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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HARARE6956 |
ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT RATIFIES OTTAWA CONVENTION [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 5, ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT PASSED THE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES (PROHIBITION) BILL, WHICH RATIFIES THE OTTAWA CONVENTION BANNING ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES. PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ARE PROHIBITED FROM USING, STOCKPILING, TRANSFERRING, AND PRODUCING ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES. ON NOVEMBER [...] |
2000-12-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL ZI |
| 02ABUJA1593 |
NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON RONCO, BENUE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa said he planned to visit Washington on May 24 to meet with human rights NGOs, USG officials and the Hill. Impressed by the accomplishments of Operation Avid Recovery, he agreed help i [...] |
2002-05-23 18:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PHUM EAID KHDP NI |
| 02ABUJA2542 |
NIGERIA: AUGUST VISIT TO IKEJA UXO [...] On August 2, Ambassador Jeter, Consul General Hinson-Jones, A/PAO, and ConOff visited the Ikeja Military Cantonment in Lagos to observe the work done by RONCO Consulting Corporation in removing unexploded ordnance (UXO) still remaining after the Jan. 27 explosion there. The Embassy team met w [...] |
2002-08-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREF SOCI KHDP NI |
| 02AMMAN2513 |
IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT FOR JORDAN'S [...] (C) We understand that the Department may be considering consolidating its NADR Humanitarian Demining programs and focusing on fewer countries in the coming fiscal years. If this is the case, we believe it is important for U.S. political and military interests in the region -- and in OEF -- t [...] |
2002-05-20 05:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KHDP PREL MASS JO |
| 03COLOMBO1430 |
FY-2004 Humanitarian Demining Plan for [...] In response to Ref A, Mission's Humanitarian Demining Plan follows. Begin text: -------------------------------- SECTION ONE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -------------------------------- A. BACKGROUND: Twenty years of civil war in Sri Lanka have left a severe mine and unexploded ordnance [...] |
2003-08-15 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MOPS PREF KHDP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1488 |
U.S.-sponsored humanitarian demining training [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training program for the Sri Lankan (SLA) Army has kicked off at a base in the south. The project, which has already received upbeat press [...] |
2003-08-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1878 |
U.S.-sponsored humanitarian demining training [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training initiative has entered its operational phase. Run by the RONCO Corporation, the program is training the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) [...] |
2003-10-31 06:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE |
| 03SANAA1283 |
ADEN EXPLOSION APPEARS ACCIDENTAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: There are conflicting reports on the facts behind an explosion in Aden on June 7 that killed three Yemeni men. However, the most credible account of the incident from DAO staff visiting in Aden, with corroborating facts from other sources, point to an accidental ex [...] |
2003-06-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER KHDP ASEC PGOV YM |
| 03ZAGREB1719 |
CROATIAN GOVERNMENT: ITF DIRECTOR CIMPERSEK MUST GO [...] (C) The Government of Croatia is frustrated with the leadership of the International Trust Fund and will block extension ITF director Jernej Cimpersek's mandate. GoC officials expressed their frustration with Cimpersek's lack of professionalism and his unwillingness to focus on all donor prio [...] |
2003-07-31 15:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KHDP SI HR |
| 03ZAGREB1936 |
DECIDING ITF DIRECTOR CIMPERSEK'S FUTURE [...] (C) PER REFTEL A, WE HAVE PREPARED A LIST OF SPECIFIC INCIDENTS HIGHLIGHTING OUR CONCERNS (REF C) ABOUT ITF DIRECTOR JERNEJ CIMPERSEK,S SUITABILITY TO CONTINUE IN HIS CURRENT POSITION: -- LAST OCTOBER, CIMPERSEK DISPLAYED UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR DURING A/S BLOOMFIELD'S [...] |
2003-09-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KHDP HR |
| 04BOGOTA11694 |
COLOMBIA - NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS [...] (U) Embassy Bogota hosted a dinner on November 8 to raise awareness of the landmine problem in Colombia (reftel). Fifty guests, including members of the Vice Presidency's Anti-Personnel Mine Office, NGOs, the diplomatic corps, and international organizations, listened to remarks from landmine [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KHDP CO |
| 04COLOMBO1421 |
USG FUNDED SRI LANKA ARMY HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (U) SUMMARY. PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and Deputy Office Director Col. Stuart Harris visited Sri Lanka August 5 - 9 to review USG-funded Sri Lanka Army (SLA) humanitarian demining efforts. The USG-funded humanitarian demining program in Sri Lanka illuminates how mine action can be [...] |
2004-08-26 03:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EAID KHDP LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1685 |
SRI LANKA: INFORMATION ON U.S. MANUFACTURED [...] (C) Sri Lanka; U.S. mines not present. LUNSTEAD [...] |
2004-10-08 07:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KHDP CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO441 |
Humanitarian demining: USG program continues [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training initiative has been making major strides in Sri Lanka. Run by the RONCO Corporation, the program has trained over two hundred [...] |
2004-03-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO714 |
In Ambassador's first visit to Jaffna, Tamils [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 28 visit to the Tamil-majority northern city of Jaffna, Ambassador Lunstead saw life in Jaffna since the April 2 parliamentary elections. A key topic that emerged in conversations with Tamil interlocutors was a deep sense of reservation and skepticism regarding [...] |
2004-04-30 04:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SOCI MASS KHDP CE LTTE |
| 04GUATEMALA2406 |
GUATEMALA: INFORMATION ON U.S. MANUFACTURED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-20 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KHDP GT |
| 04HANOI405 |
ADMIRAL FARGO DISCUSSES AREAS OF FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on February 9, Admiral Thomas Fargo, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, highlighted the recent improvement of bilateral relations, and discussed establishment of an IMET p [...] |
2004-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM CNARC CTERR |
| 04HANOI447 |
ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...] |
2004-02-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP |
| 04HELSINKI1360 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S CONVERSATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 7 Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC Special Advisor Paul Janiczek, en route back to Washington from a visit to Moscow (reftel), stopped in Helsinki for consultations with the Finnish government. In separate meetings with the Ministry of For [...] |
2004-10-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MCAP PINS KHDP FI UNGA RU |
| 04LJUBLJANA1125 |
INVITATION TO MINE ACTION CONFERENCE; LJUBLJANA, [...] (U) INVITATION: PM/WRA and Embassy Ljubljana would like to announce an upcoming Regional Mine Action Coordination (RMAC) Conference, scheduled to take place in Ljubljana on 13-14 January 2005. PM/WRA Senior Program Coordinator and Program Manager for Demining in the Balkans Murphey McCloy w [...] |
2004-12-17 11:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KHDP SI |
| 04MAPUTO1414 |
MOZAMBIQUE: INFORMATION ON U.S. MANUFACTURED [...] (SBU) 1. Post has received data on U.S.-manufactured landmines found in Mozambique. The information requested in reftel follows: Country: Mozambique U.S. mines present Number: 130 (out of estimated 82,000 mines cleared/destroyed) Percent of Total: 0.16% Description: U.S. manufactured M14 ant [...] |
2004-10-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KHDP MZ |
| 04MAPUTO710 |
COMNAVEUR VISIT STRESSES MARITIME BORDER CONCERNS [...] (U) On May 20 and 21, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe, Admiral Gregory G. Johnson visited Maputo and met with Mozambican officials. His meetings principally covered USG concerns over Mozambique's lack of coastal patrol capacity, Mozambican success in the African Union Peacekeeping Missio [...] |
2004-05-28 10:35:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER KHDP MZ EFIS PKO ACOTA |
| 04QUITO2552 |
FEW U.S.-MANUFACTURED LAND MINES IN ECUADOR [...] In response to Reftel, Poloff September 20 contacted Guillermo Leal, chief of the OAS Humanitarian Demining (HD) mission in Ecuador. Leal noted the only U.S.-produced land mine found in Ecuador was the M18A1 Claymore device. The GoE had destroyed seven in-stock Claymores in 2001, Leal recal [...] |
2004-09-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP PREL PGOV EC PE |
| 04SANAA2767 |
HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ASSISTANCE TO YEMEN HELPS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Summary and Action Request. Funds for the USG Yemeni Humanitarian Demining Program (HDP) may be cut entirely in FY 05. Approaching its seventh year, Yemen's HDP (YHDP) is an example of how USG humanitarian assistance can successfully help [...] |
2004-10-31 07:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KHDP YM |
| 04YEREVAN771 |
MAINTAINING DEMINING OPERATIONS IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Post is concerned about the future of USG- supported demining operations in Armenia. Funding is running out, and we run the risk of losing this high value, high impact program. We ask for the Department's cooperation in finding a way to maintain the demining program in Armenia. 2. (S [...] |
2004-03-31 12:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PREL AM |
| 05AMMAN1123 |
JORDAN REQUESTS DEMINING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Prince Mir'ed bin Ra'ad bin Zeid, Chairman of the National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR), met with Charge February 8 at his initiative to provide a progress report on demining in Jordan and to request U.S. political and financial assistance. Prince Mir'ed asked that the [...] |
2005-02-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP MASS PGOV PREL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN2942 |
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Israeli assistance in the removal of mines laid by Israel in the Wadi Araba region of Jordan would highlight the humanitarian and economic benefits of the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty. End Summary. ---- [...] |
2005-04-12 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP MASS PGOV PREL IS JO |
| 05BAGHDAD3490 |
STATE DEPARTMENT-FUNDED NGO CLEARS UNEXPLODED [...] (U) On August 26, MNF-I Joint Area Support Group-Central (JASG-C) called on the Iraqi Mine/UXO Clearance Organization (IMCO), a State Department-funded NGO tasked with clearing mines and unexploded ordinance (UXO) throughout Iraq, to assist with the disposal of UXO discovered in the Internat [...] |
2005-08-27 21:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KHDP PGOV PREL |
| 05BOGOTA5218 |
LANDMINE CONCERT RAISES AWARENESS AND MONEY [...] (U) On May 23, the Vice President's office of Landmine Coordination (Observatorio de Minas) and the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) co-sponsored a fund-raising concert to benefit the University Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Bucaramanga, Santander Department. The performance was [...] |
2005-05-31 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KHDP CO |
| 05COLOMBO2167 |
SRI LANKA: DEMINING OPERATIONS IN JAFFNA SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) The HALO Trust (HT), Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) have all suspended operations in the Jaffna peninsula as of December 28. HALO Trust and the SLA cited the deteriorating security environment, while the DDG's closure coincides with its holiday stand-down. Disgrun [...] |
2005-12-28 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM CASC MOPS KHDP CE EAIS LTTE |
| 05GUATEMALA1754 |
GUATEMALA NEAR COMPLETION OF DEMINING [...] Summary: Per reftel request for planning inputs for the Department's FY06 PM/WRA Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Strategic Plan, post is not submitting such inputs as the Guatemalan Government's HMA plan forecasts a completion of all demining activity in Guatemala by October 2005. The follow [...] |
2005-07-20 23:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP MOPS MARR PREL GT |
| 05HANOI3236 |
FUNDING FOR PHASE II VIETNAM UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CURRENT ESTIMATED COST PROJECTION FOR PHASE II OF THE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AND LANDMINE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND TECHNICAL SURVEY IS USD 9.2 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH INCLUDES TWENTY MILITARY CLEARANCE TEAMS. THIS TOTAL REPRESENTS A COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER PLAN [...] |
2005-12-09 05:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL KHDP VM MAS |
| 05MAPUTO682 |
MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATE ON USG HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] PM/WRA Program Officer Deborah Netland and PM/WRA Foreign Affairs Officer Peggy Pope visited Mozambique April 26 - May 6. During their visit they examined the impact of USG humanitarian demining assistance and strongly urged the GRM to play a much more active role in supporting its mine action [...] |
2005-06-01 05:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID KHDP MARR MOPS PREL MZ MAS |
| 05OTTAWA3300 |
OTTAWA PLANS TO HOST LANDMINE EVENT IN MARCH 2006 [...] Embassy Ottawa plans to organize an event in March 2006, in lieu of this Fall. As in 2003 and 2004, the likely venue would be the Ambassador's residence and we would invite a range of government and non-government interlocutors. ConGen-Toronto is also considering organizing an event during t [...] |
2005-11-04 21:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP KSEP PHUM PREF PARM AORC ODIP OFDP CA |
| 05PARIS3013 |
FRANCE RECEIVES GUIDANCE ON U.S.-RUSSIA MANPADS [...] (C) Poloff delivered points on U.S.-Russia MANPADS arrangement (reftel A) to French MFA Office for Disarmament's Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) action officer, Jean-Francois Guillaume on April 15 and again on April 22. Guillaume told poloff the MFA appreciated being informed on the matter ad [...] |
2005-05-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | RS KHDP MARR PARM PREL PTER FR |
| 05QUITO120 |
DEMINING: POLITICAL PROBLEMS THREATEN OPERATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Humanitarian demining (HD) continues apace in Ecuador, although political difficulties - both bilateral and multilateral - threaten future effectiveness. 2004 successes include the conclusion of mine clearance operations in El Oro, near-completion in Loja, and termination of mine im [...] |
2005-01-19 20:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP PHUM MASS MOPS MARR EC PE |
| 05YEREVAN857 |
ARMENIA'S SOUTHERN PROVINCE: DEAD END? [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's Southern region of Syunik is a narrow swath of remote mountainous land, bound by the closed historical borders with Azerbaijan to the East and West, and stretching South [...] |
2005-05-16 05:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KHDP PHUM PGOV PREF ETRD AM IR |
| 06COLOMBO342 |
SRI LANKA: DEMINING RETURNING TO FULL SPEED [...] (U) NGOs continued humanitarian demining while Sri Lankan Army (SLA) deminers were still hunkered down following the December and January surge in attacks on security forces by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While remaining on operational stand down, Department-funded demining [...] |
2006-03-03 06:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID CASC MOPS KHDP CE |
| 06DAKAR1204 |
PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON MCA, ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Prime Minister Macky Sall to discuss the status of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan (PRSP) and election preparations. The Prime Minister stressed that the MCA Compact is the GOS, highest prio [...] |
2006-05-18 17:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PINR PINS PREL KMCA KHDP SG |
| 06DAKAR2479 |
FIXER, HATCHETMAN, JAILBIRD, STATESMAN: FOUR [...] (C) Ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, Abdoulaye Wade's "spiritual son" and strategist until he fired and jailed him, is testing popular support for his presidential bid in a pre-campaign tour of the regions. We had no direct contact with Seck since April 2004, but in the last three weeks we ha [...] |
2006-10-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON PINS PINR KDEM KMCA KHDP SG |
| 06DAKAR3016 |
CASAMANCE: ESCALATION IN REBEL ATTACKS [...] (SBU) On December 20, Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) combatants ambushed a Senegalese army vehicle near the village of Kagnaru, north of Bignona. Two soldiers died, and 14 suffered injuries. One day before, a Senegalese army vehicle struck a fresh landmine in the outsk [...] |
2006-12-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC CASC KHDP PHUM SG MO |
| 06DUSHANBE300 |
TAJIKISTAN HUMANITARIAN DEMINING: REQUEST FOR PM SUPPORT [...] Post appreciates PM/WRA information (reftel) and strongly supports further engagement on demining in Tajikistan, including a Policy Assessment Visit and funding for the Tajik Mine Action Committee through the United Nations Development Program. MINES ALONG THE AFGHAN BORDER 2. Russia la [...] |
2006-02-14 07:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KHDP TI |
| 06KHARTOUM1939 |
Juba: UNMIS Driver Seriously Injured by UXO [...] On August 8, an UNMIS driver from Bangladesh was injured when he stepped on a grenade that UNDSS believes remained from the war. The site of the accident was an open field directly across the road from the John Garang grave site and memorial, just a few hundred yards from the seat of the Gove [...] |
2006-08-14 17:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KHDP MOPS UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2739 |
SUDAN - SOUTHERN KORDOFAN SITUATION REPORT [...] On September 2, USAID staff visited Kadugli and Abyei towns in Southern Kordofan State to track progress on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and determine appropriate areas for USAID support. In the state capital, Kadugli, some administrative restructuring has occu [...] |
2006-11-26 14:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP |
| 06KHARTOUM2869 |
DARFUR - NGO OUTLOOK BLEAK IN MEETING WITH SE [...] (SBU) On December 12, Special Envoy Natsios met with 11 members of the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) NGO Forum Steering Committee in Khartoum to solicit their perspectives on the humanitarian situation in Darfur. Oxfam, Help Age, Tearfund, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Norweg [...] |
2006-12-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP |
| 06KHARTOUM2876 |
DARFUR: NGOS RELOCATE STAFF FROM GEREIDA IDP CAMP [...] (SBU) At approximately 2130 hours on December 18, armed men believed to be Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/Minawi) elements stole 14 vehicles from three compounds in Gereida, South Darfur. As a result, all humanitarian organizations except the International Committee of the Red Cross [...] |
2006-12-19 16:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP PGOV |
| 06KHARTOUM2877 |
SUDAN: HAC INTERROGATES USAID PARTNER [...] (C) The Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) is in the process of collecting information on all humanitarian organizations working in Sudan. The effort appears to be part of an annual exercise aimed at identifying humanitarian staff and assets. The process inc [...] |
2006-12-19 16:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP |
| 06KHARTOUM2919 |
SUDAN - INCREASING DISCONTENT AMONG THE MISSERIYA [...] (C) Summary: On November 16, a crowd of 700 demonstrated in the Misseriya town of Al Fula, Southern Kordofan State, to protest the Government of National Unity,s (GNU) failure to provide the Misseriya people with their share of oil revenues. In a subsequent meeting on November 18, the Misser [...] |
2006-12-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SU KHDP |
| 06KHARTOUM745 |
SUDAN: National Demining Authority Opens [...] (U) Sudan's Mine Action Authority opened with some fanfare in Khartoum on March 7. President Bashir, First VP Kiir, Defense Minister Hussein, and Humanitarian Affairs Minister Manibe all spoke to the crowd of 250 invited guests. The MNAA will oversee demining and ordnance disposal operations [...] |
2006-03-24 12:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MARR KHDP UN SU |
| 06LUANDA151 |
ANGOLA LANDMINE CLEARANCE: 2006 GOALS AND [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of mine action organizations operating in Angola remain upbeat on the progress of demining in Angola, but look for the GRA to complete its Landmine Impact Survey and strategic plan in order to facilitate their 2006 workplans. While the GRA has earmarked USD 27.6 Mi [...] |
2006-02-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MCAP KHDP AO |
| 06SARAJEVO1367 |
BOSNIA: NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS A SUCCESS FOR [...] On June 10, 2006, the Embassy co-hosted a "Night of 1,000 Dinners" (N1KD) gala dinner with the local American Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Canada, the fourth of its kind since 2002. Donors to the event contributed almost 200,000 KM (approximately US $130,000), which will be matched [...] |
2006-06-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KHDP PREF PARM AORC ODIP OFDP KSEP BK |
| 06TIRANA822 |
NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS RAISES FUNDS - AND [...] (U) Embassy Tirana hosted its third Night of a Thousand Dinners reception on July 24 at the Ambassador's Residence, in cooperation with the Albanian Mine Action Executive (AMAE) and the Victims of Mines and Weapons Association (VMA). Ambassador noted that, with most high- and medium-priority m [...] |
2006-08-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP MASS PREL AL |
| 06VIENTIANE326 |
MINE AWARENESS DAY: LAO UXO NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY OFFICIALLY OPENS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KHDP LA |
| 07ADDISABABA418 |
UNMEE SRSG REPORTS ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute briefing to diplomatic corps representatives on February 8, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, reported that the situation along with the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remained "tense and volati [...] |
2007-02-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS KPKO KHDP MOPS ET ER |
| 07AMMAN1243 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DENNIS HADRICK [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance for the visit of PM/WRA Program Manager Dennis Hadrick to Jordan from April 1-6, 2007, as requested reftel. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at para 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is [...] |
2007-03-19 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREF PREL OTRA KHDP JO IZ |
| 07BAGHDAD4173 |
(CORRECTED COPY) HUMANITARIAN DEMINING IN IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over three decades of conflicts have made Iraq one of the most severely mine/unexploded ordnance (UXO) afflicted nations in the world. With over 1600 communities out of the 12,000 communities surveyed reportedly impacted by landmines, Iraq needs an effective clearance capacity to [...] |
2007-12-23 17:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KHDP |
| 07COLOMBO341 |
CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS IN BATTICALOA DECRY HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador participated in a visit to Batticaloa led by Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Samarasinghe. Although the visit was disrupted by a mortar attack as the delegation arrived in Batticaloa (reftel), the delegation met with civil society leaders. The Amba [...] |
2007-03-01 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KHDP CE |
| 07KABUL1745 |
KIDNAPPED AFGHAN DEMINING NGO WORKER RELEASED - TALIBAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul learned of the safe release on May 17 of Esmatullah Mir Ahmadullah, an Afghan ambulance driver for an Afghan demining NGO, the Mine Clearance Planning Agency (MCPA). Ahmadullah reportedly was kidnapped by Taliban operatives in Gardez on May 14. The Taliban reportedly kept [...] |
2007-05-24 14:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KHDP MASS ASEC AF |
| 07KABUL1983 |
5 NGO VEHICLES STOLEN BY ARMED INTRUDERS IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul learned June 18 of the theft of five vehicles belonging to the Afghan demining NGO Mine Detection Center (MDC) on June 13 when 20 "heavily armed" individuals reportedly broke into MDC's Kandahar compound. The perpetrators also stole an unspecified quantity of MDC uniforms [...] |
2007-06-20 08:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | ASEC KHDP MASS AF |
| 07KABUL2063 |
TALIBAN SEIZE 17 DEMINERS AND 3 VEHICLES IN GHAZNI [...] (S/REL ISAF) Summary: Alleged Taliban fighters under Mullah Safiullah took 17 Afghan NGO deminers hostage on June 23 and seized 3 of their vehicles. This is the second attack on Afghan demining NGOs in as many weeks involving armed groups capturing vehicles. The Taliban kidnappers reportedl [...] |
2007-06-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | ASEC KHDP MASS AF |
| 07KHARTOUM902 |
REACTING TO THE SANCTIONS - SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SELLS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a decree decrying the latest U.S. sanctions, newspaper reports, government announcements, and interviews with businessmen have revealed that the GNU has already taken a number of defensive economic measures. Within a wee [...] |
2007-06-07 16:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP SU |
| 07KHARTOUM945 |
NAVIGATING SUDAN'S MINEFIELDS [...] (U) A May 22-31 visit to Sudan by Col. Stu Harris, Deputy Director for Programs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs helped address the growing tension among Sudanese officials, local mine action groups and international non-governmen [...] |
2007-06-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP DMINE SU |
| 07KINSHASA824 |
UN SMALL ARMS DESTRUCTION DAY IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The Ambassador marked the UN's Small Arms Destruction Day with a speech at the Congolese military's Central Logistics Base (CLB) July 9 at an event organized by the NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to commemorate the destruction of more than one million small arms and light weapons (SALW) wo [...] |
2007-07-17 08:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV KHDP CG |
| 07LUANDA519 |
ANGOLA: AGING ARSENAL THREATENS CIVILIANS [...] (C) Summary: Recent visits to Angolan Air Force ammunition storage facilities found inadequate storage practices for the vast remnants of its Soviet-era arsenal. The Angolan military's limited stockpile destruction capacity has prompted them to turn to NGOs such as HALO Trust for assistance. [...] |
2007-05-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL KHDP PINR AO |
| 07LUANDA692 |
EMBASSY LUANDA DESTROYS "MILLIONTH WEAPON" [...] (U) Summary: Angolan police, government officials, military and representatives from the diplomatic and NGO communities applauded as Embassy Luanda,s Charge d, Affaires and an Angolan Armed Forces General destroyed the symbolic "Millionth Weapon" during Embassy Luanda,s commemoration of Intern [...] |
2007-07-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM KHDP AO |
| 07MAPUTO1047 |
Northern Provinces Demining a Success, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Humanitarian demining of the Northern provinces of Mozambique is complete. The USG and other donors look to publicly announce this success in November as efforts begin to focus on other areas of the country. USG funded and equipped military demining corps gives the GRM the cap [...] |
2007-08-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PGOV PREL MZ |
| 07MAPUTO1048 |
Demining Brings Economic Growth Near Mozambique-Tanzania [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP PGOV PREL ECON MZ |
| 07MAPUTO394 |
Munitions at Depot Explode, Rain Death and Destruction on [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ordnance stockpiled at the Malhazine weapons depot located near the airport in the capital city of Maputo ignited on March 22. Explosions of rockets, shells and bombs lasted for more than six hours, killing more than 100 people and injuring more than 500. Homes in surrounding nei [...] |
2007-04-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PARM PHUM MZ |
| 07MAPUTO758 |
GRM REQUEST FOR USE OF QRDF EQUIPMENT FOR SENA LINE [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry's Director for the Americas and Europe and the director of the National Demining Institute (IND, a dependency of the Foreign Ministry) requested a meeting with Charge on 7/3. At the meeting, the IND director asked for the use of QRDF equipment currently in possession o [...] |
2007-07-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP MZ |
| 07RABAT224 |
WESTERN SAHARA: LANDMINES CLAIM LIVES, SPARK [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent landmine incidents, with at least three deaths, highlight the continuing danger of landmines in the Western Sahara. Two prominent Sahrawi figures, one a local leader and CORCAS member, the other a member of the upper house of parliament, were killed when the veh [...] |
2007-02-06 18:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PBTS PHUM PREL EAID MOPS KHDP MO |
| 07USEUBRUSSELS3189 |
CHANGES IN EC MINE ACTION FUNDING [...] (U) USAID Special Assistant delivered demarche contained in reftel to Laura Figuori of the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations, Security Policy Unit. Figuori was a member of the now dismantled operational unit which managed mine action funding. 2. (SBU) Accordi [...] |
2007-10-19 07:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHDP SOCI PARM EAID EUN |
| 07VIENTIANE316 |
SUGGESTED 2007 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR LAOS UXO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. In 2006 PM/WRA requested post create suggested budgets for supporting the removal of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in 2007 based upon a number of scenarios. One of those scenarios envisioned a 25% cut to the UXO budget for Laos in 2007. [...] |
2007-04-18 09:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP ECON PREL MASS LA |
| 07VIENTIANE496 |
ASSORTED LAO UXO NEWS FRAGMENTS [...] (U) Charge and econoff attended the annual UXO review meeting June 5, which addressed the 2007 workplans for the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) and UXO Lao. The meeting provided a useful synopsis of events in the Lao UXO sector in 2006 and presented the UXO goals of the Government of Lao [...] |
2007-06-14 09:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHDP PARM EAID LA |
| 07VIENTIANE53 |
REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM'S DISCUSSIONS ON UNEXPLODED [...] (SBU) Summary: During her visit to Laos, Representative McCollum got a first-hand look at the problems related to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Xieng Khouang province. She visited a hospital where UXO victims were being treated, a mine clearance site, and a school where children demonstrated mi [...] |
2007-01-22 08:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP MOPS PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL KFLU KHDP ECON LA |
| 07VIENTIANE668 |
VISIT TO LAOS OF STAFFDEL GUDES [...] (SBU) Visiting professional congressional staff members Scott Gudes and Dan Brandt visited Vientiane August 16-19. While in Vientiane they met with Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha, who raised restrictions against Eximbank working in Laos, discussed financial reform in Laos with the [...] |
2007-08-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EINV KHDP PGOV OTRA LA |
| 07VIENTIANE914 |
PACOM ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO VIENTIANE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 14 visit to Vientiane, Commander of the Pacific Command Admiral Timothy Keating met with senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and National Assembly. At the Foreign Affairs Institute, he addressed students and took questions [...] |
2007-12-19 07:15:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP LA MARR MASS OVIP PREL KFLU CH |
| 07VIENTIANE926 |
LAOS: ANNUAL UXO MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHDP PREL LA MASS |
| 07YEREVAN457 |
NIGHT OF 1000 DINNERS RECEPTION RAISES FUNDS FOR NGO'S [...] (U) Summary: At a fundraising reception held as part of the Night of 1000 Dinners (reftel), Post helped raise over 4,000 USD for the Armenian Red Cross Society, a local NGO working to reduce landmine casualties through a Mine Risk Education program. The event drew more than 70 guests, includi [...] |
2007-04-16 12:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | DMIN PHUM KMDR KPAO EAID KHDP MASS PARM PREL AM |
| 08BAGHDAD3565 |
ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY GETS BOOST FROM NEW LAW [...] (C) Minister of Environment Narmin Othman told EmbOffs on November 3 the Council of Representatives (CoR) had ratified the new law establishing the Ministry of Environment (MoEnv). She claimed the Prime Minister told the Cabinet to enlarge MoEnv funding, "even if it means taking money away fro [...] |
2008-11-12 04:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EPET EWWT ECIN KHDP KRAD KSCA IZ |
| 08KHARTOUM1440 |
UN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMINING PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Mine Action Office (UNMAO) and its contractors expect a 90 per cent success rate in clearing mines and unexploded ordinance (UXOs) in Sudan prior to a mid-2011 program handover to national authorities. Even with the current optimism, UNMAO doesn't realisticall [...] |
2008-09-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KHDP KPKO AU UNSC SU |
| 08LIMA1732 |
NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP), the Magr [...] |
2008-10-31 21:55:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE |
| 08LONDON1303 |
USAID, DFID AGREE ON COLLABORATION PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, sought USAID Administrator Henrietta ForeQs support for DFIDQs planned September 25 meeting on the Millennium Development Goals in New York. Douglas agreed to co-author an op-ed piece with Fore on why develop [...] |
2008-05-09 14:42:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL KHDP ECON UK |
| 08LUANDA317 |
REAPING THE BENEFITS OF PEACE IN KWANZA SUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Devastated during Angola's 27-year civil war, the once embattled province of Kwanza Sul is on the mend. Ongoing U.S.-funded demining programs are key to the government's success in reopening primary and secondary roads and agricultural land. U.S. assistance in partnership with Ch [...] |
2008-04-21 17:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KHDP AO |
| 08LUANDA319 |
REQUEST FOR STOCKPILE SECURITY TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 18 meeting, the Angolan National Police requested that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) conduct stockpile security and management training in Luanda in late May 2008. Despite the probable time pressures caused by short notice, post stands ready to assist D [...] |
2008-04-22 17:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MASS PTER MARR PARM KHDP AO |
| 08LUANDA435 |
SCENESETTER FOR DAS STEPHEN GANYARD'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) the Embassy Angola team warmly welcomes your June 14 - 17 visit to Angola. This visit provides an excellent opportunity to witness firsthand the devastating effects of landmine and UXO contamination in Angola and explore the ways in which USG support for humanitarian demining and weapons [...] |
2008-06-05 13:35:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MCAP KHDP AO |
| 08RABAT739 |
WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING AROUND A [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM), the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...] |
2008-08-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO |
| 08RABAT741 |
CORRECTED: WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM), the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...] |
2008-08-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO |
| 08VIENTIANE83 |
SECOND U.S.-LAO COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The second U.S.-Lao Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD), led by Department of State East Asia and Pacific Bureau (EAP) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Scot Marciel on January 25, highlighted the slowly maturing relationship between Laos and the United States. Unlike the pr [...] |
2008-02-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KHDP MARR MASS MOPS OTRA PGOV PHUM |
| 08ZAGREB579 |
ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 1 [...] (U) WITNESS SUPPORT PROJECT ACHIEVING SUCCESS: In a recent meeting, UNDP officials announced that their pilot program to provide witness support services in three county courts and the Zagreb municipal court assisted more than 100 witnesses in serious crimes trials during its first three mon [...] |
2008-08-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KHDP MASS MARR PARM HR |
| 09BAGHDAD1798 |
DEMINING DEADLOCK STARTING TO GIVE WAY? [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi ministries nudged closer July 1 to signing an interagency agreement (MOU) that would allow humanitarian demining to continue in Iraq. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) ordered the cessation of demining activities in December 2008 citing security concerns, but subsequent bur [...] |
2009-07-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KHDP PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNDP |
| 09BAGHDAD1816 |
IRAQI AGREEMENT ENABLES DEMINING TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi ministries signed an interagency agreement (MOU) without fanfare July 5 that will enable NGOs and companies to continue humanitarian demining in Iraq, according to Ministry of Environment (MOEnv) Deputy Director Dr. Kamal Latif. The breakthrough ends a six-month bureauc [...] |
2009-07-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD1920 |
U.S.-SUPPORTED DEMINING EFFORTS IN IRAQ FACE FORK [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense (MOD) will block the Iraqi Mine Clearance Organization (IMCO) from doing demining in Iraq, according to Deputy Minister of Environment Dr. Kamal Latif, who also heads the Directorate for Mine Action. IMCO is a NGO that the Department's Weapons Removal and [...] |
2009-07-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD238 |
THE IRAQ MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT'S EVOLVING ROLE [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Environment (MoEnv) lacks sufficient training and equipment to execute its main responsibilities of environmental monitoring and clean up, Minister Narmin Othman told EMIN on January 22. Demining is presently a MoEnv responsibility, but the Ministry of Defense continues [...] |
2009-01-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET ECIN KHDP KSCA IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2381 |
PROGRESS ON DEMINING PICKS UP PACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd Al-Qadir Muhammad Al-Mufriji issued an order August 30 to allow nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to perform demining operations, according the Deputy MinEnv Kamal Hussein Latif. The directive represents a significant breakthrough for U.S.-suppor [...] |
2009-09-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL UNDP IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2715 |
CHINA TRAINS IRAQI ARMY PERSONNEL IN DEMINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese Defense Attach to Iraq confirmed September 21 that the Chinese military is providing training in demining to approximately 20 Iraqi Army officers and 20 Afghan Army officers in the vicinity of Nanjing. People's Republic of China (PRC) Defense Attach Senior COL Wang Ru [...] |
2009-10-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PARM EPET KHDP AF CH IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD3190 |
DEMINING IRAQ: HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS RESUME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the 6-month Sisyphean effort to get the GOI to properly utilize humanitarian support for demining, it appears that a rock has finally crested the hill. On November 6, our largest Iraqi grantee, the Iraqi Mine Clearance Organization (IMCO), announced that it received GOI accr [...] |
2009-12-13 06:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL UNDP IZ |
| 09HANOI978 |
Setting the Scene for Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign investor [...] |
2009-09-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KIRF SENV MARR KHIV KHDP BM |
| 09JERUSALEM610 |
UXO DISPOSAL IN GAZA STALLED [...] (C) Summary. Unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal by the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Gaza has stalled after coordination failures between the UN and Hamas, and between the UN and the IDF, according to UNMAS Gaza's Program Manager. He explained that tens of thousands of pounds of unexplod [...] |
2009-04-03 09:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL KHDP IS GZ |
| 09LIMA1350 |
PERU RESUMES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Overcoming past shortcomings and deserved skepticism, Peru recently resumed humanitarian demining (HD) operations in parts of its shared border with Ecuador and at other sites within its territory. Senior GOP officials expressed gratitude for the USG's "crucial" assistance, and [...] |
2009-09-14 22:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KHDP MOPS PTER SOCI EC PE |
| 09LIMA1611 |
PERU AND ECUADOR: GOOD VIBES AT 3RD BILAT [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Alan Garcia and Rafael Correa presided jointly over the Third Binational Ministerial that concluded in Piura, Peru on October 22. According to press accounts and our MFA contacts, bilateral discussions were infused with good feelings and helped advance two of Peru's ke [...] |
2009-10-29 23:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KHDP EC PE |
| 09LIMA542 |
SHINING PATH ATTACK KILLS 13 IN THE VRAE [...] (C) Summary: Suspected Sendero Luminoso (SL) terrorists ambushed military patrols near Vizcatan in the VRAE April 9, killing 13 soldiers and injuring others. It was among the deadliest SL attacks of recent years, and reflects a continuing pattern of terrorist retaliation for ongoing military [...] |
2009-04-13 20:10:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER KHDP PE |
| 09MAPUTO536 |
HUMANITARIAN DEMINING IN MOZAMBIQUE MAKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mozambique, once one of the most heavily mined-countries in the world, is making excellent progress towards its stated goal of being mine-impact free by 2014. USG and other nations provide substantial financial support for demining efforts. Humanitarian demining has received top [...] |
2009-05-04 08:06:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PGOV PREL ECON MASS EAGR KPKO MZ |
| 09QUITO1035 |
GOE REQUEST FOR DEMINING ASSISTANCE PRESENTS UNIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in its humanitarian demining program. After years of inconclusive discussion with the GOE, the MFA's recent requests for USG assistance, combined with extension of the GOE's commitment to the Ottawa Convention, increasingly close pol [...] |
2009-12-15 21:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV MCAP KHDP EC PE |
| 09QUITO708 |
ECUADORIAN MILITARY REQUESTS MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in destroying at least 33 MANPADS and almost 1 million individual missiles, firearms, bombs and other expired munitions under the auspices of the U.S. Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction Program. After years of inconclusive discuss [...] |
2009-08-07 21:49:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PARM PREL PTER KHDP EC CO |
| 09QUITO885 |
Engaging Civilian Leadership to Improve Mil to Mil Relations [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy is receiving mixed signals regarding the Ecuadorian military's willingness to continue historically strong cooperation. Likely causes are: instructions by civilian leadership to lessen dependency on the U.S.; a lack of information and communication within the Ecuador [...] |
2009-10-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM PTER KHDP EC CO |
| 09QUITO963 |
GOE Defensive on Benefits of Correa's Trip to UK and Russia [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rafael Correa's visits to the UK and Russia on October 26-30 have elicited media carping on the large delegation, Correa's statement about considering recognition of Ossetia and Abkhazia, and what were seen as meager outcomes. Correa's backers and the MFA defended the [...] |
2009-11-17 21:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR KPKO KHDP EC RS GG UK |
| 09SANAA1537 |
GOOD NEWS FROM YEMEN: PROGRESS IN DEMINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, PolOff observed the destruction of 2985 landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in a ceremony organized by the Yemeni Executive Mine Action Committee (YEMAC), which is responsible for implementing one of the world's most successful mine action programs. Since 1999 [...] |
2009-08-18 09:37:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KHDP YM |
| 09TRIPOLI100 |
UN SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE FOR LIBYAN DE-MINING PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: UN experts, based on consultations with GOL officials and preliminary review of Libyan minefield maps, estimate that there are 16 million landmines in the Ouzou Strip along the Chadian border and along the Libyan-Egyptian border to the east. In addition, unexploded ordinance from Wo [...] |
2009-02-04 10:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KHDP LY CD EG |
| 09VATICAN108 |
EMBASSY VATICAN AIDS CONFERENCE LINKS FAITH-BASED WITH [...] (U) Embassy Vatican and Caritas Internationalis co-hosted a very successful international conference on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS from October 14 to the 16. The conference also aimed at improving access to testing and treatment for children living with HIV and [...] |
2009-10-30 17:17:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV KIRF ECON EAID KHDP TSPL UN XA VT |
| 09ZAGREB453 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 24 [...] (SBU) BOZINOVIC APPOINTED MFA STATE SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS: On July 16 the MFA announced that Davor Bozinovic would be the new MFA State Secretary for Political Affairs, replacing Bianca Matkovic who is now serving as Minister without Portfolio in the new Kosor government. Bozinovic [...] |
2009-07-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV KHDP KCRM HR |
| 10BAGHDAD209 |
DEMINING IRAQ: HIGH-WATER MARK OF PROGRESS ACHIEVED [...] (U) Deputy Minister of Environment Kamal Latif Hussein marked the completion of a humanitarian landmine clearance project in Baghdad's "Army Canal" January 23 with leaders of the Iraq Mine and UXO Clearance Organization (IMCO), an Iraqi NGO and U.S.-grantee. National television networks cover [...] |
2010-01-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BOGOTA96 |
CIVILIAN DEMINING EXPECTED IN COLOMBIA FOR 2010 [...] (SBU) During the Second Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention Banning Anti-Personnel Landmines in Cartagena in December, the Government of Colombia (GOC) told Poloff they expect civilian demining to begin in 2010. The GOC also confirmed they would initially limit civilian demining to the [...] |
2010-01-08 16:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM PREL KHDP CO |
| 10NIAMEY33 |
Niger: Former High Commissioner for Restoration of Peace [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, current National Assembly Deputy and former High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace (HCRP) Mohamed Anacko met with DCM at the Chancery; Poloff and LES Pol Specialist also participated. The former Commissioner spoke about the successful culmination of the p [...] |
2010-01-14 19:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS ECON SNAR SOCI PHUM KHDP ML AG NG |