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| 00THEHAGUE1697 | ESTABLISHING A PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARD FOR [...] POST CONTACTED THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND CONVEYED U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN-BASED STANDARDS OVER PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARDS BY THE CEN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. 2. THE SPOKESMAN OF THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS STATED THAT H [...] |
2000-06-07 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD SZ EUN |
| 03AMMAN7688 | POST SECURES IRAQI PASSPORTS FROM IRAQI MISSION; [...] (U) Action request for Department. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On November 23, PolOff picked up from the Iraqi mission in Amman more than 3,500 blank Iraqi ordinary, service and diplomatic passports along with passport stickers. Post seeks Department guidance on pr [...] |
2003-11-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA CE CH FI RS SW SZ JO |
| 03AMMAN898 | SWITZERLAND'S PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (C) On February 9, A/PolCouns delivered reftel points on Switzerland's proposed February 15-16 conference in Geneva to coordinate assistance to a post-war Iraq to FM Muasher's personal assistant Ali al-Ayed. Al-Ayed said that the GOJ had already been informed of U.S. concerns and the reasons [...] |
2003-02-10 08:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ JO |
| 03ANKARA1041 | GOT PLANS TO SEND ONLY GENEVA-BASED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ TU |
| 03HANOI2860 | VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...] |
2003-11-07 02:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR |
| 03KATHMANDU566 | NEPALI MAOISTS PURSUE SEPARATE DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Anton Hagen, local head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), confirmed to the DCM that Maoist insurgents have enlisted his help in sounding out other European and Canadian donor agencies regarding a possible meeting with Maoist interlocutors. Hagen also confirmed t [...] |
2003-03-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID SZ NP |
| 04AMMAN3432 | IRAQI FALCON 50: JORDAN READY TO HAND IT OVER ONCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Director General of Civil Aviation said that the Iraqi Falcon 50 which has been parked at Marka Airport for the past year could be turned over to Iraq once several issues are resolved. These include the fees charged for the aircraft, the need for the aircraft to be re [...] |
2004-05-06 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETTC IZ JO SZ |
| 04ANKARA794 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | BK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI |
| 04THEHAGUE1657 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...] |
2004-07-01 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 04THEHAGUE3312 | ELIMINATION OF WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-21 14:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM OTRA KNNP TRGY RS SZ NL |
| 04THEHAGUE382 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...] |
2004-02-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 05ACCRA1187 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE [...] (C) On June 17, Pol Chief spoke with the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry's Acting Director for International Organizations Edwin Adjei and delivered reftel demarche on the Swiss Circular Note on the Conference for a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. Adjei said the Foreign Minist [...] |
2005-06-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC GH IS PHUM PREF PREL SZ |
| 05AMMAN4874 | MDA: JORDANIAN STANCE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN6723 | JORDAN OFFERS PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Per reftel, acting Pol Chief and refcoord met with Walid Obeidat, the Director of the Jordanian Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 21 to ask that Jordan back the proposal for a diplomatic conference to adopt the new international Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement emblem when Switze [...] |
2005-08-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
| 05ANKARA3415 | MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Head of International Political Organizations Levent Sahinkaya, who already had in his possession copies of the Swiss Circular Note, the Draft Rules of Procedure and the Draft Third Additional Protocol. Sahinkaya confirmed: -- the Turkish Amb [...] |
2005-06-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ TU ICRC |
| 05ASUNCION1441 | PARAGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-22 21:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05ASUNCION764 | PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE TO ADOPT A THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05ASUNCION819 | PARAGUAY: ADDITIONAL RESPONSE ON SWISS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-27 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF IS SZ PA ICRC |
| 05BERN2360 | ADAMOV: SWISS COURT REJECTS U.S. REQUEST: ORDERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM CJAN PREL ENRG SZ RU |
| 05BOGOTA8123 | COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT MDA/THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-29 17:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO ICRC |
| 05BOGOTA8588 | MDA: COLOMBIA REITERATES SUPPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on September 7 to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Ignacio Ruiz. Poloff urged a strong statement at the Geneva consultations, noted the humanitarian goal of the Third Additional Protocol, and stressed that the time was right given the successful Gaza wi [...] |
2005-09-13 00:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO |
| 05BRATISLAVA466 | SLOVAKIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ LO ICRC |
| 05CAIRO8603 | MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC |
| 05CAIRO9056 | FM ABOUL GHEIT INSTRUCTS GENEVA DELEGATION TO GO [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Chief of Cabinet Wifaa Bassam on December 2. After consulting with FM Aboul Gheit, Ambassador Bassam told the Ambassador in a follow up conversation on December 3 that Aboul Gheit had instr [...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IZ SZ EG ICRC MDA |
| 05DHAKA5702 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 04:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ BG ICRC |
| 05DJIBOUTI1145 | MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADD'L GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to seek support to add the 'red crystal' emblem to the red cross and red crescent now used with the Geneva convention, and for Magen David Adom (MDA) membership to the IRC/RC Movement. Charge [...] |
2005-11-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ ICRC |
| 05DJIBOUTI8 | MINISTER OF COMMERCE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR TRADE ROUND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, January 2, the Ambassador met with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, at his request. The main purpose of the meeting was to solicit the Embassy's financial support for a Round Table to promote trade. In addition, the Minister requested th [...] |
2005-01-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN DJ SZ |
| 05DUBLIN1408 | IRELAND SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EI |
| 05GENEVA2389 | PLANNED DEMONSTRATION IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - 15 [...] (SBU) On 15 Oct 2005, Attac, a global coalition of non-governmental organizations, stated they would be rallying approximately 5,000 people in Geneva to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting scheduled for December in Hong Kong. The protest is set to take place in fr [...] |
2005-10-04 11:22:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SZ |
| 05GENEVA2415 | QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT- FOURTH QUARTER (JUL, AUG, [...] Summary of Significant Events: A. The U.S. Mission's Fourth of July party kicked off this quarter with approx 1,200 guests attending the event at the Ambassador's residence. Not to be outdone, the grand opening of the photovoltaic system at the U.S. Mission was another heavily attended ev [...] |
2005-10-07 03:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSAC RPTS SZ |
| 05HELSINKI670 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SWISS ON CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IS SZ FI ICRC |
| 05KATHMANDU2740 | MDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THIRD PROTOCOL [...] (C) Due to the re-shuffling of His Majesty's Government of Nepal the evening of December 7, the Acting Foreign Secretary was unavailable this morning. Emboff therefore demarched Kali Prasad Pokharel, Undersecretary, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encouraging Nepal to vote in favor o [...] |
2005-12-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PREL PHUM PREF IS SZ UN NP |
| 05KINGSTON1538 | THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO GENEVA CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 20:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JM ICRC |
| 05KINSHASA1187 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered between June 28 and July 7, 2005. 2. Over-Fortification of Small Amounts of Food Aid (REF A) -- Although none of the food aid referenced in the cable went to the Republic of Congo, Econ/Cons Officer presented the demarche talking points to two NGOs wo [...] |
2005-07-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR EAID PREF PHUM IS SZ CF ICRC UNSC UN |
| 05KINSHASA1941 | DRC WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) PolOff delivered November 23 reftel demarche to Tharcisse Kambala, director of the International Organization Division of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kambala said the GDRC would vote in favor of adopting the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and welcomed Magen [...] |
2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CG ICRC |
| 05KUWAIT4901 | AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU |
| 05LIMA5012 | MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL--PERU [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 21:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
| 05LIMA5200 | MDA: PERU TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 21:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
| 05LJUBLJANA402 | SLOVENES SUPPORTIVE OF SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND [...] (SBU) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Department staffer Ondina Blokar on 15 June. Blokar said that an interministerial working group on international human rights law issues had been requested to issue an opinion on the Swiss Circular Note and the Third Additional Protocol. [...] |
2005-06-15 23:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SI ICRC |
| 05MADRID2318 | SPAIN SUPPORTS SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 07:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SP ICRC |
| 05MADRID3039 | SPAIN'S INPUT TO BLUE LANTERN CASE 05-969658 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-25 08:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SZ SP |
| 05MANAMA826 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF BA IS SZ ICRC |
| 05NEWDELHI2379 | INDIA UNDECIDED ON CHR NEPAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) We shared reftel demarche with MEA J/S (North) Ranjit Rae on March 28 regarding the need to improve GON human rights record or face an Item 9 resolution at the CHR. After repeated attempts to elicit a response from the J/S proved unsuccessful, A/Polcouns managed to reach him in the early [...] |
2005-03-30 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IN NP EU UK SZ |
| 05NEWDELHI2475 | DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...] |
2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6929 | MDA: INDIA SUPPORTS PROTOCOL, BUT NO PLANS TO PUSH [...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6. Arora promised to confer with his UN Economic and Social (UNES) counterparts, but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) Poloff followed up with Deputy Secretary (UNES) Gopal Baglay on Septembe [...] |
2005-09-08 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ GOI UN |
| 05NEWDELHI8712 | MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVEA PROTOCOL [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to Director (UN Political) Sangeeta Mann, who confessed she was not aware of the issue, thanked the USG for the information conveyed, and promised a more substantive response once she ascertained the GOI position. 2. (C) Comment: Man [...] |
2005-11-16 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ |
| 05OTTAWA1799 | CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND A RESPONSE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning full membership for the Israeli National Society (MDA) in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, to Allisa Golberg, deputy director of the human rights division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on June 13. Golberg referred to the me [...] |
2005-06-14 17:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05OTTAWA3397 | CANADA SUPPORTS MDA'S INCLUSION AND IS READY TO [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel on 15 November to Alexandra MacKenzie in the Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (C) MacKenzie emphasized the importance of ensuring the success of the Geneva conference, as well as the adoption by consensus of [...] |
2005-11-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF AORC IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05OTTAWA3608 | CANADA ON MDA: EXPECT A YES VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ CA ICRC |
| 05PARIS4042 | MDA: FRENCH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] (C) Poloff raised the issue of support for convening a diplomatic conference in October to adopt a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions June 7 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian issues. After consulting with MFA IO Director [...] |
2005-06-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS6752 | UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: SWISS [...] The Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO, Ernst Iten, gave a ringing endorsement of the June 2005 preliminary draft Convention on Cultural Diversity during his 20 September speech to UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board and urged the Director General to submit it for adoption to the October 2005 UNESCO G [...] |
2005-10-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7954 | FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL, [...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...] |
2005-11-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS8509 | USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect), a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...] |
2005-12-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO |
| 05PRAGUE1648 | CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDING A THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
| 05PRAGUE913 | CZECH RESPONSE TO MDA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
| 05QUITO1381 | ECUADOR LIKELY TO SUPPORT SWISS CIRCULAR ON MDA [...] On June 8, PolOff delivered talking points and a copy of the Swiss circular to MFA Human Rights Director Carmen Larrea. The document recommends a conference to discuss a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions granting the Magen David Adom (MDA) full membership in the Internation [...] |
2005-06-13 21:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EC ICRC |
| 05ROME3196 | POSSIBLE ITALIAN AND SWISS MRE PROVIDERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-23 17:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT SZ FR IT |
| 05SANTIAGO2351 | CHILE TO CONSIDER VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIRD [...] (U) The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number three) on November 16, in part to deliver Ref A demarche seeking Chile's vocal support for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. The Ambassador expressed appreciat [...] |
2005-11-16 20:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI |
| 05SANTIAGO2476 | MDA: DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 21:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3350 | MDA DEMARCHE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-23 20:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IS SZ PREL PREF PHUM |
| 05TELAVIV1117 | MFA OFFICIAL SAYS GOI "ADAMANT" ABOUT GAINING MDA [...] (C) The GOI is "adamant" about bringing to closure in 2005 the issue of Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, MFA Deputy Director General (A/S-equivalent) for International Organization Affairs Roni Ya'ar told poloff on February 23. He reported [...] |
2005-02-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6171 | EMBLEM: GOI DOES NOT ENDORSE MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Israeli MFA Director for international organizations and human rights Daniel Meron informed post that the Government of Israel (GOI) does not endorse the September 27 declaration by Dr. Noam Yifrach, chairman of the MDA executive committee, which the Swi [...] |
2005-10-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6250 | GOI LARGELY PLEASED WITH SWISS VISIT ON MDA [...] (C) MFA DDG for International Organizations Affairs Roni Ya'ar told the Ambassador October 31 that GOI meetings with visiting Swiss FM Calmy-Rey were productive and remained focused entirely on MDA issues. Ya'ar said that Calmy Rey was on "good behavior" during her visit and did not expand h [...] |
2005-10-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6333 | EMBLEM: GOI REJECTS MDA STATEMENT BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Israeli MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron told poloff November 1 that the Government of Israel (GOI) has made clear to the Swiss its rejection of the widely disseminated oral statement by MDA Chairman Noam Yifrach, but has not [...] |
2005-11-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 05TELAVIV6467 | EMBLEM: ICRC DESCRIBES TIMELINE, PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 8 - 10 conversations with Poloffs, ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Andrej Motyl expressed continuing ICRC and Swiss commitment to convening the December 5 - 6 conference on the Third Protocol, but also articulated [...] |
2005-11-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6760 | EMBLEM: GOI LISTS NATIONS MAYBE WILLING TO SPEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron asked poloff December 2 to pass to the Department a list of nations that the GOI believes might be willing to speak publicly before or during the diplomatic conference in favor of adopting the Third Addit [...] |
2005-12-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6766 | EMBLEM: WHY THE GOI NEARLY BALKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Israel did not oppose the recent MDA-PRCS agreements, the issue hits the GOI at an unusually volatile transitional moment in Israeli domestic politics. During this tenuous period an issue such as this that touches on security, or the status of East Jerusalem and the settle [...] |
2005-12-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05VIENNA3704 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department to discuss adoption of a Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Convention. If a vote is necessary, Theuermann said, Austria and the EU pl [...] |
2005-11-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC |
| 05VIENNA3834 | MDA: AUSTRIA CONFIRMS YES VOTE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 20:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC |
| 05WELLINGTON472 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 03:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ NZ ICRC |
| 05YEREVAN1018 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MDA AND CONFERENCE ON THIRD [...] (C) Post delivered demarche talking points regarding the Israeli National Society (MDA) and International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan June 9 per reftel instructions. Mrkrtumyan said the GOAM did not have [...] |
2005-06-10 02:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IS SZ AM ICRC |
| 05YEREVAN2028 | RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA "LIKELY TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ AM ICRC |
| 06ANKARA2445 | MDA: TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) We met with Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul May 2 to discuss ref A points on the upcoming 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva in June. He said he expected the GOT's position will likely remain the s [...] |
2006-05-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ TU |
| 06ASUNCION248 | PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 20:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ PA |
| 06ASUNCION490 | PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA |
| 06BANGKOK1600 | THAILAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA: SIGNING OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ |
| 06BANJUL381 | THE GAMBIA:MDA DEMARCHE: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ GA |
| 06BERLIN3324 | GERMAN AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN FOR EXPORTING WMD [...] (C) On November 13, the Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) headquartered in Meckenheim provided Legatt Berlin with a summary of arrests made November 6 in connection with illegal shipments of WMD-related items to Iran. According to the summary, the Federal Office of Customs Invest [...] |
2006-11-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL IR GM SZ |
| 06BERN1044 | SWISS ARREST MEMBERS OF AN APPARENT ISLAMIST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM EAIR ASEC SZ |
| 06BERN1138 | TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE: SWITZERLAND ALIGNS WITH EU [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SZ |
| 06BERN1140 | MONTENEGRO: SWITZERLAND RECOGNIZES INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SZ YU |
| 06BERN1218 | (S) SWISS AIMING TO PREVENT MEDIA TORNADO ON [...] (S) Charge d'Affairs a.i. Carol Urban met with Department of Finance (EFD), Director for Financial Markets, Rene Weber to deliver points in REF A mid-afternoon June 23, 2006. The Charge highlighted the legal safeguards and auditing that are in place in the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program an [...] |
2006-06-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PTER EFIN SZ |
| 06BERN1223 | SWISS REPLY ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-27 15:07:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV EAID VE SZ |
| 06BERN1253 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - SWISS APPROACH TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC SZ |
| 06BERN1280 | IRAN: LARIJANI MEETS WITH SWISS FM CALMY-REY \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC SZ |
| 06BERN141 | SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-20 16:53:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PARM ETTC SZ |
| 06BERN1553 | FM CALMY-REY LASHES OUT AT THE UNITED STATES, EU \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 08:46:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SZ |
| 06BERN1571 | STOCKHOLM DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS AID TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL SZ SW |
| 06BERN1593 | (CORRECTED COPY) SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER \ [...] (C) Charge Urban met with Swiss Foreign Minister Calmy-Rey \ this afternoon at the FM's invitation. The FM wished to \ clarify remarks she made about the U.S. during her August 21 \ speech to the Swiss ambassadors conference in Bern. Asked to \ speak first, the Charge noted concerns in Washington [...] |
2006-08-29 17:54:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SZ |
| 06BERN1626 | ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 06:08:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ |
| 06BERN1639 | DEMARCHE FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-07 05:51:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU SZ |
| 06BERN1686 | SWISS DFA DEPUTY POLDIR ON IRAN, UNHRC, AND \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP CASC SZ |
| 06BERN1710 | SWISS RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ |
| 06BERN1804 | GOS "HEADS UP": SWISS FEDERAL PROSECUTOR TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PHUM SZ |
| 06BERN1867 | S/CT CRUMPTON PRESSES THE SWISS TO SHARE MORE INTEL \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PTER ETTC SZ |
| 06BERN1896 | MTAG: LATEST ON SWISS INVESTIGATION OF BB [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM ETTC SZ IR |
| 06BERN1910 | SWISS REACTION TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-11 13:59:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM SZ |
| 06BERN1947 | SWISS VIEWS ON LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-18 16:39:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER MOPS SZ |
| 06BERN1971 | EUR A/S FRIED AND SWISS STATE SECRETARY AMBUHL \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-23 08:56:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP EAID SZ |
| 06BERN1981 | SWISS ASSISTANCE WITH USINT OPERATING DIFFICULTIES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT SZ CU |
| 06BERN2046 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SEEKING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 16:23:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL SZ |
| 06BERN2059 | SYRIA/LEBANON: SWISS OFFICIAL REPORTS ON DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 16:10:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MEPP SY LE IS SZ |
| 06BERN2060 | SWISS-DPRK TRADE VERY LIMITED [...] (S) Summary: In response to REFTELS A and B, on November 7 Emboffs spoke with Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Bilateral Economic Relations Division, Export Controls and Sanctions Chief Othmar Wyss about Swiss-DPRK trade relations. According to Wyss, Swiss trade with North Korea [...] |
2006-11-08 16:20:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM TRGY MNUC IAEA SZ |
| 06BERN2064 | SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION: SWISS UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PK SZ |
| 06BERN2109 | DEPUTY S/CT URBANCIC URGES SWISS ACTION ON PKK [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-24 12:00:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC TU SZ |
| 06BERN2115 | SWISS TO BAKER COMMISSION: USG SHOULD NO LONGER \ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER ETTC IR IZ SZ |
| 06BERN2122 | SWISS ELECTORATE REAFFIRMS TIES WITH EU; APPROVES $800 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID EUN SZ |
| 06BERN2142 | CUBA AND TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: SWITZERLAND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SZ |
| 06BERN545 | SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS SY SZ |
| 06BERN587 | U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: SWISS NOT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-17 16:00:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA KNNP ENRG PARM ETTC IN SZ |
| 06BERN593 | SWISS ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL OF EXCESS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PREL IZ SZ |
| 06BERN688 | BELARUS: SWITZERLAND WEIGHS VISA BAN, TARGETED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-29 15:24:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EU BL SZ |
| 06BERN716 | CUBA: SWISS FM CALMY-REY'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-31 16:12:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ASEC CU SZ |
| 06BERN725 | IRANIAN OPPOSITION GROUP CLAIMS IRAN REPATRIATED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KNNP IR SZ |
| 06BERN8 | MORITZ LEUENBERGER, NEW PRESIDENT OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-03 16:11:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SZ |
| 06BERN828 | SWISS ECONOMICS/TRADE MINISTER JOSEPH DEISS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise announcement, Swiss Economics and Trade Minister Joseph Deiss announced on April 27 that, effective July 31, he would resign his position as Economics and Trade Minister and step down from the seven-member Federal Council, where he is the Christian Democratic Party' [...] |
2006-04-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO PGOV SZ |
| 06BERN898 | SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN: ASSESSING OUR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SZ VE |
| 06BOGOTA10337 | LIKELIHOOD OF GOC-FARC HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE [...] (U) Prospects for GOC-FARC talks on a humanitarian exchange of FARC political hostages for imprisoned terrorists are bleak, but low-level efforts to resume contact continue. Speaking at the Iberoamerican Summit, President Uribe left open the door to talks, but only if the FARC stops terrorist [...] |
2006-11-07 20:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO FR SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA10826 | GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER ON PARAMILITARY LINKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said the GOC is committed to uncovering the truth about paramilitary links to Colombia's political, economic, and military elites, but warned that the process would produce substantial political and institutional costs. He is urging Presid [...] |
2006-11-29 22:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO CS CU FR NO SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA7460 | GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER ON ELN, PARAMILITARIES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-15 18:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO CS CU FR NO SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA8946 | GOC SEEKING HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE WITH THE FARC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-27 22:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | CO FR MARR PGOV PREL PTER SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA9277 | GOC AND FARC CONTINUE MEDIA EXCHANGE ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOC and FARC have exchanged media statements in recent days on the possibility of creating an "encounter zone" to discuss a humanitarian exchange of FARC-held hostages for FARC terrorists imprisoned by the GOC. President Uribe insists any such talks be a prelude to substanti [...] |
2006-10-06 21:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO FR SP SZ |
| 06BOGOTA9402 | GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER SKEPTICAL OF FARC AND ELN [...] (C) Summary: GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador October 9 he is skeptical the ELN will commit either publicly or privately to a specific cease-fire date at the October 20-25 negotiating round in Havana. If the ELN does not do so, the GOC may break off talks. He al [...] |
2006-10-12 22:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO CU FR NO SP SZ |
| 06BRASILIA2034 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HANLON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Cathleen Hanlon, Veterinary Medical Officer, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to Brasilia (DF), October 15-21, to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and to Florianopolis (SC), Brazil, December 3-6, [...] |
2006-09-25 12:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US SZ WHO IT BR |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1072 | DOMINICA DROPS DIPLOMATIC CASE AGAINST SWITZERLAND [...] (C) Summary: Dominica has dropped the case it brought against Switzerland at the International Court of Justice, choosing not to pursue the matter of a questionable "diplomat" who had been stripped of his diplomatic status. The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GCOD) withdrew in May [...] |
2006-06-22 11:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN875 | DOMINICA'S DIPLOMATIC TROUBLE WITH SWITZERLAND [...] (C) Summary: Dominica brought Switzerland to the International Court of Justice over the Swiss decision to strip a Dominica "diplomat" of his diplomatic status. Russian-born Roman Lakschin, who obtained Dominica citizenship through the Caribbean island-state's economic citizenship program, wa [...] |
2006-05-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL |
| 06COLOMBO675 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADOPTION OF ICRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL ICRC SZ CE |
| 06COPENHAGEN861 | DENMARK WANTS RED CRYSTAL VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 07:13:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ DA |
| 06DARESSALAAM1509 | FM MIGIRO WILL ATTEND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT WORKING [...] (U) Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro has accepted the Secretary's invitation to attend the Women's Empowerment SIPDIS Working Group in New York on September 23, the Minister's personal assistant, Mr. Innocent Shiyo, told Poloff September 8. Shiyo said that he would contact the Embassy t [...] |
2006-09-08 13:20:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM UNGA PREL SZ TZ |
| 06DUBLIN134 | IRELAND TACITLY FAVORS VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Ireland supports U.S. candidate Bill Voss' bid for the post of ICAO Secretary General, according to Robin McKay, Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Regulation and International Relations, to whom Post delivered ref A demarche on February 2. Ongoing discussions among [...] |
2006-02-07 17:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ICAO AU BE NL SZ IR EI |
| 06DUBLIN470 | IRELAND LIKELY TO SIGN RED CRYSTAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ IE |
| 06HANOI1503 | VIETNAM RECEIVES ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM |
| 06HANOI625 | VIETNAM: WILL LIKELY APPROVE ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-17 02:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM |
| 06HANOI952 | MDA - VIETNAM WILL VOTE YES IN JUNE [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A's points, MFA International Organizations Department First Secretary Ngo Thi Lien reported that Vietnam will vote "yes" at the International Conference in June. However, the GVN is still studying the Third Additional Protocol and has no plan at this time to sign it. [...] |
2006-04-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ VM |
| 06KATHMANDU1575 | MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On June 19, Emboff delivered talking points (Ref A) to Nirmal Kafle in the office of the United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about preventing a conference disruption at the June 20-21 International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Cres [...] |
2006-06-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IRCE SZ NP |
| 06KATHMANDU628 | MDA: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 6, Embassy delivered talking points, reftel, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai and urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to sign the Third Additional Protocol. Bhattarai undertook to r [...] |
2006-03-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP |
| 06KATHMANDU723 | MDA: NEPAL SIGNS THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 16, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal (GON) had signed the Third Additional Protocol in Geneva on March 15. SCHLOSSER [...] |
2006-03-16 07:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP |
| 06KIGALI277 | AMIS RE-HAT AND 3RD PROTOCOL DEMARCHES TO GOR [...] (SBU) On 21 March, poloff delivered demarche and talking points (ref A) to Augustin Rutikara, America's desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rutikara was noncommittal when asked if the GOR would remain in Darfur if and when it becomes a UN mission. He acknowledged the questionable [...] |
2006-03-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW |
| 06KINGSTON1103 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA [...] (U) On May 4, Poloff faxed Ref A talking points to Angella Brown, Assistant Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT), and asked that the GOJ vote yes to amend the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva on Jun [...] |
2006-06-05 19:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM |
| 06KINGSTON1209 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED REGARDING MDA AND THE ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 19:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ JM |
| 06KINSHASA371 | DRC: DEMARCHE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC was pleased to see the Third Additional Protocol had passed, and it would work to ensure that MDA could join the ICRC Movement. Djoli added t [...] |
2006-03-06 10:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ CG |
| 06KINSHASA657 | DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC delegation would vote again in support of the Third Additional Protocol and the inclusion of Magem David Adom into the International Red Cross and [...] |
2006-04-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC CG SZ |
| 06LISBON1819 | PORTUGAL - COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JULIETA [...] Embassy Lisbon warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Julieta Valls Noyes, DRL Director for Multilateral and Global Affairs to travel to Lisbon, Portugal, from September 1-2, 2006. The purpose of the trip is for an overnight stay in Lisbon awaiting a flight connection to Luanda. [...] |
2006-08-28 07:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO PHUM PO SF SZ |
| 06MANAGUA516 | GON INCLINED TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 17:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ IS NU |
| 06MONTEVIDEO419 | URUGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ UY |
| 06NEWDELHI1631 | INDIA WILL SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise told Poloff on March 7 in response to reftel demarche that the MEA's legal division was preparing the ratification process for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. "We will sign it," he stated, but did not [...] |
2006-03-08 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IN SZ |
| 06NEWDELHI3417 | BIO NOTES: THE (PAKISTANI) AMBASSADORS AKRAM [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan High Commission (New Delhi) Counselor Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, a frequent Poloff interlocutor, shared with Poloff his impressions of Pakistani Ambassadors Munir and Zamir Akram. Qazi worked for Munir for five years in Geneva (probably 1995-2000), and for Zamir for se [...] |
2006-05-17 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IN PK NP SZ |
| 06NICOSIA639 | CYPRUS LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TO RED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division on April 28. Christodoulou was unaware of the Ambassadors' meeting in Geneva in April to start work on the June International Conference. She noted, however, that Cyprus had voted for the [...] |
2006-04-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ CY |
| 06OSLO533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On April 26 we delivered reftel points to Martine Scheie, Higher Executive Officer in the MFA's Legal Department, Section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Scheie noted Norway's long-standing support of the Third Protocol. She stated that Norway will continue to work clo [...] |
2006-04-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ NO |
| 06PARIS2836 | MDA: FRANCE LOOKING TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper told poloff on April 26 that the French MFA concurred with U.S. demarche points on the need for the June 19-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to amend its statutes to reflect the Third Additiona [...] |
2006-04-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC ICRC SZ FR |
| 06PARIS7478 | DEMARCHE TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points November 14 to MFA Office Director-equivalent for Asylum and Immigration Pierre Brethes, MFA Desk officer-equivalent for the United States Sameh Safty, and MFA Desk officer-equivalent for Cuba Othman El Kashtoul, urging the French government to consider re [...] |
2006-11-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF FR SMIG SZ |
| 06PRAGUE304 | CZECHS WILL SOON SIGN THE THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Poloff met Milan Dufek, Czech MFA International Legal Department, on March 9 to discuss reftel demarche on the Third Additional Protocol. Dufek reiterated strong Czech support for the Protocol and said it would be signed as soon as official authorization is obtained. On March 23, a represe [...] |
2006-03-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ EZ |
| 06ROME3360 | FINMECCANICA EXPORTS TO IRAN AND VENEZUELA: THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) In a December 21 meeting requested by Finmeccanica, the major Italian defense and aerospace conglomerate, company officials reviewed the status of their engagement with Iran and Venezuela. They noted that Finmeccanica is not [...] |
2006-12-22 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD ETTC IR VE SP FR SZ IT |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1854 | MDA DEMARCHE - FUNDING NATIONAL SOCIETIES - [...] Per guidance reftel, Embassy contacted the American Red Cross field representative for the Caribbean, David Hintch, who is based in Santo Domingo and works closely with the Dominican Red Cross. He had already spoken with the Dominican Red Cross about attendance at the 29th International Confe [...] |
2006-06-02 20:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM DR ICRC PREL HA SZ |
| 06SEOUL1378 | ROK PREPARING TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-25 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC KS SZ |
| 06SKOPJE419 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON THE ICRC THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ MK |
| 06SKOPJE593 | MACEDONIA RESPONDS TO MDA DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC IS SZ MK |
| 06TELAVIV1395 | EMBLEM: GOI HEALTH MINISTRY OPPOSES COMPOSITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel Representative for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Anna Segall told poloff April 5 that the GOI has not yet approved changes to Magen David Adom (MDA) statutes because the Ministry of Health (MOH) opposes the proposed composition of the MDA executive [...] |
2006-04-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1584 | EMBLEM: ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGES ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) In a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on April 20 (septels), the Ambassador outlined U.S. efforts to facilitate the admission of Magen David Adom (MDA) into the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. The Ambassador stressed the importance of four technical changes required to br [...] |
2006-04-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 06TELAVIV1619 | EMBLEM: FM LIVNI "CRACKED HEADS TOGETHER" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials report that an assertive FM Tzipi Livni April 23 instigated dramatic progress on, but not yet final approval of, the two most controversial among the four remaining MDA statute amendments (reftel A) necessary for MDA membership in the Red Cross / Crescent Movement. [...] |
2006-04-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS ICRC HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1807 | EMBLEM: AMBULANCE AND STATUTES UPDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff May 9 that the GOI has not yet adopted a position on the stationing of five additional ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in East Jerusalem. He twice replied to direct questions about the GOI vi [...] |
2006-05-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV989 | EMBLEM: GOI STANDS STILL; ICRC DELEGATION CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) Aharon Leshno Yaar told PRM Director for Asia and the Near East Richard Albright March 2 that the GOI plans to delay implementing the December agreement between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). ICRC Head of [...] |
2006-03-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06THEHAGUE489 | DEMARCHE: DUTCH PLAN TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 19:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NL |
| 06THEHAGUE939 | NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC PREF PREL ICRC SZ NL |
| 06TIRANA441 | ALBANIA: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas at the MFA. Kondo was aware of the upcoming vote and indicated the GOA's position has not, and is not expected to change, before the June vote. She expressed appreciation for the points and undertoo [...] |
2006-05-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ AL |
| 06TIRANA540 | ALBANIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO MONTENEGRO'S VOTE FOR [...] (SBU) GoA officials were quick to comment positively -- and to key their comments on Euro-Atlantic integration prospects -- regarding the results of Montenegro's Referendum on Independence after initial results were announced early on May 22. President Moisiu called Montenegrin President Vuj [...] |
2006-05-24 04:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MK SZ AL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK671 | SWITZERLAND: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the Unit [...] |
2006-04-03 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN SZ |
| 06YEREVAN602 | ICRC: ARMENIA TO SUPPORT THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points regarding the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions to DFM Armen Baiburtian and MFA International Organizations Department Head Valery Mkrtumyan. Mkrtumyan told us that Armenia planned to sign the Protocol and to support changing the statutes of [...] |
2006-04-28 13:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL AM SZ ICRC |
| 06YEREVAN827 | RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA WILL NOT SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Post contacted the MFA International Organizations Department's Human Rights and Humanitarian Division Chief Tigran Samvelian per ref A. Samvelian reaffirmed that the Armenian representatives who would attend the June 20-21 meeting did not plan to vote to adjourn (ref B). EVANS [...] |
2006-06-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ AM |
| 06ZAGREB539 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Director, North Americas Desk and to Romana Olujic, Deputy Head of the Human Rights Department, MFA on April 26. Olujic responded that she expected the GoC to continue to support the Third Additional Protocol in June. She said that she was actively pus [...] |
2006-04-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC HR SZ |
| 07BERLIN1247 | GERMAN AND EPO RESPONSE TO WIPO DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin discussed holding WIPO DG accountable for his actions as requested in reftel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts voiced support for the USG view but also discussed the delicacy of Germany's position, due to its ongoing role as President of the European Council. Spe [...] |
2007-06-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR WIPO SZ GM |
| 07BERN1009 | SWISS ELECTIONS: LEFT-WING RADICALS DISRUPT SVP [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6, left-wing radicals disrupted a long-planned campaign rally in downtown Bern by the Swiss People's Party (SVP). At days end, 42 left-wing demonstrators reportedly had been arrested, with 3 demonstrators and 18 police injured. This incident has further disconcerte [...] |
2007-10-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SZ |
| 07BERN1020 | Swiss October 21 Elections Set to Mark Only Measured [...] (SBU) The upcoming Swiss national parliamentary elections on October 21 look set to mark measured shifts of political support from the center to the two extremes, with power still shared by all of the current major political parties. The central questions to be answered by this election are (1 [...] |
2007-10-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SZ |
| 07BERN1043 | SWISS APPRECIATE INFORMATION ON NEW IRAN [...] Emboff delivered reftel points and non-paper to Dieter Cavalleri, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Director, International Law Division, on October 26. Cavalleri said he would immediately provide the relevant Swiss ministries with the information and would also provide the Swiss Federal [...] |
2007-10-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN IR SZ |
| 07BERN1077 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOV PRACTICES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CVIS ASEC KVPR SZ |
| 07BERN1087 | SWISS LIKEMINDED ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA -- BUT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Officer delivered the reftel talking points on anti-democratic reforms in Venezuela on November 16 to Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs U.S. Office Director Urs Hammer and South America Desk Officer Nora Kronig, and received an initial readout on the Swiss position regarding the [...] |
2007-11-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SZ |
| 07BERN1093 | IRAN/IAEA: SWISS NON-COMMITAL ON BOG STATEMENT, [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the message in reftel A November 19 to MFA State Secretary Ambuehl, urging the GOS to take a firm line in a national statement at the upcoming November 22-23 IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting. Ambuehl made no commitments regarding the content of a Swiss nationa [...] |
2007-11-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SZ |
| 07BERN1096 | ZURCHER KANTONALBANK REPORTS IT IS 98% OUT OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Emboff met November 19 with Juerg Reichen, Head of International Banking for Zurcher Kantonalbank (ZKB), who traveled to Bern for the meeting, to discuss the bank's Iranian relationships. Reichen explained that ZKB had reduced its Iran portfolio by about 98% since its management [...] |
2007-11-20 16:01:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KFIN KFTN IR SZ |
| 07BERN1101 | SWITZERLAND DENIES EXPORTS OF NON-CONTROLLED GOODS [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy Pol/Econ Counselor was called to the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to meet with the Head of the Export Control and Sanctions Division Othmar Wyss regarding a GOS export denial based on USG information presented on August 14, 2007. SECO Chief of [...] |
2007-11-21 16:47:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ |
| 07BERN1119 | SWISS REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the message in reftel on December 4 to MFA Middle East Affairs Division Chief Livia Leu (Note: Ambassador Leu represented State Secretary Ambuehl, who was unexpectedly called to a meeting with FM Calmy-Rey. End Note). Leu expressed the Swiss government's appreciation [...] |
2007-12-05 10:58:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ |
| 07BERN113 | SWISS DFA STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL HEARS NOTHING \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-05 17:15:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PTER KNNP SZ IR |
| 07BERN1130 | KOSOVO: SWISS SUPPORT DELIBERATE MOVEMENT TO [...] (C) Poloff presented the message in reftel on December 12 to Didier Chassot, MFA Regional Coordinator for Southeastern Europe. Chassot's deputy, Gabriele Derighetti, also participated in the meeting. Chassot said that Swiss thinking on the way forward in Kosovo is in line with USG views. He [...] |
2007-12-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI SZ |
| 07BERN1131 | PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS PLANNING SENIOR [...] (SBU) DCM met with MFA Middle East Division Chief Livia Leu on December 10 and delivered the message in reftel, urging the GOS to send ministerial-level representation to the December 17 Donors Conference and to be prepared to announce major new assistance pledges to the Palestinians. Leu unde [...] |
2007-12-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SZ |
| 07BERN1132 | SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: BLOCHER FAILS TO [...] (SBU) Right up until the voting began, the major Swiss pundits and insiders were saying that all seven Federal Councilors would be re-elected on December 12 by the Swiss Parliament. Justice Minister Christoph Blocher, whose SVP party had the strongest showing in the October parliamentary elec [...] |
2007-12-12 17:27:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SZ |
| 07BERN1137 | SVP GOES INTO OPPOSITION: SWISS POLITICS ENTERS [...] (C) Summary: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf announced her decision early the morning of December 13 to accept her election by the Parliament to the Federal Council (reftel). Following Widmer-Schlumpf's announcement, the SVP leadership made good on its threat to take the SVP into the parliamentary op [...] |
2007-12-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SZ |
| 07BERN1150 | DELIVERY OF LETTER TO EMBASSY OF JAPAN REGARDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-21 09:57:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY PARM JS RS SZ |
| 07BERN1156 | NORTHERN UGANDA UPDATE; ACCOUNTABILITY OF JUBA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the points in reftel on December 19 to Kuno Schlaefli, deputy in the MFA's Office of the Special Envoy for Human Security. Schlaefli thanked poloff for the information. He said he could not yet provide a substantive response, but undertook to discuss the matter with oth [...] |
2007-12-21 17:36:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UG SZ |
| 07BERN1157 | PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: SWISS NOTIFIED [...] (SBU) On December 18, Poloff provided the "save the date" non-paper in para 5 of reftel to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section. Friedrich thanked poloff for the information, saying that early notice of this planned event was helpful. He could not yet make a [...] |
2007-12-21 17:50:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP KSTC PREL SZ |
| 07BERN130 | IRAN: SWISS FM CALMY-REY MEETS WITH LARIJANI \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL ETTC IR SZ |
| 07BERN144 | SWISS ELECTION YEAR -- WILL POLARIZATION AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SZ |
| 07BERN151 | SWISS CABINET AUTHORIZES A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS KJUS SZ |
| 07BERN158 | IRAN: AMBASSADOR URGES POLDIR AMBUEHL TO STEP BACK \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ |
| 07BERN171 | IRAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES "THE SWISS PLAN" WITH \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-23 14:46:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ |
| 07BERN200 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ |
| 07BERN209 | SEVEN SUSPECTS CLEARED OF MOST SERIOUS CHARGES IN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-02 17:32:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC SZ |
| 07BERN258 | IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL TELLS EUR A/S FRIED HE \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-16 07:49:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM UNSC SZ |
| 07BERN259 | IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL'S BRIEFS ON HIS MOST \ [...] In order to create the necessary confidence: \ \ -- Iran will suspend all its enrichment-related activities as \ required by the UNSC and the IAEA and to be verified by the \ latter; \ \ -- The P5 plus 1 will simultaneously suspend the \ implementation of the UNSC sanctions and will ensure that [...] |
2007-03-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC SZ |
| 07BERN270 | KOSOVO: SWISS TO SUPPORT AHTISAARI [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 10:10:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SZ |
| 07BERN29 | SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2007 WORLD [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ASEC SZ |
| 07BERN609 | SWISS JUSTICE MINISTER BLOCHER PREVIEWS VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-03 16:31:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS SZ |
| 07BERN664 | ISA: SWISS SUPPORT EGL DEAL, VIEW IT AS ISA AND \ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM SZ |
| 07BERN880 | PROBABLE RIGHT-WING BOMB ATTACKS AGAINST THREE SWISS CANTONAL OFFICIALS - WARNING SHOT? [...] (SBU) In the early morning hours of September 4, three small bombs exploded outside the homes of three prominent politicians in central Switzerland. The blasts caused limited damage and nobody was harmed in any of these incidents. A link to international terrorist groups can be virtually rule [...] |
2007-09-11 05:56:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SZ PGOV PTER |
| 07BERN881 | FM CALMY-REY "TAKES NOTE" OF USG CONCERNS \ [...] (S) Per instructions in reftel A, CDA met FM Calmy-Rey on \ the evening of September 7 to discuss USG concerns regarding \ the handling of the Iran case at the September 10-14 IAEA \ Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (reftels C/D). As requested \ in ref B, CDA also took the opportunity to raise USG [...] |
2007-09-11 09:44:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | MNUC KNNP ETTC IR SZ |
| 07BERN896 | BLOCHER-ROSCHACHER ROILS SWISS CONSENSUS POLITICS [...] (SBU) The Blocher-Roschacher affair is for the most part about Federal Councilor (and Justice Minister) Blocher's role in the July 2006 resignation of Federal Prosecutor Valentin Roschacher. The key question hanging in the air is whether Blocher abused his office as Justice Minister to exert u [...] |
2007-09-13 05:53:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR SZ |
| 07BERN923 | D/EUCOM GEN WARD DISCUSSES ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) During a September 7 office meeting with Swiss DefMin Schmid, and a subsequent joint MFA/MOD roundtable discussion, Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward and senior Swiss MFA and MOD officials exchanged views on efforts to enhance African security and stability. DefMin Schmid characterize [...] |
2007-09-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL AF SZ |
| 07BERN937 | LEBANON: SWISS REVIEWING WHETHER TO CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (SBU) Poloff met September 21 with Tim Enderlin, Chief of UNSC Affairs for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), and delivered the reftel message encouraging the Swiss government to make a contribution to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Enderlin responded by emphasizing [...] |
2007-09-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PTER LE SZ |
| 07BERN941 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: SWISS COMMITTED, BUT [...] (SBU) Poloff met September 21 with Tim Enderlin, Chief of UNSC Affairs for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), and delivered the reftel message outlining U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies (CD) in preparation for the October 1 meeting on the margins of the UNGA [...] |
2007-09-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA KDEM PGOV SZ |
| 07BERN965 | SWISS PLAN TO NOTIFY UN IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Swiss Department for Economic Affairs (SECO) State Secretary Gerber reported that Switzerland plans to notify the UN Iran Sanctions Committee of a dual-use export (grinding machine) to the Mapna Turbine Engineering and Manufacturing Company (aka "Tuga") (ref A). SECO Export Cont [...] |
2007-09-28 13:12:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP IAEA PARM UN IR SZ |
| 07BERN992 | DEFMIN SCHMID COMMENTS ON SWISS ISAF COMMITMENT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with Swiss DefMin Schmid, the Ambassador drew on points in reftel to urge the Swiss government to retain -- or increase -- its commitment of personnel to ISAF. MOD Political Advisor Kunz and Military Advisor MG Rusch accompanied DefMin Schmid; DATT and poloff acc [...] |
2007-10-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO ASEC PREL AF SZ |
| 07BERN995 | MTCR: SWISS EXPRESS "NO PROBLEMS" WITH MODIFIED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-05 15:46:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ |
| 07BOGOTA8025 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH CNRR [...] (U) National Commission for Reconciliation and Reparations (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro thanked the Ambassador for USG support, reviewed CNRR progress in addressing legitimacy, organizational and coordination challenges, and outlined his future priorities in a November 6 meeting. He noted t [...] |
2007-11-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS AR CI GM SP SZ CO |
| 07BOGOTA8160 | CHAVEZ' PROPOSAL FOR MEETING WITH FARC'S MARULANDA [...] On November 20, in response to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' public statement that he received GOC authorization for a meeting with FARC leader Manuel Marulanda, the GOC issued a communique clarifying that such a meeting could only occur after the FARC began to release its hostages. The GOC [...] |
2007-11-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER FR SP SZ VZ CO |
| 07BOGOTA8477 | CATHOLIC CHURCH BEGINS EFFORT TO CONTACT FARC ON [...] (C) Catholic priest Dario Echeverri told us the Church will reach out to the FARC to explain its proposal to create an "encounter zone" for GOC talks with the FARC on a humanitarian exchange. He said President Uribe had asked the Church to make the proposal to deflect international pressure o [...] |
2007-12-11 21:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF AR CI FR SZ VZ VE |
| 07BRIDGETOWN517 | DOMINICA: SLOW START-UP FOR NEW OFFSHORE SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: Although the government of Dominica has announced plans to resuscitate its economic citizenship program and offshore financial services sector, it has yet to develop the necessary policy framework and institutions to do so. The existing Financial Services Unit, envisioned as the [...] |
2007-05-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN EINV CPAS IR RS KS SZ |
| 07BUJUMBURA544 | BURUNDI WELCOMES SWISS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-30 15:51:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SZ BY |
| 07KHARTOUM757 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHARON MORRIS TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF/SE Senior Advisor Sharon Morris to travel to Khartoum o/a May 21 to o/a June 15, 2007. Travel within Sudan is contingent on approval from the Regional Security Officer based on an assessment of the fluid security situation. T [...] |
2007-05-15 03:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ |
| 07LAPAZ384 | GOB NATIONALIZES SWISS-OWNED TIN SMELTER [...] (C) President Morales nationalized a Swiss-owned tin smelter February 9, reportedly sending troops to occupy the facility while publicly announcing it would refuse to provide compensation. The GOB cited "grave illegalities" in the sale of the state-owned enterprise as justification, later ann [...] |
2007-02-13 11:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
| 07LAPAZ410 | GLENCORE OPPOSES SMELTER NATIONALIZATION [...] (U) In a February 13 statement issued from its Baar, Switzerland headquarters, Glencore International said it "firmly opposed" the GOB's February 9 nationalization of its Vinto tin smelter (reftel) and "reserved its right...to take all necessary action to protect its interests in accordance wi [...] |
2007-02-15 11:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
| 07LAPAZ559 | GLENCORE GETS THE SILENT TREATMENT [...] (C) The GOB appears to have adopted the silent treatment after its February 9 nationalization of the Vinto tin smelter (reftel), ignoring overtures from Swiss-owned Glencore International and refusing to answer requests for dialogue. A Glencore representative said February 26 that executives e [...] |
2007-03-01 14:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ |
| 07ROME2071 | ITALIAN EDISON DENIES ROLE IN SWISS FIRMS PURCHASE [...] (C) Summary. Econoff delivered to Edison Italia Ref A demarche regarding Swiss firm EGL's plans to purchase Iranian natural gas for export to Switzerland using the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) natural gas pipeline. Edison's Director for Institutional and Regulatory Affairs, Giampaolo Russo, d [...] |
2007-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR SZ GR TU IT |
| 07SINGAPORE1760 | FIRM FINED FOR ATTEMPTED TRANSHIPMENT OF [...] (SBU) A Singapore court fined local freight forwarder World Freight S$22,000 (US$14,600) on September 17 for attempting to transship controlled items to Iran, according to press reports. This is the first legal action Singapore has taken since it announced in September 2006 plans to expand i [...] |
2007-09-21 10:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MTCRE SZ SN |
| 07STATE124655 | DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES IN SWITZERLAND [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) Washington has information that North Korea may be seeking to establish a new bank in Switzerland similar to one it used in the 1990s to facilitate money laundering and other illicit financial transacti [...] |
2007-09-05 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PREL KN SZ |
| 07STATE135395 | EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN RAISES GAS DEAL \ [...] (C) Summary. EEB A/S Sullivan met with Swiss ambassador \ Ziswiler to underscore our concerns about the EGL \ gas/pipeline deal with Iran (reftels), particularly its \ negative impact on efforts to pressure Iran to comply with \ UNSC resolutions on its nuclear activities. Ziswiler \ defended the [...] |
2007-09-25 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR SZ TU GR IT |
| 07STATE154557 | (SBU) DEMARCHE: RECENT ARRESTS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department is concerned about the growing number of political prisoners in Iran, and a recent series of arrests specifically targeting human rights defenders. Department requests posts ask that host government,s embassy personnel in Tehran inquire about the arrest of politi [...] |
2007-11-09 12:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV IR UK SZ PREL KDEM |
| 07TOKYO2787 | JAPAN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, embassy officials raised the DPRK,s possible procurement of Japanese-manufactured currency counterfeiting equipment with the government of Japan. We explained that, given the unlikelin [...] |
2007-06-20 10:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA |
| 07TOKYO2852 | JAPAN'S POLICE RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST [...] (S) FINATT, DHS/ICE, and LEGATT met with National Police Agency (NPA), Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department, Assistant Director and Police Superintendent Tomoaki Onizuka June 21 to share ref C information. Onizuka confirmed that NPA was both able to access Interpol's June 2006 Orange A [...] |
2007-06-25 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1006 | INTERNATIONAL PROCESS ON GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. At an informal gathering of approximately 30 UN member states representatives, the Swiss Mission presented a plan to consider ways of implementing the UN Counter-terrorism Strategy. This NGO driven effort is being launched to create a "process" to review the Strategy and produc [...] |
2007-11-12 21:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SZ |
| 07YEREVAN688 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: NEW GLOBAL INITATIVE PARTNERS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-30 04:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIT PARM PREL PTER IC NO SZ AM |
| 08ABUDHABI1215 | SWISS ASK FOR US SUPPORT FOR FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE CHAIR [...] (SBU) During an October 19 meeting on the margins of the Forum for the Future in Abu Dhabi, Swiss State Secretary Michael Ambuhl asked NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch for US support for the Swiss candidate for the Foundation for the Future Chair. Ambuhl voiced support for the Foundation, n [...] |
2008-10-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMPI SZ AE |
| 08BAGHDAD1918 | DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 18 tour d'horizon, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Pol-Mil M/C that Iraq's relationship with Syria was stalled due to Syrian mistrust and that Libya had not responded to Iraq regarding its hold on the 1267 designations of several Syria-based Al Qaeda in Iraq [...] |
2008-06-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ |
| 08BEIJING107 | JANUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL VISIT, SENIOR [...] Key points at the January 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- The MFA announced that EAP A/S Hill was to meet with VFM Wu Dawei that afternoon in Beijing and stated that, regarding the Six-Party Talks, Second-Phase Actions are "moving along smoothly." -- The Fifth U.S.-China Senior Dialogue will take [...] |
2008-01-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY CH TW XY XW ZU XI RM SZ MI IN KN |
| 08BELGRADE1268 | SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW AMBASSADORS SANS AGREMENT [...] (SBU) At its weekly session on November 20, the Serbian government (GOS) endorsed the appointment of seven new ambassadors, even though we later learned from MFA contacts that the government had not yet requested agrement for the ambassadors-designate. This lapse of diplomatic protocol may com [...] |
2008-12-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR |
| 08BERLIN315 | BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Ref A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050080456 for export of unclassified pizoresistive accelerometers to IABG mbH in SIPDIS Lichtenau, Germany. Ref requested that post contact the foreign end user and confirm receipt of the item, exact [...] |
2008-03-12 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SZ GM |
| 08BERN104 | SWITZERLAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) At 4:00 p.m. (CET) on February 27, Swiss President Pascal Couchepin announced that the Swiss Federal Council (cabinet) had decided in a meeting earlier in the day to recognize the independence of Kosovo and to "establish diplomatic and consular relations between the two countries." (full t [...] |
2008-02-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR EU KV SZ |
| 08BERN107 | SWISS RESPONSE TO USG VIEWS ON RECENT IAEA REPORT [...] (U) Contains action request; please see para 4. 2. (S) Poloff delivered the nonpapers in reftels A and B on February 28 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section. Jean-Daniel Praz, Friedrich's deputy, also participated in the meeting. Friedrich said that h [...] |
2008-02-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP IAEA MNUC IR SZ |
| 08BERN108 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: SEEKING SWISS VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 28 with Rolf Ott, MFA Director for East African Affairs, to discuss the query in reftel. Ott appreciated the question, but said he would need to coordinate with other MFA offices and Swiss government agencies before he could respond. He undertook to try to provide su [...] |
2008-02-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO SZ |
| 08BERN12 | DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO WIREC TO FEDERAL COUNCILOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA SZ |
| 08BERN122 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ |
| 08BERN125 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered non-papers in reftel A on March 4 to Roland Vock, Head of the Sanctions Task Force at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock's deputy, Thomas Graf, participated in the meeting. Vock said that SECO already was working on the necessary steps for the [...] |
2008-03-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ |
| 08BERN127 | ACUTRONIC: GOS RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to our query regarding Swiss firm Acutronic (reftels). According to the non-p [...] |
2008-03-07 18:42:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE ETTC IR CH SZ |
| 08BERN131 | SWISS GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG INFORMATION THAT [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to USG information (reftels A and B) indicating that Swiss firm Schaublin Mach [...] |
2008-03-11 17:41:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ |
| 08BERN15 | UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S OCTOBER 15 [...] (C) Summary: USUNVIE Ambassador Schulte met October 15 with senior Swiss officials for consultations following Switzerland's appointment to the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) in September. The key Swiss interlocutors were Walter Steinmann, Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (Switz [...] |
2008-01-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM IAEA KNNP IR IN SZ |
| 08BERN154 | (S) PROVIDING THE GOS INFORMATION ON SWISS FIRM [...] (S) Poloff delivered the non-paper in reftel on March 14 to Erwin Bollinger, Deputy Director for Export Control Policy, Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Bollinger had no immediate substantive response, but thanked poloff for the information and undertook to follow-u [...] |
2008-04-01 12:36:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ |
| 08BERN179 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: Supplement [...] (U) The Federal Office of Police has adjusted its organization and hired new staff to step up the fight against trafficking in persons and child sexual abuse. At the operational level, the former investigative unit "Pedophilia-Human Trafficking-Migrant Smuggling" in July 2007 was split up int [...] |
2008-04-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ |
| 08BERN192 | AFGHANISTAN: SWISS "CONSOLIDATING" RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Charge met April 16 with Ambassador Pierre Combernous, Chief of the MFA's Division for Asian and Pacific Affairs, to discuss Swiss plans for the upcoming International Support Conference on Afghanistan, to be hosted by France in Paris on June 12. Per reftel, Charge emphasized th [...] |
2008-04-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ |
| 08BERN195 | SWISS CONSDERING DOWNGRADING LEVEL OF [...] Emboff delivered reftel points to Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), Deputy Regional Coordinator USA, Alexandra Baumann on April 21. Baumann indicated that Switzerland will consider "downgrading" its delegation to the May 5-16 UN Commission on Sustainable Development meeting based on [...] |
2008-04-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AORC PREL EAGR EAID SZ |
| 08BERN196 | SWISS AGAINST A SIX-MONTH STRATEGIC REVIEW: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an April 24 meeting with Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Economic Cooperation and Development officials Raimond Furrer and Nathalie Floras told Emboff that Switzerland is "favorably inclined" to support Turkey's request to change membership status fr [...] |
2008-04-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON TU SZ |
| 08BERN224 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Acting POL Counselor discussed the message in reftel on May 9 with Rascha Osman, Swiss MFA Iraq Desk Officer. Osman reported that MFA State Secretary Ambuehl (Deputy Minister equivalent) will lead the Swiss delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Sto [...] |
2008-05-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ SZ |
| 08BERN238 | OSLO PROCESS: PM/WRA CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Schraner emphasized that, as Friend of the Chair at the Dublin conference, she will seek to take a "realistic, balanced approach that can reach consensus." She said that it is her strong conviction that the convention will not be successful if the major military powers involved [...] |
2008-05-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN SZ |
| 08BERN246 | PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff emphasized the message in reftel A in a May 9 meeting with MFA Senior Coordinator for South Asia Yves-Pierre Fux, highlighting the pressing need for election support; Fux's deputy, Agnes Christeler participated in the meeting. Fux explained that Switzerland made a five-y [...] |
2008-05-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ |
| 08BERN247 | UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] (U) Contains Action Request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff emphasized the message in reftel in a May 21 meeting with MFA Deputy UN Affairs Coordinator Frank Gruetter and MFA Deputy Legal Advisor for Development of International Law Joerg Lindenmann. Gruetter, who recently returned from [...] |
2008-05-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNGA PREL SZ |
| 08BERN267 | IAEA/IRAN: SWISS REACTION TO LATEST IAEA REPORT [...] (C) On May 30, poloff delivered the message in reftel to Jean-Daniel Praz, acting Head of the MFA Office of Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs. (Note: Post also passed a copy of the reftel non-paper to MFA State Secretary Michael Ambuehl and to the diplomatic advisor to President Couchepin. [...] |
2008-06-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ |
| 08BERN273 | CUBA: WHA DAS MADISON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Summary: DAS Madison expressed appreciation for Switzerland's engagement as Protecting Power on behalf of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana (USINT). Ambassador Yvonne Baumann, Head of the MFA's Americas Division, said that this role was "an honor and a priority" for the Swiss government [...] |
2008-06-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CU SZ |
| 08BERN321 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered message in reftel on July 2 to Daniel Frank, MFA Deputy Coordinator for Counter-terrorism. Frank said that the GOS had not yet formulated its official response to UNSCR 1822, but that the MFA noted and appreciated the positive elements. He remarked that UNSCR 1822 was a [...] |
2008-07-03 17:09:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC SZ |
| 08BERN323 | SWISS NOT SURPRISED, BUT REGRET USG POSITION ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message June 18 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the MFA's Human Rights Policy Section. In an expansive and collegial manner, Heckner responded that the USG's decision no longer to participate in UNHRC sessions or activities did not come as a surprise, as it was apparent l [...] |
2008-07-07 18:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SZ |
| 08BERN35 | SCENESETTER: THE 2008 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL [...] (U) The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) is an independent international organization, with a self-proclaimed commitment to "improving the state of the world." It can be thought of as a large think tank with global mobility. The WEF's aim is to be a leader in identifying strategic iss [...] |
2008-01-17 16:41:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SENV ENRG EAID PGOV SZ |
| 08BERN352 | INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT: SWISS HAVE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message July 14 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Acting Director of the MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Section, and MFA POC for IAEA issues. In a follow-up meeting on July 21, Praz said that the Swiss government had not yet reached a decision with regard to the position it [...] |
2008-07-22 17:03:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL IN SZ |
| 08BERN375 | (S) SWISS FIRM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE FIRM ON SALE [...] (S) Embassy presented reftel points on July 30 to Juergen Boehler, acting director for export control policy of the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Boehler promised that the Swiss Government would look into the matter carefully. Boehler stated that the Swiss Company Liechti is a sma [...] |
2008-07-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | SZ IR PARM PREL MNUC ETTC |
| 08BERN418 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] Post delivered reftel points to State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Deputy Head of Task Force Sanctions Thomas Graf and to Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Coordinator on Counter-Terorism Alessandro Capelli on August 19. The Swiss did not provide any substantive comment, but noted that [...] |
2008-08-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN SZ |
| 08BERN443 | FM CALMY-REY SAYS DIALOGUE AND "DIPLOMATIC \ [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 address to senior Swiss \ diplomats, FM Calmy-Rey extolled dialogue and facilitation as \ chief Swiss foreign policy instruments. She used the term \ "diplomatic engineering" in describing her vision of \ Switzerland facilitating dialogue on difficult subjects. A \ r [...] |
2008-08-28 15:09:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PTER SZ |
| 08BERN467 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: SWISS RESPONSE TO USG'S [...] (C) Summary: Switzerland agrees with the USG's view on no-action motions, and is likely to support country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) contacts expressed some surprise at the USG's approach on Belarus, and said they would seek i [...] |
2008-09-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN SZ |
| 08BERN476 | VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (S) On September 12, poloff delivered the reftel non-paper (regarding the April 2008 visit of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials to a Swiss underground construction firm) to Erwin Bollinger, Director of the Export Controls Policy Division of the Federal State Secretariat for E [...] |
2008-09-19 16:52:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ |
| 08BERN479 | IAEA: PREPARING FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON [...] (U) DCM delivered the message in reftel on September 22 to Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, Head of the MFA Political Secretariat for International Security Affairs. Pitteloud was joined in the meeting by Jean-Daniel Praz, Acting Head of the MFA Section for Arms Control and Disarmament; poloff a [...] |
2008-09-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC SZ |
| 08BERN480 | FINANCE MINISTER SUFFERS HEART ATTACK [...] (U) Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz suffered a heart attack on Saturday, September 20 and subsequently was placed into an artificial coma and underwent quintuple bypass surgery. His condition is listed as critical but stable. The doctors confirmed that his heart now seems to be circulating [...] |
2008-09-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SZ |
| 08BERN508 | UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message and text in reftel on October 2 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich thanked poloff for the information. He had no immediate reaction to the text, but und [...] |
2008-10-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNGA KNNP SZ LS |
| 08BERN513 | VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (S) On October 1, Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) provided poloff the results of the Swiss government's investigation in response to the USG's information (reftels) that officials of Iran's Islamic Revolu [...] |
2008-10-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ |
| 08BERN514 | (S) MALAYSIAN-BASED SUPPLIER TO IRAN SEEKS CRYSTAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered the nonpaper in reftel on September 25 to Rolf Stadler, Acting Head of the Export Controls and Sanctions Policy Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Pierre-Andre Farine, Acting Head of the SECO Export Control Licensing Division, joined Stadler in [...] |
2008-10-06 16:53:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY IR SZ |
| 08BERN525 | AFGHANISTAN: SWITZERLAND FOCUSED ON CIVIL SECTOR; [...] (C) Poloff delivered the message and request in reftel A on September 19 to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Acting Senior Coordinator for South Asia Agnes Christelet. While undertaking to review the request, Christelet informally expressed doubt that the GOS would find the necessary do [...] |
2008-10-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MASS AF SZ |
| 08BERN526 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER MNUC KGIC SZ |
| 08BERN527 | LIECHTENSTEIN DIALOGUE: THE FUTURE OF BANK SECRECY [...] (U) Summary. At the annual forum "Liechtenstein Dialogue," bankers and financial wealth management companies met in Liechtenstein to discuss private wealth management, and more particularly the future vision of a financial center built on banking secrecy. While the panel speakers ranged fro [...] |
2008-10-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD SZ |
| 08BERN528 | IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 2 to Roland Vock, Head of the Export Controls Sanctions Policy Division of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock commented that UNSCR 1835 reaffirmed the requirements of the previous sanctions UNSCRs on Iran, but did no [...] |
2008-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP UN IR SZ |
| 08BERN552 | DAS GARBER'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS AND LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting with DAS Garber, senior Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) contacts outlined their priorities for U.S.-Swiss relations. EDA Americas Division Head Yvonne Baumann requested support for another round of senior-level U.S.-Swiss bilateral meeting [...] |
2008-10-29 09:34:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN SZ |
| 08BERN557 | (S) EFFORTS BY NORTH KOREA TO PROCURE CONTROLLED [...] (S) Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), contacted poloff on October 21 regarding the attempt by a North Korean firm to obtain a machine tool from Swiss firm Schaublin Machines (reftels). Boehler expressed a [...] |
2008-10-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM ETTC MNUC SZ |
| 08BERN558 | IRAN'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 13:01:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ENRG MNUC IR SZ |
| 08BERN563 | DESIGNATION 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 15:16:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR SZ |
| 08BERN564 | TERRORISM 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 15:17:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC SZ |
| 08BERN570 | LEVERAGING 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 16:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP SZ |
| 08BERN573 | AFGHANISTAN: 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 14:00:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL AF SZ |
| 08BERN592 | FINANCING 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 14:04:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID UNGA SZ |
| 08BERN594 | IRAN/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 15:16:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC IR SZ |
| 08BERN603 | SYRIAN 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 09:51:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP IAEA SY SZ |
| 08BERN610 | SWISS 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 13:11:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU SZ |
| 08BERN612 | BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PHUM EFIN SZ |
| 08BERN618 | CONVENTION 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 16:06:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL SZ |
| 08BERN62 | KOSOVO: 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 16:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK OSCE YI SZ |
| 08BERN621 | SWISS 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 06:14:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO SZ |
| 08BERN633 | SWISS 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 15:43:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SZ |
| 08BERN636 | SWISS 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 10:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA TRGY SY IR SZ |
| 08BERN639 | DEMARCHE 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 15:23:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA SZ LS |
| 08BERN650 | CIVIL 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 11:36:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ENRG SZ TRGY |
| 08BERN655 | SWISS 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 16:30:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL NU SZ |
| 08BERN656 | INFORMING 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 07:17:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIC PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER SZ |
| 08BERN74 | HCOC: ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES TO SUBMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-15 21:02:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MTCRE MNUC PREL TSPA SZ |
| 08BERN75 | REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-15 21:15:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR SZ |
| 08BERN94 | SWISS 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 16:38:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU SZ |
| 08BOGOTA2506 | GOC 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 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ |
| 08BOGOTA267 | PRESIDENT URIBE'S NEXT STEPS ON HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-22 20:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL VZ VT FR SP SZ CO |
| 08BOGOTA310 | ONDCP 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 23:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER VZ VT FR SP SZ CO |
| 08BOGOTA413 | URIBE 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 22:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER VE FR SP SZ VT CO |
| 08BOGOTA683 | GOC 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 21:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER PHUM OAS BR CU FR PM SP SZ |
| 08BOGOTA800 | COLOMBIAN 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 00:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PTER CASC SP PM FR VZ SZ CO |
| 08BOGOTA827 | COLOMBIA 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 01:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS VZ SP FR SZ EC CO |
| 08BOGOTA839 | MARCH 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 23:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER MOPS VZ EC SP FR SZ CO |
| 08BOGOTA903 | MARCH 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 21:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PTER MOPS ETRD VZ FR SP SZ EC NU |
| 08BOGOTA919 | MARCH 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 00:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER VZ SP FR SZ EC CO |
| 08BOGOTA996 | MARCH 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 22:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER OAS VZ SP FR SZ EC |
| 08OSLO94 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW NORWEGIAN JUSCANZ GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AA IS KS LI NZ PHUM PREL SZ NO |
| 08PARIS149 | MFA 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 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM FR CO VZ SP SZ VT |
| 08RIYADH610 | SAUDIS 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 08:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS UPU SZ SA |
| 08RIYADH666 | EU/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 12:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV USTR SA EU SZ |
| 08SANTIAGO667 | CHILE 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 18:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC IN CI PK SZ AU |
| 08SEOUL336 | NO CHANGE IN ROK POSITION ON FULL ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM 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 16:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ MY IR |
| 08STATE104207 | UPDATE 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 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP 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 21:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ CH KN |
| 08STATE121841 | SWISS 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 17:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ MY IR |
| 08STATE122304 | SWISS 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 17:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM 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 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR |
| 08STATE131866 | SYRIAN 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 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ SY |
| 08STATE132055 | PROVIDING 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 15:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE |
| 08STATE133521 | PNR 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 18:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC SZ |
| 08STATE133865 | UAE 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 14:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM 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 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM 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 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR |
| 08STATE38022 | REQUESTING 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 03:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD 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 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC 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 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ AEC IR |
| 08STATE871 | BLUE 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 14:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ID KOMC SN SZ |
| 08STATE97389 | REVISED: 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 16:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN FR GM IR IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SZ UK |
| 08SUVA455 | First 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 19:28:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG XV WS SZ |
| 08TRIPOLI541 | EUROPEANS ENGAGE GOL ON BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 16:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA |
| 08TRIPOLI592 | THUG LIFE: HANNIBAL AL-QADHAFI'S ARREST PROMPTS FISSURE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS ECON EAIR LY SZ |
| 08TRIPOLI819 | SELF-DESCRIBED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED RELEASED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA |
| 08TRIPOLI851 | LIBYAN-SWISS CONTRETEMPS DRAGS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR ECON SZ LY |
| 08TRIPOLI926 | SWISS 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 17:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EAIR SZ LY |
| 08TRIPOLI987 | THINGS 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 15:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY |
| 08TRIPOLI994 | THINGS 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 14:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA664 | GENEVA 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 07:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA 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 13:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC AF SW SZ GM FR CA IN IT |
| 08USUNNEWYORK669 | SWISS 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 22:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UN SZ |
| 08WELLINGTON58 | NEW 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 18:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AA 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 13:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE |
| 09ANKARA71 | TURKEY: 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 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC MNUC EFIN KNNP PARM PINS PREL SZ |
| 09BAKU955 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 10:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SZ AJ |
| 09BAMAKO63 | (S) OBSERVATIONS ON UNFOLDING HOSTAGE CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-29 17:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS PINR ML GM SZ UK CA |
| 09BEIJING164 | January 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 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW |
| 09BERLIN1034 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AN IRANIAN PROCUREMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR SZ GM |
| 09BERLIN1512 | MEDIA 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 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IR RS SZ ZP CH GM |
| 09BERLIN1515 | MEDIA 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 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ |
| 09BERLIN1530 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, SWITZERLAND;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction to Obama Speech 3. (Switzerland) Ban on Minarets  [...] |
2009-12-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF SZ |
| 09BERLIN634 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED ON IRANIAN INTEREST IN SWISS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-26 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR SZ GM |
| 09BERN104 | SWISS-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 11:50:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PHUM PREL PGOV SZ |
| 09BERN108 | NUCLEAR 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 16:31:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP AORC PREL UNGA IAEA SZ |
| 09BERN118 | SWISS 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 16:29:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE |
| 09BERN122 | SWISS 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 09:55:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON SZ |
| 09BERN124 | GICNT: 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 16:58:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PTER PREL KGIC SZ |
| 09BERN127 | NATO 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 16:40:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV SZ |
| 09BERN129 | TOUR 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 16:29:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SZ TBIO |
| 09BERN136 | CONCLUSIONS 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 17:05:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS EAID PTER PGOV PK AF SZ |
| 09BERN137 | SWISS 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 17:50:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS SZ |
| 09BERN139 | SWISS 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 16:00:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV SZ |
| 09BERN169 | SWISS 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 14:33:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON SZ |
| 09BERN171 | AFGHANISTAN/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 17:41:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR NATO AF SZ |
| 09BERN175 | MADAGASCAR: 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 16:49:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MA SZ |
| 09BERN199 | UN 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 10:40:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC PREL SZ LS |
| 09BERN213 | SWITZERLAND'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 11:55:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | SZ IAEA KNNP AORC PREL |
| 09BERN214 | SWITZERLAND: 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 14:01:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD 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 13:07:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL SZ |
| 09BERN222 | SWISS-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 13:37:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | IR SZ PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA |
| 09BERN23 | UPDATE 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 10:18:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SZ |
| 09BERN241 | SWITZERLAND 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 10:55:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL SZ |
| 09BERN243 | SWITZERLAND 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 16:51:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN SZ |
| 09BERN249 | A/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 14:56:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SZ |
| 09BERN251 | U.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 15:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER UNGA SZ LS |
| 09BERN257 | SWISS 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 14:07:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON SZ |
| 09BERN260 | GUANTANAMO 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 10:45:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | KAWC PHUM PREL PTER SZ |
| 09BERN269 | JULY 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 15:48:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL 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 19:27:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM 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 07:31:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC KSCA SZ SY |
| 09BERN281 | UNSC 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 13:41:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SZ |
| 09BERN286 | SWISS 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 14:40:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PREL SZ |
| 09BERN287 | UN 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 14:15:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SZ |
| 09BERN309 | SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC IR SZ |
| 09BERN314 | 64TH 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 14:44:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA SZ |
| 09BERN315 | POSSIBLE 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 13:41:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC KSCA PINR SZ SY |
| 09BERN316 | UPDATE: 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 12:17:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC KSCA PINR SZ SY |
| 09BERN322 | SWISS 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 06:10:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN SZ |
| 09BERN330 | SWISS 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 13:44:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KPKO PGOV EAID SO SZ |
| 09BERN341 | SWITZERLAND 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 14:53:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM SZ |
| 09BERN350 | SWISS 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 15:10:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL SZ |
| 09BERN351 | SWISS 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 05:53:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ETRD SZ |
| 09BERN363 | SWISS 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 09:37:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | CASC PREL PHUM PGOV KNNP SZ IR |
| 09BERN364 | DEMARCHE 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 12:08:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ETRD SZ |
| 09BERN370 | COLENCO 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 09:57:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MNUC ETTC KNNP PREL ETRD IR SZ |
| 09BERN371 | SWISS 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 17:32:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP IAEA MNUC PREL SY IR SZ |
| 09BERN381 | SWISS 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 09:29:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SZ |
| 09BERN389 | NEW 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 16:19:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SZ |
| 09BERN390 | SWISS 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 16:32:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE SZ |
| 09BERN395 | SWISS 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 07:29:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EAGR SZ |
| 09BERN397 | IRAN: 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 14:33:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL IR SZ |
| 09BERN406 | FOLLOW-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 14:58:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC PREL SZ |
| 09BERN411 | 64TH 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 17:48:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL SZ |
| 09BERN432 | SCENESETTER: 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 10:33:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PREL OVIP SZ |
| 09BERN443 | SWISS 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 12:51:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN SZ |
| 09BERN452 | SECRETARY 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 17:58:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI SZ |
| 09BERN470 | UNGA 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 18:06:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS SZ LS |
| 09BERN471 | UN 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 15:38:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER UNGA SZ LS |
| 09BERN472 | 64TH 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 16:55:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN SZ LS |
| 09BERN478 | IMF 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 15:31:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PHUM PREF CE SZ |
| 09BERN494 | SWISS 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 14:00:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA UK SZ |
| 09BERN498 | QUARTZCOM: 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 16:39:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC SY SZ |
| 09BERN500 | SWITZERLAND: 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 11:56:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SZ |
| 09BERN504 | SWITZERLAND 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 15:22:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM AORC LY SZ |
| 09BERN505 | IAEA 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 16:52:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA KNNP SY IR SZ |
| 09BERN506 | SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC IR SZ |
| 09BERN507 | SWISS 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 17:35:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM SZ |
| 09BERN513 | SWISS 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 15:19:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM SZ |
| 09BERN514 | NOMINEES 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 16:19:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI PHUM XF SZ |
| 09BERN519 | SWISS 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 14:22:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PREL KNNP CASC MNUC IR SZ |
| 09BERN57 | ADDITIONAL 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 15:39:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL NU SZ |
| 09BERN59 | PROVIDING 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 17:49:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE |
| 09BERN6 | PASSENGER 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 13:22:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SZ |
| 09BERN64 | SWISS 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 09:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV SZ |
| 09BERN7 | SWISS 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 13:26:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA SZ |
| 09BERN73 | SWITZERLAND'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 12:42:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV SZ |
| 09BERN74 | SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-19 09:14:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC IR SZ |
| 09BERN83 | SWITZERLAND: 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 08:38:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD EINV SZ |
| 09BERN91 | UN 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 17:52:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SZ LS |
| 09BERN92 | IAEA 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 18:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SYR TRGY SZ |
| 09BERN93 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 16:35:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ |
| 09BERN98 | UBS 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 15:48:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV SZ |
| 09BERN99 | RESPONSE 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 15:35:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SZ |
| 09BRUSSELS1515 | UN 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 17:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BE CH EFIN ETTC EUN FR KTFN PTER SZ UK UNSC |
| 09BUDAPEST298 | DEMARCHE 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 13:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA HU |
| 09HAVANA649 | CUBA 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 20:52:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SZ |
| 09HAVANA87 | NEW 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 20:13:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU SZ |
| 09HELSINKI143 | FINLAND: MADAGASCAR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FI |
| 09KAMPALA1217 | UGANDA: GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-22 05:53:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | SZ KNNP ENRG PREL UG |
| 09LISBON552 | PHARMA 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 11:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM |
| 09LISBON588 | PORTUGAL 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 16:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM |
| 09LONDON440 | HMG 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 15:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC EZ DA IR NL SZ UK |
| 09LONDON870 | MADAGASCAR: 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 12:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AORC SZ NO MA UK |
| 09MADRID380 | SPAIN SUPPORTS AU EFFORTS IN MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-15 07:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP SZ NO MA AROC EAID |
| 09MBABANE26 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-28 08:51:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SZ |
| 09MBABANE280 | TAIWAN'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 15:10:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PINR SZ TW |
| 09MOSCOW645 | GEORGIAN 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 10:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW SZ RS GG |
| 09NIAMEY223 | NIGER: 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 08:53:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PINS SZ ML NG |
| 09OSLO268 | NORWAY CONTINUES MADAGASCAR AID SUSPENSION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PGOV SZ MA NO |
| 09PARIS530 | MADAGASCAR: 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 13:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FR |
| 09RABAT906 | A/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 09:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ZP ZR SZ IR |
| 09SANAA1782 | NEW 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 13:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL UK CH KS FR SZ YM |
| 09STATE106834 | CHANGING 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 23:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IAEA AR BR EG MX NL VM SZ KU GG AG EZ |
| 09STATE115194 | SWISS 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 22:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SZ SY |
| 09STATE117710 | NUCLEAR 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 00:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR |
| 09STATE120282 | NUCLEAR 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 00:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR |
| 09STATE2533 | PRE-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 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL SZ |
| 09STATE29999 | BLUE 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 21:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL SZ |
| 09STATE34964 | RECOGNITION 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 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETTC KOMC SZ |
| 09STATE35809 | URGING 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 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA |
| 09STATE50119 | IRANIAN 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 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM SZ |
| 09STATE50120 | SWISS-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 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM SZ |
| 09STATE61223 | SWITZERLAND--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 00:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB 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 16:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SZ SY |
| 09STATE69718 | BLUE 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 18:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SZ |
| 09STATE87148 | ADDITIONAL 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 12:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GM IR SZ |
| 09TASHKENT1023 | UZBEKISTAN: 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 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KHIV SNAR SZ DEA UZ |
| 09TRIPOLI1024 | HINTS OF MINOR PROGRESS IN THE SWISS-LIBYA STANDOFF REF: TRIPOLI 942 TRIPOLI 00001024 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI59 | SWISS 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 14:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON KTIA SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI606 | LIBYAN (MIS) CONDUCT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-28 16:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SZ TS LY |
| 09TRIPOLI714 | SWISS 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 13:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI763 | UPDATE 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 16:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM CASC LY SZ |
| 09TRIPOLI832 | SWISS 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 16:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI900 | GOL RELEASES SWISS - BUT ONLY AS FAR AS THE SWISS EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-09 16:39:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CASC LY SZ |
| 09TRIPOLI901 | SWISS THANK USG FOR INTERVENTION WITH LIBYA, REQUEST ADDITIONAL SUPPORT REF: A) TRIPOLI 763; B) TRIPOLI 900; C) TRIPOLI 832 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI910 | SWISS 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 09:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI942 | LIBYAN 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 17:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM SZ LY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK398 | INTERNATIONAL 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 22:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SZ |
| 09USUNNEWYORK429 | VIEWS 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 15:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR UNSC SZ |
| 09WARSAW405 | POLAND: 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 14:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV AORC SZ FR NO MA PREL PL |
| 10BEIJING158 | JANUARY 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 22:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM EINT MNUC SENV CH ZA RS AF HA SZ |
| 10BEIJING294 | FEBRUARY 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 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM ETRD MNUC CH JA IR SZ |
| 10BERN15 | SWISS 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 15:45:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON SZ |
| 10BERN21 | SWISS 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 16:31:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | SZ IR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC |
| 10BERN31 | ENGAGEMENT 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 21:31:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI SZ XG |
| 10BERN40 | BILATERAL 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 07:00:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PREL CASC MNUC SZ IR |
| 10BERN44 | SWISS 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 15:33:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL OTRA SZ |
| 10BERN48 | U/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 17:31:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SZ |
| 10BERN76 | CONFERENCE 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ |
| 10BERN77 | SYRIA 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ |
| 10BERN78 | EXPLAINING 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ |
| 10BERN79 | CONFERENCE 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ |
| 10BERN80 | SYRIA 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ |
| 10BERN81 | EXPLAINING 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ |
| 10BERN82 | CONFERENCE 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ |
| 10BERN83 | SYRIA 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ |
| 10GENEVA124 | OMS 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 13:41:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AOMS SZ |
| 10STATE6247 | COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - SWITZERLAND [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-21 21:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC SZ |
| 10STATE996 | SWISS 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 16:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SZ IR |
| 10TRIPOLI112 | PROGRESS IN LIBYA-SWISS CASE: ONE BUSINESSMAN CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-10 08:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS LY SZ |
| 10TRIPOLI137 | MEETING OF LIBYAN, ITALIAN AND MALTESE FOREIGN MINISTERS LIKELY TO LEAD TO RESOLUTION OF SCHENGEN VISA CRISIS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS PINR LY SZ IT MT |
| 10TRIPOLI58 | EUROPEAN 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 08:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PINR PGOV CVIS XG SZ LY |
| 10TRIPOLI73 | SWISS-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 13:35:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY |
| 10TRIPOLI91 | SWISS SCORE IN LIBYA: HAMDANI CLEARED OF IMMIGRATION CHARGES REF: A) TRIPOLI 73; B) TRIPOLI 58 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA35 | NEW 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 13:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV 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 14:55:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | PROP 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 16:28:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TU SZ |
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