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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1700 |
ICTY: READ-OUT ON RS PRIME MINISTER DODIK'S [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: ALLEN S. WEINER, LEGAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5(B), (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA (RS) PRIME MINISTER DODIK'S MAY 29 WITH THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY) WAS USEFUL FROM A SYMBOLIC POINT OF VIEW I [...] |
2000-06-08 09:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 00THEHAGUE1878 |
ICTY: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PROPER DISPOSITION [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This is an action request; see paragraph five below. The Finance Section of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has recently renewed its 1998 request for advice as to the proper disposition to be made of a refund (in the amount of [...] |
2000-06-23 10:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 00THEHAGUE1896 |
ICTY: SFOR APPREHENSION OF DUSKO SIKIRICA [...] EARLY IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 25, SFOR FORCES IN BOSNIA DETAINED DUSKO SIKIRICA, A PUBLIC INDICTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY). SIKIRICA ARRIVED IN THE HAGUE AT APPROXIMATELY 14:15 ON JUNE 25 AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ICTY'S DETENTION FACILITY IN T [...] |
2000-06-26 10:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 00THEHAGUE1940 |
DUTCH THOUGHTS ON RS WALKOUT OF SRCC, SERB [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-27 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID PREL MARR BK SR HR NL OSCE |
| 01VATICAN2499 |
UPDATE - SANT'EGIDIO BOSNIA CONFERENCE [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS A GUIDANCE REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA FIVE. 2. (C) PURSUANT TO REF C, CHARGE AND A/DCM MET IN THE AFTERNOON OF 5/4 WITH SANT'EGIDIO FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR ANDREA RICCARDI TO DISCUSS HOW TO PUSH THE PACE OF THE PROPOSED INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE FOR BOSNIA. RICCARDI' [...] |
2001-05-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK VT |
| 01VATICAN2748 |
BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY TO VISIT VATICAN? [...] (C) AS PART OF OUR EFFORT TO PROMOTE GREATER INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY FOR BOSNIA'S CROAT MODERATE POLITICIANS (REF A), POST HAS TRIED TO CONFIRM THAT THE HOLY SEE WILL RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THE REQUEST BY FEDERATION OFFICIALS FOR AN INVITATION TO VISIT THE VATICAN (REF B). AS YET, WE HAVE BE [...] |
2001-05-18 12:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK VT |
| 02AMMAN6514 |
BOSNIA TRAIN AND EQUIP PROGRAM: POTUS MESSAGE TO [...] (U) On October 31, Embassy conveyed reftel message from the President to King Abdullah. On November 4, Chief of the Royal Court Fayez Tarawneh called the Ambassador to say that the King had received the letter and wished to convey that Jordan was pleased to be a participant in Bosnia and, if [...] |
2002-10-27 01:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS JO BK |
| 03ANKARA2042 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PIC STEERING BOARD MEETING [...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MFA BALKANS OFFICER AHMET ERGIN. ERGIN CONFIRMED THAT HE WOULD INFORM TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO SARAJEVAO WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE MEETING. ERGIN NOTED THE PIC BOARD WAS INCLINED TO BE CAUTIOUS REGARDING REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT SAROVIC AND ASKED IF THE USG HAD CON [...] |
2003-03-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 03BRUSSELS5525 |
U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] The U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Chris Ensley, DOJ senior counsel Mark Richards, Econoff Kim Gagne and NAS Frank Kerber. The EU COTER delegation was cha [...] |
2003-12-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03OTTAWA144 |
CANADA ON ESDI/P AND EU BALKANS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Canada is pleased with the upswing in NATO-EU relations in the wake of the Prague and Copenhagen summits (reftel A), but shares our concern about unity of command issues. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, told us that Canada still had questi [...] |
2003-01-14 19:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU CA BK NATO |
| 03OTTAWA2451 |
CANADA: ENLISTING HELP IN TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Deputy Director for the Western Balkans Margaret Moores and Defense and Security Relations desk officer Kelly Anderson affirmed to poloff the GOC's commitment to seeing PIFWCs brought to justice. Moores noted that while Canadian law precludes adoption [...] |
2003-08-27 20:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN CLOK CVIS CA BK KWAC ICTY |
| 03ROME144 |
GOI ON DAYTON ARMS CONTROLS NEXT STEPS [...] (C) ACCORDING TO MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI, THE GOI CONCURS WITH USG POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR THE DAYTON ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT 12-18 MONTHS AS OUTLINED REFTEL. HE TOLD POLOFF ON DECEMBER 10 THAT HE AGREED WITH THE NEED FOR CONTACT GROUP PRESSURE ON THE PARTIES FOR [...] |
2003-01-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL BK HR SR IT OSCE |
| 03ROME321 |
GOI CONCURS WITH USG VIEW FOR JANUARY 29-30 PIC [...] (C) ON JANUARY 27, POLOFF DELIVERED POINTS REFTEL AS NON-PAPER TO FERNANDO GENTILINI, DIRECTOR OF MFA'S BALKANS ISSUES OFFICE. AFTER CONSULTING WITH A NUMBER OF MFA OFFICES AND SUPERIORS, HE INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE GOI WAS "IN LINE" WITH THE U.S. ON THE SUBSTANCE OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE [...] |
2003-01-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK IT UN |
| 03ROME4397 |
GOVERNMENT OF ITALY INTERESTS AT SEPTEMBER 25-26 [...] (C) AS REPORTED REF B, MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON SEPTEMBER 24 THAT ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE WITH US VIEWS ON PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL STEERING BOARD (PIC SB) POINTS. HE SAID THAT ITALY HAD SOME DIFFERENCES ON TIMING AND THERE WERE SOME AREAS WHERE ITAL [...] |
2003-09-25 17:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK IT EUN |
| 03THEHAGUE1392 |
ICTY: SENIOR OTP OFFICIALS DOWNBEAT ON "NEW ERA" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reason: 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. According to Chief of Investigations Patrick Lopez-Terres of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), cooperation with Belgrade authorities has not signific [...] |
2003-06-02 15:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE1417 |
ICTY: IS MILOSEVIC HOLDING UP? [...] (C) Summary: The last two months have dealt blows to Slobodan Milosevic from Belgrade and within the trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In the ICTY, a series of witnesses have hammered Milosevic with crime-based details of the joint crimina [...] |
2003-06-05 10:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE1530 |
ICTY: DEL PONTE GREETS SLJIVANCANIN ARREST WITH [...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reasons 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte reacted to the arrest today of outstanding "Vukovar Three" fugitive Veselin Sljivancanin with [...] |
2003-06-14 08:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE1546 |
ICTY: CROSS-BORDER PIFWC APPREHENSIONS GET A GREEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed on June 5 that the Tribunal has jurisdiction over indictee Dragan Nikolic, who has claimed since his arrest in April 2000 to have been detained unlawfully by SFOR (refs A and B). [...] |
2003-06-16 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE1674 |
ICTY: LILIC'S TESTIMONY AGAINST MILOSEVIC A MIXED [...] (C) Summary. To outside observers, Former Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic's testimony against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last week looked like a mixed bag. Lilic gave a detailed accounting of Milosevic's role in decision-maki [...] |
2003-06-27 11:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE1730 |
ICTY: UK DRAFT UNSCR ON THE COMPLETION STRATEGY [...] (C) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Theodor Meron passed to embassy legal counselor the draft of a Security Council resolution developed by the UK that would require the ICTY Prosecutor to implement key elements of the Tribunal's so-called completion [...] |
2003-07-07 14:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE1738 |
ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON TO VISIT BELGRADE JULY 24-25 [...] (U) Classified by: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason: 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Theodor Meron has received and accepted a formal invitation to visit Belgrade from Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) Foreign Ministe [...] |
2003-07-08 10:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE1858 |
ICTY: DEL PONTE PUSHES BACK;SEEKS MEETING WITH SG [...] Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), is seeking an urgent meeting with UN Secretary General Annan, perhaps as early as tomorrow, [...] |
2003-07-23 05:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY ICTR |
| 03THEHAGUE2002 |
ICTY: SENIOR PROSECUTORS PUSH FOR PLEA AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) successfully negotiated four plea agreements during the three months that ended with the plea of Darko Mrdja on July 24. According to ICTY Chief of Prosecutions Michael Johnson, the plea agreement [...] |
2003-08-08 11:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE2107 |
ICTY: CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND PRESIDENT PUSHING IN [...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, for reasons 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte and President Meron are pressing for competing changes in the draft ICTY/ICTR Security Council [...] |
2003-08-21 11:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE2161 |
ICTY: REGISTRAR THANKS USG FOR RULES OF THE ROAD [...] EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT FOLLOWS IN PARAGRAPH TWO REGARDING USG CONTRIBUTION TO THE ICTY RULES OF THE ROAD PROJECT. 2. // BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER// Clifton M. Johnson Office of the Legal Counselor Embassy of the United States of America Lange Voorhout 102 2514 EJ The Hague [...] |
2003-08-27 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY KAWS |
| 03THEHAGUE2563 |
ICTY: PREVIEW OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S AND [...] (C) Summary. Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and President Theodor Meron of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will present the Security Council with a difficult dilemma during their reports to the Council on October 9. Del Ponte will report that she intends to seek [...] |
2003-10-07 05:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE2611 |
ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER BALANCES KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had its hands full this week as it reconvened to hear the Prosecution's case against Slobodan Milosevic. Compressed into the new three-day per week schedule, the proceedings balanced the [...] |
2003-10-10 15:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE2715 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE: U.S. DELEGATION TO BOSNIA WAR [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation attending the October 30, 2003 donors conference for the Bosnia War Crimes court. This delegation includes Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Pierre-Richar [...] |
2003-10-29 06:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL BK |
| 03THEHAGUE2726 |
STATUS OF DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: LIBERIA, [...] (S) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with the Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse (protect throughout) on October 29 to review the status of current and planned Dutch participation in international military operations in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. On Liber [...] |
2003-10-29 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV NL LI AF IZ BK |
| 03THEHAGUE2769 |
ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...] |
2003-11-04 11:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE2818 |
ICTY: AMBASSADOR PROSPER'S MEETINGS WITH ICTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Pierre-Richard Prosper met with the President and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in separate meetings on October 30 in The Hague. Ambassador Prosper, meeting with ICTY officials on the margins o [...] |
2003-11-07 16:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE2835 |
ICTY: AN INSIDE LOOK INTO MILOSEVIC'S HEALTH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The head of the detention unit of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) provided Embassy legal officers and USG physician with details of Slobodan Milosevic's health status, daily regimen, legal and financial network, frame of mind, and contacts o [...] |
2003-11-12 16:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE2867 |
ICTY: LORD OWEN'S TESTIMONY A MIXED BAG FOR [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from Lord David Owen the first week of November. As an international negotiator, Lord Owen insisted that the Trial Chamber call him as a neutral witness rather than being cal [...] |
2003-11-14 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE2898 |
ICTY: REGISTRY SEEKS ASSISTANCE ON BUDGET [...] Summary: The deputy registrar and chief budget officer of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) requested USG support for the ICTY's proposed budget for the 2004-2005 biennium the face of an ambiguous concluding sentence in the ACABQ's report to the Fifth Committ [...] |
2003-11-18 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE3019 |
ICTY: SIEGE OF SARAJEVO TRIAL ENDS WITH CONVICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Stanislav Galic, commanding general of the Republika Sprpska Army's (VRS) Sarajevo Romanija Corps (SRK) during 1992 to 1994, for his responsibility for attacks on the civilian popu [...] |
2003-12-05 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE3027 |
ICTY: WITH STRUGAR BALKING AT RETURN, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Theodor Meron, told embassy legal officers that he would report to the UN Security Council Belgrade's noncooperation by 0900 EST on Tuesday, December 9, if indictee Pavle Strugar fails to return [...] |
2003-12-09 06:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE3043 |
ICTY: THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OFFERED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard from three key witnesses in November offering unique perspectives on the role Milosevic played. During the week of November 10, historian Robert Donia resumed his testimony concer [...] |
2003-12-11 05:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB1031 |
CROATIA DECIDES TO ACCEPT UNFROZEN FUNDS "WITHOUT [...] (C) AT A CLOSED SESSION ON MAY 8, THE CROATIAN CABINET FORMALLY DECIDED TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROZEN IN THE U.S. UNDER MILOSEVIC-ERA SANCTIONS. ON MAY 7 WE MET WITH MFA SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR ANDREJA METELKO- ZGOMBIC AND AMERICA'S DESK DIRECTOR MIROSLAV KOVACIC TO PRESS FOR CROATIAN ACCEPTANCE. THI [...] |
2003-05-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON MK SR BK SI MW HR |
| 03ZAGREB1474 |
GOC APPROVES HOUSING MEASURES AIMED AT [...] (C) In what is being viewed as an abrupt change of policy, the Croatian Government on June 12 finally approved measures aimed at providing subsidized housing to refugees who enjoyed "tenancy rights" under the old Yugoslav system. In another development, Prime Minister Racan, for the first time [...] |
2003-06-27 07:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ECON HR BK |
| 03ZAGREB1718 |
ASHDOWN IN ZAGREB [...] (C) DURING A JULY 30 VISIT TO ZAGREB, HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ASHDOWN PRAISED THE RACAN GOVERNMENT'S PRODUCTIVE POLICY TOWARD BOSNIA OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE POLICY WOULD CONTINUE AFTER UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN CROATIA. HE REFUSED TO BE ENGAGED IN NEGOTIATIONS ON THE [...] |
2003-07-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK HR |
| 03ZAGREB2144 |
GOC RECEIVES POOR GRADES ON RETURNS-RELATED ISSUES [...] (C) Since its declarations this spring and June 12 initiative aimed at providing subsidized housing to refugees who enjoyed "tenancy rights" under the old Yugoslav system, the GOC has made little progress on key return-related issues. The number of refugees returning to Croatia lags behind th [...] |
2003-10-06 05:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ECON HR BK |
| 03ZAGREB450 |
UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: GETTING HOLD HARMLESS LOOKS REMOTE [...] (C) THE RACAN GOVERNMENT IS DIGGING IN ITS HEELS ON THE SUCCESSION AGREEMENT, AND MAY WELL IGNORE OUR REQUEST FOR A HOLD HARMLESS BEFORE THE USG UNBLOCKS DISPUTED NBY ASSETS THIS SPRING. THAT IS THE INDICATION WE RECEIVED IN SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE GOC'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE FINANCIAL C [...] |
2003-02-28 09:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR HR BK SI MW |
| 03ZAGREB578 |
UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: PICULA SAYS GOC STILL [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED DEMARCHE (REF A) CONCERNING USG PLANS TO UNBLOCK SFRY ASSETS TO FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA MARCH 14. PICULA WAS NON-COMMITTAL, BUT AGAIN POINTED TO THE DIFFICULTY OF PROVIDING A HOLD HARMLESS IN THE ABSENCE OF A RATIFIED SUCCESSION AGREEMENT. AS HE HAS IN PREVIOUS [...] |
2003-03-14 16:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR BK SI MW HR |
| 03ZAGREB755 |
UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: CROATIA MAINTAINS HARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOR CROATIA, UNRAVELING THE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS OF THE SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUES TO HINGE ON SECURING A RATIFIED AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES (ASI). ON APRIL 4, ZDRAVKO ROGIC, SENIOR CROATIAN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SUCCESSOR STATES' FINANCE COMMITT [...] |
2003-04-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR BK SI MW HR RU |
| 03ZAGREB866 |
CROATIA PROVIDING LIMITED SUPPORT TO CROATS IN BIH [...] (C) BASED ON MEETINGS WITH KEY GOC AND GOBIH OFFICIALS IN CROATIA IN RECENT WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPES AND LEVELS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE GOC IS PROVIDING TO ETHNIC CROATS IN BOSNIA -- TARGETED LARGELY TO THREE AREAS: PENSIONS FOR FORMER HVO SOLDIERS, REFUGEE RETURNS, AND [...] |
2003-04-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ECON MARR MASS HR BK |
| 03ZAGREB950 |
CROATIA WILL NOT ACCEPT TRANSFER OF NBY FUNDS [...] (C) ON APRIL 29, WE MET WITH MIROSLAV KOVACIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICAS DEPARTMENT AT THE MFA, AT HIS REQUEST. KOVACIC SAID THE MINISTRY HAD HEARD FROM THE CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK (CNB) THAT IT HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO ACCEPT A TRANSFER OF $54.6 MILLION AS CROATIA'S PART OF UNFROZEN NBY ASSETS IN THE [...] |
2003-04-29 15:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SI BK MK SR HK |
| 03ZAGREB996 |
USG-AMWAY CORPORATION JOIN TO CLEAR MINEFIELD NEAR [...] TO HIGHLIGHT A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE USG AND AMWAY CORPORATION IN CROATIA TO CLEAR A MINEFIELD NEAR A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE TOWN OF ZRNOVNICA NEAR SPLIT, THE AMBASSADOR ATTENDED A CEREMONY AT THE SCHOOL ON MAY 5. SENIOR AMWAY REPRESENTATIVES, THE MAYOR OF SPLIT, AND CROATIAN MINE ACTION [...] |
2003-05-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR PREF |
| 04ANKARA2181 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL BK BU GR HR KSEI MD MK PREL RO SR TU EUN |
| 04ANKARA2737 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | BK CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER TU |
| 04ANKARA4590 |
SFOR TRANSITION: TURKS CONCERNED THAT EUROPEAN [...] (C) PolMilOff met Aug. 10 with Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Operations Branch office. Yilmaz reported that Turkey is committed to remain in SFOR at its current (one battalion) level after SFOR becomes an EU operation, and said he believes that the EU wants Turkey to stay. However, h [...] |
2004-08-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU BK |
| 04ANKARA794 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | BK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI |
| 04BRUSSELS1074 |
SOLANA ON BOSNIA: PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES TRUST, TOO [...] (C) This is a joint USEU/USNATO message. Policy recommendation in para 12. 2. (C) Summary: In an animated discussion with Ambassadors Schnabel and Burns March 9 on planning for a post-SFOR EU mission in Bosnia, EU HiRep Javier Solana said, "If you want the EU to be your partner in Europe, [...] |
2004-03-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BK MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1543 |
EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL APRIL 5-6 [...] (C) The EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Brussels on April 5/6 endorsed and appeared to expand the concept of the EU rapid reaction force, with Hirep Solana identifying as its elements rapid EU institutional decision-making, a planning cell, and battle groups. Solana explained that the purp [...] |
2004-04-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2068 |
EU COUNCIL ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) EUR/RPM Director Dan Russell visited Brussels May 6-7 to meet with EU Council Secretariat officials responsible for EU European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) formulation. The primary topic of discussion was the transition in Bosnia from SFOR to a EU mission. In all of his meetings, R [...] |
2004-05-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2381 |
EUR/DAS BRADTKE'S SECURITY CONSULTATIONS WITH EU [...] (C) EUR/DAS Bradtke met May 26 in Brussels with EU leaders in the PSC Troika Format including representatives of the EU presidency, Council, and Commission. Bradtke and his EU interlocutors reviewed ESDP/NATO developments, including the BiH SFOR transition, the EU's planning for a civ-mil ce [...] |
2004-06-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3840 |
ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 13 GAERC [...] (C) We have discussed reftel A points on the EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Sept. 13 with a variety of EU officials. EU Conclusions on Sudan should dovetail with the main elements of our draft UNSC Resolution. On Iran, we understand the EU will is [...] |
2004-09-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR BK SU EAID BU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4144 |
EUMS THOUGHTS ON REMAINING SFOR HANDOVER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Some issues related to the end of SFOR and the beginning of Operation Althea remain to be resolved, but planners in HR Solana's secretariat are confident that the transfer will go smoothly. The transfer date has been largely resolved among commanders on the ground, but the EU poli [...] |
2004-09-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4688 |
DSACEUR BRIEFS NAC-PSC ON TRANSFER OF SFOR TO [...] (C) Summary: DSACEUR, General Sir John Reith briefed the NAC-PSC Ambassadors on the progress of the December 2 SFOR handover to the EU's Operation Althea. Delineation of tasks has been worked out between commanders on the ground, and Headquarters staffs are more than 80 percent filled. General [...] |
2004-11-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BK MOPS NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4758 |
DSACEUR'S EU POLAD CLARIFIES DELINEATION OF TASKS [...] (U) This is a retransmission of Brussels 4731. Paragraph 4 has been corrected for clarity. 2. (C) Summary: EU Council Secretariat planners are unhappy with a number of points in the Delineation of Tasks between COMEUFOR and Commander Nato Headquarters (COMNHQ), but they will not raise furt [...] |
2004-11-05 16:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5030 |
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION LAUNCHES OPERATION [...] (U) Under the provisions of the Treaty of the European Union, the Council of the European Union on November 23 launched Operation Althea in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The EU Operation Commander was authorized to release the activation order (ACTORD) in order to execute the deployment of the forces an [...] |
2004-11-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BK MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5226 |
EU COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE ON BOSNIA REFORMS [...] (C) PolOff has discussed the texts of Secretary Powell's letters (REFS A and B) to High Rep Solana about Bosnia-Herzegovina with Stefan Lehne, Solana's key Balkan policy advisor. Lehne said that Solana's understanding of the situation and way forward in Bosnia-Herzegovina was generally in lin [...] |
2004-12-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID MARR BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5393 |
ENSURING A COORDINATED U.S.-EU MESSAGE IN BIH [...] (C) Our messages alerting the EU to Operation Balkan Vice measures (REFS B and C) apparently did not penetrate very far into the EU apparatus. Although the EU and Solana's office have been supportive of the measures taken by High Rep Ashdown, and understand the steps taken by the US in support [...] |
2004-12-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04ROME4793 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE V - ITALY ON BOARD WITH VISA [...] (S) MFA Balkans Office Director Andrea Orizio told Poloff on December 17 that Italy was "on board" with USG view that imposing travel entry/travel bans and freezing assets of PIFWC's and their material supporters are important tools for achieving our shared objective to stabilize the region. I [...] |
2004-12-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK IT ICTY EUN |
| 04ROME860 |
AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...] |
2004-03-04 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04THEHAGUE1033 |
ICTY: KRSTIC JUDGMENT SETS ASIDE GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) set aside a trial chamber's 2001 judgment that Radislav Krstic, commander of the Drina Corp immediately under Ratko Mladic during the Srebrenica massacres of July 1995, perpetrated genoci [...] |
2004-04-23 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1163 |
ICTY: SAM MINISTER OF JUSTICE SEES PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, visited the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Theodor Meron, following his appearance at the provisional release hearing for indictees Frenki Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic. Earl [...] |
2004-05-11 16:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE149 |
ICTY: DEPUTY PROSECUTOR BLEWITT RESIGNING [...] (C) Summary: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Deputy Prosecutor Graham Blewitt has announced to colleagues in the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) that he will not remain in his position beyond June of this year. Blewitt's resignation, after ten years at the Trib [...] |
2004-01-22 18:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1565 |
ICTY: COURT REJECTS ONE THIRD OF ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) crossed two key mileposts last week. On June 16, the Trial Chamber issued its decision on the amici curiae,s (friends of the court) motion seeking the dismissal of num [...] |
2004-06-23 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1592 |
ICTY: PREVIEW OF DEL PONTE JUNE 29 ADDRESS TO UN [...] (C) Summary: In her June 29 oral report to the UN Security Council, Carla del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), will highlight several issues from her written report submitted to the Security Council in May. In addition to the e [...] |
2004-06-25 11:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1599 |
ICTY: PREVIEW OF JUNE 29 MERON PRESENTATION TO [...] (C) Summary. In his June 29, 2004 address to the Security Council, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Theodor Meron, will focus on the two competing sides of the completion strategy: on the one, the Tribunal,s heavy workload and his in [...] |
2004-06-25 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1657 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...] |
2004-07-01 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 04THEHAGUE1693 |
ICTY: TRIBUNAL SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief Prosecutor and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) urged Ambassador for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper to weigh in with UN Headquarters to help solve two emerging budget and personnel crises that were posing a significant [...] |
2004-07-06 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1715 |
ICTY: MILOSEVIC'S POOR HEALTH TRIGGER'S "RADICAL" [...] (C) Summary: The trial chamber hearing the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) postponed the July 5 commencement of the defense case due to the Accused,s poor health. During the hearing, Milosevic accused the Tribunal of [...] |
2004-07-08 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE176 |
ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...] |
2004-01-26 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1910 |
ICTY: REGISTRY SEEKS AGREEMENTS ON SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 28 meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Hans Holthuis, the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), sought USG assistance with respect to the enforcement of sentences and the relocation of witnesses. Holthuis specifically requested [...] |
2004-07-29 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE1918 |
ICTY: A PUNISHING WEEK FOR OTP [...] (SBU) Summary: It was a punishing week for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On July 28, a trial chamber ordered the provisional release of two of the highest-ranking members of Slobodan Milosevic's inner circle, Jovica [...] |
2004-07-30 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2196 |
ICTY: MILOSEVIC REVISITS HISTORY IN OPENING OF [...] (C) Summary. After a series of health-related delays, Slobodan Milosevic opened his defense on August 31, 2004, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a predictable, political, often dull, and highly skewed survey of Balkans history. Milosevic repeatedly [...] |
2004-09-02 11:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2201 |
ICTY: COUNSEL IMPOSED ON MILOSEVIC [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated, Trial Chamber Three of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) decided on September 2 to assign counsel to assist in the defense of Slobodan Milosevic. The court decided that the counsel should be the amici curiae (friends of the Cou [...] |
2004-09-02 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2494 |
ICTY - MILOSEVIC TRIAL ADJOURNS IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary. The defense phase of Slobodan Milosevic,s trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) stumbled into a new set of obstacles during the week of September 13. The trial chamber abruptly transformed the defense from one led exclusively by Milosevi [...] |
2004-09-30 12:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2678 |
ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on October 12 after a one-month hiatus, the bulk of its time devoted to a status conference in which assigned defense counsel Steven Kay updated the court on his o [...] |
2004-10-15 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE271 |
ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...] |
2004-02-03 16:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2711 |
ICTY: DEMARCHE ON BEHALF OF MERON CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 11:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2736 |
ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?" [...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...] |
2004-10-22 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2792 |
ICTY - MILOSEVIC REGAINS SOME CONTROL OVER DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was recessed again because of a lack of witnesses during the week of October 24, but that did not stop the case from making news. In particular, Steven Kay, imposed defense [...] |
2004-11-01 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2793 |
ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...] |
2004-11-01 17:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2869 |
ICTY - APPEALS CHAMBER RETURNS LEAD IN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the Milosevic trial chamber,s decision to impose counsel on the accused but reversed the trial chamber,s decision to give assigned counsel a lead role in the case. [...] |
2004-11-05 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE2905 |
ICTY: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR MERON RE-ELECTION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Post received the Diplomatic Note in para three from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the Netherlands' support for the U.S. Candidate and current ICTY President Judge Theodor Meron at the UN elections on November 18, 2004. The [...] |
2004-11-10 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BK HR NL PHUM ICTY USUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2932 |
ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER FOCUSES ON APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial chamber in the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continued to deal with defense counsel issues during the week of November 8. Its three days of hearings -- a full schedule for this case -- were [...] |
2004-11-12 17:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE3210 |
ICTY - PROSPER WARNS THAT TRIBUNAL MAY CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper met with officials from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). During the meeting, and later with the press, Prosper emphasized that a l [...] |
2004-12-08 16:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC PHUM ICTY PREL SR |
| 04THEHAGUE3255 |
ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...] |
2004-12-14 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE3323 |
ICTY: TRIBUNAL RESISTS UN/GC EFFORT THAT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) told Embassy legal officers on December 21 that the UN Secretariat is resisting his efforts to appoint two ad litem judges to trials in dire need of immediate appointments. Meron shared [...] |
2004-12-22 14:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE347 |
ICTY: KRAJISNIK TRIAL OPENS SMOOTHLY [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Momcilo Krajisnik before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened smoothly for the prosecution on Feb. 3. Krajisnik, who is being tried on eight counts including charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, held many prominen [...] |
2004-02-10 16:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE382 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...] |
2004-02-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 04THEHAGUE490 |
ICTY: OTP REQUEST 298 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Sobel, joined by Deputy Legal Counselor, delivered reftel letter and points February 25 to Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Carla Del Ponte. While arguing that her actions did not amount to a "breach" of the USG's [...] |
2004-02-26 09:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE498 |
ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION LIMPS TO CLOSE ITS CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Milosevic Prosecution team of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closed its case in the anti-climactic form of a motion to Trial Chamber III on February 25. The recent melodrama of the Milosevic prosecution -- the rancorous internal debates [...] |
2004-02-26 17:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE783 |
ICTY: MILOSEVIC REFUSES TO GIVE CONSENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Theodor Meron, convened a special hearing on March 25 in order to determine whether Slobodan Milosevic would consent to the continuation of the trial with a new judge, an as-yet appointe [...] |
2004-03-25 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE813 |
ICTY: OTP PAPER SAYS BELGRADE FAILING TO COOPERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a paper circulated among key diplomatic representatives in The Hague and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) late on March 26, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserts that Belgrade's cooperation with [...] |
2004-03-30 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE975 |
ICTY: DEL PONTE DEFENDS POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), vigorously defended her positive assessment to EU officials of Croatia,s cooperation with the Tribunal. She based her decision on Croatia,s cooperation in recent weeks wit [...] |
2004-04-19 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04THEHAGUE985 |
ICTY: SENIOR FORMER USG OFFICIALS ON MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Slobodan Milosevic -- in one of his first filings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) -- submitted to the trial chamber on April 13 a confidential document describing the witnesses he may call during his upcoming defense case. While the list [...] |
2004-04-20 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 04VATICAN1231 |
OSCE BOSNIA HEAD PRESSES HOLY SEE AND FRANCISCANS [...] (U) This telegram contains a guidance request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) OSCE Bosnia Head of Mission Robert Beecroft emphasized the importance of inter-ethnic reconciliation in Mostar for Bosnia's future stability during March 23-24 meetings with the Hol [...] |
2004-03-26 18:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PREL SOCI VT BK BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA OSCE |
| 04ZAGREB1228 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: CROATIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) ON JUNE 30, WE PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ANDREA BEKIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICA'S DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. BEKIC WELCOMED THE NEWS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, AND USG ACTION TO TARGET THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF PIFWCS. BEKIC SAID SHE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FORWARD THE [...] |
2004-07-01 17:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK HR |
| 04ZAGREB456 |
ZAGREB AWAITS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS FOR BOSNIAN [...] (C) Croatia is expecting the imminent arrival of new indictments from ICTY against a series of Bosnian Croats for their actions in BiH in 1993-94. According to the press, Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt met with likely indictees Milivoj Petkovic and Slobodan Praljak during the evening of [...] |
2004-03-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR BK |
| 04ZAGREB488 |
ICTY INDICTMENTS OF BOSNIAN CROATS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zuzul told the Ambassador on March 22 that the GoC would do everything it could to ensure Croatian citizens indicted by ICTY for crimes in Bosnia were transferred to The Hague, but could not guarantee that the process would go as smoothly as in the cases of Cermak and Mar [...] |
2004-03-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV BK HR |
| 05ANKARA6073 |
BOSNIA: TURKEY ON PRE-DAYTON ANNIVERSARY AGENDA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 07:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BK TU |
| 05BRUSSELS2822 |
DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. According to EU Council and Commission officials, there can be no "shortcut" to EU membership for the countries of the Western Balkans, although their European perspective remains the long-term goal. Kai Eide is "gloomy" and disappointed with what he has seen of the standards impl [...] |
2005-07-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL BK MK SR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BUCHAREST748 |
SECI CENTER AND BRUSSELS: A VIEW FROM THE OTHER [...] SECI Center DoS Coordinator traveled to Brussels and met with EU officials concerning SECI initiatives and EU plans to become more involved with the Center. Though EU officials were very interested in the current work of SECI, they were reluctant to commit any resources despite the reality th [...] |
2005-03-24 14:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU SR HU SL BK MK BU HR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST946 |
SECI UPDATE MARCH 2005 [...] SECI Center's governing body, the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC), met on 18 March 2005 in Bucharest for their semi-annual meeting. The agenda of the meeting included the approval of the SECI Center's near-term strategy, election of a General Director, as well as other issues concerning the [...] |
2005-04-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU HU BK MK BU HR RO SECI |
| 05DUBLIN1501 |
PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRISH SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 5, Post delivered ref A talking points to Siobhan Coyne, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy European Correspondent. Coyne noted that Ireland would strongly support an increased EU presence in Kosovo as part of the final status outcome, and she concurred with U [...] |
2005-12-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EI YI BK IZ AF EUN |
| 05HELSINKI207 |
FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16 follow-up conversation with Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish EU Correspondent, Lahdevirta provided GoF views on the GAERC agenda and a preview of the issues the Finns want to raise dur [...] |
2005-02-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05LJUBLJANA112 |
SLOVENIA ON FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK SI |
| 05MADRID617 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. We discussed Transatlantic Relations, the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, the Western Balkans, Ukraine/Moldova, Sudan, the Great Lakes, and Iran with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning on February 15. Mora Benavente said that the February 21 GAERC meeting would [...] |
2005-02-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU SR BK CGEN |
| 05PARIS1082 |
FRENCH ON FEB. 21 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A) points to MFA DAS-equivalent for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on Feb. 11 and followed up in conversation Feb. 18. LeDeunff emphasized that ministers would spend the bulk of the Feb. 21 GAERC in preparing for the EU summit with President Bus [...] |
2005-02-18 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK FR |
| 05PARIS547 |
FRENCH ON JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff on Jan. 18 and followed in conversation with LeDeunff Jan 28. LeDeunff noted that the French are awaiting "with enthusiasm" the visits to Europe of both President Bush and Secretary Rice. With regard to the Presid [...] |
2005-01-28 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH FR EUN |
| 05PARIS6749 |
FRENCH SUPPORT PRE-DAYTON ANNIVERSARY AGENDA BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-30 17:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK FR |
| 05PRAGUE1247 |
CZECH CABINET APPROVES 2006 FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MOPS PREL PGOV AF IZ YI BK |
| 05PRAGUE1590 |
CZECHS ON TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACIES [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA's Director for Transformation Cooperation believes that many international efforts to foster democratic change -- including in particular those of the EU -- suffer because the funding mechanisms chosen impede the chances for success. She believes that donors need to b [...] |
2005-11-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ CU UP GG MD SR BK IZ BO BM |
| 05PRAGUE896 |
CZECH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KOLAR ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech republic is promoting former Czech Ambassador to the US Alexandr Vondra to become the Special EU Representative to Bosnia, and has garnered the support of Slovakia and Poland. The Czechs are presenting a proposal on the EU on dealings with Cuba which includes developmen [...] |
2005-06-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PINR EAID IZ BK EZ EUN |
| 05ROME2997 |
BOSNIA: ITALY TO PUSH MIRACHIAN CANDIDACY FOR OHR ON MARGINS OF UNGA; BELIEVES DUTCH CANDIDATE UNSUITABLE [...] (C) In DCM's introductory call on Italian MFA Political Director Terzi, Terzi made a strong pitch for the U.S. to support senior Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian to replace Paddy Ashdown as High Rep in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Terzi said the Italians learned on Sept. 8 that The Netherlands was pro [...] |
2005-09-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK IT EUN PREL |
| 05THEHAGUE161 |
NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...] |
2005-01-21 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE164 |
NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...] |
2005-01-21 16:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE427 |
NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparing a positive agenda for the President's visit, the EU is actively seeking forward-looking ways to engage with the U.S. on a range of issues while the Luxembourg Presidency struggles to control an agenda where 25 Heads of State/Foreign Ministers want a chance to speak. T [...] |
2005-02-14 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK NL |
| 05VATICAN460 |
VATICAN OPPOSES COVIC DISMISSAL OR RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR PREL VT |
| 05VATICAN516 |
DEL PONTE MAKES ""UGLY IMPRESSION"" AT THE VATICAN [...] (S/NF) Holy See Balkans Director Maury described to us August 22 the ""undiplomatic behavior"" of ICTY Chief Prosecutor del Ponte on her recent visit to the Vatican foreign ministry (HAGUE 2263). Maury said the Vatican would not respond to the strong letter sent by del Ponte to the pope after [...] |
2005-08-26 14:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET//NOFORN | KIRF PREL SOCI NL BK HR VT OSCE |
| 05VATICAN534 |
BOSNIA: VATICAN BACKING CARDINAL [...] (C) Vatican Director for the Balkans Monsignor Maury expressed support November 11 for Cardinal Vinko Puljic in his current stances on politics and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Maury said he was not surprised that Puljic had refused to participate in a planned inter-religi [...] |
2005-11-17 09:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PREL SOCI BK HR VT |
| 05VATICAN535 |
HOLY SEE MAKES POINT ON BOSNIA'S CATHOLICS [...] (SBU) On the heels of Poloff's meeting with Vatican Balkans Director Monsignor Miguel Maury (ref a), Holy See FM Giovanni Lajolo called in the Ambassador November 14 to deliver an aide memoire (complete text faxed to EUR/WE, DRL/IRF and EUR/SCE) on the situation in Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH). [...] |
2005-11-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KIRF PREL SOCI HR VT |
| 05VATICAN542 |
ANOTHER VOICE IN VATICAN SUPPORTING BIH BISHOPS [...] (C) The Vatican's Monsignor Petar Rajic (protect) gave us yet another indication of Holy See support for the Catholic bishops of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) November 22, expressing his support for their statement calling for constitutional change in the country, and general support for Bishop Pe [...] |
2005-11-29 18:06:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PREL SOCI BK HR VT |
| 05VIENNA1156 |
SARAJEVO FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 37,126 16,240 23,300 39, [...] |
2005-04-08 07:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD BK |
| 05VIENNA175 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON JANUARY 31 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns met with Foriegn Ministry EU Affaris director Werner Almhofer on January 21 to present reftel points. Almhofer made the following substantive replies: 2. (SBU) Tsunami: Almhofer expressed some frustration with the European public's dissatisfaction with the response of t [...] |
2005-01-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1895 |
AFGHANISTAN: AUSTRIA SENDING UP TO 100 SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) On June 7, the Austrian Council of Ministers (cabinet) unanimously approved the deployment of up to 100 Austrian soldiers to Afghanistan in August - October 2005. Parliament's standing committee will have to give final approval to the deployment mandate, possibly as early as June 10. [...] |
2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN |
| 05VIENNA1966 |
AFGHANISTAN: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEPLOYMENT OF [...] (SBU) On June 10, Parliament's standing committee (Hauptausschuss) unanimously approved the cabinet's decision (ref a) to send up to 100 Austrian soldiers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for a period of three months, until October 31, 2005. The Austrian soldiers will join the German PRT i [...] |
2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN |
| 05VIENNA2130 |
EUFOR-ALTHEA: AUSTRIA TO ASSUME COMMAND OF "TASK [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AU BK NATO EUN |
| 05VIENNA2284 |
SARAJEVO FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 39,540 25,601 9,475 [...] |
2005-07-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD BK |
| 05VIENNA2670 |
AUSTRIA HOSTS 4TH INFORMAL BALKANS SUMMIT [...] Summary: The Austrian Government and the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe hosted leaders from six southeastern European countries from 2-3 August for the 4th informal "Balkans Summit." Participants discussed the region's expectations for EU membership, establishing a common [...] |
2005-08-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECIN AL BK HR MK RO SR AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2992 |
SARAJEVO FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final review for Sarajevo follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1215 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 35,076 30,763 3,975 34, [...] |
2005-09-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD BK |
| 05VIENNA3832 |
AUSTRIAN MFA ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Pol Unit chief delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Andreas Riecken on December 2. We provided (per reftel) documents on the Dayton anniversary and the President's Iraq policy speech. In particular, we underlined the impo [...] |
2005-12-07 17:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON YI BK AF AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA473 |
APPROACHING EU IN ADVANCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel demarche to MFA Director/Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Werner Almhofer on February 11 and followed up with him on February 16. Almhofer's likely successor, Andreas Riecken, also attended. 2 [...] |
2005-02-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK AU EUN |
| 06ANKARA1057 |
TURKEY: APPROACHING POTENTIAL DONORS TO THE MARCH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV BK TU |
| 06ANKARA3686 |
TURKISH MFA RESPONDS TO BOSNIA RELATED DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points to Hasan Asan, Head of the Turkish MFA's Balkans and Western Europe Department, and First Secretary and Bosnia Desk Officer Kazim Cavusoglu. Asan agreed with U.S. opposition to calls within the Republikla Srpska for an independence referendum and agreed w [...] |
2006-06-22 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
| 06ANKARA5521 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, August 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on August 21. National security issue and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Recent developments in the Middle East, humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and Palestine, Turkey's policy on Black Sea s [...] |
2006-09-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AF BK |
| 06BERLIN3220 |
PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE, GOVERNMENT MISSTEPS [...] (C) Summary: Setbacks related to German overseas deployments are reinforcing a tendency toward short-term caution on military issues. Barely one week after the release of a well-received White Paper on security that cast Germany as an increasingly engaged and transformed security partner, Ber [...] |
2006-11-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM GM LE AF BK SR |
| 06BRUSSELS1165 |
BOSNIA WAR CRIMES CHAMBER CONFERENCE: 9.25 [...] (SBU) A March 31 conference in Brussels on the Bosnia judicial system raised 9.25 million euros for the War Crimes Chamber (WCC) for 2007-09. BiH PM Terzic and BiH finance and justice ministers presented the case for additional funding needs and noted that the cost of trying cases in BiH's sy [...] |
2006-04-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BRUSSELS716 |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: WILLING TO SUPPORT BIH WAR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BUCHAREST1808 |
STABILITY PACT MEETINGS IN BUCHAREST FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) The November 15-16 meetings in Bucharest of the Stability Pact for South East Europe saw continued progress toward shifting the Pact's program of regional cooperation initiatives to the responsibility of regional governments under the umbrella of the South East Europe Cooperation Proces [...] |
2006-12-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD EUN PREL BK BU GR HR MD MI |
| 06BUENOSAIRES411 |
TRANSFER OF ITCY WAR CRIMES INDICTEE MILAN LUKIC [...] Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Milan Lukic was transferred to the ICTY from Argentina on February 20. Lukic had been detained in Buenos Aires on August 8, 2005, by Argentine authorities after meeting with his wife and youngest child in a local restaurant (reftels). Argentine Federal Judge [...] |
2006-02-21 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC ICTY KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL BK SR AR |
| 06DUBLIN277 |
PRE-GAERC RESPONSE: IRELAND NOT CONSIDERING BALKAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Post delivered ref A and B demarche points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Regarding the Balkans, Kelly said that Member States would respect the electorate's chosen outcome in the Montenegrin referendum, but had not begun to deve [...] |
2006-03-16 17:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR |
| 06HELSINKI1209 |
GAERC - FINNISH RESPONSE [...] (U) PolChief delivered December GAERC demarche to Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala November 5 and followed up further by phone November 7. Syrjala highlighted the following points: 2. (C) TURKEY/ENLARGEMENT: The Finnish Presidency is greatly encouraged by Turkey's announcement that i [...] |
2006-12-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR TU |
| 06HELSINKI671 |
FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PDOV BK FI |
| 06LISBON2562 |
PORTUGAL ON GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the GAERC, Portuguese interlocutors provided a brief on the relevant issues. Amongst other issues, Portugal believes that Kosovo should not have an army, Israel needs to cooperate with the Rafah crossing project, EU support for the Lebanese Armed Forces is mired in [...] |
2006-11-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM YI SR BK IS LE IR RS UZ CU |
| 06LISBON2769 |
PORTUGAL'S POLICIES IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Ana Filomena Rocha provided a review of MFA's preparations for the reftel December 11-12 European Union (EU) General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in a December 7 discus [...] |
2006-12-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PRM PGOV PHUM PREL PO CH EUN YI SR BK IS |
| 06LONDON8279 |
UK VIEWS ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) The UK expects Turkey and the China Arms Embargo to be the most "difficult" issues at the upcoming December GAERC meeting, according to Martin Sherman, head of the FCO's EU Coordination Office. PolCouns discussed the upcoming GAERC with Sherman on December 7, who confirmed Foreign Secre [...] |
2006-12-08 17:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
| 06MOSCOW6464 |
RUSSIAN MFA ON ICTY PIFWC LIKELY IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 19 to Andrey Kalinin of the MFA Legal Department. Kalinin and his superior, Department Section Chief Igor Panin (who was traveling at the time), are the only officials in the MFA with a thorough knowledge of the ICTY and the status of PIFWCs. Russia [...] |
2006-06-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM PREL ICTY KAWC PHUM BK SR RS |
| 06NICOSIA265 |
CYPRUS AGREES WITH MOST U.S. POSITIONS ON THE [...] (C) On February 23, poloff delivered reftel message to the appropriate action officers in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Elena Rafti, who follows Balkan issues, agreed with most U.S. points on the Balkans, and stressed that a strong EU presence in Kosovo and a successful referendum in [...] |
2006-02-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | BK BO CG CY EUN IR IZ KPAL MW PREL SR YI |
| 06OTTAWA669 |
CANADA NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT MARCH 31 WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Post contacted Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency regarding reftel demarche. Canadian funding to the Balkans is declining, with the intention of winding up programs there by 2010. 2. (SBU) Though the new government's foreign policy priorities will n [...] |
2006-03-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BK CA |
| 06OTTAWA796 |
CANADA: MORE ON FUNDING FOR STATE COURT WAR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-20 19:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL BK CA |
| 06PARIS1186 |
FRENCH ON FEBRUARY 27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol Deputy delivered points to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy chief of the MFA's CFSP unit, on February 17; poloff followed up with LeDeunff on February 24. According to LeDeunff, the GAERC will issue strong conclusions on Iran, but none on Iraq or the Israeli-Palestinian situation. END [...] |
2006-02-24 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG FR EUN |
| 06PARIS1735 |
FRENCH ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials spent much of March 17 helping plan the EU response to the summons received by EU and US Ambassadors in Minsk late March 16; the Austrian presidency will issue a statement holding Lukashenko alone responsible for any violence surrounding this weekend's presid [...] |
2006-03-17 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU FR EUN |
| 06PARIS7337 |
FRANCE/GAERC: GOF MAD ON LEBANON; SKEPTICAL ON [...] (U) We shared reftel points November 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Herve Besancenot, DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet, DAS-equivalent for Nonproliferation (Iran) Philippe Errera and Deputy David Bertolotti, and DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet. Separately, we raised [...] |
2006-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK CG IS |
| 06PARIS7731 |
FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES EXCEPT [...] (U) We shared refs A and B points December 5 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points), DAS-equivalent for industrial questions and sensitive exports Marc Abensour (China embargo), DAS-equivalent for the Levant Herve Besancenot (Israel-Palestinian conflict and Leb [...] |
2006-12-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
| 06PRAGUE1406 |
CZECHS ON NOVEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the November 13 GAERC the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon), Russia, and the Balkans. Czech policy closely mirrors U.S. policy in these regions/countries. Specifically, the Czechs support: (1) a strong UNSC resolution with sancti [...] |
2006-11-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK CG IS LE |
| 06PRAGUE1466 |
PLANNED CZECH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS FOR 2007 [...] (U) Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies will vote in December on a bill authorizing proposed foreign military deployments for 2007. The bill is likely to pass without serious opposition. Increased numbers of troops are planned for Afghanistan and the Balkans, while Iraq troop levels will re [...] |
2006-12-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS IZ AF YI BK LE |
| 06PRAGUE1487 |
CZECH PARLIAMENT APPROVES MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS FOR [...] On November 5th the Czech Chamber of Deputies approved a bill authorizing proposed foreign military deployments for 2007 (Note: Reftel provided full details of the plan. End note). The legislation now goes to the President for signature. 2. The bill approved by the lower chamber, and previo [...] |
2006-12-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS IZ AF YI BK LE |
| 06PRAGUE1491 |
CZECHS ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the December 11-12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Balkans, the Middle East, Afghanistan, China, and Turkey. Czech policy continues to closely track U.S. policy in these regions/countries. At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs will support (1) ICTY compliance and th [...] |
2006-12-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
| 06PRAGUE199 |
CZECHS ON FEB 27 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the February 27 GAERC, the top priorities will be the Balkans, the Middle East, and Belarus. The Czechs stress the importance of observing international standards in Kosovo, and of managing the impact in Belgrade of any permanent solution for Kosovo. The Czechs strongly support [...] |
2006-02-24 07:53:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG |
| 06PRAGUE285 |
CZECHS ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs predict that the Balkans, Palestine, and Belarus will be the top priorities at the March 20 GAERC. On the Balkans, progress is being made, but some EU member states may be losing their appetite for admitting the Balkan states to the EU in the foreseeable future. On Pale [...] |
2006-03-17 16:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU |
| 06ROME1992 |
ITALIANS PROMISE TO DOWNPLAY PACE RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona told Poloff that the PACE resolution calling for the abolishment of qualified majority voting and for a review of the entity structure, while unhelpful, was entirely irrelevant to Italy's Balkan policy. According to De Cardona, the Italian C [...] |
2006-07-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK IT |
| 06ROME647 |
ITALIANS UNABLE TO COMMIT MORE FUNDS TO BIH WAR [...] Summary. GOI budget cutbacks will prevent Italy from pledging additional funds for the BIH War Crimes Chamber. Additionally, the GOI may have difficulty meeting its existing pledge of 1,440,000 Euros for the Chamber. End Summary. 2. Raimondo De Cardona, head of the MFA Balkans Department [...] |
2006-03-02 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BK IT |
| 06SARAEVO2307 |
BOSNIA ON ELECTION EVE - EVOLUTION, REVOLUTION, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1019 |
BOSNIA SUPPORTS NEW ICRC SYMBOL [...] On May 5, Post delivered points in reftel to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Head of the Department for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hadzimusic represented Bosnia at the diplomatic conference in Geneva in December 2005 and was very familiar with the issues. He noted t [...] |
2006-05-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PGOV PHUM PREF ICRC BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1020 |
BOSNIA: RELIGION AND POLITICS APPEALING MIX FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has long been politically involved in issues surrounding Croat returns, specifically the question of who is primarily to blame for the low numbers of Bosnian Croat refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who returned to [...] |
2006-05-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1022 |
BOSNIA: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On May 5 and 9, Post delivered points in reftel to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Head of the Department of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and to Dr. Zlatko Puvacic, Head of the Department of Epidemiology at the Federation Institute of Public Health. The demarche [...] |
2006-05-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL TBIO WHO BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1024 |
BOSNIA: TRAFFICKER GETS EIGHT YEARS [...] On April 25, the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) State Court handed down the second-longest sentence in the history of Bosnia's anti-trafficking statute, which allows for a maximum sentence of ten years. Mostar trafficker Nermin Cupina was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. The judge also or [...] |
2006-05-10 08:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM SOCI BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1064 |
BOSNIA: APPLICATION FOR 2006 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND [...] The following is Post's proposal for the 2006 PRM Ambassador's Fund. This proposal was developed in coordination with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the state Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees, the municipal government of Bratun [...] |
2006-05-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1066 |
BOSNIA: THE VIEW FROM THE RS PRIVATIZATION AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: New legislation to review past RS privatizations (reftel) has shone the spotlight on the RS Directorate for Privatization (DfP). However, the intense focus on process misses the broader point: Many entity-owned companies are little more than a pile of liabilities by time they [...] |
2006-05-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1075 |
BOSNIA: LITTLE PROGRESS IN POST-SANCTION TREBINJE [...] (C) Summary: One year after Lautenberg sanctions on the municipality were lifted, the eastern Republika Srpska (RS) municipality of Trebinje shows very little progress in a number of critical areas. The working relationship between Mayor Dobroslav Cuk (a member of the opposition Alliance for I [...] |
2006-05-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1093 |
BOSNIA: THREATS AGAINST LABOR UNION PRESIDENT [...] The President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SSSBiH), Mr. Edhem Biber, recently received an anonymous threatening note along with a bullet at his house. The note warned Mr. Biber to stop his calls for a review of previous privatizations in the Fed [...] |
2006-05-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON AFL CIO BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1096 |
BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA PRIME MINISTER RECEPTIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on May 15 (political issues reported septel), the Ambassador thanked Republika Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik for his quick action on several USG-sponsored economic priorities, including revenue allocation, corporate profit tax legislation, and r [...] |
2006-05-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1126 |
HIGH REP ANNOUNCES MAJOR NEW ECONOMIC INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling (CSS) has decided to make small and medium enterprise (SME) development an OHR priority. To this end, he has instructed that an "SME cell", staffed by both local hires and secondees, be established in OHR with the initial goal of [...] |
2006-05-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1129 |
BOSNIA: DODIK UPS THE ANTE IN ITA GOVERNING BOARD [...] (U) Summary. The ongoing controversy over distributions from the BiH Single Account has resulted in the filing of criminal charges by Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik against Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) Governing Board Chairman Joly Dixon (who is seconded by the Europ [...] |
2006-05-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1148 |
BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM FOUNDERING ON ROCKY SHORES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 3, the Police Reform Directorate (PRD), by majority vote, approved a plan for a a single police structure consisting of two tiers (state and local) with budget and legislation at the state-level (BiH Parliament). Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has publicly oppose [...] |
2006-05-22 17:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1149 |
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SPURIOUSLY CLAIMS ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 10, Amnesty International (AI) issued a report on the global arms trade. In the report, AI erroneously alleges that hundreds of thousands of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and associate ammunition were clandestinely shipped from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to Iraq [...] |
2006-05-22 17:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1165 |
BOSNIA - TESLIC MAYOR FIGHTS OFF SDS CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Teslic Mayor Rade Pavlovic retained office May 21 by securing over 60 percent of the vote in a recall election prompted by a nationalist/center-right coalition led by the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) and Serb Radical Party - Dr. Vojislav Seselj. Pavlovic, who heads a multi-ethnic, cen [...] |
2006-05-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1169 |
BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC OFFICIALLY ELECTED HEAD OF SBIH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Haris Silajdzic officially returned to the Bosnian political scene on Sunday May 21st, when he succeeded Safet Halilovic as the Chairman of the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH). Silajdzic was unanimously elected by the delegates in attendance at the second SBiH party con [...] |
2006-05-25 08:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1173 |
BOSNIA: PLIGHT OF PENSIONERS DIRE [...] Summary: Bosnia's 500,000 pensioners represent its largest special-interest group and will be influential in the October 2006 general elections. They also vote in a higher proportion than younger citizens. Increasingly squeezed by Bosnia's new national value-added tax (VAT) and rising health ca [...] |
2006-05-25 12:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1174 |
BOSNIA: BREAKAWAY CROAT "HDZ 1990" BUILDS ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Breakaway ethnic Croat "HDZ 1990" made a dramatic entry into BiH politics on April 26, when it co-opted enough key parliamentary votes to block constitutional reform. Since then, it has tried to ride on the momentum as it builds local party structures. Lacking def [...] |
2006-05-25 13:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1194 |
BOSNIA: MUTED REACTION TO MONTENEGRO REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Initial reactions by BiH politicians to the results of the Montenegrin independence referendum, announced May 23, have been largely positive and calm in both entities. As Montenegro was one of the six quasi-autonomous constituent republics of the former Yugoslavia, virtually al [...] |
2006-05-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1195 |
BOSNIA: HIGH REPRESENTATIVE DELIVERS "100 DAYS" [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an effort to rally the parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to pass significant pre-election reforms, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling delivered his "100 days" speech on May 24. The theme referred to what Schwarz-Schilling has seen during his first 100 da [...] |
2006-05-26 15:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1196 |
BOSNIA: ONE UNIFORM,ONE ARMED FORCE- AND ONE FUTURE [...] Defense Minister Radovanovic unveiled the new uniform of the unified Bosnian armed force during a ceremony on May 25. For the first time since the abolishment of the entity armies on December 31, 2005, former combatants stood shoulder to shoulder completely indistinguishable from one other. P [...] |
2006-05-26 16:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1197 |
BOSNIA: BRCKO DISTRICT AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 25 meeting with Brcko District Mayor Djapo, the staff of the Sarajevo-based Brcko District Office, and representatives of the BiH Council of Ministers (joined by the Supervisor, her legal advisor, and OHR staff), Ambassador pressed for additional concrete progress to br [...] |
2006-05-26 17:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1208 |
BOSNIA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] Post delivered points in reftel on May 26 to Biljana Gutic in the Office of the UN and International Organizations (UN Office) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gutic thanked us for the information and noted that the MFA would not be able to respond to the substance of the demarche until the [...] |
2006-05-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC PREL UNGA BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1230 |
BOSNIA: PM CAVES ON INVESTIGATING FATE OF SERBS IN [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, the BiH Council of Ministers decided to form a state commission to investigate "the truth about the suffering of all citizens of Sarajevo" from 1992-1995. Although Bosnian Serb leaders had long pushed for a commission to investigate the deaths and disappearances of Sara [...] |
2006-06-01 11:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1231 |
BOSNIA: AFTER MONTENEGRO, BIH SERBS TAKE UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Montenegro referendum, Bosnian Serbs have raised the possibility of a vote here that would determine whether the Republika Srpska (RS) remains part of the Bosnian state. Statements May 27 by RS Premier Milorad Dodik speculating on the possibility of a referend [...] |
2006-06-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1235 |
BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) held its 12th and 13th meetings on May 24 and 31 with the Republika Srpska (RS) representative (RS police director Smajlovic) in attendance solely as an observer. RS PM Dodik revoked full RS participation in the PRD, in part because of its Ma [...] |
2006-06-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1275 |
BOSNIA: BIH OFFICIALS UNHAPPY OVER NEWS OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Bosnian leaders, particularly those from Bosniak Muslim parties, were unhappy and apprehensive about the news, delivered per reftel, that the U.S. troop presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) would be diminished in the coming months and the U.S. presence at Eagle Base, Tuzla, [...] |
2006-06-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL BK NATO |
| 06SARAJEVO1276 |
SUBJECT: BOSNIA: CAVIC HINTS ON SDS CANDIDATES, [...] (C) Summary: Republika Srpska (RS) President Dragan Cavic told Embassy May 30 that he will likely again be the candidate of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) for the post of RS President in BiH general elections scheduled for October 2006. (The SDS, whose founder was Radovan Karadzic, has been [...] |
2006-06-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1279 |
BOSNIA: STATE COURT BALANCES 2007 BUDGET, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On May 24 the BiH State Court Registry presented international donors with a realistic plan to balance the 2007 budget and keep the War Crimes Chamber going. This presentation came as a result of collective donor pressure on the Registry to face the fiscal reality that pledges at [...] |
2006-06-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC EAID PHUM PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1287 |
BOSNIA: REPORT ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] On May 26, Poloff met with Jasna Dzumhur, the current head of mission for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Sarajevo, to discuss the mission's field activities and future plans. The OHCHR office in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will close on June 30, 2007; it wil [...] |
2006-06-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1310 |
BOSNIA INPUT TO 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] a. Claimant A b. 2001 c. Claimant A submitted a bid in 2000 for four wood-processing companies in a privatization tender by the GRS. The tender required all bids to include a deposit fee as a condition of tender, but none of the bidders submitted the required fee. Despite this failure by t [...] |
2006-06-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1321 |
BOSNIA: TIP REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloff delivered the 2006 TIP report and demarche (ref A) to Samir Rizvo, the State Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings on June 5. The Coordinator was pleased with comments in the report acknowledging that significant progress has been made in a number of areas. The re [...] |
2006-06-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1329 |
BOSNIA: STATE COURT ORDERS WAR CRIMINAL ZELENOVIC [...] (U) On June 9 an international judge at the BiH State Court ruled that accused war criminal Dragan Zelenovic should be transferred immediately to The Hague for trial. The State Court based its ruling on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictment, the INTERP [...] |
2006-06-09 17:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KWAC PHUM PGOV PREL RS BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1367 |
BOSNIA: NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS A SUCCESS FOR [...] On June 10, 2006, the Embassy co-hosted a "Night of 1,000 Dinners" (N1KD) gala dinner with the local American Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Canada, the fourth of its kind since 2002. Donors to the event contributed almost 200,000 KM (approximately US $130,000), which will be matched [...] |
2006-06-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KHDP PREF PARM AORC ODIP OFDP KSEP BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1451 |
BOSNIA: NEW REPUBLIKA SRPSKA POLICE DIRECTOR - [...] (C) The Republika Srpska (RS) confirmed the appointment of relatively unknown Uros Pena as the new RS Police Director on June 23, replacing controversial former director Dragomir Andan. Andan resigned in April under pressure from ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte, who accused Andan of cr [...] |
2006-06-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PTER PGOV PINR PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1464 |
BOSNIA: JUNE PIC AGREES ON OHR CLOSURE TIMELINE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 22-23 meeting of Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Political Directors in Sarajevo, the Steering Board agreed to begin preparations for the closure of OHR in June, 2007. The Steering Board agreed to "review and confirm" this decision at the Feb/March [...] |
2006-06-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1473 |
BOSNIA: HARRIERS HIT POLITICAL TARGET [...] (SBU) Two U.S. AV-8B Harrier jump jets assigned to the USS Iwo Jima visited Sarajevo on June 26 as part of a coordinated Embassy-NATO HQ effort to increase the visibility of U.S. bilateral engagement with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The Ambassador and NATO HQ Commander Brigadier General We [...] |
2006-06-30 12:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1479 |
BOSNIA: COUNCIL OF EUROPE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) June 29 resolution on Bosnian Constitutional reform has been topic number one on the minds of BiH politicians, and has dominated the media here. [...] |
2006-06-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1499 |
BOSNIA: BRCKO WORKING GROUP AGREES ON WAY FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 20-21 the Ambassador convened the second meeting of the Brcko District Working Group, aimed at establishing political and legal mechanisms to regularize Brcko's status in relation to the state institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Representatives came from the C [...] |
2006-07-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1634 |
BOSNIA'S FRACTURED ENERGY LANDSCAPE [...] Summary: The energy market in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a reflection of the ethnic politics that have caused damage and hindered progress in the country as a whole. The electricity sector is still separated between the sub-national government "entities," and there is an ethnic identificatio [...] |
2006-07-20 15:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON AID BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1664 |
BOSNIA: ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten years after the war, Bosnia remains in many ways a traumatized, post-Communist, post-war society. Crime and corruption are serious problems and touch nearly every aspect of life. Criminal clans aligned with politicians and political parties are still prospering and are desc [...] |
2006-07-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KJUS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER KCRM BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1695 |
BIH REACTIONS TO THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli-Lebansese crisis, and the broader Middle East conflict are garnerning an increasing amount of public and political attention in BiH. Government statements and media reports are generally factual and correct, but some local public figures have begun to manipulate the [...] |
2006-07-28 17:11:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC IS LE SY BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1700 |
LEADING SDA FIGURE PLEDGES ASSISTANCE FOR SOFA [...] (C) PolMilOff met the morning of July 28 with Halid Genjac, parliamentarian and member of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) presidency, to discuss continuing delays in the ratification of the U.S.-BiH Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The BiH House of Representatives ratified the agreem [...] |
2006-07-31 06:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1719 |
BOSNIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UN GENERAL [...] Per reftel instructions, the Bosnian government will be represented as follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Sulejman Tihic, Member of the Tri-Presidency -- Arrival and departure dates unknown. -- Spouse will not attend. -- Bosnian interpretation is required. B. Atten [...] |
2006-08-01 09:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNGA BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1747 |
BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM AND RS PM DODIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) held its 16th meeting on July 26 and is close to an agreement on the basic model, but without Republika Srpska (RS) input, because the official RS representative is an observer-only. Prior to the meeting, the Ambassador discussed police reform [...] |
2006-08-03 17:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1751 |
RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY COOPERATION TO SWCI [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Both GBiH and RS officials affirmed their commitment to ICTY cooperation, and all agreed with Ambas [...] |
2006-08-04 11:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KWAC PHUM PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1762 |
BOSNIA: RS POLITICIANS SHARPLY REJECT SANADER [...] (U) In the media August 2 and 3, Serb member of the BiH Tri-Presidency Borislav Paravac and Republika Srpska (RS) President Dragan Cavic sharply and publicly rejected Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's proposal that Croatia host an international conference on the future of BiH. Paravac im [...] |
2006-08-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1772 |
BOSNIA: BRCKO'S ITA BATTLE PROMPTS RETURN TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) A previously scheduled July 28 meeting between International Community members of the Brcko District working group was disrupted by the Indirect Taxation Authority Governing Board's (ITA GB) decision to change the allocation of r [...] |
2006-08-04 17:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1773 |
CORRECTED COPY: RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY [...] (U) This cable replaces Sarajevo 1751 (ref. A). This cable has been cleared by S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's office. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sa [...] |
2006-08-07 08:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KAWC PHUM PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1776 |
RS PREMIER DODIK MUSES ON SERBIAN AND BIH [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of July 28 discussions with RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on ICTY cooperation (REFTEL), Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and CDA Cefkin also raised Kosovo and asked about the upcoming Bosnian elections. According to Dodik, the Serbian pu [...] |
2006-08-07 08:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK ICTY KAWC PGOV PREL AL YI BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1784 |
BOSNIA: MFA SUPPORTS US EFFORTS TO HALT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-08 06:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AADP XF BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1822 |
BOSNIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On August 10 POLOFF delivered reftel demarche and the attached resume to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs at the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hadzimusic said Bosnia would support Professor Ruth Wedgwood's candidacy for the Human Rights Committee. [...] |
2006-08-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1826 |
BOSNIA: A ROUGH SEMESTER AHEAD AS NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Our tranformational diplomacy in Bosnia and Herzegovina will confront a number of challenges over the next months: -- The Kosovo final status talks, as did the Montenegro referendum, will provide Bosniaks and Serbs, in particular, additional means to radicalize the political [...] |
2006-08-10 18:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1860 |
BIH POLITICIANS CHOOSE HIGH-ROAD IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political reaction to the bombing of Former BiH President Alija Izetbegovic's grave, with the exception of one Serb-based party, has been surprisingly measured in this pre-election period. Although the investigation into the attack has yielded few results, some groups, including [...] |
2006-08-14 17:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1891 |
BOSNIA: OCTOBER NATIONAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) This is the first in a planned series of cables covering themes relevant to the October 1, 2006 national elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Bosnia will hold national elections on October 1, 2006. Bosnia's major political parties, all ethnically-based, will compete fo [...] |
2006-08-18 07:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1916 |
BOSNIAN ELECTIONS - THIS TIME THEY COUNT [...] (U) This is the second in a planned series of election-related telegrams. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Since 1996, Bosnia has been generally successful in forging a democratic process under close supervision of the international community. However, this year's elections, in our judgment, the country's [...] |
2006-08-21 11:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO1982 |
BOSNIAN PRESS "BREAKS" STORY OF EAGLE BASE CLOSURE [...] (SBU) On August 30, nearly one month after the BiH Council of Ministers publicly announced the U.S. decision to vacate Eagle Base in Tuzla, the daily newspaper Oslobodjenje ran an "exclusive" front page story under the headline "American Army to Leave Bosnia by the End of the Year." Despite th [...] |
2006-08-30 16:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OPDC PREL NATO BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2042 |
TUNISIAN DEPORTATION: BOSNIAN AUTHORITIES OVERCOME [...] (C) Summary: On August 30, Bosnian authorities executed their second successful removal of a foreign national deemed to be a security risk. The operation was carried out in full accordance with domestic and international laws, and required virtually no USG hand-holding. During the operation, [...] |
2006-09-05 06:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KHLS SMIG PREL PGOV XI TU BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2060 |
BOSNIA: NATIONAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN CHARACTERIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY: September 1, the first official day of the campaign season in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was characterized by high-profile events emphasizing ethnic interests. Serb and Croat parties are seeking the support of their electorates by courting patrons in Belgrade and Zagreb. The Bosni [...] |
2006-09-06 10:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2072 |
BOSNIA - EMBASSY WINS TACTICAL VICTORY ON [...] (S) Summary and Comment: The Embassy succeeded in persuading the Parliament Collegium of Bosnia and Herzegovina to keep the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Law, with its problematic provision for reapplication for citizenship, off the House of Representatives' agenda until after the Octo [...] |
2006-09-08 07:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PTER SMIG PREL PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2097 |
NAM RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-11 16:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2111 |
BOSNIA: PM DODIK CLAIMS HE'LL MODERATE RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 11 meeting with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Ambassador delivered ref A letter from Under Secretary Burns to PM Dodik, and underscored USG concerns over Dodik,s comments on Kosovo during his recent visit to Belgrade. Dodik claimed his me [...] |
2006-09-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK YI UNMIK |
| 06SARAJEVO2140 |
BOSNIA - KEEPING THE OHR HORSE IN THE BARN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with OHR High Representative Schwartz-Schilling on September 13 at the HighRep's request to discuss constitutional reform, police reform, and the transition from his position as High Representative to the EU Special Representative. On constitutional reform, Sch [...] |
2006-09-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BK EU |
| 06SARAJEVO2160 |
BOSNIA: POLITICIANS PLEDGE TO RESTRUCTURE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the election campaign reached the halfway mark this week, comments on constitutional reform by Bosnian politicians are featuring prominently in the press. Representatives of the Patriotic Block coalition, who helped defeat the April constitutional reform package met with HighR [...] |
2006-09-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK EU |
| 06SARAJEVO2199 |
BOSNIA - SERB PARTIES SET BACK OUR BRCKO AGENDA [...] (SBU) The final pre-election session of the State-level House of Representatives (HoR) took place on September 18. The HoR had been scheduled to take up amendments to the Law on the Council of Ministers (CoM) that would provide a permanent legal basis for the Brcko District Office (BDO) in Sar [...] |
2006-09-19 15:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2259 |
AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. To focus public attention on continued U.S. engagement in Bosnia after the announcement of the Eagle Base drawdown, Ambassador and emboffs traveled September 14-21 to headquarters of the BiH Armed Forces' (AFBiH) three new multi-ethnic brigades and the training center for the AFBi [...] |
2006-09-27 06:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2268 |
BOSNIA: CROATIAN, SERBIAN ENVOYS DOWNPLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, the Croatian and Serbian ambassadors to Bosnia and Herzegovina September 22 discussed the upcoming Bosnian elections. On recent activities of Croatian and Serbian politicians with respect to Bosnia, both emphasized their countries' desire to see Bosnia pro [...] |
2006-09-27 10:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK HR YI |
| 06SARAJEVO2281 |
BOSNIA CAMPAIGN 2006: NGOS CONTRIBUTE TO LIMITED [...] (U) This is the third in a planned series of elections related telegrams. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina are generally active in the run-up to the October national elections. In particular, a USAID-funded coalition of NGOs called Civic Organ [...] |
2006-09-27 18:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | BK PGOV PREL |
| 06SARAJEVO2305 |
BOSNIA CAMPAIGN 2006: THE DAY AFTER [...] (U) This is the fourth in a planned series of election-related cables. It provides information on the procedure and timeline for formation of governing coalitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina will go to the polls October 1 to elect t [...] |
2006-09-29 11:51:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2307 |
BOSNIA ON ELECTION EVE - EVOLUTION, REVOLUTION, [...] (U) This is the final in a series of planned pre-election telegrams. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Bosnians go to the polls in two days, October 1, to elect their national and entity governments (Ref E). International observers and Bosnian officials expect an orderly and fair election, though lingering c [...] |
2006-09-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2320 |
BOSNIA CAMPAIGN 2006: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (U) This is the fifth in a planned series of cables covering themes relevant to the October 1, 2006 national elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As Bosnians prepare to head to the polls this weekend, religious leaders have actively encouraged voter turnout, but also sought [...] |
2006-09-29 18:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2329 |
BOSNIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SILAJDZIC LOOKS TO BE [...] (U) Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina October 1 went to the polls to elect members of the three-member Presidency, and members of State and local legislatures. CEC preliminary tallies at midnight declared Haris Silajdzic (Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH)) winner of the Bosniak Preside [...] |
2006-10-02 10:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2361 |
BOSNIAN ELECTIONS: PRESIDENCY COUNT FINAL BUT [...] (SBU) Vote counting for the October 1 national elections is continuing. In the evening of October 2, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed Haris Silajdzic, Nebojsa Radmanovic and Zeljko Komsic as the winners of Bosniak, Serb and Croat seats on the Tri-Pres [...] |
2006-10-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2397 |
BOSNIA: BRCKO WORKING GROUP DRAFTS NATIONAL LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY. In the September 27-28 session of the Brcko District Working Group, participants drafted and nearly reached consensus on the text of a national law on Brcko's status within Bosnia. The law, which addresses Brcko's representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina's state institutions, wa [...] |
2006-10-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK PGOV PREL |
| 06SARAJEVO2452 |
BOSNIA: PROSECUTOR'S CASE STRONG IN LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The BiH State Prosecutor continues to present a strong evidentiary case in the terrorism trial of Mirsad Bektasevic and Abdulkadir Cesur, particularly the former (reftels). The defense so far has been largely ineffective. The prosecutor is fairly confident he will get a terrorism [...] |
2006-10-10 06:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2569 |
BOSNIA - FINAL 2006 ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This afternoon the Central Election Commission (CEC) provided us with an advance copy of the final election results, which they made public at a 1700 press conference in Sarajevo. The results are in line with our earlier assessments based on partial results the CEC had released s [...] |
2006-10-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2575 |
BOSNIA: BOSNIAKS MORE SENSITIVE ABOUT U.S. [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the past, Bosniak (i.e., Muslim) politicians and the Bosniak public have been strong supporters of U.S. counterterrorism policies. This includes the work of the Citizenship Review Commission (CRC), one of our top counterterrorism priorities in Bosnia. Criticism of the CRC gen [...] |
2006-10-19 13:11:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PTER PINR PHUM PGOV PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2638 |
SENIOR EUFOR COMMANDERS QUESTION DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. We met with senior EUFOR commanders October 16 to discuss EUFOR drawdown plans and the future of the EUFOR mission in Bosnia. During the discussions, the Deputy EUFOR commander (DCOM) and EUFOR chief of staff expressed skepticism at the pace of defense reform in Bosnia, and ques [...] |
2006-10-20 18:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2650 |
USS RAMAGE VISIT EMPHASIZES U.S.-BOSNIAN MILITARY [...] (SBU) The USS RAMAGE, a guided-missile destroyer attached the 6th Fleet, visited the Bosnian port of Neum October 17-21. The Embassy and ship hosted a reception for senior Bosnian political and military on board the USS Ramage on October 18, which was attended by all three members of Bosnia' [...] |
2006-10-25 06:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2660 |
BOSNIA SUPPORTS BALANCED UN APPROACH TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-26 09:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2661 |
BOSNIA WILL CONSIDER ATTENDING NOVEMBER 8 UNSCR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-26 10:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL AORC KPAO UNSCR PTER KNNP BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2699 |
BOSNIA - DAS DICARLO PROBES NEWLY ELECTED BOSNIAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 before the Peace Implementation Council (PIC), DAS Rosemary DiCarlo met separately with the outgoing Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency and leader of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic; Republika Srpska (RS) PM and leader of the Alliance of Indepe [...] |
2006-10-27 15:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2717 |
BOSNIA AND NATO: THE CASE FOR PFP MEMBERSHIP [...] (S) Summary. As we approach the NATO Riga Summit, we think that the time is right to consider admittance of Bosnia to the Partnership for Peace (PfP). With the implementation of defense reform legislation, Bosnia has met the technical requirements for PfP membership. Bosnia has made substan [...] |
2006-10-31 14:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2725 |
BOSNIA'S STATE COURT CONVICTS MAJOR PIFWC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 27, the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced suspected PIFWC Karadzic financier Momcilo Mandic and former Serb Republic official Milorad Govedarica to prison for abuse of office and banking fraud. The men were acquitted of more serious war crimes-related c [...] |
2006-11-02 15:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | BK KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV ICTY KWAC |
| 06SARAJEVO2744 |
2006-2007 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INSCR REPORT (PART 1) [...] (U) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART ONE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain in a formative period and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of law enforceme [...] |
2006-11-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2752 |
BOSNIA: PIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS PUSH FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board pushed for constitutional and police reform during the October 19-20 meeting. The Board discussed the OHR June 2007 closure and subsequent role of an expanded European Union Special Representative ( [...] |
2006-11-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK PGOV PREL |
| 06SARAJEVO2782 |
BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC VOWS TO DEFEAT U.S.-BROKERED [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met separately October 30 with outgoing Bosniak Tri-Presidency member and Party of Democratic Action (SDA) President Sulejman Tihic and Bosniak President-elect and Party for BiH (SBiH) President Haris Silajdzic. Tihic, despite eroding party discipline, still asserts SDA party [...] |
2006-11-08 12:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2783 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S IFTAAR DINNER [...] (U) In celebration of Ramadan, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner on October 11 for members of the Islamic Community as part of a recent series of events involving Bosnia's religious communities. Dinner guests included many of Bosnia and Herzegovina's leading Muslim clerics and academics, [...] |
2006-11-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | BK PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06SARAJEVO2831 |
CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS REFUSE TO CLEAR TUZLA [...] (SBU) Bosnia and Herzegovina Civil Aviation (BHCA) authorities notified United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) November 10 that they had rejected the formal Notice to Airman (NOTAM) announcing the discontinuation of air operations at Tuzla Airbase, attached to Eagle Base. The NOTAM reads "Ef [...] |
2006-11-13 18:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2876 |
BOSNIA - NEXT STEPS ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six weeks after the October 1 elections, Bosniak (Muslim) opposition to and anxiety about the U.S.-brokered package of constitutional amendments remains a problem. Newly elected Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic continues his public and private campaign against [...] |
2006-11-15 08:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 06SARAJEVO2907 |
DEMINING: ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND MALFEASANCE IN [...] (S) In response to the August arrest of Radomir Kojic, a prominent figure in the demining community, we have begun to receive allegations of fraud and abuse in humanitarian demining work in Bosnia. There are reports that demining operations throughout Bosnia may suffer from large and systemic [...] |
2006-11-17 10:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | KCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI |
| 06SARAJEVO2908 |
SILAJDZIC HAS POTENTIAL TO SCUTTLE AFGHAN [...] (C) Newly elected Bosniak member of the Tri- Presidency Haris Silajdzic removed the decision on the Bosnian arms and ammo donation to Afghanistan from the presidency agenda for its November 14 session. The move effectively blocks the donation in the near term, and is line with Silajdzic's cri [...] |
2006-11-17 10:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |