductory meeting, Norwegian PermRep Morten Wetland told Ambassador Rice Norway's key issues are Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Horn of Africa, as well as climate change, the financial crisis, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),and peacekeeping gene [...] | 2009-03-19 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON |
09USUNNEWYORK289 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 16 and 17 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the question of the veto. 74 delegations spoke during the day-and a-half discussion with most stating their general aversion to the vet [...] | 2009-03-19 20:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK291 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SRSG KAI EIDE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with Ambassador Rice, SRSG and head of UNAMA Kai Eide emphasized the importance of building the capacity of the government and people of Afghanistan. Eide said few countries with active programs in Afghanistan have a national perspective. Instead, they are [...] | 2009-03-20 19:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK292 | SRSG OULD ABDALLAH BRIEFS AMB. RICE ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, told Amb. Rice on March 18 that the Council should adopt a "new paradigm" for Somalia, discussed "disappearances" of ethnic Somali youths from the U.S. and UK, and urged tangible support to [...] | 2009-03-20 20:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK296 | CHARGE DINGER CONSULTS WITH UN ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Charge to Rangoon Larry Dinger met with UN Special Advisor Gambari and representatives from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) during h [...] | 2009-03-23 18:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK297 | UNMIL HEAD SAYS LIBERIAN PEACE IS FRAGILE; FRANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Loj told the Security Council on March 19 that UNMIL would complete its second drawdown by March 31, reducing troop levels to 10,200. Loj described the numerous external and internal threats facing Liberia. Ambassador Rice strongly supported UNMIL, its plan for troop leve [...] | 2009-03-23 18:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY |
09USUNNEWYORK298 | SRSG EIDE BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (U) Summary: On March 20, SRSG Kai Eide updated the Security Council on latest developments in Afghanistan and implementation of UNAMA,s mandate. In contrast to the uniformly somber report on Afghanistan issued by the Secretary-General a week earlier, Eide began by detailing recent improvemen [...] | 2009-03-23 18:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK299 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Management Committee met March 20 and agreed to a one-time increase in the base salary of judges. The Management Committee also discussed and solicited more information on a request by the President of the Tribunal for appointment of the Vice P [...] | 2009-03-23 22:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC LE |
09USUNNEWYORK30 | UN SUCCEEDS IN LAUNCHING NEW ADMINISTRATION OF [...] SUMMARY: At the main session of the sixty-third UN General Assembly, the Fifth Committee adopted a resolution (A/RES/63/253) that completely overhauls the organization's internal justice system for resolving employment-related disputes. Building on a framework resolution from the previous Gen [...] | 2009-01-16 22:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AMGT PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK300 | UN COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH THE HOST COUNTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Committee heard a chorus of complaints, including from the Cypriot Chairman, re parking tickets issued to chauffeurs picking up UN Perm Reps at their residences. Delegates appealed to the Host Country for a solution so missions could carry out their normal duties. Secondary scr [...] | 2009-03-23 22:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK301 | NEW PROCESS ON UN SANCTIONS SET TO LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, the Canadian Mission to the UN convened diplomats, academics and UN Secretariat personnel to discuss a new process to address challenges facing UN sanctions. Although not an official UN endeavor, this process will lead to the establishment in the coming weeks of in [...] | 2009-03-23 22:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK303 | SOMALIA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL: "BACK FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council Members largely sidestepped the much-discussed issue of a UNPKO and instead pledged support for Somalia's new unity government in a March 20 Council debate on Somalia. Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ould-Abdallah and Somali Transitional Fe [...] | 2009-03-24 19:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC ER SO |
09USUNNEWYORK304 | OFAC BRIEFS AU COMMISSIONER ON SANCTIONS, CRITERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: A team of representatives from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) provided a technical briefing to African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra about OFAC's role in administering and enforcing economic sanctions. Lamamr [...] | 2009-03-24 21:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
09USUNNEWYORK306 | (C) ICC’S OCAMPO ON SUDAN: GO AFTER BASHIR’S MONEY [...] (C) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told Ambassadors Rice and Wolff on March 20 that Sudanese President Bashir needed to be isolated. Ocampo suggested if Bashir's stash of money were disclosed (he put the figure at possibly $9 billion),it would change Sudanese public opi [...] | 2009-03-24 22:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SU XW |
09USUNNEWYORK315 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 13:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK316 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CARI ENAV [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 13:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK321 | SOMALIA: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the UN Security Council's Somalia Sanctions Committee discussed with the new Monitoring Group (MG) recent changes to the MG's mandate to monitor sanctions in Somalia, including tasks assigned to implement a new targeted sanctions regime authorized by UNSCR 1844. The [...] | 2009-03-27 14:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC MARR KPKO ETTC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK323 | MEETING WITH UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS ON KHMER [...] (SBU) On March 26, Legoffs met with U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen and U.N. Senior Officer Huw Llewellyn and delivered the points contained in Reftel. 2. (C) Taksoe-Jensen reported on the status of the negotiations on the anti-corruption mechanism fo [...] | 2009-03-27 18:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB |
09USUNNEWYORK324 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed members of the Security Council on the situation in northern Sri Lanka. He said the situation there was worsening and civilian casualties remained "tragically and unacceptably high." The "informal interactive disc [...] | 2009-03-27 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CE MOPS PREF PHUM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK325 | UNSC REFORM: CHINA NOT READY FOR P-5 MINISTERIAL [...] (C) UK Deputy Perm Rep Pierce hosted a P-5 meeting to discuss whether a statement could be released following the planned P-5 Foreign Ministers' discussion in London on Security Council expansion. She asked if other P-5 members could agree with the idea of issuing a statement on the subject [...] | 2009-03-27 21:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC CH FR UK RS IT |
09USUNNEWYORK326 | UN REVISES GEORGIA PROPOSAL, WANTS USG REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. David Harland, chief of the UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) Europe Office, passed to dpolcouns on March 26 a paper entitled "NON-PAPER: Elements for a Security Regime and UN Role." The paper is a revised version of the nonpaper reported reftel. This dra [...] | 2009-03-27 21:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK327 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND EXPERTS GROUP DISCUSSES SHORT [...] (C) Summary: The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Secretariat offered Advisory Board members an overview of the "short list" of third round project applications during a March 25 meeting of the Board's experts group, explaining that the sole project in Venezuela was not included in the short list bec [...] | 2009-03-27 22:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK328 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 25, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in 2009. In addition to a briefing by the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs covering recent events, which he termed a "situation of impasse and uncertainty," all 15 Council members spoke [...] | 2009-03-27 22:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR |
09USUNNEWYORK329 | CHIEF DARFUR MEDIATOR BASSOLE PUSHES UNSC FOR ICC [...] (SBU) Summary: Joint UN/AU Chief Mediator Djbril Bassole made his first appearance before the Security Council on March 26. Bassole focused on three factors affecting mediation efforts: the tense relationship between Chad and Sudan; the splintering of Darfuri armed movements; and the Interna [...] | 2009-03-27 22:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK331 | UNSC WELCOMES EULEX ROLL-OUT, DIVIDED ON UNMIK'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK SRSG Zannier told the Security Council on March 23 that the successful deployment of EULEX had allowed UNMIK to step up its reconfiguration. Serbian President Tadic and Kosovo FM Hyseni both spoke with approval of the EULEX deployment but did so for polar opposite reas [...] | 2009-03-27 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SR KO |
09USUNNEWYORK332 | OCHA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON DARFUR [...] Summary: On March 20, OCHA Director Rashid Khalikov updated the Security Council in a public session on the humanitarian situation in Darfur in the wake of the Government of Sudan's (GOS) expulsion of key non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Khalikov noted that since A/SYG Bragg's March 6 [...] | 2009-03-28 01:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK339 | UN ON DEFENDING AUTHORITIES OF THE TRIPARTITE CORE [...] (C) On March 30 PolCouns met with Tamrat Samuel, head of the UN's Asia and Pacific Division, and made reftel points about the Burmese government imposing restrictions on the authorities of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG). Samuel was grateful for our update of the situation and appreciative of [...] | 2009-03-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD BM |
09USUNNEWYORK34 | UN - GA NEGATES AUDITORS RECOMMENDATION ON USE OF [...] Summary: Following extensive negotiations in the Fifth Committee on the report of the UN Board of Auditors (BOA)during the main part of the 63rd GA, the General Assembly rejected the recommendation in the BOA report on "language proficiency." Adoption of the recommendation would have made flu [...] | 2009-01-21 15:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK340 | UN/OCHA DEMARCHE REQUEST - NEXT STEPS ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) On March 31, Ambassador DiCarlo raised reftel points with U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, after speaking over the weekend with A/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg. Regarding the proposed Secretary-General,s statement on Sri Lanka, Holmes said the UN is working on a [...] | 2009-03-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE |
09USUNNEWYORK341 | AMBASSADOR RICE OFFERS LIBERIAN PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (SBU) On March 31 Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf called to thank Ambassador Rice for her expression of support for the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) during Security Council consultations held on March 19 (see refs. A and B). President Sirleaf volunteered that an exit for UNMIL must e [...] | 2009-03-31 23:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY |
09USUNNEWYORK342 | UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG Holmes briefed the Security Council on the results of the recently-completed joint UN and Government of Sudan (GoS) assessment of humanitarian gaps in Darfur. Holmes told the Council that the assessment revealed the extent of the gaps in humanitarian services [...] | 2009-04-01 13:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK343 | COTE D,IVOIRE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cote d,Ivoire Sanctions Committee reviewed recent reports from UNOCI about the political situation, access of the political opposition to local media and UN efforts to enforce the arms embargo. The Committee also considered an alleged sanctions violation involving Charles Bl [...] | 2009-04-01 17:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PGOV IV |
09USUNNEWYORK344 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice on March 31 met with Akio Shirota, Japan's Ambassador to Iran, to hear Japan's assessment of U.S. outreach to Iran and Shirota's analysis of Iran's internal political situation. Shirota said President Obama's Nowruz message to the Iranians on March 19 gave Irania [...] | 2009-04-02 00:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR JA UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK345 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 24 and March 31 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on regional representation. 68 delegations spoke during the day-and-a-half discussion with most focusing on Article 23(1) of the UN [...] | 2009-04-02 00:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK347 | USUN'S FRANK EXCHANGE WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN LEADERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 19:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK348 | UNMIL TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT MISSION ON TRACK FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO officials on March 31 said a technical assessment mission would evaluate progress in Liberia in light of set benchmarks. Getting an effective police force was key, and ensuring legitimate elections in 2011 would be a reasonable use of UNMIL, according to DPKO. DPKO warn [...] | 2009-04-03 12:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LI XY |
09USUNNEWYORK349 | USUN'S FRANK EXCHANGE WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN LEADERS [...] (C) On April 1, Ambassador Rice met with Foreign Minister Deng Alor and a delegation from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and discussed CPA implementation, the Darfur peace process, the International Criminal Court indictment of President Bashir, expulsions of NGOs from Darfur, a [...] | 2009-04-03 12:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK355 | DPRK: SECURITY COUNCIL, KEY PLAYERS RESPOND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 5 bilateral meeting, Amb. Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that in response to the recent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch the United States will seek a Security Council resolution that includes real consequences for the DPRK's actions. She [...] | 2009-04-06 17:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK359 | UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) concluded its annual session on March 20 by adopting a consensus report on schedule for the first time since 2006. The report contains specific language regarding the protection of civilians and broadly as [...] | 2009-04-07 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK36 | GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR DICARLO ON BURMA [...] (C) In a 20 January meeting, Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador DiCarlo that Secretary-General Ban is considering travel to Burma after the ASEAN Summit. Gambari said he is being sent to Burma 31 January - 3 February to "get everybody's bottom line and to see what, if anything, is [...] | 2009-01-22 00:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK360 | CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST RESUMED SESSION OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first resumed session of the 63rd General Assembly for the Fifth Committee (March 2-27) concluded late evening on March 27th. The Fifth Committee took action on a number of proposals and approved an additional $17.97 million to the 2008-2009 regular budget which brings the r [...] | 2009-04-07 18:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK361 | BOLIVIAN CHARGE PLEDGES DIALOGUE, PUSHES "MOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recently arrived Bolivian Charge d'Affaires Pablo Solon Romero paid a courtesy call April 6 on Ambassador Wolff, agreeing to pursue an open and constructive dialogue with USUN on issues of concern and avoiding the temptation to use the UN as a propaganda pulpit. Ambassador Wolff [...] | 2009-04-07 20:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV SNAR UN BL |
09USUNNEWYORK362 | RUSSIANS PROPOSE MINISTERIAL-LEVEL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (U) This contains an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Russian PermRep Churkin told Ambassador Rice on April 6 that Russia would like to hold a ministerial-level Security Council meeting on the Middle East during its Council presidency in May. Churkin said Russian FM Lavrov will be in [...] | 2009-04-07 23:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC RU |
09USUNNEWYORK363 | ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING IRAQ-RELATED ISSUES AT [...] (C) On April 6, Iraqi PR Bayati met with Ambassador DiCarlo to ask for U.S. assistance to lift Iraq,s remaining Security Council obligations. Noting the scheduled April 16 Security Council briefing by Gennady Tarasov (the UN,s high-level envoy for Kuwaiti missing persons and the missing Kuwai [...] | 2009-04-07 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK364 | UN PREVIEWS SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING REPORT [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Raisedon Zenenga, head of the Africa Division of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),told USUN on March 31 that DPKO, the Department of Political Affairs (DPA),and the Department of Field Support (DFS) had agre [...] | 2009-04-07 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR MOPS UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK366 | UGANDA MAY TAKE LEAD ON COUP PRST [...] (C) Summary. USUN delivered reftel demarche to the missions of Libya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and the African Union (AU). Uganda expressed interest in taking the lead in drafting a Council statement on recent coups in Africa, and is currently reaching out to the Libyans and the Burkinabe to ga [...] | 2009-04-08 10:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC XA UV LY UG |
09USUNNEWYORK368 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON REGISTRAR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 17:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER AORC AMGT UNSC LE |
09USUNNEWYORK369 | ERITREA IN THE UNSC: NO CONSENSUS FOR ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a brief Security Council session on April 7, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe described developments in the ongoing border dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti. Council members voiced unanimous support for the Secretary-General's good offices efforts bu [...] | 2009-04-08 21:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC ER DJ |
09USUNNEWYORK373 | THAI PERMREP DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Thai PermRep Pramudwinai urged intensified engagement with the Burmese regime and said the regime is awaiting the outcome of the U.S. policy review of Burma. He said Burma would be more comfortable with the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) [...] | 2009-04-08 22:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BU |
09USUNNEWYORK377 | UN POLITICAL HEAD BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Political Affairs U/SYG Pascoe told the Security Council on April 7 that the international community must help push for a consensual outcome to the crisis in Madagascar. Ambassador DiCarlo said the power transfer was a coup, called for free, fair, and transparent elections w [...] | 2009-04-09 18:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC MA ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK379 | AMB. RICE MEETS NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Store discussed U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and his hope to work closely with the U.S. on the Human Rights Council. He also pushed for greater strategic coordination of development assistance and offered [...] | 2009-04-10 01:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC NATO AF NO |
09USUNNEWYORK38 | DEBT RESOLVED - DRC MISSION TO THE UN [...] Vornado Realty Trust has informed USUN/HC that it received a check for $102,999.88 on December 29, 2008 to cover outstanding rental arrears and bring the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations current through January 31, 2009. In a December 30, 2008 [...] | 2009-01-22 16:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CG OFDP PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK380 | AMB. RICE MEETS AU PERM REP [...] (C) In an April 9 courtesy call, Amb. Rice discussed a range of security and political issues with Amb. Lila Ratsifandrihamanana, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN. Amb. Rice advised against the planned May visit of a high-level AU delegation to Washington and New York to disc [...] | 2009-04-10 01:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SO SU |
09USUNNEWYORK381 | UN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP TO AVERT INDIA'S TROOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Le Roy and MONUC SRSG Doss have separately approached Ambassador DiCarlo to request U.S. assistance in pressuring both the DRC and India to reach an accommodation that would keep India from withdrawing i [...] | 2009-04-10 01:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC IN CG |
09USUNNEWYORK382 | DPRK: RICE MEETS WITH JAPANESE STATE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Ito Shintaro, the Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Yukio Takasu, Japan's Permanent Representative to the UN, April 9 to discuss the status of the Security Council's reaction to the DPRK's missile launch. Ito shared the Japanese government's view [...] | 2009-04-10 01:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREF PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK383 | UNOGBIS AT THE UN: SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNOGBIS SRSG Joseph Mutaboba told the Security Council on April 8 that swift implementation of Security Sector Reform (SSR),economic recovery, a comprehensive approach to drug trafficking, and timely national elections were all essential elements in Guinea-Bissau's democratic [...] | 2009-04-10 01:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PU XY |
09USUNNEWYORK384 | GEORGIA: USUN DELIVERS USG PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per Ref A instructions, Deputy PolCouns and Poloff shared the USG preliminary response to the UN Non-Paper on the future UN presence in Georgia (Ref B) with DPKO Director for Europe and Latin America, David Harland. Harland acknowledged U.S. views on the dimensions of the propose [...] | 2009-04-10 12:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK385 | GEORGIA: EUSR PIERRE MOREL BRIEFS USUN ON GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUSR for Georgia Pierre Morel told Ambassador DiCarlo on April 3 he thought the UN needed a "substantial" mandate in Abkhazia, with symmetrical security zones on both sides of the administrative boundary of Abkhazia. Morel thought Georgia SRSG Verbeke would complete his report by [...] | 2009-04-10 13:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK388 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met April 7 and 8 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the size of an enlarged Council and the Council's working methods. 81 delegations spoke with growing agreement across the three major blo [...] | 2009-04-11 15:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC JA BR |
09USUNNEWYORK393 | AMBASSADOR RICE SPEAKS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via telephone on April 10 to urge the appointment of a special envoy for Sri Lanka given the growing risks to civilians caught between the government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LT [...] | 2009-04-13 23:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID PHUM PREF PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK396 | AMB RICE MEETS WITH HAITIAN PM PIERRE LOUIS [...] (C) Summary. Haitian Prime Minister Pierre Louis said prospects for the upcoming donor conference "look good," during her April 13 meeting with Ambassador Rice. Pierre Louis pressed for U.S. support in Haiti's fight against illicit drugs and said that she expects a low turnout but no trouble [...] | 2009-04-14 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV HA |
09USUNNEWYORK398 | INTERNATIONAL PROCESS ON GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM, [...] Please see request for guidance in paragraph 5. 2. Summary: Ambassador Wolff met with Swiss Permrep Peter Maurer, at Maurer's request, on April 14 to discuss the second phase of the Swiss-led "International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation." Maurer explained that Switzer [...] | 2009-04-15 22:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SZ |
09USUNNEWYORK401 | DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REVIEWS DESIGNATION PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the DPRK Sanctions Committee considered the Security Council's request that the Committee "adjust" sanctions measures through the designation of goods and entities in response to the DPRK's recent missile launch. Turkish Perm Rep Ilkin noted that the Council requested [...] | 2009-04-16 14:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK403 | SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFINGS ON IRAQ/KUWAIT, DFI/IAMB [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 16, the Security Council received two Iraq-related briefings. The first briefing, by high-level coordinator for Kuwaiti missing persons/archives Gennady Tarasov, focused on the lack of real progress on this issue over the past year. Tarasov asked for an additional 15 [...] | 2009-04-17 00:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU |
09USUNNEWYORK405 | PAID - CAMEROON UN MISSION DEBT TO LARCHMONT NY [...] USUN/HC received confirmation from both the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon to the UN (CMUN) and landlord Leonardo Lopane that the CMUN Perm Rep Tommo Monthe paid Mr. Lopane in full for over 8 months of overdue rental arrears and late fees for the CMUN's lease of 49 N. Chatswort [...] | 2009-04-17 14:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK407 | DPRK: U.S. EXPERTS MAKE CASE FOR SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, visiting U.S. experts briefed the DPRK Sanctions Committee on the U.S. proposal to designate new entities and goods for sanctions. The experts made a detailed and compelling case for why the U.S.-proposed items met the designation criteria in UNSCR 1718 and were an a [...] | 2009-04-21 15:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK409 | UNSC REFORM: P-3 DISCUSS FRENCH-UK INTERMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The UK and France formally raised with the United States their "intermediate option" initiative for Security Council expansion in an April 16 meeting of P-3 Perm Reps and IO Assistant Secretary-equivalents. Ambassador Rice emphasized the Administration's preference to articulate [...] | 2009-04-21 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK41 | UNSC: SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS COUNCIL; COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary-General briefed the Security Council January 21 on his recent trip to the Middle East during the Council's monthly meeting on the Middle East. Both he and Council members welcomed the unilateral cease-fires and the Israeli withdrawal but stressed the need to imple [...] | 2009-01-22 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG AU |
09USUNNEWYORK411 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EU HIGH REP JAVIER [...] (C) SUMMARY. EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana told Ambassador Rice on April 16 he thought Tehran would respond publicly to the April 8 P5 1 offer on engagement before entering into a discussion with the P5 1 about the possibility and modalities of a m [...] | 2009-04-22 19:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC EUN |
09USUNNEWYORK414 | HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF DONORS ON THE HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary - Meeting in New York April 16 to address the increasingly complex operating environment for aid agencies in Sudan, 17 donors from North America, Europe and Asia gave their general support to the UN Track III approach outlined in the document "Towards a more predictable, accountable [...] | 2009-04-22 22:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM PREL UN SU |
09USUNNEWYORK415 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE PLEDGES AND [...] (U) In response to Ref A regarding pledges and contributions made to the Special Court for Sierra Leone (the Court) since its inception, the Mission refers to Refs B and C, which set forth amounts paid by country and by year. The Court's Liaison Office in New York has advised the Mission th [...] | 2009-04-23 13:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SL SOCI UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK416 | DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MAKES MINIMAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee made some minimal progress in considering new sanctions designations, as was requested by the Security Council on April 13 after the DPRK missile launch. The Committee is nearing consensus on updating the Missile Tec [...] | 2009-04-23 13:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KN PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP |
09USUNNEWYORK417 | UN/CYPRUS: TURKISH PERMREP OFFERS TO ADVANCE DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Baki Ilkin has proposed advancing the date of the adoption of a rollover of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to the end of May in order to avoid having the adoption fall during Turkey's June Security Council presidency. Ilkin told Ambassa [...] | 2009-04-23 14:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY TU |
09USUNNEWYORK421 | UNSC: RUSSIANS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR [...] (C) Ambassadors Rice and Wolff met bilaterally with Russian Perm Rep Churkin and Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov on April 23. Ambassador Churkin confirmed that his government plans to send out invitations April 24 to its proposed May 11 Council ministerial meeting on the Middle East. He said only U [...] | 2009-04-23 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS RS |
09USUNNEWYORK422 | DPRK: CHINA YIELDS ON U.S. SANCTIONS PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Perm Rep Zhang told Amb. Rice on April 23 that China could support U.S. proposals in the DPRK Sanctions Committee to update a technical annex of banned goods and to designate three high-value entities. He said this decision, which he portrayed a major concession from Chin [...] | 2009-04-23 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK423 | GEORGIA: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze outlined for Ambassadors Rice and DiCarlo the elements Georgia would like to see in a new UN mandate. He acknowledged that the eventual mandate would be something less robust that the Georgian proposed elements, but suggested that it was import [...] | 2009-04-23 22:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK424 | VIJAY NAMBIAR BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 22, the Security Council met in an "informal interactive discussion" format to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. The Secretary-General,s chief of staff, Vijay Nambiar, briefed on his recent visit to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Ambassador also briefed on behal [...] | 2009-04-23 22:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE |
09USUNNEWYORK425 | AMB. RICE TALKS AFRICA WITH FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice discussed a range of African issues with Bruno Joubert, French President Sarkozy's chief diplomatic advisor on Africa, in a meeting on April 16. Joubert said that the international community should continue to support Qatar-brokered peace talks on Darfur for a few [...] | 2009-04-23 22:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER UNSC KPKO SO SU ER DJ |
09USUNNEWYORK426 | DPRK: RUSSIA/CHINA PRESSED ON DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate phone calls on April 21, Amb. Rice told her Chinese and Russian counterparts that the United States expected the DPRK Sanctions Committee to approve a "serious, credible" package of new designations by the April 24 deadline requested by the Security Council. Russian Pe [...] | 2009-04-24 00:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK427 | KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON UNMIK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council on the status of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on April 16 at the request of the Russian Federation. Mulet said that the UN was unable to carry out its interim administration fu [...] | 2009-04-24 12:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK SR KV |
09USUNNEWYORK428 | APRIL 25 UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING [...] Summary: The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Advisory Board met April 21 to finalize its recommendations for third round projects to fund for approximately $20 million, consistent with the short list discussed during the March 25 meeting of the Board's experts group (reftel). India and Germany anno [...] | 2009-04-24 13:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK429 | VIEWS FROM SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Swiss Ambassador to Iran, Livia Leu, shared with Ambassador Wolff her views on the fate of two U.S. citizens in Iran, Iran's position in the UN, its upcoming elections in June, and her assessment on how best to approach the issue of rapprochement. Leu judged that Iran's position [...] | 2009-04-24 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR UNSC SZ |
09USUNNEWYORK43 | U/SYG LE ROY DISCUSSES ICC INDICTMENT WITH P-3 [...] (C) Summary: U/SYG Le Roy met with UK-France-U.S. (P-3) ambassadors on January 21 to discuss the International Criminal Court's (ICC) pending decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir. The P-3 ambassadors confirmed that their countries' positions on Article 16 ha [...] | 2009-01-23 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK |
09USUNNEWYORK430 | A/S BRIMMER MEETS WITH USYG FOR FIELD SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Brimmer paid a courtesy call on UN Undersecretary-General Susana Malcorra, head of the UN's Department of Field Support (DFS) on April 16. Malcorra briefed on difficulties faced by UN operations, ongoing efforts on reform, and the importance of U.S. support. [...] | 2009-04-24 15:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MARR MASS SO |
09USUNNEWYORK432 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on April 20 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the relationship between the Security Council (SC) and the General Assembly (GA). This meeting, during which 52 delegations spoke, marked t [...] | 2009-04-24 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK433 | UNSC MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: FRUSTRATED BY LACK [...] (C) Summary: Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on April 20 briefed Council members on the situation in the Middle East in a public session before the Council moved to closed consultations. Pascoe focused most of his presentation on the situation in Gaza, and noted pa [...] | 2009-04-24 22:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR |
09USUNNEWYORK434 | UNSC DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA AND RENEWAL OF [...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 22 held closed consultations on the question of Western Sahara and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Edmond Mulet, the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeepin [...] | 2009-04-24 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL WI MO UNSC XI |
09USUNNEWYORK435 | GEORGIA: QUAD AMBASSADORS DELIVER NON-PAPER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps of the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom (Quad) delivered Ref A non-paper to U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and SRSG for Georgia Johan Verbeke on April 24. The Ambassadors argued for robust and ambitious recommendation [...] | 2009-04-27 14:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC GG |
09USUNNEWYORK436 | CYPRUS: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Cyprus Permrep Minas Hadjimichael urged Ambassador Rice to use U.S. leverage with Turkey to get Ankara to give Turkish Cypriot leader Talat negotiating room to reach a Cyprus settlement. Hadjimichael said he also hoped Turkey as UNSC President would agree to move the adoption of [...] | 2009-04-27 22:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC UNSC CY |
09USUNNEWYORK437 | AMB. RICE'S LUNCH WITH THE UN SENIOR AFRICANS GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ibrahim Gambari, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, welcomed Amb. Rice as guest of honor at the annual lunch of the UN Senior Africans Group on April 16. Gambari invited Amb. Rice to take advantage of the resources of the group, which brings ambassadors from African missi [...] | 2009-04-27 22:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC XA |
09USUNNEWYORK440 | AMB. RICE MEETS WITH ITALIAN MFA'S SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary - In an April 28 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the Italian MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Ambassador Rice expressed her condolences for the recent earthquake devastation in Abruzzo, and agreed with Ambassador Massolo's request for continued and close [...] | 2009-04-29 19:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KUNR US IT UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK441 | DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DESIGNATES GOODS, ENTITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") agreed on April 24 to designate explicitly three high-value entities to be subject to targeted sanctions and to update a technical list of items to be banned from transfer to/from the DPRK. By completing this task, the Committee suc [...] | 2009-04-29 21:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK442 | RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR MEETS WITH USUN [...] (C) Adama Dieng, registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and his special assistant Mandiaye Niang met with Ambassador DiCarlo on April 27 to provide their views on the status of the ICTR's completion strategy. After referring to Security Council 1503 (2003) that cal [...] | 2009-04-30 13:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PARM PREF PREL RW |
09USUNNEWYORK443 | SOMALIA: NEW YORK STATE OF PLAY ON 1863 RENEWAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In P3 consultations on April 29, the UK said that it intends to circulate its draft resolution on Somalia (ref) to the full Council by May 6 and that it plans to schedule a vote for May 22 in order to allow the Fifth Committee four days to consider AMISOM support before the end [...] | 2009-04-30 14:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK447 | SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MEETS UNAMID HEAD [...] SUMMARY: Roldophe Adada, Joint AU/UN Special Representative for Darfur, told the Sudan Sanctions Committee that UNAMID considers the Committee's work to be important in light of the widespread availability of arms in Darfur. He said UNAMID would offer full support to visits by the Sudan Pane [...] | 2009-05-01 15:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
09USUNNEWYORK449 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Monique Ramgoolie, Senior Program Officer for Palestinian Refugees, (PRM/ANE). Ms. Ramgoolie will be attending the UNRWA @ 60 Steering Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. 2. Her point of contact will be Amy Schedlbauer, Poli [...] | 2009-05-01 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF |
09USUNNEWYORK452 | SOMALIA/UN: P3 FAVOR CONTINUED ASSESSED SUPPORT TO [...] (SBU) 1. The UK convened a second round of P3 negotiations on their draft Somalia resolution on May 1. As at the previous meeting, poloff did not offer substantive suggestions, but asked the UK and France to be patient with USG decisionmaking and to preserve flexibility in the text in prepara [...] | 2009-05-04 20:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK453 | CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER BRIEFS THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The SYG's Special Advisor for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, told the Security Council on April 30 he is "cautiously optimistic" about the current negotiations over reunification of the island. The two leaders had made "steady progress" since talks began in September 2008, but the [...] | 2009-05-04 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY |
09USUNNEWYORK454 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice met with newly appointed South African PermRep Baso Sangqu on April 23. Sangqu hoped to forge greater cooperation on peace and security issues in Africa. He suggested a holistic approach to the crisis in Somalia, which needed to address the root causes of confli [...] | 2009-05-04 23:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC SF SO ZI XA ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK455 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL WORKING MEETING WITH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice on April 23 met with the entire African Union (AU) as part of her pledge to conduct regular meetings with the African Group. The discussion encompassed U.S. priorities, peace and security in Africa, socio-economic issues, UN reform, non-proliferation, and the AU [...] | 2009-05-05 09:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XA |
09USUNNEWYORK460 | AMBASSADOR RICE’S MAY 4 TELCONS WITH UN [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon three times on May 4 to discuss concerns over the Board of Inquiry's report on incidents at UN sites in December 2008 and January 2009. Rice called the Secretary-General to register concern about the scope of the report. She cited in part [...] | 2009-05-05 22:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK463 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS MINURSO FOR ANOTHER YEAR [...] The Security Council on April 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1871 to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until April 30, 2010. Ambassador Rice gave the first explanation of vote (EOV),reiterating U.S. support for Personal Envoy Chris Ross a [...] | 2009-05-07 00:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS UNSC MO AG WI |
09USUNNEWYORK464 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS ON THE "HORROR" OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council met on April 30 in an "informal interactive" format to consider the situation in Sri Lanka. U/SYG Holmes briefed on his latest visit there, and Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara briefed on the government,s position. Following the meeting, the Mexican Presidency br [...] | 2009-05-07 00:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE |
09USUNNEWYORK465 | SECURITY COUNCIL RECEIVES BRIEFING ON NEPAL/UNMIN, [...] (U) Summary: On May 5, the Security Council received a briefing on Nepal/UNMIN from Karin Landgren, the Secretary-General,s Representative in Nepal and head of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). Landgren emphasized that the recent political crisis that led to the resignation of the Prime Minist [...] | 2009-05-07 00:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NP PHUM KDEM |
09USUNNEWYORK466 | UNMIS MANDATE RENEWED [...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1870 to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) until April 30, 2010. Unanimity on the U.S.-drafted text was achieved after intensive negotiations to arrive at compromise language that implicitly addres [...] | 2009-05-07 00:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK468 | GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon transmitted to the Security Council on May 5 his letter and summary of the Board of Inquiry's conclusions and recommendations into nine incidents involving the UN in Gaza between December 2008 and January 2009. The Security Council will discuss in inf [...] | 2009-05-07 15:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS |
09USUNNEWYORK472 | AMB. RICE MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOTSWANA [...] (C) Summary - In a May 4 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the former President of Botswana Festus Mogae, Ambassador Rice and President Mogae discussed a range of issues including climate change, recent elections in South Africa, succession plans in Zimbabwe, and the strain of the financial [...] | 2009-05-07 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EAID KGHG KDEM US BC ZU UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK474 | 1267: ITALY REQUESTS U.S. INFO ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Italian UN mission has requested updated information from the United States about five individuals whom Italy proposed for designation in the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee. The 1267 Committee recently sol [...] | 2009-05-08 17:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK475 | SOMALIA: FRANCE PROPOSES SANCTIONS FOR PIRATES [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: The French mission has shared with USUN a list of fourteen individuals linked to piracy whom France wants to designate under the newly-imposed Somalia targeted sanctions regime (UNSCR 1844). France believes these indiv [...] | 2009-05-08 20:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC MARR AU SO |
09USUNNEWYORK479 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERIC HOF AND [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Federic Hof, Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs in the Office of the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Matthew Irwin, U.S. Department of State, Lebanon Desk Officer, for Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Mr. Hof and Mr. Irwin will meet [...] | 2009-05-11 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC LE IS |
09USUNNEWYORK480 | USUN MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. Ambassador Wolff met May 5 with two members of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Eminent Jurists Panel (EJP),Mary Robinson and Robert Goldman. The eight-member EJP recently completed a report titled "Assessing Damage, Urging Ac [...] | 2009-05-11 20:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK481 | SRSG QAZI BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNMIS REPORT [...] Summary: On April 23, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's quarterly report on the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). SRSG Ashraf Qazi stressed that key Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues -- elections, border demarcation, the two referenda (South [...] | 2009-05-12 01:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK482 | UNSC: UN ENVOY SAYS GREAT PROGRESS ON 1559, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council on May 7 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559, particularly on the full opening of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria. Despite great strides in solidifying internal stability and [...] | 2009-05-12 01:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS |
09USUNNEWYORK483 | SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING EU [...] (SBU) Swedish Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told Ambassador Rice on May 6 that Sweden's priority during its upcoming EU presidency would be to prepare to address EU institutional issues under the assumption that the Lisbon Treaty would be fully ratified by the end of the year. Lyrvall thou [...] | 2009-05-12 01:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EUN |
09USUNNEWYORK484 | FINLAND PERMREP MAKES INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Incoming Finnish Permrep Jarmo Viinanen told Ambassador Rice on May 4 that Finland hoped to build on the success of the March 7-8 high-level international women's colloquium in Liberia by holding a high-level event during the UNGA ministerial week. Viinanen also expressed Finla [...] | 2009-05-12 01:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWMN FI |
09USUNNEWYORK485 | SRSG ADADA IN SHARP EXCHANGE WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's April report on the hybrid United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). SRSG Adada characterized the situation in Darfur as a "low-intensity" conflict with a high-risk of escalation an [...] | 2009-05-12 01:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK486 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH DANISH CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Danish Climate Minister Hedegaard sought the Ambassador's views on the likelihood of Congressional adoption of climate change legislation by December, and encouraged USG engagement with China. She also hoped that U.S. leadership would draw out clearer positions from Japan and Ca [...] | 2009-05-12 09:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGHG SENV UN DA |
09USUNNEWYORK488 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH NAMIBIAN PERMREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a May 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Namibian PermRep Kaire Mbuende expressed frustration with the constraints of the traditional UN voting block dynamic and suggested that the U.S. and Namibian PermReps work more directly together on key issues. Mbuende confirmed Nami [...] | 2009-05-12 14:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSCS SF SO WA XA ZU |
09USUNNEWYORK489 | SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: LIBYA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: The Libyan delegation circulated to Council members, after the May 11 Ministerial meeting on the Middle East, a draft resolution pursuing the findings of the Gaza Board of Inquiry and scheduled an experts meeting to discu [...] | 2009-05-12 16:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK490 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH MAURITIUS PR SOMDUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 6, Mauritius Permanent Representative Somduth Soborun told Ambassador Rice that he hoped the US could provide "friendly support" in the Mauritius/UK negotiations over the disposition of the British Indian Ocean Territories (Diego Garcia). Ambassador Rice noted that the O [...] | 2009-05-12 16:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PGOV MARR MP |
09USUNNEWYORK491 | GEORGIA: USUN PRESSES SECRETARIAT ON UNOMIG REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Ambassador DiCarlo reinforced with U/SYG for Political Affairs Pascoe on May 8 and May 11, and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy on May 11, that the U.S. strongly opposes any change to the name of the SYG's Report on the Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia a [...] | 2009-05-12 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK492 | UK: MILIBAND DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Ambassador Rice discussed the Middle East, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on the margins of a May 11 Security Council Ministerial on the Middle East. Miliband was pleased with U.S. support for the Middle East peace process a [...] | 2009-05-13 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UK |
09USUNNEWYORK493 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST MINISTERIAL STRONGLY BACKS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council on May 11 convened a ministerial-level meeting to encourage Israel, the Palestinians, and the international community to move forward on their commitments toward a comprehensive peace agreement. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, opened the meetin [...] | 2009-05-13 00:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS |
09USUNNEWYORK494 | SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSS SRI LANKA WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the UK and French Foreign Ministers hosted a meeting with like-minded Security Council members to discuss the situation in Sri Lanka. OCHA and four NGOs (Caritas, Save the Children, Oxfam and Human Rights Watch) also participated. The Austrian and Costa Rican Foreig [...] | 2009-05-13 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK495 | SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: [...] (C) According to the Russian Council Presidency, the Libyan delegation on May 12 continued to insist that consultations on the Gaza Board of Inquiry report be scheduled by May 13 or they would call for a formal Council meeting under Rule 2 of the Council's rules of procedure. Ambassador Rice [...] | 2009-05-13 01:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK496 | U.S. ELECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States won election to the UN Human Rights Council on May 12 with 167 votes cast in our favor during secret balloting, with a vote count that was among the highest the United States has ever received in a vote in the General Assembly. Also elected by the General Ass [...] | 2009-05-13 09:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC UNGA PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK499 | DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS TO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, the chair of the Security Council's Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the last ninety days. He noted its recent designation of entities and goods in response to [...] | 2009-05-13 22:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
09USUNNEWYORK500 | SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: [...] (C) The Security Council held short consultations on May 13 on the Secretary-General's transmittal to the Council of his letter and summary of the Gaza Board of Inquiry report and Libya's draft resolution on the matter. The Council agreed to take no further action and asked the Presidency to [...] | 2009-05-13 23:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY |
09USUNNEWYORK502 | SOMALI FM MAKES URGENT PLEA FOR AID TO AMB. RICE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a May 13 meeting, Somali Foreign Minister Mohammed Omaar briefed Amb. Rice on the situation in Mogadishu following fighting between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Islamist opposition forces of a [...] | 2009-05-14 17:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO |
09USUNNEWYORK503 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Monique Ramgoolie, Senior Program Officer for Palestinian Refugees, (PRM/ANE). With USUN Adviser Michael Gordon, Ms. Ramgoolie will be attending the UNRWA Finance Steering Committee meeting on May 19 and participate in an UNRWA @ 60 Ste [...] | 2009-05-14 17:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF |
09USUNNEWYORK504 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MAY 13 BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Lebanese Perm Rep Nawaf Salam on May 13 for their first bilateral meeting. Ambassador Salam reviewed the electoral playing field in Lebanon ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections. He expressed appreciation for Ambassador Rice's statements in the Council on L [...] | 2009-05-14 20:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KPAL KWBG LE IS |
09USUNNEWYORK505 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NY STATE GOVERNOR PATERSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of the UN Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon, Ambassador Rice arranged a meeting between the SYG and NY State Governor David Paterson to solicit cooperation from the State on security issues pertaining to the UN's Capital Master Plan (CMP). Both the SYG and Governor [...] | 2009-05-14 20:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ASEC AMGT UN |
09USUNNEWYORK506 | SOMALIA: UNSC BACKS UK DRAFT, DEFERS UNPKO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Security Council members welcomed the UK's draft resolution on UN support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) with only a few members advocating a rapid transfer to a UN peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Security Council consultations on May 13. In a briefing prece [...] | 2009-05-14 21:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK507 | TURKISH PR ILKIN RAISES IRAQ, CYPRUS WITH [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Turkish PR Ilkin met with Ambassador Rice on May 13 to discuss Turkey,s Presidency of the Security Council in June. Ilkin said his Foreign Minister would like to chair the quarterly debate on Iraq/UNAMI, tentatively scheduled for June 18. Ambassador Rice said [...] | 2009-05-14 21:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK508 | SECURITY COUNCIL REACTS OFFICIALLY TO SITUATION IN [...] (U) The UK, France and Austria circulated a draft Security Council press statement on Sri Lanka in the evening of May 12, and formally introduced the text in Council consultations under other matters May 13. They stressed that the Security Council must react in a formal way to the situation in [...] | 2009-05-14 21:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC CE PHUM PREF |
09USUNNEWYORK51 | GEORGIA: UN DPKO SHARES DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As reported Reftel, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) favors a revised interim monitoring mission in Georgia to replace the existing UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). DPKO shared with USUN a draft of the Secretary-General's (SYG) "observations" to be incl [...] | 2009-01-27 01:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK514 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE VFM HE YAFEI [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial meeting on May 14, Ambassador Rice and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei agreed to work together to maximize commonalties and minimize disagreements on UN issues. The two also agreed to increase cooperation on African issues. He Yafei said the North Korean [...] | 2009-05-18 18:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH |
09USUNNEWYORK517 | UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS [...] On May 11, 2009, Security Council President Churkin (Russia) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of April 29-MAY 5, 2009. 2. Begin text of Briefing Note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 29 April, the African Union Spec [...] | 2009-05-18 19:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC MOPS KPKO |
09USUNNEWYORK518 | EU INITIATIVE TO ENLIST US SUPPORT REGARDING [...] (U) As a follow up to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 Members (US, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada),the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting on May 1 [...] | 2009-05-19 13:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK519 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo met on Monday, May 18 with International Criminal Court (ICC) President Sang-Hyun Song. They discussed African countries' views of the ICC in light of the indictment of Sudan President Bashir as well as President Song's strong interest in e [...] | 2009-05-19 21:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KAWC PREL SU XA XW |
09USUNNEWYORK521 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH BOTSWANA FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 14, Botswana FM Mompati Merafhe told Ambassador Rice that Botswana would balance support for Zimbabwean social ministries controlled by the MDC and revitalization of the economy with the necessity of continuing to deny access to foreign credit to ZANU-PF leaders. To this [...] | 2009-05-19 22:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA SOCI KHIV ETRD ELAB BC ZI MA |
09USUNNEWYORK522 | NPT, CTBT, FMCT DISCUSSED AT P-5 LUNCH IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Anatoly Antonov, Director for Arms Control, Russian MFA, hosted Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller (also U.S. Head of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) delegation meeting in New York) and other P-5 NPT PrepCom Delegati [...] | 2009-05-20 14:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK528 | PAKISTAN MISSION COMPLAINS ABOUT UN ROLE IN [...] (C) The Pakistani Mission to the UN has demarched the UK, French and U.S. Missions regarding Pakistan,s concern over a potential UN role in the Bangladesh war crimes process. Pakistan requests that all three countries jointly demarche Bangladesh asking for the government to refrain from "press [...] | 2009-05-22 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BG |
09USUNNEWYORK529 | UNSC ACHIEVES BURMA PRESS STATEMENT [...] (SBU) During consultations on May 22, the Security Council debated the U.S.-drafted press statement on Burma to reach Council consensus. Ambassador DiCarlo underlined international concern with developments around ASSK and highlighted clear member support for a timely, substantive statement f [...] | 2009-05-22 21:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK53 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ZHANG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 19:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC CH |
09USUNNEWYORK530 | UNSC CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST; BEGINS WORK ON [...] (C) Begin Summary. The Security Council roundly condemned North Korea's nuclear test in brief consultations following a P5 plus South Korea and Japan discussion, in which all delegations but China were prepared to agree to a formal Council press statement. The P5 2 ultimately agreed to eleme [...] | 2009-05-26 00:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP UNSC KN |
09USUNNEWYORK532 | CYPRUS: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNFICYP [...] (SBU) Cyprus SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Security Council on May 22 that the military situation in Cyprus is stable, and he reported an increase in restrictions imposed on UNFICYP's movements by Turkish forces in the north. Zerihoun noted a lack of public support for a settlement, as wel [...] | 2009-05-26 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY |
09USUNNEWYORK534 | AMBASSADOR RICE PUSHES UN TO IMPROVE HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice contacted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark to register major concerns over the UN's insufficient capacity to manage humanitarian coordination re [...] | 2009-05-27 15:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM UN PTER PREF PK |
09USUNNEWYORK535 | REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF IMMUNITY [...] USUN Host Country MinCouns called in Georgian Mission Deputy PermRep Irakli Chikovani March 26 to hand over note verbale requesting that the Government of Georgia waive the immunity from criminal jurisdiction enjoyed by Georgian Mission Counselor Alexander Chelizde so that he could face charg [...] | 2009-05-27 16:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL GG UN CHELIDZE ALEXANDER |
09USUNNEWYORK538 | GEORGIA: MAY 27 UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Georgia SRSG Johan Verbeke told the Security Council on May 27 that a credible security regime, adhered to by all sides, needs to be the core of any future UN presence in Abkhazia, Georgia. Verbeke said that the Council's call in Res. 1866 for paragraph 2(a) of the former Mosco [...] | 2009-05-28 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK539 | SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE: THE [...] (Begin summary.) On May 19, the Slovenian Permanent Representative, Ambassador Sanja Stiglic, convened a seminar entitled "International Criminal Justice: The Role of the International Criminal Court." International Criminal Court (ICC) President Song, ICC Assembly of State Parties Presiden [...] | 2009-05-29 13:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KAWC UNSC XA |
09USUNNEWYORK54 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, just back from a brief visit to Gaza, told Ambassador Rice Jan. 26 it will take a lot of time and money to repair the war's damage, but lamented there is no political basis on which to build and said he fears donors w [...] | 2009-01-27 19:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS |
09USUNNEWYORK541 | PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN FACT [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6. 2. USUN Legal Advisers met with Professor Michael Bothe, President of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) on May 19. Bothe requested support from the United States on the issue of granting observer status in the UN Gene [...] | 2009-05-29 14:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK542 | CHAIRMEN OF THE 1267, 1373, AND 1540 COMMITTEES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairs of the UN Security Council,s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee (nonproliferation) briefed the Council in a public/open meeting on May 26. The Chairs described their committee,s accomplishments over the [...] | 2009-05-29 14:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK545 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on May 28 met with UN Secretary-General Ban ki Moon to discuss a range of subjects, including the humanitarian situation in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, particularly regarding how the UN can and should deal with the destabilizing effects of large numbers of internally d [...] | 2009-06-01 16:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE KN PK CF UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK546 | U.S. INAUGURATES WORKING GROUP OF THE UNSC 1540 [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation on May 27 chaired the first meeting of the 1540 Committee working group on transparency and media outreach. The meeting represented the implementation of the working-group structure promoted by the USG as part of the Committee's eighth Program of Work to stre [...] | 2009-06-01 19:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK55 | A/SYG MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON DARFUR VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On request of the United States, A/SYG Mulet provided the Security Council a detailed factual chronology of events in Darfur beginning with the January 10 movement of JEM forces into South Darfur and the ensuing aerial bombardment by the Government of Sudan. He said that, al [...] | 2009-01-29 02:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU |
09USUNNEWYORK552 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty, and Foreign Service Officer Todd Anderson from June 4 - 5 with Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Peter Taksoe-Jensen and Croatian Prime Minister I [...] | 2009-06-02 19:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS OTRA UNSC XA AF EU |
09USUNNEWYORK553 | UNGA: UNSC REFORM: START OF SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on May 22 and 26 for the start of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. The two sessions, during which 51 delegations spoke, focused on the Chair's agenda for the second ro [...] | 2009-06-02 21:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN |
09USUNNEWYORK554 | GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MISSION REFUSES TO ENGAGE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. At a meeting of French, German, U.K., U.S., Russian and Croatian PRs/DPRs on June 2, Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin refused to engage on a German draft resolution to extend the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Churkin said he had received emphatic i [...] | 2009-06-02 22:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK555 | BAN KI-MOON BRIEFS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly during a June 1 briefing on his recent travels, that he was considering appointing a senior-level envoy to coordinate delivery of humanitarian assistance to the 2.4 million people who have been displaced in the Swat Valley in Pakist [...] | 2009-06-02 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK559 | NO WAIVER FOR CHELIDZE [...] The Permanent Mission of Georgia's note 6/85-02 of June 1, 2009 (text follows in paragraph 2 below) informs USUN that the Government has decided not to waive the immunity of Alexander Chelizde from criminal jurisdiction so that he could face the third degree assault charges that the Queens Co [...] | 2009-06-03 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL GG UN |
09USUNNEWYORK56 | SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke by phone on January 28 with the Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, who departs today for a trip to Burma. During the brief, friendly call, Gambari told Ambassador Rice that he is hopeful but not certain he will have meetings with senior mi [...] | 2009-01-29 02:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BM |
09USUNNEWYORK560 | CROATIA: PRIME MINISTER SANADER DISCUSSES EU, ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader told Ambassador Rice on June 1 he is hoping for a positive assessment of Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, when Brammertz reports to the Secu [...] | 2009-06-04 01:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC HR |
09USUNNEWYORK562 | FOLLOW UP ON G-7 INITIATIVE ON REGULAR AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 28, 2009, the Canadian Mission hosted a follow up meeting of the G7 at the level of Fifth Committee experts to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 [...] | 2009-06-04 14:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK564 | A/S BRIMMER'S MEETINGS AT THE UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer traveled to New York on May 27 for a series of meetings with United Nations officials. Department of Management Under Secretary General Angela Kane told A/S Brimmer that the United Nations is enthusias [...] | 2009-06-04 19:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UNAUS UNDP |
09USUNNEWYORK565 | ICC'S OCAMPO PRESSES HIS POLITICAL AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo claimed to Ambassador Rice on June 3 that the African Union (AU) realizes that Article 16 deferral of the Bashir case is not attainable and is looking for a face-saving way to let go of the issue. Ocampo suggeste [...] | 2009-06-04 23:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK568 | EIGHTH UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The annual UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) concluded its two-week session on May 29. U.S. engagement as an observer delegation was warmly welcomed this year, although there are some issues of concern to us, including the adoption of language that mimics the auth [...] | 2009-06-05 23:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK569 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH UNIFEM EXECUTIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Executive Director, Ines Alberdi, on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Ms. Alberdi congratulated the U.S. on their new administration and the new possibilities it presents for gender issues. Alberdi and her staff [...] | 2009-06-05 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNSC SO SU |
09USUNNEWYORK57 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH FRENCH PREMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice paid an initial call on French PermRep Ripert on January 26. Ambassador Rice reviewed her priorities and sought Ripert's views. Ripert offered his views on the state of the UN, the importance of progress on Security Council reform, engaging the Secretary General [...] | 2009-01-29 02:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV FR |
09USUNNEWYORK570 | GEORGIA: RUSSIA INSISTS ON NEW 'POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Permrep Churkin continued to resist substantive negotiations, on June 5, on a draft resolution to extend UNOMIG beyond June 15. Churkin insisted that Western partners needed to present a draft resolution within Moscow's preferred "political framework" before he would engag [...] | 2009-06-06 01:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
09USUNNEWYORK571 | UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the Secretary-General briefed members of the Security Council on his recent visit to Sri Lanka as well as on UN assistance to IDPs. The briefing was in an "informal interactive" format, which included the participation of Sri Lankan Permanent Representative Palihakka [...] | 2009-06-06 02:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CE |
09USUNNEWYORK573 | ROBERT ORR, UN ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR [...] Summary: Ambassador Wolff and USUN Legal Advisers met with Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Planning and Policy Coordination in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General on May 22 to hear an update on the UN's Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF). Orr, the pr [...] | 2009-06-08 22:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CT PREF PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK574 | MUSLIM AMBASSADORS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on June 4 hosted 28 Ambassadors from Muslim-majority countries at her residence to view President Obama's speech in Cairo a few hours earlier and discuss it. There was uniform praise for the President's sincerity and honesty, and most judged the speech a watershed [...] | 2009-06-08 23:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS UN EG |
09USUNNEWYORK575 | ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his June 5 briefing to the Security Council, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo stressed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had not cooperated with the ICC, in contravention of its obligations under UNSC resolution 1593. Ocampo said he would n [...] | 2009-06-09 15:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF |
09USUNNEWYORK577 | FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council met June 5 for its biannual briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made statements, as did all Council members and [...] | 2009-06-10 00:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PREL UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK578 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with Ambassador DiCarlo on June 2 prior to the ICTY's biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. Brammertz focused the discussion on Croatia's less than optimu [...] | 2009-06-10 00:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PREL UNSC |
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