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02RANGOON1293	DOWNER PUSHES REFORM DURING VISIT TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: Australian Foreign Minister Downer told Than Shwe and Khin Nyunt that the GOB should move convincingly to open a political dialogue with the NLD "within the next one to two weeks." He also urged the government to free all political prisoners. Khin Nyunt replied that he "fully su [...]	2002-10-04 10:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AU BM

03ROME1885	ITALIAN POSITION ON ARTICLE 28 [...] CONSISTENT WITH OUR INITIAL REPORTING IN REFTEL A, THE GOI HAS NOT CHANGED ITS POSITION REGARDING ARTICLE XXVIII NEGOTIATIONS. THEY WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE NEGOTIATIONS TO TAKE A NEW LOOK AT RICE IMPORTS. 2. ACCORDING TO OUR CONTACT IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, THE BLOCKING MINORI [...]	2003-05-02 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR IT AU FAO
04ABUJA1218	SUDAN: SUPPORTING DEPLOYMENT OF AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: July 12, Ambassador Campbell met with President Obasanjo to deliver demarche (REF A) on support for the African Union deployment to Sudan. Obasanjo said that Sudan had accepted the AU protection force at the summit in Addis Ababa and had agreed to cooperate with the AU. While Ob [...]	2004-07-12 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PARM SU AU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1240	DARFUR DEPLOYMENT PLANS; SEPT 15 BAKASSI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports from July 11 and 12 indicate that during a July 10 meeting with Cross Rivers state Governor Donald Duke, Minister of Defense Rabiu Kwankwaso said the Nigerian military had begun a gradual withdrawal from the Bakassi and planned to hand over disputed territory to Cam [...]	2004-07-15 11:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS SU AU CM NI DARFUR
04ANKARA1988	ILSA DEMARCHE TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel points April 5 to MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil, pointing out that development of a pipeline to carry Iranian natural gas to Europe via Turkey would raise serious issues related to both U.S. law (ILSA) and U.S. policy. Per reftel, A/DCM stresse [...]	2004-04-05 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ENRG AU TU IR
04ANKARA4502	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH-AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November 2003, an Australian Coast Guard patrol intercepted an Indonesian smuggling vessel carrying 14 Turkish citizens. By July 2004, Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents had traced the human smuggling network organizers to Turkey, where smugglers and witnesses were engage [...]	2004-08-11 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4503	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT I [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Backgrou [...]	2004-08-11 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4504	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...]	2004-08-11 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04BRATISLAVA678	SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 05:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU LO
04MADRID4414	EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR JOHN MCKENNA AND FRED CARLE FROM THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY TO TRAVEL TO MADRID AND BARCELONA FROM DECEMBER 11 - 18 TO CONDUCT END-USE CHECKS ON COMPANIES IN SPAIN. 2. TRAVELER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SPAIN REQUIRES A VISA FOR OFFICIAL OR DIPLOMAT [...]	2004-11-18 14:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC OTRA AU BEXP SP
04MANAMA1891	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Hill said that Australia is staying in the Iraq coalition and is looking at how its forces can be more useful. DNSA [...]	2004-12-15 12:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AU IZ BA
04MAPUTO515	MOZAMBIQUE ON DARFUR MONITORING MISSION [...] (U) Classified By: Econ/Pol Chief David Hodge for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on establishment of the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) the morning of April 14, 2004 with Ambassador Carlos dos Santos, President Chissano's diplomatic adviser and po [...]	2004-04-14 11:32:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU MZ AU
04ROME2765	ITALY - DOUBTS ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FORCE [...] (C) Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, expressed doubts and concerns regarding an expanded international protection force for Darfur. He stated that introducing such a force at this stage may be premature and that internationalizing the presence on the ground may not be wise. He s [...]	2004-07-15 15:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME2774	ITALY - FOLLOW UP ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) After consulting on ref A demarche with MFA colleagues and the Dutch EU Presidency, Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, toned down the skepticism expressed in ref B by stating that Italy and the EU are pr [...]	2004-07-16 12:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT EUN
04THEHAGUE1777	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH CONTINUE TO LEAD ON [...] (C) As reported in ref A, the Dutch government is fully seized of th situation in Sudan/Darfur at all levels, and is actively engaging Europ colleagues to increase contributions. The Dutch have already pledged o 25 million euros in bilateral assistance toward Sudan/Darfur, as well a an extra m [...]	2004-07-15 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU NL
05ABUJA137	AF PDAS RANNEBERGER'S MEETING WITH AU CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary. At his 29 January meeting in Abuja with African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare, Ambassador Ranneberger underscored the priority the U.S. attaches to strengthening its relationship with the AU. He emphasized U.S. support for the AU mission in Darfur. He stressed the need to use th [...]	2005-01-31 16:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SU NI
05ADDISABABA4178	EUCOM J5 AND AU DISCUSS MARITIME SECURITY IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) takes maritime security seriously, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Bernard Zoba told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Mary Yates December 16. The AU is adopting a step-by-step approach to ensure member states receive the requir [...]	2005-12-22 08:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA EWWT PTER AU XA
05ADDISABABA4179	AU TELLS EUCOM J5 AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE MOVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The AU Commission hopes a series of thematic workshops will create enough regional buy-in to enable a harmonized approach to the African Standby Force (ASF),AU Planning Element Chief of Staff BG Hassan told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Yates on December 16. T [...]	2005-12-22 08:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KPKO AU XA
05ADDISABABA4199	AMIS FUTURE - AU SETS PSC DATE, PARTNERS SEEK [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) will meet January 12 to decide the future of AMIS. Addis-based AU partners are seeking guidance from c [...]	2005-12-23 12:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KPKO SU AU
05ADDISABABA4201	AMIS FUTURE - AU SETS PSC DATE, PARTNERS SEEK [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) will meet January 12 to decide the future of AMIS. Addis-based AU partners are seeking guidance from c [...]	2005-12-23 12:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KPKO SU AU
05ADDISABABA4223	AU BUREAU DIRECTOR ON U.S.-AU RELATIONS, AU [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) welcomes plans to enhance U.S.-AU relations and is willing to work with the USG on privileges and immunities for a U.S. Ambassador to the AU, AU Bureau of the Chairperson Director Mamadou Lamine Diallo told PolEconCouns and Poloff December 27. The AU plans [...]	2005-12-28 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU AU ER ET
05ADDISABABA4234	DARFUR: AU TELLS SACEUR NATO ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission views its collaboration with NATO on Darfur as "excellent" and welcomes discussion on how to expand NATO assistance in areas such as training, Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told SACEUR Gen. Jones December 16. Amb. Djinnit [...]	2005-12-29 14:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR SU AU
05ANKARA6258	REPLY TO PROPOSAL TO ANALYZE LEU SEIZED IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Turkey is willing to support a visit of U.S. experts to review previous tests conducted by the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and other evidence seized in a police sting operation in Istanbul. Turkey is also conceptually willing to participate in the joint foren [...]	2005-10-14 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AU KNNP PARM RS TU
05ANKARA6751	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA Iraq Desk Officer Michele Siders to travel to Turkey from December 1-2, 2005 for consultations on Iraq. The point of contact for the visit is Political Offi [...]	2005-11-16 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN
05ANKARA7157	UPDATE: U.S. PROPOSAL TO ANALYZE LEU SEIZED IN [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Turkey is still willing to support and is awaiting further information concerning a possible visit by U.S. experts to review previous tests conducted by the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and other evidence sei [...]	2005-12-06 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AU KNNP PARM RS TU
05BAGHDAD3147	AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY ON INTERROGATION POLICY [...] (SBU) The Australian Embassy in Baghdad has made the following inquiry, which we understand is related to an Australian parliamentary inquiry: "Between May and October 2004, was there an extant and operative US instruction in Iraq regarding interrogation in existence in addition to the docu [...]	2005-07-30 07:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER AU IZ
05BAGHDAD4144	AUSTRALIAN DETAINEE RELEASED FROM COALITION [...] (SBU) Australian national Ahmed Aziz Rafiq was released from MNF-I custody on October 7, 2005. Mr. Rafiq was originally detained by Coalition Forces on May 27, 2004 on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activity, and was held as a security internee. His case was reviewed on November 7, 200 [...]	2005-10-08 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PTER IZ AU
05BRATISLAVA139	Country Clearance granted for Dept of State and NCS [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes Thomas E. Graham, Anita E. Friedt, Tracy Babette McKibben, Yuri Shkeyrov and Irene Firsow and grants country clearance for the period of February 21-25, 2005. The embassy point of contact is Robert Hurlbert, Management officer(tel.+421-2-5922-3285) and [...]	2005-02-19 09:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LO AU
05BRUSSELS1549	DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of the changing situation on the ground. Though the violence emerged as a result of the political conflict between the GOS and the Darfur rebels, it had a ready b [...]	2005-04-20 09:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS
05CANBERRA725	GOA CONSIDERING EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE [...] (U) In an April 22 meeting, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Jeremy Bruer and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Iraq Program Manager Katherine Krilov. Krilov indicated that Australia [...]	2005-04-22 05:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI AU AS HU IZ
05DARESSALAAM97	AU JAN 27 - 31 SUMMIT: Tanzanian Participation [...] Per reftel, post contacted Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Tanzania's delegation to the AU Heads of State Summit meeting in Abuja January 27 - 31. The Ministry confirmed that Foreign Minister Kikwete would attend the Summit, but could not yet confirm whether President Mkapa wo [...]	2005-01-19 05:09:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AU PREL ET TZ
05KINSHASA139	REVISED CONGOLESE DELEGATION TO THE AU SUMMIT IN [...] (U) Post was informed January 26 that, due to a conflict with a previously scheduled trip to India, Foreign Minister Ramazani will not head the Congolese delegation to the AU Summit in Abuja as reported reftel. The Congolese delegation instead will be led by Vice President for Social Affairs [...]	2005-01-26 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AU CG
05KINSHASA85	DRC ATTENDANCE AT AU SUMMIT [...] Foreign Minister Raymond Ramizani Baya told the Ambassador at a meeting on January 19 that he would be heading the Congo's delegation to the AU Summit in Abuja. In answer to the Ambassador's follow-up question, Ramazani said he did not expect President Kabila to attend. 2. Informed that P [...]	2005-01-19 14:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AU CG
05MADRID153	EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR ITA OFFICIALS LAVONNE CLARK AND FREDERICK MINES TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN JANUARY 30 THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2005 TO CONDUCT COST VERIFICATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES FROM SPAIN. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 00089 WE UN [...]	2005-01-14 11:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC OTRA ASEC AU BEXP SP
05MAPUTO900	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON DEFEATING G-4 [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref A points with acting Foreign Minister Henrique Banze on July 21, emphasizing our desire that Mozambique oppose the G-4 resolution and, should it come to a vote, either vote against it or at a minimum abstain on it. Banze clearly understood the importance we att [...]	2005-07-21 13:53:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OTRA MZ UNSC UNGA AU
05NAIROBI5240	AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES OF U.S. CONCERN WITH NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised several issues of concern in our bilateral relationship during December 20 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju, including: counter-terrorism, Article 98, Rewards for Justice, travel warnings, narcotics, public corruption, [...]	2005-12-23 03:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR MASS CASC KCOR KE SO SU AU KICC
05PARIS1196	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- SMALL [...] (C) On February 24, EST Counselor provided French MTCR Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti with non-paper contained reftel, noting the request for feedback; the need to limit discussion within the small group; and, the invitation to share small group proposals. Bertolotti said he would study t [...]	2005-02-24 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	AU FR KSCA PREL PARM ETTC TSPA
05PARIS1393	GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AU SY PREL ECIN LE FR
05PARIS8248	USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH [...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]	2005-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS8605	FRENCH HOPEFUL ON ALTERNATIVE TO SUDANESE AU [...] (C) MFA Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert confirmed to Africa Watcher that France remains hopeful that a Congo-Brazzaville candidacy may avert the fiasco of a possible Sudanese African Union (AU) Presidency after the January 2006 summit in Khartoum. Chirac's Africa Adviser Michel de Bonnecorse [...]	2005-12-22 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM CF SU AU FR
05PRAGUE1720	DEMARCHE TO CZECH REPUBLIC: CONDEMNING THE [...] (C) On December 13, Poloff delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Lebanese MP Gebran Tueni to Katerina Moravcova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Middle East and Africa Department and Pavel Koblizka, Head of the MFA's Mediterranean Unit. [...]	2005-12-15 13:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AU LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05RANGOON1054	AUSTRALIA SEES GRIM BURMA GETTING GRIMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian Ambassador Bob Davis painted a bleak picture of life in Burma today during Charge's initial call on him on September 13. His outlook matched the pessimistic perspectives of Malaysia's and Brunei's Ambassadors on September 12 (ref A). Davis said that Burma in 2005 i [...]	2005-09-14 10:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM AU
05VIENNA101	EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA DAS-equivalent for Latin American Kornelia Weihs on January 10. Pol Unit Chief followed up with Weihs (who had just returned from the COLAT EU working group meeting in Brussels) on January 12. Weihs told us that the Luxembourg Presidency [...]	2005-01-12 13:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CU AU EUN
05VIENNA1026	Austro-Hungarian Stock Exchange Alliance [...] An Austrian consortium, led by the Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE),has acquired a majority share in the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE). The VSE aims to form a broader "Central European Stock Exchange" alliance, including the VSE, BSE, and stock exchanges in Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Ljubljana, [...]	2005-03-30 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON AU XH
05VIENNA1028	GOA VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR HIPCS AND IRAQ, [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief met with Michael Linhart, Director of the Austrian Development Agency, on March 10 to discuss reftel points and background paper. Econ Unit Chief followed up on March 25 with Thomas Wieser, Director General in the MoF's Economic Policy and Financial [...]	2005-03-31 06:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AU IZ
05VIENNA103	AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON NATO MINISTERIAL - [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for South and Southeast Asia Peter Storer on January 12. We expressed appreciation for Austria's ISAF contributions, and reiterated our hope that Austria would further engage in this important international mission by supporting and/or pa [...]	2005-01-12 14:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF AU NATO
05VIENNA1033	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On March 30, we delivered reftel talking points to Africa Director Caroline Gudenus in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Bureau. Gudenus called back after hours to say that Under-Secretary for Development Assistance (USAID Director-equivalent) Irene Freudenschussreichl would attend the [...]	2005-03-31 09:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MARR SU AU
05VIENNA1062	AUSTRIA IN LINE WITH EU CONSENSUS ON CHR CUBA [...] (SBU) On March 22, following receipt of ref a, Embassy Vienna provided a copy of the draft Cuba resolution to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau and requested Austria's support for EU co-sponsorship. On April 1, Acting head of the Human Rights Bureau Ingrid Pech told EconPolOff that the de [...]	2005-04-01 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN
05VIENNA1064	GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF [...] (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would support the draft text that had emerged from the working group. 2. [...]	2005-04-01 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU
05VIENNA1065	CHANCELLOR SCHUESSEL PRAISES U.S. ROLE IN [...] In a March 31 speech commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Austrian statehood, Chancellor Schuessel underlined the crucial role American power and generosity played in securing Austria's re-emergence as a nation in the post-World War II period. Schuessel added that it is well documented [...]	2005-04-01 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AU
05VIENNA1073	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE STABILITY PACT, LISBON [...] (C) The GoA understands the political necessity behind the recent Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) reform and believes the SGP can still be an effective mechanism to ensure sound fiscal policies. Nevertheless, the GoA fears the recent reforms will lead to more "exceptional" spending by Member [...]	2005-04-04 09:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL AU EUN
05VIENNA1075	TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO.2: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Following is keyed to information requested in reftel: A) Amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373; the legal authority under which the action was taken; and what additional domestic actions have been taken against the d [...]	2005-04-04 11:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS AU
05VIENNA1097	AUSTRIA'S 2005/06 GROWTH OUTLOOK - STILL LEAN [...] The two leading Austrian economic institutes now forecast real GDP growth of up to 2.1-2.2% in 2005 and 2.3-2.5% in 2006. The institutes stress that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery is still export-driven, as investment and private consumption remain weak. The continued s [...]	2005-04-05 07:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA1101	FREEDOM PARTY LEADERSHIP QUITS - NEW MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an April 4 press conference, the entire Freedom Party (FPO) national leadership announced it was quitting the FPO to found a new movement. The "Alliance for the Future of Austria" (Buendnis Zukunft Oesterreichs - BZO) will have Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider as chairman. [...]	2005-04-05 10:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA1103	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-05 11:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA112	INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS - [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA Middle East Africa Bureau on January 10. Pol Unit Chief followed up with Middle East desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on January 12. Lapuh agreed with our assessment that successful elections would represent a critical turning point for Iraq. [...]	2005-01-12 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PREL PHUM IZ AU
05VIENNA1124	CHR 61: REQUEST TO AUSTRIA FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE [...] On April 5, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented reftel points to Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's Americas director. Lennkh noted (per ref b) that Austria had supported EU co-sponsorship of this year's Cuba resolution in the UN Human Rights Commission. He said that Fidel Castro's [...]	2005-04-06 11:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AU UNHRC EUN
05VIENNA1136	NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On April 7, Econ Unit Chief met with Ingrid Sager, Head of the MFA's Eastern European Development Assistance Division, to encourage Austrian participation in the New Eurasia Foundation (FNE). Sager said that Austria, unfortunately, would not contribute to the FNE. She added that, because of [...]	2005-04-07 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL AU
05VIENNA1151	AUSTRIA FAVORS LESS STRINGENT POST-KYOTO TARGETS [...] (SBU) At the March 22-23 European Council meeting, Austria initiated a remarkable about-face, arguing for lower emission reduction targets after 2012. In the run-up to the summit, Austria pressed for setting no emission reductions goals at all. There is an open discussion within the GoA bet [...]	2005-04-08 06:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EIND ECON PGOV AU
05VIENNA1152	AUSTRIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO RECOMMEND AUSTRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting requested by the Ambassador, Austrian Defense Minister Platter informed Ambassador that while he must still obtain approval by the government and the Standing Committee in Parliament, he will propose sending approximately 70 Austrian soldiers to Konduz, Afghanistan, [...]	2005-04-08 06:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AU
05VIENNA1153	VIENNA FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 227,737 95,021 148,400 243,42 [...]	2005-04-08 07:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA1161	A/S WAYNE'S LETTER ON OECD REFORM CONVEYED TO GOA [...] On April 8, we conveyed Assistant Secretary Wayne's letter and reftel non-paper to Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery. Magloth said that her deputy, Robert Stoeger, and Hubert Heiss, Director General in the Chancellery's Coordination Directorate, wo [...]	2005-04-08 12:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AU OECD
05VIENNA1186	LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - FOLLOW UP [...] Post conveyed reftel B demarche on March 11 to Manfred Bialonczyk, Head of the Aviation and Navigation Office in the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology, and to Alois Kraut, Head of the Transport and Telecommunication Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Neither [...]	2005-04-12 11:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER AU
05VIENNA1187	Austria's 2006 Budget - Analysis [...] (U) On April 7, Parliament adopted the GoA's 2006 Budget Bill. For 2006, the GoA predicts a federal budget deficit of 2.2% of projected GDP (EMU's Maastricht definition) and a corresponding consolidated public sector budget deficit of 1.7%. The government's second- highest deficit since 200 [...]	2005-04-12 11:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN AU
05VIENNA1192	FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) Embassy discussed ref (a) points on April 5 with Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's A/S-equivalent for the Americas (ref b). We also conveyed the information to Peter Storer, Director for South and Southeast Asia, and followed up with him on April 11. Storer, whose office is coordi [...]	2005-04-12 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF AU UNSC
05VIENNA1221	TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION - [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Bilal AL- HIYARI designation (List 69) demarche on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's offi [...]	2005-04-14 08:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA1222	TERRORISM FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION - DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, Post submitted LET submission to 1267 Committee on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's office. Post also s [...]	2005-04-14 08:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA1224	GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK: VIENNA [...] (S) Summary: Austria contributes constructively to the fight against terrorism. Austria is training and equipping Iraqi police, it has been an ally against terrorist financing, and it leads major programs to strengthen border policing in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Austria is currentl [...]	2005-04-14 09:12:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER PREL AU
05VIENNA1234	AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE ON CORN GLUTEN FEED [...] FAS/Vienna delivered talking points on April 14, 2005 to Dr. Reinhard Blauensteiner, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, and to Dr. Berhard Jank, Federal Ministry for Health and Women. Dr. Jank is the Austrian representative who will participate in th [...]	2005-04-14 13:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA1235	DEMARCHE ON BUSH-SHARON MEETING AND GAZA [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and North Africa Ralph Scheide and Israel/Palestine desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on April 14. Scheide welcomed the President's reaffirmation of the road map as the guiding document for [...]	2005-04-14 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ AU WB EUN
05VIENNA1239	UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL: AUSTRIA TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 06:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREF PREL IS AU EUN
05VIENNA1298	HAIDER'S NEW MOVEMENT PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its founding convention on April 17, the Freedom Party (FPO) spin-off, the "Alliance Future Austria" (BZO),elected Carinthian governor Joerg Haider as chairman. Haider underscored the commitment of BZO ministers and legislators to the governing coalition with Chancellor Sch [...]	2005-04-19 12:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA1310	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES - AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 15:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL AU
05VIENNA1312	AUSTRIANS SKEPTICAL AFTER 10 YEARS OF EU [...] A recent poll by the Austrian Association for European Politics (OGE) revealed that the Austrian public remains highly skeptical of the EU. A significant majority of Austrians do not believe EU membership has brought the benefits they expected, such as higher growth, lower inflation, and red [...]	2005-04-21 06:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN ECON ETRD AU EUN
05VIENNA132	SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO SUA CONVENTION: [...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Multilateral Legal Affairs unit Michael Postl on January 12. Postl reiterated that the SUA convention is not the highest priority for Austria, given how few Austrian-flagged ships there are. Postl recalled the January 2003 me [...]	2005-01-14 09:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AU EUN
05VIENNA1326	APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 20 to Austrian MFA EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken. Riecken told us that MFA was in the process or working out its positions on the draft Council conclusions. He noted tha [...]	2005-04-21 12:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU AU EUN
05VIENNA1340	LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - AUSTRIAN REACTION [...] This message includes a request for guidance in paragraph 3. 2. On April 21, Manfred Bialonczyk, Civil Aviation Director General in the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology, told us that the GoA is taking a pragmatic view of the lighter ban and accepts the ban of lighter [...]	2005-04-21 14:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER AU
05VIENNA1359	GOA: OECD MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA PREMATURE [...] (C) During an April 22 meeting with Econ Unit Chief, Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery, stated the GoA agreed that it was premature to discuss Russian OECD membership. The GoA position, according to Magloth, tracked closely with USG views (reftel). [...]	2005-04-25 10:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AU OECD NATO
05VIENNA1376	Austrian Imams Outline Ambitious Goals at [...] (U) Austrian Imams held a conference April 24 in Vienna. The Islamic community's spiritual representatives adopted a declaration stressing the commitment of Muslims to be an integral part of Austrian society, condemning extremism and terrorism, and emphasizing the rights of women in Islam. [...]	2005-04-26 13:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AU
05VIENNA138	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...]	2005-01-14 15:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR
05VIENNA1383	DOE ITER LETTER DELIVERED TO GOA [...] On April 26, post conveyed reftel letter from DoE Science Director Orbach to GoA officials responsible for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) issues. We delivered the letter to Martin Sajdik, Director General of Economic Affairs and European Integration in the MFA, and M [...]	2005-04-27 13:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY TNGD ENRG KSCA AU EUN
05VIENNA139	AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] Embassy Vienna's updated contact information for leading government officials is as follows: Post: Vienna, Austria Date of Submission: January 14, 2004 Head of State: Univ. Prof. Dr. Heinz Fischer Title: Federal President Office Tel: (43)(1) 53422-201 (or -202, -204) Office Fax: (43) [...]	2005-01-14 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
05VIENNA14	POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE: ADDITIONAL USD [...] The Ministry of Health recently notified the Embassy that the GoA would make an extradordinary contribution of USD 100,000 to the WHO/UNICEF-led Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI). Citing USG promotion of the PEI (ref A),MoH Chief of Staff Clemens Auer thanked the USG for its efforts and co [...]	2005-01-04 14:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO AU WHO
05VIENNA140	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: US PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL EARLY [...] (U) On January 14, post delivered reftel talking points and paper to Franz Hoerlberger, Unit Chief for Humanitarian Aid in the MFA's Development Assistance Section. Hoerlberger, who will attend the January 18-22 World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, welcomed the USG proposal. He sa [...]	2005-01-14 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA SENV AU UNESCO
05VIENNA1401	FREEDOM PARTY: NEW LEADER, TRIED-AND-TRUE THEMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Freedom Party (FPO) delegates elected Vienna state chairman Heinz Christian Strache as new FPO national chair at a special convention in Salzburg April 23. Strache, blasting the founder of the FPO spinoff party BZO (Alliance Future Austria),Joerg Haider, as a betrayer, pledge [...]	2005-04-29 07:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA1425	AUSTRIAN WEAPONS DELIVERY TO IRAN - MFA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Green Party foreign policy spokeswoman Ulrike Lunacek submitted a parliamentary inquiry to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on February 24, 2005 asking for an explanation of the GOA's approval of the shipment of 800 Steyr 50 caliber high-powered rifles to Iran. Lunacek quotes A [...]	2005-05-02 07:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA1438	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] (U) On April 25, we conveyed reftel talking points to appropriate offices in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DAO will present talking points to the Ministry of Defense at earliest opportunity. 2. (SBU) On May 2, EconPol Unit Chief followed up with Hubert Hrabcik, [...]	2005-05-02 16:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PTER AU WHO
05VIENNA1439	EXTENSION OF TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 28 to the Bilateral Affairs Director at the Interior Ministry (MoI),Brigadier General Kurt Hager. Hager noted that any foreign deployment, including to the Amman police academy, required a Counci [...]	2005-05-03 05:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS PTER SNAR SOCI AU
05VIENNA1447	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-03 11:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA1461	SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide. EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief followed up with Scheide on May 3. Scheide reported discussing the matter of the EU-Syria Association Agreement with his German [...]	2005-05-04 12:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN
05VIENNA1464	TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 PRENOTIFICATION TO [...] (C) On May 4, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financi [...]	2005-05-04 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM AU KFTN
05VIENNA1470	TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN DESIGNATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 6, post conveyed reftel name, background paper, and talking points to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financial Market A [...]	2005-05-06 09:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU KFTN
05VIENNA1472	SUPPORT FOR IRAQI TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT: [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Middle East/Africa Bureau Ralph Scheide on May 3. Scheide noted that Chancellor Schuessel had sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister al-Ja'afari, and that President Fischer had sent a greeting to Presiden [...]	2005-05-06 13:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA1482	AUSTRIA REQUESTS U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO GENERAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador met Parliamentary President Andreas Khol on May 3, at Khol's request, to discuss progress in claims processing under the General Settlement Fund (GSF) for Holocaust victims. Khol reported that decisions on cases were moving much more quickly now with the additional st [...]	2005-05-09 06:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA1484	2005 - Austria's Year of Commemoration [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the "Jubilee Year" of 2005, Austria is observing a number of significant anniversaries. Most prominent are the 50th anniversary of the Austrian State Treaty and the 60th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Austrian Republic after the end of World War II. Austria also [...]	2005-05-09 10:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA1498	BWC 2005 WORK PROGRAM MEETINGS ON CODES OF [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche and associated non-paper to acting head of MFA Nonproliferation Bureau Dorothea Auer on May 6. Auer thanked us for the information and responded that it was clear that any "universal" code of conduct was a non-starter. She also thought it unlik [...]	2005-05-09 14:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AU CBW EUN
05VIENNA1561	Austrian Parliament ratifies EU Constitution [...] (U) On May 11, the Austrian parliament voted to ratify the EU Constitution. Only one MP, Barbara Rosenkranz (Freedom Party),voted "no." In the debate that preceded the vote, government representatives stressed that the EU Constitution would bring the member states together to shape a socia [...]	2005-05-12 13:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU EUN
05VIENNA1593	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On May 12, Econ Unit Chief deliverd reftel talking points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division. Habermayer said the GoA shared USG concerns that most initial offers lacked ambition. Habermayer admitted that the EU's initial serv [...]	2005-05-13 14:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AU WTO
05VIENNA1595	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON ICAO LEADERSHIP AND REFORM ISSUES [...] On May 13, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Alois Kraut, Head of the Transport and Telecommunication Unit in the MFA. Kraut confirmed that there were on-going discussions within the EU regarding possible reforms for ICAO. Kraut said the EU was discussing the [...]	2005-05-13 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC AU ICAO

05VIENNA1635	TERRORIST FINANCE: IJG PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (S) On May 17, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel name, background paper, and talking points to Peter Maerschalk, Deputy Director of the Financial Markets Unit in the Ministry of Finance. Maerschalk promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Minist [...]	2005-05-18 12:54:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU KFTN
05VIENNA164	AMBASSADOR URGES NEW INTERIOR MINISTER TO HALT [...] (S) Summary: In his first meeting with new Interior Minister Liese Prokop on January 18, the Ambassador praised the excellent cooperation the U.S. has enjoyed with the Ministry on law enforcement, anti-terrorism, and Embassy security issues. He explained in detail U.S. concerns regarding Au [...]	2005-01-20 12:44:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA165	AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: FURTHER SHIPMENTS [...] (S) After the Ambassador's January 18 meeting with Austrian Interior Minister Liese Prokop (reported septel),Helmut Krehlik (strictly protect),head of the Economics Ministry's Export and Import Control Division, called Econ Unit Chief to ask for an urgent appointment. Krehlik said that Ste [...]	2005-01-20 13:06:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA1653	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met on May 18 with Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, to present reftel points and discuss the May 23-24 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments concerning the point [...]	2005-05-19 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS CH SU AU EUN
05VIENNA1669	AUSTRIA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF SOVEREIGNTY [...] On May 15, Austria commemorated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. The recreation of the proclamation of Austrian freedom at the baroque Belvedere Palace had all the emotional significance of the U.S. bicentennial, but on an Austrian scale. Key to the event was [...]	2005-05-20 09:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA1702	EMBASSY VIENNA ENERGY AND RESOURCES REPORTING [...] Following information is keyed to reftel request: Energy and Natural Resources Reporting Officer: Phillip Nelson ETD: 08/2008 Phone: (43)-1-31339-2299 Fax: (43)-1-31339-2916 Email: nelsonpr@state.gov Local Address: 16 Boltzmanngasse 1090 Vienna Aus [...]	2005-05-23 14:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EMIN ENRG AU
05VIENNA1703	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: USG PROPOSED COPUOS SPACE [...] On May 20 Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel text to Florian Lorenz, Head of the MFA's Multilateral Scientific Cooperation and Space Affairs Unit. Lorenz welcomed the USG proposals, noting the EU and USG normally coordinated closely on space mitigation issues. Lorenz said the USG proposals [...]	2005-05-23 14:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA AORC AU UNPUOS UNGA
05VIENNA1704	UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY: AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) On May 20 Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helge Plank, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Services Unit. Plank acknowledged that the GoA shared USG concerns with language on "cultural goods and services" in the current convention draft. He [...]	2005-05-23 14:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA1705	AUSTRIA-U.S. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
05VIENNA171	AUSTRIA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] In researching reftel questions, post obtained information from publicly available sources, as well as from GoA officials in the Ministry for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, and Water Management (MoA) and in the Austrian Patent Office. 2. There are no access restrictions for natural r [...]	2005-01-20 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO AU
05VIENNA1715	FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 09:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI AU
05VIENNA1726	BLUE LANTERN: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) EconPolCouns and Poloffs met on May 20 with Spedition Welz representatives Andreas Praehauser, deputy manager for customs procedures, and Rainer Wirthenstaetter, director of logistics, at the firm's customs office on Franz-Sauer-Strasse 48 in Salzburg. Praehauser and Wirthenstaetter pro [...]	2005-05-24 13:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AU
05VIENNA1732	CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY - [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU AU ILO
05VIENNA1740	U.S.-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Political Unit Chief discussed ref (A) information on May 23 with Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Africa and the Middle East Ralph Scheide and Director for Gulf Affairs Oskar Wuestinger. Scheide observed that the U.S. and EU now appeared to have a "compl [...]	2005-05-25 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ AU EUN UN
05VIENNA175	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON JANUARY 31 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns met with Foriegn Ministry EU Affaris director Werner Almhofer on January 21 to present reftel points. Almhofer made the following substantive replies: 2. (SBU) Tsunami: Almhofer expressed some frustration with the European public's dissatisfaction with the response of t [...]	2005-01-21 14:17:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH AU EUN
05VIENNA1770	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns discussed reftel points on May 31 with Caroline Gudenus, the DAS-level head of African affairs in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Middle East and African Affairs. 2. (SBU) Gudenus noted that the EU Presidency had issued a statement referring to the EU election [...]	2005-05-31 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET AU
05VIENNA1776	AUSTRIA'S GOVERNMENT AND JEWISH COMMUNITY REACH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, the Austrian Jewish Community (IKG) and the GOA announced that pending questions regarding the IKG's restitution claims had been resolved. In addition, a solution was on the way to address the IKG's demands for the ongoing financing of the community. IKG President [...]	2005-06-01 08:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA1778	SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL ILO 2006-2007 BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 09:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ELAB AU ILO
05VIENNA1779	CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY - [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 09:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU AU ILO
05VIENNA178	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO SA/LW DEMARCHE [...] On January 21, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Norbert Hack, Counsellor in the MFA's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division. Hack said that Austria intended to support the EU position on this issue. Hack added that all sides would have to compromise to ensure passage of the propose [...]	2005-01-21 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM AU CDG UN
05VIENNA1793	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on June 1 to Norbert Hack, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director of the Disarmament and SIPDIS Non-Proliferation Department. Hack will represent Austria at the June 6-17 negotiating session in New York. 2. (C) Hac [...]	2005-06-01 13:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU PREM
05VIENNA1826	AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) Over the past six months, Austria continued to criticize Cuba's human rights record in international fora, including in the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) (ref B). On April 14, 2005 Austria co-sponsored the USG's CHR resolution on the situation of human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) [...]	2005-06-03 11:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU AU
05VIENNA1886	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU [...] Acting DCM delivered ref (a) points on June 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS 2. Scheide said the June 22 conference was "on the schedule" of Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. He said he ha [...]	2005-06-07 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA1895	AFGHANISTAN: AUSTRIA SENDING UP TO 100 SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) On June 7, the Austrian Council of Ministers (cabinet) unanimously approved the deployment of up to 100 Austrian soldiers to Afghanistan in August - October 2005. Parliament's standing committee will have to give final approval to the deployment mandate, possibly as early as June 10. [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA1917	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS REFERENCE TO IPR AT U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the GoA's COTRA delegation in Brussels and followed up June 8 with Gabriela Habermayer, Austria's 133 Committee representative. Habermayer agreed that U.S.-EU cooperation on IPR, especially in the developing world, was an area of positive collaboration tha [...]	2005-06-09 09:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN AU
05VIENNA1924	AUSTRIA: PARTIES PREVENT KAMPL FROM ASSUMING [...] (SBU) On June 8, all parties in Austria's parliament agreed on a strategy to prevent a controversial nationalist from becoming president of the Upper House as of July 1. The deputy, Siegfried Kampl, unleashed a storm of protest in April when he complained of "brutal persecution" of Nazis aft [...]	2005-06-09 13:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA1935	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AND EU CUBA POLICY: [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref (a) points on the upcoming GAERC to Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7. Embassy delivered ref (b) points on Cuba on June 3. Pol Unit chief then discussed the issues on June 8 with Andreas Riecken, MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Poli [...]	2005-06-10 09:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM IR IZ LE YI CM CU AU EUN
05VIENNA1942	AUSTRIA REJECTS LICENSE FOR ASSAULT RIFLE EXPORT [...] (S) On June 7, Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Western European Affairs Herbert Krauss (strictly protect) asked to meet with us to follow up on a May 18 briefing for Austrian officials on nonproliferation issues. Pol Unit Chief met Krauss (whose bureau also currently handles military transit [...]	2005-06-10 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL IR AU
05VIENNA1966	AFGHANISTAN: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEPLOYMENT OF [...] (SBU) On June 10, Parliament's standing committee (Hauptausschuss) unanimously approved the cabinet's decision (ref a) to send up to 100 Austrian soldiers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for a period of three months, until October 31, 2005. The Austrian soldiers will join the German PRT i [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA1969	AUSTRIA: LEADERS EXPRESS SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's political establishment is underlining its deep skepticism of Turkish EU membership. First, Chancellor Schuessel (conservative People's Party - OVP) reiterated the position he took at the December 2004 EU summit: that the EU should conduct "open-ended" negotiations wit [...]	2005-06-14 12:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN
05VIENNA2005	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO CHALLENGE TO DONORS TO FIGHT [...] Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 15 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent). The Ambassador pointed out the initiative of the President and Prime Minister Blair in pledging significant funds to address African humanitaria [...]	2005-06-15 12:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV EAGR PREL XA AU
05VIENNA2007	UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to Christoph Mueller and Margarethe Koegeler from the Federal Chancellery's Office of Political Coordination (OPC) on June 13. Koegeler is also Deputy Head of the GoA's Bioethics Commission. The OPC has worked closely with the MFA to establish the Go [...]	2005-06-15 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AU UNESCO KSCI
05VIENNA2008	SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] (C) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA Human Rights Bureau Director Engelbert Theuermann on June 15. Theuermann said the GoA had already notified the Swiss Government that it supported a diplomatic conference to adopt the Third Additional Protocol. Theuermann added that the GoA was sa [...]	2005-06-15 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL AU ICRC
05VIENNA2024	WCO FRAMEWORK - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points to the Austrian equivalent of a customs director general, Wolfgang Nolz, Section Chief of the Taxation and Customs Section in the Ministry of Finance. We followed up with Alfred Nepf from the Department for Customs Policy and International Customs Relation [...]	2005-06-17 09:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AU CTM
05VIENNA2035	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DRAFT CONFERENCE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa. SIPDIS 2. (C) Scheide took note of the U.S. position that the Iraq conference statement should include the phrase [...]	2005-06-17 15:12:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EIND IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2056	DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered ref (a) message on June 20 to Austrian Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Mayr-Harting undertook to deliver the contents of the message to the Austrian delegation (Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Middle East director Ralph Scheide). 2. (S) Mayr-Harting said t [...]	2005-06-20 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL IZ SY AU
05VIENNA2093	AUSTRIA-U.S. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE [...] Under cover of a note verbale dated June 16, 2005, the GOA has addressed the suggested changes in the German text of the Mutual Legal Assistance Protocol and agrees to the changes in Article 5(2) (an alternative German wording was later provided informally and will be communicated via septel) [...]	2005-06-22 13:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
05VIENNA2118	LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR - [...] Post discussed reftel questions with Martin Lukanowicz, Director of the Business Analysis Division in the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Regulator (RTR). 2. With regard to fixed line service in Austria, Lukanowicz stated that there are no licensing fees, no capitalization or bonding [...]	2005-06-24 11:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EU AU
05VIENNA2121	AUSTRIA HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MOLDOVA'S EUROPEAN [...] On June 22, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy hosted a conference on "Moldova's European Options." Two Moldovan ministers, European political analysts, and diplomatic representatives discussed Moldova's relations with the EU and the Transnistrian conflict. Moldovan Foreign M [...]	2005-06-24 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS AU
05VIENNA2126	AUSTRIA'S GROWTH FORECAST OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] According to a recent forecast from the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO),the Austrian economy should grow at an average annual real rate of 2.3% during 2005-20009. WIFO cautioned that further Euro appreciation would negatively affect this projection, and that sustained growth [...]	2005-06-24 13:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA2130	EUFOR-ALTHEA: AUSTRIA TO ASSUME COMMAND OF "TASK [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-24 14:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AU BK NATO EUN
05VIENNA215	AUSTRIA: NEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER: HAUBNER IN, [...] (C) Summary: Ursula Haubner has replaced Herbert Haupt as Austria's Minister for Social Affairs. Haubner, who had served as State Secretary (junior minister) in the same ministry, had replaced Haupt as Freedom Party (FPO) leader in October 2003. The move was largely a decision of the Freedo [...]	2005-01-26 10:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA2195	FAO/WHO CODEX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel, FAS/Vienna delivered talking points and Dr. Karen Hulebak's CV to Dr. Erhard Hoebaus, Austrian FAO/WHO Codex Contact Point, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Water. 2. Dr. Hoebaus plans to attend the Codex session scheduled for July 4-9. Dr. Hoebaus knows Dr. H [...]	2005-06-29 12:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AORC AU FAO
05VIENNA2197	AUSTRIAN AVIATION SECTOR INTENSIFYING RELATIONS [...] In 2004, the AUA group (Austrian Airlines, LaudaAir and Austrian Arrows) carried a record number of passengers and operating profits rose by 25 percent. The outlook for 2005 is dim because of overcapacity in the European market and higher-than-projected fuel costs. Both AUA and the Vienna Ai [...]	2005-06-29 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR AU ICAO
05VIENNA2199	AUSTRIA: CARINTHIAN STATE LEGISLATURE BLOCKS [...] (sbu) On June 29, The Carinthian State Legislature blocked controversial nationalist Siegfried Kampl (formerly BZO, now an Independent) from becoming president of the Federal Upper House. In a special session all but one of the 33 State Legislators present voted to drop Kampl. Instead, BZO M [...]	2005-06-29 14:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA2210	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on June 29 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's DAS-equivalent for Latin American affairs. 2. (C) Melan said he had heard nothing about a possible high-level Venezuelan visit to Europe. He noted that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula [...]	2005-06-30 09:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE AU EUN
05VIENNA2211	BORDER MANAGEMENT: AUSTRIA HOSTS FOURTH MEETING ON [...] Summary. On June 6-7 2005, in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, the Austrian Ministry of Interior (MOI) hosted the fourth meeting of the Central Asian Border Service Initiatives Group (CABSI),a component of the European Commission's border management program for Central Asia (BOMCA). Representative [...]	2005-06-30 10:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR PBTS PREF ETTC KCRM AU ECRM
05VIENNA2244	VISAS VIPER MAY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 13:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2247	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON UN REFORM [...] Summary: Austria welcomes U.S. initiatives for UN reform. In conversations with the Foreign Minister and the MFA's International Organizations director, we found broad Austrian agreement to U.S. objectives regarding reftel concepts on development, reform of the Commission on Human Rights, d [...]	2005-07-05 14:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC AU UNSC
05VIENNA2252	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Plassnik told Ambassador Brown that Austria strongly agreed with the U.S. on the need to reform and strengthen the UN. In particular, Austria supports increased emphasis on rule of law issues as the key to ensuring stability in developing countries, sees a need [...]	2005-07-05 14:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC AU UNSC
05VIENNA2253	MFA LEGAL ADVISER HANS WINKLER BECOMES AUSTRIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 14:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA2254	AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN DEMANDS CHARGES AGAINST [...] (U) A Greens parliamentarian has asked the Austrian state prosecutor's office to open a criminal case against Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmedinejad for involvement in the 1989 murders of three Kurdish leaders in Vienna. Pilz claims to have received information from a person he has ident [...]	2005-07-05 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR AU
05VIENNA2270	AUSTRIA-IRAN: NO FORMAL INVESTIGATION YET INTO [...] (C) Spokespersons for the Vienna State Prosecutor's Office and for the Austrian Justice Ministry have told us that no/no investigation is yet open into the alleged involvement of Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in the 1989 murders of three Kurdish leaders in Vienna. This contradi [...]	2005-07-06 12:12:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AU
05VIENNA2276	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on July 6 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's EU Correspondent and ESDP Coordinator. 2. (C) Riecken had the following reactions to our points: -- On China, the EU is preparing for the EU-China Summit in New York in early Sept [...]	2005-07-06 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
05VIENNA2285	VIENNA FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 243,421 166,069 69,405 [...]	2005-07-07 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA2313	LONDON BOMBINGS: AUSTRIANS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY: [...] Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has declared Austria's solidarity for the United Kingdom and sympathy for the victims of the July 7 bombings in London. "Europe will not be intimidated. It will close ranks," he declared. President Heinz Fischer expressed shock and outrage, calling the attacks [...]	2005-07-08 15:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA2314	AUSTRIA AGREES WITH U.S. ON G-4 FRAMEWORK [...] The Ambassador outlined U.S. concerns regarding the G-4 framework resolution (ref a) with MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who participated in the Ambassador's July 1 discussion with Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on UN reform (ref b). Kyrle said his government agreed that UNSC expans [...]	2005-07-08 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KUNR AU UNSC
05VIENNA2317	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): TEXTS [...] On July 7, EconPolCouns provided copies of reftel U.S. proposals to Dorothea Auer of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's non-proliferation bureau. Auer undertook to convey the texts, covering propellant tanks for liquid rocket engines and thermal batteries, to Austrian experts in preparation for [...]	2005-07-11 08:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU MTCRE
05VIENNA2324	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 7 to Wolfgang Lapuh, acting head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (SBU) Lapuh said Austria had been prepared to provide training on constitutional issues to Iraqis, and had offered this to the Iraqi [...]	2005-07-11 13:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2327	UPDATE ON EXTENDING THE MANDATE OF AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Poloff met on July 11 with Brigadier Kurt Hager, the Austrian Interior Ministry's Director of Bilateral Affairs. We asked for an update on Hager's efforts to secure an extension of the mandate of Austria's police trainers at the Iraqi Police Academy in Amman through th [...]	2005-07-11 14:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KCRM MARR SOCI SNAR AU
05VIENNA2331	KOSOVO: AUSTRIA HOSTS "FREEDOM OF RELIGION" [...] On July 9, EconPolCouns attended a conference on "Freedom of Religion and Principles of Self-Administration of Religious Institutions," with specific reference to Kosovo. Under the auspices of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, the University of Vienna, and the Foundation Pro Oriente, participant [...]	2005-07-11 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI AU YI
05VIENNA2332	VISA-WAIVER PROGRAM: PASSPORT-RELATED [...] ConGen delivered demarche per reftel on Friday, July 7, to Dr. Heinrich Pawlicek, head of the Interior Ministry's office responsible for passport matters. Our contact expressed some concern about compiling the requested information in the four weeks of peak vacation season, but promised to as [...]	2005-07-12 06:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF AU
05VIENNA2336	TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) On July 11, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and entity name to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, [...]	2005-07-12 08:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU
05VIENNA2337	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE DEAD SEA IRAQ [...] (SBU) On July 11, we raised ref (a) points with Lydia Saadat, the head of Planning and Program Activities for Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Mediterranean in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Cooperation section. Saadat told us that the Austrian Ambassador to Jordan wou [...]	2005-07-12 09:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON EFIN IZ JO AU
05VIENNA2344	VISA-WAIVER PROGRAM: PASSPORT-RELATED [...] Per Reftel para 9, Post provides the following information regarding Austrian Lost and Stolen Passport (LASP) reporting procedures. This information concerns current procedures. 2. QUESTION a.Which office(s) at your post receive information on lost and stolen passports? If offices other [...]	2005-07-12 13:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF AU
05VIENNA2345	SHIELD S08-02, S63-02, S21-04: GOA RESPONSE TO USG [...] (S) On July 1, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Economic Ministry's Export and Import Control Division, underscoring USG concerns with plans to build an Iranian Trade and Technology Center in Austria. Krehlik (strictly protect) said certain Austri [...]	2005-07-12 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU IR CBW
05VIENNA2347	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS CONCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE [...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 12 to Helmut Tichy, the DAS-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Legal Division. Tichy's deputy, Michael Postl, is Austria's negotiator on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terorrism (CCIT). 2. Tichy said Austria suppor [...]	2005-07-12 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER AU UNGA
05VIENNA2349	DOWNWARD REVISION FOR AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 to 1.8-1.9%, and for 2006 to 1.9-2.3%. The institutes stress again that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery remains export-driven, but there is a possibility that investment and private [...]	2005-07-13 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA2380	U.S.-EU WINE NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel talking points on July 11 to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division and to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's EU Coordination and Planning Division. Kordik promised to provide comments at a later d [...]	2005-07-15 06:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA2397	OECD DEMARCHE ON WORKING PARTY FOR GOVERNANCE [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points on June 29 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Federal Chancellery. On July 14, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Magloth to discuss the USG proposal. The GoA, according to Magloth, supported OECD reform that would make t [...]	2005-07-15 14:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT AU OECD
05VIENNA2400	AUSTRIA VIEWS RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) On July 7, post conveyed reftel talking points to Josef Litschauer, Head of the MFA's CIS Unit. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Litschauer on July 15 to elicit GoA views on a multilateral conference. Litschauer said the GoA would support EU participation in such a conference, but onl [...]	2005-07-15 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AU EUN OSCE
05VIENNA2403	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON CREATING UN [...] (SBU) On July 15, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points and draft resolutions to Peter Huber in the MFA's International Organizations Division. Huber said the GoA supported the creation of a UN Peacebuilding Commission along the lines of the USG proposal. The EU also wan [...]	2005-07-18 06:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR KPKO AU UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05VIENNA2410	YUSHCHENKO IMPRESSES AUSTRIANS DURING VISIT [...] (U) During a July 12-13 visit to Austria, Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, parliamentary leaders, and a group of Austrian businessmen. Ukraine's efforts to integrate more closely with the European Union featured p [...]	2005-07-18 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP AU EUN
05VIENNA2412	TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA; List 70T) designation demarche on July 18 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Anelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrorism f [...]	2005-07-18 14:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA2420	AUSTRIA OPPOSES G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN [...] (SBU) On July 18 Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points to Peter Huber from the MFA's International Organizations Division. Huber reiterated what senior MFA officials had previously and consistently told us (refs B-D): the GoA would not support the G-4 Framework Resolution [...]	2005-07-19 09:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AU UNGA
05VIENNA2423	HIGH-LEVEL AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The MFA's International Organizations Division has informed us that the following GoA officials will attend the High-Level Event (HLE) and the 60th General Assembly: A. Head of State --President Heinz Fischer will attend the HLE. --Spouse may or may not attend. --Arrive Sept [...]	2005-07-19 10:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP AU UNGA
05VIENNA2437	DEBATE ON AUSTRIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (U) In the aftermath of the London terror attacks, public debate in Austria has focused on the situation of its Muslim community. Interior Ministry officials stress that there are only a few radical elements in the community and that the GoA is closely monitoring extremist elements. The off [...]	2005-07-20 10:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA2441	AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SCHUESSEL CALLS FOR AN EU [...] Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has proposed an EU-wide tax on financial cross-border transactions. Schuessel said he believes the tax would provide increased financial autonomy for the EU's budget and close the unresolved financing gap in the 2007-2013 financial framework. Despite ov [...]	2005-07-20 12:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA2530	AUSTRIA: TELECOMS UPDATE [...] tele.ring, the successful Austrian mobile phone subsidiary of Western Wireless is for sale following Alltel's takeover of Western Wireless. Interest in tele.ring has dropped noticeably after the Lower Austrian state government imposed a new tax on mobile phone masts effective January 1, 2006 [...]	2005-07-27 14:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EU AU
05VIENNA2544	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) On July 28, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, Chief of the MFA's Near Eastern and Africa Division (DAS-equivalent). Scheide said that the GoA fully supported UNSCRs 1559 and 1595, and expected Syria to implement the resolutions. Scheide agreed that Sy [...]	2005-07-28 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY AU
05VIENNA2545	FOURTH WORLD WATER FORUM - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered reftel points to Aloisia Woergetter, Head of the MFA's Environment and Sustainable Development Bureau, on July 26. Woergetter said the GoA shares the USG's basic goals regarding the Fourth World Water Forum (WWF4). She noted, however, that Austria does not believe [...]	2005-07-28 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV AU
05VIENNA2555	MLAT AND EXTRADITION PROTOCOL SIGNING JULY 20 [...] On July 20, the Ambassador and Austrian Justice Minister Karin Miklautsch signed U.S.-Austrian agreements on extradition and mutual legal assistance. (Note: Since July 23, Minister uses married name Karin Gastinger.) The Austrian Ministry of Justice Chef de Cabinet Michael Schoen, MOJ Protoco [...]	2005-07-29 12:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
05VIENNA2557	TRIPS AMENDMENT: AUSTRIA'S REACTION [...] (SBU) On July 27, we conveyed reftel talking points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Department of Multilateral Trade. We followed up with Habermayer on July 29. Habermayer said that Austria favors re-starting negotiations on a legally binding health amendment to TRI [...]	2005-07-29 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR AU WTO
05VIENNA2604	VISAS VIPER JULY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 11:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2608	C-CN5-00226: ALBANIAN CRIMINAL GROUPS IN AUSTRIA [...] (C) Below is Post's response to C-CN5-00226 on Albanian organized crime. 2. (C) What is the nature and extent of Albanian organized criminal activity in Austria? -- Post's information on ethnic Albanian organized crime elements operating in Austria derives largely from its Au [...]	2005-08-03 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SNAR AU
05VIENNA262	AUSTRIA PLANS POSITIVE STATEMENT ON IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) At a January 28 meeting, Foreign Ministry Middle East director (assistant secretary-equivalent) Ralph Scheide told EconPolCouns that Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would issue a positive statement Monday, January 31 on the Iraq elections. Scheide's draft (which the Foreign Minister ha [...]	2005-01-28 13:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ AU
05VIENNA2626	EU/TURKEY: AUSTRIANS SHARPEN CRITICISM, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian attitudes are hardening on Turkey's prospects for EU accession. Polls show only ten percent of Austrians support Turkish entry. In recent statements, leaders across the spectrum have voiced increasing skepticism regarding Turkish EU membership. Finance Minister Grasse [...]	2005-08-04 13:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN
05VIENNA2646	AUSTRIA'S VISA WAIVER PROGRAM CERTIFICATION [...] ON AUGUST 4, POST RECEIVED THE REQUESTED EXEMPLARS OF EACH TYPE OF THE MACHINE-READABLE PASSPORTS AUSTRIA WILL BE ISSUING IN OCTOBER 2005. (NOTE: AUSTRIA CHOSE NOT/NOT TO INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY PASSPORTS WITH THE EXEMPLARS BECAUSE THEY WILL SHORTLY BE REPLACED WITH MACHINE-READABLE EMERGENCY [...]	2005-08-05 14:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF AU
05VIENNA2647	SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE: [...] Post sent reftel letter of invitation and draft schedule for the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior, Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution a [...]	2005-08-05 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KSTC MASS ETTC AU
05VIENNA2662	ENGAGING AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna has provided a non-paper based on reftel points to Austrian MFA State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent) Hans Winkler. The Public Affairs Section will post this information to Embassy's public website. Charge will also present the material to Chancellor Schu [...]	2005-08-08 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL AU
05VIENNA2670	AUSTRIA HOSTS 4TH INFORMAL BALKANS SUMMIT [...] Summary: The Austrian Government and the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe hosted leaders from six southeastern European countries from 2-3 August for the 4th informal "Balkans Summit." Participants discussed the region's expectations for EU membership, establishing a common [...]	2005-08-09 09:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN AL BK HR MK RO SR AU EUN
05VIENNA2684	IRAN EXILE GROUP SAYS NEW REGIME DETERMINED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) claimed at an August 8 press conference in Vienna that the new Iranian regime was determined to continue its nuclear program "to build the bomb." An NCRI official argued that the "cat and mouse game" with [...]	2005-08-10 06:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV ETTC IR AU UNSC EUN
05VIENNA2696	AUSTRIAN SUBSIDIARY OF WESTERN WIRELESS SOLD [...] On August 9, T-Mobile, a subsidiary of the German Telekom's T-Mobile group, bought tele.ring, the successful Austrian mobile phone subsidiary of Alltel/Western Wireless, for Euro 1.3 billion. With the purchase of tele.ring, T-Mobile solidified its place as the number two mobile pho [...]	2005-08-11 06:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EU AU
05VIENNA2698	CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...]	2005-08-11 09:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN
05VIENNA2699	AUSTRIA'S 2006 EU PRESIDENCY: CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary: Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel brings a formidable toolbox of political skills and savvy to his task of directing Austria's EU presidency in the first half of 2006. Ever conscious of the inherent limitations of stepping into the Presidency from one of the EU's sm [...]	2005-08-11 09:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA2702	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE [...] Per reftel, FAS/Vienna delivered talking points and non-paper on August 10, 2005 to Dr. Bernhard Jank, Austrian Federal Ministry for Health and Women, Department for New and Genetically Modified Food, FAO/WHO-Codex Alimentarius, Food Additives and Non- Food-Products. Dr. Jank plans to attend [...]	2005-08-11 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON AU
05VIENNA2716	U.S.-E.U. WINE NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIAN POSITION [...] Summary: On August 11, Dr. Rudolf Schmid, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Wine Department, provided written comments in response to reftel talking points. The response noted that Austria supported the European Commission in all previous proceedings of the U.S.-EU wine negotiati [...]	2005-08-12 10:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA2717	AUSTRIANS SUPPORT EU MEMBERSHIP, BUT SKEPTICISM GROWING [...] According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Austrians support EU membership, roughly the same percentage resulting from the 1995 membership referendum. However, support for the EU is at the lowest level since 1997, confirming an increasingly skeptical attitude towards the EU and its institutions. [...]	2005-08-12 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA2752	EU-TURKEY: AUSTRIANS ON CONSISTENT LINE; WON'T [...] (C) The Austrian position on Turkey's EU accession (as reported ref b) has been fairly consistent over the past several months and is not likely to change prior to October 3. Austria does not and will not want to reopen the December 2004 decision to begin talks this autumn. Austria [...]	2005-08-17 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN TU AU EUN
05VIENNA2753	EU PRESIDENCY - FUNDING FOR IT EQUIPMENT [...] Post requests the following additional equipment, listed in approximate priority order (highest to lowest),in USD, to support post's requirements during the Austrian EU Presidency from January-June 2006. ITEM EACH Dollar TOTAL Unclassified Equipment List [...]	2005-08-17 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL AU

05VIENNA2786	GOA UNVEILS PACKAGE TO FIGHT RISING [...] The GoA recently announced a Euro 1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) stimulus package of employment and growth initiatives. The GoA also plans to introduce a combination-wage model to subsidize low-paid jobs. Economists view the GoA's package as positive, but note that only GDP growth in e [...]	2005-08-19 14:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA28	AUSTRIA ORDERS ANOTHER HAGUE RETURN ENFORCED & [...] SUMMARY: AUSTRIAN COURTS HAVE AGAIN ORDERED THE RETURN OF A CHILD UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION, THIS TIME TO HER FATHER IN POLAND. THIS MARKS THE THIRD TIME IN 2004 THAT THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED THE RETURN OF A CHILD UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION, DESPITE INVOCATION OF ARTICLE 13B, WHI [...]	2005-01-05 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI AU
05VIENNA2827	DEMARCHE ON TURKISH EU ACCESSION: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: The Austrian Foreign Ministry's Southern Europe head and its director for Common Foreign and Security Policy told us August 22 that Austria considers the October 3 start date for Turkey's EU accession talks absolute. Austria is seeking language in the negotiating framew [...]	2005-08-23 14:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN TU CY AU EUN
05VIENNA2828	PRE-GYMNICH DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points on August 22 to MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Director Andreas Riecken. Riecken said that the UK Presidency had not circulated a final agenda for the meeting. Given the ostensibly informal nature of the Gymnich, it was diffic [...]	2005-08-23 15:24:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL IS HR IR AU EUN
05VIENNA288	IRAQ ELECTIONS: AUSTRIANS MAKE POSITIVE [...] Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a positive statement on January 31 on the Iraq elections (para. 3 below). Plassnik highlighted the "courage" and "will to democracy and peace" of the Iraqis, in defiance of terrorist attacks. 2. Following our meeting with MFA Middle East D [...]	2005-02-01 10:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ AU
05VIENNA2893	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU
05VIENNA2922	HAITI ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On August 30, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Klaus Koegler, Head of the MFA's European Union Development Policy Unit. Koegler pointed out that Austria currently had no bilateral assistance programs in Haiti and would not be able to help Haiti meet the anticipated financing [...]	2005-08-31 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN AU HA EUN
05VIENNA2924	ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on August 31 to Ralph Scheide, the assistant secretary-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (S) Austrian President Heinz Fischer would attend the High Level Event in New York, Scheide said. The Syria [...]	2005-08-31 15:28:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY AU
05VIENNA2925	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID HA AU
05VIENNA2926	AUSTRIA ON IRAQ DRAFT CONSTITUTION -- VIENNA [...] EconPolCouns discussed reftel points with Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level director of Middle East and African affairs. Scheide said Austria shared the sentiments the British Presidency had issued on behalf of the EU. Sheide added that he had provided input to Fore [...]	2005-08-31 15:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ AU
05VIENNA2928	FY 2005 TRAINING REPORT [...] VIENNA: ---------- EMPLOYEE: QUINTIN GRAY COURSE: GERMAN LOCATION: U.S. EMBASSY DATE: 10/1/2004 - 9/30/2005 NO. OF HOURS: 50 COST: 0 INSTRUCTOR: STAFF EMPLOYEE: SARAH D. HANSON COURSE: GERMAN LOCATION: U.S. EMBASSY DATE: 10/1/20 [...]	2005-09-01 09:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA2931	MTAG 5-96: POTENTIAL UAV COOPERATION BETWEEN AN [...] (S) On August 30, EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and to Dorothea Auer, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Krehlik said he [...]	2005-09-01 12:20:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA2932	SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN [...] (S/NF) On August 30, EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A nonpaper to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and to Dorothea Auer, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Auer and Krehlik [...]	2005-09-01 12:23:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL AU IR
05VIENNA2940	FOOD AID AND THE WTO: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On August 25-26, Post conveyed reftel nonpaper on proposed reform recommendations for the FAO's Consultative Subcommittee on Surplus Disposal (CSSD) to Gabriella Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division; to Friedrich Huemer, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture [...]	2005-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU WTO AID
05VIENNA2944	TURKISH EU ACCESSION: CYPRIOT FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, EconPolCouns met with the Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary-level Director for Southern European Affairs, Clemens Koja, to receive a readout of the Cypriot Foreign Minister Georgios Iacovou's August 30 visit to Vienna and to discuss Turkey's accession talks wi [...]	2005-09-02 10:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN TU CY AU EUN
05VIENNA2945	INTERPOL REQUEST FOR BIOTERRORISM TRAINING [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 2 to Tibor Benczur-Juris, Director of the Office for International Relations, in the Interior Ministry's Federal Agency for State Protection and Counterterrorism. 2. Benczur-Juris agreed that Interpol's Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative w [...]	2005-09-02 14:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM TBIO PTER AU
05VIENNA2955	TFUS01: AUSTRIAN OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FOR [...] Summary: Top Austrian officials have made specific offers to the Ambassador for disaster assistance. The Austrian military has made a specific offer of a Disaster Relief group to provide capabilities including water purification, decontamination, and search and rescue support. In [...]	2005-09-03 11:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA2956	TFUS01: NEEDS LIST PASSED TO AUSTRIA -- AUSTRIA [...] Ambassador contacted Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (in the absence of the Foreign Minister) on September 4 to convey ref (a) and (b) needs list and secretary's statement on Hurricane Katrina. On behalf of the Minister, Kyrle undertook to work on supplying U.S. needs [...]	2005-09-04 13:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA2957	TFUS01: AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER, CONSULAR [...] On September 5, EconPolCouns met with Christian Berlakovits, the Austrian MFA's Consular Affairs head, to discuss Austria's offers of assistance to the U.S. and its efforts to provide consular assistance to its own citizens. ------------------------- Austrian Assistance Offer --- [...]	2005-09-05 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS AEMR CASC MARR AMGT US AU KHLS
05VIENNA2970	VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 11:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2987	VWP BIOMETRIC CERTIFICATION DEMARCHES [...] SUMMARY: IN RECENT DAYS POST HAS RAISED THE POINTS IN REF B AT VARIOUS LEVELS WITHIN THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT. OUR INTERLOCUTORS INFORM US THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR AUSTRIA TO MEET THE OCTOBER 26 DEADLINE. THE AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BELIEVES THIS ISSUE WILL BECOME A MAJOR SOURCE OF TENSION [...]	2005-09-08 07:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU FR IT
05VIENNA2990	VIENNA FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 235,474 202,035 33,439 235,47 [...]	2005-09-08 08:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA2994	AMBASSADOR BROWN'S MEETING WITH FONMIN PLASSNIK, [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Plassnik in advance of her September 9 meeting with the Secretary in Washington to review topics that are expected to be discussed. These included: -- Hurricane Katrina: The Ambassador thanked the Minister for Austria,s offers of a Di [...]	2005-09-08 09:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD CVIS AU
05VIENNA3011	AUSTRIAN INTERIM RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL [...] On September 8, DCM delivered reftel talking points on the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff. Auer thanked the USG for promoting increased cooperation on avian and pandemic influenza. Auer said Austria [...]	2005-09-09 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AU EUN
05VIENNA3017	TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale"): Addr [...]	2005-09-11 00:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA3018	TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale" [...]	2005-09-11 00:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA3019	CODESHARING TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - [...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel questions with Ingrid Seyrlehner, Director of Air Transportation Affairs in the Austrian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and with her deputy, Dieter Gaupmann. They informed us that Austria and the Russian Federation operate under a 1993 Air Services Agree [...]	2005-09-12 07:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AU
05VIENNA302	STATEMENTS FOR CARTAGENA CONFERENCE: DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vienna received reftel points at COB on February 1 and conveyed them immediately to Austrian MFA Americas Bureau. Pol Unit followed up on February 2. MFA informed us that the points had reached them after the departure for [...]	2005-02-02 10:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO AU
05VIENNA3024	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (U) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A and B talking points to Thomas Nader, Director (A/S-level) of the MFA's Multilateral Development Cooperation Division on September 6 and to Thomas Wieser, Director General (U/S-level) of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets [...]	2005-09-12 10:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN AU UNGA
05VIENNA3025	ALPBACH ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPE NEEDS MORE [...] The August 18-September 3 European Forum Alpbach's Reform Symposium focused on the flagging Lisbon Agenda, moribund EU growth rates, labor market inflexibility, and Germany's bleak economic outlook. Politicians, academics, and subject experts called for more democracy and closer po [...]	2005-09-12 10:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN ECIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3026	Austria Plans to Amend General Settlement Fund [...] MFA's International Law Division shared with us a draft amendment to the General Settlement Fund (GSF) Law. The purpose is to facilitate early payments by the GSF to Holocaust victims as soon as legal peace exists. It also would extend the filing period for the Arbitration Panel on [...]	2005-09-12 11:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3030	UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOUCMENT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna carried out reftel demarche to MFA A/S-equivalent (Acting) for International Organization Affairs Dr. Helmut Boeck on September 7. Boeck said that the Austrian delegation in New York had welcomed the evident interest their U.S. counterparts had shown in having a true give- [...]	2005-09-12 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU UNGA
05VIENNA3060	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff, on September 8. APHIS also discussed avian flu issues with Johann Herzog, Ministry of Health Advisor for Veterinary Affairs, Medicine, Biotechnology, and Food Safety; and with Johan Damoser, A [...]	2005-09-14 12:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI AU KSTH WHO
05VIENNA3062	AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT SUA AMENDMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Acting Econ/Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothea Auer on September 7. Auer assured us that Austria supports the goals of the SUA amendments and would weigh in again in favor of them in MFA's internal discussions. 2. (SB [...]	2005-09-14 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT KTIA PHSA AU EUN
05VIENNA3064	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA REQUESTS EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (the third- ranking MFA official) raised the issue of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as the first order of business in his meeting with visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker. In a follow- up to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik's pointed comments to Amb [...]	2005-09-14 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CVIS CMGT PGOV FR IT AU EUN
05VIENNA3085	REDESIGNED U.S. $10 NOTES: EMBASSY VIENNA POC [...] Embassy Vienna point-of-contact for issues relating to the redesigned U.S. $10 notes is Econ Unit Chief Phillip Nelson; phone (43)-1-31339-2299; fax (43)-1-31339-2916; email nelsonpr@state.gov. Brown [...]	2005-09-15 15:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN KPAO AU
05VIENNA3098	TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the addition of Al-Akhtar Trust International Movement to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list demarche on September 16 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl and Anelik [...]	2005-09-19 10:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN
05VIENNA3100	EUROPEAN ESTH CONFERENCE - EMBASSY VIENNA [...] Post nominates FSN Specialist Alexander Schratt to participate in the October 5-6 ESTH Conference in Copenhagen. Following information is keyed to information requested in reftel: Name: Alexander Schratt Title: Economic Specialist D/POB: April 24, 1962, in Baden-Baden, Germany Telephone [...]	2005-09-19 13:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL KSCA OTRA AU
05VIENNA3117	Death of Simon Wiesenthal [...] Simon Wiesenthal died of general organ failure on September 20 in Vienna at the age of 96. The Austrian political leadership, from Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel to all parliamentary party leaders, expressed their deep regret, praising Wiesenthal as a key figure in the fight to keep [...]	2005-09-20 10:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV PREL IS AU
05VIENNA3129	TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted designation of Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh (list 72T) demarche on September 20 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in [...]	2005-09-21 10:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN
05VIENNA3135	MTAG: INTERIM AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON FIRM'S OFFER OF [...] (S) On September 15, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Falschleiner in the Ministry of Economy's office responsible for dual-export controls, requesting the GoA to investigate the Austrian firm WFL Millturn Technologies' offer of spare parts to the Beijing Power Machin [...]	2005-09-21 11:42:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3142	ALPBACH POLITICAL FORUM: EU UNABLE TO PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: The EU, a self-conscious "soft power," is unable or unwilling to use the potential for political clout that stems from its economic might. At the same time, EU membership holds considerable attraction for countries in the Western Balkans and beyond, and is an important inc [...]	2005-09-21 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN ELAB TU SR AU EUN RU CZ
05VIENNA3144	USNATO/USEU POL-MIL CONFERENCE: EMBASSY VIENNA [...] Embassy Vienna is pleased to accept the invitation to attend the 2005 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference and will send the following participant: Michael R. DeTar Political Unit Chief Security Clearance: Top Secret tel: 43 1 31339 2114 fax: 43 1 31339 2916 e-mail: detarmr@state.gov 2. [...]	2005-09-22 06:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR PREL AU NATO EUN
05VIENNA3157	AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Brown paid his farewell call on Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel on September 22. Discussion focussed on Austrian views of Croatian and Turkish accession to the European Union. Schuessel thanked the Ambassador profusely for his work in Austria over the l [...]	2005-09-23 06:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU EUN
05VIENNA317	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETING [...] Under cover of a note verbale, Embassy has just received a formal Austrian response to the latest November 15, 2004 proposals for completing the texts of the extradition and mutual legal assistance protocols. In a telephone conversation our contacts at the MFA suggested these were only minor [...]	2005-02-04 07:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
05VIENNA3201	Parliament Committee Approves GSF Amendment [...] (U) On September 22, the Austrian Parliament's Constitutional Committee approved the draft amendment to the General Settlement Fund (GSF) Law (reftel). The change would make possible advance payments to survivors once legal peace exists. The plan is for the full parliament to adopt the law i [...]	2005-09-27 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3202	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON LITE DEMARCHE [...] (C) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division, urging Austria to support an EU listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LITE) as a terrorist organization. Froehlich said that Austrian views on [...]	2005-09-27 12:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN PREL PTER AU
05VIENNA3203	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (S) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points and nonpapers to Rudolf Unterkoefler, Head of the Ministry of Interior's Economic and Financial Investigations Division and to Josef Mahr, Head of the Austrian FIU, and separately to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's J [...]	2005-09-27 12:14:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC AU
05VIENNA3245	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 3 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on September 28 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Union "correspondent." ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) Riecken noted continuing discussions between the British Presidency and his colleagues in Brussels on [...]	2005-09-29 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL PREL TU AU EUN
05VIENNA3246	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ilona Hoyos, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's head of UNESCO affairs. We reviewed U.S. concerns about the text of the preliminary draft convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a [...]	2005-09-29 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3269	CONSERVATIVES LOSE GOVERNORSHIP OF STYRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the state election in Styria on October 2, Chancellor Schuessel's conservative People's Party (OVP) suffered a significant defeat at the hands of the opposition Social Democrats (SPO). The OVP failed to hold Styria's governorship for the first time in the post-Wo [...]	2005-10-03 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA327	EU RICE DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel, Embassy Vienna delivered the EU Rice talking points to our contacts at the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Economics. Embassy Vienna's primary contacts, Hans Kordik, Head of Division III (EU- Coordination and Planning),Ministry of Agriculture and Gabriela Habermayer, Hea [...]	2005-02-04 13:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA3273	AUSTRIAN REPRESENTATION AT IPAPI SOM IN WASHINGTON [...] According to Gisela Polte, Head of the MFA's Energy, Nuclear Safety and Health Unit, an official from the Austrian Embassy in Washington will represent the GoA at the IPAPI Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) October 6-7. Polte promised to notify post and the department, as soon as the MFA had de [...]	2005-10-03 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI AU WHO FAO
05VIENNA328	AUSTRIAN BANK HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS TO EU OF [...] (U) A recent study by Austria's largest bank, Bank Austria Creditanstalt, concludes the EU would benefit economically from Turkish membership and that costs would be approximately the same as the costs from the May 2004 enlargement. There are certain caveats associated with Turkish membershi [...]	2005-02-04 13:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL TU AU EUN
05VIENNA3292	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES ON RUSSIA, IRAQ AND ITS BOEING [...] (SBU) Walter Reimann, Austrian Airlines' (AUA) Director of International Relations and Governmnet Affairs, confirmed to post recently that AUA would focus on markets in China, India, and, especially, in Eastern Europe, where AUA has more destinations than any carrier. AUA would like [...]	2005-10-05 12:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AU
05VIENNA3298	AUSTRIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT BUERGENTHAL FOR ICJ [...] Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel diplomatic note, Buergenthal CV and talking points on October 5 to Acting U/S-equivalent for International Legal Affairs Helmut Tichy. Tichy noted that the national group to which Austria belongs had decided not to put forward a nomination. This left three WEO [...]	2005-10-05 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AU UNSC UNGA
05VIENNA3304	VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 07:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA331	AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: COMPANY HEAD [...] (S) Ambassador and DCM called on Ambassador Hans-Peter Manz, the Chancellor,s diplomatic advisor, at Manz,s request on February 2 to discuss the Steyr-Mannlicher sale of sniper rifles to Iran (reftels). Manz said his government wanted to avoid creating any wrong impressions in Washington: t [...]	2005-02-04 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3310	VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3314	COMBATING EXTREMISM: EMBASSY EFFORTS IN AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) The Austrian political leadership is generally satisfied that radicalized Muslims do not pose an imminent threat to security in Austria. Austrian media have shared that confidence and have rarely demanded more be done to root out extremism. Austria counts around 340,000 Musl [...]	2005-10-06 14:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM PGOV KMPI AU EIAD
05VIENNA3320	EMBASSY VIENNA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Following information is keyed to reftel request: A) TFCO --Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips --(43)-1-31339-2201 --phillipsge@state.gov B) Deputy TFCO --Economic Unit Chief Phillip R. Nelson --(43)-1-31339-2299 --nelsonpr@state.gov C) Given the inter-agency dimension [...]	2005-10-07 12:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL AU
05VIENNA3321	Austrian Response to DHS letter on VWP [...] Per Reftel A, Post transmitted the text of DHS' certification letter response to the Austrian central VWP contact, Heinrich Pawlicek. Pawlicek, who had meanwhile obtained an electronic copy of the signed original, was eager to point out that the problems in reading the ID card are [...]	2005-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3322	URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL [...] Charge delivered the Secretary's letter on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention and presented ref (a) demarche to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johnanes Kyrle on October 7. (The Austrian Foreign Minister and State Secretary were out of the country.) Emil Brix, the Austrian MFA' [...]	2005-10-07 13:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL PHUM AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3323	UNFC DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION:AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points and a copy of the U.S. draft compliance resolution to MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for International Organization Affairs Helmut Boeck on September 30. Pol Unit Chief followed up on October 5 with MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothe [...]	2005-10-07 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AU CDG UNGA EUN
05VIENNA3324	ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP TRUST FUND [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS UP AU NATO
05VIENNA3325	MTAG 5-96: AUSTRIAN FIRM OFFERS GRAPHITE TO [...] (S/NF) On September 7, post delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economy and to Alexander Kmentt, Deputy Head of the MFA's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Krehlik said an official from "another English-sp [...]	2005-10-07 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3329	SPO Wins Absolute Majority in Burgenland [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In state elections in Burgenland on October 9, the Social Democrats won an absolute majority. This followed a victory in Styrian state elections on October 2 (reftel). The state chapter of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's People's Party (OVP) saw a modest increase in s [...]	2005-10-11 09:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA335	AUSTRIAN HEALTH CARE REFORM: SMALL STEP TOWARDS [...] (SBU) On January 1, the GoA launched the first steps of a comprehensive health care reform. The reform aims to slow exploding costs, which now represent 9% of GDP. The reform includes the establishment of centralized Health Care Agencies, which should reduce the complex regional bureaucrati [...]	2005-02-04 16:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD ECON BEXP AU
05VIENNA3358	MTAG: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON FIRM'S OFFER OF CNC [...] (S) On October 12, Econ Unit Chief followed up on ref A with Gerhard Erdpresser, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Anti-Dumping, Dual-Use and Wassenaar Arrangement Division. Erdpresser thanked the USG for the information in ref B and said the MoE had carefully checked the spare parts s [...]	2005-10-14 06:59:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU CH MTCRE
05VIENNA337	SPACE DEBRIS MITIGATION DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN [...] On February 4, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel text to Florian Lorenz, Head of the MFA's Multilateral Scientific Cooperation and Space Affairs Unit. Lorenz said the GoA appreciated the USG approach on space mitigation guidelines in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Lorenz [...]	2005-02-07 08:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA AU UNPUOS UNGA
05VIENNA3375	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- SEC. [...] Charge transmitted ref (a) letter and talking points from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to Austrian Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein on October 14. The Economics Ministry undertook to consider the letter as Austria prepared its position for votes the following week. (Note: Per refs (b) [...]	2005-10-14 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3383	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA PLANS TO EXTEND [...] The Ministry of Interior told Embassy informally that Austria is planning on a new approach to meet the October 26, 2005 deadline. (Travelers with valid machine-readable passports issued prior to 10/26/05 are not subject to biometric requirements, and would not be required to obtain visas). T [...]	2005-10-17 14:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3397	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- FOLLOW-UP [...] Following up on delivery of Secretary Gutierrez's letter on Friday, October 14 (ref a),EconPolCouns and Senior Commercial Officer met on October 18 with Gabriela Habermayer, head of the Multilateral Trade Affairs Division of the Austrian Ministry for Economics and Labor. 2. Haber [...]	2005-10-19 08:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3398	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR EU MEMBER STATES [...] (U) Post delivered ref (a) points on October 17 to key trade officials in the Ministries of Economics and Agriculture. In a preliminary discussion on October 17, the Economics Ministry's Multilateral Trade Division head, Gabriela Habermayer, told us she would ensure that the Austrian delegat [...]	2005-10-19 08:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD AU WTRO
05VIENNA3402	AUSTRIA EAGER FOR CLOSE COORDINATION ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: Austria welcomes the U.S. approach to promote democracy in Belarus, and looks forward to close coordination during its EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. It will be necessary to identify the targets for outreach, with a focus on opinion-leading elites. An appr [...]	2005-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO AU EUN
05VIENNA3407	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE -- URGENT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Upon receipt of ref (a),Embassy formally delivered the diplomatic note on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention to the Austrian government, via the Foreign Ministry. EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief concurrently delivered copies of the diplomatic note and ref (a) talking po [...]	2005-10-19 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM SCUL AU UNESCO
05VIENNA3417	Parliament Approves Future Fund Law [...] On October 19, the Austrian Parliament approved the Law on the Future Fund and the Scholarship Foundation, which will disburse part of the surplus of the Reconciliation Fund for Nazi-era forced and slave laborers. However, according to MFA sources, the GoA postponed action on the GSF amendme [...]	2005-10-20 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3418	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON ISRAEL AT UNGA -- HOLOCAUST [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on October 20 to Helmut Boeck, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary level head of International Organizations affairs. SIPDIS 2. Boeck confirmed that Austria is a cosponsor of the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Resolution. He said the [...]	2005-10-20 13:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS AU UNGA
05VIENNA3420	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON ISRAEL AT UNGA -- OPPOSING [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Austrian the Foreign Ministry's acting International Organizations head, Helmut Boeck, on October 20. 2. Boeck expressed appreciation for our timely approach on this issue. He said the EU was coordinating member state positions on these issues in [...]	2005-10-20 13:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS AU UNGA
05VIENNA3424	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA HAS NEW PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. Summary: The Austrian Interior Ministry officials has produced another proposal to meet the October 26, 2005 deadline for Level 1 compliance with the changed Visa Waiver Program (VWP) requirements. The GOA believes that it could now produce a " [...]	2005-10-21 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA3427	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...]	2005-10-21 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO
05VIENNA3431	SPO WINS ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN VIENNA ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On October 23, The Social Democrats (SPO) increased their absolute majority of seats in the state legislature of Vienna (Austria's most populous state),but narrowly missed winning over 50 percent of the popular vote. In the last of three state elections held in October, Chan [...]	2005-10-24 12:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA3441	AUSTRIA ON BMENA -- BUILDING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] On October 24, Charge delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General and acting deputy Foreign Minister. 2. Kyrle recalled that Austria had made a generous pledge at the Madrid Iraq conference in October 2003, and said the Austrian cabinet wou [...]	2005-10-24 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU XG XF AU
05VIENNA3442	DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON EU'S AGRICULTURAL MARKET [...] In response to ref (a),Charge delivered our request for Austria's support to key Austrian officials. 2. On Friday, October 21, Charge urged Agriculture Minister Josef Proell to support reductions in tariffs to a zone between the U.S. and the G-20 positions. Proell, who was going [...]	2005-10-24 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA3443	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref (a) points on October 24 to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who is currently acting deputy Foreign Minister. Charge expressed appreciation for Austria's deployment of a military unit of 60 troops with water purification equipment to the [...]	2005-10-24 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREL AU
05VIENNA3462	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: STEYR-MANNLICHER BUSINESS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. 2. (S) Auer undertook to investigate the issue of plans by Steyr-Mannlicher to export weapons technology to Iran thro [...]	2005-10-27 11:16:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	AU ETTC PARM PREL
05VIENNA3463	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dorothea Auer, Austrian MFA Director (assistant secretary) for Non-Proliferation, and Alexander Kmennt, Auer's DAS-level assistant for nuclear non-proliferation, on October 25. 2. (C) Auer and Kmennt were grateful for the detailed de [...]	2005-10-27 12:12:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IN AU
05VIENNA3464	MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO [...] (S/NF) PolUnit Chief and EconUnit Chief followed up recently with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Head of the MFA's Export Control Division, to discuss the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare P [...]	2005-10-27 12:42:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3470	AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT: SUMMARY COMMENTS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL AU WHO FAO
05VIENNA3471	PSI -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PSI REGIONAL [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. SIPDIS 2. Auer said she would coordinate with her colleagues in the Defense Ministry and in law enforcement agencies to determ [...]	2005-10-27 15:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM AU
05VIENNA3487	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian Foreign Ministry political director Thomas Mayr-Harting and MFA Middle East director Ralph Scheide. We also passed reftel points to Austrian MFA EU correspondent Andreas Riecken. [...]	2005-10-28 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM IR AU
05VIENNA3488	IRAQ: AUSTRIAN STATEMENT SUPPORTING [...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA Director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting and with Austrian MFA Middle East Director Ralph Scheide. 2. (SBU) Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement notin [...]	2005-10-28 16:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AU
05VIENNA3489	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on October 28. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments on our points: -- On Iran, there will be a conclusion calling on the need to maintain contact with civil society. The conclusion will [...]	2005-10-28 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KPAL IZ SY EAGR ETRD AU EUN
05VIENNA3490	AUSTRIAN GAS AND OIL INTERESTS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV, in cooperation with four partner companies, is moving forward with plans to construct the $6 billion Nabucco gas pipeline from Turkey to an Austrian hub. Remaining challenges include price negotiations with Iran, Turkey's lukewarm support for the project, [...]	2005-10-31 08:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETTC ENRG EPET AU
05VIENNA3493	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON AIR SERVICE TO IRAQ, BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Recent discussions with Austrian economic officials and Austrian Airlines (AUA) revealed Austrian interest in intensifying commercial contacts in northern Iraq. AUA recently received rights to provide regularly scheduled flights to Iraq and hopes to initiate service in 2006. Austrian busin [...]	2005-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID AU IQ
05VIENNA3495	AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH OUTLOOK REVISED [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes again have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 slightly to 1.7-1.8%, and for 2006 to 1.8-2.1%. High energy prices necessitated the modest downward revision. The Austrian economy remains dependent on exports, as consumer spending and [...]	2005-10-31 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3496	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO THE ECJ BIOTECH RULING [...] Following the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling against the state of Upper Austria's complete ban against GMOs, the state government is considering alternative strategies to keep Upper Austria "biotech free." Upper Austria will look to "best practices" from other Austria [...]	2005-10-31 11:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON XG AU
05VIENNA3542	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED [...] (U) Charge presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Irene freudenschuss-Reichl, the Under Secretary-level Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Section. 2. (SBU) Freudenschuss-Reichl said Austria's national contribution for earthquake relief in Paki [...]	2005-11-03 17:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREL AU
05VIENNA3564	AUSTRIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SWISS PROPOSAL ON UNSC [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche to MFA A/S-equivalent for UN Affairs Helmut Boeck on November 2 and followed up with Boeck's deputy, Peter Huber, on November 4. Huber told us that Austria's priority was preserving the effectiveness of the Security Council. Austria was unenthusi [...]	2005-11-07 12:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU UNGA
05VIENNA3569	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE ON BELARUS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA A/S for Eurasian Affairs Hans Porias on November 4, stressing that the U.S. hoped the EU would specifically call on Lukashenko not to run again. Porias told us that he believed that the Council Conclusions on Belarus were essentially final [...]	2005-11-07 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV BO AU EUN

05VIENNA3576	VISAS VIPER OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 12:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3586	WTO -- DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON EUROPEAN [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Josef Mayer, the Under Secretary-level Chief of the Austrian Economics Ministry's Trade Section. Charge and Agriculture Counselor delivered ref (a) demarche on November 4 to Werner Wutscher, Secretary General (Deputy Minister) of t [...]	2005-11-08 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EU AU
05VIENNA3594	WSIS - AUSTRIA BACKS EU POSITION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoA backs the EU position on Internet governance, but stresses the private sector predominance. The GoA does not aim at a change of the existing Internet governance structure, but seeks a problem solving mechanism in form of a "public private partnership." END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2005-11-09 13:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC AU
05VIENNA3614	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: OECD SEC GEN SELECTION [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel points on November 10 to Ulrike Magloth, the Director for International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery (Prime Minister's office). Magloth has responsibility for OECD affairs in the Austrian government. 2. (C) Magloth said Jose Angel Gurria had vi [...]	2005-11-10 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN AU OECD
05VIENNA3615	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON OECD/ACTION STATEMENT ON [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on November 9 to Thomas Wieser of the Austrian Finance Ministry, Rudolf Scholten of the Austrian Control Bank, and Ulrike Magloth of the Chancellery (Prime Minsiter's office). Charge followed up on November 10 with Magloth, whom the others identified as [...]	2005-11-10 16:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL AU EXIM
05VIENNA3636	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] Summary: ConGen and Consular Legal Assistant called on Austrian Ministry of Interior contacts on Nov. 14 to present results of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) review (ref A). ConGen took the opportunity to obtain samples of the new foil being inserted in Austrian passports for travel to the U.S [...]	2005-11-15 12:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA364	DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AND EU [...] Per reftel, Embassy Vienna delivered the wood packaging materials talking points to our contacts at the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Economics. Embassy Vienna's primary contacts; Hans Kordik, Head of Division III (EU-Coordination and Planning),Minis [...]	2005-02-08 13:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AU
05VIENNA3651	PARLIAMENT APPROVES ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO [...] On November 16, the Austrian parliament unanimously approved advance payments to Holocaust victims from the General Settlement Fund (GSF). A Green-sponsored motion to decouple the government-funded portion of the GSF from attainment of legal peace in the U.S. attracted no support f [...]	2005-11-16 13:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNAR AU
05VIENNA3672	AUSTRIA ON THE NOVEMBER 21 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, on November 17 concerning the November 21 meeting of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Committee (GAERC). Riecken had the following substantive comme [...]	2005-11-17 17:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ KPAL PREL AU EUN
05VIENNA3674	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -- AUSTRIA [...] Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Georg Woutsas, Counsellor in the MFA's Transport Department. Woutsas, along with Viktor Siegl from the Ministry of Transportation, will represent Austria at the November 21-December 2 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly. [...]	2005-11-18 12:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA AU IMO
05VIENNA3679	STEYR-MANNLICHER PLANS TO PHASE OUT ASSAULT [...] According to press reports, Steyr-Mannlicher GmbH plans to phase out production of military weapons at its Austrian facility. Steyr-Mannlicher will also reportedly divest its Malaysia-based production during the first quarter of 2006 and sell its weapons production technology. The [...]	2005-11-18 15:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC EIND ECON AU
05VIENNA37	AUSTRIAN EXPORT OF SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN -- [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador raised the transfer of Steyr-Mannlicher sniper rifles to Iran with Foreign Minstry Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent) Johannes SIPDIS Kyrle on January 7. Kyrle stressed that the Foreign Ministry had verified the end-user as an Iranian government en [...]	2005-01-07 13:39:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL PINR IR AU
05VIENNA3702	TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIAN [...] (S) On November 22, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, F [...]	2005-11-22 11:52:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3703	UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - AUSTRIA SHARES [...] On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department. According to Theuermann, Austria plans to vote with the U.S. in favor of the UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Turkmenistan, North K [...]	2005-11-22 12:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL AU UNHRC
05VIENNA3704	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department to discuss adoption of a Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Convention. If a vote is necessary, Theuermann said, Austria and the EU pl [...]	2005-11-22 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC
05VIENNA3709	CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: AUSTRIA TO WAIT FOR EU [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post discussed Cape Town Convention demarche with Helmut Tichy, Head of the MFA's International Law Unit, and with Martin Adensamer, Head of the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) International Civil Law Department. Tichy told us that the MFA would proceed with ratifi [...]	2005-11-22 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA AU
05VIENNA372	NPT 2005 REVCON PREPARATIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Non-Proliferation Bureau on February 2. PolOffs followed up on February 4 with Robert Zischg, MFA director for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Disarmament, and Arms Control. Zischg's likely successor, Alexander Kmentt, also participated. Zischg [...]	2005-02-08 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP AU NPT IAEA EUN
05VIENNA3735	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLUMBIA: [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points November 18 to Andreas Melan, Deputy Chief (DAS-equivalent) in the MFA's America's Division. Econ Unit Chief followed up on November 23 with Melan, the GoA's Latin American expert. Melan noted that there was no direct EU support for the OAS Mission, altho [...]	2005-11-25 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CO AU OAS
05VIENNA3737	AUSTRIA: STEYR-MANNLICHER CONTINUES BUSINESS WITH [...] (S) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A points November 25 to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was not surprised that Steyr-Mannlicher President Wolfgang Fuerlinger wanted to sell weapons production technology to Iran. Krehlik [...]	2005-11-25 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL AU
05VIENNA3744	NEW DIRECTOR AT AUSTRIAN CENTRAL AUTHORITY FOR [...] SUMMARY: Director of the Austrian Central Authority Werner Schuetz, an architect of the Hague Child Abduction Convention, will retire shortly. He is replaced by a judge with a far different background. Post offers suggestions on how we might seize this opportunity to change the dynamics wit [...]	2005-11-28 13:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI AU
05VIENNA3745	AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CHARGE FIRM WITH [...] (S/NF) During a November 25 discussion with Economic Unit Chief, Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Import and Export Division, said that the GoA would almost certainly charge the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare Parts company with violating Austria's Foreign Trade A [...]	2005-11-28 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3746	AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (C) Andreas Melan, the MFA's Latin America DAS-equivalent, told us November 23 that Austria continues to promote human rights and democracy issues bilaterally and in international fora. He stressed that the GoA based its Cuba policy on the EU's two points of focus: intensifying contacts with [...]	2005-11-28 14:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU AU
05VIENNA3762	EUR A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with Austrian interlocutors, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried outlined the strategic agenda for U.S. engagement with the Austrian EU Presidency. Most of our work concerns areas outside the EU. One key is the "frontiers of freedom" in Europe in an area analag [...]	2005-11-29 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA3766	UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR POST TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN KCRM PTER AU
05VIENNA3774	SHIELD S13A-05: AUSTRIAN FIRM'S ACTIVITY MAY [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 15:37:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR AU CBW
05VIENNA3775	CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: MORE FROM AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) On November 25, the Austrian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) followed-up ref A demarche with a letter, explaining that the EU and its members have decided to ratify the convention jointly, because of shared competencies. According to the MoJ, Spain is currently blocking joint ratification be [...]	2005-12-01 08:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA AU
05VIENNA3785	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) For Chancellor Schuessel, Austria's EU presidency during the first half of 2006 is important internationally -- to strengthen his status among EU leaders -- and domestically -- to shore up his political standing before Federal elections in Fall 2006. Schuessel will want to show he work [...]	2005-12-01 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA3786	DEFENSE MINISTER REJECTS ALLEGATIONS OF CIA [...] At the request of the opposition Social Democrats (SPO) and Greens, the Austrian National Security Council met November 30 regarding allegations that a U.S. overflight of Austria on January 21, 2003 may have been a CIA flight to transport prisoners. Afterwards, Austrian Defense Minister Plat [...]	2005-12-01 13:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR EAIR KPAO AU EUN
05VIENNA3787	VISIT TO VIENNA OF U/S R. NICHOLAS BURNS AND [...] Post warmly welcomes visit of Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, and Special Assistant to the Under Secretary David Bame to Vienna, Austria December 7, 2005. 2. U/S Burns and party will be met at t [...]	2005-12-01 13:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA ASEC AU
05VIENNA3793	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN DRAFT NGO LAW: AUSTRIA SHARES [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 16:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS AU EUN
05VIENNA3818	AUSTRIAN ECONOMIC CHAMBER OPENS SECOND OFFICE IN [...] The Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) opened a second office in Iraq on December 1 to promote trade and investment opportunities for Austrian companies in northern Iraq. The office is in the Kurdish town of Erbil, which the WKO believes is the center of the most promising commercial potential [...]	2005-12-06 10:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL AU IQ
05VIENNA3823	VISAS VIPER NOVEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3824	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Charge and visiting EUR/AGS Director Weygandt discussed the Secretary's December 5 statement and related letter to Foreign Secretary Straw (refs A and B) with Chancellery Diplomatic Advisor Hans-Peter Manz in the context of Chancellor Schuessel's December 8 meeting with the President. [...]	2005-12-06 17:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OPDC AU EUN
05VIENNA3832	AUSTRIAN MFA ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Pol Unit chief delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Andreas Riecken on December 2. We provided (per reftel) documents on the Dayton anniversary and the President's Iraq policy speech. In particular, we underlined the impo [...]	2005-12-07 17:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON YI BK AF AU EUN
05VIENNA3833	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS [...] (SBU) On December 7, Charge was able to reach Chancellery Diplomatic Advisor Hans-Peter Manz by telephone as Manz was about to leave with the Chancellor for Washington. Charge presented the unclassified portions of reftel demarche, and undertook to arrange for the classified portions to reach Manz [...]	2005-12-07 17:16:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP EU AU
05VIENNA3834	MDA: AUSTRIA CONFIRMS YES VOTE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 20:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC
05VIENNA3840	WTO TRADE TALKS: AUSTRIA UNITED AGAINST FURTHER [...] (SBU) Austria's Agriculture and Economics Ministers have announced that the GoA is "totally united" behind the current EU position on agricultural market access. The Minister of Agriculture, Josef Proell, and the influential Austrian farm lobby have engaged in an intensive public relations ca [...]	2005-12-09 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PREL AU WTRO
05VIENNA3841	AUSTRIA: POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 13:20:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN AU
05VIENNA3842	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 13:22:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	KTFN PTER LE SY AU
05VIENNA3852	GSF Payments to Begin; Reconciliation Fund [...] (U) At a December 9 press conference, Parliamentary President Andreas Khol (and chairman of the General Settlement Fund, or GSF) and GSF Secretary General Hannah Lessing announced that, as a result of the dismissal of the Whiteman case by the U.S. federal court for the southern district of New [...]	2005-12-12 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3862	General Settlement Fund: GOA Announces Legal [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 14:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3865	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] Enclosed, are Post's responses to the questions in reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION Q: Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs? If the country has a strategy, how capable is it [...]	2005-12-14 08:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CASC AU WHO
05VIENNA3868	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION [...] (C) On December 13, EconPolCouns delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Gebran Tueni to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African affairs. Scheide immediately had his st [...]	2005-12-14 09:29:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY AU
05VIENNA3876	REACH DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON SENV AU BEXP
05VIENNA3877	TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS (LIST 73) [...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, post advised Birgit Ertl from the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division that the UN 1267 Committee approved December 5 the addition of three Abu Sayaf Group leaders to the list of individuals/entities subject to UNSC-mandated sanctions, including asset [...]	2005-12-14 15:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3878	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: E.O. 13382: DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A talking points and nonpaper one December 12 to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division and to Birgit Ertl in the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. Froehlich reiterated points from ref B discussion, in which he n [...]	2005-12-14 15:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MNUC PARM PREL AU
05VIENNA3879	MERCURY PARTNERSHIPS WITH AUSTRIA: NOT NOW, MAYBE [...] Post discussed reftel talking points December 9 with Raimund Quint, Deputy Head in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment's Chemicals Policy Department. Quint said the GoA welcomed the idea of partnerships in principle. However, he noted that financial and budgetary restraints currently [...]	2005-12-14 15:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EMIN AU UNEP
05VIENNA3880	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] Ambassador raised our desire for a strong national statement of support for the December 15 Iraqi elections with Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle on December 13. Separately, EconPolCouns discussed the issue with Ralph Scheide, the MFA's assistant secretary-level Dir [...]	2005-12-15 08:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ AU
05VIENNA3883	AUSTRIA NAMES CHARGE IN BAGHDAD FOR THE DURATION [...] (SBU) On December 13, the Austrian government announced that journalist and Middle East expert Gudrun Harrer will head Austria's diplomatic mission in Baghdad during the Austrian EU presidency, from January through June 2006. The Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Midd [...]	2005-12-15 12:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA3888	AUSTRIA: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 09:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER AU
05VIENNA3889	EU PRESIDENCY TORCHPASSING: JANUARY 9-10, 2006 [...] This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. Embassy Vienna is pleased to host the EU Presidency torch-passing from the United Kingdom to Austria for USG officers on January 9-10, 2006. Post welcomes participants from the State Department, USEU, and Embassies London and Helsink [...]	2005-12-16 09:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON CVIS AU EUN
05VIENNA389	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-10 07:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA3891	2006 HAGUE COMPLIANCE REPORT PREPARATION - [...] POST HAS REVIEWED REFTEL AND DOES NOT RECOMMEND THAT AUSTRIA'S CITATION AS "NON-COMPLIANT" BE CHANGED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. 2. REFTEL ALSO INVITES SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER ACTIONS. POST SUGGESTS THAT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF PERSONNEL IN THE AUSTRIAN CENTRAL AUTHORITY (ACA) THE TIME IS RIGH [...]	2005-12-16 10:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CASC AU
05VIENNA3898	2005-2006 International Narcotics Control [...] Following is the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes for Austria. Austria ------- Austria is not an important financial center, offshore tax haven, or banking center, but Austrian banking groups control signif [...]	2005-12-16 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER KSEP SNAR AU
05VIENNA39	DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: USG CALL FOR DONOR SUPPORT [...] (U) The Ambassador presented refs (a) and (b) demarches on January 7 to Foreign Ministry Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent) Johannes Kyrle. Kyrle broke out of a SIPDIS tsunami strategy meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, SIPDIS Interior and Defense in order to see [...]	2005-01-07 14:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR EAID PGOV XO AU
05VIENNA3911	GOA Diplomatic Note Announcing Legal Peace [...] Embassy Vienna received the following note verbale from MFA on December 16 notifying the USG of the GOA's declaration of legal peace, and of the promulgation of the amendment to the General Settlement Fund Law. 2. Begin text: Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Note Verbale: The Fe [...]	2005-12-19 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA3912	IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF 2000: DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) On December 19, Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export Control Division, notifying the GoA of impending sanctions against Steyr-Mannlicher under the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. Krehlik thanked the USG for advance [...]	2005-12-19 15:49:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3920	SHIELD S13A-05: FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON [...] (S) On January 19, Econ Unit Chief met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export Control Division to discuss the Austrian firm Vogelbusch's possible sale of technology and equipment for a citric acid production line to the Iranian firm Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries. Krehli [...]	2005-12-20 11:29:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR AU CBW
05VIENNA3923	Austria: 2005 Country Report on Terrorism [...] Austria has been a constructive ally in the fight against terrorism. Austria has shown leadership in regional anti-terrorism initiatives and in ongoing efforts to tighten controls on suspected terrorism financing. 2. Austria is forthcoming and diligent in implementing asset freeze decis [...]	2005-12-20 12:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
05VIENNA3926	AUSTRIAN FORMIN PLASSNIK HAILS IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement December 17 welcoming the Iraq elections. Plassnik stressed that the turnout was "an encouraging sign for Iraq's still-young democracy." She also detailed elements of the EU's Iraq policy during Austria's EU presidency in the first [...]	2005-12-20 12:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA3937	AUSTRIA ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT BASHIR'S POSSIBLE AU [...] (C) On December 21, Econ Unit Chief met with Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division, to discuss USG concerns regarding Sudanese President Bashir's possible candidacy to be Chairman of the African Union (AU). Gudenus said Austria, which assumes the EU Presidency January [...]	2005-12-22 09:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SU
05VIENNA3938	AUSTRIA: NO END-OF-THE-YEAR FUNDS FOR POLIO [...] Embassy conveyed ref A demarche December 21 to senior officials in the Ministry of Health and the MFA, urging the GoA to contribute additional funds for the polio eradication initiative (PEI). Jean-Paul Klein, the MoH's expert on infectious epidemiology, told us that, unfortunately, the GoA [...]	2005-12-22 09:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA AU
05VIENNA3944	NEW AUSTRIAN EMERGENCY PASSPORTS - AUSTRIANS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 7. 2. SUMMARY: THE GOA HAS NOW PROVIDED POST WITH THE POINT OF CONTACT REQUESTED REFTEL A, RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THE SHARING OF LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORT INFORMATION. IN ADDITION, POST IS FORWARDING A REQUEST FOR COMMENT FROM THE INTERIOR MINISTRY [...]	2005-12-22 15:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL AU
05VIENNA3956	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Lydia Saadat, the DAS-level Director for Asia, Middle East and Latin America in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Division. Saadat said she expected Austria to make a decision after January 9 regarding the level of its commitment at the [...]	2005-12-27 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV AF AU
05VIENNA3963	FOLLOW-UP ON SUN MYUNG MOON CASE IN AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) Per ref (a),on December 28, EconPolCouns and EconPolOff met with Eva Neumann, head of the Passport and Visa Issues Unit in the Ministry of Interior (MOI),to discuss the Ministry's October 2005 denial of a request by Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han, to enter Austria. Moon and H [...]	2005-12-28 13:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM AU
05VIENNA3973	IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF 2000: AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) The public announcement of sanctions against Austrian arms manufacturer Steyr-Mannlicher on December 27 gave rise to headlines in the Austrian media. Most reporting identified the sale and shipment of 800 high-powered, 50-caliber sniper rifles to Iran as the reason for the U.S. action. [...]	2005-12-30 14:17:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3974	RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for Economic Relations with Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe Elisabeth Kornfeind and Director for Energy Policy Gisela Polte on December 29. Kornfeind and Polte confirmed that the GoA was following deve [...]	2005-12-30 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON UP RS AU EUN
05VIENNA3975	DON'T INVEST IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for Bi- and Multilateral Economic Relations and International Financial Institutions Hans Kogler on December 23. We followed up with Kogler on December 29. Kogler told us he had only recently assumed his duties as Di [...]	2005-12-30 15:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU EUN
05VIENNA3978	TERRORISM FINANCE: AMENDED DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) On December 23, Embassy Vienna delivered the prenotification regarding the amended designation of Lashkar e-Tayyiba to include Jamaat-ul-Dawa (and its variants) on the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list. We spoke to Finance Ministry official Angelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrori [...]	2005-12-30 15:54:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PK PREL PTER AU
05VIENNA402	AUSTRIAN REACTION TO MERCURY DEMARCHE [...] Post delivered reftel talking points and background to Thomas Jakl, the head of the Chemicals Department in the Ministry for Agriculture and Environment, and to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Environment and Sustainable Development bureau on February 4. EmbOff followed up with J [...]	2005-02-10 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC ETRD PREL AU
05VIENNA406	AUSTRIA: NO APPROVAL TO EXPORT MORE SNIPER RIFLES [...] (S) Summary: Diplomatic Advisor to the Chancellor Hans Peter Manz assured the Ambassador on February 10 that the Austrian government would not/not authorize Steyr-Mannlicher to export any further sniper rifles to Iran. He also noted that the government would not permit the export of handguns [...]	2005-02-10 16:18:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA437	DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER IS LE AU EUN
05VIENNA444	Austrian Financial Markets - Reforms to Meet [...] SUMMARY: The GoA recently implemented important legal changes to upgrade Austrian financial markets, enhance financial market stability, and create a level playing field for foreign investment funds. An amendment to the Austrian Income Tax Act provides for equal tax treatment of income deri [...]	2005-02-15 13:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA45	AUSTRIA'S 2005/06 GROWTH OUTLOOK ?EAN [...] Austria's GDP grew 2.0% in 2004, driven by booming exports in response to strong world economic growth, according to two leading Austrian economic institutes. The institutes now forecast real GDP growth of 2.2-2.3% in 2005 and 2.2-2.4% in 2006. The strong Euro, high oil prices and the U.S. tw [...]	2005-01-07 15:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA455	Ambassador asks Justice Minister's Attention to [...] The Ambassador took the opportunity of his first meeting with Justice Minister Karin Miklautsch - a brief visit February 14 that focused on a time-sensitive legal issue - to raise the Sylvester child abduction case. The Ambassador outlined the history of the case for the Minister, stressing [...]	2005-02-16 12:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI AU
05VIENNA462	TERRORISM FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION - DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Muhsin Fadhli designation (List 67) demarche on opening of business February 16 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also sent a copy to the Foreign Ministry's International Sec [...]	2005-02-16 14:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA473	APPROACHING EU IN ADVANCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel demarche to MFA Director/Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Werner Almhofer on February 11 and followed up with him on February 16. Almhofer's likely successor, Andreas Riecken, also attended. 2 [...]	2005-02-17 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK AU EUN
05VIENNA474	TERRORISM FINANCE: IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION [...] Below are the answers to reftel questions regarding Austria's designation mechanisms and authorities. National Authority to Implement Sanctions ----------------------------------------- 2. UN Security Council resolutions are generally reflected in EU Council regulations, which in Austr [...]	2005-02-17 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER AU EUN
05VIENNA493	AUSTRIAN COURTS ORDER AGAINST HAGUE RETURN TO [...] SUMMARY: In July 2004 Austrian courts ordered against the return of a child to her father in Hungary. According to Supreme Court documents, the mother wrongfully retained the child in Austria when she failed to return the child after a scheduled summer visitation in 2003. In conversations w [...]	2005-02-22 07:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI AU
05VIENNA494	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: VWP - UPDATE ON 10/26/05 [...] THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL A, PARA 7, HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY'S LEGAL DEPARMTENT. (FYI, THEIR PASSPORT OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL LEGAL AND TECHNICAL ISSUES RELATING TO THE DECENTRALIZED NATIONAL PASSPORT PRODUCTION.) -- NAME OF THE PROJECT MANA [...]	2005-02-22 07:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA534	WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS SECTORS (NAMA): [...] All non-agricultural Austrian manufacturers and industries are mandatory members of the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO). The WKO is in the best position to comment on which sectors are interested in sectoral tariff liberalization negotiations. WKO WTO Specialist Susanne Schrott to [...]	2005-02-24 11:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AU WTO
05VIENNA535	AUSTRIA: SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] This message provides post's response to ref a request for input to the annual Special 301 review of host country IPR protection practices. According to ref b, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has requested that the USG place Austria, as well as eight other EU member st [...]	2005-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD AU
05VIENNA546	EU COMMISSION GMO CO-EXISTENCE SYMPOSIUM IN [...] Summary: The EU Commission hosted a Symposium on Co- Existence of GMO Seeds and Agricultural Production at the ParkHotel in Vienna, Austria, February 22-23, 2005. More than 100 EU biotech experts and policymakers attended the symposium. Participants said that most Member States h [...]	2005-02-25 12:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO AU
05VIENNA550	DEMARCHE ON CSW WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel points and the draft resolution to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau on February 23. EconPolOff followed up on February 25 with Eva Koegler, MFA Director for International Women's Issues, who will re [...]	2005-02-25 15:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN EAID AU CSW UN
05VIENNA568	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR [...] (U) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on February 28 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the MFA's assistant secretary-equivalent Director for Political Military Affairs, and Robert Zischg, MFA Deputy Director for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. 2. (U) Hajnoczi an [...]	2005-02-28 16:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP AU NATO
05VIENNA572	SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT VIENNA MARCH 15 [...] (C) EconPol Counselor and Pol Unit Chief met Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide on February 28. In the course of a general discussion on Middle East issues, we made reftel points and raised concerns about President Bashir al-Assad's planned visit to Austr [...]	2005-03-01 08:49:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IS AU EUN
05VIENNA602	AUSTRIA: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP Report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 18. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...]	2005-03-01 20:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
05VIENNA607	AUSTRIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION [...] (S) On March 1, Econ Unit Chief met with Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division, to deliver ref A talking points. Froehlich reiterated that Austria continues to support Clearinghouse designation of Lebanese Hizballah. "Austria," in Froehlich's words, "was not [...]	2005-03-02 08:34:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PTER EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA611	BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECKS: LICENSES 05-91445, [...] EconPolCouns and DATT met on March 2 with Hans G. Schiebel, President and CEO of the Schiebel Group and Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH, and Evelyne Pallanich, a Marketing Assistant, at Schiebel's headquarters at Margaretenstrasse 112, A-1050 Vienna. During the meeting, James Rolig, Schi [...]	2005-03-02 13:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AU TC
05VIENNA614	GOA PRESENTS 2006 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT [...] On March 2, Austrian Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser presented the 2006 budget bill to parliament. For 2006, the GoA forecasts federal budget revenues of Euro 60.4 billion (USD 78.5 billion at the current exchange rate of USD 1.30 for Euro 1.00),expenditures of Euro 66.2 billion (USD 86. [...]	2005-03-02 13:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN AU
05VIENNA654	ASSAD VISIT TO VIENNA POSTPONED INDEFINITELY [...] (C) Markus Lutterotti, Diplomatic Advisor to President Fischer, told the Ambassador March 3 that Bashar al-Assad,s trip has been postponed indefinitely. Lutterotti said that Assad had called Fischer March 2 to postpone the trip (originally planned for March 15) &in view of the present situat [...]	2005-03-03 11:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL AU FR SY
05VIENNA655	DEMARCHE ON UNGA DECLARATION ON HUMAN CLONING: [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel points to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau on March 1. EconPolOff followed up on March 2 with Dr. Ingrid Pech, a director in the bureau whose portfolio covers human cloning. Dr. Pech said that th [...]	2005-03-03 11:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AU UNGA KSCI EUN
05VIENNA676	2006-2007 ILO BUDGET: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On March 3, Emboffs met with Peter Guschelbauer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' section responsible for ILO issues, to deliver reftel points. According to Guschelbauer, Austria shares the USG view and will not advocate for such a "substantial increase" in the 2006-07 ILO budget. Austri [...]	2005-03-04 10:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ELAB AU ILO
05VIENNA697	ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS AT WIPO, ILO, UNEP, [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered ref a demarche on March 4 to Dr. Helmut Boeck, new deputy head of the Austrian MFA's International Organizations Bureau. He observed that some of these issues have been pending since his last stint in the UN Affairs Bureau seven years ago. Boeck told us that, to th [...]	2005-03-04 16:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ELAB KIPR IS AU WIPO ILO
05VIENNA7	LACK OF COMPETITION IN AUSTRIA'S ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (U) According to a recent report from Austria's Federal Competition Authority, the anticipated benefits from the liberalization of the electricity market in 2001 have not materialized because incumbent providers have successfully cooperated to maintain a de-facto oligopoly. The incumbents ha [...]	2005-01-04 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV AU EUN
05VIENNA707	ATTENDING AUSTRIA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) The following message is for the Secretary from Ambassador Brown. 2. (S) Begin text: Dear Madam Secretary: Foreign Minister Plassnik has invited you and your Russian, British, and French counterparts to Vienna for the May 15 commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Austrian [...]	2005-03-07 13:18:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL OVIP AU
05VIENNA719	AUSTRIANS POSITIVE ON NEED FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche on March 7 to MFA Secretary General (deputy minister equivalent) Johannes Kyrle. Ambassador stressed that what Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had said in his March 5 was not enough: compliance with UNSCR 1559 means a full and immediate withdrawal. T [...]	2005-03-07 16:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE AU
05VIENNA72	TFXO01: AUSTRIAN AID TO TOTAL 67 MILLION DOLLARS [...] Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel announced on January 9 that Austrian assistance to the region of the Asian tsunami would total 50 million Euros (USD 67 million at current exchange rates) for 12 assistance projects. Speaking after a meeting with representatives of federal, state and local govern [...]	2005-01-10 15:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV MOPS CASC XO AU
05VIENNA725	Disaster Preparedness in the Austrian Alps [...] Summary: On March 2 and 3, 2005, ConGen and RSO visited the Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck for briefings on disaster preparedness by state government officials. A tour of the State Fire Fighting Institute specifically included, at our request, tunnel fire rescues. We then visited the Avalanch [...]	2005-03-08 08:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC AEMR AU
05VIENNA728	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-08 10:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU

05VIENNA735	AUSTRALIA GROUP 2005 PLENARY: DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-08 16:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL AU
05VIENNA738	FPO SACKS RIGHT WINGERS AFTER ELECTION LOSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Freedom Party (FPO) executive board decided on March 7 to strip prominent right-wingers of party offices. In a reaction to severe losses last weekend in local elections in the state of Lower Austria, the leadership also tasked a six-person reform committee with "renewing" [...]	2005-03-09 07:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA739	NEW STRAINS IN FEDERAL COALITION - BOTH SIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Friction between Chancellor Schuessel's People's Party (OVP) and the junior coalition partner, the Freedom Party (FPO),is generating a new wave of media speculation about the stability of the federal coalition. Carinthian governor Joerg Haider, in an apparent attempt to distra [...]	2005-03-09 07:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA74	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: PRIORITIES FOR U.S. [...] Per reftel request, following is a ranking of service sectors in terms of market access priorities (1 is top priority) for U.S. service providers in Austria, as well as post's assessment of the current level of market openness for each sector (high, medium, low): Sectors with rank of 1 --- [...]	2005-01-10 15:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AU WTO
05VIENNA764	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 09, 2005 [...] The current struggles within the government coalition party FPOe continue, all Austrian media report. Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider insists the Freedom Party is to be "re- launched" in the wake of a continuing decline in voter support. It is not clear what changes are being planned, but Hai [...]	2005-03-10 07:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
05VIENNA792	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) On March 10, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented ref (a) points to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's new EU Affairs director. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the EU's China arms embargo, Riecken said the issue was not supposed to [...]	2005-03-10 16:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG AU EUN
05VIENNA796	AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE TO ANDEAN REGION [...] The GOA focuses its public development assistance (ODA) projects on certain "priority and cooperation countries." None of the Andean states are in this category. Consequently, bilateral projects in the Andean region only accounted for a tiny fraction (0.4%) of Austria's total ODA, which amoun [...]	2005-03-11 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL CO EC PE BL VE AU EUN
05VIENNA8	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-04 11:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA810	STATUS OF AUSTRIAN RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS IN [...] On March 10, Econ/Pol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief met with Michael Linhart, Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency, to encourage expeditious disbursement of GoA assistance to Iraq. Linhart confirmed data that post had recently obtained from Lydia Saadat, the MFA's Assistance [...]	2005-03-11 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AU
05VIENNA840	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO UNHCR 61 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconPolOff delivered ref a demarche on March 11 to Engelbert Theuermann, head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Bureau (with responsibility for the CHR). Theuermann reported that he had attended an EU Human Rights working group meeting the previous day which had discussed comm [...]	2005-03-14 16:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN
05VIENNA846	EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO AND CHINESE FM VISIT: [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on March 14 to Thomas Hajnoczi, Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Political-Military Affairs and EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. 2. (C) Hajnoczi, who had returned earlier that day from a trip to Washington, recounted tha [...]	2005-03-15 10:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CM AU EUN
05VIENNA847	GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 10:55:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS AU EUN OSCE
05VIENNA850	HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION NON-PAPER: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 12:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PTER EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA851	DISSUADING IRAN FROM INTERFERING IN IRAQ: AUSTRIAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 12:20:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL ASEC IZ IR AU
05VIENNA854	CHILD MARRIAGE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 14:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN AU
05VIENNA855	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 15, 2005 [...] reads the front-page headline in mass-circulation provincial daily "Kleine Zeitung." After Sunday's district council elections in Styria, the SPOe is allegedly speculating that the OeVP-FPOe coalition government will fall apart, the daily says. For SPOe floor leader Josef Cap, whose party all [...]	2005-03-15 14:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
05VIENNA875	AUSTRALIA GROUP INFO EXCHANGE AND EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) points on March 10 to Dorothea Auer, Office Director for Biological and Chemical Weapons in MFA's Bureau for Nonproliferation and Arms Control. Auer said that Austrian representatives (including herself) would certainly attend these meetings. Austria p [...]	2005-03-16 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL AU
05VIENNA907	SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief discussed reftel points with Austrian MFA DAS-equivalent for Sub-Saharan Africa Caroline Gudenus on March 18. Gudenus related that an EU fact-finding mission to Somalia in mid-February had found some positive developments. While acceptance of a possible African Union-sp [...]	2005-03-18 16:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SO AF AU UNSC EUN
05VIENNA945	FREEDOM PARTY CRISIS HEADING FOR APRIL SHOWDOWN [...] (SBU) The Freedom Party's leadership crisis continues unabated. On March 9, in an apparent damage-containment exercise, the party leadership announced a move to "re- brand" the Freedom Party (FPO) at a special convention on April 23. Meanwhile, Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider has alternatel [...]	2005-03-22 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA963	UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) [...] Post conveyed reftel demarche on the independent external evaluation of the FAO to Walter Lichem, Head of the international organizations office in the FMA and to Hedwig Woegerbauer, GoA official responsible for FAO issues in the Ministry of Agriculture. 2. In a follow-up, Lichem told us [...]	2005-03-23 14:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KUNR AORC AU FAO
05VIENNA975	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO UK REQUEST FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) After coordinating with our British colleagues, EconPolCouns presented reftel points on March 23 to Johannes Froehlich, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Justice and Home Affairs Division, and Wolfgang Spadinger, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Office for International Cooperation [...]	2005-03-24 13:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR AF UK AU EUN
05VIENNA981	TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION [...] (C) On March 24, Econ Unit Chief and Canadian DCM Sheila Coutts jointly met with Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance to discuss the USG and GoC intention to request that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LET). Ertl promised to distri [...]	2005-03-25 08:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU
05VIENNA983	AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY, FIRST HALF OF 2006 - [...] (SBU) This message provides an informal, first outline of the GoA's planned work program and a calendar of events for Austria's EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. We developed this information from public sources and personal contacts. This outline reflects a preliminary phase of plan [...]	2005-03-25 09:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN EFIN ETRD AU EUN
06ADDISABABA1003	DPKO ASG ANNABI MAKES TRANSITION PROGRESS WITH AU [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN is cautiously optimistic that planning for transition of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission is on better footing following consultations with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit and his team, UN ASG for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi [...]	2006-04-14 13:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA1005	DARFUR: AU CONTINUES TO SUPPORT TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Summary/action request: Addis-based Darfur Liaison Group (LG) heads of mission met April 14 with African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit to discuss the AU's draft roadmap for implementation of the March 10 Peace and Security Council (PSC) decision on Darfur [...]	2006-04-14 14:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA1055	AU SEIZED WITH CHAD-SUDAN AND SUDAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) will send a delegation to Ndjamena to gather more information on alleged Sudanese support for Chadian rebels in order to brief the Peace and Security Council (PSC),AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told DCM April 17. Djinnit underto [...]	2006-04-19 14:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SU CD AU
06ADDISABABA115	AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 23-24 African Union (AU) Summit in Khartoum will focus on the AU's efforts to make the organization more relevant for Africa, while retaining international credibility. The Summit will spotlight education, social and cultural issues, though the AU Commission's mod [...]	2006-01-11 17:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA1186	DARFUR AND CHAD: DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO AU [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) expects to produce a well-informed report on the internal situation in Chad and allegations of Sudanese involvement in the attempted coup as a result of its fact finding mission which concluded April 26, AU Commission Chairperson Chief of Staff Amb. John Kay [...]	2006-04-27 14:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU CD AU
06ADDISABABA1194	SUDAN/DARFUR: AU COMMISSION DEMARCHED ON GRAIDA [...] (SBU) Deputy pol/econ counselor delivered ref A points on USG concerns about further violence in south Darfur to Ambassador Ki Doulaye Corentin, Head of the African Union Commission's Darfur Integrated Task Force (AU/DITF),on April 28. Ki Doulaye pledged to share the information with AU Pea [...]	2006-05-01 09:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SU KPKO MOPS AU
06ADDISABABA1336	SUDAN-AU PSC DEMARCHE: PSC WILL LIKELY NOT ADDRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union Commission anticipates that the upcoming May 15 AU Peace and Security Council meeting will address the implementation of the previous March PSC on AMIS transition, but will not discuss a new CONOPs for AMIS. Separately, Gabon notes that it only learned of the [...]	2006-05-12 16:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU KPKO AU
06ADDISABABA1359	LOOKING AHEAD ON THE U.S.- AFRICAN UNION [...] (SBU) Note from Charge Vicki Huddleston: This "think piece" on the African Union (AU) was drafted by political officer Cate McGeary whose brilliant coverage of the AU over the past two years has kept pace with the rapid changes in the institution and in our relations with it. Her voluminous, [...]	2006-05-16 07:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID PGOV AU
06ADDISABABA140	DARFUR: AU PSC ACCEPTS TRANSITION OF AMIS TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 12, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) extended the mandate of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) until March 31, 2006 and accepted "in principle" the transition of AMIS to a UN operation. The PSC will meet again in Addis at the foreign mini [...]	2006-01-17 12:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR SU AU
06ADDISABABA141	AU SEEKS HELP FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: The African Union (AU) is soliciting partner assistance to support the Multinational Force of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (FOMUC) and the Central African Republic (CAR) government. This request fol [...]	2006-01-17 12:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO CT AU
06ADDISABABA1472	AU PLANNERS AND NATO DISCUSS DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A meeting between visiting DOD DASD Whelan, African Union officials working on Darfur issues, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning, and Embassy officials, highlighted challenges in implementing the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement. The AU DITF POLAD called for co [...]	2006-05-25 13:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA1542	AFRICAN UNION'S KONARE AND DJINNIT ON CHAD AND [...] (C) African Union Chairperson Konare told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall, accompanied by Charge, AF/E Office Director Reddick and DCM (notetaker) in a meeting May 26 that the problem in Chad is bad governance, exacerbated by the Darfur conflict. According to Konare, Sudanese President Bash [...]	2006-06-06 11:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU SU
06ADDISABABA1566	ETHIOPIA: UN U/S GENERAL GUEHENNO LAYS OUT NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Undersecretary General Jean-Marie Guehenno met with the Charge and Admiral Hunt June 7 to review the AMIS to UN transition efforts and his views of next steps. By the time he returned to Khartoum, he hoped that he would be able to gain greater clarity on the mand [...]	2006-06-08 14:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR SU AU
06ADDISABABA1568	UNSC MISSION REPORTS TO AU THAT SUDAN HAS NOT [...] (SBU). SUMMARY. On June 7, the visiting UN Security Council delegation visiting Addis Ababa, Chad, and Sudan, briefed representatives of the 15-member African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and AU partners (i.e., non-member states) on its June 6 meetings in Khartoum with Sudanese P [...]	2006-06-09 07:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1581	AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON FORMALLY REQUESTS NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AU Commission Chairperson Konare has formally requested NATO assistance for AMIS in a June 2 letter to NATO Secretary-General Scheffer, but confines the scope of such assistance to manning a handful of advisory positions in AMIS's Forward Joint Mission Headquarters and providin [...]	2006-06-09 16:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1615	DARFUR: JEM SEEKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary. Two members of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) told poloff June 12 that their organization sought to join the peace process under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) but urgently needed funds to hold a general congress in order to elect new leadership. End Summary [...]	2006-06-13 12:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1647	IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA DISCUSS SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]	2006-06-15 17:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1655	SUDAN/DARFUR: SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE DARFUR [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has actively engaged African Union officials and Partner representatives on the U.S. initiatives to support the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). 2. (U) DPA VERIFICATION: -- Prior to the June 9 departure of the joint UN-AU technical assistance mission (TAM) to Sudan, Charge [...]	2006-06-16 16:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS PREL SU NATO AU
06ADDISABABA1691	CORRECTED COPY -- IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]	2006-06-20 13:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA170	AU PRESIDENCY: ETHIOPIAN PM MELES SAYS BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: A/S Frazer told PM Meles that increasing U.S. engagement with the African Union would be jeopardized if the upcoming AU Summit in Khartoum elected Sudanese President Bashir the next President of the General Assembly. Meles said he did not think that Bashir had the votes to be ele [...]	2006-01-22 09:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA1709	AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON PREVIEWS AU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Streamlining duplication among Africa?s numerous regional economic communities (e.g., SADC, COMESA, IGAD, EAC, WAEMU, CEMAC, ECOWAS, etc.) and establishing a ?United States of Africa? are among the nominal themes of the upcoming African Union Summit to be held in Banjul. More l [...]	2006-06-22 04:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AU SU XA
06ADDISABABA1736	AU AGREES WITH PARTNER NOMINATIONS TO STAFF FJMHQ [...] Summary. The African Union (AU) notified its partners via note verbale June 22 that it had no objections to the partners providing all six personnel requested as advisors to the AMIS Joint Forward Headquarters in El Fasher. Furthermore, the AU had no objections to the partners' nominations f [...]	2006-06-24 12:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1737	A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]	2006-06-25 06:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1741	A/S FRAZER TALKS SOMALIA AND DARFUR WITH IGAD [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Frazer met June 23 with Ethiopia-based representatives of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states. The Kenyan and Somali Ambassadors argued that membership in the International Somalia Contact Group (SCG) should have been cast a bit wider to include [...]	2006-06-26 07:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1744	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]	2006-06-26 09:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1745	SUDAN - AU REJECTS SUPPORT TO JEM SPLINTER GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dissident representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),a non-signatory to the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),seek USD 200,000 to hold a party congress in Addis Ababa to replace JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhammed. While the JEM representatives have approache [...]	2006-06-26 10:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS SU AU KPKO
06ADDISABABA1779	A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]	2006-06-29 16:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1780	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]	2006-06-29 16:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1781	AFRICAN UNION: FRAZER URGES KONARE TO REMAIN FIRM, MOVE FAST ON AMIS TRANSITION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 16:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PTER AU SU SO
06ADDISABABA1782	AFRICAN UNION: KONARE URGES US SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare told A/S Frazer in a June 25 meeting that the Union of Islamic Courts was currently probing to see how far it could expand, but intended to take over all of Somalia if possible. An expanding UIC would inevitably provoke war with Ethiopia, he [...]	2006-06-29 16:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO MOPS AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1925	AU REP TO WASHINGTON DC [...] Post received written notification (dated June 8, 2006) from the Commission of the African Union wishing to appoint the Honorable Ms. Amina Salum Ali as the African Union Representative in its office in Washington. 2. The text of the letter (dated June 8, 2006) addressed to the Embass [...]	2006-07-14 07:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AU
06ADDISABABA1961	DARFUR: JULY 13 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: African Union planners state that USD 440 million will be needed to extend the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to the end of December 2006 and have it implement the additional tasks required by the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The degree of AMIS enhancement will depend large [...]	2006-07-19 04:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2009	AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: HUMAN RIGHTS OUTCOMES [...] SUMMARY: The African Union Summit met June 21-July 2 in Banjul, The Gambia, with the nominal theme of "Regional Integration and Harmonization of Regional Economic Communities (RECs)." For the United States, as an AU partner (i.e. non-member),most sessions were closed; however, these are the [...]	2006-07-21 08:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV AU XA
06ADDISABABA2021	NATO REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOOSTING NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning Maurits Jochems and other NATO representatives cite little progress in convincing African Union officials to allow NATO to expand the types of assistance it is now providing to the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),despite earlier co [...]	2006-07-24 12:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2041	SOMALIA: TFG REPORTS ICU FORCES' ADVANCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's ambassador to Ethiopia and permrep to the AU, Abdulkarim Farah, expects IGAD foreign ministers to endorse a detailed plan early next week for a peace support operation (IGASOM) to Somalia, following which the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) may take further action. [...]	2006-07-25 13:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2042	SOMALI PERMREP BRIEFS AU PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) met to discuss the situation in Somalia and upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to closed door deliberations, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the AU Amb. Abdulkarim Farah briefed P [...]	2006-07-25 13:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO
06ADDISABABA2093	SOMALI TFG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION, DEFECTIONS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the last three days, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has weathered the assassination of one government minister, the resignation of nearly 20 others, and a no-confidence vote by 49 per cent of its parliamentarians. According to Somalia's PermRep to the Afric [...]	2006-07-31 16:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR KPKO AU SO ER ET
06ADDISABABA2118	AU PSC REPRESENTATIVES OUTLOOK ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 1 meeting with staff members from the African Union Peace and Security Council - PSC Director Geofrey Mugumya, Head of the African Standby Force Maj General Ishaya Isah Hassan, Technical Advisor Dr. Aim Kamubudzi, and Conflict Management Director El-Ghassim Wane - [...]	2006-08-02 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2122	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR - SECURITY COUNCIL [...] DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Sahlework Zewde, Director of African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on July 31. Responding that an October 1 date for the transition of AMIS to the UN would not be easy, Ambassador Sahlework raised the concerns of Sudan's non-acceptance of r [...]	2006-08-02 14:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ET KPKO PREL AU SU
06ADDISABABA2130	DARFUR: AU SAYS NEW PLEDGES ALLOW AMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At his first briefing for donors and other partners since the July 18 pledging conference for the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),the head of the African Union's Darfur Integrated Task Force (DITF) said that the conference's main outcome was the acknowledgement that partners seek t [...]	2006-08-04 09:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA2303	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN UNION CONCERNING [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 09:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	AU KPKO PREL SU
06ADDISABABA2312	DARFUR: AUGUST 10 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an August 10 briefing AU officials reported that the situation in Darfur was "relatively calm" despite serious incidents in northern Darfur (Sector 6),including several alleged attacks by GOS aircraft on an IDP camp and a village, and a suspension of AMIS activities near Ku [...]	2006-08-21 13:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2389	SOMALIA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR TO AU BRIEFS CHARGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Ambassador to the African Union Franklin Esipila told the Charge Aug. 30 that IGAD member states were fully committed to deployment of a peace support mission to Somalia (IGASOM) beginning Sept. 28. Esipila added that member states hoped high-level negotiations in the comi [...]	2006-08-31 10:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UNSC SO
06ADDISABABA2396	SOMALIA: KENYAN FM TALKS ABOUT IGAD PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju told the Charge and European envoys August 31 that an IGAD peace support mission to Somalia (IGASOM) would deploy with a clear mandate: protect the TFG in Baidoa, train a civil protection force, and encourage dialogue with the ICU. [...]	2006-09-05 06:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU SO
06ADDISABABA2410	AU MILITARY STAFF QUESTIONS PLAN FOR IGASOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On August 28, the African Union's Military Staff Committee (MSC),comprised of defense attaches or other military representatives of each of the 15 members of the AU Peace and Security Council, reviewed the proposed deployment plan for an IGAD peace support operation [...]	2006-09-05 16:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SO AU
06ADDISABABA2420	DARFUR: AU MINISTERIAL MUST DECIDE FUTURE OF AMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit reported to international partners that in September 4 discussions with the AU, Sudan disavowed press reports that say it seeks the immediate expulsion of the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),but confirmed its rejection of a [...]	2006-09-06 17:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SU
06ADDISABABA2523	DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 14 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS AMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to African Union officials, Sudan has requested that AMIS suspend rotation of peacekeeping troops to Darfur, pending the outcome of the September 18 ministerial-level PSC. The AU confirmed that the Rwandan rotation is on hold, but suggested that the September 16 rotat [...]	2006-09-15 10:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2524	DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 7 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 7, African Union officials reported to AU partners that recent cash contributions would allow the AU Mission in Sudan to continue operations beyond September 30, but that any decision on either extending or strengthening AMIS by two additional battalions would have [...]	2006-09-15 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2526	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY MINISTER TEKEDA TALKS SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 16 that although the GOE does not see increased risk of conflict with Eritrea, it nevertheless would prefer a six-month extension of UNMEE. In Somalia, the GOE now hopes only to contain the Council of Islamic Courts [...]	2006-09-16 13:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MOPS AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2609	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF LTG R. [...] (C) SUMMARY: 1. (C) Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism. The de [...]	2006-09-25 14:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO PHUM AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2610	DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 21 AU DITF BRIEFING CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the AU PSC extended the mandate of AMIS to December 31, and Sudan has allowed the rotation of AMIS troops to resume, AU officials expressed concern that transition to a UN peacekeeping operation remains an unresolved issue. The AMIS Force Commander remained in Addis Abab [...]	2006-09-25 15:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2775	AFRICAN UNION DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson Patrick Mazimhaka underscored the need for a robust U.N. mandate for peacekeeping in Sudan, noting that the AU lacked the resources to sustain an operation in Darfur and therefore sought to transfer responsibility to the international [...]	2006-10-13 15:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MASS AU SO SU ET ER
06ADDISABABA2910	ETHIOPIA: MFA EXPERT OFFERS THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MFA's Somalia expert sees a "dangerous situation" arising in the next two to three weeks if the international community takes no concrete action to assist Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in its struggle against the extremist Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). H [...]	2006-11-01 16:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER SO ET ER EG AU
06ADDISABABA2936	DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REJECTS FJMHQ CONCEPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union civilian and military officials, including the new AMIS Force Commander, had few conclusions to share from a recently concluded internal "brainstorming" session on operational challenges facing the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Sudan's recent acceptance of 1 [...]	2006-11-06 05:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2948	DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...]	2006-11-06 14:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3011	DARFUR: UN A/SYG FOR PEACE-KEEPING DISCUSSES UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG for Peace-keeping Operations Annabi said November 11-12 meetings with President Bashir, FM Lam Akol and other GOS principals resulted in an affirmation that the GOS would accept UN packages of "light" and "heavy" assistance to the AU Mission in Sudan, despite Sudan's c [...]	2006-11-14 15:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU CD AU UN
06ADDISABABA304	DARFUR: AU SITREP 1 FEBRUARY 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is working with partners in a technical committee to implement December joint assessment mission recommendations to improve AMIS performance, but this committee is not empowered to consider steps necessary to effect a transition to a UN mission. The AU f [...]	2006-02-02 06:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA323	AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit held January 23 and 24 in Khartoum highlighted the AU Commission's efforts to "do the right thing" in terms of promoting continental good governance and human rights, as well as social progress, but also produced member state division. Long negotia [...]	2006-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD SU AU
06ADDISABABA3243	DARFUR: DECEMBER 7, AU DITF BRIEFING PROVIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to African Union officials, the head-of-state-level November 30 AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting affirmed Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur, but highlighted that Sudan continues to oppose full transition to a hybrid [...]	2006-12-08 13:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3316	DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...]	2006-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR
06ADDISABABA3317	DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 16 bilateral meeting prior to UN-AU-GOS consultations on Darfur, Egyptian FM Gheit asserted that Sudanese FM Lam Akol was "very forthcoming," and highlighted Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur. While the GOS [...]	2006-12-18 16:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU EG
06ADDISABABA3318	DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS WARNS SUDANESE FM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a bilateral meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and other GOS principals, just prior to November 16 high-level consultations on Darfur chaired by the UN SYG and AU Commission Chairperson Konare (septel),Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios outlined USG pri [...]	2006-12-18 16:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3404	USAU AMB COURVILLE HEARS ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) In the course of a December 20 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the African Union, Ethiopian Minister of State Dr. Tekeda Alemu stressed that Ethiopia looked for dialogue in good faith with the Islamic Courts in Somalia, but would not be committed to dialogue in the abstract. Ethiopia's [...]	2006-12-27 16:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SO ET AU
06ADDISABABA3409	CORRECTED COPY; USAU AMB COURVILLE HEARS [...] (C) In the course of a December 20 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the African Union, Ethiopian Minister of State Dr. Tekeda Alemu stressed that Ethiopia looked for dialogue in good faith with the Islamic Courts in Somalia, but would not be committed to dialogue in the abstract. Ethiopia's [...]	2006-12-28 13:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO ET AU
06ADDISABABA46	AU COMMISSION FEARS A BASHIR CHAIRMANSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission believes there is a "high risk" that Sudanese President Bashir will win AU Assembly chairmanship, Deputy Chairperson Patrick Mazimhaka told Charge January 6. Mazimhaka (protect) urged high level calls to key African heads of state to encourage [...]	2006-01-06 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA48	AU PSC GREEN LIGHT FOR UN TRANSITION OF AMIS [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission has not undertaken extensive discussions either internally or with member states on the issue of an "exit strategy" for AMIS, Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit told DCM, British Ambassador, Dutch Ambassador and Canadian Charge Jan [...]	2006-01-06 14:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA659	COORDINATING PARTNER SUPPORT TO THE AFRICAN UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union's (AU) profile continues to rise in the international community as the AU strives to build the capacity to proactively address challenges on the continent. To further mutual objectives, the AU and Addis-based donors/partners are working to enhance coordinatio [...]	2006-03-06 13:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KPKO AU
06ADDISABABA680	AMIS RE-HAT: REPUBLIC OF CONGO NOTES SUDANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Congo's foreign minister will attend the March 10 PSC on AMIS transition, as well as a March 9 briefing in Addis Ababa (requested by the GNU) at which Sudan's foreign minister will brief African Union Permanent Representative Committee members. While acknowledging the weakness o [...]	2006-03-08 15:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO NATO PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA703	AMIS RE-HAT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERMREP SUGGESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's ambassador and permanent representative to the AU Baso Sangqu notes that the January 10 Peace and Security Council meeting endorsed the transition of AMIS to a UN operation "in principle." As a member of both the AU and the UN, and as a troop-contributing country, [...]	2006-03-10 07:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO NATO PREL SF SU AU
06ADDISABABA723	AU APPROVES AMIS REHAT - NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The March 10 African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) ministerial supported transition of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission. The PSC extended AMIS' mandate until September 30, 2006, and set a deadline of April 30 to conclude the A [...]	2006-03-14 04:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO EAID PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA738	DARFUR - AMIS MEDIA STRATEGY NEEDS HELP [...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The African Union (AU) recognizes that its mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) requires a more proactive public outreach approach, especially in light of the March 10 AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) decision to approve transition of AMIS to a UN operation. AU Sp [...]	2006-03-14 14:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO SU KPAO AU
06ADDISABABA756	DARFUR PSC DECISION: KONARE EMPHASIZES AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 15 briefing for Addis-based partner ambassadors, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare emphasized the importance of African leadership in creating a democratic Sudan. Konare called for partner support in pressing for a political solution to th [...]	2006-03-16 07:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA86	AU SOCIAL AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER ON AU HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union's (AU) attention to social issues in Africa is one of the major issues differentiating it from its predecessor organization, the OAU, Commissioner for Social Affairs Bience Gawanas (Namibian) told DCM January 5. The AU is working with African regional economi [...]	2006-01-11 06:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC WHO SOCI AU
06ADDISABABA917	AU POLITICAL AFFAIRS OBJECTIVES AND INSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union's (AU) top priority through 2007 is to push forward the process of institutional transformation to ensure a proactive and effective organization as compared to the OAU, AU Commission Secretary Prof. Johnson recently told a group of AU partners. Political Affai [...]	2006-04-06 12:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID XA AU
06ADDISABABA918	SOMALIA: AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA AND THE AU GIVES [...] (C) Summary: Success in restoring governance in Somalia requires isolation of Mogadishu armed elements, Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU) Abdulkarim Farai told guests at an informal AU Partners Group dinner April 3. Farai also said that Somalia has signed agreements [...]	2006-04-06 12:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO ET AU
06ANKARA1213	TURKISH MFA READ-OUT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric briefed select missions about the March 3 visit of a delegation led by Iranian Parliamentary Foreign Policy, National Security and Defense Affairs Committee Chair Alaadin Boroujerdi to Ankara to disc [...]	2006-03-09 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU FR UK AU GR CH IS
06ANKARA1421	U. S. EXPERTS MEET WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON [...] (U) Summary: Officials from the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) and Turkish National Police (TNP) shared information concerning the August 2005 seizure of uranium (ref tels) with a US delegation from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on March 2-3, 2006. TAEK officials and the US [...]	2006-03-17 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AU KNNP PARM RS TU

06ANKARA4796	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006 [...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...]	2006-08-17 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR
06BANJUL169	THE GAMBIA: PREPARATIONS FOR AU SUMMIT [...] (C) The GOTG's preparations so far to host the "midterm" AU summit in July have been haphazard, although a visiting AU Commission delegation publicly portrayed those preparations as well in hand. The extent of foreign assistance to cover summit-related expenses is unclear. President Jammeh's [...]	2006-03-18 13:51:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GA AU
06BANJUL274	THE GAMBIA: PROMINENT JOURNALIST ON AU SUMMIT [...] (C) While the GOTG has portrayed preparations for the July 1-2 AU summit as on course, AU Political Affairs Commissioner Joiner reportedly used her April 18 visit here to register concern to President Yahya Jammeh over GOTG's abuses in connection with the aborted coup plot March 21. A promin [...]	2006-05-03 17:17:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GA AU
06BANJUL318	THE GAMBIA: UDPATE ON DETAINEES, STATUS OF [...] (SBU) Ref a reports the initial court hearing March 10 for 16 detainees charged in connection with the coup plot thwarted here March 21. Our contacts indicate that, in subsequent days, these detainees have finally been allowed to receive visits from family members and lawyers; refs b and c re [...]	2006-05-19 12:17:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KMCA AU GA
06BANJUL329	THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMAR [...]	2006-05-23 18:23:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL332	THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]	2006-05-24 10:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL333	THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]	2006-05-24 10:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL354	THE GAMBIA: CONVERSATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met on June 1 with the Executive Director of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS),Hannah Forster (protect),to discuss her observations and her NGO's activities regarding the current human rights environment in The Gambia. Ms. Forster had recently a [...]	2006-06-05 15:15:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AU GA
06BANJUL367	THE GAMBIA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON PRESSING AU TO [...] (C) In recent discussion with Ambassador, the senior Presidential adviser, Secretary General Mambury Njie, raised our previous demarche to urge President Jammeh's intervention with AU Commission Chairman Konare and/or PSC Chair Djinnit on behalf of AU's expeditious acceptance of NATO's offer of [...]	2006-06-09 16:53:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS PGOV AU SU GA
06BANJUL368	THE GAMBIA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON PRESSING AU TO [...] (C) In recent discussion with Ambassador, the senior Presidential adviser, Secretary General Mambury Njie, raised our previous demarche to urge President Jammeh's intervention with AU Commission Chairman Konare and/or PSC Chair Djinnit on behalf of AU's expeditious acceptance of NATO's offer of [...]	2006-06-09 16:58:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS PGOV AU SU GA
06BANJUL394	THE GAMBIA: VISIT BY SENEGALESE PRESIDENT WADE [...] (U) On June 19, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade made a two-hour visit to Banjul, meeting with his Gambian counterpart, President Yahya Jammeh. In media remarks afterward, Wade indicated that he had come with a two-fold mission: to ascertain what assistance the GOS might provide the GOTG i [...]	2006-06-20 13:49:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AU GA SG
06BANJUL411	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: AU PSC REAFFIRMS AMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC),meeting on June 27 at the ministerial level at the AU Summit in Banjul, heard briefings on Somalia and election preparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but issued a sole communique focusing on Darfur Peace Agreement [...]	2006-06-28 17:48:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SU SO
06BANJUL422	THE GAMBIA: AF DAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD'S MEETING [...] (C) President Jammeh extended a warm welcome to visiting AF DAS Thomas-Greenfield, who urged the GOTG to take steps to reverse the negative trends in GOTG's performance that had resulted in the suspension of The Gambia's MCA eligibility. Jammeh gave assurances that opposition parties would be [...]	2006-07-06 09:57:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KMCA PGOV AU GA
06BANJUL423	THE GAMBIA: DAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the first day of her visit to The Gambia to attend the African Union (AU) Summit, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield had the SIPDIS opportunity to meet with several opposition leaders and a former election official to discuss prospects for [...]	2006-07-06 11:01:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU GA
06BANJUL444	THE GAMBIA: DAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD DISCUSSES HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. While visiting The Gambia to attend the African Union (AU) Summit, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with government and civil society leaders to discuss concerns over the negative trend in their country's human rights record (see reftel f [...]	2006-07-14 05:37:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL AU GA
06BANJUL572	SUDANESE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE GAMBIA: [...] (C) During his September 13-14 visit here, Sudanese President Bashir indicated no easing of his opposition to blue-hatting, while praising the AMIS operation, denying any desire to have it removed, and advocating its continuation. Gambian President Jammeh was supportive of Bashir's stance. END [...]	2006-09-14 14:30:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO GA SU AU
06BEIRUT334	MGLE01: EU REPORTS ON ATTACKS AGAINST DANISH AND [...] (C) The EU Commission delegation in Beirut reported to us that the Danish Consulate and Austrian Embassy in Beirut suffered considerable damage from fire and rioting on February 5, but neither mission was physically entered. There were light attacks against the buildings that housed the Dutc [...]	2006-02-06 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC AU LE DK
06BRUSSELS1512	(C) BELGIANS CONCERNED ABOUT DETAINED IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 15:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR BE AU CA
06CAIRO7121	EGYPTIAN FM ABOUL GHEIT ON DARFUR [...] (C) In a meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on December 12, the Ambassador cited recent public comments by President Mubarak as indicating apparent support of Bashir's effective rejection of the Abuja and Addis agreements regarding deployment of UN Forces to Darfur. Aboul Gheit [...]	2006-12-12 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO AU UN EG SU
06CARACAS1449	BOLIVARIANS IN THE OLD COUNTRY: CHAVEZ DOES EUROPE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez conducted an array of state business and outreach to sympathizers during a six-country swing through Europe and North Africa, May 10-18. The trip began with Chavez getting a stern message on human rights from Pope Benedict XVI. In Rome, Chavez met with communist Ita [...]	2006-05-21 19:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE IT IZ AU AG UK VT
06DAKAR54	ENGAGING THE AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (C) On January 9, Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, who said that Senegal has decided to support rehatting the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to make it a UN peacemaking (Chapter 7) operation. Gadio said that he and President [...]	2006-01-09 16:35:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PHUM PINS AU SU SG
06DILI293	EAST TIMOR WEEKEND UPDATE: JUNE 3-5, 2006, [...] (U) Summary: Pro-Xanana security ministers are sworn in; Superior Council endorses President's security plan; Ramos-Horta begins Defense Minister duties; FRETILIN Central Committee endorses Alkatiri, promotes Lobato; Australia on post-UNOTIL planning; Anti-Alkatiri demonstration reportedly ca [...]	2006-06-05 15:11:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC KPKO AU PO TT
06DILI296	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 6, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: 1500 Anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive from western districts; Ambassador meets with new Minister of the Interior Parliament deliberates with a bare quorum; Portuguese paramilitary police continue operations without JTF Coordination; Malaysian diplomats announce need for externa [...]	2006-06-06 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC AU PO TT
06DILI313	EMBASSY DILI VIEWS ON POST-UNOTIL MISSION [...] (U) Summary: This message discusses possible components of a follow-on United Nations mission in East Timor after the expiration of the anticipated two-month extension of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL). Whether or not the mission is conducted under Chapter VII authority and [...]	2006-06-16 19:27:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	KPKO PREL PGOV PHUM AU PO MY TT
06DILI325	UPDATE FROM AFP ON INTERNATIONAL POLICING IN DILI [...] (C) Summary: Emboff met yesterday with Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commander Steve Lancaster to review the current status of international policing in Dili. Lancaster reported that the international police have not yet reached full capacity, primarily due to a delay in the arrival of the [...]	2006-06-22 07:07:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ASEC PHUM AU PO NZ TT
06DILI372	PRIME MINISTER RAMOS HORTA'S LATEST VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: In several conversations with Ambassador and Emboffs following his swearing in as East Timor's new Prime Minister, Jose Ramos Horta shared his views on some issues facing his government. Among the subjects addressed were: his delicate working relationship with the Fretilin party; [...]	2006-07-19 00:15:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO UN PO AU TT
06DILI381	CONTINUED TENSIONS OVER NATIONAL POLICE REINTEGRATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tensions have continued in recent weeks between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Minister of Interior, Alcino Barris, regarding how to handle the reintegration of East Timor's national police (the PNTL). Each have presented proposals with competing approaches and pr [...]	2006-07-25 11:05:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO PREL PGOV KJUS UN AU TT
06DILI387	PRO-REINADO DEMONSTRATIONS SMALL BUT WORRYING [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations are being staged in Dili to protest the arrest and detention by international forces earlier this week of Major Alfredo Reinado, the leader of a group of dissident Military Police that played a prominent role in the violent clashes in and around Dili in late May. [...]	2006-07-29 15:05:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR AU PO TT
06DILI404	INCREASED GANG ACTIVITY STRETCHES LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a notable increase in disturbances around Dili in recent days, beginning late last week and continuing through today. These have mostly occurred in neighborhoods that have been regular sites of conflict during the last few months. Additionally, there has been a r [...]	2006-08-08 10:16:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PHUM ASEC AU TT
06DILI424	REDUCED VIOLENCE IN DILI, BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the last week there was a significant reduction in the gang-related incidents reported in reftel, but late last week there were several serious incidents and the potential for renewed gang activity remains. Although some of the factors contributing to the resumption of ga [...]	2006-08-21 02:44:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PHUM ASEC AU CASC PREF KJUS TT PGOV
06DILI455	THE VIEW FROM AILIEU: REINADO'S POPULARITY ENDURES, F-FDTL [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs on Wednesday, September 6 traveled to Aileu to look into developments there since dissident Major Alfredo Reinado escaped from prison in Dili last week. Aileu is the location where he established his initial base following his departure from his armed forces (FDTL)post i [...]	2006-09-11 00:23:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC AU TT
06DILI463	DILI SECURITY UPDATE: GANG DISTURBANCES BECOMING ENTRENCHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a spike in gang activity in early August in the period immediately following the arrest of dissident Major Alfredo Reinado, there was a reduction in such incidents later in the month. However, gang incidents have gradually escalated during the ensuing weeks, particular [...]	2006-09-13 02:04:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PHUM ASEC CASC PREF AU PO TT
06DILI517	RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...]	2006-10-17 13:07:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO ASEC UN AU TT
06DILI534	DETERIORATION IN DILI SECURITY SITUATION, AIRPORT CLOSED [...] (U) Summary: A significant increase in communal conflict occurred in Dili today, resulting in two confirmed deaths and reports of other casualties as well. The first clashes, beginning early in the morning, involved the area around airport IDP camp where disturbances that began last night esca [...]	2006-10-25 11:24:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MARR PREF KPKO CASC AU TT
06DILI549	EXPLAINING LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN DILI [...] (C) Summary: While gang-related disturbances have become a regular feature of day-to-day life in recent months, last week's upsurge of violent confrontation was on a greater scale and with more lethal consequences. In addition, these disturbances were accompanied by what appeared to be a conce [...]	2006-11-03 12:02:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF ASEC KJUS KPKO AU TT
06DUBLIN134	IRELAND TACITLY FAVORS VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Ireland supports U.S. candidate Bill Voss' bid for the post of ICAO Secretary General, according to Robin McKay, Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Regulation and International Relations, to whom Post delivered ref A demarche on February 2. Ongoing discussions among [...]	2006-02-07 17:14:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR ICAO AU BE NL SZ IR EI
06DUBLIN798	IRELAND: ISLAM IN EUROPE (C-DI5-01478) [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (ref A.) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In 2004, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years from a population of less than 4,000 ac [...]	2006-07-07 16:45:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PINR PTER SCUL KTFN AU PINS KPAO BE FI FR
06HELSINKI1238	REQUEST TO EXTEND INTERNATIONAL POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] PolChief delivered subject demarche to Anu Laaminen, Office Director of the MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laaminen confirmed that Finland will maintain five police trainers at the Jordan International Police Training Center through February 28, 2007. The GOF has also informed JI [...]	2006-12-14 13:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR AU HR IZ JO SI FI
06KHARTOUM1015	DARFUR: WHO WILL APOLOGIZE? [...] (C) Introduction by Cameron R. Hume, CDA Embassy Khartoum. Everyone with an interest in Darfur should read this message. It is written by Ron Capps, the Foreign Service Officer who has the most comprehensive knowledge of Darfur. He is now completing with great distinction a tour as the deput [...]	2006-04-28 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO KAWC UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1030	Update on Geraida Situation [...] (SBU) The situation in Geraida appears to have calmed since reftel of April 25; it appears the SAF has stopped its offensive. The USAID Darfur Field Office states that it has not received further reports of hostilities, and noted that a UN OCHA assessment mission plans to travel to Geraida la [...]	2006-05-01 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1033	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese Armed Forces military equipment continues to enter El Geneina, and UN staff remain in "lock down" mode. Chadian militia are returning gradually to Chad from Western Sudan; there does not appear to be jinjaweed activity in Chad. The UN will conduct an assessment missi [...]	2006-05-02 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1044	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Save the Children - U.S. staff were car-jacked on May 2 near El Geneina; they were released unharmed in a remote area. A suspected April 30 ambush on SAF left at least two dead and five wounded. Arab militia abducted 15 individuals from Dagama, South Darfur. Thousands p [...]	2006-05-03 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1067	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Security Update: A. On May 3, an NGO convoy with an AU escort was stopped outside Mershing on the way to East Jebel Marra area by 65 militia. They warned the convoy that if they continued they would be shot. The convoy returned to Nyala. B. On May 2, Arab militias shot at the [...]	2006-05-05 09:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1082	Sudanese Government Sends Mixed Signals on UN [...] Summary: Following the May 5 signing of the Darfur peace agreement, the Sudanese Government is giving mixed signals to the international community regarding UN peacekeeping operations in Darfur. On May 5, a Ministry of the Interior spokesman stated that there was "no problem" with UN peacek [...]	2006-05-07 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1085	SUDAN: UNHCHR ARBOUR SEES NO PROGRESS IN DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour declared there had been "no progress" on human rights in Darfur since 2004, and warned the situation actually had gotten worse. The new Humanitarian Work Law would severely impede NGO relief work, and the expansion o [...]	2006-05-08 08:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPKO SU UN AU
06KHARTOUM1090	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations at the Kalma IDP camp resulted in an attack on the African Union civilian police facility, with the UDSSS reporting with "near certainty" that an interpreter was killed and the AU facility being demolished. Fighting took place between the SLA and jinjaweed in Kh [...]	2006-05-08 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1094	AU Interpreter, Two Protesters Killed; 11 AMIS [...] Summary: On May 8, IDPs protesting the Darfur peace agreement rioted in the Kalma IDP camp near Nyala, South Darfur, and killed an African Union civilian police interpreter and injured eight civilian police, two seriously. They also severely damaged the civilian police station and two AMIS [...]	2006-05-09 09:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1098	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: Tensions continue in the Kalma IDP camp in the wake of the May 8 death of an AU interpreter in riots, with the SAF and Arab militia reportedly cordoning off the area. NGOs, however, continue to provide basic services. The AU has also received reports of attacks over the past three [...]	2006-05-09 12:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1104	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: The AU reports that its patrols saw jet fighters near the border with Chad, including the apparent use of ordnance. Arab militias attacked Labado, killing 10 and injuring scores more. The AU and USAID also obtained further details on the May 8 incidents at the Kalma and Zalingei I [...]	2006-05-10 12:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1115	UN U/SG EGELAND: HUMANITARIAN SECURITY, ACCESS, [...] (C) Summary: During a May 9 briefing of the diplomatic community, UN U/SG for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland said that his visit to Darfur had demonstrated the importance of addressing the challenges that threaten the well being of its people: restrictions on humanitarian access, worsening [...]	2006-05-11 14:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF EAID AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1117	AMIS TRANSITION AND DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initiating the transition from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN peacekeeping operation and implementing the Darfur Peace Agreement require well targeted and bold steps taken in a timely manner. Advancing this agenda will require strengthening AMIS during the int [...]	2006-05-11 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL KPKO PGOV PREF EAID AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1120	AMIS Issues Press Release on Kalma, Hassahissa [...] On May 10, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) released a press statement on the recent demonstrations in the Kalma and Hassahissa internally displaced persons (IDP) camps on May 8, which resulted in an AU interpreter being killed by an angry crowd. The statement called for the restora [...]	2006-05-12 17:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF AU SU
06KHARTOUM1122	SUDANESE VP TAHA SAYS NO DECISION YET ON UN [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Sudanese VP Taha told CDA Hume that Sudan had not yet decided on whether to accept transition to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur. The Government of Sudan is committed to the Darfur Peace Agreement, and it is ready to take concrete steps, such as expanding delivery o [...]	2006-05-13 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF EAID PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1132	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: Demonstrations continue in several Darfur locations, with reports indicating that May 13 incidents at Abu Shouk and Al-Salaam IDP camps in El Fasher resulted in the death of a 13-year old boy and damage to AU property. The SLA shot at an AMIS helicopter near Korma, forcing it to cu [...]	2006-05-14 16:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1151	DEMARCHE TO VP TAHA ON FM LAM AKOL'S STATEMENT TO [...] (C) On May 15 CDA Hume called VP Taha concerning the statement earlier in the day by FM Lam Akol to the AU Peace and Security Council. Hume said that the USG is committed to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and was troubled by Lam Akol's attempt to deny or minimize any [...]	2006-05-15 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1153	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: Demonstrations continue in several locations in Darfur; incidents in Kas, South Darfur, resulted in the deaths of at least two individuals. Several jinjaweed attacks took place in South Darfur, and a large-scale jinjaweed-SLA battle took place in West Darfur. NGOs and UN agencies a [...]	2006-05-15 16:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1164	D-DAY: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- DPA: D-Day and the First Week -- INGOs Consider Pulling Out of West Darfur -- Kutum Sees First Janjaweed Attack Since DPA -- CDA Hosts Diplomatic C [...]	2006-05-16 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1174	DR. KHALIFA: GNU TAKING ACTION TO WIDEN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 17, Charge Hume requested a meeting with Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidential Advisor and Chief Darfur Negotiator Dr. Magzoub al-Khalifa to discuss the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Charge told Khalifa of U.S. plans to support the DPA by assisting the Africa [...]	2006-05-17 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1175	D-DAY+1: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- JAM Planning Begins -- Khalifa Outlines GNU Strategy for Implementation -- Darfur Leaders Support DPA After Meeting -- Minawi Outreach Has Begun - [...]	2006-05-17 14:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF EFIN UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1185	D-DAY+2: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- UNICEF Engages SLA on Child Soldiers -- Janajaweed Attack AU Outside of Kutum -- Darfur Outreach Continues to Yield Benefits -------------------------- [...]	2006-05-18 14:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1207	D-DAY+5: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Charge Meets with AU Ambassador -- Meeting with SAF Operations Chief -- Lawyers Arrested in Nyala -- Pronk Calls Donor Meeting ----------------------- [...]	2006-05-22 12:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1210	D-DAY+6: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Getting Abdel Wahid to Sign -- AU Report Increased Arab Militia Activity -- MFA Pledges DPA Support -- Interview with Charge Makes Front Page -- Charge [...]	2006-05-23 07:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1226	D-DAY+7: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Charge meets with State Minister Al-Waseela -- WFP Returns to Protest Sites, AU CIVPOL Waits -- IRC Staff Continues to be Held or Harassed ------------ [...]	2006-05-23 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1230	MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL ENVOY LAKHDAR BRAHIMI [...] (C) Summary: On May 25 CDA Hume at his request met with UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to discuss prospects of transition to a UN peace-keeping force in Darfur. Brahimi was accompanied by A/SYG for peacekeeping, Hedi Annabi. During the 90 minute meeting Brahimi sought USG views on the viab [...]	2006-05-24 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1240	SITREP 9 (D-DAY+8): DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Inter-SLA Fighting Reported in Birmaza -- Charge Discuss UN Deployment with Brahimi -- Mudawi Tours Darfur for DPA Support -- HAC Demands Technical Agree [...]	2006-05-24 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO EAID UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1253	SITREP 10 (D-DAY+9): DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Inter-SLA Birmaza Fighting Continues -- Sudan Accepts Joint assessment Mission -- Charge Holds Follow-Up with Kingibe -- AMIS Delivers draft CONOPS [...]	2006-05-25 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO EAID UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1254	AU HEAD OF MISSION AGREES TO USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On May 26 CDA Hume, accompanied by USAID Director Almquist and OTI Officer Jeanne Briggs, met AU Head of Mission Kingibe to discuss USG support for Darfur implementation. Following up on his discussion earlier in the week (REF A),Hume reiterated that the USG thought it was urgent to ste [...]	2006-05-25 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1258	UN Special Envoy Announces UN/AU Joint [...] SUMMARY. On May 25, UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held a briefing with the diplomatic corps on his recent mission to discuss the UN's role in supporting the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). He said that Government of National Unity (GNU) President Omar Bashir is agreeable to a Joint Assessme [...]	2006-05-26 13:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1263	SITREP 11: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- AMIS Attacked in West Darfur -- Minawi Arrives in El Fasher -- AMIS investigates Birmaza Attacks - South Darfur Wali Promotes DPA -- Military Meet [...]	2006-05-30 08:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO ABLD UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1282	SITREP 12: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Kiir,s Mini-Summit: June 2 -- Minawi Tours North Darfur -- AU Describes Needs for Peace Secretariat -- UNMIS Outlines Thinking on Transition -- DL [...]	2006-05-31 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU MOPS KPKO AU
06KHARTOUM1285	SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU MOPS KPKO NATO MARR AU
06KHARTOUM1291	SITREP 13: DARFUR SITUATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). - Minawi, AbdelWahid, Kiir meeting set for June 2 - June 1 fighting in North Darfur - NRC to return to South Darfur - Musa Hila [...]	2006-06-01 13:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO ABLD ASEC UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1304	Sudan/Darfur - Ibok and Kingibe Describe [...] Summary: AU's Ibok and Kingibe discussed with Embassy further steps related to DPA implementation, including support for the "peace secretariats." There will be a "signing ceremony" Wednesday in Addis for 40-60 individuals for whom Declarations of Accession to the DPA have been especially [...]	2006-06-05 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV AU SU
06KHARTOUM1359	SUDAN: Update on U.S. Government Support for [...] (SBU) As described in previous cable traffic, U.S. Government priorities for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation are three-fold: (1) quickly disseminate information about the content of the DPA to counter confusion and anger among Sudanese due to misinformation or lack of information; [...]	2006-06-08 09:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI SU MOPS KPKO AU
06KHARTOUM1389	AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...]	2006-06-12 11:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1391	AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...]	2006-06-12 12:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1402	DARFUR: UN PKO WORRIED ABOUT AU/UN TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: The UN is worried about the transition from an AU to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, UN Peacekeeping Under SYG Guehenno confided to the Charge on June 12. Guehenno hopes to both bolster the current AU force and pave the way for a UN deployment in January 2007 -- difficult enou [...]	2006-06-13 14:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU UN AU
06KHARTOUM1409	SUDAN/DARFUR: Update on Security and [...] Overview: UNDSS reports that over the past two weeks there has been a notable reduction in clashes between the parties to the Darfur conflict. However, UNDSS observed that inter-SLA conflicts have been on the rise, especially in areas to the north of Kutum in North Darfur State. Our ass [...]	2006-06-14 11:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1420	Update on Darfur IOM Detainees Case [...] Summary: Late on June 14, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) released the remaining five of seven International Organization for Migration (IOM) staff detained on June 13 by a field commander loyal to the Abdel Wahid faction near Kutum, North Darfur State. The faction suspected the team of ser [...]	2006-06-15 12:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1427	SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary and background: On June 13, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur, the first meeting following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Para 2 presents the notes of Lt. Col. Lee Manning, the U.S. CFC Observer; para 3 is the text of the [...]	2006-06-15 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1428	SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary and background: On June 13, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur, the first meeting following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Para 2 presents the notes of Lt. Col. Lee Manning, the U.S. CFC Observer; para 3 is the text of the Ju [...]	2006-06-16 09:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1429	AU THINKING ABOUT DARFUR-DARFUR DIALOGUE, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The AU has not yet identified a suitable candidate to lead the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue, AU Special Representative Kingibe told CDA Hume, but it has started thinking about possible candidates, as well as models for discussions. Kingibe also thanked the United States for a recent [...]	2006-06-17 13:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1439	SUDAN/DARFUR: FUR TRIBAL LEADERS READY FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SLA/W Leader Abdel Wahid Nur may yet sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, Fur tribal leaders told CDA Hume on June 14. Hume emphasized the USG,s encouragement and support for the peace process, pointing out President Bush,s personal letter to Nur. The leaders -- including some who [...]	2006-06-19 07:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1459	UN PEACEKEEPING USYG GUEHENNO SEEES AU FALTERING [...] (C) Summary: UN USYG Guehenno told CDA Hume that, although the situation in Darfur had improved in the wake of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),the AU mission was weak and liable to falter. The U.S. should make sure that the upcoming African summit backed transition to the UN in no uncertain [...]	2006-06-21 16:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN SU AU
06KHARTOUM1460	CHARGE'S VISIT TO DARFUR: SIX WEEKS AFTER DPA, A [...] (C) Summary: A tentative peace has emerged in Darfur six weeks after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement. However, more must be done to create security around IDP camps and build confidence in the peace process. Some attacks between rebel groups continue, and banditry remains rife. Go [...]	2006-06-21 18:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1474	PRESIDENT BASHIR TELLS UN AND AU THAT NO TO UN PKO [...] (C) Immediately after UN Guehenno's and AU Djinnit's carefully worded, but not entirely forthcoming, briefing to 30 or so diplomats afternoon of June 22 on the AU/UN assessment mission, DCM pulled SRSG Pronk aside and asked him what had actually transpired at the meeting among the AU, UN, and [...]	2006-06-22 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO MOPS AU SU
06KHARTOUM1475	SUDAN/DARFUR: SUDAN REJECTS UN PKO; UN DEVISES [...] (C) Summary: In separate readouts, joint AU-UN Technical Assessment Mission officials stated that Sudan had decided not to permit a transition from the African Union Mission to Sudan to a UN peacekeeping operation, and a UN military planner provided details about its plans for a transition to [...]	2006-06-22 18:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1478	MINAWI UPBEAT ON PEACE IN DARFUR, BUT NOT IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: SLA/M leader Minawi told the Charge he has had few problems since signing the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). However, Minawi,s troops continue to be harassed by Chadian militiamen and JEM forces in West Darfur. Minawi agreed to release Suleiman Jamous to his family under AU and [...]	2006-06-23 12:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNM AU CH SU
06KHARTOUM1485	SUDAN/DARFUR: CHARGE PRESSES KIIR ON UN [...] (C) Following a June 23 Assessment and Evaluation Commission meeting in Juba, CDA Hume pressed First Vice President Salva Kiir to use his influence to gain approval for a UN peackeeping deployment in Darfur. "President Beshir asked the United States to help him in Darfur, but now he says he d [...]	2006-06-25 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1514	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Security Update: A. The security situation in North Darfur remains tense. Reports have been received of Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) factional clashes, confrontations between Zaghawa and Fur ethnic groups, and aggressive posturing of the SLA faction led by Abdul Wahid. B. On June 27, [...]	2006-06-27 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1534	SLM DENIES MEDIA REPORT OF SUSPENSION OF DPA [...] (SBU) On June 28, online news service Sudan Tribune posted an article dated June 27 stating that the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) headed by Mini Minawi had suspended implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Alluding to a press release, which was neither re-printed nor made other [...]	2006-06-28 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU SU
06KHARTOUM1538	DARFUR DPA SUPPORT TEAM FIRST IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial impressions from an orientation tour for the DPA Support Team to El Fasher confirmed the DPA implementation faces many challenges. There is no visible sign of DPA implementation taking place on the ground. The most significant contributing factors are a lack of AMIS cap [...]	2006-06-29 10:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1539	ABDULWAHID NUR MAY BE READY TO SIGN DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: SLA/M leader Abdulwahid Nur may be ready to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, his father-in-law, Abdulgassem Seif al-Din, told CDA Hume on June 29. Abdulwahid ha7 Q:"Tr U.S. support in flying to Asmara to meet Abdulwahid as early as July 1; Post is working with USAID/OTI to make [...]	2006-06-29 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1548	SUDAN: UN SUPPORT FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite GNU opposition to UNPKO in Darfur, the UN is preparing several avenues of support for the DPA, including transferring resources to the AU and seconding staff. It also hopes to coordinate other donor DPA support, such as the two recently arrived UK media advisors. Top [...]	2006-07-02 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1549	UN SRSYG PRONK BLOG CRITIQUES DPA [...] (C) Summary: Media accounts of UN SRSYG Pronk's weblog selectively quote him as calling for re-writing of the Darfur Peace Agreement, and criticizing the agreement for not including the Abdel Wahid SLM faction and the African Union for its limited capacity to implement the agreement. A fulle [...]	2006-07-02 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1550	SUDAN: AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FM DISCUSSES DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Australian Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd discussed security and humanitarian access issues with the Charge on June 29. The discussion included the possibility of China's assuming a constructive role in Darfur in addition to its current economic partnership with [...]	2006-07-02 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU AS SU
06KHARTOUM1558	UNSRSG Pronk Elaborates on Blog [...] SRSG Pronk's blog of June 28 continues to draw attention, and he is now trying to clarify what he wrote. An editorial in the Sudan Vision Daily, a pro-government daily newspaper, states in its July 3 edition that Pronk's blog represents a "complete U-turn," and that this would infuriate both [...]	2006-07-03 07:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1559	SUDAN/DARFUR: SPLM REJECTS BASHIR'S POSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: First VP Salva Kiir and other key leaders of the SPLM have publicly announced that they have no objection to UN peacekeeping in Darfur. They add that they were not consulted by the NCP with regard to President Bashir's enunciation of a strong rejection of a transition to the U [...]	2006-07-03 10:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI PINR PREL AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1560	DPA IMPLEMENTATION: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Charge chaired a meeting of AU partner representatives July 1 on next steps in DPA implementation. The participants agreed the challenges included institutional weakness on the part of the AU, the continued issue of non-signatories, and the uncertainty of AMIS to UN PKO transitio [...]	2006-07-03 12:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1562	STILL A CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is still a chance for negotiations with the UN on peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 3, though the objective should be peace, not the deployment of UN peackeepers. Conditions on the ground had improved since the signing of [...]	2006-07-03 14:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UN AU SU

06KHARTOUM1563	MINNI MINAWI: ENCOURAGES DPA SUPPORT, CRITICIZES [...] (C) Summary: During three days of a visit by S/CRS Officer Wilson, SLM leader Minni Minawi said he was speaking to villagers to encourage their support for the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),criticized AMIS for slow implementation of the DPA, asked for U.S. DPA security arrangements verifiers, [...]	2006-07-03 16:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1565	DARFUR: BASHIR WANTS DIALOGUE ON PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir wants to open a dialogue with the United States about peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 5. In a previously unscheduled meeting -- which Magzoub had urgently requested only hours before -- Magzoub said he [...]	2006-07-05 09:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU US AU UN
06KHARTOUM1572	HAMRA AL-SHEIKH INCIDENT: GNU SEEKS CONDEMNATION [...] (C) Summary: A July 3 attack on Hamra al-Sheikh, North Kordofan State, by the JEM resulted in the deaths of at least 12 individuals and significant property damage. The Sudanese Armed Forces repulsed the attack with helicopter gunships and Antonov bombers. The Sudanese Government believes th [...]	2006-07-05 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR CD ER AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1574	SLA/NRF Statement on Hamra al-Sheikh Attack [...] Reftel detailed the July 3 rebel attack on the North Kordofan town of Hamra al-Sheikh and the subsequent interest by the GNU to gain support in condemning the incident. On July 5, two Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) field commanders associated with Abdel Wahid but claiming to speak for the Nat [...]	2006-07-05 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1588	GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN PREPARING FOR JULY 18 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: President Bashir has endorsed the proposal for a high-level government of Sudan delegation to meet with A/S Frazer in Brussels on July 18. Bashir remains committed to improving relations with the United States and to implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement. CDA Hume repeat [...]	2006-07-08 09:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1613	EL FASHER DPA IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The El Fasher DPA Implementation Office is still two weeks away from opening. While AMIS is engaged in the logistical aspects of the facility, they have neither the staffing capabilities nor policy guidance to move the operation forward. AMIS appears willing to accept support a [...]	2006-07-10 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AMGT AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1625	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian Access - July [...] Security Update: A. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),on July 8, a G-19 (SLM/Minni Minawi breakaway faction) senior field commander reported that the towns of Birmaza and Um Sidir were under attack by Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM [...]	2006-07-11 09:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1628	GNU ON BRUSSELS CONFERENCE AND U.S.-SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: GNU officials Presidential Advisor Ismail and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Wassila expressed the Government's interest in improving the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship, and in taking advantage of the July 18 AMIS donor's conference in Brussels to hold discussions with A [...]	2006-07-11 16:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1632	AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: A security crisis is approaching in Darfur, and the AU peacekeepers are not taking charge of the situation. A wide variety of reporters -- civilian contractors, BBC journalists, INGO workers, and others -- have been filing unconfirmed reports of clashes between SLA/Minawi for [...]	2006-07-11 17:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1633	SITUATION IN SUDAN DURING REAR ADMIRAL HUNT VISIT [...] (C) Summary: CJTF-HOA Commander, Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, visited Khartoum and El Fasher, Sudan, from 9-10 July 2006. During the visit, Charge d'Affaires Cameron Hume and Admiral Hunt met with UNMIS Force Commander Lieutenant General Jasbir Lidder and discussed the deteriorating situation [...]	2006-07-11 17:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1634	AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 17:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1635	SLM ADVANCE TEAM PROVIDES UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The SLM advance team, now in place in Khartoum, numbers around 112 individuals. Chairman Abdul Karim noted its efforts to propagate the Darfur Peace Agreement and welcomed U.S. Government efforts to advance its implementation. The SLM seeks African Union support for the process [...]	2006-07-11 17:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1637	Darfur: Update on Korma Attacks and Rape Allegations [...] (SBU) Summary: Media accounts and a UN Sudan Situation Report detail hostilities in several areas of North Darfur State during the July 5-10 timeframe, resulting in perhaps 80 deaths and thousands of IDPs. In addition, the Report contains IDP accusations that members of the SLM/Minni Minawi f [...]	2006-07-11 17:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1652	AMIS INTEL REPORT OUTLINES RISE OF NRF [...] (C) Summary and comment: An AMIS intelligence report details the evolution of the National Redemption Front (NRF),formed in May 2006 by elements of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Movement/Abdel Wahid faction (but not Abdel Wahid himself),and the Sudan Federal D [...]	2006-07-13 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1659	DPA IMPLEMENTATION: AU ADMITS DRAMATIC LACK OF [...] (C) Summary and recommendations: In a frank three- hour discussion among the donors, UNMIS deputy, and AU DPA implementer Sam Ibok, it became clear that the AU was dramatically understaffed and underfunded to lead DPA implementation. Ibok admitted that he will be totally reliant on the UN an [...]	2006-07-13 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1666	WORKING WITH CHINA TO SECURE A UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Post welcomes USUN's suggestion to work with China on securing a UNSC resolution for peacekeeping in Darfur. We believe such an approach is best made in New York, but we are ready to work with our Chinese colleagues in Khartoum, and encourage similar U.S.-PRC discussions in Washington and [...]	2006-07-14 17:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU CH UN AU
06KHARTOUM1667	SUDAN ADMITS AU PEACKEEPING COLLAPSING, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Sudan fully recognizes that the African Union is not meeting its responsibilities in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub Al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 15. The AU is not acting to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement, and the Government has pushed the AU to make basic decisi [...]	2006-07-15 10:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1668	UPDATE ON DARFUR VIOLENCE: FORCES GATHER AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: SLM/A leader Minni Minawi reports that forces, including Chadian regulars, have crossed the Chadian border to link with JEM and G-19 troops to attack Minawi,s positions northwest of Birmaza. He is concerned that the international community is not doing enough to support the Darf [...]	2006-07-15 12:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US CH AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1674	NO. DARFUR UNMIS OFFICE ON DDDC, SECURITY, & HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The North Darfur UNMIS office is moving cautiously in promoting the DDDC, acknowledging a lack of coordination between the UN and the AU. Local UNOCHA staff express concern that the international community's "preferential" treatment accorded to Minni Minawi is further undermini [...]	2006-07-16 11:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PREL PREF PHUM UN AU US SU
06KHARTOUM1682	SLM/A-MINAWI REQUESTS UN INTERCESSION ON BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: SLM/A leader Minawi reports that more forces are preparing to cross the Chadian border and move against his positions. Circumstantial evidence suggests fighting continues in North Darfur, although at a lower level of intensity that during the previous week. AMIS and UNMIS are u [...]	2006-07-17 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1685	PRESIDENT BASHIR COMMENTS ON DARFUR [...] Following are excerpts from an interview with Sudanese President Bashir on July 15, 2006, as published by the local Arabic newspaper, Al Rai Al Aam. (Begin text) Q: A major breakthrough has been achieved following your meeting with UN Secretary General in Banjul by extending the presence [...]	2006-07-17 13:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1699	UNSR PRONK CONSULTS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: During a July 15 consultation with the diplomatic community, UN Special Representative Jan Pronk characterized AMIS as weak and unable to address the realities in Darfur, which now featured fighting among SLM factions. He faulted the Ceasefire Commission and said that Darfur Pea [...]	2006-07-18 07:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1725	JOINT COMMISSION MEETING TO BE CONVENED AFTER [...] In a letter dated July 16, the African Union office in Khartoum has informed the Embassy that a meeting of the Joint Commission will be convened at an unspecified date after the conclusion of the Brussels pledging conference. 2. The full text of the letter follows: (Begin text) Joint [...]	2006-07-19 12:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS EAID AU SU
06KHARTOUM1726	SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary and background: On July 17, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. Observer. Noteworthy is that the Sudanese Government apparently submitted its Disarmament, Demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) plan for the Ja [...]	2006-07-19 12:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1731	Update on South Darfur Inter-Arab Conflict [...] (SBU) According to AMIS sources, a July 11 argument over grazing rights for livestock between a local farmer and a herder escalated into a tribal conflict between the Habaniya and the Rezeigat tribes in the El Ferdous and Buram area of South Darfur State. Initial reports state that 60 Habaniya [...]	2006-07-20 08:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1756	MFA DDR UPDATE: UNREPENTANT ARAB TRIBAL REPS DENY [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Embassy officers and DLO attended a briefing at the MFA for the international community by representatives of the Arab Shura Council of North Darfur organized by the Commission for Northern Darfur Disarmament. Instead of an informative presentation on the status of t [...]	2006-07-23 10:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1764	ABU SHOUK TRIBAL LEADERS PROVIDE VIEWS ON SECURITY, DPA [...] SUMMARY: Tribal leaders from Abu Shouk IDP camp pointed out shortcomings in the DPA, but many also noted their support for the document and desire to learn more about it. The group emphasized the need for rapid implementation of the agreement and unanimously favored a UN peacekeeping force i [...]	2006-07-23 14:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1772	DISCOURAGING AU MEETING WITH G-19 RAISES MANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU DPA implementation lead Ambassador Sam Ibok held a harrowing, but fruitless meeting with members of the G-19 SLM/A-Minawi breakaway group. The G-19 sees little utility in engaging with the African Union (AU),which they believe will soon be replaced by a UN peacekeeping operat [...]	2006-07-24 12:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1792	SUDAN TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) On July 24, FBIS carried an account of an article placed in the internet version of The Post in Lusaka, which quoted Sudanese Ambassador to Zambia Salah Mohamed Ali as stating, "Our President made our position on changing mandate to UN very clear when he met Koffi Anan during the AU summit [...]	2006-07-25 16:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1793	SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary and background: On July 24, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC representative. Noteworthy is that this is the first meeting in at least a month in which the AMIS Force Commander has participated, that the [...]	2006-07-25 17:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1794	Three Sudanese Gov't Workers Killed in Zalingei IDP Camp [...] (SBU) On July 20, IDPs in Hassa Hissa internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Zalingei (Sector 7) beat to death three government workers (Note: press coverage often referred to them as aid or humanitarian workers. End note.) The IDPs suspected Sudanese government Water and Environmental S [...]	2006-07-25 17:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1818	SUDAN/DARFUR: NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN SAF, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh fighting has erupted in both North and West Darfur between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),allied with rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Minawi (SLM/Minawi) faction, and militias from the National Redemption Front (NRF). The fighting is notable because it is the fi [...]	2006-07-31 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1820	AMIS Update on Joint Commission [...] On July 30 post received a letter dated July 28 from Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Secretary to the Joint Commission of the African Union in Sudan (AMIS) addressed to Charge Huddleston, in care of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. 2. The text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) Notice of t [...]	2006-07-31 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO AU SU
06KHARTOUM1822	SUDAN/DARFUR: NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN SAF, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh fighting has erupted in both North and West Darfur between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),allied with rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Minawi (SLM/Minawi) faction, and militias from the National Redemption Front (NRF). The fighting is notable because it is the fi [...]	2006-07-31 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1823	SUDAN/DARFUR: SLM/MINAWI ANNOUNCES BOYCOTT OF CFC [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Growing tensions between AMIS and SLM/Minawi, due to the latter's allegations of lack of support, have led to an SLM/Minawi boycott of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings. A fracture between SLM/Minawi and AMIS could only serve to further exacerbate an alread [...]	2006-07-31 14:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1824	Statement Ousting SLM/A Leader Abdel Wahid [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 28, members of the SLA/M "Military Council and Field Command" released a statement announcing the removal of Abdel Wahid as SLA/M Chairperson and appointment of Commander Ahmed Abdul Shafi as the new SLM chairperson and commander of the SLA. The statement is [...]	2006-07-31 14:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI PINR UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1825	SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 26, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC Representative. Noteworthy is the announcement by SLM/Minawi that they are now boycotting CFC meetings due to lack of support from the AU -- see septel for lit [...]	2006-07-31 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1852	GNU ADVISOR DETAILS HISTORY OF TROUBLED BILATERAL [...] (C) On August 3, Charge Hume briefed Yahya Hussein Babiker on the Washington visits of First Vice President Kiir and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minawi. He also noted USG efforts to convince Chad to end support to rebels operating along the Chad-Sudan border (reftel),as well as [...]	2006-08-03 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1858	SUDAN/DARFUR: August 3 CFC Meeting in El Fasher [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 3, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, North Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC representative. Noteworthy is the resumption of SLM/M participation and the CFC decision to launch an immediate investigation into the fighting in Jebel [...]	2006-08-06 09:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1864	UNDSS AUGUST 3 SECURITY UPDATE FOR NORTH DARFUR; MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDSS continues to describe the security situation in North Darfur as unstable and volatile. Shifting positions and allegiances among the rebel movements are clouding the political and security picture on the ground, increasing the threat level for NGOs. END SUMMARY. ------ [...]	2006-08-07 06:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1869	UPDATE ON S/CRS SUPPORT TO U.S. EFFORTS AT DPA [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Khartoum commends S/CRS officers' efforts in supporting and providing direct assistance to facilitate the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). S/CRS and Active Response Corps (ARC) officers deployed to Khartoum and [...]	2006-08-07 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO AMGT PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1875	SLM/MM DENY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACCUSATIONS OF ATTACKS [...] Summary: Amnesty International issued a statement July 31 accusing the Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Minni Minawi (SLM/MM) of killing and raping civilians in attacks against Korma and surrounding villages in North Darfur on July 4-8, 2006. On August 3, the SLM denied the charges, [...]	2006-08-08 07:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1876	AU Criticizes SLM for Torture Incident [...] On August 1, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) released a statement regarding a recent incident of alleged torture that occurred on the AMIS compound in El Fasher, Darfur. The statement calls on the SLM to cease such actions, investigate the incident, and to hold those accountable to [...]	2006-08-08 07:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPKO PGOV AU SU
06KHARTOUM1899	DARFUR: CHARGE AND MFA MINISTER OF STATE DISCUSS [...] (C) On August 10 CDA Hume, at his request, met with MFA Minister of State Wasiila Samani to discuss UN rehatting of AU peacekeepers in Darfur and the state of bilateral relations. Hume noted that the morning newspapers reported an interview in which Samani expressed hope for an improvement in [...]	2006-08-10 15:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1903	DARFUR: GRIM PROGNOSIS FOR THE COMING WEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Over the next few weeks, increased military action in Darfur is likely to continue, as the SAF, perhaps in cooperation with SLM/A Minawi, seek to destroy National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels while recapturing traditional SLM/A Minawi-held areas. The GNU may seek to prosecute a [...]	2006-08-10 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU CH ER US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1912	DARFUR: RAPE CASES AT KALMA SPIKED IN JULY [...] (SBU) Summary: Security around the Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur deteriorated rapidly in July, following a sharp rise in rape, harassment, and looting by Arab militias in the area. Camp coordinators from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) report that 80 women [...]	2006-08-13 05:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM1918	KHARTOUM TALK ABOUT UN REHATTING [...] (C) On August 13 CDA Hume met at his request with SPLM parliamentary chief Yassir Arman to discuss Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation and transition from AU to UN forces in Darfur. Hume reiterated USG readiness to work with the SPLM to bring together Minni Minawi, Abdul Wahid, and SLM [...]	2006-08-13 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1928	DARFUR POLITICS IN FLUX SAYS MUDAWI; AU [...] (C) Summary: The Darfur peace process is approaching an inflection point, prominent Sudan human rights activist Mudawi Adam Ibrahim told Embassy officials on August 10. The DPA has become the predominant issue in the region's politics, as various factions begin to define themselves through t [...]	2006-08-14 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM1933	DPA IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE OPENS IN KHARTOUM [...] Sudanese and international community efforts to achieve peace in Darfur received a boost with the opening of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Office in Khartoum on August 12. Signatories to the agreement and the Declaration of Commitment attended, as did representatives of Darfu [...]	2006-08-14 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1936	CDA HUME'S MEETING WITH GNU AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: During an August 14 meeting, Charge Hume noted the importance of building the U.S.-Sudan relationship and permitting a transition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. Deciding not to do so would involve significant risks, as Sudan would be solely responsible for the consequ [...]	2006-08-14 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1937	DARFUR: MINNI MINAWI SPEAKS HIS MIND [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging, two-hour meeting between Minni Minawi and the USG Senior Security Advisor, Tod Wilson, Minni discussed ideas on how to move forward with the DPA and his short-term concerns, particularly SLM capacity building. He asked for advice on how to improve the Ceasefire [...]	2006-08-14 16:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU CH ER US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1943	JURY STILL OUT ON IMPLICATIONS OF SLA-ABDEL WAHID OUSTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Several Fur activists in South Darfur, including an SLA commander, justify Abdel Wahid's ouster as Chairman on the basis of his lack of leadership and increasing distance from Darfurian popular opinion. The SLA faction now led by Ahmed Abdul Shafi is organizing itself in Asmara [...]	2006-08-16 04:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1960	UNSC/SUDAN: NOTES ON DARFUR UNSCR [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol is in Thailand at present, and is not expected back in Khartoum until August 17 or 18. Given his past roles and standing among GNU officials, however, post believes FM Akol would echo President Bashir's denunciations of a UN peacekeeping operation, and [...]	2006-08-16 16:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1969	Darfur: NGO Forum Addresses Security Issues [...] Summary: NGOs discussed the worsening security environment and decreasing humanitarian access in Darfur during an August 10 NGO forum in Khartoum. Key points raised were strong USG support for the DPA and condemnation of violence, the fact that security conditions had made it difficult for N [...]	2006-08-18 04:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1971	DPA PARTNERS DISCUSS WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: An August 17 meeting of DPA partners, chaired by visiting UK Special Envoy Pullen, discussed the need to be inclusive, broadening the base of support for the DPA. Strategies discussed included building trust among Darfurians, coordinating support for the DPA, rendering the Cease [...]	2006-08-18 14:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1973	SUDAN/DPA: MODERATING AU STANCE TOWARD [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche talking points to African Union Senior Advisor and Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Team Chair Amb. Sam Ibok on August 19. Ibok agreed with demarche points, and referred to the August 17 DPA partners meeting (Ref B),wherein he had admitted the [...]	2006-08-19 15:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1975	SPLM'S YASSIR ARMAN DISCUSSES NCP-SPLM JOINT [...] (C) Summary: According to SPLM National Assembly Chair Yassir Arman, the NCP and SPLM have formed a working group to study the issue of international peacekeeping in Darfur; it will meet and report to the Joint Political Committee on August 28. Although the NCP seeks an exit from the current [...]	2006-08-19 16:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1976	PULLING PRESIDENT BASHIR BACK FROM THE DARK SIDE [...] (C) Summary: Over the past few weeks, President Bashir has turned away from his previous strategy of cooperation with the international community to resolve the conflict in Darfur and gone over to the dark side -- a unilateral approach relying on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to re-establis [...]	2006-08-19 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS PGOV ETTC SCUL AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1977	Darfur: AMIS Fuel Convoy Ambushed in North Darfur [...] Summary: According to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS),a fuel convoy was ambushed in North Darfur on August 19, with two AMIS force protection troops killed and three others wounded. End Summary. 2. The AMIS press release is as follows: (Begin text) Attack against AMIS co [...]	2006-08-19 17:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS KPKO PREL PREF AU SU
06KHARTOUM1987	MEETING WITH SLA,S MINAWI AND AU,S IBOK ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: On August 21, CDA Hume met SLA leader Minni Minawi and AU Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation chief Sam Ibok, at their urgent request. Ali Traio (SLA) and Amb. Boubou Nhiang (AU) also attended the two-hour session. Ibok and Minawi expressed both fear about the deteriorati [...]	2006-08-21 13:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV AU CH UN SU
06KHARTOUM2020	MORE ON POSSIBLE MEETING OF SLM DISSIDENTS [...] (C) On August 24 CDA Hume met with Yassir Arman, SPLM parliamentary leader, to discuss efforts to secure support of SLM dissidents for the Darfur Peace Agreement. Arman said he had just returned from Asmara, where he had met separately with SLM leader Abdul Wahid and SLM dissident leader Abdul [...]	2006-08-25 11:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM2022	AU PREPARING TO END DARFUR PKO ON SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary. The African Union,s Ambassador Kingibe has advised AU headquarters that the AU,s only viable option is to end the peacekeeping operation by September 30. At a meeting of AU and international partners on August 24, Kingibe asked the partners to assist the AU in finding a solution [...]	2006-08-25 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM2023	SLM/MINAWI ADVISORS WARN OF FIGHTING IN DARFUR [...] (C) On August 25 senior SLM/Minawi advisers told CDA Hume that fighting may escalate in Darfur within two weeks. Dr. Salah al-Haj Manna said that Presidential Adviser Majzoub Al Khalifa had told him that all funding for SLM/Minawi, including payments of subsistence bills for lodging in Kharto [...]	2006-08-25 14:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM2045	A/S FRAZER MEETINGS IN KHARTOUM: DARFUR VERDICT [...] (C) Summary: After a hostile welcome at the airport, Assistant Secretary Frazer fought to advance the three overarching goals of her visit to Khartoum: the U.S. seeks to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, to support implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),and to foster an [...]	2006-08-29 15:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM2095	SUDAN SEEKS DELAY IN UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Summary: On August 31 Foreign Minister Lam Akol summoned CDA Hume to ask for a delay in the Security Council vote until September 8. Hume pointed out that only a decision to reverse Sudan's plans for military action and work out consent to a UN operation could justify such delay. Akol sai [...]	2006-08-31 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM2100	SITUATION IN DARFUR CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE; [...] (C) Summary: Without political intervention, the government offensive will continue, resulting in increased displacement and hardship for the people of Darfur and lack of progress in the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) over the near to mid-term. Numerous attacks by the National Redemption Front [...]	2006-08-31 15:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL KPKO PREF SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2113	DARFUR: PROTESTS LEAD TO VIOLENCE AS N. DARFUR GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) The Governor of North Darfur state led a peaceful demonstration against UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1706 on September 2. In prepared remarks, he called for "jihad" against any "foreign invaders" and urged the Government of National Unity (GNU) to support all efforts to resist [...]	2006-09-04 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2114	BASHIR SAYS AU MUST LEAVE DARFUR BY SEPT 30 [...] (SBU) At the end of a September 3 meeting of the Council of Ministers, President Bashir unilaterally announced that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is expected to withdraw its forces in Darfur by September 30 and will not be permitted to remain for a transition to a possible UN peace- [...]	2006-09-04 14:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2138	Unrest in Nyala Directed at NGOs [...] (SBU) On September 5, protests held by secondary school students mobilized by the government in opposition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur resulted in several incidents of stoning and vandalism of international organization and NGO guesthouses, offices, and vehicles, including OCHA, Te [...]	2006-09-05 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2142	DPA STAKEHOLDER,S MEETING: PROGRESS NON-EXISTENT [...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 Darfur Peace Agreement stakeholder's meeting, Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi decried alleged breaches of the DPA in recent weeks, blaming both the National Redemption Front (NRF) and the Government. [...]	2006-09-06 12:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2143	DARFUR: PATEY TO BE NAMED UK SPECIAL ENVOY, WILL [...] (C) UK Ambassador to Sudan Ian Cliff, at his request, received CDA Hume September 6. Cliff informed Hume that the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends to appoint William Patey, former British Ambassador to Sudan, as its next Special Representative for Darfur. Patey will travel to Addis Aba [...]	2006-09-06 12:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF PHUM SU UK AU
06KHARTOUM2150	IRC Nurse Killed in North Darfur [...] Summary: On September 1, a Sudanese nurse working with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) was killed in a cross-fire during fighting between Sudanese Armed Forces and National Redemption Front rebels in Hashaba, 100 km north of El Fasher, Darfur. Two civilians also died in the incident [...]	2006-09-06 15:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2162	FM LAM AKOL PLANS TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) On September 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified Charge Hume that Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, currently in Cairo at a League of Arab States foreign ministers conference, plans to depart Khartoum September 10 for Washington. 2. (C) The MFA noted that FM Akol would be av [...]	2006-09-07 16:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2165	DARFUR - IRC REPORTS SEXUAL ASSAULTS [...] (SBU) On August 7, nearly 300 female internally displaced persons (IDP) convened a meeting in Kalma IDP camp to ask the international community to increase protection through the resumption of African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) firewood patrols. Following the meeting, the non-governmental o [...]	2006-09-08 08:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2181	RICHARDSON - BASHIR MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 8. -------------------------------------------- President Bashir Agrees to Free Paul Salopek -------------------------------------------- 2. (C) At the outset of the 30 minute meeting between Gov. Bill Richardson and President Bashir, Bashir agreed [...]	2006-09-10 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM PGOV AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2201	FIGHTING RESUMES IN NORTH DARFUR AS NRF CAPTURES UM SIDIR [...] (SBU) UN sources report that on September 11, National Redemption Front (NRF) forces attacked and recaptured Um Sidir, 90 km north of El Fasher. In reprisal for the NRF attack, on September 12, Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) initiated bombing of Um Sidir and Hashaba North. It is believed that SA [...]	2006-09-12 15:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2239	UN SECURITY UPDATE FOR NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDSS highlighted ongoing SAF operations in areas to the north and southwest of El Fasher. It estimated the overall security environment in those areas as unpredictable, and advised humanitarian agencies to exercise caution when operating in those particular locales. END SUMMA [...]	2006-09-14 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2240	UN SRSYG PRONK BRIEFS DARFUR PARTNERS [...] (C) Summary: During a Sept. 14 briefing of Darfur Partners, UN SRSYG Pronk said little progress had been made on broadening support for the DPA, the Government is pressing military campaigns in North Darfur, the Ceasefire Commission does not work well, and the Sudanese Government remains unal [...]	2006-09-14 16:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2264	DARFUR: REALIGNMENTS AND FRAGMENTATION OF DPA [...] (S) Summary: An effective and successful organizational conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in the near-term appears unlikely. Fur commanders have splintered into three or four groups with a new breakaway faction splitting from Ahmed Abdul Shafi. Abdel Wahid appears [...]	2006-09-17 16:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2294	SUDAN'S DARFUR CRISIS: MEETING WITH VICE [...] Summary. In a meeting with CDA Hume Vice President Taha insisted that he agreed with President Bashir's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur. Although he is concerned that U.S./Sudanese relations may be about to worsen as a result, he did not offer any ideas for resolving the impasse. He [...]	2006-09-19 17:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF SU AU
06KHARTOUM2304	DARFUR: SUDANESE SECURITY SERVICES INTEREST IN [...] (C) Recently arrived National Security Officer Major Adil Abdul Wahab met with ARC Officer on September 16 to discuss the purpose and structure of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Office in El Fasher. Wahab noted that, as National Security Section Chief for International NGOs, [...]	2006-09-20 12:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2312	DARFUR: MINAWI MILITARY DELEGATION TO MEET G-19 [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Associates of Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) leader Minni Minawi believe they are close to an agreement with G-19/ National Redemption Front (NRF) commanders. However, this conc [...]	2006-09-21 09:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2317	DARFUR: PARTNERS DISCUSS STATE OF PLAY, EFFORTS TO [...] (C) During a Sept. 20 meeting of the Darfur Partners (UK, Canada, France, Norway, Netherlands, and U.S.),participants emphasized the importance of involving, in some manner, Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in the Cease Fire Commission (CFC). The African Union (AU) representative [...]	2006-09-21 13:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2341	EC'S BARROSO TO UNDERLINE SUPPORT FOR AU [...] EC contacts confirm that EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel will arrive in Sudan on September 30. Barroso and Michel will travel to El Fasher the same day to meet with AMIS commanders and the humanitarian assistance com [...]	2006-09-25 12:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM AU EU SU
06KHARTOUM2348	Inauguration of El Fasher DPA Implementation Office [...] (U) SUMMARY: The El Fasher DPA Implementation Office opened officially on September 17. Fully staffing the Peace Secretariat, guiding its operation, and maximizing its potential role in facilitating implementation activities are challenges that must be confronted in the weeks ahead. END SUMM [...]	2006-09-26 06:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2360	DARFUR FORUM PROMOTES DIALOGUE ACROSS POLITICAL SPECTRUM [...] (U) The Darfur Forum convened a "town hall" meeting on September 16 in El Fasher to promote dialogue and peaceful co-existence among all ethnic and political groupings in Darfur. More than four hundred persons attended the gathering, including prominent government officials, community leaders [...]	2006-09-26 06:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2367	DARFUR - PRECEDENT-SETTING CASES OF RAPE PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) In the last five months, USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) grantees assisted in prosecuting several potentially precedent-setting cases of rape in Darfur. The cases had positive outcomes; however, USAID cautions that these cases may represent anomalies, rather than a d [...]	2006-09-26 10:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2368	DARFUR - KALMA CAMP COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE [...] Since the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),insecurity has increased in and around Darfur's internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. It seems that IDPs' confidence in the ability of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to fulfill its civilian protection mandate has decreased. [...]	2006-09-26 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2373	DARFUR: BASHIR POLITICALLY ISOLATED; MAY BE [...] (C) President Bashir may be looking to escape his current political isolation over UN peacekeeping in Darfur, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told CDA Hume on September 25. Bashir told the Council of Ministers on September 24 that Egyptian President Mubarak had pressed him to accept a UN [...]	2006-09-27 07:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU AU EG UN
06KHARTOUM2381	SLM/A EFFORTS TO WIN OVER G-19 COMMANDERS FALTER [...] (C) Summary: Minni Minawi continues to complain that Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders and Suleiman Jamoush are actively engaged in an effort to prevent the breakup of the National Redemption Front (NRF) and G-19 commanders from rejoining the SLM/A. Meanwhile, Minawi,s military del [...]	2006-09-27 15:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM239	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH GOS NISS D/G GHOSH ON 25 [...] (S) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer met with NISS D/G Saleh Ghosh on January 25 following the AU Summit in Khartoum. This was A/S Frazer,s second meeting with Ghosh, the first was in late November 2005. Ghosh emphasized his and his government,s desire to make the Darfur issue go away, noting that activ [...]	2006-01-31 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR US AU
06KHARTOUM241	A/S FRAZER AND NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Integrating Eritrea into the international community through promoting productive Eritrean engagement to resolve the crisis in Darfur could also produce forward movement on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Johansen told A/S [...]	2006-01-31 12:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO ET ER SU AU
06KHARTOUM2423	UNSR PRONK BRIEFS HEADS OF MISSION MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, UN Special Representative (UNSR) to Sudan Pronk provided the international community an overview of his recent UN discussions with key partners in Sudan and his briefings to the Security Council and senior UN officials in New York. He laid out his vision of how [...]	2006-10-02 15:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM EAID PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2448	SUDAN: UPDATE ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Visiting Sudan Programs Group (SPG) Director Lauren Landis briefed a range of Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials on current and prospective U.S. security sector assistance during her September 28-30 visit to Juba. Landis' discussions with GoSS President Salva Kiir are reported [...]	2006-10-04 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM2451	DARFUR: CHAD AND SUDAN STILL PLAYING IN ONE [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding the August resumption of full diplomatic relations between Sudan and Chad, and promises to expel rebel groups from their respective territories, both countries appear to be continuing support for opposition movements as a means of maintaining political and militar [...]	2006-10-04 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU CH AU
06KHARTOUM2469	ONGOING MILITARY ACTIVITY IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) In briefings to the humanitarian community in El Fasher and in separate conversations with Active Response Corps (ARC) Officer, the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) provided updates regarding ongoing military confrontations between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Natio [...]	2006-10-10 04:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM248	SOUTH AFRICAN ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN [...] (U) In a meeting January 30, Counselor of South African Embassy Ebrahim Edries provided Pol/Econ officer with an overview of South African assistance programs in Sudan. The main focus of the programs is on capacity building, especially on Southern Sudan. Edries said within the next few weeks [...]	2006-02-01 13:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AU SU SA
06KHARTOUM2483	DARFUR: ARAB FACTIONALIZATION, INCREASING [...] (C) In meetings September 21-24, UN officers, Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi representatives, and Government of National Unity (GNU) officials in West Darfur all highlighted continued insecurity, a lack of humanitarian access and an absence of information about the Darfur Peace [...]	2006-10-10 14:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU
06KHARTOUM2493	ABDULWAHID ALONE; FUR LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES TO [...] (C) Support for SLM/A leader Abdulwahid Nur has eroded so much in the five months since he refused to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement that his own family no longer backs his leadership, prominent Fur National Assembly member Abdulgassem Seif al-Din told Poloffs on October 11. "First he lost M [...]	2006-10-12 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM2518	FORMER JANJAWEED IN SAF CLASH WITH SLA-MINAWI AND OTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A series of conflicts has erupted in El Fasher between former Janjaweed integrated into the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and both SLA-Minawi members and other SAF forces. These Janjaweed, who have been absorbed into the SAF Border Guard and Intelligence Forces, have looted marke [...]	2006-10-19 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU

06KHARTOUM2519	FOLLWONG DEFEATS, SAF MAY COUNTERATTACK IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Military confrontations along the Chad-Sudan border continue, as reports and troop movements indicate that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) may imminently launch a counterattack against Justice and Equality (JEM)/National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels near Tina. The SAF suffered [...]	2006-10-19 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO MOPS AU SU
06KHARTOUM2535	IBOK SAYS DPA NOT WORKING, AU MUST TRANSITION TO UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met African Union Ambassador Sam Ibok October 17 at the U.S.-funded Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Office in Khartoum. Ibok asked for U.S. support for strengthening the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) while planning for a future UN re-hat. [...]	2006-10-23 10:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM258	Bashir Interview: AU Summit, Darfur, AIDS, [...] (U) Summary and comment: Post received an English copy of President Omer Al-Bashir's interview with Sudan News Agency Director General Mohamed Hatim Sulieman on the occasion of the convening of the 6th African Union Summit in Khartoum. Bashir responded to questions on a number of issues rang [...]	2006-02-02 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR EPET KPKO KHIV AU SU
06KHARTOUM2602	DARFUR - PROTECTION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ENHANCED AFRICAN [...] (SBU) In anticipation of the transition in peacekeeping forces in Darfur either from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a United Nations (UN) force or to an AMIS mission augmented by a package of assistance from the UN, USAID assessed AMIS's performance last year in the protection of [...]	2006-11-02 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2664	MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER MUSTAFA ISMAIL [...] (C) On November 13, CDA Hume met at his request with Presidential Adviser Mustafa Ismail, who has recently been named to take the lead on Sudan,s contacts to resolve the issue of Darfur. At the outset of the meeting, Mustafa commented that this week he had reminded government colleagues that [...]	2006-11-13 17:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PHUM AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2668	DARFUR-DARFUR DIALOGUE AND CONSULTATION OFFICIALLY [...] Summary: The long-awaited Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC),mandated by the May 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),is finally off the ground. All participants in its inauguration agreed the DDDC was vital to the success of the DPA and broader efforts to restore the social fabric [...]	2006-11-14 13:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2669	PERHAPS A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the conclusion of the Darfur Peace Agreement, perhaps there is a moment of opportunity to re-launch implementation of its important security provisions. The new AMIS force commander has provided needed leadership and challenged the international community to sup [...]	2006-11-14 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2681	MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: According to State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti, the Government of Sudan welcomes another visit by Special Envoy Natsios, to include a meeting with President Bashir, following his meetings in Addis Ababa. Sudan also appreciates continued U.S. support to the African Unio [...]	2006-11-15 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU US AU
06KHARTOUM2698	CDA MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS DENG [...] (C) On November 18, CDA Hume met with Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor at Deng's request. Deng wanted to discuss peace-keeping in Darfur and the statement of principles recently concluded in Addis Ababa. He said that the international media had presented the agreement as including all [...]	2006-11-19 15:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CVIS ASEC AU SU US UN
06KHARTOUM2710	Government of Sudan Launches Military [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese armed forces, reinforced by air power and allied Arab janjaweed militia, have launched major attacks against rebels in the area of Birmaza in North Darfur from late October to the present. UN, AU, NGO, and press accounts report that scores of livestock were looted and [...]	2006-11-20 15:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2711	CONFUSED MESSAGE ON ADDIS ACCORD [...] (U) Public comments by Sudanese officials on the Statement of Principles signed in Addis Ababa on November 16 have been convoluted. With regard to the role of United Nations forces, the local Arabic press has interchanged the Arabic words for "joint" and "mixed" in the translation of "hybrid." [...]	2006-11-20 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AU KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2721	DARFUR - INCREASED TENSION IN ABU SHOUK CAMP [...] (SBU) During the last five months, Abu Shouk - a 54,000 internally displaced person (IDP) camp on the outskirts of El Fasher, North Darfur - has been the scene of ethnic tension and clashes. Between November 12 and 15, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) suspended humanitari [...]	2006-11-22 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2725	DARFUR: MFA CRITICISES U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY REMARKS [...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ali Al-Sadig described Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios' November 20 statements on Darfur as being "inappropriate and not serving to resolve the situation in Darfur." "We have no idea of the content of Plan A, never mind Plan B which he refers to [...]	2006-11-22 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2730	DENG ALOR: BASHIR BACKING DOWN IN OPPOSITION TO UN [...] (C) In a November 21 conversation with AID Mission Director and Poloff, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor said that President Bashir had begun to "back down" in his opposition to United Nations (UN) intervention in Darfur. He based this assessment on a cabinet briefing that Bashir had giv [...]	2006-11-22 16:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2732	CONTINUING EFFORTS ON COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE [...] (C) Commanders representing the SLA-Unity, G-19, SLA-Abdel Wahid Al Nur, and SLA-Ahmed Abdul Shafi continue to engage in efforts to hold a conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur with the facilitation of the African Union (AU). A working group of in [...]	2006-11-22 17:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU
06KHARTOUM2743	MINAWI CALLED TO KHARTOUM TO BRIEF CABINET ON [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi has been called to return to Khartoum from Darfur by Vice President Taha in order to brief the Government's High Commission on Peace and Security and the Cabinet. He intends to emphasize [...]	2006-11-27 05:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU US AU
06KHARTOUM2749	DARFUR'S AGONY AND BASHIR'S PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Darfur's agony is not ending. The territory is awash with weapons, including shipments of sniper rifles, assault rifles, and machine guns. Traditional social structures, already weakened, no longer keep the peace--even within internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. The new co [...]	2006-11-28 12:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU UN US
06KHARTOUM2750	AMIS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING FORCES, NOT CIVILIANS [...] (C) In a November 25 meeting in El Fasher with CDA Hume, Major General Luke Aprezi, force commander of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS),lamented his inability to ensure the safety of his troops and protect the civilians of Darfur. Despite initial indications that Aprezi would improv [...]	2006-11-28 14:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2761	CDA HUME, MFA OFFICIAL KARTI DISCUSS PKO IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, CDA Hume and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Karti discussed the way forward on peacekeeping operations in Darfur following the November 16 Addis Ababa agreement. Addressing issues such as troop levels and financing, CDA Hume encouraged the Sudanes [...]	2006-11-29 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CLOK CVIS SU US UN
06KHARTOUM2762	DARFUR: "A CERTAIN KIND OF CHAOS" [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with tribal leaders, humanitarian workers, and United Nations staff during a recent visit to North and West Darfur, CDA Hume heard accounts of the disintegration of the territory's society, the rise in the Sudanese government's harassment and restriction of [...]	2006-11-29 14:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR MOPS AU EAID PREF SOCI
06KHARTOUM2764	DPA: WAITING FOR CHANGE [...] (SBU) Over six months after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),frustration and anger about the agreement were common themes across discussions with groups in El Fasher. In a series of meetings in November, Poloff spoke with members of the Fur and Tunjur communities, the Head of [...]	2006-11-30 09:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2768	BASHIR PRESS FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 27 press forum in Khartoum conducted via satellite, President Bashir emphasized that international forces in Darfur should remain under African Union (AU) command and that he considered the proposed "third phase" of UN support for the African Union Mission in Sudan [...]	2006-11-30 15:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD UN US
06KHARTOUM2788	SUDAN - NEEDS ASSESSMENTS IN KASSALA STATE [...] (U) From November 5 to 9, the UN led a Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) to examine the food and non-food aid needs of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in Kassala State, eastern Sudan. For the first time, the JAM was carried out in conjunction with the UN World Food Program (WFP)-led Annual Needs [...]	2006-12-04 07:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2789	UN, AU DESCRIBE POST-ABUJA PITFALLS [...] (C) During a December 3 meeting of the Darfur Partners, representatives from the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) described the obstacles facing the international community as it works to end the crisis in Darfur. At the recent AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) session in Abuja, t [...]	2006-12-04 08:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2799	DARFUR: VIOLENCE INTENSIFIES IN EL FASHER [...] (SBU) Violence in El Fasher has intensified over the last 48 hours as 1,000 Janjaweed have entered the city, attacked the market, and clashed with forces aligned with the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi. According to Minawi, four of his men were seriously injured, though SLM contacts in [...]	2006-12-05 15:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU ASEC SU UN
06KHARTOUM2807	MINAWI CONSIDERS WITHDRAWAL FROM DPA [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi is considering how to respond to the recent Janjaweed attacks in El Fasher and whether to remain within the framework of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). In a December 6 meeting with AID Miss [...]	2006-12-06 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU
06KHARTOUM2808	DARFUR: JANJAWEED ATTACKS CONTINUE IN EL FASHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Janjaweed attacks in El Fasher continued throughout December 5 and 6. Between 1900 and 2300 hours, sporadic gunfire was heard around El Fasher. This resulted in two fatalities--a 15-year-old student and a police officer--and two injuries, both students. All victims were Zaghaw [...]	2006-12-06 15:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2811	MINAWI COMMITTED TO DPA BUT PLEADS FOR [...] (SBU) During a December 7 meeting with ambassadors at the African Union Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Office, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi affirmed his commitment to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),but pleaded with the inte [...]	2006-12-07 15:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2816	DARFUR: STAFFING CFC AND JC MEETINGS [...] (C) Following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement and the arrival of new African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Major General Aprezi, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings take place twice each week in El Fasher, Darfur. In the past, the U.S. Observer to these import [...]	2006-12-07 16:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO APER MARR SU AU US
06KHARTOUM2817	DARFUR: SITUATION CALMER IN EL FASHER [...] The situation in El Fasher appears calmer as of December 7 despite sporadic gunfire between 1900 and 0030 hours on the night of December 6-7, according to UNDSS officials in El Fasher. Negotiations among the Sudanese Government, rebel groups, and Janjaweed appear to have resulted in a large-sc [...]	2006-12-07 20:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM282	ACTION NEEDED TO STEM WORSENING SECURITY IN DARFUR [...] (C) A February 4-5 visit to Darfur confirmed that the security situation in Darfur is getting worse. A companion message will report on separate meetings with the local governor, the new AMIS commander, UN staff, U.S. military observers, and international NGOs. All are worried what will happ [...]	2006-02-07 11:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EAID US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2826	Darfur: Convoy Ambush and Helicopter Incident near Sirba [...] (U) On December 9 at approximately 1500, armed men ambushed a commercial truck near Sirba, 45 kilometers from El Geneina, capital of West Darfur State. UNDSS estimates cite 22 civilians killed, and 10 wounded by gunmen on horseback armed with RPGs and assault rifles. 2. (SBU) According to [...]	2006-12-11 09:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2827	Darfur: Update on Violence in El Fasher [...] According to UNDSS and AMIS officials, at approximately 5:30 p.m. on December 9, Janjaweed shot and killed a shopkeeper in the El Fasher central market. Youssif Kibir, Wali of North Darfur State, and his cabinet attempted to visit the market to assess the situation; Janjaweed fired upon their [...]	2006-12-11 09:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2829	DARFUR: SLA/M REACHES OUT TO ALL PARTIES [...] Summary: SLM/Minawi representatives hosted a widely attended general meeting in El Fasher November 28-29 to discuss the progress of DPA implementation, new initiatives to bring signatory and non-signatory groups back to the negotiating table, and ways to work productively with the African Uni [...]	2006-12-11 13:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
06KHARTOUM2835	DARFUR: ABDUCTION OF AMIS STAFF IN EL FASHER [...] According to AMIS contacts, at 5:30 p.m. on December 10, unknown gunmen abducted Nigerian Major Adenyi Rak, Military Assistant to Deputy Head of Mission Ambassador Hassan Gibril, and a second AMIS staff member along with their vehicle approximately 300 meters from the residence of U.S. Militar [...]	2006-12-12 16:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2836	DARFUR: CIVILIANS SHOT BY AMIS IN El GENEINA [...] AMIS contacts report that on the morning of December 10, mourners gathered at the burial of 15 people killed during the Sirba incident (reftel) assaulted members of an AMIS patrol observing the event. Shortly thereafter, the same mob burned down the El Geneina Civilian Police (CIVPOL) station [...]	2006-12-12 16:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2837	SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES DARFUR WITH SUDANESE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios from December 10-12, Sudanese officials expressed their ongoing support for the November 30 Abuja agreement. They indicated a willingness to expedite the implementation of UN Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan's proposal for "phase [...]	2006-12-12 16:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2842	SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH MINNI MINAWI [...] (C) In a December 10 meeting with SE Natsios, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi, accompanied by seven of his advisors, re-iterated his plea for international assistance for his struggling movement (reftels). In contrast to reports the pr [...]	2006-12-13 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2844	DARFUR: AMIS/EU INVESTIGATIVE TEAM DETAINED, [...] (C) On December 9, unidentified armed men attacked a commercial truck convoy near Sirba, West Darfur, killing 22 people and injuring 10 others. The same day, a combined AMIS/EU team of two military observers and six protection force personnel flew, in an MI-8 helicopter, from El Geneina to Si [...]	2006-12-13 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINR PREL AU EU SU
06KHARTOUM2863	DARFUR - VISIT OF THE USAID-OFDA DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] From November 30 to December 2, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Deputy Director Greg Gottlieb and a team of USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) field staff visited Nyala, South Darfur, to assess humanitarian conditions an [...]	2006-12-18 07:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2890	DARFUR: UN ENVOY OULD-ABDALLAH MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: UN Envoy Ould-Abadallah had a "good meeting" with President Bashir on December 21, State Foreign Minister Karti told CDA Hume in late afternoon phone call. However, Karti gave no details on their discussions of the light and heavy packages envisioned in the Addis/Abuja framework. [...]	2006-12-21 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM2896	DARFUR: UNSR OULD ABDULLAH BRIEFS P5 REPS [...] (C) Summary: During a Dec. 22 briefing of P5 ambassadors, UN Special Envoy Ould Abdallah said he delivered UNSYG Annan's letter to President Bashir on Sudan's commitment to phased peacekeeping in Darfur. Ould Abdallah noted Bashir was skeptical, feeling the Darfur situation had been exaggera [...]	2006-12-22 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2904	SUDANESE RESPONSE ON PEACE-KEEPING PACKAGE [...] (C) On December 26, UN Deputy Special Representative Manuel Da Silva called CDA Hume to inform him of the Sudanese response on UN support for peace-keeping. Da Silva characterized the response several times as &positive.8 At Hume,s urging, he will convene a meeting of P-5 ambassadors on Decem [...]	2006-12-26 12:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2908	SUDAN: APPARENT GREEN LIGHT FOR PHASE I LIGHT [...] (C) On December 26, UN Chief Political Advisor told Pol/Econ Counselor that the just ended tripartite meeting (AU, UN, and Sudanese Government) in Khartoum had achieved consensus to send 35 ) 43 blue bereted UN military staff officers and police advisors to El Fasher, Darfur, within the week t [...]	2006-12-26 13:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF PHUM PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2917	UNMIS/AMIS Press Release Provides Peacekeeping Phase I [...] Summary: On December 26, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) jointly issued a press release detailing implementation aspects of Phase I of Darfur peacekeeping operations. The statement indicates that up to 43 military staff officers and 2 [...]	2006-12-28 07:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2923	Darfur: UN Advisors on the Ground [...] On the morning of December 28, UN Chief Political Advisor Bashua Abeyedun spoke to Pol/Econ Counselor fromEl Fasher, Darfur, and advised that 36 UN police advisors and military staff officers had arrived. This represents the first group of UN advisors to be dispatched toward the planned total [...]	2006-12-31 06:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM316	ROUND ABOUT IN EL FASHER: CDA HUME GETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Hume traveled to El Fasher, Darfur, on February 4-5 to meet with the new AMIS Force Commander and his staff, and to gain their views on peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. The trip also sought to review resources in El Fasher available for hosting high-level delegati [...]	2006-02-09 16:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL KPKO AU SU
06KHARTOUM363	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: A/S Frazer and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit met in Khartoum outside the AU Summit on January 24. Aboul Gheit urged U.S.-Egyptian cooperation in Africa; he described the Nile River and countries adjacent to the Arab world as Egypt's priorities in Africa. He said th [...]	2006-02-14 15:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG US AU SU
06KHARTOUM413	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH LIBYAN FM SHALGAM [...] (C) Summary: Libyan Foreign Minister Shalgam met with A/S Frazer in Khartoum on January 24; he cited regional instability as a key Libyan concern, and urged Libyan )U.S. coordination in addressing issues of mutual interest. He mentioned President Qadafi's suggestion to send 3,000 AMIS troops [...]	2006-02-16 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL US AU LY SU
06KHARTOUM425	Bashir-Konare Meeting Purported to Underscore [...] According to a February 18 account in the pro- government newspaper Sudan Vision Daily, President Bashir and African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Omar Konare affirmed in a meeting on February 15 the "necessity that the initiative of resolving Darfur issue remains African initiative (sic)." [...]	2006-02-18 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AU SU
06KHARTOUM430	SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR [...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]	2006-02-20 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM431	SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR [...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]	2006-02-20 10:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM436	NEW AU COMMANDER IN DARFUR SHOULD VISIT WASHINGTON [...] (C) Maj. Gen. C.R.U. Ihakirhe (Nigeria),the new commander of the AU peace-keeping mission in Darfur (AMIS),has staked out a forward-leaning position for his troops. As he told CODEL Pelosi on February 19, he is determined to "take control of the area" that his troops operate in. His concept [...]	2006-02-21 09:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU
06KHARTOUM437	NEW AU COMMANDER IN DARFUR SHOULD VISIT WASHINGTON [...] (C) Maj. Gen. C.R.U. Ihakirhe (Nigeria),the new commander of the AU peace-keeping mission in Darfur (AMIS),has staked out a forward-leaning position for his troops. As he told CODEL Pelosi on February 19, he is determined to "take control of the area" that his troops operate in. His concept [...]	2006-02-21 09:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU
06KHARTOUM440	CODEL PELOSI AND VP TAHA ON CPA AND DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Pelosi and Vice President Taha discussed the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the crisis in Darfur during a February 19 meeting in Khartoum. The CODEL pressed Taha to get the CPA "back on track," and asked about the U.S. proposal to expand the [...]	2006-02-21 11:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO US AU UN
06KHARTOUM447	SUDAN PRESSES OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Facing mounting pressure for increased international intervention, the Government of National Unity (GNU) has started a broad effort to resist UN and International Criminal Court (ICC) action. Over the past week, this campaign has included media events, newspaper articles, engagemen [...]	2006-02-21 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM467	Sudan: Full Court Press Against UN [...] The Government of Sudan is continuing its intensive public and diplomatic efforts to oppose UN intervention in Darfur. In addition to a significant media blitz, and the public chastising of SRSG Jan Pronk, the government has pushed in the National Assembly. Foreign Minister Lam Akol address [...]	2006-02-23 12:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM499	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: CHARTING A WAY FORWARD [...] Summary. The Darfur peace process needs to enter the endgame. The Abuja peace talks, despite gradual progress, have failed to deliver a deal between key rebel leaders and the Sudanese government. The African Union has yet to request the United Nations to take over the peace-keeping operati [...]	2006-02-27 09:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM500	UPDATE #3: Sudan Unrelenting in Public [...] SUMMARY: Heavy government public opposition to UN intervention in Darfur enters its second week as President Bashir expressed his uncompromising opposition to UN re-hatting. Cabinet members, political parties, and pro-government newspapers and civic organizations also continue to express th [...]	2006-02-27 10:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM571	DARFUR: SUDAN CONTINUES ALL-FRONTS CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Sudan continues its campaign against U.N. intervention in Darfur, with President Omar al-Bashir telling military academy graduates that the government was opposed to "foreign" troops in the region, but favored keeping the current African Union force. Foreign Ministry officials, however, [...]	2006-03-06 14:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM605	SUDAN'S RESPONSE: ENSURING THE AU REQUESTS A UN [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche on March 7 to MFA Department of the Americas Acting Director Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim. Rejecting the premise of the message, he offered several reasons why Sudan instead seeks to continue the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS): -- AMIS is n [...]	2006-03-08 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM606	Anti-International Intervention Campaign [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan continues its campaign against U.N. intervention in Darfur, with a steady stream of protests and actions taken by the press, government, and public to reject the introduction of international forces to replace those of the African Union. End summary. ------------------ [...]	2006-03-08 16:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI US AU SU
06KHARTOUM655	DARFUR: CHARGE MEETS WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Cameron Hume and MFA Undersecretary Saddiq Mutriff discussed the AU mediation's new "Enhanced Humanitarian Ceasefire" proposal on March 14. Hume advised Mutriff to use the document to engage the other side in negotiations, and work constructively on the proposal. Mutriff b [...]	2006-03-14 13:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM674	SUDAN: MFA DISCUSSES UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 15 discussion, MFA Acting Americas Director Abd Elghani said that ending the Darfur conflict through a political settlement was Sudan's priority, not finding a role for another UN peacekeeping force. He urged the U.S. to work with Sudan to push for a peace agreeme [...]	2006-03-16 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM675	ATTACK ON GRAIDA AMIS CAMP [...] (C) Civilians damaged equipment on an AMIS camp in Graida with SLA encouragement and support. The SLA has violated the Humanitarian Ceasfire Agreement (HCA) and personal agreements forged between its leaders and AMIS by refusing to vacate the town. Graida's importance is in its position along [...]	2006-03-16 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS AU SU
06KHARTOUM685	SLA INFIGHTING SPREADS [...] (C) SLA (Minawi) forces attacked Korma, a town under the control of SLA (Wahid),and drove Wahid's forces out on March 15. An SLA (Minawi) defector told AMIS that Minawi had planned the attack for months. Wahid's forces plan to counter-attack to regain Korma. This may be part of a land-grab [...]	2006-03-17 10:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS AU SU
06KHARTOUM719	AN RX FOR AMIS [...] (C) Improving African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) performance in the transition period with the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) will require physical support from the donor community and structural evolution at AMIS. There are dozens of options for the international community and for AMIS, [...]	2006-03-22 10:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM722	WEST DARFUR: WALI AND CHARGE DISCUSS SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN intervention in Darfur would be a "disaster," West Darfur Governor Gaffar Abdel Hakam told Charge Steinfeld during a March 20-21 visit to El Geneina. The state was "very secure," despite recent drawdowns by many NGOs in the area, and Government efforts at tribal reconciliation [...]	2006-03-22 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM740	SALVA KIIR ON DARFUR/ABUJA/UN: NEGOTIATING [...] (C) Summary: First VP Salva Kiir told Charge March 23 that there was still no GNU negotiating position in Abuja, and that chief negotiator Maqzoub was taking a very hard line. The Council of Ministers, however, was continuing to debate a unified NCP/SPLM position. Kiir also reiterated that [...]	2006-03-23 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU PINR SU
06KHARTOUM757	WEST DARFUR: SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Steinfeld traveled to El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, on March 20-21 to assess the local security and humanitarian situation. Several NGOs have scaled down operations in the state after a recent surge in banditry and armed robbery. Though much of the violence is dire [...]	2006-03-26 13:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM764	DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE [...] (C) On March 27 UNSRSG Jan Pronk gave Charge Steinfeld a copy of an Arab League communique as drafted by Foreign Ministers to be considered later this week by Arab League Heads of State. 2. (C) Key points of the communique regarding Darfur are as follows (as translated by the UN): -- Suppo [...]	2006-03-27 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU AL
06KHARTOUM768	DARFUR: PRONK URGES P5 TO PRESS KHARTOUM, AU ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSRSG Jan Pronk urged P5 governments on March 27 to press Sudan to accept a UN PKO assessment team for a UN-led mission in Darfur. Resolution 1663 requires the Secretary-General to report back to the Security Council by SIPDIS April 24, and the team needs at least two weeks i [...]	2006-03-27 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM791	DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: RESOLUTION PASSED TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In the Arab League resolution adopted on Sudan and Darfur at the Khartoum Summit on March 29, the AL decided to increase support for AMIS, and "to bear the AU forces' expenditures in Darfur from six months starting from 10/01/06." Preambular language includes referen [...]	2006-03-29 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM925	CHAD-SUDAN BORDER QUIET, TENSE [...] (C) The situation along the Chad-Sudan border was reported quiet on April 16 and 17. Chadian opposition forces are reported on both sides of the border, with those inside Sudan reportedly receiving ammunition and vehicle re-supply from the Government of Sudan. From all appearances, Government [...]	2006-04-17 10:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MASS PHUM PINR CD AU SU
06KHARTOUM936	SUDAN/CHAD: SOME FIGHTING IN BORDER AREA; MORE [...] (C) Some small-scale attacks took place along the Chad-Sudan border on April 16 and 17, perhaps by Sudanese Arab militias. Chadian rebels surrounding Adre returned to Sudan on April 17, apparently to rearm. The SAF is moving large quantities of what appear to be weapons, uniforms, and ammuni [...]	2006-04-18 15:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MASS CD AU SU
06KHARTOUM953	UN A/SG ANNABI: SUDAN TO DEFER UN ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: During an April 19 briefing of the diplomatic community, UN A/SG for PKO Annabi said that Sudan had indicated it would not permit a UN assessment team to visit to plan a peacekeeping transition from the AU to the UN until after a Darfur peace agreement was reached. Sudan feels u [...]	2006-04-20 14:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KIGALI731	GOR'S POSITION ON AU SUMMIT, AMIS AND TANZANIAN [...] (U) Summary. On 25 July Rwandan foreign affairs and defense officials briefed diplomatic corps on a variety of issues including the African Union (AU) Summit, the GOR's position on The Great Lakes Conference, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APR [...]	2006-08-01 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN KPKO KSUM MOPS PREF PREL AU RW TZ SU
06KINSHASA107	DRC NON-COMMITTAL ON FUTURE AU PRESIDENT [...] (C) At a January 23 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Ramazani (septel),the Ambassador raised the issue of Sudanese President Bashir's potential selection as president of the African Union. Ramazani reported that the DRC's delegation at the Khartoum summit is being headed by a [...]	2006-01-24 11:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AU CG AF
06KINSHASA1617	BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: PASTOR NTUMI JOINS THE PARTY [...] (C) Papal Nuncio Msgr. Andres Carrascoso-Coso contacted Charge d'affaires on October 15 with an urgent request to meet for an update on developments in the Pool region. Msgr. Carrascoso has been a key contact point with former Ninja rebel leader Pastor Ntumi for western group members of the [...]	2006-10-19 15:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC AU CF PHUM
06KINSHASA586	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA587	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAY [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA589	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP) [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...]	2006-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF
06KINSHASA658	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO ASSISTANCE TO AMIS [...] (C) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC would welcome any assistance NATO could provide the AU, particularly in the form of logistical support. Djoli added that the AU does not have the mea [...]	2006-04-27 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	AU EUN MARR NATO PREL CG SU
06KINSHASA932	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: JUNE EDITION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: ROC President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is expected to return to Brazzaville on June 13 following widely-publicized visits to New York for his June 2 address to the United Nations on HIV/AIDs, June 5 meeting in Washington with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and a brief visit with [...]	2006-06-13 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU PINR UNSC ASEC CF
06KUALALUMPUR570	AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIA FTA TALKS: A PREVIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: Australian trade officials negotiating an FTA with Malaysia believe their negotiations are back on track after a four month hiatus. Recent talks in Canberra led to progress on a goods chapter, and Australia recently reached agreement with Malaysia on halal certification of Austr [...]	2006-03-29 02:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR KIPR EINV MY AU
06MAPUTO77	MOZAMBIQUE: GRM PERSPECTIVE ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) During a January 17 meeting between Ambassador and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Henrique Banze to discuss UN reform and other issues (septels),Banze gave the GRM's perspective on Sudanese President Bashir's bid for African Union (AU) chairmanship. Banze said that while historically [...]	2006-01-18 13:19:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU PHUM AU MZ
06PARIS632	UNESCO-AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of January 23, Ambassador Oliver met with the Ambassadors of Austria (current EU president),Finland (upcoming EU president),Italy (a major player at UNESCO) and Jordan to discuss US relations with EU states, UNESCO reform and a substantive agenda, as well as [...]	2006-01-31 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU IT FI AU IS XF UNESCO
06PORTLOUIS743	MAURITIUS MOVES TOWARDS GREATER PEACEKEEPING ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Top Mauritian security officials committed publicly to increasing participation in international peacekeeping efforts. U.S. military officers training Mauritians say their constabulary Special Mobile Force is ideal for PKOs. Additional Mauritian attributes are the population,s [...]	2006-12-11 10:29:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINR MP AU UN SADC
06PRAGUE195	MTAG: CZECHS TO INVESTIGATE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY [...] (S) Poloff February 22 delivered reftel demarche on WEOG mention of "next generation agents" to MFA UN and Nonproliferation Director Jan Kara (Note: Reftel reported the Czech Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) had made several inappropriate comments at the February 8 WEOG meeting [...]	2006-02-22 17:35:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC NL AU EZ
06PRAGUE319	MTAG: CZECHS MUZZLE ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN ON [...] (S) Poloff March 23 spoke with Ivan Pinter of the MFA UN and Nonproliferation Department. Pinter was happy to relate that his office had successfully instructed Jiri Matousek, Czech Chairman of the WEOG Scientific Advisory Board (SAB),not to publicly discuss next generation agents in the futur [...]	2006-03-28 14:21:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC NL AU EZ
06PRISTINA283	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR DAS Rosemary A. DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black to visit Pristina April 6 - April 8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend Contact Group meetings. Control officer will be Deputy Econ/Pol Chief David Whiddon, wh [...]	2006-03-30 08:48:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC AMGT PREL UK AU GR YI
06PRISTINA286	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee, to visit Pristina April 14 - April 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations o [...]	2006-03-31 07:51:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU
06PRISTINA419	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his SIPDIS assistant, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina May 21 - May 23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultati [...]	2006-05-16 08:03:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC AU BU HU RO SE
06PRISTINA612	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and Political Officer, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina July 26 - July 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations [...]	2006-07-21 12:08:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU
06PRISTINA681	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ANNA MORAWIEC MANFIELD [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Anna Morawiec Mansfield to visit Pristina August 20-23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings related to the Kosovo status negotiations. Control Officer is Political Officer Tracey Thornton, who can be reached at: off [...]	2006-08-18 17:30:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT AU YI
06PRISTINA762	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to accompany Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson on consultations with mission, host government and international of [...]	2006-09-12 14:53:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU HR
06PRISTINA764	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR AT LARGE CLING [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Special Assistant Matthew Lavine to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission, host government and inte [...]	2006-09-12 14:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU NL HR
06PRISTINA811	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN ERATH, EUR/SCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SCE Deputy Director for Kosovo John Erath to visit Pristina September 28-30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with US Office Pristina staff and with local and international officials. Point of contact is Polit [...]	2006-09-26 14:31:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA PREL EUN AU SE NATO US
06PRISTINA875	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER, MRS. [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, his wife, Mrs. Christine Marie Wisner, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina October 24 - October 26, 2006. The pu [...]	2006-10-20 12:59:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AU CR FI PREL SR
06RABAT330	DELIVERY OF MESSAGE TO GOM ON TSCTI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan delivered reftel message on Morocco's inability to participate in a seminar on terrorism in the trans-Sahara region cosponsored by the African Center for Strategic Studies (part of NDU) and the African Union (AU) to MF [...]	2006-02-24 15:34:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG WI AU MO

06SANTIAGO1092	CHILE: TRIPARTATE DEMARCHE ON DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Deputy Chief of Mission and the Ambassadors of New Zealand and Australia delivered reftel demarche and background papers to Amira Esquivel, Director of Human Rights for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Esquivel said the GOC shared our concerns about approving such a g [...]	2006-05-23 13:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AU NZ CI
06STATE202870	SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR THE U.S. MISSION TO [...] U.S. Ambassador to the African Union (AU) Cindy Courville will be receiving a briefing following the December 27 AU meeting on Somalia. Below are points and background for her use during this briefing. In response to aggression by the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC),Ethiopia has commenced m [...]	2006-12-26 23:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO SO ET AU
06STATE77109	SPAIN-U.S. AFRICA CONSULTATIONS [...] PLEASE DELIVER THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER MORATINOS. THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE THE TEXT OF THE MESSAGE BUT HAS NO OBJECTION IF THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN WISHES TO DO SO. THERE WILL BE NO SIGNED ORIGINAL. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Miguel: Thank [...]	2006-05-12 16:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OTRA SP AU
06THEHAGUE1354	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR G. BRUCE VARNADO [...] The Hague grants country clearance to G. Bruce Varnado from the Sandia National Laboratories to travel to the Netherlands on June 26-July 7, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate at the training course on the security of nuclear research reactors. 2. As per reftel, no assistan [...]	2006-06-16 10:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AU NL
06TOKYO6295	AMB CRUMPTON MEETINGS WITH CRISIS MGMT CHIEF NODA [...] (C) Summary. Japan is making progress on the 16 items of its 2004 Counterterrorism Action Plan, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Noda told Ambassador Henry SIPDIS Crumpton and his Australian counterpart October 24. Noda believed gaps in Japan's laws were partly a result [...]	2006-10-31 00:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL JA AU
06TRIPOLI645	LIBYAN DEMARCHE ON CHINA SUMMIT WITH AFRICAN NATIONS [...] (C) Ibrahim Dridi, Director of the Americas Office at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA equivalent) requested a meeting on November 7 to convey a demarche regarding Libyan views on the China Summit with African nations. "I was instructed t [...]	2006-11-10 14:19:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PREL AU KECF LY
06USNATO734	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios met December 15 with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer to discuss the situation in Darfur, relations between NATO and the African Union (AU),and the spread of instability into Chad and the Central African Republic. Natsios said d [...]	2006-12-20 13:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NATO AU SU UN
06VIENNA1080	AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on April 12 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights. We also provided a copy of the pledge letter we delivered to Foreign Minister Plassnik on April 11. Theuermann, speaking for the EU Presidency, said that the EU's views are simil [...]	2006-04-13 13:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA AU
06VIENNA1101	AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT BANS ON GT73 OILSEED RAPE [...] (U) Following up on its initial announcement in January (reftel),the Austrian Ministry of Health (MoH) issued a government ordinance April 13 to implement a marketing ban on Monsanto's GT73 oilseed rape. The ordinance expires December 31, 2008, at which time, the MoH intends to re- assess t [...]	2006-04-14 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU
06VIENNA1102	European Imams Meet in Vienna April 7-9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Some 130 European Islamic leaders and Islam experts from more than 40 countries attended an April 7-9 conference of European imams in Vienna. The agenda focused on integration of Muslims into European societies, education, politics, women's rights, and the Mohammed cartoon deba [...]	2006-04-14 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KISL EUN AU
06VIENNA1105	CONFERENCE ON NEXT STEPS FOR REACH LEGISLATION [...] On March 30 and 31, the Austrian Presidency hosted an experts workshop, entitled "REACH At the Edge of the Second Reading," to discuss next steps. Officials from all 25 Member States, the EU Commission, the EU Parliament (EP),industry and NGOs participated. 2. Thomas Jakl from the Austr [...]	2006-04-18 06:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EIND ECON PGOV AU
06VIENNA1121	SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the f [...]	2006-04-19 15:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA KFLU AU
06VIENNA1152	AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - SOLID GROWTH AND [...] Two Austrian economic institutes have presented growth projections of 2.4-2.5% for 2006 and 2.0-2.2% for 2007. Although export growth remains the engine driving the economy, industrial production and business investment should increasingly contribute to growth. Private consumption remains w [...]	2006-04-21 13:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA1173	KOSOVO: U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Frank Wisner, the U.S. Kosovo Special Representative, discussed Kosovo status issues on April 21 with Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Wisner bluntly outlined the problem: Belgrade has decided to ignore private messages that the outcome of the st [...]	2006-04-24 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KS AU
06VIENNA1174	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: ADDRESSING UN FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 16:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL AF AU
06VIENNA1188	GoA Intensifies Fight Against Misuse of [...] The GoA has approved new regulations that will give the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) additional powers against the misuse of financial markets for money laundering and terrorist financing. The legal regulations will authorize the FMA to prosecute the unauthorized operation of fi [...]	2006-04-25 14:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ETTC AU
06VIENNA1190	RAIFFEISEN BANK ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO OPT OUT [...] During an April 24 briefing for journalists, Herbert Stepic, Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding (RI),a holding company for Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB),announced that RZB's subsidiary Raiffeisen Investment AG (RIAG) will opt out as a 50% shareholder of the Ukrain [...]	2006-04-26 06:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU
06VIENNA1195	AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND DUTCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 08:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON PREL EU AU
06VIENNA1199	APRIL 21-22 INFORMAL COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL [...] Under the overarching theme of "Investing in Excellence and Innovation," the EU's informal Competitiveness Council met in Graz April 21-22 to discuss how the EU could best meet the challenges of an increasingly competitive global marketplace. Ministers focused on the completion of the intern [...]	2006-04-26 13:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL ECIN EFIN ETRD AU
06VIENNA120	AUSTRIA WILL ATTEND SIDE MEETINGS AT AVIAN FLU [...] We conveyed ref A information about the two side events on the fringes of the Beijing conference to Hubert Hrabcik, General Director for Public Health, and to Thomas Buchsbaum, Head of the MFA's Department for Social Affairs and Health. They had already received basic information on these mee [...]	2006-01-13 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA AU
06VIENNA1209	Former Freedom Party MP Gudenus Guilty of [...] On April 26, the Vienna Criminal Court convicted a former member of the Upper House of Parliament for the rightwing/populist Freedom Party (FPO),John Gudenus, to a suspended one-year prison sentence on the grounds of having violated Austrian anti-Neo-Nazi law. In public interviews last year [...]	2006-04-27 12:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA121	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES WILL BEGIN REGULAR FLIGHTS TO [...] On January 9, the Austrian Airlines group (AUA) announced plans to start regularly scheduled service to Iraq on March 9. AUA plans two weekly flights (Thursdays and Sundays) from Vienna to Erbil. Starting May 2, AUA will add a third weekly flight (Tuesdays). AUA will use Airbus A319 aircra [...]	2006-01-13 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA1227	SCENESETTER FOR THE MAY 3-5 VISIT BY THE ATTORNEY [...] (U) The Austrians are looking forward to your attendance, and that of Deputy Secretary Jackson, at the May 3-5 JHA Ministerials. These meetings constitute one of the more significant events of the six-month Austrian Presidency of the European Council. 2. (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations hav [...]	2006-04-28 15:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PTER AU
06VIENNA1232	CONFERENCE ON "THE ROLE OF PRECAUTION IN GMO [...] On April 18-19, the Austrian EU Presidency hosted an experts meeting on the precautionary principle in the context of agricultural biotechnology. The meeting aimed to reinforce the role of the precautionary principle in agricultural biotechnology. The conference revealed differences among p [...]	2006-05-02 06:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ETRD AU
06VIENNA125	TERRORISM FINANCE: SAJID MOHAMMED BADAT (LIST [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted addition of Sajid Mohammed Badat to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list on January 12 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Birgit Ertl, terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's [...]	2006-01-17 12:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR UN AU
06VIENNA1270	Government Rescues BAWAG - Gets "Thanks" From [...] (U) In a May 1 meeting, the GoA and the Austrian financial sector agreed on a rescue package for Austria's fourth largest banking group, BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG). The GoA will provide a temporary Euro 900 million government guarantee to BAWAG to stop massive withdrawals and to reassure BAWAG cus [...]	2006-05-04 07:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ELAB AU
06VIENNA133	AUSTRIA PESSMISITIC ON DOHA [...] (SBU) Econ Unit Chief met January 13 with Gabriella Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division to discuss next steps after Hong Kong and the GoA's outlook for progress. Habermayer noted that WTO Director General Lamy was promoting a series of bilateral consultat [...]	2006-01-17 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PREL WTRO AU
06VIENNA136	Austria to Restitute Five Klimt Paintings [...] The GoA will transfer ownership of five Gustav Klimt paintings currently in the possession of the federally owned Austrian Gallery to a group of heirs led by Los Angeles resident Maria Altmann. Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer announced today, January 17, that she will order restitution o [...]	2006-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA1366	AUSTRIA ON SMALLPOX DESTRUCTION: NO FINAL EU [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 16:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO WHO AU
06VIENNA1385	KOSOVO STATUS: PRISTINA AND BELGRADE REMAIN FAR [...] (SBU) THIS IS A REPORT FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS SUMMARIZING THE MAY 4-5 TALKS ON DECENTRALIZATION/ MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED REFTEL. 2. (SBU) PRISTINA AND BELGRADE OFFERED VASTLY DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ON [...]	2006-05-12 07:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA141	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM SCHUESSEL [...] (C) Summary. During his first meeting in Vienna with Ambassador McCaw, Austrian Chancellor Schuessel confirmed full EU support for a unified front toward Iran and expressed a strong desire to work with the United States in the Balkans. The Chancellor saw the Russian-Ukraine gas agreement as [...]	2006-01-18 07:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU IR RU
06VIENNA1419	EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT: SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the May 11-12 EU-LAC (Latin America/Caribbean) Summit, the two regions sought strategies for closer cooperation. A striking lack of unity among LAC countries hampered the effort. The meeting produced a "Declaration of Vienna" enumerating common goals, among them the continu [...]	2006-05-15 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU BL VE EUN AU
06VIENNA142	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK [...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...]	2006-01-18 07:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU IR AF RU
06VIENNA1474	MAJOR MERGER IN THE WORKS IN AUSTRIAN ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV and Austria's leading electricity provider, Verbund, announced on May 10 their intention to form a new company, OMV-Verbund, by the end of 2006 or early 2007. The GoA, which holds a 51% share in Verbund and a 31% share in OMV, has blessed the merger. [...]	2006-05-19 11:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU
06VIENNA1482	AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna delivered ref demarche to Austrian Foreign Ministry May 18. 2. (U) On May 19, the Austrian EU Presidency issued a declaration urging the Syrian authorities to reconsider all cases of political prisoners and immediately release all prisoners of conscience. The text [...]	2006-05-19 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SY AU
06VIENNA1483	EU IN FAVOR OF DRAFT DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna Pol Unit chief accompanied Australian Embassy First Secretary Cameron Archer on a demarche to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights Engelbert Theuermann on May 19. Archer made a detailed and vigorous presentation of the views of Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. [...]	2006-05-19 15:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EUN AU
06VIENNA1491	AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DECLARATION [...] (SBU) The Government of Austria, in its capacity as President of the European Union, issued a declaration on May 22 welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. The Austrian EU Presidency said it saw the process as the completion of the political transition in Iraq. 2. (U) Text [...]	2006-05-22 13:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AU
06VIENNA1501	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 22 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI SPENT MOST OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS TRAVELING TO EUROPEAN CAPITALS AND WASHINGTON, AND IN [...]	2006-05-23 10:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA1551	May 4 U.S.-Russia - EU Multi Presidency Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary. In the first meeting of its kind, U.S., Russian and EU officials met informally in Vienna May 4 to discuss possible areas for future cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime and corruption, and illegal immigration. The U.S. delegation was led by Attorney G [...]	2006-05-31 11:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU
06VIENNA1552	May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...]	2006-05-31 11:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU
06VIENNA1555	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 23 MEETING ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). A MORE DETAILED READOUT OF THE MAY 23 NEGOTIATION SESSION IS GIVEN REF. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) THE MAY 23 MEETING ON RELIGIOUS SITES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE WAS M [...]	2006-05-31 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA1556	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: MAY 22 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI MET WITH SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA ON MAY 22; THE MEETING WAS CHARACTERIZED BY [...]	2006-05-31 13:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA1563	AUSTRIA ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed reftel points with acting Austrian Foreign Minister Johannes Kyrle on May 31. EconPolCouns also highlighted reftel message with MFA Middle East assistant secretary equivalent Ralph Scheide. 2. (C) Kyrle welcomed the Secretary's statement, noting its "historic na [...]	2006-05-31 17:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AU
06VIENNA157	FORMER GOVERNOR KLASNIC TO CHAIR FUTURE FUND [...] On January 13, the Board of Trustees of the Future Fund, charged with disbursing 20 million Euro in surplus monies from the Reconciliation Fund for Nazi-era forced and slave laborers, elected former Styrian Governor Waltraud Klasnic as its chairwoman. The Future Fund will finance projects to [...]	2006-01-18 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA1586	AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY URGES IRAN TO RETURN TO [...] In her capacity as current President of the EU Council, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement on behalf of the EU urging Iran to return to the negotiating table. Before the June 1 "P5 1" meeting in Vienna, Plassnik met separately with Secretary of State Condoleeza Ri [...]	2006-06-02 12:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KNNP ETTC MNUC ENRG IR EUN AU
06VIENNA16	VISAS VIPER DECEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 12:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
06VIENNA1633	BAWAG Settles Refco Lawsuit Out-of-Court [...] BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG),Austria's troubled fourth largest banking group, reached an out-of-court settlement June 5 with creditors from the bankrupt U.S. brokerage firm Refco. As part of the settlement, BAWAG reportedly acknowledged that it assisted former Refco CEO Philip Bennett to conceal hu [...]	2006-06-07 11:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV AU
06VIENNA1649	May 3 EU-U.S. JHA Ministerial Troika [...] Summary. The U.S. - EU JHA Ministerial Troika was held in Vienna May 3 with the U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, accompanied by DHS Deputy Secretary Michael Jackson. The EU delegation was headed by SIPDIS Austrian Minister of the Interior Prokop, Justice Minister [...]	2006-06-08 09:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU
06VIENNA1685	Inviting Input Concerning ICANN's Management [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 20:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC AU
06VIENNA17	VISAS VIPER DECEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 13:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
06VIENNA1718	AUSTRIAN ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 14:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP PARM PL AU
06VIENNA1733	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: JUNE 9 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI DISCUSSED THE KOSOVO FINAL STATUS PROCESS AND LIKELY RESULT WITH RUSSIAN AND CHINESE O [...]	2006-06-14 14:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA1735	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid base in the common values of democracy and civil rights. Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy, and prosperity. Pursuant to a 1955 constitutional law, Austria is neutral. Austria [...]	2006-06-14 15:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
06VIENNA1737	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL ON FMCT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Political Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel points on June 13 to Alexander Kmentt, Austrian MFA Director for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Kmentt assured us that Austria places an absolute priority on getting FMCT negotiations moving as soon as possible (the position the country has he [...]	2006-06-16 06:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG EUN AU
06VIENNA1846	NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON REACH UNDER AUSTRIAN [...] Embassy conveyed ref A talking points to Thomas Jackl, the GoA's lead REACH negotiator and Head of the Chemicals Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and to Sylvia Hofinger, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Department for Sectoral Enterprise Policy and the GoA's Coordina [...]	2006-06-23 14:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP SENV AU
06VIENNA185	HAIDER DEFIES COURT OVER BILINGUAL TOWN SIGNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Joerg Haider, Carinthian governor and chairman of the junior partner in the federal coalition, Alliance Future Austria (BZO),is refusing to implement Constitutional Court rulings that call for more bilingual (German/Slovene) town signs in the border regions of Carinthia. Haide [...]	2006-01-20 15:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
06VIENNA1898	AUSTRIA EXTENDS PARTICIPATION IN EU'S IRAQ TRAINING [...] (SBU) On June 22, Parliament's Steering committee unanimously voted to extend Austrian participation in the EU's integrated mission to support rule of law in Iraq (EUJUST LEX) to December 2007. Parliament authorized the government to deploy up to three Justice Ministry trainers and up to two [...]	2006-06-27 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EUN MARR KPAO IZ AU
06VIENNA190	AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - HIGHER GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have revised 2006 growth projections upward to 2.3-2.4%, based on stronger demand in export markets and a modest recovery of business investment. However, the 2007 growth rate should slow to 2.0-2.2%, as German demand dampens after implementation of [...]	2006-01-23 09:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
06VIENNA1907	Austrian Airlines in Turbulence - On the Path [...] The Austrian Airlines (AUA) group, after losses of Euro 173 million ($216 million) in 2005, is on track for another loss in 2006 due to high debt levels, a burdensome cost structure, and high fuel prices. AUA's major creditors are reportedly very concerned with AUA's debts of Euro 1.8-1.9 bi [...]	2006-06-28 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA1939	GOVERNMENTS COMMIT TO NABUCCO PIPELINE -- INDUSTRY [...] (C) At a June 26 conference, senior government officials from Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey, as well as EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, signed a joint declaration to initiate the Nabucco pipeline project. Construction of the Euro 4.6 billion ($5.8 billion) pipeline s [...]	2006-06-30 10:59:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV EUN AU
06VIENNA1961	Austria's New Takeover Regulations [...] Austria's Parliament has passed two takeover laws to implement the EU's Takeover Directive and to rectify problems with Austria's previous Takeover Law. An Amendment to the Austrian Takeover Act of 1998 incorporates Article 9 of the EU's Takeover Directive prohibiting defensive action to fru [...]	2006-07-03 11:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EIND AU
06VIENNA199	S23B-04: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN [...] (S) Econ Chief and Poloff delivered reftel talking points January 23 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export and Import Control Division at the Ministry of Economics and Labor (MOE). Krehlik promised to contact the appropriate Austrian universities and alert them to possible Iranian attempts to [...]	2006-01-23 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL AU CBW
06VIENNA2030	AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO IMPROVE [...] The Austrian economy exhibits solid growth and more optimism. Data for the first few months of 2006 show strong growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. The two leading Austrian economic institutes have upgraded their 2006 forecasts slightly, predictin [...]	2006-07-07 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA205	MTAG 03-03: LICENSE REVIEW FOR MACEDONIAN EXPORT [...] (S) On December 22, we met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export-Import Control Division, to request verification that the Austrian firm Geislinger GmbH was the end-user for the export of a filament winding machine from the Macedonian firm Mikrosam. Krehlik told Econ U [...]	2006-01-24 12:22:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MK AU
06VIENNA2054	Inviting Input Concerning the ICANN's [...] Per ref A instructions, Post followed up with the responsible government authorities and the private sector "Internet Service Providers Austria" (ISPA) about their preparedness to participate in the NTIA's public consultation process. 2. Dr. Christian Singer, head of legal services in the [...]	2006-07-10 12:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC AU
06VIENNA206	MTAG 03-03: LICENSE REVIEW FOR MACEDONIAN EXPORT (S) [...] (S) On December 22, we met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export-Import Control Division, to request verification that the Austrian firm Geislinger GmbH was the end-user for the export of a filament winding machine from the Macedonian firm Mikrosam. Krehlik told Econ [...]	2006-01-24 12:36:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MK AU
06VIENNA208	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT [...] (S) Econ Chief and Poloff delivered ref A talking points on January 23 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economics and Labor (MOE). Krehlik informed us that the Austrian Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterror [...]	2006-01-24 17:09:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU IR MTCRE
06VIENNA2096	AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) On July 12, following weeks of speculation about the date of the national parliamentary elections this fall, all four floor leaders of the parties represented in parliament agreed on a motion calling for elections on October 1. On July 14, the four parties will adopt the motion in the l [...]	2006-07-13 15:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
06VIENNA2097	AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) On July 12, following weeks of speculation about the date of the national parliamentary elections this fall, all four floor leaders of the parties represented in parliament agreed on a motion calling for elections on October 1. On July 14, the four parties will adopt the motion in the l [...]	2006-07-14 06:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
06VIENNA2109	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: GAERC AND NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on July 14 to Austrian MFA European correspondent Andreas Riecken and deputy European Correspondent Klaus Famira. Riecken and Famira made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Iraq has been taken off the agenda, although there will likel [...]	2006-07-17 07:26:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KN AU
06VIENNA2119	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNESCO PRINCIPLES RELATING [...] Charge delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on July 14 to Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff. At Trauttmansdorff's initiative, Austrian Ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner, who happened to be in Vienna, participated in the meeting. 2. The Austrians agreed in general [...]	2006-07-17 09:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KNAR PHUM SCUL AU
06VIENNA2140	Status of Efforts to Support Jewish Cemeteries [...] (U) According to the January 2001 U.S.-Austrian Washington Agreement on Holocaust property, "Austria will provide additional support for the restoration and maintenance of Jewish cemeteries, known or unknown, in Austria." Under these terms, the Federal Government has encouraged states and mu [...]	2006-07-18 12:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA2155	Visit of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti- Semitism Gregg Rickman visited Vienna July 5-8 to pay introductory calls on Austrian and Jewish community representatives, as well as OSCE and EU officials. Rickman met with MFA Legal Adviser Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff; Secretary General of the Na [...]	2006-07-19 11:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA2158	COMPROMISE ON BILINGUAL TOWN SIGNS FALLS APART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chancellor Schuessel's latest effort to broker a broad-based compromise on additional bilingual (German-Slovenian) town signs in the southern state of Carinthia has fallen short. The Chancellor had hoped to dispose of this long-standing irritant by passing an amendment to the M [...]	2006-07-19 13:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AU
06VIENNA2214	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted information on domestic designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik as well as on the submission of the name to the UN 1267 Committee on July 24 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Birgi [...]	2006-07-24 13:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL AU
06VIENNA2256	TFLE01: AUSTRIA ON LEBANON -- PROTEST OVER [...] (SBU) The mistaken Israeli attack on a UN observation post in Lebanon has provoked outrage in Austria, not least because an Austrian was reported to be among the four dead. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik called her Israeli counterpart on July 26 to protest the attack. She also su [...]	2006-07-26 12:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA2265	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on July 27 to Walter Rochel of the MFA's Consular Division and to Thomas Nader of the MFA's Multilateral Development Aid Division. The MFA is in the process of determining which office will take the lead on this issue. We will report any substantive reply a [...]	2006-07-27 09:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF UNGA AU
06VIENNA2272	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] Charge delivered reftel proposal on item 4.C.4.a.6 on July 27 to Alexander Kmentt, the MFA's acting Arms Control Director. Kmentt was unfamiliar with the issue, but undertook to study the U.S. proposal to remove Chemical Abstracdt Service (CAS) numbers from the MTCR Equipment, Software and T [...]	2006-07-27 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU
06VIENNA2276	AUSTRIA ON COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR A FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY (FMCT) [...] Charge delivered reftel demarche on July 27 to Alexander Kmentt, the MFA's acting Arms Control Director. 2. Kmentt was aware of the draft treaty the U.S. introduced on May 18. In general, he said, Austria supported a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),and was happy that the EU had be [...]	2006-07-28 06:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA CDG AU KNNP
06VIENNA230	JANUARY 30 GAERC PRE-DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) demarche to Austrian MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken on January 24. Riecken noted that, in addition to the topics mentioned in reftel, the EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the problem of granting visas [...]	2006-01-25 16:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
06VIENNA2313	AUSTRIAN REACTIONS TO THE LEBANESE CRISIS [...] (SBU) Austrian leaders remain divided over whether the country should participate in a UN-led intervention force in Lebanon. Meanwhile, public opinion, outraged over the death of an Austrian UN observer and the civilian casualties in Lebanon, is clearly tilting against such engagement. Defens [...]	2006-08-01 15:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS UN LE AU
06VIENNA2317	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: EU INVITES BURMESE FM TO ASEM-6 [...] (SBU) Acting Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche on August 1 to Peter Storer, the Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Storer said it was a difficult decision, but that the EU had reached a consensus to invite the Burmese Foreign Ministe [...]	2006-08-02 15:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EUN FI BU AU
06VIENNA2318	AUSTRIA TO ATTEND FORCE GENERATION MEETING IN NEW [...] (C) Summary. Acting Economic-Political Counselor discussed reftel demarche on August 1 with Austrian Foreign Ministry officials Thomas Hajnoczi, Director for Security Policy and GASP issues, and Peter Huber from the International Organizations desk. The Austrian Permanent Mission to the UN [...]	2006-08-02 15:54:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO LE AU
06VIENNA232	IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION ACT (INPA) SANCTIONS ON [...] (S) Summary: Wolfgang Fuerlinger, president of the Austrian arms firm Steyr-Mannlicher, has contacted the Embassy to seek a lifting of INPA sanctions. Fuerlinger said he would do whatever was necessary, including "signing a contract" pledging that he would do no more business with Iran. Fu [...]	2006-01-25 16:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
06VIENNA2322	AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME [...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...]	2006-08-03 11:30:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EUN AU
06VIENNA2349	LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION: AUSTRIAN [...] (U) Charge d,Affaires and Acting EconPolCouns met with Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle and Helfried Carl from the Foreign Ministry's Office of Middle East Affairs to discuss the reftel demarche and draft Security Council resolution on Lebanon. Kyrle stated that Austria's cu [...]	2006-08-07 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN LE IS AU
06VIENNA2371	SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA: AUSTRIAN [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on August 7 to Michael Kainz on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Asia Desk. We will report any substantive reply as soon as it becomes available. Kilner [...]	2006-08-09 11:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CE AU
06VIENNA2442	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: AUGUST 10 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) TALKS ON DECENTRALIZATION AND COMMUNITY RIGHTS TOOK PLACE IN VIENNA ON AUGUST 7 AND 8 (READOUT OF TALKS GIVEN SEPTEL). UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...]	2006-08-17 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA2447	AUSTRIA NOT READY TO SUPPORT WTO CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) On August 9, Acting EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division. Habermayer said that the EU Commission has not yet formally discussed the U.S. request for WTO dispute settlement consultations. Habermayer n [...]	2006-08-17 13:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH AU
06VIENNA245	AUSTRIA CALLS ON FUTURE PALESTINIAN CABINET TO [...] (U) Austrian Foreign Minister (and EU Foreign Ministers Council chair) Ursula Plassnik issued a press release on January 26 welcoming the peaceful nature of the recent Palestinian elections and reporting that the EU election observers had found the election to be "fair and open." She caution [...]	2006-01-26 15:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IS AU EUN
06VIENNA2457	SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) On August 16, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Defense Minister Guenter Platter publicly ruled out Austrian participation in a revamped UNIFIL for the time being. However, both left open the door for future participation, especially if the UN requests assistance in specializ [...]	2006-08-18 09:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL AU LE
06VIENNA247	AUSTRIA PLANS TO BAN BIOTECH OILSEED RAPE GT73 [...] During a January 20 press conference on Austria's EU Presidency health agenda, Minister of Health and Women's Affairs (MoH),Maria Rauch-Kallat, announced that Austria plans to issue a government ordinance to implement a marketing ban on Monsanto's GT73 oilseed rape until the end of 2008. Th [...]	2006-01-26 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU
06VIENNA2475	NABUCCO PIPELINE: AUSTRIA'S OMV CONSIDERS [...] (C) Summary. On August 10, State Department (S/P) Energy Advisor Steve Hellman, accompanied by Charge and Acting EconPolCouns, met with senior executives from Austria's main oil and gas company, OMV, to discuss the status of the Nabucco pipeline and ways to move the project forward. The dis [...]	2006-08-18 15:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL AZ AU
06VIENNA2514	BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM: EMBASSY VIENNA POINT OF [...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Vienna's Point of Contact for the Blue Lantern Program is Economic-Political Officer Dayna Robison, Embassy tel: 43-1-31339-2196, fax: 43-1-31339-2916, email: robisondr(at sign)state.gov. Embassy POC had a consultation meeting with PM/DTCC before her arrival at Post a [...]	2006-08-22 16:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC KSEP AU
06VIENNA2515	FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON AUSTRIAN TRANSFER OF [...] (S/NF) On August 17, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor followed up on ref b concerns with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that he and an official from Austria's domestic intelligence service (BVT),met with Steyr Motors CEO Rudolf Man [...]	2006-08-22 16:21:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL AU
06VIENNA2516	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SUPPORT FOR JOINT/PARALLEL [...] (C) Acting Economic-Political Counselor and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 18 to Elisabeth Koegler, the Acting Head of the MFA,s Human Rights Division. Koegler pointed out that, during its EU Presidency this spring, Austria had worked to highlight the mistreatment of political pr [...]	2006-08-22 16:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU
06VIENNA2517	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] Acting Economic-Political Counselor and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 18 to Elisabeth Koegler, Acting Head of the MFA,s Human Rights Division. Koegler stated that Austria supported Wedgwood,s election to the Human Rights Committee in 2002, but had no information at this time reg [...]	2006-08-22 16:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA AU
06VIENNA2541	DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT UPDATE: AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (S) On August 16 and, following receipt of ref A, on August 24, Econ Unit Chief met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Import and Export Control Division, to discuss developments in the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare Parts case. Krehlik confirmed that on Augu [...]	2006-08-24 14:20:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU
06VIENNA2576	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] Economic-Political Counselor and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 28 to Dr. Helmut Tichy, Head of the MFA's International Law Division. Tichy confirmed that he was aware of Michael Matheson's candidacy for re-election to the ILC. He noted Matheson's strong credentials for the posi [...]	2006-08-29 07:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA AU
06VIENNA2602	UNOSEK UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21-25 [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI AND HIS POLICY TEAM TRAVELED TO PRISTINA DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21 TO HOLD MEETINGS WITH THE UNITY TEAM IN AN EF [...]	2006-08-30 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU

06VIENNA2612	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Middle East/Africa director Ralph Scheide on August 31. Scheide will convey the points to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. Scheide has confirmed that Plassnik supports tough measures to prevent Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons. McCaw [...]	2006-09-01 08:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN EU IR AU
06VIENNA2625	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 01, 2006 [...] The Green Party began its election campaign in Vienna on Thursday with a series of attacks on the OeVP and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen said reforms were desperately needed in the education and training sectors, and accused the Chancellor of denying some [...]	2006-09-01 14:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2635	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 05, 2006 [...] The Social Democrats (SPOe) have entered an "election alliance" with the Liberal Forum (LIF) by providing the party one space for a parliamentary seat on their federal ballot list in an effort to broaden the Social Democrat's overall appeal to voters in the upcoming general election. SPOe leade [...]	2006-09-05 11:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA264	S59-05: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING IRANIAN [...] (S) Econ Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points January 27 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the export and import control division at the Ministry of Economics and Labor. Krehlik promised to put Samamicro on the Ministry's dual-use "blacklist." McCaw [...]	2006-01-27 15:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR AU CBW
06VIENNA2673	AIRLINES AND DATA PROTECTION: AUSTRIA WILL NOT INITIATE [...] (SBU) Eckhard Riedl, Deputy Head of the Department for Data Processing in the Federal Chancery, told us recently that the GoA is not/not planning any additional legislation on or registration of passenger data transmission to third countries. Riedl said that, for practical reasons, the substa [...]	2006-09-08 08:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER AU
06VIENNA268	MTAG: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING IRAN'S [...] (S) Econ Chief and PolOff delived ref A talking points January 27 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the export and import control division at the Ministry of Economics and Labor. Krehlik promised to look into the matter and contact us with a response. He was familiar with Palfinger, although he did [...]	2006-01-27 16:32:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR AU
06VIENNA2687	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Latin America Director. Melan confirmed that Austria will attend the September 11-16 NAM meeting in Havana in the character of "guests." The chief Austrian representative will be Peter [...]	2006-09-08 13:29:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNFA PTER PHUM CU AU
06VIENNA2688	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON SERBIA'S ICTY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Thomas Schnoell, Austrian MFA DAS for Balkan Affairs. 2. (C) Schnoell reported that he had just been in Brussels, where he had met with the ICTY's political advisor. It was clear that the Serbian action plan needed implementat [...]	2006-09-08 13:37:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI AU
06VIENNA2689	SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria held the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the fi [...]	2006-09-08 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA OVIP TBIO KSCA AU
06VIENNA269	MTAG: RESPONSE TO OFFER OF HELP ON DANIEL FROSCH [...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance. (See para 5.) 2. (S) Econ Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points January 27 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the export and import control division at the Ministry of Economy. Krehlik responded enthusiastically to our offer of assista [...]	2006-01-27 16:34:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR AU MTCRE
06VIENNA2690	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 08, 2006 [...] The third in a series of television debates between Austrian political leaders was a face-off Thursday night between the Social Democrats' boss Alfred Gusenbauer and BZOe leader Peter Westenthaler. As expected, the two politicians strongly disagreed on issues including the bank Bawag and immigr [...]	2006-09-11 07:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2712	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 12, 2006 [...] Investment banker Wolfgang Floettl, who has come under fire in connection with the scandal surrounding union-owned bank Bawag, claims he also transferred "several tens of thousands of Euros" to the SPOe and former Chancellor Franz Vranitzky in 1999. Vranitzky has confirmed the receipt of the mo [...]	2006-09-12 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2713	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON SYRIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered refetel demarche on September 12 to Wolfgang Lapuh, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Middle East Director. 2. (C) Lapuh agreed with our assessment of Syrian policy. However, he noted that the EU had taken the general position that it was necessary to press our com [...]	2006-09-12 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU AU
06VIENNA2714	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 12 to the MFA's DAS-level Middle East Director, Wolfgang Lapuh. Lapuh said there was virtually "full agreement" between the U.S. and Austria -- and, for that matter, the U.S. and the EU -- on the points we reviewed. He noted that the [...]	2006-09-12 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IS LE ECON AU
06VIENNA2715	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 12 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level deputy director for International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Huber said Austria had not yet determined whether a "political level" figure would represent Austria at the CD meeting. In a [...]	2006-09-12 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AU
06VIENNA2716	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on September 12 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian MFA A/S-level director for arms control and disarmament. 2. (S) Auer undertook to convey the lists --the Item 19 Missle Projects List, WMD delivery systems list, and Category I Missle Projects Lis [...]	2006-09-12 15:22:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ETTC KSCA MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA AADP AU
06VIENNA2731	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: SEPTEMBER 8-9 TALKS MAKE LITTLE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) DESPITE A MORE POSITIVE SPIN IN THE MEDIA, TECHNICAL TALKS ON KOSOVO HELD IN VIENNA SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9 MADE LITTLE PROGRESS. THE MEETINGS C [...]	2006-09-13 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA2738	GAERC -- DEMARCHES ON IRAN, OTHER POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 13 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Western Balkans: There will be council conclusions on Bosnia and on Montenegro, Riecken said. The reference to Monte [...]	2006-09-13 15:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN PARM KNNP IR EU AU
06VIENNA2740	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 13, 2006 [...] Bartenstein and Westenthaler came across as "buddy-buddy" in the debate, ORF online news comments. The coalition partners were "at pains to emphasize their joint successes of the past six years and to stress common goals, such as preventing a SPOe-Greens coalition government" after the October [...]	2006-09-14 07:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2749	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 14, 2006 [...] The leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SPOe),Alfred Gusenbauer, says he suspects a government plot to discredit his party ahead of next month's elections is behind allegations made by Wolfgang Floettl, one of those at the center of the Bawag bank scandal. The SPOe has denied Floettl's [...]	2006-09-14 16:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2765	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 15, 2006 [...] The former head of Bawag bank, Helmut Elsner, has been arrested at his home in the south of France. Elsner is under criminal investigation in connection with currency speculations and losses at Bawag. The Justice Ministry in Vienna says the 71-year-old Elsner was arrested because there was a f [...]	2006-09-15 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2774	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 18, 2006 [...] The Bawag scandal added yet another layer of intrigue when it was revealed that former OeVP boss Josef Taus visited former Bawag boss Helmut Elsner shortly before he was arrested at his estate in France. The opposition is demanding more details about the nature of the visit; Taus says his meeti [...]	2006-09-18 11:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2787	AUSTRIA'S OCTOBER 1 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -- FINDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Austria's October 1 elections take place in the context of a political shift that followed this year's revelations of fraud in the trade union-affiliated bank, BAWAG. This established a new political reality in which Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel's conservative People's Party [...]	2006-09-19 13:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
06VIENNA2790	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 19, 2006 [...] According to ORF online news, experts agree the current election campaign in Austria is "tougher in tone, but lacking in actual messages and concepts." There is "too much mudslinging, and not enough objective (discussion of) policies," they say. Elsner in Hospital 2. Former bank Bawag d [...]	2006-09-19 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2801	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2006 [...] As expected, no common ground was identified in the eighth of the TV debates between party leaders - Tuesday night, Greens boss Alexander van der Bellen and FPOe party leader Heinz-Christian Strache, whose parties are fighting for third place in the upcoming national elections, engaged in a deb [...]	2006-09-20 12:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2809	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS AND [...] (U) EconPolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 20 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Deputy Director for International Organizations. 2. (U) Huber said he "could guarantee" that Austria would support the need to reach a concensus outcome on the scale of asses [...]	2006-09-20 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UNGA AU
06VIENNA282	AUSTRIA EXPRESSES TENTATIVE SUPPORT FOR WILLIAM [...] (SBU) During his January 20 visit to Vienna, FAA Director for Europe and the Middle East Paul Feldman called on GoA officials to urge Austrian support for William D. Voss, U.S. candidate for ICAO Secretary General. Alois Kraut, Head of the MFA's Transportation Unit; Dieter Gauptmann, Acting [...]	2006-01-31 09:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR ICAO AU
06VIENNA2823	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 21, 2006 [...] Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen and BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler clash over immigration policy during Wednesday's televised debate. ORF online news notes that in last night's TV debate, Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen and BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler "refused to agree on a single [...]	2006-09-22 07:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2829	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...]	2006-09-22 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UN AU
06VIENNA2895	AUSTRIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY CALLS FOR "DIALOGUE" REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA2918	THE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR IN AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 data for Austria (1 EUR = $1.24) keyed to reftel request: -- Total industrial production: $55.2 billion -- Total textile and apparel production: $4.6 billion (textiles: $3.2 billion; apparel: $1.4 billion) -- Textiles share of Austria's imports/exports: 1.8%/2.0% -- Apparel [...]	2006-09-28 12:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX AU
06VIENNA2924	AUSTRIA'S OCTOBER 1 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -- [...] (SBU) Summary: This weekend's elections will likely result in a clear victory by the conservative People's Party (OVP) of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. It will be no landslide, however, as the Social Democratic Party (SPO) has managed to shore up its position. Under current conditions, th [...]	2006-09-29 11:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
06VIENNA2936	POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR MODRIACH, [...] REFTEL REQUESTED A POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION TO DETERMINE THE RELIABILITY OF FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR MODRIACH AS AN ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE OF SENSITIVE US-ORIGIN TECHNOLOGY. 2. BACKGROUND ON THE FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR (VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE) MODRIACH: MODRIACH IS A SMALL TOWN LOCATED IN THE AUST [...]	2006-10-02 11:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC AU
06VIENNA2941	Austria's October 1 Election Surprise: People's Party [...] Summary: Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's Austrian People's Party (OVP) suffered a stinging defeat at the polls on October 1. Contrary to every pollster's and analyst's expectations (and ours as well),Schuessel's party plummeted 8 points to second place. The opposition Social Democratic Part [...]	2006-10-02 13:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
06VIENNA2947	KLEPTOCRACY: DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. [...] Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, and Justice Minister Karin Gastinger on September 26. DCM discussed the issue separately with Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Hans-Peter Manz on September 26. EconPolCou [...]	2006-10-03 09:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM AU
06VIENNA2949	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SUPPORT FOR REVISED [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered ref A demarche on October 2 to Elisabeth Koegler, the Acting Head of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Koegler stated that Austria, during its EU Presidency this spring, had consistently highlighted the PRC's mistreatment of prisoners. She noted that her colleagues i [...]	2006-10-03 11:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU
06VIENNA2960	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 04, 2006 [...] Negotiations for a new Austrian government start next Tuesday. All Austrian media expect a difficult and drawn out struggle between the country's two major parties, the SPOe and the OeVP, given their disagreement in a number of key political issues. Mass-circulation daily Kurier sees a "deep ri [...]	2006-10-04 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2962	JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTERS ROGATORY IN THE MATTER OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 13:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN AU
06VIENNA2968	AUSTRIA VERY CONCERNED WITH POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) On October 4, Ambassador met with Johannes Kyrle, the MFA's Secretary General, and Nikolaus Scherk, Director of the MFA's Asia Division, to present reftel concerns regarding a possible North Korean nuclear test. The Ambassador thanked the GoA for working with Austrian banks and the Treasu [...]	2006-10-04 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN AU
06VIENNA2972	Austrian Airlines Saved, For Now [...] Facing a worsening financial situation, Austrian Airlines Group (AUA) shareholders approved a Euro 350-400 million capital increase on October 2. Syndicated shareholders, who control 51% of AUA shares, strongly support efforts to maintain AUA's dominant position in Central, Eastern, and South [...]	2006-10-05 09:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA2976	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 05, 2006 [...] The chairperson of the Social Democrats Alfred Gusenbauer has said he only wants to hold coalition talks with the conservative OeVP, because "a two-party coalition is more stable than a three-party one." The OeVP, however, is divided on whether they want to govern with the SPOe. Presenting his [...]	2006-10-05 12:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2981	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON 2007 UN PANEL OF [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 4 to Georg Poestinger from the MFA's Division for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. 2. Although Poestinger agreed that the 2004 Panel report (WP.2/Rev.3) should be used as the basis for the 2007 Panel, he requested more time [...]	2006-10-05 14:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA CDG AU
06VIENNA2996	ENGAGING WITH AUSTRIA ON THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) In response to reftel, Ambassador has engaged in a public affairs initiative to publicize and promote the President's policy on detainees. At the same time, Ambassador and DCM have discussed the issue with key Austrian government contacts. 2. (U) Ambassador incorporated reftel public [...]	2006-10-06 13:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AU
06VIENNA2997	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 06, 2006 [...] Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer is the first politician to respond to the OeVP's defeat in the general elections: She announced yesterday she will resign as minister when the new government is sworn in and retire from politics entirely. All Austrian media report that Elisabeth Gehrer not on [...]	2006-10-06 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3001	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 10, 2006 [...] The OeVP leadership will hold special consultations today to establish guidelines for coalition negotiations with the SPOe. OeVP party boss Wolfgang Schuessel, who will nominate the other members of the negotiation team, will probably lead the negotiations. Centrist daily "Die Presse" reports o [...]	2006-10-10 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA301	SYLVESTER HAGUE CASE: ACTION REQUEST COMPLETED [...] SUMMARY: REF B was an action request instructing post to meet with the Austrian Central Authority (ACA),contact the Austrian attorney representing Tom Sylvester, and attend the March 15, 2006 hearing on his Article 21 Hague Access Case. REF A reported on our meeting with the ACA on January 1 [...]	2006-02-01 09:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CASC AU
06VIENNA3011	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 11, 2006 [...] On Wednesday, Federal President Heinz Fischer will officially authorize SPOe Boss Alfred Gusenbauer to form a government, allowing formal coalition negotiations between SPOe and OeVP to begin. Both parties have already nominated their teams. Mass circulation daily "Kurier" reports that, whereas [...]	2006-10-11 12:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3020	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) On October 10, Charge met with Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, and Ambassador Nikolaus Scherk, Director of the MFA's Asia Division, to deliver ref A talking points on North Korea,s announced nuclear test. 2. (C) Charge emphasized the extreme gravity of the situation [...]	2006-10-11 16:24:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL KN AU
06VIENNA3022	AUSTRIAN ELECTION FOLLOW-UP: GREENS NOW NUMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The results of Austria's October 1 elections shifted somewhat with the announcement of the tally of absentee votes on October 9. In the final count, the Greens emerged for the first time as Austria's third strongest party. On October 11, Austrian President Heinz Fischer gave [...]	2006-10-12 08:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MASS AU
06VIENNA3025	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 11 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments on reftel points: -- Sudan: Riecken said there was broad agreement between the EU and US on Sudan. He not [...]	2006-10-12 09:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU AU
06VIENNA3028	STEYR-MANNLICHER: RELOADING AFTER SANCTIONS [...] (S//NF) Summary. EconPolCouns and Poloffs delivered ref A points to Steyr-Mannlicher CEO Wolfgang Fuerlinger on September 28 to discuss ref A questions. Fuerlinger claimed his business in the U.S. has dried up as a result of the sanctions and complained that the USG unfairly targeted Steyr- [...]	2006-10-12 11:25:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC AU
06VIENNA3031	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 12, 2006 [...] Before the start of the coalition negotiations, Chancellor Schuessel has sent unmistakable signals to the SPOe: The OeVP opposes basic social security payments to those below a certain income, a comprehensive school, and Eurofighter negotiations. On the latter, SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer has [...]	2006-10-12 13:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3037	FOLLOW-UP ON NORTH KOREA: EUROPEANS WILL NOT [...] (C) On October 12, Nikolaus Scherk, the Assistant Secretary-level Director of the Austrian MFA,s Asia SIPDIS Division, called the DCM to follow-up on reftel conversation. 2. (C) Scherk referenced a meeting in Brussels that he attended the previous day with European colleagues. During [...]	2006-10-13 09:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL KN AU
06VIENNA3041	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 13, 2006 [...] Coalition negotiations over formation of a new government begin Friday. OeVP says it will play hardball, trying to push through its budget goals and retain the Finance Ministry. Current Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser no longer rules out staying in office in the next government. Independent daily [...]	2006-10-13 12:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3043	AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY POISED FOR FASTER GROWTH [...] Austrian economic institutes have revised 2006 and 2007 GDP forecasts upward to 3.1% and 2.3-2.5% respectively. Data for the first half of 2006 indicate continued robust growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. Growth in 2007 should slow, as the negativ [...]	2006-10-13 12:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA3056	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 16, 2006 [...] The second round of coalition talks for a new Austria government will begin on Tuesday with meetings between the SPOe and the OeVP. A daily speculates that the SPOe could make major concessions regarding the Eurofighter deal in order to form a government with the OeVP. ORF radio early morning [...]	2006-10-16 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3072	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 17, 2006 [...] The Freedom Party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, has ruled out participating in a coalition government with the OeVP and the BZOe, ORF online news and other major Austrian media report. According to ORF online news, the move means the Conservatives under Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel have lo [...]	2006-10-17 12:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3083	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff and Cameron Archer, First Secretary of the Australian Embassy, delivered reftel demarche on October 16 to Georg Heindl, Deputy Director in the MFA,s Human Rights Department. 2. (SBU) While Heindl said he understood the U.S. position on the draft Declaration on the Rights [...]	2006-10-17 15:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL UN AU
06VIENNA309	TREASURY U/S LEVEY RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TWO [...] (U) This message contains a request from the Ministry of Finance for information from the Department of Treasury. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (S) During January 19 meetings, U/S Levey reiterated USG concerns to senior Austrian officials about financial relations between [...]	2006-02-02 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AU
06VIENNA3091	AUSTRIA IN FULL AGREEMENT ON UNSCR 1718 AND NORTH [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on October 17 to Nikolaus Scherk, the Austrian MFA's (assistant secretary-equivalent) Director for Asia. SIPDIS 2. (C) Scherk said Austria agrees entirely with our points, and backs implementation of UNSCR 1718. He said the MFA had sent th [...]	2006-10-18 13:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM KN AU
06VIENNA3092	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 18, 2006 [...] The OeVP and the SPOe met on Tuesday for their second round of talks on forming a new coalition government. Although the two parties' negotiation teams addressed key topics at yesterday's meeting, they continue to be divided on a number of issues. While some Austrian media believe the talks are [...]	2006-10-18 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3093	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRESERVING LEGANESE PM [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and North Africa. SIPDIS 2. (S) Scheide took careful note of our points. He said the Austrian Embassy in Damascus had engaged with the [...]	2006-10-18 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA310	COUNCIL OF EUROPE INQUIRY ON RENDITION FLIGHTS: [...] (C) DCM met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmannsdorff (at the latter's request) regarding Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty's inquiry into "Alleged Secret Detentions in Council of Europe Member States." SIPDIS Trauttmansdorff handed over a Verbal Note (sic) requesting in [...]	2006-02-02 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
06VIENNA3105	OMV ON NABUCCO AND GAZPROM [...] (C) OMV Gas executives Werner Auli and Reinhard Mitschek told emboffs on October 12 that Nabucco Pipeline International had formally requested exemptions from the EU's Gas Directive -- restricting initial third-party access to the pipeline to 50% and insulating the project from tariff reducti [...]	2006-10-19 13:26:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU
06VIENNA3114	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON IRANIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (S/NF) EconPolCouns discussed reftel demarche on October 17 with Ralph Scheide, MFA's Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa. Scheide immediately consulted with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, the MFA's export control expert. Bruck-Friedrich informed Scheide that she had not seen an exp [...]	2006-10-20 11:14:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC IR AU
06VIENNA3134	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 23, 2006 [...] Massive criticism of OeVP party boss Wolfgang Schuessel and his leadership style is now heard among top party officials. Franz Fischler, formerly EU Commissioner and OeVP Minister of Agriculture, demanded a total reform of the party and President of the Austrian Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl [...]	2006-10-24 07:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3145	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 24, 2006 [...] Amid statements from the negotiation teams on the "positive atmosphere" during yesterday's meetings on domestic issues, talks today will address education issues. After the talks on domestic issues yesterday, both SPOe delegation head Norbert Darabos and Interior Minister Liese Prokop praised t [...]	2006-10-25 15:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3155	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON [...] (C) EconPolOff presented reftel points on October 17 to Dorothea Auer, Head of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department, and Monika Froemler, Auer's advisor on the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). Regarding the upcoming Review Conference (RevCon) for the CCW, Auer said that con [...]	2006-10-27 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL AU
06VIENNA3156	EMBASSY VIENNA POINTS OF CONTACT ON TRANSNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER PREL SNAR EU AU
06VIENNA3173	UPDATE ON DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE [...] (S/NF) Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division, recently provided post with an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case. Frosch's father, Erich Frosch, remains under custody, and Austrian authorities hope to charge him with facilitating t [...]	2006-10-27 12:25:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU
06VIENNA3175	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA REGARDING UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON [...] Acting EconPol Counselor and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Peter Huber, the MFA,s Deputy Head of the International Organizations Department. Huber stated that Austria shares the USG concern that there is a trend to inject contentious political issues into the UN's human r [...]	2006-10-27 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PTER UNGA AU LE IS
06VIENNA3176	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] Acting EconPol Counselor and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Peter Huber, the MFA,s Deputy Head (DAS-equivalent) of the International Organizations Department. Huber emphasized the importance of maintaining Austria's balanced approach within the Middle East. He added that [...]	2006-10-27 13:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AU IS
06VIENNA3196	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 31, 2006 [...] Despite massive protests from the OeVP and the BZOe, the Social Democrats -- with the support of the Greens and the Freedom Party -- went ahead during Parliament's first session yesterday with plans to create a committee to investigate the government's decision to purchase 18 Eurofighter jets. [...]	2006-10-31 15:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3202	AUSTRIAN ELECTION FOLLOW-UP: NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Austrian parliament met for the first time on October 30. As is traditional, the parliament voted members of the top three parties -- the Social Democratic Party (SPO),the People's Party (OVP) and the Greens -- to the three parliamentary leadership positions. Of cons [...]	2006-10-31 16:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AU
06VIENNA3208	STEVE HELLMAN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH OMV ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) During an October 23 meeting with Werner Auli, CEO of OMV Gas, and Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International, S/P Steve Hellman updated OMV on Russia's continuing pressure, via its gas exports, on Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. Hellman noted that Russia' [...]	2006-11-02 10:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PREL AU
06VIENNA3214	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 02, 2006 [...] Social Democrats leader Alfred Gusenbauer says he wants to hold a face-to-face meeting with Conservatives leader Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel in a bid to break the deadlock over the coalition talks. A date for the meeting has not been made public. Like all Austrian media, mass-circulation tabl [...]	2006-11-02 14:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA322	AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS [...] (C) Econ Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points February 2 to Hannes Porias, Assistant Secretary-level Head of the MFA's Central and Eastern Europe Division. Porias noted that the GoA remained concerned with energy security issues in light of the early January gas crisis. He n [...]	2006-02-02 17:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON AU
06VIENNA3224	AUSTRIA ON UNSCR 1718 AND NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 3 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level non-proliferation director. Auer undertook SIPDIS to share reftel material with relevant portions of the Austrian government. 2. (C) Auer expressed appreciation fo [...]	2006-11-03 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KN AU
06VIENNA323	AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BUY BACK KLIMT [...] (U) Austrian Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer has announced that the Austrian government will not buy back any of the five Gustav Klimt paintings that an arbitration panel decided to restitute to heirs of the original owner. Gehrer made the announcement after the government's cabinet meeti [...]	2006-02-02 17:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA3232	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 03, 2006 [...] The "secret" meeting between the leaders of the OeVP and the SPOe, which occasioned much speculation in Austria's media yesterday, in fact took place with President Heinz Fischer on Wednesday. The talks were aimed at ending the stalemate in the two parties' negotiations to form a new coalition [...]	2006-11-06 12:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA324	AUSTRIA ON A WAY FORWARD ON TURKEY/CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: The Austrian presidency will seek movement on ending the isolation of Northern Cyprus, starting with direct trade, but will do this quietly in order to avoid a torpedoing of the initiative by the Cypriots or by the British, who (according to the Austrian MFA's Southern Europe he [...]	2006-02-02 19:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU EU AU
06VIENNA3245	DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Human Rights Director. Charge delivered ref SIPDIS (b) points to Theuermann upon receipt on November 7. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria shared U.S. views on the c [...]	2006-11-07 08:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN AU
06VIENNA3246	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the A/S-level head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Division. 2. (C) Theuermann confirmed that the EU approach "will not fundamentally change" -- EU members would vote in favor of the resolution, but to delive [...]	2006-11-07 09:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AU
06VIENNA3248	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DEBT RELIEF -- [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Charge especially urged that Austria forgive the remaining 20 percent of Iraq's debt. 2. (SBU) Scheide noted that Austria's forgiveness of 80 percent of Ira [...]	2006-11-07 10:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VIENNA3258	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 07, 2006 [...] SPOe leader Alfred Gusenbauer has said he will give the Conservatives until Sunday to "come to their senses" and resume negotiations on forming a grand coalition government. Meanwhile, Vienna Mayor Michael Haeupl suggests a minority Social-Democrat-led government if a majority coalition cannot [...]	2006-11-07 15:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3264	AUSTRIA ON NOVEMBER 13-14 EU FOREING MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Western Balkans: Kosovo will be a lunch topic, and Serbia will be a topic during the regular meeting, Riecken said. [...]	2006-11-08 09:19:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN AU
06VIENNA3268	AUSTRIA ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINKS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe and Russia. DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Moldova/Belarus Director Josef Litschauer also participated. 2. (C) Porias said the EU had made clear to Kyiv that it is i [...]	2006-11-08 11:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN EUN RU MD UP AU
06VIENNA3272	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (A) immediate action demarche to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's Latin America head, on November 8 at 1130 local. 2. (C) Melan was in the process of coordinating the Austrian position with the MFA's human rights and international organizations bureaus. He not [...]	2006-11-08 12:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AU
06VIENNA3277	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3278	AUSTRIA ON BOARD ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Charge conveyed ref (a) points on country resolutions to Austrian MFA Human Rights chief Engelbert Theuermann on November 8. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria -- and all EU member states -- opposed, in principle, any no-action motions on human rights issues. Therefore, Austria would v [...]	2006-11-08 13:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC AU
06VIENNA3279	AVIAN FLU: BAXTER-AUSTRIA DEVELOPS A VACCINE AGAINST HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Austrian-based research facility of the U.S. healthcare company Baxter has developed a vaccine against the current strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The vaccine has been successfully tested in mice and also with human subjects, yielding a protection rate between 70 [...]	2006-11-08 13:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ASEC SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU
06VIENNA3283	AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe, and to Josef Litschauer, the MFA's DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Moldova officer. 2. (C) Porias said that Austria shared our views on the need for [...]	2006-11-08 14:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS UP AU
06VIENNA3286	AUSTRIA AGREES: KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarche on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-equivalent Director for Eastern Europe, and Valerie Zirl, the MFA's South-East Europe desk officer. 2. (C) Porias agreed with our message, and undertook to support it. He said it was increasingy [...]	2006-11-08 16:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL UP AU
06VIENNA3296	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 09, 2006 [...] SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel will meet in Parliament Friday to discuss again whether there is still a chance for a grand coalition. In the meantime, Federal President Heinz Fischer has indicated he is prepared to give the two parties "one or two weeks" to come t [...]	2006-11-09 14:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3303	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 13, 2006 [...] The People's Party resents SPOe's demands that negotiations be resumed by Wednesday or not at all. SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer has threatened that he will "talk to the Federal President about alternatives," unless the OeVP returns to the negotiation table - the latter maintains that such an ult [...]	2006-11-13 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3314	WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: AUSTRIAN FOLLOW-UP TO [...] EconPolOff shared reftel fact sheet on November 8 with Elisabeth Koegler, the Head of the MFA,s Unit for International Women,s Issues. Koegler said Minister Plassnik was delighted to participate in the working session in September. 2. In follow-up to September,s working session, Austria [...]	2006-11-14 08:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL UNGA AU
06VIENNA3326	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 14, 2006 [...] Speaking on ORF TV yesterday, former Parliamentary President Andreas Khol said a minority government for Austria would be "a disaster." He expects a "signal" for the OeVP from SPOe leader Alfred Gusenbauer regarding the suspended coalition talks. Speaking on ORF TV's late night news program Zei [...]	2006-11-14 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3335	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 15, 2006 [...] The KPOe and Hans-Peter Martin's List are reportedly considering contesting the October 1 elections because the BZOe ran under different names in Carinthia province and at the national level. Should the Austrian Constitutional Court rule that the BZOe lose its representation in Parliament, the [...]	2006-11-15 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3336	(SBU) UNOSEK: CONTINUING WORK AND OUTREACH DURING INTERIM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 10, FOLLOWING THE SERBIAN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD IN JANUARY, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE FUTURE STATUS PROC [...]	2006-11-15 15:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA3341	AUSTRIA ON NATO/AFGHANISTAN -- CONTINUATION OF [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 18 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political-Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said the importance of the NATO mission in Afghanistan was clear. He noted that the Austrian government had announced on N [...]	2006-11-16 10:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG AU

06VIENNA3343	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 16, 2006 [...] It is the moment of truth for the OeVP, an Austrian daily says: In a meeting at 10:00 am today, the Conservatives' leadership was to begin deciding whether to resume coalition negotiations with the SPOe, or go into opposition and give up much of its power. In an analysis of the OeVP's strategy [...]	2006-11-16 15:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC

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