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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1697 |
ESTABLISHING A PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARD FOR [...] POST CONTACTED THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND CONVEYED U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN-BASED STANDARDS OVER PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARDS BY THE CEN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. 2. THE SPOKESMAN OF THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS STATED THAT H [...] |
2000-06-07 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD SZ EUN |
| 03AMMAN7688 |
POST SECURES IRAQI PASSPORTS FROM IRAQI MISSION; [...] (U) Action request for Department. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On November 23, PolOff picked up from the Iraqi mission in Amman more than 3,500 blank Iraqi ordinary, service and diplomatic passports along with passport stickers. Post seeks Department guidance on pr [...] |
2003-11-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA CE CH FI RS SW SZ JO |
| 03AMMAN898 |
SWITZERLAND'S PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (C) On February 9, A/PolCouns delivered reftel points on Switzerland's proposed February 15-16 conference in Geneva to coordinate assistance to a post-war Iraq to FM Muasher's personal assistant Ali al-Ayed. Al-Ayed said that the GOJ had already been informed of U.S. concerns and the reasons [...] |
2003-02-10 08:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ JO |
| 03ANKARA1041 |
GOT PLANS TO SEND ONLY GENEVA-BASED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ TU |
| 03HANOI2860 |
VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...] |
2003-11-07 02:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR |
| 03KATHMANDU566 |
NEPALI MAOISTS PURSUE SEPARATE DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Anton Hagen, local head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), confirmed to the DCM that Maoist insurgents have enlisted his help in sounding out other European and Canadian donor agencies regarding a possible meeting with Maoist interlocutors. Hagen also confirmed t [...] |
2003-03-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID SZ NP |
| 04AMMAN3432 |
IRAQI FALCON 50: JORDAN READY TO HAND IT OVER ONCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Director General of Civil Aviation said that the Iraqi Falcon 50 which has been parked at Marka Airport for the past year could be turned over to Iraq once several issues are resolved. These include the fees charged for the aircraft, the need for the aircraft to be re [...] |
2004-05-06 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETTC IZ JO SZ |
| 04ANKARA794 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | BK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI |
| 04THEHAGUE1657 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...] |
2004-07-01 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 04THEHAGUE3312 |
ELIMINATION OF WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-21 14:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM OTRA KNNP TRGY RS SZ NL |
| 04THEHAGUE382 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...] |
2004-02-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 05ACCRA1187 |
GHANA: DEMARCHE ON SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE [...] (C) On June 17, Pol Chief spoke with the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry's Acting Director for International Organizations Edwin Adjei and delivered reftel demarche on the Swiss Circular Note on the Conference for a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. Adjei said the Foreign Minist [...] |
2005-06-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC GH IS PHUM PREF PREL SZ |
| 05AMMAN4874 |
MDA: JORDANIAN STANCE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN6723 |
JORDAN OFFERS PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Per reftel, acting Pol Chief and refcoord met with Walid Obeidat, the Director of the Jordanian Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 21 to ask that Jordan back the proposal for a diplomatic conference to adopt the new international Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement emblem when Switze [...] |
2005-08-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
| 05ANKARA3415 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Head of International Political Organizations Levent Sahinkaya, who already had in his possession copies of the Swiss Circular Note, the Draft Rules of Procedure and the Draft Third Additional Protocol. Sahinkaya confirmed: -- the Turkish Amb [...] |
2005-06-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ TU ICRC |
| 05ASUNCION1441 |
PARAGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-22 21:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05ASUNCION764 |
PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE TO ADOPT A THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05ASUNCION819 |
PARAGUAY: ADDITIONAL RESPONSE ON SWISS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-27 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05BERN2360 |
ADAMOV: SWISS COURT REJECTS U.S. REQUEST: ORDERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM CJAN PREL ENRG SZ RU |
| 05BOGOTA8123 |
COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT MDA/THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-29 17:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO ICRC |
| 05BOGOTA8588 |
MDA: COLOMBIA REITERATES SUPPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on September 7 to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Ignacio Ruiz. Poloff urged a strong statement at the Geneva consultations, noted the humanitarian goal of the Third Additional Protocol, and stressed that the time was right given the successful Gaza wi [...] |
2005-09-13 00:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO |
| 05BRATISLAVA466 |
SLOVAKIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ LO ICRC |
| 05CAIRO8603 |
MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC |
| 05CAIRO9056 |
FM ABOUL GHEIT INSTRUCTS GENEVA DELEGATION TO GO [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Chief of Cabinet Wifaa Bassam on December 2. After consulting with FM Aboul Gheit, Ambassador Bassam told the Ambassador in a follow up conversation on December 3 that Aboul Gheit had instr [...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IZ SZ EG ICRC MDA |
| 05DHAKA5702 |
BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 04:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ BG ICRC |
| 05DJIBOUTI1145 |
MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADD'L GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to seek support to add the 'red crystal' emblem to the red cross and red crescent now used with the Geneva convention, and for Magen David Adom (MDA) membership to the IRC/RC Movement. Charge [...] |
2005-11-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ ICRC |
| 05DJIBOUTI8 |
MINISTER OF COMMERCE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR TRADE ROUND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, January 2, the Ambassador met with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, at his request. The main purpose of the meeting was to solicit the Embassy's financial support for a Round Table to promote trade. In addition, the Minister requested th [...] |
2005-01-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN DJ SZ |
| 05DUBLIN1408 |
IRELAND SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EI |
| 05GENEVA2389 |
PLANNED DEMONSTRATION IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - 15 [...] (SBU) On 15 Oct 2005, Attac, a global coalition of non-governmental organizations, stated they would be rallying approximately 5,000 people in Geneva to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting scheduled for December in Hong Kong. The protest is set to take place in fr [...] |
2005-10-04 11:22:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SZ |
| 05GENEVA2415 |
QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT- FOURTH QUARTER (JUL, AUG, [...] Summary of Significant Events: A. The U.S. Mission's Fourth of July party kicked off this quarter with approx 1,200 guests attending the event at the Ambassador's residence. Not to be outdone, the grand opening of the photovoltaic system at the U.S. Mission was another heavily attended ev [...] |
2005-10-07 03:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSAC RPTS SZ |
| 05HELSINKI670 |
FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SWISS ON CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IS SZ FI ICRC |
| 05KATHMANDU2740 |
MDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THIRD PROTOCOL [...] (C) Due to the re-shuffling of His Majesty's Government of Nepal the evening of December 7, the Acting Foreign Secretary was unavailable this morning. Emboff therefore demarched Kali Prasad Pokharel, Undersecretary, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encouraging Nepal to vote in favor o [...] |
2005-12-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PREL PHUM PREF IS SZ UN NP |
| 05KINGSTON1538 |
THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO GENEVA CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 20:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JM ICRC |
| 05KINSHASA1187 |
CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered between June 28 and July 7, 2005. 2. Over-Fortification of Small Amounts of Food Aid (REF A) -- Although none of the food aid referenced in the cable went to the Republic of Congo, Econ/Cons Officer presented the demarche talking points to two NGOs wo [...] |
2005-07-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR EAID PREF PHUM IS SZ CF ICRC UNSC UN |
| 05KINSHASA1941 |
DRC WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) PolOff delivered November 23 reftel demarche to Tharcisse Kambala, director of the International Organization Division of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kambala said the GDRC would vote in favor of adopting the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and welcomed Magen [...] |
2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CG ICRC |
| 05KUWAIT4901 |
AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU |
| 05LIMA5012 |
MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL--PERU [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 21:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
| 05LIMA5200 |
MDA: PERU TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 21:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
| 05LJUBLJANA402 |
SLOVENES SUPPORTIVE OF SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND [...] (SBU) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Department staffer Ondina Blokar on 15 June. Blokar said that an interministerial working group on international human rights law issues had been requested to issue an opinion on the Swiss Circular Note and the Third Additional Protocol. [...] |
2005-06-15 23:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SI ICRC |
| 05MADRID2318 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 07:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SP ICRC |
| 05MADRID3039 |
SPAIN'S INPUT TO BLUE LANTERN CASE 05-969658 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-25 08:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SZ SP |
| 05MANAMA826 |
BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF BA IS SZ ICRC |
| 05NEWDELHI2379 |
INDIA UNDECIDED ON CHR NEPAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) We shared reftel demarche with MEA J/S (North) Ranjit Rae on March 28 regarding the need to improve GON human rights record or face an Item 9 resolution at the CHR. After repeated attempts to elicit a response from the J/S proved unsuccessful, A/Polcouns managed to reach him in the early [...] |
2005-03-30 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IN NP EU UK SZ |
| 05NEWDELHI2475 |
DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...] |
2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6929 |
MDA: INDIA SUPPORTS PROTOCOL, BUT NO PLANS TO PUSH [...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6. Arora promised to confer with his UN Economic and Social (UNES) counterparts, but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) Poloff followed up with Deputy Secretary (UNES) Gopal Baglay on Septembe [...] |
2005-09-08 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ GOI UN |
| 05NEWDELHI8712 |
MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVEA PROTOCOL [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to Director (UN Political) Sangeeta Mann, who confessed she was not aware of the issue, thanked the USG for the information conveyed, and promised a more substantive response once she ascertained the GOI position. 2. (C) Comment: Man [...] |
2005-11-16 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ |
| 05OTTAWA1799 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND A RESPONSE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning full membership for the Israeli National Society (MDA) in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, to Allisa Golberg, deputy director of the human rights division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on June 13. Golberg referred to the me [...] |
2005-06-14 17:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05OTTAWA3397 |
CANADA SUPPORTS MDA'S INCLUSION AND IS READY TO [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel on 15 November to Alexandra MacKenzie in the Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (C) MacKenzie emphasized the importance of ensuring the success of the Geneva conference, as well as the adoption by consensus of [...] |
2005-11-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF AORC IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05OTTAWA3608 |
CANADA ON MDA: EXPECT A YES VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05PARIS4042 |
MDA: FRENCH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] (C) Poloff raised the issue of support for convening a diplomatic conference in October to adopt a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions June 7 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian issues. After consulting with MFA IO Director [...] |
2005-06-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS6752 |
UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: SWISS [...] The Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO, Ernst Iten, gave a ringing endorsement of the June 2005 preliminary draft Convention on Cultural Diversity during his 20 September speech to UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board and urged the Director General to submit it for adoption to the October 2005 UNESCO G [...] |
2005-10-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7954 |
FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL, [...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...] |
2005-11-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS8509 |
USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect), a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...] |
2005-12-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO |
| 05PRAGUE1648 |
CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDING A THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
| 05PRAGUE913 |
CZECH RESPONSE TO MDA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
| 05QUITO1381 |
ECUADOR LIKELY TO SUPPORT SWISS CIRCULAR ON MDA [...] On June 8, PolOff delivered talking points and a copy of the Swiss circular to MFA Human Rights Director Carmen Larrea. The document recommends a conference to discuss a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions granting the Magen David Adom (MDA) full membership in the Internation [...] |
2005-06-13 21:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EC ICRC |
| 05ROME3196 |
POSSIBLE ITALIAN AND SWISS MRE PROVIDERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-23 17:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT SZ FR IT |
| 05SANTIAGO2351 |
CHILE TO CONSIDER VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIRD [...] (U) The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number three) on November 16, in part to deliver Ref A demarche seeking Chile's vocal support for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. The Ambassador expressed appreciat [...] |
2005-11-16 20:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI |
| 05SANTIAGO2476 |
MDA: DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 21:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3350 |
MDA DEMARCHE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-23 20:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IS SZ PREL PREF PHUM |
| 05TELAVIV1117 |
MFA OFFICIAL SAYS GOI "ADAMANT" ABOUT GAINING MDA [...] (C) The GOI is "adamant" about bringing to closure in 2005 the issue of Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, MFA Deputy Director General (A/S-equivalent) for International Organization Affairs Roni Ya'ar told poloff on February 23. He reported [...] |
2005-02-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6171 |
EMBLEM: GOI DOES NOT ENDORSE MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Israeli MFA Director for international organizations and human rights Daniel Meron informed post that the Government of Israel (GOI) does not endorse the September 27 declaration by Dr. Noam Yifrach, chairman of the MDA executive committee, which the Swi [...] |
2005-10-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6250 |
GOI LARGELY PLEASED WITH SWISS VISIT ON MDA [...] (C) MFA DDG for International Organizations Affairs Roni Ya'ar told the Ambassador October 31 that GOI meetings with visiting Swiss FM Calmy-Rey were productive and remained focused entirely on MDA issues. Ya'ar said that Calmy Rey was on "good behavior" during her visit and did not expand h [...] |
2005-10-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6333 |
EMBLEM: GOI REJECTS MDA STATEMENT BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Israeli MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron told poloff November 1 that the Government of Israel (GOI) has made clear to the Swiss its rejection of the widely disseminated oral statement by MDA Chairman Noam Yifrach, but has not [...] |
2005-11-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 05TELAVIV6467 |
EMBLEM: ICRC DESCRIBES TIMELINE, PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 8 - 10 conversations with Poloffs, ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Andrej Motyl expressed continuing ICRC and Swiss commitment to convening the December 5 - 6 conference on the Third Protocol, but also articulated [...] |
2005-11-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6760 |
EMBLEM: GOI LISTS NATIONS MAYBE WILLING TO SPEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron asked poloff December 2 to pass to the Department a list of nations that the GOI believes might be willing to speak publicly before or during the diplomatic conference in favor of adopting the Third Addit [...] |
2005-12-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6766 |
EMBLEM: WHY THE GOI NEARLY BALKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Israel did not oppose the recent MDA-PRCS agreements, the issue hits the GOI at an unusually volatile transitional moment in Israeli domestic politics. During this tenuous period an issue such as this that touches on security, or the status of East Jerusalem and the settle [...] |
2005-12-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05VIENNA3704 |
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department to discuss adoption of a Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Convention. If a vote is necessary, Theuermann said, Austria and the EU pl [...] |
2005-11-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC |
| 05VIENNA3834 |
MDA: AUSTRIA CONFIRMS YES VOTE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 20:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC |
| 05WELLINGTON472 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 03:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ NZ ICRC |
| 05YEREVAN1018 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MDA AND CONFERENCE ON THIRD [...] (C) Post delivered demarche talking points regarding the Israeli National Society (MDA) and International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan June 9 per reftel instructions. Mrkrtumyan said the GOAM did not have [...] |
2005-06-10 02:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IS SZ AM ICRC |
| 05YEREVAN2028 |
RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA "LIKELY TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ AM ICRC |
| 06ANKARA2445 |
MDA: TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) We met with Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul May 2 to discuss ref A points on the upcoming 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva in June. He said he expected the GOT's position will likely remain the s [...] |
2006-05-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ TU |
| 06ASUNCION248 |
PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 20:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ PA |
| 06ASUNCION490 |
PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA |
| 06BANGKOK1600 |
THAILAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA: SIGNING OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ |
| 06BANJUL381 |
THE GAMBIA:MDA DEMARCHE: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ GA |
| 06BERLIN3324 |
GERMAN AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN FOR EXPORTING WMD [...] (C) On November 13, the Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) headquartered in Meckenheim provided Legatt Berlin with a summary of arrests made November 6 in connection with illegal shipments of WMD-related items to Iran. According to the summary, the Federal Office of Customs Invest [...] |
2006-11-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL IR GM SZ |
| 06BERN1044 |
SWISS ARREST MEMBERS OF AN APPARENT ISLAMIST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM EAIR ASEC SZ |
| 06BERN1138 |
TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE: SWITZERLAND ALIGNS WITH EU [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SZ |
| 06BERN1140 |
MONTENEGRO: SWITZERLAND RECOGNIZES INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SZ YU |
| 06BERN1218 |
(S) SWISS AIMING TO PREVENT MEDIA TORNADO ON [...] (S) Charge d'Affairs a.i. Carol Urban met with Department of Finance (EFD), Director for Financial Markets, Rene Weber to deliver points in REF A mid-afternoon June 23, 2006. The Charge highlighted the legal safeguards and auditing that are in place in the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program an [...] |
2006-06-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PTER EFIN SZ |
| 06BERN1223 |
SWISS REPLY ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-27 15:07:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV EAID VE SZ |
| 06BERN1253 |
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - SWISS APPROACH TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC SZ |
| 06BERN1280 |
IRAN: LARIJANI MEETS WITH SWISS FM CALMY-REY \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC SZ |
| 06BERN141 |
SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-20 16:53:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PARM ETTC SZ |
| 06BERN1553 |
FM CALMY-REY LASHES OUT AT THE UNITED STATES, EU \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 08:46:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SZ |
| 06BERN1571 |
STOCKHOLM DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS AID TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL SZ SW |
| 06BERN1593 |
(CORRECTED COPY) SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER \ [...] (C) Charge Urban met with Swiss Foreign Minister Calmy-Rey \ this afternoon at the FM's invitation. The FM wished to \ clarify remarks she made about the U.S. during her August 21 \ speech to the Swiss ambassadors conference in Bern. Asked to \ speak first, the Charge noted concerns in Washington [...] |
2006-08-29 17:54:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SZ |
| 06BERN1626 |
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 06:08:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ |
| 06BERN1639 |
DEMARCHE FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-07 05:51:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU SZ |
| 06BERN1686 |
SWISS DFA DEPUTY POLDIR ON IRAN, UNHRC, AND \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP CASC SZ |
| 06BERN1710 |
SWISS RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ |
| 06BERN1804 |
GOS "HEADS UP": SWISS FEDERAL PROSECUTOR TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PHUM SZ |
| 06BERN1867 |
S/CT CRUMPTON PRESSES THE SWISS TO SHARE MORE INTEL \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PTER ETTC SZ |
| 06BERN1896 |
MTAG: LATEST ON SWISS INVESTIGATION OF BB [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM ETTC SZ IR |
| 06BERN1910 |
SWISS REACTION TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-11 13:59:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM SZ |
| 06BERN1947 |
SWISS VIEWS ON LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-18 16:39:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER MOPS SZ |
| 06BERN1971 |
EUR A/S FRIED AND SWISS STATE SECRETARY AMBUHL \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-23 08:56:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP EAID SZ |
| 06BERN1981 |
SWISS ASSISTANCE WITH USINT OPERATING DIFFICULTIES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT SZ CU |
| 06BERN2046 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SEEKING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 16:23:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL SZ |
| 06BERN2059 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: SWISS OFFICIAL REPORTS ON DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 16:10:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MEPP SY LE IS SZ |
| 06BERN2060 |
SWISS-DPRK TRADE VERY LIMITED [...] (S) Summary: In response to REFTELS A and B, on November 7 Emboffs spoke with Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Bilateral Economic Relations Division, Export Controls and Sanctions Chief Othmar Wyss about Swiss-DPRK trade relations. According to Wyss, Swiss trade with North Korea [...] |
2006-11-08 16:20:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM TRGY MNUC IAEA SZ |
| 06BERN2064 |
SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION: SWISS UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PK SZ |
| 06BERN2109 |
DEPUTY S/CT URBANCIC URGES SWISS ACTION ON PKK [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-24 12:00:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC TU SZ |
| 06BERN2115 |
SWISS TO BAKER COMMISSION: USG SHOULD NO LONGER \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER ETTC IR IZ SZ |
| 06BERN2122 |
SWISS ELECTORATE REAFFIRMS TIES WITH EU; APPROVES $800 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID EUN SZ |
| 06BERN2142 |
CUBA AND TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: SWITZERLAND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SZ |
| 06BERN545 |
SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS SY SZ |
| 06BERN587 |
U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: SWISS NOT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-17 16:00:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA KNNP ENRG PARM ETTC IN SZ |
| 06BERN593 |
SWISS ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL OF EXCESS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PREL IZ SZ |
| 06BERN688 |
BELARUS: SWITZERLAND WEIGHS VISA BAN, TARGETED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-29 15:24:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EU BL SZ |
| 06BERN716 |
CUBA: SWISS FM CALMY-REY'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-31 16:12:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ASEC CU SZ |
| 06BERN725 |
IRANIAN OPPOSITION GROUP CLAIMS IRAN REPATRIATED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KNNP IR SZ |
| 06BERN8 |
MORITZ LEUENBERGER, NEW PRESIDENT OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-03 16:11:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SZ |
| 06BERN828 |
SWISS ECONOMICS/TRADE MINISTER JOSEPH DEISS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise announcement, Swiss Economics and Trade Minister Joseph Deiss announced on April 27 that, effective July 31, he would resign his position as Economics and Trade Minister and step down from the seven-member Federal Council, where he is the Christian Democratic Party' [...] |
2006-04-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO PGOV SZ |
| 06BERN898 |
SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN: ASSESSING OUR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SZ VE |
| 06BOGOTA10337 |
LIKELIHOOD OF GOC-FARC HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE [...] (U) Prospects for GOC-FARC talks on a humanitarian exchange of FARC political hostages for imprisoned terrorists are bleak, but low-level efforts to resume contact continue. Speaking at the Iberoamerican Summit, President Uribe left open the door to talks, but only if the FARC stops terrorist [...] |
2006-11-07 20:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO FR SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA10826 |
GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER ON PARAMILITARY LINKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said the GOC is committed to uncovering the truth about paramilitary links to Colombia's political, economic, and military elites, but warned that the process would produce substantial political and institutional costs. He is urging Presid [...] |
2006-11-29 22:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO CS CU FR NO SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA7460 |
GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER ON ELN, PARAMILITARIES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-15 18:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO CS CU FR NO SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA8946 |
GOC SEEKING HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE WITH THE FARC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-27 22:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | CO FR MARR PGOV PREL PTER SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA9277 |
GOC AND FARC CONTINUE MEDIA EXCHANGE ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOC and FARC have exchanged media statements in recent days on the possibility of creating an "encounter zone" to discuss a humanitarian exchange of FARC-held hostages for FARC terrorists imprisoned by the GOC. President Uribe insists any such talks be a prelude to substanti [...] |
2006-10-06 21:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO FR SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA9402 |
GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER SKEPTICAL OF FARC AND ELN [...] (C) Summary: GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador October 9 he is skeptical the ELN will commit either publicly or privately to a specific cease-fire date at the October 20-25 negotiating round in Havana. If the ELN does not do so, the GOC may break off talks. He al [...] |
2006-10-12 22:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO CU FR NO SP SZ |
| 06BRASILIA2034 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HANLON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Cathleen Hanlon, Veterinary Medical Officer, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to Brasilia (DF), October 15-21, to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and to Florianopolis (SC), Brazil, December 3-6, [...] |
2006-09-25 12:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US SZ WHO IT BR |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1072 |
DOMINICA DROPS DIPLOMATIC CASE AGAINST SWITZERLAND [...] (C) Summary: Dominica has dropped the case it brought against Switzerland at the International Court of Justice, choosing not to pursue the matter of a questionable "diplomat" who had been stripped of his diplomatic status. The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GCOD) withdrew in May [...] |
2006-06-22 11:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN875 |
DOMINICA'S DIPLOMATIC TROUBLE WITH SWITZERLAND [...] (C) Summary: Dominica brought Switzerland to the International Court of Justice over the Swiss decision to strip a Dominica "diplomat" of his diplomatic status. Russian-born Roman Lakschin, who obtained Dominica citizenship through the Caribbean island-state's economic citizenship program, wa [...] |
2006-05-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL |
| 06COLOMBO675 |
SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADOPTION OF ICRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL ICRC SZ CE |
| 06COPENHAGEN861 |
DENMARK WANTS RED CRYSTAL VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 07:13:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ DA |
| 06DARESSALAAM1509 |
FM MIGIRO WILL ATTEND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT WORKING [...] (U) Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro has accepted the Secretary's invitation to attend the Women's Empowerment SIPDIS Working Group in New York on September 23, the Minister's personal assistant, Mr. Innocent Shiyo, told Poloff September 8. Shiyo said that he would contact the Embassy t [...] |
2006-09-08 13:20:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM UNGA PREL SZ TZ |
| 06DUBLIN134 |
IRELAND TACITLY FAVORS VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Ireland supports U.S. candidate Bill Voss' bid for the post of ICAO Secretary General, according to Robin McKay, Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Regulation and International Relations, to whom Post delivered ref A demarche on February 2. Ongoing discussions among [...] |
2006-02-07 17:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ICAO AU BE NL SZ IR EI |
| 06DUBLIN470 |
IRELAND LIKELY TO SIGN RED CRYSTAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ IE |
| 06HANOI1503 |
VIETNAM RECEIVES ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM |
| 06HANOI625 |
VIETNAM: WILL LIKELY APPROVE ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-17 02:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM |
| 06HANOI952 |
MDA - VIETNAM WILL VOTE YES IN JUNE [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A's points, MFA International Organizations Department First Secretary Ngo Thi Lien reported that Vietnam will vote "yes" at the International Conference in June. However, the GVN is still studying the Third Additional Protocol and has no plan at this time to sign it. [...] |
2006-04-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ VM |
| 06KATHMANDU1575 |
MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On June 19, Emboff delivered talking points (Ref A) to Nirmal Kafle in the office of the United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about preventing a conference disruption at the June 20-21 International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Cres [...] |
2006-06-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IRCE SZ NP |
| 06KATHMANDU628 |
MDA: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 6, Embassy delivered talking points, reftel, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai and urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to sign the Third Additional Protocol. Bhattarai undertook to r [...] |
2006-03-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP |
| 06KATHMANDU723 |
MDA: NEPAL SIGNS THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 16, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal (GON) had signed the Third Additional Protocol in Geneva on March 15. SCHLOSSER [...] |
2006-03-16 07:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP |
| 06KIGALI277 |
AMIS RE-HAT AND 3RD PROTOCOL DEMARCHES TO GOR [...] (SBU) On 21 March, poloff delivered demarche and talking points (ref A) to Augustin Rutikara, America's desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rutikara was noncommittal when asked if the GOR would remain in Darfur if and when it becomes a UN mission. He acknowledged the questionable [...] |
2006-03-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW |
| 06KINGSTON1103 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA [...] (U) On May 4, Poloff faxed Ref A talking points to Angella Brown, Assistant Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT), and asked that the GOJ vote yes to amend the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva on Jun [...] |
2006-06-05 19:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM |
| 06KINGSTON1209 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED REGARDING MDA AND THE ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 19:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ JM |
| 06KINSHASA371 |
DRC: DEMARCHE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC was pleased to see the Third Additional Protocol had passed, and it would work to ensure that MDA could join the ICRC Movement. Djoli added t [...] |
2006-03-06 10:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ CG |
| 06KINSHASA657 |
DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC delegation would vote again in support of the Third Additional Protocol and the inclusion of Magem David Adom into the International Red Cross and [...] |
2006-04-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC CG SZ |
| 06LISBON1819 |
PORTUGAL - COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JULIETA [...] Embassy Lisbon warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Julieta Valls Noyes, DRL Director for Multilateral and Global Affairs to travel to Lisbon, Portugal, from September 1-2, 2006. The purpose of the trip is for an overnight stay in Lisbon awaiting a flight connection to Luanda. [...] |
2006-08-28 07:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO PHUM PO SF SZ |
| 06MANAGUA516 |
GON INCLINED TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 17:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ IS NU |
| 06MONTEVIDEO419 |
URUGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ UY |
| 06NEWDELHI1631 |
INDIA WILL SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise told Poloff on March 7 in response to reftel demarche that the MEA's legal division was preparing the ratification process for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. "We will sign it," he stated, but did not [...] |
2006-03-08 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IN SZ |
| 06NEWDELHI3417 |
BIO NOTES: THE (PAKISTANI) AMBASSADORS AKRAM [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan High Commission (New Delhi) Counselor Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, a frequent Poloff interlocutor, shared with Poloff his impressions of Pakistani Ambassadors Munir and Zamir Akram. Qazi worked for Munir for five years in Geneva (probably 1995-2000), and for Zamir for se [...] |
2006-05-17 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IN PK NP SZ |
| 06NICOSIA639 |
CYPRUS LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TO RED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division on April 28. Christodoulou was unaware of the Ambassadors' meeting in Geneva in April to start work on the June International Conference. She noted, however, that Cyprus had voted for the [...] |
2006-04-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ CY |
| 06OSLO533 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On April 26 we delivered reftel points to Martine Scheie, Higher Executive Officer in the MFA's Legal Department, Section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Scheie noted Norway's long-standing support of the Third Protocol. She stated that Norway will continue to work clo [...] |
2006-04-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ NO |
| 06PARIS2836 |
MDA: FRANCE LOOKING TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper told poloff on April 26 that the French MFA concurred with U.S. demarche points on the need for the June 19-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to amend its statutes to reflect the Third Additiona [...] |
2006-04-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC ICRC SZ FR |
| 06PARIS7478 |
DEMARCHE TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points November 14 to MFA Office Director-equivalent for Asylum and Immigration Pierre Brethes, MFA Desk officer-equivalent for the United States Sameh Safty, and MFA Desk officer-equivalent for Cuba Othman El Kashtoul, urging the French government to consider re [...] |
2006-11-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF FR SMIG SZ |
| 06PRAGUE304 |
CZECHS WILL SOON SIGN THE THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Poloff met Milan Dufek, Czech MFA International Legal Department, on March 9 to discuss reftel demarche on the Third Additional Protocol. Dufek reiterated strong Czech support for the Protocol and said it would be signed as soon as official authorization is obtained. On March 23, a represe [...] |
2006-03-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ EZ |
| 06ROME3360 |
FINMECCANICA EXPORTS TO IRAN AND VENEZUELA: THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) In a December 21 meeting requested by Finmeccanica, the major Italian defense and aerospace conglomerate, company officials reviewed the status of their engagement with Iran and Venezuela. They noted that Finmeccanica is not [...] |
2006-12-22 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD ETTC IR VE SP FR SZ IT |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1854 |
MDA DEMARCHE - FUNDING NATIONAL SOCIETIES - [...] Per guidance reftel, Embassy contacted the American Red Cross field representative for the Caribbean, David Hintch, who is based in Santo Domingo and works closely with the Dominican Red Cross. He had already spoken with the Dominican Red Cross about attendance at the 29th International Confe [...] |
2006-06-02 20:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM DR ICRC PREL HA SZ |
| 06SEOUL1378 |
ROK PREPARING TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-25 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC KS SZ |
| 06SKOPJE419 |
MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON THE ICRC THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ MK |
| 06SKOPJE593 |
MACEDONIA RESPONDS TO MDA DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC IS SZ MK |
| 06TELAVIV1395 |
EMBLEM: GOI HEALTH MINISTRY OPPOSES COMPOSITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel Representative for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Anna Segall told poloff April 5 that the GOI has not yet approved changes to Magen David Adom (MDA) statutes because the Ministry of Health (MOH) opposes the proposed composition of the MDA executive [...] |
2006-04-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1584 |
EMBLEM: ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGES ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) In a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on April 20 (septels), the Ambassador outlined U.S. efforts to facilitate the admission of Magen David Adom (MDA) into the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. The Ambassador stressed the importance of four technical changes required to br [...] |
2006-04-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 06TELAVIV1619 |
EMBLEM: FM LIVNI "CRACKED HEADS TOGETHER" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials report that an assertive FM Tzipi Livni April 23 instigated dramatic progress on, but not yet final approval of, the two most controversial among the four remaining MDA statute amendments (reftel A) necessary for MDA membership in the Red Cross / Crescent Movement. [...] |
2006-04-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS ICRC HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1807 |
EMBLEM: AMBULANCE AND STATUTES UPDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff May 9 that the GOI has not yet adopted a position on the stationing of five additional ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in East Jerusalem. He twice replied to direct questions about the GOI vi [...] |
2006-05-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV989 |
EMBLEM: GOI STANDS STILL; ICRC DELEGATION CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) Aharon Leshno Yaar told PRM Director for Asia and the Near East Richard Albright March 2 that the GOI plans to delay implementing the December agreement between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). ICRC Head of [...] |
2006-03-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06THEHAGUE489 |
DEMARCHE: DUTCH PLAN TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 19:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NL |
| 06THEHAGUE939 |
NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC PREF PREL ICRC SZ NL |
| 06TIRANA441 |
ALBANIA: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas at the MFA. Kondo was aware of the upcoming vote and indicated the GOA's position has not, and is not expected to change, before the June vote. She expressed appreciation for the points and undertoo [...] |
2006-05-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ AL |
| 06TIRANA540 |
ALBANIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO MONTENEGRO'S VOTE FOR [...] (SBU) GoA officials were quick to comment positively -- and to key their comments on Euro-Atlantic integration prospects -- regarding the results of Montenegro's Referendum on Independence after initial results were announced early on May 22. President Moisiu called Montenegrin President Vuj [...] |
2006-05-24 04:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MK SZ AL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK671 |
SWITZERLAND: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the Unit [...] |
2006-04-03 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN SZ |
| 06YEREVAN602 |
ICRC: ARMENIA TO SUPPORT THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points regarding the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions to DFM Armen Baiburtian and MFA International Organizations Department Head Valery Mkrtumyan. Mkrtumyan told us that Armenia planned to sign the Protocol and to support changing the statutes of [...] |
2006-04-28 13:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL AM SZ ICRC |
| 06YEREVAN827 |
RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA WILL NOT SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Post contacted the MFA International Organizations Department's Human Rights and Humanitarian Division Chief Tigran Samvelian per ref A. Samvelian reaffirmed that the Armenian representatives who would attend the June 20-21 meeting did not plan to vote to adjourn (ref B). EVANS [...] |
2006-06-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ AM |
| 06ZAGREB539 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Director, North Americas Desk and to Romana Olujic, Deputy Head of the Human Rights Department, MFA on April 26. Olujic responded that she expected the GoC to continue to support the Third Additional Protocol in June. She said that she was actively pus [...] |
2006-04-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC HR SZ |
| 07BERLIN1247 |
GERMAN AND EPO RESPONSE TO WIPO DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin discussed holding WIPO DG accountable for his actions as requested in reftel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts voiced support for the USG view but also discussed the delicacy of Germany's position, due to its ongoing role as President of the European Council. Spe [...] |
2007-06-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR WIPO SZ GM |
| 07BERN1009 |
SWISS ELECTIONS: LEFT-WING RADICALS DISRUPT SVP [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6, left-wing radicals disrupted a long-planned campaign rally in downtown Bern by the Swiss People's Party (SVP). At days end, 42 left-wing demonstrators reportedly had been arrested, with 3 demonstrators and 18 police injured. This incident has further disconcerte [...] |
2007-10-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SZ |
| 07BERN1020 |
Swiss October 21 Elections Set to Mark Only Measured [...] (SBU) The upcoming Swiss national parliamentary elections on October 21 look set to mark measured shifts of political support from the center to the two extremes, with power still shared by all of the current major political parties. The central questions to be answered by this election are (1 [...] |
2007-10-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SZ |
| 07BERN1043 |
SWISS APPRECIATE INFORMATION ON NEW IRAN [...] Emboff delivered reftel points and non-paper to Dieter Cavalleri, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Director, International Law Division, on October 26. Cavalleri said he would immediately provide the relevant Swiss ministries with the information and would also provide the Swiss Federal [...] |
2007-10-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN IR SZ |
| 07BERN1077 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOV PRACTICES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CVIS ASEC KVPR SZ |
| 07BERN1087 |
SWISS LIKEMINDED ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA -- BUT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Officer delivered the reftel talking points on anti-democratic reforms in Venezuela on November 16 to Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs U.S. Office Director Urs Hammer and South America Desk Officer Nora Kronig, and received an initial readout on the Swiss position regarding the [...] |
2007-11-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SZ |
| 07BERN1093 |
IRAN/IAEA: SWISS NON-COMMITAL ON BOG STATEMENT, [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the message in reftel A November 19 to MFA State Secretary Ambuehl, urging the GOS to take a firm line in a national statement at the upcoming November 22-23 IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting. Ambuehl made no commitments regarding the content of a Swiss nationa [...] |
2007-11-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SZ |
| 07BERN1096 |
ZURCHER KANTONALBANK REPORTS IT IS 98% OUT OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Emboff met November 19 with Juerg Reichen, Head of International Banking for Zurcher Kantonalbank (ZKB), who traveled to Bern for the meeting, to discuss the bank's Iranian relationships. Reichen explained that ZKB had reduced its Iran portfolio by about 98% since its management [...] |
2007-11-20 16:01:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KFIN KFTN IR SZ |
| 07BERN1101 |
SWITZERLAND DENIES EXPORTS OF NON-CONTROLLED GOODS [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy Pol/Econ Counselor was called to the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to meet with the Head of the Export Control and Sanctions Division Othmar Wyss regarding a GOS export denial based on USG information presented on August 14, 2007. SECO Chief of [...] |
2007-11-21 16:47:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ |
| 07BERN1119 |
SWISS REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the message in reftel on December 4 to MFA Middle East Affairs Division Chief Livia Leu (Note: Ambassador Leu represented State Secretary Ambuehl, who was unexpectedly called to a meeting with FM Calmy-Rey. End Note). Leu expressed the Swiss government's appreciation [...] |
2007-12-05 10:58:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ |
| 07BERN113 |
SWISS DFA STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL HEARS NOTHING \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-05 17:15:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PTER KNNP SZ IR |
| 07BERN1130 |
KOSOVO: SWISS SUPPORT DELIBERATE MOVEMENT TO [...] (C) Poloff presented the message in reftel on December 12 to Didier Chassot, MFA Regional Coordinator for Southeastern Europe. Chassot's deputy, Gabriele Derighetti, also participated in the meeting. Chassot said that Swiss thinking on the way forward in Kosovo is in line with USG views. He [...] |
2007-12-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI SZ |
| 07BERN1131 |
PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS PLANNING SENIOR [...] (SBU) DCM met with MFA Middle East Division Chief Livia Leu on December 10 and delivered the message in reftel, urging the GOS to send ministerial-level representation to the December 17 Donors Conference and to be prepared to announce major new assistance pledges to the Palestinians. Leu unde [...] |
2007-12-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SZ |
| 07BERN1132 |
SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: BLOCHER FAILS TO [...] (SBU) Right up until the voting began, the major Swiss pundits and insiders were saying that all seven Federal Councilors would be re-elected on December 12 by the Swiss Parliament. Justice Minister Christoph Blocher, whose SVP party had the strongest showing in the October parliamentary elec [...] |
2007-12-12 17:27:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SZ |
| 07BERN1137 |
SVP GOES INTO OPPOSITION: SWISS POLITICS ENTERS [...] (C) Summary: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf announced her decision early the morning of December 13 to accept her election by the Parliament to the Federal Council (reftel). Following Widmer-Schlumpf's announcement, the SVP leadership made good on its threat to take the SVP into the parliamentary op [...] |
2007-12-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SZ |
| 07BERN1150 |
DELIVERY OF LETTER TO EMBASSY OF JAPAN REGARDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-21 09:57:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY PARM JS RS SZ |
| 07BERN1156 |
NORTHERN UGANDA UPDATE; ACCOUNTABILITY OF JUBA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the points in reftel on December 19 to Kuno Schlaefli, deputy in the MFA's Office of the Special Envoy for Human Security. Schlaefli thanked poloff for the information. He said he could not yet provide a substantive response, but undertook to discuss the matter with oth [...] |
2007-12-21 17:36:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UG SZ |
| 07BERN1157 |
PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: SWISS NOTIFIED [...] (SBU) On December 18, Poloff provided the "save the date" non-paper in para 5 of reftel to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section. Friedrich thanked poloff for the information, saying that early notice of this planned event was helpful. He could not yet make a [...] |
2007-12-21 17:50:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP KSTC PREL SZ |
| 07BERN130 |
IRAN: SWISS FM CALMY-REY MEETS WITH LARIJANI \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL ETTC IR SZ |
| 07BERN144 |
SWISS ELECTION YEAR -- WILL POLARIZATION AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SZ |
| 07BERN151 |
SWISS CABINET AUTHORIZES A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS KJUS SZ |
| 07BERN158 |
IRAN: AMBASSADOR URGES POLDIR AMBUEHL TO STEP BACK \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ |
| 07BERN171 |
IRAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES "THE SWISS PLAN" WITH \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-23 14:46:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ |
| 07BERN200 |
TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ |
| 07BERN209 |
SEVEN SUSPECTS CLEARED OF MOST SERIOUS CHARGES IN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-02 17:32:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC SZ |
| 07BERN258 |
IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL TELLS EUR A/S FRIED HE \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-16 07:49:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM UNSC SZ |
| 07BERN259 |
IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL'S BRIEFS ON HIS MOST \ [...] In order to create the necessary confidence: \ \ -- Iran will suspend all its enrichment-related activities as \ required by the UNSC and the IAEA and to be verified by the \ latter; \ \ -- The P5 plus 1 will simultaneously suspend the \ implementation of the UNSC sanctions and will ensure that [...] |
2007-03-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC SZ |
| 07BERN270 |
KOSOVO: SWISS TO SUPPORT AHTISAARI [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 10:10:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SZ |
| 07BERN29 |
SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2007 WORLD [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ASEC SZ |
| 07BERN609 |
SWISS JUSTICE MINISTER BLOCHER PREVIEWS VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-03 16:31:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS SZ |
| 07BERN664 |
ISA: SWISS SUPPORT EGL DEAL, VIEW IT AS ISA AND \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM SZ |
| 07BERN880 |
PROBABLE RIGHT-WING BOMB ATTACKS AGAINST THREE SWISS CANTONAL OFFICIALS - WARNING SHOT? [...] (SBU) In the early morning hours of September 4, three small bombs exploded outside the homes of three prominent politicians in central Switzerland. The blasts caused limited damage and nobody was harmed in any of these incidents. A link to international terrorist groups can be virtually rule [...] |
2007-09-11 05:56:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SZ PGOV PTER |
| 07BERN881 |
FM CALMY-REY "TAKES NOTE" OF USG CONCERNS \ [...] (S) Per instructions in reftel A, CDA met FM Calmy-Rey on \ the evening of September 7 to discuss USG concerns regarding \ the handling of the Iran case at the September 10-14 IAEA \ Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (reftels C/D). As requested \ in ref B, CDA also took the opportunity to raise USG [...] |
2007-09-11 09:44:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | MNUC KNNP ETTC IR SZ |
| 07BERN896 |
BLOCHER-ROSCHACHER ROILS SWISS CONSENSUS POLITICS [...] (SBU) The Blocher-Roschacher affair is for the most part about Federal Councilor (and Justice Minister) Blocher's role in the July 2006 resignation of Federal Prosecutor Valentin Roschacher. The key question hanging in the air is whether Blocher abused his office as Justice Minister to exert u [...] |
2007-09-13 05:53:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR SZ |
| 07BERN923 |
D/EUCOM GEN WARD DISCUSSES ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) During a September 7 office meeting with Swiss DefMin Schmid, and a subsequent joint MFA/MOD roundtable discussion, Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward and senior Swiss MFA and MOD officials exchanged views on efforts to enhance African security and stability. DefMin Schmid characterize [...] |
2007-09-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL AF SZ |
| 07BERN937 |
LEBANON: SWISS REVIEWING WHETHER TO CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (SBU) Poloff met September 21 with Tim Enderlin, Chief of UNSC Affairs for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), and delivered the reftel message encouraging the Swiss government to make a contribution to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Enderlin responded by emphasizing [...] |
2007-09-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PTER LE SZ |
| 07BERN941 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: SWISS COMMITTED, BUT [...] (SBU) Poloff met September 21 with Tim Enderlin, Chief of UNSC Affairs for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), and delivered the reftel message outlining U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies (CD) in preparation for the October 1 meeting on the margins of the UNGA [...] |
2007-09-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA KDEM PGOV SZ |
| 07BERN965 |
SWISS PLAN TO NOTIFY UN IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Swiss Department for Economic Affairs (SECO) State Secretary Gerber reported that Switzerland plans to notify the UN Iran Sanctions Committee of a dual-use export (grinding machine) to the Mapna Turbine Engineering and Manufacturing Company (aka "Tuga") (ref A). SECO Export Cont [...] |
2007-09-28 13:12:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP IAEA PARM UN IR SZ |
| 07BERN992 |
DEFMIN SCHMID COMMENTS ON SWISS ISAF COMMITMENT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with Swiss DefMin Schmid, the Ambassador drew on points in reftel to urge the Swiss government to retain -- or increase -- its commitment of personnel to ISAF. MOD Political Advisor Kunz and Military Advisor MG Rusch accompanied DefMin Schmid; DATT and poloff acc [...] |
2007-10-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO ASEC PREL AF SZ |
| 07BERN995 |
MTCR: SWISS EXPRESS "NO PROBLEMS" WITH MODIFIED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-05 15:46:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ |
| 07BOGOTA8025 |
AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH CNRR [...] (U) National Commission for Reconciliation and Reparations (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro thanked the Ambassador for USG support, reviewed CNRR progress in addressing legitimacy, organizational and coordination challenges, and outlined his future priorities in a November 6 meeting. He noted t [...] |
2007-11-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS AR CI GM SP SZ CO |
| 07BOGOTA8160 |
CHAVEZ' PROPOSAL FOR MEETING WITH FARC'S MARULANDA [...] On November 20, in response to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' public statement that he received GOC authorization for a meeting with FARC leader Manuel Marulanda, the GOC issued a communique clarifying that such a meeting could only occur after the FARC began to release its hostages. The GOC [...] |
2007-11-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER FR SP SZ VZ CO |
| 07BOGOTA8477 |
CATHOLIC CHURCH BEGINS EFFORT TO CONTACT FARC ON [...] (C) Catholic priest Dario Echeverri told us the Church will reach out to the FARC to explain its proposal to create an "encounter zone" for GOC talks with the FARC on a humanitarian exchange. He said President Uribe had asked the Church to make the proposal to deflect international pressure o [...] |
2007-12-11 21:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF AR CI FR SZ VZ VE |
| 07BRIDGETOWN517 |
DOMINICA: SLOW START-UP FOR NEW OFFSHORE SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: Although the government of Dominica has announced plans to resuscitate its economic citizenship program and offshore financial services sector, it has yet to develop the necessary policy framework and institutions to do so. The existing Financial Services Unit, envisioned as the [...] |
2007-05-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN EINV CPAS IR RS KS SZ |
| 07BUJUMBURA544 |
BURUNDI WELCOMES SWISS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-30 15:51:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SZ BY |
| 07KHARTOUM757 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHARON MORRIS TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF/SE Senior Advisor Sharon Morris to travel to Khartoum o/a May 21 to o/a June 15, 2007. Travel within Sudan is contingent on approval from the Regional Security Officer based on an assessment of the fluid security situation. T [...] |
2007-05-15 03:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ |
| 07LAPAZ384 |
GOB NATIONALIZES SWISS-OWNED TIN SMELTER [...] (C) President Morales nationalized a Swiss-owned tin smelter February 9, reportedly sending troops to occupy the facility while publicly announcing it would refuse to provide compensation. The GOB cited "grave illegalities" in the sale of the state-owned enterprise as justification, later ann [...] |
2007-02-13 11:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
| 07LAPAZ410 |
GLENCORE OPPOSES SMELTER NATIONALIZATION [...] (U) In a February 13 statement issued from its Baar, Switzerland headquarters, Glencore International said it "firmly opposed" the GOB's February 9 nationalization of its Vinto tin smelter (reftel) and "reserved its right...to take all necessary action to protect its interests in accordance wi [...] |
2007-02-15 11:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
| 07LAPAZ559 |
GLENCORE GETS THE SILENT TREATMENT [...] (C) The GOB appears to have adopted the silent treatment after its February 9 nationalization of the Vinto tin smelter (reftel), ignoring overtures from Swiss-owned Glencore International and refusing to answer requests for dialogue. A Glencore representative said February 26 that executives e [...] |
2007-03-01 14:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
| 07ROME2071 |
ITALIAN EDISON DENIES ROLE IN SWISS FIRMS PURCHASE [...] (C) Summary. Econoff delivered to Edison Italia Ref A demarche regarding Swiss firm EGL's plans to purchase Iranian natural gas for export to Switzerland using the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) natural gas pipeline. Edison's Director for Institutional and Regulatory Affairs, Giampaolo Russo, d [...] |
2007-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR SZ GR TU IT |
| 07SINGAPORE1760 |
FIRM FINED FOR ATTEMPTED TRANSHIPMENT OF [...] (SBU) A Singapore court fined local freight forwarder World Freight S$22,000 (US$14,600) on September 17 for attempting to transship controlled items to Iran, according to press reports. This is the first legal action Singapore has taken since it announced in September 2006 plans to expand i [...] |
2007-09-21 10:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MTCRE SZ SN |
| 07STATE124655 |
DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES IN SWITZERLAND [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) Washington has information that North Korea may be seeking to establish a new bank in Switzerland similar to one it used in the 1990s to facilitate money laundering and other illicit financial transacti [...] |
2007-09-05 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PREL KN SZ |
| 07STATE135395 |
EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN RAISES GAS DEAL \ [...] (C) Summary. EEB A/S Sullivan met with Swiss ambassador \ Ziswiler to underscore our concerns about the EGL \ gas/pipeline deal with Iran (reftels), particularly its \ negative impact on efforts to pressure Iran to comply with \ UNSC resolutions on its nuclear activities. Ziswiler \ defended the [...] |
2007-09-25 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR SZ TU GR IT |
| 07STATE154557 |
(SBU) DEMARCHE: RECENT ARRESTS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department is concerned about the growing number of political prisoners in Iran, and a recent series of arrests specifically targeting human rights defenders. Department requests posts ask that host government,s embassy personnel in Tehran inquire about the arrest of politi [...] |
2007-11-09 12:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV IR UK SZ PREL KDEM |
| 07TOKYO2787 |
JAPAN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, embassy officials raised the DPRK,s possible procurement of Japanese-manufactured currency counterfeiting equipment with the government of Japan. We explained that, given the unlikelin [...] |
2007-06-20 10:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA |
| 07TOKYO2852 |
JAPAN'S POLICE RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST [...] (S) FINATT, DHS/ICE, and LEGATT met with National Police Agency (NPA), Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department, Assistant Director and Police Superintendent Tomoaki Onizuka June 21 to share ref C information. Onizuka confirmed that NPA was both able to access Interpol's June 2006 Orange A [...] |
2007-06-25 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1006 |
INTERNATIONAL PROCESS ON GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. At an informal gathering of approximately 30 UN member states representatives, the Swiss Mission presented a plan to consider ways of implementing the UN Counter-terrorism Strategy. This NGO driven effort is being launched to create a "process" to review the Strategy and produc [...] |
2007-11-12 21:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SZ |
| 07YEREVAN688 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: NEW GLOBAL INITATIVE PARTNERS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-30 04:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIT PARM PREL PTER IC NO SZ AM |
| 08ABUDHABI1215 |
SWISS ASK FOR US SUPPORT FOR FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE CHAIR [...] (SBU) During an October 19 meeting on the margins of the Forum for the Future in Abu Dhabi, Swiss State Secretary Michael Ambuhl asked NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch for US support for the Swiss candidate for the Foundation for the Future Chair. Ambuhl voiced support for the Foundation, n [...] |
2008-10-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMPI SZ AE |
| 08BAGHDAD1918 |
DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 18 tour d'horizon, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Pol-Mil M/C that Iraq's relationship with Syria was stalled due to Syrian mistrust and that Libya had not responded to Iraq regarding its hold on the 1267 designations of several Syria-based Al Qaeda in Iraq [...] |
2008-06-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ |
| 08BEIJING107 |
JANUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL VISIT, SENIOR [...] Key points at the January 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- The MFA announced that EAP A/S Hill was to meet with VFM Wu Dawei that afternoon in Beijing and stated that, regarding the Six-Party Talks, Second-Phase Actions are "moving along smoothly." -- The Fifth U.S.-China Senior Dialogue will take [...] |
2008-01-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY CH TW XY XW ZU XI RM SZ MI IN KN |
| 08BELGRADE1268 |
SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW AMBASSADORS SANS AGREMENT [...] (SBU) At its weekly session on November 20, the Serbian government (GOS) endorsed the appointment of seven new ambassadors, even though we later learned from MFA contacts that the government had not yet requested agrement for the ambassadors-designate. This lapse of diplomatic protocol may com [...] |
2008-12-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR |
| 08BERLIN315 |
BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Ref A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050080456 for export of unclassified pizoresistive accelerometers to IABG mbH in SIPDIS Lichtenau, Germany. Ref requested that post contact the foreign end user and confirm receipt of the item, exact [...] |
2008-03-12 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SZ GM |
| 08BERN104 |
SWITZERLAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) At 4:00 p.m. (CET) on February 27, Swiss President Pascal Couchepin announced that the Swiss Federal Council (cabinet) had decided in a meeting earlier in the day to recognize the independence of Kosovo and to "establish diplomatic and consular relations between the two countries." (full t [...] |
2008-02-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR EU KV SZ |
| 08BERN107 |
SWISS RESPONSE TO USG VIEWS ON RECENT IAEA REPORT [...] (U) Contains action request; please see para 4. 2. (S) Poloff delivered the nonpapers in reftels A and B on February 28 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section. Jean-Daniel Praz, Friedrich's deputy, also participated in the meeting. Friedrich said that h [...] |
2008-02-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP IAEA MNUC IR SZ |
| 08BERN108 |
SOMALIA AND PIRACY: SEEKING SWISS VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 28 with Rolf Ott, MFA Director for East African Affairs, to discuss the query in reftel. Ott appreciated the question, but said he would need to coordinate with other MFA offices and Swiss government agencies before he could respond. He undertook to try to provide su [...] |
2008-02-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO SZ |
| 08BERN12 |
DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO WIREC TO FEDERAL COUNCILOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA SZ |
| 08BERN122 |
TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ |
| 08BERN125 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered non-papers in reftel A on March 4 to Roland Vock, Head of the Sanctions Task Force at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock's deputy, Thomas Graf, participated in the meeting. Vock said that SECO already was working on the necessary steps for the [...] |
2008-03-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ |
| 08BERN127 |
ACUTRONIC: GOS RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to our query regarding Swiss firm Acutronic (reftels). According to the non-p [...] |
2008-03-07 18:42:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE ETTC IR CH SZ |
| 08BERN131 |
SWISS GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG INFORMATION THAT [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to USG information (reftels A and B) indicating that Swiss firm Schaublin Mach [...] |
2008-03-11 17:41:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ |
| 08BERN15 |
UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S OCTOBER 15 [...] (C) Summary: USUNVIE Ambassador Schulte met October 15 with senior Swiss officials for consultations following Switzerland's appointment to the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) in September. The key Swiss interlocutors were Walter Steinmann, Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (Switz [...] |
2008-01-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM IAEA KNNP IR IN SZ |
| 08BERN154 |
(S) PROVIDING THE GOS INFORMATION ON SWISS FIRM [...] (S) Poloff delivered the non-paper in reftel on March 14 to Erwin Bollinger, Deputy Director for Export Control Policy, Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Bollinger had no immediate substantive response, but thanked poloff for the information and undertook to follow-u [...] |
2008-04-01 12:36:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ |
| 08BERN179 |
TIP - SWITZERLAND: Supplement [...] (U) The Federal Office of Police has adjusted its organization and hired new staff to step up the fight against trafficking in persons and child sexual abuse. At the operational level, the former investigative unit "Pedophilia-Human Trafficking-Migrant Smuggling" in July 2007 was split up int [...] |
2008-04-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ |
| 08BERN192 |
AFGHANISTAN: SWISS "CONSOLIDATING" RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Charge met April 16 with Ambassador Pierre Combernous, Chief of the MFA's Division for Asian and Pacific Affairs, to discuss Swiss plans for the upcoming International Support Conference on Afghanistan, to be hosted by France in Paris on June 12. Per reftel, Charge emphasized th [...] |
2008-04-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ |
| 08BERN195 |
SWISS CONSDERING DOWNGRADING LEVEL OF [...] Emboff delivered reftel points to Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), Deputy Regional Coordinator USA, Alexandra Baumann on April 21. Baumann indicated that Switzerland will consider "downgrading" its delegation to the May 5-16 UN Commission on Sustainable Development meeting based on [...] |
2008-04-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AORC PREL EAGR EAID SZ |
| 08BERN196 |
SWISS AGAINST A SIX-MONTH STRATEGIC REVIEW: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an April 24 meeting with Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Economic Cooperation and Development officials Raimond Furrer and Nathalie Floras told Emboff that Switzerland is "favorably inclined" to support Turkey's request to change membership status fr [...] |
2008-04-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON TU SZ |
| 08BERN224 |
INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Acting POL Counselor discussed the message in reftel on May 9 with Rascha Osman, Swiss MFA Iraq Desk Officer. Osman reported that MFA State Secretary Ambuehl (Deputy Minister equivalent) will lead the Swiss delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Sto [...] |
2008-05-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ SZ |
| 08BERN238 |
OSLO PROCESS: PM/WRA CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Schraner emphasized that, as Friend of the Chair at the Dublin conference, she will seek to take a "realistic, balanced approach that can reach consensus." She said that it is her strong conviction that the convention will not be successful if the major military powers involved [...] |
2008-05-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN SZ |
| 08BERN246 |
PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff emphasized the message in reftel A in a May 9 meeting with MFA Senior Coordinator for South Asia Yves-Pierre Fux, highlighting the pressing need for election support; Fux's deputy, Agnes Christeler participated in the meeting. Fux explained that Switzerland made a five-y [...] |
2008-05-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ |
| 08BERN247 |
UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] (U) Contains Action Request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff emphasized the message in reftel in a May 21 meeting with MFA Deputy UN Affairs Coordinator Frank Gruetter and MFA Deputy Legal Advisor for Development of International Law Joerg Lindenmann. Gruetter, who recently returned from [...] |
2008-05-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNGA PREL SZ |
| 08BERN267 |
IAEA/IRAN: SWISS REACTION TO LATEST IAEA REPORT [...] (C) On May 30, poloff delivered the message in reftel to Jean-Daniel Praz, acting Head of the MFA Office of Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs. (Note: Post also passed a copy of the reftel non-paper to MFA State Secretary Michael Ambuehl and to the diplomatic advisor to President Couchepin. [...] |
2008-06-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ |
| 08BERN273 |
CUBA: WHA DAS MADISON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Summary: DAS Madison expressed appreciation for Switzerland's engagement as Protecting Power on behalf of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana (USINT). Ambassador Yvonne Baumann, Head of the MFA's Americas Division, said that this role was "an honor and a priority" for the Swiss government [...] |
2008-06-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CU SZ |
| 08BERN321 |
ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered message in reftel on July 2 to Daniel Frank, MFA Deputy Coordinator for Counter-terrorism. Frank said that the GOS had not yet formulated its official response to UNSCR 1822, but that the MFA noted and appreciated the positive elements. He remarked that UNSCR 1822 was a [...] |
2008-07-03 17:09:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC SZ |
| 08BERN323 |
SWISS NOT SURPRISED, BUT REGRET USG POSITION ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message June 18 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the MFA's Human Rights Policy Section. In an expansive and collegial manner, Heckner responded that the USG's decision no longer to participate in UNHRC sessions or activities did not come as a surprise, as it was apparent l [...] |
2008-07-07 18:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SZ |
| 08BERN35 |
SCENESETTER: THE 2008 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL [...] (U) The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) is an independent international organization, with a self-proclaimed commitment to "improving the state of the world." It can be thought of as a large think tank with global mobility. The WEF's aim is to be a leader in identifying strategic iss [...] |
2008-01-17 16:41:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SENV ENRG EAID PGOV SZ |
| 08BERN352 |
INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT: SWISS HAVE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message July 14 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Acting Director of the MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Section, and MFA POC for IAEA issues. In a follow-up meeting on July 21, Praz said that the Swiss government had not yet reached a decision with regard to the position it [...] |
2008-07-22 17:03:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL IN SZ |
| 08BERN375 |
(S) SWISS FIRM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE FIRM ON SALE [...] (S) Embassy presented reftel points on July 30 to Juergen Boehler, acting director for export control policy of the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Boehler promised that the Swiss Government would look into the matter carefully. Boehler stated that the Swiss Company Liechti is a sma [...] |
2008-07-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | SZ IR PARM PREL MNUC ETTC |
| 08BERN418 |
DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] Post delivered reftel points to State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Deputy Head of Task Force Sanctions Thomas Graf and to Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Coordinator on Counter-Terorism Alessandro Capelli on August 19. The Swiss did not provide any substantive comment, but noted that [...] |
2008-08-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN SZ |
| 08BERN443 |
FM CALMY-REY SAYS DIALOGUE AND "DIPLOMATIC \ [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 address to senior Swiss \ diplomats, FM Calmy-Rey extolled dialogue and facilitation as \ chief Swiss foreign policy instruments. She used the term \ "diplomatic engineering" in describing her vision of \ Switzerland facilitating dialogue on difficult subjects. A \ r [...] |
2008-08-28 15:09:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PTER SZ |
| 08BERN467 |
UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: SWISS RESPONSE TO USG'S [...] (C) Summary: Switzerland agrees with the USG's view on no-action motions, and is likely to support country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) contacts expressed some surprise at the USG's approach on Belarus, and said they would seek i [...] |
2008-09-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN SZ |
| 08BERN476 |
VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (S) On September 12, poloff delivered the reftel non-paper (regarding the April 2008 visit of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials to a Swiss underground construction firm) to Erwin Bollinger, Director of the Export Controls Policy Division of the Federal State Secretariat for E [...] |
2008-09-19 16:52:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ |
| 08BERN479 |
IAEA: PREPARING FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON [...] (U) DCM delivered the message in reftel on September 22 to Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, Head of the MFA Political Secretariat for International Security Affairs. Pitteloud was joined in the meeting by Jean-Daniel Praz, Acting Head of the MFA Section for Arms Control and Disarmament; poloff a [...] |
2008-09-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC SZ |
| 08BERN480 |
FINANCE MINISTER SUFFERS HEART ATTACK [...] (U) Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz suffered a heart attack on Saturday, September 20 and subsequently was placed into an artificial coma and underwent quintuple bypass surgery. His condition is listed as critical but stable. The doctors confirmed that his heart now seems to be circulating [...] |
2008-09-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SZ |
| 08BERN508 |
UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message and text in reftel on October 2 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich thanked poloff for the information. He had no immediate reaction to the text, but und [...] |
2008-10-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNGA KNNP SZ LS |
| 08BERN513 |
VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (S) On October 1, Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) provided poloff the results of the Swiss government's investigation in response to the USG's information (reftels) that officials of Iran's Islamic Revolu [...] |
2008-10-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ |
| 08BERN514 |
(S) MALAYSIAN-BASED SUPPLIER TO IRAN SEEKS CRYSTAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered the nonpaper in reftel on September 25 to Rolf Stadler, Acting Head of the Export Controls and Sanctions Policy Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Pierre-Andre Farine, Acting Head of the SECO Export Control Licensing Division, joined Stadler in [...] |
2008-10-06 16:53:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY IR SZ |
| 08BERN525 |
AFGHANISTAN: SWITZERLAND FOCUSED ON CIVIL SECTOR; [...] (C) Poloff delivered the message and request in reftel A on September 19 to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Acting Senior Coordinator for South Asia Agnes Christelet. While undertaking to review the request, Christelet informally expressed doubt that the GOS would find the necessary do [...] |
2008-10-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MASS AF SZ |
| 08BERN526 |
GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER MNUC KGIC SZ |
| 08BERN527 |
LIECHTENSTEIN DIALOGUE: THE FUTURE OF BANK SECRECY [...] (U) Summary. At the annual forum "Liechtenstein Dialogue," bankers and financial wealth management companies met in Liechtenstein to discuss private wealth management, and more particularly the future vision of a financial center built on banking secrecy. While the panel speakers ranged fro [...] |
2008-10-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD SZ |
| 08BERN528 |
IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 2 to Roland Vock, Head of the Export Controls Sanctions Policy Division of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock commented that UNSCR 1835 reaffirmed the requirements of the previous sanctions UNSCRs on Iran, but did no [...] |
2008-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP UN IR SZ |
| 08BERN552 |
DAS GARBER'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS AND LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting with DAS Garber, senior Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) contacts outlined their priorities for U.S.-Swiss relations. EDA Americas Division Head Yvonne Baumann requested support for another round of senior-level U.S.-Swiss bilateral meeting [...] |
2008-10-29 09:34:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN SZ |
| 08BERN557 |
(S) EFFORTS BY NORTH KOREA TO PROCURE CONTROLLED [...] (S) Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), contacted poloff on October 21 regarding the attempt by a North Korean firm to obtain a machine tool from Swi | ||||