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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04DJIBOUTI282 |
OLHAYE MEETING WITH GENERAL ROBESON [...] (S/NF) Djiboutian Ambassador to the United States Roble Olhaye met at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti on February 25 with Brigadier General Mastin Robeson. Ambassador Olhaye is nearing the end of a two week stay in Djibouti and was present for Ambassador Ragsdale's credentialing ceremony on the 23 [...] |
2004-03-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | CT PINR PM PREL DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI474 |
DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF EACTI ENGLISH LANGUAGE [...] (U) Post has received a high volume of requests in Djibouti for English language training. Djibouti is a Francophone island in a predominantly English speaking Horn of Africa region. The arrival of CJTF-HOA, the only U.S. Military base in Africa, has created an additional incentive for Dji [...] |
2004-03-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPAO CT DJ |
| 04GUATEMALA182 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING THE GRULAC TO SELECT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-26 21:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM CT UNGA CDG |
| 04KINSHASA2010 |
UNHCR BEGINS REPATRIATION OF CONGOLESE FROM CAR [...] (U) Summary. UNHCR began repatriation of Congolese refugees to Libenge, Equateur Province, with a ceremony on October 20th. The refugee agency expects to repatriate approximately 10,000 people to Equateur by the end of 2004. Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba headed a GDRC delegation to the [...] |
2004-10-29 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL CG CT |
| 04PARIS9146 |
FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (SOUTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. France continues to seek solutions for the crisis in the Great Lakes through policies designed to support DRC President Kabila and the transition process and to block Rwandan interference in Congolese affairs. France's history in the Rwandan genocide complicates their ability to [...] |
2004-12-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BY CF CG CT EK GB RW TP ZF XA |
| 04PARIS9167 |
FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (NORTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chad, where France maintains a permanent miltary presence, and the Central African Republic (CAR), where France is supporting military and economic reform are key countries for France's Africa policy. The crisis in Darfur has caused concern in France about additional threats to [...] |
2004-12-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CM CT CH ZF XA FR |
| 05ANKARA4561 |
BANNER BOMB - MERSIN PROVINCE [...] (U) On Tuesday, August 2, 2005 at approximately 22:30 the Turkish National Police (TNP) conducted a controlled detonation of a "Banner Bomb" in the southern Ircel Province city of Mersin. There were no reports of injuries. 2. (U) Members of the PKK affiliated Halkin Kurtulus Ordusu-HPG (Pe [...] |
2005-08-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ITA IP EUR CT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER |
| 05NDJAMENA28 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REFUGEES: DON'T FORGET US! [...] Summary. Central African refugees told Ambassador Wall not to forget their plight during his visit to Amboko Camp in Gore on December 14. Amboko, in southern Chad near the border with Central African Republic, has been open since June 2003 and hosts 13,800 refugees who fled political unrest [...] |
2005-01-10 06:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU CT |
| 05PARIS2789 |
MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES CAR, GUINEA-BISSAU, GUINEA [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher discussed his portfolios with Africa Watcher on April 20. Ref A reports his discussion of Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso; Ref B reports his remarks on Togo. Foucher offered brief comments on other countries his office oversees. 2. (C) [...] |
2005-04-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CT PU GV FR |
| 05PARIS5166 |
CAR: PARIS MEETING JULY 25 [...] Embassy Africa watcher attended a six-hour "sensitization" meeting on the Central African Republic (CAR), hosted at the MFA's conference center July 25. IMF CAR representative Mark Lewis (AmCit), World Bank CAR representative Ali Khadr, EU CAR delegation chief Esmieu, UNDP resident represent [...] |
2005-07-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN EAID CT FR |
| 05ROME3838 |
CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE MISSION ITALY - DECEMBER 14 and 16, 2005. [...] (SBU) Mission Italy will host an unclassified Crisis Management Exercise (CME) on December 14 at Turin, Italy and December 16, at American Embassy Rome. The exercise will be facilitated by Douglas Kinney, Crisis Management Training Division, Leadership and Management School, Foreign Service In [...] |
2005-11-21 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEPT OF STATE FOR DS AS DSS EX IP ITA CT EUR WE FSI LMS CMT CA OCS ACS POSTS RSO PSO |
| 05TAIPEI3931 |
TAIWAN'S FREE TRADE ZONES - WAITING FOR TENANTS [...] (C) Since establishing its first free trade zone (FTZ) in Keelung Harbor in October 2004, Taiwan has added four more FTZs in the ports of Kaohsiung, Taichung and Taipei, as well as Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport. Many businesses have expressed interest in the zones, but relativ [...] |
2005-09-23 08:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL CH CT |
| 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 |
| 06ANKARA5203 |
TURKEY AND UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Security Affairs Deputy Director General Avni Bicakli on September 7 and Disarmament Office DDG Bulent Meric on September 8. Meric said Turkish financial authorities have ascertained that Turkish companies are not directly or indirectly involved with s [...] |
2006-09-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN TU |
| 06ASUNCION629 |
PARAGUAY: RENEWAL OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1540 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 20:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER PA |
| 06BANGKOK5456 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1695 [...] (U) On September 6, 2006 post delivered Reftel A demarche to Phasporn Sangasubana, Director of the Administrative Affairs Division, International Organization Bureau, of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Phasporn acknowledged receipt of the talking points, but informed Poloff that no [...] |
2006-09-06 08:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06BELGRADE1492 |
SERBIAN REPSONSE TO U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (U) On September 12, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA to deliver reftel points on USG views on UNSC Resolution 1695 on North Korea's missile programs. Serbia said that as a member of the U.N. they fully support this resolution and will fulfill their commitment. Any ad [...] |
2006-09-15 12:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06COTONOU1168 |
BENIN BORDER ARREST OF TWO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) On November 27, Beninese media reported the recent arrest by Beninese Customs of two Central African Republic nationals at the Benin/Togo border. According to the media reports, Michel Djotodia and Abakar Sabone are reportedly wanted for their role in an attempted coup in the Central Afric [...] |
2006-11-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEC CT BN |
| 06DUBLIN676 |
IRELAND SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION 1673 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-13 13:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KPAO PTER WMD CT XX EI |
| 06HELSINKI908 |
FINLAND VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06KATHMANDU2423 |
NEPAL: NONPAPER DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06KHARTOUM1644 |
Southern Sudan: UNHCR Has Successes, Faces Challenges [...] The Director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Southern Sudan, Bhairaja Panday, said that returns from Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were now proceeding smoothly. However, he explained that returns from the Central African Republic ( [...] |
2006-07-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UN CT CG ET CD UG KE SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2767 |
MINAWI DISCUSSES NCP APPROACH TO DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 29 meeting, Special Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi described the stalled implementation of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the division of labor within the National Congress Party (NCP) on Darfur, which has left Presiden [...] |
2006-11-30 15:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL SU CD CT SO |
| 06KUWAIT3693 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-14 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06LISBON2069 |
PORTUGAL FULLY SUPPORTS UNSCR 1695 INITIATIVE [...] On September 15, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to Luis Cabao, Director for Asian and Oceanic Affairs at the MFA, and Angelo Seia Neves, Director General for European Affairs and International Relations at the Ministry of Finance. Portugal fully supports the measures outlined in UN [...] |
2006-09-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KNAR KS |
| 06MANILA3786 |
CONSULTATIONS ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (SBU) Acting Political Counselor met September 7 with Department of Foreign of Affairs Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organization Affairs Aladin Villacorte to underscore U.S. willingness to work closely with the GRP to ensure the full implementation of UN Security Resolution 16 [...] |
2006-09-08 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN RP |
| 06MINSK984 |
UNSC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 8. The talking points were received without comment. MOORE [...] |
2006-09-12 11:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS BO |
| 06NDJAMENA608 |
CAR: BOZIZE WILL MEET CAR REBELS, ARCHBISHOP SAYS [...] (U) The following cable was drafted by U.S. Embassy Bangui. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Archbishop of Bangui told Poloff on April 25 that the CAR rebel group Union of Republican Forces (UFR) and President Bozize recently agreed to meet and engage in a dialogue. Some issues remain, but the Archbish [...] |
2006-04-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CT |
| 06PARIS1011 |
FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.), based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...] |
2006-02-16 18:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CT FR |
| 06PARIS1656 |
FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting devoted to Liberia (septel), MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher offered brief comments on Cote d'Ivoire (February clash between French and Ivoirian forces in western Cote d'Ivoire was deliberately instigated by the Ivoirian side), Togo (Faure [...] |
2006-03-16 08:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IV TO CT FR |
| 06PARIS2391 |
MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS C.A.R. AND CHAD WITH DRL/CAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA desk officers Charlotte Montel (C.A.R.) and Lt. Col. Marc Conruyt (Chad) briefed DRL/CAR desk officer Stuart Crampton on April 6. Regarding C.A.R., Montel noted limited but growing contact between French and C.A.R. parliamentarians and recent calls for increased government [...] |
2006-04-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR CT CD FR |
| 06PARIS3035 |
C.A.R.: FRENCH WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE SUDANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. Deskoff Charlotte Montel on May 5 expressed concern about a possible Sudanese presence in northeastern C.A.R., following the mysterious landing of a plane in the Tiringoulou area on April 25 (reftel). Locals reported that the 50-some soldiers who deplaned appeared to [...] |
2006-05-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR CT FR |
| 06PARIS4080 |
NUDGING DEBY ON DIALOGUE. MFA REMARKS ON CHAD, [...] (C) Summary: French Minister of Cooperation Girardin will deliver a clear message to President Deby in Chad this week on the necessity for national dialogue, according to MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher. The unusual presence of French Presidential Africa Adviser Bonnecorse on Girardin's trip [...] |
2006-06-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR IV CT TO CD FR |
| 06PARIS6189 |
FRANCE WANTS MORE CONCRETE MEASURES TO GIVE TEETH [...] (C) Summary: MFA nonproliferation office, while reiterating France's steadfast support for international efforts to constrain North Korea's weapons program and enforce UNSCR 1695, expressed some concern about a perceived lack of concrete mechanisms -- whether in the Proliferation Security Init [...] |
2006-09-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN KS FR |
| 06PARIS738 |
S/CRS DELEGATION FINDS FRENCH IN LISTENING MODE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: French interlocutors were in active listening mode during 24-25 January briefings by Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Marcia Wong and NSC Director for Stabilization Clint Williamson. Wong and Williamson invited feedback on the non-pa [...] |
2006-02-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA CT FR |
| 06PARIS7541 |
FRENCH STRESS REGIONAL FALL-OUT OF DARFUR, PLEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios and Ambassador Stapleton met on November 18 with French Presidential Africa Counselor Bonnecorse and MFA/AF A/S-Equivalent de Gliniasty Bonnecorse stressed French concern at the regional fallout of the Darfur catastrophe. The Sudanese program of [...] |
2006-11-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO PINR CD CT SU FR |
| 06PRETORIA5017 |
SOUTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE MILITARY TRAINING IN CAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa plans to provide military training and technical assistance to the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR). Minister of Defense Lekota traveled to Bangui December 8 to discuss the possible military training program. A SANDF military team departed for CAR D [...] |
2006-12-14 04:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CT SF |
| 06RABAT1648 |
U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06SARAJEVO2086 |
UNSCR 1695: BOSNIA SUPPORTS IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-11 10:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KNAR KS |
| 06SEOUL2850 |
ROKG CAUTIOUS ON USG VIEW OF UNSCR 1695 [...] (C) On August 21, political and economic officers delivered reftel points on USG thinking concerning UNSCR 1695 implementation to officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). The officials gave initial responses claiming that ROKG policy was already largely in line with th [...] |
2006-08-21 09:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KNNP KPAO WMD CT KS KN |
| 06SKOPJE849 |
MACEDONIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06TAIPEI2573 |
TAIPEI RESPONDS TO APEC DEMARCHE [...] AIT delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) APEC Task Force Chief Wang Liang-yu on July 27. In her response, Wang said Chinese Taipei (CT) had repeatedly expressed full support for allowing markets, rather than governments, to determine select technology standards. [...] |
2006-08-01 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CT ECON ETRD APECO TW |
| 06TALLINN834 |
ESTONIA ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (U) On September 11, Poloff delivered reftel points to Andres Talvik, MFA Director for Asia, Australia and Oceania, concerning UNSC Resolution 1695 that North Korea suspend its ballistic missile programs. Talvik told us that Estonia supports the EU position on this matter. WOS [...] |
2006-09-14 07:04:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN |
| 06THEHAGUE1999 |
PAKISTAN BORDER STRATEGY MEETING: DUTCH ATTENDEES [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel invitations to Dutch officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Finance. The following Dutch officials plan to attend the September 18 Pakistan Border Strategy meeting: -- Ruud Treffers, Director General for International Cooperation, Dutch [...] |
2006-09-13 12:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT EAID PK NL |
| 06TOKYO4802 |
GOJ WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) The GOJ "truly welcomes this U.S. initiative," MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Acting Director General Kunio Umeda said in response to reftel points conveyed by A/DCM Meserve on August 21. Japan was exemplary, A/DCM observed, in having already instituted strict controls and vigilance on [...] |
2006-08-22 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO JA KN KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL PTER CT |
| 06TOKYO4803 |
GOJ WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) The GOJ "truly welcomes this U.S. initiative," MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Acting Director General Kunio Umeda said in response to reftel points conveyed by A/DCM Meserve on August 21. Japan was exemplary, A/DCM observed, in having already instituted strict controls and vigilance on [...] |
2006-08-22 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO JA KN KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL PTER CT |
| 06USUNNEWYORK800 |
UNSC/SUDAN: CHAD INSTABILITY IS REGIONAL THREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 13 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov gave the Security Council an overview of the current situation in Chad and its potential consequences for regional stability, calling for a strengthening of the African Un [...] |
2006-04-17 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK857 |
UNSC/SUDAN: COUNCIL ADOPTS PRST ON CHAD/SUDAN [...] (U) In an April 25 formal meeting, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a Congolese-drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) addressing the situation between Chad and Sudan. Last-minute edits to the text resulted in deletion of our proposed reference to a pending European Union Mis [...] |
2006-04-26 18:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
| 06VIENNA2699 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 8 to Dorothea Auer, the Assistant Secretary-level Driector of the Austrian MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament bureau. Alexander Kmennt, Auer's deputy for nuclear issues, also participated in the meeting. 2. (C) Auer and Kemnnt agreed [...] |
2006-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06WELLINGTON709 |
NEW ZEALAND - INVITATION TO PAKISTAN BORDER STRATEGY [...] Embassy delivered reftel invitation to New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen on September 7, 2006. Copies of the invitation were also faxed to Scott McHardy at the NZ Treasury, Matt Dalzell of NZAID, and Gabrielle Rush from the Americas Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [...] |
2006-09-08 02:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID CT NZ PK |
| 07ABIDJAN290 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON SUDAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) EmbOff delivered demarche to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue on March 16, and left text of key points for further MFA consideration. Tanoh-Boutchoue promised the MFA would review U.S. concerns related to President Bashir's rejection of key Heavy Support Package elements prior to the [...] |
2007-03-16 18:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD CT UNSC KPKO IV |
| 07ABIDJAN305 |
COTE D'IVOIRE - MFA TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY AGAINST [...] (C) Ivorian Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue, Director of the Office of UN and International Organizations, called EmbOff March 21 to inform that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had agreed that the situations in both Sudan and Zimbabwe were shocking, and that Africa collectively must act. [...] |
2007-03-22 10:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO PHUM ZI CT CD IV |
| 07ACCRA613 |
GHANA ON SOMALIA, SUDAN, ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: On March 16, Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei-Adjei (the Foreign Minister was out of the country) to discuss Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe. The Deputy Minister said Ghana would issue statements on Somalia and Zimbabwe by Mach 19 and was committed to resolvi [...] |
2007-03-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PHUM PREL UNHCR ZI KPKO CT CD UNSC AU |
| 07BANGUI112 |
CAR PRESS CLIPPINGS MAY 28-JUNE 1 [...] (U) Arrival of Sudanese Refugees in northern CAR: The news was first announced early in the week by the spokesman for the President, Mr. Cyriaque Gonda, who gave the figure of more than 1,000 persons, some of them armed, who arrived in the city of Sam Ouandja, in the northeastern Vakaga prefec [...] |
2007-06-01 17:03:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PGOV EAID EFIN CT |
| 07BRUSSELS3346 |
LATEST FORCE GENERATION FOR ESDP MISSION TO CHAD [...] (U) Summary. The EU held force generation conferences on November 9 and 14 to raise the forces required for the planned ESDP mission to Chad. With France providing half the force, the total pledged troop strength would be at the low end of the requirement for the mission. Potentially cripp [...] |
2007-11-16 07:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EUN CD CT PHUM |
| 07BRUSSELS3482 |
EU CHAD MISSION ON RAZOR'S EDGE [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the EU Military Staff (DGEUMS), LtGen Leakey told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Nigro on December 5 that the 8EU is on a razor's edge regarding the military mission in Chad," clarifying that due to severe force generation shortfalls, EU credibility "may be at [...] |
2007-12-11 14:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS EUN CD CT PHUM |
| 07KHARTOUM309 |
LRA ENTERS CAR, SPLA AND UPDF PLAN MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Reports have proliferated in southern Sudan that Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has entered the Central African Republic (CAR) with a small force. However, the senior Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) official with responsibility for th [...] |
2007-02-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SU CG UG CT |
| 07KHARTOUM340 |
SPLA CLASHES WITH LRA ON THE BORDER OF CAR [...] (C) A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) detachment came under attack March 1 from a group of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters at the border between Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR). One SPLA soldier was killed in the attack, and one wounded, according to SPLA Chief of Sta [...] |
2007-03-05 06:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC SU CG UG CT |
| 07KHARTOUM671 |
SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS RESUME IN JUBA [...] (C) Summary: Warning the parties not to squander an opportunity for peace, Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano formally reopened talks in Juba between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) April 26. Chissano and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) GOSS P [...] |
2007-04-29 14:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO UG CG KE CT MZ ZA TZ SU |
| 07KINSHASA1033 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN PRESIDENT VISITS DRC, PROMISES TO [...] (U) Central African Republic (CAR) President Francois Bozize promised to reopen the DRC-CAR border during an August 23-24 visit to Kinshasa. The 24-hour visit, which included a one-hour meeting between Bozize and President Joseph Kabila, focused on DRC-CAR cooperation and the reopening of the [...] |
2007-08-31 07:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CG CT |
| 07LIBREVILLE174 |
FRANCE CONDUCS ECCAS TRAINING IN GABON; ECCAS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-25 14:38:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MCAP GB CF CG BY CT RW |
| 07NDJAMENA329 |
CAR REFUGEES IN CHAD: INCREASE IN MALNUTRITION [...] (SBU) Summary. An end-March monitoring visit to the three refugee camps for Central African Republic (CAR) refugees near Gore found that the malnutrition rate at Amboko Camp - the oldest of the three (established mid-June 2003) - had tripled from December to March. While the malnutrition rat [...] |
2007-04-17 12:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KCRS CD CT |
| 07NDJAMENA890 |
MINURCAT AND EUFOR STIRRING IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A new kind of international operation is slowing standing up in Chad as European (EUFOR) and UN (MINURCAT) forces embark on a joint exercise in providing security to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Chad's isolated eastern provinces bordering Sudan. Given the [...] |
2007-11-16 11:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UNSC PREF CD SU CT |
| 07NDJAMENA934 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REFUGEES IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (U) Summary. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is pursuing a strategy of self-sufficiency for Central African refugees in southern Chad but is finding it challenging to do so due to lack of resources and the difficulty of timing a reduction in assistance with the refugee [...] |
2007-12-06 08:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF CD CT |
| 07NDJAMENA942 |
UPDATE ON MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: MINURCAT is moving forward in preparing training activities for Chadian police, but the security and political situation could significantly delay or prevent the planned deployment to eastern Chad. Privately, MINURCAT members expressed concern about their narrow mandate, which [...] |
2007-12-06 16:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNSC CD CT |
| 07PANAMA406 |
PANAMA: IRAN AND SUDAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) "We do not foresee a problem with the draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iran that was prepared by the P-5 1 and anticipate that it will be adopted early next week," Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Matters Nils Castro told POLCOUNS on March 16. Though he compla [...] |
2007-03-16 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO IR CD CT |
| 07PARIS1623 |
C.A.R.: FRENCH HOPEFUL BUT NOT CONVINCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. desk officer Daniel Westerink on April 28 said that the GOF was encouraged by the recent peace pact engineered by President Bozize and UFDR leader Damane but was not convinced that this arrangement would prove significant because of uncertainty over whether other UFD [...] |
2007-04-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CT FR |
| 07PARIS3213 |
FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...] |
2007-07-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR |
| 07PARIS3942 |
SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES SUDAN, CHAD C.A.R. WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed Darfur and related issues with French officials on September 15. Both sides agreed that Abdulwahid el-Nur's continued failure to participate in peace talks, including the October 27 meeting in Libya, posed serious problems, and [...] |
2007-09-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID UNGA MARR SU CD CT FR |
| 07PARIS4084 |
UNAMID: FRENCH WANT SEPARATE DEMARCHES; MINURCAT [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal told us on September 28 that France preferred that the U.S., UK, and France carry out separate demarches rather than a joint one regarding contributions by other countries to the UNAMID operation for Darfur (reftel). 2. (C) Le Gal said that she ha [...] |
2007-09-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR |
| 07PARIS4183 |
SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: UPDATE ON FRENCH VIEWS TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France now agrees to carry out joint demarches with the U.S. and the UK regarding contributions to the UNAMID mission for Darfur (refs A and B), but only/only with respect to non-EU potential donors. The French will demarche EU members separately, taking into account the need [...] |
2007-10-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR |
| 07PARIS4271 |
SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH PUSHING HARD ON ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, an AF advisor at the French presidency, told us on October 16 that President Sarkozy remains personally engaged on Darfur-related issues and is pushing for rapid progress on UNAMID and, especially, MINURCAT. Force generation and financial issues regarding MINURC [...] |
2007-10-16 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR SU CT CD FR |
| 07PARIS4513 |
CHAD/C.A.R: FRENCH VIEWS ON FORCE GENERATION [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, we spoke with MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer Alexis Morel, who is responsible for force generation issues regarding the peacekeeping operation the EU has decided to deploy to Chad and the Central African Republic. Morel said that "we were not surprised" [...] |
2007-11-16 12:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR |
| 07PARIS4534 |
PKO FOR CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH WORST CASE SCENARIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF Advisor at the French Presidency, said on November 19 that, if there are no further significant contributions to the French led-EU/UN peacekeeping operation for Chad and the C.A.R., two options could be presented to President Sarkozy for his decision: 1) that [...] |
2007-11-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR |
| 07PARIS4661 |
CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: "20 HELICOPTERS ARE HOLDING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Presidential Advisor Romain Serman told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on December 6 that the issue of financing 20 helicopters was holding up the establishment and deployment of EUFOR to Chad and the Central African Republic. Serman said that France would continue to [...] |
2007-12-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR |
| 07PARIS4682 |
CHAD: AMBASSADOR NIGRO'S DECEMBER 10 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MOD and MFA officials expressed both concern and optimism over force generation issues related to the EU's planned mission for Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during December 10 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro. The lack of helicopters re [...] |
2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR |
| 07PARIS4693 |
AF A/S FRAZER'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF A/S Jendayi Frazer met with Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid al Nur and, separately, with Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert and MFA AF A/S Jean de Gliniasty on November 27. Abdul Wahid requested a range of U.S. assistance, professed his support for the U.S [...] |
2007-12-12 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EUN SU IV CD CT SG FR |
| 07PARIS4732 |
FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...] |
2007-12-17 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR |
| 07PARIS848 |
PART II: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT -- THE DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac, on the margins of the XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes, facilitated a February 15 Mini-Summit on the regional spillover of the Darfur crisis. Ghana President Kufuor, in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union, presided over the event, which took place in [...] |
2007-03-06 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA SU CD CT FR |
| 07ROME627 |
ITALY: SUDAN SANCTIONS COULD HARDEN KHARTOUM, NEED [...] (C) Summary. While Italy considered Sudanese President Bashir's March 6 letter to SYG Ban unsatisfactory, the GOI thought it was too early to call it a rejection of the agreement on the Darfur UN Heavy Support Package (HSP). Italy did not believe that sanctions were the best solution as they [...] |
2007-03-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CD CT UNSC KPKO IT |
| 07STATE103146 |
DEMARCHE: WORKING WITH THE FRENCH IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (U) Department requests Embassy Paris to convey to French government officials the USG support for Foreign Minister Kouchner's plan to deploy a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) bridging mission in Eastern Chad and to explore what types of assistance the French might need and desire [...] |
2007-07-25 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR |
| 07STATE165821 |
BONUCA- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON DECEMBER 11 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for their December 11 consultations on BONUCA. Begin text: -- The United States is hopeful about the establishment of a 25-member Preparatory Committee to promote greater nationa [...] |
2007-12-11 19:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PREF PHUM PBTS XZ ZF CT |
| 07USUNNEWYORK269 |
UNSC: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN, CHAD AND CAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 4 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite the wide agenda topic, "Situation in Africa," Holmes' presentation focused on the three coun [...] |
2007-04-06 12:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD CT UNSC |
| 07USUNNEWYORK435 |
NO SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1706 AS HYBRID BASIS FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad convened a June 1 meeting of the Security Council Permanent Three Members to deliver ref A points. Participating in the meeting were UK Permanent Representative (PR) Emyr Jones Parry, UN Counsellor Paul Johnston, French Charge Jean-Marie Lacroix, French Counsellor Nic [...] |
2007-06-01 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CD CT PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 07YAOUNDE960 |
CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS [...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...] |
2007-08-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CM CT |
| 07YAOUNDE974 |
CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS [...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...] |
2007-08-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CM CT |
| 08BANGUI102 |
RIVER TRANSPORT IN CAR [...] 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite its abundant water resources, the CAR has a very limited river transport network. The goods transport on the Oubangui River, very profitable until the 1980s, became marginal as result of the poor maintenance of the waterways. Fuel continues to be the major import [...] |
2008-06-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAGR ECON CT CG CF |
| 08BANGUI104 |
CAR: THE DECLINE OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY [...] Cotton and coffee are the most important cash crops of the Central African Republic. These products were promoted in the 1930s by the French colonial administration. Successive parastatal companies were established for cotton production and marketing over the time since the fifties. In 1990, th [...] |
2008-06-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON CT |
| 08BANGUI141 |
BOZIZE CALLS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO [...] By decree signed on July 24, 2008, President Francois Bozize called an extraordinary session of the National Assembly scheduled to start on August 1, 2008. On the agenda: Adoption of an amnesty law Review of the 2008 financial law Adoption of a new forestry code Adoption of a law organizing [...] |
2008-07-25 11:15:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CT |
| 08BANGUI211 |
PRESIDENT BOZIZE'S CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) Post reports below the letter of congratulations addressed to President-elect Barack Obama from Central African President Francois Bozize and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya. The letter was first disclosed on public radio stations, and subsequently delivered to the Embass [...] |
2008-11-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP CT |
| 08BANGUI234 |
CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - DECEMBER 8 PRESS COMMENTS, [...] (U) Most CAR private and official media focused on the political dialogue which began with an opening ceremony this Monday, December 08: 2. (U) The private newspaper `Hirondelle' reports that MLCJ rebel leader Abakar Sabone and former CAR President Ange Filix Patassi have arrived in Bangui [...] |
2008-12-08 21:37:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08BANGUI236 |
CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - OPENING DAY OBSERVATIONS, ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African Republic's 'Inclusive Political Dialogue' began under the gavel of President Francois Bozize and in the presence of Gabonese President Bongo, UN Special Representative Francois Fall, and former Burundian President and chosen Dialogue Mediator Pierre Buyoya. T [...] |
2008-12-09 23:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08BANGUI237 |
DISSIDENT GROUP FIGHTING NEAR BRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fighting between CAR Government forces and unidentified rebel forces has broken out approximately 50km northwest of the town of Bria, in central CAR. Fatalities and casualties on the government side range from 4-8 deaths and several more wounded, with reports of some number of re [...] |
2008-12-10 21:45:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08BANGUI240 |
DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN BANK EDBI DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook informed CAR Minister of Foreign Affairs Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya of reftel demarche and the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran under E.O. 13382 in a meeting on December 17. The MFA did not provide a substantive response, but promised to study the demarche. [...] |
2008-12-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CT |
| 08BANGUI241 |
UN FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a lengthy conversation regarding the CAR's voting record within the United Nations General Assembly in a meeting on December 17. 2. (SBU) The MFA promised to study the demarche, and engage with the PermRep in [...] |
2008-12-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MNUC PARM CT |
| 08BANGUI242 |
OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a lengthy conversation regarding the CAR's voting record within the United Nations General Assembly in a meeting on December 17. 2. (SBU) The MFA noted that he had worked on Israeli and Palestinian issues for [...] |
2008-12-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY CT |
| 08BANGUI244 |
UPDATE ON END USE, SECURITY ASSURANCES AGREEMENT WITH CAR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Defense Minister (and President Bozize's son) Jean-Francis Bozize, in a meeting on December 12. The Ambassador explained the importance of the reftel agreement in unlocking U.S. peace-keeping operations funding for security sector reform [...] |
2008-12-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV CT |
| 08BANGUI247 |
FURTHER DEMARCHE TO GOCAR ON TIP PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche in person to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a meeting on December 17. The Ambassador explained the importance of increasing efforts to combat TIP, and said that U.S. law required host government engagement on the issue if the country was to remai [...] |
2008-12-18 16:36:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG KTIP CT |
| 08BANGUI250 |
CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - FIRST COMMISSION RESULTS BOLD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 16, the Political Issues and Governance Commission of the CAR's National Dialogue presented a series of recommendations to Dialogue Chair and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. The resolutions included the creation of an ad hoc committee of Central Af [...] |
2008-12-19 18:18:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08BANGUI251 |
CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - POSITIVE FINALE, BUT WAITING FOR THE [...] (U) The CAR's National Dialogue ended in a seven-hour closing ceremony on Saturday, December 20, that brought speeches by President Bozize, former President Ange Felix Patasse, and Dialogue mediator and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. Finishing on a positive note as well as on schedul [...] |
2008-12-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08DHAKA348 |
IN RURAL BANGLADESH, WHERE HAVE THE TERRORISTS [...] (C) Summary: Islamic terrorists are visible no longer in a corner of western Bangladesh, where they initially were embraced as effective vigilantes against violent leftist gangs that preyed upon rural communities. The vehemence with which local people now denounce the Islamic extremists sugges [...] |
2008-03-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | CT PINR PTER BG |
| 08EFTOLONDON2883 |
MINURCAT/EUFOR: EARLY UK VIEWS ON THE MANDATE [...] (SBU/NF) Foreign Office contacts have informally told us that the UK continues to question the need for a United Nations peacekeeping presence in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) and plans to advocate for the smallest force possible in the extension of the MINURCAT mandate, even as the UN for [...] |
2008-11-17 16:02:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MASS PINR CD CT SU FR UK |
| 08KAMPALA1129 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: KONY TO MEET DELEGATION AUGUST 20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation leader Dr. David Matsanga claims that Joseph Kony is committed to meeting with his delegation on August 20/21. Matsanga reportedly told Kony that he needed to show up in order to put the onus on the Government of Uganda to provide answer [...] |
2008-08-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UG SU CG CT |
| 08KAMPALA555 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO MEET KONY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiators and northern elders will attempt to meet with LRA leader Joseph Kony on May 10. According to the LRA delegation's reported new leader, James Obita, large crowds and likely international pressure scared Kony off on April 10. The LRA [...] |
2008-04-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG CT |
| 08KAMPALA587 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: HELPING KONY UNDERSTAND JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ugandan Government, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation members, lawyers, and judicial officials will meet in Kampala from May 6-8 to discuss the legal options for LRA leader Joseph Kony. The LRA delegation says it wants to understand the national legal framework for [...] |
2008-04-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG CT |
| 08KAMPALA647 |
KONY FAILS TO MEET NORTHERN UGANDAN LEADERS [...] (SBU) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony failed to meet with his negotiating team and northern Ugandan religious leaders and elders at Rikwangba, which had been set originally for May 10. Kony did not show up on May 10 reportedly due to the LRA's own internal meetings in Garamba [...] |
2008-05-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG CT |
| 08KHARTOUM915 |
SHORTLEY MEETINGS WITH GOSS/SPLA ON LRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "Dove" Vice President and Juba Peace Talks Mediator Riek Machar and military pragmatist SPLA Chief of Staff General Oyai Deng Ajak provided AF Senior Advisor Shortley with nuanced and occasionally differing viewpoints on how to deal with the LRA question following fresh LRA acti [...] |
2008-06-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS SU CG CT UG |
| 08KHARTOUM964 |
OYAI DENG AJAK ON ABYEI JIU FORMATION AND INTERIM [...] (SBU) SPLA Chief of General Staff Oyai Deng Ajak reviewed the latest developments on the Abyei Interim Administration for the Consul General on June 27. As anticipated and previously reported, the Southern Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Commission Chairman General Arop Ma [...] |
2008-06-30 12:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS SU CG CT UG |
| 08KINSHASA174 |
Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - Situation in Chad [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo noted that the DRC currently holds the Presidency of the Economic Community of Central African [...] |
2008-02-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AO BY CF CM CT EK GB PREL TBIO CG |
| 08KINSHASA254 |
CEEAC summit condemns attempts to overthrow Chadian [...] A special two-day summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) in Kinshasa March 10-11 condemned armed attempts to destabilize the Chadian government and reiterated its support for the government and people of Chad. The summit, organized by the DRC as holder of the CEEAC' [...] |
2008-03-14 06:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AO AU BY CD CG CM CT GB EK TP SU |
| 08KINSHASA465 |
LOCAL REACTION TO ARREST OF JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA IS [...] (SBU) The arrest in Brussels late May 24 of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba appears to have taken the Congolese government and people by surprise. Little had appeared in the local media prior to the arrest regarding the ICC's investigation into alleged criminal actions in 2002 by Bemba's [...] |
2008-05-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PREL BE CT CG |
| 08LIBREVILLE564 |
GABON: FRENCH GENERAL DESCRIBES STRENGTHS, [...] (C) The senior French military officer in Central Africa provided visiting AF/C Deputy Director Siria Lopez with a tour d'horizon of French military perspectives on activities of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS/CEEAC), including ECCAS's 700-person peacekeeping operation [...] |
2008-12-01 15:41:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AO BY CM CT CD CG CF EK GB |
| 08LIBREVILLE567 |
GABON/CAR: FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON CAR DDR PROCESS [...] The following is a rough English translation of a framework document outlining the launch of the DDR process in the Central African Republic. The original French text has already been provided to AF/C. (Begin Text) FRAMEWORK PAPER ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE DDR PROCESS IN THE CENTRAL AFRICA [...] |
2008-12-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CT GB |
| 08LIBREVILLE571 |
GABON/CAR: PRESIDENT BOZIZE IN LIBREVILLE FOR TALKS [...] (SBU) Central African Republic President Francois Bozize flew to Libreville December 2 for talks with his Gabonese counterpart El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba on the eve of a long-awaited "inclusive national dialogue" among CAR political and military factions. The dialogue is scheduled to begin De [...] |
2008-12-06 09:54:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO CT GB |
| 08LIBREVILLE572 |
GABON/CAR: GABON PUSHES HARD FOR CAR DIALOGUE [...] (C) All major obstacles to the scheduled December 8 launch of an "inclusive political dialogue" in the Central African Republic appear to have been resolved, according to Gabonese mediators. Gabonese President Bongo will travel to Bangui for the December 8 opening of the dialogue, and Gabon [...] |
2008-12-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CT TO GB |
| 08MANILA1980 |
PHILIPPINES: COUNTERING TERRORIST USE OF THE [...] (SBU) Following consultation with post's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG), post has no objection to S/CT's proposed "countering terrorist use of the internet" training program, to be implemented by DS/ATA with FY 2008 regional NADR funds. 2. (SBU) We suggest that the order of the prog [...] |
2008-08-20 07:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CT PGOV PREL PTER RP |
| 08MANILA2049 |
RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT TERRORIST DEPORTED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ruben Omar Pestano Lavilla, Jr., a key leader of the Philippine terrorist group Rajah Solaiman Movement, was deported to Manila on August 30, after he was arrested on July 24 in Bahrain. The deportation was an important success for Philippine officials, who worked through the U [...] |
2008-09-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CT PGOV PREL PTER RP |
| 08NDJAMENA166 |
CHAD: LOGISTICS CHALLENGES AS RAINY SEASON LOOMS, AND PORT [...] Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) Dan Suther visited Chad 9-18 April to assess WFP's logistical operation for eastern Chad. WFP/Chad has a difficult task ahead providing seven months of food for over 400,000 refugees and IDPs before the end of June: distributing May-June rations as well a [...] |
2008-04-18 18:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CD CT LY SU |
| 08NDJAMENA201 |
CHAD: NGO HEAD KILLED IN APPARENT CARJACKING [...] (SBU) The UN and NGO community is assessing the security environment in eastern Chad after the tragic death of a Save the Children representative in an apparent carjacking attempt on the heavily traveled Abeche-Adre corridor. With banditry rising in eastern Chad, EUFOR/MINURCAT's ability to pr [...] |
2008-05-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV CD MARR MOPPS CT SU |
| 08NDJAMENA276 |
SRSG SEEKS CHANGES TO MINURCAT MANDATE TO PREPARE -- FOR EXPANDED UN PKO TO REPLACE EUFOR IN CHAD, CAR. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Victor Angelo briefed UNSC member Chiefs of Mission July 3 on the upcoming report of the UNSYG on the UN Mission to Chad and CAR. He requested that UNSC member Chiefs of Mission alert capitals and PermReps of the changes [...] |
2008-07-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM UN EU LY CT CD SU |
| 08NDJAMENA382 |
EUFOR FINDS A FOLLOW-ON FORCE: UNPKO PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Peace Keeping chief Edmond Mulet told Chad-based diplomats that President Deby had endorsed an expanded MINURCAT designed to replace EUFOR in Chad next March. A 6,000 strong Chapter Seven PKO would be 25 percent larger than the total strength of EUFOR plus MINURCAT I, and wo [...] |
2008-09-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD KPKO PREL CT PGOV SU LY |
| 08NDJAMENA40 |
CHAD: UPDATE ON EUFOR/MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-mi told diplomats January 16 that Chad welcomed EUFOR/MINURCAT for the development dividend that the force was expected to bring and stressed that the force had "no hidden agenda to destabilize a neighbor." Although Allam-mi assured diplomats that [...] |
2008-01-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSCR CD CT SU PREF PREL |
| 08NDJAMENA411 |
CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 8-12, 2008 [...] FOLLOWING SIGNATURE ON AUGUST 18, 2008 OF A PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE SIRTE ACCORD, 22 OFFICERS FROM THE REBEL "RASSEMBLEMENT DES FORCES DE CHANGEMENT" (RFC) ARRIVED IN NDJAMENA TO BEGIN REINTEGRATION INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE. THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY COLONEL ISAACK BACHAR TOGOU, RFC'S DEFENSE CO [...] |
2008-09-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
| 08NDJAMENA441 |
CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 15-26, 2008 [...] THERE WAS MUCH PRESS DISCUSSSION DURING THE WEEK REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE BY AN EXPANDED UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE. DESPITE GIVING SPACE TO OXFAM CRITICISMS SAYING THAT NO IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECURITY SITUATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS OXFAM'S ALLE [...] |
2008-09-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
| 08NDJAMENA451 |
CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 29 - OCT 3, 2008 [...] EDUCATION -------------- SCHOOLS RESUMED ON OCTOBER 01, 2008. HOWEVER, REGISTRATION IS VERY SLOW AND SOME CLASSROOMS ARE NOT READY FOR STUDENTS. REPORTEDLY MANY PARENTS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PAY SCHOOL FEES FOR CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO BUYING UNIFORMS AND SCHOOL MATERIALS. A GROUP OF UNIV [...] |
2008-10-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
| 08NDJAMENA461 |
EUFOR - POISE AND PROMISE IN CHAD'S TROUBLED EAST [...] (C) Summary. The European Peace Keeping Force (EUFOR) in eastern Chad is operational and robust. Well equipped with APCs, tracked vehicles and helicopters, but even resorting to horses during te height of the rains, EUFOR patrols circulate egularly throughout the operational zone. Troopsassure [...] |
2008-10-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EU UN KPKO CD CT SU |
| 08NDJAMENA466 |
CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 6-10 [...] ECONOMY ------------------------------------- TO CELEBRATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE CHAD/CAMEROON OIL PIPELINE, THE CHADIAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED A THREE DAY CONFERENCE DUBBED "CHAD INTERNATIONAL OIL, MINING AND ENERGY"(CIOME 2008) WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ATTRACTING INVESTOR [...] |
2008-10-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
| 08NDJAMENA481 |
CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 13-17 [...] MR. ALAIN LE ROY, UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FOR PEACKEEPING OPRTATIONS, MET WITH PRESIDENT DEBY ON OCTOBER 14. SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE MEETING, MR. LE ROY DECLARED THAT THE AIM OF HIS VISIT WAS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE MINURCAT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER FROM EUFOR ON MARCH [...] |
2008-10-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
| 08NDJAMENA516 |
CHAD CHRONICLE: NOV 3-7 [...] US ELECTION 2008 --------------------------------------------- -------- --- "THE WHITE HOUSE PAINTED BLACK" SAID L'OBSERVATEUR NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA. SEVERAL ARTICLES FOCUSED ON HOW OBAMA WON THE ELECTION AND THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM. THE HEADLINE PIECE CONCLUDE [...] |
2008-11-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
| 08NDJAMENA526 |
CHAD CHRONICLE: Nov 10-14 [...] CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- ----- ---CHAD AND SUDAN EXCHANGED AMBASSADORS DURING THE WEEK. 2008. CHADIAN AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN, BAHARADINE HAROUN, WENT TO KHARTOUM ON A LIBYAN FLIGHT AND SUD [...] |
2008-11-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
| 08NDJAMENA567 |
CHAD - THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] This message responds to Ref A request for an update on measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personnel in Chad. 2. MINURCAT, the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, now has 863 personnel, of whic [...] |
2008-12-03 16:38:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PHUM UN CD CT |
| 08NIAMEY619 |
UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN AIR SERVICE (UNHAS) [...] Summary. The UNHAS launched an inaugural flight in Niger on June 12, 2008, with a short trip from Niamey to Agadez to Niamey. The UNHAS will facilitate travel to remote locations in country as well as offer limited service from Niger to other countries in west and central Africa. This most w [...] |
2008-06-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID CASC AEMR AMED PREL ASEC NG CD CM CT |
| 08PARIS1202 |
AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF'S JUNE 9 PARIS CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 9 meetings with AF/C Director Wycoff, French Presidency and MFA officials reiterated French differences with the U.S. on sanctions regarding Chad and Sudan, with the French arguing for pressure on all parties (including sanctions and the threat of sanctions) to encour [...] |
2008-06-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER PINR SU CD CT RW FR |
| 08PARIS1896 |
C.A.R.: FRENCH SHARE U.S. WORRIES ON C.A.R.'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the Presidency, MOD, and MFA shared U.S. concerns about the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during Ambassador Frederick Cook's October 14 and 15 consultations in Paris. These concerns centered on the almost complete lack of good governance in C.A.R., Pres [...] |
2008-10-16 08:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV MARR ECON CT FR |
| 08PARIS575 |
CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT: BORDER CONTROL OPERATION [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA AF DAS-equivalent Christine Fages (responsible for Chad) said on March 27 that the most important step in ensuring the effectiveness of the Dakar Chad-Sudan Peace Agreement would be the formation and deployment of a border monitoring operation. She said that s [...] |
2008-03-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CF CT CD SY SG FR |
| 08PARIS72 |
CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: FRANCE TO PROVIDE MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: France will provide helicopters and additional troops, heretofore lacking, that will enable the EU-led peacekeeping mission to deploy to Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.), MFA DAS-equivalent Christine Fages informed us on January 10. She said the EU would discuss [...] |
2008-01-11 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR |
| 08PARIS81 |
SUDAN/KENYA/RWANDA: MFA DAS PROVIES OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal (Central and East Africa) on January 11 said that France was highly concerned about renewed Chad-Sudan fighting but that the arrival in February of the EU's PKO in Chad and C.A.R. could help ease tensions. France renewed Abdulwahid el-Nur's res [...] |
2008-01-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM SU CD CT KE RW FR |
| 08STATE101873 |
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MINURCAT RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Action Request: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of and to co-sponsor the Security Council Resolution contained in paragraph 2 below authorizing the extension of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). USUN should seek additional guidance if [...] |
2008-09-24 01:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREF PREL UNSC CD CT SU |
| 08STATE103508 |
REGIONAL REFUGEE COORDINATOR NDJAMENA DUTIES AND [...] As noted reftel, Perlita Muiruri has taken up duties as the Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), would like to draw your attention to the important role played by the Nd [...] |
2008-09-27 01:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CD CM CT |
| 08STATE104183 |
DAS SWAN,S MEETING WITH CAR PRESIDENT BOZIZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Highlighting the progress made during recent peace talks in Libreville, CAR President Bozize informed AF DAS Swan that a revised and more expansive amnesty bill was with the national assembly, and the CARG hoped to establish a tentative date for the national dialogue. Bozize a [...] |
2008-09-30 14:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM CT CD GB |
| 08STATE114559 |
COORDINATING WITH FRENCH ON UN FOLLOW-ON PRESENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Department requests Embassy Paris to engage with the Government of France (GOF) on ways to move forward on ensuring a sufficient United Nations peacekeeping mission to replace the current United Nations Miss [...] |
2008-10-28 14:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV EU PREF CD FR PKO CT CM |
| 08STATE126443 |
INSTRUCTIONS ON DECEMBER 3 CONSULTATIONS ON [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to draw from talking points in para 2 below during December 2 consultations on the UN Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA). End action request. 2. Begin points: The United States strongly supports Special Envoy Francois Lonseny [...] |
2008-12-01 19:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM PBTS CT |
| 08STATE131979 |
GREAT LAKES: TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 17 [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in para 2 and 3 during the UN Security Council consultations on the Great Lakes December 17. 2. Begin points: -- I would like to thank UN Special Envoy Chissano for his briefing on the state of the Juba Peace Process and the c [...] |
2008-12-17 13:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG CT CD SU RW XA XW ZF |
| 08STATE133189 |
INSTRUCTION: ADOPTION OF UNSC PRST ON THE LRA - [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be adopted on December 22 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Beg [...] |
2008-12-19 23:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG CT CD SU RW XA XW ZF |
| 08STATE66362 |
GREAT LAKES: TALKING POINTS FOR JUNE 19 BRIEFING [...] USUN is instructed to deliver the following points during the June 20 briefing by the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for LRA Affected Areas. Begin points: -- I would like to thank the Special Envoy for his briefing on the state of the Juba Peace Process and the current activity o [...] |
2008-06-20 00:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG CT CD SU RW XA XW ZF |
| 08STATE69048 |
INSTRUCTIONS ON JUNE 27 CONSULTATIONS ON BONUCA [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to draw from talking points in para 2 below during June 27 consultations on the semi-annual report of the UN Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA). End action request. 2. Begin points: The United States strongly supports Speci [...] |
2008-06-26 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM PBTS CT |
| 08STATE99698 |
MINURCAT RENEWAL TALKING POINTS [...] Mission may draw on the following points in Security Council consultations on Chad, the Central African Republic and MINURCAT on September 19. Begin Text: The United States would like to thank the Secretary General and the Special Representative for their reports detailing the conditions i [...] |
2008-09-17 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CD CT KPKO UNSC |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1145 |
U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] Summary: On December 3, UN Under Secretary General for the Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent trip to Chad and Sudan (November 21 - 30). Holmes said that he left Chad with more optimism than expected, but claimed that [...] |
2008-12-06 00:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREF PREL PHUM UNSC CD CT SU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK586 |
SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES SURVEY OF [...] (U) Summary: Mike Smith, the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) Director presented the report of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on the implementation of UNSCR 1373 (2001) during informal consulations of Security Council Members June 30. The report includes a survey that [...] |
2008-07-01 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CT PARM PREF |
| 08USUNNEWYORK949 |
UNGA: DEBATE ON THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION [...] On October 9 and 13 the General Assembly (GA) considered the Peacebuilding Commission's Report (A/63/92) and the Secretary-General's Report on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/63/218), which covered July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. 2. In his opening statement, GA President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto no [...] |
2008-10-17 22:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPKO BY PU SL CT |
| 09BANGUI103 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - BANGUI [...] (U) This is Embassy Bangui's response to State 074840, regarding general conditions fraud, and consular fraud issues in the Central African Republic. Country Conditions 2. (U) The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country of 4.5 million people, ranked among the least developed c [...] |
2009-05-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CT |
| 09BANGUI110 |
CAR STATES IT WILL VOTE 'YES' FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (U) On May 29, 2009, Poloff delivered reftel demarche seeking the Central African Republic's (CAR) support for Kosovo's World Bank application to CAR Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA) Ambrosine Kpongo, thanking her for the CAR's support of Kosovo's IMF application in the process. DMFA [...] |
2009-05-30 11:00:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CT |
| 09BANGUI114 |
RECENT VIOLENCE AGGRAVATES SIMMERING TENSIONS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Increased instability and violence in the northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR) is not waiting on the rains. As the summer downpours will make the unpaved roads of the Vakaga, Bamingui-Bangoran, and the Haute Kotto prefectures impassable between July and November, Post [...] |
2009-06-08 17:58:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI115 |
CARG TO VOTE YES FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On the 4th of June, 2009, POLOFF delivered the referenced demarche concerning Lucretia Myers' candidacy for the UN International Civil Service Commission to Central African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA), Ambrosine Kpongo. During the meeting, the DMFA said that the Ministry would [...] |
2009-06-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CT |
| 09BANGUI118 |
THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With an abundance of arable land, rainfall, a plethora of minerals and wildlife and a low population, the Central African Republic (CAR) should be a wealthy nation. However, despite this potential, most of its population lives in increasing poverty. Male life expectancy declines [...] |
2009-06-16 19:40:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI120 |
FRENCH-CAR RELATIONS SERIOUSLY STRAINED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI124 |
REBELS OF OPPORTUNITY: DDR UNLIKELY TO SOLVE THE ILLS OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, 2009, the Central African Republic's (CAR) newest rebel leader gave an interview to a local newspaper, declaring his intention to adhere to the Demobilization (DDR) process. The former spokesman of Abakar Sabone's Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (M [...] |
2009-06-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI14 |
TWO EVENINGS OF MUSIC IN BANGUI [...] (U) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui recently hosted two piano concerts at the Chief of Mission's Residence; one for the Central African Government and international/diplomatic community and one for the small U.S. citizen community in the CAR. Both events were well and enthusiastically attended and h [...] |
2009-01-30 11:24:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC ODIP PREL CT |
| 09BANGUI152 |
PESSIMISM STILL THE ORDER OF THE DAY FOR NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2009, Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) was attacked for the second time in a month as Kara tribe gunmen and the Goula tribe and Central African Military (FACA) defenders of the town battled for supremacy. This follows a similar attack on Birao on June 6 (BANGUI 1 [...] |
2009-07-07 17:19:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI155 |
NDELE REMAINS THE LOCUS OF THE THREATS TO THE CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ndele, Central African Republic (CAR) remains the locus of a serious threat to Central African political stability. While the Northeast and west maintain their violent potential, the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP)goes into the rainy season increasingly politica [...] |
2009-07-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI157 |
CATCH 22 ON DISARMAMENT - WHY DDR IS NOT LIKELY TO WORK IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The international community and the government of the Central African Republic (CARG) have attached much importance to Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) as the solution to the Central African Republic's (CAR) long running conflict. This would appear logical - d [...] |
2009-07-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI166 |
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEB CHAT WITH DAN WITHMAN [...] (U) Post invited six journalists and editors from local newspapers to participate in the web chat dialogue with Dan Whitman on ``Corruption in Africa'' at its Cultural Center Auditorium. Ambassador Cook later joined the group for a one-hour discussion on the detrimental impact of corruption on [...] |
2009-07-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL CT |
| 09BANGUI168 |
FY-10 AFRICA REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] (U) AMEMBASSY Bangui is pleased to nominate a sole woman manager of the private radio station NDEKE LUKA, Ms. Sylvie Benguere Panika as candidate for subject program. Her biodata is as follows: 2. (U) Name: BENGUERE PANIKA, Sylvie Jacqueline 3. (U) Sex: Female 4. (U) DOB: Decemb [...] |
2009-07-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL CT |
| 09BANGUI17 |
CAR EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP AND SEA IN MINURCAT [...] (U) UN efforts regarding sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) in MINURCAT in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been limited but effective. MINURCAT currently operates with only several staff persons in an office in Bangui. It has worked to prevent and respo [...] |
2009-01-30 19:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT KPKO LE MO PREL SU WI UN |
| 09BANGUI171 |
CARG CONTINUES TO IMPEDE THE TRAVEL OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, Management Officer and Locally Engaged Staff were stopped for two hours by Central African gendarmes outside Grimari, Central African Republic. They were on their way to the town of Alindao to deliver tools to a Self-Help Project. This is the fifth ti [...] |
2009-07-31 09:10:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI175 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAR ACSS PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for an ACSS seminar in Lusaka, Zambia (August 2009): - Dr. Gbangai, Eudes, from the CAR army. DOB: 08/19/19 [...] |
2009-08-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CT |
| 09BANGUI181 |
CONTROVERSIAL ELECTORAL CODE SIGNED INTO LAW, FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 3, 2009, the controversial and much delayed Central African electoral code was signed into law by President Francois Bozize. Written as a consensus document after the Inclusive Political Dialogue (DPI) of December 2008, the law has since been reviewed by the Government, [...] |
2009-08-11 16:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI183 |
CARG HARASSMENT OF OPPOSITION PARTY INCREASING BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 17, 2009, the Ambassador received an email from Martin Ziguele, former Prime Minister and 2010 presidential candidate (Ref A), outlining a meeting in which Ziguele alleges that the Prime Minister and two other prominent member's of President Bozize's cabinet accused him [...] |
2009-08-17 17:25:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI185 |
CONFLICT RESOLUTION IV GARNERS MAJOR COVERAGE IN CAR [...] On August 5, IVP returnee Mrs. Catherine Samba-Panza, Senior Advisor to the National Council of Mediation in the Central African Republic (CAR) briefed the Ambassador on her participation on the IVP `Conflict Resolution.' A week later, she addressed a target audience of approximately fift [...] |
2009-08-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL CT KWMN |
| 09BANGUI186 |
AUTHORITY VOID IN EASTERN CAR DRAGGING IN NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The east of the Central African Republic (CAR) has long been home to a mix of Central African, Sudanese and Chadian pastoralists who have existed more or less out of the purview of their respective capitals. Recently, however, it has become an area overrun by poachers, brigands a [...] |
2009-08-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT SU UG |
| 09BANGUI190 |
WFP FEARS FAMINE IN NORTHEAST CAR, PROBLEM MAY BE MORE WIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI191 |
BANGUI RESPONSE TO STATE 087508 - STATE OF CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fundamentally, the solution to the LRA incursion into the Central African Republic (CAR) does not lie on the Central African side. The humanitarian community, already overstretched by the enormous demands in the rest of the CAR is trying to respond to the relatively small (but gr [...] |
2009-08-28 20:07:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MOPS CG UG SU CT |
| 09BANGUI195 |
ETHNIC VIOLENCE INCREASINGLY LIKELY IN NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of our best sources of information on events in the provinces of Bamingui-Bangoran and Vakaga has been a Burkina Faso-born U.S. citizen who has been the director of a medical NGO in the CAR. His organization has clinics spread across the area and his reporting and observation [...] |
2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
| 09BANGUI196 |
CAR: STARVING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite massive natural wealth that should provide a comfortable standard of living for its 4.3 million inhabitants, the CAR continues to struggle with extreme poverty, malnutrition, rampant banditry and several festering insurgencies. Our key goals of promoting a stable and pr [...] |
2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI204 |
CAR: DEMARCHE ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON EFIN AID CT |
| 09BANGUI205 |
CAR: DEMARCHE ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR MNUC KNNP IR CT |
| 09BANGUI207 |
MALNUTRITION IN WESTERN CAR ALARMING, BUT NOT A CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diamond-rich southwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) is currently suffering from a wave of malnutrition brought on by a lack of nutritional education, the aftereffects of regional insecurity, the global drop in the price of diamonds, and most fundamentally, the gover [...] |
2009-09-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI209 |
CAR: LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DISCUSSES VISION; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 5, 2009, the Charge (CDA) met with Martin Ziguele - former Central African (CAR) Prime Minister and 2005 Presidential candidate - who is President Bozize's principle challenger for the anticipated elections of 2010. Engaging, erudite and shrewd, Ziguele covered a range [...] |
2009-10-07 07:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI21 |
NEW REPORTS OF VIOLENT CLASHES IN NORTH-CENTRAL CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the last two months, Post has been following the movements of a group of armed men who attacked various villages in the north-central provinces of the Central African Republic (CAR). These attacks were initially dismissed by commentators in Bangui as being merely unimportan [...] |
2009-02-10 19:46:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI212 |
MINURCAT PERFORMING WELL, BUT VIOLENCE IN NE CAR NEEDS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8th, 2009, the United Nations Mission in Chad and the CAR (MINURCAT) hosted an Ambassadorial level (attended by POLOFF) trip to Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) as an informational session ahead of the October 21 Security Council meeting on the Mission's role. Th [...] |
2009-10-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI219 |
UNDP AND REBELS FRUSTRATED WITH CARG FOOT-DRAGGING ON DDR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) campaign in the Central African Republic (CAR), launched in August 2009 with much fanfare, has slowed considerably in pace causing frustration in increasingly impatient rebels. The government's (CARG) lack of will, and spe [...] |
2009-10-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI22 |
LEADER OF A FAILED STATE: HOW BOZIZE MAINTAINS POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Bozize took power in the Central African Republic on March 15, 2003 overthrowing Felix-Ange Patasse. It was his second attempt at that coup, but may have been only the last in a long series of extra-legal attempts to gain power. This message describes how Bozize, ofte [...] |
2009-02-14 03:54:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 09BANGUI235 |
CAR: PRESIDENT BOZIZE DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF USAID ROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USD 2.75 million USAID funded roads rehabilitation project set to launch on October 26, 2009 was delayed by President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Francois Bozize due to a perceived lack of government participation in the project. Despite fully informing the governm [...] |
2009-10-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CT |
| 09BANGUI237 |
GROWING CHINESE INFLUENCE IN THE CAR EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A growing Sino-Central African (CAR) relationship is becoming increasingly evident in the CAR. President Bozize recently concluded his second state visit to China and sent another trade delegation back to Beijing shortly thereafter. Last week, the Chinese Ambassador laid the cor [...] |
2009-11-04 16:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI243 |
CARG CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF A FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (SBU) On Friday, November 06, 2009, Ambassador spoke by telephone with Deputy Minister of Defense, Francis Bozize. The minister confirmed that Ugandan forces are in the national territory of the Central African Republic (CAR) to fight the LRA at the invitation of the CAR Government. An agreemen [...] |
2009-11-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PINR CT UG |
| 09BANGUI246 |
SUMMARY OF ENGAGEMENT PLANS WITH THE CENTRAL AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has been in close and productive contact with US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Strategy, Plans and Programs Engagement Division over the course of 2009 in an effort to formulate an engagement plan for the Central African Military (FACA). After a visit by AFRICOM's des [...] |
2009-11-09 17:31:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI247 |
RESPONSE TO STATE 114736 - WFP NEEDS FOR SOUTHEAST CAR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (See paragraph 4). 2. (U) The World Food Program (WFP) in the Central African Republic (CAR) needs additional funding to provide food and other assorted commodities for 20,000 unexpected internally displaced people (IDP) and refugees stemming from [...] |
2009-11-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
| 09BANGUI250 |
FORMER PRESIDENT RETURNS TO THE CAR SPARKING WIDE MEDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, 2009, former Central African (CAR) President Ange Felix Patasse returned to the country after an eight year exile in Togo. It is still unclear how his return affects the elections of 2010, for which he has affirmed he will run (Ref A), but it has clearly shaken his [...] |
2009-11-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI251 |
INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN PLACE, BUT ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for the Central African (CAR) elections of 2010 was sworn into existence on October 8, 2009 and its president, Pastor Joseph Binguimale, voted into position shortly thereafter. To date, the IEC has been largely quiet, and the general con [...] |
2009-11-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI256 |
FORMER PRESIDENT PATASSE CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Ange-Felix Patasse called on the Ambassador on Monday, November 16, 2009. In the course of an hour and half long visit Patasse affirmed his friendship with the United States, blamed the French for his downfall, and stressed h [...] |
2009-11-23 16:51:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI257 |
ZIGUELE CLAIMS THAT CARG IS UNDERMINING ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, Ambassador and DCM met with Martin Ziguele, leading opposition figure in the Central African Republic, to discuss the return of former president Ange-Felix Patasse and the upcoming elections. Ziguele, formerly Patasse's Prime Minister and current rival in the el [...] |
2009-11-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI262 |
CAR PM PLEDGES TO HELP US IMPLEMENT PROJECTS; FRUSTRATED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with Prime Minister Touadera on December 2 to discuss a number of issues; including the CARG approval of the road rehabilitation project, the still-pending MOU for the Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) project, the Trafficking in Pe [...] |
2009-12-03 17:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI272 |
MINURCAT SRSG SPELLS OUT CONTINUED SECURITY THREATS IN NE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, 2009, Victor Angelo [PROTECT SOURCE], the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT) met with the Ambassador. At the former's request, the Ambassador gave the SRSG an upd [...] |
2009-12-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT |
| 09BANGUI273 |
CPJP MOTIVATIONS FOR ATTACK ON NDELE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 26 attack by the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP) on Ndele in the northern Central African Republic (CAR) reignited a conflict largely dormant since the start of the rainy season (Ref A). The counter attack by the Central African Army (FACA) on Decem [...] |
2009-12-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT |
| 09BANGUI274 |
FLEEING VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN CONGO, NEW REFUGEES APPEAR IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new flow of refugees into the remote southwestern prefecture of the Lobaye in the Central African Republic (CAR) is the latest in a series of humanitarian tragedies to hit the country this year. The latest census conducted on 14 December 2009 by a joint assessment mission compos [...] |
2009-12-29 08:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
| 09BANGUI275 |
DDR PROCESS INCREASINGLY LINKED TO ELECTIONS - A DANGEROUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two critical and linked realities threaten to derail the progress of the scheduled preparations for the 2010 Central African (CAR) elections: setbacks in implementing the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration program (DDR) and the existence of armed groups outside of the [...] |
2009-12-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI276 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: LAWS AND SOCIAL VIEWS ON SEXUAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central African Republic (CAR) law criminalizes homosexual behavior. The law, reflective of widely held social stigma against homosexuality, considers any act of homosexuality as an ``offense against public decency.'' Post is, however, unaware of any arrests or fines and very few [...] |
2009-12-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CT |
| 09BANGUI45 |
REBELS ATTACK KABO AND BATANGAFO IN NORTHWESTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the early morning of Saturday, 21 February, elements from the FDPC (Democratic Front of the Central African People), a group that had signed a peace treaty with the Central African Government in 2008 attacked the towns of Batangafo and Kabo in Northwestern CAR and then departe [...] |
2009-02-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI46 |
TRIP REPORT FROM VISIT TO NDELE, SOKOUMBA AND NGARBA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI47 |
THE BANGUI SPRING HAS COME TO AN END [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 began on a note of unprecedented optimism; the formal peace accords with all major rebel groups and the completion of another "Political Dialogue" made it possible to imagine that real progress might be possible. To be sure, all was not perfect; the government of national u [...] |
2009-02-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI49 |
MEETING WITH CAR PRESIDENT BOZIZE [...] (SBU) On Friday, 20 February, the Ambassador called on President Bozize. The meeting was at Bozize's request. The Ambassador had not yet requested a meeting as Bozize had been in Bossangoa for a week of funeral ceremonies for his mother. Bozize began by asking the Ambassador's view of the Ob [...] |
2009-02-25 17:35:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
| 09BANGUI50 |
DISASTER DECLARATION: CAR DISPLACED PERSONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-25 19:04:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
| 09BANGUI54 |
CAR: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2009 REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CT |
| 09BANGUI56 |
FORMER PRIME MINISTER SUGGESTS REASONS BEHIND RECENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister and current president of the Movement for the Liberation of Central African People (MLPC) Martin ZIGUELE visited the Ambassador on February 26, 2009 to discuss the recently concluded celebrations of the Party's 30th anniversary. He also spoke about the rece [...] |
2009-03-02 20:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV CT |
| 09BANGUI6 |
UNDP IRANIAN PRESIDENCY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Staff Victor Wake on January 8, and Mr. Wake replied that he was unaware of the impending UNDP Executive Board vote. Ambassador Wake promised to study the demarche, and contact Post if he had further questions. COOK ## [...] |
2009-01-08 20:00:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MNUC PARM CT |
| 09BANGUI60 |
RIOTS IN BANGUI: TENSIONS BOIL OVER AFTER THE MURDER OF A [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of March 5, 2009 a large riot broke out in the Miskine neighborhood of Bangui. The protesters were reacting to the severe assault on a police officer and respected member of the community by three members of the Presidential Guard. From approximately 7pm until [...] |
2009-03-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Bangui | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI62 |
RECENT LIBYAN ACTIVITY IN THE CAR: A NEW CHAPTER IN AN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The apparent dissolution of the December 2008 Inclusive Political Dialogue in the Central African Republic has been precipitated by, among other events, the recent rebel activity of the FDPC, a group with strongly suspected ties to Libya (REFTEL 09 BANGUI 56). Libya's influence [...] |
2009-03-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI64 |
BOZIZE'S SUPPORT FOR BASHIR: THE CAR PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) CAR president Francois Bozize's public demonstration of support for Sudanese president Bashir (reftel) is easy to understand in the context of good neighborliness and African solidarity, but other factors may be at play. Bozize fears, with some reason, that he may also be under investiga [...] |
2009-03-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CT SU |
| 09BANGUI68 |
CAR ELECTIONS OF 2010: A SNEAK PEAK AT THE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next elections in the CAR are scheduled for May 2010. This report seeks to identify the potential candidates. President Francois Bozize is the frontrunner and is likely to win the election, fairly or not, but there are other credible candidates and popular discontent is suc [...] |
2009-03-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI78 |
STREET BATTLE BETWEEN FULANI AND LOCAL MERCHANTS LEAVES AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 6:30 AM on April 12, 2009, a group of Fulani herders attacked Muslim traders at the cattle market (Marche du Betail) twelve kilometers from the center of Bangui. Details are still unclear, but there are at least seventeen dead. The violence was not directed at U.S. citizens a [...] |
2009-04-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI80 |
A STATE OF DECAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From all corners of Central African society and the international community, there is a creeping sense that the Bozize government is increasingly feeble and may not last out the year. Post stresses that it has no/no solid evidence of any credible external or internal threat and [...] |
2009-04-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI83 |
EXTORTION,WITH A RECEIPT: ROADWAY INSECURITY CRIPPLING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 27, 2009 a motorcycle belonging to an NGO working out of Birao in northeast Central African Republic (CAR) was stolen from its riders. What followed was an almost farcical tale of armed theft and extortion that is sadly typical of the state of lawlessness in most of the [...] |
2009-04-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI85 |
AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL TO KAGA BANDORO RESTRICTED BY CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Thursday, March 26, 2009, Ambassador and visiting AFRICOM officer departed Bangui, bound for the town of Kaga Bandoro to visit the various Central African and international organizations working in the region. Kaga Bandoro sits on one of the fault lines of conflict in the CAR [...] |
2009-04-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI86 |
MFA NOTE SEEKS TO REGULATE TRAVEL BY DIPLOMATS IN THE CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 20, 2009, Post received a Circular Diplomatic Note from the Central African Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) imposing the immediate requirement for notification to the MFA prior to any travel to areas ``under tension'' by the foreign diplomatic corps. The Note cited Ar [...] |
2009-04-21 18:12:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI87 |
MILITARY TRIBUNAL ACCUSES NOTORIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSER IN [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009 Lieutenant Olivier Koudoumon, aka Lt. Gbangouma, a member of President Bozize's Garde Presidentielle (GP), was officially accused of causing the death of a Commissar of Police on March 5, 2009. The killing sparked a day of riots in Bangui that left 10 wounded and [...] |
2009-04-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI88 |
CAR: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS PARTICIPANTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CT |
| 09BANGUI9 |
NEW CAR COALITION GOVERNMENT - NOTHING NEW, AND NOT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The announcement on Monday, January 19, of a new coalition government ended the several weeks of delay in naming the new coalition recommended by December's Inclusive Political Dialogue. The new government, listed below, represents little change from the old and is even less inc [...] |
2009-01-23 03:26:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 09BANGUI98 |
CONCERT FOR PEACE GIVEN AT THE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, 6 May 2009, the Ambassador hosted a concert by students from Bangui University. The students sang songs calling for peace and reconciliation in English, French and Sango to an appreciative audience of government ministers, the Diplomatic corps, civil society and the Am [...] |
2009-05-07 07:57:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR OEXC ODIP CT |
| 09BEIJING1953 |
INFORMAL PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL INTERAGENCY [...] On 10 July 2009 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) External Security Division Director Xia Jingge informally proposed a bilateral interagency exchange on counterterrorism issues in Mid-September 2009. Director Xia suggested the exchange should be jointly led by Director General for External Sec [...] |
2009-07-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH CT |
| 09BEIRUT116 |
LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. Similarly, UNIFIL officials told us that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel in 2008. UNIFIL staff officers continue to receive [...] |
2009-01-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT KPKO MO PREL SU WI UN PGOV LE |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE349 |
(SBU) EUROPEAN UNION ASSESSES SUPPORT TO NATIONAL PARKS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-14 07:15:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID CF CT CG CM GB |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE362 |
REFUGEE UPDATE - 88,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA REGION [...] (U) Over the last two months, 87,789 DRC refugees have crossed the Ubangui River into the Likouala region of the Congo in order to flee fighting in the Equateur province of DRC. DCM and RefCoord visited five of the approximately 60 refugee sites between December 17 and 19. The refugees are sp [...] |
2009-12-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CM CG CF |
| 09CAIRO1194 |
MFA ON HIZBALLAH CELL, SMUGGLING, CT COOPERATION [...] (C) On June 23, MFA Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Deputy Assistant Minister Ashraf Mohsin told visiting S/CT officer Patrick Worman that the MFA believes Hizballah should be part of the political process in Lebanon. Mohsin said the GOE views Hizballah's terrorist operation in Egypt as [...] |
2009-06-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CT UN IR LE EG |
| 09CAIRO2277 |
GOE UPR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOCUSES ON COMMITMENTS, BUT IS SHORT ON DETAILS REF: A. CAIRO 2164 B. CAIRO 1948 C. CAIRO 1925 D. CAIRO 1836 E. CAIRO 1433 F. CAIRO 814 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF KTIP CT UN EG |
| 09CAIRO858 |
FIRST VISIT OF A UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO EGYPT [...] KEY POINTS: -- (C) UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin, visited Egypt from April 17-21. This was the first visit of a UN Special Rapporteur the GOE has allowed. The MFA said the GOE will i [...] |
2009-05-17 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CT UN EG |
| 09KAMPALA347 |
UGANDA/DRC: KONY'S DOCTOR ESCAPES, DISCUSSES OLT [...] Summary: The following is the account of Kotto Kpenze, a Central African Republic (CAR) abductee, who served as Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony's "doctor" for the past year. Kpenze escaped from the LRA on March 30 near Sakure, a village on the border between Sudan and the Dem [...] |
2009-04-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT |
| 09KAMPALA430 |
UGANDA/DRC: CAPTURED LRA OFFICER TELLS HIS STORY [...] Summary: The following is the account of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo, who was injured and captured by the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) on February 3 during a firefight. Kwoyelo had been a senior officer until LRA leader Joseph Kony decided to execute LRA deput [...] |
2009-04-28 10:43:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT |
| 09KAMPALA431 |
UGANDA/DRC: CAPTURED LRA OFFICER TELLS HIS [...] Summary: The following is the account of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo, who was injured and captured by the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) on February 3 during a firefight. Kwoyelo had been a senior officer until LRA leader Joseph Kony decided to execute LRA depu [...] |
2009-04-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT |
| 09KAMPALA571 |
UGANDA/DRC: LRA ABDUCTS 135 IN RETALIATORY RAIDS [...] (C) Ugandan military and U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC) officials confirm press reports that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) may have abducted up to 135 people south of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) border with Central African Republic (CAR). The attacks occurred on June 2 and 3 i [...] |
2009-06-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU CT |
| 09KHARTOUM1405 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN LRA UPDATE, DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: While the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) activities have diminished in Western Equatoria since September, there are reports that the LRA has moved operations into Raja County, Western Bahr el-Ghazal, and unconfirmed reports of movement into South Darfur. The Ugandan People's Defen [...] |
2009-12-15 08:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU UG CG CT |
| 09KINSHASA227 |
ICC'S DECISION TO POSTPONE CONFIRMING CHARGES AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber III decided March 4 to postpone its decision on whether to confirm charges against Jean-Pierre Bemba, stating that the facts of the case point to the criminal liability of Bemba as a military commander but not as an ind [...] |
2009-03-12 06:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS ASEC CG CT NL |
| 09KUALALUMPUR839 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER: [...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging 90-minute meeting on October 21 that the GOM would publish its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan soon and that it was a priority for him and Prime Minister Najib to make significant progress on the i [...] |
2009-10-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | CT MY PGOV KTIP |
| 09KUALALUMPUR909 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER: [...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging 90-minute meeting on October 21 that the GOM would publish its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan soon and that it was a priority for him and Prime Minister Najib to make significant progress on the i [...] |
2009-11-12 05:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | CT MY PGOV KTIP |
| 09LIBREVILLE34 |
GABON: ECCAS/CEEAC PITCHES FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) The head of the military joint staff of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS/CEEAC) made a pitch for U.S. assistance, outlined regional security initiatives and introduced his multinational staff in a lively meeting January 12 meeting with Emboffs and the visiting AF/C [...] |
2009-01-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPKO CT CD CG SU GB |
| 09LIBREVILLE47 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN LEADERS CONFRONT ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: The heads of state of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) met in Libreville to discuss regional implications of the current world economic crisis and to plan concerted measures to deal with the crisis. Also on the agenda were the estimated USD 584 million inves [...] |
2009-02-06 09:17:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ECIN GB CM CT CD CF EK ZF |
| 09NDJAMENA111 |
MAKING CHAD A PART OF THE SOLUTION IN DARFUR: AN [...] This is an action message: See para 5 and subsequent. ---------------------------- CHAD MOST AFFECTED BY DARFUR ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Besides Sudan itself, Chad is the country most affected by the Darfur Crisis. Virtually all Darfuri refugees are in Chad, which also [...] |
2009-03-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PTER MASS LY SU CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA234 |
MINURCAT CHIEF DESCRIBES POST-EUFOR TROOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, UN Special Representative Victor Angelo da Silva chaired a meeting of diplomatic reps in N'Djamena to address concerns about MINURCAT's peacekeeping activities, including the inability of some contributing states to deploy fully-equipped peacekeeping contingents i [...] |
2009-06-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM SU CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA264 |
DEBY-GRATION MEETING: DEBY WANTS TO HELP USG [...] (SBU) Meeting with Special Envoy Scott Gration June 29, Chad's President Deby Idriss Itno made the following points: -- Resolving the Darfur crisis is a key goal for Chad. -- Chad is committed to implementing the Doha agreement of May 3 and views the recent decrease in tensions in South [...] |
2009-06-29 17:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS ASEC AU UNAUS SU CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA267 |
MINURCAT CAN HELP REDUCE CHAD-SUDAN TENSIONS, SRSG [...] (SBU) During the June 29 meeting with Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration, MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo made the following key points: -- MINURCAT (and likely UNAMID) could assist Dakar Contact group border monitoring mission, with amended mandates(s) and several hundred more troops, espe [...] |
2009-06-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM SU LY QA CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA500 |
CHADIAN ELECTORAL PROCESS: FRANCOPHONIE PUSHES [...] (SBU) The representative to Chad of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Hacen Lebatt, called on Ambassador Nigro October 30 to express concern that technical matters including the question of whether to hold a biometric census risked setting back Chad,s electoral timetable. L [...] |
2009-10-31 12:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM CD CT |
| 09NDJAMENA57 |
MINURCAT SOLICITS FUNDING FOR CONTINUED CHADIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: MINURCAT officials, UN Police (UNPOL) Chief Major General Chaumont and SRSG Assistant Gerard Gerrold, met with the DCM February 24 to discuss continued funding for MINURCAT activities in eastern Chad targeting police capacity-building and improvements in the Rule of Law sector. [...] |
2009-02-24 17:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF UN CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA71 |
CHAD/CAR: SRSG UPBEAT ON MINURCAT II DEPLOYMENT, [...] (SBU) SRSG Victor Angelo gave a generally positive briefing to the NDjamena Diplomatic Corps March 3 on the status of the March 15 transition of military security responsibilities from EUFOR to MINURCAT II; on MINURCAT's continued deployment; and on the PKO's current operations. All GOC-UN acc [...] |
2009-03-05 12:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF UN EU AU PKO SU CT CD |
| 09PARIS1592 |
CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH BELIEVE INSECURITY RISING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad/C.A.R. desk officer Vincent Alexandre, just returned from a week in Chad, told us on November 25 that insecurity seemed to be rising in eastern Chad and eastern C.A.R. He said that MINURCAT was much less effective than it could be and was operating with serious manpow [...] |
2009-11-27 11:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KDEM CD CT FR |
| 09PARIS362 |
EUFOR/MINURCAT: FRENCH PLEASED WITH TRANSITION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is pleased with the transition from EUFOR/MINURCAT to the UN's MINURCAT successor operation in Chad and C.A.R., MFA Chad/C.A.R. deskoff Vincent Alexandre reported on March 11. The transition was going smoothly mainly because force generation problems had been overcome. [...] |
2009-03-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM PREF CD CT FR |
| 09STATE102362 |
CAR: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN (2009-2010) [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of the Central African [...] |
2009-10-01 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CT |
| 09STATE102466 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05989685 for the export of one (1) International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled C-130 Hercul [...] |
2009-10-01 19:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC CT PO |
| 09STATE103127 |
COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2, 7-9. 2. (C) Summary: Consideration of the stalled Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) is expected to resume during upcoming UN Sixth Committee meetings in October. USUN should maintain USG redlines in ensuring that [...] |
2009-10-02 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CT PREL PTER UNSC |
| 09STATE104391 |
STATEMENT FOR SIXTH COMMITTEE ON UN [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee will address the CCIT on October 6, 7 and 23. Negotiations on the CCIT have foundered for nine years on two issues: (1) the scope of an exemption for military activities and (2) exemption of national libe [...] |
2009-10-07 14:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CT UNSC |
| 09STATE105809 |
CAR: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN (2009-2010) [...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of the Central African [...] |
2009-10-09 22:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CT |
| 09STATE108939 |
USUN POINTS FOR BRIEFING ON MINURCAT [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in paragraph 2 during a briefing in the Security Council on the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) scheduled for October 22, 2009. 2. I would like to thank A/SYG Mulet for his briefing, and commend MINUR [...] |
2009-10-21 19:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPKO CD CT |
| 09STATE112432 |
AF: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action cable; action request in paras 5 and 6. 2.(SBU) The Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as amended in 2003, requires the Secretary of State to submit a "Special Watch List" of countries on the TIP Report that either 1) had moved up a tier on the TIP Report over the las [...] |
2009-10-30 20:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AO BY CM CT CG CF IV |
| 09STATE114736 |
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE FOR NEW CONGOLESE REFUGEES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 4 and 5. 2. (SBU) Department greatly appreciates Embassy Bangui,s forward thinking and analysis with regard to arrival of the newest Congolese refugees in southeastern CAR (Refs). It has been helpful to get an initial impression of the number of b [...] |
2009-11-06 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CG CT PHUM PREF PREL SU |
| 09STATE118217 |
REQUEST FOR REGULAR REPORTING ON LORD'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 3 and 4. 2. (U) As operations to pursue and destroy the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continue, an unfortunate side effect is the widening geographic area in which marauding small groups of LRA attack and prey on civilians for resupply of sust [...] |
2009-11-16 22:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG UG SU CT |
| 09STATE119800 |
NOVEMBER 20, 2009-UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DATE ON THE [...] This is an action request. USUN should draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 below, as appropriate, during the UN General Assembly debate on the Report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on its third session. This debate provides an opportunity for the USG to comment on PBC's achiev [...] |
2009-11-19 23:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO BY CT PU SL |
| 09STATE120796 |
NOVEMBER 25, 2009-UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DATE ON THE [...] This is an action request. USUN should draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 below, as appropriate, during the UN General Assembly debate on the Annual Report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). 2. Begin talking points: -- We thank Ambassador Munoz for his dedication to the Pea [...] |
2009-11-24 00:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |