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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 00KINSHASA8356 | DHRF FY 2001 FUNDING REQUEST [...] EMBASSY KINSHASA REQUESTS $131,100 FOR SEVEN SMALL DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND (DHRF) PROJECTS IN FY 2001, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $15,000 FOR UNIDENTIFIED PROJECTS, BRINGING THE TOTAL REQUEST TO $146,100. THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS, INCLUDING PLANS FOR AN INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, HAVE BEEN UND [...] |
2000-12-15 07:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID XA CG |
| 00KINSHASA8357 | DHRF ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT -- FY 2000 [...] THIS IS EMBASSY KINSHASA'S ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND (DHRF). EMBASSY'S FUNDING REQUEST FOR 2001 PROJECTS FOLLOWS SEPTEL. 2. POST REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CONGO WHEN EVALUATING RECENT DHRF PROJECTS [...] |
2000-12-15 07:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID XA CG |
| 00KINSHASA8421 | FY'01 AFRP: IV NOMINATION - "WOMEN AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2000-12-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL XA |
| 01ABUJA1011 | OBASANJO ON NIGERIA'S ROLE IN AFRICA [...] (C) Nigeria's President Obasanjo will visit Washington May 10-12, 2001. Over breakfast on May 5, Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter that he knew he was in many respects representing Africa on the visit. This was a heavy responsibility that he took seriously. Obasanjo commented that he planned [...] |
2001-05-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OVIP NI XA |
| 01ABUJA1264 | NIGERIAN DEMARCHE ON UNGASS RESOLUTION ON HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding Cuba trade embargo language in the HIV/AIDS draft resolution the morning of June 1. Minister-Counsellor Katherine Jackden, UN 2nd Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is handling UNGASS preparations, received the demarche. Ms. Jackden ag [...] |
2001-06-01 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IO TBIO NI UNGA |
| 01ABUJA2404 | NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be ar risk. [...] |
2001-09-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER XA |
| 01ABUJA2421 | NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be at risk. [...] |
2001-09-22 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER XA |
| 01ABUJA2449 | AFRICAN MINISTERS DISMAYED BY FORUM POSTPONEMENT [...] African trade ministers participating in the September 22-23 Organization of African unity (OAU) meeting in Abuja, Nigeria nearly unanimously told the delegation led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Africa Rosa Whitaker they wanted the United States to hold the US-Sub-Saharan [...] |
2001-09-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID XA |
| 01ABUJA2687 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED EAGER ABOUT SUDAN, PERPLEXED [...] (C) Summary: During an October 16 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed stated that Nigeria, actively engaged on Sudan, would host a "3-in-1" conference ultimately bringing together the Southern factions, Northern opposition and Bashir Government negotiators around one conference [...] |
2001-10-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU CG XA NI |
| 01ABUJA2759 | NIGERIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR BUGAJE HOLDS HIGH [...] (C) Summary: During a brief October 22 meeting, Presidential Special Advisor Usman Bugaje said the November 12-17 conference on Sudan was on track. He described the "3-in-1" conference where the Southern and Northern groups would first meet separately, then join in an all parties session. H [...] |
2001-10-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU XA NI IGAD |
| 01BANJUL854 | GAMBIAN MUSLIMS: MAJORITY IGNORE BIN LADEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, GAMBIAN MUSLIMS (95% OF THE POPULATION) SUPPORT THE U.S. AND ARE UNLIKELY TO HEED THE CALL OF ANTI- AMERICAN ISLAMIC RADICALS. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) THE MEDIA: POST IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MEDIA OUTLETS WITH A RADICAL ISLAMIC EDITORIAL POLICY. THE STAT [...] |
2001-10-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Banjul | SECRET | PTER PINR XA GA |
| 01LUSAKA2636 | (U) OAU SUMMIT ENDS: ESSY SWORN IN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE OAU SUMMIT CLOSED MID-AFTERNOON JULY 11 IN LUSAKA. 41 HEADS OF STATE OR QOVERNMENT ATTENDED; WITHOUT QUESTION, LIBYA'S MOAMMAR QADHAFI WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW. THE SUMMIT LEADERS ISSUED AN EGREGIOUSLY IMBALANCED DECISION ON LOCKERBIE THAT HAD ORIGINALLY B [...] |
2001-07-11 17:45:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IS LY ZI UK |
| 02ABUJA3100 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL PEER REVIEW ENDORSED AT NEPAD'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a NEPAD Head of State Implementation Committee (HSIC) meeting November 3. Nigeria's NEPAD coordinator, Ambassador Aluko-Olokun, briefed Abuja-resident G-8 diplomats November 4, that the HSIC endorsed voluntary peer review as "critical [...] |
2002-11-14 07:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV XA NI |
| 02ADDISABABA2418 | (C) COUNTER-TERRORISM: COOPERATING WITH AFRICAN [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST - SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) REF A SOLICITED IDEAS ON HOW TO PROMOTE COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. LAST NOVEMBER, REF B FORWARDED AN INFORMAL PROPOSAL BY OAU ASST. SECGEN FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS SAID DJINNIT TO CONVENE A MEETING OF OFFICIALS FRO [...] |
2002-07-12 11:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL OAU XA |
| 02AMMAN6073 | DROC PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (S) DROC President Joseph Kabila paid an official visit to Jordan September 16-18. The visit entailed the usual meetings and official functions. Kabila enjoyed a short visit to the seaport of Aqaba as the King,s guest. We saw nothing remarkable to report -- except that Jordan seemed an u [...] |
2002-10-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL XA ZF CF JO |
| 02AMMAN6157 | KING ABDULLAH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFO ON DROC [...] (S) During an October 19 dinner with visiting NEA A/S Burns, King Abdullah again raised the September 16-18 visit to Jordan of DROC President Joseph Kabila. The King said "Kabila came to see me mostly about how to create a channel to the British but also to the Americans." The King said he h [...] |
2002-10-23 05:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL XA ZF XW CF JO SU LY |
| 02STATE218172 | UN PROGRAMS: WHAT WORKS; WHAT DOESN'T? [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. THE UNITED NATIONS (UN), IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RECENTLY AGREED RESOLUTION (TEXT IN PARAGRAPH 4), WILL ORIENT ITS SUPPORT FOR AFRICA AROUND THE THEMES AND PRIORITIES OF THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD). THE SECRETARY GENER [...] |
2002-11-01 16:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID XA UNGA ECON |
| 03ABUJA1339 | THE ABUJA SULLIVAN SUMMIT WAS A SUCCESS [...] Summary: The Sixth Leon H. Sullivan Summit, convened July 12-17 in Abuja was momentous and successful. The overarching Summit theme was "Africa: A Continent of Possibilities" and the week lived up to its name. President Bush, the first Republican President to visit Africa, made a historic a [...] |
2003-08-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SOCI EINV XA NI |
| 03ABUJA1516 | POLITICAL ISLAM: NIGERIA SNAPSHOT [...] (C) Reftel questions appear to pertain primarily to countries with active Islamist political parties or NGOs, and Nigeria does not fit neatly into these cookie-cutter categories. Nigeria has no national parties or groups that pursue policies consistent with the definition of Political Islam [...] |
2003-09-04 14:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG NI |
| 03ABUJA746 | NIGERIA: OVERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the ruling PDP the major victor in the April 19 and April 12 elections. However, echoing reports of several observers, President Obasanjo's political opponents allege massive irregularities. The GON is striking back wit [...] |
2003-04-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM PREL NI US EU XA |
| 03ABUJA946 | Abuja NePAD Summit and Evian G-8: Africans [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's NePAD guru says Africans uneasy about expanding G-8 dialogue to other developing countries and limiting discussion to growth and international cooperation. The Africans also want the G-8 to break market-access "gridlock" in Geneva. Abuja NePAD Summit set for afternoon [...] |
2003-05-28 11:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID NI XA |
| 03AMMAN4827 | POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: OPPOSITION MOSTLY FROM [...] (C) Political Islam is a mostly moderate force in Jordanian society. By far, the most important Islamic organization in Jordan is the Muslim Brotherhood, and then its political arm, the Islamic Action Front. There are no other Islamic groups in the country that match the MB/IAF in influence a [...] |
2003-08-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG |
| 03LAGOS1535 | NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPING THREATENS OIL [...] Summary: A Nigerian white collar worker for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (subsidiary of Chevron/Texaco) and member of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) was kidnapped outside his home on July 25 by a rogue group of armed Ijaw youths. The kidnapping is the latest in a [...] |
2003-07-31 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET ENRG ECON CASC PGOV PINR PINS PTER NI XA XY |
| 03LAGOS1870 | NIGERIA: USITC STUDY ON U.S. - SUB-SAHARAN [...] (U) U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following information in response to reftel. -------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC, TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICIES -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In August 2003, the GON un [...] |
2003-09-05 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN NI XA |
| 03ROME5369 | ITALY ON EU-AFRICA TROIKA: PEACE AND SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RECENT EU-AFRICA MINISTERIAL TROIKA IDENTIFIED PEACE AND SECURITY AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF A PEACE SUPPORT OPERATION FACILITY (PSOF), WELCOMED THE RE-INITIATION OF THE EU-ZIMBABWE DIALOGUE AND COMMITTED BOTH SIDES TO IM [...] |
2003-11-26 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO XA ZI IT EUN |
| 03VATICAN3387 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES JULY 17 VATICAN MEETINGS [...] (C) VATICAN ACTING FM MONSIGNOR PIETRO PAROLIN TOLD A/S BETH JONES JULY 17 THAT THE HOLY SEE WAS FIRMLY BEHIND THE ROAD MAP, AND HAD APPEALED TO ISRAELI FM SHALOM TO REFRAIN FROM RETALIATION. A/S JONES URGED THE HOLY SEE TO HELP STRENGTHEN ABU MAZEN'S POSITION. THE HOLY SEE REITERATED ITS CO [...] |
2003-07-25 11:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON TU VT XA RS |
| 04BRUSSELS1274 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR), held March 10 in Brussels, included: support to peacekeeping and conflict prevention activities, including the EU's proposed Africa Peace Facility and U.S. support to ECOWAS through EUCOM; political [...] |
2004-03-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2593 | MANY EU SUMMIT FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) During the EU Summit June 17-18 in Brussels, EU sources tell us EU leaders will approve a range of pre-cooked decisions on a broad range of foreign policy topics so that they can focus on Constitutional Treaty negotiations and top-level appointments (septel). EU leaders are expected to en [...] |
2004-06-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID XA XF TU HR RO BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3989 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA: EU AND U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The September 8 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (strengthening MONUC, protecting refugees, supporting internal and regional dialogues), Sudan (calibrating pressure on the government, strengthening the AU role, meeting humanita [...] |
2004-09-20 09:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4602 | EU INCREASES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission is set to approve 80 million euros from its Africa Peace Facility (APF) to support an expanded deployment of the African Union (AU) mission in Darfur, Sudan. EU financial support for the mission will exceed fifty percent of the total. Although the decis [...] |
2004-10-26 05:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU SO XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DJIBOUTI1168 | Djibouti Speaks Out on Darfur [...] (U) The state run newspaper, La Nation, yesterday published a story saying that the Republic of Djibouti will support the Government of Sudan until the Darfur crisis is resolved. The story indicated that the Sudan situation is improving and that progress is being made at the Abuja conference. [...] |
2004-09-02 08:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KMDR KPAO US XA |
| 04DJIBOUTI1222 | AFRICA PARTNERSHIP FORUM: INVITATION TO IGAD [...] (U) Ambassador met September 20 with Dr. Attalla Hamad Bashir, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), to present AF Assistant Secretary Newman's invitation to him to attend the October SIPDIS 3-5 meeting in Washington of the Africa Partnership Forum. D [...] |
2004-09-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON OTRA DJ XY ZF ZU XW XA |
| 04KINSHASA1971 | DEMARCHE TO GDRC ON SADC POSITION ON HUMAN CLONING [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Djoli Eseng Ekeli, Deputy Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on October 22, 2004. Ekeli indicated that the GDRC maintained its support for the U.S. co-sponsored Costa Rican resolution calling for a convention to ban all human cloning. He explained that [...] |
2004-10-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO XA CG UNGA KSCI |
| 04MAPUTO338 | SYGSR SWING BRIEFS ON CHISSANO MEETING [...] On March 8, Secretary General's Special Representative Ambassador William Swing called on Ambassador to brief on his meeting in Maputo with President Chissano and the current situation of the MONUC in DRC with sixteen months until the planned June 2005 elections. 2. Ambassador Swing told us [...] |
2004-03-12 08:56:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PREF CG XA ZF MZ SF UG BY UN |
| 04PARIS9130 | FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of several messages reviewing France's relations with Africa. The southern African region currently attracts less French attention than any other region of Africa. With no francophone countries, and only one country currently engaged in conflict (Angola, at muc [...] |
2004-12-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR |
| 04PARIS9133 | FRANCE AND EAST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. France's principal long-term concern in East Africa is the management of its relations with Djibouti where it maintains a large permanent military presence. The crisis in Darfur has prompted a more active French policy with regard to Sudan, but it remains largely a "Chad problem" [...] |
2004-12-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DJ ER ET KE SO SU TZ UG XW XA FR |
| 04PARIS9145 | FRANCE AND THE INDIAN OCEAN STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The standoff in 2002 between Marc Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka following the disputed election in Madagascar was a serious political crisis for the government of France, exposing divisions between the MFA and the presidency. With the crisis resolved, France's attention to t [...] |
2004-12-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CN MA MP SE XW XA FR |
| 04PARIS9146 | FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (SOUTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. France continues to seek solutions for the crisis in the Great Lakes through policies designed to support DRC President Kabila and the transition process and to block Rwandan interference in Congolese affairs. France's history in the Rwandan genocide complicates their ability to [...] |
2004-12-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BY CF CG CT EK GB RW TP ZF XA |
| 04PARIS9167 | FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (NORTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chad, where France maintains a permanent miltary presence, and the Central African Republic (CAR), where France is supporting military and economic reform are key countries for France's Africa policy. The crisis in Darfur has caused concern in France about additional threats to [...] |
2004-12-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CM CT CH ZF XA FR |
| 04PRETORIA3480 | USITC STUDY ON U.S.-SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN TRADE AND [...] This cable responds to Reftel A request for post's input for the fifth annual USITC study on AGOA. A. Major developments in host country economic, trade and/or investment policies, or U.S. policies directly affecting host country --------------------------------------------- --------------- [...] |
2004-08-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID XA SF AGOA USTR |
| 04PRETORIA3543 | USITC STUDY ON U.S.-SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN TRADE AND [...] This cable provides supplementary information on reftel A that provided post's input for the fifth annual USITC study on AGOA. B. - Developments in major regional groupings (COMESA, EC, ECOWAS, IGAD, SACU, SADC, WAEMU, IOC, and CEMAC) (where applicable) -------------------------------------- [...] |
2004-08-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID XA SF AGOA USTR |
| 04PRETORIA4098 | INPUT FOR AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) South Africa has continued to make progress in establishing a market-based economy, respecting the rule of law, implementing policies to reduce poverty, and combating corruption. There is a strong case to be made that South Africa is meeting the eligibility requirements of the African Gr [...] |
2004-09-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL XA SF |
| 04PRETORIA4689 | AMBASSADOR MEETS DTI MINISTER ON FTA AND BEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Frazer discussed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations and raised U.S. concerns about Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in her meeting with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Minister Mpaphlwa on October 19. She underscored U.S. goals for a comprehensive F [...] |
2004-10-25 07:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL XA SF |
| 04ROME1340 | FAO Twenty-Third Africa Regional Conference [...] (SBU) Summary: The subject conference was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1 - 5, 2004, and was attended by USDA U/S Eric Bost and staff, by Ambassador Mattie Sharpless, and by Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome DCM Michael Cleverley and Agricultural Minister Counselor. Conference h [...] |
2004-04-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR EAID EAGR ETRD KHIV XA FAO |
| 04ROME1781 | World Food Program Discussions with Libya on [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-07 05:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME2371 | Further World Food Program Discussions with [...] (SBU) WFP received a letter dated June 14 from Mohamed Fakheri El-Kreikshi, Director-General of the Economic Department, regarding the agreement of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya with WFP's request for a waiver for all taxes and fees applicable to WFP cargo in transit. Libya's letter seeks confirm [...] |
2004-06-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP |
| 04ROME3862 | G8 SUMMIT COMMITMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY [...] Summary. USUN-Rome organized a panel discussion entitled, "Planting the Seeds for Africa's Future: G8 Partnerships to Raise Agricultural Productivity Through Capacity Building," on Sept. 21 in the margins of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on World Food Security (CFS). [...] |
2004-10-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID AORC ETRD KPAO KSUM XA FAO |
| 04ROME4673 | USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...] |
2004-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
| 04THEHAGUE281 | DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...] |
2004-02-04 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO |
| 04TRIPOLI27 | (C) BULGARIAN MEDICS UPDATE [...] (C) Status of Medics: The five Bulgarian medics sentenced to death for infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV-tainted blood in a Benghazi hospital are being kept relatively secluded, the Bulgarian Embassy's Dimitar Dimitrov told us December 7. Dimitrov personally speculates this is becaus [...] |
2004-12-13 00:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BU LY XA XF XI |
| 05ACCRA2267 | GHANA'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY: POST'S SUBMISSION [...] Mission's submission regarding Ghana's continuing eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act(AGOA) is formatted at requested in ref a. Submission was originally transmitted in ref. b. 2. Begin eligibility paper: TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION 2005 COUNTRY ELIGIBI [...] |
2005-11-04 13:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AGAO ETRD ECON XA GH |
| 05ACCRA2402 | AVIAN FLU: GHANA'S PLAN OF ACTION [...] (SBU) The GoG's response to the threat of an Avian Flu outbreak has so far been measured and pro-active. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture are working closely with USAID/Ghana and the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a comprehensive preparedness plan, which includes an assessm [...] |
2005-11-23 18:30:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO XA GH SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX SEC |
| 05ADDISABABA3802 | AU'S KONARE ON AU ASSEMBLY CHIEF, WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare told Charge November 8 that Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appears to be the most likely successor to Nigerian President Obasanjo to serve as Chairman of the AU Assembly. Konare also said that an AU team had just [...] |
2005-11-09 04:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ET XA AF UNION |
| 05ADDISABABA3843 | AU CONVENING PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL CONGRESS [...] Summary/Action Request: The African Union (AU) is convening a Pan African Cultural Congress in Nairobi from December 4-9, 2005 to "review and assess the cultural sector in Africa, and consider the stakes, challenges and opportunities" to develop appropriate programs. The USG has been invite [...] |
2005-11-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO SCUL XA AF UNION |
| 05ADDISABABA3844 | ENGAGING THE AU - THOUGHTS AHEAD OF THE AF COM [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is displaying tremendous political will to address the continent's problems, which differentiates it from the OAU, its defunct predecessor organization. The AU is also serving as the coordinating body for positive change in Africa by playing a more proac [...] |
2005-11-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XA AF UNION |
| 05ADDISABABA3941 | DARFUR POLITICAL TALKS: AU PSC DEMANDS SLM/A FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) mediator for the Darfur Political Talks Amb. Sam Ibok, the Seventh Round of talks will resume in Abuja on November 28. On November 22, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) urged all parties to ensure that the Seventh Round is the "decisive ro [...] |
2005-11-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU XA AF UNION |
| 05ADDISABABA4178 | EUCOM J5 AND AU DISCUSS MARITIME SECURITY IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) takes maritime security seriously, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Bernard Zoba told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Mary Yates December 16. The AU is adopting a step-by-step approach to ensure member states receive the requir [...] |
2005-12-22 08:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA EWWT PTER AU XA |
| 05ADDISABABA4179 | AU TELLS EUCOM J5 AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE MOVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The AU Commission hopes a series of thematic workshops will create enough regional buy-in to enable a harmonized approach to the African Standby Force (ASF), AU Planning Element Chief of Staff BG Hassan told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Yates on December 16. T [...] |
2005-12-22 08:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KPKO AU XA |
| 05ALGIERS2082 | GOA RESPONDS TO MOROCCAN ACCUSATIONS ON [...] (U) In recent days, Algerian media have devoted much coverage to the plight of African migrants attempting to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which are located in northern Morocco. The coverage has focused primarily on the allegedly dire humanitarian situation of the migrant [...] |
2005-10-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG AG MO XA |
| 05BAGHDAD4963 | INFORMATION UPDATE ON ALGERIAN DETAINEE [...] (SBU) Post passed Embassy Algiers' request for information (see Reftel) to Coalition Forces, and has been informed that Mohmad Ahmed Mohamed Waber (DPOB 27 SEP 1975, Al Shalaf, Algeria) was detained on 21 May 2005 inside a targeted terrorist safe house. Mr. Waber has been referred to the Cen [...] |
2005-12-13 03:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ AG XA |
| 05BRUSSELS1734 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The April 20 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (ensuring democratic governance, supporting security sector reform and fostering regional stability), Somalia (consolidating the peace process), Sudan (Darfur and North-South); West [...] |
2005-05-04 05:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS4300 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...] |
2005-12-06 11:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05DJIBOUTI899 | DJIBOUTIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Djibouti has confirmed that its delegation to UNGA from September 10-20th will include President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and Djiboutian Ambassador to Addis Ababa Ibrahim Mohamed Kamil. Protocol for the Ministry of the Presidency informed Po [...] |
2005-09-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XA DJ UNGA |
| 05DOHA1131 | G77 SUMMIT: NEW DEVELOPMENT FUND PROPOSED AT CLOSING [...] Summary. The G77 South Summit ended June 16 with a proposal for a new development fund to which Qatar would contribute $20 million. Leaders called on developed nations to meet the target of 0.7% of GDP toward overseas assistance. In addition to improved access to markets in developed economies, [...] |
2005-06-21 08:15:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD KDEM XA XB XC XD XE XK XL XM XO QA UN |
| 05DOHA1468 | OULD AL-TAYA ARRIVES IN DOHA, JOINING OTHER EXILES [...] (U) Ousted Mauritanian president Maouiya Ould al-Taya arrived in Doha at 8 PM August 22 with his family. According to a local news report, he was also accompanied by the "teacher of his children" and is staying at a luxury hotel. He arrived on a Qatar Airways plane via Cairo. Sources indicate [...] |
2005-08-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER KISL XA QA |
| 05HARARE182 | SACC AND IDASA READY TO LAUNCH ZIMABABWE ELECTION [...] (SBU) One day after the the Governament of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) announcement of March 31 as the date for general Parliamentary elections, a group consisting of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) quitely traveled to Harare to fin [...] |
2005-02-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT ECON XA AFIN ZI |
| 05HARARE98 | ZIMBABWE,S AMBASSADOR,S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM [...] (U) Post does not anticipate returning any of its USD 89,100 FY 2004 Self-Help Allowance for re-allocation. Funds were obligated on September 30, 2004 as outlined in paragraphs 3, and 4 below. 2. (U) For FY 2005, post requests Self-Help funding be restored to the FY 2003 level of USD 110,0 [...] |
2005-01-19 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID XA ZI KPRP |
| 05KUWAIT3977 | POINTS DELIVERED ON PRESIDENT'S G-8 AFRICAN [...] (U) Begin Summary: On September 4, Econoff delivered reftel points to representatives from the Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development (a government entity) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. While neither organization deals strictly in humanitarian projects associated [...] |
2005-09-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KU XA |
| 05MAPUTO74 | DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] (SBU) On December 30, Emboff delivered demarche and talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Mozambique to adopt the Additional Protocol to the comprehensive standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The MFA official receiving the demarche, Fernando Chomar, a [...] |
2005-01-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY PREL AORC XA MZ ASEC IAEA |
| 05NEWDELHI1554 | US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...] |
2005-03-01 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN |
| 05NEWDELHI3878 | PRIORITIZING INDIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum Additional Secretary (International Cooperation) Talmiz Ahmad outlined India's priorities for accessing more foreign fuel sources in a May 24 meeting with Charge and Emboffs. While domestic fuel subsidies continue to consume much of his attention, Minister [...] |
2005-05-25 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PK XA ZK ZP IN |
| 05OTTAWA3209 | CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SINGLE MEMBER [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Industry Canada contact Janis Doran, who will be attending the TSAG meeting and who is the GOC ITU expert who has been our primary contact before (see Ottawa 2076). We provided a copy of the talking points to Ms. Doran, who was well-aware of the situation and who has [...] |
2005-10-26 20:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS CA AS XA |
| 05OTTAWA537 | CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning Venezuela's bid to chair the OAS working group on the social charter, to Leonard Beaulne, Deputy Director of the Inter-American Affairs Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on February 18. Beaulne relayed that FAC was also tracking this [...] |
2005-02-18 20:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI XA XL XM CA FAC |
| 05PARIS1052 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the January 12-13, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non-Paris Club members Brazil, [...] |
2005-02-18 11:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS1065 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. RWANDA 4. SUDAN 5. ZIMBABWE 6. AID TO AFRICA 7. CAMEROON Â [...] |
2005-02-18 14:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS1219 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CENTRAFRIQUE 5. SUDAN Â [...] |
2005-02-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS1413 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. BURUNDI 7. SUDAN 8. ZIMBABWE Â [...] |
2005-03-04 11:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS1629 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. DROC 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. NIGER 6. CENTRAFRIQUE 7. SUDAN 8. HIV/AIDS Â [...] |
2005-03-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS167 | PARIS CLUB -- DECEMBER 2004 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the December 14, 2004 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Staff represented the Secretariat since Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin suffered an SIPDIS unexpected medical [...] |
2005-01-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS1830 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. TOGO 4. DJIBOUTI 5. CENTRAFRIQUE 6. DROC 7. MOZAMBIQUE 8. AID TO AFRICA Â [...] |
2005-03-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS2032 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. TOGO 4. NIGER 5. SUDAN 6. SIERRA LEONE Â [...] |
2005-03-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS2196 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. RWANDA 4. NIGER 5. SENEGAL 6. ANGOLA 7. ZIMBABWE 8. SUDAN 9. SOUTH AFRICA 10. GABON 11. DROC 12. SOMALIA Â [...] |
2005-04-01 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS2378 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. ANGOLA 4. DJIBOUTI 5. ZIMBABWE 6. SUDAN 7. RWANDA Â [...] |
2005-04-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS2517 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, Isr [...] |
2005-04-13 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS2579 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON, PART I [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the March 9-10, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, [...] |
2005-04-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS2591 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. EU/AFRICA 4. RWANDA 5. SUDAN 6. CHAD Â [...] |
2005-04-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS2788 | ACOTA AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING TRAINING TEAM MEETS [...] SUMMARY: On 18 April 2005, representatives of the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program office met with officials of the French Joint Staff at the Ministry of Defense to exchange views on our respective peacekeeping capacity enhancement efforts in Africa. Th [...] |
2005-04-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS XA FR |
| 05PARIS2931 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. SOUTH AFRICA 6. SUDAN 7. NIGERIA 8. ABDOU DIOUF 9. AMINATA TRAORE Â [...] |
2005-04-29 13:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS3266 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. CENTRAFRIQUE 4. SUDAN 5. ZIMBABWE 6. SOMALIA 7. ANGOLA Â [...] |
2005-05-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS3305 | PARIS CLUB - MAY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the May 10, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented SIPDIS the Secretariat. [...] |
2005-05-16 10:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS3683 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH 3. CENTRAFRIQUE 4. NIGERIA 5. TOGO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. DROC 8. DJIBOUTI 9. BURUNDI 10. SUDAN 11. ETHIOPIA Â [...] |
2005-05-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS3871 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA DEVELOPMENT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. TOGO 6. CHAD 7. SUDAN 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. DROC 10. LIBERIA Â [...] |
2005-06-03 15:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS4093 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. DROC 4. CHAD 5. SUDAN 6. ETHIOPIA 7. BURUNDI 8. MAURITANIE 9. ZIMBABWE 10. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...] |
2005-06-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS4362 | "JEUNE AFRIQUE" JUNE 19-25 SUPPLEMENT ON [...] PARIS-BASED INFLUENTIAL PANAFRICAN WEEKLY "JEUNE AFRIQUE- L'INTELLIGENT" DATED JUNE 19-26 HAS A 16-PAGE SUPPLEMENT ON US/AFRICA RELATIONS UNDER GLOBAL TITLE "SHARED INTERESTS". LIST OF ARTICLES FOLLOWS: - "GOOD GUYS" (TITLE IN ENGLISH), EDITORIAL BY MAGAZINE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FRAN [...] |
2005-06-21 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS4453 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. CHAD 4. DROC 5. CAMEROON 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. RWANDA/BURUNDI 8. NIGER 9. GUINEE BISSAU 10. TOGO 11. SOUTH AFRICA 12. UGANDA Â [...] |
2005-06-24 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS457 | PARIS CLUB HOLDS INFO SESSION ON IRAQ DEBT [...] (SBU) Following up on the November 21 restructuring of Iraqi debt, the Paris Club hosted an informational meeting for non-Paris Club creditors on January 13, explaining how the agreement achieves an 80 percent reduction of debt in three stages as well as the Iraqi obligation to seek comparable [...] |
2005-01-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS4630 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. MAURITANIA 5. RWANDA 6. CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE 7. NIGER 8. MALI 9. GABON 10. MADAGASCAR 11. MOZAMBIQUE 12. NIGERIA 13. DROC Â [...] |
2005-07-01 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS4766 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. BURUNDI 4. MALI 5. MADAGASCAR 6. MOZAMBIQUE 7. SUDAN 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. ANGOLA 10. BURKINA FASO Â [...] |
2005-07-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS4901 | PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. The nex [...] |
2005-07-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS4904 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. MALI 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SENEGAL 6. SUDAN 7. BURKINA FASO 8. CENTRAFRIQUE Â [...] |
2005-07-15 09:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS5225 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. MADAGASCAR 6. SUDAN 7. NIGER 8. SAOTOME 9. TOGO 10. DROC 11. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 12. ZIMBABWE 13. UGANDA Â [...] |
2005-07-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS5459 | THE FUTURE OF FRANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: France faces several challenges to its traditional leadership role among its former colonies and Africa's other francophone countries. We foresee a gradual decline of French influence in Africa, based on generational change, an increased willingness on the part of Africans to l [...] |
2005-08-11 12:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM XA FR |
| 05PARIS5596 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. MAURITANIA 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. SENEGAL 6. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 7. BURUNDI 8. SUDAN 9. GUINEA BISSAU 10. ZIMBABWE 11. BRAIN DRAIN Â [...] |
2005-08-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS5783 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURUNDI 4. NIGER 5. ANGOLA 6. SUDAN Â [...] |
2005-08-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS5944 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. NIGER 4. RWADA 5. BURUNDI 6. CHAD 7. SUDAN Â [...] |
2005-09-01 14:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS6326 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURKINA FASO 4. FRANCE/AFRICA 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7 SUDAN 8 NIGERIA Â [...] |
2005-09-16 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS6373 | PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...] |
2005-09-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS6527 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. GABON 4. SOMALIA 5. NIGERIA 6. SUDAN Â [...] |
2005-09-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS6751 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. PLUMPY NUT 3. NIGER 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SOMALIA 6. FRANCE/AFRICA 7. SENEGAL 8. TOGO Â [...] |
2005-10-03 07:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS6939 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TV IN AFRICA 3. SUDAN 4. CHAD 5. NIGER 6. GABON 7. DROC 8. MALAWI Â [...] |
2005-10-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS7062 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. GABON 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. TOGO 6. MALI 7. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...] |
2005-10-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS7236 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. ZIMBABWE 7. WTO/COTTON Â [...] |
2005-10-24 06:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS7308 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the October 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors reached agreement with Nigeria on a comprehensive treatment to eliminate Nigeria's approximate $30 billion debt in exchange for cash payments totaling $12.6 billion ($12.4 billion in the deal itself, and $200 million upfront to meet a prec [...] |
2005-10-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS7873 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...] |
2005-11-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS7980 | PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...] |
2005-11-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS8028 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. MAURITANIA 5. CHAD 6. GABON 7. RWANDA 8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS Â [...] |
2005-11-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8202 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...] |
2005-12-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8280 | USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN [...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...] |
2005-12-06 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XA UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8368 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CAMEROON 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. ERITREA 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. SUDAN 10. MALAWI 11. AFRICA'S PRISONS Â [...] |
2005-12-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8513 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTTON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. CHAD 8. NIGER 9. ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 10. SUDAN Â [...] |
2005-12-19 08:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PARIS8586 | PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...] |
2005-12-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS8692 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...] |
2005-12-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 05PRETORIA2194 | SOUTH AFRICA: CONFERENCE PROMOTES INVESTING IN [...] (U) Summary. South African-based Investec Asset Management hosted a May 4th conference in Johannesburg focused on improving the investment climate in South Africa and Africa. About 250 people attended the posh conference which touted such high profile speakers as Cyril Ramaphosa (former ANC [...] |
2005-06-03 15:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD ECON PREL PINR XA SF |
| 05PRETORIA3001 | SOUTH AFRICA: HIGH TELECOM PRICES, LITTLE RELIEF [...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki condemned South Africa's high fixed telephone line prices in his February 2005 State of the Nation address by stating that they cost ten times more than in developed countries. Mbeki's assertion was mainly directed at Telkom, the de facto monopoly for fixed line [...] |
2005-07-28 14:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ECPS EINV PREL XA SF |
| 05PRETORIA4109 | SOUTH AFRICA: POST'S VIEWS ON ANNUAL AGOA [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued AGOA eligibility for South Africa, based on the country's general compliance with the eligibility criteria. South Africa has continued to make progress in deepening its market-based economy, respecting the rule of law, protecting worker rights, implementing [...] |
2005-10-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID ECON EFIN PREL XA SF |
| 05PRETORIA4352 | SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary. In discussing the IMF's first ever Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF officials announced that the outlook for real GDP growth in SSA was good, with 2004 registering 5.3% growth and 2005 and 2006 expected to register growth of 4.6% and 5.3%, respectively. Risin [...] |
2005-10-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ETRD PREL ECON SF XA |
| 05PRETORIA453 | READOUT OF THE JANUARY 17-18 MEETING OF THE BLAIR [...] (SBU) Summary. At a January 17-18 meeting in Cape Town, seventeen African ministers of finance grouped with members of the Blair Commission for Africa to consult on the Commission's report due February. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attended the event as the last stop in a six-day [...] |
2005-02-01 17:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EFIN XA SF |
| 05PRETORIA4621 | SOUTH AFRICA; TELECOM PRICE RELIEF REMAINS OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri opened the Department of Communication,s (DOC) Second Colloquium on Telecommunication Prices stating that the Colloquium was needed to lower the cost of doing business in South Africa, to make the country more competitive internat [...] |
2005-11-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT PREL SF XA |
| 05PRETORIA4757 | SOUTH AFRICA: SPEECH ON RECLAIMING THE [...] (U) Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Rob Davies delivered the following speech entitled: Reclaiming the Development Content of the Doha Development Round. Davies delivered this speech to the National Consultative Conference on the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong on 17 November, 2005. [...] |
2005-12-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON SF XA |
| 05ROME2049 | UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, ROME-BASED MEDIA REACT [...] (U) Summary: Outreach to World Food Program, UN diplomats and locally based international and Italian journalists garnered positive reaction to last week's Presidential announcement of an aid package to Africa. In response to Mission efforts to highlight the Administration's initiative, WFP Ex [...] |
2005-06-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
| 05ROME2543 | AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTIVITY IN AFRICA: [...] Summary: USUN-Rome arranged for Dr. Michael Hall, Regional Biotechnology Advisor for USAID's Regional Economic Development Services Office (REDSO) based in Nairobi, Kenya, to meet with representatives at FAO and WFP. Hall also met with an official from the Holy See (to be covered in septel fr [...] |
2005-07-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA VT FAO WFP |
| 05ROME2679 | ITALY UNABLE TO INCREASE AFRICA EMERGENCY AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is unable to increase its emergency humanitarian assistance for Africa due to severe budget difficulties. Italy's overall aid spending levels will likely remain at 0.17 percent of GDP (the same level as 2004) only because of debt relief, particularly for Ethiopia. "Real" [...] |
2005-08-11 14:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR XA IT FAO |
| 05ROME2787 | AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL RETURNS TO ZIMBABWE [...] SUMMARY: Three years after my 2002 visit (see Ref A), I returned to Zimbabwe August 11-13 and found the country again poised for a food-security crisis. As a result of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) misguided policies, drought, hyperinflation, and the associated lack of agricultural input [...] |
2005-08-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA PHUM PREL ECON ASEC SOCI ZU FAO WFP UNDP ZI SF VT |
| 05ROME3107 | USUN ROME HITS THE GROUND SPRINTING: A LOOK BACK ON OUR [...] Summary. Confronted by a world media environment that takes daily shots at U.S. foreign policy, USUN Rome pulled no punches during its first year with a Public Diplomacy office. The Ambassador's trips to Africa brought journalists face-to-face with U.S. assistance in action. Combined with creat [...] |
2005-09-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF XA FAO WFP |
| 05ROME3638 | AFRICA GROUP SEEKS STRONG MANDATE FOR RE- [...] (SBU) On October 31, Egyptian Ambassador Helmy Bedeir (current chair of the Africa Regional Group in Rome) and Senegalese Ambassador Papa Cheikh Saadibou Fall (representing the nominating country) called on Ambassador Hall in order to seek USG support for the re- election of Dr. Jacques Diou [...] |
2005-10-31 14:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR XA FAO |
| 05THEHAGUE2446 | THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER [...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...] |
2005-09-08 14:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KHIV NL XA |
| 05THEHAGUE2515 | STATUS OF BEMBE EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not taken a formal position on the Bembe extradition case but is clearly uncomfortable with several aspects of it. A senior MFA official told Charge September 14 the ministry's role to date has been limited to providing factual information to [...] |
2005-09-15 10:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL XA AO NL KPAO |
| 05THEHAGUE2556 | BEMBE EXTRADITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: According to Renee Jones-Bos, Director General for Regional and Consular Affairs at the Dutch MFA, the MFA expects to limit its role in the Bembe extradition to responding to specific questions posed by the court during Bembe's September 13 hearing and will not take a political p [...] |
2005-09-20 16:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO AO NL PBTS XA PREL |
| 05THEHAGUE2693 | NETHERLANDS/ANGOLA: COURT SEEKS MORE INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Hague District court adjourned the extradition hearings for Antonio Bento Bembe until November 14 and asked the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to provide additional clarification of the circumstances under which Bembe came to the Hague. If the court finds that the [...] |
2005-10-06 10:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PBTS XA PREL AO NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2756 | SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...] |
2005-10-12 14:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KHIV NL XA |
| 05THEHAGUE2973 | NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DASD WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 14, DASD for African Affairs Theresa Whelan met with several representatives of the Dutch MFA and MOD. Discussion during the two meetings included GONL and USG involvement in SSR and DDR initiatives in South Africa, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC, as well as mutua [...] |
2005-11-01 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP NL XA MASS MARR PGOV |
| 05THEHAGUE3141 | NETHERLANDS/SOUTH AFRICA: READOUT OF DAVID [...] (C) Summary: DOD Regional Director for Southern Africa David Radcliffe's November 10 visit to The Hague successfully followed up DASD Whelan's earlier meetings here by capitalizing on renewed Dutch interest in South Africa. Radcliffe's discussions with Dutch MFA and MOD interlocutors spurred [...] |
2005-11-22 11:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP NL MASS XA |
| 05VIENNA2005 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO CHALLENGE TO DONORS TO FIGHT [...] Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 15 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent). The Ambassador pointed out the initiative of the President and Prime Minister Blair in pledging significant funds to address African humanitaria [...] |
2005-06-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV EAGR PREL XA AU |
| 06ACCRA3005 | GHANA HOSTS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR 1540 [...] SUMMARY: Ghana hosted Africa's first outreach activity on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, the UN Regional Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Africa, in Accra on November 9-10, 2006. Representatives from 23 African countries attended [...] |
2006-12-18 17:35:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ETTC PARM PREL PTER AORC XA GH |
| 06ADDISABABA1709 | AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON PREVIEWS AU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Streamlining duplication among Africa?s numerous regional economic communities (e.g., SADC, COMESA, IGAD, EAC, WAEMU, CEMAC, ECOWAS, etc.) and establishing a ?United States of Africa? are among the nominal themes of the upcoming African Union Summit to be held in Banjul. More l [...] |
2006-06-22 04:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AU SU XA |
| 06ADDISABABA2009 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: HUMAN RIGHTS OUTCOMES [...] SUMMARY: The African Union Summit met June 21-July 2 in Banjul, The Gambia, with the nominal theme of "Regional Integration and Harmonization of Regional Economic Communities (RECs)." For the United States, as an AU partner (i.e. non-member), most sessions were closed; however, these are the [...] |
2006-07-21 08:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AU XA |
| 06ADDISABABA917 | AU POLITICAL AFFAIRS OBJECTIVES AND INSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union's (AU) top priority through 2007 is to push forward the process of institutional transformation to ensure a proactive and effective organization as compared to the OAU, AU Commission Secretary Prof. Johnson recently told a group of AU partners. Political Affai [...] |
2006-04-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID XA AU |
| 06ALGIERS496 | ALGERIA STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AS KEY TO CONTROLLING [...] Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel presented to journalists March 18 "an African Road Map" for addressing migration issues. He confirmed that further discussions on migration within the African continent and between Europe and Africa would be on the agenda [...] |
2006-03-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA |
| 06ALGIERS657 | MEETING OF AU EXPERTS ON MIGRATION HELD IN ALGIERS [...] Mandated by the January Arab League Summit in Khartoum, the Commission of the African Union (AU) convened a meeting of migration and development experts in Algiers April 3-5. The participants addressed the major themes of security and stability, human rights, development, human resources, the [...] |
2006-04-10 16:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA |
| 06ALGIERS727 | MESSAHEL TELLS AMBASSADOR MIGRATION PRIMARILY AN [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with MFA Minister-Delegate Messahel, Ambassador pressed again for an inclusive regional approach to the migration problem that included Morocco and urged Algeria to reconsider participation in the Rabat-hosted conference on migration. Messahel termed the recent AU ex [...] |
2006-04-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA |
| 06AMMAN2322 | FOREIGN FIGHTER DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns made Ref A points on foreign fighters in a March 9 meeting with Dimai Haddad, head of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Haddad said the GOJ views it as in its own interest to stop any young men, Jordanian or foreign, who fit the foreign fighter profile. He pointed to Jor [...] |
2006-03-30 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CG XA XF XG XI JO |
| 06ANKARA1957 | TURKEY/SUDAN: PM ERDOGAN TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND [...] (C) In a first for Turkey, PM Erdogan was invited to address the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Khartoum on the Alliance of Civilizations. The GOT sees greater cooperation with the AL as a useful tool for helping to mediate regional disputes and increasing trade. Erdogan discussed increase [...] |
2006-04-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID BMENA SU XA XW TU |
| 06BANJUL441 | VCI BUREAU PDAS FORD COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VCI Bureau PDAS Christopher Ford accompanied by Maher Tadros, Office of Nuclear Affairs, and Eric Wong, U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, met June 30, 2006 with Egypt's Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Taher Farahat in Banjul on the margins of the Summit of the [...] |
2006-07-12 16:35:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PREL TRGY XA EG |
| 06BEIJING11363 | FINATT MEETS CHINA EXIM PRESIDENT ON LENDING TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 1, FinAtt David Loevinger met with President Li Ruogu of the China Export-Import Bank (China Exim) to discuss export credit policy and China's lending to heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs), particularly in Africa. FinAtt urged China to seek greater cooperation wi [...] |
2006-06-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET PREL CH SU XA |
| 06BEIJING1665 | JANUARY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR [...] Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing stated China's concern over current developments in the Iran nuclear crisis to visiting Iranian National Supervisory Council Security Advisor Ali Larijani, MFA Spokesperson Kong Quan said at the regular January 26 MFA Press Briefing. China considers Russia's prop [...] |
2006-01-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CH IR XA |
| 06BERLIN3503 | S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST ENGAGES GERMANY AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings December 6, S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst pushed German officials to incorporate stability and reconstruction (S/R) programming into their 2007 G-8 and EU presidencies. His interlocutors from the Federal Chancellery and Foreign Ministry sug [...] |
2006-12-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KPKO CM GM XA |
| 06BERLIN3551 | GERMAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES SUPPORT IN DARFUR [...] (C) A parliamentary debate on the future of German contributions to a peace operation in Darfur shows that there is an emerging - if vague - support for an enhanced operation in Sudan. SPD, Greens and FDP expressed cautious support, depending on the details, of an extended peace support opera [...] |
2006-12-20 15:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL GM XA SU |
| 06BRUSSELS508 | EUROPEAN COMMISION AND U.S. WORK TOWARD PROGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Fraser met in Brussels on January 26 with European Commission (EC) Director General for DG Development Stefano Manservisi to discuss the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan, Chad and the Horn of Africa. Mutual perspectives and targeted assist [...] |
2006-02-15 07:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BRUSSELS509 | EUROPEAN COUNCIL AFRICA TASK FORCE COMMITS TO [...] (C) Vervaeke initiated the discussion by noting the European Union (EU) had received a letter from the UN, requesting EU support for a flexible "rapid reaction" force to assist, if needed, to ensure electoral stability in DRC. Vervaeke indicated the UN request lacked specificity, but that the [...] |
2006-02-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06DARESSALAAM318 | 2006 AGOA FORUM PLANNING: TANZANIA UNABLE TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-17 08:49:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD XA TZ |
| 06DJIBOUTI300 | DJIBOUTI'S INPUT FOR 2006 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 06:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM XA DJ |
| 06GENEVA597 | 36TH UNHCR STANDING COMMITTEE: AFRICA DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Africa Bureau Director Marjon Kamara and Director of Operations for the Sudan Situation Jean-Marie Fakhouri addressed participants in the 36th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on March 8. Both highlighted the di [...] |
2006-03-16 13:07:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XA |
| 06HARARE977 | ZIMBABWE - FY-2006 ESF REQUEST [...] (SBU) As stated in the Mission Performance Plan, Zimbabwe today is a paradox. On the one hand, President Robert Mugabe and his ruling party have tightened their grip over the country in the past year and have benefited from the split in the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). On [...] |
2006-08-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL XA ZI |
| 06KIGALI1192 | Land of a thousand hills is not always a land of a thousand [...] SUMMARY. Moses Turyazooka is one of the approximately 500,000 Rwandan refugees who grew up in Uganda and returned to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. He is a well-educated and driven entrepreneur who was raised on diaspora ideology - a deep love for the country of Rwanda and a strong desire to [...] |
2006-12-14 12:01:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID BTIO EINV EINT XA RW |
| 06KIGALI242 | RWANDA REPORT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Per reftel, information below provides a summary of each of the requested areas. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- 2. Economic Situation: Rwanda's economy remains largely dependent upon foreign aid, while its population remains [...] |
2006-03-13 19:26:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM XA RW |
| 06KIGALI270 | US AMBASSADOR TO DRC VISITS RWANDA [...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Meece visited Rwanda March 2-4. Highlights of the visit included a stop at Mutobo Demobilization Camp; a meeting with National Security Service (NSS) Secretary General Ndahiro; and a meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande and Ambassador Sezibera, Special Envoy for t [...] |
2006-03-21 12:09:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RW CG KE XA |
| 06KINSHASA142 | Nomination for FY06 Edward R. Murrow Program for [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-27 11:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL CG XA KPAO |
| 06KINSHASA144 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FY-2006 CALL FOR AMBASSADOR'S [...] Embassy Brazzaville's selection committee has identified six, well-developed programs for funding by the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program in FY-06. The reputation and familiarity of this initiative have increased significantly in recent years as post endeavors to re-establish a full tim [...] |
2006-01-27 12:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID AMGT CF CG ECON XA AID |
| 06KINSHASA516 | DRC: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 25 reftel a demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just prior to news of Taylor's capture being announced March 29. Djoli said that the DRC has enough problems with armed groups without Charles Taylor being [...] |
2006-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC LI NI KAWC XA XY CG |
| 06LISBON2269 | PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY PLANS; A SHIFT FROM THE [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese interlocutors relayed their views regarding their government's preparations for the EU presidency. They noted that Germany's policy prescriptions would dominate the agenda through the new coordinated presidencies process, but that Portugal had some opportunities to aff [...] |
2006-10-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON XA XF PO |
| 06LONDON5547 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO, or "the Organization") held meetings in London from June 13 through June 23, 2006, consisting of the Technical Co-operation Committee's fifty-sixth session (TCC56) and the Council's ninety-sixth session (C96). Significant agenda items dur [...] |
2006-07-28 15:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA US UK KE XA |
| 06MAPUTO1229 | MOZAMBIQUE RESPONSE TO USITC INFORMATION REQUEST [...] (U) The primary contact at Embassy Maputo for additional information and follow-up is Brooke Williams, Economic/Commercial Officer. She may be reached via email at WilliamsBLATstate.gov or at 258-21-492797, extension 3422. Ms. Williams is happy to conduct additional research and to provide U [...] |
2006-09-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA MZ |
| 06MASERU455 | LESOTHO: OBLIGATION OF FY06 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND [...] Total FY06 allocation received for Maseru Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) is USD 30,000. USAID legal and accounting offices have reviewed the draft agreements and the USAID accounting office is expected to finalize the obligations upon notification of signing of agreements by post. [...] |
2006-09-13 16:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SOCI XA LT |
| 06MASERU491 | LESOTHO: OBLIGATION OF FY06 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND [...] Subject grant agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Law Office (632-DHRF-06-001) for the purchase of law books has been cancelled in its entirety in compliance with DHRF requirements as per refs A and B. Amendment No. 1 to effect this change was signed by COM [...] |
2006-09-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SOCI XA LT |
| 06NAIROBI2518 | UN WORKSHOP ON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN [...] On May 29, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) convened a three-day humanitarian information network workshop in Nairobi focused on Africa-specific concerns. This year's workshop is a continuation of a process begun in 2002. The primary purpose of the Nairobi wo [...] |
2006-06-08 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI UN XA |
| 06NAIROBI3016 | PROCEEDINGS FROM 19TH SEMI-ANNUAL ALNAP [...] From June 13 to 15, 2006, the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) convened its 19th semi- annual conference. The aim of the meeting was for humanitarian actors to draw out key aspects of learning, accountability, and performance related t [...] |
2006-07-11 06:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI UN XA |
| 06NAIROBI3394 | REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI UN XA |
| 06NAIROBI3630 | REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP [...] The second stage of implementation of the Crop Crisis Control Project (C3P) was launched with a regional planning workshop in Kigali, Rwanda June 13- 15, 2006. The goal of this activity, supported by the Famine Prevention Fund, is a regionally coordinated response to the catastrophic spread of [...] |
2006-08-18 10:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI UN XA |
| 06NAIROBI4685 | CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE [...] Nairobi Embassy received a fax of the following Diplomatic Note numbered MFA.261/328/301A Dated October 25, 2006 with an invitation to Secretary Rice. 2. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: MFA.261/328/301A MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Office of the Great Lakes Region, Ministry of Forei [...] |
2006-11-02 04:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC AMGT KE XA |
| 06NDJAMENA460 | CHAD: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met acting MFA Europe-America officer Kama Dounia March 28 to make delivery (orally in French, written in English) of ref demarche urging Chad not to accept Charles Taylor if he attempted to flee to Chad, to cooperate fully with the UN and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and t [...] |
2006-03-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNSC CD LI NI KAWC XA XY |
| 06NIAMEY515 | NIGER: THE LATEST ON PRIVATIZATION [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Econoff Gage met with representatives of the Government of Niger (GON), companies and the World Bank (IBRD) to produce the following status report on privatization in Niger. GON privatization efforts have advanced since 1996, when Niger codified in law the desire to pri [...] |
2006-05-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV PGOV KPRV XA NG |
| 06OTTAWA3591 | CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS HIV/AIDS [...] Canada's International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced on December 1, World AIDS Day, C$120 million to fight HIV/AIDS overseas. This is over and above what Canada has previously pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The new funding will support glob [...] |
2006-12-13 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO EAID CA XA |
| 06PARIS1020 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. NIGERIA 5. DROC Â [...] |
2006-02-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS107 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. SIERRA LEONE 5. ZIMBABWE 6. UGANDA 7. RWANDA Â [...] |
2006-01-09 08:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS1352 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. DROC 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. BURUNDI 6. MAURITANIA 7. UGANDA 8. KENYA 9. ZIMBABWE 10. NIGERIA Â [...] |
2006-03-03 15:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS1497 | FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ ARE A MAJOR FRENCH CONCERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since 2004, French counterterrorism authorities have focused on the threat posed by foreign fighters going to Iraq. For those departing France for Iraq, the GOF fears that they will become hardened and experienced terrorists, and will eventually return to France to plan attack [...] |
2006-03-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ASEC PTER PREL PGOV CG XA XF XG XI FR |
| 06PARIS1550 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA EMIGRATION 3. AFRICA CORRUPTION 4. ALI FARKA TOURE 5. COTE D'IVOIRE 6. SENEGAL 7. BENIN 8. NIGER 9. SUDAN 10. UGANDA 11. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...] |
2006-03-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS1568 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...] |
2006-03-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS1713 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BENIN 4. CHAD 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7. DROC 8. MAURITANIA 9. UGANDA 10. KENYA 11. LIBERIA 12. SUDAN Â [...] |
2006-03-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS2259 | FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL AFRICA ADVISOR OFFERS OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor for Africa Jacques Champagne de Labriolle on April 3 provided a broad overview of French Africa policy during a meeting with AF/W Director Phillip Carter. He made the following observations: -- Chad and Cote d'Ivoire were France's main concerns at prese [...] |
2006-04-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IV FR |
| 06PARIS2300 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. FAMINE IN AFRICA 3. SENEGAL 4. TAYLOR 5. DROC 6. COTE D'IVOIRE Â [...] |
2006-04-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS2362 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the April 5 Paris Club meeting, creditors accepted in principle Algeria's offer to prepay at face value its previously rescheduled Paris Club debt. The US is the third largest creditor with $1.2 billion in claims, just over half of which are pre-payable without penalty. The US stre [...] |
2006-04-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS2633 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHAD 3. SENEGAL 4. COTE D'IVOIRE Â [...] |
2006-04-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS267 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHINA AND AFRICA 3. AFRICAN MIGRANTS 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. CHAD 6. DROC 7. UGANDA 8. SUDAN 9 NIGERIA Â [...] |
2006-01-13 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS2998 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/CHINA 3. DARFUR 4. CHAD 5. CAMEROON 6. UGANDA Â [...] |
2006-05-05 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS3183 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. CAMEROON 5. SOMALIA Â [...] |
2006-05-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS3247 | PARIS CLUB - MAY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DEBT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) At the May 10-12 meeting of the Paris Club, Afghanistan's three creditors, Russia, Germany and the United States, took the first step toward fulfilling their pledges to cancel 100% of Afghanistan's debt by providing assurances of debt relief during the period of Afghanistan's new IMF progra [...] |
2006-05-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS3362 | UNESCO: DAKAR OFFICE CHIEF OUTLINES DECENTRALIZATION [...] Summary and Comment: To explore issues relating to decentralization, Ambassador Oliver and Science Officer met with Lalla Aicha Ben Barka, Director of the UNESCO Office in Dakar and the regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA). Although the UNESCO secretariat often highlights its decen [...] |
2006-05-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID KDEM KSCA SOCI XA SG UNESCO EDU |
| 06PARIS3927 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHAD 3. SENEGAL 4. MALI 5. COTE 6. MAURITANIA 7. SOMALIA 8. SUDAN 9. NIGERIA Â [...] |
2006-06-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS416 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. AFRICAN UNION 4. MALI/SOCIAL FORUM 5. DROC 6. LIBERIA 7. SOUTH AFRICA 8. SUDAN Â [...] |
2006-01-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS4253 | PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, [...] (SBU) At the June 13-16 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will allow Russia to repay its remaining USD 22 billion in previously rescheduled Paris Club debt in August. The deal is still subject to approval by Moscow. Cameroon received a completi [...] |
2006-06-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS456 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the January 18 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to raise Jordan's debt swap ceiling from 30% to 40%. The US and UK were the most vocal advocates, arguing that Jordan was an important ally facing serious economic vulnerabilities despite progress implementing key economic reforms. [...] |
2006-01-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS4967 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. AFRICA: CULTURE, ART, DIVERSIONS 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICAN CONTINENT 6. WEST AFRICA 7. ANGOLA 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. BURKINA FASO Â [...] |
2006-07-21 11:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS5024 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND AFGHAN DEBT [...] (SBU) At the July 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed on exceptionally generous debt relief for Afghanistan, which achieved three main objectives: (1) 92% of Afghanistan's debt stock will be canceled immediately; (2) all interest falling due between now and the end of the IMF pr [...] |
2006-07-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS5114 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. ETHIOPIA 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. BENIN 6. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Â [...] |
2006-07-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS5454 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. AFRICA: CULTURE, ART, DIVERSIONS 5. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 6. MALI Â [...] |
2006-08-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS566 | AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. MALI SUMMIT 5. CHAD 6. CONGO 7. DROC 8. KENYA 8. ZIMBABWE Â [...] |
2006-01-30 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XA |
| 06PARIS5733 | CHINA IN AFRICA: FRENCH ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French observers believe China's growing presence in Africa reflects a strategic decision by the PRC to exploit a resource-rich continent susceptible to an aggressive Chinese approach. French contacts express apprehension at Chinese inroads into areas of Africa onc [...] |
2006-08-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EAID ETRD CH XA FR |
| 06PARIS6323 | PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the September 13 meeting of the Paris Club, Xavier Musca, the Chairman of the Paris Club, reported that Angolan Finance Minister de Morais had told him the previous week that Angola is still considering a precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF, with the understanding that th [...] |
2006-09-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS6993 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MALAWI DEBT [...] (U) At the October 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors canceled 354 million of Malawi's 363 million dollars of Paris Club debt as its completion point treatment under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The US was not a creditor. The Club provided financing assuranc [...] |
2006-10-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS7491 | PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...] |
2006-11-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS7835 | PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...] |
2006-12-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PRETORIA3422 | ENTICED BY AFRICA'S MANIFOLD RICHES, AMERICANS AND CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: About 30 government, academic and business leaders -- including several former senior State Department officials -- held a groundbreaking dialogue to explore how China and the U.S. could work with Africa to spur development on the continent. Discussions centered on energy, trade [...] |
2006-08-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID EIND KDEM CH XA SF |
| 06RABAT1427 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE 505 AGREEMENT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloffs met July 27 with MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism officer Karim Halim to encourage the Government of Morocco (GOM) to replace its existing 505 agreement with the text of a new [...] |
2006-07-27 17:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV MO XA |
| 06RABAT2183 | DIPLOMATICNOTE RECEIVED: AMENDING THE 505 [...] (U) Thiscable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received Diplomatc Note 003685 from the Ministry of Foreign Affais November 28, 2006 in response to reftel A and . The Note was transmited in both Arabic and Eglish. In the following note, the Moroccan [...] |
2006-11-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV MO XA |
| 06ROME463 | 24TH FAO AFRICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] Summary: The biennial African Regional Conference (ARC) of the UN Agency for Food and Agriculture (FAO), held in Bamako, Mali, from January 30 to February 3 highlighted the continent's lack of progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals for reducing hunger and poverty, and pr [...] |
2006-02-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR XA FAO |
| 06TOKYO711 | JAPAN'S UNSC REFORM EFFORT LOOSING STEAM? [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Option C plan "did not fly" with its G3 partners, MOFA's UN Policy Division Director Aikawa told PolOffs February 7. Aikawa did not know how much longer Japan could "paper over" its differences with the G3. Implying that UN Security Council reform may be loosing steam do [...] |
2006-02-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC XA JA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1093 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Members of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee communicated May 25 via videoconference with Court Registrar Lovemore Munlo and other Court officials to discuss the proposed $26.8 million budget projected for July 2006-June 2007, progress in the three trials now underw [...] |
2006-05-31 18:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1404 | GAMBARI, KALOMOH, GUEHENNO, EGELAND ATTEND CORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, the Under Secretary-General (U/SYG) for the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, hosted a meeting of members of the Core Group for Northern Uganda, composed of the U.S., UK, Norway, and Netherlands, with Canada also in attendance, to discuss the [...] |
2006-07-25 13:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IV SU UG UNSC XA XW |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1405 | GUEHENNO BRIEFS ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 13, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) Guehenno briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) on discussions held on July 5 in Cote d'Ivoire between Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and African leaders regarding the region's peace pro [...] |
2006-07-25 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IV PGOV UNSC XA KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK514 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN management-reform (M/R) officer joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members in a formal meeting March 13 to discuss the Committee's upcoming trip to Freetown, the Court's precarious financial future, and the need to prod the Court's judges to increase judicial ef [...] |
2006-03-16 14:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
| 07ABIDJAN1018 | COTE D IVOIRE 2007 AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION [...] Below is the text of Post's Eligibility Recommendation Input as emailed to EEB Janet Potash and USTR Connie Hamilton October 2nd: Country: COTE D'IVOIRE Current AGOA Status: Ineligible, Benefits Withdrawn January 1, 2005 Country Background Summary: Cote d'Ivoire's economy has struggled [...] |
2007-10-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD XA IV |
| 07ABIDJAN234 | CHINESE INFLUENCE IN COTE D'IVOIRE - AN UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. China plays a passive role in the political scene in Cote d'Ivoire, and typically proffers the rhetoric of non-interference in national affairs with regards to the Ivorian political crisis. China is not a supplier of military hardware or training to either faction. China is [...] |
2007-03-02 19:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN XA IV |
| 07ABUJA1258 | NIGERIAN PARTICIPATION IN AU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | XA KSUM PREL NI |
| 07ACCRA497 | CHINESE INFLUENCE IN GHANA - AN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Chinese involvement in Ghana, dating from the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960, is strong and growing. After independence, President Kwame Nkrumah sought close ties with China, a relationship that continued throughout the Rawlings years. The bilateral friendship b [...] |
2007-03-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL XA XE GH |
| 07ADDISABABA40 | SOMALIA: PM MELES AFFIRMS NEED FOR ETHIOPIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 4 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles said that Ethiopia sought to withdraw its forces from Somalia as soon as possible, as their prolonged presence would only serve to make them a target of possible terrorist attacks from remaining CIC fighter [...] |
2007-01-08 09:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO XA |
| 07ADDISABABA60 | SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 14 meeting with Charge a.i. Wilgus and deputy pol-econ counselor, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale expressed interest in establishing a closer strategic relationship with the United States, and appealed for both humanitarian and military assistance to [...] |
2007-01-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER EAID KISL SO ET RW AU XA |
| 07ADDISABABA68 | SOMALILAND PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin appealed for international recognition and support, highlighting Somaliland's political progress and its commitment to democracy and regional stability. Kahin, accompanied by Finance Minister Hussein [...] |
2007-01-09 16:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PBTS PINR PTER SO ET DJ XA |
| 07ANKARA469 | TURKEY: RACE FOR UNSC SEAT BRINGS RENEWED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey gears up its campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2009-2010, the GOT is taking a renewed interest in Africa, reflected in part by PM Erdogan's recent visit to Addis Ababa for the African Union Summit. Never a key focus of Turkey's foreign pol [...] |
2007-03-01 16:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AORC UN XA TU |
| 07ANTANANARIVO477 | COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS HELP TO DISARM MILITIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador McGee met May 19 with Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, high-level Union officials, and island presidential candidates on both Grand Comores and Anjouan to urge all parties to work towards free, fair, transparent, and peaceful elections in the upcomi [...] |
2007-05-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM XA CN |
| 07BEIJING1094 | FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: OECD VISITOR ON CHINA'S LIMITED [...] (SBU) China has a growing but still limited willingness to discuss its emerging role as a donor, to be transparent about its programs, and to coordinate development assistance issues with other countries, according to Richard Manning, Chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC), [...] |
2007-02-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID CH XA XB XC XD XE XF DAC |
| 07BEIJING1102 | FEBRUARY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the February 15 MFA press conference were: -- Six-Party Talks have entered a "substantive stage." The Spokesperson outlined the structure of working groups and called for the United States and DPRK to resolve financial issues. -- China is ready to expand imports from th [...] |
2007-02-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD UNSC CH KN JA IR IN RS XA |
| 07BEIJING1839 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO SANCTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CG XA CH |
| 07BEIJING3117 | MAY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPECIAL REP FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS; DARFUR; TAINTED PRODUCTS; BUSH-HU; HUANG JU; DALAI LAMA; SED; IPR; VISITS [...] Key points at the May 10 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokeswoman Jiang Yu were: -- Liu Guijin has been appointed to the newly created position of "special representative for African affairs" where he will focus on the Darfur issue. -- China will send a team of 275 engineers to Darfur [...] |
2007-05-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PRE ETRD SU XA XW ZU PM UK NL BE |
| 07BEIJING3261 | MAY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TRADE AND SED; SUDAN; [...] Key points at the May 15 MFA Press Conference were: -- United States-China trade is "win-win," trade frictions are natural given the volume of trade and China has made efforts to revalue the rmb. Such topics will be discussed in the upcoming Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). -- China pla [...] |
2007-05-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CH SU JA XA XW VM PM KS KN ZK |
| 07BEIJING3321 | MAY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA FUNDS; AFRICA [...] Key points at the May 17 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA has taken note of reports from the DPRK Foreign Ministry that BDA funds are being moved. -- Jiang reiterated that assistance to African nations has "no political strings attached." -- The MFA has taken note of reports that th [...] |
2007-05-17 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD SU JA XA XW KS KN SO AS UK HR FR |
| 07BEIJING413 | JANUARY 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S DPRK [...] Key points made at the January 18 MFA press conference were: -- China welcomes the meeting between Assistant Secretary Hill and DPRK nuclear envoy Kim Kye-Gwan in Berlin and supports direct contact between the sides. -- The MFA confirmed A/S Hill's planned visit to Beijing "in the coming [...] |
2007-01-18 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KIRF CH XA KN JA |
| 07BEIJING499 | JANUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ANTI-SATELLITE [...] Key points made at the January 23 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman confirmed the test of an anti- satellite missile earlier this month, said the test did not target any country and reaffirmed that China opposes the weaponization of space and will not participate in a space ar [...] |
2007-01-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KIRF PREF CH KN JA XA LE PK |
| 07BEIJING569 | PRC/AFRICA: MFA PRESS BRIEFING ON HU JINTAO'S [...] Key points made by Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun at the January 24 MFA press briefing on President Hu's upcoming visit to Africa were: -- Hu will visit Africa from January 30 to February 10, including stops in Cameroon (Jan. 30-Feb. 1), Liberia (Feb. 1), Sudan (Feb. 2-3), Zambia (Feb. [...] |
2007-01-25 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV XA SU CH |
| 07BEIJING6159 | SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: CHINESE AID TO [...] (C) Summary: China's aid policy toward Zimbabwe has not changed, and the current spate of reports regarding Chinese aid to Zimbabwe are all the result of a misunderstanding, MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer Wang Xiao told PolOff September 19. The rumors re-ignited following a September 18 press conf [...] |
2007-09-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI XA |
| 07BEIJING7037 | COUNTERTERRORISM: PRC ADOPTING PRAGMATIC APPROACH [...] (C) PRC citizens have increasingly been victims of violence overseas in recent years, including murders and kidnappings in Africa and attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite evidence that some of these incidents specifically targeted Chinese and clear signs that the PRC is experimenting [...] |
2007-11-08 23:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL CASC PGOV CH PK XA IZ AF UN |
| 07BEIJING7105 | S/P GORDON BILAT WITH VFM WANG YI: IRAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking with Policy Planning Director David Gordon November 13, stressed the need for the United States and China to continue their policy planning dialogue on long-term strategic issues. S/P Director Gordon emphasized to VFM Wang that the United St [...] |
2007-11-14 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ENRG SENV KNNP ASEAN CH XA BM IR |
| 07BEIJING718 | JANUARY 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the January 30 MFA press conference were: -- The third phase of the fifth round of Six-Party Talks will begin on February 8. The Talks will focus on implementation of the Joint Statement and how to promote progress. Progress made will determine the Talks' duration. - [...] |
2007-01-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TSPA CH KN XA SU TX LO |
| 07BEIJING7364 | U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFRICA, ENERGY [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ma Zhaoxu said the United States and China have common concerns on African development issues. He expressed hope for the region and noted the importance of China as a model and [...] |
2007-12-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EAID APEC SENV CH XA |
| 07BEIJING940 | FEBRUARY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the February 8 MFA press conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks resumed today with an open- ended schedule. Goals are to implement the Joint Statement and establish a mechanism for further progress. Relevant parties should address financial sanctions issues to allow th [...] |
2007-02-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MNUC KN JA CH XA |
| 07BERLIN81 | GERMAN REACTION TO AFRICOM BASING [...] (C) DCM and Naval Attach presented reftel talking points to MOD and MFA on January 15. MOD Parliamentary State Secretary Christian Schmidt offered preliminary personal SIPDIS views and undertook to provide DCM initial coordinated German government feedback on January 17. Schmidt reacted [...] |
2007-01-15 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GM XA US |
| 07BRATISLAVA674 | SLOVAKIA WILL NOT SUPPORT POSTPONING UN BUDGET [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Denisa Frelichova at the UN and International Organizations Department at MFA. Frelichova said that postponing final action on the UN budget (option A in reftel) is a "red line" for Slovakia and the EU. She said Slovakia's team in New York has a wide mandate [...] |
2007-12-20 15:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA XA XD LO |
| 07BRUSSELS2324 | A/S FRAZER AND EU CONFER ON RANGE OF AFRICAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and EU were in general agreement about a broad range of African issues, with the important exceptions of Eritrea and Zimbabwe, when they met June 24 for four hours of troika consultations on African affairs. On Eritrea, the EU favored continued engagement of President Is [...] |
2007-07-18 14:40:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID EUN XA |
| 07DARESSALAAM148 | AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is committed to all issues regarding good governance and would love to see all nations, not just in Africa but all over the world, independent and led democratically, Nelson J. Lyimo, Acting Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Africa Department, [...] |
2007-01-30 14:55:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL XA TZ |
| 07JAKARTA796 | DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF [...] (U) In a March 21 meeting with Heru Santoso and Dicky Yunus of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights Directorate, we conveyed the names for listing contained reftel. Yunus and Santoso said that this matter was handled by experts at Indonesia's Mission to the U.N. in New [...] |
2007-03-21 06:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA CG ID |
| 07LISBON1858 | U.S.- EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (SBU) A/S Fried met July 13 in Lisbon with Political Directors (PolDirs) from the 27 EU member states and with the EU Troika political directors. The agenda included Kosovo, Russia, NATO coordination in Afghanistan, conflicts in Africa, institution building in the Palestinian Territories, and [...] |
2007-07-18 17:35:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS MOPS PHUM PREL PO EUN UN XA AF ZL RS |
| 07LISBON2564 | EU DEFENSE MINISTERS INFORMAL IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary. High Rep Solana briefed EU Defense Ministers on the first face-to-face Troika-led negotiations between Serbs and Kosovars. Solana's spokesman said the EU would support any necessary action by troops currently stationed in Kosovo to maintain stability. Solana strongly defended th [...] |
2007-10-04 10:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF XA ZL PO EUN |
| 07LISBON3106 | EU-AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT SCENESETTER [...] (U) Summary. More than 100 delegations will be in Lisbon for the EU-African Union Summit December 8-9, representing every state in both organizations, plus a few more. This event will consume nearly 20 percent of Portugal's entire EU Presidency budget. Participants will adopt the Strategic [...] |
2007-12-06 17:04:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PO PREL XA EUN |
| 07LISBON3178 | EU-AFRICA SUMMIT; EPAS, ZIMBABWE, DARFUR [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. The Portuguese are justly proud of the successful EU-Africa Summit held December 8-9 in Lisbon, even if the self-congratulation is sometimes over the top. Economic partnership agreements that the European mission thought were a done deal were derailed for further study, and [...] |
2007-12-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID ETRD PINS MOPS PHUM EUN XA PO |
| 07LISBON644 | FORMER GOVERNOR BUSH MEETS PORTUGUESE PM, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush, accompanied by Ambassador Hoffman, both President Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Socrates stressed that the U.S.-Portugal relationship transcends party politics, asserting that changes in Portugal,s government do not [...] |
2007-03-13 09:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA XF PO |
| 07LISBON710 | ON ZIMBABWE: PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON EU, HRC, AND [...] (C) Summary: The EU is already discussing action to condemn Zimbabwe in the Human Rights Council, but that action may merely be an EU statement during deliberations. Portugal is actively engaged in negotiations with the African Union on a joint strategy in the lead up to a potential EU-AU sum [...] |
2007-03-19 17:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XA PO |
| 07MADRID336 | SPANISH ASSISTANCE IN AFRICA: NOT THE SAME AS PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on the 2006 conversations and correspondence between Assistant Secretary Frazer and Spanish Director General Alvaro Iranzo, Emboffs met February 20 with Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, Deputy Director General for Spanish International Cooperation in Africa and Asia, to d [...] |
2007-02-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID SP XA |
| 07MADRID425 | SPAIN: AFRICOM SHOULD ENGAGE AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) At a meeting on a range of issues with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on February 2, the DCM raised the recent announcement of the creation of U.S. Combatant Command Africa (AFRICOM) and told Dezcallar that the U.S. would appreciate Spain's input, advice and [...] |
2007-03-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP XA |
| 07MAPUTO138 | MOZAMBIQUE - AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-30 10:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL MZ XA |
| 07MOSCOW5177 | RUSSIA'S SLOW RETURN TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with a visiting INR analyst, Russian experts and MFA officials stressed that Russia is gaining ground slowly in Africa after its post-Cold War retrenchment. Russia is a firmly established player in the mining sector, where its advanced mining technology is [...] |
2007-10-26 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EMIN XA RS |
| 07NAIROBI1077 | FEWSNET REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY PRESENTATION [...] USAID/East Africa Regional Economic Growth and Integration (REGI) and Regional Food for Peace (FFP) Offices have cultivated a productive relationship with the regional FEWSNET Office. In that light, FEWSNET has been holding periodic briefings for USAID's offices (USAID/EA, Kenya, Somalia, Su [...] |
2007-03-07 08:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID XA ZI KPRP |
| 07NAIROBI3531 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Information Technology Specialist, George Ombis to travel to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during the period o/a September 12 - 23, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to attend the Bi- Annual AFRICAGIS conference, the largest Geo- informatio [...] |
2007-09-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA UV XA XY |
| 07PARIS1119 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) The March 14 meeting of the Paris Club reviewed the debt status of 24 countries, taking steps to prepare for debt treatments in the coming months for the Central African Republic (likely in April), the Gambia (in May), Sao Tome and Principe (in May), and Liberia. Creditors confirmed the [...] |
2007-03-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS1742 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND CAR NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) At the April 19-20, 2007 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided debt relief to the Central African Republic in recognition of its eligibility for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and to facilitate the newly signed Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) wit [...] |
2007-05-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS2374 | PARIS CLUB - MAY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND PERU AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) At the May 22-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed to allow Peru to prepay at face value as much as $2.5 billion in previously rescheduled non-concessional debt in order to support its efforts to implement sound debt management policies. The Secretariat reported on technical [...] |
2007-06-05 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS2899 | PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed in principle to accept Gabon's offer to buy back its previously rescheduled debt at a discount. Terms will be negotiated at the July meeting. This would be the first time the Paris Club has conducted a standalone mark [...] |
2007-07-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS3209 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND GABON DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 17-18 meetings of the Paris Club, creditors accepted a stand-alone discounted debt buyback offer from Gabon, the first such operation by the Club. While welcoming Gabon's efforts to use USD 500 million in oil revenues toward debt management, the USG lacked legal aut [...] |
2007-07-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS328 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MACEDONIA & [...] (SBU) During the January 23-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors granted Sierra Leone completion point treatment under the enhanced HIPC initiative, cancelling 100 percent ($363 million) of Sierra Leone's bilateral debt to the Club. The United States wrote off $44 million in USDA concession [...] |
2007-01-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS3341 | FRENCH INTENTIONS FOR AFRICA-RELATED MEETINGS AT [...] (SBU) MFA AF PDAS Caroline Dumas on August 3 provided the following information on Africa-related meetings the French would like to see held on the margins of this year's UNGA. She provided this information in response to our request for clarification in view of the different signals we had [...] |
2007-08-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA XA FR |
| 07PARIS3994 | PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 12 Tour d'Horizon, creditors welcomed in principle Jordan's proposal to buy back debt and generally supported the Secretariat's assessment of a 6-8 percent market discount. In a significant move, the Secretariat and creditors agreed with the U.S. [...] |
2007-09-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS4309 | FRANCE PREPARING TO ANNOUNCE NEW AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is planning to announce a major shift in its Africa policy, to be unveiled by President Sarkozy during his scheduled visit to South Africa in February 2008, according to Romain Serman, an AF-advisor at the French Presidency. The change in policy is intended to minimize, [...] |
2007-10-18 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA FR |
| 07PARIS4399 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2007 REPORTING CABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Paris Club agreed to accept a buyback of previously rescheduled Jordanian debt at an average discount of 11 percent off face value. This figure is significantly above the 5-7% figure that the Paris Club Secretariat initially estimated to be a fair market disco [...] |
2007-10-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS4622 | PARIS CLUB - November 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 14, 2007 Paris Club tour d'horizon, Chairman Musca urged countries to stay on message in their contacts with the government of Argentina - Argentina should clear its arrears. Iraq's recent agreement with Bulgaria was deemed roughly comparable to Iraq's Paris Club agreement, [...] |
2007-12-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS4752 | FRENCH MFA POSITION ON UN BUDGET FAVORS TARGETED [...] (C) We carried out reftel demarche on December 20 with MFA IO Desk Officer Olivier Guerot. He said that France, in tandem with the UK and Germany, had been working to identify specific areas where budget savings could be realized and had come up with about USD 200 million that could be saved [...] |
2007-12-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA XA XD FR |
| 07PARIS847 | PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...] |
2007-03-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR |
| 07PARIS848 | PART II: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT -- THE DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac, on the margins of the XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes, facilitated a February 15 Mini-Summit on the regional spillover of the Darfur crisis. Ghana President Kufuor, in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union, presided over the event, which took place in [...] |
2007-03-06 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA SU CD CT FR |
| 07PARIS849 | PART III: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - AVOIDING A MUGABE [...] (C) Summary: For the 2007 Africa-France Summit at Cannes, President Chirac made a watershed policy choice to abide by the EU travel ban and exclude Zimbabwean pariah leader Robert Mugabe. Chirac had invited Mugabe four years earlier to the 2003 Paris Summit, amid concerns about the risk of a b [...] |
2007-03-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA ZI FR |
| 07PORTAUPRINCE578 | OAS ''FRIENDS GROUP'' MEETS RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Organization of American States (OAS) Special Representative, Denneth Modeste, said that the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, proposed to re-establish a SIPDIS Group of Friends during his visit to Haiti on March 19. (Note: The OAS convened the Group of Friends in Port- [...] |
2007-03-23 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA XA |
| 07RABAT1229 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: During her July 6-8 visit to Morocco, Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, met with the chiefs of Morocco's intelligence service, the internal security service, the chief of the national police, the Minister of Interior [...] |
2007-07-31 15:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KISL MO IZ XF XA |
| 07RABAT1575 | MOROCCAN DEMARCHE ON FOURTH COMMITTEE SAHARA [...] (C) On the afternoon of October 4, Moroccan MFA Secretary-General Omar Hilale summoned chiefs of mission from SIPDIS OAS states resident in Rabat to a demarche anticipating wrangling over the text of a Western Sahara resolution in the UN Fourth Committee, set to begin next week. In addition [...] |
2007-10-04 16:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO XA XF |
| 07RABAT1812 | AMU SYG INSISTS ECONOMIC COOPERATION KEY TO [...] (C) Summary: AMU Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya recently outlined for the Ambassador his view that economic cooperation was the most promising driver for unity and integration in the Maghreb. The agenda for a December 10 economic ministerial in Tripoli would include a draft regional free [...] |
2007-12-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD ECON PREL XA |
| 07RABAT1813 | AMU SYG MOVING TO ENHANCE DIALOGUE WITH U.S., [...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya was charged by AMU Foreign Ministers with pursuing enhanced dialogue with the U.S. during their November 30 meeting in Rabat, according to both AMU and GOM sources. The preceding week, Benyahya told the Ambassador that [...] |
2007-12-05 17:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN XA |
| 07RABAT362 | AMU INCREASING CT FOCUS, ADVANCING TRADE DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Foreign Ministers from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya gathered in Rabat February 10-11 for the 26th Ministerial Council meeting of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). A senior AMU contact told us discussions among the Ministers reflected increased focus in AMU fora on stemming [...] |
2007-02-26 09:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL ETRD MO LY AG TS XA XF |
| 07RABAT528 | ARAB MAGHREB UNION SYG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya told the Ambassador he was promoting technical cooperation and trade among member states to advance regional integration, in a March 2 meeting. "We can't wait for a miracle political solution," he emphasized. Ben Yahya ci [...] |
2007-03-23 17:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MO AG LY TS MR XA XF |
| 07ROME1945 | ITALY PRIVATELY FAVORS ICAO AVIATION EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Italy (GOI) representatives recently indicated unofficially that Italy would prefer a global aviation emissions solution rather than the EU Commission's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). GOI MFA comments suggest that, with a commitment to global and bindin [...] |
2007-09-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SENV ECON ETRD XA XB XD XF XG XL IT |
| 07ROME2498 | UN FIFTH COMMITTEE: ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-20 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA XA XD IT |
| 07SHANGHAI291 | CHINA HOSTS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the African Development Bank (AFDB) 2007 Annual Meetings in Shanghai on May 16 with a speech that stressed China's sincere commitment to helping Africa develop and acknowledged that China needed to further implement its own financial sector reforms [...] |
2007-05-16 09:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH XA |
| 07SHANGHAI335 | SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a May 29 luncheon with the Consul General, Shanghai Institute For International Studies (SIIS) Vice President Yang Jiemian said China would be responsive to U.S. requests conveyed via the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) process. He predicted that China would gradually ta [...] |
2007-06-01 03:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH TW XA XK XR XD |
| 07SHANGHAI640 | VISIT OF AFRICA BUREAU SENIOR ADVISOR, AMBASSADOR RUTH A. [...] (SBU) Summary: In Shanghai from September 8-14, Ambassador Ruth A. Davis participated in the Vital Voices symposium for Chinese and African women business leaders, met with Chinese Africa experts, visited two Chinese companies investing in Africa and delivered a lecture on U.S.-African policy [...] |
2007-09-30 00:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CH XA |
| 07SOFIA1391 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. OPTIONS FOR UN BUDGET [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA XA XD |
| 07STATE145621 | NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 OBLIGATIONS: [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was listed in November 2001 pursuant to UNSCR 1267 (Al-Qa'ida/Taliban sanctions) and subsequent resolutions. The 1267 sanctions r [...] |
2007-10-17 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA ER |
| 07STATE149594 | GUIDANCE FOR CTC'S FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING IN [...] The UNSC's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) will hold its Fifth Special Meeting with International and Regional Organizations on the Prevention of Terrorist Movement and Effective Border Security on October 29-31 in Nairobi, Kenya. This event will address key issues related to the need to se [...] |
2007-10-26 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER KE XA |
| 07STATE152814 | RAISING NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was listed in November 2001 pursuant to UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) and subsequent resolutions. The 1267 sanctions regim [...] |
2007-11-05 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA ER |
| 07STATE154929 | INSTRUCTION CABLE FOR USUN: CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] This is an action cable, see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during November 13 Security Council consultations on the Great Lakes Region: Begin talking points: -- The United States welcomes the Government of the Democratic Republic of the [...] |
2007-11-09 20:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL XA XF XW CG UG BY RW |
| 07STATE163972 | INSTRUCTIONS- TALKING POINTS FOR U/SYG HOLMES [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the December 6 briefing by U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Sir John Holmes. Begin points: -- We would like to thank Under-Secretary Holmes for [...] |
2007-12-05 23:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XW SU |
| 07STATE166907 | SIERRA LEONE- TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 14 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the December 14 consultations on Sierra Leone. Begin points: -- The United States thanks Executive Representative Victor Angelo for his thorough briefing and for his except [...] |
2007-12-14 00:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL |
| 07STATE167346 | SOMALIA - INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECEMBER 17 DEBATE [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is requested to draw from the following points for the December 17 debate on Somalia Begin text: -- We thank UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah for his insightful SIPDIS briefing this a [...] |
2007-12-14 23:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT XA XW SO |
| 07STATE168497 | BURUNDI- USUN INSTRUCTION CABLE ON BINUB [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the BINUB resolution scheduled to be adopted by the Council on December 19. Full text of the resolution follows: Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions and statements of its [...] |
2007-12-19 13:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA ZF BY |
| 07STATE169391 | SIERRA LEONE - VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON UNIOSIL [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the UNIOSIL extension resolution scheduled for adoption by the Council on December 21. Full text of the resolution follows: The Security Council, Re-affirming its previous Resolutions and the state [...] |
2007-12-21 02:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL |
| 07STATE170925 | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/Rel UN) The Department of Justice (DOJ), in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney,s Office for the Western District of Missouri, is conducting a criminal investigation regarding the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) and its alleged f [...] |
2007-12-28 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER UNSC XA XD PK |
| 07TAIPEI1154 | TAIWAN VERSUS CHINA IN AFRICA: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Summary: Taipei plans to host an Africa Summit this September to shore up bilateral relations with the five African countries that still recognize Taiwan following the losses of Senegal and Chad over the last two years. The summit in part is a response to Beijing's growing influence in [...] |
2007-05-23 07:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA TW |
| 07TOKYO2703 | ICAO ASSEMBLY - SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR KEY U.S. [...] (U) On June 13, post delivered the points in STATE 77572 to Yoshiyasu Kawaguchi, Deputy Director, Specialized Agencies Division, International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA, and asked for the GOJ's support. Mr. Kawaguchi is not a specialist on these issues, but promised to deliver our request to t [...] |
2007-06-15 05:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD XA XF XB XG XD XL |
| 07TOKYO391 | JAPAN LEERY OF TRYING TO INFLUENCE AFRICAN UNION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-29 09:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA XW SU JA |
| 07TOKYO5643 | UN BUDGET DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-21 05:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA XA XD JA |
| 07TUNIS1261 | AFDB PRESIDENT AIMS TO REGAIN MEMBER CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) In a September 11 meeting with EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka outlined his vision for the AfDB's future, emphasizing the need for greater selectivity and focus in Bank lending as well as strong support for the private sector. Kaberuk [...] |
2007-09-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV XA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK21 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] This is a guidance request - see para 7. 2. SUMMARY: In the coming weeks, the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee will convene a series of meetings, including a day-long discussion to be hosted by the UK Mission on January 17, to consider a series of issues that will impact th [...] |
2007-01-12 22:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK439 | UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...] |
2007-06-01 21:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF |
| 07USUNNEWYORK470 | UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...] |
2007-06-12 16:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | BY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU |
| 07USUNNEWYORK49 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN M/R joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members (UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Nigeria) for a day-long meeting convened January 17 at the UK Mission to assess the more than fifty recommendations to improve efficiency of the Special Court [...] |
2007-01-24 15:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK541 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN [...] (U) On June 22, Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in an open session on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. His remarks included first-hand observations from recent field missions to Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, norther [...] |
2007-07-02 17:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC XA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK607 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...] |
2007-07-25 16:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK629 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...] |
2007-07-31 21:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK646 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COURT PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court President Judge George Galaga King told members of the Special Court Management Committee via telephone on August 2 that motions from the defense teams in both the Charles Taylor case and the AFRC appeal seeking additional time to prepare, if approved by th [...] |
2007-08-07 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK744 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DR [...] (U) Summary. On September 11, UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in a closed session on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on his recent field visit to DRC, Holmes outlined continuing humanitarian [...] |
2007-09-12 21:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC CG XA |
| 08ABUJA1236 | NIGERIA: DELEGATION INFORMATION FOR 11TH AU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-25 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM OVIP PGOV XA NI |
| 08ABUJA2204 | NIGERIA: BURKINA FASO TSCTP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche concerning the admission of Burkina Faso to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) to Dr. Olawale Maiyegun, Deputy Director of the Second United Nations Division of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of International Organizatio [...] |
2008-11-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI NI |
| 08ABUJA437 | NIGERIA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO NI |
| 08ACCRA1586 | GHANA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE REGARDING DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | PARM PREL IR XA GH |
| 08ACCRA561 | REGIONAL FISHIERIES NEWS [...] SUMMARY: Chinese industrial fishing practices off the coast of Cameroon are described as destructive and threatening. Ghanaian fishermen allege Chinese commercial trawling methods are damaging the artisanal fishing equipment. China completes site survey in Ghana for potential aquaculture si [...] |
2008-04-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV XA CM GH |
| 08ALGIERS1231 | INCLUSION OF BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI AG |
| 08AMMAN663 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL KCRM UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JO |
| 08ANKARA1364 | TURKEY-AFRICA COOPERATION SUMMIT PREPARATIONS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz updated the DCM on preparation for the August 18-20 Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit in Istanbul (reftel). 17 heads of state or government have so far confirmed participation and the GOT is expecting more. Zimbabwe has not confirmed President Mugabe's participation, [...] |
2008-07-30 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA TU |
| 08ANKARA1550 | TURKEY-AU SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY BASHIR'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOT-hosted Turkey-African Union (AU) Cooperation Summit, August 18-21, rendered no surprises. During the sessions, the GOT focused on developing good will, expanding trade ties, and lobbying for African support of Turkey's UNSC bid. Overall, the GOT was pleased with both atte [...] |
2008-08-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA TU |
| 08ATHENS1028 | SOMALI PIRACY: GREEK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-18 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SOCI XA XW GR |
| 08BAMAKO881 | BURKINA TSCTP MEMBERSHIP AND LATEST ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI ML |
| 08BEIJING2718 | AMBASSADOR URGES PRC SUPPORT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi the Ambassador pushed strongly for China to support bringing a resolution on Zimbabwe to a vote in the UN Security Council and to vote for that resolution. AFM Liu said China opposes the draft resolution and claimed that the [...] |
2008-07-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU CH |
| 08BEIJING3285 | CHINA'S VIEWS ON UN PEACKEEPING OPERATIONS [...] (C) Over the past 30 years, China has metamorphosed from an open opponent to an active supporter of UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs), according to Chinese scholars. China currently deploys roughly 2,000 peacekeepers across ten UN missions. Our scholarly contacts say that PKOs are an easy wa [...] |
2008-08-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH MARR MOPS PGOV PREL XA |
| 08BELMOPAN423 | BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED CARGO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 27 to Mr. Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council Secretariat, Ministry of National Security. Mr. del Cid stated that IMMARBE, the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize, was concerned about the welfare of t [...] |
2008-09-27 21:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH |
| 08BELMOPAN424 | BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-29 16:05:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH |
| 08BERLIN1204 | NATO SOFA STATUS FOR NON-DOD USG CIVILIANS AT U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In its most recent correspondence with the Embassy, the German Foreign Office retreats from some of its previous unhelpful positions, but continues to contend that only DOD USG civilian employees or dual-appointed non-DOD USG civi [...] |
2008-08-29 12:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AMGT APER GM XA |
| 08BRUSSELS1565 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLANNING SOMALIA MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Critical Maritime Routes initiative is intended to help improve security along key shipping corridors by providing aid to countries to enhance vessel tracking and information sharing. Initially conceived only for the Malacca Straits, the Commission is [...] |
2008-10-09 05:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS EWWT XA XF XC AID |
| 08BRUSSELS1566 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLANNING SOMALIA MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Critical Maritime Routes initiative is intended to help improve security along key shipping corridors by providing aid to countries to enhance vessel tracking and information sharing. Initially conceived only for the Malacca Straits, the Commission is [...] |
2008-10-09 05:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS EWWT XA XF XC AID |
| 08BRUSSELS1745 | EU PREPARING FOR PIRACY MISSION, NO PLAN FOR [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU expects to launch its first naval operation by mid-December, when it will begin counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. The operation, dubbed Atalanta, will be commanded from an Operational Headquarters at Northwood, UK, with a Force Headquarters afloat. The [...] |
2008-11-17 14:05:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | EAID EUN EWWT PHSA PREF PREL XA XO XW ZP |
| 08BRUSSELS1865 | POSSIBLE EU ELECTION MONITORING IN AFRICA FOR 2009 [...] (C) On December 1, European Commission official Stefano Gatto (protect) of DG RELEX shared the following list of African countries, in priority order, whose national elections the European Union is likely to observe during 2009. The EU observes elections in areas where the Organization for [...] |
2008-12-10 17:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN XA |
| 08BRUSSELS1899 | EU PONDERS MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DR CONGO [...] (C//NF) Summary: During the week of December 8, the EU Council Secretariat prepared a list of options for an EU response to UN SG Ban Ki-Moon's request for an EU "bridging force" in the DRC. Foreign ministers discussed these options on December 11 at a dinner on the margins of the European C [...] |
2008-12-16 06:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG XA MOPS EUN |
| 08BRUSSELS1900 | EU PONDERS MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DR CONGO [...] (C//NF) Summary: During the week of December 8, the EU Council Secretariat prepared a list of options for an EU response to UN SG Ban Ki-Moon's request for an EU "bridging force" in the DRC. Foreign ministers discussed these options on December 11 at a dinner on the margins of the European C [...] |
2008-12-16 06:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CG XA MOPS EUN |
| 08BRUSSELS1937 | EU LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION DESPITE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU has launched its counter-piracy operation ATALANTA and has begun escorts off the coast of Somalia. USEU contacts suggest the force will comprise four to five ships on station throughout the year, plus three maritime patrol aircraft and supply ship support. While ten [...] |
2008-12-22 06:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN |
| 08CASABLANCA107 | CHINA'S GROWING ECONOMIC INFLUENCE IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Strong bilateral ties between China and Morocco have been bolstered in recent years by state and official visits. Commercial exchanges between the two countries have increased, and Chinese traders have begun to set up shop in Casablanca's largest commercial district. Although b [...] |
2008-05-29 16:28:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV XA CH MO |
| 08CONAKRY154 | RESPONSE - CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN GUINEA [...] The below information is in response to reftel request regarding China's engagement in Guinea. ------------- CHINESE FOCUS ------------- 2. China's interest in Guinea is primarily economic with significant investment in the following sectors: energy, mining, agriculture, infrastructu [...] |
2008-05-02 11:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA |
| 08CONAKRY292 | RFI CORRESPONDENT DISCUSSES GUINEAN MUTINY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9 PAO met the Radio France International (RFI) correspondent Mouctar Bah over breakfast to talk about some of the recent events in Guinea. Bah talked about the ongoing mutiny and rumors that the Joint Chief of Staff is implicated. He gave his opinion regarding the ap [...] |
2008-06-13 12:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR OIIP KPAO XA GV |
| 08CONAKRY316 | GUINEA PARTICIPATION IN AU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The Government of Guinea plans to send a delegation of approximately 20 members to the Africa Union Summit in Egypt scheduled to begin June 30. Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Tidiane Souare will lead the delegation. A contact at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) anticipates that several [...] |
2008-06-25 09:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM OVIP XA GV |
| 08COTONOU348 | KHADAFI MAKES WAVES AT CEN-SAD SUMMIT IN BENIN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-20 12:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SENV EAGR PINR XA LY BN |
| 08COTONOU362 | BENIN DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT [...] Post delivered the referenced demarche by Diplomatic Note on June 24, 2008. The Special Adviser on Diplomatic Affairs to the Benin Head of State, Mariam Alhaji Boni Diallo advised Post that President Boni Yayi would lead the Benin delegation to the African Union Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, June [...] |
2008-06-28 21:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM OVIP XA PGOV PREL BN |
| 08COTONOU54 | BENIN PARTICIPATION IN AU SUMMIT [...] Dr. Moussa Okanla, Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President Boni Yayi will both attend the AU Summit meeting in Addis Ababa. Dr. Okanla will arrive in Addis Abba on or about January 26, 2008 and remain until the summit concludes. President Yayi will arrive on or about January 30 and [...] |
2008-01-24 10:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN KSUM PREL XA |
| 08COTONOU630 | USITC STUDY ON BENIN: EFFECTS OF INSTRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following: -- AmEmbassy Cotonou's contact for this subject study (pending the arrival of a Pol/EconOff) is Mr. Marius C. Lotsu, the Economic/Commercial Assistant. His contact details follow: U.S. Embassy; 01B.P. 2012 Cotonou, Benin Rue Caporal Bernard Anani; E-ma [...] |
2008-10-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA BN |
| 08DARESSALAAM284 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TANZANIA [...] Per ref A, Post submits the following response. Focus areas of Chinese engagement in Tanzania include infrastructure investments and bilateral Tanzania-China business engagements, primarily in the tourism sector (see ref B). Some of the highlights of Chinese investment in Tanzania include: [...] |
2008-05-05 08:31:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA XE TZ |
| 08DJIBOUTI1035 | DJIBOUTI -- SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 12/28/08 [...] Djibouti-United States: Barring the Route to the Traffic of Nuclear Materials (La Nation) 2. University of Djibouti: English Books Donation (La Nation) 3. Senator Feingold in Djibouti (La Nation) 4. Diplomatic Ballet in Djibouti (La Nation) Â [...] |
2008-12-28 05:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI1042 | UNHCR DJIBOUTI RECIEVES OFFICIAL VISIT FROM GENEVA [...] SUMMARY: Mr. Mengesha Kebede, UNHCR's Deputy Director of the Bureau for Africa in Geneva visited Djibouti. He emphasized the need for closer coordination among UN agencies, donors, host governments, and regional actors to prepare for possible large scale migrations resulting from conflict and [...] |
2008-12-31 04:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI223 | DJIBOUTI FACES CONTINUED INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES DESPITE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports a continued influx of refugees from south and central Somalia to Djibouti. Meanwhile, UNHCR completed the repatriation of 1,853 Somali refugees to Somaliland. END SUMMARY. REFUGEES FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL SOMALIA --- [...] |
2008-03-10 18:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG SO ET DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI439 | DJIBOUTI - IMPACT OF SOMALI REFUGEES AND YEMEN-BOUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the National Office of Assistance to Refugees and Disaster Stricken People (ONARS)--the Government of Djibouti (GoDJ) office in charge of refugee affairs--reported the ongoing arrival of refugees/m [...] |
2008-05-07 09:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ YM XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI442 | DJIBOUTI - INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES STRAINS RESOURCES AND [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (REFCOORD) and Washington-based Refugee Officer Matthew Austin recently visited Djibouti on separate occasions to survey the refugee situation and assess the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) activities. During these visi [...] |
2008-05-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID SMIG SO ET DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI550 | DJIBOUTI - SOMALI REFUGEE INFLUX EXACERBATES FOOD [...] SUMMARY: The unforeseen influx of refugees since November 2007 from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea has strained the capacity of the Government of Djibouti (GoDJ) and the two primary international organizations supporting refugees in Djibouti. World Food Program (WFP) struggles to meet the dema [...] |
2008-06-25 09:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID EAGR SMIG SO ET DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI568 | DJIBOUTI FACES NEW REFUGEEE INFLUX CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: The Chargee and the Refugee Officer met with representative 2. On June 15, Chargee and the Refugee Officer met with Ann Encontre, R MIGRANTS CAUGHT IN CROSS FIRE ----------------------------- 3. Migrants from Somalia reportedly continue to transit through Djibou FEARED IMPA [...] |
2008-06-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI569 | DJIBOUTI FACES NEW REFUGEEE INFLUX CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: The Chargee and the Refugee Officer met with representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the National Office of Assistance to Refugees and Disaster Stricken People (ONARS) to discuss the challenges Djibouti faces associated with the recent Djibo [...] |
2008-07-01 09:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI687 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two- thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 reside [...] |
2008-08-27 09:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI764 | SCENESETTER: EMBASSY DJIBOUTI WELCOMES BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. A key regional partner in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti hosts not only the sole U.S. military base in Africa, but also broadcasting facilities used by the Voice of America to reach Muslim audiences, one of USAID's primary global warehouses for pre-positioned emergency food stockpi [...] |
2008-09-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EAID DJ ER SO XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI816 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL NORTON A. [...] (C) SUMMARY. A key regional partner in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti hosts not only the sole U.S. military base in Africa, but also broadcasting facilities used by the Voice of America to reach Muslim audiences, one of USAID's primary global warehouses for pre-positioned emergency food stockpil [...] |
2008-10-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EAID DJ ER SO XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI842 | DJIBOUTI - UNHCR RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM DONORS [...] SUMMARY: Post awarded a USD 20,000 grant to American-led NGO LIFE International to assist refugees in Djibouti with skills training. The UNHCR mission in Djibouti received donations from donor countries and NGOs during the holy month of Ramadan, and also received non-food items originally inten [...] |
2008-10-27 08:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI924 | DP WORLD CEO BULLISH ON DJIBOUTI INVESTMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Dubai Ports World (DP World) CEO Mohammad Sharaf outlined DP World's growing investments in Djibouti and throughout the region. Sharaf said that the multimillion-dollar Doraleh Port project was on track to receive its first ships in Decem [...] |
2008-11-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EWWT PHSA PREL KCOR DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI950 | SOMALIA - DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to demarche (ref A), Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf left open the possibility of Djibouti accepting apprehended Somali pirates ("persons under control" or PUCS) for prosecution in national courts, but said he and his staff would need to study the 1988 Convention [...] |
2008-11-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO DJ |
| 08DJIBOUTI953 | DJIBOUTI -- DAILY SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 11/30/08 [...] Djibouti delegation holds talks with President Rayaale, cabinet ministers (Turkish Weekly) 2. Urban farmers exporting fruit, vegetable to Djibouti (Walta Information Center, Ethiopia) 3. Yemen, Djibouti discuss coordinating efforts to combat piracy (Yemen News Agency) 4. Yemeni-Dji [...] |
2008-11-30 13:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA |
| 08DJIBOUTI992 | DJIBOUTI -- SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 12/04/08 [...] General Ward of Africom in Djibouti (La Nation) 2. A Donation at the Right Moment (La Nation) ARTICLES: Â [...] |
2008-12-10 05:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA |
| 08FREETOWN208 | ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (U) Please see the following responses, pursuant to reftel A: ---------------------------------- CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN SIERRA LEONE ---------------------------------- 2. (C) As noted in reftel B, the Chinese Government's focus in Sierra Leone is technical assistance in targeted sectors [...] |
2008-05-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA |
| 08GENEVA320 | RAISING ZIMBABWE IN GENEVA UN INSTITUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is considering ways to further influence the situation in Zimbabwe. Responding to the Ambassador's April 29 demarche, Deputy High Commissioner Kang said the proposal to appoint a special human rights envoy was among se [...] |
2008-04-29 16:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XA ZI AU UNHRC ELAB |
| 08GUANGZHOU307 | GUANGZHOU GOVERNMENT GRAPPLES WITH "AFRICA TOWN" [...] (SBU) Summary: The local authorities have responded to the growing numbers and high concentrations of Africans in various Guangzhou neighborhoods by quietly funding research into crime rates, religious practices, and tax payments associated with their activities. It is unclear whether this is [...] |
2008-06-03 01:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL SOCI XA CH NI ML RW |
| 08HANOI1359 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PGOV PHSA KCRM SO XA XW VM |
| 08HANOI1363 | VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON SOMALI PIRACY RESOLUTION, [...] (C) While not completely satisfied with the current UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy, Vietnam acknowledges that the version currently "in blue" goes some way to address Vietnam's concerns. In a follow-up to the Ambassador's December 15 conversation with VFM Pham Binh Minh (reftel), in which [...] |
2008-12-16 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW VM |
| 08HANOI808 | SENIOR VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL SAYS ZIMBABWE SITUATION NO [...] (SBU) On July 11, the Ambassador met with Vietnamese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh to deliver Ref. A points on the UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. Minh said he read the U.S.-sponsored draft resolution "carefully." Hanoi has concluded that the situation in Zimbabwe is not a thre [...] |
2008-07-11 11:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI XA ZU |
| 08HARARE635 | HARARE POC FOR ANNUAL AGOA ELIGIBILITY EXERCISE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-25 09:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON XA ZI |
| 08HARARE745 | HARARE USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] In response to reftel request for contact information for local firms, organizations, academic researchers and individuals who may be helpful in providing information on the effects of infrastructure conditions on Zimbabwe's export competitiveness, Harare provides the following information: [...] |
2008-08-28 07:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON XA ZI |
| 08HARARE784 | ZIMBABWE - AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM FORMAL [...] Summary: Post has focused funding the following areas based on the current harsh economic and political climate and the HIV/AIDS pandemic: communities, children and orphans, schools, water development projects and income generation. During the election period from mid March for the next thre [...] |
2008-09-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPRP XA ZI |
| 08HARARE903 | ZIMBABWE - AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON XA ZI |
| 08HELSINKI91 | FINNISH VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION ON PIRACY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-05 07:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PBTS UN UNSC IMO SO XA XW FI |
| 08KAMPALA1431 | AFRICAN LEADERS LAUNCH CONTINENT'S LARGEST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of 26 African countries agreed in Kampala on October 22 to begin work establishing a new economic community to compete more effectively in the global economy. The joint declaration of the First COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit calls for a merger of the three econom [...] |
2008-10-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD EINV ECON PGOV XA |
| 08KATHMANDU580 | NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS FOR ICAO MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-23 09:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER XA XF XB XG XD XL |
| 08KHARTOUM667 | RESPONSE: CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) China's engagement in Sudan centers on the pursuit of its economic interests, particularly oil, and these interests underpin its relationship with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP). China's engagement on the political issues related to the conflict in Darfur or tensions between N [...] |
2008-05-01 14:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SU CH XA XE |
| 08KHARTOUM93 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: SUDAN ATTENDENCE [...] (SBU) (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that Foreign Minister Deng Alor will attend the AU Summit, most likely on January 28 and 29. Though he has not yet requested a meeting, post suggests that A/S Frazer meet with FM Deng Alor, who was just sworn in as Foreign Minister e [...] |
2008-01-23 07:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU XA |
| 08KINGSTON185 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY DELIVERED [...] On February 27, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Vilma McNish. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. JOHNSON [...] |
2008-02-29 12:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JM |
| 08KINSHASA105 | African Union summit - DRC confirmed [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-31 06:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL PGOV XA CG |
| 08KINSHASA1112 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING TERMINATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-16 17:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PARM PREL CG IR XA |
| 08KINSHASA475 | DEMARCHE IN KINSHASA - RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-29 11:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AA UNSC XA ZI MA MP WA MI BC LT |
| 08KINSHASA66 | AU JAN 08 SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-23 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL XA CG |
| 08KYIV1891 | HIJACKING OF CARGO SHIP FAINA: INITIAL UKRAINIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-27 19:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP |
| 08LAGOS91 | NIGERIA: FY07 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF HELP [...] (U) The following are answers to questions from Reftel regarding the FY07 Ambassador's Special Self Help program in Nigeria: --Approximately 354,032 people (184,097 women, 169,935 men) have benefited from SSH during this period (October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007) --Approximately 282,60 [...] |
2008-03-10 06:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON XA NI |
| 08LAGOS98 | NIGERIA: FY07 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL [...] (U) The following are answers to questions from Reftel regarding the FY07 Ambassador's Special Self Help program in Nigeria: --Approximately 354,032 people (184,097 women, 169,935 men) have benefited from SSH during this period (October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007) --Approximately 282,60 [...] |
2008-03-13 10:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON XA NI |
| 08LILONGWE375 | MALAWI: AU SUMMIT DELEGATION INFORMATION [...] (SBU): According to the Malawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malawi's delegation to the AU summit is as follows: Hon. Minister Joyce Banda, MP Mr. M.B. Mbewe - Principal Secretary Mr. Guston Mabvuto - Chief of Protocol Mr. W. Gunda - Deputy Director, Political Affairs Ms. Imfairenga Chalanda [...] |
2008-06-26 13:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM OVIP XA MI |
| 08LILONGWE595 | AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MALAWI [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Lilongwe submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information in the requested format. 2. Country: MALAWI Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Malawi's current estimated population is about 13 million and GDP at current prices is USD 3.8 [...] |
2008-10-07 03:51:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON XA MI |
| 08LILONGWE596 | AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MALAWI [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Lilongwe submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information in the requested format. 2. Country: MALAWI Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Malawi's current estimated population is about 13 million and GDP at current prices is USD 3.8 [...] |
2008-10-07 03:51:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON XA MI |
| 08LISBON2698 | AFRICA COMMAND DCMA COORDINATES WITH PORTUGUESE [...] (U) Summary: Africa Command DCMA Amb. Yates conducted meetings with civilian interlocutors in Lisbon November 4 to develop potential partnerships, particularly in Lusophone Africa. Representatives from the Ministries of Interior and Justice lauded existing trilateral cooperation with the US i [...] |
2008-11-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL XA PO |
| 08LJUBLJANA94 | SLOVENIA TO DECIDE ON SOMALIA PIRACY AFTER EU PSC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SI |
| 08LONDON1426 | THE UK AND AFRICA: WHAT THE FCO'S STRATEGY REFRESH [...] (C/NF) Summary. Following the FCO's recent "strategy refresh" of its priorities, FCO and Africa Directorate leadership have held extensive internal discussions on what the new strategy will mean for Africa. FCO plans to develop a more comprehensive foreign policy for Africa -- not just a deve [...] |
2008-05-22 07:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL XA UK |
| 08LONDON1562 | ZIMBABWE: UK CONTRIBUTION TO THE UN TRUST FUND FOR [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Team Leader Ben Llewellyn-Jones said June 5 the UK plans to contribute GBP 100,000 (approx. 200,000 USD) to the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Assistance and is likely to finalize the letter of commitment today (June 5). HMG had initially intended to contribute GBP 200,000, but upo [...] |
2008-06-05 11:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AA UN XA ZI UK |
| 08LONDON1649 | AFRICOM: FCO AND DFID INTERESTED BUT IN [...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO and DFID officials report they are in a "wait-and-see" mode on AFRICOM and have allowed the MOD to take the UK Government lead in engaging the USG on AFRICOM. Saying they have been "kept well informed" as USG thinking on AFRICOM develops, MOD officials have said they get th [...] |
2008-06-18 15:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS KPKO MOPS PINS XA UK |
| 08LONDON2477 | AFRICA AND UK: NEW FCO AFRICA DIRECTOR ADAM WOOD AND CHANGES TO THE AFRICA DIRECTORATE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-29 16:39:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR XA UK |
| 08LONDON2858 | AFRICA/CHINA: MORE ENGAGEMENT IS A TWO-SIDED COIN [...] (C//REL TO FIVE EYES) China's increasing engagement with African governments is a two-sided coin. China more readily works on its Africa partners' behalf in the United Nations (sometimes in unhelpful ways for the West), and it also provides significant direct investment and infrastructure cr [...] |
2008-11-13 16:39:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAID XA CA NZ AS CH TW UK |
| 08LONDON3107 | SOMALIA/PIRACY: UK ON UNSC PIRACY RESOLUTION, CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-12 15:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW UK |
| 08MADRID224 | SPAIN INTERESTED IN SOMALIA PIRACY UNSCR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito on February 27. Sanchez-Benedito thanked Poloff and expressed Spain's serious interest in a possible UNSCR on Somali piracy for two reasons. First, as a nation particu [...] |
2008-02-28 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SP |
| 08MALABO135 | MALABO DELIVERS MONEY TO BACK SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND [...] (U) Summary: The Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea delivered eight checks to three Ministers to begin eight priority projects to be financed under the Social Development Fund Program of the Government of Equatorial Guinea. Attending the November 17, 2008 event were the Prime Minister, th [...] |
2008-11-20 00:29:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED | EK XA |
| 08MASERU18 | LESOTHO: DELEGATION LIST FOR AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Maseru submits the following list of Lesotho's delegation to the upcoming African Union Summit: -- Prime Minister (PM): Pakalitha Mosisili (head of delegation) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA): Mohlabi Tsekoa -- Prime Minister's wife: 'Mathato Mosisili [...] |
2008-01-25 07:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL XA LT |
| 08MASERU184 | LESOTHO: ELEVENTH AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT DELEGATION [...] In response to REFTEL, Embassy Maseru submits the following information regarding Lesotho's delegation to the 11th African Union Summit from June 30 to July 1, 2008. 2. Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, Head of Government, will lead the GOL delegation. He plans to arrive at Sharm El-Shei [...] |
2008-06-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM OVIP XA LT |
| 08MOSCOW2907 | RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO INTERVENE IN HIJACKING OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP |
| 08MOSCOW3051 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO SOMALI PIRACY REMAINS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Contradictory statements to the press by Russian naval officials have further frustrated attempts to understand Russian intentions to respond to the hijacking of the M/V Faina or the larger issue of Somali piracy: 2. (U) ITAR-TASS reported on October 13 that a high-ranking MOD official [...] |
2008-10-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO UP RS |
| 08MOSCOW3624 | DEMARCHE ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Department of International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy, who said that the GOR remained concerned about elements of OP4 of the draft UNSC resolution on Somali piracy, but had yet to determine a final position on the [...] |
2008-12-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW RS |
| 08NAIROBI2334 | NGOs and USG Discuss Civil-Military Relations in the [...] On July 15, USEmbassy Nairobi jointly with the NGO umbrella organization InterAction and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa held a one-day conference in Nairobi to discuss the evolving civil-military cooperation framework -- also known as Diplomacy, Development, and Defense (3D) -- in [...] |
2008-10-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS EAID PINS SOCI KE XA |
| 08NIAMEY1081 | NIGER: BURKINA FASO MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) On November 4, 2008, using reftel talking points, Ambassador Allen raised with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou the USG interest in inviting the Government of Burkina Faso to participate in the TSCTP. When asked for the GON's views on the matter and sugg [...] |
2008-11-10 11:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NG UV XA XI |
| 08NIAMEY1083 | NIGER: BURKINA FASO MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) On November 4, 2008, using reftel talking points, Ambassador Allen raised with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou the USG interest in inviting the Government of Burkina Faso to participate in the TSCTP. When asked for the GON's views on the matter and sugg [...] |
2008-11-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NG UV XA XI |
| 08NIAMEY534 | THIRD SPAIN AND AFRICA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - EMPOWERMENT OF [...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON) played host to the 3RD annual Spain and African Women's Conference, held May 12-13, 2008, in Niamey. GON President Mamadou Tandja (the only male speaker), Government of Spain (GOS) Vice President (VP) Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and GON Foreign Min [...] |
2008-05-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN ECON EAID SCUL PHUM XA NG SP |
| 08OSLO390 | NORWAY SUPPORTIVE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2008, Poloff spoke with Torfinn Stenseth, Assistant Director General of the Section for Global Security Issues and CIS Countries of the MFA, to deliver reftel demarche. Stenseth said that piracy off the coast of Somalia is a serious issue with which the GON is very concerned [...] |
2008-07-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XA KCRM KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL NO |
| 08OTTAWA755 | G-8 COMMITMENT AND DARFUR KEEPS CANADA FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Harper has made Latin America, U.S. relations, Afghanistan, and major emerging markets Canada's prime foreign policy themes, leading to concern that Africa would "fall off the map." Africa nonetheless has maintained its spot on Canada's radar screen, in large meas [...] |
2008-06-06 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM EAID XA SU CA CH |
| 08OTTAWA961 | UNSCR 1816: CANADA DEPLOYS THREE WARSHIPS [...] (U) Pursuant to UNSCR 1816 (reftel), Canada has announced the deployment of three warships to Somali waters. The deployment will include Task Force 150 flagship the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, the multi-role patrol frigate HMCS Calgary, and the oiler HMCS Protecteur. Visit Canada,s Economy and [...] |
2008-07-15 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL EWWT KCRM KJUS SO XA XW CA |
| 08OUAGADOUGOU373 | A VIEW FROM BURKINA: FIRST AFRICA-INDIA SUMMIT REFLECTS [...] (U) Key Points: -- India hosted the first India-Africa Forum Summit April 8-9 in New Delhi, with 12 African heads of state or government in attendance, including Burkina Faso's Prime Minister. The African leaders represented the African Union (AU) and regional integration bodies or initiati [...] |
2008-05-05 07:31:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECIN ETRD EFIN UV XA IN CH |
| 08OUAGADOUGOU623 | BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC ZI XA UV |
| 08PANAMA197 | PANAMA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-05 22:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO PM |
| 08PANAMA247 | PANAMA: GOP INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG RS CH XA PM |
| 08PANAMA340 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-29 19:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNCSD XA ZI AU PM |
| 08PANAMA563 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) "Panama will be with the United States", Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UNSC matters Nils Castro reaffirmed to POLCOUNS on July 9th in response to reftel demarche on Zimbabwe. Furthermore, he stated that Panama supported a UNSC Chapter VII Resolution and did not want to debate the "co [...] |
2008-07-09 19:03:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU |
| 08PANAMA569 | PANAMA: CONFIRMED SUPPORT FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On June 9, Charge d'Affaires spoke with First VP and FM Samuel Lewis. Lewis confirmed that Panama would vote in favor of the UNSC Chapter VII Resolution. MESA [...] |
2008-07-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU PM |
| 08PARIS1100 | FRANCE AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON RWANDAN FDLR [...] (S) MFA Great Lakes desk officer Laurent Chevallier on June 9 told AF/C Director Wycoff that France agreed with the USG approach to Rwandan FDLR sanctions as expressed reftel (other aspects of the discussion reported separately). Chevallier said that seven of the eight names on the U.S. list [...] |
2008-06-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC XA FR |
| 08PARIS1172 | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. agencies, including those involved in international trade agreements, need to keep a careful eye on the efforts of the government of Belgium's French-speaking community to enlist UNESCO -- in an unhelpful way -- in the fight against fly-by-night diploma mills in Africa and [...] |
2008-06-23 06:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL ETRD ECA BE XA |
| 08PARIS1201 | PARIS CLUB: June 2008 Session, Private Sector Meeting, [...] Summary: At the Paris Club's June 10-12 session, the tour d'horizon addressed Burundi, Central African Republic, Grenada, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Sudan and Togo. Germany requested an informal update on Argentina; Russia sought resolution of its promissory note issue. As for methodological iss [...] |
2008-06-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS1304 | ZIMBABWE/UNSCR: FRENCH "REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC" OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU UK FR |
| 08PARIS1337 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1816 (SOMALIA PIRACY) [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, MFA Horn of Africa Desk Officer Thierry Caboche reviewed assistance France has been providing to Africa (refs B-C), particularly France's engagement in naval patrols to counter piracy in the Horn of Africa and its efforts to engage Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sw [...] |
2008-07-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHAS PREL SO XA XW FR |
| 08PARIS1423 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's July 7-8 session, the Vice Chairman briefed creditors on his recent meetings in Kinshasa with the Ministers of Economy and Finance, noting concern that a proposed infrastructure deal involving a DRC sovereign guarantee was at odds with the Paris Club's project [...] |
2008-07-24 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS1501 | FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART I [...] (C) SUMMARY: The revised Africa policy President Nicolas Sarkozy announced after taking office in May 2007 is taking shape. This new policy features a reduction and consolidation of France's military presence to align it more closely with Africa's regional structures, more "business-like" rela [...] |
2008-08-01 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR |
| 08PARIS1568 | FRANCE’S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART II (FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy has received mixed reviews from Africans uncertain as France moves away from the "France-Afrique" model. Some Africans seem to accept the outlines of the new policy, some have expressed misgivings about replacing the familiar with the unknown, and some ha [...] |
2008-08-13 17:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR |
| 08PARIS1698 | FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART III [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy may have its most immediate impact on France's military presence in Africa. The French are planning to consolidate their military presence and want to orient it towards cooperation with Africa's sub-regional groupings (e.g., ECOWAS, SADC, et al.) and awa [...] |
2008-09-09 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR |
| 08PARIS1872 | PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 17 session, Club Chairman Musca briefed creditors on recent contacts with the Government of Argentina (GOA), which revealed that Argentina intends to clear arrears excluding late interest and resume debt service on future installments. Creditors in [...] |
2008-10-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS2004 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Congo-B, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, DRC, Iraq, Liberia, the Seychelles, and Togo. Paris Club Co-Chairman Coeure reported that, in an earlier conversation with the Paris Club Secretariat, Argentine Minister Fernandez had re [...] |
2008-10-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS2056 | FRENCH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 10 EU GAERC [...] (SBU) French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona responded on November 7 to reftel points on the upcoming EU GAERC. He began by observing that this one would be the most complicated of the current French presidency, since it would also involve a joint [...] |
2008-11-07 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAID XA FR RS LE CG CH IZ BK |
| 08PARIS2108 | PARIS: SOMALIA PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW FR |
| 08PARIS2344 | PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Pakistan, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and Togo. Argentine Economy Minister Fernandez had told the Secretariat that repayment was [...] |
2008-12-31 08:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS265 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's January 22-24 session, the U.S. and other creditors signed an accord with Guinea to resume interim debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The Paris Club (PC) also granted The Gambia 100 percent cancellation of its [...] |
2008-02-14 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OECD EAID FR XA XB XF XM |
| 08PARIS362 | FRENCH VIEWS ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA is generally favorable to the notion of UNSC action on Somalia and piracy (reftel). However, the French would hope that a UNSC mandate would contain specifics setting forth clearly the legal basis of any resulting operation and the responsibilities of, and limita [...] |
2008-03-03 06:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO FR |
| 08PARIS574 | SOMALIA: FRENCH SUPPORT ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS, MAY [...] (C) France continues to support anti-piracy efforts concerning Somalia, MFA Somalia desk officer Thierry Caboche said on March 27, in response to reftel. He expressed appreciation for reftel's detailed points and for the USG's understanding of France's activities in the region. Caboche sai [...] |
2008-03-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW FR |
| 08PARIS662 | JAPAN'S GROWING DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's diplomatic presence in Africa is growing, with new embassies in Mali, Botswana, Malawi, Mauritania, and Burkina Faso in 2008-2009. Hiroki Nakamura, the new Africa-watcher at Japan's embassy in Paris, told us on April 8 that this was an effort to raise Japan's profile i [...] |
2008-04-10 08:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC EAID XA JA FR |
| 08PARIS819 | ZIMBABWE AT THE UN: FRANCE SUPPORTIVE BUT NOT [...] (C) French MFA IO and AF desk officers (Franck Paris, Isabelle de Boisgelin) said on April 28, in response to reftel demarche, that France very much supported the idea of a formal UNSC session on Zimbabwe but said they were not sure that there would be Council agreement to hold one or that it [...] |
2008-04-28 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XA AU ZI FR |
| 08PARIS826 | PARIS CLUB - PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's April 16-17 session, the U.S. and other creditors signed an accord with Liberia to begin interim debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. During the Tour d'Horizon, France, Germany, and the U.S. reported on recent bi [...] |
2008-04-29 07:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS832 | ZIMBABWE/UNSC: U.S. POSITION CONVEYED TO GOF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC XA ZI FR |
| 08PORTOFSPAIN128 | T&T ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 5 office call, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Energy Minister Conrad Enill welcomed U.S. engagement on energy infrastructure protection and U.S. Embassy suggestions on legislation to improve law enforcement, while also softly echoing past messages that T&T does not want to [...] |
2008-03-12 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EAGR PREL KCRM VZ XA TD |
| 08RABAT156 | S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND DAS GRAY DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting in Rabat, Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Habib SIPDIS Benyahia told S/CT Amb. Dailey and DAS Gray he was working to address the terror threat by advancing regional cooperation and development in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Be [...] |
2008-02-19 18:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECIN MO XA |
| 08RABAT33 | LIBYAN MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) DCM raised reftel query on the inclusion of Libya in the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) with MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs (P-equiv) Youssef Amrani, on January 14, and conveyed talking points. DCM stressed the importance of a regional approach to defeat ter [...] |
2008-01-14 17:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PREL XA XF MO |
| 08RABAT398 | EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART I: HISTORIC [...] (C) In Morocco, as in virtually every other country in the Arab-Islamic world, jihadist terrorism has emerged in the past 10 years as a threat to national stability. Morocco has also produced terrorists that have joined the international jihad, conducting violent attacks in Europe or enlisting [...] |
2008-05-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC PINR MO XA XF |
| 08RABAT400 | EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART II: PERCEIVED [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In today's Morocco, social alienation and perceived injustice are the key factors driving extremism and terror recruitment. Poverty is not the main determinant, although it clearly contributes to social alienation. Many Moroccan terrorists have come from the cou [...] |
2008-05-07 10:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC MO XA XF |
| 08RABAT401 | TANGIER MEETING SEES HIGHEST LEVEL ALGERIAN VISIT [...] (C) The April 27 North African Political Parties Conference in Tangier, attended by both Moroccan Prime Minister El-Fassi and Algerian Prime Minister Belkhadem was the highest-level contact in years between the feuding North African neighbors. It was hailed as a potential landmark both by Alg [...] |
2008-05-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN MO AL XA |
| 08RABAT422 | EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART III: THE GOM [...] (C) The Moroccan Government has pursued an interdisciplinary counterterrorism strategy incorporating aggressive law enforcement and intelligence operations with "soft" de-radicalization efforts including theological outreach, media engagement, and social development initiatives. Though the ge [...] |
2008-05-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL MO XF XA |
| 08RABAT473 | SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL ON AQIM [...] (C) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official noted May 13 that the Government of Moroccan perceived the regional terrorist threat as serious but manageable. He described the nature of terrorists affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Maghreb, estimating that the [...] |
2008-05-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL XA MO |
| 08RABAT512 | MOROCCAN RELATIONS WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is very much an African country. Its foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan African countries, like its worldwide foreign policy, is dominated by a single issue: promoting its sovereignty over Western Sahara. The Western Sahara issue, in parallel with the broader rivalry bet [...] |
2008-06-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL EAID PREF KPKO XA MO |
| 08RABAT532 | NUDGING THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION OUT OF A RUT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), which links Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in an effort to promote regional cooperation and economic integration, has to date been a largely stagnant organization with relatively little to show for its 19 years of existence. AMU Sec [...] |
2008-06-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ECIN MO XA |
| 08RABAT651 | MOROCCO IN AFRICA: FM REACHES OUT ON SAHARA [...] (C) Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi-Fihri's spent early summer lobbying Sub-Saharan African countries, mostly on Western Sahara. From 19 to 23 June, the minister visited four Sub Saharan countries and he worked the corridors of the African Union,s (AU) summit meeting in Sharm [...] |
2008-07-14 17:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA AG CD CM KE MP MR ML NI SF MO |
| 08ROME288 | ITALY ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY IN THE UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO IT |
| 08ROME541 | CSD: ITALIAN HIGH-LEVEL/POLITICAL REPRESENTATION [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials told Emboffs that the head of Italy's delegation to the May 5-16 United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), like that of the U.S., likely will be a senior career official, rather than a high-level or political figure. This is largely due to [...] |
2008-04-30 06:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV AORC PREL EAGR EUN EAID ECON ZI XA IT |
| 08ROME545 | RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XA ZI AU IT |
| 08SANJOSE184 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS RENEWAL OF AMISOM MANDATE [...] On February 28 we contacted Randolph Coto, Foreign Policy Coordinator of the FMA and shared with him the issues contained in the reftel. 2. Coto indicated the GOCR was well aware of these piracy issues and of the impending end of the current mandate this month. 3. On March 4 we followe [...] |
2008-03-07 11:42:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO CS |
| 08SANJOSE259 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOMALIA - DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) On April 1 we notified Carlos Cordero Madrigal, Director of Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the MFA of the USG decision to designate Al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. We provided Cordero with the identifiers for Al-Sha [...] |
2008-04-04 20:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG RS CH XA CS |
| 08SANJOSE337 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN [...] (U) On April 29, we delivered reftel demarches to Adriana Murillo, Head of the UN Security Council Team, and Deyanira Ramirez, UN General Assembly Desk Officer, at the MFA. Poloff also presented the talking points that the US plans to raise with the SYG and UNDP. 2. (C) The two officials st [...] |
2008-04-30 21:17:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XA ZI AU CS |
| 08SANJOSE594 | MFA ACTION ON UNSC ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, after a week of back-and-forthing between San Jose, Washington and New York, the MFA confirmed support of the U.S. draft UNSC Zimbabwe sanctions resolution. However, the MFA said that PermRep Urbina would offer an explanation for the vote -- presumably to signal the [...] |
2008-07-11 22:26:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU CS |
| 08SHANGHAI283 | SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA'S ROLE IN SUDAN, ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai's academic experts on China's foreign policy and African studies view Zimbabwe's crisis as a strictly internal matter that should be resolved through dialogue between the ruling and opposition parties, and they strongly oppose any further sanctions. The academics also be [...] |
2008-07-28 08:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ETRD PARM PREL XA |
| 08SOFIA133 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON SOMALIA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO |
| 08STATE101740 | SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS AND NEGOTIATING [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 to affect the changes desired in the French draft resolution on Somalia piracy, in paragraph 3, for the UNSC experts meeting on September 23. 2. Being talking points: -- We would like to thank the French for taking the i [...] |
2008-09-23 19:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE103511 | NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] (SBU) This message is NIACT due to potential fast-breaking events, and urgent action is required from action addressees. 2. (U) Classified by Acting DAS James Knight, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 3. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-7. OBJECTIVES ---------- 4. (S/Rel to Ukrai [...] |
2008-09-27 03:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP |
| 08STATE106314 | GUINEA-BISSAU: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the October 6 UN Security Council Consultations on Guinea-Bissau. Begin points: -- We would like to thank (DPA official) for his briefing on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. -- The United States is pleased by statements fro [...] |
2008-10-03 22:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 08STATE106405 | SOMALIA PIRACY: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRENCH [...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of and co-sponsor the French drafted resolution on Somalia piracy to be adopted in the Security Council early next week. 2. Begin text of resolution: (1) Recalling its resolutions 1814 (2008) and 1816 (2008), (2) Gravely concerned by the recent prol [...] |
2008-10-05 17:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE106406 | SOMALIA PIRACY: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRENCH [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-05 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE106869 | GUIDANCE FOR PRST ON GUINEA-BISSAU OCTOBER 7 [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the PRST on Guinea-Bissau (para 2) October 7 in the UN Security Council Consultations. 2. Begin text of PRST: The Security Council, recalling its previous statements on Guinea-Bissau, and having considered the latest report of the Secretary-General [...] |
2008-10-06 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 08STATE11021 | TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 4 UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Action Request. USUN is instructed to draw from the talking points in paragraph two below and to introduce the draft press statement in paragraph three below during the February 4 UNSC consultations on the Western Sahara. USUN should seek to keep the UNSC consultations and UNSC press st [...] |
2008-02-04 13:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM AG MO WI XA XF XI |
| 08STATE111373 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post expand discussion with the Government of Kenya (GOK) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Post is request [...] |
2008-10-18 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO KE |
| 08STATE112515 | DJIBOUTI: TALKING POINTS FOR OCTOBER 23 BRIEFING [...] USUN may draw from the following talking points and those in reftel for their October 23 briefing on the situation between Djibouti and Eritrea. USUN should seek to speak last so they can adequately determine if the "If Raised" point is needed. Begin points: -- The United States would l [...] |
2008-10-22 17:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM DJ ER XA XW |
| 08STATE11495 | TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 5 SYG BRIEFING ON HIS [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following points for the Security Council's February 5 briefing from Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on his recent trip to the AU Summit and Kenya Begin points: -- The United States thanks the Secretary-General for his very informative briefing on his vi [...] |
2008-02-04 23:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG KE SO SU XA XW ZF |
| 08STATE119223 | GUIDANCE FOR PRST ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the PRST on Cte d'Ivoire (para 2) on November 7 in the UN Security Council. 2. Begin text of PRST: The Security Council takes note that, as mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General dated 14 October, the peace process has crossed a critical [...] |
2008-11-07 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PU XA XY |
| 08STATE121430 | SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE INSTRUCTIONS FOR UK AND [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 2. 2. Posts are requested to demarche host governments at the appropriate level to relay USG concerns about French and British edits to the draft UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) on Somalia piracy. Post may draw from the background in paras 4 a [...] |
2008-11-15 00:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE122982 | UNGA RESOLUTION ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UN AND [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN General Assembly agenda item 114 (f) "Cooperation Between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries." If the resolution goes to a vote, USUN is instructed to vote yes. End. RICE [...] |
2008-11-19 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA |
| 08STATE122990 | WESTERN SAHARA: TALKING POINTS FOR NOVEMBER 18 [...] USUN may draw from the following talking points for their November 18 briefing on MINURSO and the Western Sahara. Begin points: -- The United States is concerned by the amount of time that has elapsed since the last round of talks between Morocco and the Polisario. We urge the Secretary [...] |
2008-11-19 21:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL WI XA XY |
| 08STATE123072 | GUIDANCE FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the statement in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Zimbabwe November 20. USUN should also address the press after the UNSC briefing to summarize the key points from the U.S. statement. Additionally, USUN should hand t [...] |
2008-11-19 23:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU KDEM |
| 08STATE123225 | SOMALIA: INSTRUCTIONS ON TABLING OUR UNSC [...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to deliver the following draft resolution (complete text paragraph 4) to the British and the French Mission in New York immediately. USUN should table the resolution to the Council NLT COB on November 20. 2. Objectives: -- Thank the British [...] |
2008-11-20 16:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE123238 | SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR SOMALIA BRIEFING [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council briefing and consultation on Somalia to be held on November 20. 2. Begin points: -- We would like to thank the (DPA official), (DPKO official), as well as the IMO Secretary-General Mitropoulos [...] |
2008-11-20 16:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE124034 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post initiate discussion with the Government of Djibouti (GOD) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Post is re [...] |
2008-11-22 01:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO DJ |
| 08STATE126579 | SOMALIA: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC RESOLUTION [...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy, to be considered on Tuesday, December 2. 2. Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, especially resolution [...] |
2008-12-02 00:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE127068 | UNSC CONSULTATIONS BY ICC PROSECUTOR ON SUDAN [...] This is an action request. USUN should make the statement in paragraph 2 during the December 3 UN Security Council consultations by ICC Chief Prosecutor Ocampo. End Action. 2. Begin Statement: I would like to thank ICC Chief Prosecutor Ocampo for his briefing to the UN Security Counc [...] |
2008-12-02 23:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA |
| 08STATE129528 | SOMALIA: INSTRUCTIONS ON TABLING OUR RESOLUTION [...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to circulate the draft resolution on Somali piracy (paragraph 3) to our P3 partners upon receipt of this message and report responses to the Department. After having shared the draft with the P3, USUN should table the resolution to the rest of the Council NLT [...] |
2008-12-10 00:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE129531 | GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 11 CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the statement in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau December 11. 2. Begin Statement: I would like to thank Under Secretary General Pascoe for briefing the UNSC on the situation in Guinea-Biassau. Toda [...] |
2008-12-10 00:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 08STATE129935 | GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 11 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Burundi December 11. 2. Begin points: I would like to thank (the UN Department of Political Affairs) for briefing the Council on the situation in Burundi. The [...] |
2008-12-10 21:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA BY |
| 08STATE130459 | GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 15 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Zimbabwe December 15. USUN should also address the press after the UNSC briefing to summarize the key points from the U.S. statement. 2. (U) Begin points: O [...] |
2008-12-11 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU KDEM |
| 08STATE130489 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] |
2008-12-12 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE130491 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] |
2008-12-12 03:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE130492 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] |
2008-12-12 03:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE130496 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] |
2008-12-12 03:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE131979 | GREAT LAKES: TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 17 [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in para 2 and 3 during the UN Security Council consultations on the Great Lakes December 17. 2. Begin points: -- I would like to thank UN Special Envoy Chissano for his briefing on the state of the Juba Peace Process and the c [...] |
2008-12-17 13:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG CT CD SU RW XA XW ZF |
| 08STATE132962 | GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 19 UNSC RESOLUTION ON BINUB [...] This is an action message. USUN is authorized to join consensus on the UN Resolution on BINUB in para 2 below. 2. (U) Begin resolution text: The Security Council, (1) Recalling its resolutions and the statements of its President on Burundi, in particular resolutions 1719 (2006) and [...] |
2008-12-19 17:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA BY |
| 08STATE132985 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON ICTR STATUTE [...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus December 19 on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below on ICTR statute amendments. 2. Begin Text: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994, 1165 (1998) of 30 April 1998 [...] |
2008-12-19 17:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XA |
| 08STATE133189 | INSTRUCTION: ADOPTION OF UNSC PRST ON THE LRA - [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be adopted on December 22 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Beg [...] |
2008-12-19 23:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG CT CD SU RW XA XW ZF |
| 08STATE133493 | U.S. PROPOSAL FOR PIRACY MOU [...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. MOU text is provided SEPCOR. ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to demarche host government officials to pursue the following objectives: -- Deliver the proposed Memorandum of Understanding [...] |
2008-12-22 17:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR MOPS PHSA PREL SO XA XW |
| 08STATE134960 | PROGRESS ON U.S. COUNTER-PIRACY AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UN/Kenya International Conference on Piracy around Somalia was held in Nairobi, Kenya on December 10-11, 2008. The U.S. delegation was led by Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Mark Kimmitt, and included representatives from AF, L, Embassy Nairobi' [...] |
2008-12-29 23:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KE SO XA XW |
| 08STATE135268 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON KENYAN SEIZURE OF [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Nairobi. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: According to Ref A, on 12 December 2008 Kenyan Flying Squad officers detained two individuals suspected of smuggling uranium into Kenya from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The men had been [...] |
2008-12-30 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM KE XA XW |
| 08STATE15551 | SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...] |
2008-02-14 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA |
| 08STATE15620 | SOMALIA -- TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 15 [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during their February 15 consultations on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States continues to have the utmost concern over the ongoing crisis in Somalia. -- The United States is grateful to the AU Mission in Somalia for [...] |
2008-02-14 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM KCRM PBTS PHSA EWWT SO XA XW |
| 08STATE17204 | SOMALIA -- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON AMISOM RESOLUTION [...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the following Security Council Resolution on AMISOM slated to be adopted on February 20: Begin text The Security Council, PP1 Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, in particular resolution 733 (1992), resolution [...] |
2008-02-20 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM KCRM PBTS PHSA EWWT SO XA XW |
| 08STATE18211 | TALKING POINTS FOR U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFING ON KENYA [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the February 25 briefing on Kenya to the Security Council by Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes. Begin points: -- We would like to thank Under Secretary General Holmes for this briefing today on h [...] |
2008-02-22 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM KE XA XY |
| 08STATE22378 | SOMALIA-- TALKING POINTS FOR MARCH 5 BRIEFING [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following points for the March 5 briefing on Somalia and Kenya: Begin points: ------- Somalia ------- -- We would like to thank the Secretariat for their briefing today on the situation in Somalia and Kenya. -- The United States is deeply concern [...] |
2008-03-05 00:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE24749 | DRC-- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON FDLR RESOLUTION FOR [...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to seek the changes in paragraph 2 on the draft resolution on the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) Revision 1 (draft text provided in paragraph 4). USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 3 in its efforts to secure the changes [...] |
2008-03-10 18:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG XA ZF |
| 08STATE26159 | DRC-- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON FDLR RESOLUTION [...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to join consensus and co-sponsor the resolution (text below) on the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) scheduled for adoption in the Security Council on March 13. Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions, in [...] |
2008-03-13 01:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG XA ZF |
| 08STATE28385 | SCENESETTER: 2008 TSCTP CONFERENCE [...] (U) The 2008 Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) is scheduled for 24-27 March in Garmisch Germany. TSCTP was formed by an interagency Deputies Committee (DC) in SIPDIS 2005 to facilitate a more effective regional response to terrorism and extremism in West and North Africa. TS [...] |
2008-03-18 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI |
| 08STATE28930 | SOMALIA-- TALKING POINTS FOR MARCH 20 OPEN DEBATE [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for their March 20 open debate on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank the Secretary General for his thorough March 14 report on the situation in Somalia [...] |
2008-03-19 23:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE31432 | SOMALIA-- DRAFT ELEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE UNSCR ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN, Embassy London, Paris, and Panama City. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. USUN is instructed to provide to its British, French and Panamanian counterparts draft elements of a UN Security Council Resolution (paragraph 12) to combat piracy off the Somali [...] |
2008-03-26 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE32356 | SOMALIA-- TALKING POINTS FOR 03/28 EXPERTS MEETING [...] This is an action message, see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points and seek elements in paragraph 3 for a PRST on Somalia in response to the March 14 Secretary General (SYG) report on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States believes the Ma [...] |
2008-03-28 19:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08STATE32527 | SOMALIA- TALKING POINTS FOR MARCH 31 ARRIA STYLE [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the March 31 Arria style meeting on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank the UK Permanent Mission for organizing this Arria-style meeting. We wo [...] |
2008-03-28 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC</ |