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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00THEHAGUE1697ESTABLISHING 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 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD SZ EUN
03AMMAN7688POST 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 16:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL BA CE CH FI RS SW SZ JO
03AMMAN898SWITZERLAND'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 08:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ JO
03ANKARA1041GOT PLANS TO SEND ONLY GENEVA-BASED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-13 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ TU
03HANOI2860VIETNAM'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 02:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR
03KATHMANDU566NEPALI 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 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID SZ NP
04AMMAN3432IRAQI 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 05:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETTC IZ JO SZ
04ANKARA794OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-10 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETBK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI
04THEHAGUE1657OPERATION 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 08:56:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK
04THEHAGUE3312ELIMINATION OF WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 14:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM OTRA KNNP TRGY RS SZ NL
04THEHAGUE382OPERATION 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 15:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK
05ACCRA1187GHANA: 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 12:35:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALAORC GH IS PHUM PREF PREL SZ
05AMMAN4874MDA: JORDANIAN STANCE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 13:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JO ICRC
05AMMAN6723JORDAN 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 12:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IS SZ JO ICRC
05ANKARA3415MAGEN 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 07:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ TU ICRC
05ASUNCION1441PARAGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 21:12:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC
05ASUNCION764PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE TO ADOPT A THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 15:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC
05ASUNCION819PARAGUAY: ADDITIONAL RESPONSE ON SWISS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-27 21:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF IS SZ PA ICRC
05BERN2360ADAMOV: SWISS COURT REJECTS U.S. REQUEST: ORDERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 12:04:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM CJAN PREL ENRG SZ RU
05BOGOTA8123COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT MDA/THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 17:50:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO ICRC
05BOGOTA8588MDA: 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 00:16:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO
05BRATISLAVA466SLOVAKIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 13:55:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ LO ICRC
05CAIRO8603MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 17:02:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC
05CAIRO9056FM 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 06:24:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL IZ SZ EG ICRC MDA
05DHAKA5702BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ADDITIONAL GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 04:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ BG ICRC
05DJIBOUTI1145MDA 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 11:47:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ ICRC
05DJIBOUTI8MINISTER 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 14:33:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN DJ SZ
05DUBLIN1408IRELAND SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 13:12:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EI
05GENEVA2389PLANNED 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 11:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SZ
05GENEVA2415QUARTERLY 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 03:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KSAC RPTS SZ
05HELSINKI670FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SWISS ON CONFERENCE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 15:29:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM IS SZ FI ICRC
05KATHMANDU2740MDA: 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 04:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALAORC ICRC PREL PHUM PREF IS SZ UN NP
05KINGSTON1538THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO GENEVA CONVENTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 20:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC 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 09:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAGR EAID PREF PHUM IS SZ CF ICRC UNSC UN
05KINSHASA1941DRC 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 16:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CG ICRC
05KUWAIT4901AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-27 13:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU
05LIMA5012MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL--PERU
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 21:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC
05LIMA5200MDA: PERU TO VOTE YES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 21:42:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC
05LJUBLJANA402SLOVENES 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 23:36:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SI ICRC
05MADRID2318SPAIN SUPPORTS SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND DIPLOMATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 07:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SP ICRC
05MADRID3039SPAIN'S INPUT TO BLUE LANTERN CASE 05-969658
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-25 08:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SZ SP
05MANAMA826BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-11 07:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF BA IS SZ ICRC
05NEWDELHI2379INDIA 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 14:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IN NP EU UK SZ
05NEWDELHI2475DELHI 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 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK
05NEWDELHI6929MDA: 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 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ GOI UN
05NEWDELHI8712MDA 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 12:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ
05OTTAWA1799CANADA: 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 17:29:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CA ICRC
05OTTAWA3397CANADA 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 17:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF AORC IS SZ CA ICRC
05OTTAWA3608CANADA ON MDA: EXPECT A YES VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 16:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ CA ICRC
05PARIS4042MDA: 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 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC 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 08:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO
05PARIS7954FRANCE 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 14:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO
05PRAGUE1648CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDING A THIRD PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 16:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC
05PRAGUE913CZECH RESPONSE TO MDA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 15:56:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC
05QUITO1381ECUADOR 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 21:22:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EC ICRC
05ROME3196POSSIBLE ITALIAN AND SWISS MRE PROVIDERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-23 17:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT SZ FR IT
05SANTIAGO2351CHILE 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 20:17:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI
05SANTIAGO2476MDA: DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 21:34:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI
05SANTODOMINGO3350MDA DEMARCHE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 20:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IS SZ PREL PREF PHUM
05TELAVIV1117MFA 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 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6171EMBLEM: 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 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6250GOI 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 17:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6333EMBLEM: 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 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AID
05TELAVIV6467EMBLEM: 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 11:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6760EMBLEM: 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 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6766EMBLEM: 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 17:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05VIENNA3704AUSTRIA 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 12:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC
05VIENNA3834MDA: AUSTRIA CONFIRMS YES VOTE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 20:01:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC
05WELLINGTON472DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 03:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ NZ ICRC
05YEREVAN1018DEMARCHE 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 02:23:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL IS SZ AM ICRC
05YEREVAN2028RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA "LIKELY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 10:51:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ AM ICRC
06ANKARA2445MDA: 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 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ TU
06ASUNCION248PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 20:47:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ PA
06ASUNCION490PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 14:54:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA
06BANGKOK1600THAILAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA: SIGNING OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 09:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ
06BANJUL381THE GAMBIA:MDA DEMARCHE: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 16:04:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ GA
06BERLIN3324GERMAN 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 16:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL IR GM SZ
06BERN1044SWISS ARREST MEMBERS OF AN APPARENT ISLAMIST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 12:51:00Embassy BernSECRET//NOFORNPTER KCRM EAIR ASEC SZ
06BERN1138TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE: SWITZERLAND ALIGNS WITH EU
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 14:59:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SZ
06BERN1140MONTENEGRO: SWITZERLAND RECOGNIZES INDEPENDENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 09:58:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 14:59:00Embassy BernSECRETPTER EFIN SZ
06BERN1223SWISS REPLY ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 15:07:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV EAID VE SZ
06BERN1253UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - SWISS APPROACH TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 10:48:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM UNHRC SZ
06BERN1280IRAN: LARIJANI MEETS WITH SWISS FM CALMY-REY \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 14:51:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ETTC SZ
06BERN141SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 16:53:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PARM ETTC SZ
06BERN1553FM CALMY-REY LASHES OUT AT THE UNITED STATES, EU \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 08:46:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD SZ
06BERN1571STOCKHOLM DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS AID TO LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 15:12:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID 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 17:54:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD SZ
06BERN1626ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 06:08:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ
06BERN1639DEMARCHE FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 05:51:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU SZ
06BERN1686SWISS DFA DEPUTY POLDIR ON IRAN, UNHRC, AND \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 07:49:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP CASC SZ
06BERN1710SWISS RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 10:45:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ
06BERN1804GOS "HEADS UP": SWISS FEDERAL PROSECUTOR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 15:28:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS PHUM SZ
06BERN1867S/CT CRUMPTON PRESSES THE SWISS TO SHARE MORE INTEL \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 14:48:00Embassy BernSECRETPTER ETTC SZ
06BERN1896MTAG: LATEST ON SWISS INVESTIGATION OF BB
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 16:57:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM ETTC SZ IR
06BERN1910SWISS REACTION TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 13:59:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM SZ
06BERN1947SWISS VIEWS ON LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 16:39:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER MOPS SZ
06BERN1971EUR A/S FRIED AND SWISS STATE SECRETARY AMBUHL \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-23 08:56:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP EAID SZ
06BERN1981SWISS ASSISTANCE WITH USINT OPERATING DIFFICULTIES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 16:56:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT SZ CU
06BERN2046CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SEEKING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 16:23:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL SZ
06BERN2059SYRIA/LEBANON: SWISS OFFICIAL REPORTS ON DAMASCUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 16:10:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MEPP SY LE IS SZ
06BERN2060SWISS-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 16:20:00Embassy BernSECRETETTC KNNP PARM TRGY MNUC IAEA SZ
06BERN2064SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION: SWISS UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 17:35:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PK SZ
06BERN2109DEPUTY S/CT URBANCIC URGES SWISS ACTION ON PKK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 12:00:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC TU SZ
06BERN2115SWISS TO BAKER COMMISSION: USG SHOULD NO LONGER \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 15:48:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PTER ETTC IR IZ SZ
06BERN2122SWISS ELECTORATE REAFFIRMS TIES WITH EU; APPROVES $800
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 16:16:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID EUN SZ
06BERN2142CUBA AND TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: SWITZERLAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 15:59:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SZ
06BERN545SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 14:00:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL KPAL IS SY SZ
06BERN587U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: SWISS NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 16:00:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA KNNP ENRG PARM ETTC IN SZ
06BERN593SWISS ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL OF EXCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 10:39:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PREL IZ SZ
06BERN688BELARUS: SWITZERLAND WEIGHS VISA BAN, TARGETED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 15:24:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL EU BL SZ
06BERN716CUBA: SWISS FM CALMY-REY'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 16:12:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ASEC CU SZ
06BERN725IRANIAN OPPOSITION GROUP CLAIMS IRAN REPATRIATED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 13:04:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN KNNP IR SZ
06BERN8MORITZ LEUENBERGER, NEW PRESIDENT OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-03 16:11:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON SZ
06BERN828SWISS 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 11:06:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO PGOV SZ
06BERN898SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN: ASSESSING OUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 15:15:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SZ VE
06BOGOTA10337LIKELIHOOD 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 20:55:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER CO FR SP SZ
06BOGOTA10826GOC 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 22:29:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER CO CS CU FR NO SP SZ
06BOGOTA7460GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER ON ELN, PARAMILITARIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 18:38:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER CO CS CU FR NO SP SZ
06BOGOTA8946GOC SEEKING HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE WITH THE FARC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 22:18:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCO FR MARR PGOV PREL PTER SP SZ
06BOGOTA9277GOC 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 21:56:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER CO FR SP SZ
06BOGOTA9402GOC 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 22:49:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS 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 12:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US SZ WHO IT BR
06BRIDGETOWN1072DOMINICA 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 11:48:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALAORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL
06BRIDGETOWN875DOMINICA'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 18:48:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALAORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL
06COLOMBO675SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADOPTION OF ICRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 06:49:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL ICRC SZ CE
06COPENHAGEN861DENMARK WANTS RED CRYSTAL VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 07:13:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ DA
06DARESSALAAM1509FM 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 13:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM UNGA PREL SZ TZ
06DUBLIN134IRELAND 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 17:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAIR ICAO AU BE NL SZ IR EI
06DUBLIN470IRELAND LIKELY TO SIGN RED CRYSTAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 13:10:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ IE
06HANOI1503 VIETNAM RECEIVES ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 10:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM
06HANOI625 VIETNAM: WILL LIKELY APPROVE ADDITIONAL GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 02:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM
06HANOI952MDA - 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 10:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ VM
06KATHMANDU1575MDA 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 13:00:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IRCE SZ NP
06KATHMANDU628MDA: 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 07:43:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP
06KATHMANDU723MDA: 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 07:40:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP
06KIGALI277AMIS 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 13:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW
06KINGSTON1103DEMARCHE 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 19:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM
06KINGSTON1209DEMARCHES DELIVERED REGARDING MDA AND THE ANNUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ JM
06KINSHASA371DRC: 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 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ CG
06KINSHASA657DRC: 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 11:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC CG SZ
06LISBON1819PORTUGAL - 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 07:36:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO PHUM PO SF SZ
06MANAGUA516GON INCLINED TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 17:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ IS NU
06MONTEVIDEO419URUGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 15:08:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ UY
06NEWDELHI1631INDIA 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 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IN SZ
06NEWDELHI3417BIO 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 09:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IN PK NP SZ
06NICOSIA639CYPRUS 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 13:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ CY
06OSLO533DEMARCHE 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 12:06:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ NO
06PARIS2836MDA: 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 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC ICRC SZ FR
06PARIS7478DEMARCHE 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 13:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF FR SMIG SZ
06PRAGUE304CZECHS 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 14:23:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ EZ
06ROME3360FINMECCANICA 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 14:56:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETRD ETTC IR VE SP FR SZ IT
06SANTODOMINGO1854MDA 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 20:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM DR ICRC PREL HA SZ
06SEOUL1378ROK PREPARING TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-25 08:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC KS SZ
06SKOPJE419MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON THE ICRC THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 11:24:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ MK
06SKOPJE593MACEDONIA RESPONDS TO MDA DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 08:06:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC IS SZ MK
06TELAVIV1395EMBLEM: 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 06:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1584EMBLEM: 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 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1619EMBLEM: 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 16:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS ICRC HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1807EMBLEM: 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 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV989EMBLEM: 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 16:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06THEHAGUE489DEMARCHE: DUTCH PLAN TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 19:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NL
06THEHAGUE939NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 07:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AORC PREF PREL ICRC SZ NL
06TIRANA441ALBANIA: 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 07:52:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ AL
06TIRANA540ALBANIA 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 04:36:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL 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 18:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM UN SZ
06YEREVAN602ICRC: 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 13:14:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL AM SZ ICRC
06YEREVAN827RED 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 12:23:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ AM
06ZAGREB539DEMARCHE 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 11:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC 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 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR WIPO SZ GM
07BERN1009SWISS 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 14:25:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV 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 14:24:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SZ
07BERN1043SWISS 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 09:25:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM EFIN IR SZ
07BERN1077REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOV PRACTICES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 16:01:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL CVIS ASEC KVPR SZ
07BERN1087SWISS 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 11:08:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SZ
07BERN1093IRAN/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 14:49:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SZ
07BERN1096ZURCHER 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 16:01:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER KFIN KFTN IR SZ
07BERN1101SWITZERLAND 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 16:47:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ
07BERN1119SWISS 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 10:58:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ
07BERN113SWISS DFA STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL HEARS NOTHING \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-05 17:15:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM PTER KNNP SZ IR
07BERN1130KOSOVO: 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 16:28:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI SZ
07BERN1131PARIS 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 16:33:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SZ
07BERN1132SWISS 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 17:27:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SZ
07BERN1137SVP 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 16:03:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SZ
07BERN1150DELIVERY OF LETTER TO EMBASSY OF JAPAN REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 09:57:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY PARM JS RS SZ
07BERN1156NORTHERN 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 17:36:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM PREL UG SZ
07BERN1157PSI 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 17:50:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP KSTC PREL SZ
07BERN130IRAN: SWISS FM CALMY-REY MEETS WITH LARIJANI \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 11:16:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL ETTC IR SZ
07BERN144SWISS ELECTION YEAR -- WILL POLARIZATION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 16:40:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SZ
07BERN151SWISS CABINET AUTHORIZES A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 07:35:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS KJUS SZ
07BERN158IRAN: AMBASSADOR URGES POLDIR AMBUEHL TO STEP BACK \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 11:28:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN171IRAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES "THE SWISS PLAN" WITH \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 14:46:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN200TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 15:40:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
07BERN209SEVEN SUSPECTS CLEARED OF MOST SERIOUS CHARGES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 17:32:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC SZ
07BERN258IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL TELLS EUR A/S FRIED HE \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 07:49:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM UNSC SZ
07BERN259IRAN: 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 12:23:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC SZ
07BERN270KOSOVO: SWISS TO SUPPORT AHTISAARI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 10:10:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SZ
07BERN29SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2007 WORLD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 13:03:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ASEC SZ
07BERN609SWISS JUSTICE MINISTER BLOCHER PREVIEWS VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 16:31:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS SZ
07BERN664ISA: SWISS SUPPORT EGL DEAL, VIEW IT AS ISA AND UNSCR COMPLIANT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 14:17:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PARM SZ
07BERN880PROBABLE 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 05:56:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SZ PGOV PTER
07BERN881FM 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 09:44:00Embassy BernSECRETMNUC 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 05:53:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR SZ
07BERN923D/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 15:01:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL AF SZ
07BERN937LEBANON: 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 14:57:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PTER LE SZ
07BERN941COMMUNITY 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 15:43:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNGA KDEM PGOV SZ
07BERN965SWISS 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 13:12:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP IAEA PARM UN IR SZ
07BERN992DEFMIN 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 13:26:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO ASEC PREL AF SZ
07BERN995MTCR: SWISS EXPRESS "NO PROBLEMS" WITH MODIFIED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 15:46:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ
07BOGOTA8025AMBASSADOR'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 14:37:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS AR CI GM SP SZ CO
07BOGOTA8160CHAVEZ' 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 11:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER FR SP SZ VZ CO
07BOGOTA8477CATHOLIC 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 21:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF AR CI FR SZ VZ VE
07BRIDGETOWN517DOMINICA: 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 17:12:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EFIN EINV CPAS IR RS KS SZ
07BUJUMBURA544BURUNDI WELCOMES SWISS PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 15:51:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SZ BY
07KHARTOUM757COUNTRY 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 03:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ
07LAPAZ384GOB 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 11:34:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ
07LAPAZ410GLENCORE 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 11:15:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ
07LAPAZ559GLENCORE 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 14:18:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ
07ROME2071ITALIAN 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 16:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR SZ GR TU IT
07SINGAPORE1760FIRM 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 10:06:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MTCRE SZ SN
07STATE124655DPRK 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 20:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KNNP PREL KN SZ
07STATE135395EEB 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 23:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC 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 12:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV IR UK SZ PREL KDEM
07TOKYO2787JAPAN 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 10:06:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA
07TOKYO2852JAPAN'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 02:33:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA
07USUNNEWYORK1006INTERNATIONAL 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 21:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SZ
07YEREVAN688DEMARCHES DELIVERED: NEW GLOBAL INITATIVE PARTNERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 04:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKGIT PARM PREL PTER IC NO SZ AM
08ABUDHABI1215SWISS 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 12:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMPI SZ AE
08BAGHDAD1918DFM 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 14:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ
08BEIJING107JANUARY 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 09:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY CH TW XY XW ZU XI RM SZ MI IN KN
08BELGRADE1268SERBIA: 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 14:35:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR
08BERLIN315BLUE 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 16:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC SZ GM
08BERN104SWITZERLAND 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 16:17:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR EU KV SZ
08BERN107SWISS 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 16:16:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM KNNP IAEA MNUC IR SZ
08BERN108SOMALIA 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 16:37:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO SZ
08BERN12DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO WIREC TO FEDERAL COUNCILOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 12:33:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA SZ
08BERN122TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 13:55:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
08BERN125UN 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 17:21:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ
08BERN127ACUTRONIC: 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 18:42:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC IR CH SZ
08BERN131SWISS 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 17:41:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08BERN15UNVIE 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 15:03:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM 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 12:36:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08BERN179TIP - 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 14:56:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ
08BERN192AFGHANISTAN: 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 11:32:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ
08BERN195SWISS 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 14:37:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDECON AORC PREL EAGR EAID SZ
08BERN196SWISS 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 14:57:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ECON TU SZ
08BERN224INTERNATIONAL 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 16:00:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ SZ
08BERN238OSLO 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 14:24:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO UN SZ
08BERN246PLEDGING 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 16:27:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ
08BERN247UN 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 17:17:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UNGA PREL SZ
08BERN267IAEA/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 08:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ
08BERN273CUBA: 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 13:55:00Embassy BernSECRETPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CU SZ
08BERN321ENCOURAGING 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 17:09:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC SZ
08BERN323SWISS 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 18:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SZ
08BERN35SCENESETTER: 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 16:41:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SENV ENRG EAID PGOV SZ
08BERN352INDIA-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 17:03:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM 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 11:51:00Embassy BernSECRETSZ IR PARM PREL MNUC ETTC
08BERN418DESIGNATION 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 07:28:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN SZ
08BERN443FM 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 15:09:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP PTER SZ
08BERN467UNGA 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 11:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN SZ
08BERN476VISIT 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 16:52:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ
08BERN479IAEA: 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 14:04:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALIAEA PARM MNUC SZ
08BERN480FINANCE 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 14:21:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SZ
08BERN508UNGA 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 12:06:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL UNGA KNNP SZ LS
08BERN513VISIT 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 16:12:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM 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 16:53:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY IR SZ
08BERN525AFGHANISTAN: 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 13:54:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MASS AF SZ
08BERN526GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 14:40:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PTER MNUC KGIC SZ
08BERN527LIECHTENSTEIN 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 14:44:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD SZ
08BERN528IMPLEMENTING 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 15:09:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP UN IR SZ
08BERN552DAS 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 09:34:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON 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 Swiss firm Schaublin Machines (reftels). Boehler expressed a [...]
2008-10-30 11:23:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM ETTC MNUC SZ
08BERN558IRAN'S NOVEMBER 30 NUCLEAR CONFERENCE: GOS HAS
[...] (U) Poloff conveyed the reftel message on October 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and to Erwin Bollinger, Head of the Export Controls and Sanctions Policy Division at the Swiss State Secretariat [...]
2008-10-30 13:01:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC ENRG MNUC IR SZ
08BERN563DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...]
2008-11-03 15:16:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR SZ
08BERN564TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...]
2008-11-03 15:17:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC SZ
08BERN570LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN: SWISS ARE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered message in reftel to Riccardo Sansonetti, Head of International Finance and Monetary Policy Division, Swiss Federal Department of Finance. Sansonetti reported that he was in attendance at the FATF meeting the week of October 13 and was aware of the declaration and gui [...]
2008-11-06 16:17:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL EFIN KNNP SZ
08BERN573AFGHANISTAN: SEEKING SWISS SUPPORT FOR THE AFGHAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel A message on November 6 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Coordinator for South Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Fux was not aware of the UNDP "basket fund" and appreciated the information. He noted that Switzerland has made a multi-year [...]
2008-11-07 14:00:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL AF SZ
08BERN592FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT:SWISS DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points on November 20 to Marcus Eggenberger, Programme Manager, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),Department of Foreign Affairs. Eggenberger reported that the Swiss position remains the same as provided in the Swiss discussion paper located on [...]
2008-11-21 14:04:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID UNGA SZ
08BERN594IRAN/CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS: SWISS OFFICIALS ENGAGED
[...] (U) Contains action request; please see para 5. 2. (S) Poloff delivered the reftel A non-paper on November 18 to Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Controls Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Boehler informed poloff that SECO had placed Swiss fi [...]
2008-11-21 15:16:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08BERN603SYRIAN REQUEST FOR IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION:
[...] (C) CDA delivered the message in reftel A at 09:20 hrs (CET) on November 25 to Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, Head of the Political Secretariat (Security Policy Division) of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Pitteloud responded that the GOS shares USG concerns regarding IAEA tec [...]
2008-11-26 09:51:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IAEA SY SZ
08BERN610SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING HELSINKI OSCE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel to Lukas Rosenkranz, Head of the OSCE Office within the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EDA),on December 1. The reftel talking points largely were familiar to Rosenkranz, who noted that he had heard the same issues raised by the USG through his [...]
2008-12-02 13:11:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU SZ
08BERN612BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 14:39:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PHUM EFIN SZ
08BERN618CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed message in reftel A on December 1 with Daniel Klingele, Head of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Klingele reported that FM Calmy-Rey would travel to Oslo to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) f [...]
2008-12-03 16:06:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM NATO MOPS PREL SZ
08BERN62KOSOVO: DEFENDING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE OSCE
[...] (C) A/POL Counselor delivered the message in reftel on February 12 to Sabrina Dallafior, Head of the MFA Office for OSCE Affairs, and to Didier Chassot, MFA Regional Coordinator for Southeastern Europe. Dallafior already was aware of the issue. She and Chassot agreed that an attempt by Serbia [...]
2008-02-12 16:28:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL UNAUS UNMIK OSCE YI SZ
08BERN621SWISS RESPONSE TO AMENDED LACEY ACT
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to the Swiss Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) Americas Officer Guido Barsuglia on December 3. Barsuglia reported that the Swiss intend to file comments against the Lacey amendments, specifically in regards to the plant import declaration. The comm [...]
2008-12-05 06:14:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO SZ
08BERN633SWISS CABINET ELECTIONS: UELI MAURER TO
[...] (U) Swiss People's Party (SVP) candidate Ueli Maurer was elected December 10 by a joint session of the Swiss Parliament into the seven-member Federal Council (Executive Cabinet). In what was expected to be a narrow contest, Maurer won by a single vote, garnering 122 of the 243 valid ballots c [...]
2008-12-11 15:43:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SZ
08BERN636SWISS REACTION TO PREVENTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel A nonpaper to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),on December 8. Referring to Israel and Syria as "the aggressor and the aggressed," Praz noted that the Swiss had called on [...]
2008-12-12 10:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA TRGY SY IR SZ
08BERN639DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF
[...] (U) On December 11, poloff delivered the message in reftel to Frank Gruetter, Deputy Head of UN Coordination at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and to Doris Frick, DCM at the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Bern. Neither Gruetter nor Frick had any immed [...]
2008-12-15 15:23:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA SZ LS
08BERN650CIVIL NUCLEAR WORKING GROUP OF THE TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING COMMITTEE (TPCC) REQUESTS INFORMATION SUPPORT ON COUNTRIES' PLANS TO EXPAND NUCLEAR ENERGY: SWITZERLAND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 11:36:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ENRG SZ TRGY
08BERN655SWISS REACTION TO CALL FOR FREEZING
[...] (SBU) Poloff shared reftel talking points with Nora Kronig, Regional Coordinator for Central and South America at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and Mathias Domenig, South American Desk Officer for EDA, on December 22. In response to the USG call to freeze non-humanita [...]
2008-12-23 16:30:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL NU SZ
08BERN656INFORMING SWITZERLAND OF THE FIFTH GLOBAL
[...] Poloff coordinated with local Dutch embassy DCM Karin Moessenlechner to deliver the reftel announcement to appropriate Swiss government colleagues regarding the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),which will be hosted by the Netherlands in June 2 [...]
2008-12-24 07:17:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDKGIC PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER SZ
08BERN74HCOC: ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES TO SUBMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 21:02:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALETTC MTCRE MNUC PREL TSPA SZ
08BERN75REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 21:15:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR SZ
08BERN94SWISS EXPRESS SIMILAR VIEWS ON CUBA
[...] (C) We delivered the message in reftel A to Urs Hammer, Deputy Director of the MFA Americas Division, and to Werner Thut, MFA Regional Coordinator for Canada, Mexico, and the Northern Caribbean. Hammer said that Switzerland's policy was "similar to, if not the same as" that of the USG, in ass [...]
2008-02-25 16:38:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EU CU SZ
08BOGOTA2506GOC ANNOUNCES END OF MEDIATORS, SEEKS DIRECT \
[...] (C) Summary: On July 8, President Uribe formally \ notified the European Ambassadors that he was terminating \ European facilitation efforts with the FARC, emphasizing that \ the decision reflected GOC concerns with facilitators Jean \ Pierre Gontard and Noel Saez rather than \ government-to-gove [...]
2008-07-11 22:33:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ
08BOGOTA267PRESIDENT URIBE'S NEXT STEPS ON HOSTAGE RELEASE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 20:44:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PREL VZ VT FR SP SZ CO
08BOGOTA310ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES'
[...] (SBU) President Uribe told ONDCP Director Walters and five U.S. Congressmen in a 19 January meeting that his Democratic Security policy enjoyed bipartisan support, noting that its economic and social goals had predated the campaign for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Uribe said the GOC had increa [...]
2008-01-24 23:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER VZ VT FR SP SZ CO
08BOGOTA413URIBE ANNOUNCES ENCIRCLEMENT PLAN FOR HOSTAGE
[...] (U) President Uribe announced January 26 that he has ordered military and police to locate, and subsequently encircle, areas where the FARC holds hostages. GOC officials explained the move is aimed at putting "humanitarian pressure" on the FARC to release its hostages and is not a military r [...]
2008-01-31 22:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER VE FR SP SZ VT CO
08BOGOTA683GOC TO FACILITATE NEW FARC HOSTAGE RELEASE,
[...] (C) President Uribe said the GOC will facilitate the possible release of four more political hostages held by the FARC, including allowing Venezuelan helicopters to use San Jose de Guaviare airport. Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the February 21 meeting with Uribe and French FM Kouchner [...]
2008-02-25 21:33:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PTER PHUM OAS BR CU FR PM SP SZ
08BOGOTA800COLOMBIAN FORCES KILL FARC'S KEY LEADER, SPURRING \
[...] (U) Summary: The GOC announced March 1 that its military \ forces killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) \ Secretariat member Raul Reyes in a cross-border operation in \ \ SIPDIS \ Ecuador. Reyes' death shattered the FARC's myth of \ invincibility, and boosted popular support for Pr [...]
2008-03-04 00:29:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL PTER CASC SP PM FR VZ SZ CO
08BOGOTA827COLOMBIA RESPONDS CALMLY TO VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR
[...] (C) After Venezuela's announcement on March 4 that it would close its border with Colombia, the GOC re-stated that it would not send troops to the Venezuelan or Ecuadorian borders. Ecuadorian President Correa confirmed in a Colombian radio interview that he authorized GOE contacts with the FA [...]
2008-03-05 01:56:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS VZ SP FR SZ EC CO
08BOGOTA839MARCH 5 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR
[...] (C) Colombia's border with Venezuela remained partially closed on March 5, as the GOV confirmed that its troop deployments on the border were 90 percent complete (reftel). The border with Ecuador remained open. The GOC reiterated that it would not deploy troops to its borders. GOC Deputy Fo [...]
2008-03-05 23:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER MOPS VZ EC SP FR SZ CO
08BOGOTA903MARCH 6 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR AND
[...] (U) Venezuela continued to restrict the import of Colombian goods and people into Venezuela in response to the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador (reftel). Still, the flow of food and other perishable products continued. Businessmen reported GOV authorities were lifting restrict [...]
2008-03-06 21:53:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PTER MOPS ETRD VZ FR SP SZ EC NU
08BOGOTA919MARCH 7 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR,
[...] (C) The flow of goods and people into Venezuela along the Colombian border was further restricted on March 7, but passage of food and perishables continued. The Colombia-Ecuador border remained open. The Ambassador reiterated to Acting Foreign Minister Mejia and Defense Minister Santos the USG [...]
2008-03-08 00:08:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER VZ SP FR SZ EC CO
08BOGOTA996MARCH 13 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR
[...] (C) The GOC used a March 10-12 visit to Colombia by OAS SYG Insulza and the OAS Commission examining the March 1 GOC attack against the FARC in Ecuador to provide a "frank and detailed" briefing on the attack. Presidential advisor Jorge Eastman told us Insulza seemed impressed by the GOC's br [...]
2008-03-13 22:20:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER OAS VZ SP FR SZ EC
08OSLO94NORWEGIANS REVIEW NORWEGIAN JUSCANZ GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 10:40:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAA IS KS LI NZ PHUM PREL SZ NO
08PARIS149MFA AND PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S for the Americas Daniel Parfait described an uncertain way forward to secure the release of FARC hostages following the January 21 visit of Colombian President Uribe to France. While a determined President Sarkozy continues to press the MFA for proposals to obtain Ingrid [...]
2008-01-29 13:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM FR CO VZ SP SZ VT
08RIYADH610SAUDIS REQUEST SUPPORT IN UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
[...] Post received the following request for support in the Universal Postal Union elections via diplomatic note on April 7, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Ministry has the honor to inform the Embassy that the Government of Saudi Arabia hopes to be re-elected to the Universal Postal Union Administr [...]
2008-04-13 08:17:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECPS UPU SZ SA
08RIYADH666EU/SWISS POSITIONS ON SAUDI PHRMA PRICING ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs delivered reftel points to Swiss and European Union (EU) officials on April 19. The Swiss Ambassador believes he needs further instructions from the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern to take additional measures to advocate for the pharmaceutical industry [...]
2008-04-25 12:37:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV USTR SA EU SZ
08SANTIAGO667CHILE WORKING TO BUILD AGREEMENT ON INDIA-IAEA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Dennis Biggs, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director of the Office of Special Policies, on July 15. Biggs said Chile will support the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement. 2. (C) Biggs gave Poloff an update the morning of July 17. He said Amb. Milenko Skonic, [...]
2008-07-17 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IN CI PK SZ AU
08SEOUL336NO CHANGE IN ROK POSITION ON FULL ISRAELI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 09:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SZ AA IS KS LI NZ
08STATE101519(S) MALAYSIAN-BASED SUPPLIER TO IRAN SEEKS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States Government has information indicating that in April and again in mid-August 2008, the Malaysian-based procurement firm Evertop Services was working to acquire crystal osci [...]
2008-09-23 16:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ MY IR
08STATE104207UPDATE ON IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL OUTREACH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On May 15, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) with detailed information regarding critical commodities Iran will require to [...]
2008-09-30 15:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM IR MNUC UK GM FR BE IT SZ CH JP
08STATE107520(S) EFFORTS BY NORTH KOREA TO PROCURE CONTROLLED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: On several occasions, we have raised with Swiss officials exports of machine tools by the Swiss firm Schaublin Machines that posed potential proliferation concerns (Reftels). In response, Swiss autho [...]
2008-10-07 21:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ CH KN
08STATE121841SWISS FIRM CONTINUES EFFORTS TO PROVIDE CRYSTAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In late September, we informed the Swiss government that the Malaysian-based procurement firm Evertop Services was working to acquire crystal oscillators from Switzerland's Quartzcom AG on behalf of [...]
2008-11-17 17:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ MY IR
08STATE122304SWISS FIRM CONTINUES EFFORTS TO PROVIDE CRYSTAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In late September, we informed the Swiss government that the Malaysian-based procurement firm Evertop Services was working to acquire crystal oscillators from Switzerland's Quartzcom AG on behalf of [...]
2008-11-18 17:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ MY IR
08STATE13055(S) SWISS FIRM EXPORTS MACHINE TOOLS TO IRAN,
[...] (S) Background: The U.S. has information indicating that in July 2006, the Swiss firm Schaublin Machines SA sold a model 180-CCN high-precision lathe to Iran's Schiller Novin, an entity with a history of procuring items on behalf of Iran's defense industry (including the Shahid Hemmat Industr [...]
2008-02-07 20:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR
08STATE131866SYRIAN TRADING ENTITY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The USG has information indicating that in May and June 2008, the Syrian trading firm Hamza Company expressed interest in purchasing computer numerically controlled (CNC) milling machines f [...]
2008-12-16 22:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ SY
08STATE132055PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE GOS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In late September 2008, we shared with the Swiss government information indicating that the Malaysian-based procurement firm Evertop Services was working to acquire crystal oscillators from Switzerla [...]
2008-12-17 15:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
08STATE133521PNR AGREEMENT: DELIVERY OF PROPOSAL VIA
[...] This message contains an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Embassy is requested to deliver on a priority basis the text at paragraph 4 in the form of a diplomatic note to Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation (DFA). The proposal conveyed in the note, on the tr [...]
2008-12-22 18:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC SZ
08STATE133865UAE INTERMEDIARY USED TO DISGUISE IDENTITY OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: We have information indicating that as of early November 2008, the UAE-based firm Alkaen Equipment and Industrial Supplies LLC was working to provide Iran's Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company [...]
2008-12-23 14:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
08STATE26066(S) PROVIDING THE GOS INFORMATION ON SWISS FIRM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Per Refs C and D, since October 2005 the United States and Switzerland have been engaged in a dialogue regarding the activities of the Swiss-based entity BB Engineering - a firm that has been procuri [...]
2008-03-12 21:14:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08STATE35867(S) RESPONDING TO SWISS REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: In Ref A, we advised Swiss officials of information indicating that in July 2006, the Swiss firm Schaublin Machines SA sold a model 180- CCN high-precision lathe to Iran's Schiller Novin - an entity with a history [...]
2008-04-07 18:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR
08STATE38022REQUESTING COORDINATED ACTION WITH
[...] (U) Embassy is requested to engage with officials from the European Commission (EC) and the Swiss government in Riyadh to coordinate action to address Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health's (MOH) failure to implement the Kingdom's world trade organization (WTO) obligations on transparency in the [...]
2008-04-11 03:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETRD USTR SA EU SZ
08STATE61421(S) POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF HELICOPTER PARTS TO IRAN
[...] (S) Summary: The U.S. has information indicating that the Rome based office of a Swiss firm has been providing Iran with U.S.-origin helicopter parts. Such transfers may be in violation of the company's obligations to the United States and could result in the imposition of sanctions or the co [...]
2008-06-06 21:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC MASS PREL IT SZ IR
08STATE81214(S) SWISS FIRM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE FIRM ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In early June 2008, the UAE firm Golden Triangle Testing Equipment L.L.C. expressed interest in procuring fifty g-Mill 550 Twin machine tools from the Swiss firm Liechti Engineering AG. In [...]
2008-07-28 21:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ AEC IR
08STATE871BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check for the export of aircrew safety helmets to Indonesia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern ch [...]
2008-01-04 14:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ID KOMC SN SZ
08STATE97389REVISED: VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Representatives of an Iranian underground construction company affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to visit underground equipment manufacturers in Germany an [...]
2008-09-11 16:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN FR GM IR IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SZ UK
08SUVA455First Pacific Island Climate Change Roundtable Meeting
[...] Summary: The South Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) convened the first Pacific Roundtable on Climate Change (CCRT) in Apia, Samoa from 14 - 17 October with funding from the Government of Switzerland. 133 participants from governments, regional organizations, academia, civil society [...]
2008-12-04 19:28:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID KGHG XV WS SZ
08TRIPOLI541EUROPEANS ENGAGE GOL ON BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 16:05:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA
08TRIPOLI592THUG LIFE: HANNIBAL AL-QADHAFI'S ARREST PROMPTS FISSURE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 16:34:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM CVIS ECON EAIR LY SZ
08TRIPOLI819SELF-DESCRIBED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED RELEASED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 17:19:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA
08TRIPOLI851LIBYAN-SWISS CONTRETEMPS DRAGS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 13:50:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAIR ECON SZ LY
08TRIPOLI926SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER MAY VISIT TRIPOLI IN "LAST GASP" \
[...] (C) Swiss Consul Francois Schmidt told P/E Chief on December \ 2 that Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey intends to \ travel to Tripoli on December 5 for talks with as-yet \ undetermined Government of Libya interlocutors in what he \ described as "a last gasp" effort to resolve the lingerin [...]
2008-12-02 17:06:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EAIR SZ LY
08TRIPOLI987THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE
[...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...]
2008-12-30 15:34:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR ECON SZ LY
08TRIPOLI994THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE
[...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...]
2008-12-31 14:26:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR ECON SZ LY
08UNVIEVIENNA664GENEVA GROUP MOVES TO IMPLEMENT IAEA RULES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a guidance request (see paragraph 7). Geneva Group members have reached consensus to request the IAEA Secretariat to report in writing on the financial implications of resolutions introduced for consideration by the Board or General Conference. Such reporting conforms [...]
2008-12-22 07:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL SZ
08UNVIEVIENNA666 UNODC MAJOR DONORS MEETING TACKLES UNGASS REVIEW, PIRACY
[...] (SBU)INL A/S David T. Johnson led the USDEL to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Major Donors meeting, December 5. Discussion with the other 20 donor countries included (1) a proposal for UNODC action to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, (2) the funding situation of UNODC, and (3) [...]
2008-12-22 13:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC AF SW SZ GM FR CA IN IT
08USUNNEWYORK669SWISS COUNTER-TERRORISM "PROCESS" CHALLENGES U.S.
[...] (U) Summary. In November 2007, Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey launched a series of meetings described as the "International Process on Global Counter-terrorism Co-operation (Process)" (reftel). On July 24, they circulated a final document which states that the purpose of [...]
2008-07-25 22:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UN SZ
08WELLINGTON58NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT SUPPORT ISRAELI MEMBERSHIP IN
[...] (C) DCM David Keegan presented reftel demarche February 21 to Carolyn Forsyth, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) responsible for international organization issues. After DCM reviewed U.S. concerns and our assessment of the importance of Israel into full membe [...]
2008-02-21 18:27:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAA IS KS LI NZ PHUM SZ
09ABUDHABI55(S) UAE: INTERMEDIARY USED TO DISGUISE IDENTITY OF IRANIAN
[...] (S) Pol Chief relayed reftel points January 13 to MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani, emphasizing that attempts to disguise the identity of end users of dual use products is indication of nefarious intent. Having often discussed the "dual use" dilemma with al-Hosani, [...]
2009-01-14 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
09ANKARA71TURKEY: AQ KHAN SANCTIONS REACTION, UPDATE ON CASE \
[...] (S) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Department Head \ Elif Ulgen expressed appreciation for receiving advanced \ notification of US intentions to sanction individuals and \ companies linked with the AQ Khan network (reftel) and for \ the background information on the various sanctions. We \ p [...]
2009-01-15 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC MNUC EFIN KNNP PARM PINS PREL SZ
09BAKU955AZERBAIJAN: MPS DEBATE NK AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lively, sometimes heated, discussion on December 3, Members of Parliament from different political parties talked about the major problems facing Azerbaijan with Ethan Goldrich, visiting Director of the State Department's Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts. Al [...]
2009-12-11 10:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SZ AJ
09BAMAKO63(S) OBSERVATIONS ON UNFOLDING HOSTAGE CRISIS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 17:13:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PREL PINS PINR ML GM SZ UK CA
09BEIJING164January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe,
[...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...]
2009-01-20 10:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW
09BERLIN1034(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AN IRANIAN PROCUREMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 15:47:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR SZ GM
09BERLIN1512MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND,
[...] Lead Stories 2. (Afghanistan) Upcoming Presidential Speech 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Train Derailment 5. (Switzerland) Ban to Build New Minarets 6. (Dubai) Financial Crisis 7. (China) Monetary Policy 8. (Germany) Demjanjuk Trial  [...]
2009-11-30 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IR RS SZ ZP CH GM
09BERLIN1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU) Lisbon Treaty 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 6. (Honduras) Elections 7. (U.S.-Germany) Swift Agreement 8. (Switzerland) Swiss Ban on New Minarets [...]
2009-12-01 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ
09BERLIN1530MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, SWITZERLAND;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction to Obama Speech 3. (Switzerland) Ban on Minarets  [...]
2009-12-03 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF SZ
09BERLIN634(S) GERMANY INFORMED ON IRANIAN INTEREST IN SWISS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 16:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR SZ GM
09BERN104SWISS-LIBYAN RELATIONS: SWITZERLAND IN REBUFF
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 10 meeting, the Swiss MFA Director for Security Policy, Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, updated Charge on the status of the ongoing crisis in Swiss-Libyan relations triggered last July when Geneva cantonal police temporarily arrested Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Libyan lead [...]
2009-03-11 11:50:00Embassy BernSECRETPHUM PREL PGOV SZ
09BERN108NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): SWISS
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government generally believes that the U.S. Administration has outlined a "good agenda" for the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. Switzerland has sponsored UN resolutions on de-alerting nuclear weapons, and will continue to do so. Fo [...]
2009-03-11 16:31:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP AORC PREL UNGA IAEA SZ
09BERN118SWISS FIRM QUARTZCOM SAYS IT WILL ABANDON
[...] (S) Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) contacted poloff March 17 to provide an update on the case of Swiss firm Quartzcom AG (reftels). Boehler told poloff that he had met March 16 with Quartzcom's managemen [...]
2009-03-17 16:29:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
09BERN122SWISS RELAXATION OF BANKING SECRECY: WHAT DOES IT \
[...] (C) The Swiss Federal Council on March 13 announced that \ Switzerland intends to adopt the OECD standard on \ administrative assistance in tax matters in accordance with \ Art. 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention. Ambassador Manuel \ Sager, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Sectoral Policy \ Divisio [...]
2009-03-19 09:55:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON SZ
09BERN124GICNT: SEOUL WORKSHOP AND EPG (APRIL 14-16)
[...] (SBU) On March 19, poloff delivered reftel messages to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Friedrich is the Swiss national point-of-contact for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Poloff [...]
2009-03-19 16:58:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM PTER PREL KGIC SZ
09BERN127NATO KFOR MISSION: SWISS NOT PLANNING ANY CHANGES \
[...] (C) Acting POL-ECON Counselor and DAO representative \ delivered the reftel message on March 19 to Marlene Odermatt, \ Policy Advisor for International Relations and Strategy at \ the Swiss Federal Ministry of Defense. Odermatt said that \ Switzerland has no plans to change its current force \ con [...]
2009-03-20 16:40:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV SZ
09BERN129TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NESTLE: FORGET THE GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Nestle, the world's largest food company, worries more about the planet's growing fresh water shortage than the current financial crisis, which it sees as only a bump in the road in the firm's long-term development. Nestle estimates the upper limit on sustainable global fresh water withd [...]
2009-03-24 16:29:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SZ TBIO
09BERN136CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC
[...] (SBU) Poloff provided a copy of the White Paper in reftel A on March 27 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Fux appreciated the information, which he said was timely, not only with regard to the upcoming intern [...]
2009-03-27 17:05:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS EAID PTER PGOV PK AF SZ
09BERN137SWISS VIEWS ON ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA AND RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel A message March 20 to Norbert Baerlocher, Regional Coordinator for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Baerlocher underlined that Switzerland shares USG concerns regarding Russian basing plans and regarding any a [...]
2009-03-27 17:50:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS GG RS SZ
09BERN139SWISS PLAN TO FILE BRIEF WITH ICJ IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the message in ref A on March 30 with Didier Chassot, Regional Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Chassot informed poloff that Switzerland plans to file a brief with the ICJ "making a broad case" in support of Kosovo [...]
2009-03-30 16:00:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL ICJ KV SZ
09BERN169SWISS LINK TAX AGREEMENT RENEGOTIATIONS WITH UBS \
[...] (SBU) The Swiss Federal Counsel announced on April 8 that \ the first renegotiated double taxation agreement to include \ the new OECD Article 26 provisions on administrative \ assistance will be subject to an optional public referendum. \ Subsequent agreements will not be submitted to the referen [...]
2009-04-09 14:33:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON SZ
09BERN171AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SWISS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the messages in reftels A and B on April 8 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). ----------- AFGHANISTAN ----------- 2. (C) Fux lauded the detailed USG non-paper (reftel A) outlining s [...]
2009-04-09 17:41:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR NATO AF SZ
09BERN175MADAGASCAR: SWISS AGREE WITH USG POINTS ON URGING
[...] (C) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on April 15 to Anja Zobrist Rentenaar, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Rentenaar mentioned that the FDFA (at least not in Bern) thus far had not been approached by the EU to discuss Madagasc [...]
2009-04-15 16:49:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MA SZ
09BERN199UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: RESPONSES OF SWITZERLAND
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel B advance notice of U.S. candidacy on April 1 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the Human Rights Section at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). On April 17, poloff delivered the reftel A diplomatic note to Heckner. He informally welcomed the U.S. [...]
2009-05-05 10:40:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AORC PREL SZ LS
09BERN213SWITZERLAND'S VOTING PLAN IN IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Director for Arms Control and Disarmament, Andreas Friedrich, told poloff on May 11 in response to reftel demarche that Switzerland would most likely support the election of Yukiya Amano of Japan as Director General in the upcoming IAEA e [...]
2009-05-12 11:55:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALSZ IAEA KNNP AORC PREL
09BERN214SWITZERLAND: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Post assesses that the Swiss government has worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, having made those key features of a bilateral dialogue with the Cuban government that began in January 2006. A decision not to renew Title III suspensi [...]
2009-05-13 14:01:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SZ
09BERN220 SWISS REFERENDUM APPROVES UNIVERSAL BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS
[...] By the narrowest of margins, Swiss voters May 17 approved the country's transition next year to only biometric passports. With 1.9 million voters participating (38% of the eligible electorate, according to Swiss papers),the "yes" vote (for only biometric passports) garnered 50.14% (953,136 v [...]
2009-05-18 13:07:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL SZ
09BERN222SWISS-ORIGIN DIGITAL MAGNETIC COMPASSES SOUGHT BY
[...] (S) Embassy passed reftel points to Swiss Economics Department dual use office head Juergen Boehler on May 19. Boehler thanked us for the information and said that the Swiss Government would immediately look into the matter. Boehler noted that Swiss Customs had instituted recently a policy of [...]
2009-05-19 13:37:00Embassy BernSECRETIR SZ PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA
09BERN23UPDATE OF SWISS RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] Summary. Switzerland's economic outlook has steadily declined over the past three months with negative growth forecasts, increased unemployment, and industrial sectors starting to show the signs of stress. Despite the economic downturn, bank lending practices have not been impacted. The GO [...]
2009-01-13 10:18:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SZ
09BERN241SWITZERLAND SUPPORTS RENEWAL OF MANDATE FOR THE
[...] (C) Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Ambassador Andrea Semadeni, Special Envoy for the Sudan and the Horn of Africa, and Esther Keimer, FDFA program officer for Sub-Saharan Africa, told poloff on June 4 in response to reftel demarche that Switzerland was in favor of renewing t [...]
2009-06-05 10:55:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL SZ
09BERN243SWITZERLAND NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IAEA BUDGET INCREASE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel message on June 4 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and the FDFA's point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Praz said that the GoS has a general policy of advocating [...]
2009-06-05 16:51:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN SZ
09BERN249A/USTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson and Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Head of Bilateral Economic Relations Ambassador Monika Ruehl co-chaired a Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum ("Forum") meeting on June 2. [...]
2009-06-10 14:56:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SZ
09BERN251U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche on June 10 to Philippe Flueck, Deputy Head of Section for UN and Other International Organization Affairs (and POC for UN/IO candidacies) at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Flueck did not comment substantively on the U.S. cand [...]
2009-06-12 15:01:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC APER UNGA SZ LS
09BERN257SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY
[...] (C) On June 18, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) OSCE Section Head Lukas Rosenkranz told poloff in response to reftel demarche regarding the upcoming 27-28 June 2009 informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu, Greece, that Switzerland welcomed the Greek initiative to host informal di [...]
2009-06-19 14:07:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALKDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON SZ
09BERN260GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SWISS EAGER TO MOVE ON \
[...] (S) Summary: Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Dan \ Fried discussed prospective Guantanamo detainee resettlement \ cases on June 19 with Michael Ambuehl, State Secretary \ (Deputy Minister) of the Federal Department of Foreign \ Affairs (FDFA). Referring to the case files that the GoS \ alrea [...]
2009-06-23 10:45:00Embassy BernSECRETKAWC PHUM PREL PTER SZ
09BERN269JULY 4TH RECEPTION INVITATION TO IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) On June 25, per instructions in reftel A, post rescinded its "July 4th" reception invitation to Iranian Ambassador to Switzerland Keyvan Imani. CARTER [...]
2009-06-25 15:48:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ODIP IR SZ
09BERN278(S) POSSIBLE EFFORT BY SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM TO
[...] (S) On July 2, acting POLE counselor delivered the non-paper in reftel to Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Boehler expressed appreciation for the information. He said that he was not aware of a possible effor [...]
2009-07-02 19:27:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC KSCA SZ SY
09BERN279(S) FURTHER INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE EFFORT BY \
[...] (S) On July 3, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs \ (SECO) Head of Export Control Licensing Division Juergen \ Boehler provided additional information in response to ref A \ non-paper. Boehler confirmed that the planned export of the \ high speed camera has been stopped. AOS Technologies had [...]
2009-07-06 07:31:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC KSCA SZ SY
09BERN281UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES
[...] (S) On July 2, Swiss Department of Economic Affairs (SECO) Deputy Head of Sanctions Thomas Graf informed econoff in response to reftel non-paper that Lloyds TSB Bank in Geneva does not maintain commercial relations with Tanchon Commercial Bank nor does it hold Tanchon Commercial Bank funds. G [...]
2009-07-07 13:41:00Embassy BernSECRETEFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SZ
09BERN286SWISS RESPONSE: GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to Federal Office of Agriculture (FOAG) Head of International Sustainable Agriculture Unit Francois Pythoud and Senior Officer Hubert Poffet. In general, Pythoud welcomed the new U.S. approach towards food security. He stated that the five principles as o [...]
2009-07-08 14:40:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PREL SZ
09BERN287UN 1267 SANCTIONS: RESULT OF USG REVIEW OF TRANCHE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Coordinator on Counter-Terrorism Alessandro Capelli on July 8. Capelli welcomed the news that the USG will formally seek the delisting of Nada and the two entities related to Nada. He also took [...]
2009-07-09 14:15:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SZ
09BERN309SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 14:39:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDCASC IR SZ
09BERN31464TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Poloff received the following information from Frank Gruetter, Deputy UN Affairs Coordinator in the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),regarding three high-level Swiss officials who likely will attend the 64th UN General Assembly. Gruetter said this list of representativ [...]
2009-07-24 14:44:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA SZ
09BERN315POSSIBLE EFFORT BY SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM TO
[...] (S) On July 27, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Head of Export Control Licensing Division Juergen Boehler contacted acting POLE counselor to report additional information he thought potentially relevant to the recent possible effort by Syria's missile program to obtain a high-spe [...]
2009-07-27 13:41:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC KSCA PINR SZ SY
09BERN316UPDATE: POSSIBLE EFFORT BY SYRIA'S MISSILE
[...] (S) On July 28, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Head of Export Control Licensing Division Juergen Boehler contacted acting POLE counselor to report that he had decided upon further reflection that he would notify MTCR points-of-contact of this second "denial." (reftel A) Boehler [...]
2009-07-28 12:17:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC KSCA PINR SZ SY
09BERN322SWISS INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel request July 27 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the Human Rights Policy Section in the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Heckner was encouraged by the recent USG response to the issue of torture, noting that the decision to close the detention center a [...]
2009-08-03 06:10:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UN SZ
09BERN330SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Anja Zobrist-Rentenaar, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and Jenny Piaget, Deputy Regional Coordinator. Piaget responded that Swiss government funding for Somalia is solely [...]
2009-08-07 13:44:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KPKO PGOV EAID SO SZ
09BERN341SWITZERLAND EXPECTS TO ATTEND G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on August 14 to Rascha Osman, Deputy Regional Coordinator for the Middle East at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Osman reiterated Switzerland's support for the BMENA Forum for the Future (FfF) and confirmed that the GoS will participate i [...]
2009-08-14 14:53:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM SZ
09BERN350SWISS REACTION TO UBS AGREEMENT \
[...] (C) Summary. President and Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf \ Merz, Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, and Foreign \ Affairs Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey in an August 19 press \ conference praised the UBS agreement as the only possible \ solution and a "Peace Treaty." The Ministers were quick [...]
2009-08-20 15:10:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL SZ
09BERN351SWISS PRESIDENT MERZ APOLOGIZES TO LIBYA FOR \
[...] (S/NF) In a bid to win the freedom of two Swiss citizens \ who have not been permitted to leave Libya for over a year, \ Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz traveled to Tripoli August \ 20 and met with Libyan Prime Minister ElBaghdadi Mahmudi. \ The unannounced visit culminated with Merz making a publ [...]
2009-08-24 05:53:00Embassy BernSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM ETRD SZ
09BERN363SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN COMMENTS ON ASSISTING
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Leu emphasized that Switzerland, in its capacity as Protecting Power for the USG in Iran, continues to press for access and information about U.S. citizens detained or missing in Iran. Regarding the recent case of the three U.S. hikers (Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and [...]
2009-09-01 09:37:00Embassy BernSECRETCASC PREL PHUM PGOV KNNP SZ IR
09BERN364DEMARCHE ON FOOD SECURITY: SWISS RESPONSE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation (SDC) Deputy Head of Global Food Security Lillian Ortega and Department of Agriculture (DOA) Head Director for Global Sustainable Agriculture Francois Pythoud. Ortega noted that SDC instituted a new global pro [...]
2009-09-01 12:08:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ETRD SZ
09BERN370COLENCO WILL NOT CHALLENGE SWISS GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) Swiss State Secretary for Economics and Trade Affairs Jean-Daniel Gerber informed Ambassador Beyer on September 3 that the Swedish-owned, Switzerland-based firm Colenco will not challenge the Swiss government's decision to shut down its commercial activities in Iran. According to Gerber, [...]
2009-09-04 09:57:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MNUC ETTC KNNP PREL ETRD IR SZ
09BERN371SWISS VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss share our general analysis of the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria. They are curious to know how the recent P5-plus-1 Political Directors meeting and "package" proposal announced by Tehran might affect the calculus with Iran. The main point of contact for IAEA issues at [...]
2009-09-04 17:32:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM KNNP IAEA MNUC PREL SY IR SZ
09BERN381SWISS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ORAL STATEMENTS FOR
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on September 3 to Didier Chassot, Regional Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Chassot noted that Switzerland was still considering whether to deliver an oral statement supporting Kosovo at t [...]
2009-09-11 09:29:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL ICJ KV SZ
09BERN389NEW SWISS FEDERAL COUNCILOR DIDIER BURKHALTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A joint session of the Swiss Parliament on September 16 elected Council of States (Upper House) Member Didier Burkhalter to replace Pascal Couchepin on the Federal Council (Swiss Executive Cabinet). The special mid-term election was scheduled after Couchepin announced earlier t [...]
2009-09-16 16:19:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SZ
09BERN390SWISS RESPONSE TO PERSUADING THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A talking points on September 11, 2009 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and one of his deputies, Yves Nicolet. Fux and Nicolet noted that the GOS was in agreement with the US [...]
2009-09-16 16:32:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE SZ
09BERN395SWISS RESPONSE: DONOR SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA, KENYA,
[...] Econoff delivered reftel A points to Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Regional Coordinator for Northern Subsaharan Africa Urs Beer in July. After consulting with his his colleagues in the Humanitarian Aid Department of the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC) regarding donor su [...]
2009-09-18 07:29:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF EAGR SZ
09BERN397IRAN: SWISS DEPUTY FM ADVOCATES BILATERAL TRACK
[...] (S) Ambassador conveyed the message in reftel A in a September 14 meeting with Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) State Secretary (Deputy FM) Michael Ambuehl. Referring to news reports that the P5-plus-1 planned to meet with Iranian representatives on October 1, Ambuehl termed the P5 [...]
2009-09-18 14:33:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM KNNP MNUC PREL IR SZ
09BERN406FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND
[...] (U) Embassy pol-econ counselor delivered reftel points to Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) International Affairs Office Vice Director Dr. Gaudenz Silberschmidt MD. on September 25. Silberschmidt indicated that his office would be the coordinating center for Switzerland's participa [...]
2009-09-25 14:58:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AORC PREL SZ
09BERN41164TH UNGA: REQUEST TO DEFER RESOLUTION ON
[...] (SBU) Acting POLE counselor conveyed the request in reftel A on September 28 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich took careful note of the request, but said that he would have to consult further [...]
2009-09-29 17:48:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL SZ
09BERN432SCENESETTER: YOUR OCTOBER 10 VISIT TO ZURICH
[...] (S) I and the rest of the Embassy Bern team are looking forward to your visit with great anticipation in what promises to be a landmark event in Armenian-Turkish relations with lasting benefits for Euro-Atlantic security. Foreign Minister Calmy-Rey is riding high on a series of foreign policy succe [...]
2009-10-08 10:33:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL OVIP SZ
09BERN443SWISS CAMPAIGN AGAINST PROPOSED OFFSHORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Swiss embassy in Washington raised concerns with post and USTR regarding a draft U.S. offshore reinsurance tax bill. SECO argues that the draft bill if enacted will violate both the U.S.-Swiss Double Taxation Treaty an [...]
2009-10-14 12:51:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN SZ
09BERN452SECRETARY CLINTON'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 2009 G-8
[...] (SBU) Acting POLE counselor conveyed reftel A message on October 21 to Patric Franzen, Regional Coordinator for Middle East Affairs at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Franzen expressed appreciation for the information. He commented that the fact that Secretary Clinton plans t [...]
2009-10-22 17:58:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI SZ
09BERN470UNGA DISCUSSION OF GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government has some understanding for USG concerns regarding the Goldstone Report and the resolution that will be discussed at the UN General Assembly on November 4. The Swiss, however, do not share all of these concerns, and generally have a sympathetic view of the Go [...]
2009-11-03 18:06:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS SZ LS
09BERN471UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (ICSC)
[...] (SBU) On November 3, Christine Lingg, who covers UN candidacy issues for the Liechtenstein Foreign Office, informed acting POLE counselor that Liechtenstein will support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers at the upcoming UNGA elections for the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). ----- [...]
2009-11-04 15:38:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC APER UNGA SZ LS
09BERN47264TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY/THIRD COMMITTEE:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Switzerland and Liechtenstein reject "no action" motions as a matter of principle, and they expect to support the UNGA Third Committee resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. They also plan to support the USG's biennial resolution on free elect [...]
2009-11-04 16:55:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN SZ LS
09BERN478IMF STAND-BY ARRANGEMENT REVIEW: SWISS ALSO
[...] (SBU) Acting POLE counselor conveyed reftel points November 5 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and to Riccardo Sansonetti, Head of the International Finance and Monetary Policy Division at the Federal Departm [...]
2009-11-05 15:31:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL PHUM PREF CE SZ
09BERN494SWISS SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs US Desk Officer Alexandra Baumann informed econoff on November 18 that Switzerland will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the Council of the International Maritime Organization. BEYER [...]
2009-11-18 14:00:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT PHSA UK SZ
09BERN498QUARTZCOM: CONCERN ABOUT SWISS FIRM'S ENGAGEMENT
[...] (S) Poloff delivered the reftel non-paper on November 10 to Pierre-Andre Farine, Acting Director of the Export Controls Section, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Farine thanked poloff for the information and undertook to look into the matter. 2. (S) On November 20, Juer [...]
2009-11-20 16:39:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MNUC PREL ETTC SY SZ
09BERN500SWITZERLAND: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Post assesses that the Swiss government has worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, having made those key features of a bilateral dialogue with the Cuban government that began in January 2006. A decision not to renew Title III suspensi [...]
2009-11-23 11:56:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SZ
09BERN504SWITZERLAND OPTING FOR PRESSURE (VICE FURTHER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Swiss government is opting for pressure -- rather than further negotiations -- in efforts to obtain the freedom of the two Swiss citizens who have not been allowed to depart Libya since the summer of 2008 (reftels). According to Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud (strictly prot [...]
2009-11-24 15:22:00Embassy BernSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM AORC LY SZ
09BERN505IAEA BOG: SWISS VIEWS REGARDING IRAN, SYRIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed messages in reftels on November 24 with Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and with Jean-Daniel Praz, Friedrich's deputy and FDFA point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Friedrich an [...]
2009-11-24 16:52:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP SY IR SZ
09BERN506SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 15:36:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDCASC IR SZ
09BERN507SWISS TO VOTE NOVEMBER 29 ON WHETHER TO SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 29, Swiss citizens will vote nationwide on whether to support a "people's initiative" calling for a ban on the construction of minarets in Switzerland. The initiative was launched by members of rightwing parties. The initiators of the proposal contend that minaret [...]
2009-11-25 17:35:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM SZ
09BERN513SWISS VOTERS STUN GOVERNMENT BY APPROVING "MINARET
[...] (SBU) In a November 29 nationwide vote, Swiss voters stunned the Swiss government by approving an initiative by rightwing politicians to ban the construction of new minarets in Switzerland (reftel). Subsequent analysis by Swiss commentators suggests that polling data prior to the vote was sk [...]
2009-11-30 15:19:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM SZ
09BERN514NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for post to nominate Switzerland-based entrepreneurs of Muslim faith to attend The Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit, Embassy Bern submits the following nominees: Cebrail Terlemez: Mr. Terlemez is the Secretary General of the Institute for Intercultura [...]
2009-11-30 16:19:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL SOCI PHUM XF SZ
09BERN519SWISS STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL COMMENTS ON IRAN
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 2 meeting, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) State Secretary (Deputy FM) Michael Ambuehl provided Ambassador a readout of recent FDFA discussions with Iranian FM Mottaki and the Iranian ambassador in Bern. Ambuehl reported that FM Calmy-Rey had spo [...]
2009-12-04 14:22:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL KNNP CASC MNUC IR SZ
09BERN57ADDITIONAL SWISS INPUT REGARDING CALL FOR FREEZING
[...] (SBU) Further to reftel A request for Switzerland to freeze non-humanitarian assistance to Nicaragua following its fraudulent municipal elections of November 9, and reftel B interim response, Nora Kronig, Regional Coordinator for Central and South America at the Swiss Federal Department of For [...]
2009-02-06 15:39:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL NU SZ
09BERN59PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE GOS ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel non-paper on December 18 to Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Boehler expressed appreciation for the additional information and undertook to investigate the matter further [...]
2009-02-06 17:49:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
09BERN6PASSENGER NAME RECORD AGREEMENT COMPLETED
[...] Post delivered the diplomatic note regarding the Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement per reftel instructions to the GOS on December 23, 2008. Post subsequently received the responsive Swiss diplomatic note (number 344.1) also dated December 23, 2008 confirming the agreement was to take eff [...]
2009-01-07 13:22:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON SZ
09BERN64SWISS VOTE TO EXTEND FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS WITH
[...] In a nationwide referendum held February 8, nearly 60 percent of the Swiss electorate voted in favor of maintaining an existing agreement with 25 EU states allowing for the free movement of persons, while also extending that agreement to include the newest EU member states, Bulgaria and Roman [...]
2009-02-10 09:01:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV SZ
09BERN7SWISS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DONATIONS TO UNRWA'S
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on January 5 to Thomas Oertle, Desk Officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs in the Middle East and Africa Division of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Oertle explained that Switzerland already was providing CHF 4 million (USD 3.8 million) in [...]
2009-01-07 13:26:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA SZ
09BERN73SWITZERLAND'S TOP BANKS FACE CONTINUING STRAIN
[...] Switzerland's leading banks, UBS and CreditSuisse, reported record-breaking losses in the fourth quarter of 2008, highlighting the continuing financial strain on Switzerland's banking industry. UBS and CreditSuisse announced 2008 annual losses of 17.1 billion USD and 7.1 billion USD, respect [...]
2009-02-18 12:42:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV SZ
09BERN74SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:14:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDCASC IR SZ
09BERN83SWITZERLAND: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] Summary. Post recommends that Switzerland not be listed in the 2008 Special 301 Report. While there are deficiencies in the Swiss Copyright Act implemented in 2008, the new Act further strengthened an already strong system. U.S. industry concerns about the lack of solid protection against i [...]
2009-02-25 08:38:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR ETRD EINV SZ
09BERN91UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: LIECHTENSTEIN TO SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Liechtenstein: On February 27, acting POL/E Counselor followed up on the request for support for the U.S. UNAT candidate (reftels) with Ambassador Hubert Buechel, COM at the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Bern. Ambassador Buechel expressed understanding for the importance of the matter to [...]
2009-02-27 17:52:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SZ LS
09BERN92IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Acting POL/E Counselor conveyed the reftel message on February 26 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Friedrich said that he expected that Switzerland will make national statements at the March 2-6 [...]
2009-02-27 18:17:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SYR TRGY SZ
09BERN93TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 16:35:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ
09BERN98UBS CASE: SWISS PERSPECTIVE AND A WAY FORWARD \
[...] (C) Summary. UBS' handover of client information to the \ Department of Justice incited criticism in numerous press \ articles and from several Swiss political parties calling the \ U.S. action one of extortion and blackmail. However, the \ step was supported by elements of the moderate to left [...]
2009-03-04 15:48:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV SZ
09BERN99RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CRITICAL
[...] Post has identified two entities that fit into the categories supplied by S/CT: the Swiss pharmaceutical industry and the Swiss banking system. 2. The Swiss pharmaceutical industry is located in Basel and produces internationally recognized products to combat Avian Influenza, cancer, tube [...]
2009-03-05 15:35:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SZ
09BRUSSELS1515UN TERRORISM SANCTIONS: REFORM SEMINAR
[...] (C) On October 15-16, Belgium sponsored a &Seminar on Strengthening the UN Targeted Sanctions through Fair and Clear Procedures8 to discuss with UNSC Members and select Member States (mostly from the EU) options for reforming the UNSCR 1267 (Al-Qaida and Taliban) sanctions regime. Many semin [...]
2009-11-10 17:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBE CH EFIN ETTC EUN FR KTFN PTER SZ UK UNSC
09BUDAPEST298DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN POSITION ON MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Zita Szatmari, Head of Section for Southern Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She expressed concurrence with the general content of the points and agreed that the EU, the African Union (AU),and the U.S. need to speak with a common voice i [...]
2009-04-15 13:44:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA HU
09HAVANA649CUBA PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON SWITZERLAND AND HUMAN
[...] (C) Chief of Mission met October 27 with Swiss ambassador Peter Burkhard, at Burkhard,s request, to discuss the November 11-13 visit of a Swiss MFA delegation for their annual bilateral meeting with the GOC focused on bilateral and multilateral issues, including human rights. Last year's mee [...]
2009-10-28 20:52:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SZ
09HAVANA87NEW SWISS AMBASSADOR RECEIVES INTRODUCTION TO
[...] (C) Newly-arrived Swiss ambassador Peter Burkhard requested to meet with Chief of Mission (COM) on February 10 to share impressions from his initial contacts with the GOC. Burkhard said he had been surprised that his meeting with Vice President Almeida during his presentation of credentials c [...]
2009-02-11 20:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SZ
09HELSINKI143FINLAND: MADAGASCAR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 13:12:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FI
09KAMPALA1217UGANDA: GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 05:53:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDSZ KNNP ENRG PREL UG
09LISBON552PHARMA COMPANIES DISCUSS PORTUGAL MARKET ISSUES
[...] (C/NF) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a September 24 breakfast meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to discuss strategies for addressing longstanding market access issues. Diplomatic participants opined that industry [...]
2009-10-22 11:14:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM
09LISBON588PORTUGAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PLAN ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a November 10 meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to present the results of a recent market survey of pharmaceutical companies and to recount a recent LAWG meeting with Basilio H [...]
2009-11-20 16:00:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM
09LONDON440HMG WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON DURBAN II, HOPES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Susan Hyland, Head of the Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group at HMG's Foreign and Commonwealth Office told Poloffs that HMG "agrees broadly" with the USG's position and reservations regarding the Durban Review Conference. She especially emphasized that HMG considers [...]
2009-02-19 15:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC EZ DA IR NL SZ UK
09LONDON870MADAGASCAR: UK STRONGLY SUPPORTS USG POSITION
[...] (C) The position the UK strongly supports in the EU is in line with the USG's policy of ensuring the Rajoelina regime in Madagascar is not legitimized, according to Foreign Office Southern Africa Team leader Sarah Riley. Riley explained to poloff April 14 that the beginning of the EU's politic [...]
2009-04-14 12:02:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID AORC SZ NO MA UK
09MADRID380SPAIN SUPPORTS AU EFFORTS IN MADAGASCAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 07:40:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV SP SZ NO MA AROC EAID
09MBABANE26CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 08:51:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SZ
09MBABANE280TAIWAN'S STOCK IS STILL HIGH IN SWAZILAND
[...] (SBU) Taiwan's recently arrived ambassador to Swaziland, Peter M. Y. Tsai, told the Ambassador October 17 that his country continued to enjoy excellent relations with the Kingdom of Swaziland. Against the backdrop of the World Food Day and World Poverty Day commemorations in Lavumisa, Swazila [...]
2009-10-19 15:10:00Embassy MbabaneCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PINR SZ TW
09MOSCOW645GEORGIAN REPRESENTATION IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) Georgian Charge d'Affaires Givi Shugarov told us March 13 that the new Georgian interest section in the Swiss embassy opened March 5 was running smoothly (see also ref A.) Echoing DFM Karasin's March 6 statement in Izvestia that the GOR hoped the interest sections in Moscow and Tbilisi wo [...]
2009-03-17 10:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW SZ RS GG
09NIAMEY223NIGER: GON DETENTION OF SWISS NATIONALS REVEALED
[...] (SBU) On April 1, Ursula Funk (protect),a Swiss national heading the Swiss Cooperation Office, advised CDA at an evening reception for newly accredited, Abuja-based Swiss Ambassador Baum, that Nigerien security forces had detained four Swiss nationals in February 2009 in Dirkou. Dirkou, loca [...]
2009-04-03 08:53:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PINS SZ ML NG
09OSLO268NORWAY CONTINUES MADAGASCAR AID SUSPENSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 09:36:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID PGOV SZ MA NO
09PARIS530MADAGASCAR: FRANCE SEES NEED TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's priority in Madagascar is to encourage a consensus among the Malagasy parties on a political solution, involving early and credible elections, that will permit the country to end the current crisis and enable a return to constitutional governance, MFA DAS-equivalent Fr [...]
2009-04-16 13:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FR
09RABAT906A/S FELTMAN AND SWISS STATE SECRETARY DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Forum for the Future in Marrakesh, Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and Swiss State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Michaael Ambuhl discussed the status of the three Americans detained in August in Iran. Ambuhl highlighted the Swiss government's efforts to [...]
2009-11-12 09:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ZP ZR SZ IR
09SANAA1782NEW CRUDE OIL SALES MECHANISM SPARKS TRIBAL RIVALRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROYG, led by presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh, has shifted responsibility for selling Yemen's crude oil production share away from the Ministry of Oil and towards an interagency committee, sparking a behind-the-scenes business rivalry between tribal leaders and government offi [...]
2009-09-30 13:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL UK CH KS FR SZ YM
09STATE106834CHANGING THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In his April 5 Prague speech, President Obama called for a new framework for civil nuclear cooperation, including an international fuel bank, so that countries can access peaceful nuclear power with [...]
2009-10-14 23:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP IAEA AR BR EG MX NL VM SZ KU GG AG EZ
09STATE115194SWISS FIRM PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: On several occasions in 2008 and 2009, we discussed with Swiss officials efforts directed by the Iranian procurement entity FEDCO to procure crystal oscillators from the Swiss firm Quartzcom (Refs). [...]
2009-11-06 22:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SZ SY
09STATE117710NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - ELICITING SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]
2009-11-14 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE120282NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - SEEKING CO-SPONSORS FOR
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]
2009-11-21 00:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE2533PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM) and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on a Swiss citizen for involvement in the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network. [...]
2009-01-09 22:57:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL SZ
09STATE29999BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EMBASSY AND SWISS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Compliance Specialist Judd Stitziel from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met February 23-24 in Bern with Embassy and Swiss officials to discuss implementation of the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and related U.S. export co [...]
2009-03-27 21:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL SZ
09STATE34964RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SUPPORT OF BLUE
[...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of Mr. Richard Rorvig, Mr. Christopher Buck, and Ms. Diane O'Guerin, all of Embassy Bern's Political and Economic Section, for their exemplary support of the Blue Lantern program in Switzerland during the last year. [...]
2009-04-09 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETTC KOMC SZ
09STATE35809URGING EARLY RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests embassies in European Union (EU) member states, Oslo and Bern to demarche host governments at the highest appropriate level prior to the launch of the EU,s "political dialogue8 with [...]
2009-04-10 20:32:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA
09STATE50119IRANIAN MODAFL AFFILIATE SEEKS SWISS-ORIGIN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: The United States has information indicating that as of mid-March 2009, Iran's Shiraz Electronics Industries (SEI) was seeking several digital magnetic compasses manufactured by the S [...]
2009-05-15 18:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM SZ
09STATE50120SWISS-ORIGIN DIGITAL MAGNETIC COMPASSES SOUGHT BY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: The United States has information indicating that as of mid-March 2009, Iran's Shiraz Electronics Industries (SEI) was seeking several digital magnetic compasses manufactured by the Swi [...]
2009-05-15 18:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM SZ
09STATE61223SWITZERLAND--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-13 00:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP SZ
09STATE68231(S) POSSIBLE EFFORT BY SYRIA,S MISSILE PROGRAM TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information that Syria is seeking to obtain a high-speed camera -- such as the X-VIT LS produced by Swiss company AOS Technologies -- to support Syria's indigenous missile develo [...]
2009-07-01 16:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SZ SY
09STATE69718BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050170718 for the export of firearms components to Switzerland. Post is requested [...]
2009-07-06 18:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SZ
09STATE87148ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and objectives: In May 2009, the United States shared with Germany information that Iran's Shiraz Electronics Industries (SEI) and subsidiaries were engaged in efforts to procure Swiss-origin digital [...]
2009-08-21 12:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GM IR SZ
09TASHKENT1023UZBEKISTAN: SWISS CONCLUDE DRUG HARM REDUCTION PROJECT AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Swiss Embassy in Tashkent marked the end of what it saw as a successful six-year drug harm reduction project, which included provision of clean needles and condoms to thousands of drug users in Uzbekistan with the goal of stopping the spread of disease, particularly HIV and [...]
2009-06-19 10:31:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KHIV SNAR SZ DEA UZ
09TRIPOLI1024HINTS OF MINOR PROGRESS IN THE SWISS-LIBYA STANDOFF REF: TRIPOLI 942 TRIPOLI 00001024 001.2 OF 002
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 15:04:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM SZ LY
09TRIPOLI59SWISS AMBASSADOR: OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH LIBYA IS DEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Despite concluding a bilateral investigation into the events surrounding last July's arrest in Geneva of Hannibal al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, the Swiss Ambassador judges that Swiss-Libyan relations are "dead". A senior Swiss delegation recently visited Tripoli, but was unab [...]
2009-01-27 14:15:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPREL PGOV ECON KTIA SZ LY
09TRIPOLI606LIBYAN (MIS) CONDUCT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 16:27:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SZ TS LY
09TRIPOLI714SWISS CHARGE OPTIMISTIC ON RELEASE OF TWO BUSINESSMEN \
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Swiss Charge Stefano Lazarotto remains \ optimistic about the release of two Swiss businessmen who have \ been detained in Libya since July 2008. He said that while the \ September 1 deadline for their release had passed, the GOL had \ given him positive indications that the releas [...]
2009-09-08 13:49:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SZ LY
09TRIPOLI763UPDATE ON LIBYAN-SWISS CRISIS: SWISS CITIZENS BACK IN \
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Swiss Charge Stefano Lazarotto confirmed \ that the two Swiss citizens - held in Libya for more than a year \ - had been detained by GOL authorities on September 19 when they \ reported for medical tests, ostensibly in preparation for their \ departure. Lazarotto welcomed U.S. int [...]
2009-09-24 16:23:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM CASC LY SZ
09TRIPOLI832SWISS PONDERING TOUGH NEW MEASURES IN LIGHT OF LIBYAN INTRANSIGENCE REF: TRIPOLI 763 TRIPOLI 00000832 001.2 OF 002
[...] (C) Summary: Swiss State Secretary Michael Ambuhl, in Tripoli for talks on the detained Swiss citizens, met the Ambassador October 19 to brief him on current state-of-play and seek U.S. views on the way forward. Ambuhl, clearly frustrated by the Libyans' unwillingness or inability to articulate a s [...]
2009-10-19 16:25:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY
09TRIPOLI900GOL RELEASES SWISS - BUT ONLY AS FAR AS THE SWISS EMBASSY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 16:39:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC LY SZ
09TRIPOLI901SWISS THANK USG FOR INTERVENTION WITH LIBYA, REQUEST ADDITIONAL SUPPORT REF: A) TRIPOLI 763; B) TRIPOLI 900; C) TRIPOLI 832
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 16:08:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM SZ LY
09TRIPOLI910SWISS IN LIBYA: CHARGE REQUESTS EU, US PRESENCE AT COURT HEARING REF: A) TRIPOLI 901; B) STATE 117546; C) TRIPOLI 832 TRIPOLI 00000910 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 09:29:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM SZ LY
09TRIPOLI942LIBYAN IMMIGRATION COURT SENTENCES SWISS TO 16 MONTHS IN PRISON REF: A) TRIPOLI 900, B) TRIPOLI 901, C) TRIPOLI 910, D) BERN 504 TRIPOLI 00000942 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Joan A. Polaschik, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 17:21:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM SZ LY
09USUNNEWYORK398INTERNATIONAL PROCESS ON GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM,
[...] Please see request for guidance in paragraph 5. 2. Summary: Ambassador Wolff met with Swiss Permrep Peter Maurer, at Maurer's request, on April 14 to discuss the second phase of the Swiss-led "International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation." Maurer explained that Switzer [...]
2009-04-15 22:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER SZ
09USUNNEWYORK429VIEWS FROM SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Swiss Ambassador to Iran, Livia Leu, shared with Ambassador Wolff her views on the fate of two U.S. citizens in Iran, Iran's position in the UN, its upcoming elections in June, and her assessment on how best to approach the issue of rapprochement. Leu judged that Iran's position [...]
2009-04-24 15:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR UNSC SZ
09WARSAW405POLAND: SUPPORTS US ON MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) Benedykt Pasik, a counselor in the MFA's Department of Africa and the Middle East, told us that Poland generally backs U.S. policy on Madagascar. While refraining from officially labeling Andry Rajoelina's actions a coup, Pasik said the GOP supports halting all EU assistance to the curren [...]
2009-04-15 14:07:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV AORC SZ FR NO MA PREL PL
10BEIJING158JANUARY 21, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAITI, START TALKS,
[...] Key points at the January 21 MFA press briefing were: -- China announced it had sent four additional peacekeepers to help Haiti's earthquake relief efforts. -- China asserts that the United States and Russia must substantially reduce their nuclear arsenals in a verifiable and irreversible [...]
2010-01-21 22:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM EINT MNUC SENV CH ZA RS AF HA SZ
10BEIJING294FEBRUARY 4, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS, IRAN,
[...] Key points at the February 4, 2010 MFA press briefing were: -- The announced sale of arms to Taiwan is a "gross intervention" into China's internal affairs and in complete disregard to China's "stern" opposition. -- China has taken note of the report regarding Tehran's plans to sell enrich [...]
2010-02-04 11:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM ETRD MNUC CH JA IR SZ
10BERN15SWISS AGRICULTURE AT THE CROSSROADS
[...] (U) During a January 20 roundtable luncheon on Swiss agriculture hosted by the Ambassador, representatives of the Swiss Government, parliament, and the agricultural media laid out their views on the challenges facing Swiss farmers and the prospects for an EU-Swiss agricultural free trade agree [...]
2010-01-14 15:45:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON SZ
10BERN21SWISS FIRM QUARTZCOM COLLUDING WITH IRANIAN FRONT
[...] Pol-Econ Couns. was called in by Swiss Economics Department Industrial Export Control chief Juergen Boehler on January 15 to discuss reftel case. (Reftel points were previously provided to the Economics Department.) Boehler stated that Swiss authorities are grateful for the U.S. information [...]
2010-01-19 16:31:00Embassy BernSECRETSZ IR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC
10BERN31ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN SWITZERLAND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bern is taking a multi-disciplinary approach to engagement with Muslim communities in Switzerland, coordinating efforts between the Political-Economic and Public Affairs sections (reftel). Switzerland has a Muslim population of approximately 320,000 (4.3 percent of the total pop [...]
2010-01-25 21:31:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI SZ XG
10BERN40BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH IRAN REGARDING HIKERS?
[...] (S) On January 2, 29 and 30, DCM Carter met with Swiss State Secretary Ambuehl and Swiss AMB to Iran Leu, who passed information detailing Swiss conversations with Iranian FM Mottaki on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF),in Davos, Switzerland, during which Swiss FM Calmy-Rey and Mo [...]
2010-02-01 07:00:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL CASC MNUC SZ IR
10BERN44SWISS ATTENDANCE AT 2010 INSTABILITY AND GENOCIDE
[...] Further to reftel, Poloff contacted Mo Bleeker, Senior Advisor Dealing with the Past and Transitional Justice for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) to confirm Swiss intention to participate in the March 17-19 Instability Warning and Genocide Prevention Symposium. Bleeker a [...]
2010-02-02 15:33:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL OTRA SZ
10BERN48U/S HORMATS REVIEWS BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS \
[...] (U) January 25 at 11:00 am; Zurich \ \ 2. (U) Participants: \ \ U.S. \ \ U/S Robert Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and \ Agricultural Affairs \ Amb. Donald Beyer, US Ambassador to Switzerland \ Alex Whittington, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary \ Richard Rorvig, Bern Em [...]
2010-02-04 17:31:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD SZ
10BERN76CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD)/FMCT: SWISS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Friedrich said that Switzerland is very frustrated [...]
2010-02-25 16:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ
10BERN77SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING:
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, who is the FDFA's coordinator for IAEA issues, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Refe [...]
2010-02-25 16:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ
10BERN78EXPLAINING U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN RESEARCH
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Praz asked about the Iranian proposal for a simulta [...]
2010-02-25 16:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ
10BERN79CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD)/FMCT: SWISS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Friedrich said that Switzerland is very frustrated [...]
2010-02-25 16:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ
10BERN80SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING:
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, who is the FDFA's coordinator for IAEA issues, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Refe [...]
2010-02-25 16:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ
10BERN81EXPLAINING U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN RESEARCH
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Praz asked about the Iranian proposal for a simulta [...]
2010-02-25 16:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ
10BERN82CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD)/FMCT: SWISS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Friedrich said that Switzerland is very frustrated [...]
2010-02-25 16:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ
10BERN83SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING:
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, who is the FDFA's coordinator for IAEA issues, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Refe [...]
2010-02-25 16:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ
10GENEVA124OMS STAFF SERVING AS NOTARY PUBLICS
[...] (U) The Mission requests that two OMS positions in Geneva be authorized to serve as notary publics. Since the Mission does not offer consular services, there is no ready pool of consular officers to provide this required service to Mission staff. Two OMS positions will provide adequate cover [...]
2010-02-09 13:41:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AOMS SZ
10STATE6247COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - SWITZERLAND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 21:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC SZ
10STATE996SWISS FIRM QUARTZCOM COLLUDING WITH IRANIAN FRONT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: On several occasions in 2008 and 2009, we discussed with Swiss officials efforts directed by the Iranian procurement entity FEDCO to procure crystal oscillators from the Swiss firm Quartzcom (Refs A-G [...]
2010-01-06 16:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SZ IR
10TRIPOLI112PROGRESS IN LIBYA-SWISS CASE: ONE BUSINESSMAN CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES
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2010-02-10 08:15:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS LY SZ
10TRIPOLI137MEETING OF LIBYAN, ITALIAN AND MALTESE FOREIGN MINISTERS LIKELY TO LEAD TO RESOLUTION OF SCHENGEN VISA CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 16:51:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS PINR LY SZ IT MT
10TRIPOLI58EUROPEAN DCM'S ON LIBYA ISSUES CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 08:11:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPREL PINR PGOV CVIS XG SZ LY
10TRIPOLI73SWISS-LIBYAN WOES CONTINUE, NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a January 19 meeting, the Swiss Charge reported no progress in Switzerland's continued efforts -- via German mediation -- to resolve the situation of the two Swiss businessmen trapped in Libya, now residing in the Swiss Embassy. He believed the recent addition of a French l [...]
2010-01-26 13:35:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY
10TRIPOLI91SWISS SCORE IN LIBYA: HAMDANI CLEARED OF IMMIGRATION CHARGES REF: A) TRIPOLI 73; B) TRIPOLI 58
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 16:13:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY
10UNVIEVIENNA35NEW CONSTELLATION POSES CHALLENGES FOR ADVANCING ANTI-CRIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Our partial success in negotiating a U.S.- backed review mechanism for an anticorruption convention last year has inspired a group of countries -- Russia, Iran, Algeria, China and Pakistan -- to coordinate more closely in Vienna at UN-related meetings on anti-crime and anti-drug [...]
2010-02-04 13:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR RS CH PK EG AG SZ
89BERN2718 RAFSANJANI APRIL 21 SERMON ON ALLEGED
[...] SWISS FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROVIDED EMBASSY ON APRIL 25 WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY U.S. INTERESTS SECTION OF SWISS EMBASSY IN TEHRAN OF RAFSANJANI'S APRIL 21 FRIDAY MESSAGE WHICH DESCRIBED AN ALLEGED U.S. ESPIONAGE RING IN IRAN. DOCUMENT RUNS ABOUT THREE DOUBLE-SPACED P [...]
1989-04-25 14:55:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDPROP IR SZ US
93BERN5779 NOVEMBER 4 PKK ATTACKS IN SWITZERLAND
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE GOS HAS NOT TAKEN SPECIFIC ACTION AGAINST KURDISH GROUPS AS A RESULT OF THE NOVEMBER 4 ATTACKS ON TURKISH ESTABLISHMENTS IN SWITZERLAND. THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS REITERATED ITS REQUEST THAT THE PKK BE BANNED IN SWITZERLAND, BUT THE GOS SAYS [...]
1993-11-10 16:28:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER TU SZ
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