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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00JAKARTA4700 |
SECRETARY COHEN'S LUNCH WITH BAMBANG YUDHOYONO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREG FERGIN FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IN A SEPTEMBER 18 LUNCH, INDONESIAN COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY AFFAIRS BAMBANG YUDHOYONO TOLD SECRETARY COHEN THAT ON YUDHOYONO'S MISSION TO NEW YORK, HE WILL DESCRIBE [...] |
2000-09-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PREF UNHCR ID |
| 00KINSHASA8413 |
REFUGEE ISSUES IN GOMA [...] (C) Summary: During her Nov. 26-Dec 1 visit to Goma, Econoff discussed refugee issues with Eddie O'Dwyer, UNHCR's Acting Head of Field Office in Goma, and with Kasuku, a member of a Congolese NGO involved in repatriating Congolese Tutsis. O'Dwyer said that UNHCR and the Governor of North Kivu [...] |
2000-12-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV EAID CG UNHCR |
| 01HANOI1878 |
VIETNAM DENIES UNHCR ACCESS TO HIGHLANDS [...] VIETNAM HAS DENIED UNHCR ACCESS TO CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCES, PREVENTING UNHCR FROM LAUNCHING VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION OF HIGHLANDS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE FLED TO CAMBODIA. UNHCR WILL NOW CONSIDER LONGER-TERM MEASURES FOR THE DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN RATTANAKIRI AND MONDOLAKIRI. END SUMMARY. 2 [...] |
2001-08-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM VM UNHCR ETMIN HUMANR |
| 01VATICAN1465 |
VATICAN PLANNING ACTIVE STRATEGY ON HUMAN RIGHTS. [...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MSGR. LEO BOCCARDI, VATICAN MFA DESK OFFICER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON MARCH 15. MSGR. BOCCARDI REVIEWED THE POINTS FOR THE 57TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ENTHUSIASTICALLY. HE CLAIMED NOTABLE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN MANY VATICAN AND USG POSITIONS, PARTICULARLY [...] |
2001-03-16 09:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM VT UNHCR |
| 01VATICAN4483 |
VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...] |
2001-08-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR |
| 02AMMAN5144 |
JORDAN - MONITORING OF REFUGEE REGISTRATION [...] Cairo's Regional Refcoord and Amman's Refugee Admissions Specialist met with UNHCR Amman's Senior Protection Officer and Acting Chief of Mission, Ms. Jacqueline Parlevliet, to obtain the information requested in Reftel A. Below are the answers to your questions in the order in [...] |
2002-09-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF JO UNHCR |
| 02RANGOON1211 |
ROHINGYA REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Burma has unofficially told UNHCR that it would accept 5,000 of the remaining 22,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. That would leave a residual 17,000 people in Bangladesh to be locally settled or otherwise accommodated. UNHCR Rohingya repatriation assist [...] |
2002-09-20 00:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL BM BG IN UNHCR |
| 02RANGOON1631 |
UNHCR CONTINUES TO PRESS BURMA ON FORCED LABOR IN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR says that forced labor continues in northern Rakhine State, but maintains that there has been no significant new outflow of refugees from Burma. According to UNHCR's Resident Representative, he has pressed the government hard regarding forced labor, but may need additional [...] |
2002-12-20 05:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ELAB BG BM UNDP UNHCR |
| 03ACCRA570 |
PRM/DAS KELLY RYAN'S MEETINGS WITH OPE STAFF [...] Summary: PRM/DAS Kelly Ryan visited Accra, Ghana on February 28 - March 4 to review U.S. Resettlement Program (USRP) operations in West Africa. This cable is one in a series of cables outlining meetings, discussions and impressions gleaned from the visit. Provided with various opportunities [...] |
2003-03-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF IO GH UNHCR |
| 03AMMAN8608 |
11TH HOUR REPRIEVE FOR RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) The GOJ informed UNHCR today, December 31, that the Ruweished refugee camp would be allowed to remain open until April 2004. The GOJ previously had pledged to close the camp by December 31 (ref a). 536 individuals remain in the camp, including 60 Sudanese and Somali nationals who have [...] |
2003-12-31 17:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO UNHCR |
| 03COLOMBO1784 |
Campaign for US Candidate for Committee [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-15 02:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHCR CE |
| 03GUATEMALA2649 |
DEMARCHE TO THE GOG ON CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] DCM and Polcouns met with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel Aguilera and MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Carla Rodriguez on October 15 to request GOG support for the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture. The DCM provided the MFA with a d [...] |
2003-10-15 23:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT UNHCR |
| 03GUATEMALA2783 |
FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE ON CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-30 21:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT UNHCR |
| 03GUATEMALA803 |
GUATEMALA WILL OPPOSE SPECIAL SITTING ON IRAQ [...] (C) DCM McFarland called Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Perez on March 26 to reconfirm the GOG's commitment of March 25 to vote against a special sitting on Iraq at the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights. DCM noted that the Guatemalan Mission in Geneva had informed our [...] |
2003-03-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IZ GT UNHCR |
| 03KATHMANDU128 |
NEPAL: FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah returns on January 28 from an unofficial visit to Bhutan to discuss the refugee issue with his counterpart. Shah said he believes the visit presents a window of opportunity to secure a bilateral resolution to the problem. The EU representative in Ka [...] |
2003-01-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BT UNHCR |
| 03OTTAWA2255 |
BHUTANESE REFUGEES: CANADA CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR [...] (C) Post shared points contained reftel with Elissa Golberg, DFAIT's Acting Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs, on August 7. Golberg said Canada agrees that pressure should continue on both Bhutan and Nepal to agree to a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees. Canada is going to con [...] |
2003-08-08 17:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | BT NP PHUM PREF PREL CA UNHCR |
| 03OTTAWA825 |
CANADA OPPOSES CHR SPECIAL SITTING [...] (C) POL/MC spoke on March 21 with Susan Gregson, Director of DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, concerning efforts to place a special sitting on Iraq on the CHR59 agenda. Gregson assured us Canada does not believe a special sitting on Iraq [...] |
2003-03-21 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC CA UNHCR |
| 03OTTAWA897 |
CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO RAISE OPPOSITION ARRESTS IN [...] (C) Post delivered ref A talking points to Kimberly Cowan, Cuba desk officer in DFAIT's Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, on March 24. In a follow-up discussion March 27, Cowan advised poloff that Canada is responding as follows to the arrests of the opposition members. First, Canada has exp [...] |
2003-03-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU CA UNHCR |
| 03RANGOON258 |
MUSLIM REPRESSION AND RESENTMENT NEAR BURMA'S [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's repression of the mostly Muslim population of northern Rakhine State, located along the border with Bangladesh, is breeding resentment and poverty. DCM visited the area in mid-February as part of a trip to the region organized by UNHCR for diplomats. UNHCR [...] |
2003-02-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREF KISL BM UNHCR |
| 03ROME109 |
LIBYAN CHAIR OF CHR-59: ITALY STILL OPPOSED TO A [...] (C) ON JAN. 9, CHARGE AND POL MC CALLED ON CESARE RAGAGLINI, FM FRATINI'S CHEF DE CABINET, RAISED REFTEL WITH HIM BRIEFLY, AND ADVISED HIM WE WOULD RAISE IT IN MORE DETAIL WITH THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU. 2. (C) IN THE ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR ANTONIO BADINI, THE MFA'S DG FOR MIDDLE EASTERN [...] |
2003-01-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PHUM LY IT UNHCR |
| 03ROME4340 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] Representatives from the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), the State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and U.S. Embassy Kampala conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN High C [...] |
2003-09-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03ROME4411 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] Representatives from the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), the State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and U.S. Embassy Kampala conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN High C [...] |
2003-09-26 08:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03ROME4672 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] John Brooks, Project Budget Specialist, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), and Mary Margaret Knudson, Refugee Officer, U.S. State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World [...] |
2003-10-14 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03ROME4927 |
WFP'S FINELY TARGETED AND WELL-RUN OPERATIONS IN [...] A representative from the US Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Philip Lamade, visited Zambia from September 16 - 23, 2003 to assess WFP's operations, finding its operations appropriately targeted and well run. End summary. ----------- Background ----------- 2. Zambi [...] |
2003-10-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR ZA WFP UN UNHCR |
| 03STATE75175 |
CUBA LAUNCHES CRACKDOWN AGAINST OPPOSITION - MORE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT CRACKDOWN AGAINST THE OPPOSITION IN YEARS; SO FAR OVER 70 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. POSTS ARE ASKED TO REQUEST HOST GOVERNMENTS TO JOIN US IN CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF THESE [...] |
2003-03-21 22:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR CU |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA856 |
POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO SERVE AS FIRST HONDURAN [...] (C) The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has not yet named a Honduran ambassador to Cuba. Several names have been circulating as potential candidates. As noted in reftel B, first among these is Rene Arturo Bendana, former Ambassador to Spain and to the U.S. under past President Raf [...] |
2003-04-08 18:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ETTC PINR CU HO UNHCR |
| 03THEHAGUE1899 |
BHUTAN: DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN [...] (C) On July 29 PolOff conveyed reftel to MFA South Asia Senior Policy Advisors Arjen Kool and Robert Claessens. Kool and Claessens noted the similarity between reftel and the July 18 EU statement on Bhutan. The GoNL remains concerned about the situation of the Bhutanese refugees, especially [...] |
2003-07-29 11:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL BT NP NL UNHCR |
| 03YEREVAN2826 |
ARMENIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Armenian MFA United Nations Division Chief Artak Apitonian confirmed on November 25 that the GOAM would support U.S. candidate Felice Gaer for the United Nations Committee Against Torture. A [...] |
2003-11-26 09:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AM UNHCR |
| 03ZAGREB167 |
REFUGEE RETURNS: RATCHETING UP IC PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-23 18:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL HR EUN UN NATO UNHCR |
| 03ZAGREB337 |
GOC PUSHING BACK ON IC CRITICISM ON RETURNS [...] (C) THE GOC IS REACTING TO IC PRESSURE ON REFUGEE RETURNS. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING, RADIMIR CACIC, HELD A HASTILY ARRANGED MEETING ON FEBRUARY 4 WITH THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY TO PRESENT HIS MINISTRY,S PROGRAM ON REFUGEE RETURN. THE EVENT AT THE SHERATON HOTEL [...] |
2003-02-12 17:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ECON HR OSCE EUN UNHCR |
| 03ZAGREB94 |
2003: CRITICAL YEAR FOR RETURNS TO CROATIA [...] (C) CUTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S PRESENCE AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00094 01 OF 02 141716Z FUNDING IN CROATIA WILL MAKE THIS YEAR CRITICAL FOR REFUGEE RETURNS. OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, A BUDGET-STRAPPED UNHCR WILL DRAW DOWN ITS IN-COUNTRY OPE [...] |
2003-01-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL HR UNHCR OSCE |
| 04AMMAN1604 |
UNHCR REPEATS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN RESETTLING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In a February 26 meeting with refcoord, UNHCR Middle East Director Radhouane Nouicer repeated previous requests (ref) for assistance in finding durable solutions for 348 Iraqi-Palestinians in Ruweished, Jordan. While UNHCR policy remains focused on finding re [...] |
2004-03-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ JO UNRWA UNHCR |
| 04AMMAN4748 |
NAQUORA KURDS STUCK IN AMMAN [...] (U) The nearly two-and-a-half year saga of the "Naquora Kurds," Iraqi Kurds who attempted to seek political asylum in Israel and ended up stranded on the Israeli-Lebanese border under UNIFIL protection (ref), hit a new snag this week when the UN plane carrying the remaining 14 Kurds from Leban [...] |
2004-06-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR |
| 04AMMAN4836 |
NAQUORA KURDS DEPART AMMAN, ARRIVE SAFELY IN [...] After a tense weekend of continued standoff among GOJ, Dutch and UNHCR officials (reftels), the 14 Naquora Kurds departed Amman on June 13 via a UN-chartered Russian plane and accompanied by security officials from the Iraqi Embassy in Amman. According to UNHCR officials, the plane arrived s [...] |
2004-06-14 10:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR |
| 04AMMAN5090 |
IRAQI REFUGEES TURN WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATION [...] (U) UNHCR's June 20 World Refugee Day celebration -- titled "A Place to Call Home" -- took an unexpectedly political turn when Iraqi refugees turned a speech and poetry reading into a fiery rejection of voluntary repatriation and an emotional call for resettlement outside the region. UNHCR's [...] |
2004-06-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ JO UNHCR |
| 04KATHMANDU1550 |
NEPAL: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE ON BHUTANESE/TIBETAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham expressed the hope to the Ambassador on August 4 that the verification of Bhutanese refugees would resume. Meanwhile, for the first time, some Bhutanese refugees had begun to ask for immediate third-country resettlement. On Tibetans, UNHCR wa [...] |
2004-08-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP UNHCR |
| 04KIGALI1165 |
RWANDA'S UNHCR CAMPS FACE RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) runs three refugee camps and three transit centers in Rwanda. The camps house Congolese and Burundian refugees, while the transit centers provide for Rwandans returning from neighboring countries. During recent visits to the UN [...] |
2004-08-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SMIG RW CG BY UNHCR |
| 04KINSHASA1870 |
NEW WAVE OF BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO [...] (U) Summary. A group of 1200 Banyamulenge refugees has gathered at the Burundi-DRC border in an attempt to cross into Uvira. The GDRC has kept the border closed, but an inter ministerial delegation plans to travel to Uvira October 8 to reopen the border, welcome the refugees, and coordinate as [...] |
2004-10-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1874 |
CONGOLESE REFUGEES ABROAD: NOT EASY TO RETURN HOME [...] (SBU) Summary. UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Kinshasa expressed concern October 3 over the manipulation of refugee returns to the East from Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. They are trying to work with the various governments involved to facilitate repatriation of refugees [...] |
2004-10-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1884 |
GDRC ALLOWS CONGOLESE REFUGEES TO RETURN TO UVIRA [...] (C) Summary. A group of over 1600 Congolese refugees, including over 500 Banyamulenge, crossed the Burundian border into the DRC and arrived at the Uvira transit center October 12. Many of these refugees had waited at the border since October 6 as a GDRC interministerial delegation traveled to [...] |
2004-10-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PINS KPKO CG UNHCR |
| 04LJUBLJANA61 |
SLOVENIA: PRM A/S DEWEY'S LETTER TO UNHCR DONORS [...] (U) ON 23 JANUARY, ECONOFF DELIVERED PRM A/S DEWEY'S LETTER TO DONORS WHO PLEDGED CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNHCR'S 2004 PROGRAM TO MARJAN SETINC, MFA STATE UNDERSECRETARY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. SETINC WELCOMED THE A/S'S LETTER AND NOTED THAT THE UNHCR WILL REMAIN ON [...] |
2004-01-26 13:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV SI UNHCR |
| 04MANAMA551 |
BAHRAIN SAYS IT'S AGAINST CUBAN RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Bahraini MFA Minister of State Abdelghaffar told Charge April 18 that Bahrain does not think the Cuban resolution about Guantanamo detainees is helpful, and it asked Cuba to withdraw the resolution. Abdelghaffar said it was obvious the Cubans are trying to score political points with the [...] |
2004-04-18 11:33:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | BA PHUM PREL UNHCR |
| 04NEWDELHI6976 |
BHUTAN MOVING TOWARDS REPATRIATION OF CATEGORY ONE [...] (C) Summary: During an October 24 meeting with PRM A/S Dewey, King Jigme Wangchuck of Bhutan agreed that Category 1 refugees from the Khudunabari Camp could be repatriated and that the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) should exchange a letter specifying the [...] |
2004-11-02 05:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF IN NP BT UNHCR |
| 04NEWDELHI7000 |
INDIA SUPPORTS REPATRIATION OF CATEGORY 1 [...] (C) Polcouns and Poloff met on November 1 with MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae to brief on the strategy SIPDIS recently outlined by King Wangchuck to A/S Dewey to repatriate Category 1 refugees from the Khudunabari camp (Reftel). Rae replied that the GOI welcomes this strateg [...] |
2004-11-02 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT UNHCR |
| 04NEWDELHI7151 |
FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-09 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IN UNHCR |
| 04ROME1042 |
WFP ASSUMES OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR UN [...] AS REPORTED REF A, WFP MADE A COMMITMENT AT THE UN'S FIFTH SESSION OF THE HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT (HLCM) HELD IN NEW YORK JUNE 12-13, 2003, TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTERING AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR UN AGENCIES IN HUMANITARIAN, AND "OTHER" ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT DIRECT [...] |
2004-03-17 07:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF KUNR WFP ACABQ UNHCR ICAO AVIATION |
| 04ROME2196 |
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] The WFP Annual Session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of the positive Sudanese signing of the Naivasha Protocols (GOS-SPLM/A), and an unprecedented level of displacement and violence in Sudan's Darfur region. Coming off a record level of total support in 2003 (U.S. dollars (USD) $2.6 [...] |
2004-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR UN |
| 04ROME2218 |
WFP food diversions in Cambodia [...] WFP has uncovered a major case of commodity theft related to food for work (FFW) distributions in Kampong Speu cluster. An external team headed by an international consultant (a former WFP staff member who speaks Khmer), and two engineers seconded by Red R Australia, is carrying out physical v [...] |
2004-06-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2781 |
WFP BRIEFING ON DARFUR AND SOUTHERN SUDAN - JULY 13 [...] (SBU) WFP conducted a Sudan humanitarian needs briefing for Rome-based permanent representatives at its Headquarters on July 13. Security remains a profound concern, with examples of humanitarian workers being detained anywhere from a few hours to a few days. WFP estimates that 1.2 million peo [...] |
2004-07-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2935 |
UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING [...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...] |
2004-07-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2967 |
WFP EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR KENYA [...] Summary. WFP is soliciting contributions for its new emergency operation (EMOP), "Food Assistance to Drought-affected People in Kenya," covering the period from August 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005. The estimated cost of $42.9 million would provide 166,000 metric tons of commodities for 2. [...] |
2004-07-30 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF KE WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME815 |
FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The WFP Board first regular session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs. In 2003, WFP received U.S. dollars (USD) 2.6 billion in donor contributions in support of its operations worldwide (plus an additional USD 1.2 billion from the Oil- for-Fo [...] |
2004-03-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME849 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES INDONESIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Indonesia. The project 10069.1, entitled Assistance to Recovery and Nutritional Rehabilitation, is for three years (July 2004-June 2007), and covers 2.1 million benef [...] |
2004-03-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME868 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES ARMENIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Armenia. The project 10053.1, entitled Relief and Recovery Assistance for Vulnerable Groups, is for two years (July 2004-June 2006), covering 110,000 beneficiaries pe [...] |
2004-03-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME876 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES SUDAN (ERITREAN REFUGEES) [...] (SBU) The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Sudan (Eritrean refugees). The project 10122.1, entitled Food Assistance for Eritrean Refugees, is for two years (April 2004 - March 2006) with a total cost to [...] |
2004-03-05 10:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME879 |
WFP BOARD PPROVES NEPAL PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Execuive Board, at its first regular session (Februar 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Nepal. The project 10058.3, entitle Food Assistance to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal,is for twelve months (July 2004-June 2005), and overs 99,600 beneficiaries. Total cos [...] |
2004-03-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME896 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES CAMBODIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Cambodia. The project 10305.0, entitled Assisting People in Crisis, is for thirty months (July 2004- December 2006), and covers 2,491,710 beneficiaries. Total cost to [...] |
2004-03-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME897 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES REPUBLIC OF CONGO PROTRACTED [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for the Republic of the Congo (ROC). The project 10312.0, entitled Assistance to Populations Affected by Conflicts, is for two years (July 2004 - June 2006) with a total [...] |
2004-03-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME952 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES BENIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT VALUED [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved Benin's development project 10308.0 entitled Promotion of Formal and Non-Formal Education of Children and Youth. The project is for five years (July 2004-June 2009), with a total cost to WFP of USD 16.5 million, a [...] |
2004-03-11 12:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME955 |
WFP BOARD APPROVES THE GAMBIA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26), approved The Gambia development project 10311.0 entitled Support to Basic Education in Rural Vulnerable Regions. The project is for three years, with a total cost to WFP of USD 6.92 million. Beneficiaries are estimated at [...] |
2004-03-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR |
| 04SAOPAULO493 |
SPECIAL ENVOY REICH'S MEETING WITH JOSE DIRCEU [...] (C) SUMMARY. White House Special Envoy for the Western Hemisphere Otto Reich met with President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu on Sunday, March 21 at a private residence in Sao Paulo. During the course of the relaxed and open 90-minute conversation, the two touched o [...] |
2004-03-26 12:12:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO BL CU VE BR UNHCR US |
| 04YEREVAN699 |
GOAM ON CHR 60 CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) We delivered demarche and talking points to the MFA Chief of International Organizations Department Valery Mkrtumian March 22 and Head of Americas Department Lilit Toutkhalian March 23 per instructions in reftel A. Both Mkrtumian and Toutkhalian reiterated comments made by FM Oskanian dur [...] |
2004-03-25 03:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU AM UNHCR |
| 04ZAGREB436 |
CROATIA'S UNCHR PRIORITIES [...] On February 25, we delivered reftel non-paper to Dubravka Simonovic, MFA Head of Department for Human Rights. In return, Simonovic provided us on March 12 with Croatia's priorities for the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (full text follows in para 3). She offered no specifi [...] |
2004-03-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HR UNHCR |
| 05AMMAN3388 |
JORDAN HOPES UNHCR EXCOM MEMBERSHIP WILL THAW ITS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Refcoord delivered on April 28 ref A demarche Dr. Khalid Takhayneh of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. The demarche supported Jordan's application for membership in UNHCR's [...] |
2005-04-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF JO UNHCR |
| 05ASUNCION533 |
PARAGUAY WILL NOT SUPPORT RESOLUTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU PA UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO2682 |
LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...] |
2005-04-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO4221 |
ERITREAN MILITARY GROUP IN KSA PROPOSED FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM SA EG UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO7766 |
SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE UNHCR CLOSURE [...] (SBU) A PEACEFUL BUT GROWING DEMONSTRATION BY SUDANESE REFUGEES HAS FORCED UNHCR TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN CAIRO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SAAD AL ATTAR, AND SEVERAL CRITICAL SECURITY PERSONNEL, STAFF-MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME AND UNHCR HAS SENT OUT EMAILS ADVISING THA [...] |
2005-10-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO8110 |
FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a broader humanitarian issue, according to UNHCR Cairo. The demonstration has forced the closure of UNHCR's Cairo office, which adjoins the makeshift camp set- [...] |
2005-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
| 05DHAKA5600 |
BANGLADESH:DEMARCHE DELIVERED IRAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-15 09:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BG UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1037 |
UNHCR STILL GRAPPLING WITH FUNDING AND POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with U.S. Mission DCM and refugee officer, Director of UNHCR's Sudan unit Jean Marie Fakhouri highlighted funding and policy issues impacting its operations in Chad and Sudan. In Chad, he acknowledged that malnutrition had increased at some camps when rations had be [...] |
2005-04-22 08:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CD SU PHUM UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1052 |
UNHCR ON WESTERN SAHARA, LIBYA, AND MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: In response to refs A and B, Mission Geneva's Joe Cassidy and Anne Phillips met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April 25 to brief on demarches directed to Algiers and Tripoli on refugee issues. UNHCR's Deputy Director in charge o [...] |
2005-04-26 03:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XI UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1065 |
UNHCR REPLIES TO DEMARCHE ON MALNUTRITION IN CHAD [...] (U) RMA Officers delivered ref A demarche to UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner (AHC) Kamel Morjane and Head of Desk for Chad and Darfur Craig Sanders, who promised to investigate and reply to questions and concerns raised. DCM and RMA officer met with Director of Sudan Operations Jean Marie F [...] |
2005-04-27 04:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM CD UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1287 |
UNHCR FORUM: ONE BRIDGE, ONE DEAD END [...] (U) Summary: The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Forum (UNHCR/Forum) met May 20, with Deputy High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and Director of International Protection Erika Feller on the podium for an all-day session attended by approximately one hundred representatives from Geneva missio [...] |
2005-05-25 13:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1380 |
UNHCR: NEW COMMISSIONER OFF TO A STRONG START, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 12:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1454 |
RWANDA/BURUNDI: LETTERS REFLECT RENEWED CONCERN AT [...] (C) Summary: Following up on his immediate interest in Rwanda/Burundi (ref A), the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has written to the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi expressing concern about their actions and intentions regarding Rwandan asylum seekers. UNHCR staff ar [...] |
2005-06-10 13:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF RW BY UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1523 |
UNHCR: AMBITIOUS AGENDA OUTLINED BY NEW HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Moley paid a courtesy call on Antonio Guterres June 14, the eve of Guterres' assumption of post as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR.) On June 17, Guterres met with a larger group in an informal session of UNHCR's Executive Committee (ExCom). In bo [...] |
2005-06-20 08:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1553 |
UNHCR RE-ENGAGEMENT IN INDONESIA FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Asia Director Janet Lim described the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR's) plans to re-engage in post-Tsunami operations in Indonesia at a donor briefing in Geneva June 20. UNHCR's June 14 Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian government will allow [...] |
2005-06-22 13:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1577 |
RECEIPT OF LETTER UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER ANTONIO [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, Please accept my sincere thanks for your kind letter of congratulations on my appointment as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. I am truly honoured by th [...] |
2005-06-27 11:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1604 |
UNHCR: MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES FOR 2006 DESCRIBED [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s informal consultations, May 18-19 in Geneva. Saying &we heard you last year,8 then-Acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, providing donors with an update on UNHCR,s approach to budget [...] |
2005-06-29 05:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1605 |
UNHCR: REGIONAL ISSUES AND IDPS DISCUSSED DURING [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s May 18-19 informal consultations. Then-acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, flanked for the regional sessions by Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and the entire senior man [...] |
2005-06-29 05:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1606 |
RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, As I take up my duties as High Commissioner, I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to thank you for your support for the work of UNHCR. It is an honour for me to [...] |
2005-06-29 09:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1609 |
UNHCR: REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT FROM EAST ASIA AND [...] (C) Summary: PRM DAS Kelly Ryan discussed ongoing and potential refugee resettlement operations in separate meetings with UNHCR Protection Director Erika Feller and Asia Director Janet Lim in Geneva June 13. Pointing to the fact that there is little access to the highlands and thus to mon [...] |
2005-06-29 14:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1689 |
UNHCR: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a meeting of its "Standing Committee" June 28-30 to discuss budget and program matters. This cable focuses on protection issues, the main topic of the June meeting. Others will focu [...] |
2005-07-11 08:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1696 |
UNHCR: REFUGEE WOMEN AND PROJECT PROFILE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a meeting of its "Standing Committee" June 28-30 to discuss budget and program matters. This cable focuses on the High Commissioner's Five Commitments to Refugee Women, Project Pro [...] |
2005-07-12 06:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1739 |
UZBEKS IN KYRGYZSTAN: UNHCR WEEKEND PURSUIT OF [...] (C) Summary: Staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Headquarters in Geneva were active the weekend of July 16-17 in monitoring the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan and seeking possible "evacuation" options. Mission Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) offic [...] |
2005-07-18 08:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KG UZ UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1742 |
UNHCR: 2006 BUDGET CONSULTATIONS AND STANDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Donors and staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have held multiple discussions as UNHCR shapes its 2006 budget and its plans for the second half of 2005. In all of these discussions, UNHCR has highlighted its (new) commitment to results-based manag [...] |
2005-07-18 12:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1764 |
RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter, dated July 18, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres addressed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, The situation of the persons who fled due to the recent events in Andijan, Republic of [...] |
2005-07-21 06:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1771 |
UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS: GENEVA MEETINGS WITH UNHCR, [...] (C) Summary. US Mission Geneva Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) Counselor and Refugee Officer met with UNHCR staff representing the Bureaus for Central Asia, Europe, and Protection July 20 to press for details on the status of efforts and plans to relocate 455 Uzbek asylum seekers from Kyr [...] |
2005-07-21 13:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KG PREF PREL UZ UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1809 |
UNHCR: STILL NO REPLACEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER [...] (C) UNHCR continues to seek an Implementation Partner (IP) in Nepal to replace the deregistered Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office (TRWO) in providing assistance to Tibetan refugees transiting to India. In a June 26 meeting, UNHCR's Asia Desk Chief Catherine Huck and Senior Legal Advisor Peter [...] |
2005-07-28 12:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IN CH NP PHUM UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA1850 |
UZEBK SITUATION: LETTER FROM HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) As per ref a, Mission received two letters from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres addressed to Secretary Rice. Ref a letter, dated July 27, dealt briefly with the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. The July 28 letter reproduced below goes into furthe [...] |
2005-08-04 09:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF RICE CONDOLEEZZA UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2093 |
UNHCR BRIEFS ON UZBEK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) briefed members of the diplomatic community on September 6 regarding developments surrounding the 429 Uzbek asylum seekers currently in Timisoara, Romania and the 15 who remain in detention in Osh, Ky [...] |
2005-09-06 13:41:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2465 |
UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #1: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Summary: The Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees met October 3-7 in Geneva. As per ref a, USDEL was led by PRM acting Assistant Secretary Rich Greene and included representatives of USAID SIPDIS and DHS, as well as two NGOs. This cable summarizes [...] |
2005-10-13 14:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2483 |
UNHCR EXCOM #4: PURSUING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Acting PRM A/S Greene pressed Bhutanese and Nepalese officials to agree to a comprehensive solution to the problem of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, during October 3-7 meetings on the margins of UNHCR's annual ExCom. Nepalese PermRep Acharya asserted a "lack of urgency" on the pa [...] |
2005-10-14 08:41:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2489 |
UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...] |
2005-10-14 11:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2493 |
UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #2: PRM ACTING A/S GREENE,S [...] (U) Summary: On the margins of the 56th Session of the UNHCR Executive Committee (EXCOM), PRM Acting A/S Greene previewed our priorities for the week-long session with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Guterres. They included improving UNHCR's approach to durable solutions, management refor [...] |
2005-10-14 11:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2494 |
UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #3: IDP OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-14 11:53:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2567 |
UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE # 7: MEXICO PLAN OF ACTION [...] (U) Summary. Government representatives, NGOs and UN staff turned out in force to voice support for the Mexico Plan of Action (POA) during a special session on the margins of the UNHCR Executive Committee meeting. While there was some concern over the lack of resources targeted for the regio [...] |
2005-10-21 11:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2613 |
FINAL REPORT ON UNHCR WG SESSION OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES (SEPTEMBER 12-23, 2005) [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Intersessional Working Group to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument completed work on a Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance and, although there was no consensus, agreed that there was no impediment to consideration of the [...] |
2005-10-28 04:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | FR UNGA UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2655 |
UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...] |
2005-11-01 14:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2713 |
UZBEK REFUGEES IN KYRGYZSTAN AND ROMANIA [...] (U) Summary: On 26 October, Ambassador received a letter from Anne Willem Biljeveld, Director of the Division of External Relations at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), providing an update on the status of the refugees who fled Uzbekistan in May 2005. Paragraph 4 repe [...] |
2005-11-08 06:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2732 |
FIVE SRS NOTIFYING UNITED STATES THEY ARE [...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs who are conducting an investigation on detainees at Guantanamo regarding their intention to seek cooperation from the Governments of Afghanistan, France, Morocco, Pakistan and Spain to allow them access so that the [...] |
2005-11-09 06:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2812 |
FIVE SRS REQUESTING ANSWER TO OCTOBER 31 LETTER [...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs who have been invited to visit Guantanamo. The letter and the attachments have been e- mailed to IO/SHA and this communication will be included on #10 on the 2005 correspondence log. 2. Begin text of letter: [...] |
2005-11-17 06:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA909 |
BHUTANESE REFUGEES PRESENT THEIR HISTORY AND [...] (SBU) Summary. At a private meeting on the margins of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Bhutanese refugee delegation presented a video explaining the facts of their flight and situation in Nepal, and drawing governmental attention to their desire for durable solutions. Missionoff persua [...] |
2005-04-08 14:59:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR |
| 05KINSHASA598 |
CONGO/B: UNHCR ON REPATRIATION OF DRC REFUGEES, [...] SUMMARY: THE RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNHCR BRAZZAVILLE, JANVIER de RIEDMATTEN, ASKED TO MEET WITH THE AMBASSADOR APRIL 4 TO BRIEF ON OVERALL UPCOMING REPATRIATION EFFORTS WITH DRC, RWANDAN, AND CONGO/B REFUGEES. END SUMMARY. ----------------------- DRC REFUGEES IN CONGO/B ------------- [...] |
2005-04-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CF UNHCR |
| 05LIMA992 |
Mexican Summary of Meeting on Mexican HR Initiative [...] (SBU) Post transmits verbatim text received from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry of a summary, prepared by the Mexican Foreign Ministry, of the GRULAC working meeting in Mexico regarding Mexico's proposal to develop an informal mechanism for cooperation among GRULAC countries on human r [...] |
2005-03-02 17:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU MX PE UNHCR |
| 05MAPUTO1520 |
MOZAMBIQUE: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR MZ PHUM UNHCR |
| 05MASERU160 |
DEMARCHE ON COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM LT UNHCR |
| 05MASERU394 |
SUPPORT FOR USG PROPOSAL RE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) Charge met August 2 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Monyane Moleleki to deliver talking points in ref regarding the USG position on creation of a Human Rights Council. Charge noted, in particular, the flexibility of the USG on issues of the Council's size, mandate, and membership criteri [...] |
2005-08-02 09:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL LT UNGA UNHCR |
| 05MASERU578 |
DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] On November 8 CAI met with MFA Acting Principal Secretary Thabang Lekhela to deliver and discuss talking points in ref. Pitso Makosholo, Chief, Division of Europe and the Americas, also attended. 2. Charge prefaced his presentation of the points by noting Lesotho's participation in the AU P [...] |
2005-11-09 07:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL LT UNHCR |
| 05NEWDELHI2049 |
UNCHR 61 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the UNCHR 61 demarche (Reftel) to the Bhutanese Embassy on March 17. First Secretary Karma Rinchhen stated that he will forward our points to Thimphu for the official Royal Government of Bhutan response. 2. (C) During the meeting, Rinchhen inquired whether the USG [...] |
2005-03-17 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM BT NP UNHCR |
| 05NEWDELHI2717 |
RGOB NON-COMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with Bhutanese Foreign Secretary Neden Zangmo, DCM urged the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) to support a UNCHR resolution against Cuba noting that Bhutan's vote could be decisive. The FS was non-committal citing the support Cuba had provided Bhutan in th [...] |
2005-04-11 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU UNHCR |
| 05NEWDELHI496 |
BHUTANESE AMBASSADOR: SECURITY SITUATION IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: The poor security situation in Nepal, instability of the government in Kathmandu, and uncertainty over future GON willingness to deliver on any inherited agreements will hinder the refugee repatriation process, Bhutanese Ambassador Lyonpo Dago Tshering told the Ambassador on Jan [...] |
2005-01-19 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PTER IN NP BT UNHCR |
| 05NEWDELHI859 |
GOI REWARDS BHUTANESE KING AS GUEST OF HONOR AT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of India (GOI) rewarded Bhutanese King Jigme Singye Wangchuck for conducting military operations in December of 2003 against Indian militants hiding out in Southern Bhutan by making him the guest of honor at Republic Day. During the King's January 24-28 visit, th [...] |
2005-02-03 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT UNHCR |
| 05PANAMA1339 |
PANAMA: NO POSITION TO SHARE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-20 21:31:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KUNR PREL PM UNHCR POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1646 |
PANAMA: SUPPORT FOR US VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Reftel demarche talking points to MFA Deputy International Organizations and Commissions Director Nubia Lezcano on August 2, stressing the U.S. desire for Panama's continued support in creating a new UN Human Rights Council. PolOff emphasized the need for an action-ori [...] |
2005-08-05 19:28:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR UNGA LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05ROME1145 |
CHR 61: ITALY ON CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT UNHCR EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME1385 |
ITALIAN RESPONSE TO CRITICISM ON REFUGEE TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary. In the face of criticism by UNHCR, the European Parliament and center-left politicians, the Italian Government continues to defend its policy of quickly returning illegal immigrants to Libya. Ministry of Interior officials insist the immigrants are being properly processed for [...] |
2005-04-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG IT UNHCR |
| 05ROME2545 |
ITALY GENERALLY SUPPORTS USG PROPOSAL ON NEW UN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche on July 29 to Minister Rosa Anna Coniglio, head of the MFA's Human Rights Office. Min. Coniglio is new to her job, but provided preliminary thoughts on the Italian position based on her previous human rights background (she previously worked for MFA U/S [...] |
2005-07-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IT UNGA UNHCR HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 06ABIDJAN1258 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (C) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered relevant talking points from reftels to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Speaking frankly, and drawing upon his eight years [...] |
2006-11-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNHCR IV UNGA |
| 06AMMAN3036 |
SYRIA OFFERS TO ADMIT (SMALL) NUMBERS OF [...] (U) Embassy Damascus has cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Damascus and UNRWA each report that the SARG has in fact agreed to admit Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq during Palestinian FM Zahar's April 20 visit to Damascus (ref A). However these UN agencies caution that the SARG i [...] |
2006-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL UNRWA UNHCR IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN3229 |
JORDAN REJECTS IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref B demarche May 3 to Foreign Minister Al-Khatib, who confirmed that Jordan will not support Iran in the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) election. Khatib reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is seeking one of the Asia Group's seats on the HRC (ref C). 2. [...] |
2006-05-07 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR UNHCR JO |
| 06ANKARA581 |
UNHCR TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR [...] (S) UNHCR's Turkey office is ready to get to work on voluntary repatriation or local integration for residents of the Makhmour Camp in northern Iraq. However, the UNHCR-Turkey Representative pointed out obstacles to be overcome, such as accessing villages in southeast Turkey to which Makhmour [...] |
2006-02-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU UNHCR |
| 06ANKARA6250 |
MAKHMOUR: TURKEY PREPARED TO DISCUSS TRIPARTITE [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told the DCM Nov. 1 that Turkey has reversed its position and is prepared to discuss its recommended changes with UNHCR on the draft Tripartite Agreement on the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq. Guven has reques [...] |
2006-11-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL UNHCR PGOV TU IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2377 |
UNHCR IRAQ HEAD OF DELEGATION ENGAGES GOI [...] (C) Summary: New UNHCR-Iraq Head of Delegation Janvier de Riedmatten made his initial calls on GOI MOI, MFA, and MODM on July 1 and 2. He advised RefCoord and PolOff that although the GOI Ministries gave positive signals on willingness to help on Makhmour, they did not offer specifics. UNHC [...] |
2006-07-06 19:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM UNHCR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD277 |
PRM-FUNDED RELOCATION OF AL TASH KURDS TO ERBIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation site for Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. All but a small percentage of the approximately 3000 A [...] |
2006-01-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM |
| 06BAGHDAD300 |
(U) QUSHTEPE OFFICIALS COMMENT ON AL TASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation of Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. Ref A covered assistance work at the camp. En route to the [...] |
2006-02-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PINR PINS PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM |
| 06BAGHDAD3036 |
KRG TELLS UNCHR THEY OPPOSE MAKHMOUR INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR-Iraq officials Burgi Englbrecht and Charlie Lynch met August 6-8 with KRG officials and residents of the Makhmour refugee camp. According to Englebrecht and Lynch, KRG Deputy Prime Minister Omar Fattah Hussayn, KRG Minister of Interior Osman Haji Mahmud, and Chief of Staff [...] |
2006-08-21 08:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM UNHCR IZ TU |
| 06BOGOTA7408 |
COLOMBIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 18:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR CO |
| 06CAIRO132 |
UNHCR ASKS EGYPT TO DELAY DEPORTING SUDANESE [...] (SBU) The GOE has not yet begun deportation of Sudanese detainees. Interior Ministry contacts advised on January 8 that the 72 hour grace period given to UNHCR to interview Sudanese detainees (see Refs A and B) had expired, and the GOE had not yet determined whether to give UNHCR additional [...] |
2006-01-08 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SU EG KREF UNHCR |
| 06CAIRO170 |
SUDANESE REFUGEES IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) THE VIOLENT CONFRONTATION ON DECEMBER 30 BETWEEN EGYPTIAN POLICE AND SUDANESE REFUGEES WHEN AT LEAST 27 LOST THEIR LIVES AND HUNDREDS MORE WERE DETAINED, HAS FOCUSED WORLD-WIDE ATTENTION ON THE LIVES OF THE MANY ASYLUM- SEEKERS WHO HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE IN CAIRO. MANY OF THESE FLED TURMOI [...] |
2006-01-12 20:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
| 06CAIRO268 |
SUDAN REFUGEES: EGYPT RELEASES ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs briefed the DCM January 18 on the status of detained Sudanese asylum seekers in Egypt. Hefny clarified that 153 Sudanese had been released January 17, with an unspecified number of others to be released shortly. UNHCR, he said, had been given [...] |
2006-01-18 16:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
| 06CAIRO480 |
SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR MEETS DEADLINE, BUT [...] (SBU) UNHCR has completed its evaluation of the 183 Sudanese asylum seekers still in detention since they were forcibly evicted from a sit-in in a downtown park last December 30 and will present its final report to the GOE tonight. Since it reopened its offices, UNHCR has been overwhelmed wit [...] |
2006-01-26 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
| 06CAIRO5526 |
EGYPT: UPDATE ON USG CANDIDATES FOR UNITED [...] During a September 4 meeting with MFA Office Director for Candidacy Issues, Counselor Hatem Tag-Eldin, poloffs reviewed pending USG requests for Egyptian support for elections to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the International Law Commission (ILC), and the International Mobile Satellite [...] |
2006-09-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM UNHCR EWWT INMARSAT EG |
| 06CAIRO58 |
EGYPT: NO UNHCR ACCESS TO SUDANESE DETAINEES [...] (C) UNHCR still has no access to the Sudanese being held by the GOE in temporary camps following a violent confrontation that occurred when GOE security forces ended the Sudanese group's three month protest over refugee policy. While the GOE has not formally declined UNHCR's access request, [...] |
2006-01-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CASC EG SU UNHCR |
| 06CAIRO5831 |
EGYPT: STILL NO ANSWER ON US CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] On September 17 emboff met with National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) Vice President for Policies and International Cooperation Dr. Offat Abd El Monsef to seek GoE support for the United States candidate to head the International Mobile Satellite Organizaton (IMSO). Dr. Abd [...] |
2006-09-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM UNHCR EWWT INMARSAT EG |
| 06CAIRO639 |
SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR COMPLETES ITS WORK WITH [...] (SBU) Although some Sudanese asylum seekers were released during the week, 155 remain in detention following their forcible eviction from a sit-in in a downtown park December 30. UNHCR has completed its evaluation of all of those still in detention and will present its final report to the GOE [...] |
2006-02-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
| 06CAIRO783 |
SUDAN REFUGEES: ALL UNHCR `PERSONS OF CONCERN' [...] (SBU) Emboffs met separately February 9 with MFA and UNHCR to discuss the status of Sudanese asylum seekers in Cairo. All UNHCR `persons of concern' have been released, leaving the fate of the remaining 156 detainees in question. MFA contacts rule out deportations in the short term, and belie [...] |
2006-02-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
| 06DHAKA2523 |
BANGLADESH DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-01 06:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL BD |
| 06DUBLIN562 |
AFGHANIS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN IRISH CHURCH [...] Summary. According to official sources and press reports, 41 Afghani asylum seekers began a hunger/thirst strike in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral to protest perceived pending deportations. Since the strike began on May 12, eight of the all male group have been admitted to a hosp [...] |
2006-05-19 17:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI |
| 06DUBLIN582 |
AFGHANI HUNGER STRIKE IN IRELAND ENDS WITHOUT [...] (U) On May 20, a seven-day hunger/thirst strike instigated by 41 Afghani asylum seekers ended peacefully and without major incident. Per reftel, this group of men sought refuge in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral in a bid to strengthen their asylum cases. (None actually faced immed [...] |
2006-05-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI |
| 06GENEVA582 |
36TH UNHCR STANDING COMMITTEE - PROGRAM BUDGETS [...] (U ) Summary. The Deputy High Commissioner, the Controller and the head of External Relations provided a briefing to member states on UNHCR strategies to meet the current budget crisis. Member states were frank in their remarks to UNHCR, sometimes highlighting the organization's shortcoming [...] |
2006-03-14 16:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL UNHCR |
| 06HANOI2842 |
DEMARCHES ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-10 02:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHCR UN VM |
| 06KIGALI445 |
RWANDANS IN BURUNDI: ASYLUM SEEKERS BEGIN RETURNING [...] (U) In an 8 May meeting with poloff, UNHCR External Relations Officer Beatriz Garcia reported that the flow of Rwandans departing for Burundi has stopped and that there are unconfirmed reports that several hundred Rwandans have left northern Burundi and returned to southern Rwanda. UNHCR has [...] |
2006-05-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL UNHCR RW BY |
| 06KINGSTON1637 |
US CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] On August 18, Poloff delivered reftel Diplomatic Note to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Ms. Brown stated that she would recommend supporting Wedgwood's candidacy and she expected that Jamaica would be able [...] |
2006-08-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHCR JM |
| 06KINGSTON890 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (C) On May 8, DCM faxed Ref C points to Ambassador Velma McNish, Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and asked McNish to urge Ambassador Raymond Wolfe, Jamaica's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, to oppose the candi [...] |
2006-05-08 19:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL |
| 06KUALALUMPUR2137 |
CHIN REFUGEES STRUGGLE WHILE AWAITING UNHCR REGISTRATION AND RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) In their primitive jungle camps and at a medical clinic they established in Kuala Lumpur, Burmese Chin refugees recently described to us their harassment by police and their perceptions of UNHCR indifference regarding their plight. Up to 1,000 Chins live in jungle camps abutting palm oil plan [...] |
2006-11-20 05:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY |
| 06MEXICO6600 |
COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-24 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR MX |
| 06NAIROBI1715 |
KENYA NON-COMMITTAL ON AFRICAN CANDIDATES FOR UN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. While Amolo did not offer a Kenyan commitment to not support the UN Human Rights Council candidacies of serious human rights violators such as Sudan and Zimbabwe, [...] |
2006-04-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PHUM UNHCR KE |
| 06PARIS5429 |
FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON HCR SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Deputy Polcouns shared ref A points August 10 with MFA DAS-equivalent for IO Human Rights Affairs Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen. Ref B reports the results of his initial, August 9 discussions with Le Fraper in accordance with ref C. Deputy PolCouns asked Le Fraper to bring to the attentio [...] |
2006-08-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNHCR LE FR |
| 06PRAGUE456 |
CZECHS OPPOSE IRAN UNHCR CANDIDACY AND G-77 [...] (U) Poloffs met with Jan Kara, Czech MFA Director of the United Nations Department, to deliver demarches on Iran's candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) (Ref C), the G-77 resolution on UN Management Reform (Ref A), and the UN Democracy Fund Invitation for Grant Proposals ( [...] |
2006-04-28 15:52:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA UN KUNR UNHCR EZ |
| 06RABAT516 |
OFFICIAL MOROCCAN VIEWS ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Gerard Cheyne met with GOM officials during his March 3-10 visit to Morocco and Western Sahara to discuss the possibility of launching a limited resettlement program and the CBM family visit exchanges occurring in the Western Sahara. Chey [...] |
2006-03-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS PREL PHUM UNHCR PGOV MO EG |
| 06ROME1325 |
ITALY WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-04 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL IT |
| 06SANSALVADOR2698 |
EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON COUNTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 15:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR KTIA ES |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3282 |
HAITIANS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - - THEY JUST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unfulfilled promises, nationalistic rebuffs and outright distortions continue to characterize the Dominican response to international concerns over the country's treatment of its largely undocumented Haitian minority. Despite repeated pledges, the government has failed to comply [...] |
2006-10-18 20:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PHUM PGOV PREF SMIG ASEC UNHCR IOM HA |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3545 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REVIEWS ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) On November 16, Economic-Political Counselor and poloff presented Ref A points concerning the November 17 special session to Deputy Secretary of State Alejandra Liriano and Undersecretary of State (and functional Chief of Staff) Jose Manuel Trullols. Trullols remarked immediately on the o [...] |
2006-11-20 17:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR UN KTIA BO IS DR |
| 06SOFIA1169 |
BULGARIA NON-COMMITTAL BUT LEANING TOWARDS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHCR BU |
| 06SOFIA1264 |
BULGARIA SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD FOR UNHCR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHCR BU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1540 |
S/E LEFKOWITZ MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz met with South Korean Perm Rep Choi Young-jin to discuss North Korean human rights resolutions this fall at the UN General Assembly Third Committee and the UN Human Rights Council. They also discussed refugees, the Kaesong Industrial Complex and a poss [...] |
2006-08-15 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL UNGA UNHCR UNHRC KN KS |
| 07ABIDJAN263 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR CVT LIBERIA: [...] Summary: This monitoring and evaluation (M&E) report is based on Refugee Coordinator's (RefCoord) visits to the Center for Victims of Torture's (CVT) field offices in Liberia in October 2006 and January 2007. CVT is on target to meet its objectives in the PRM-funded program, "Promoting Com [...] |
2007-03-12 17:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM USAID UNHCR CI LI |
| 07ABIDJAN293 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UNHCR PREPARING FOR JUNE DEADLINE [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled with Lou Mazel, DCM Monrovia, and Mohamud Osman, USAID/FFP Dakar, from February 25 to March 3 to visit WFP and UNHCR offices in Cote d'Ivoire (Tabou, Guiglo) and Liberia (Harper) and to meet with refugees and [...] |
2007-03-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID UNHCR SOCI LI IV |
| 07ABIDJAN326 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TO THE [...] (C) Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) and Regina Davis, USAID/OFDA's Principal Regional Advisor for West Africa (PRA), met in Abidjan with UN-OCHA, other UN agencies, NGOs, and donor Embassies to discuss opinions on UNHCR's handling of its Protection Cluster responsib [...] |
2007-03-27 10:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM UNHCR IV |
| 07ACCRA613 |
GHANA ON SOMALIA, SUDAN, ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: On March 16, Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei-Adjei (the Foreign Minister was out of the country) to discuss Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe. The Deputy Minister said Ghana would issue statements on Somalia and Zimbabwe by Mach 19 and was committed to resolvi [...] |
2007-03-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PHUM PREL UNHCR ZI KPKO CT CD UNSC AU |
| 07AMMAN1253 |
ZIMBABWE DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHCR ZI JO |
| 07ASHGABAT943 |
DEMARCHE ON FELICE GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 03:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA UNHCR TX |
| 07ASHGABAT992 |
TURKMENISTAN: SECOND DEMARCHE REQUEST - UN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHCR TX |
| 07ASTANA1261 |
KAZAKHSTAN UNLIKELY TO OPPOSE BELARUS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-11 06:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR KZ |
| 07ATHENS1384 |
GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S DISAPPOINTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EUN UNHCR GR |
| 07BEIJING1986 |
DARFUR: CHINA SEEKS CONSENSUS RESOLUTION IN HUMAN [...] (C) China believes the Human Rights Council should address the issue of Darfur and is urging the European Union and Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) to find a consensus text on a resolution, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Dong Zhihua told polof [...] |
2007-03-23 06:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHCR CH SU |
| 07BRUSSELS917 |
EU VIEWS SADC AS BEST VEHICLE TO PRESSURE ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 16:52:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHCR ZI EUN BE |
| 07BUCHAREST104 |
RFG: MUNAF'S CASE IN UNHCR; ROMANIA SEEKS US VIEWS [...] (SBU) This is a request for Action. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) MFA State Secretary Adrian Vierita asked to meet with DCM and Acting Polcouns on January 30 to discuss a complaint filed with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on behalf of dual Iraqi/US citizen Mohammad Munaf, who wa [...] |
2007-02-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | CASC KJUS MARR PGOV PREL UNHCR IZ RO |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1874 |
ARGENTINA STILL CONSIDERING COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR |
| 07DAKAR1968 |
SENEGAL PROPOSES A QUID PRO QUO FOR CANDIDATES TO THE [...] (SBU) In response to our request for their support for Felice Gaer's candidacy for the committee against torture, Senegal has proposed a quid pro quo. In return for their support, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Senegal would like the United States to support Senegalese candidate, Abdoulaye [...] |
2007-10-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHCR UNGA |
| 07DHAKA1578 |
BANGLADESH: UN COMMITEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche requesting Bangladesh's support for the re-election of Felice Gaer to the Committee on Torture. Demarche points were delivered to the Acting Director, Americas and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 26. 2. The Acting Director informed [...] |
2007-09-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHCR |
| 07DHAKA1601 |
BANGLADESH: WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR U.N. [...] The Embassy received a positive response to the demarche (reftel A) requesting Bangladesh's support for the re-election of Felice Gaer to the Committee on Torture on October 8. 2. The Acting Director of the Americas and Pacific Wing at the Ministry of Foreign AFfairs informed POLOFF the Min [...] |
2007-10-04 08:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHCR |
| 07DUSHANBE877 |
TAJIKISTAN TO AFGHAN REFUGEES: YOU CAN STAY, JUST NOT HERE~ [...] SUMMARY: On May 31, Tajik security officials rounded up over 150 Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in the capital of Dushanbe. Reports from those detained suggest that authorities held the refugees for most of the day without food, water or access to sanitation facilities. The authorities [...] |
2007-06-12 12:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM UNHCR TI AF |
| 07GENEVA1992 |
DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA MEETINGS - [...] (C) Summary: On an August 6-8 visit to Geneva, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees highlighted deep U.S. disappointment with the UN Human Rights Council and explored increasing the use of alternative fora, such as the UNGA Third Committee and t [...] |
2007-08-22 15:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC KUNR PREF UNHCR |
| 07ISLAMABAD4993 |
NWFP REQUESTS HELP TO SET UP IDP CAMPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) authorities have asked UNHCR and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for assistance in setting up IDP camps for residents fleeing the violence in Swat. The central government has yet to approve the request. Two potential sites have been [...] |
2007-11-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK |
| 07ISLAMABAD5060 |
GOP DECLINES UNHCR HELP FOR IDPS FROM SWAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing concern about the optics, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority declined to approve the Northwest Frontier Province's request for UN assistance to help displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the violence in Swat. NDMA claims it has sufficient tents and food, but pr [...] |
2007-11-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK |
| 07KUALALUMPUR268 |
MALAYSIA'S HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER CRITICIZES UNHCR, [...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad recently launched a salvo of criticism at the local UNHCR office, threatening a crackdown on refugees and highlighting the UNHCR's difficult status in a country that has yet to sign the UN Convention on Refugees. The UNHCR appears to be weathering [...] |
2007-02-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR448 |
UNHCR IN MALAYSIA: THE HONEYMOON IS OVER [...] (C) The UNHCR representative in Malaysia, meeting with the Ambassador March 2, described difficulties with the Home Affairs Ministry and raised the prospect the GOM might restrict the UNHCR's ability to operate in country. The Home Affairs Ministry recently eliminated the UNHCR's access to cu [...] |
2007-03-09 00:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY |
| 07KUALALUMPUR536 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNHCR PHUM PREL MY |
| 07KYIV656 |
UKRAINE ACTION REQUEST: UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT DROP [...] (SBU) Note: This is an action request for Moscow DHS/CIS, Mission Geneva and PRM, retransmitting the text of reftel, slightly modified. Post requests a response to the UNHCR-Kyiv claim that U.S. refusal rates of UNHCR-Kyiv referrals in 2006 jumped by 20 percent; see para 9. 2. (C) Summar [...] |
2007-03-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UP UNHCR |
| 07LJUBLJANA169 |
SLOVENIA: PASSING ZIMBABWE INFORMATION TO MISSION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division for International Organizations and Human Security staffer Smiljana Knez March 21. Knez said that she knew this was a "hot issue" right now and promised to forward the messages to Slovenia's representation in Geneva [...] |
2007-03-22 05:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI SI |
| 07LONDON1142 |
UK OPPOSED TO PERMANENT EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 17:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHCR UK |
| 07MANILA879 |
PHILIPPINES TO RELAY U.S. CONCERNS ON SUDAN, [...] (C) Poloff on March 16 communicated in strong terms U.S. points (ref b) regarding the no-action motion on the Sudan Assessment Team report in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to Charmaine Serna, Department of Foreign Affairs' Assistant Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the [...] |
2007-03-16 09:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI SU RP |
| 07MEXICO1209 |
DEMARCHE TO MEXICO ON USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Benavides, Director of International Policy on Political and Civil Rights, and Mariana Salazar, Director of International Policy on Cultural, Social, Economic and Minority Rights, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. 2. (C) Con [...] |
2007-03-08 23:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR MX |
| 07NICOSIA260 |
CYPRUS TO ENDORSE EU DECLARATION ON ZIMBABWE; [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHCR EUN ZI CY |
| 07OSLO259 |
NORWAY'S UNHRC INSIGHTS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) On March 16 we delivered reftel points to Anne Merchant, Senior Adviser in the MFA's UN Section. Merchant believes it is very unlikely that United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) members would pass any resolution concerning Zimbabwe's human rights violations. Specifically, she note [...] |
2007-03-19 08:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI NO |
| 07OSLO501 |
NORWEGIANS WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 13:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM RPEL NO UNHCR |
| 07PARIS1170 |
FRENCH AGREE CIRCUMVENTION OF HRC WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-26 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PHUM PREL UNHCR |
| 07PARIS2605 |
FRANCE AND THE JUNE 17 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A NIACT demarche on June 16 to MFA duty officer Jean-Louis Falconi and MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet Union countries, Aurelia Bouchez. Falconi undertook to discuss the demarche with the appropriate MFA officials. DAS Bouchez agreed to contact the [...] |
2007-06-16 13:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHCR PREL FR |
| 07PRAGUE1086 |
CZECHS - POSITIVELY DISPOSED TOWARD US CANDIDATE [...] While unable to officially state that the Czech government would support our "excellent" U.S. candidate for the Committee Against Torture, the MFA Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy stated the Czech government was most favorably inclined to support keeping Felice Gaer on this commi [...] |
2007-09-20 12:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1165 |
CZECHS SUPPORTIVE OF US AND EU PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha, who will travel to New York November 12 to assume the lead of the Czech delegation negotiations on UNGA Third Committee issues, welcomed the US perspective on these resolutions and indicated that the GOCR wil [...] |
2007-10-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EZ KTIA PHUM PREL UN UNHCR |
| 07PRAGUE498 |
CZECHS WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS FOR UNHRC SEAT, [...] (C) Czech MFA Director Human Rights Department Veronika Stromsikova informed Poloff on May 5 that the Czech Republic will vote for Slovenia for a seat on the UNHRC, but will not/not vote for Belarus. Because no other candidate has announced its candidacy, the Czechs plan to cast only one vote. [...] |
2007-05-09 07:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL EZ UNHCR |
| 07RABAT1728 |
WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES MOROCCO DROPS UNHCR CBM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...] |
2007-11-09 18:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT1729 |
CORRECTED COPY: WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES: MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...] |
2007-11-09 18:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO |
| 07REYKJAVIK117 |
ICELAND'S REFUGEE POLICY UNDER SCRUTINY, GOVT MAKES NEW [...] (U) Summary: A series of newspaper articles about Iraqi refugees, written by a well-known Icelandic journalist, in Iceland's newspaper-of-record, has seized public attention and ignited new discussion on Iceland's conservative refugee admissions policy. Iceland has not admitted any Iraqi refug [...] |
2007-04-18 17:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR IZ IC |
| 07RIGA208 |
LATVIA GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC TO US VIEWS ON [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftels A and B points March 19 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL is aware of the situation in Zimbabwe and that the Latvian delegation in Geneva will discuss the issue today. Rozeniece stated [...] |
2007-03-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI EUN LG |
| 07SANTIAGO314 |
CHILE: CLAUDIO GROSSMAN RUNNING FOR REELECTION TO [...] On February 16 Post received Diplomatic Note No.38 from the Chilean Foreign Ministry, stating Chile's intent to press for the reelection of Professor Claudio Grossman to the United Nations' Committee Against Torture (CAT). The note also requests the USG's support for Grossman's candidacy. Po [...] |
2007-02-22 20:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHCR |
| 07SEOUL808 |
ROKG MULLING EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 07:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHCR KS ZI |
| 07STATE33268 |
PRESSING AFRICANS TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: The United States believes the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) should respond to the extremely brutal attacks -- which resulted in at least one death -- by Zimbabwean authorities against opposition members during and after a peaceful prayer meeting on March 11. Posts are instructe [...] |
2007-03-15 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI |
| 07STATE33284 |
PRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ACTIVE [...] (U) Summary: The United States believes the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) must respond to the extremely brutal attacks -- which resulted in at least one death -- by Zimbabwean authorities against opposition members during and after a peaceful prayer meeting on March 11. Posts are instructed [...] |
2007-03-15 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI |
| 07TASHKENT1975 |
LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATION OF AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. On November 13 poloff met with UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Kyoko Postill to discuss the situation of Afghan refguees remaining in Uzbekistan. Postill said there has been no international uproar over the GOU's October 4 statement at the UNHCR Executive Committee announcing [...] |
2007-11-15 01:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV UNDP UNHCR AF UZ |
| 07TELAVIV2052 |
ISRAEL AND EGYPT REPORTEDLY AGREE ON AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI contacts report that Prime Minister Olmert and Egyptian President Mubarak agreed to a plan for dealing with African refugees during a June 25 summit in Sharm-al-Sheik, Egypt. The proposal, presented by Olmert to a GOI inter-agency meeting on July 1, reportedly includes an E [...] |
2007-07-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL UNHCR IS EG SU |
| 07TELAVIV2874 |
MFA WORRIES ABOUT AFRICAN IN-FLOWS [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Simona Halperin expressed continued concern to Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) and Embassy PolOff September 25 over the problem of sur place refugees from Sudan and other "enemy states" of Israel entering on foo [...] |
2007-09-28 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL UNHCR KPAL EG SU IS |
| 07THEHAGUE485 |
NETHERLANDS/HRC: BALANCING SUDAN, BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary: The GONL's top priority for the HRC's 4th regular session remains Sudan. The Dutch do not believe that HRC action on Zimbabwe is practical. They are willing to consider alternative strategies, however, and their human rights ambassador will travel to Harare at the end of this we [...] |
2007-03-19 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEAN EUN KPKO PREL UNHCR UNSC BM CD |
| 07TOKYO2188 |
JAPAN'S UNHRC VOTING STRATEGY FOR SLOVENIA, [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PREL PHUM BL BO SI JA |
| 07TOKYO2651 |
JAPAN ACTIVELY WORKING TO MAINTAIN UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-12 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR AADP JA |
| 07TOKYO2744 |
JAPAN WILL SUPPORT DE ALBA PROPOSAL TO UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-18 09:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR AADP JA |
| 07WARSAW2148 |
POLAND'S VIEWS ON THE UPCOMING UNGA THIRD COMMITEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 22, PolOff met with Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Human Rights Section in the MFA,s UN Department, to discuss reftel issues to be tabled at the UN Third Committee next month. Lewicki reaffirmed that Poland will continue to support country specific resolutions, which [...] |
2007-10-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR UN PL |
| 08ABUJA1337 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR AND ICRC ON BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Post contacted United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives in Abuja to discuss the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Bakassi Peninsula and to ask about contingency plans [...] |
2008-07-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM ICRC UNHCR CM NI |
| 08BELGRADE516 |
SERBIA: RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR SR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES817 |
ARGENTINA SEEKING USG SUPPORT FOR THE CANDIDACY OF SALVIOLI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-13 21:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV UNHCR AR |
| 08COLOMBO306 |
SRI LANKA NONCOMMITTAL ON SUPPORTING SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHCR CE |
| 08DUSHANBE1317 |
TAJIKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: According to government data through August, the number of new arrivals claiming asylum in Tajikistan, mainly from Afghanistan, had reached 957 persons, 212 more than in all of 2007. UNHCR reports that the Tajik government is denying status to a higher percentage of refugees often for [...] |
2008-10-17 06:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM UNHCR TI AF |
| 08GENEVA440 |
HRC Individual Complaints Procedure: Edgar Allen Stitzel [...] Mission has received a note from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)(G/SO 215/1 USA 47) transmitting in accordance with paragraph 94 of the annex of Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007 copies of a communication dated 30 May 2008 concerning human rights, [...] |
2008-06-12 11:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHCR US |
| 08GUATEMALA264 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 22:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR GT |
| 08ISLAMABAD1832 |
PAKISTAN CAMPAIGNING FOR SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On May 7, A/DCM delivered Ref A points to Hasan Javed, MFA Director General of the UN and Economic Cooperation Division. Hasan confirmed that Pakistan did plan to run for one of the four Asian-designated seats on the Human Rights Council (HRC) and said he was confident of victory. 2. (C) Re [...] |
2008-05-12 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM UNHCR |
| 08KATHMANDU359 |
NEPAL TO CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHCR NP |
| 08KINSHASA526 |
WOMEN FOR WOMEN DRC: MONITORING AND EVALUATION [...] The following monitoring and evaluation report assesses Cooperative Agreement SPRMCO07CA150 for $234,015 awarded to Women for Women (WFW) to support its program "Stronger Women, Stronger Nations: Ending Violence Against Women in Eastern Congo." RefCoord met with WFW National Director Christi [...] |
2008-06-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID UNHCR CG |
| 08PRAGUE274 |
CZECHS NOT COMPETING FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR EZ EUN |
| 08RABAT739 |
WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING AROUND A [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM), the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...] |
2008-08-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO |
| 08RABAT741 |
CORRECTED: WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM), the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...] |
2008-08-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO |
| 08REYKJAVIK93 |
ICELAND: PALESTINIAN REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REVEAL DISCORD, [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's recently-announced plan to accept 30 Palestinian refugees has sparked new debate on societal tolerance of immigrants and again revealed deep divisions in the Liberal Party. Meanwhile, the town of Akranes, just outside Reykjavik, is poised to accept the refugees despite [...] |
2008-05-22 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM UNHCR KPAL SY IZ IC |
| 08TASHKENT1306 |
UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES STILL ENDURE [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Tashkent reports that Afghan refugees with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate status in Uzbekistan continue to face harassment and occasional deportation at the hands of authorities. According to U [...] |
2008-11-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF TI UZ |
| 08ULAANBAATAR204 |
MONGOLIA UNLIKELY TO SEEK SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-02 06:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR EAID MG |
| 08YEREVAN645 |
REFUGEES FROM GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT WELL [...] Post has assidiuously followed the situation of refugees who fled Georgia into Armenia as a result of the Russian-Georgian conflict. UNHCR reports that about 5,000 non-Armenian citizens crossed into Armenia as a result of the conflict. UNHCR estimates that about 60 percent of those individu [...] |
2008-08-13 13:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PBTS CASC PGOV PREL UNHCR GG RU AM |
| 09AMMAN358 |
International Relief and Development Monitoring [...] Summary: The following is the first quarter monitoring and evaluation assessment of cooperative agreement SPRMCO08CA156 for USD 1,899,817 million awarded to International Relief and Development (IRD) in Jordan to support its program for livelihoods training for Iraqi refugees. RefCoord and P [...] |
2009-02-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO |
| 09AMMAN410 |
IFRC: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) RefCoord met with Ahmed Gizo, Regional Director for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Organizations (IFRC) in Amman on January 26, 2009 to discuss IFRC's work, under PRM-funded agreement, with the Jordanian Red Crescent (JRC) primary health clinics in Jordan. [...] |
2009-02-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO |
| 09AMMAN526 |
JORDANIAN RED CRESCENT ECLIPSED BY ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The NGO International Relief and Development (IRD) has told PRM that it intends to sever its relationship with the Jordanian Red Crescent (JRC) over its belief that the organization was deliberately double-billing donors for services. As part of an independent inquiry, Post [...] |
2009-02-25 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO |
| 09AMMAN859 |
REFCOORD REPORTING FORM RESPONSE JORDAN, SYRIA, AND LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel tasked RefCoords to open a dialogue with UNHCR in the field as they prepare their biannual program/budget planning document, the Country Operational Plan (COP). Initial conversations with UNHCR Country representatives and staff in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon on the COP re [...] |
2009-04-13 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO SY LE |
| 09ASHGABAT1043 |
TURKMENISTAN'S AGENDA FOR THE 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, Post received a circular diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan containing an explanation of the Turkmenistan Government's positions on issues to be considered during t [...] |
2009-08-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR PARM SENV UNGA UNHCR FAO TX |
| 09ASHGABAT185 |
UNHCR SEMINAR ON IMPROVEMENT OF TURKMENISTAN'S REFUGEE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, Embassy's Political Assistant attended a seminar on Improvement of Turkmenistan's Refugee Legislation held at the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR). The event was [...] |
2009-02-05 09:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL UNHCR TX |
| 09ASHGABAT205 |
UNHCR HOLDS SEMINAR ON STATELESSNESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a February 6 seminar for Government officials on the improvement of legislation on statelessness, a UNHCR expert explained the international legal framework of citizenship rights and prevention of statelessn [...] |
2009-02-10 05:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF UNHCR TX |
| 09ASHGABAT277 |
OVERVIEW OF REFUGEE SITUATION IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UNHCR Representative in Turkmenistan, refugees who arrived from Tajikistan during the 1990's have either returned home or been granted citizenship. Integration of the largely ethnic Turkmen [...] |
2009-03-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF UNHCR TX |
| 09BERLIN918 |
Iraqi Refugee Arrivals Proceeding: 866 of 2500 [...] (U) Summary: A total of 866 Iraqi refugees have arrived of the 2500 that Germany agreed to resettle under the terms of last year's European Union agreement. This is the first time that Germany has worked with the UNHCR to permanently resettle refugees directly from overseas. Iraqi refugee se [...] |
2009-07-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IOM UNHCR IZ JO SY GM |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE362 |
REFUGEE UPDATE - 88,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA REGION [...] (U) Over the last two months, 87,789 DRC refugees have crossed the Ubangui River into the Likouala region of the Congo in order to flee fighting in the Equateur province of DRC. DCM and RefCoord visited five of the approximately 60 refugee sites between December 17 and 19. The refugees are sp [...] |
2009-12-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CM CG CF |
| 09BRUSSELS1359 |
EU VIEWS ON KENYAN POLITICS AND DADAAB REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU shares USG concerns about the political situation in Kenya and the Dadaab refugee camp complex. On both topics, there is a sense of urgency about the need to act to avert a coming crisis and that the window of opportunity for doing so is closing. POLOFF met with the Commi [...] |
2009-10-09 11:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KE UNHCR |
| 09COPENHAGEN431 |
KENYA: DENMARK SUPPORTS U.S. ON AVERTING REFUGEE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-05 10:47:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KE UNHCR DA |
| 09GABORONE158 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND [...] (SBU) On March 2, Pol/Econ Officer delivered the points from reftel to Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director of the MFA's Europe and the America's Division and delivered non-papers regarding the Durban Review Conference and the U.S. resumption of participation as an observer at the approp [...] |
2009-03-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR BC |
| 09GENEVA53 |
UNHCR WILLING TO ASSIST WITH GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed a willingness to assist the USG, if the USG so desires, in finding durable solutions for some individuals currently detained at Guantanamo. UNHCR could undertake an assessment of detainees' pro [...] |
2009-01-22 13:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM UNHCR |
| 09GENEVA657 |
Solar Cookers present potential solutions for Indoor [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-05 16:03:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON UNEP UNHCR |
| 09HANOI1360 |
Embassy Monitoring of Montagnard Returnees in Gia Lai [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Poloff visited three recent Montagnard returnees in Gia Lai province. All three affirmed that they traveled to Cambodia for economic reasons with the long-term goal of resettlement in the U.S. None reported harassment by local officials prior to fleeing Cambodi [...] |
2009-12-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF UNHCR CB VM |
| 09HOCHIMINHCITY28 |
MONTAGNARD RETURNEES POOR AND FRUSTRATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Home visits from November 24-26 with 28 Montagnards in two of the poorest provinces in Vietnam revealed that economic factors, particularly a desire to escape from poverty, continue to be the main factors that drove these ethnic minority highlanders to flee to Cambodia, with th [...] |
2009-01-12 09:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM KIRF UNHCR CB VM |
| 09KABUL3405 |
PAKISTANIS ENTER KUNAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNHCR ICRC XD |
| 09KABUL3912 |
PARLIAMENT SUMMONS MINISTERS TO REPORT ON REFUGEE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-07 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNHCR XD |
| 09KARACHI34 |
BALOCHISTAN - AMERICAN UNHCR OFFICIAL KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Quetta Office Director John Solecki was abducted near his residence in Quetta by armed attackers at around 9:15 AM on the morning of February 2. Solecki, a U.S. citizen, was leaving for work when assailants fired upon his vehicle, mortally [...] |
2009-02-03 06:47:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV UNHCR PK |
| 09MONTEVIDEO526 |
URUGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (U) The contents are sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UN Human Rights Commission priorities to the MFA's Co-Director of the Office of Human Rights, Silvia Izquierdo. Izquierdo reported that the GOU agrees with U.S. efforts to reac [...] |
2009-09-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN UNHCR UY |
| 09MOSCOW181 |
UNHCR SECURITY ADVISOR IN NORTH CAUCASUS HOPEFUL [...] (C) Summary: According to UN security officials based in Vladikavkaz, Ingushetia's new president has made a promising start as he tries to restore calm to the restive North Caucasus republic. Recent attacks on civilians in North Ossetia, meanwhile, do not appear to these observers to portend [...] |
2009-01-27 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF MARR UNHCR PINR PTER RS |
| 09NAPLES64 |
LAMPEDUSA: THE TINY ITALIAN ISLAND THAT LOOMS LARGE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 13 visit to Italy's southernmost territory, the island of Lampedusa, we observed a well-run migrant detention center that provides humane treatment, food and medical care to those who arrive by boat from North Africa. While the camp has suffered from severe overc [...] |
2009-05-22 19:34:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV PBTS PHSA UNHCR IT LY |
| 09NEWDELHI1947 |
INDIAN VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian Government shares some of our concerns for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and is likely to support a freedom of expression resolution. India will probably vote on other resolutions introduced during the session according to consensus. END SUMMARY. [...] |
2009-09-18 07:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1997 |
INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substant [...] |
2009-09-25 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1998 |
INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substantive r [...] |
2009-09-25 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2227 |
INDIA WILL NOT SUPPORT USG POSITION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 4 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretaries for UN Political (UNP) and UN Economic and Social (UNES) Divisions and emphasized the significance the USG would place on India's support for opposing a resolution based on the biased conclu [...] |
2009-11-04 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
| 09OTTAWA610 |
CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...] |
2009-08-06 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA |
| 09OTTAWA765 |
CANADA SPEAKING OUT ON AVERTING A REFUGEE [...] (SBU) According to Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Sarah Robertson of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Affairs (DFAIT), DFAIT's Director General for Stabilization and Reconstruction Elissa Goldberg spoke out at the UNHCR's Executive Committee [...] |
2009-10-01 19:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KE UNHCR CA |
| 09PARIS1396 |
FRANCE AGREES KENYA SHOULD INCREASE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF agrees with the U.S. that Kenya should do more to assist refugees from Somalia in Kenya. MFA staff is considering how to approach Kenya; one possibility would be for FM Kouchner to raise the issue with Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the latter's October 20-2 [...] |
2009-10-15 08:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL UNHCR KE FR |
| 09SANAA1287 |
ROYG FACES OBSTACLES TO FULL REFUGEE REGISTRATION [...] (C/NF) Although refugee-registration centers are now open in Sana,a and Aden, many questions loom over refugee affairs in Yemen. Widespread discrepancies in official reporting on the number of refugees in the country, and ineffectual communication and cooperation between government ministries [...] |
2009-07-22 09:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SO UNHCR YM |
| 09SANAA1633 |
PEAK REFUGEE SEASON: INCREASING NUMBERS OF [...] (U) This cable was drafted in coordination with Embassy Addis Ababa. Summary ------------ 2. (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting on the &12,0008 refugees crammed into Bossaso, Somalia waiting to transit to Yemen in September has been largely exaggerated. Many of these refugees have already arr [...] |
2009-09-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL DJ ELAB ER ET SMIG UNHCR |
| 09SANAA1851 |
YEMEN: PRM VISIT UNVEILS GROWING RESENTMENT [...] (C) In an October 4-5 PRM visit to Yemen, a series of meetings with NGOs and international organizations (IOs) elucidated several challenges: a growing resentment toward refugees on the part of the ROYG and general population, severely limited access to Ethiopian detainees, increasing numbers [...] |
2009-10-07 12:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ET SMIG UNHCR YM |
| 09SANAA2116 |
SITREP: YEMEN'S MOST VULNERABLE REFUGEES IN BASATEEN AND [...] (U) Summary: Although still a minority segment of Yemen's vast and growing refugee population, the 15,000 residents of the UNHCR-run refugee camp in Kharaz and the 40,000 plus residents of the urban slum of Basateen are among the most vulnerable. During a November 16 - 18 visit to these areas, [...] |
2009-11-23 14:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UNHCR YM |
| 09SANAA2124 |
IDPS IN AMRAN ESCAPE WAR BUT STILL EXPOSED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The approximately 28,000 IDPs in Amran governorate may have escaped the conflict zone, but their survival remains precarious. Local authorities view them with suspicion and have attempted to restrict and manipulate aid delivery for political purposes. The camp established for [...] |
2009-11-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UNHCR YM |
| 09STATE112727 |
RESPONSE TO THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] Action request: Mission Geneva is requested to convey to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the text of the letter in paragraph 3. This is in response to Mr. Ibrahim Wani's letter of July 10, 2009, requesting input from the United States on Human Rights Council Re [...] |
2009-11-02 15:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHCR |
| 09STATE18551 |
PRM CONTRIBUTION TO UNHCR [...] Text of letter follows: I have the honor to confirm the United States Government's contribution of $90,000,000 to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in support of its activities as outlined in the 2009 UN Consolidated Appeal for Iraq and the Region. Consistent with [...] |
2009-02-27 16:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 09STOCKHOLM597 |
RISE IN AFGHAN AND SOMALI MINORS TO SWEDEN, NORWAY [...] (U) Summary: A sharp rise in unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan and Somalia has been reported in Sweden, Norway and Finland, according to UNHCR's regional office in Stockholm. UNHCR explains that the teens are smuggled through Europe in order to escape deteriorating security and economic s [...] |
2009-09-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL UNHCR EUN NO FI SW |
| 09TASHKENT156 |
UZBEKISTAN: PLIGHT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES WORSENING [...] (C) The newly arrived head of the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) Refugee Support Unit in Tashkent, Ustina Kupreychik, reported that the situation for Afghan refugees in Uzbekistan has worsened since the fall (ref A). According to Kupreychik, 67 Afghan refugees have been forcibly [...] |
2009-02-10 05:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF UZ |
| 09TASHKENT194 |
UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES DESCRIBE HARRASSMENT; [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, poloff met with 25 Afghan refugees at the office of a Tashkent-based NGO which provides humanitarian assistance to refugees. The Afghans alleged widespread harassment by government officials, and some refugees experienced forced deportation back to Afghanistan. T [...] |
2009-02-19 10:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF UZ |
| 09TASHKENT222 |
UZBEKISTAN: TRIAL OF ALLEGED RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST EXTRADITED [...] (C) Summary: The trial of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008, is nearing completion in Tashkent, according to an independent activist monitoring the trial. Juraboev has reportedly pled innocent to all the cha [...] |
2009-02-26 13:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG |
| 09TASHKENT463 |
UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKER EXTRADITED FROM KYRGYZSTAN RECEIVES [...] (C) On March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov provided poloff with court documents regarding the case of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008 (reftel). According to the documents, on February [...] |
2009-04-07 06:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG UZ |
| 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 |
| 09USUNNEWYORK91 |
UN SEEKS COORDINATION WITH USG AND PAKISTAN ON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-04 21:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OFDP PTER UNHCR PK |
| 09ZAGREB739 |
CROATIA AND SERBIA FIND LITTLE COMMON GROUND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expert-level meeting between Croatia and Serbia in early December aimed at defining an agenda for a Belgrade-sponsored conference to address the lingering refugee issues in the region did not go well, according to contacts in Zagreb. The only agreement the parties reached wa [...] |
2009-12-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL UNHCR HR SR |
| 09ZAGREB746 |
CROATIA AND SERBIA FIND LITTLE COMMON GROUND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expert-level meeting between Croatia and Serbia in early December aimed at defining an agenda for a Belgrade-sponsored conference to address the lingering refugee issues in the region did not go well, according to contacts in Zagreb. The only agreement the parties reached wa [...] |
2009-12-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL UNHCR HR SR |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE17 |
REFUGEE UPDATE-NEARLY 107,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA [...] (U) According to UNHCR Brazzaville, the number of displaced in Congo-Brazzaville now totals 106,674. There are approximately 15,000 additional displaced persons in the Central African Republic. Although the displaced population has grown by nearly 20,000 since the last report (REF A), anecdotal [...] |
2010-01-15 08:33:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CF CG |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE53 |
DRC REFUGEES IN LKOUALA- LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government of Congo-Brazzaville (GROC) estimates the total number of DRC citizens displaced to ROC now totals 115,077. Since mid-January, UNHCR has registered over 40,000 displaced persons and expects that the total number of registrations will be about 10% below the GROC's est [...] |
2010-02-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL UNHCR WFP CF |
| 10DJIBOUTI100 |
DJIBOUTI: MISHANDLED SOMALI REFUGEE RETURN STRAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In mid-November, 43 Somalis rescued in international waters by a Dutch military ship and off-loaded in Djibouti were repatriated by the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) to Mogadishu (Ref A). UNHCR claimed that this constituted refoulement. The GODJ maintained that UNHCR was awar [...] |
2010-02-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF DJ SO UNHCR PREL SMIG |
| 10ISTANBUL12 |
IRAN/REFUGEES: EBRAHIM SHARIFI'S U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Ebrahim Sharifi, an Iranian opposition supporter whose testimony to Iran's parliament that security forces raped him in prison (and subsequent interviews with international media outlets) made him a target for regime death threats, and who had been a refugee in Turkey since Sept [...] |
2010-01-08 13:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PINS PGOV UNHCR TU IR |
| 10KINSHASA250 |
DRC/UNHCR/RWANDA TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT: VIEW FROM THE DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Governments of the DRC and Rwanda, and UNHCR signed a long-awaited Tripartite Agreement in Kigali on February 17 providing a framework for the voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees from Rwanda and Rwandan refugees in Congo. For the Congolese refugees, the agreement [...] |
2010-02-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV UNHCR PHUM MOPS CG |
| 10MOSCOW64 |
RUSSIAN LEGAL BARRIERS AND IO FUNDING GAPS LIMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Negotiating complex asylum procedures, accessing state-funded education, and obtaining psychosocial support are foremost among the challenges for refugees and internally displaced (IDP) children in Russia. International organizations face funding shortages in their attempts to [...] |
2010-01-14 09:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR RS |
| 10SANAA211 |
FEARS OF AL-SHABAAB TIES PROMPT ROYG REVIEW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG's recent call for universal registration of all refugees in Yemen has raised fears among African refugees, particularly of Somali origin, that they will be deported due to the ROYG's suspicions of Al-Shabaab support to terrorist elements and to the Houthi rebels in Sa'a [...] |
2010-02-02 15:26:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PTER PREL SMIG PGOV UNHCR SO YM |
| 10SANAA291 |
UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT STRICTER ROYG POLICIES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, UNHCR Representative Claire Bourgeois described recent developments in ROYG policy towards both Ethiopian and Somali refugees as reflecting an attempt by the ROYG to begin controlling an ever-increasing refugee population. Bourgeois [...] |
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